How are homoeopathic remdies chosen?

There are thousands of homeopathic remedies, and unlike prescribing Western medications, like antibiotics for infections, homeopathic remedies are chosen with both the patient and the condition to be treated in mind. Huh? Well, not for an acute situation, such as a fall resulting in bruises — almost every homeopathic prescriber would tell you to take some arnica. Other conditions, however, differ from person to person. Even if the symptoms are the same, for instance, a cold with a cough, congestion, and lethargy, how we as individuals respond is quite different. Some of us might go to work as usual and try to ignore it. Another person might stay home in bed. A third might go to the gym, steam in the sauna, and buy out the over-the-counter cold treatment aisle at Whole Foods. The homeopath, as I have said before, tries to match the remedy with the person and his or her coping strategies. The practitioner will asses the acuteness of the situation, whether it is a chronic, a recurring, or a deteriorating condition; how rapid is its onset and its response to treatment, etc. The practitioner will also be assessing the patient — how is the mood? Anxious, depressed, cheerful — this is all data. Two major ways that homeopaths classify remedies are through kingdom and miasm. Kingdoms are mainly mineral, plant, and animal (although there are weird ones like fungi and inponderables, and then there are nosodes, which I’m not going to even try to explain here) and are the source material for the remedy. Miasms are classification of remedies by disease names. These are not necessarily the remedies for those diseases, although often they are used to treat them, but they are also remedies describing the disease state and the issues involved, even of the symptoms being treated have nothing to do with that disease. Are you sufficiently confused? Let’s start with the kingdoms, because that is a more familiar classification system for us. We’ve all heard someone described as “a rock”, or “the salt of the earth”, or “iron-willed”. These people are not going to share the characteristics of someone we would call, “a shrinking violet”, a “hot-house flower”, or “a clinging vine”. And when we are speaking of a “fox”, a “tiger”, or a “mouse”, an entirely different picture of the person emerges. The first descriptions would be used to describe people needing a mineral-based remedy. They are often concerned with structure and order (although this is not so apparent in gassy mineral types, who tend to have loose boundaries). Relationships are important, and are often described in terms of the role relationship – “my wife”, “my best friend”. Contrast this with an animal remedy. Here the issues, for the most part, have to do with survival, hierarchy (who’s dominating whom?), jealousy, passion – the kinds of things we associate with animals. While a mineral remedy may deal with anger by putting up a wall, an animal may fight for something “tooth and claw”. And the plants — they are sensitive, adaptive, concerned with having roots or flying all over the place like a thistle. They are sensitive to physical conditions such as heat and rain and often have seasonal allergies, but they are emotionally sensitive as well. They may be prickly or easily bruised. These are oversimplifications, but you get the idea. Most people identify with one kingdom or the other. Which one do you think you are?

Homeopathy respects the self-healing power of the human body

 

In this article in noted homoeopath Dana Ullman argues that homoeopathy makes sense because it respects the self-healing powers of the human body. Have you ever wondered what is that stuff coming out of your nose when you have a common cold? Such nasal discharges are composed of dead viruses that were killed by the body`s defenses, dead white blood cells that were killed as a result of the infection, and of a liquid substance known as mucus which the body deploys as a vehicle to remove this dead matter. If you take a conventional over-the-counter drug for the common cold, these drugs "work" by reducing the body`s ability to create mucus, which simply inhibits the body`s own efforts to eliminate the dead viruses from the body. Although these conventional drugs may stop the nasal discharge temporarily, the side effects of these drugs are that they lead to bronchial congestion, headache, and fatigue, which can be more problematic and discomforting symptoms than the original simple nasal discharge. The lesson here is that just because a drug is effective in getting rid of a symptom does not necessarily mean that this treatment is truly curative (or even helpful). WISDOM OF THE BODY The basic assumption behind the broad field of natural medicine is that the human body has an inherent wisdom within it that strives to defend itself and to survive. Symptoms of illness are not simply something "wrong" with the person, but instead, symptoms are actually responses and efforts of the organism to defend and heal itself against infection and/or stress. Hans Selye, MD, PhD, the father of stress theory, once asserted, "Disease is not mere surrender to attack but also the fight for health; unless there is a fight, there is no disease." Our human body has survived these thousands of years because of its incredible adaptive capabilities, and one of the ways that it adapts is through the creation of symptoms. Whether it be through fever and inflammation, cough and expectoration, nausea and vomiting, fainting and comatose states, and even the variety of emotional and mental states, each symptom represents the best efforts of the bodymind in its effort to fight infection and/or adapt to physical and psychological stresses. Although symptoms may be the best effort of the organism to defend itself at that time, it is not usually effective to simply let the body try to heal itself. Most often, some treatment must be provided to help nurture, nourish, and augment the body`s own wisdom. The challenge to physicians, healers, and patients is to determine when to help aid this inner wisdom of the body and when to intervene to make certain that the body does not harm itself. The word "symptom" comes from a Greek root and refers to "something that falls together with something else." Symptoms are a sign or signal of something else, and treating them doesn`t necessarily change that "something else." Ultimately, a symptom is a signal, a warning light that something is off-balance. It is akin to an oil warning light in your car. Although this light will go off if you unscrew the lamp, this simple action doesn`t solve the more complex problem that led to the light turning on in the first place. In 1942 Walter B. Cannon, a medical doctor, wrote a seminal book entitled The Wisdom of the Body. This book, which is a classic in medicine, detailed the impressive and sophisticated efforts that the body deploys to defend and heal itself. Many leading scientists, including the late Dr. Hans Selye, have taken Cannon`s work further, recognizing that symptoms are actually efforts of the organism to deal with stress or infection. And even more recently, Randolph Nesse, MD, and George Williams, PhD, authored Why We Get Sick: The New Science of Darwinian Medicine (New York: Times, 1995) in which they link the important role that symptoms and disease have to the evolution of the human body. Nesse and Williams show how our symptoms and seemingly normal body functions work as important defenses: - Fever is an important, even vital, defense against infection. - Tears help wash and cleanse the eyes. - The respiratory system is bathed in antibody and enzyme-rich secretions that are propelled up and down the throat and bronchial tree so that invaders are killed. - The ears secrete an antibacterial wax which helps to fight infection. - The frequent washing of the mouth with saliva kills some pathogens and dislodges others so that the stomach`s acid and enzymes can destroy them. Without having to tell the bodymind what to do, our innate survival instinct has developed sophisticated responses to both old and new infections and stresses. Concepts in new physics offer further support for the notion that living and non-living systems have inherent self-regulating, self-organizing, and self-healing capacities. This ongoing effort to maintain homeostasis (balance) and to develop higher and higher levels of order and stability have been described in detail by Nobel Prize-winning physicist Ilya Prigogine in Order Out of Chaos, Fritjof Capra in The Turning Point, and Erich Jantsch in The Self-Organizing Universe. In systems thinking, "perturbations" are understood as efforts of a system to re-establish balance and to increase its complexity so that there is greater dynamic homeostasis. WHY HOMEOPATHIC MEDICINES MAKE SENSE The implications of recognizing that symptoms are efforts of the body to defend itself are significant. Because some conventional drugs work by suppressing symptoms, these drugs tend to provide helpful temporarily relief but tend to lead to other new and more serious problems by inhibiting the body`s defense and immune processes. Such drugs should be avoided except in dire situations or in extreme pain or discomfort when safer treatments are not working fast or adequately enough. Because symptoms are adaptations of the body in its efforts to defend and heal itself, it makes sense to use treatments that mimic this wisdom of the body. Ultimately, homeopathic medicine is a well-known therapeutic modality that honors this wisdom of the body. Homeopathy is a type of "medical biomimicry" that uses various plant, mineral, and animal substances based upon their ability to cause in overdose the similar symptoms that the sick person is experiencing. It may be no coincidence that two of the very few conventional medical treatments that augment the body`s own immune system are immunizations and allergy treatments, and these drug treatment modalities coincidentally derive from the homeopathic principle of similar (treating "like with like"). By using a medicine that causes similar symptoms as those of the sick person, the medicine is akin to being a "medical aikido" (the martial art that seeks to match and mimic the force of the attacker against the attacker). It is not surprising that so many Eastern spiritual teachers have been trained in homeopathy or have simply become advocates for it. Swami Satchidananda and Swami Rama were formally trained in homeopathy, while Sri Aurobindo, Meher Baba, Jiddu Krishnamurti, Yogai Bhajan, Swami Muktananda, and Sri Chinmoy have been known to seek homeopathic care or advocate for it. The fact that many of these spiritual teachers also believe that life problems are not really "problems" but are opportunities for learning is part and parcel of the idea that symptoms are defenses in the body`s efforts to learn how to adapt to the world around us. The Latin words, vis medicatrix naturae, make reference to "the healing power of nature," and these words and concepts form the basis for naturopathic medicine. Despite maintaining a healthy respect for the healing power of nature, neither naturopaths nor homeopaths think that it is effective to just let the body heal itself. Usually, it is necessary to give the body specific tools/treatments that help in this healing process. Homeopathy and other natural medicines that nourish and nurture the body`s own wisdom are good first steps to initiate a true healing beyond just symptomatic relief. Consider that the most famous words from Hippocrates were "First, do no harm." It seems that Hippocrates was instructing us all to first try safer methods before resorting to the big guns of more dangerous conventional medical methodologies.

