The homeopathic definition of health can be summarized in six words: “the freedom to adapt to change.”
Homeopathy defines health as freedom on the physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual levels, where the entire body operates harmoniously for optimum efficiency.
The disease may be defined as a condition of a living animal or plant body or one of its parts that impairs normal functioning.
* To understand the difference between confidential medicine and Homeopathy we need to understand the difference in symptoms.
ORTHODOX MEDICINE:-
* Sees symptoms needing to be removed. For example a case of arthritis, a patient could be given painkillers or anti-inflammatory medicines.
* Suppression of the symptoms does not cure the disease. Modern medicine is based on the suppression of symptoms.
* Painkillers or anti-inflammatory agents do not cure arthritis.
* The law of opposites.
THE LAW OF OPPOSITES:-
* This law may apply in certain situations.
* For example, if you are dehydrated, you need to drink more water.
* If you are Hypothermic, you need to find and conserve heat.
* The law of opposites helps the sour body to achieve homeostasis in adverse situations.
HOMEOPATHY:-
* According to a Homeopath, symptoms are our body’s way of bringing attention to our disease — “nature’s way of troubles from within.”
* Symptoms are often a way for our body to try and re-impose order and balance, they are not the disease itself.
* When we suppress the symptoms of a disease we may drive the disease deeper into the system.
* The body is always working in its own best interests to inform us when something is not right.
THE PRINCIPLES OF HOMEOPATHY:-
* THE LAW OF SIMILARS -like cures like.
* THE SINGLE REMEDY.
* THE MINIMUM DOSE.
* THE LAW OF CURE.
LIKE CURES LIKE:-
Rx. Arsenic
The poison, if ingested in crude doses causes the following toxic symptoms.
Rx. Arsenicum Album
The poison, in ultra-diluted homeopathic potency, cures the same symptoms.
SINGLE REMEDY:-
* Using one remedy at a time.
* Remedy does not cure it stimulates the body to heal itself.
* Give a dose and wait to see results and assess the effects of the remedy.
* This is contentious as modern homeopathy may utilize combination remedies.
THE MINIMUM DOSE:-
* Hahnemann devised a dilution method to stop side effects.
* Dilution and Succession = Potent Remedy.
* Succussion or shaking dilution releases the energy of substances.
* 1 c = 1 drop 99 parts alcohol. Then take 1 drop into another 99 parts = 2c.
POTENCY SELECTION:-
*Remedies come in low potency 6x to 6c.
* Medium potency 30c to 200c.
* High potency 1 m and above.
* Over-the-counter will always be in low.
* Medium potencies are 30 c are a good choice for home prescribers. Given every 4-6 hours.
* If you have a 6 c dose frequently, take every 2-4 hours.
LAW OF CURE:-
Cure takes place with symptoms moving from:-
* Above down.
* Inside outwards.
* Centre to the periphery.
* More important to less important organs.
* Reverse order to the original appearance of symptoms.
Remedies are made from:-
* Almost anything.
* Mostly from one of 3 kingdoms in nature(Plants/Animals/Minerals)
* There are more homeopathic remedies.
Acute disease is a self-limiting disease. Eg – coughs, colds, Mumps, Tonsilitis, etc.
Chronic disease doesn’t clear up and may change in nature. On-going condition of ill-health. Eg – Arthritis, Asthma, Parkinson’s disease.
