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Homeopathic Medicine

What Is Homeopathy?

Homeopathy is a complete system of natural medicine that has been in worldwide use for over 200 years. It is a profoundly effective, safe and gentle system of healing which works by stimulating the body’s natural ability to heal itself. It will not just drive away the symptoms but addresses the cause of the illness. It views the illness as more spiritual in nature, much as Chinese and India’s Ayurvedic medicine espouses the idea that illness results from an imbalance within the body.

Homeopathy is a holistic medicine as it treats the whole person on mental, emotional and physical levels. It sees all symptoms of disease as expressions of disharmony within the whole person and recognizes that it is the individual who needs treatment, not only the disease. For a cure to occur, an internal single remedy for the whole person will be needed, rather than a number of different remedies for each ailment.

Homeopathic concepts have existed for thousands of years but it was the German doctor Samuel Hahnemann who in the 18th century first made these concepts into a comprehensive system of healing principles and practices. The most fundamental of these principles is the Law of Similars or ‘like cures like’. The law of similars states that the symptoms that a substance causes in a healthy individual are the symptoms that the same substance in a small dose can cure in a person’s diseased state.

Take onion for example. We know that when cutting a strong onion we often experience a discharge from nose, a particular soreness in the throat and stinging, runny eyes. A homeopath will prescribe Allium cepa (the homeopathic remedy made from onion) for the patient who has a cold and bad sore throat with these particular symptoms.

The Homeopathic Consultation

A session with a homeopathic practitioner is a unique experience for someone accustomed to conventional medicine. The first task of the homeopathic practitioner is to record all physical, mental, and emotional symptoms that will determine the patient’s remedy.

During the homeopathic consultation you will be asked to talk not only about your complaints, but also about the individual way in which you experience them, your reactions to them and how they affect your life. As the homeopathic doctor sees every disease as a mind-body process, your personality traits are as important as your physical symptoms.

The Homeopathic Remedies

Homeopathic remedies are non-toxic, non-habit forming, free from side effects and gentle in their action. They are easy to take and pleasant to the taste.

The homeopathic remedy acts as a signal, which stimulates body’s self-healing powers, mobilizing the defense systems and working on the mental, emotional and physical aspect of the body.

Homeopathic remedies may be prescribed in a number of different strengths, or potencies as they are called, and in different ways. The homeopathic doctor chooses the method to suit the patient and the nature of the illness.

Length of Treatment

This depends very much on the individual characteristics of your disease, age, and energy level.

The Potential of Homeopathy

Homeopathy is used by hundreds of millions of people worldwide. It has enjoyed the patronage of the British royal family for the past four generations It is particularly effective in treating chronic illnesses that fail to response to conventional treatment.

People who have had homeopathic treatment generally find that their state of health and well-being has improved. They are better to resist infection and have a greater sense of stability and individual purpose in life.

The long-term benefit of homeopathy to the patient is that it not only alleviates the presenting symptoms but it reestablishes internal order at the deepest levels and thereby provides a lasting cure.

What Can Homeopathy Treat?

Homeopathy can have a therapeutic effect on almost any disease or health condition.

The following are just some examples of conditions that can be prevented or helped with homeopathy:

• Most common diseases: cold, flu, migraine, hay fever, sinusitis

• Asthma, bronchitis, allergic conditions

• Skin eruptions, rashes, acne

• Irritable bowel syndrome, bladder problems, eating disorders, diabetes

• Gynecological conditions: PMS, periods and menopause disorders

• Emotional conditions, anxiety, depression, stress reactions, sleeping disorders, epilepsy

• Chronic fatigue, auto immune diseases, arthritis

• Childhood diseases: colic, teething, bed wetting, learning difficulties

• Obesity

Where Homeopathy has Proven Effective

Homeopathy can be used in first aid or emergency situations, acute illness, and long-term chronic conditions, as well as emotional problems, obstetrical and pediatric conditions. It also can be extremely useful as a preventive medicine for constitutional strengthening. It is also safe to use during pregnancy and for infants and the elderly.

In all cases, the remedy is selected on the totality of the symptoms you express, along with the uniqueness of each personality and the information you give to the homeopath.

First Aid or Emergencies

Includes treatment and / or speeds up the healing process for such injuries and emergencies as sprains and bruises, broken bones, minor burns, skin irritations, insect stings / bites, and teething or tooth pain.

Acute Illness

Generally defined as symptoms that will eventually go away on their own. Includes colds, flu, coughs, sprains. Homeopathy can also be used to assist sensitive but acute conditions such as morning sickness or other illnesses during pregnancy.

Chronic Conditions

Beneficial for many auto-immune diseases, gastrointestinal disorders, skin conditions, recurring ear infections, chronic fatigue syndrome, migraines, asthma, allergies, hormonal disorders, depression, grief, behavior disorders, and arthritis. Since homeopathy treats the person, not the disease, it can be useful in addressing a wide range of disorders. Even in advanced cases, where curative treatment isn’t possible, homeopathic medicines may prove effective in improving quality of life.