Indian homoeopaths want more freedom to treat H1N1 (swine flu)

The Indian government sadly is not trusting homoeopathy enough in the fight against H1N1

With a second wave of H1N1 attack anticipated by experts in November, the underlying demand among people to have homeopathic centres has gained momentum again. A group of experts had sent recommendations to the central government asking for permission to start formal centres in and around the city.
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Earlier, about two months back, a committee comprising of five members including principals of homeopathic colleges and Central Council for Research in Homeopathy, had sent recommendations about the treatment module, etc. to be followed by doctors across the state. While the recommendations were approved by the central government within 10 days, it kept mum on whether to allow homeopathic doctors to start formal centres to treat cases of swine flu.

"When swine flu was at its peak, we had many people coming to us for treatment but we had clear guidelines that we can provide only curative and not preventive care," said one of the members of the committee who had sent the recommendations to New Delhi. "We are willing to do more research on H1N1 virus but we did not have adequate access to patients as they were under the care of the pubic health department," the member added.

Additional chief secretary (health) of Maharashtra Sharvaree Gokhale states that at this stage the focus is to curb the spread of the virus with the best available resource. "Homeopathy can be used only as a preventive medicine to boost immunity," she said. "For curative, Tamiflu is the only answer."

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Rehab: Homoeopathy and chiropractic help curing muscular-skeletal problems

Chiropractic and homeopathy both correct nerve interferences throughout the nervous system. New ways have been discovered to correct the nerve interferences existing beyond the spine.

The homeopathic process of potentization has discovered new therapeutic abilities and solutions that have turned the healing art of homeopathy into a viable and easy approach for use in the high-volume chiropractic practice.

Many people are affected by a supposedly incurable problem that neither medical nor chiropractic has been able to resolve. Homeopathy actually corrects nerve interferences where the hands of the chiropractor cannot reach. By correcting the plethora of nerve interferences occurring throughout your patient’s body along with the proper homeopathic formulas, many so-called incurable cases can be healed.

Chiropractic and homeopathy offer the best opportunity possible to restore normal control functions of the body, resulting in many formerly disabled people being able to return to normal activities and overwhelmingly improve the quality of their lives.

Homeopathic solutions are easily incorporated into the successful musculoskeletal practice for faster and more corrective results. A few notable examples that many people test positive on follow:

• Acute and chronic back, neck, and spinal injuries. Aesculus hippocastanum (horse chestnut) provides a powerful influence on individuals with generally weak spines who have aching between the shoulder blades, or whose back and legs give out.

Cimicifuga racemosa (black cohosh) provides a wide action upon the cerebrospinal and muscular system. It relieves stiffness as well as pain in the lumbar and sacral region, down the thighs, and through the hips.

• Muscle stiffness and tightness, aches, soreness, and cramps. Arnica montana (mountain arnica) is a natural muscular tonic that relieves body aches and strained joints.

Kali carbonicum (carbonate of potassium) provides great relief for stiff necks, tension, tearing, and pulling in muscles and joints.

• Arthritis and fibromyalgia. Bryonia alba (white bryony) relieves aching in every muscle. It relieves soreness, weakness, stiffness, and dizziness, as well as rheumatic pains and swellings, and headaches.

• Neuralgias and sciatica. Magnesia phosphorica (magnesium phosphate) is a fantastic anti-spasmodic remedy. It relieves muscular weakness, weakness in arms and hands, and cramps in muscles having radiating, as well as neuralgic, pains. Gnaphalium polycephalum (common everlasting) is the unquestioned remedy for sciatica when pain is associated with numbness.

• TMJ, headaches, migraines, and food allergies. Nux vomica (poison nut) is pre-eminently the remedy for many of the conditions incident to modern life, such as temporomandibular joint disorder (TMJ), headaches, migraines, and food allergies.

