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16/07/2014

Homeopathy and conventional (allopathic) medicine

Conventional Western, or Allopathic, medicine has achieved significant leaps in preserving both the quality and longevity of life, and it is important to recognise this contribution. A world wide vaccination program by the WHO has eradicated smallpox; Insulin has enabled many type I diabetics to control their condition; antibiotics, though not without their own problems, can render potentialy lethal infections harmless.

There are many homeopaths who frown on the entire spectum of allopathic medicine, though in practice, a more balanced approach is often more effective. It is unwise, for example, for an insulin dependent diabetic to discontinue their insulin.

However, conventional medicine is a wide label, and not all conventional medicine is beneficial. While in many cases symptoms are relieved, cured, or prevented many allopathic medicines can do a lot of harm to your body.

The symptoms of a disease, for a Homeopath, are your body's attempt to cure itself. By contrast, conventional medicine often works by suppressing your body's natural reactions. For example:

A cough is usually the result of foreign bodies in the lungs; the muscles spasm in an attempt to remove it. Cough medicine simply stops this reflex.
A headache tablet is a painkiller and simply suppresses the feeling of pain, leaving the body to undergo whatever torment it was before, but divorced from our consciousness. This is a very bad thing. For example, many headaches are due to dehydration - once the headache isn't felt, the patient no longer feels the need to stop running around, working up a sweat and dehydrating further.
The conventional approach to treating infections is antibiotics. Antibiotics simply eat other bacteria. Our body also has bacteria that serve the same function (indeed, there are many types of bacteria naturally occurring in the body, all of which are beneficial) alas these are also consumed by antibiotics. In addition, a widespread concern is that bacteria are becoming resistant to antibiotics.
Antidepressants generally work by blocking emotional responses. Unlike homeopathic remedies, dependence builds up quickly, and once a course of antidepressants has begun, it is often a step down a long, slippery slope to dependency.
Conventional medicine is a very blunt instrument. Part of its success lies in this very general nature. The sheer number of possible factors that need to be considered for effective treatment with homeopathic remedies have meant that it has required a long, and often expensive consultation with a trained specialist. In contrast, regardless of the type of pain, or even where it is, the conventional relief is a pain killer. Compare that to homeopathy - in our remedy finder database, we describe nearly 5,000 types of headaches.

Despite the best efforts of pharmaceutical companies, the research into medicines and their side effects is often woefully inadequate. The most famous case of this is thalidomide - a drug prescribed for morning sickness, which produced severe birth defects. More recently controversies include Seroxat, an antidepressant which, though benficial for some, has been linked to addiction, su***de, self harm, and aggressive behaviour in some people.

Despite the damaging side effects of conventional medicine, sadly, prescription medicines are without benefit for most people that take them. (source: Allen Roses, a Vice President of Glaxo SmithKline: one of the worlds largest drug producers. See here for more)

The approach of conventional medicine denies our body's efforts to heal itself and damages these systems.

Homeopathy does not work in the same way; how it does work remains a mystery. Chemists have concluded that in the very high homeopathic potencies there is actually none of the original substance left. Theories explaining homeopathy have been put forward, resting on vibrations, electromagnetism, or the memory of water.

However, is it not fitting that your body, a miracle way beyond understanding, can be cured by something which is also out of the reach of your rational mind?

16/07/2014

Leucoderma and homeopathy:

Definition:
The word vitiligo is derived from the Greek vitelius, meaning calf. The white spots of vitiligo resemble white patches on a calf. Vitiligo is an acquired loss of pigmentation characterized histologically by absence of epidermal melanocytes. It may be an autoimmune disease associated with antibodies (vitiligo antibodies) to melanocytes. Studies suggest there is some genetic mechanism involved in the etiology of vitiligo and that it is polygenic in nature. There is a positive family history in at least 30% of cases. Both sexes are affected equally.

Causes :

1. All injuries, wounds, ulcers, boils, burnt skin with fire or hot coal, hot liquids, etc., destroy the skin and its chromatophores (special cells in the skin on which colouring matter melanin is contained). It is also found in hair and eyes. Melanin is a dark brown or black pigment which is found in the chromatophores, hair and the choroid layer of the eye-ball between the retina and the sclera which contains blood vessels and black pigment that absorbs excess light and so prevents blurring of vision.
Melanocyte (melanophore) is a cell within the epidermis of the skin that produces the dark brown or dark pigment melanin. Thus, in injuries, wounds, ulcer or in burnt skin these melanocytes are destroyed and as such they do not manufacture the colouring matter melanin and so the affected spots on the skin turn into white scars and at later stage these scars change into leucoderma.

2. The production of melanin in the skin by melanocytes is increased by the action of sunlight, and when the skin is not properly exposed to sunlight or we do not have regular sun-bath, then there is less or stopped production of melanin in the skin, thus white. patches are formed over the skin - in similar way when the boot polish is ignored for sufficient long period, and the colour of the shoe is diminished or changed into white patches from its wear and tear, and from want of colouring matter, i.e. , boot polish.

3. When the skin requirement of melanin is not met well from our daily food (i.e. food without vegetables, fruits etc.), then skin becomes discoloured from the areas of the skin where the colouring pigment melanin is less supplied, and skin becomes white in similar way as in the case of boot polish explained above. Thus proper and balanced diet is very necessary for the maintenance of skin colour.

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14/12/2012

What is Homeopathy...?

Homeopathy is a form of alternative medicine that is holistic, scientifically based, safe to use, inexpensive and curative of chronic disease. It was founded by Samuel Hahnemann over 200 years ago, although the principles on which it is based have been utilized in healing for 1OOO's of years. Homeopathic remedies work through activating the body's own powers of self regulation and self-healing. Since its inception, homeopathy has benefitted people from all walks of life and of any age, in countries all over the world. The word homeopathy comes from the Greek "homios" (meaning similar) and "pathos" (meaning suffering). One of the basic principles is the "Law of Similars" which states that substances which can cause certain symptoms in healthy people can cure those same symptoms when they occur in an ill person. This is already known in conventional medicine through treatments such as allergy desensitization shots and vaccinations. Hahnemann rediscovered this ancient principle when he took quinine (a substance noted to treat malaria) and began to develop all the symptoms of malaria. Over time, he began to do 'provings' in which he would give homeopathic substances to healthy people and carefully record the symptoms of the remedy. Another important principle in homeopathy is that each of us is unique. The same diet, the same advice and the same homeopathic remedy will not necessarily help everyone with the same disease. Homeopathy treats the individual and not the disease. Through striving to find the unique remedy that fits the individual, the door is unlocked to their own self healing. Classical homeopathic treatment only uses one remedy at a time to treat and cure chronic disease. A homeopathic evaluation generally takes several hours and focuses on deeply understanding an individual on all levels of his/her being (physical, emotional, mental and spiritual). The homeopath is also concerned with symptoms that are idiosyncratic of the person or uniquely define who they are. Examples include sleep position, food cravings, favorite hobbies, dreams, fears and many others. Based on the symptoms that are elicited when the case is taken, a single remedy is then chosen which most closely matches those symptoms. Homeopathy is not only effective in treating chronic disease, but also highly effective in treating acute disease and in first aid. There are over three thousand homeopathic remedies from which to choose. These consist of herbs, plants, minerals, metals and animal products which are prepared in such a way to bring out the healing power of the substance. They are quite safe, gentle and do not produce side effects. They are also quite inexpensive compared to the cost of standard medical treatment. Homeopathy brings the individual to a greater level of health and more resistance to disease. Health in homeopathy is defined as freedom-freedom to express oneself on all levels of being.

14/12/2012