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(Note: Part of this article has been
published in the HSC course for Health education,
Australia.)
Homoeopathy (=homeopathy) is an alternative method of
treatment, based on the nature's Law of Cure, namely 'Like
Cures Like'. The truth of this law was discovered by a
German scientist
Dr. Samuel Hahnemann,
M.D.,in 1796, and has been
verified experimentally and clinically for 200 years.
homeopathy is the revolutionary, natural medical science.
homeopathy is gentle and effective system of medicine. The
remedies are prepared from natural substances to precise
standards and work by stimulating the body's own healing
power.
Why should homeopathy be the first
choice of therapy?
Homeopathy is highly scientific, logical, safe, quick and
extremely effective method of healing. It offers long
lasting to permanent cure, treating the disease from its
roots, for most of the ailments. Homoeopathy is the most
rational science with respect to its concepts of health,
disease and cure. Homoeopathy does not treat superficially
by just driving away the symptoms but heals the patient from
within. Undoubtedly, homoeopathy is the medicine of future.
Homoeopathy: Holistic Medicine :
The concept of disease in homoeopathy is that disease is a
total affection of mind and body, the disturbance of the
whole organism. Individual organs are not the cause of
illness but disturbance at the inner level (disturbance of
the life force, the vital energy of the body ) is the cause
of illness. Therefore homoeopathy does not believe in giving
different medicines for different afflicted parts of body
but rather give one single constitutional remedy which will
cover the disturbance of the whole person. Homoeopathy
treats the patient as a whole and not just the disease.
Medical philosophy is coming more and more to the conclusion
that the mere treatment of symptoms and organs can only help
temporarily and that it is the healing power of the body as
whole that has to be enhanced. Homoeopathy believes in
holistic, totalistic and individualistic approach.
Homoeopathy: Magic of Minimum dose:
Homoeopathy has a unique approach of the method of
preparation of the drugs in which the end result will
contain only the 'dynamic curative power' of the drug
substance, devoid of any original crude substance. By a
special mode of preparation called 'potentization', over
2500 homeopathic medicines are prepared from
sources
such as vegetables, animal, minerals, chemicals, etc.
Hence homeopathic remedies with its ultra minute dose are
non toxic, absolutely harmless and bring about safe cure.
Homoeopathic remedies are dynamic agents influencing body's
energy.
Homoeopathy: Ideal for Infants and
Children:
Most of the children's ailments
like Cold, Cough, Fever, Vomiting, Diarrhea, Dysentery,
Colic,
Tonsillitis, Bronchitis,
Asthma, Measles,
Chickenpox, Mumps, Dentition problems, etc., could be very
effectively and quickly treated with homoeopathy without
producing any side effects whatsoever. Unlike antibiotics
and other such medicines, homeopathic pills do not hamper
digestion, nor lower body's resistance. Neither do they
cause any allergies nor cause any damage even if taken over
a long period. Homoeopathic pills being sweet in taste, is
willingly ingested by children. Indeed, homoeopathy is
child-Friendly ! Besides, homoeopathy is effective also in
temperament and behavioral problems seen commonly in
children like irritability, obstinacy, temper-tantrums,
fears, phobias, destructiveness; and thumb- sucking, nail
biting, bed-wetting; as well as in mentally & physically
backward children.
Homoeopathy: Better substitute
to Antibiotics...
Homoeopathy is an effective alternate to antibiotics in
infectious diseases, producing no toxic side effects and
bringing about rapid recovery. Homoeopathy has definite
treatment for most of the infectious disease such as
Sinusitis, Tonsillitis,
Bronchitis, Pneumonia, Tuberculosis, Meningitis, Otitis
media (pus from ear), Gastro-enteritis (vomiting-diarrhea),
Dysentery, Urinary Infections, etc.
Homoeopathy offers best treatment for
Viral Infections:
Viral infections such as common cold, influenza, measles,
chickenpox, mumps, viral hepatitis (jaundice), viral
meningitis etc. are very well treated with homoeopathy.
Allopathic system has no curative treatment for viral
diseases except infusing antibiotics under the pretext of
preventing secondary bacterial infection.
Homoeopathy: Often avoids Surgery
Homoeopathy is not against surgery. Surgery is an art and
science by itself. Surgery is called forth in the conditions
where medicines have limited or no role, and where surgical
aid, operation can cure or improve the condition. There are
number of diseases which are labeled as 'surgical', where
homoeopathy works curatively and can avoid surgery. Some
such ailments are : Septic recurrent
Tonsillitis Piles,
Fissure-in-ano, Fistula, Appendicitis (except
gangrenous), Chronic ear discharge, Vocal cord nodules,
Polyp in nose-ear, Kidney & Biliary (small) stones, small
size Uterine Fibroid, Ovarian Cysts,
Warts , Corns, etc.
Homoeopathy: Answer to Allergic
diseases
In modern life infections have diminished and various
allergic disorders have grown rampant. Homoeopathy offers
very effective treatment in all allergic diseases such as
various skin diseases like
Urticaria,
Eczema, Contact
Dermatitis, as well as gives unbelievably miraculous results
in Asthmatic Bronchitis.
Homoeopathy: Excellent for
Psychosomatic ailments
The psychosomatic disorders like
Migraine, Asthma, Acidity,
Peptic ulcer, Allergy,
Ulcerative colitis, etc. are successfully treated
with homoeopathy. Homoeopathy has long recognized the
psychological origin of somatic (body) symptoms. Homoeopathy
always examines patient's mental make-up in all cases and
remedies are given acting at the level of mind and body
together, thus eradicating the disease.
Perhaps no other system of medicine has such a superb
approach of tackling the mind-body disorders with definite
therapeutic agents. Homoeopathic remedies are capable of
influencing the state of mind. They can specifically act to
alleviate emotional disturbance such as excessive
anxiety,
irritability, insecurity, obsessive traits, undue jealousy,
suspicion (paranoid) fears,
depression, neurosis etc. By relieving the emotions
such as above, homeopathic
remedies bring about harmonious state of health. Thus
homoeopathy demonstrates the possibility of the highest goal
of medicine, the therapy for the person rather than for the
disease alone. Homoeopathic remedies can cure mental &
emotional disturbed states.
Homoeopathic Opinion: A must ...
In this scientific era of health consciousness, the time has
come that for the treatment of any disease which does not
respond to any particular line of treatment, one must take a
homeopathic opinion
immediately. Often patients lose their early time going to
one specialist to another helplessly, without permanent
relief, and approach homoeopathy only when other medicines
fail.
Homoeopathy: Not a last Resort
To obtain the best results and full benefits of homeopathic
science, one should resort to homoeopathy in the early phase
of sickness. Because of ignorance and lack of awareness in
general public about the usefulness of homoeopathy in all
kinds of diseases ranging from Cold to
Cancer, many patients approach
homoeopathy late. By this time the disease process advances
to an incurable stage and homoeopathy can offer little then,
to the otherwise curable disorders. However timely given
homeopathic treatment could be a blessing to the ailing
humanity.
Homoeopathy: A complete system
of medicine
Homoeopathy is not limited to certain
diseases but is universally applicable to all kinds of
diseases. It is time, when people must be made fully aware
of the benefits and the scope of homoeopathy in various day
to day diseases. Homoeopathy should be more and more made
available to the benefit of ailing persons, as it can
positively help 90% of the diseases we have today. |
