HOMOEOPATHY- FOR CHRONIC DISEASES

Curing Amenorrhoea With Homeopathy

2011-02-09T21:46:00.000-08:00

Amenorrhea is absence of menses. Homoeopathic medicines for treatment of amenorrhea are as follow

Apocynum Cannabinum-

Most indicated remedy in primary as well as secondary amenorrhea. Primary amenorrhea with dropsical condition.
With weakness and nervous excitement, there is no menstrual flow with tenderness of the abdomen and distension of the abdomen with distension of the limbs.
Severe anemia, prolonged menorrhagia for six weeks. Blood is expelled in large clots or in fluid state with shreds of pieces of membranes and then amenorrhea sets in for months together. Aggravation after menorrhagia, exhaustion, continues work. Amelioration from rest, lying down, mental peace.

Lycopodium-

Amenorrhea as a result of trauma from fear, fright, sadness which develops anorexia nervosa. Emaciation with diseases at central nervous system leads to amenorrhea.
Amenorrhea for many months. Female is melancholic, weak memory confused thoughts and loss of self confidence. Aggravation from right side, right to left, warm application. Amelioration after mid night.

Sepia-

Indicated remedy in primary as well as secondary amenorrhea. Yellow, greenish leucorrhoea with much itching of genitals. Acute vagianits, sensation of great weakness in the small of back with the pains which extends into the back.
Inflammatory condition with suppressed ovarian function. Aggravation from dampness, evening, cold. Amelioration from warmth, pressure, violent exercise.

Source: Bukisa

Curing Menorrhagia With Homeopathy

2011-02-09T21:43:00.000-08:00

Menorrhagia is excessive menstrual loss in amount or duration or both. Homoeopathic treatment for menorrhagia is as follow.

Sabina-
Inflammation of the ovaries or uterus especially after the abortion or premature labour causes menorrhagia afterwards. Copious hemorrhages associated with uterine colic. Flow is partly fluid and partly clotted in gushes and is offensive in nature.
Menses too early, too profuse, too protracted with labour like pains. Aggravation from least motion, warm application. Amelioration from cool open air.

Phosphorus-
Inflammation of ovaries and of uterus causing profuse bright red blood with violent pain in the ovaries extending down the inner side of the thighs. Menses too early, copious, too long lasting with severe backache. In climacteric age, the menorrhagia is due to pelvic inflammatory disease, uterine polyps and dysfunctional uterine bleeding. Bleeding warts.
Great weakness, with blue rings around the eyes. Empty gone sensation in abdomen. Aggravation in evening, lying on left side, on painful side, either hot or cold. Amelioration from cold, rubbing.

Belladona-
Congestion and inflammation of uterus and ovaries. Excessive menstrual flow with bruised feeling and great soreness. Copious flow of bright red blood mixed with clots. This hemorrhage is followed by great exhaustion.
Cutting pains from hip to hip during menses with redness, heat and burning everywhere. Bearing down pains. Aggravation from heat of sun, bending lying down. Amelioration from sitting.

Source: Bukisa

Curing Dysmenorrhoea With Homeopathy

2011-02-09T21:40:00.000-08:00

1. Aconite- Congestive dysmenorrhoea. Sudden, violent attack of symptoms. Labour like pressing type of pain in the uterus. Sudden onset of abdominal pain. Vomiting with great restlessness. During menses there is acute fever with great thirst and bitter taste in mouth.

Severe headache, backache and with sudden fright or fear of death, the menstrual flow ceases. Aggravation at night, from warmth, lying on affected side. Amelioration from open air.

2. Belladona- Congestive dysmenorrhoea. Profuse menstrual bleeding, bright red in color and then uterus becomes sore. Abdomen during menses is swollen which is tense like a drum.

Sudden appearance of congestive dysmenorrhoea with flushed face, throbbing headache. Menses increased, bright red, too early and too profuse with cutting pain through pelvis in horizontal direction, the pains are paroxysmal and the discharge is offensive.

During dysmenorrhoea, there is painful bearing down sensation in the pelvis. Aggravation from touch, motion, night, lying down. Amelioration from rest, warm application, standing, on sitting erect.

3. Caulophyllum- Menses short, irregular, passive flow. Chorea, hysteria or epilepsy at the puberty. Patient is very much fearful, restless and very much excitable. Stiffness of small joints of fingers, toes, ankles, etc. Cutting and throbbing pains on flexing the fingers.

Pain in various portions of the hypogastric region. Dysmenorrhoea is followed by acrid and exhausting leucorrhoea especially in hysterical women. Aggravations from exertion, while walking, open air. Amelioration from rest, warm application, lying down.

4. Colocynth- Round small cystic tumors in the ovaries and broad ligaments. Spasmodic dysmenorrhoea. Agonizing pain in abdomen which is of shooting type, like lightening shocks, down the whole limb, left hip, left thigh, left knee and into the popliteal fossa.

During dysmenorrhoea, the female becomes extremely irritable, impatient and becomes very much angry. Bearing down cramps. Burning pain in ovarian region relived by hard pressure. Menses are always suppressed by chagrin and colicky pains.

Source: Expertscolumn

Treating Rheumatoid Arthritis With Homeopathy

2011-02-09T21:37:00.000-08:00

Rheumatoid Arthritis is a condition which is experienced commonly in the old age groups. it is important to prevent the disease from progressing into its complications. Homoeopathy has an excellent role in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis.

Rheumatoid arthritis is a complex chronic disorder and needs to be evaluated properly before any prescription is made. Homoepathy considers arthritis as a constitutional problem and treats it accordingly. Homeopathy can prove to be a great boon for all those suffering from rheumatoid arthritis. As Homoeopathic prescription is based upon careful analysis of the symptoms of the patients, it is a system of medicine that understands and treats the patient’s individualized disease characteristics deeply enough to ensure the complete elimination of the disease from the root.

The activated dilutions of Homoeopathic medicines stimulate the body’s own restorative system to eradicate the disease. When rightly prescribed, they are extremely safe. Selecting the right homeopathic medicine requires complete analysis of the body on various levels- mental, physical and particulars (i.e. the symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis). Although it is not very clear as how homeopathy works in rheumatoid arthritis, it is hypothesized that homoeopathic medicines regulate the immune system and deactivates the misdirected immune cells. They also help in reducing the inflammation in the joints. Reversal of deformity with homoeopathy is still under debate and nothing conclusive can be said about it.

Homoeopathy also benefits in those cases when one is already taking allopathic painkillers for rheumatoid arthritis. It can gradually reduce the dependence on painkillers and then make one feel the need of taking it only in emergency. After continuous and regular homoeopathic therapy, dependence on painkillers would totally vanish. Scope of homoeopathic treatment in rheumatoid arthritis is very favorable. But the patient needs to understand that the homeopathic system is aiming to clear out the disease from the body and not trying merely to suppress or give temporary relief. Thus it could take a while before one experiences relief. The time required for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis is dependent on various factors like the chronicity of the disease, genetic propensity and the extent of damage.

Especially in the early stages, cases of Rheumatoid Arthritis respond well to the homoeopathic treatment. The medicines can reduce the frequency, duration and severity of the attacks and can delay the onset of complications. In advanced stages where deformities of the joints have occurred, Homeopathy can help to ease the pain. Through Homeopathic treatment, the disease progress can be slowed down, significant reduction in joint stiffness and pain can be achieved and further complications of the disease can be prevented. Overall the scope of treatment of rheumatoid arthritis with Homeopathy is good and it is definitely suggested in all cases of arthritis.

Early treatment of rheumatoid arthrtitis shall prevent progression into further complications.
Homoeopathy also benefits those cases when one is already taking allopathic painkillers for rheumatoid arthritis.

Homeopathy gradually reduces the dependence on painkillers.

Source: Bukisa

Cancer: Homeopathic Cures

2011-02-09T21:27:00.000-08:00

CANCER - HOMEOPATHY CURES

Main Remedies

Arsenic Album, Bromium, Cadmium Sulph, Carbo Animalis, Carcinosinum, Conium, Hydrastis, Lycopodium, Nitric Acid, Phosphorus, Phytolacca, Silicea, Trifolium Pratense

CANCER OF AXILLA

Main Remedies

Asterias Rubens, Carbo Animalis, Conium, Phytolacca

BONE CANCER

Main Remedies

Hecla (Hekla) Lava, Phosphorus, Symphytum

BRAIN CANCER

Main Remedies

Conium, Phosphorus

Other Remedies

Arsenic Album, Ars Iod, Baryta Carb, Carbo Animalis, Crocus Sativa, Kali Iodatum, Kreosotum, Lachesis, Plumbum Met, Thuja, Tuberculinum

SIDE EFFECTS OF CHEMOTHERAPY

Main Remedies

Cadmium Sulph

Other Remedies

Ipecac

EMACIATION FROM CANCER

Main Remedies

Arsenic Album, Hydrastis

Other Remedies

Alfalfa, Carcinosinum

EPITHELIOMA, SKIN CANCER

Main Remedies

Ars Iod, Conium, Lycopodium

Other Remedies

Arsenic Album, Belladonna, Carcinosinum, Cundurango, Hydrastis, Kreosotum, Lachesis, Lapis Albas, Phytolacca, Ranunculus Bulbosa, Silicea, Sol, Thuja

CANCER OF EYES

Main Remedies

Calcarea Carbonica, Phosphorus

Other Remedies

Carbo Animalis, Lycopodium, Sepia, Silicea

CANCER OF MALE GENITALIA

Main Remedies

Carbo Animalis, Conium

HODGKIN'S DISEASE

Main Remedies

Phytolacca, Scrophularia Nodosa

Other Remedies

Aconite, Arsenic Album, Ars Iod, Baryta Iodatum, Calc Fluor, Carcinosinum, Iodum, Kali Mur, Natrum Mur, Phosphorus, Thuja, Tuberculinum

CANCER OF INTESTINES, COLON

Main Remedy

Hydrastis

Other Remedies

Alumina, Arsenic Album, Kali Carb, Nitric Acidum

Schizophrenia: Homeopathic Remedies

2011-02-09T04:08:00.000-08:00

I am not going to give the signs and symptoms of this disease. it can be easily accessed from any website on the internet.

Here are a few useful sites

PubMedHealth

Medicinenet

SCHIZOPHRENIA: HOMEOPATHIC DRUGS

Main Remedies

Anacardium, Aurum Met, Carcinosinum, Kali Bromatum, Lachesis Muta, Melilotus, Stramonium

Other Remedies

Anhalonium, Belladonna, Hyocyamus, Medorrhinum, Verat Album

SCHIZOPHRENIA HEBEPHRENIC

Useful Site for symptoms for Hebephrenic Schizophrenia

Main Homeopathic Remedy

Hyoscyamus

Other Remedies

Anhalonium, Cannabis Indica, Chlorpromazinum, Haloperidolum, Kresolum, Rauwolfia Serpentina, Reserdinum, Thalamus, Thioproperazinum

SCHIZOPHRENIA PARANOID

Useful site for information about Paranoid Schizophrenia

Main Homeopathic Remedies

Anacardium, Hyoscyamus, Lachesis, Melilotus, Stramonium

Other remedies

Anhalonium, Arsenic Album, Belladonna, Carcinosinum, Cuprum Met, Kali Bromatum, Medorrhinum, Mercurius, Platinum Met, Plumbum Met. Rauwolfia serpentina, Verat Album.

SCHIZOPHRENIA CATATONIC

Useful site for information about Catatonic Schizophrenia

Homeopathic Remedies

Chlorpromazinum, Cicuta Virosa, Corticotroprinum, Haloperidolum, Rauwlfia Serpentina, Reserpinum, Thalamus, Thioproperazinum

NOW WHICH IS THE REMEDY FOR YOU?

For that I am afraid you will have to do some work yourself. Buy the two books I am mentioning below and look up the symptoms of the remedies. The remedy whose symptoms match those which you have is the remedy that will cure you.

Desktop Guide: To Keynotes and Confirmatory Symptoms - ROGER MORRISON

Concordant Materia Medica - FRANS VERMEULEN

Multiple Personality Disorder ( Dissociative Identity Disorder): Homeopathic Cure

2011-02-09T03:46:00.000-08:00

I am not going to give the signs and symptoms of this disease. it can be easily accessed from any website on the internet.

Here are a few useful sites

WebMD
Skepdic
Medicinenet

MULTIPLE PERSONALITY DISORDER (DISSOCIATIVE IDENTITY DISORDER): HOMEOPATHIC REMEDIES

Main Remedies

Anacardium, Lachesis, Platinum

Other Remedies

Carcinosinum, Stramonium, Verat Album

IF THE PATIENT SEEMS "POSSESSED" BY SPIRITS...

Main Remedies

Anacardium, Hyocyamus, Platinum, Stramonium, Sulphur

Other Remedies

Belladonna, Cantharis, Lachesis, Opium, Silicea, Thuja, Verat Album

The poor little girl in the classic horror film 'The Exorcist' would have been cured quite easily by Verat Album. It cures green vomiting!

NOW WHICH IS THE REMEDY FOR YOU?

Desktop Guide: To Keynotes and Confirmatory Symptoms - ROGER MORRISON

Concordant Materia Medica - FRANS VERMEULEN

Brain Stroke And Homeopathy

2011-02-06T22:03:00.000-08:00

The human brain, awesome in its intricacy and power, is still largely a mystery to modern science. With more than 10 million nerve cells it is the home of all that we know and feel, the generator of every physical action and response. Yet, unlike other cells in the body, brain cells once damaged are not good at repairing themselves. And they can be damaged quite easily – by infection, injury, or oxygen starvation. Should any part of the brain go without oxygenated blood for more than a few minutes the affected cells will pack up permanently – the body has suffered a Brain Stroke.

The signs of a stroke vary a great deal, depending on which part of the brain has been damaged, but symptoms range from a sudden loss of speech or movement to dizziness, blurred vision, confusion, and unconsciousness. They may last only a few hours: this is called a Transient Ischemic Attack (T.I.A.). If the symptoms don’t disappear, this is a full-scale stroke.

There are two different kinds of stroke. The most common is an ischemic stroke, caused by a blood clot that blocks a blood vessel or artery in the brain. The other, less common, is a hemorrhagic stroke, caused when a blood vessel in the brain ruptures and spills blood into the surrounding tissue. There are various ways that the flow of blood to the brain can be slowed or stopped. Sometimes a Clot (Thrombosis) forms, blocking the flow of oxygenated blood. Or a blood clot (Embolism) which formed somewhere else in the body breaks free and ends up blocking an artery to the brain. In other cases, blood bursts through the wall of a weak artery into the brain (Haemorrhage), building into a clot.

Luckily, our brain cells have so many connections between them that healthy cells can often take over the function of damaged cells so that we hardly know that anything has gone wrong. Half of stroke survivors return to full health, but much depends on how much damage has been done to the brain, as well as on the aftercare provided.

Causes

A cerebral infarction occurs as a result of a blocked artery. The arteries become blocked over the years and this produces slow blood flow to the brain.
Cerebral haemorrhages usually occur as a result of weak arteries or aneurisms in the brain that rupture. High blood pressure is the cause of weak arteries in most cases.

Risk Factors for Brain Stroke

Some stroke risk factors are hereditary. Others are a function of natural processes. Still others result from a person’s lifestyle and diseases e.g. Diabetes, Hypertension, Obesity, Smoking, Alcoholism, Head Injury , Cerebrovascular Accident (CVA ) etc.

Age — The chances of having a stroke approximately doubles for each decade of life after the age 55. While stroke is common among the elderly
Heredity (family history) and race — Risk is greater if a parent, grandparent, sister or brother has had a stroke. African Americans have a much higher risk of death from a stroke because blacks have higher risks of high blood pressure, diabetes and obesity.
Sex (gender) — Brain Stroke is more common in men than in women. In most age groups, more men than women will have a stroke in a given year. However, more than half of total stroke deaths occur in women. At all ages, more women than men die of stroke. Use of birth control pills and pregnancy pose special stroke risks for women.
Prior stroke, TIA or heart attack — The risk of stroke for someone who has already had one is many times that of a person who has not. Transient ischemic attacks (TIAs) are “warning strokes” that produce stroke-like symptoms but no lasting damage. TIAs are strong predictors of stroke. A person who’s had one or more TIAs is almost 10 times more likely to have a stroke than someone of the same age and sex who hasn’t. Recognizing and treating TIAs can reduce the risk of a major stroke. If you’ve had a heart attack, you’re at higher risk of having a Brain Stroke, too.

Symptoms

Occurs when the blood supply to the brain is stopped. One may have Abrupt loss of Vision, Energy, Coordination, Sensation, Speech. Weaknesses or Paralysis down one side of the body, Loss of Balance. Sudden and Severe Headache.

As brain must be continually supplied with blood through the arteries. If the blood supply stops for some reason, the result is very serious. Disruptions of blood flow to the brain are known as stroke.

There are two types (i) Cerebral Infarction (ii) Cerebral Haemorrhage.

A cerebral infarction occurs when an artery is blocked, halting the flow of blood to the brain. The second basic type of stroke is cerebral haemorrhage which occurs when there is bleeding into the brain. As blood flows into the brain, the build up of pressure results in agonising headache, sometimes followed by loss of consciousness.

Depending on where the brain has been damaged and how badly it has been affected, the patient usually recovers but they may have a physical weakness as a result of the stroke.
There can be Abrupt loss of Vision, Energy, Coordination, Sensation, Speech.

Numbness, weakness, or paralysis of the face, arm, or leg, typically on one side of the body.
Trouble seeing in one or both eyes, such as dimness, blurring, double vision, or loss of vision.
Confusion, trouble understanding.
Slurred or garbled speech.
Trouble walking, dizziness, loss of balance or coordination.
Severe headache followed rapidly by Loss of Consciousness.

Symptoms vary depending on whether the stroke is caused by a clot or bleeding. The location of the blood clot or bleeding and the extent of brain damage can also affect symptoms.

Early detection

f you are around it is imperative that you recognize stroke symptoms quickly in order to get the victim the help they need as soon as possible. Brain cells begin to die as soon as a stroke occurs. The faster you get to a doctor, the more likely the stroke sufferer will survive. FAST is an easy acronym to remember and will help you identify symptoms quickly.

Step 1

F -(Face). Ask the person to smile for you. If one side of the face droops.

Step2

A -(Arms). If the person cannot raise both arms, or one arm flops downward, there may have been a stroke.

Step3

S -(Speech). If the person cannot repeat a simple phrase, or their voice slurs or sounds strange.

Step4

T -(Time). If you see any of the signs listed above, it is an emergency and essential that you see a doctor immediately to avoid long-term effects.

Investigations

Apart from the clinical symptoms as discussed above ,medical history of the patient certain Laboratory Investigations are also required such as Pathological Blood Test , Biochemistry, CT Scan, MRI Scan, EMG, NCV etc. to confirm the diagnosis of Brain Stroke for the patient

Lifestyle

It is vital that you commence regular aerobic exercise – swimming, walking or anything safe and gentle that you feel comfortable with. People at high risk for stroke should not smoke and should eat a low-fat diet and not take contraceptive pills.

Preventable risk factors of stroke

Prevent High blood pressure, High cholesterol, a Sedentary Lifestyle, Obesity, the abuse of stimulant drugs such as amphetamines, smoking, use of birth-control pills, and stress. Certain lifestyle related risk factors can be controlled to reduce the risk of Stroke.

High blood pressure — High blood pressure is the most important controllable risk factor for Brain Stroke
Cigarette smoking — In recent years, studies have shown cigarette smoking to be an important risk factor for Brain Stroke. The nicotine and carbon monoxide in cigarette smoke damage the cardiovascular system in many ways.
Oral Contraceptives – If combined with cigarette smoking greatly increases the risk of Brain Stroke among women.
Diabetes — Diabetes is an independent risk factor for stroke. Many people with diabetes also have high blood pressure, high blood cholesterol and are overweight. This increases their risk even more. While diabetes is treatable, the presence of the disease still increases your risk of stroke.

Effects of Brain Stroke

Stroke can affect people in different ways. It depends on the type of stroke, the area of the brain affected and the extent of the brain injury. Brain injury from a stroke can affect the senses (such as eyesight, touch, awareness of body positioning), motor activity (movement of arms or legs), speech and the ability to understand speech. It can also affect behavioral and thought patterns, memory and emotions. Paralysis or weakness (the inability to move the arms or legs properly, or at all) on one side of the body is common.

As one side of the brain controls the opposite side of the body, a stroke affecting one side will result in neurological complications on the side of the body if affects. For example, if the stroke occurs in the brain’s right side, the left side of the body

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What Is Homeopathy?

2011-02-06T21:55:00.000-08:00

What is homeopathy?

Homeopathy is a proven science. It is based on the principle "Similia Similibus curantur "which means "like cures like". It means treatment by the same. It is system in which there is treatment of diseases by administrating homeopathic medicines having a capacity to produce similar symptoms to that of the patient.
The founder of homeopathy is Dr. Samuel Hanneman. Homeopathy not only is useful for curing the disease but also useful in increasing immunity of a person. Homeopathy also has scope in the prevention of diseases. Proving of medicines is done on healthy human being, not on animals because the effect of some drugs on animals is different than those on humans. In homeopathy there is no treatment for a particular disease, but it treats patient as a whole by considering his mental and physical state of the body not his different parts of the body. It means removal of the disease from it root. So during case taking the main aim of the physician is to find out the most characteristic symptoms of the patient. So while doing this his signs and symptoms are considered, and these sign and symptoms vary in each and every individual for the same diseased conditions also intensity of the complaints varies. So while case taking a detailed history of the patient is taken like present complaints, details of it in location, sensation, factors which make complaints better or worse and detailed of past, family, personal history, his lifestyle and finally most important is his metal symptoms in that about his nature, nature, memory, emotions etc.
In homeopathy metal symptoms has given very much importance. Then after considering all the physical and mental symptoms the correct medicine which has capacity to cure all his sign and symptom is given.

Is homeopathy slow acting? Does it acts only in long lasting chronic diseases?

Homeopathy is not slow acting; it acts in both acute and chronic diseases. This is misunderstanding of people that it takes very long treatment to cure, so they do not go to homeopaths when they suffer from acute ailments like cold, cough, fever etc. It can act very fast in acute infections also.
They go to homeopath only or when suffer from long standing chronic cases such as asthma, skin complaints, arthritis etc , and when the acute complaints becomes chronic and then says it requires very long treatment to cure. But they don't understand these diseases require long term treatment with any other medicines too. So duration of treatment depends upon nature of the disease. When they have tried all other medicines for their complaints and failed everywhere then finally come to homeopath where the diseased has already very much progressed after so many years, and the nature of disease has become very chronic, so now obviously treatment will take longer time.

What are the dietary and restrictions while taking homeopathic medicines?

Abstinence from strong smells like perfumes, scents, strong smelling soaps, strong smelling flowers, onions, garlic, coffee, because the given homeopathic medicines are so minimal in dose and thus these thing can interfere with the action of medicines and can nullify the effect of the drug substance. Coffee acts as an antidote to homeopathic medicines.

What are the limitations?

As every field has limitations, homeopathy also has its limitations .It has limited scope in surgical cases where surgery cannot be avoided, dental surgical cases but it can take care of before surgery and after surgery. Before surgery it can reduce anxiety, fear, can control blood pressure etc and after surgery helps to complete the healing process in a faster way.

Why same white sugar pills are given for all patients? Are they effective?

White sugar pills do not contain any kind of medicines, but it acts as a vehicle for medicine. There are alcohol based dilutions of medicines and are in the form of liquids; only few drops of medicines are added on the sugar pills. Or medicines can be taken directly on the tongue or can be dissolved in water. There are about more than 1000 of dilutions medicines

Is there is any side effect of medicine?

There is no any side effect of the homoeopathic medicine but there can be temporary aggravation of the complaints. Aggravations depend on the potency of the medicine given. Higher potencies may cause aggravations of the complaints, and it also depends upon individual's susceptibility, nature of the disease. But some mother tincture, lower potencies like 1x can show minor side effects, because they contains large amount of dose and are less potentised.

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Introduction To Homeopathy

2010-11-19T22:52:00.001-08:00

Homeopathy is a system of (health) medicine introduced by a German physician Dr Samuel Hahnemann. He was basically an allopathic doctor who has left the practice because of side effects and temporary relief of symptoms of allopathy.For his bread and butter he started translating the medical books to different languages. While he was translating cullen's materia medica he came across a herbal medicine called cinchona.It was written that cinchona can cure malaria and it can also produce symptoms similar to malaria on healthy individuals. This point clicked hahnemann's brain and he prepared an extract of cinchona bark and taken himself. To his surprise he developed some symptoms of malaria like chills and achings. He started doing the same experiment on different individuals and the result was the same, which is applicable in health circle.

By this experiment hahnemann came to know that any drug which can produce a set of symptoms on a health human being can be used to cure the similar symptoms in a diseased person. He gave cinchona to various malaria patients and the result was wonderful and a system called homeopathy originated. The word homoeo means similar,pathy means suffering. The basic principle of homeopathy is 'similia similibus curantur' means like cures cure. Hahnemann prepared some other drugs using alcohol as a vehicle and started experimenting on different age groups and noted down the symptoms produced in them. He proved nearly 30 drugs and the symptoms produced were noted down systematically. The symptoms collected by drug proving were categorized in the order in a book form named materia medica pura.

Hahnemann noticed that by diluting the crude drug substances in spirit a dynamic power is developed and is responsible for producing the symptoms on healthy people. Hahnemann started giving treatement to so many diseased persons with the medicines prepared by him on applying the principle similia similibus curantur and got wonderful cures and homeopathy started spreading all over the world.

He gave medicines to some patients and noticed that symptoms are coming back again. So he understood that the cause for the disease should be treated .After doing experiments and observations he came to know that diseases are actually caused by some dynamic forces and he named them as miasms.[psora ,syphilis,sycosis] He noticed that to cure a person completely these miasms should be eradicated using a similar dynamic force. This idea lead to antimiasmatic drugs which are drugs having disease producing power similar to miasms. He developed anti miasmatic drugs and experimented on diseased persons and got wonderful cures.

Developement of homeopathy

The principles of homoeopathy was written in book form and he named it organon of medicine. Lateron he started publishing these works and six editions of organon were published. Right from the beginning of homeopathy so many doctors of other system started working against homeopathy. But those who were against homeopathy later on came to know the truth behind homeopathy and started practicing the same. Physicians like Dr J T Kent,Dr Hering,Dr Boenonghausen etc followed Dr hahnemann's mission and developed the system. They all started preparing so many other drugs on the basis of guidelines given by Hahnemann.Physicians came to know that by diluting the drug substance in spirit in a systematic way the medicinal power is increasing even though the quantity of drug decreases. Since diseases are due to dynamic causes the medicine also should be dynamic. By a process called potentisation same drug in different levels of potencies were made. They found that by increasing the potency the penetrating power of medicine is increased so that it act on a higher level than the usual material form of drugs used in other systems. This unique nature of homeopathic medicine is the reason for the wonderful cures of even the mental diseases.

General principles

Homeopathy 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 foreign organisms(bacteria,viruses,fungi,protozoa etc) and allow them to proliferate &produce so called diseases. Homeopathy believes that the real disease comes before the bacteria & viruses,hence the root cause of the disease has to be treated for a permanent cure. The antibacterial and antiviral agents only remove the secondary causes mentioned above.

Diseases are produced by noxious morbific agents called Miasms which are dynamic influences which affect the vital force. There are mainly three miasms PSORA ,SYPHILIS&SYCOSIS. These three causes are accepted by other schools of medicine but called by different names. Psora causes functional disturbances, syphilis causes 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 to produce different disease conditions.

Preparation of medicine in homoeopathy

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(mixing with spirit with a downward stroke) with spirit and insoluble substances by grinding(trituration) 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 the drug substance vehicle ratio is1/10 and the available potencies are 3x,6x.12x etc. In centismal scale the ratio is 1/100 and the available potencies are 30c,200c etc,in LM potency the ratio is 1/50000 and the available potencies are 0/1,0/2,0/3 etc. Potency is written after the name of every medicine

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

Subjects studied in homeopathy:-

History of medicine

History & development of homeopathy

Pioneers of homeopathy

Organon of medicine

Homeopathic philosophy

Materia medica

Homeopathic pharmacy & pharmacognosy

Homeopathic repertory

Homeopathic case taking

Homeopathic therapeutics

General medical subjects:

( Anatomy,physiology,pathology,microbiology,parasitology,toxicology,forensic medicine,social & preventive medicine,surgery ,ENT ,gynecology & obstetrics, opthalmology, dentistry, orthopedics, surgery,general medicine,pediatrics,dermatology ,psychiatry and etc)

Homeopathic case taking and prescription.