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well for patients who do a good deal of mental work, have mental strains, and/or prolonged office work. It relieves irritability and excessive sensitivity, such as shooting pains in teeth and jaws, and headaches in the back of the head and over the eyes, as well as frontal and congestive headaches.

• Disc injuries and degeneration. Rhux toxicodendron (poison ivy) offers relief from swelling, stiffness, and paralyzed sensations in joints from sprains, overlifting, or overstretching. It is also excellent relief for morning stiffness and pain.

Silicea (silica) is an essential remedy for bone diseases and relief of pain in hips, legs, knees, and feet; weak spine; and spinal irritations.

• Sports injuries and performance enhancement. Phosphorus is especially good for bone diseases, bone fragility, and osteomyelitis.

Lycopodium clavatum (club moss) is great for skin, poor circulation, and cold extremities. It is also known to improve extremely sensitive minds, loss of self-confidence, apprehension, and confused thoughts.

WHICH FORMULA IS RIGHT?

Generally, you would consider a homeopathic formula that addresses symptoms similar to those presenting. But, if a sports-injury formula does not test positive or fully correct the problem, try a related formula, such as one for muscle and joint injury, arthritis, fatigue relief, detoxification, or drainage, for example.

The key to ultimate success with homeopathy is finding all the formulas that match the symptom picture and correct the underlying cause of disease. Homeopathy is a highly individualized healing art, and to discover its broad spectrum of therapeutic potentials, you must have a way of discerning all the remedies that support the healing process.

The practitioner must have an insightful and open approach that seeks to explore more deeply all possible causes or similimums — products that match similar symptoms. Diligence in seeking and finding all the necessary homeopathic remedies is the key to optimal success.

Homeopathy can be simply and quickly added to any style or technique of chiropractic management program to effectively broaden your scope of practice. You can become the preferred provider in managed care, with the reputation of helping people other doctors could not. With chiropractic combined with homeopathy, you have the opportunity to provide those pieces of health which your patients are so anxious to receive.

Chronic sore throat cured by homoeopathy

In the Times of India Jug Suraiya writes how homeopathy cured him of a chronic sore throat, when allopathy had given up on him.

The world is deeply divided. Never mind those who feel that Barack Obama does deserve the Nobel Peace Prize and those who feel he doesn't. Forget those who are convinced that climate change will destroy us all, and those equally convinced that it's a figment of R K Pachauri's imagination. Ignore those who claim Anil is in the right and those who root for Mukesh. All these are mere ripples on the surface of controversy. The real rift that divides civilisation, the unbridgeable Grand Canyon of all schisms is that which separates those who believe in the curative powers of homeopathy and those who don't.

According to the pro-homeopaths, homeopathy can cure, and indeed has cured, anything and everything from premature baldness to the Big C, from the common cold to the most uncommon of pathologies. Give homeopathy half a chance, say homeopaths, and it'll cure all the world's ills, from AIDS to global recession, from international terror to Raj and Bal Thackerayism. According to the anti-homeopaths, homeopathy is pseudo-medical mumbo-jumbo, pharmacological voodoo involving toxic substances like arnica 30, nux vomica 60, deadly nightshade 100, and tarantulas' testicles ad infinitum. To anti-homeopaths, homeopaths are, at worst, dangerous quacks, and, at best, harmless weirdos who also believe in UFOs, greet each other by secret signs known only to initiates, and dance naked under the full moon.

Neither believers nor disbelievers, Bunny and i are agnostics when it comes to homeopathy. Neither for nor against, we sit on the fence of ambivalence. So when a friend recommended a homeopathic course of treatment for the sciatica that has been plaguing Bunny for the past six months, we decided to go with it. Maybe it won't work. But what the heck. It can't hurt, can it? And who knows? Maybe it will work. Stranger things have been known to happen. As i can testify. Years ago in Calcutta i suffered from what the series of allopathic doctors i consulted called a 'strep throat'. With unfailing regularity my throat would get sore and inflamed and horribly painful, as though i were swallowing broken glass. The inflammation would be accompanied by fever, sometimes as high as 102 degrees. To try and prevent the infection, i'd rub Vicks on my throat and wrap it up tight with a scarf, right through Calcutta's hot and sweaty summer. Didn't help. Month on month, the strep throat would strike, and i'd pop antibiotics by the fistful in vain attempts to combat it.

Finally someone suggested i see a homeopath. I don't believe in homeopathy, i replied. You're not required to, it's not a religion, said the other, and gave me a name and address. So off i went to see my first homeopath, who turned out to be a small, chubby, cheerful chap who looked at me brightly. Sore throat, i croaked, pointing to my wrapped-up neck. The chap shook his head. That's just the symptom, he said. What you're suffering from is something else, he added, and gave me a phialful of small white globules, of which i was to swallow six and not eat or drink anything for half an hour before or after.

I went home, had the globules. And didn't sleep a wink that night, having to rush to the loo half a dozen times. I woke Bunny at 6 in the morning. Ring up that damn fellow and tell him he's killed me, i groaned. Bunny rang him and gave him the dire news. Wonderful! The chap responded. I've purged his body of all the toxins that were poisoning him; tell him he'll never get a bad throat again, he said. And i haven't, not once, in the intervening 20-odd years.

So do Bunny and i believe in homeopathy? We don't know. All we know is that something cured me of a strep throat all the allopaths i went to had given up on. Here's hoping that the same, or a similar, something will work the magic for Bunny's sciatica. For all anyone knows, maybe the homeo path to health is paved with good prescriptions. Fingers crossed. Toes, too.

A child cured of bed-wetting by homeopathic drug Pulsatilla

This article tells us how a little girl called Becky was cured gently of bed-wetting by the homoeopathic medicine, Pulsatilla.

There are many areas of homeopathy in which a list of the top five remedies can be expounded upon to aid the newcomer to this incredible medicine. Bee stings, for instance, are usually met squarely for the present condition and also for future incidences with Ledum. Aconitum and Arnica are well reputed to address trauma to soft tissue or to the head. Enuresis, or bed wetting, is a little different. Not because it isn’t possible to consider, (it has a reputation for being one of the easiest illnesses to address) but because it’s person-specific.

No doubt, habitual wetting of the bed is a disheartening problem, particularly for a child who is of age to attend camp or spend the night at a cousin’s house. Take Becky, for example. Becky is a sweet, retiring little girl of 9 years old. She has blue eyes, sandy blond hair and a feminine disposition. She has never had a dry bed and has gone through a battery of tests. Her parents have taken her to three doctors who have offered surgery, meds and behavioral modification techniques. Becky’s mom refused the surgery on the grounds that it was too extreme for the situation. Smart mom. Her mom also refused drugs because the doctor admitted they wouldn’t cure the problem and would just cover it up. The behavioral training was tried, yet Becky still wet the bed nightly.

