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What Is Homeopathy?

What Health Conditions Can Homeopathy Help?

When to Self-Treat Your Ailments and How to Know When Professional Homeopathic Care is Needed

What Is Homeopathy?

Homeopathy is a healing system that focuses on giving you emotional and physical freedom from the limits that pain or other symptoms bring.

Homeopathy is a safe, effective system of medicine, used by millions of people worldwide for over 200 years.  Homeopathic medicines are called remedies and are regulated by the US Food and Drug Administration.  They are non-toxic and, when properly administrated, can be safely used with infants, children and adults. It treats the whole person- physically and emotionally- and treats each person individually. 

There are no known or suspected contra-indications or drug interactions between homeopathic and conventional medicines.  Many veterinarians and animal caretakers get good results using homeopathic remedies for animals.

The patient and practitioner work together to strengthen the body and remove susceptibility to disease.   On the physical level this means freedom from having to put undue attention to the body; on the emotional level health means having the capacity to feel all emotions without being trapped by any; on the mental level health is clarity of thinking and dynamic creativity. 

Homeopathy is based on the principle that “like cures like”—that is, is a substance can cause symptoms of a disease in a healthy person, than it can cure a sick person suffering with similar symptoms.  Suppose a person has hay fever, with watery eyes and a burning nasal discharge.  Instead of giving an antihistamine to dry up the drainage, a homeopath might suggest ALLIUM CEPA—a tiny dose of red onion, homeopathically prepared.   Allium Cepa  can cause watery eyes and burning nasal discharge, as everyone who has cut onions will testify.

Homeopathy regards symptoms as the body’s healthy attempt to restore itself to balance. A homeopath will choose a remedy that is similar to your symptoms (like curing like) rather than by opposing or suppressing them as in conventional medicine.  The example of a vaccine is helpful here. According to vaccination theory, you take the vaccine to prevent the illness. Sometimes, people respond to the vaccine with a fever or aches.  This passes, and your body has gained immunity to the disease. 

Samuel Hahnemann, German physician, in 1755 developed the principles of homeopathy into a system of medicine. The Greeks, Romans and Persians originally used these principals.  The word “homeopathy” means “similar suffering”. It comes from one of the principles of homeopathy: “like cures like”.  Another principle is of using the least amount of remedy necessary to effect cure.

Homeopathy spread quickly throughout industrialized Europe and the rest of the world, including the US.  The exact mechanism by which homeopathy works is unknown, but 200 + years or clinical experience and with research studies published in such medical journals as the Lancet, Pediatrics, the British medical journal confirm homeopathy’s’ effectiveness.

Homeopathy is not herbalism or a nutritional supplement program. We use herbs but prepare and recommend them differently than an herbalist would. We sometimes will recommend that you take a nutritional supplement.  However, homeopathy focuses on helping your body to heal thereby using the nutrients in your food to the best advantage for you.  For more information, please call 763-552-HEAL (763-552-4325). There is no charge for the first call.

What Health Conditions Can Homeopathy Help?

Broadly stated, homeopathy has effectively treated any chronic or self-limiting illness people have experienced. Call about your particular concern.  Much depends on concurrent health concerns that you may be experiencing and interventions that you may be using.  Sinus problems, migraines, ear infections, glandular swelling, intestinal disorders, vomiting, diarrhea, hemorrhoids, bronchitis, pneumonia, hormonal disorders, some cancers, skin diseases, warts, depression, childhood behavior disorders, asthma, allergies, bed wetting are some examples of conditions successfully treated with homeopathy.

When to Self-Treat Your Ailments and How to Know When Professional Homeopathic Care is Needed

Self-care for uncomplicated ailments like colds and flu and minor injuries is great. In fact, when Beth teaches introductory homeopathy classes, she talks about a number of remedies that can be easily used for colds, coughs and minor injuries.  These are acute conditions, ailments that will get better over time with no interventions, like a cold or a sprained ankle.

Sorting out what to self-treat and when to seek professional homeopathic care can be difficult. Here are seven primary indications when professional homeopathic care is recommended:  

1. Disease Prevention and Health Promotion:
A constitutional homeopathic remedy can help “tune up” a person on many levels, mentally, physically and emotionally, to help them experience vibrant health, energy and well being.

2. Genetic Disorders:
Although homeopathic remedies cannot heal genetics, it can help to reduce the severity and often the onset of related complications.

3. Preconception, pregnancy and postpartum:
Homeopathy helps both mom and baby. It can lead to quicker conception, especially if both prospective parents receive homeopathic care. It helps with nausea, hemorrhoids and heartburn during pregnancy as well. Many people use remedies very effectively to manage pain during labor and delivery.

4. Recurrent, Subtle Symptoms:
A person may not have any clearly diagnosable condition but may not be as healthy as he or she could be. That person may have subtle, vague and seemingly unrelated symptoms such as low energy, sore throats, poor sleep, headaches, poor digestion, irritability, etc.

5. Serious Acute Symptoms:
While conventional medicine can be effective in dealing with serious acute symptoms such as injuries or fast moving infections, one can often use homeopathy with great results.  Classical Homeopathy recognizes when you need to use antibiotics and when a remedy is sufficient.

6. Recurrent Injuries:
This refers to situations were people re-injure themselves in the same spot months or years after the initial injury. The person may have an internal weakness that makes him or her susceptible to such injuries. Not only does homeopathy provide deep healing to the injury itself but it can also help remove the susceptibility to easy injury.  It can also help you to recover from auto accidents and similar situations.

7. Chronic Ailments:
Homeopathy is very useful and effective for most chronic diseases: asthma, hormonal problems, depression and allergies are all treatable with homeopathy over time. Many people with chronic diseases eventually use homeopathy because conventional medications often create side effects that are more difficult to manage than the original disease.

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