Cure by a homeopathic medicine is rapid ,gentle and permanent if correct remedy in suitable dose is given. . Just giving one drug for one disease (specific drugs)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 etc.

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

Mental symptoms:

Example: fear,anxiety,depression,anger,jealousy and etc....

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 etc...

Peculiar uncommon symptoms:

This is the specialty of homeopathic system of medicine. For the selection of a suitable remedy these symptoms are very important symptoms which are seen almost in all patients are least important. This is the reason for giving different medicines to different individuals suffering from same disease. Example: Five people suffering from typhoid may get five different remedies because of changes of individual symptoms.

Health tips regarding signs&symptoms:

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

Example: Part affected,any swelling,discoloration etc.

Systemic examination:-

Different systems are examined in a systematic order.(Respiratory system ,digestive system,nervous system,cardio vascular system and etc....) Vital signs which have been highlighted in the health tips .

Pulse,blood pressure,temperature,respiratory rate etc are checked here.

General physical examination:

Here body parts are examined from head to foot to find out any changes.

provisional disease diagnosis; Here probable diseases are diagnosed. In homeopathy 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 important part as far as homeopathy is concerned. For this the selected symptoms are arranged in a systematic order on the basis of importance. Symptoms are analyzed to find out the importance of each symptom for the selection of a remedy. Remedies are selected on the basis of similarity.

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.

Among this group of remedies the most suitable remedy is selected by referring various books and considering the life space investigation 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.

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Curing Asthma With Homeopathy

2010-11-19T22:47:00.001-08:00

The word ‘asthma’ is derived from the Greek meaning ‘ panting’ or ‘labored breathing’. Asthma is a condition characterized by a paroxysmal wheezing dyspnoea (difficulty in breathing), mainly expiratory.

Asthma – CAUSE

According to the etiology, bronchial asthma is divided in the following groups:

1. Allergic (extrinsic/ atopic) - This type of asthma usually starts in childhood and is often preceded by eczema. But most of the young adults (<35 yrs) developing asthma also fall in this category. Genetic factors also play a significant role i this. In this type of asthma the allergen leads to production of excessive (IgE) immunoglobulins.

2. Infective or Intrinsic - This is not hereditary or allergic, but may be caused by, or at least associated with upper respiratory tract or bronchial infection which is usually viral.

3. Psychological factors (like anxiety, emotional stress etc) are often considered to be the sole cause of some asthmatic attacks, but it is still not certain whether it can be the sole cause or is only a precipitating factor.

4. Occupational asthma - This can occur in certain industries in which there is exposure to metallic dusts (esp. platinum salts), biological detergents, toluene diisocyanate, polyurethane, flour and dust from grains etc.

Asthma – MECHANISM – WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENS?

What ever may be the cause, it ultimately leads to paroxysms of bronchial obstruction produced by widespread bronchial spasm accentuated by plugging of the bronchi with excessive mucus.

Asthma – SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS

* Recurrent episode of paroxysmal dyspnoea (difficulty in breathing)
* The breathing is laboured, with a wheezing sound, mainly on expiration.
* Asthma attacks often occur in the early hours of morning (when there is no immediate precipitating cause). During the attack patients often prefers to sit then lie down.

Asthma – HOW DIAGNOSIS IS DONE?

Diagnosis can usually be made clinically by a competent doctor. Allergen sensitivity tests, X-ray, spirometry, sputum and blood tests etc may be of use in finding the cause and severity of the condition.

Asthma – WHAT TO DIFFERENTIATE FROM?

* Bronchitis
* Cardiac asthma
* Renal asthma
* Isolated attacks of non-paroxysmal dyspnoea.

Asthma – COMPLICATIONS

* Apart from chronicity, usually no complications.
* Pneumothorax, emphysema, or areas of consolidation or pulmonary collapse may occur in very advanced cases.

Asthma – TREATMENT & HOMEOPATHIC MEDICINES

General Approach – As far as I know homeopathy is the only system of medicine which tries to ‘cure’ this disease, instead of trying to provide symptomatic relief. While dealing with a case of asthma, a homeopath not only records the symptoms of the disease but also studies the medical history, family history, physical and psychological characteristics of a person. This helps to find the cause, the precipitating factors, and the hereditary tendency etc. Of special interest to a homeopath is the history of suppression of skin disease. Homeopaths believe that when there is a tendency or predisposition for a disease – it first manifests on the less vital organs, towards the periphery (like skin). If this manifestation is suppressed than the disease shifts inwards, towards the more vital organs (like lungs, heart, brain etc).

The fact that in children asthma is often preceded by eczema is observed by the allopaths also. This fact is written in all their textbooks of medicine. They say that children often ‘move-out’ of eczema and ‘move-into’ asthma. But they are unable to make a correlation. Homeopaths believe that the suppression of eczema with topical preparations, does not cure the disease/sensitivity of the person, it merely drives it inwards.

Now after ascertaining the symptoms and the cause, the homeopath tries to find a medicine which matches the symptoms as well as the general characteristics of the person. The medicine so selected is administered to the patient.

It is often (not necessarily) observed by homeopaths that when a right medicine is given, the asthma disappears but the old eczema (if it was there originally) reappears for some time, before finally disappearing itself. This reappearance of old symptoms is seen as a reversal of disease process and is considered a very good prognostic sign by homeopaths.

MEDICINES – There are lots of medicines in homeopathy for asthma and it is not possible to list them all here. Some of the common medicines are ars-alb, ipecac, lachesis, pulsatilla, spongia, sulphur, ignatia, antim-tart, hepar-sulph, nat-sulph, tuberculinum etc. The selection of medicine varies from patient to patient.

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Curing Meniere's Disease (Tinnitus) With Homeopathy

2010-11-19T21:47:00.000-08:00

Meniere’s disease treatment is most successfully tackled by focussing on your immune system. With a healthy immunity, no disease can occur and existing diseases fade away. This is what homeopathy does.

What exactly is Meniere’s disease, also known as Meniere’s syndrome?

Basically, it is a disorder of the labyrinth of the inner ear. Symptoms may include tinnitus, a heightened sensitivity to loud noises, a gradual loss of hearing, headache and vertigo. Nausea and vomiting may occur in the acute stage, often accompanied by dizziness, profuse sweating and nystagmus (rapid and involuntary movement of the eyes).

Homeopathy is a natural and complete system of health care. It works by quickly raising your immune system quickly, so that now you can cure yourself. You can learn to use some common homeopathic medicines at home, or you can rely on the expertise of a professional homeopath. I like both options as this allows for more flexibility. You can’t know as much as they do, but they aren’t generally available 24/7.

If you have had Meniere’s disease for some time and have received various treatments, then I suggest it is too complicated for a homeopathic home prescriber. Successful treatment may take time, with progress quite slow at times. A professional homeopath is best able to prescribe an accurate medicine and monitor your progress.

However, if it has only just started, then you may be able to resolve it yourself, with a little homeopathic home prescribing. One of the common home prescribing medicines is Silica. Silica is just as useful to the practitioner, as it can resolve many deep and chronic conditions.

Silica has strong ear symptoms, so can resolve the same. Ear infections, loss of balance especially when there is a loss of hearing. Silica is probably one of the best Meniere’s disease treatments, when caught in the early stages. Other medicines may be more appropriate for established Meniere’s disease sufferers.

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New Insidious Attack On Homeopathy: "Homeopathy Is Placebo, The Consultation Process Heals"

2010-11-19T21:33:00.000-08:00

Dr. Sarah Brien, a senior research fellow in complementary medicine in the UK, was quoted on Science Daily online as saying that homeopathic consultations benefit rheumatoid arthritis patients. But it is the consultation that does it, and not the homeopathic remedies, she says.

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The attacks on homeopathy never ceases to amaze me. When labeling it as witchcraft, quackery and what not did not work, opponents of homeopathy have come up with new insidious ways of belittling homeopathy.

It seems new research in England has revealed that homeopathy medicine itself nothing but placebo. Arthritis patients benefit from homeopathy because the unique homeopathic consultation process is the one that helps the patient.

I have never seen bigger blatant lies in my life.

I would suggest to Dr. Sarah Brien to read up the most basic of homeopathic repertory and materia medica first. Then she could say whatever she wants to say.

I will talk about myself. If all homeopathic medicines are placebo, then why do I feel differently when I take Arsenic Album 30 (A homeopathy drug) and Natrum Mur 200 (another homeopathic drug)? If all drugs are placebo I should have felt similar effects on taking taking the two drugs.

On taking Arsenic Album why did I feel a burning sensation, restlessness and feeling that I was going to die? On taking Natrum Mur I felt despondent and felt a desire to consume more salt. Why?

Because the different effects of the two different drugs were laid down in materia medica written more than 150 years ago by a German chemist called Samuel Hahnemann, a Dutch German called Count von Boenninghausen and an American called Hering. These are called provings. The drug is given to healthy persons and the effect on the person is recorded carefully. This is the homeopathic materia medica.

I wonder if Dr. Sarah Brien even knows what is the Homeopathic materia medica.

My advice to those who publish all sort of gibberish about homeopathy is; study it well first. Then comment on it. It is difficult to learn but not impossible for a reasonably intelligent person. Read the materia medicas, repertories. Read the books by Hahnemann, Boeninghausen, Hering, John Clarke, Margaret Tyler, Sankaran, Kent, Boger and then dare to say anything about homeopathy.

Homeopathy is difficult to learn and practice but it gives marvellous results. The suffering humanity deserves to receive all the healing it can get. Please do not belittle homeopathy. Understand it first. It is not like other systems of medicine. It has its own laws. Respect them. That is what democracy is all about.

Homeopathy Helps During Pregnancy

2010-11-15T22:10:00.000-08:00

Sepia is one of the two (the other being Pulsatilla) of the most well-known “women’s remedies”. It has much applicability in the realms of menstruation, pregnancy, childbirth, postpartum, and menopause. When used in a person who resonates with the Sepia state, it can relieve many of the symptoms of pregnancy and birth, while increasing the overall sense of well-being. To describe the Sepia state, I’ll create a picture of a woman who carries many of the Sepia characteristics.

Imagine a woman who has had several children in a short amount of time (we’ve all heard of the grandmother who had five children in five years). She is constantly at work, doing dishes, laundry, cooking, cleaning, and tending to her little ones. Over time, this mother who was once responsive to each little cry or need has become more and more dull. Her sallow face sags, the expression changing less and less as her feelings of overwhelm deepen. Everything about her seems to sag- her face, her skin, even her internal organs. As she’s working one day on the unending stream of housework, a child comes to her, crying and clinging to her skirt. Full of irritation and depression, she snaps at her child so sarcastically that the little one runs away, crying. In the moment, the mother feels nothing, but later that day, she lies alone in her room, crying from guilt. She feels that she doesn’t love her husband or her children, but she knows she should, and she feels hopeless.

Sepia is made from the ink of the cuttlefish, and like the cuttlefish, she is very responsive in her healthy state. However, if she becomes overwhelmed, she retreats into unresponsiveness, depression, and sarcasm. She feels better with vigorous exercise such as a brisk walk or some energetic dancing. She wants to be left alone, and she cries when she tells others about her troubles. Everything about her sags. Here are some of her more specific symptoms:

Nausea: At the thought or smell of food.

Face: Yellow. Brown “saddle” across nose and under eyes.

Headache: With nausea and vomiting. Worse with the smell of food. Better after meals. Stinging pain.

Food: Craves chocolate and vinegar. Dislikes milk, and it makes her sick.

Genitalia: Uterine or cervical prolapse. Feels her organs are sagging out of her vulva. Pelvic weakness.

Temperature: She tends to be chilly. Sometimes experiences flushes of heat.

Sepia in 30 or 6c can be helpful for morning sickness, if the woman has some of the characteristics of the Sepia state. It can also help rouse a woman out of postpartum depression. Consult a homeopath if you have chronic symptoms for which you think Sepia might be helpful.

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Canine Homeopathy: It Can Cure Your Pet Dog

2010-11-15T22:06:00.000-08:00

Homeopathy is a form of natural healing which has long since been used to treat many different health conditions. The basic premise of homeopathy is that "like cures like." In recent years, homeopathic remedies have also been used to treat dogs.

Homeopathic remedies may be administered to dogs by either dropping the pellets in the mouth, dissolving the remedy in distilled water or grinding them down and mixing with milk. These treatments are prescribed by a specialist, known as a homeopathic veterinarian. In The Everything Natural Health For Dogs Book, Gewirtz & Nuccio (2009) highlight ten basic homeopathic remedies, including the following:

* Aconitum napellus - shock, fever, excessive fear, panic, canine distemper, infections
* Apis mellifica - allergic reactions to bee stings, inflammation, fluid retention
* Arnica montana - strains, fractures
* Belladonna - fevers, ear infections, heat stroke
* Calendula - heals wounds/cuts
* Camomilla (chamomile) - soothes oral pain
* Nux vomica - over-stimulation of nervous system
* Mercurius solubilis - gingivitis, diarrhoea
* Rhus toxicodendron - itching, rashes, hives
* Sulphur - mange, allergic reactions, diarrhoea

Homeopathy for Dogs with Kidney Problems

The kidneys are necessary for getting rid of waste from the blood and are found in front of the dog's rear legs, near the spinal column. Kidney failure is believed to affect around 25% of dogs and may be acute or chronic. In addition to mainstream treatments, there are several homeopathic remedies which may help dogs suffering from kidney-related problems, such as urinary tract infections. Gewirtz & Nuccio (2009) identify key homeopathic remedies, to include a follows:

* Aconite - helps dogs straining to urinate
* Arsenicum - aids dogs suffering from incontinence
* Belladonna - helps dogs with sudden straining/incontinence
* Berberis - relieves painful urination in dogs
* Equistem - helps puppies experiencing pain urinating

How Homeopathy Helps Dogs with Arthritis

Many dogs go on to develop arthritis in their senior years, thankfully there are a range of different treatments which can help, such as massage, applying heat to the effected areas and homeopathic remedies. A homeopathic veterinarian may recommend several homeopathy treatment, including Silicea, Belladonna and Eupatorium. In addition, there are three main homeopathic remedies used to treat acute arthritic attacks, which according to Gewirtz & Nuccio involve taking Phytolacca, Rhododendron and Agaricus.
Homeopathic Remedies for Seizures in Dogs

Homeopathy has been recognized as beneficial for dogs suffering from nervous system conditions, including seizures. In addition to making dietary changes and using nutritional supplements, there are three key homeopathic remedies which may be used for seizures. According to Gewirtz & Nuccio, Belladonna and Silicea are identified as effective in reducing seizures, while Arnica Montana can help dogs suffering from seizures following a head injury.

If you are interested in learning more about homeopathic remedies or alternative treatments for dogs, get in touch with your vet and he or she should be able to refer your pet to a specialist, if appropriate. It is important to always follow instructions and seek expert advice before treating health conditions.

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Uterine Fibroids Cured By Homoeopathy

2010-11-15T21:53:00.000-08:00

Uterine fibroids is a disease which people think can only be cured by the help of heavy medications accompanying numerous side affects or with the help of a surgical operation which has high risks associated with it. When digging deep into the alternative ways to cure uterine fibroids one will certainly come across homeopathic way to get rid of them. In most of the cases, homeopathy treatments for uterine fibroids have proved itself as a boon. Have a glance at some of the ways homeopathy offers you to liberate from uterine fibroids.

If one feels that the option of surgery or allopathic is better than homeopathy then probably here one is wrong. Surgery is a painful and risky way of removing uterine fibroids which can never work on the reoccurrence of these fibroids in future. Homeopathy is the safe, economical and side affect free way of getting rid of uterine fibroids. Not only does homeopathy removes the uterine fibroids without any risk but also stops them from reoccurrence. As after getting rid of uterine fibroids through homeopathy, the doctor prescribes a follow up course which stops the unwanted growth in the uterine area.

Homeopathy treatment in India also proved successful in melting away of uterine fibroids: Another safe way of getting rid from uterine fibroids in homeopathy is through melting the fibroids within. Through the help of homeopathy and energy healing one can melt these fibroids within and let them pass away through the urine track. Such a miracle is still not possible if you are going with allopathic treatments.

Indian homeopaths with medication can cut the uterine fibroids: Homeopathy treats the uterine fibroids in a non invasive manner. The remedy homeopathy has to treat uterine fibroids is Silicae which behaves as a homeopathical scalpel. On the other hand another remedy for the same is Myrristica Sebifera. This in simpler terms is known as the homeopathical knife. The person suffering from fibroids is supposed to take both of these potions together which results in separation of the uterine fibroids from the uterus wall and then these tumors simply fall off.

In homeopathy we have a remedy to export out the uterine fibroids present within. There are prescriptions in homeopathy which are helpful in letting the uterine fibroids export. Homeopaths according to individual reading, prescribe doses of Hepar Sulphuris Calcarea which is meant to catalyze the uterine fibroids growth. This prescription is combined with Myrristica and Silicae which works on exporting out the unwanted tissues.

So, don’t you feel that homeopathy is far better option to get rid of uterine fibroids than any other treatments? With homeopathy you’ll not only economically, but also without any cuts, blood, scars, wounds and anesthesia, you’ll be able to get relieved from the uterine fibroids. After deciding to go with homeopathy treatments all one needs to do is have patience.

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Curing Adoption Trauma With Homeopathy

2010-11-15T21:48:00.000-08:00

Adults may see adoption as a blessing, but for the children it is often a deep wound. When we see young children in our practices that have been adopted, those who are acting out, or are unusually withdrawn, one thing to consider is what they felt in-vitro. Were they feeling the stress of an unwanted pregnancy? Was there talk between the parents of terminating the pregnancy? When prescribing for these children consideration should be given to the in-vitro effects of being unwanted, or even having their existence threatened.

When I first saw Valerie, she was a 15-month-old toddler. In the first 4 months after her birth, Valerie screamed nine hours a day, even while nursing. She was red-faced, hot-tempered and screaming with the veins in her neck protruding. At 15 months, she still needed swaddling at night in order to sleep. She would get screaming fits and break out in hives if left with a sitter, or on occasion if her mother put her down for a few minutes. Although she wasn’t an adopted child, her parents considered abortion in the early months of the pregnancy. The mother said that it seemed like her baby never felt safe, even though she and her husband now really loved the child and spent hours each day holding her. Her story suggests the powerful effect of the parent’s thoughts on the unborn child.

Adopted children have experienced the condition of being unwanted before they were born; often abortion was a real consideration. In addition, they may have experienced the loss of the mutual and deeply satisfying mother-infant bond. This experience can affect them in more than one-way, for instance:

• They are grieving the loss of their birthmother. The adoption is normally a joyful event for the adoptive parents who long for a child. And here is a child who is unwanted by its natural parents. So, it seems a great blessing that the two of them have come together, the parents who want a child and the child who needs parents. But for the child, separation from the birthmother feels like the loss of her whole world. In the child’s reality, she is grieving that loss, and she has no idea who these strangers are, or why she’s in this new place.

• These children are emotionally vulnerable. Sometimes the vulnerability is easy to see, but often it’s hidden. Adopted children frequently hide depression, their confusion about identity, anger, and fear of further loss.

My own adopted son seemed sad and lost his first week in our home, but then seemed to be a normal, happy baby and toddler. I noticed that when he was sick, or under stress, he would react by shrugging his shoulders, as if to say nothing could get to him. But he seemed so happy overall that my momentary qualms about his emotional indifference faded into the background.

When he turned 12, practically overnight, he became surly and uncooperative and started having behavior problems in school. When his troubles escalated from school problems to legal problems, we realized that this was something more than normal teenage rebellion.

• Adoptive children are angry. The child is angry with the birthmother for abandoning her. But the birthmother is often an unknown, mysterious person, so the child redirects her anger at others, often at the adoptive mother. This anger can be seen in the temper tantrums of young children, or the acting out of adolescence. The child can also feel guilty about the anger and suppress it. This can lead to alternating cycles of good behavior punctuated by angry outbursts.

• Adopted children defend themselves against further loss by shutting out others, attempting to avoid the pain of yet another abandonment. Keeping others at arms length leads to a deeper depression. During this depression, the child may act out by stealing, lying, setting fires, fighting, using drugs, or running away. Another defense the child may use is to become the ‘perfect child’ so there will be no reason for abandonment by the adoptive parents. This child puts a lot of effort into understanding what others want from her and complying with the wishes of those around her. The adoption experience can have life-long effects on the person. Nancy Verrier, author of the groundbreaking book The Primal Wound says, “According to 1985 statistics used by Parenting Resources of Santa Ana, California, although adoptees comprised 2-3 percent of the population of the country, they represented 30-40 percent of individuals found in residential treatment centers, juvenile hall, and special schools.” Luc de Schepper, a San Diego homeopath, finds that his most difficult ADD cases are adopted children.

My personal experience reflects Verrier’s findings. When my son and his brother were teens, I was a member of Toughlove, a support group for parents of children with behavior problems. In our local group, we consistently found that 40% or more of our members were adoptive parents.

For more on the challenges adopted children and their families face, I recommend the book Twenty Things Kids Wish Their Adoptive Parents Knew, by Sherrie Eldridge.

Remedies

Anacardium – Adoption is a split, both emotionally and genetically. The child is split from the original family and identity and graphed onto a new family and identity. The Anacardium child has a divided will, not sure if they are a devil or an angel. The Anacardium state can be caused by isolation and separation at birth, or after, leading to an extreme lack of confidence and a feeling of powerlessness. To compensate for this feeling, the person becomes aggressive and cruel. A keynote of the Anacardium state is a cold, hardhearted stare, which can be quite disconcerting to parents. The child’s behavior may appear very normal except in their drawings, which may have violent themes, and they may be attracted to playing with matches. The child’s dreams may also be violent, but they will rarely share their dreams with others.

Gallic acid – The Gallic acid state can be caused by the shock of a sudden separation from a primary caretaker. From that time onward, the child does everything possible to prevent being left alone. This child feels abandoned and reacts with manipulation and even violence in seeking protection from further abandonment. The child insists on being watched constantly and wakes up frequently at night to check that the parents are still nearby. This child won’t stay alone for even a minute and is rude and abusive to those around them, even to friends. The child can be extremely jealous and threatening to siblings. Gallic acid children are often hyperactive and cannot focus on their tasks, or schoolwork.

Hura - Hura treats the condition of feeling unwanted and abandoned by one’s nearest relatives, or friends. The child will feel that she doesn’t belong, doesn’t fit in. In addition, Hura children feel that they are disgusting as though they have leprosy and are, therefore, outcasts. Some Hura children will compensate for the feeling of being despised by showing contempt for others. The child will often have a skin disorder, such as eczema, or joint problems such as juvenile rheumatoid arthritis.

Lac humanum – Lac humanum is a remedy made from human breast milk. The child who needs it will feel completely alone, as if nobody is there for them. This is the experience of many adopted children who never receive bonding from the birthmother and who were never breastfed. The child feels a sense of isolation, even a sense of not inhabiting her own body. Others easily take advantage of her because she tends to their needs before her own.

Magnesium carbonicum – J. T. Kent wrote in his Lectures on Homeopathic Materia Medica: “I once had in charge an orphanage, where we had sixty to one hundred babies on hand all the time. The puzzle of my life was to find remedies for the cases that were going into marasmus (wasting away). A large number of them were clandestine babies. It was sort of Sheltering Arms for these little ones. The whole year elapsed, and we were losing babies every week from this gradual decline, until I saw the image of these babies in Magnesia carbonicum and after that many of them were cured.” Because of Kent’s work, this is usually the first remedy thought of for adoptive children, or orphans.

Magnesium muriaticum – The Magnesium muriaticum child is a peacemaker. It’s a good remedy for children whose parents are arguing or divorcing, or whose family members are engaged in conflict. The Magnesium muriaticum child wants everyone to be happy and harmonious. An adopted child who needs Magnesium muriaticum will be frightened whenever her parents argue, fearing that they will break-up and she will be abandoned, just as her birthmother had abandoned her.

Natrum muriaticum – Like the Anacardium state, the Natrum muriaticum state can be caused by isolation and separation at birth. It is a well-known remedy for babies who have been taken from their mothers and placed in an incubator at birth. The Natrum muriaticum child is easily hurt and protects herself with emotional reserve. There is an inner grief due to being left alone without adequate nurturing. These children are so closed it’s hard to get to know them. They say little and reveal nothing about what is really going on in their lives. They are easily offended, and remember any insult for a long time – sometimes forever.

Pulsatilla – The Pulsatilla state can be caused by rejection of the child by the mother, or separation from the mother at an early age. The child feels unloved and unwanted. In her struggle to get enough love, the child will be clingy, weepy and manipulative. She has an insatiable desire for attention and reassurance, often asking, “Do you love me?”

Saccharum officianale – A remedy for those who did not receive enough love, or nurturing, in their early life. The child will usually have an extreme craving for sweets and may have a sugar imbalance problem such as hypoglycemia. She may also have extreme thirst. The child will compensate for lack of nurturing with two types of behaviors: firstly, she may constantly seek closeness with the parents, especially the mother, always wanting cuddles and wanting to sleep in the parent’s bed. And secondly, the child may have behavior problems such as kicking and hitting other children, sibling jealousy, defiant behavior, or hyperactivity. Some children will compensate for a lack of nurturing by refusing any form of affection. These children have the same desperate need for love, but will refuse contact with the parents.

Not every adopted child will need one of these remedies. We always recommend remedies based on the totality of the whole person, not just one factor such as adoption. Any troubled child, whether adopted or not, will benefit from professional homeopathic care. The homeopath may consider the wounds of adoption as a possible etiology, and will determine if any of these remedies fit the picture.

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Stomach Cancer And Homeopathy

2010-11-15T21:31:00.000-08:00

The more we can learn about what causes cancer, the more likely we are to find ways to prevent it. Scientists study patterns of cancer in the population to look for factors that affect the risk of developing this disease. In the laboratory, they explore possible causes of cancer and try to determine what actually happens when normal cells become cancerous.

Our current understanding of the causes of cancer is incomplete, but it is clear that cancer is not caused by an injury, such as a bump or bruise. And although being infected with certain viruses may increase the risk of some types of cancer, cancer is not contagious no one can “catch” cancer from another person.

Cancer develops gradually as a result of a complex mix of factors related to environment, lifestyle, and heredity. Scientists have identified many risk factors that increase the chance of getting cancer. They estimate that about 80 percent of all cancers are related to the use of tobacco products, to what we eat and drink, or, to a lesser extent, to exposure to radiation or cancer-causing agents (carcinogens) in the environment and the workplace. Some people are more sensitive than others to factors that can cause cancer.

Many risk factors can be avoided. Others, such as inherited risk factors, are, unavoidable. It is helpful to be aware of them, but it Is also important to keep in mind that not everyone with a particular risk factor for cancer actually gets the disease; in fact, most do not. People at risk can help protect themselves by avoiding risk factors where possible and by getting regular checkups so that, if cancer develops, it is likely to be found early.

These are some of the factors that are known to increase the risk of cancer.

Tobacco – Tobacco causes cancer. In fact, smoking tobacco, using “smokeless” tobacco, and being regularly exposed to environmental tobacco smoke without smoking are responsible for one-third of all cancer deaths. Smoking accounts for more than 85 percent of all lung cancer deaths. If you smoke, your risk of getting lung cancer is affected by the number and type of cigarettes you smoke and how long you have been smoking. Overall, for those who smoke one pack a day, the chance of setting lung cancer is about 10 times greater than for nonsmokers.

Smokers are also more likely than nonsmokers to develop several other types of cancer (such as oral cancer and cancers of the larynx, esophagus, pancreas, bladder, kidney, and cervix). The risk of cancer begins to decrease when a smoker quits, and the risk continues to decline gradually each year after quitting.

The use of smokeless tobacco (chewing, tobacco and snuff) causes cancer of the mouth and throat. Pre-cancerous conditions, or tissue changes that may lead to cancer, begin to go away after a person stops using smokeless tobacco.

Exposure to environmental tobacco smokes, also called involuntary smoking, increases the risk of lung cancer for nonsmokers. The risk goes up 30 percent or more for a nonsmoking spouse of a person who smokes. Involuntary smoking causes about 4,000 lung cancer deaths in this country each year.