This is when Becky’s mom decided to try homeopathy. She has a best friend who has used homeopathy for her family for years and she finally decided it was time to give it a try. The first visit was interesting. The homeopath seemed certain this was not a problem that homeopathy couldn’t address. “What foods do you like to eat?” asked the homeopath. “Do you like going out side?” “Do you ever get stomach aches?” The questions seemed unrelated to the bed wetting problem, but at the end of the impressively long appointment, the homeopath suggested Pulsatilla 200c which is generally used four times in one day only and repeated twice monthly for two months.

Becky took her remedy dutifully the following day. Astonishingly, four nights later, she was dry! This was the first time she had been dry in her entire life! Becky’s parents were elated and so was Becky, but they were also a little apprehensive. What was in these pills that could cause such a dramatic change? Upon calling the homeopath for reassurance, they were soothed by the information they received. Firstly, the homeopath wasn’t at all surprised that this had occurred so quickly. She then explained that homeopathy is a medicine of gentleness. No side effects, no addictions. In fact, Becky would likely not need to take the remedy for more than those few weeks. An interesting aside is that Becky’s mom also noticed that she was no longer whiny and clingy and was more interested in going to her cousins’ house to play. The homeopath explained that this is the way homeopathy is supposed to work.

Homeopathy simply nudged Becky’s system to bring it to its best place. It does no harm; it causes no distress. It just quietly, gently and politely nudges the sufferer's body to bring itself to its best economy. Becky and her mom are delighted. The homeopath is pleased and the world is a better place.

Homeopathy is the medicine of the people. The Father of Homeopathy, Samuel Hahnemann, described homeopathy as rational medicine. And indeed it is. In fact, homeopathic remedies are regulated by the FDA and have been since the inception of the FDA in the 1940’s. There are many hundreds of them and never has even one been removed from the market for impurity, detrimental effects or otherwise. No other form of medicine can offer as sterling a reputation as this. Homeopathy is safe, gentle and effective. Can anyone dispute its value in our society? Certainly not Becky and her mom.

Homoeopathy cures chronic ill effects of flu

Homeopath Jenny Grist tells us that homoeopathy can cure chronic ill effects of a bad bout of influenza.

Homeopaths can make a difference in the recovery from winter ills. After a severe cold or flu the immune system works hard to restore the body to normal and it is quite usual to feel tired, a little depressed and to lose your usual motivation for a while. After a week or two of taking things easier with some early nights and good nutrition a healthy body should quickly respond.

However, this often isn’t the case. The pressures of daily life mean that many people never give themselves the opportunity to get well. Sometimes the effects of flu can go on for months or even develop into an illness such as Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.

Homeopaths see cases such as this in their practices every week. Local homeopath, Jenny Grist, believes that homeopathy can significantly help: “It is surprising how many people can trace their symptoms back for months or even years saying they have never been well since a memorable episode of ‘flu. In one case a patient of mine had suffered from their symptoms since the “Asian flu” in 1957. It was very rewarding for me to hear that a month after taking homeopathic medicine those symptoms had completely disappeared!”

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Why choose homeopathy for your children?

7 reasons why homoeopathy is best for your child.

1. Works with the body to enhance the body’s ability to fight illness

2. Assists in all realms of the child’s development-mental, emotional, physical

3. No side effects

4. Treats both acute and chronic illnesses

5. Enhances the effectiveness of antibiotic treatment when it is really necessary by allowing the healthy development of the immune system and reducing the risk of antibiotic-resistant bacterial strains

6. Can be used in conjunction with conventional medication without the risk of drug interactions

7. Palatable medication.

Curing flu (influenza) with homoeopathy

The article below informs us about some homoeopathic remedies for influenza. It does not mention Arsenic Album though. Ars cures 95% of all flu cases.

One first and best defenses is fever. Fevers are vital healing forces and deserve respect. Sometimes they run on too long or too high, in which case, please seek professional advice.

Most effective for the earliest stages of flu, many fans of Oscillococcinum take it once a month throughout the flu season, as a preventative measure.

Homeopathic remedies work with the body's own efforts, so you may see a fever rise slightly after taking a remedy. This indicates that the remedy is working and the fever will break soon.

♦ For the very first sign of a flu coming on, especially after a cold wind, there is Aconite.

♦ Ferrum phos gives supportto low riding fevers, especially in babies, children or anyone who catches cold easily.

♦ If the pink cheeks turn a blazing red and radiate heat with a strong restless fever, Belladonna has it covered.

♦ If the flu causes burning dry heat alternating with chills and makes your patient grumpy, sore and unwilling to move, there's the "grumpy bear" remedy, Bryonia.

♦ If a sleepy fever/flu makes every bone feel broken and every inch of skin sore, Eupatorium perf should help you through.

♦ If complete exhaustion with heavy limbs, weighty headache, backache and dull aching muscle pains accompany an extremely chilling fever, we put Gelsemium in just for you.

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Calgary woman trusts homoeopathy to keep away H1N1

Tricia Felber is determined to do whatever she can to protect her two young daughters from the H1N1 flu.

Her family follows a strict regimen of homeopathic remedies, eats plenty of fruits and vegetables, avoids sugar and strives for a proper night's sleep.

Felber will not, however, allow her children to be immunized. She has doubts about the H1N1 vaccine's safety and even whether it can fight the flu at all.

"To me, it's not worth the risk," said the 35-year-old Calgarian.

"We are following a homeopathic flu protocol and I feel completely safe with that. Homeopathy dates back 200 years. How long has this vaccine been out?"

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Curing emotional problems with homoeopathy: Grief

Everyone feels grief. What is grief? It has been described as,

• Deep mental anguish, as that arising from bereavement.
• A source of deep mental anguish.
• Annoyance or frustration
• Trouble or difficulty
• Archaic. A grievance.

Looking at this, it is obvious that grief is the source of all tension and stress that we feel. Grief makes us feel miserable.

The main remedies for grief are Aurum met, Carcinosinum, Causticum, Ignatia, Lachesis, Natrum Mur, Nux Vomica, Phosphoric Acid, Phosphorus and Staphysagria.

Mention must be made here that for real changes in ailments from ill effects of grief, the remedies have to be taken in the 1 M and 10 M potencies. Lower than that, the cure will be temporary and fleeting.

