Homeopathy is a system of medicine that serves the natural tendency of the human body to heal itself. According to Homeopathy, health means a state of harmony between body and mind. All symptoms of the disease are mere expressions of disharmony within the individual. Homeopathic medicines stimulate the body’s self-regulatory mechanisms to re-establish equilibrium in mind and body. So the whole patient requires treatment, not only the particular disease. Since different people react to the same disease in different ways, a homeopath considers each patient as an individual one. Two patients with a cough may look similar but they need completely different remedies. The symptoms are the compass that guides a homeopath to find a right remedy
What does a homeopath need to prescribe homeopathic medicines?
According to homeopathy, mind and body are closely linked and physical illness cannot be effectively cured without considering the person’s constitution, and mental character. Through an in-depth interview with the patient, the homeopath understands physical and psychological symptoms. Physical symptoms include structure/looks, thirst, appetite, sleep, and tolerance to external factors like heat, cold, sun, wind, sound, light, etc. Mental symptoms contain state of mind, likes, dislikes, preferences, cravings, desires, fear, delusions, suspicion, hatred, compassion, behavior, mood, and emotions. Tell your doctor, if anything happened to upset you at home or your workplace, like any quarrel, or some bad news, etc. Homeopathy provides the patient an opportunity to express their deepest concerns and hopes.
Explain everything in a detailed and thorough manner as possible. What you may think is trivial, unimportant, or unusual could hold greater importance to your homeopath. Also, reveal other complaints you have. The more your homeopath understands you, the more easily he will be able to treat you effectively. These symptoms guide him to find the right remedy. Initial consultations may last long even an hour or more.
Conditions in which Homeopathic medicines suits?
Homeopathic medicines are effective in treating patients with a wide range of diseases, ranging from acute (short course like infections) diseases, and epidemics to chronic (longstanding) diseases, lifestyle disorders such as obesity, genetic diseases, psycho-somatic ailments, cancer, infertility, gynecological disorders, etc. Patients under proper homeopathic medicines less frequently need operations, because homeopathic medicines can treat illness in their functional stage before irreversible organic changes have developed. Homeopathic treatment can arrest supposed surgical cases and avoids surgery. In case of surgery is necessary, it helps to manage surgical cases with pre and post-operative homeopathic medicines.
Homeopathy is not only effective in the curative aspect but also in prevention too. There are specific medicines to prevent certain illnesses like Belladonna for scarlet fever. During an epidemic, preventive homeopathic medicine (Genius Epidemics) is selected by considering the symptoms of all cases in the same geographical area.
Will Homeopathic medicines take longer time to give you relief?
The time to cure the symptoms is directly dependent on the complexity of the disease. Homeopath aims to recognize and remove the underlying cause of these symptoms. So be patient because it is more beneficial to cure the cause of the illness as well as the symptoms, rather than simply relieve or mask the symptoms. Sometimes the medicines give faster results than other systems of medicines, even within a few seconds.
What benefits does Homeopathic medicine offer you?
- No side effects like other medicines.
- A very minimum intake of medicine is needed. In many cases, a single dose is enough.
- No bitter taste as in other forms of medications. Sweet pills are easy to administer in children at the proper time.
- In an unconscious patient, the medicines can be administered through inhalation.
- Offspring may be protected from hereditary tendencies by giving medicine to the pregnant mother.
- Tendency to some illnesses can be checked.
- In certain diseases, the frequency of attacks can be reduced.
- One medicine serves various conditions. No need to go to different specialists for different complaints.
- Helps to boost immunity by bringing equilibrium within. Life expectancy can be increased.
- In Incurable cases, at least the patient’s vitality could be improved and the survival period may be increased
From what homeopathic medicines are prepared?
- Plants comprise more than 60% of homeopathic medicines.
- Minerals like metals, salts, alkalies, and acids.
- Animal products comprise 20% of homeopathic remedies.
- Diseased products(Nosodes): homeopathic medicines prepared from causative agents i.e disease products of humans, animals, or plants like Lyssin (saliva of rabid dog)
- Healthy products (Sarcodes): Medicine prepared from healthy products of humans and animals such as secretions, extracts of fresh tissue, organ or glands like Thyroidinum, Insulinum, etc.
- Energy sources (Imponderabilia): Medicine prepared from energy sources (natural or artificial) i.e Sun rays, X-Rays.
How do Homeopathic medicines become helping hands?
- Homeopaths do not wait for a disease until it progresses to an observable level (organic changes) which can be detected through diagnostic procedures. They observe the disease at the functional level before organic changes start through objective and subjective symptoms.
- When the patient consults for the treatment of one disease, his or her other diseases which he or she didn’t mention may also get cured.
- Patients who cannot tolerate other forms of medicines especially old age persons with multiple diseases can tolerate homeopathic medicines.
- Conventional medicines like anti-hypertensive, drugs for cardiac or diabetic disorders, thyroid drugs, schizophrenia, epilepsy, or life-saving drugs can be continued along with Homeopathic medicines. A Homeopathic physician will guide you on how to taper your conventional medicine properly.
- In certain conditions even after surgery, the complaint recurs e g: uterine fibroid, homeopathic medicine gives you the best results.
- It is the most economical way of treatment.
The most frequently used homeopathic medicines are Nux vomica, Sulphur, Lycopodium, Calcarea carbonica, Mercurius solubilis, Medorrhinum, Natrum muriaticum, Bryonia, Rhus tox, Belladonna, etc. Excellent homeopathic medicines for simple first-aid situations such as cuts, bruises, insect stings, stomach upsets, etc can help you. But do not take medications for any other ailments without the consultation. Feel free to ask your questions @www.basilhomeo.com.
Dr. Alin Shahma K MD(Hom)