If you use tobacco in any form and you need help quitting, talk with your doctor or dentist, or join a smoking cessation group sponsored by a local hospital or voluntary organization.

Diet : Your choice of foods may affect your chance of developing cancer. Evidence points to a link between a high-fat diet and certain cancers, such as cancer of the breast, colon, uterus, and prostate. Being seriously overweight appears to be linked to increased rates of cancer of the prostate, pancreas, uterus, Colon, and ovary, and to breast cancer in older women. On the other hand, studies suggest that foods containing fiber and certain nutrients help protect us against some types of cancer. You may be able to reduce your cancer risk by making some simple food choices. Try to have a varied, well-balanced diet that includes generous amounts of foods that are high in fiber, vitamins, and minerals. At the same time, try to cut down on fatty foods. You should eat five servings of fruits and vegetables each day, choose more whole-grain breads and cereals, and cut down on eggs, high-fat meat, high-fat dairy products (such as whole milk, butter, and most cheeses), salad dressings, margarine, and cooking oils.

Sunlight : Ultraviolet radiation from the sun and from other sources (such as sunlamps and tanning booths) damages the skin and can cause skin cancer. (Two types of ultraviolet radiation–UVA and UVB–are explained in the Medical Terms section.) Repeated exposure to ultraviolet radiation increases the risk of skin cancer, especially if you have fair skin or freckle easily. The sun is ultraviolet rays are strongest during the summer from about 11 a.m. to about 3 p.m. (daylight saving time). The risk is greatest at this time, when the sun is high overhead and shadows are short. As a rule, it is best to avoid the sun when your shadow is shorter than you are.

Protective clothing, such as a hat and, long sleeves, can help block the sun’s harmful rays. You can also use sunscreens to help protect yourself. Sunscreens are rated in strength according to their SPF (sun protection factor), which ranges from 2 to 30 and higher. Those rated 15 to 30 block most of the sun’s harmful rays.

Alcohol. Drinking, large amount of alcohol increases the risk of cancer of the mouth, throat, esophagus, and larynx. (People who smoke cigarettes and drink alcohol have an especially high risk of getting these cancers.) Alcohol can damage the liver and increase the risk of liver cancer. Some studies suggest that drinking alcohol also increases the risk of breast cancer. So if you drink at all, do so in moderation-not more than one or two drinks a day.

Radiation : X-rays used for diagnosis expose you to very little radiation and the benefits nearly always outweigh the risks. However, repeated exposure can be harmful, so it is a good idea to talk with your doctor or dentist about the need for each x-ray and ask about the use of shields to protect other parts of your body. Before 1950, X-rays were used to treat non-cancerous conditions (such as an enlarged thymus, enlarged tonsils and adenoids, ringworm of the scalp, and acne) in children and young adults. People who have received radiation to the head and neck have a higher-than-average risk of developing thyroid cancer years later. People with a history of such treatments should report it to their doctor and should have a careful exam of the neck every 1 or 2 years.

Also, radiation used in the treatment of some types of cancer can increase the risk of developing a second cancer. Patients having radiation therapy may want to discuss this issue with their doctor.

Chemicals and other substances in the workplace being exposed to substances such as metals, dust chemicals, or pesticides at work can increase the risk of cancer. Asbestos, nickel, cadmium, uranium, radon, vinyl chloride, benzidene, and benzene are well-known examples of carcinogens in the workplace. These may act alone or along with another carcinogen, such as cigarette smoke. For example, inhaling asbestos fibers increases the risk of lung diseases, including cancer, and the cancer risk is especially high for asbestos workers who smoke. It is important to follow work and safety rules to avoid contact with dangerous materials.

Hormone replacement therapy: Many women use estrogen therapy to control the hot flashes, vaginal dryness, and osteoporosis (thinning of the bones) that may occur during menopause. However, studies show that estrogen use increases the risk of cancer of the uterus. Other studies suggest an increased risk of breast cancer among women who have used high doses of estrogen or have used estrogen for a long time. At the same time, taking estrogen may reduce the risk of heart disease and osteoporosis.

The risk of uterine cancer appears to be less when progesterone is used with estrogen than when estrogen is used alone. But some scientists are concerned that the addition of progesterone may also increase the CANCER risk of breast cancer.

HOMEOPATHY APPCHOCH IN STOMACH

Out of ten person, one person suffering fron gestrities and out of them hundred one person suffering from stoch cancer.If the cancer can be identified at a time when it only involves the superficial lining layer of the stomach and only involves a few cells and such a stomach cancer is surgically removed 90 % of these individuals are likely to have a normal life span . However if the stomach cancer has involved all the layers of the stomach this chance decreases to 50% and if it has spread outside the stomach or to distant organs of the body the chances of surviving in the long term are extremely gloomy .

CAUSE FOR STOMACH CANCER

1. Benign stomach (gastric ) ulcer , in most instances these benign ulcers in the stomach do not become malignant although in a few cancerous change can supervene after many years . Helicobacter pylori infection of the stomach appears to be an important cause of gastric ulcers .

2. Chronic duodenal ulcer , this is a common condition of the duodenum , the organ situated next to the stomach . we can reassure those with this condition that even after many years of having a chronic duodenal ulcer , the chances of it becoming malignant are almost nil.

3. Gastritis with low or absent stomach acid production . This situation can occur in an uncommon illness. Pernicious anemia and it can also occur without any obvious reason . Here absent or low levels of stomach acid which is normally produced to aid digestion is associated with the disappearance of gastric glands and this is called atrophic gastritis . Atrophic gastritis is a pre malignant condition .

GENATIC DISPOSITION OF STOMACH CANCER

Inherited causes :family history of stomach cancer ,such a history in a near relative doubles a person’s chances of developing stomach cancer during their life time

Type A blood group ,the common blood groups are A,B,O ,and AB. A person with type A blood has a 20% increased chance of developing stomach cancer during their life time compared to those with other blood groups

Personal health risks: presence of Helicobacter pylori in the stomach .this is an organism which in recent has been associated not only with stomach cancer but also with gastric and duodenal ulcers and with inflammatory changes called gastritis . why Helicobacter infection is present in some individuals but not in others is at present in some individuals but not in others is at present is uncertain , although it may be linked to both undesirable Helicobacter infection probably cause no symptoms . Helicobacter Pylori infection can usually be eradicated by the use of suitable antibiotics . It has also been suggested recently by Australian scientists that the regular intake of acidophilus bacteria (found in some brands of yoghurt and in some bacteria supplements )can also eradicate Helicobacter infection. Previous surgical removal of part of the stomach (partial gastrectomy ) for a non malignant condition , such as a gastric or duodenal ulcer . This become a stomach cancer risk some 15-40 years after the stomach has been removed . Pernicious anemia ,Individuals with this uncommon condition not only have anemia but also have no normal stomach acid production . They develop the condition previously described , atrophic gastritis . Individuals with atrophic gastritis have a 10 %chance of developing stomach cancer during their life time . Low or absent stomach acid production with atrophic gastritis , even in the absence of pernicious anemia , this is a risk for the future development of stomach cancer

Life style health risks : Dietary factors, a special risk for stomach cancer is a diet which is low in vegetables , fruit and cereals and particularly those fruits , vegetables and cereals which contain a lot of beta-carotene , vitamin-c and vitamin-e

A diet high in pickled . smoked , salted or cured food or foods preserved with nitrate , such as salami ,sausages , hot dogs , smoked meat , smoked fish or pickled food of any kind are also risks for stomach cancer . These dietary factors are probably important because the risk foods described above all seem to produce carcinogens

called nitrosamines . Also vitamin-C acts as antioxidant and has other actions which neutralize the effects of nitrosamines . Dietary factors are probably the most important single cause of stomach cancer . Smoking , a recent Australian study which examined all the scientific evidence published over the years has found that smoking is likely to be an important contributory cause of stomach cancer .

PRIMARY PREVENTION CANCER :

1.Dietary changes it is particularly important to have a high consumption of fruit ,vegetables and cereals which contain beta-carotene ,vitamin-c and vitamin-e and at the same time avoid or eat very little pickled ,smoked ,salted ,cured and nitrate –preserved foods .In a recently reported study from China ,where stomach cancer is still relatively common ,the daily use of vitamin-e ,beta carotene and selenium supplements decreased stomach cancer risk by one-fifth .

2. Avoid smoking ,hints and guidance about quitting smoking are described

3. Eradicate Helicobacter Pylori , if helicobacter infection has been shown to be present ,suitable antibiotics can be used recent research suggests that the acidophilus bacteria found in some dietary supplements may also been effective way to eliminate helicobacter infection

4. Aspirin based mainly on experimental data ,the regular use of aspirin as a preventive for stomach cancer has been advanced . However the human evidence of a preventive role for aspirin in stomach cancer is insufficient at present to make such a recommendation .

ROLE FOR HOMEOPATHY TREATMENT

In alternative medicine in homoeopathy medicine can cure cancer in various age group of person. In early stage of cancer may help to patient life Many people with cancer want to learn all they can about their disease and their treatment choices so they can take an active part in decisions about their medical care. Often, it helps to make a list of questions to ask the doctor. Patients may take notes or, with the doctor’s consent, tape record the discussion. Some patients also find it helps to have a family member or friend with them when they talk with the doctor to take part in the discussion, to take notes, or just to listen.

• Here are some questions may want to ask the doctor: What are the chances that the treatment will be successful?
• Would a clinical trial be appropriate for me?
• What are the risks and possible side effects of each treatment?

Although the side effects of radiation therapy can be unpleasant, the doctor can usually treat or control them. It also helps to know that, in most cases, they are not permanent.
number of white blood cells, cells that help protect the body against infection
Chemotherapy —the side effects of chemotherapy depends mainly on the drugs and doses the patient receives. Generally, anticancer drugs affect cells that divide rapidly. These include blood cells, which fight infection, help the blood to clot, or carry oxygen to all parts of the body. When blood cells are affected by anticancer drugs, patients are more likely to get infections, may bruise or bleed easily, and may have less energy. Cells that line the digestive tract also divide rapidly. As a result of chemotherapy, patients may have side effects, such as loss of appetite, nausea and vomiting, hair loss, or mouth sores. For some patients, the doctor may prescribe medicine to help with side effects, especially with nausea and vomiting. Usually, these side effects gradually go away during the recovery period or after treatment stops. Hair loss another side effect of chemotherapy, is a major concern for many patients. Some chemotherapy drugs only cause the hair to thin out, while others may result in the loss of all body hair. Patients may feel better if they decide how to handle hair loss before starting treatment.

In some men and women, chemotherapy drugs cause changes that may result in a loss of fertility (the ability to have children). Loss of fertility may be temporary or permanent depending on the drugs used and the patient’s age. For men, sperm banking before treatment may be a choice. Women’s menstrual periods may stop, and they may have hot flashes and vaginal dryness. Periods are more likely to return in young women. In some cases, bone marrow transplantation and peripheral stem cell support are used to replace tissue that forms blood cells when that tissue has been destroyed by the effects of chemotherapy or radiation therapy.

Hormone Therapy –Hormone therapy can cause a number of side effects. Patients may have nausea and vomiting, swelling or weight gain, and, in some cases, hot flashes. In women, hormone therapy also may cause interrupted menstrual periods, vaginal dryness, and, sometimes, loss of fertility. Hormone therapy in men may cause impotence, loss of sexual desire, or loss of fertility. These changes may be temporary, long lasting, or permanent.

HOMOEOPATHIC TREATMENT/MEDICINES

CHELIDINIUM : It has also cured cancer of the stomach when in a ,vomiting for cancer of throat , mouth or stomach .

Condurango : In cancer of oesophagus or stomach . There are many other medicines , only few have been mentioned

Dr Harshad Raval MD[hom]

Honorary consultant homeopathy physician to his Excellency governors of Gujarat India. Qualified MD consultant homeopath ,International Homeopathy adviser, books writer and columnist. Specialist in kidney, cancer, psoriasis, leucoderma and other chronic disease,. www.homeopathyonline.in email : info@homeopathyonline.in

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Dining With A Homeopath

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My friend Dr. Barbara Brennan invited us for dinner this weekend. I had not heard from her in quite a while. She had called me two years ago, after I wrote about her decision to give up her practice when she became ill.

This time her call was prompted by a couple of things I wrote recently. I had used Hippocrates’ word “miasmic” in “A Walking Time-Bomb” and I quoted Hippocrates’ words about “love of humanity” in “Bitter Medicine”.

After the usual greetings, Barbara took us into her home office, which still looked like a physician’s study, but along one wall was a new set of bookcases, filled with less familiar titles.

“I’ve been studying”, Barbara explained, as her hand moved along books with homeopathic titles.

Samuel Hahnemann, physician and the founder of homeopathy, used Hippocrates’ word “miasm” for chronic diseases and inherited states of dis-ease. I was aware of that, but Barbara quickly brought my wife and me up to date on how this concept applies to modern homeopathy and modern diseases.

Barbara has been studying homeopathy online, at her own pace because of her condition, and is quite far along because of her foundation as a brilliant allopathic physician. Barbara also swears that the homeopathic remedies have helped her regain her health and her stamina.

Ironically, Hahnemann is the one who coined the term “allopathic”, and it was not intended to be a term of flattery. The mainstream medicine of Hahnemann’s time relied on bloodletting, purges and many other barbaric treatments, which didn’t stand the test of time. Hahnemann was a well read linguist, who supported his growing family by translating scientific texts because he couldn’t bring himself to embrace the medical practice of his era. He was, however, quick to adopt the germ theory and many of the emerging concepts of disease.

Over an exquisite dinner with Italian haddock with risotto and a nice Chianti, Barbara told us that not only is she now a student of homeopathy, she had also been helped by it. She is getting her energy back, and she is starting to feel well again.

One of Barbara’s mentors, Dr. Luc De Schepper, is, like Samuel Hahnemann, a European physician, who turned toward homeopathy when he didn’t find traditional medicine to address all the needs of his patients. In the concluding chapter of his book “Hahnemann Revisited” he quotes the same Hippocratic passage I quoted in my recent blog post:

“if an opportunity arises for helping a poor man, one should do so as best as one can, for he who loves men must also love the art of healing.” Hippocrates

Dr. De Schepper continues:

“Allopathic medicine is in a devastating financial crisis, with hospitals going bankrupt all around us and nearly 50 million Americans lacking health insurance; homeopathy can offer health care which is both effective and extremely cost-effective. Many allopathic medicines and procedures cause painful or harmful side effects, to the point that allopathic practitioners come to my school in despair, declaring that they cannot in good conscience continue to practice what they know…

…Let us look beyond the obvious, however, and consider our role as healers, our relationship with our patients, and our purpose in healing…

…In homeopathy the dynamic between practitioner and patient is more balanced, which provides greater empowerment and involvement to the patient and greater fulfillment to the practitioner.”

I listened to Barbara, to the passion and conviction in her voice; I watched her new vitality and felt her energy. She has more of it now than in her prime as an allopath. I looked at some of the modern texts she was reading and I thought to myself: Did we, the allopathic physicians, simply drop our Olympic torch? Have other kinds of practitioners stolen our fire, or did our negligence inspire them to step in where we used to be?

As I read in a Wall Street Journal article this weekend that the diabetes drug Avandia can now only be prescribed as a last resort due to its links to cardiac deaths, I remembered how, not very long ago, there was pressure on my profession to prescribe it routinely and early in the course of diabetic treatment because it was supposed to decrease death rates in diabetics.

Are today’s allopathic physicians becoming the bloodletters and purgers of a new dark era of uncaring brutality in medicine, leaving the torch of compassion for humanity and passion for healing to be carried by practitioners of what we disdainfully call alternative medicine?

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Getting Acquainted With Homeopathy

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Homeopathy is an alternative approach to medicine based on the belief that natural substances, prepared in a special way and used in small amounts, restores health. It is a sophisticated method of individualizing small doses of medicines to start the healing response. Homeopathic remedies seem especially effective for people with chronic diseases.

Homeopathy focuses on the individual and their symptoms to bring long lasting benefits, wellness and happiness. Therapy is based on the “Law of Similarity” known as treating “like with like”. The remedies are highly diluted natural substances and have been used throughout the world for over 200 years. Homeopathy remedies can be safely used along with most conventional medicines.

Homeopathic remedies are derived from plant, mineral and animal origins. They stimulate the body, giving it a gentle boost of natural energy for healing. There is no danger of addiction or toxicity and the remedies are considered safe, even for pregnant and sensitive patients.

The Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia Convention of the United States establishes good industry standards and manufacturing procedures in cooperation with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Due to the overwhelming safety record of the homeopathic approach and extreme dilutions, the FDA does not use the same standards for approval of homeopathic medicines as it does for conventional drugs.

Homeopathic remedies work on all systems of the body with mental, physical and emotional guiding symptoms listed in the order of importance. Homeopathic remedies can treat a wide range of symptoms such as sore throats, toothaches, acute fevers, chronic illnesses such as arthritis, eczema, asthma, anxiety, mild depression, and chronic fatigue syndrome.

Homeopathic practitioners use a repertory. This is an index of symptoms that explores the remedies for a particular symptom and lists the remedy for each symptom. Repertories are often extensive and may include data from clinical experience and “provings”. A compilation of reports of many homeopathic “provings” is known as a homeopathy materia medica. This listing contains commonly used homeopathic single remedies and lists symptoms that fit each remedy. The catalog assists the homeopath in finding the right remedy for each individual patient.

A homeopath will usually listen to a patient’s emotional and physical symptoms and then chooses a remedy closest to the individual symptom picture. The remedy stimulates the body’s own natural healing process and strengthens the immune system, without danger of side effects.

Homeopathic remedies and conventional medicine may work together. Remedies do not interact with other medicines and do not have side effects. However, it is advised to have a health care provider closely monitor the situation.

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Child Allergic Asthma Can Be Cured With Homeopathy

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When a person has an asthma attack, the inflammation in the respiratory system makes breathing difficult. Homeopathic treatments usually involve giving the body a minuscule amount of the substance causing the reaction to help the body learn how to cope. Once a homeopath finds the right treatment, patients can find relief. Because treatments are extremely individualized, clinical research in homeopathy is difficult; the same remedy is not the correct remedy for every case of a disease. Homeopathic treatment, however, can be taken in conjunction with prescribed drugs, providing a safe, alternative method for people to cope with asthma.

The goal of homeopathic treatment for asthma is to identify the root cause for the attacks, and then to use the bodies own healing processes to transform the triggers into remedies.Asthma is viewed differently in each person, because each person is afflicted in a different way. Factors considered by the homeopath include frequency of attacks, possible allergens and other symptoms. The health of the whole body, not just the respiratory system, is addressed. Ultimately, homeopathy might create a cure for the asthma by strengthening and balancing the immune system.

Asthma Homeopathic treatment

When treating an asthmatic patient with homeopathic remedies, great care must be taken to record the exact symptoms experienced during an attack to properly identify the correct remedy.

Popular homeopathic remedies for asthma include:

· Pulsatilla works well if symptoms are spasmodic; the patient feels a lot of weight and anxiety about the chest; there is sudden wheezing, difficulty breathing, and a feeling of suffocation, which is made worse if the patient moves or is warmed; and the cough creates retching and vomiting. Ipecac might be called for when the cough is continuous and the chest seems full of phlegm, yet nothing is coughed up. The extremities are covered with cold sweat.

· Ipecanum is similar to Arsenic alb., and is especially useful if the disease is chronic, the patient is older and the labored breathing is habitual and dry. It is used when the attacks occur between midnight and 2 a.m. The patient’s dry wheezing may progress to a cough that brings up frothy, whitish fluid. He or she feels exhausted yet experiences a lot of anguish and restlessness, fearing suffocation if he or she lies down. There is a general sweat, and the person can be thirsty, taking frequent, tiny sips. If the patient falls asleep again, he or she is awakened with soreness and burning pain in the chest and heat in the head. Warmth often brings improvement. Arsenicum follows Ipecac well, and is especially useful in those who are anemic.

· Carbo veg is helpful when symptoms include a tense, constricted feeling in the lower part of the chest, with pressure in the stomach. The patient finds some relief by belching, and the patient must loosen his or her clothing. Problems are often worse in the morning. It might be useful when gastric disturbances bring on the asthmatic attacks, and during simple spasmodic asthma. Both mental exertion and physical effort can make symptoms worse, while warmth and sleep often bring relief. Overindulgence in sweets, spicy food, stimulants and alcohol are common. If there is a lot of abdominal irritation and much flatulence, Nux vomica might be combined with Lycopodium and Carbo vegetabilis.

· Kali bich might help patients who experience attacks at about 3 or 4 a.m., with a feeling as if there were no air in the chest. The patient feels compelled to sit up to breathe, and bending forward while sitting brings some relief. The patient coughs up stringy yellow mucus.

· Natrum mur treats general symptoms including a worsening of asthma when exposed to mold and dampness; attacks occur at about 4 to 5 a.m.; and the patient sits up and holds the chest with the hands while coughing. Wheezing and breathing difficulties are aggravated by exertion. The patient usually also has loose bowels after each attack.

· Antimonium tartaricum (Ant.t), a remedy used by conventional medicine for asthma, can also be used as a homoeopathic treatment for certain symptoms. The keynote for using this option is the presence of fine rattling or crackling sounds in the chest. The chest also seems full of phlegm that the patient cannot cough up. The patient must sit up at about 3 a.m., has great difficulty breathing, and feels suffocated. Antimonium tartaricum is especially suited to young children and the elderly.

· Spongia is strongly indicated by a barking cough during an asthma attack. Labored breathing has a sawing sound and little mucus is produced. The person may feel best when leaning forward or when sitting up and tilting the head back. Warm drinks may be helpful. The problems usually begin before midnight while the person is asleep.

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Why Is Homeopathy Under Attack All The Time?

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When the Government recently decided to support patient choice and continue funding homeopathy on the NHS, there were howls of outrage from leading medics and skeptics alike. Its statement published at the end of July appeared to ignore the Chief Scientific Advisor’s advice, as well as an Evidence Check Report published last February by the House of Commons’ Science and Technology Committee.

In its response to the conclusions of the Report, the Government decided to continue paying around £4 million a year to keep homeopathy available to NHS patients. This was great news for those who choose it but the British Medical Association (BMA) were not impressed. At their annual conference in July they had voted against the funding, despite the fact that the founder of our public health service, Labour MP Aneurin Bevan, had pledged his commitment to homeopathy at the birth of the NHS in 1948.

Nowadays, millions of people around the world use homeopathic medicines. One million people in Europe take it, with almost all French pharmacies dispensing homeopathic remedies and 70 per cent of French doctors considering it effective. In Germany 20 per cent of doctors treat patients with homeopathy and in the Netherlands 47 per cent. In India there are 400,000 homeopathic doctors with 13,000 graduating every year! Its popularity continues to grow, making it a threat to the powerful pharmaceutical industry.

Huge savings could be made if more patients went to homeopathic doctors and practitioners. For example, the cost of treating asthma on the NHS is £1 billion annually, yet many people have been cured after having homeopathic treatment. Angela Byrne, 44, from Surrey, suffered since the age of 16, her asthma becoming full blown by the age of 26. For the next 14 years she ended up using two inhalers - ‘When I was 40, I went for homeopathic treatment and for the past four years, I have no longer needed any medication whatsoever when my symptoms disappeared for good!’A new row broke out recently when the BMA uncovered the fact that spending on homeopathy in Scotland is double that of the rest of the UK. This amounts to an annual total of 60,000 prescriptions with the Scottish Government backing the funding.

It was revealed in a programme aired on BBC Scotland on 13^th September entitled ‘Magic or Medicine’. The overall water theme of the programme was an attempt to emphasise the notion that homeopathy is nothing more than water, which completely missed the fact that all remedies are made using one-third alcohol as a preservative, an integral part of the preparation!

Dr. Ben Goldacre, a health journalist who wrote a book called Bad Science debunking homeopathy, asserted that homeopathic medicines work only through the placebo effect, though the question would then arise as to whether pharmaceutical drugs work in a similar manner.

When the Commons’ Science and Technology Committee conducted its Evidence Check last November, it also concluded the action of placebo effect. Yet the fact that homeopathy successfully treats animals, tends to discount this, through at least 85 animal studies.

Only half of the 14 Members of the Science and Technology Committee actually attended the two oral hearings and those MPs who did, appeared to have little knowledge or understanding of it. Of the nine witnesses called at the first hearing, the only two who had any relevant qualifications were Dr. Peter Fisher, the Queen’s physician and Clinical Director of the Royal London Homeopathic Hospital and Dr. Robert Mathie, Research Development Adviser of the British Homeopathic Association.

The Commons’ Committee Report was voted on by just five of its fourteen members, with only three MPs ratifying it, yet next day the headline went round the world proclaiming: ‘MPs call for an End to Homeopathy on the NHS’, based on just three votes!

In addition, out of a total of 66, nearly 40 positive written submissions compiled by the homeopathic profession, did not seem to have been properly considered by the Committee. There was also no-one called to represent patients.

Homeopathy has always provoked violent reactions and efforts to try to ban it are not new. In 1858 the British Medical Association passed internal rules that forbade their members from practising it or even consulting with a homeopath.

In 1847, the American Medical Association published a code of ethics which also stated that physicians would lose their membership if they consulted with a homeopath. At an AMA meeting, Dr. J.N. McCormack of Kentucky, who was the driving force behind the 1903 reorganisation of the AMA, said: ‘We must admit that we never fought the homeopath on matters of principle. We fought him because he came into the community and got the business.’

So why does the medical establishment feel so threatened by this gentle form of treatment which is cheap, can be used by pregnant women, babies and the elderly with few, if any, side effects and people swearing by its effectiveness?

In fact it was so popular that during the mid-1800s there were 100 homeopathic hospitals and 1,000 homeopathic pharmacies in America. In Britain there were 100s of homeopathic dispensaries as well as a total of 14 homeopathic hospitals! There was also a strong following in Europe by royalty and the aristocracy.

Many of the famous swore by it including writers Charles Dickens, William Makepeace Thackeray, George Bernard Shawrtists such as Pierre Auguste Renoir, Vincent van Gogh, Claude Monet and Paul Gauguin and the composers Ludwig van Beethoven, Frederic Chopin and Robert Alexander Schumann, to name a few. Are we expected to believe these cultural giants were deluded into taking placebos?

During these times homeopathic medicines also proved to be extremely effective in treating epidemics throughout Europe, Britain and America, such as scarlet fever, cholera, typhoid, diptheria, yellow fever, polio and influenza.

In 1854 there was a cholera epidemic in London but when the House of Commons asked to see a report about the methods of treatment, patients who had received homeopathic treatment at the Royal London Homeopathic Hospital, were not included. The House of Lords then demanded an explanation and it was later shown that under conventional medical care the death rate was 59.2 per cent but for patients under homeopathic care, only 9 per cent!

Vigorous attempts to stamp out homeopathy were stepped up in 1910 when the Carnegie Foundation commissioned a report by Abraham Flexner, a prominent figure chosen to reform American medical education. This report was an evaluation of US medical schools and it gave the homeopathic and herbal colleges a bad rating. In 1900 there had been 22 homeopathic colleges but only two were left in 1923.
Despite what critics say, there have been a great number of trials and studies on homeopathy over the past 20 years. In 2007, the largest one ever undertaken was of 2.3 million people in Cuba. An epidemic of leptospirosis was prevented during the flooding season when the Cuban government decided to treat the entire population of the worst affected provinces with a homeopathic medicine, due to a shortage of vaccines.
Leptospirosis is an infectious disease of a bacteria called spirochete caused by ingesting contaminated water or food during periods of heavy rain and flooding. It can lead to inflammation of the nerves of the eyes and brain as well as meningitis. Right upper area abdominal pain may occur and less common symptoms relate to disease of the liver, lungs, kidneys, and heart.

The Finlay Institute in Cuba prepared the remedy Leptospira 200c using four circulating strains and people were given two doses taken seven days apart. Within a few weeks, the number of cases had fallen by nearly 90 per cent to only four cases per 100,000 per week. The 8.8 million population of the other provinces did not receive homeopathic treatment and the incidence was as forecast.

Many eminent scientists and doctors vehemently dislike homeopathy because it challenges their scientific viewpoint and they would rather close their minds and deny it. Yet the spirit of science demands experimentation and investigation. The truth is that the history of homeopathy is littered with scores of conventional medical practitioners who converted to using it.

