175g Organic Shea Butter
275g Organic Coconut Oil
115g Bees Wax
​40g Rice Bran Oil
50 Drops of Lavender Oil

175g Organic Shea Butter
275g Organic Coconut Oil
115g Bees Wax
​60g Rice Bran Oil
20g Jojoba Oil
50 Drops of Lavender Oil

Double Boil Method
Put all the ingredients (except the Lavender Oil) in a bowl and then put the bowl into a saucepan with about 1.5 inches of water at the bottom. Now boil the water in the saucepan and let the ingredients all melt in together. After it is all melted together add the lavender oil and let it heat another 3-4 minutes while stirring the mixture to make sure it is well mixed up.

Next pour the mixture into your ointment container and put it straight into the fridge without the lid on. This is important because it will make sure the ointment sets properly. If you don't mix the ingredients enough or you take too long to put the mixture into the fridge it will set grainy and be uncomfortable to use. If this happens just reheat the ointment and then pour back into the container and refrigerate. 

This ointment doesn't need to be kept in the fridge and doesn't go rancid like some other recipes. It has a long shelf life and really is great for your skin. Enjoy!

Any questions or comments you are welcome to post them below.....

​You can download our Health Proforma Here, then book an appointment for Homeopathy in Geelong with Louis using our easy online booking here, or call 0430 795 666.

Eczema is caused by a combination of the immune system, genetics, environmental triggers and stress. The immune system can over-react to irritants in the diet or the environment and this overreaction can cause inflammation of the skin. Although not much can be done about  genetic factors, there are some things you can do at home to help the situation.

Some foods that can commonly contribute to eczema are dairy products, strawberries, chocolate, citrus fruits, and wheat products. While different people can be effected by different foods, the only way you can really tell if any of these foods is aggravating your skin, is by cutting these foods out of your diet for a period of 2 weeks and see if there is any improvement in your symptoms. If there is significant improvement after removing these foods from your diet you can introduce these foods again one by one and see which one is responsible for irritating your skin.

Since there is a lack of moisture in eczema prone skin, it can be helpful to avoid soaps, and instead use moisturizing body washes (or no soap at all), and frequently moisturize your skin. I share my recipe for my Intense Moisturizing Ointment for Super Dry Skin you can make at home here.

Stressors like teething, becoming run down or catching a cold may play a role in causing eczema flare-ups. 

To get the best results for clients with eczema, Louis targets the problem from both directions. Homeopathic medicine can help correct the over-reaction of the immune system as well as changing the way your body responds to stress, allergens and irritants, so the actual internal cause of eczema is addressed. Then  intense moisturizer can be applied to help the skin recover now that the internal cause of the problem has been relieved.

nothing to improve the health of the skin. My homemade Intense Moisturizing Ointment for Super Dry Skin (which you can download the recipe for free right here) was full of nutrients from natural ingredients, and it kept my daughters skin moisturized longer than anything else we tried. Because there was nutritional content in the cream, the skin actually benefitted significantly more from having this cream applied and she experienced faster healing. It is certainly worth trying to make up this cream, as unlike any other cream we could find at any pharmacy, this home-made one has no chemicals or toxins in there - it is actually fully edible.

Doctors typically prescribe steroid creams for eczema, which can be very effective at relieving the eczema rash, but in many cases because the cause of the eczema is not addressed, once the steroid cream is stopped the eczema soon returns. Also when steroid creams are used for an extended period of time they can cause Topical Steroid Withdrawal (TSW - see picture above), which is where people get eczema like symptoms when they attempt to stop using steroids because their skin has become addicted to the steroids. The steroids can actually end up causing eczema symptoms worse than the original eczema symptoms. There are also a lot of more serious side effects of long term steroid usage, especially if taken orally.

For people who would like the cause of their eczema addressed, homeopathy can be very good at improving the general health of the body so that long lasting relief can be experienced. Also, in cases where even strong steroids or medications are not able to control eczema, because it works in a different way - homeopathy may help.

Homeopathic medicines are safe for everyone including pregnant women and newborn babies. In over 200 years of use there has been no interactions with western medicines and these natural medicines also have no chemical side effects. In England 42% of doctors actually refer their clients to homeopathic care, and homeopathy is covered under their NHS (Australia's Medicare equivalent). The Queen of England uses homeopathy, which seems to keeping her well into old age, as well as the entire Royal Family having used Homeopathy for 3 generations.
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​You can download our Health Proforma Here, then book an appointment for Homeopathy in Geelong with Louis using our easy online booking here, or call 0430 795 666.

​We had a pediatrition assigned from the hospital who was lovely, but all she could do was prescribe the strongest steroid cream (which we were already using) and just said we are not using enough steroid, we needed to use more. A skin specialist said the same, we needed to apply more steroids, and even gave us a prescription that the pharmacist even questioned us about and said 'Do you know this is known to cause skin cancer?' Luckily we didn't use that particular cream and didn't give up trying to find a solution. We started seeing a famous homeopath in Melbourne and my little girl started to heal. The amount of steroids she was using would have caused a normal person without eczema to get Topical Steroid Withdrawal (TSW) symptoms, similar to eczema symptoms if they suddenly stopped, and so over time we managed to ween her off of the steroid creams.

