|
What is a Homeopathic Remedy? A homeopathic remedy is an extremely diluted dose of a mineral, animal, or chemical which stimulates the body to react to it by excreting that same thing out of the body or balancing the body in some way. Just like medications, they are tools to help heal the body. Real healing involves working through the physical, emotional, mental, Spiritual and environmental issues as well as to learn how they affect you and how to manage them to create balance. The word homeopathy means "Like cures like". In the late 1700's Dr. Samuel Hahnemann found that any substance which can cause symptoms when given to a healthy person can help to heal those who are experiencing similar symptoms. Because of this discovery, he left his practice of bloodletting and giving large doses of mercury, arsenic and the other often harmful medical practices that were in vogue to study this fascinating area. Now, here is the interesting part. By studying the records of accidental
poisonings from other commonly used medicines such as mercury, arsenic,
belladonna and silver nitrate and by testing poisons on himself, he discovered
what the homeopathic dose of these substances would cure. Hahnemann was the
first to recommend giving medicinal drugs to healthy people to assess the
medicine’s physiological properties. These were called "provings". Careful
observations were made of the symptoms in all categories in a methodic way. This
is why each homeopathic is divided up by body system or part, emotions, dreams,
etc. Results of these provings are compiled in a book called the
Materia Medica A German homeopath, Costantine Hering, who emigrated to the United States in the 1830's discovered that the body heals from the inside (mental/emotional) out (physical symptoms). This is known as Hering’s first law of cure. The second law of cure is that as healing progresses, symptoms appear and disappear in reverse of their original chronological order of appearance. Especially with chronic disease, homeopaths have observed patients briefly reexperience symptoms from past conditions, even if those conditions occurred many years before. The third law of cure is that healing progressed from the upper to the lower parts of the body. As a person heals, it is common to have a temporary flaring of the symptoms. These may last a few hours to a few days and are welcomed if there is deeper healing or the symptoms are better further up on the body. Occasionally, the healing of the body does not follow Hering’s three laws. But, if true healing is occurring the patient feels stronger and better in spite of the temporary aggravation and by using this information we can track the healing process. Homeopathics are made by a series of dilutions called potentization. The medicine is first made soluble in some way, then one part of it is taken and diluted with 99 parts of water or alcohol. This solution is shaken vigorously against a firm surface or the hand (hand-successed) 100 times. This makes a 1X potency. The process is then repeated again and again to make even more dilute preparations. Commonly we use low potency dilutions in our practice (3x or 30X). The more dilute the substance, the more potent it becomes. Weird, huh? Click here to learn more about how to take homeopathic remedies: Later in history, doctors would get together regularly to have drug parties to test the effects and dosages of medicines, anesthetics and pain killers. Sometimes the doctors would get addicted. Progress is progress. Give thanks to these people for what they have done. So, putting this into practical form: Let’s say we were just stung by a bee and our arm swells up. If we give a homeopathic dose of the bee sting venom (called Apis mellifora), the body recognizes that venom very quickly and causes it to flush out of the system through the excretory pathways of the body (usually the urine) and within minutes many times the swelling will stop and go down. Some homeopathics are used as singles (like for poison ivy, grief, certain personality aspects and for headaches of many types), and some in combination (for instance, we have products that will fight or fix viruses, bacteria that are resistant to antibiotics, sick building syndrome, poor memory, etc.). There are so many homeopathics available. A true homeopath will spend up to an entire day trying to find just the right one remedy to take to help your symptoms. This dose will be high potency (1M or more). The homeopathic will be prescribed for a few days to a few months. The challenge with using such high potency is that the body may "prove" the remedy very quickly. Proving means that the body will heal very quickly then go backwards. The remedy actually has done it’s job and now is causing some of the same symptoms to happen again because you have overdosed yourself. If you think this is happening to you, call your practitioner and/or make yourself a cup of strong coffee and down it. The coffee inactivates the remedy so that adverse symptoms from the homeopathic are neutralized. At our practice I prefer to use the weaker potencies as it is rare that a proving actually occurs. I muscle test to see which combination of remedies vibrate with your body’s energy, and also muscle test how many drops to take per day. Usually a remedy will be taken for 4-12 weeks. Homeopathics come in several forms. Usually they are in the form of a sugar pill or in an alcohol base. Sometimes they are preserved in a vinegar base. Since blood type O people don’t react to vinegar well and it does not preserve for as long a period of time as alcohol or sucrose, I don’t carry any vinegar-based preparations. Reference:
Materia Medica Dr. Moffat's Bio FAQ's About My Practice Policies Phone Consultation Appt. Requests/Costs What I Do & Costs Disclaimer
© 2006 by Dr. Denice M. Moffat For educational use only. Permission to make copies by you for you and your friends is granted. If you find this site to be of value, a donation of any kind or amount (including making an appointment, a referral, sending money or prayer) would be greatly appreciated. I believe we need to support those things that nourish us in any way if we'd like to see them around in the future! You are encouraged to consult a knowledgeable practitioner before utilizing any of the information in this site. Enjoy.
Home Page Basics of Health Phone Consultations Exam Forms Specific Diseases Healing Techniques Veterinary Stuff Recipes Inspiration Tithing Projects Media Reviews Prosperity & Abundance Coaching Corner Client Testimonies Links by Category My Favorite Products Newsletter Archives Index to Newsletter Topics Newsletter Sign-Up Site Map
|
What would you like to find?
Page Last Edited 04/30/08
Detoxification Tips and Tricks Urinalysis-What is it? What do they see? What is a Normal Bowel Movement? Which Alternative Techniques are Best for You?
|
||||||||||||||
. 