Homeopathy

The way we think about health is changing. We are totally aware of the stresses we live with and what makes us sick. Therefore we want to take a greater and active role in our health care.

In order to improve the quality of our health and subsequently improve the overall quality of our life we are drawn to alternative methods of treatment, which we know can prevent illness and disease. We are also aware of the side effects of the usage of powerful drugs therefore we switch to alternative therapies.

What is Homeopathy?
Homoeopathy comes from the Greek word homios which means similar and patheia which means suffering i.e . "Similar Suffering " or "Like Cures Like". Therefore the treatment of disease requires the use of a substance that would in a healthy person elicit the symptoms of disease.

Homeopathy is based on a holistic approach of treatment discovered by Hahnemann in 1796. Over the last two hundred years it has been proven over and over both clinically and experimentally. It treats you the individual, taking into account your inner nature, cause of your illness and kind of stress you experience (called symptoms)
For example there are no painkillers in homeopathy. Painkillers just relieve a symptom of pain without attacking the cause (called suppression of pain ). Homeopathic remedies are directed at the ultimate cause of the symptoms rather than the symptom itself . Their main aim is to provide a lasting cure for both physical and emotional disorders that lead to pain and illness . They cure the pain by curing the patient.

They are gentle and safe and very effective and work by stimulating the body's own healing powers.
The homeopathic mode of treatment cannot change the stressful world we live in, but it helps you to function better within it.

Homeopathy: Strengthening the Vital Force as a Holistic Medicine
The VITAL FORCE is an unseen spiritlike natural energy or vitality, which preserves life in the living organism.
Humans= Vital force+mind +body

It is the vital force, which when normal or healthy, keeps the body and mind healthy and at ease (comfort); if deranged or imbalanced via various stimuli leads to dis-ease.
If this vital force leaves the body the living organism is dead.
The disturbed vital force shows through diseased mind(mental symptoms) and diseased body (physical symptoms)

Homeopathic medicine contains natural healing energy which stimulates the body so it can once again restore itself to balance and free itself of symptoms.

The right remedy ( assessed by a person's physical characteristics and temperamental characteristics ) strenghtens the body's defence mechanism and makes it better able to to overcome illness. The right remedy will have an influence on whole person, triggering healing stimuli to treat the cause and not just the signs of the disease.

Homeopathy: What Homeopathic Remedies are Made From
Homeopathic remedies are made from natural substances (plant , mineral ,animal materials )
Basic materials from them are extracted , then they are dissolved in alcohol or water and then they undergo a dynamizing process (potentization) in which the energy of remedies is released and none of the original crude substance.
They are therefore, in their ultra small doses non-toxic and harmless.
A correctly selected homeopathic remedy allows the body to heal itself without any harmful effects such as can come from conventional drugs. You will have a long term benefit of increased overall health.

Homeopathy: Children and Infants
Common children's conditions such as coughs and colds, asthma, diarrhea, colic, tonsillitis, eating problems and childhood viral infections such as measles, mumps and chicken-pox are traeted very effectively and quickly with the use of homeopathics. Unlike conventional medicines which can cause allergic reactions and longer term side effects homeopathic pills do not. Homeopathic remedies are usually dispensed as small pills which dissolve in the mouth and are quite sweet in taste. Therefore children are quite happy to take them.

Homeopathy can also be used by children who are experiencing behavioural problems such as temper-tantrums, thumb-sucking, irritability, fears, nail-biting and bed-wetting. In most cases children who have learning problems or who are developmentally delayed can also be helped.

Homeopathy and Acute Conditions
Acute conditions such as fevers, cold and flus and diarrhea respond very well to specific homeopathic remedies. It has been shown by studies in Germany that if an acute condition is suppressed by the use of antibiotics or antiinflammatories then the cause is often driven deeper into the body and will cause problems again later.

Homeopathy and Infections
In the garden diseases will only be found in the trees or plants that already sickly or weak. The same occurs in humans.

Homeopathy when used to strengthen the patients vital force assists the body to defeat the infection on its own. Infections hiostorically, including bacterial infections, respond very well to homeopathic intervention.

In some very rare cases where the patient is too weak or the infection too virilent antibiotics will still be advised alongside the homeopathics.

Homeopathy and Viruses
Where in conventional medicine there are no real cures for viral infections, such as measles, chicken-pox, mumps, the common cold and flu, viral meningitis and viral hepatitis, they are effectively treated with homeopathics.

Allergic reactions can be helped by Homeopathy
Allergic responses are becoming ever more prevelant at present and can result in symptoms such as various skin conditions such as eczema, contact dermatitis, digestive problems, swelling and rashes. Some cases of asthma are also allergy related. Homeopathy offers very effective treatment for these conditions.

Homeopathy and Digestive problems
Some common disorders related to the health of the digestive system such as acidity, flatulence (wind), bloating, migraine, ulcerative colitis, diarrhea and vomiting are successfully treated with homeopathy. Sometimes these conditions are related to some emotional trigger and sometimes to an infection or parasite.

Homeopathy and Anxiety and Depression
Over the history of homeopathy it has been found that many of the remedies have a profound effect on emotional states. Situations where the patient is experiencing anxiety, insecurity, irritability, obsessiveness, jealousy, fears and depression can be relieved. By relieving some of these emotional states the patient often experiences other symptoms of a more physical nature disappear.

For your best Results
Homeopathy works best when the disease or condition is treated in its early stages. Many people are unaware of this and come when their disease has progressed to a very chronic stage.