Dr. Brian Kaplan of Harley Street, London, is one such convert. He first discovered homeopathy in 1981 just after he had qualified as a doctor. “I wandered into a bookshop and a paperback caught my eye. It was called Homeopathy by a Dr. A. C. Gordon-Ross. I had heard of homeopathy but never dreamt that it was used by doctors. I was entranced by the story of Dr. Gordon-Ross and realised that I would have to look into this.”

“I had found medicine fascinating but ultimately too mechanistic. The theory of homeopathy felt intuitively correct. It made sense in most cases to try to stimulate the body’s natural healing ability to do the job itself. I saw some results in my early days as a homeopathic doctor that really blew me away! This is the story that you will hear from many homeopathic doctors.”

“When I first began studying homeopathy, I had to have four wisdom teeth out under local anaesthetic. They were hard to get out and my mouth was left bruised and bleeding. I couldn’t even eat that evening. I took Arnica 200c and Hypericum 10M, using Hypercal solution to rinse my mouth. When I woke up the next morning I couldn’t believe the result! I had no discomfort at all. I simply couldn’t believe how dramatically I had responded.”

He continued: “When working at a charity clinic I inherited a patient whose arthritis had consistently responded to Argentum Metallicum 6c. One day she came to me in great consternation because the pills had not worked at all. I asked to see the bottle of pills, which she happened to have on her. They were a different remedy, Argentum Nitricum 6c. This showed me that homeopathy was not placebo.”

The question must be asked why so much time, effort and money is being put into attacking homeopathy? If it really was just harmless sugar pills, what would be the point? If millions of people say it worked for them, can this all really only be ‘anecdotal evidence’?

In fact homeopathy is actually based upon sound scientific principles. Discovered by German doctor Samuel Hahnemann over 200 years ago, he was the first doctor to conduct trials on medicines! In his first experiment, though perfectly healthy at the time, he found that by giving himself repeated doses of cinchona bark (quinine), he brought on all the symptoms of a malaria attack - fever with heat and chills.

He then wondered if a substance that could cause a disease might cure it by using tiny doses, which he found to be the case. This is healing according to the Law of Similars or ‘like cures like’, described by the Greek physician Hippocrates as far back as the 4^th century BC. Orthodox medicine generally utilises the Law of Opposites, i.e. antibiotics, anti-inflammatories, antidepressants, antihistamines, etc.

Hahnemann set about discovering the healing properties of plants, metals and minerals by testing them on himself and on healthy volunteers or ‘Provers’, recording all the symptoms that each substance caused. He even created a ‘Provers Union’!

After some years of practising, Hahnemann found that the tiny doses of substances he was using, were still causing side effects but when he reduced the dosage too far, there was no effect. He noticed that by serially diluting and succussing a substance (shaking and striking the phial a number of times between numerical potencies), it became safer to use on the sick. He found unwanted side effects disappeared and medicines were made more effective.

Hahnemann went on to test hundreds of substances on himself and healthy volunteer Provers, matching the tested substances to heal symptoms in his patients and all the while keeping accounts of detailed observations. Far from being ideas-based, this is completely evidence-based, empirical medicine – an almost unique concept at that time.

Source: Avilian

Migraine Cures With Homeopathy

2010-10-05T06:04:00.000-07:00

When it comes to curing migraines there is nothing like homeopathy

Kinita, a young executive, carries the label, ‘chirpy geek,’ courtesy of her friends. She’s always on the move, trying to climb several ladders at one go. A stickler, a live-wire, she is an achiever — a tizzy bundle of kinetic energy. Till it comes to her head — oh, that awful ache, or uninvited spoilsport, in her ‘happening’ world.

It’s just about everyone’s diagnosis, more so when a nagging headache comes to stay. The fact is not all headaches are migraine. They could be tension or ‘cluster’ headaches too.

Migraine is actually a complex syndrome. It affects millions of people worldwide. What distinguishes the disorder, from other types of headache, is periodic or episodic ache, or pain. Migraine usually affects people in their mid-twenties, or 30s, especially ‘perfectionist-achievers.’ Interestingly, it is also common in children. Have you not heard parents complain that their child has had ‘migraine-type’ of headaches for as long as they know?

Help with Homeopathy

Conventional medicines offer only short-term relief from migraines. Add to this side-effects, and one may sometimes feel that these medicines could, perforce, be worse than the disorder.

From the therapeutic viewpoint, homoeopathy provides the best possible long-term solution for migraines. It presents through its medicinal armamentarium the most comprehensive, safe, and effective treatment for a vast majority of migraine victims. This is no placebo effect, as many would erroneously believe. Rather, homeopathy has an excellent clinical record in treating the disorder, safely and successfully.

Homeopathy aims to treat the individual that carries the migraine burden on his/her head, rather than the problem per se. Remember, no two individuals with migraines display the same set of symptoms, peculiarities, sensitivities, or temperament. Homeopathy elicits and treats these special characteristics, from the back-to-front, looking at the possible causes or triggers.

Homeopathy evidences that a certain medicine that can cause migraine-like symptoms can also treat individuals having migraine, and exhibiting the same, unique set of symptoms. However, what distinguishes homeopathy from other systems is no two individuals with migraine may be prescribed the same medicine. Rather, the appropriate medicine takes its cue from the nature of each individual’s distinguishing symptoms. One individual with migraine, for example, may feel better with a hankie tied around the head; while another may feel worse. This calls for the use of two different homeopathic remedies.

To cull a realistic example, the homeopathic medicine, Gelsemium, may be ideally suited for migraine in individuals, who tend to overstrain their eyes and also minds. The pain starts typically in the nape of the neck, or on the back of the head, and comes up over the head to settle in the right eye. There may also be a feeling of a band across the head.

Belladonna may be useful in menstrual migraine; the pain is often throbbing in nature or pattern. It tends to be worse in the afternoon. The individual’s eyes may be inflamed; moving them may be painful. The face may be puffed up; also red. Light and noise are unbearable.

For migraine preceded by partial blindness, or blurring of vision, with vomiting, Iris Versicolor is suggested to be the most ‘favoured’ remedy. Likewise, for migraine with depression, Zincum Valerianum, may be effective. Other useful remedies are Nux Vomica, Ignatia Amara, Sanguinaria, Spigelia etc.

Consult a professional homeopath to find out the medicine that suits one’s temperament best. The reason being: the subtleties involved in the process of homeopathic treatment are often wide-ranging and composite.

The best part — homeopathy allows our immune system, to correct the nature of the disorder that affects us, naturally and holistically. The big advantage being homeopathic medicines are devoid of side-effects. They are also non-habit-forming, even when they are used… keeping in mind long-term therapeutic outcomes.

Source: Timeswellness

Losing Extra Weight And Flab With Homeopathy

2010-10-05T05:54:00.000-07:00

Weight problems arise primarily in relation to your attitude to food, weight, and body size. They also project your emotional status: whether or not you have an inflexible attitude to eating and exercise. Overweight is defined as `abnormal high body weight due to excessive accumulation of body fat.’ Excess weight may also result from abnormal preservation of water, bizarre muscular development, tumors, including a few endocrinal / hormonal disorders. New research implicates genetic, emotional, metabolic, sociological and environmental factors as causative mechanisms.

Life expectancy of overweight individuals, after the age of 35, is often associated with a death rate much higher than that of people with normal weight. While increased body weight places a greater load on the circulatory system, regulation of body temperature is as much affected due to reduced heat insulating effect.

Lose weight safely Homeopathy is a safe, natural, and non-invasive solution in weight management: for excess weight, as also for eating disorders such as anorexia, bulimia etc.

Global clinical trials have shown that homeopathic remedies act as fat burners in overweight individuals. They also stimulate and hasten the body’s metabolic rate, to losing weight, without side effects. A holistic system of healing, Homeopathy believes in offering appropriate solutions to each an every patient, including an individualized / customised diet plans because each of us is unique. Put simply, every individual’s stomach is as distinctive as his/her fingerprint.

A weepy, overweight lady, who loves cookies and is moody, for example, may need the homeopathic remedy, Pulsatilla, where- as a fat male, who craves eggs, has thyroid problems, and is stubborn by temperament, may require Calcarea Carbonica.

Homeopathic medicines correct the underlying problem from its root. It also takes into accoun the fact that no two overweight individuals have identical problems. Homeopathy looks at the person, the individual, in to, including the origin, or the root, of illness, your weight problem.

It provides a mild touch, or stimulus, not side effects, for the body to bring in a sense of balance. It also incorporates lifestyle changes; it distils the person’s physical, mental, emotional, psychological, and spiritual aspects, including sensitivities and sensibilities – to usher in a healthy, long- lasting change in the individual This results, not in suppression or repetition of the problem – after cessation of a diet plan – but natural, holistic restoration of health to its best or optimal level, for all seasons.

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A Brief History Of Homeopathy

2010-10-05T05:47:00.000-07:00

More than two hundred years away from its inception Homoeopathy stands tall with its presence in more than 160 countries across the world and as the fastest growing alternative medicine across the world with an ever increasing fraction of the population to its use and efficient delivery. Though the inception was a sheer coincidence, the history of this magnanimous system actually dates back to ancient times, as the major working principle behind it “Simila Simibus Curentur” was known to man as early as ancient Hindu mythology. Even Hippocrates the father of medicine described about it in Fifth century B.C. It was then up to Dr.Christian Friedrich Samuel Hahnemann, the Father of Homoeopathy to understand it fully, the capability and scope of that law in the late eighteenth century and refine it to such a fine therapeutic tool, that within no time Homoeopathy gained international acclaim and momentum.

Homoeopathy was never an open challenge for conventional medicine or allopathy defying anyone.The initial practitioners of Homoeopathy had been through a fire-walk when it came to variable acceptance status, intense opposition from allopaths and pharma lobbies who were fast loosing their opportunities in places where Homoeopathy fountained, and often went through critical endangered times related to career and even life. In spite of its philosophic strength and potential to be a primary or mainstream treatment, Homoeopathy was formerly conceived by general public as an alternative opportunity for those who suffered from illnesses, acute or chronic, who spent a considerable time in conventional treatment which rendered temporary relief during medications, until the drug induced diseases set in. The latter years found Homoeopathy crossing international boundaries crossing Europe to Asia and US and in turn getting largely global. The world wars, the ever alarming rate of war casualties and the invent of antibiotics did let Homoeopathy suffer a setback in the first half of twentieth century, but proved more like a recoil into its renewed recent advances of today.

The repeated and ever continuing surrender of antibiotics to drug resistance by infective agents forcing the launch of new generation molecules very frequently gave more relevance and reason for Homoeopathy yet again bringing it back, rejuvenated and powerful to the health care spectrum in the second half of the century. And today at the wake of the post antibiotic era as loudly suggested by the omnipotent New Delhi Mellow [NDM] strain of organisms at UK media, Homoeopathy stands further tall as the future of medical treatment rendered to humanity. The general approach of conventional medicines in its cause and disease specific management above the holistic vision of patient and disease proved another reason for the intellectual community to strongly urge for the use of Homoeopathy worldwide. The understanding about the use of the ultra dilutions in Homoeopathy and the perception of the fact that this leads to no side effects at par with other streams of therapeutic disciplines gave Homoeopathy yet another thousand miles into global acceptance.

With the good times came in the worst. The UK healthcare related media [eg-lancet] woke up from its acceptance to Homoeopathy to an outright hostile mode and repeatedly urged through their media to all medical practitioners to stay away from use of Homoeopathy and to urge their patients too on the same. The fast displace of the allopathic medicines used due to the increasing prevalence of Homoeopathic medicines, therapies and other alternative streams was leading to the loss of millions to the pharmas per annum which got them to dire straits. The reasons suggested for the avoidance of Homoeopathy was the observation that medicines worked by “placebo effect” and they called the philosophical base as “pseudoscience”. Quite surprisingly, the studies conducted to prove the outcome was based on protocols used for trials on allopathic medicines. One could compare this to a English grammar study and verification done to French, because the alphabets used in French were English alphabets ! This deliberate act and the pre-designed outcome did convict to the rest of the world and create a havoc in the minds of those who constantly resorted to the solutions to their illnesses with Homoeopathy but did not last long.

Homoeopathy today means a huge answer to those suffering from acute and chronic diseases in majority of the clinical specialties and diseases with the most leading among Dermatology, Allergy, Pulmonology, Psychiatry, Paediatrics, Life-style diseases, Gynaecological diseases, Rheumatology, Gastro-enterology, Nephrology and also in leading surgical specialties like Urology, ENT and Orthopaedics where homoeopathic medical solutions often fairly relieve diseases where otherwise surgery is indicated. Conventional medicine always stands far ahead in Emergency management, Trauma, Poisoning, Life threatening situations and pure surgical conditions. The drift of priority in medical treatment in the therapeutic form is observed to be in favor of alternative medicines across the globe, a large fraction of which resort to Homoeopathy.

The genuine fact that conventional medicine experts are more clinicians, surgeons and those with intense diagnostic abilities in leading specialties, often get less important and less useful for a neutral or integrated understanding about inter-disciplinary management in developing and underdeveloped countries as they are more enthusiastic prescribers here than those exercizing their expertise in their domains. In developed countries the part of prescription and delivering therapeutic guidelines are taken over by clinical pharmacologists.This paradox often create often create a huge vaccum for alternative therapeutic methods to be extended to the patients from these expert hands, as they often become flag bearers of antibiotics and drugs of antipathic nature.

More about Homoeopathic approach in ailments, here the person seeking Homoeopathic treatment undergoes a very detail case taking incorporating every dimension as discussed at the beginning of the article. The diagnosis of the person hold prior to the actual clinical or disease diagnosis. Though there are offshoots like specific remedies, combinations, tincture therapies etc prevalent among Homoeopaths, the most sought and the most complete is always classical homoeopathy which takes more effort for a doctor, be it a case of any specialty or clinical discipline. Here the approach to the case is more close to the philosophic fabric of Homoeopathy, but the clinical skills stands tall in terms of diagnosis and prognostic assessments using criterias.

I conclude by urging the readers to have an open mind towards the Homoeopathic approach to disease management and for those who have never been through one, it would be a delight to be treated by the most post-modern therapeutic discpline on the face of the earth. I say so considering the fact that Allopathy was 650 years old when Homoeopathy took shape approximately 220 years back.

Dr Sreevals G Menon MD
National Mass Media Officer, Indian Homoeopathic Medical Association

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Treating Prostate Cancer With Homoeopathy

2010-10-05T05:38:00.000-07:00

Prostate cancer is an abnormal, uncontrolled growth of cells that results in the formation of a tumor in the prostate gland. Prostate, the walnut sized gland, is a part of the reproductive system which lies deep in the pelvis. It is located in front of the rectum and underneath the urinary bladder and surrounds the urethra, (the urine tube running from the bladder, through the prostate and the penis). It contains gland cells that produce some of the seminal fluid, which protects and nourishes sperm cells in semen and supports the ejaculatory ducts, or sperm tubes. The prostate continues to grow till a man reaches adulthood and is maintained after it reaches normal size as long as male hormones are produced.

Prostate cancer begins most often in the outer part of the prostate. It is the most common cancer in men older than age 50. In most men, the cancer grows very slowly. In fact, many men with the disease will never know they have the condition. Early prostate cancer is confined to the prostate gland itself, and the majority of patients with this type of cancer can live for years with no problems. In some cases, it may spread from the prostate to nearby lymph nodes, bones or other organs. This spread is called metastasis. Most Prostate cancers originate in the posterior prostate gland, the rest originate near the urethra. Often the disease has no symptoms until the disease is well advanced. However, as the tumor grows, it may spread from the prostate to surrounding areas like lymph nodes, bones or other organs. This may result in back pain. Men with prostate cancer may experience any of the following symptoms.

A need to urinate frequently, especially at night;
Difficulty starting urination or holding back urine;
Weak or interrupted flow of urine;
Painful or burning urination or bowel movement;
Difficulty in having an erection;
Painful ejaculation;
Blood in urine or semen; or
Frequent pain or stiffness in the lower back, hips, or upper thighs.

It is advised to consult a doctor immediately if you have experienced any of the above symptoms. Men aged 50 and above have the chances of developing prostate cancer. Those who have a family history of prostate cancer should consider screening at age 45.

Prostate cancer can be staged as ‘A,B,C,D’. Stage A and B cancers are curable. Stages C and D are treatable, but their prognoses are discouraging.

Stage A - This is the very early stage without any symptoms, in this stage cancer cells are confined to the prostate. It can be identified with PAS tests and Biopsy. This type of cancer is usually curable.

Stage B – In this stage, it is known that cancer is in several places within the prostate. It is detectable by PAS.

Stage C - In this stage, cancer cells can be found throughout the prostate as well as near by tissue or the bladder. This stage is determined by Digital Rectal Exam, or CT/ MRI scans, and/or Sonography. Some Stage C cancers are curable.

Stage D : At this stage, cancer has spread beyond the prostate and nearby lymph nodes, distant bones, organs such as liver, lungs and also to other tissues. This is usually determined by bone scan, Prostascint scan or other studies. Stage D cancer is not curable but treatable.

Treatment

Treatment depends on individual circumstances such as the man’s age and general health, extent of the cancer etc. Elderly patients with minor symptoms., early stage cancer, or coexisting illness may be treated conservatively.

There are many different ways to treat prostate cancer. It is advisable to get advise from two or more doctors before making a final decision about the treatment. Treatment includes Prostatectomy and Hormone Therapy or anti-antrogen drugs, Chemotherapy and Radio Therapy.

Hormone Therapy: Hormone therapy, is used either alone or in combination with surgery or radiation. It is based on the fact that prostate cancer cells frequently use the male hormone , testosterone as a Fertilizer and the absence of this hormone may lead to the death or weakening of prostate cancer cells. So It is used to stop the production of testosterone hormone and hence a person with Stage C and D cancer can have their life extended and improved by the use of hormonal therapy.

There are side effects associated with Hormone therapy. They include hot flashes, weight gain, erectile dysfunction, decrease in muscle mass and strength, personality changes, decreased mentation and osteoporosis.

Prostatectomy : Patients in good health and under age 70 is usually offered surgery as a treatment option. Various types of surgical procedures are done depending on the stage of prostate cancer and patient’s over all health.

Prostatectomy is the most common treatment option for localized prostate cancer. It involves surgical removal of prostate gland and some other near by tissues and reattaching the urethra and bladder. It will prevent further spread of the cancer. If the prostate cancer is in the early stages, prostatectomy can treat the cancer completely. This is done either through a surgical incision in the lower abdomen or the space between the scrotum and rectum.

These procedures also produce side effects like impotency, Urinary incontinence, narrowing of the urethra and difficulty in urination.

Radio Therapy: It is a form of treatment which uses high levels of radiation to kill cancer cells or keep them from growing and dividing thus reducing damage to healthy cells. It is more effective for early stage prostate cancer.

Good nutrition is an important part of recovering from the side effects of radiation therapy.

Slight skin changes will be visible after radiation. Skin may become red, swollen, warm and sensitive, as if in a sunburn but it is temporary. The long term effects include, slight darkening of the skin, enlarged pores, increased or decreased sensitivity of the skin and a thickening of tissue or skin.

Chemotherapy: It is a combination of drugs which is effective to kill or slow the growth of rapidly multiplying cells. Chemotherapy is usually prescribed to men with advanced prostate cancer. Chemotherapy drugs are carefully controlled in both dosage and frequency so that cancer cells are destroyed while minimizing the risk to healthy cells. As the drugs circulate throughout the whole body, they can effect the healthy cells also.

The side effects of chemotherapy include hair loss, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, lowered blood counts, reduced ability of the blood to clot, and an increased risk of infection.

HOMEOPATHY TREATMENT

CROTALUS : cancer with haematuria.

CONIUM : On every emotion, with itching of prepuce.

SEPIA : discharge during stool.

KALI BHICH : pain during chronic prostates.

SILICEA : While straining at stool.

NITRIC ACID : Discharge after stool.

NUX VOMICA : discharge during stool.

THUJA : When the discharge is greenish and thick.

STAPHISAGRIA : prostate discharge after sexual excesses.

SELENIUM : discharge during stool.

Homeopathy Dosage Directions

Select the remedy that most closely matches the symptoms. In conditions where self-treatment is appropriate, unless otherwise directed by a physician, a lower potency (6X, 6C, 12X, 12C, 30X, or 30C)

Source: Livewellchiropracticcenters

Managing Stress With Homeopathy

2010-10-05T05:27:00.000-07:00

Stress is a significant problem in our modern era. Many people turn to powerful drugs to help them cope, but there are alternatives. Homeopathic medicine offers some positive options.

Homeopathic remedies are said to stimulate the body’s own reactionary, healing response. Homeopathy is based on the Law of Similars, or the “like cures like” philosophy (hence the first part of the word, “homeo,” meaning “like” or “similar”). The theory is that minute, diluted doses of a substance that would cause symptoms in a healthy person can alleviate those same symptoms in an ill person.

For example, caffeine is a stimulant that keeps people awake. But in homeopathy, extremely diluted doses of caffeine and other stimulants would be given to someone suffering from insomnia. This is known as the Law of the Infinitesimal Dose.

Homeopathic remedies focus on healing the whole person, not just curing the illness or alleviating symptoms. This is why homeopathy is so appropriate and helpful for emotional healing. A specific diagnosis is not necessary before undergoing homeopathic treatment. The remedies are chosen based on the patient’s personality and symptoms.

Homeopathic remedies come in various degrees of dilution. The higher the number, the greater the dilution. Remedies that are “3c,” for example, have been diluted less than a “6c” remedy. The “c” stands for hundreds. The 3c remedy is therefore diluted 100 times, then 100 more, then 100 more – 100 to the third power, in other words. Sometimes you will see remedies with an “x” rather than a “c” – this means the dilution is based on 10, not 100. A 12x remedy is about the same dilution as 6c.

Emotional Healing

While it’s a good idea to consult with a homeopathic practitioner, here are some remedies that are generally recommended for emotional healing.

Pulsatilla is a remarkable remedy for “weepiness” and depression. It is particularly effective when these symptoms are the result of hormonal shifts in the body, such as puberty, menopause, or post-partum.
Sepia helps depression that is accompanied by irritability.
Aurum helps with feelings of self-loathing and thoughts of suicide.
Calcarea carbonica is used to treat exhaustion and depression, and is helpful with anxiety as well.

Stress

Sepia can help when feeling overwhelmed, especially when these feelings are due to excessive worries and responsibilities.
Arsenicum can help a person who is suffering from exhaustion or restlessness. It can also help if a person feels stressed over the need to keep his or her house and belongings perfectly clean and neatly organized.
Chamomilla is a good remedy for children and adults alike. It helps ease irritability and impatience and promotes a sense a calm.

Source: Ecohabits

There Has Always Been An Bias Against Homeopathy

2010-10-05T05:16:00.000-07:00

DANA ULLMAN, MPH, is one of America's leading advocates for homeopathy. He has authored 10 books, including The Homeopathic Revolution: Why Famous People and Cultural Heroes Choose Homeopathy (foreword written by Dr. Peter Fisher, Physician to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II), Homeopathy A-Z, Homeopathic Medicines for Children and Infants, and (the best-selling) Everybody's Guide to Homeopathic Medicines (with Stephen Cummings, MD). He is the founder of Homeopathic Educational Services (http://www.homeopathic.com), America's leading resource center for homeopathic books, tapes, medicines, medicine kits, software, and distance learning courses. Homeopathic Educational Services has co-published over 35 books on homeopathy with North Atlantic Books (which are distributed by Random House).

My previous blog gave a modern-day description of one of the many ways that "medical fundamentalists" or "denialists" work hard to provide misinformation about homeopathy. Such behaviors did not arise out of nowhere as there has been a long history of such partisan misuse of science and journalism.
In 1854, Sir Benjamin Hall, a member of England`s Parliament, administered the government`s General Board of Health, and his first act set up a General Medical Council of clinicians to conduct an epidemiological survey of the cholera epidemic, a serious public health problem in that year. The Council`s report showed that 51.9 percent of patients treated for cholera as in-patients or out-patients in London hospitals had died and all types of treatment were deemed useless.

The London Homeopathic Hospital had just established a charitable foundation in 1849. During the 1854 cholera epidemic, the thirty-bed hospital was devoted to the treatment of the indigent poor of the area. The homeopathic hospital, like all other hospitals in London, submitted its records to the Council for its report on cholera treatment, but the homeopathic mortality statistics were not listed in the report. The homeopathic hospital experienced a mortality rate of only 16.4 percent of patients.

When Sir Benjamin Hall asked the Council to explain this omission, the reply was:

"That by introducing the returns of homeopathic practitioners, they would not only compromise the value and utility of their averages of cure, as deduced from the operation of known remedies, but they would give an unjustifiable sanction to an empirical practice alike opposed to the maintenance of truth and to the progress of science." (Nichols, 1988, 145-146)

In other words, the statistics from the homeopathic hospital weren't listed because their inclusion would suggest that homeopathic medicines provide a superior treatment for cholera. Skeptics may wonder how valid the homeopathic hospital's statistics were. It's therefore important to note that the inspector appointed refused to visit the homeopathic hospital, so another inspector reluctantly agreed to do so. He wrote to the Homeopathic Hospital:

"You are aware that I went to your hospital prepossessed against the homeopathic system; that you had in me, in your camp, an enemy rather than a friend, and that I must therefore have seen some cogent reason there, the first day I went, to come away so favourably disposed as to advise a friend to send a subscription to your charitable fund. (Dean, 2004, 127)

In 1858, the conventional physicians sought to have homeopathic practice outlawed. Despite some vitriolic lobbying, this law wasn't passed because of the evidence of homeopathy`s successes in treating the recent cholera epidemic. Still, the British Medical Association passed internal rules that forbade their members from practicing homeopathy or even consulting with a homeopath in the care of any patient. The British doctors even required medical students to sign a pledge that they would never become a homeopath, and they actually failed any student who refused to sign this pledge (Baumann, 1857).

Further, the conventional physicians also sought manslaughter charges against homeopaths if any homeopathic patients died. All doctors have some patients who pass away, but the conventional physicians sought to make practicing homeopathy difficult or impossible. Despite the much more frequent deaths under the care of conventional physicians, there was no similar pattern of manslaughter charges against them by homeopaths.
Appropriately, the British government decided to ignore the advice from the report on homeopathy issued by the Science and Technology Committee. Likewise, the evolution of the Royal London Homeopathic Hospital to become the Royal London Hospital for Integrative Medicine is not an obituary but a "birth announcement."

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Homeopathy in Curing Asthma

2010-02-15T00:03:00.000-08:00

Gentle cure is possible of asthma with homeopathy.

What is asthma?

Asthma is an allergic disorder characterized by spasms of the bronchi (the air way tubes), swelling of the mucus lining of the lungs, and the production of excessive amounts of thick, viscid mucus.

Etiological / triggering factors

* An allergen, such as hay, pollen, animal dander, and dust are strong factors that activate an attack of asthma.
* Toxic chemicals and air pollution are very important factors that act as triggering as well as maintaining causes for asthma.
* Viral infections
* Exposure to cold air
* Emotional upset or tumult
* Excessive physical exercise also triggers asthma.
* Early weaning of an infant from breast milk and an early introduction to solid foods are reasons that increase the frequency and intensity of asthma in children
* Genetically engineered plants are augmenting allergic reactions, particularly asthma in a number of individuals.
* Food additives present in all refined food packets

What happens during an episode of asthma? (Clinical manifestations of asthma)

A typical asthma attack is seen as difficulty in breathing, wheezing, shortness of breath, coughing, and excessive production of mucus.

Investigations for asthma

* A person suffering from chronic asthma will demonstrate high levels of eosinophils in the blood
* Also, there will be raised levels of IgE levels
* The individual will demonstrate positive allergic tests.
* Respiratory function tests help evaluate the capacity and functioning ability of the lungs.

Homoeopathy to battle asthma

Homoeopathy is a complex system of medicine, which treats a host of diseases efficiently. This system cures and heals the body holistically. The homoeopathic medicines treat the disturbance in the patient’s vital force and bring about cure. Innumerable homoeopathic medicines have shown beneficial results in the management of asthma. These remedies improve the body’s defense mechanisms, and lower the susceptibility to allergens. homoeopathic remedies are made out of nature – flowers, fruits, animal extracts and products, and minerals, and are completely bereft of any adverse side effects.

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Homeopathy Cures Varicose Veins

2010-02-14T23:50:00.000-08:00

Doctors say there is no other way to get relief in varicose veins than surgery. There is a way to cure it. Gently. Homeopathy.

Tamara Der-Ohanian is a homeopath who practices in Canada (visit www.thehealingdimension.com).