Care must be taken when administering the higher potencies. Do so only after you have a reasonably thorough grasp of the subject, gained after extensive reading. If the wrong remedy has been administered, antidote it immediately. otherwise high potencies are capable of doing harm in some cases. Remember that the antidote can be given in the 6C or even 6X potencies, which are totally harmless. That is the beauty of homoeopathy.

I have mentioned the main remedies grief earlier in this article. Now let me draw their drug pictures. All you have to do is to find which drug picture matches the disease picture and administer that remedy.

AURUM METALLICUM - Aur is a syphilitic (miasm) remedy. the person likes to hear devotional songs. he is a person who takes responsibilities seriously. They feel great depression. they may be suicidal. Likes to think of suicide, which makes him feel good. His favourite mode of committing suicide is jumping from a height or by driving his car dangerously. he feels better in the evening and lousy at night.

CARCINOSINUM - this is THE remedy for grief. It is indispensable in cases of abuse of children, for patients who have suffered from domination by others for a long time. Children with strict parents. Women who have been sexually abused or are victims of rape. Carc folks are very sensitive. They suffer in silence. They are fond of animals. They love thunderstorms. They feel worse between 1 PM and 6 PM in the afternoon and 3 AM to 6 AM in early morning. They have a history of cancer in the family.

CAUSTICUM - They hate seeing anyone suffering from injustice and will fight it. They are intense, idealistic people. They have a history of repeated griefs. They have a fear that something bad will happen.

IGNATIA - is the remedy for grief in the short term. Promotion refused. Failure in an examination. A lover ditches you. And you are filled with grief. That is when Ignatia will work wonders. Very sensitive. But when grief turns chronic, Natrum Mur will be required. Ignatia and Nat M are complementary.

LACHESIS - are very passionate people, sexually and otherwise. when opposed they will strike back with venom (like a snake). They are very talkative at times. They feel lousy after sleep. Their mental power peaks at night. They are very unsure about themselves in the afternoon. They have difficulty swallowing food and drink and hate wearing anything tight around their throat. (They hate ties!)

NATRUM MUR - is the main remedy for chronic grief. It is similar to Carc in the sense that both love salt, both have a history of domination by others, both have low confidence, both are aggravated by heat. The distinguishing factor between the two is
-- Carc aggravation is 1 PM to 6 PM. Nat M time is 10 AM.
-- Carc loves thunderstorms.
-- Carc loves animals
-- Carc has a history of cancer in the family

Make no mistake Nat M is a formidable drug to cure chronic grief (perhaps the only one at times).

NUX VOMICA - Are go-getters. they are ruthless ambitious people. very driven, that is why they take drugs, smoke, drink and sexually active. These spur them on. The Nux grief occurs when things don't go the way they want it go. That is when they shout at people, throw files at subordinates and generally feel miserable themselves.

PHOSPHORIC ACID - the grief manifests itself here as inactivity and loss of energy. The patient is listless and apathetic and feels nothing. He may have diarrhoea which does NOT weaken him. They find joy in nothing and lie listlessly before the TV set for hours.

PHOSPHORUS - Phos folks are extroverts and love the company of people. They are sensitive and sympathetic. They hate to be alone. The grief comes in when things go wrong. They change. The love of people's company disappears. They start to like to stay alone. The zest goes out of life. Phos loves salt.

STAPHYSAGRIA - These people have been insulted and mortified for along time, so they have low self confidence. Insults play havoc with them. The low confidence does not allow them to retaliate. They are timid and shy. They have a hard time finding a sexual partner. Which is hell for them as they are very sexual. In the absence of a sexual partner they masturbate a lot.

Some other hints at finding the remedy for grief

Chronic complaints, long lasting grief - Nat M
Grief causes drowsiness - Phos Ac
Grief causes epilepsy - Hyos, Ign
Hair fall due to grief - Phos Ac
headache from greif - Aur, Calc, Ign, Nat M, Phos Ac, Phos, Puls, Staph
Headache, top of head burning due to grief - Calc
Heart problems from grief - Dig, Nat M
Meningitis caused by grief - Opium
Grief causes palpitations - Opium, Nat M
Greif causes insomnia - Aur, Carc, Ign, Nat M
Grief causes stomach trouble - Ant Crudum, Ign
Grief for the future - Nat M
Greif with jealousy - Hyos
Grief after losing a loved one - Ign, Nat M
Undemonstrative grief - Carc, Ign, Nat M

Homoeopathy for dogs

The author clearly says that homoeopathy is totally safe and useful in diseases of dogs. But he warns that it is not approved by the FDA for veterinary medicine in the United States, which is a pity.

I will get straight to the point about homeopathy for dogs. I am sure that you are looking for alternative treatments over conventional medicinal remedies for your dogs. I know how you feel about wanting to provide safe and effective treatments for your pets. Imagine being able to do this and save money at the same time over traditional vet bills.

There is no better time to help your pet than today.

WHAT IS HOMEOPATHY

* A form of alternative medicine first proposed by a German physician in 1796
* Widely used by the public in over the counter medications
* Homeopathy uses animal, plant, mineral and synthetic substances in the preparation of various remedies.
* Traditional medicine believes that symptoms are created by the sickness or illness whereas homeopathic medicine believes that the symptoms are the body’s response to the illness and therefore tries to stimulate the symptoms to fight the illness.
* Homeopathic remedies are considered safe with very few exceptions.

VETERINARY HOMEOPATHY

* Dates back to the original concept of human homeopathy first discussed in 1796
* Not approved by the FDA for veterinary medicine in the United States
* There is a international group of homeopathic veterinarians
* Use of homeopathy by veterinarians is controversial
* There has been little scientific research to support homeopathic treatment in animals.
* A form of alternative medicine that uses animal, plant, mineral, and synthetic substances in the preparation of various remedies.

Most pet owners who are looking at homeopathy treatment are also looking at closely related issues such as natural pet remedies, herbal remedies, and home remedies in order to provide safer treatments for their dogs over the riskier conventional medicines used by many vets today.

Homoeopathy and bad breath (halitosis)

In this article Navin Chandra not only says that homoeopathy cures bad breath (halitosis) but enlightens us on the principles of homoeopathy, how the remedy is selected and also the theory of miasms. Very valuable, informative article indeed.

The protein in the food debris are degraded by the anaerobic bacteria present in the mouth.Offenssive odor is produced due to release of some gases like hydrogen sulphide,skatol ect due to bacterial activity.Formation of a thin sticky membrane on the tongue favoures bacterial growth.Bactrera are also seen in the crypts of tonsils ,dental caries,dental pockets ect.
Bad breath is associated with oral hygiene,caries,gingivitis,tonsillitis,tonsillar plaques,food habits,water intake ,tobacco chewing,stomach and liver diseases and ect.