Constitutional Strengthening

In this category, the patient’s goal is improvement or strengthening of his or her general overall health. Homeopathic treatment on a constitutional level can boost the weak constitution and decrease its susceptibility to disease or illness.

History of Homeopathy

Over 200 years ago, a German physician, Dr. Samuel Hahnemann (1755-1843), developed a system of medical treatment called Homeopathy. Based on his observations and experiments, he formulated the Principle of Similarity, which states that substances which cause reactions in a healthy body or mind can be used in an extremely diluted form to treat the same reactions when part of a disease process.

He devoted his life to developing this system, in part by performing Provings, in which healthy humans are given small experimental doses of the substance to gauge the effects. Hahnemann proved almost every remedy of his time on himself while he was alive.

In 1810, Dr. Hahnemann published the first edition of the Organon. Five more editions appeared during his lifetime; the sixth was written in 1842 and published posthumously. Even today, every serious study of homeopathy begins with the Organon. The most advanced homeopaths base their practice on the 6th Organon. See FAQs.

History in the U.S.

In 1825, several physicians who had studied in Europe brought homeopathy to the United States. Soon, other doctors followed their lead. By the mid-1800's, several medical colleges taught homeopathy, growing to 22 within a few decades. Faced with a popular rival, the medical establishment soon drove homeopathy into the background. By the 1940s, homeopathy was no longer officially taught in the U.S.

In recent decades, homeopathy has enjoyed a resurgence. Physicians don’t have treatments for many diseases. Some patients find homeopathy when forced out of the medical world. Others seek more holistic approaches to healing or don’t want the side effects of drug therapy, a common western way of suppressing symptoms.

Please read Dr. Joseph Mercola's excellent article entitled, Homeopathy, Economics, and Government on the history of Homeopathy in the U.S.

Principles of Homeopathy

Samuel Hahnemann's revolutionary system of healing is based on the four fundamental principles:

• the law of similars
• the single remedy,
• the minimal dose, and
• the potentized remedy

The Law of Similars

The total picture of the patient should be as similar as possible to the drug picture of the selected remedy. This is known as “similia similibus curentur” or “likes cure likes.” This principle states that any remedy that can make you ill also can cure you – if customized to fit the individual. That is why the same illness in two patients may call for two different remedies.

The Single Remedy

"Unitary" or, more often termed, “classical” homeopathy means that only one remedy is given at a time because only one remedy can correspond properly to a patient’s complete condition. A prescription that doesn’t aim for this totality isn’t homeopathic. Homeopathy is based on provings, and there have never been provings done on a combination remedy.

The Minimal Dose

Remedies are diluted to extremely small or infinitesimal doses. That’s because in homeopathy, less is more. This also allows almost any substance to be used as remedies without any side effects. Homeopathic remedies are thought to work on a deep plane and resonate with the body, triggering a positive healing response from the person’s own vital force.

The Potentized Remedy

Disease occurs on an energetic level. So does homeopathy. All remedies undergo a process to increase their healing energy — first, dilution of ingredients, then a vigorous shaking (succussion). It is believed that when a remedy is succussed or shaken vigorously, the water molecules take on a photographic memory of the original substance. The more a remedy is diluted, the stronger its ability to stimulate healing becomes.

Other useful principles of homeopathy to understand:

Aggravation

A carefully chosen homeopathic medicine stimulates the body’s healing process. The idea is to gently encourage the movement toward health. A remedy that is too strong or given too often can result in an aggravation, where symptoms are temporarily intensified. While some homeopaths believe an aggravation is necessary to procure a healing, this isn’t so. However, aggravations are sometimes unavoidable if there have been many years of suppression of symptoms with western medications.

Individualization

A homeopathic remedy must be customized to fit the individual with that disease, an approach called "individualization." The totality of the symptoms gathered -- physical, emotional and mental -- will guide the homeopath to the correct diagnosis and treatment.

Provings

Each homeopathic medicine is first tested in healthy volunteers and their symptoms recorded to develop a complete profile of the remedy. Such trials are known as "provings." Since all remedies have been proved before used clinically, we can predict the kind of symptoms they will cure in advance. This is one of the great things about homeopathy.

Vital Force

According to homeopathic thinking, a disease originates from a disturbance of the patient’s "vital force." This is the essential energy that sustains life. Homeopathic remedies seek to restore balance and fundamental strength to the life force.

Nobel Scientist Discovers Scientific Basis of Homeopathy

 

Homeopathy not only treats diseases but it can also maintain health and prevent illness. It can correct imbalances long before the appearance of the more serious symptoms, which denote a particular disease.

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Ela Corcoran, MS LCH RSHom, EFT-ADV

Homeopathic Practitioner

Ela Corcoran is a homeopathic practitioner but not a medical doctor. You consult with her simply for her personal opinion, ideas and personal experience. Any action or inaction as a consequence of your consultation is undertaken entirely at your own risk and liability.