In an article in Vitality magazine, she explains that a good homeopath verifies two things: The parallel between the physical, mental and emotional state of a person and the characteristics of the remedy.

For example, the remedy, natur muriaticum, is derived from a dilution of the common salt—but, too much salt causes fluid retention. Thus, people utilizing this remedy for varicose veins manifest retention tendencies such as congestive headaches.

Der-Ohanian presented the case of Joanne, an environmentalist and humanitarian whose varicosed legs were covered with purplish lesions and crusts. Her legs were often tired and numb after protracted periods of sitting.

Symptoms

The homeopath says, “After analyzing Joanne’s symptoms and personality traits, I prescribed causticum, which is derived from a diluted tincture of potassium hydrate.

In Joanna’s case, remarkable improvement was seen after only six weeks—the ulcers on the legs were diminished by 50 percent. The legs became stronger, and the numbness disappeared. And, after six months, her varicose veins disappeared almost completely!

In conclusion, Der-Ohanian states, “Varicose veins and other ailments don’t exist in isolation. As such, they can’t be treated as separate entities with different remedies. If you take a medication for headache, an antifungal remedy for your feet, and skin treatment for eczema, you’re merely palliating the symptoms.

“Cure cannot truly take place, unless the organism is treated as a whole—and the connection between mind, body and spirit is considered!”

Those Who Criticise Homeopathy Are "Ignorant and Stupid"

2010-02-14T23:43:00.001-08:00

Health 2000 company chairperson Bob McDonald has labelled sceptics who staged a protest on homeopathic remedies as “ignorant and stupid".

Mr McDonald, who manages Ashburton’s Health 2000 shop, said homeopathic remedies, such as arnica cream and tablets and hayfever tablets, were popular with many customers.

“People aren’t buying them if they aren’t getting results,” Mr McDonald said.

The remedies are created by heavily diluting products from the plant, animal and mineral worlds.

The products in their natural form would stimulate the exact type of reaction that in their heavily diluted form they apparently deter.

For example, the plant Arnica montana in its natural form causes haemorraging and bruising if consumed, but in its heavily diluted form is found to soothe and heal bruising.

Mr McDonald said while homeopathic remedies made up just 5 to 10% of the shop’s sales, the industry itself was a worldwide billion dollar one.

This was simply because people found they got results from the products, and sceptics were just “bigoted and close-minded” as well as “ignorant and stupid” for discounting this.

While the products were diluted there was still minute doses of them in the remedy, and these only had an effect if taken in small amounts.

‘Overdosing’ would negate the effect.

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Mumbai Doctor says Homeopathy cures Thyroid better

2010-02-14T23:18:00.000-08:00

Citing the advantages of homoeopathy over allopathic treatment for thyroid and other hormone-related problems, Dr Bandish D Ambani from Mumbai said that over 80 percent of patients depending exclusively on homoeopathic treatment stand a chance of being completely cured in a year’s time.

Praising the holistic approach of the therapy, Dr Ambani, while interacting with Newsline on Thursday, said the treatment helps stimulate the body’s glands to produce hormones.

“Hormonal problems like thyroid are increasing at a fast pace due to changes in lifestyle and dietary habits of people. Add to it the fact that Indians are genetically predisposed to have more thyroid problems,” said Dr Ambani.

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Homeopathy In Treating Burns

2010-02-14T23:01:00.000-08:00

In our everyday life everyone experiences minor burns. There is no need to rush off to a doctor. Homeopathic remedies will cure.

When tissues are burned, fluid leaks into them from the blood vessels, which causes swelling and pain.

In addition, damaged skin and other body surfaces are easily infected because they can no longer act as a barrier against invading organisms.

Burns are classified by degrees; the depth of injury from a burn is described as first, second or third degree.

First degree burns are red, moist, swollen and painful.

Second degree burns are red, swollen and painful, and can develop blisters that may ooze a clear fluid.

Third degree burns usually are not painful because the nerves have been destroyed. The burned area does not blanch when touched, and hairs can easily be pulled from their roots without pain.

Burns are serious; a qualified medical practitioner should check them thoroughly if they are more than a minor burn.

Most minor burns are superficial but second and third degree burns can swell and leave permanent scarring.

For minor burns, there are some excellent homeopathic remedies:

Cantharis vesicatoria. This is an excellent homeopathic remedy to think of in any case of a burn where the skin may be quite red and inflamed. As well, this remedy may prevent blisters from forming.

Calendula officinalis. In the homeopathic form,this is a great remedy to give in all cases of burns as it will promote quicker healing. Even if you are waiting for medical attention, you can continue to administer this remedy every 15 minutes.

Urtica urens: Great remedy for stinging pains, itching and swelling of first degree burns.

Causticum: burning pains with rawness (as from an open wound) or if there are long term emotional or physical symptoms after a burn.

In addition, Arnica 30CH can be administered with any of the above remedies.

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Where Do Homeopathic Medicines Come From?

2010-02-14T22:57:00.000-08:00

The homeopathic medicines are derived from following sources:

Plant Kingdom: Herbs and plants are from plant kingdom such as Belladonna atropa (Deadly Nightshade) , Calendula Off (Marigold), Arnica Montana (Leopards bane), Crocus Sativa (Meadow saffron)

Mineral Kingdom: Most of the elements and compounds like metals, salts, alkali, and acids are from mineral kingdom such as Sulphur, Calcarea Carb (Calcium Carbonate) , Nitric-Acid, Natrum-Muriaticum (Common Salt)

Animal Kingdom: Drosera, Rumex, Lac Defloratum, Oleum Jecrosis, etc

Homeopathy has a unique approach to the method of preparation of the drugs (called potentisation) in which the end result will contain only the 'dynamic curative power' of the drug substance/concentrated ingredient. This ensures that homeopathic remedies with its nano dose are non-toxic, absolutely safe, and bring about cure. Homeopathic dilutions are dispensed in medicinal alcohol. The tablets, pills, globules, or powder are non-medicinal and are used as a medium to administer the homeopathic medicines.

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Anxiety Disorders And Homeopathy

2010-02-14T22:30:00.001-08:00

Homeopathy is very effective in curing anxiety disorders. This is because the mind of a patient is taken in consideration when prescribing a remedy. Mind and body are connected. Homeopathy understands this and hence is very effective in curing mental problems.

Below are some remedies useful in curing anxiety disorders.....

Argentum nitricum: This remedy could be useful when anxiety develops only before a huge event: an exam, an important interview, a public appearance or social engagement. Dizziness and diarrhea can as well be experienced. Individuals who want this remedy are sometimes enthusiastic and suggestible, with a tendency toward peculiar thoughts and impulses. They sometimes crave sweets and salt (which usually make there symptoms worse).

Arsenicum album: Asenicum Album patient are deeply anxious about there health, and extremely concerned with order and security, sometimes benefit from this remedy. Obsessive about small details and very neat, they feel a desperate want too be in control of each. Panic attacks sometimes occur around midnight or during early hours of the morning. The person feels exhausted yet still be restless—fidgeting, pacing, and restlessly moving from place too place. Those individuals may have digestive problems or asthma attacks accompanied by anxiety.

Aconitum napellus: Acute panic attack of anxiety neurosis comes on suddenly with very strong fear (even fear of death) can point toward this remedy. A state of immense anxiety can be accompanied by strong palpitations, tininess of breath, and flushing of the face. Sometimes a shaking experience will be the underlying induce. Strong feelings of anxiety occur when a person comes down with a flu or cold.

Calcarea carbonica: This remedy is usually indicated for dependable, solid individuals who become overwhelmed from physical illness or too much work and start too fear a breakdown. Their thoughts become muddled and confused when tired, which adds to the anxiety. Worry and bad news can gripe those, and a nagging dread of disaster (to themselves or others). Fear of heights and claustrophobia are usually present too. A person who needs this remedy is sometimes chilly and sluggish, has a craving for sweets, and is simply fatigued.

Gelsemium: Mentally weak and feelings of weakness, trembling, and mental dullness (being “paralyzed by fear”) suggest a want for this remedy. It is sometimes useful when a person has stage-fright about a public performance or interview, or feels anxious only before a test, a visit too the dentist, or any amount stressful event. Chills, perspiration, diarrhea, and headaches will sometimes occur with nervousness. Fear of crowds, a fear of falling, and even a fear that the heart might stop are other indications for Gelsemium.

Ignatia amara: A sensitive person who is anxious because of grief, loss, disappointment, criticism, loneliness (or any stressful emotional experience) can benefit from this remedy. A defensive attitude, frequent sighing, and mood swings are other indications. The person can burst unexpectedly into either tears or laughter. Headaches with a sensation of a nail driven into the side of the head, and cramping pains in the abdomen or back, are sometimes seen when this remedy is needed.

Kali Phosphoricum: Exam fever in students or for a person who has been exhausted by overwork or illness and feels a deep anxiety and inability. The person is jumpy and oversensitive, and can be startled by ordinary sounds. Hearing unpleasant news or thinking of world events could aggravate the problems. Insomnia and an inability too concentrate increases the sense of nervous dread. Eating, warmth, and rest sometimes bring relief. Headaches, backaches, and nervous digestive upsets are sometimes seen when this remedy is needed.

Lycopodium: Individuals likely to respond to this remedy feel anxiety from mental stress and suffer from a lack of confidence. They could be self-conscious and feel intimidated by individuals they perceive as powerful (yet can as well swagger or be domineering toward those with whom they feel more comfortable). Taking on responsibility could induce a deep anxiety and fear of failure, though the person usually does well, once started on a task. Claustrophobia, irritability, digestive upsets with gas and bloating, and a craving for sweets are sometimes seen when this remedy is needed.

Natrum muriaticum: Deep emotions and a self-protective shyness could make these individuals seem reserved, aloof, and private. Even when feeling lonely, they tend too stay away from social situations. (Inhibitions sometimes disappear when they turn too alcohol, which makes those feel embarrassed afterwards). When hurt and offended, they brood, bear grudges, dwell on unhappy feelings, and isolate themselves—refusing consolation even when they want it. Nevertheless, they are sometimes sympathetic listeners to other individuals’ problems. Claustrophobia, anxiety at night (with fears of robbers), migraines, and insomnia are sometimes observed when this remedy is needed.

Pulsatilla: Individuals who need this remedy sometimes express anxiety, insecurity and and a tendency to cling to others, with a desire for constant support and comforting. The person can be moody, tearful, whiny, even emotionally immature. (Pulsatilla is a very useful remedy for kids.) Getting too warm or being in a stuffy room sometimes increases anxiety. Fresh wind and gentle exercise sometimes brings relief. Anxiety around the time of hormonal changes (puberty, menstrual periods, or menopause) is helped with Pulsatilla.

Silicea : Individuals who need this remedy are capable and serious, yet are nervous, shy, and subject to bouts of temporary loss of confidence. Anxiety could be extreme when they are faced with a public appearance, interview, examination, or a new job or task. Worry and overwork could bring on headaches, difficulty in concentrating, and states of exhaustion, oversensitivity, and dread. Responsible and diligent, they sometimes overreact and devote attention to tiny details—increasing their worries. They sometimes have low stamina and come down with colds, sore throats, or other illnesses when under stress.

Homeopathy cures brain tumour

2010-02-14T21:58:00.001-08:00

There is no disease that homeopathy cannot cure. Let us read about the case of Gemma Hoefkens, who was cured of brain tumour by homeopathy

A WOMAN who claims alternative medicine saved her life is campaigning for it to be “taken more seriously” by the Government.

Gemma Hoefkens, 40, of Bewdley, says homeopathy helped her recover from inoperable brain tumours.

A petition signed by more than 25,000 people is being handed into the Houses of Parliament on February 24, calling for homeopathy to be used more by the NHS.

Ms Hoefkens, who runs a homeopathy practice in Sutton Coldfield, near Birmingham, said: “The majority of patients with cancer and other chronic diseases suffer needlessly and many die at an early age. Having got a second chance at life, I feel duty bound, even passionate, to let others know that there are other choices.”

Ms Hoefkens is convinced homeopathy helped her beat cancer.

Ms Hoefkens set up her homeopathy business when she recovered from her illness and said she saw every day as “a blessing”.

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Insomnia (sleeplessness) cured by homoeopathy

2009-11-03T00:15:00.000-08:00

Everybody suffers from insomnia (sleeplessness) sometime or the other in their lives. Taking sleeping pills is hardly a wise thing to do. Melanie Grimes in this article in Healthnews suggests some homeopathic remedies that will help you.

Homeopathy suggests numerous remedies to treat insomnia. This condition has reached epidemic proportions, and is rising, with over one-third of Americans complaining of sleep difficulties. These natural remedies are available over-the-counter but for best results consult with a homeopath. (See below.)

Belladonna:  A person needing Belladonna is extremely restless. Frightful images when drifting off to sleep cause the patient to dread sleep. They are awakened by nightmares, or they can experience a throbbing in the brain that prevents sleep.

Aconitum napellus: This remedy can be helpful if a person panics with insomnia. Fear and agitation come on suddenly when the person is drifting off to sleep, or may wake them.

Arsenicum album: People who need this remedy are often anxious and compulsive about small details and have trouble sleeping if they feel that everything is not in place. They are often deeply weary and exhausted, yet feel restless physically and mentally. Sleep, when it arrives, can be anxious and disturbed, with dreams full of fear and insecurity.

Calcarea phosphorica: This remedy is often helpful to children with growing pains, and also for adults who have aching in the joints and bones, or neck and shoulder tension that make it hard to fall asleep. The person lies awake for many hours, feeling upset and irritable—then has trouble waking in the morning, and feels deeply tired and weak.

Cocculus: This remedy is often helpful to those who feel “too tired to sleep” after long-term sleep loss: from getting up with an infant, taking care of someone who is ill, a disruptive work schedule, travel and jet lag, or chronic worry and insomnia. The person may feel weak and dizzy, with trouble thinking, and may be sleepy, irritable, or tearful.

Coffea cruda: Mental excitement and nervous stimulation that prevents sleep suggest a need for remedy. Thoughts may be either happy or distressing. The person may be looking forward to something that will happen in the morning, but feels stressed and exhausted as the night wears on. If the person falls asleep, it is usually very light with vivid dreams, disturbed by any noise or motion. (This remedy can also help if overuse of caffeine is the cause of sleeplessness.)

Ignatia: If insomnia is caused by emotional upset such as grief or loss, a disappointment in love, a shock, or even an argument, this remedy may be helpful. The person is sensitive and nervous, and may often sigh and yawn in the daytime, but find it hard to relax at night. As the person tries to fall asleep, the arms and legs twitch or itch. If sleep arrives, it is usually light, with jerking of the legs and arms, or with long and troubling nightmares.

Kali phosphoricum: A person with insomnia from nervous exhaustion caused by overwork or mental strain, or following a taxing illness, may respond to this remedy. The person is very weak and sensitive to everything (noise, lights, touch, and pain). Irritability, depression, and anxiety with an empty feeling in the stomach are often seen.

Lycopodium: People who need this remedy often have no memory of dreams and often doubt that they have slept at all. Insomnia may set in primarily because of worry: lack of confidence can make them doubt their own abilities, although they are usually very capable. Insomnia caused by digestive trouble, especially gas, can also indicate a need for this remedy. The person feels drowsy after meals, but has trouble sleeping at bedtime. Ravenous hunger in the night that wakes a person up is another indication for Lycopodium.

Nux vomica: People who have insomnia after over-indulgence in stimulants, food, and drink—or after overexertion, either physically or mentally—may benefit from this remedy. They may be able to drift off, but sleep is light, and they often awaken in the early morning (typically three a.m.) and lie awake for hours. On getting up, they are tense, impatient, and irritable, with a feeling that they still need more sleep.

Silicea (also called Silica): This is a useful remedy for nervous people with low stamina who get tired easily but then have insomnia. The person often goes to sleep at first, but awakens suddenly with a hot feeling in the head, then finds it hard to fall asleep again. People who need this remedy usually have anxious dreams, and some (especially children) sleepwalk.

Sulphur: This remedy may be helpful if insomnia comes from itching—or an increasing feeling of heat in bed, especially in the feet. The person is irritable and anxious, and often feels a need to throw the covers off. Lying awake between two and five a.m. is typical. Insomnia that develops because of a lack of exercise may also be helped with Sulphur.

Zincum metallicum: People who need this remedy often have insomnia from mental activity. They can get wound up from overwork—or be naturally inclined toward nervousness and just have trouble relaxing. Their legs and arms often feel extremely restless, and lying still in bed may be impossible. Even during the daytime, a person who needs this remedy may feel a constant need to move their muscles.

Homeopathy curing infertility in Cuba

2009-11-03T00:05:00.000-08:00

Cubans are fighting infertility with homoeopathy. They are using it fight other diseases too.

The homeopathic treatment against infertility has contributed to the birth of 67 children in the Cuban province of Holguin.

Initiated in 1997 by Dr Esperanza Gilling, this alternative treatment to facilitate pregnancy has reported effectiveness in 90 percent of the patients treated and is one of the main achievements of the Provincial Center for Homeopathy, opened 14 years ago with its own pharmacy.

Dr Gilling explained that after rigorous clinical trials and in accordance with their results, infertile patients are administered a homeopathic preparation that facilitates pregnancy.

This institution, located in the city of Holguin, 735 kilometers east of Havana, gives consultations to about 500 patients from the provinces of Granma, Las Tunas, Santiago de Cuba and Havana, each month.

Homeopathy has also achieved good results in the treatment of asthma especially in children, hypertension and other diseases, and it is as rigorous as the scientific conventional medicine.

"The only difference between these procedures is the type of natural cures being used", said Dr Gilling, who has 17 years of practice in this medical treatment developed by the German doctor Christian Friedrich Samuel Hahnemann in 1792.

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Homeopathy cures for truamatic head injury

2009-11-03T00:02:00.000-08:00

Head injuries can have long lasting ill effects. Only homeopathy can prevent them says Dana Ullman

Natasha Richardson recently passed away as a result of a seemingly mild traumatic head injury, and the world mourns. Now, every mother and father and concerned friend will worry when anyone near and dear to them suffers from any head injury. The good news is that research has confirmed that homeopathic medicines can be used to treat people who suffer from head trauma.

Homeopathic medicines can be used preventively to avoid complications from acute head injury, and they can be used to treat people when complications from head injury are experienced. One study that was conducted at a Harvard-affiliated hospital showed the benefits of homeopathy in treating people who have suffered from a mild traumatic head injury.

A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of 50 patients, with a four-month follow-up, was conducted at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital (Chapman, et al, 1999). Patients with persistent mild traumatic brain injury (MTBI) whose injury resulted in symptoms lasting on average for almost 3 years were randomly assigned to receive an individually chosen homeopathic medicine or a placebo.

As is common in homeopathic practice, each patient with a head injury was prescribed an individually chosen homeopathic medicine because each person tends to experience slightly different symptoms from head injury. A total of 18 different homeopathic medicines were prescribed for the 50 patients, though 8 were more commonly prescribed (see below for a summary of these 8 medicines, and the unique syndrome that each is known to be effective in treating).

The researchers found that a significant improvement in the "Ten Most Common Symptoms Scale" of mild traumatic brain injury and a highly significant improvement on the "Difficulty in Situations Scale." These results indicate important improvements from the homeopathic treatment and translate into clinically significant outcomes.

One of the challenges to people who experience head trauma is that it is common for them to be in shock, and by its own definition, "shock" reduces a person`s ability to think clearly. Natasha Richardson was known to have gotten up on her own and to have joked with others about her fall...and yet, she died within days of her injury.

Below are the eight homeopathic medicines that were most commonly prescribed to people who suffered from a mild traumatic brain injury.

* Arnica (mountain daisy): This is the first remedy to consider to help deal with the shock and trauma of a head injury and to prevent long-term problems from it. Even if the person experiences trauma to the head and doesn`t think that there`s a problem, it is still worthwhile to take this remedy because people with head injury commonly experience shock and don`t realize the extent of the problem. This remedy can also significantly reduce swelling, pain, and complications from a head injury. This remedy is indicated if significant bruising has already occurred.

* Belladonna (deadly nightshade): When there is much heat, redness, throbbing, and fullness in the head after an injury, consider this remedy. The person may become delirious, frantic, and may bite or strike at those around him or her.

* Hypericum (St. John`s wort): Consider this remedy if there are sharp and shooting pains or if there are spasms or seizures after a head injury or spinal cord injury.

* Cicuta (water hemlock): If the person experiences seizures after a head injury or if the head injury is severe enough to suggest mental retardation, consider this remedy.

* Natrum sulphuricum (sodium sulphate): This remedy is useful when a person has long-term symptoms after a head injury, even when the symptoms may not be in the head. This remedy is also indicated when the person becomes depressed and develops suicidal thoughts after a head injury or when the person`s personality significantly changes after the injury (i.e., the person becomes noticeably more irritable or confused).

* Hellaborus (white hellebore): If a person develops severe mental dullness and very slow talking after a head injury, think of this remedy. People who can only respond slowly to questions, who have difficulty understanding others, and have difficulty communicating may benefit from this remedy. These people have a tendency to stare into thin air and become indifferent to their surroundings and even to loved ones.

DOSE: Use the 6, 12, or 30th potency every other hour during the first day after an injury and four times a day after then. If improvement is not obvious after 48 hours, consider another remedy.

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Allergies and homeopathy

2009-11-02T23:59:00.000-08:00

Melanie Grimes says millions the world over are affected by allergies and homeopathy gives a real cure. She also suggests some remedies.

Allergies affect over millions of people worldwide, which is the reason that World Homeopathy Awareness Week chose “Homeopathy and Allergies” as it theme for 2009. Allergies are an abnormal reaction to normal substances, such as food, mold or pollen. Common allergic reactions can include runny a nose or diarrhea, however allergic reactions can lead to debilitating illness, chronic disease and even death.

According to both the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America (AAFA) and the American Academy of Allergy Asthma and Immunology (AAAAI), as many as 35 million Americans suffer from seasonal allergy symptoms each year. Hay fever allergy alone causes a loss of over four million workdays a year at a cost of $700 million in lost productivity. Coincidentally, one of the physicians who founded the AAAI was a homeopath.

Over 40 percent of Americans seek help with their allergies from an alternative practitioner, according to the AAFA. Dr. Andrew Weil has been quoted as saying, “"For many people, homeopathy can be the last, best hope for ending allergy symptoms without side effects. Unlike the medications you mentioned, homeopathy can actually change the way your body responds to allergens, instead of merely suppressing the symptoms they cause."

Research
Studies have shown homeopathy’s efficacy in allergy treatment. The medical journal, Lancet (Dec. 12, 1994), published a double-blind study of homeopathy in treating asthma. Half of the participants were given a homeopathic remedy and half were treated by placebo. The homeopathic group showed significant relief of their asthma symptoms. Another Lancet article (October 18, 1986) tested homeopathic doses of twelve plants prepared homeopathically to reduce hayfever. Results again, displayed homeopaths ability to reduce symptoms in this difficult to treat allergic reaction.

How to Avoid Flare-Ups of Hayfever, or Pollen and Mold Allergies
It is easier to avoid an allergy attack then to treat one. To best avoid allergies, avoid contact with the allergens. Keep track of your local pollen and mold count at the website. These figures are updated three times a week in most areas. It has been proven that with less exposure, the body’s immune reaction will subside, so avoid exposure to allergens in the morning, or limit exposure until as late in the day as possible. Keep windows closed and use air filters in both homes and automobiles. Wash in hot water to remove pollen and molds and do not expose clothing or toys in outside air, such as hanging laundry out to dry, as pollen can collect on personal items. Use a facemask outside if the pollen count is high. It is recommended that allergy sufferers bath nightly. This will cleanse accumulated toxins from the body and allow the body to rest and restore in a non-toxic environment

Common Homeopathic Remedies For Allergies

Allium cepa
Profuse burning nasal discharge worse in warm weather. Bland tearing from the eyes. Worse from exposure to damp winds.

Nux vomica
Chilly and irritable, and better in open air. Frequent sneezing with fluent discharge by day and congestion at night.

Euphrasia
Bland, watery nasal discharge with burning in the eyes and throat. Eye pain worse in the open air. Nose discharge worse at night.

Sanguinaria
Burning eyes with dry throat. Moist, burning nasal discharge.

Pulsatilla
Congested in a warm room or while lying. Better with cool applications, cold rooms and open air. Thirstless.

Arsenicum
Anxious and chilly are keynotes of those needing Arsenicum. Asthmatic breathing may be worse after midnight. The person needing Arsenicum is frequently restless and thirsty.

Sabadilla
Chilly and sensitive to cold. Hay fever that starts with a lot of sneezing, brought on by the scent of flowers and a raw sensation in the inside of the nose. Dry nose or fluent white mucous.

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Homeopathy was effective in the flu epidemic of 1918

2009-11-02T23:56:00.000-08:00

Homeopathy was very effective in the flu epidemic of 1918. It also works in curing swine flu (H1N1)

Homeopathy was successful in treating the flu epidemic of 1918 and can provide answers to questions about the 2009 Swine Flu. Homeopathy can provide quick and inexpensive relief for symptoms of the flu. A system of medicine based on the principles of "like cures like," homeopathy uses plant, mineral and animal sources for the natural flu remedies. Homeopathy is based on ideas from ideas dating back to Egyptian medicine. The term "homeopathy" was coined by the medical doctor and medical reformer, Samuel Hahnemann in the 1800s. Homeopathic remedies have been used to treat flu symptoms for two centuries.

Was homeopathy successful in treating the flu epidemic of 1918?
Yes.
While the mortality rate of people treated with traditional medicine and drugs was 30 percent, those treated by homeopathic physicians had mortality rate of 1.05 percent.
Of the fifteen hundred cases reported at the Homeopathic Medical Society of the District of Columbia there were only fifteen deaths. Recoveries in the National Homeopathic Hospital were 100%. In Ohio, of 1,000 cases of influenza, Dr. T. A. McCann, MD, Dayton, Ohio reported NO DEATHS.

What homeopathic remedies were used to successfully treat the Spanish flu in 1918?
Gelsemium and Bryonia
According the Dr. Frank Wieland, MD, in Chicago, "(With) 8,000 workers we had only one death. Gelsemium was practically the only remedy used. We used no aspirin and no vaccines."

Homeopathy was 98% successful in treating the Spanish flu epidemic in 1918?
Yes.
Ohio reported that 24,000 cases of flu treated allopathically had a mortality rate of 28.2% while 26,000 cases of flu treated homeopathically had a mortality rate of 1.05% . In Connecticut, 6,602 cases were reported, with 55 deaths, less than 1%. Dr. Roberts, a physician on a troop ship during WWI, had 81 cases of flu on the way over to Europe. He reported, "All recovered and were landed. Every man received homeopathic treatment.

How do they know that a virus caused the flu epidemic of 1918, when the first virus was not isolated until 1933?
They don`t. In fact, many believe that the epidemic was actually a vaccine reaction.
When Army vaccinations became compulsory in 1911, the death rate from typhoid vaccination rose to the highest point in the history of the US Army. US Secretary of War Henry L Stimson reported that seven men dropped dead after being vaccinated. He also reported 63 deaths and 28,585 cases of hepatitis as a direct result of yellow fever vaccination during only six months of WW1. According to a report in the Irish Examiner, "The report of the Surgeon-General of the US Army shows that during 1917 there were admitted into the army hospitals 19,608 men suffering from anti-typhoid inoculation and vaccinia. When army doctors tried to suppress the symptoms of typhoid with a stronger vaccine, it caused a worse form of typhoid paratyphoid. But when they concocted an even stronger vaccine to suppress that one, they created an even worse disease Spanish flu."

Did the flu strain that caused the 1918 flu ever return?
Yes.
The 1918 `Spanish Flu` was first reported in an American military, Camp Funston, Fort Riley, in troops preparing for WW1 and receiving 25 vaccinations. According to the CDC, the same flu strain appeared only one other time: in 1976. This was again at a US army base, Fort Dix, and again, was seen in recently vaccinated troops, and only in them. The virus has not appeared anywhere else.

Is homeopathy successful in treating the modern flu?
Yes.

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Homeopathy prevents sunstrokes

2009-11-02T23:50:00.000-08:00

Homeopathy comes handy when one gets a sunstroke and it also helps in preventing one.

With temperatures soaring with each passing day, cases of Nagpurians suffering from sunstroke have increased manifold, especially when proper care is not taken. Homeopathy has some good medicines which can be taken as precautionary measures against the scorching sun.

