Homeopathy Awakens Your Body’s Inner Wisdom
Why is it that two people with the same medical diagnosis report different symptoms and experiences with their condition? Or when a prescribed pharmaceutical may work for one person but not another? Just like individuals behave differently, so do their bodies. So all people deserve specific treatment to address their unique needs.
Homeopathy is a natural system of medicine developed over 200 years ago by Dr. Samuel Hahnemann that consists of natural remedies that are given in microdoses according to the law of similars, “Like cures like”. It is based on the belief that the body has an innate ability to heal itself when properly stimulated by the right remedy, the simillimum. (Bioenergetic Medicines East and West)
Let’s dive a little deeper into this description. What exactly are remedies? Remedies refer to the nature-based, organic materials that are diluted and succussed, which is the process of potentization. These potentized remedies retain the essence of the original material even after diluting it so that very little of the physical material is actually retained. The remedy is acting at a bioenergetic level to stimulate the body and support the vital force.
What is the meaning of like cures like or the law of similars? Hahnemann discovered that an overdose of any substance, plant, mineral, animal product, or chemical causes its own pattern of symptoms. He also discovered that tiny doses of the same substance could cure this specific symptom pattern. (Bioenergetic Medicines East and West). Hahnemann at that time and many homeopaths moving forward to today organized research studies. Healthy individuals were given potentized substances, carefully observed, and any symptoms exhibited were documented. The compilation of remedies and symptoms is the Materia Medica, Hahnemann’s original work. The Materia Medica is the tool Homeopaths use today to differentiate remedies based on the symptoms present in the patient’s case, matched with the symptoms for various remedies. The closest match is the remedy chosen for that patient. If it is the simillimum, symptoms could resolve within a day or even within minutes. If the remedy is not matched exactly, symptoms can still resolve, just not as quickly.
How is homeopathy helping a person’s body heal itself? There is no clear answer to explain how the remedies are actually working. It appears to be working at a bioenergetic level. Followers of homeopathy believe symptoms are the body giving a message about what is needed to heal. For example, in the case of a fever, the body is working at eliminating something that is causing dis-ease. In allopathic medicine, when pharmaceuticals are given to reduce the fever, then the process the body is going through to heal is being suppressed. Rather, in homeopathy, a remedy is given to support the process of ‘burning’ what needs to be eliminated. The fever will go up and then resolve completely.
Homeopathy supports the natural processes of the body, rather then suppresses, so the body can heal. Suppression over time leads to more and more illness. This is part of the reason why chronic disease has become so prevalent. The healthcare system, especially in this country, despite efforts made, has not found a solution to chronic disease. Many people become frustrated, not finding the treatments that can help, and becoming sicker. People are considering homeopathy because it has a long history of success, remedies are inexpensive, and will not result in more dis-ease.
Homeopathy is 200 years old and is practiced in every industrial country in the world. The following is a quote from Mahatma Gandhi, “Homeopathy ….cures a larger percentage of cases than any other method of treatment and is beyond doubt safer and more economical and the most complete medical science.”
What to expect in a homeopathic consult and taking a remedy? The initial intake is extensive because the goal is to understand the unique person behind the symptoms. Discussion may include: current symptoms, health history, sleep patterns, stress responses, food preferences, emotional well-being, and environmental influences.
The remedy is individualized, as well as how it is taken, based on the characteristics of the person and his/her case. Homeopathy is worth consideration based on the history of success and the individualized approach. Homeopathy is also economical and safe.
In closing, the following is a quote from the Nobel Prize-winning microbiologist Rene Dubos in 1959, “By equating disease with the effect of a precise cause- microbial invader, biochemical lesion, or mental stress- the doctrine of specific etiology had appeared to negate the philosophical view of health as equilibrium and to render obsolete the traditional art of medicine. Oddly enough, however, the vague and abstract concepts symbolized by the Hippocratic doctrine of harmony are now re-entering the scientific arena.” Homeopathy supports the body’s vital force to restore balance and harmony in the body.
Talitha Samsel of Authentic Healing
Homeopathy Practitioner
(405)503-6825
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