How homeopathy works

How homeopathy works – ETHOS HEALTH CARE

How homeopathy work

Homeopathy is based on the principle that you can treat ‘like with like’, that is, a substance which causes symptoms when taken in large doses, can be used in small amounts to treat those same symptoms. Homeopathic medicines are prepared by specialist pharmacies using a careful process of dilution and succession. Homeopathic remedies are classified into three levels of potencies. X, C and M refer to 10, 100 and 1,000 in terms of the amount of dilution. The confusing and amazing aspect of Homeopathy is that the more a tincture is diluted, the more potent it becomes. So, while a C is more dilute than an X, the C is more potent. The M classification is very potent and is usually prescribed by Homeopathic physicians.

The homeopathic approach is based on the laws of nature. Hence, it will not suppress your body symptoms. Rather, it will improve the body functioning and help you achieve what you wish to accomplish. When you suffer from illness, your immunity system becomes weak and the body cannot provide optimum results. These medicines aim to strengthen your immunity system.

Your body cells are being regenerated all the time. As one cell dies, another is born. You might expect that as the old one dies, the memories it carries would die with it. But it needs to pass on the function the new cell has to carry out. So all information is passed over. The cells can’t decide which useful information is and which is unhealthy. When you have an appropriate homeopathic treatment, the old, useless and unhealthy information is wiped clean from the cells So new cells now only take the information it needs to function in its role.

Homeopathy differs from conventional medicine in a number of ways.

• Homeopathy is holistic. It takes clinical, physical, psychological, environmental, life span and lifestyle assessment into consideration for selecting appropriate medicine.
• Homeopathy treats a sickness by stimulating body’s natural healing ability (immunity).
• There are no routine medicines in homeopathy. Its treatment is individualistic which is specific medicine decided by a doctor after thorough assessment of patients clinical, physical, psychological, and lifestyle status.

Homeopathy treats physical and psychological diseases by stimulating body’s inherent ability to treat itself. Nature has provided a mechanism to heal and keep us healthy. It is evident in day to day life when we see minor ailments and injuries getting better with time. This mechanism always tries to prevent & fight disease (or disorder) and bring health back to normal. But in some conditions it fails to do so. This results in progression of sickness. To understand, take for example a small wound. Observe how body tries to control bleeding and later heal the wound. Same phenomenon is confirmed during epidemic outbreak. During epidemic not everyone fall prey to it but those whose immunity is low get sick.

Immunity level of every individual differs. Major illness occurs when body’s own healing mechanism proves insufficient. This illness is expressed in the form of symptoms. If these symptoms are ignored or suppressed, sickness progresses and causes pathological damage to body organs.

Homeopathy works on the principle that in order to treat a sickness and gain health, these symptoms must not be suppressed. The treatment of sickness should be to stimulate the immunity / natural healing mechanism. In homeopathy this is achieved by dynamic homeopathic remedies. The entire working of homeopathy is based on some principles of natural healing. Some of them are :

• Law of Similia

According to this Law of Nature (like cures like) a homeopathic substance that produces a sickness (symptom totality) in a healthy person can be used in minute & safe doses to treat a sick person who has the same sickness (symptom totality). This principle is confirmed by the rebound phenomenon observed in many conditions. When a purgative is used to relieve constipation, this in turn produces more constipation. Similar rebound is seen in use of acidity or nasal congestion relieving substances.

• Individualization

According to this principle sickness of every individual is different. Every individual on this earth is different because of difference in his / her constitution. The genetic makeup and the environment / circumstances one is exposed to, both are entirely unique of that individual. There is not even a single duplication just like our finger prints. Therefore the sickness of the person is also unique. This rule out routine prescribing of medicine without taking into consideration that person’s individual constitution and uniqueness of sickness. Therefore in homeopathy in addition to clinical diagnosis it is necessary to diagnose the constitution of the person. This helps in making it possible to stimulate the natural healing mechanism of that individual person.

• Drug Dynamization

Drug dynamization is the process by which medicinal properties of a natural substance are activated. It activates dynamic energy of the substance. Our body is not a mere combination of non living chemicals & minerals. It is the dynamic organization of these chemicals, minerals and the vital force. This vital force is something that makes the difference between dead and alive. The disorder in vital force results in derangement of body functions & sickness. These disorders are treated well by dynamically activated medicinal substances. This dynamization process also reduces the possibility of side effects and aggravations.

• Singular Remedy & Minimum dose

According to this principle only one (single) medicine must be administered to a patient. The medicine dose must be least possible. The reasons of doing this are :

• To avoid suppression of sickness.
• To avoid side effects & aggravations.
• To avoid distortion of symptom totality & diagnosis

• Drug Proving

Drug proving is the systematic investigation of pathogenic / medicinal properties of a medicine. This is done on healthy male and female volunteers. This is not done on animals to avoid cruelty against animals and also for the reason that animals can not give details of symptoms.