Homoeopathy is a system of medicine introduced by a german physician Dr Samuel Hahnemann.Homoeopathy treats the diseased individual as a whole rather than treating diseased parts or organs.The physical,mental,emotional,social spheres of a person is considered for a permanent cure.This system believes that the diseases are caused due to the derangement of vital force which is an invisible power in every individual.In a healthy state the vital force maintains the equilibrium of mind body and soul .During this man will have normal sensations and functions.When the vital force gets affected there will be external manifestations in the form of signs and symptoms.The imbalance in the body functions makes a shelter for forign organisms(bacteria,viruses,fungi,protozoa ect) and allow them to proliferate &produce so called diseases.Homoeopathy believes thet the real desease comes before the bacteria & viruses,hence the root c causes functional disturbances, syphilis cause structural changes in the form of destructions and sycosis causes changes in the form of overgrowth.
These three miasms can act individually or in combined form producing different disease conditions.

To treat bad breath with homoeopathic medicine is easy if correct remedy in suitable dose is given. In the homoeopathic medical repertory by Dr Robin Murphy there are 140 homoeopathic drugs mentioned for bad breath.So just giving one drug for bad breath may not give good result.To come to a correct remedial diagnosis we should have the symptomatology of the person .It is the total symptoms of a person which includes mental generals,physical generals,particular symptoms ect.Bad breath is considered as a physical general symptom .Eventhough it comes only from a part of the body it affects the whole individual.

Symptoms related with appetite,thirst,bowels ect are included in physical generals.

All signs and symptoms (mental&physical)of the person is taken in detail.Knowledge about past illneses,family history of diseases,food & bowel habits,relation to climatic changes and constitution ect are noted down in a systematic order.

Mental symptoms:

example: fear,anxiety,depression,anger,jealousy and ect....

Physical symptoms:

example: Body makeup,appetite,thirst,desires,aversions,bowels,urination,sleep,taste, nature of smell,discharges any abnormal sensations like pain, burning ,climatic changes,thermal relations, and ect....

Peculiar uncommon symptoms:

This is the speciality of homoeopathic system of medicine.For the selection of a suitable remedy these symptoms are very important. Common symptoms which are seen almost in all patients are least important.

particular/local signs&symptoms:

This include signs &symptoms related to body parts &organs.

example: Coating on the tongue,nature of mucus membrane of oral cavity, tonsils, gums, teeth, ulcers, discolourations ect are considered here.

Systemic & general physical examination:-

Bad breath can be due to various systemic and disorders.Hence all systems ( respiratory system ,digestive system,nervous system, cardio vascular system and ect )and parts from head to foot should be examined.

provisional disease diagnosis; Here probable diseases are diagnosed. In homoeopathy disease diagnosis is not that much important for the selection of a remedy,but needed for general management and to know the prognosis.

Investigations:

This includes lab investigations and other methods to find out any other major illnesses.



Final disease diagnosis:

After doing all investigations the disease is diagnosed.

Remedial diagnosis:

This is the most importnant part as far as homoeopathy is concerned. For this the selected symptoms are arranged in a systematic order on the basis of importance.

symptoms are analysed to find out the importance of each symptom for the selection of a remedy.Remedies are selected on the basis of similarity.[the basic principle of homoeopathy is 'similia similibus curenter' means like cures like.A medicine which can produce some symptoms in a healthy man can be used as a remedy to trea the similar symptoms in a diseased person.Each homoeopathic drug is proved on healthy human beings and the symptoms collected by this process(drug proving) is written in meteria medica.]

Suitable remedies are diagnosed by a process called repertorisation. Here books called repertories are used. Repertory is the index of symptoms of materia medica(books which contain the symptoms of drugs).Nowadays computer softwares are used for repertorisalion.By this process we will get the remedies covering maximum important symptom of the patient.

Amoung this group of remedies the most suitable remedy is selected by referring various books and history of the patient..The selected medicine is given in suitable potency & dose.

ANTI MIASMATIC TREATMENT:

The root cause of disease is miasms which should be eradicated using suitable anti miasmatic drugs.Every drug can eradicate the miasm if there is symptom similarity.there are anti psoric drugs,anti syphilitic drugs and anti sycotic drugs.After diagnosing the miasm suitable anti miasmatic drug has to be given to complete the cure.

[In homoeopathy medicines are prepared from different sources like minerals, plants, animals, toxins, diseased parts ect. Medicines are prepared from these substances by a special process called potentisation.Here the soluble substances are potentised by diluting with spirit and insoluble substances by grinding with sugar of milk.The crude drug substance is first mixed with a calculated quantity of spirit and water and kept for few days .From this mixture extract is taken and is called mother tincture(denoted as Q).From this mother tincture dilutions are prepared by potentisation.Potentisation is a mathematical process by which the quantity of original drug substance reduces but medicinal power increases. Depending upon the ratio of quantity of drug substance and vehicle(spirit or sugar of milk)there are different scales for this process.Each scale has got different potencies which indicate power of medicine.Example in decimal scale 3x,6x.12x ect.in centisimal scale there is 30c,200c ect,in LM poteny there are 0/1,0/2,0/3 ect.potency is written after the name of every medicine]

Same medicine is available in different potencies. Suitable potency is selected according to so many facters like sevearity,depth of disease,condition of the patient ,nature of disease ,type of symptoms,age of patient and ect.

Homoeopathy cures psoriasis

Homoeopathy can cure psoriasis. 

More than 125 million people worldwide suffer from psoriasis

Each year, more than 2,00,000 additional people get the disease.

Heredity seems to be a strong predisposing factor with 33 per cent patients reporting that they have a relative suffering from psoriasis.

If one parent has psoriasis, a child has nearly a 10 per cent chance of having psoriasis. If both parents have psoriasis, the chances shoot up to 50 per cent.

Many skin diseases are known to increase during winter because of the dryness. Psoriasis is one such autoimmune disease that tends to flare up in winter.

Equally affecting both sexes, psoriasis can appear at any age, although it usually strikes for the first time between 15 and 25 years of age.

Dr. Batras’ Positive Health Clinic Private Limited (DBPHCPL) is taking the initiative of spreading awareness about Psoriasis on the occasion of World Psoriasis Day on October 29.

This awareness programme which ends on November 4, has special offers including a free first consultation with our expert Homeopaths who have been trained by leading Dermatologists.

Psoriasis has no definitive cause; however, stress, both physical and psychological, is known to aggravate the condition. The irony is that those suffering from psoriasis experience further stress and depression and thus get into a vicious cycle, which explains why psoriasis is a recurring chronic condition that is difficult to treat.

