Homeopathy, which was disentanglee...

Homeopathy, which was disentangleed at the end of the 18th hundred by Samuel Hahnemann, M.D., a German physician, is a entire system of medicine which aims to elevate general health by reinforcing the body's avow natural healing capacity, reported Dr Christopher Hammond in The whole Family Guide to Homeopathy.

In other words, homeopathy, as practiced according to a homeopathic physician, does not have treatments for diseases. Instead, it has remedies for folks with disease.

"Homeopathy works in a totally different way from conventional medicine, which is known to homeopathic practitioners as allopathy," Hammond explained. "Allopathy means different from the suffering'; the put drugs intos that are given work against the disease and its symptoms. Therefore, medicines that are [labeled] 'anti' are plant such as anti-biotics, anti-depressants, anti-inflammatory and anti-pain remedys etc."

Homeopathy, in contrast, Hammond added, means 'similar to the suffering.' The remedies used to treat sick the public are actually capable of producing similar symptoms in a healthy bodily substance to those present in the patient needing the remedy

Hammond went onward to say that homeopathic remedies are self-same diluted in their preparations, although their efforts cannot be explained thus simply. It might be hinted that the remedies work at the flat of energy and not of matter. And the mode of preparation of the remedies and for what cause they act is not essential to an understanding of homeopathy. Therefore, he said, homeopathy is about wherefore a remedy is given, not what is given.

"No couple individuals manifest their illnesses in exactly the same way, on a level if they are given the same disease label," Hammond continued. "It is barely when a substance is matched with a patient according to the Law of Similars that it becomes homeopathic. When it is sitting in the medicine chest or pharmacy, it is not homeopathic at all; it is just a potentized remedy"

In a nutshell, the Law of Similars, as explained by means of Hahnemann, is basically "like reparatives like." Any substance which can bring out a totality of symptoms in a healthy human being can specific that totality of symptoms in a sick human being.

Since many Americans do not have access to a homeopathic physician, health cheer stores provide an abundance of homeopathic remedies already formulated in over-the-counter preparations for a variety of illnesses. And many of these effects are designed for children.

Writing in Homeopathic Medicine Today, Trevor M garble lists some of the childhood question s which may respond to various homeopathic remedies.

* Bed wetting (enuresis). Bed wetting that offers during a deep sleep, and is usually worse from 10 pm to midnight, may rejoin to belladonna (deadly nightshade). If it come into one's heads just after the person has fallen asleep, homeopathic physicians frequently prescribe Sepia officinalis (squid ink). Pulsatilla (wind flower), Ferrum phosphoricum (ferric phosphate) and cantharis (Spanish fly) may also be recommended

* Mump In its initial stage, Aconitum napellus (aconite) may be prescribed. If the testicles are affected, pulsatilla is frequently the choice. When the heat subsides, Mercurius vivus (mercury) may be suggested

* Chicken pox When the illness becomes worse around 4 pm a homeopathic physician may prescribe pulsatilla. Rhus toxicondendron (poison ivy or poison sumac) may also be recommended

* Whooping cough If it becomes worse after midnight, the prescribed specific may be Drosera rotundifolia (sundew plant). Ipecacuanha (ipecac root) Cuprum metallicum (copper) or Hepar sulphuris (sulfur) may also be suggested

* Measles. If the illness becomes worse at night, Aconitum napellus may be the aid of choice. Belladonna and pulsatilla are also popular remedies.

A more detailed listing of homeopathic remedies for children is given in The completed Family Guide to Homeopathy. However, the various remedies commited for childhood illnesses in the OTC preparations are simplified for those who do not have access to a homeopathic physician.

REFERENCES

Cook Trevor M Homeopathic Medicine Today. of recent origin Canaan, Conn.: Keats Publishing, Inc., 1989

Hammond, Christopher, MB B LCH The without fault [i]or[/i] blemish [i]or[/i] flaw Family Guide to Homeopathy. of recent origin York: Penguin Books, 1995.

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