It was Samuel Hahnemann (1755-1843) though,
a well respected physician, scholar and teacher, born in Saxony,
Germany, who developed Homeopathy into an applicable system of medicine.
Having withstood the test of 200 years of practice, there now are
homoeopathic hospitals, clinics and homoeopathic medical schools
in many countries all over the world.
"The physician's highest calling,
his only calling, is to make sick people healthy - to heal, as it
is termed" - Samuel Hahnemann.
The main principle of homeopathy, 'Like
cures Likes', demands from the Homoeopath to use a substance which
helps to support, rather than suppress the symptoms of the organism.
Only the most minute, even infinitesimal
dose of a homoeopathic substance is used. During the process
of preparation of homoeopathic remedies [mostly substances from
the three natural kingdoms] extremely high dilutions are achieved.
This ensures that there is no concern
as to any 'toxic side-effects' from the remedies. Homeopathy is
suitable for everybody - infants, the elderly, during pregnancy,
as well as for pets and other animals.
All symptoms in a person are taken into
account. We exist as physical, emotional, mental, and of course,
spiritual beings. Symptoms are inter-connected on all levels.
It is inconceivable to think that one could treat a sore throat,
some stomach trouble or a sprained ankle as a single and separate
part without effecting the rest of the organism. After all, your
foot is indeed connected to your head, so to speak.
"You cannot divorce Medicine and
Theology. Man exists all the way down, from his innermost Spiritual
to his outermost Natural." - James Tyler Kent (1849 - 1916).
Physical symptoms, personality, life history,
inheritance, all can yield important information to the Homoeopath
in his attempt to select the appropriate remedy for the individual
person.
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The aim of homeopathic treatment is to
get the client to a level of health, balance and freedom from limitations
so tha he/she will need very little, if any, reliance on any medications
or therapies including homeopathy.
Homeopathy aims to support and strengthen
the organism in it's own struggle towards health and healing. Rather
than suppressing or changing naturally occurring healing processes,
nature is observed and regarded as the guide on the path toward
well being.
True constitutional homeopathic therapy
treats the whole person as an individual not specific diseases or
conditions. The conditions will be taken care of when the individual
regains a higher level of balance and freedom from limitations.
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An individual will usually present with
one or more conditions as his/her chief complaint, such as: abscesses,
furuncle or boil • aches and pains such as: appendicitis • abdominal
pain • arthritic pain • back pain • painful breasts • chest pains
• colic • elbow pain • painful feet • pain in finger joints • gall
bladder pain • painful fums • heart pain • heartburn • pain in heels
• intestinal colic and cramps • pain in knees • leg cramps • liver
pain • menstrual cramps • muscle pain • neck pain • nerve pain •
ovary pain • pain in pharynx • portal vein congestion • stomach
pain • rectal pain • sciatic pain • shoulder pain • sprains • strains
• tail bone pain • teething in babies • painful tendons • tennis
elbow • toothache • trigeminal nerve pain (face) • scalds and burns
Other Conditions include: acne • allergies
such as hayfever and food allergies • asthma • baby care [colics,
rashes, teething, etc] • bladder infections • bronchitis • candida
• canker sores • caries (tooth ache) • chapped lips • childbirth
• colds and flus • constipation • coughs • corks • cramps • croup
• diarrhea • dizziness • earache • ears ringing • exzema • eyes
(vision, tearing, infection, stys) • fears • fevers • gas • gout
• gum troubles • headaches (migraines) • hemorrhoids • herpes •
hiccups • hoarsness • hot flashes • hypoglycemia • indigestion •
infection • inflammation • insect bites • insomnia • itching • kidney
pain • blood pressure • measles • menopause • morning sickness •
motion sickness • mourning • mumps • nausea and vertigo • more to
come...
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Chronic and degenerative diseases are
ever increasing. Emotional and mental health are declining into
lack of motivation, into fatigue, loss of ethical values, depression,
and criminality.
It seems our multi-million dollar technology
and our chemical approach to disease may not always provide the
most effective or the only answers to this situation.
Today more and more people are assuming
responsibility for their own well being. We improve our nutritional
habits, we exercise, learn relaxation techniques, and turn to gentle
and non toxic medicines. Choosing safe and gentle approaches
to health care is only one more of the many areas in which we see
a return to the traditional values of a holistic understanding of
our bodies, as well as of our environment.
Homeopathy fulfills the demands and principles
of these traditional values.
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With all this being said, it is still
to be understood, that there is no such thing as a 'panacea', a
'cure-all'. Homeopathy, just like any other form of treatment or
medicine, can not and does not claim to be the best and only road
to health in all cases all the time. It does not replace conventional
medical care in times of serious emergencies and life threatening
situations, or in cases which do no respond otherwise. Still, whether
the condition is acute or chronic, whether it is so-called 'arthritis',
'asthma', 'colitis' or 'indigestion', 'ear infection' or 'behaviour
problem', or any other of the many 'labels', Homeopathy does not
treat disease names, but attempts to understand and treat the whole
person!
Homeopathy can be used by it's own, or
in complement with other therapies, natural and/or conventional.
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