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What are Remedies Made From?

Remedies used in homeopathic treatment come from plants, minerals and animal sources. When prepared, these substances lose any inherent harmful nature and develop a power to treat disease. All remedies are FDA approved. They are manufactured by several pharmacies in the US and abroad to strictly set standards and in compliance with FDA regulations.

How Can These Remedies Be Safe?

The preparation involves a series of dilutions, and a shaking of the product between dilutions. After several dilutions the initial substance cannot be chemically detected. Here is the irony- the higher the dilution the stronger the effect. According to our present understanding of the laws of modern science this is ludicrous but in practice the more a substance is diluted and shaken the more powerful it becomes.

Could This Just Be A Placebo Effect?

Homeopathic remedies work successfully on infants, unconscious patients and animals. More and more veterinarians are using homeopathic remedies. It is highly unlikely that there is a suggestive influence with animals.

What Do You Mean When You Say Homeopathy Is Energy Medicine?

Conventional medicine strives to understand the intricacies of the body’s chemical reactions. This knowledge is necessary to be able to change these chemical reactions. So, for example, when a person has an ulcer, his doctor may prescribe a drug to block the production of stomach acid. We know in great detail all about the chemical processes that go on in our bodies. Yet when one of them goes awry we often don’t know why. As soon as the drug is discontinued the problem returns. Often another drug is given to counteract the side- effect of the first drug which in turn produces  even more side effects, and so on.

Homeopaths believe we are looking for an explanation in the wrong place. While it is important for biochemistry to be understood, it doesn’t explain the cause of disease. We believe that there is a deeper factor governing the chemical processes. It is referred to as the body’s energy, Vital Force, or Chi by the Chinese. It is felt that this energy controls all of the body processes, and when in balance we feel healthy. On the other hand, when the Vital Force is disturbed, the chemistry is disordered and one feels sick on a physical level.

Will Homeopathic Remedies Interfere With My Conventional Treatments?

As each therapeutic system is working on different levels of the body there is no risk of contraindications. It may be important to have your doctor monitor the medications you are on as your may find you require less during the course of homeopathic treatment.

Never discontinue your conventional drugs without consulting your medical doctors.

How Do I Know If the Remedy Worked?

Typically you will experience an over all increase in vitality. In acute case(urinary tract infection, food poisoning, colic, sprains, bruises, cuts, etc.)  results may be felt within minutes. In long standing chronic conditions most people notice a feeling of well-being within 24 hours. Sometimes symptoms may get worse for a day or two after taking the remedy. This is a good sign indicating that your immune system is responding and recovery will begin after the symptoms subside.

Can An incorrect Remedy Be Given?

Homeopaths attempt to be completely accurate when prescribing a remedy but, just as with traditional medicine, at times there may be a period of trial and error until the optimum remedy is determined. If the wrong remedy is given it is totally harmless, either nothing happens or the symptom picture becomes clearer so that the correct remedy becomes more obvious.

What Conditions Does Homeopathy Treat?

Here is a brief overview of the kinds of illnesses homeopathy can treat: inflammatory conditions, anxiety, chronic diseases of all types, digestive problems, depression, PMS, menopausal symptoms, ADD/ADHD and many more.

Homeopathy is unable to treat conditions involving destroyed tissue. For example, asthma is an inflammatory condition that can usually be resolved, whereas, emphysema, which is a destruction of lung tissue could not be reversed. However, even in cases of irreversible pathology, symptoms may be relieves.

Can I Treat Myself And Family With Homeopathy?

Homeopathy can be used by the average person to successfully treat minor illnesses and injuries such as cuts, bruises, insect bites, stomach upsets etc. There are a number of books available on self-care using homeopathy. I recommend Everybody’s Guide to Homeopathy by Stephen Cummings and Dana Ullman or Miranda Castro’s, The Complete Homeopathy Handbook.

Do not try to resolve serious and more complex ailments on your own. Contact your homeopath for such treatments.

What Are The Origins of Homeopathy?

Homeopathy was accidentally discovered at the end of the 19th century when a German physician and chemist, Samuel Hahnemann, found that Peruvian bark (quinine) produced malaria- like symptoms when ingested. He knew that quinine was used to treat malaria. He then had the idea that quinine cures malaria because it can cause malaria-like symptoms in healthy people. He decided to explore this theory by testing other substances. He either took them internally himself or administered them to other healthy people and then recorded all of the symptoms they experienced. These recorded results were called ‘drug pictures’. The next step was to give the tested substances to patients suffering from the same symptom complex represented by the drug picture recorded in the above manner. The results were amazing. People were being cured from diseases that had never been cured before.
 
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