Homeopathy; the Trigger of Choice

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE

Homeopathic Remedies Trigger the Body to Heal Itself

By Mark Isaac Thyss, Editor
Garden of Healing®

Homeopathic Medicine is both inexpensive and very effective.

Homeopathy is not a catch-all phrase for all alternative and complementary medical fields. It refers specifically to a branch of medicine founded by Samuel Hahnemann at the end of the eighteenth century.

Law of SimilarsHomeopathic medicine is based on the Law of Similars, founded on the principle that likes will cure likes.

Rather than suppressing symptoms, for example, from food poisoning, homeopathy triggers the body into healing itself.

The average person might not be able to follow the logic behind this type of natural medicine. While the exact mechanism behind how it works is a matter of debate in some circles, homeopathy has successfully been treating patients for over 200 years.

Homeopathic remedies are created from thousands of natural substances, greatly diluted, and which in larger amounts would cause the same symptoms one is trying to cure.

Typical homeopathic remedies come in the form of little sugar pills that dissolve easily under the tongue or can be dissolved in small amounts of water, then given orally. The actual pills or pellets, come in small vials.

When shopping for homeopathic formulas, look for remedies that most closely describe your specific symptoms. For example, for food poisoning, look for:

Arsenicum album
Signs include diarrhea accompanied by anxiety. You may also feel restless or anxious and thirsty for cold drinks.

Urtica urens
This is the remedy of choice for shellfish poisoning, particularly if accompanied by hives that itch.

Veratrum album
This remedy may help severe vomiting (projectile vomiting) along with diarrhea, and/or if you are feeling faint from vomiting.

Revolution in medical thought and practice

Homeopathy as a system of medicine has gone through several phases in its development.
Samuel Hahnemann rejected the allopathic attempt to find the cause of disease through dissection, chemical analysis, and endless theories. He ridiculed the allopathic battle cry, tolle causem (find the cause) and asserted that one could only know disease through the full individual symptoms of each sick person, the totality of symptoms. These were the language of the inner disturbance.

Classical and Constitutional

There are two major branches of homeopathy: Classical and Constitutional.

In the application of constitutional homeopathy, the selected remedy may not address the chief complaint but will fit the overall picture or constitution of the patient.

In constitutional homeopathy, the emphasis is placed upon the individual, including the underlying psychological issues, motives, personality and physical symptoms. Remedy selection is based upon the most distinct characteristics of the client matching the characteristics of the remedy which will enhance overall health.

Homeopathy is considered an effective natural method to repel imbalance out of the body and allow it to heal. The wonder of homeopathic medicine is in its safety, in the very small amount of medicine needed, and in the speed of healing. It a great choice for addressing the ills of small children who embrace its use eagerly.

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