HOMEOPATHY WHAT IS HOMEOPATHY?
Homeopathy is a scientific system of healthcare that activates the body’s own healing processes in order to cure disease naturally, gently, and promptly. Homeopathy is a natural pharmaceutical science that uses very small or infinitesimal doses of substances from the plant, mineral, and animal kingdoms to activate the body’s nervous system to initiate a healing response.
The word homeopathy is derived from the Greek “homoios” meaning similar and “pathos” meaning suffering.
The German physician and chemist Dr. Samuel Hahnemann founded the science of homeopathy in the early 1800s. While performing research into the toxicological effects of the medicines of his time, Dr. Hahnemann discovered that a specific dilution of a substance would remove the symptoms that the substance was capable of evoking. Through numerous experiments, he advanced the theory that “likes are cured by likes,” and today it is a verified law of Pharmacology, the Law of Similars.
For example, if one drinks too much coffee, the mind races and prevents sleep, the nervous system becomes on-edge, and trembling may even result. A specifically prepared dilution of coffee will gently and promptly reverse these types of symptoms.
Ipecac in a large dose causes nausea and vomiting. An ill person suffering from the same or similar symptoms improves after taking a specifically prepared dilution of ipecac.
Another example is seen in the symptoms caused by being exposed to sliced onions. The eyes may burn and water profusely, and the nose may water and sneezing may occur. These symptoms produced by sliced onions are very similar to those of hay fever. As you might expect, one remedy for hay fever is the onion, specifically diluted according to exact homeopathic principles.
You will also see application of the Law of Similars in genetics, physics, chemistry, and immunology. In physics, opposite poles of a magnet attract while similar poles repel. By placing similar poles next to each other, a weakened magnet will be recharged/regenerated, or restored by the Law of Similars.
A basic principle of solvent chemistry states that a substance will be a solvent to another substance when it has a similar type of molecular bond. It has to be either similarly polar or similarly apolar, and then like will dissolve like. Immunology, of course, crudely applies the Law of Similars to activate antibody responses with small doses of a similar substance that will evoke the allergic symptoms.
HOMEOPATHIC PRINCIPLES
Homeopathic remedies focus on the whole person and the body’s own natural defense systems.
Homeopathy recognizes the body’s built-in capability to heal itself and maintain a healthy vibrant state of well being. Homeopathy teaches us that the symptoms of a disease represent the body’s own intelligent way of communicating through the sensory nervous system that it needs help. We can reinforce the body’s efforts by administering very small or infinitesimal doses of a substance, which if taken in large quantities over a period of time, would produce the same symptoms as the disease.
THE LAW OF POTENTIZATION refers to the specific dilution procedure of homeopathic formulas.
These specific dilution ratios with succussions or shaking are continued to various levels, called potencies. The lesser dilutions are known as low potencies and the greater dilutions are known as high potencies. Higher potencies act deeper into the nervous system, therefore creating a more potent effect upon the body’s natural healing responses.
WHAT TYPE OF DISEASES CAN HOMEOPATHY ADDRESS?
Homeopathy does not treat diseases, per se. Homeopathy activates the body’s own healing processes at both the physical and mental/emotional levels. The range of problems for which homeopathy can be effectively used is extensive and includes first aid, acute illnesses, and all manners of chronic conditions.
HOW SOON CAN RESULTS BE EXPECTED?
In acute conditions, the appropriate remedy can act within minutes. It is common to see a child who is screaming in pain with an earache then drop off to sleep one to two minutes after a dose of the appropriate remedy. In chronic conditions, results can be slower.
Roughly, for every year of illness, it may take a month of treatment and multiple formulas to receive maximum results.
Though astounding improvements often take place, do not be discouraged if instant improvements do not occur in chronic or long-term conditions. In the chronically ill and hypersensitive patient, the vitality of a person needs to be first strengthened. There may even be a slight chance of temporary worsening of symptoms. This is usually short-lived and followed by improvement.
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