Moths and Autoimmune Disease

I've been on quite the journey with moths this year.

It started with a casually aired observation from the youngest that she'd seen a lot of little moths in her room. This led to a long-overdue sort-through of her clothes checking for holes.

As she disappeared off to another one of her Summer of '25 parties I took the opportunity to remove the furniture from her room and after some top advice to check skirting boards, with horror noticed a number of these little fellas sauntering past.

These tiny caterpillars are responsible for making the holes which they cleverly weave fibres to make an invisible cocoon.

It turned out they were everywhere, my whole house is full of natural fibres and every cushion we moved and bookshelf we emptied another little golden moth would flutter out from their dark and sheltered spot. 

I have always felt the children would learn more from making mistakes than me banging on at them but as usual it was me learning the consequence of not keeping the house clean and tidy. 

I have learned so much about these little golden moths. I think if I had to be an animal I might get on well with them. They hate the limelight, they like a quiet life and in nature they are here to tidy up nests at the end of the season. 

Gosh that analogy hit home. And that was before I saw the wonderful Donna Ashworth reading her poem Empty Nest in her wonderful new book Joy Chose You.  Click here to hear her read it. 

At its peak I did 50 loads of washing in one week - the one week it rained - we had 3 racks sprawled with damp laundry and all the furniture from 3 bedrooms and the lounge in the kitchen, eating our meals crammed at one end of the table with books and DVDs towering over us.  I didn’t want to put the clothes away because I couldn’t protect them in the cupboards, and who knew if the curtains were harbouring the next generation.

The wedding dress had a rare outing.

I think this must be what an autoimmune condition might feel like.  I often see people who have this hunted look about them.  Life for them is like tiptoeing through a field of landmines.  A food that was fine yesterday might cause a massive reaction today, is it pollen, dust, the moon phase, the dog?  Their liver, histamine, hormones?  Something in their environment or inside them is harmful for them but they often don’t know what and therefore how to avoid or control it.

A homeopathic remedy is often the key to calming all of this down.  What starts as a long list of symptoms and potential triggers often after one month of treatment settles down to a pattern which becomes manageable.  When you know what is causing the flare-ups you can avoid it.  Over time and treatment these become better tolerated and a small amount causes little or no reaction.

Moths in a trap - we found the London Moth traps have been catching the most moths.

I feel a little more in control of my moths now - the traps are mostly empty and we have little packets of miniature wasps tucked into the worst affected areas.  If you want to know more about moth management we found the Dragonfli website hugely informative https://dragonfli.co.uk/collections/clothes-moths.  It has been wonderful to have a good clear-out and with all this order and peace about me and the horror of the end of summer trauma behind me, I am in the very best place I can be to help you with your problems.

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