​6 months after we tried homeopathy this is what she looked like.. It was a bit slow to begin with, and we had to try a couple of different medicines, but there was progress. After 6 months of treatment with the homeopath we were at the point where her skin was clear, and she had totally weened off of the steroids and bleach baths. We still had to be careful about what she ate but her skin was clear! Over time she just got better and better - and can even eat chocolate now (one of her triggers).... and like her treating homeopath said, 'a life without chocolate is not worth living!'

..... So after having ran a busy Bowen Therapy clinic since 2015, I decided I needed to learn homeopathy to be able to help other people with problems like my daughter, so other families can have a happy ending too! :)

Bowen works with the fascia and nervous system and can help to strengthen the signal between the bladder and the rest of the nervous system including the brain. Muscles are controlled by the nerves, and by simply stimulating the nerves to the bladder, including those that control the muscles responsible for the passing of urine, clients find it helps them remain dry. Also, because the nerves around the bladder are more stimulated, clients report a stronger sensation of 'needing to go' which helps in the case of the bladder emptying at random times. Bowen stimulates the 'inner alarm' by creating a stronger sensation of needing to go to the toilet, which is highly effective in most cases.

Typically 3 treatments are required, one per week over a 3 week period, and although everyone is different, usually clients report improvement after the first treatment.

Bowen works with the nervous system and can help to strengthen the signal between the bladder and the rest of the nervous system including the brain. Children report having a stronger sensation of 'needing to go' which helps wake up deep sleepers. Most children who have come to see me have previously tried using bedwetting alarms without success because either their children sleep too deeply and don't wake up from the alarm, or only a small amount of urine has leaked and the alarm hasn't gone off. Bowen instead stimulates the 'inner alarm' by creating a stronger sensation of needing to go to the toilet, which works in most cases.

Another way Bowen may help is in the way that it relaxes the muscles. The bladder is also muscular, and when it is relaxed it is able to expand more and hold more urine, therefore reducing the need to go to the toilet.

Both of these actions working together helps children to remain dry at night.

Typically children stop, or greatly reduce the frequency they wet the bed after three sessions spread over 3 weeks. Although everybody is different, often there is improvement after the first session. The 2nd and 3rd sessions reinforce the inner communication between the bladder and the brain allowing the treatment to hold and help your child to remain dry long term.

Very occationally I have had children return to the clinic in a month or so for a top up treatment, but for the most part children remain dry.

The toughened tissue that is designed to take the repetitive flexing and extending of the knee while performing vigorous activities like walking or running is no longer taking the full load due to the misalignment. The movement of this misaligned knee during activity causes additional stress on the surrounding tissues which quickly become inflamed during activity.

​Luckily those who are frequent walkers or runners usually are fit, healthy people, so when they stop the activity that is aggravating the knee it soon recovers and feels better, however because the alignment of the knee joint has not been corrected, next time they begin vigorous activity the pain flares up once again.
 
If one is to ignore the pain and continue activities that cause knee pain, after time these knee issues tend to progressively get worse, and the pain becomes more severe. This can lead to leg muscle weakness and worsening mobility, potentially causing weight gain  which adds further stress to the knee. Using Bowen Therapy we work to correct the alignment of the knee, so that the joint tracks properly, therefore correcting the underlying problem so that you get lasting relief from your knee pain while performing your physical activities.

​You can read some reviews from Louis's clients on the Review page here, or Book Online here to have a Treatment for Knee Pain in Geelong with Bowen Therapy. We're open till 9pm on weekdays and Saturday.

To get the lasting pain relief that Bowen Therapy is famous for requires addressing the underlying causes of the pain. The root causes can be varied, but by using advanced assessment methods we often find that there are several contributing issues that need to be corrected before lasting relief can be experienced.​

​Some of the elbow complains we commonly treat with Bowen Therapy are:
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• Tennis Elbow
• ​Golfer's Elbow

• ​Arthritis
• Tendonitis
• General pains in and around the elbow
  

Once we correct the underlying problems using Bowen Therapy, gentle exercises can help to strengthen the muscles around the joint and help to prevent re-injury.
​You can read some reviews from Louis's clients on the Review page here, or Book Online here for a Treatment for Elbow Pain in Geelong with Bowen Therapy. We're open till 9pm on weekdays and Saturday.

​​Because Bowen Therapy addresses the nerves that control both the muscles and joint alignment, relief can be experienced for longer, making Bowen Therapy one of the most cost effective treatments for shoulder pain around.

​Some of the shoulder complains we commonly treat with Bowen Therapy are:

• Rotator cuff tears
• Supraspinatus tendonitis
• Shoulder bursitis
• Frozen shoulder 
• Arthritis
• Shoulder Sprains
• AC Joint Pain
• Tingling feeling down arms

If you are experiencing increasing pain and reduced movement or function in your shoulder joint, you shouldn't delay in seeking treatment. When one moves their shoulder joint less because of pain, it may contribute to the developing of frozen shoulder which, once developed takes a lot longer to respond to treatment

​You can read some reviews from Louis's clients on the Review page here, or Book Online here for a Treatment for Shoulder Pain in Geelong with Bowen Therapy. We're open till 9pm on weekdays and Saturday.