If you follow me on social media, you may have seen my post last week about my recent experience of vertigo. If you didn’t see it, here’s a little recap.
I’ve been doing yoga for over 30 years (eek!!) and regularly go to classes once or twice weekly. At my regular Friday class last week, I was just getting ready for shavasana (the resting pose at the end of the class), when the room started spinning and I could feel myself almost faint.
I also felt nauseous and my head felt fuzzy. I did not feel good at all. Unfortunately, I didn’t have my homeopathic kit with me either (lesson learnt!).
I knew this could be one of several things and wanted to eliminate anything serious. I went to the doctor, who confirmed vertigo and prescribed me some anti-nausea pills, to be taken three times daily.
I’m not a big fan of pharmaceuticals (surprise, surprise), so quickly set about researching what remedies I could take. I took a few doses of Cocculus when I got home (vertigo with nausea, especially from motion or lack of sleep), but that didn’t help much.
I later followed that up with Conium, a well-known remedy for vertigo (vertigo triggered by turning the head or lying down), which fit my symptom picture to some degree, but again, only partial improvement.
Time for something else, so I turned to