Dr Swati Bajaj, one of city's well-known homeopaths, told TOI that in Nagpur when the temperature crosses 47 degree Celsius, it's time to be extra careful. "The heat takes its toll and we should at least increase our water intake and avoid sunstroke by taking preventive homeopathic medicines," she said.

According to Dr Adil Chimthanwala, general physician, as the mercury shows an upward trend, there are possibilities of people suffering from heat stroke, uneasiness in the chest, giddiness, headache, tiredness, nausea and even losing consciousness. He said that generally these symptoms generally occur due to inadequate fluid intake causing dehydration, lack of sweating which causes excessive rise in internal temperature and failure of natural cooling down mechanism of the body.

In order to prevent such a thing from happening, Dr Chimthanawala claimed that summer pills' come in very handy. These pills have proved their worth on a large number of people over many years.

Dr Bajaj pointed out that Natrum Mur (available in 200C power) is a precautionary medicine which can be administered to escape from sunstroke. However, she pointed out that if a patient is suffering from heat stroke, he or she must approach doctor for advice too.

Dr Chimthanwala, meanwhile, added that Glonoine, another homeopathic medicine available in the city, also protects individuals from extreme physiological changes during summer season. It can be used as a preventive as well as a curative medicine for heat strokes. It not only saves people from the increasing environmental temperature but also helps by controlling the body temperature, which does not rise as much. However, these medicines are ineffective in coastal cities like Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata, where humidity is higher.

Mrunalini Katkar, a homemaker, claims that these homeopathic medicines available in the market have helped her protect her two children from heat stroke time and again. Katkar originally hails from Kolhapur and came to Nagpur when her husband got transferred.

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Homeopathy and swine flu (H1N1): Some remedies

2009-11-02T23:47:00.000-08:00

This article argues that homeopathy can be very effective aginst H1N1 (swine flu) and suggests some remedies.

Homeopathy has proven to be a very effective treatment for flu. It is especially good for children.

"Ohio reported that 24,000 cases of flu treated allopathically had a mortality rate of 28.2% while 26,000 cases of flu treated homeopathically had a mortality rate of 1.05%."

Homeopathy for the Flu

Finding the right homeopathic medicine for the flu is usually straightforward because the symptoms tend to be dramatic and easily characterized.

Most flu seasons and epidemics fit a common homeopathic picture, so that the majority of people with the flu will benefit from the epidemic medicine. Homeopaths in practice will easily discover this medicine in their community after seeing a few cases of the flu. For example, the epidemic medicine for the 1918 Spanish flu was Gelsemium (with Bryonia and Eupatorium as secondary prescriptions), which has also been the appropriate medicine for many other flu seasons. I have created a database for epidemic medicines in various parts of the United States reported by experienced homeopathic practitioners. These epidemic reports can be found at www.cure-guide.com in the flu section. Find your area of the country and you will see the most frequently prescribed homeopathic medicine for the flu where you live.

Homeopaths are singularly confident about treating viral illness, including flu. There is a long history of successful management of serious acute infections with homeopathy, particularly the flu. Homeopathic medicine proved extremely effective in the management of the 1918 flu epidemic, and it will prove itself in any future flu pandemic, just as it does every winter in the treatment of that year's flu cases. The Spanish flu pandemic was a plague that exceeded the ravages of the Bubonic Plague of 1347 that killed a third of the European population. Worldwide the Spanish flu killed an estimated 40 million people. In some primitive cultures the death rate was 100 percent. Fortunately, many patients in the United States had access to homeopathic medical care. A report to the American Institute of Homeopathy in 1921 documented the dramatic success of homeopathy in the worst flu pandemic in history. The death rate of 24,000 flu cases under conventional medical care in that study was 28.2 percent, while the death rate of 26,000 cases treated with homeopathy was a nearly miraculous 1.05 percent. Similarly, many homeopathic physicians each reported treating thousands of patients with very few deaths.

Homeopathic Flu Prevention

For at least the past 150 years homeopathic practitioners have used the medicine Influenzinum as a flu preventive. Influenzinum is a homeopathic medicine made from flu viruses. A proprietary preparation is produced by Dolisos pharmacy each year using the flu virus strains recommended by the World Health Organization for the year's vaccine production (Dolivaxil – containing Influenzinum 9C). The typical dosage is once per week for four weeks beginning in October or later, followed by another dose three weeks later.

Between the years 1918 and 1957 the preparation of Influenzinum was derived from samples of blood or nasal secretions taken from patients who contracted the flu during the deadly 1918 flu pandemic. Subsequent to 1957 Influenzinum preparations come from a homeopathic preparation of the yearly flu viruses chosen for the flu vaccine.

In 1998 the French Society of Homeopathy conducted a survey of 23 homeopathic doctors concerning their use of Influenzinum as a flu preventive (Coulamy, 1998). The survey included use of Influenzinum over a 10 year period (1987-1998) in 453 patients. The protocol for the frequency of doses varied considerably among these doctors. Weekly doses were used by 26 percent of participants and monthly dosage by 23 percent. Another 16 percent used a weekly then monthly dosage plan, and 35 percent applied some other dosage protocol. 80 percent of respondents began treatment in the fall (September through November) and ended between February and April. In this French survey 70 percent of participants used a 9C strength of Influenzinum. (In the US one would assume a higher proportion of practitioners use a higher strength because of the different prescribing preferences between the two countries.)

Results of the survey were remarkable. In approximately 90 percent of the cases no instances of the flu occurred when Influenzinum was used preventively no matter what the dosage protocol. Among the physicians the effectiveness was deemed good to very good in 90 percent of the cases. In 5 percent there was no protective effect. Of the patients, 98 percent expressed a desire to take the same preventive treatment the following year. Certainly this confidence in homeopathic prevention among physicians with many years of experience and their patients speaks to the effectiveness of Influenzinum as a flu preventive. It should be noted that a clinical study that approaches statistical significance evaluating the preventive effects of any homeopathic preparation would probably be prohibitively expensive.

Oscillococcinum

One specific homeopathic medicine used to treat the flu has been subjected to clinical trials. The medicine is a homeopathic preparation of the liver and heart of a Barbary duck (trade name Oscillococcinum). This medicine was first formulated in 1925. Its name arose from a spurious notion that the blood of flu victims in the 1918 pandemic contained bacteria composed of balls (cocci) that vibrated, or oscillated. Joseph Roy, a French physician at the time identified this supposed pathogen and found it in many animal species. He chose as the source of his homeopathic preparation a duck, possibly an extremely fortuitous accident because of the association between human flu epidemics and bird viruses.

Oscillococcinum was first studied in France during the 1987 flu epidemic caused by an H1N1 virus. This multi-center study examined the effect of Oscillococcinum (200C) on the early symptoms of flu. Results were published in the peer-reviewed British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology. A group of 149 non-homeopathic physicians enlisted 487 patients in the study, each of whom had developed flu-like symptoms during the previous 24 hours. Symptoms met strict criteria for the level of fever and the presence of associated flu symptoms. This took place in the midst of a documented flu epidemic. A treatment group and control group were established and the medicine prescribed in 5 doses, once at the physician's office and then twice a day for two days following. More patients in the treatment group recovered completely in the first 48 hours than the control group (17 percent of patients with active treatment compared to 10 percent of controls). This was deemed a statistically significant difference. More patients in the treatment group also judged the treatment as favorable compared to the placebo, 61 percent vs 49 percent (Ferley, 1989).

In 1990 German physicians replicated the French study of Oscillococcinum. They used the same criteria as the previous study and enrolled 372 patients. After 48 hours of treatment with Oscillococcinum the treatment group had significantly milder symptoms than the control group, and the number of patients with no symptoms from day two onward was significantly greater in the treatment group (17.4 percent) compared to the control group (6.6 percent) (Papp, 1998).

Both of these studies show a significant curative effect of a homeopathic medicine in the treatment of flu in carefully conducted, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trials. The two studies were done in different countries, each with many participating physicians, and during two different flu epidemics, presumably caused by different viruses. Conventional antiviral drugs reduce the duration of flu by about one day if taken within the first 48 hours of illness (Cooper, 2003). Comparing the results of these studies with the meager effect of conventional treatment shows that homeopathy carries the potential to make a dramatic difference in any flu epidemic without the risk of drug side effects.

Homeopathic Flu Medicines

The two most frequently indicated homeopathic flu medicines over the past 100 years have been Gelsemium and Bryonia. There are significant differences in the symptom pictures of these two medicines that make it easy to decide which is the better fit. They are not the only medicines used to treat the flu, but between them they will probably fit the majority of cases.

Bryonia and Gelsemium type flus both come on slowly over a 6-12 hour period. You begin to feel gradually worse over that time. By the second day you have aching muscles, feel pretty bad, and usually have a headache. Bryonia has more pain in the front of the head, which is definitely made worse by moving the head, or moving the eyes, and feels better from pressing the hand on the head. Gelsemium has pain in the back of the head with stiffness and aching in the neck and across the shoulders. Gelsemium does not want to move much either, and you may feel worse from moving around, but you avoid movement primarily because you are so tired. The characteristic state of Gelsemium is lethargy and fatigue. By contrast, Bryonia is tired but also restless. Bryonia discomfort is worse from motion, but at the same time you feel the urge to move about restlessly in the bed. No position seems comfortable. Bryonia is thirsty, Gelsemium is not. In fact Bryonia is generally warmer and drier. Bryonia wants air and cool temperatures to calm the heat. Gelsemium is chilly and sensitive to cold; cold shivers go down the spine. At the same time Gelsemium is clammy with the fever, and feelings of heat and cold may alternate. Bryonia has more coughing and chest symptoms, a painful cough that aggravates the sore throat. The Bryonia cough will also cause chest pains, and the inevitable reaction to this situation is to press the palm to the chest to minimize the movement caused by coughing.

Gelsemium does not have the energy to be emotional. Bryonia is irritable, worried, and fretful. Bryonia wants to be left alone, Gelsemium is too exhausted to respond.

Contrasting Gelsemium and Bryonia

Gelsemium: Chilly with chills down spine; Thirstless; Dull, sleepy, heavy; Worse from movement; Headache at back of head, stiff neck

Bryonia: Warm with desire for cool air; Thirsty; Dull, but irritable, worried; All symptoms worse from movement, but restless; Headache in forehead, better from pressure, worse motion

The Rhus toxicodendron flu immediately distinguishes itself by its extreme restlessness. With all of the aching pains Rhus tox is better from moving. Constant motion, changing positions, and stretching provide the only relief. If you lie still with a Rhus tox flu you begin to ache, which forces you to move. Nighttime is the worst for Rhus tox because of the difficulty remaining in one position. You will toss and turn looking for relief. Mentally Rhus tox is anxious with a restless mind, and emotionally a sudden depression with crying is common. Like Gelsemium, Rhus tox is chilly and sweaty. Rhus tox is also sensitive to cold and better from warmth. The headache of both Rhus tox and Gelsemium has its focus in the back of the neck and head with aching across the shoulders. Rhus tox has a very dry mouth, but despite the dryness is not very thirsty.

Contrasting Gelsemium and Rhus toxicodendron

Gelsemium: Dull, sleepy, heavy; Worse from movement; Chilly with chills down spine; Thirstless

Rhus tox: Extremely restless, cannot get comfortable, anxious; Better from movement; Chilly and better from heat; Thirstless

Baptisia is a bad flu that comes on quickly with a high fever. Suddenly with a Baptisia flu you are very sick and going downhill fast. Mentally Baptisia is confused, stupidly dull, and even delirious, sleepy all the time and unable to even answer questions. The main characteristic is an offensive odor from the sweat, the mouth, and the stool, and Baptisia flus are accompanied by both diarrhea and vomiting. The tongue is coated yellow or brown, the throat intensely red, ulcers appear in the mouth, and the gums ooze blood.

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Stressed out Britss are using homeopathy

2009-11-02T23:39:00.000-08:00

Modern day stress is taking its toll on British people and they are turning to homeopathy to stay calm and healthy.

Stress is top of the list as the most common condition that homeopathy is taken for, according to a new One Poll survey commissioned by natural healthcare specialist Nelsons.

With 61 per cent of the British work force feeling under more pressure than a year ago and requests for complementary therapies on the rise, consumers are turning to homeopathy in a bid to manage their stress levels.

The survey finds that the top five ailments addressed through homeopathy by the British public are:

1. Stress 19%
2. Hay fever 17%
3. Upset stomach 14%
4. Asthma 13%
5. Headaches / migraines 13%

Although homeopathy is the treatment of choice for many common ailments, there still remains a relatively low awareness of its health benefits. While respondents to the survey say they would consider using homeopathy if they knew it stimulated the body’s healing processes (44 per cent) and had no side effects (50 per cent), 30 per cent claimed they don’t understand it and 29 per cent don’t know where to find out about it.

Homeopathy is a system of medicine which is based on treating the individual with highly diluted substances given in mainly pillule form. Homeopathic remedies can not only help to tackle the symptoms as they develop, but can be used to aid the body’s own system of healing and are suitable for the whole family to use.

During National Homeopathy Awareness Week natural healthcare specialist Nelsons is hoping to demystify this useful form of complementary medicine by providing information in an easy to digest format with their consumer website healthroughhomeopathy.com and free health guide, Heal Through Homeopathy.

The website and guide answers commonly asked questions and provides invaluable information about how homeopathy can be used to help during everyday stressful situations, as well as with hay fever (this year’s awareness week focus), upset stomach, migraines and headaches and other every day ailments. Written in association with Registered Homeopath Laura Kenyon LCH, RSHom, the website and guide provide jargon-free, practical information and advice ideal for everyone.

Paula Ross, Chief Executive of the Society of Homeopaths, says: “With employees fearing for their jobs in this current economic climate, homeopathy can offer a very real benefit for helping with the everyday stressful situations that people are facing. We would encourage anyone interested to contact a fully qualified and registered practitioner for more details.”

Cristal Sumner, Chief Executive of the British Homeopathic Association says: “The survey’s findings echo a recent study carried out at the five NHS homeopathic hospitals over one month. Unfortunately it seems that many people aren’t aware that they can ask their GP to be referred for homeopathic treatment on the NHS.”

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Homeopathy in Africa

2009-11-02T23:33:00.000-08:00

Homeopathic clinics in many African countries are doing much in fighting disease and death.

Homeopathic clinics in Kenya, Tanzania, Botswana and Ethiopia and Ghana are bringing homeopathy's healing medicines to the suffering in Africa. Treating malaria and AIDS, these clinic and others like them are staffed by selfless healers and are in need of our support. Over 23 million Africans are living with HIV/AIDS, including two millions new HIV infections recorded in 2007. In Tanzania, a person dies of malaria every three minutes. This is over 200, 000 deaths a year and this figure is growing.

Kenya
Didi Ananda Ruchira began the Abha Light Foundation (www.abhalight.org) in 1998. Her work on treating acute malaria was presented at the 2008 International Meeting on Homeoprophylaxis in Cuba. She utilized the homeopathic remedy, Malaria officinalis, the Malaria nosode. Her healing regime also includes eating the inner skin of the grapefruit and drinking Neem tea or tincture, taken the Azadrachta indica tree. The Abha Light Foundation runs the Abha Light College of Natural Medicine as well as 20 health centers, 25 mobile clinics, five free HIV/AIDS clinics, and conducts workshops and seminars on natural medicine. They are the largest homeopathic pharmacy in Kenya, and they conduct research and development.

Botswana
In Botswana, more than a third of the population is suspected to be infected with HIV or AIDS. Hilary Fairclough and Philippa Brewster founded the Maun Homeopathy Project to offer free homeopathic medical treatment. The clinic is located in northern Botswana and partners with other health clinics to offer treatment in several locations and in mobile clinics. The clinic volunteers serve three-month stints and help train the local Botswanians as homeopaths through apprenticeship and a distance-learning program based in Great Britain.

Ghana
The Senya/Tamale Homeopathy Project in Ghana is a grassroots project founded by Adjoa Margaret Stack. A homeopathic practitioner in Oakland California, Adjoa treats many suffering with malaria in Ghana. As a Peace Corp volunteer to Ghana in 1983, Adjoa discovered her interest and destiny as a healer. After studying homeopathy, she decided to return to Ghana to share her skills and address the epidemic of malaria infecting that nation. Her first clinic was located in a friend's home, and a drum beat out the message to visit her clinic under almond trees in her friend's front yard. The first summer, she treated over 60 people. In 2008, she spent five months in Ghana and treated almost 300 patients. Her work is supported by private donations.

Tanzania
In one group of Tanzanian rural villages, populated by 175,000 people, up to 45% have AIDS. There are medical clinics stocked with equipment, but no doctors because no one will work in this rural area. Jeremy Sherr has set up three homeopathic clinics and is opening the Tanzanian School of Homeopathy along with Sigsbert Rwegasira, who has been a practicing homeopath in Tanzania for 17 years. His TIAM Project joined forces with Sherr's Homoeopathy for Health in Africa, and they plan to start a school shortly. The school will offer a three-year course in homeopathy as well as African Traditional Medicine. So far, Sherr and his team have treated over 250 patients. Jeremy has also set up sustainable food projects in the villages. The government of Tanzania has officially recognized homeopathy as a form of healing and are in support of this project.

Ethiopia
Peter Chappell has been working in Ethiopia since 2001. From his experience, he prepared a unique approach to chronic disease. He has since developed remedies delivered via sound. His organization, the Amma Resonance Healing Foundation funds projects in Africa and around the world. His colleague, Harry van der Zee, MD, published a guide for treating infections diseases in developing countries, called the Amma4Africa Manual

Homeopathy shows great promise in treating disease worldwide. These clinics are pioneers in proving homeopathic medicine in areas desperate for healing.

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Topr ten homeopathic remedies to cure flu (even swine flu)

2009-11-02T23:29:00.000-08:00

Melanie Grimes outlines top ten homeopathic remedies to cure flu (even swine flu).

Homeopathy has been very successful in treating the symptoms of flu and the Swine Flu pandemic of 2009 has been no exception. Homeopaths gather symptoms from a large population and discern what is called a "genus epidemicus". The genus is the remedy, or group of remedies, with the symptoms of most people who have a particular flu. These remedies are therefore the most likely remedies to treat a particular flu strain.

The Swine Flu showed the typical symptoms of a regular flu with the exception of high fever and chills. As for the genus epidemicus of this flu, there are a few variations of this flu, so a few remedies have been required. This is much the same as in the Flu Epidemic of 1918 when two remedies were used to great advantage and a near 100% survival rate. The remedies mostly used in that flu were Bryonia and Gelsemium.

Remedies that homeopaths have found useful in treating this 2009 flu season include:

1. Ferrum Phos is always a good remedy to use in the first stages of flu. Ferrum phos can be taken in the 30c potency. Even the 6x potency, sold as a tissue salt, can stop a flu in its tracks. Ferrum phos can be alternated with Natrum Sulf during the first days of the flu.

2.Dulcamara is useful at the onset of a high fever. The Dulcamara cough hurts from muscular soreness. This flu is frequently brought on by cold, damp weather.

3. Nux vomica treats a flu with chills and pains in bones and joints. The irritability and chills are very marked.

4. Gelsemium treats a low fever, and is also a good remedy if you have not been well since the flu. Gelsemium patients experience weakness with shivering.

5. Arsenicum treats a burning fever that is accompanied with chills, restlessness and anxiety. The person needing Arsenicum is usually thirsty but only drinks small quantities at a time. They can have burning pains.

6. Bryonia is good for type of flu when the person does not want to move. The mouth is dry but they are thirsty.

7. Rhus tox flu can be accompanied with aching bones, restlessness, and a red tipped tongue. This is another remedy that is useful when the flu is brought on by damp weather.

8. Belladonna treats a high fever that comes on suddenly. Other accompanying symptoms of Belladonna include heat and redness.

9. Eupatorium perfoliatum experiences severe bone pains with great thirst.

10. Baptisia is a good remedy for flu, especially if it's centered in the gastro-intestinal track. This remedy can be helpful in the early stages of the flu. The person needing Baptisia can be weak, listless, and feel sore.

The above remedies cover the general conditions and treat the flu symptoms that most have experienced so far. Try these homeopathic remedies to help speed your recovery during the flu season of 2009.

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A brief history of homoepathy

2009-11-02T23:27:00.000-08:00

Connie Menezes, a registered homeopath, gives a short history of homeopathy

Homeopathy has been known since the time of Hippocrates (5th century BC) and was established as a system of medicine in 1796 by a German doctor Samuel Hahnemann (1755 – 1843).

The principles and practice — laws of cure, laws of similars, and materia medica — were laid down by Hahnemann over 200 years ago and remain unchanged to the present day. This is in sharp contrast to modern medicine where today’s orthodoxy can become tomorrow’s heresy, ie, drugs fall in and out of fashion.

Hahnemann's opposition to orthodox medicine made him many enemies in the medical profession. Hahnemann made his own remedies and, as they do not need to be repeated often, this incurred the wrath of the apothecaries who feared being put out of business. Restrictions on his practice were imposed but despite this, by the time of his death in 1843, aged 88, homeopathy had spread to Europe, North and South America, and Asia.

Homeopathy made its name in the USA in the late 1800s; by 1900 there were 22 homeopathic medical schools, 100 homeopathic hospitals, and 1,000 homeopathic pharmacies. However the antagonism of the American Medical Association and the major drug companies towards homeopathy contributed to the suppression of this form of medicine. As a result, homeopathy’s halcyon days took a sharp decline in the 1900s. The fear of homeopathic practice becoming successful and the desire to suppress it continues to the current day. Nevertheless, homeopathy still lives on in spite of its ardent critics and detractors.

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Curing cancer in pets with homoepathy

2009-11-02T23:17:00.000-08:00

Carol Alexander in The Examiner says homoeopathy can cure cancer in your pets.

I’ve written before about natural treatments for cancer in pets, yet an article a friend guided me to in Homeopathy Today on the subject compels me to reiterate an uncomfortable truth: chemotherapy just as often kills our companions as it saves them. We may hesitate to “play around” with alternative approaches when the dreaded “C” word is broached; this is such a terrifying diagnosis that most of us leap onto the allopathic bandwagon with never a second thought. Yet, there is ample evidence that chemo and radiation are so invasive, so damaging to the patient’s body, that only the very strong survive the purging of cancer cells and shrinking of malignant tumors. Homeopathy, on the other hand, strengthens the body as it works against invading pathogens and cell mutation.

Dale C. Moss, author of “When Our Beloved Pets Get Cancer,” (Homeopathy Today, May/June, 2008) provides personal testimony to the efficacy of natural remedies for lymphoma, the type of cancer that her dog Uly suffered from. Moss, a homeopath, opted to try a treatment plan developed by Dr. Ramakrishnan in A Homeopathic Approach to Cancer, available through the website Whole Health Now. Dr. Ramamkrishnan’s protocol alternates an “organ-specific” remedy and a nosode. The first targets the specific cancer and the affected organ, while the second is an immune booster that gives the patient increased energy and resistance to infection. Uly also benefited greatly from a diet based on whole and raw foods; this regimen supported his system and removed the additional stressor of chemicals in his diet.

Dr. Moss’s dog enjoyed many years of remission—many more, I’m willing to bet, than he would have gained from conventional treatments. Yes, there are specific cancers that have a good cure rate, but these are, sadly, few. If your pet is diagnosed with cancer, do your research and get as much information as you can about cure rates. If you are not satisfied with what you discover, turn to a qualified holistic veterinarian and begin a program of treatment designed individually for your pet. You might be one of a growing number of pet owners to witness the power of homeopathy in the battle against cancer.

What is homoeopathy?

2009-11-02T23:14:00.000-08:00

Homeopathy is a unique and effective 200-year-old system of medicine that uses extremely minute doses of natural substances to stimulate healing. Remedies are non-suppressive, nontoxic, gentle and inexpensive and can be used safely by the very young, the very old, and even pets.

Patients receiving treatment often see improvement physically, mentally and emotionally. Chronic diseases and severe acute conditions that fail to improve through conventional medical treatment often respond well to homeopathy. All homeopathic medicines are regulated by the Food and Drug Administration.

The founder of homeopathy, Samuel Hahnemann, discovered a new system of medicine, in which a drug and a disease that produce similar symptoms cancel each other out in some way, thereby restoring the patient to health. He described this phenomenon as “like can cure like.” He stated, “One should imitate nature which at times heals the chronic illness by another additional one. One should apply in the disease to be healed, particularly if it is chronic, that remedy which is able to stimulate another artificially produced disease as similar as possible and the former will be healed.”

The theory is that two substances of the same type cannot live within the body at the same time, consequently the substances of higher vibration will knock out the lower vibration of illness. We see this with the flu symptoms and the remedy Oscillococcinum, which can be picked up at almost any store. If the patient take the remedy within a few hours of its onset and takes the two additional doses every four hours, it will usually knock out the flu. Why? Because it is made from ducks, and birds have a tendency to carry numerous diseases.

A good homeopath can help evaluate your symptoms whether they are chronic, acute or genetic and help administer a remedy that is unique to your individual case.

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Homeopathy cures for headaches (acute and chronic)

2009-11-02T23:10:00.000-08:00

Elizabeth Hess in The Examiner suggests some homeopathic remedies for acute and chronic headaches.

You have a headache, instead of reaching for Tylenol or Ibuprofen try a homeopathic remedy.

Homeopathic remedies increase the vital force of the body so that it can heal itself, by dealing with the cause of the headache, usually by identifying an imbalance in our mental / emotional state.

Taking a pain reliever for a headache, while effective in relieving the symptoms of the headache, in reality cause suppression of the symptoms and do not address the root cause at all. The imbalance will continue to manifest as a headache or other physical symptom.

ACUTE HEADACHES

BELLADONNA- Sudden, intense, violent onset. Sinus headaches, migraines, sun headaches, after injury, from getting the head chilled. With nosebleeds. Throbbing, stabbing pains. Restless with flushed face and bloodshot eyes. Violent, rageful, or very fearful, wants to escape. Delirious with pain. Worse from motion, light or noise. Better: lying in the dark.

BRYONIA - Headache in the morning on first movement. Headache from stress, constipation, anger, coffee. Bursting or stitching pain, pressing out, crushing weight on the side and front of head. Irritable and worried about business. Thirsty with dry mouth, hot head. Worse: slightest motion of eyes or head, stooping, touch. Better: pressure, stillness, closing eyes, heat to the head, fresh air.

GELSEMIUM - Headache begins with blurring vision, dizziness, light-headed, hot face and chills. Dull, heavy in the occiput, spreads forward, or tight band around head. Physical and mental lethargy, dullness, weakness, confusion, trembling. Worse: damp, cold, sun, worrying, lying, motion.

IRIS VERSICOLOR - Headache begins during day of rest after stress or weekend. Dim vision. Headache mainly on right side, in temple or forehead. Constriction, like a band. Nausea with acidic vomiting, saliva or diarrhea. Headache from sweets. Refined person. Gloomy and anxious about on coming headache. Worse: lying, rest, evening, Sundays, exertion. Better: gentle motion.

NUX VOMICA - Headache from digestive upsets, alcohol, drugs, anger, sleep loss, stress. Head feels expanded with dull pressure. Faint, light-headed. Constipated. Angry, drive, critical, oversensitive. Tension, spasm, stress,. Chilly. Worse: cold, motion, touch, noise, light. Better: warm, wrapping up.

SANGUINARIA - Headache from sun, not eating, nasal blockage, menopause, heartburn. Bursting pain from the back of the head to the right eye. Sinking feeling. Flushing, burning, heat in head, red cheeks. Weekly headaches. Nausea and vomiting which relieves the pain but is exhausting. Worse: day, odors, noise, sun. Better: rest, dark, quiet, hard pressure.

CHRONIC HEADACHES

ARGENTUM NITRICUM– Headache from over study, eyestrain, sugar, exertion, stomach upsets. Headache one-sided or frontal. Band or vice-like with digging, stabbing pain. Head feels heavy and expanded, hollow. Dizziness, dullness. Belching. Trembling. Fears of failure, crowds, heights, anticipation. Impulsive, obsessive. Worse: warmth, on waking, mental work. Better: hard pressure, open air.

COCCULUS– Headache from loss of sleep, mental or emotional strain, injury, while traveling. Occipital headache with weak muscles, heavy head, as if in a daze. Vomiting, trembling, numbness. Heads feels empty, separate from body. Feelings of guilt, worry for others. Upset by other’s rudeness. Talkative. Worse: talking, motion, noise, light, during menses. Better: warmth.