About 560 lakh man hours are lost each year by patients of psoriasis.

Skin is the largest organ in the body and plays an important role in controlling body temperature and serves as a barrier to infection.

Therefore, if left untreated, large areas of psoriasis can lead to infection, fluid loss, and poor blood circulation. Around 30 per cent of people with psoriasis also develop psoriatic arthritis, a crippling disease of the joints and the bones.

In 80 per cent of people with psoriatic arthritis, the nails get affected too.

“Being an autoimmune disorder, psoriasis is especially responsive to Homeopathy because homeopathic medicines, being subtle bio-energetic preparations, work towards correcting the deranged immunity.

A holistic science, Homeopathy not only relieves the patient’s physical discomfort but also puts the patient at ease mentally,” says Dr Mukesh Batra, founder and CMD, DBPHCPL.

Research has proved that Homeopathy effectively treats psoriasis.

A 3-year clinical study in England revealed that 97 per cent of psoriasis patients who were treated with Homeopathy showed a marked improvement in their condition.

“In a world of instant gratification, it is important for psoriasis patients to understand that while one sees visible improvement in the first few months itself, the full course of treatment could take a few years.

At DBPHCPL, we have enjoyed success even in some very severe and advanced cases. So just stay positive and adhere to the treatment protocols and you can be sure of long lasting results,” adds Dr Rohini Talwar, MD Dermatologist at DBPHCPL.

Homoeopathy cures chronic infections

In this article in Natural News, Allison Biggar explains briefly what is homoeopathy for the benefit of the uninitiated and then explains that it is very effective in chronic infections.

Homeopathic remedies are made with natural substances from plants, minerals and animals and are used to treat a wide range of health problems, diseases and chronic conditions. Unlike most western doctors, homeopaths treat their patients based on more than just their symptoms. They examine the emotional, physical and mental health of the patient in order to determine their treatment.

Homeopathy was developed in Germany by physician Samuel Christian Hahnemann based on the theories that "like cures like" and that the lower the dose of the remedy, the more effective it is. Unlike most drugs and antibiotics, homeopathic medicine has no side effects and is able to cure chronic conditions without the patient relying on taking a pill on a routine basis.

Travel Agent Angie Fanning suffered from chronic bladder infections for 20 years and was prescribed antibiotics repeatedly by her doctors. "The bladder infection would go away, only to return again in a few months," says Fanning. When Fanning asked her doctors the cause of her recurring condition she was told, "These things just happen."

Determined to find the real cause of her chronic infections, Fanning started to do her own research. "I had a huge awakening that nothing happens in our bodies for no reason," says Fanning. "I realized that what we eat, how we think, how we deal with stress, and our overall mental outlook affects our health."

She also learned that the problem with antibiotics is that they kill all bacteria in the urinary tract: including the good bacteria. This imbalance can lead to future and recurrent infections- which was exactly her problem.

After suffering from four bladder infections in six months Fanning was fed up. Adamant that she would not take more antibiotics, she went to visit a homeopath after being referred by a friend. "My first session with the doctor we spent four hours talking about my life from the time I was in the womb until the present and how all of those experiences affected my health," says Fanning. "I realized that I was holding a lot of emotions inside that I had no idea were affecting me. Those negative feelings had to find a way out of my body and for me it was in the form of a bladder infection."

She was given one homeopathic remedy to take once a week to help her deal with her emotions and another one to take when she started having symptoms of a bladder infection. Homeopathic doctors treat bladder infections by giving highly diluted doses of a natural substance that would produce the same infection if given in full strength to a healthy person.

The remedies were successful. "I have not had a single bladder infection in two years after visiting the homeopath and taking these remedies," says Fanning. "It is so amazing to me- since this was a recurring problem I've had since I was three years old- that my infections are now gone for good without the use of antibiotics or drugs!"

Homeopathic doctors treat the whole person: body, mind and spirit. "I never realized how much I was holding inside until I was forced to talk about it," says Fanning. "Being able to talk about my feelings in combination with the homeopathic remedies have made me more confident, happy, and most importantly healthy!"

Curing emotional problems with homoeopathy

Most of us have 'weak points' in our mental make-up. Certain traits (caused by stresses in childhood or later) which refuse to go away even after we grow up. These traits continue to make our life miserable and leave us so weak that we struggle to cope with life. It is like asking a soldier to go to war with one arm tied behind him and rendered useless.

Allopathy has the psychiatrist. Psycho-therapy and counselling sessions with a shrink help to a certain extent in clearing the confusion, the fears in the mind. But the drugs prescribed by the psychiatrist, I feel, does more harm than good. That is because allopathy (mainstream medicine) treats emotional problems as disorders of the mind only. Chances are 'curing' the mental ailment will drive the disease condition to other parts (more vital parts) of the body or just suppress it temporarily. This not cure.

Homoeopathy scores heavily over other systems of medicine here. Because only homoeopathy regards a person's mind, body, soul as one entity.

Treating mental problems with homoeopathy means not merely treating the mind, but the whole person. That is how it should be. That is real cure. Homoeopathy believes a disturbed mind is a symptom of the whole entity thrown off-balance (theory of miasms).

The aim in homoeopathy is not to cure a mental ailment alone, but to restore the disturbed balance, the equilibrium of the person (homoeopathy calls it a person's vital force). Illness (both mental or physical) is derangement of a person's vital force.

The homoeopathic cure, the remedy is selected after examining the WHOLE person. That is why the cure is real and permanent.

When we cure with homoeopathy the cure is real and permanent.

When we cure with homoeopathy, the name of the disease is irrelevant. It does not matter if the person suffers from anxiety disorder, panic attacks or schizophrenia. The aim is to match the symptoms with the drug picture of homoeopathic remedies. The most similar remedy, called the SIMILIMUM, will cure.

I must mention here that to understand how homoeopathy works in mental disorders, the book, Teachings by the Canadian homoeopath Andre Saine is a must.

Coping with a failed love affair (or marriage) with homoeopathy

Love is a wonderful thing. But all love stories do not have a happy ending. And when that happens it can have a shattering effect on the person.

Homoeopathy comes to the rescue here. It helps you get over the grief quickly and prevents other ill effects that occur when a heart breaks.

The AURUM METALLICUM person slips into depression. He (or she) is that kind of person who feels that he must be lacking in something that his lover/spouse left him. A guilt feeling. He then thinks of suicide. Of jumping off from a height. His blood pressure goes up. He drives his car dangerously. He feels despair. A few doses of Aurum will make a new man (or women) out of the person.

