About Homeopathy

What are Remedies in Homeopathy?

A homeopathic remedy is a medicinal substance such as a plant, animal or mineral that had been prepared in a way that captures its therapeutic power without any of the original substance remaining. It’s a process rooted in physics instead of chemistry. The original vibration or megahertz of the substance is captured so the body responds to it as if the substance is present. Making it a non-toxic complementary medicine that gently urges the body to respond and do its own healing.

How does it work?

The body is always seeking homeostasis. Homeostasis is the condition in which a system such as the human body is maintained in a steady state or balance. It is the job of cells, tissues, organs, and organ systems throughout the body to maintain many different variables within narrow ranges that are compatible with life. In Classical Homeopathy, we call the body’s ability to maintain life and balance the Vital Force.

Symptoms in the body are an expression of lack of balance and issues with homeostasis and the Vital Force. In Homeopathy we closely record and observe the symptoms uniquely expressed by an individual to holistically understand this disruption.

Classical Homeopathy

The pillars of Classical Homeopathy Philosophy are:

1) The Law of Similars – There is a medical phenomenon that something that is causative in a healthy person is curative in an unhealthy person.  Conventional Pharmacology uses this law in the development of medications. An example is that Ritalin suppresses the symptoms of hyperactivity in a hyperactive person. But a person without hyperactivity that abuses Ritalin recreationally actually becomes hyperactive when using the substance. So what Ritalin would cause in a healthy person it would cure in an unhealthy person. This is how homeopathic remedies work. We match the symptoms expressed by the body to a substance that would cause those symptoms in a healthy person. This is the Law of Similars and the practical application of “like cures like“.

2) Totality – The Classical Homeopath knows the importance of considering ALL symptoms that an individual’s body and mind have expressed. It’s important that the remedy selected covers everything, not just a small group of symptoms. This is the holistic approach and most effective in long-term success.

3) Minimum Dose – This is one of the principles of this healing modality that sets it apart from “regular” conventional medicine. When Samuel Hahnemann was developing Homeopathy he was practicing 200 years ago in a medical environment where the tools used to “help” people were hurting people. One could say the same about the overuse of prescriptions today. Hahnemann started using crude materials in his early practice with the law of similars but people still encountered toxic effects of too much of a substance. This is when he developed a pharmacological method to capture the healing principles of a substance without the crude material. Through dilution and succussion, material substances were transformed into what we now know as nanoparticles that carry the megahertz of the original substance.  The body thinks it’s taking a crude raw substance however it’s such a small amount of the substance that it doesn’t have the toxicological side effects. This makes Homeopathy non-toxic and generally safe for children, pregnant women, and sensitive individuals without side effects when used appropriately.

4) Individuality – This is another primary differential to regular conventional medicine. With Classical Homeopathy, it’s not a one-size-fits-all approach. Every recommendation is completely individualized and this is because everyone experiences symptoms differently and has different levels of health and vitality. Even if the “name” of the symptom is shared by many people, it will be experienced very differently by those individuals. Everyone has a unique body, health history, and genetic inheritance so it makes sense that a healing system should consider the individual and everything that makes their symptoms unique.

The Homeopath’s Work

The work of the Homeopath is to be an unprejudiced observer and closely record and understand the specific symptoms expressed by an individual. This includes symptoms from today and even from the past. This also encompasses a holistic view of the body and mind and the symptoms produced in both of these areas. This work is completed in a 90-minute consultation session where the client is able to talk through all current and past symptoms as well as health history and mental and emotional concerns. It’s a thorough and expansive conversation where your whole story is heard and recorded in great detail.

After the Chronic Consultation, the Homeopath completes an analysis that may include developing a health timeline, a mind map to organize themes in the specifics of the conversation and then the research begins. The Homeopath uses many tools to determine which remedy best matches the client’s most prominent and characteristic symptoms. These resources include the Repertory, Materia Medica as well as many other types of literature that have been developed, published, and shared within the profession for over 200 hundred years.

Once a remedy recommendation is made, the client will order the remedy from a Homeopathic Pharmacy that is regulated by the FDA and the standards set by The Homoeopathic Pharmacopoeia of the United States (HPUS). This ensures that every remedy made in the U.S. adheres to the highest standards of efficacy and safety.

The remedy then will be taken according to recommended instructions for a period of 4 weeks. However, close communication will be kept during the first few days of starting a remedy. The Homeopath will then continue to work with the client to follow the progress of symptom improvements and even help to support the immune system during acute (short-term) illnesses that arise. Meeting every 4-6 weeks will allow the Homeopath to continue to analyze and change remedy recommendations as needed based on how symptoms change and evolve over time. The goal is ultimately one day to not need any remedy or a remedy every few months to keep the body in balance.

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