LACHESIS - Headache begins in morning. Dim vision. Headache from sun, alcohol, colds, menopause, PMS. Pulsating, stabbing, pressing pain. One sided, left side. Heat on top of head. Heat and flushing, palpitations. Hormonal imbalance. Sensitive scalp. Talkative, vivacious, witty, but also suspicious, guilt-ridden, angry. Worse: after sleep, touch, sun. Better: flow of mucus or menses, lying

NAT MUR - headache begins with zig-zag lights and tingling. Headache from sun, warmth, sinus, emotions. Headache forehead or one sided. Hammering, throbbing, bursting, jerking pain. Dry mouth and thirst. Nausea and watery vomiting. Faint and pale. Sad, wants solitude and adverse to sympathy. Emotions held inside. Worse: heat, motion, day, suppressed grief. Better: fresh air.

SEPIA - Headache during menses, menopause, from artificial light, missing meals. Headache forehead, one sided, left. Heavy head, Shock-like, jerking pains. Emptiness in stomach. Chilly, faint, always tired, constant backaches. Depressed, hopeless. Indifferent to everything. Needs to keep busy. Worse: lying, motion, menses, cold. Better: open air, rest, exertion.

SILICEA - Headache from drafts or cold air, overexcitement, over study, after vaccination. Stitching pains, Tearing pain from neck and occiput to vertex and eye. Rushes of blood to head. Easy sweats on hands, head. Poor stamina. Timid and weakly, yet stubborn. Lack of confidence. Nervous, picky. Worse: cold, drafts, motion. Better: wrapping head warmly.

New Zealand Medical Journal survey says homoeopathy works

2009-11-02T23:06:00.000-08:00

A New Zealand Medical Journal survey says 92% of the people given homoeopathic medicines felt much better.

The New Zealand Council of Homeopaths (NZCH) welcomes a survey of the use of Homeopathic medicines that reported 92% of people who have taken Homeopathic remedies experienced a positive effect.

The study published in the New Zealand Medical Journal surveyed 124 people in Doctors’ surgeries [1]. Of these 65% said they had used homeopathic remedies with 92% reported experiencing a positive result. These findings confirm the results from studies conducted overseas (2,3,4).

This study revealed that positive responses to homeopathic remedies were achieved even though patients did not understand how homeopathic medicines worked.

Gwyneth Evans, spokesperson for the NZCH states, “The results demonstrate that an adult, child or, animal does not have to know how a remedy works for it to be beneficial."

Consumer demand for a system of medicine that is natural, safe and effective has driven the rise of homeopathy in New Zealand and throughout the world. However, very few surveys on homeopathy have been conducted in New Zealand to date so it is pleasing to see that funding is being made available for this purpose.

Homeopathic consultations are individualised to each patient, taking into account all presenting symptoms, together with a detailed family and personal history, including the context in which the patient became unwell.

A homeopathic prescription is then selected based on the client’s unique symptom presentation. Homeopathic treatment facilitates the body’s ability to fight infection and to decrease susceptibility to disease by gently stimulating the body to heal itself.

“This research is the beginning of an exciting development into adding to previous studies understanding homeopathy. I hope that funding will be made available to conduct further surveys and trials with practicing homeopaths in their clinics, to further add to the body of scientific knowledge of the natural healing powers of homeopathic remedies" said Ms Evans.

Source: Scoop.co.nz

Morning sickness (during pregnancy) and homoeopathy

2009-11-02T22:44:00.000-08:00

Melanie Grimes in the HealthNews suggests some homeopathic remedies to cure morning sickness -the nausea and vomiting during pregnancy

Nothing ruins the glow of pregnancy like morning sickness. Nausea and vomiting during pregnancy is a normal but annoying symptom that many women experience as their bodies adjust to the changes of pregnancy. Though the term is “morning” sickness, many women will tell you that their symptoms continue all day and even all night. For most, the nausea ends at the end of the first trimester, but this is not always the case.

Morning sickness can lead to undereating at a time when the mother’s body needs to increase food consumption.

Homeopathic Remedies for Morning Sickness
Homoeopathy has a number of useful remedies for morning sickness.

Nux vomica good remedy for morning sickness or even jaundice in pregnancy. The woman may be constipated and irritable. Nux is one of the main homeopathic remedies found useful for morning sickness, particularly if the mom-to-be is worse in the morning and better by evening.
Pulsatilla is another common remedy for nausea during pregnancy. The mother needing Pulsatilla can be nervous and have a bad taste in her mouth in the morning. For her, nothing tastes good. She might vomit bile or mucus and can be worse in the evening as well as in the morning.
Petroleum is a very useful remedy in treating nausea and vomiting during pregnancy, and for any gastric troubles during pregnancy. The nausea is worse when riding in moving vehicles.
Sepia also treats the nausea of pregnancy when the thought of food exacerbate the nausea. The person needing Sepia is aggravated from not eating and immediately relieved after a small bite of food.
Ipecacuanha is a remedy known to treat nausea in many forms, and the nausea of pregnancy is no exception. The sensation is one of uneasiness in the stomach and vomiting of undigested food.
Graphites treats the type of morning sickness that is accompanied by weakness and trembling or sweats.
Gossypium herbaceum is an herbal remedy particularly useful for ailments of the female organs. Used in herbal medicine to stimulate the ovaries, Gossypium is used in homeopathy to treat the type of morning sickness that is worse from the least motion and that starts soon after waking.
Lobelia treats nausea that is worse from eating warm foods or morning sickness accompanied with a great deal of saliva. This nausea will disappear after a small sip of water.

Homoeopathy under attack again

2009-11-02T22:39:00.000-08:00

This article in the Examiner says that homoeopathy and other alternative medicine are under attack again. Instead the aim should be to promote health by peaceful co-existence amongst all the systems of cure.

Homeopathy and alternative medical treatments are under attack by the news media again. Homeopathy has been unjustly blamed for the death of a child in Australia and the Native American beliefs of the Nemenhah Band. These attacks are incorrectly directed at the treatments sought rather than what the parents were seeking to achieve for their families. No parent wants to see their child suffer and no parent wants to feel like they are the one inflicting the amount of suffering induced by treatments like chemotherapy for cancer or the latest in immunotherapy for neuroblastomas.

It’s difficult to stand by and watch the way traditional medicine impacts a body and mind and our youngest family members it’s hard to tell sometimes who is being the hardest hit. There is no morphine drip for the parent sitting at the bedside of a child who just came through surgery. The news media has not painted these parents in a good light at all, they call them child abusers or worse, muderers. What they are are parents who are scared and uninformed on all their options and need someone to understand and help them not make them pariahs. What the news media also fails to mention are important things like facts about alternative medicine treatments; they choose to cast the light of 17th century Salem witch hunts on the practices like homeopathy, naturopathy, acupuncture, et al.

Homeopathy has no history of death from iatrogenic causes (in layman’s terms death caused by medical mistakes). The parents in Australia who sought treatment for their daughter’s eczema and shunned the suppressive therapies favored by allopaths. The eczema was not improving and the parents did not seek treatment from an allopath to work in a complementary way with their favored homeopathic treatment, this is the real question, why didn’t the homeopath advise the parents down this route or why didn’t the parents at least seek the advice of another homeopath? Homeopathy did not cause this child’s septicemia and it is poor journalistic integrity to say outright in the headlines that “Homeopathy Kills.”

All families should be encouraged to seek the kind of treatment they want for their family but when illness carries the threat of becoming severe it should be the job of the medical community, comprising allopaths and alternative practitioners together, to work for the greater good and provide complementary care to see the families as a whole through the trying times of treating an illness. A homeopath can provide treatment for the ill member of the family and provide support for any adverse side effects that may arise, like the vomiting and pains associated with chemotherapy, but also provide a remedy that can help with the mental and emotional issues the family may experience. Homeopathy can provide help for the whole family where allopathy falls down failing to recongize the impacts of illness.

A lady takes on the AMA and defends homoeopathy

2009-11-02T22:36:00.000-08:00

A lady takes the AMA to task and stoutly defends homoeopathy in the Examiner

“The A.M.A. does not believe that creating a public health insurance option for non-disabled individuals under age 65 is the best way to expand health insurance coverage and lower costs," read an organizational statement to the Senate Finance Committee. "The introduction of a new public plan threatens to restrict patient choice by driving out private insurers, which currently provide coverage for nearly 70 percent of Americans." --Huffington Post

Dear A.M.A.,

The mere 30 percent of uninsured individuals you are so wildly unconcerned about amounts, at present, to 98 million people. Ninety-eight million people. Put it another way; Almost one out of every three Americans has no health insurance. No reasonable expectation that they can have preventive care, no reasonable expectation that it they slip on the ice and break an ankle, they won’t shortly become bankrupt or homeless or both.

Please explain to me how you can claim to be healers, when the only thing you really are is heels. Please explain to me how you can claim to be humanitarians when you care so little about your fellow humans that you block efforts by their government to help them. Please explain to you how this corresponds in any way to the oath you took to “First, do no harm.” Harm, in case you were a little light on your humanities courses in college and therefore know only two things, the science of medicine and accounting--can be either active or passive harm. While few of you would purposely harm a patient--whacking off the left foot when the right foot is infected, for example (and it has happened)--keeping 98 million Americans disenfranchised from even rudimentary health care certainly comes under the heading of doing harm. Great harm. To those individuals and to the society that so totally fails them, primarily because of your greed.

Mind you, I avoid A.M.A. members--even now that I have insurance after 30 years without--like the plague. Because plague is what you are. A plague of locusts eating U.S. economic health.

Homeopaths are much more reasonable, and just as effective. I found homeopathy in those lean and uninsured years, realized I was getting well without being made sick, and cheaply. Enough homeopathic remedy to cure a bona fide strep throat costs about $6.95. That’s six dollars and ninety five cents. The last time I got a prescription for Zithromax for the same purpose, it cost $79.00. That’s seventy-nine dollars for five tiny pills. And I paid for it myself; my homeopath was out of town, and I had to presume upon my friendship with a doctor’s wife to get some medicine. At least I didn’t also have the office visit fee. I’ll take the phone call to the homeopath, a yearly $100 checkup fee and $6.95 for little pills that work great any day.

But this is not a letter in favor of homeopathy. While I am not likely to be a big user of A.M.A.-style medicine, I realize that most Americans do not value homeopathy and naturopathy and chiropractic and Ayurvedic medicine as I do, but they, too, need health care.And they go to A.M.A. doctors, possibly because they have been convinced that the A.M.A. is their only option.

Still, they need health care they will use and can use, and they need it without begging at “free clinics” with rules to get in as long as the average medical school application.

They need it without the specter of bankruptcy hanging over them if their deductible exceeds their ability to pay, a likely scenario if the ill person happens to be the breadwinner in a household, or a single person struggling alone.

Frankly, dear A.M.A., I don’t really care that you spent long years in expensive schools learning your trade, and the way you do it, trade is precisely what it is. It is not a profession; professionals?even advertising agencies for crying out loud?do pro bono work. I know of exactly one doctor who does anything of the sort, and he’s an orthodontist who goes once a year to South America to help dentally challenged children in the Andes who would otherwise be ostracized by their communities. He charges pretty well for his services at home. I know; a few years ago, I wanted perfect teeth and endured the pain and the expense. But at least, he does the Andes thing on his own dime…or mine. Doesn’t matter to me; I could afford his care, and I was happy that some small part of my fees helped someone else.

I have a sneaking suspicion that a lot of us who have been lucky medically and financially would not mind if part of our fees helped others in need. My luck has been extraordinary; at exactly the time I got tossed off my horse, knocked out cold and carted to the emergency room for a CAT scan, I happened to be working for a publishing company that provided health insurance, instead of freelancing. Other times, when I wasn’t covered, I wasn’t badly hurt. Except when I dislocated two fingers five years ago. They are still not right, but I couldn’t afford to have them seen to at the time. Homeopathy helped the pain and swelling, but I think tendons were ripped and should have been stitched or something.

But I am not the usual patient, and I know it. I have been very lucky; two wonky fingers is not much trouble after a life mainly without health insurance and messing around with horses. I suffer and grieve for those who have no access to alternative treatment, no friends who are doctors and dentists (during the lean years, another friend’s husband, a dentist, charged me about half his going rate because I had taught his wife and daughter to ride, and he’s a nice man), and are reduced to begging or going without. I had a friend whose front teeth were knocked out when he protected his younger brother from a bully; he was a young actor at the time, and needless to say, his career was sent spinning downward. He was toothless for a couple of years.

Another friend, a lovely riding instructor, spent more than ten years with the worst looking mouth you can imagine--how she even opened it, I cannot contemplate--because she had been injured teaching riding and it took her that long to save up the money for the extractions and dentures. Ten years with broken and missing teeth, because her work skills were in an industry fraught with danger and totally lacking in the basic perks, like health insurance.

Worst of all, a dear friend, a minister at a small church, died last December of a congenital heart problem. He was 47. He had had health insurance, but gave it up because his partner had big child-support bills, and he needed that extra money in his paycheck. Had he been able to have yearly checkups, they might have found the “Swiss cheese” that was developing in his aorta in time to fix it. As it was, his emergency room visit when his partner adjudged there was no choice--the man was in so much pain--resulted in admittedly heroic measures from surgeons at a great Baltimore hospital who worked on him for nine hours…only to lose him because the disorder had so far progressed that the patches wouldn’t hold and he died in recovery. There will be no bill; the hospital--unique in my experience--offers free services under some conditions to those who cannot pay. Even though I am insured now, that’s where I’d want to go. My friend's doctors are among the few medical heroes around, even though, despite their lengthy, dedicated and brilliant work, they couldn’t save him. It was not they who were to blame; it is the American health care system that put the doctors and my friend into such a position.

This is needless, and it is all your fault, dear A.M.A. and that of assorted dunderheads who very wrongly fear “socialized medicine.” Is it, in fact, ethical to stand in the way of Universal Health Care when what it would mean, basically, is that some patients might have to wait a while to have a benign wart removed, because people with disintegrating aortas needed help first? In England, many people buy a supplemental policy, if they choose and can afford it, which does provide semi-private doctors in case they want that wart gone NOW. My late British in-laws had it; they were both well cared for in their final illnesses. But those who don’t have it are still cared for in England...perhaps not with all the bells and whistles, but with dignity.

Is that, in the end, too much to ask? Is it ethical that you, the A.M.A., whose members vow to “First, do no harm,” should stand in the way of human health and, perhaps more tellingly, human dignity?

Is there any reason whatsoever that the rest of us?those 98 million uninsured Americans and however many of the rest of us have a conscience and some empathy and at least a buck or two left over at the end of the month….

Is there any reason we cannot amongst us mount a sufficiently bankrolled media campaign to leave A.M.A. obstructionism in the dust? It would be better, dear A.M.A., if you spent your anti-healthcare war chest on providing health care, and better, too, if the rest of us didn’t have to spend what might be health dollars campaigning to wrest our health care from those sworn to provide it who are refusing to do so and holding us all hostage in the meantime.

Sincerely,

Laura Harrison McBride

Homoeopathy must for sensitive patients, say top British homoeopaths

2009-11-02T22:29:00.000-08:00

Three eminent British homoeopaths argue in the Guardian that homoeopathy is indispensable to overly sensitive patients who cannot tolerate the harsh treatment by allopathic medicine

The apparent success of homeopathy for many patients is puzzling. But Dr Evan Harris MP is wrong to say it is "known not to be effective" (£12m spend on homeopathy hard to swallow, Society, 10 June). In fact, out of six reviews of the scientific evidence carried out by the independent and respected Cochrane Collaboration, two are cautiously positive and four inconclusive. There is also some evidence to say that homeopathy may be effective in the long term for chronic intractable problems. Inconvenient for those who oppose integrated healthcare perhaps, but very different from demonstrating homeopathy is "ineffective".

If the NHS were to withdraw access to homeopathy, it would not save the £4m a year it currently spends. Patients now receiving homeopathy would still need treatment, almost certainly at a higher cost and with greater risk of side effects from treatment. The mistake made by Dr Harris and Professor Edzard Ernst is to assume that we have effective treatments for all conditions and all patients. We don't. Some patients cannot tolerate existing treatments, often those with multiple morbidity - suffering from several conditions, each needing different treatment. For some conditions, we have no effective treatment at all. Is it morally acceptable to deny patients access to a well-established treatment they find effective when no conventional treatment is available? We would suggest not.

Professor George Lewith
Professor of health research, University of Southampton
Dr Michael Dixon
Medical director, Prince's Foundation for Integrated Health
Dr Peter Fisher
Clinical director, Royal London Homoeopathic Hospital

Source: Gaurdian

Homoeopathy for labour and childbirth

2009-11-02T22:23:00.000-08:00

Melanie Grimes in the Natural News Blog says homoeopathy is of great use during labor and childbirth. She also lays down some useful remedies.

Homeopathy provides many remedies for pregnancy, labor, and delivery. Homeopathic remedies can provide great healing for both mothers and newborns. In 1900, James Tyler Kent wrote, “No woman at the present day is well enough to go through labor without some symptoms calling for a remedy.” This same sentiment is true today. A large variety of remedies stand by at the ready. I have outlined the basic homeopathic remedies useful to women in labor.

1. Arnica is a great remedy to heal bruising. If the birth causes bruising, Arnica is the first remedy to think of, for the mother and the baby. Arnica can be used to treat bruised pelvic organs after labor.
2. Hypericum is the remedy of choice for any nerve damage. If there is any damage or trauma to the spinal cord during birth, Hypericum is the main remedy to consider. This can be caused by the use of forceps or even by the elongation of the spine in the birth canal. This remedy can also be used to treat the mother with a dislocated coccyx.
3. Aconite treats constipation during pregnancy. It is a great remedy for hemorrhage during labor and also for morning sickness. The Aconite patient is generally thirsty, restlessness and fearful. Aconite is a good remedy to take following a fright or for fear of death during pregnancy or labor.
4. Belladonna is useful for acute inflammatory conditions that manifest suddenly with heat and redness. This remedy is useful for hemorrhages after childbirth, especially if the blood is hot and bright red.
5. Carbo vegetabilis is the remedy to consider for blue babies, or any newborns that do not breathe properly after birth.
6. Argentum nitricum, silver nitrate, is the same element that is dropped into the eyes of newborns. This remedy in homeopathic doses can treat diarrhea during pregnancy.
7. Causticum is a good remedy to have on hand when an infant’s shoulders won ‘t come through the birth canal, or if the baby ends up with a fractured clavicle. Causticum can also be used when the mother’s urine doesn’t flow after childbirth.
8. Opium in homeopathic doses is used to treat newborns after a traumatic delivery, especially if the child remains in a sluggish state, or have umbilical hernias and nurse poorly. Fainting from fright during pregnancy can also be treated with Opium.
9. Natrum sulfuricum is a good homeopathic remedy for a child with cerebral edema or any kind of swelling in the head or brain. Any injury to the head during birth can be treated with Natrum sulf.
10. Lachesis is the remedy of choice when a baby is born with the umbilical cord around his neck. These children may also have umbilical hernias.
11. Arsenicum is useful after childbirth to aid the bladder, treating retention of urine or a paralyzed bladder. Arsenicum will also treat diarrhea during pregnancy as well as nausea. The person needing Arsenicum when pregnant can be very fearful, especially experiencing a fear of death.
12. Bellis perennis, also known as Bruisewort, is the remedy to consider for uterine wounds after labor, or for any bruised conditions.
13. Calcarea phosphoricum has been known to make childbirth easier. This remedy can be taken as a cell salt in 3x or 6x potency, as it is a salt found in the blood plasma and in all cells. Used in this way, it can be a tonic and nutritional aid for a pregnant woman.
14. China (Cinchona Calisaya) is used in homeopathic doses for bleeding during childbirth.
15. Crocus is another remedy for hemorrhages after childbirth.
16. Caulophylum thalictroides (Blue Cohosh) can be used when the labor is stalled and does not progress, and contractions have little force. Used as an herb to cause abortions, it should not be taken during pregnancy, but only during labor to stimulate contractions.
17. Sepia is made from the ink of the cuttlefish. This homeopathic remedy is useful for constipation during pregnancy.
18. Aluminum can also aid in treatment of bleeding after childbirth.
19. Collinsonia is another remedy to consider for hemorrhoids during pregnancy.
20. Nux vomica treats diarrhea or constipation during pregnancy. It is also a good remedy for morning sickness or even jaundice. During labor, the person needing Nux vomica may be constipated. Nux can also be indicated, like Pulsatilla, when the labor pains cease altogether.
21. Petroleum is a very useful remedy in treating nausea and vomiting during pregnancy, and for any gastric troubles during pregnancy.
22. Pulsatilla is a good remedy to consider when the mother’s milk doesn’t come in after childbirth. Another good remedy for this condition is Urtica urens. Pulsatilla may also retain urine after childbirth.

New Integrative Homoeopathy hospital in Bangalore

2009-11-02T22:18:00.000-08:00

One can now opt for integrative medicine under one roof at Sahaya, a holistic integrative medical centre, set up at the
Mahabodhi Mallige hospital in Siddapur on Sunday.

Sahaya will focus on prevention, early intervention and treatment of illnesses, and health promotion. There are residential and non-residential programmes too.

A `centre of excellence' in homeopathy for respiratory diseases was also set up by founder and chairman of Soukya International Holistic Health Centre Dr Issac Mathai and Suja Issac.

Source: TOI

Homoeopathy medicines worth $200 million sold every year in the US

2009-11-02T21:47:00.000-08:00

Dr. Douglas Falkner with Ashland Mountain Homeopathy says just because it is difficult to measure the effects of homoeopathy, it does not mean it does not work.

As people attempt to stay healthy during the flu season, many are turning to alternative forms of medicine.

Some are using natural homeopathic treatments, despite a debate over whether they really work.

"In my experience, it not only works, it works better than just about any alternative that's out there," said Dr. Douglas Falkner with Ashland Mountain Homeopathy.

Falkner says the reason people turn to natural remedies is because they treats patient-specific symptoms.

"And this is why, in the flu season, we won't have just a single remedy that we'll apply for that flu, we'll have several remedies that are known to address the known pattern of illness that that patient experiences with the flu," Falkner said... "Generally speaking, there is a response within hours of taking the remedy, people start to feel like they're improving and on the mend," Falkner said.

However, the Food and Drug Administration doesn't feel the same way. In a recent statement, the FDA said there is no evidence that homeopathic products prevent the flu. The FDA warns consumers that homeopathic treatments are distributed without FDA approval.

Falkner says that just because it's hard to measure, doesn't mean it doesn't work.

"In this country, in our medical system, we have a very strong emphasis on science. And there are claims that homeopathy is not scientifically validated," Falkner said.

Annual sales for homeopathic medicines in the U.S. total more than $200 million.

Source: KDRV

Homoeopathy cures stomach cancer

2009-11-02T05:24:00.000-08:00

Given below are some homoeopathic remedies that have been commonly used in treating stomach cancer.

ARSENIC ALBUM
Cancer of stomach. Burning pains in the stomach. Excessive thirst. Desire for acidic food and drinks. Worse from cold drinks and food. Better by hot drinks. Vomiting of all he takes. Vomiting of black substance. terrible sensation of weakness and exhaustion with anxiety in the region of stomach and restlessness.

BISMUTH
Violent crampy pains, burning pains. Burning and stinging in the region of stomach. Stomach enlarged. Hanging down. Hard lump between navel and edges of lower ribs on the right side. Abdomen bloated. Rumbling in the colon. Vomiting at intervals of a few days only. Vomits when stomach full of food. Vomiting lasts whole day.

CADMIUM SULPH
Violent nausea. Retching. Black vomit. Vomiting of mucus, green slime, blood. Great prostration. Stomach tender. Burning and cutting in stomach. Least thing that touches lips excites vomiting.

CARBO ANIMALIS
Saltish water rises from the stomach and runs out of the mouth.

CARBOLIC ACIDUM
Desire for stimulants and tobacco. Constant belching, nausea and vomiting. Heat in oesophagus. Heartburn. Sore stomach. Empty eructations.

CONIUM
Vomiting of chocolate colored mass. Sour and acrid vomit. Pressing, burning, squeezing pain extending from pit of stomach into back and shoulders.

CUNDURANGO
This remedy has achieved considerable reputation in cancer of stomach and other types of carcinoma. Ulcers on false ribs as large as a hand, apparently cancerous.

HYDRASTIS
Vomits everything except water with milk. Pain in the pit of stomach. Emaciation. cannot eat bread or vegetables.

LYCOPODIUM
Cancer of stomach. Vomiting of dark greenish mass after eating or drinking. Stomach and abdomen bloated. Rumbling in bowels. Obstinate constipation. hard swelling in the epigastrium. great debility and emaciation. Ulcer worse when sitting bent, better when moving about or when warm in bed. Vomiting of bile, pus and coagulated blood.

ORNITHOGALUM
Agonising feeling in stomach and chest. Loss of appetite. Retching. Loss of flesh. Very depressed mentally. Very weak. Nausea. Flatus rolling in ball in abdomen from side to side.

PHOSPHORUS
Constant nausea and fullness of stomach after eating or drinking. Vomiting of sour foul smelling liquid as if it has been mixed with water, ink and coffee grounds. Sunken abdomen with hard swelling. Pale, earthy complexion. Emaciated. Sleepiness, Peevish. Gurgling sound in the abdomen. Bowels constipated.

Homoeopathy cures breast cancer

2009-11-02T04:34:00.000-08:00

Homeopathy has a lot to offer in treating breast cancer, both in curing and easing the pains in incurable cases. First are laid down the most commonly used remedies to treat breast cancer. Then are laid down some special indications that help in identifying the correct remedy.

Note that all the remedies are to be taken in the 6C or 30C potencies. The 6C can be taken two or three times a day. The 30C is to be taken every two or three days. There are no hard and fast rules on this but REMEMBER: Stop taking the remedy once improvement in the condition (more importantly, the patient feels better in the mind). Start taking the remedyagain once the improvement stops.

Carcinosinum should be taken only in the 30C or 200C potencies (not lower). That too once a week every night. Though noted homoeopath Boericke says it can be taken in the 30C every night.

Remedies for breast cancer

APIS
Stinging burning pains. Pain in ovaries with bearing down sensation. Scanty dark urine. Edema of lower extremities.

ASTERIAS
This remedy has unquestioned influence over breast cancer. Eyes, nipples feel drawn back. Rush of blood to head. Face red. Left breast feels as if pulled inward. Breast cancer in the ulcerative stage. Lancinating pains. Feels worse at night. Feels better from weeping.

BUFO
Blood oozing from nipples. Childish nature, grown up body. Constant licking of lips. Violent pain in breasts at night. desire to masturbate. Large lips.

CARBO ANIMALIS
Darting pains in breast. Breast hardened especially the right one. Tumor in the breast. Burning pains. Sweating at night. Hates cold.

CONIUM
Sometimes quarrelsome, sometimes silent. Aversion to family. Dizziness. Breasts sunken, flabby. Hard tumor in breasts. Stitches or piercing pains at night. Feels worse seeing moving objects. Breast cancer caused by blows.

CUNDURANGO
Painful cracks in corners of mouth. Breast cancer with retraction of nipples. Lancinating pains in the breasts. Breast painful to touch.

GRAPHITES
Obese patients. Sad. tearful. Irresolute. despair over trifles. Anxiety in the morning on waking. breasts swollen and hard. Nipples have blisters. Dysmenorrhoea of fat women with herpes and eruptions. Feels worse at night, from cold, from light. Weeps on hearing music.

MERC SOL
Breast (right) pains which extend to scapula. Feels worse at night. Feels worse from both extremes of heat and cold.

PHYTOLACCA
bruised feeling all over the body. Feels that she must move but moving makes her feel worse. Rheumatism chronic, especially of the hip joint. Breasts very hard and sensitive. Purple cracks and ulcers around the nipples.

SILICEA
Great itching of the swollen glands. Inflammation of nipples. Darting, burning pains in the left nipple. Painful stitiches behind left breast with chilliness all night. Suppuration of mammae. Abscess in breast. Fistulous ulcers. Lumps in breasts that discharge a thick yellow offensive pus.