HYOCYAMUS - This guy is the jealous sort. He is suspicious and jealous. He will react by acting crazy. He may laugh. He may curse. He may act silly. He may strip off his clothes. He will touch his genitals. He will act malicious. He/she is not the sort of person who will part as friends.

IGNATIA - This sort of person will react at a broken relationship with hysteria. She will try not to cry but will ultimately sob loudly. She is the type who is hurt easily. She may have headaches or have trouble with her periods. Or she will sit for days doing nothing but sighing. Giving Ignatia to him/her will help him/her snap out of that state and accept the separation with a level head.

NATRUM MURAITICUM - These types are the ones who will never forget the end of the affair. He/she will sit and brood over it even years later. This is because Nat M has an innate sense of self-worthlessness which is re-enforced when someone leaves him/her. Nat M types are the most loyal lovers/spouses. So a separation hits them very hard. They will not cry. They will outwardly not show any emotion (because they hate being consoled). But inside it is pure agony for them. They will cry their heart out when alone. When someone tries to console them, they will feel worse. They are introvert by nature and a failed affair of the heart will make them shy away from people's company even more.

PHOSPHORIC ACID - He will turn listless and apathetic. He will become forgetful and will answer slowly to any queries. They will turn indifferent to everything. They will sit listlessly for hours in a kind of stupor. Such a jilted lover is painful to behold. A few doses of Phos Ac will work wonders.

STAPHYSAGRIA - These folks have suffered many griefs over the years and a failed marriage/love affair will hit them hard. They are sweet people. Suppressed folks who feel anger inside but are not able to give vent to it. They are the sentimental types who write love poems. They may have had abusive or alcoholic parents. They have low self esteem.

Some more hints to find the remedy to deal with the ill-effects of failed marriage/love affair

Anger, incoherent talk after disappointed love - Hyos, Nat M
Breathing difficult - Ign
Causes despair - Aur Met
Causes drowsiness - Phos Acid
Jilted lover behaves jealousy - Hyos
Laughs a lot after failed love affair - Hyos
Causes rage -Hyos
Causes silent grief - Ign, Nat M, Phos Ac
Feels suicidal and weeps - Aur

Dealing with emotional problems with homoeopathy: Domination and mentally suppressed people.

Many of us are very sensitive. Not aggressive. (Which is not a bad thing). But it allows others to dominate us, to bully us , abuse us. This does not allow the proper flowering of our individual personalities. Children dominated since childhood suffer the most. They grow up with a warped mind, their personality shows stunted growth. Generally they feel miserable all the time.

Society is cruel. It does not care to go into the real causes as to why a person is as she/he is. It labels a person with heartless alacrity. "Weird." "Wimp." Oversensitive." "Loser." These are some of the labels that are used. No one cares that in reality the person is not weak, he is only fighting with the demons of the past, (or present) put inside his mind by someone else.

Allopathic psychiatry helps a little.

What really helps in exorcising the the mental blocks caused by domination is homoeopathy.

I have laid down some of the key remedies that alleviate the ill effects of domination. There may be more remedies. Homoeopaths the world over are discovering that more homoeopathic drugs too can cure ill effects from domination. But below I have given only the truly tested remedies for this condition.

CARCINOSINUM - It works wonders even in cases of domination since childhood. Strict parents. Abusive childhood. Child belittled continuously so much so that a maladjusted adult emerges from the suffering child. The person is depressed often. Feels almost sick when reprimanded. Very sentimental. Loves to dance wildly. Loves thunderstorms. Feels lousy in the afternoon.

LYCOPODIUM - They are very unsure of themselves. But when they start doing some work, they do well. Their 'bad' time is from 4 pm to 8 pm. They have a lot of flatulence. Mentally they bully those 'inferior' to them, but are subservient to their superiors.

STAPHYSAGRIA - These folks have very low self confidence. They have been bullied and mortified often. But they do not have the courage to to protest or yell back. As a result there is a lot of suppressed anger, which only harms them as it remains unexpressed. They are very sexual minded.

SEPIA - Most Sepia folks are women. They have a dragging sensation in the body. A sensation of a lump in the rectum. Mentally they are sick and tired of life. The responsibility of the family seems a burden. She hates her family (particularly her husband). She is frigid in bed. All this happens because she has been dominated and her personality suppressed. She turns indifferent with no feelings or affection towards anyone. Sepia men are what society terms as 'wimps.' Sepia folks are deep down actually very creative, talented and sensitive. A few doses of Sepia high will vanquish the demons in their mind and their true beautiful nature will flower.

NATRUM MURIATICUM - They are very sensitive even as children and if they do not get true unconditional love from their parents, the true Nat Mur personality emerges. They have a great ocean of grief inside them in which lurk many monsters. They always feel they lack something, that they are inferior in some way as they did not receive the love they always wanted. Because of this feeling of self-worthlessness, they are manipulated and dominated by others, which harms their personality and adds to the diseased mind and body.

ANACARDIUM - Anacardium people have been dominated and suppressed for a long time. As a result their mind, their psyche 'cracks' or 'splits' into two. One may call this dual personality. One of which is the low confidence wreck. The other persona is the cruel monster that hurts animals. Anacardium folks feel a plug-like or band-like sensation somewhere in the body.

Near future scenario: H1N1 turns deadlier: Only cure - Homoeopathy

This is not scare-mongering. Health experts have warned that very soon the H1N1 virus will mutate and turn even more lethal.

At present drugs like Tamiflu are effective when administered at early stages of the disease. Chances are the drugs will prove ineffective against the the more virulent form of the virus. The WHO has warned that the H1N1 vaccine may prove useless. That is a scenario the world may face.

Some reports say that the deadlier form of swine flu is already in Brazil.

Then what? The only option, the only line of defence against the H1N1 will be homoeopathy.

In India, homoeopathy is being extensively used to fight the pandemic. The government is actively encouraging the people to use homoeopathy to protect themselves, through advertisements in the mass media.

Arsenic Album and Influenzinum, two homoeopathic drugs have already proved themselves against this disease.

The reason homoeopathy is ever ready to fight any new forms of viruses and the corresponding diseases, is that it cures with THE MOST SIMILAR homoeopathic remedy (called the SIMILIMUM). One does not have to rush to laboratories to identify the new virus and then develop a drug that kills it.

Homoeopathy has more than enough drugs in its armory, one of which will prove to be the SIMILIMUM to the disease created by the more virulent, newer form of H1N1.

May be then the mindless anti-homoeopathy chatterboxes in Britain and elements in the WHO will turn silent.