Homeopathic Medicine

Homeopthic Medicine or Homeopathy takes into consideration not only the disease, but the whole person- mind, body, and soul.  A homeopathic doctor will first take a full homeopathic history to get a complete picture of your life, habits, genetics, past diseases and even you temperament.  This is all taken into consideration when a treatment plan is designed for you.  Homeopathy is based on the principle that "like heals like."  This probably sounds strange but the same remedies in microscopic doses that are given to heal a certain illness or inbalance in a person will cause the same illness  in large doses in a healthy person.  There are more than 3,000 known homeopathic remedies and each one is designed to stimulate the body's natural defenses to heal.    Homeopathic remedies come from many sources such as animals, plants, minerals, and chemical substances.  They are usually in a small tablet form, but can also be found in a liquid.  The tablets are in a lactose or sucrose base and low potencies of homeopathic remedies can be found here, but high potencies should only be dispensed by a practioner.  A homeopathic remedy becomes higher in potency with successive dilutions and vigorous shaking.  The more the substance is diluted the stronger is gets.  A potency of 6X has been diluted 6 times and the higher the number the stonger the remedy gets.  It is amazing how our body will respond to these diluted substances.  Each substance in a sense has its own personality of symptoms that it will stimulate the body to heal.  With the first dose, especially in an acute case, it is not uncommon to  feel worse before  feeling better. This is a sign that the right remedy is being used and is working.  A marked improvement is usually seen in a couple of days.  If symptoms continue to get worse, call you homeopath or physician.  Tablets or pellets are dissolved in the mouth and most liquids under the tongue.   These remedies are affected by eating or drinking for 20 minutes before and after.  Read the instructions on the remedy carefully.  After a distinct improvement then the remedy can be stopped and the body will take over.  If no improvement is seen after 6 doses then the homeopathic remedy is probably not right and the symptoms should be reconsidered.  Click here for Homeopathic remedies.