Special pointers to choose the remedy

Burning pains better from warmth - Ars
Open tumor - Apis, Hydrastis
Burning of efges with bad odor - Hepar
Cancer caused by blow - Bellis Perennis, Conium
Discharge of blood and fetid pus from tumor - Asterias
Growing pain towards axilla - Carbo An
Heaviness of breats - Con
Nipples hot - Phos
Inflamed hard, painful breasts worse by exposure to air- Phos
Lancinating pains - Asterias, Lachesis
Lancinating pains and bleeding easily - Phos
Tumors as large as a small egg - Hydrastis
Night pains - Asterias
Open tumor - Apis, Hydr, Phytolacca
Raw feeling - Merc
Shooting pains - Con
Cannot sleep from pains - Asterias, Carcinosin
Smells like old cheese - Hepar
Stony hard - Con
Ulcers - Calcarea Carb, Hepar, Hydr, Phos, Phytolacca, Silicea
Side-effects of chemo-therapy - Cadmium Sulph

Homoeopathy cures hayfever

2009-11-02T00:08:00.000-08:00

HELP being offered for hayfever sufferers is not to be sneezed at. Yes homoeopathy is very effective in curing hay fever.

The Westoe Practice in South Shields is promoting homeopathy to help those looking for an alternative to conventional medication to ease their symptoms.

Between 15 and 20 per cent of the British population suffer from the often debilitating symptoms of pollen allergy, ranging from sneezing to itchy swollen eyes.

This year's Homeopathy Awareness Week, which runs until Sunday, will highlight how homeopathic remedies can not only tackle the symptoms when they happen, but by triggering the body's own system of healing, can help to stop the symptoms occurring in the first place.

Local homeopath Janet Jackson will be at practice, in Elizabeth Street, on Wednesday from 1.30pm, to hand out free information and remedies and to answer questions about homeopathy in general, and how it can help other symptoms.

Mrs Jackson's own interest in homeopathy was developed while seeking relief from hayfever, which she now has under control.

She said: "Homeopathy is a system of medicine which is based on treating the individual with highly diluted substances given mainly in tablet form, which trigger the body's natural system of healing. Many people suffer with hay fever all summer, and either don't want to take anti-histamines over such a long period, or struggle with side effects. Homeopathic treatment can offer a good alternative."

It is recommended that you consult a qualified and registered homeopath, as each sufferer will be treated according to their own individual combination of symptoms and how it affects them.

Source

Nigel Planner on homoepathy

2009-11-02T00:06:00.000-08:00

"I used to go to the late, great Dr Chandri Sharma, the homeopath, who he helped me with a lot of things, such as eczema. I think that alternative therapies have a place in helping a person to balance their life, but they are limited in terms of curing clear and present disease.

I believe, too, there's a danger of misdiagnosis if a practitioner has not also trained in conventional medicine. This is particularly true in the area of physio and orthopaedics."

Daily Mail

Charles Darwin was secretly a believer in homoeopathy!

2009-11-02T00:02:00.000-08:00

Charles Darwin became interested in homoeopathy after an homoeopath cured him of a mysterious illness.

By the end of 2009, his bicentenary year, much will have been written about Charles Darwin. But I have yet to see mention of his brush with less conventional forms of medicine.

For much of his life Darwin was plagued by mysterious illness. Symptoms included nausea and vomiting, heart palpitations, boils, trembling, fainting and spots before the eyes. By March 1849 he was unable to work one day out of every three and felt he was dying. On the advice of shipmates, he visited the homoeopathic clinic and water-cure spa of Dr James Gully.

His scepticism can be gauged from a letter in which he states: “Dr Gully gives me homoeopathic medicines three times a day, which I take obediently, without an atom of faith.”

However, within a month his symptoms had improved so dramatically that he was able to walk seven miles a day. Darwin returned to the clinic several times over the next decade when his symptoms returned.

In later years Darwin himself experimented with homoeopathic doses of ammonium salts upon the insectivorous sundew plant (Drosera rotundifolia). He discovered that however much he reduced the dose, prepared according to the homoeopathic method of dilution and succussion (he did not realise that the doses were so dilute they no longer contained any molecules), the effects were still visible in the plant, causing its “tentacles” to turn inward.

Although Darwin provided details about the exceedingly small doses he tested, he never used the word “homoeopathic” when referring to these experiments. He wrote: “I am quite unhappy at the thought of having to publish such a statement.”

An endorsement of homoeopathy by Darwin at that time might have led to even greater antagonism against his theories about life and evolution.

PJOnline

Every mother should know about homoeopathy

2009-11-01T23:55:00.000-08:00

An American homeopath, Tami Herndon, tells us why every mother should know about homeopathy and where she can get all the relevant information

Q: What is homeopathy?

Homeopathy, like all truly natural therapies, seeks to stimulate the innate healing power of the individual so that all systems function at their best. Homeopathy helps people move toward an optimal level of vitality, and anyone can benefit from it. Homeopathy does not directly treat a condition by killing germs or removing a symptom. Instead, it uses minute doses of natural substances to help activate the process by which the person heals him or herself. Homeopathy treats the individual not the disease. It requires extensive listening and consideration of the whole person - physically, mentally, and emotionally. Classical homeopathy is based on principles formulated by Samuel Hahnemann, a German physician, who died in 1842.

Q: How did you become interested in becoming a homeopath?

When my son was an infant, he suffered from projectile vomiting. Our pediatrician tried all sorts of treatment but nothing helped. We were referred to a homeopath and in 10 days he was totally fine. At about the same time, his older brother had a severe reaction to his 15-18 month vaccination. His entire torso became covered with painful warts. Once again a simple dose of homeopathic medicine and the warts disappeared. I thought this is powerful healing; I'd like to help people like this too. Within a year, my husband was transferred to Minneapolis and I was able to attend one of the best homeopathic schools in the country.

Q: What should every mother know about homeopathy?

That it's very effective. It's easy to use. It works alongside regular medicines. It takes into account all of the interesting and individualistic characteristics of your very unique child. Our children, and we too, can get stuck in our developmental process and homeopathy can help us get un-stuck. For example, a mother brought her six-year-old boy to see me. He'd been diagnosed with autism and Asperger Syndrome. He spent the whole first session under my desk digging in my carpet; no speech, no eye contact. Four weeks later at his follow-up appointment, he shook my hand and said "Hi, Miss Tami." His mother beamed. Now at eleven years old, he's caught up 100% on social cues and is on level in his main stream school. Another child, a girl with bad asthma, took medicine regularly and ended up in the emergency room 2-3 times a month. Now, four years later, she is a great athlete - swimming and running - with hardly any remaining respiratory symptoms.

Q: What do you most enjoy about your work?

It gives me a "greater good" feeling. I see clearly that my clients have increased vitality, their need for medicine is reduced, and their quality of life is greatly improved. It's also stimulating intellectually; I like to be an information resource. Plus I enjoy the deep interaction I have with my clients, getting to know their different life stores. Sometimes I think I have the best profession in the world!

Q: How can a mother find a homeopath or learn more about it?

Stores like Whole Foods and Sun Harvest carry many homeopathic remedies for first aid and acute home care. Boiron, a well-distributed brand, often has a display of little blue vials - each about the size of a lipstick. For example, you can use Apis for a bee sting, Hypericum for fingers slammed in a door, and Chamomilla for a teething baby who is inconsolable. To learn more, a good resource is Homeopathy for Children by Murray Feldman and Gabrielle Pinto.

For chronic situations, like asthma, arthritis, insomnia, or hormone imbalances, you need to find a good homeopath. It's best to use someone locally so you can meet face-to-face, especially for the first session. However, many homeopaths also use telephone and email to consult with clients. Ask your friends or other natural health care providers for referrals. Two other good resources are The Council of Homeopathic Certification or The National Center for Homeopathy. They both provide search engines to help you find a professional homeopath in your state. Styles of practice vary, so be sure to ask practitioners if they specialize in chronic or acute cases. If they hold another medical certification, confirm that at least 80% of their practice is classical homeopathy.

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Homeopathy is safe and very effective

2009-11-01T23:50:00.000-08:00

In this article in the Examiner, Tracey Planinz, tells us that homeopathy is safe, and effective

Where did homeopathy come from?

Homeopathy is a system of medicine, with its own methodology and pharmacopoeia that was developed by German physician Samuel Hahnemann in the 1800's. Hahnemann's theory called "the Law of Similars" states that like cures like. In other words, substances which produce certain symptoms in their natural form will, in a highly diluted form, act as antidotes for those same set of symptoms. Dr. Hahnemann's unique approach included testing his remedies on groups of healthy individuals, including himself, and recording detailed results. For years he painstakingly collected data on hundreds of remedies, and published his Materia Medica, which is still the standard for homeopathic medicine today.

How does homeopathy work?

In the Guide to Homeopathic Medicines, Dr. Stephen Cummings explains that, "Hahnemann's observation that a substance able to mimic a sick person's symptoms can help cure the patient prompted a revolutionary understanding of symptoms. Instead of assuming that symptoms represented...unhealthy responses of the body and that they should be...suppressed, [he] learned that symptoms are positive responses, [and] represent the body's best effort to heal itself". Instead of masking symptoms, a homeopathic treatment will initially exacerbate symptoms somewhat, and then encourage the natural healing process.

What, exactly, are homeopathic remedies?

In short, they are medicines, whose chemical constituents are highly diluted (most beyond even the *Avogadro limit) through a process called succussion. A single drop of the extract is diluted in purified water or alcohol solution at a ratio of 1:100. This solution is then agitated, or succussed. A single drop of the new solution is then diluted at the same ratio, and the process is repeated. The numbers on the label (6c, 12c, etc.) represent the number of dilutions, referred to as its "potency". Although it seems impossible that such high dilutions could have any impact on human physiology at all, extensive clinical trials prove otherwise. Exactly how the remedies work is still unclear, but the theory is they work on the subtle energy fields to bring about change.

The FDA began regulating homeopathic remedies in 1938. They must meet high standards (set by an independent governing board of homeopathic doctors) in order to qualify for the label "homeopathic". Since 1988 the FDA has also required labels on all homeopathic remedies to list indications for use. In a 6 year trial done at University Hospital in the UK of 6544 patients with chronic disease, 4627 who were treated with homeopathic medicine reported positive health changes, and more than 50% reported some improvement, (The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine). In a review of several studies, Boiron noted, "In 1991, a meta-analysis was published which involved the meticulous study of 107 trials...Among these clinical trials, a large majority (81 to be exact) has had positive results concerning the efficacy of homeopathic treatment". Homeopathic remedies have been tested on adults and infants, as well as on animals. And, many trials have ruled out the placebo effect.

Homeopathic physicians undergo very strict training. It can be studied independently or complementary to the study of general medicine. There are private institutions in the United States and Europe which offer training in homeopathy. However, because conventional medicine still does not recognize the effectiveness or validity of homeopathy, homeopathic remedies are available over the counter, without a prescription. The FDA considers them safe, and unlikely to cause severe adverse reactions. As always, one should exercise caution, and not try to self-diagnose or self-medicate. While the high dilution remedies pose no threat (Hahnemann followed the motto, "first do no harm"), consumers can waste money experimenting with the wrong remedies. It is best to see a trained homeopath, and have a complete consultation.

Homeopathy can cure traumatic ulcers

2009-11-01T23:44:00.000-08:00

Only homoeopathy can cure truamatic ulcers

Traumatic ulcers generally result from mechanical, chemical or electrical trauma. The ulcer bed consists of newly developing tissue with areas of swelling and infiltration by inflammatory cells and occurs when people suffer from accidental injury.

Homeopathy acts upon the immune system and restorative energies of the body so that it heals itself. While other systems of medicine simply suppress symptoms and treat the body in parts, Homeopathy recognizes the body as a unified whole of physical as well as psychological components and confronts the problem from deep within. This is why it offers hope to many cases deemed ‘incurable’ by other medical systems.

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"Homeopathy in danger being lost" - Medicine historian

2009-11-01T23:40:00.000-08:00

A historian of medicine argues that homeopathy is in danger of being lost, swallowed up by mainstream medicine. This would be a catastrophe.

Homeopathy risks being subsumed by modern medicine, argues a historian of science. Not only does this means that homeopathy's heroes have become mere footnotes in history, but it could limit homeopathy's potential to contribute to the treatment of today's pressing medical problems, she says.

Lyn Brierley-Jones, a historian of medicine at the University of Durham, will present her thesis at the annual meeting of the British Society for the History of Science in Leicester on Saturday 4 July.

Her paper will seek to reveal homeopathy's forgotten heroes, from the 18th century German physician Samuel Hahnemann, who founded the field, to London-based practitioner James Compton Burnett, who came up with a cure for tuberculosis in 1880.

As a result of the contributions of such figures, homeopathy became prominent, particularly in the US. There, by the end of the 19th century homeopaths had their own medical schools, societies, journals, libraries, hospitals and dispensaries, regularly publishing statistics showing the superiority of their practice over mainstream medicine.

Ironically, however, the translation of key homeopathic ideas into mainstream medicine had the effect of undermining the profession, says Brierley-Jones. "By the 1920s, homeopathy had gone into decline, a state from which it has only recently started to recover."

There are significant benefits of keeping homeopathy separate from mainstream medicine, she argues. "It has the potential to create new remedies and to solve many contemporary problems in medicine, such as the individualisation of drugs, reducing their side-effects and managing chronic illness," says Brierley-Jones. "Any future integration of homeopathy into mainstream medicine should be carefully managed to ensure homeopathy's survival."

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Canadian homeopath says homeopathy prevents H1N1

2009-11-01T23:33:00.000-08:00

How many of you know someone who has already come down with the flu?

Susan Drury, professional homeopath, is a registered member of the North American Society of Homeopaths, the Canadian Society of Homeopaths and the Council for Homeopathic Certification and provides homeopathic services to North Vancouver, West Vancouver and the rest of the Lower Mainland. She advises using homeopathy to ward off H1N1 (swine flu).

As a professional homeopath as well as a mother of three children, the calls and stories about people coming down with the flu are many.

At a recent family dinner, I was sitting next to my 13-year-old niece who became chilled, aching and feverish before dessert even reached the table. As our roles at the time were hostess (me) and guest (her), we couldn't move into what would have been the more appropriate roles of homeopath (me) and patient (her). However, I did give her a couple of doses of Oscillococcinum (a homeopathic remedy known to be helpful in generally stimulating the immune system against viral strains of influenza) and sent more home with her family to give her and also to take themselves as preventative measures. That night and the next day I also gave several doses of the same remedy to myself and my family, all of whom had also been at the dinner.

The end result? My niece was sick for several days with what the clinic called an "unconfirmed case of the H1N1 virus" and missed the first day of school, but has now recovered. Her dad, who didn't take any Oscillococcinum as prevention, also got sick and experienced the same set of symptoms. Her mom (who took numerous doses of Oscillococcinum and was the primary caregiver of her daughter and husband) felt tired and had a mild sore throat for a few days, but didn't get sick. Her brother (who maybe took a single dose of the remedy) didn't get sick. My 84-year-old mother felt a little off for a few days, and my 83-year-old father has been completely fine. One of my daughters had a sore throat and felt tired for a couple of days but with some rest and Oscillococcinum, bounced right back.

So of the 10 people sitting and eating with someone actively sick and infectious, the only person who went on to become ill was the one person who didn't take the Oscillococcinum. While this experience is hardly an example of rigorous scientific testing and analysis, someone wanting to help keep themselves and their families from getting sick this season might want to take notice.

The following are some natural ways to prepare for influenza season at home:

- Oscillococcinum is worthwhile to have on hand and take to help prevent the flu, including the H1N1 virus. My suggestion is to take several doses over the course of a day as a general prevention, once a month through flu season. If you know you have been exposed to someone with the flu, take another two doses that day. If you begin to feel as though you are coming down with something yourself, immediately take a dose and repeat every three hours for a day or two and see if that prevents the illness from taking hold.

- If you or a family member does get sick, have a kit of homeopathic remedies specific to influenza on hand at home to help ease the symptoms of the illness and promote a faster and more complete recovery. While taking the Oscillococcinum remedy earlier might have prevented my niece from getting sick, by that evening, the virus had penetrated too far into her system. At that point a different homeopathic remedy specific to her symptom picture would have helped her recover faster and feel more comfortable.

My niece's symptoms -- very fast onset, great chilliness, sore throat/cough and physical restlessness -- were best treated with the homeopathic remedy Aconite. A flu which has a more delayed onset over the course of a few days, might respond more to Gelsemium or Bryonia, each of which has their own individual symptom picture. Most cases of influenza can be helped by a small group of remedies so having these on hand ahead of time can stimulate a faster recovery and avoid complications.

- The full-blown symptoms of H1N1 include a cough, so anyone with compromised lung or breathing functions should be taking steps to strengthen their respiratory functioning now. For those who are in such a position, besides being under medical supervision, you may consider consulting a professional homeopathy or other holistic practitioner to aid in strengthening your overall constitution and addressing those areas of weakness.

So far, it seems as though the H1N1 virus is another flu virus that is highly contagious, but for the most part no more dangerous than the garden variety flu viruses which circulate year after year. It is, however, arriving much earlier than the normal influenza season, which traditionally comes more in December/January. This is, of course, the best-case scenario for the H1N1 influenza virus and could change as we go further into the traditional influenza season. Certainly people who do have compromised immune systems or lung/respiratory function need to be especially mindful of their health, just as they do in every influenza season.

The World Health Organization is still on full pandemic alert world-wide and fast-tracking the creation of an H1N1 vaccine. Ironically because the virus is already very much among us, by the time the H1N1 vaccine is ready for distribution later this fall, it is likely many of us will already have developed natural immunity to it -- either because we have had a full case of H1N1, or were exposed, but able to fight it off and create permanent immunity.

Protect yourself and be more empowered in meeting whatever health challenge comes up this influenza season. Assess your own overall health, well-being and health history, especially regarding influenza and upper respiratory illnesses. Look at natural means to boost your immune system and support your body by getting adequate rest, moderate exercise and high quality nutrition. If you don't already have a good relationship with a readily available doctor and alternative health practitioners, seek them out now. Create an influenza-specific kit of supplements and homeopathic medicines for home, ready if illness does strike. Be educated, be prepared, and you can comfortably meet whatever seasonal illnesses are going around.

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Drug cos. continue undermining homeopathy: Homeopathy under attack in Australia

2009-11-01T23:30:00.000-08:00

Another instance of the insidious campaign against homeopathy by the drug companies.

The complementary medicines industry has stopped short of backing the use homeopathic vaccines in light of a renewed attack on the products in the mainstream media.

"There is definitely a place for homeopathy in the treatment of disease states in Australia," Complementary Healthcare Council (CHC) executive director Dr Wendy Morrow told Pharmacy News.

"Whether or not it should be used in vaccinations is an issue that is very vexatious but it is not a use that the CHC would support."

Writing in the The Australian on the weekend, prominent pharmacy consultant Ron Batagol criticised the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) for allowing the sale of homeopathic vaccines which, he claimed, could lead to life threatening situations if they were relied upon.

"One shudders to think of the danger that pharmacists and other health professionals could, however unwittingly, be complicit in, even legally liable for, if they don't advise parents to seek medical advice where this is clearly warranted, or suggest appropriate, symptomatic treatment with a pharmacy-based over-the-counter medication in the first instance, rather than selling or, heaven forbid, recommending homoeopathics for use by children or infants," Mr Batagol wrote.

"So, I have just one question for our health regulators: how do you sleep at night knowing you continue to allow homoeopathic products to be legally peddled in the healthcare marketplace as substitutes for effective therapeutic treatment for the most helpless and vulnerable members of the community, our children?"

However, Dr Morrow said the onus was on the individual to decide whether to take a homeopathic vaccine.

"Individuals do have a right to make a choice," she said.

"The issue becomes not the availability of homeopathy but in the way in which it is used by individuals. We don't believe that complementary medicines should be an alternative to Western medicines. We believe that it should be complementary to Western medicine but in one sense it really is up to the individual to use the tools that are available to them in the best possible way."

Despite that, Dr Morrow signalled that the TGA did have a role to play in curbing the promotion of homeopathic vaccines.

"I remain unconvinced that the TGA has a role to play in telling people to be vaccinated or not," she said.

"I believe that is a professional issue and not a production issue per se, although homeopathic medicines should not be advertised for vaccination use."

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Homeopathy was very effective in the flu of 1918

2009-11-01T23:05:00.000-08:00

The 1918 flu Pandemic killed from 50 to 100 million people. About 500 million people, one third of the world’s population at that time, became infected.

Homeopathy was very successful in dealing with the flu pandemic proving its superiority over conventional medicines. The famous historian Julian Winston writes that perhaps the most recent use of homeopathy in a major epidemic was during the Influenza Pandemic of 1918.

The Journal of the American Institute for Homeopathy, May 1921, had a detailed article about the use of homeopathy in the flu epidemic. Dr T A McCann, from Dayton, Ohio, reported that 24,000 cases of flu treated allopathically had a mortality rate of 28.2% while 26,000 cases of flu treated homeopathically had a mortality rate of 1.05%. This last figure was supported by W A Pearson of Philadelphia who collected 26,795 cases of flu treated with homeopathy with the above result.

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Swine flu (H1N1) is a viral infection that affects the respiratory tract of pigs. It causes regular outbreaks of influenza in swine throughout the year. Swine flu was first proposed to be a disease related to human influenza during the 1918 flu pandemic.

Transmission of the virus from pigs to humans is not common and whenever it does transmit it usually produces antibodies in the human blood. However in some cases it leads to human influenza.

Symptoms of zoonotic swine flu in humans are similar to those of influenza and of influenza-like illness in general, namely chills, fever, sore throat, muscle pains, severe headache, coughing, weakness and general discomfort, muscle aches.

The victims of influenza general include those who are at 65 or above, chronic health patients, pregnant women and young children. In the past during flu pandemics most people who succumbed to the disease were healthy young adults.

Complications of Swine Flu can include pneumonia, bronchitis, sinus infections, ear infections and death. Precautionary measures for the swine flu include:

* cover your nose and mouth with a tissue when you cough or sneeze.

* Throw the tissue in the trash after using it.

* Wash your hands often with soap and water, especially after you cough or sneeze. You can also use alcohol-based hand cleaners.

* Avoid touching your eyes, nose or mouth. Germs spread this way.

* Try to avoid close contact with sick people.

* Stay home if you are sick.

There are fears that swine flu will become major global pandemic. Many countries are planning for major vaccination campaigns. US is testing swine flu vaccine on children and adults. However, swine flu vaccine has raised concerns among the people across the world. According to a survey one third of British nurses refused to take swine flu vaccine because of its possible side effects.

The swine flu vaccine contains mercury compounds, which can cause autism in children. Even the scientists who have helped in making the vaccine are reported to have discouraged their family and friends from taking the vaccine. Some companies or groups of people, who have pharmaceutical business, claim that the 2009 flu outbreak in humans is due to new strain of influenza A virus, subtype H1N1. It can easily transfer from human to human.

In most cases, strains cause only mild symptoms and the infected persons make a full recovery without requiring medical attention and without the use of antiviral medicine.

As the threat of Swine Flu pandemic is looming large over the world, the homeopathic medical community has come together to provide information about homeopathic treatment of swine flu symptoms.

In homeopathy, there is a concept called Genus epidemics. This means if there is an epidemic and you take the symptoms of say 15 ailing people of an area, you will notice a common trend. There may be different curative medications for different cases of swine flu.

In Brazil, the homeopathic doctors’ community has collected data on the symptoms of swine flu and homeopathic treatments for the symptoms.

When Japanese encephalitis hit Andhra Pradesh 10 years ago, the government of India distributed among children one million doses of homeopathic medicine that proved effective bulwark against the disease.

A case of chronic rheumatism with osteoporosis

2009-11-01T22:36:00.000-08:00

This is the same case of the elderly lady whose suppressed rheumatic pains in the knees resulted in heart problems. We have talked about this case earlier.

Chronic rheumatism has no cure in any other system of medicine except homoeopathy. It is a very tricky disease condition which moves from organ to organ or it may metamorphose into another disease condition with great rapidity.

Coming back to the elderly lady, a few months later (after her cure from TB) she developed severe pains in the left hip joint. She could not sit for than a few seconds. She could only lie down. Surprisingly she felt no pain on walking.

A X-Ray revealed a slight fracture in the hip bone. The orthopaedic doctor said the fracture was caused by osteoporosis (a disease in elderly people in which the bones get progressively 'soft'). He advised complete bed rest for a month. He prescribed calcium tablets and multi-vitamin tablets to be taken daily. After a few days the lady developed severe constipation. The doctor gave her a liquid laxative. The lady was the active type, so bed rest for a month was hell to her.

The family came to me then. Chronic rheumatic pain in the hips on the left side has only one remedy: Phytolacca Decandra. I gave it to her in the 6C potency, to be taken twice a day. The lady hated the calcium tablets. It gave her constipation. I advised her to stop taking them and prescribed Calc Phos 6X. I also gave her a dose of Carcinosinum 30 once every ten days.

Within two months the hip pain was gone. The lady did not have be bed-ridden as advised by the allopathic orthopaedic doctor!

A case of suppressed chronic rheumatism leading to high blood pressure and tuberculosis

2009-11-01T21:31:00.000-08:00

The lady was 72 years of age. She had had prolapsus of uterus (Sepia would have cured her then) thirty years ago. She underwent surgery to have it removed. It was after that rheumatic pains in the knees started. (Prolapse of uterus indicates a strong sycotic element. When the uterus was removed the disease assumed the form of chronic rheumatism).

The lady had excruciating pains in the knees. She tried all sorts of ointments, something which Kent warns us against. He says in his Lectures on the Materia Medica

Rheumatism that goes from the lower to the upper limbs. Not uncommonly you will meet such things. These "rubbers" that go around the streets with a strong liniment and considerable magnetism frequently do cause a rheumatism to leave the knee joint, and when it does that, the heart is likely to be the organ that suffers.

Then Kalmia, Aurum, Bryonia, Rhus tox., Ledum, Calc. and Abrotanum, and sometimes Cactus, are remedies that prove suitable for such cardiac affections. Rheumatic affections that are driven away in this manner are changed without being cured. The people cannot realize the danger, of merely removing symptoms. Every removal that is not in accordance with cure affects the centres of man, that is the heart and brain.

One of the ointment was so 'effective' that the knee pains disappeared. And the disease condition moved to the heart. She started having pains in the heart and high blood pressure.

That is when the lady consulted a leading allopathic cardiologist. The good doctor prescribed so good a medicine that the heart pains subsided. But a few days later the lady contacted pneumonia which later turned to tuberculosis.

The allopath promptly precribed the allopathic drug for TB; 4 capsules a day early in the morning, to be taken for nine months!

The lady took the capsules diligently for two days, then started vomiting.

It was then the family came to me. After understanding her case history, I realised that the TB was a result of the suppression of her knee pain. The aim was to bring back the knee pains. Otherwise the lady was moving deathward. (Pathology moving from less important parts to more vital ones. Prafull Vijayakar explains this in his Predictive Homoeopathy: Part 1).

The cure had to be TB>Back to heart preoblem>Knee rheumatism. If things moved that way, I could be sure, the lady would be saved. Hering's direction of cure. That would be real cure.

Kent mentions certain remedies for heart trouble arising from suppressing rheumatism of the knees. And out of them only Aurum Met is indicated for sycotic tuberculosis in Murphy's Repertory.

I promptly precribed Aurum met 200C to be given once a week. The lady's condition started aggravating. Even after some time things did not improve. I reduced the potency. I made it Aurum met 30C one dose every third day. I permitted her to continue taking the TB capsules but in a reduced dose.

Within a month her tuberculosis had subsided and her heart pains started. I told the lady to continue with Aur 30C.

After some days, the heart pains stopped and her knees starting aching again. The TB report said she was cured.

The lady complained about the knee pains. I explained to her that it either that or she could have the high blood pressure and TB back!

The lady wisely agreed to take the knee pains.

How are homoeopathic remdies chosen?

2009-10-31T08:06:00.000-07:00

Naomi Richman gives a rough idea on how homeopathic remedies are 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

2009-10-31T08:01:00.000-07:00

In this article in Natural News, 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)

2009-10-31T07:59:00.000-07:00

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

2009-10-31T07:55:00.000-07:00

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.

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Chronic sore throat cured by homoeopathy

2009-10-31T07:42:00.000-07:00

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

2009-10-31T07:37:00.000-07:00

Joette Calabrese in 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.

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Homoeopathy cures chronic ill effects of flu

2009-10-31T07:32:00.000-07:00

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?

2009-10-31T07:28:00.000-07:00

Homoeopath Dr. GERALDINE ROBSON-PARSONS gives us seven 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

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Curing flu (influenza) with homoeopathy

2009-10-31T07:23:00.000-07:00

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

2009-10-31T07:11:00.000-07:00

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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