In last month's newsletter we promised to provide you with more specific details about the different practices that contribute to Integrated Medicine. Our first article, still available on our web site, explores the theories behind mind-body medicine. This month we will provide you with a better understanding of Homeopathic medicine. We hope our articles provide insights and information while inspiring deeper investigation, and we welcome your questions or comments.
Homeopathic Origins
Known documentation of the core principles of homeopathic medicine dates back as far as writings by Hippocrates (460-377 B.C.). In 1796 German physician C. F. Samuel Hahnemann developed these principals into a system of medicine that he called "Homeopathy." His research was so extensive and thorough that it is considered by modern medicine to be the first ever "clinical trials." What Hippocrates and Hahnemann couldn't know was that their theories were actually based upon advanced science, known to us today as Quantum Physics, which recognizes the interchangeability of matter and energy.
Homeopathic Medicine In Practice
Homeopathic medicine's fundamental healing principles are based upon the "law of similars," otherwise known as "like cures like," and the ability of the body's natural energetic forces to be stimulated to positively affect the body's "matter." Homeopathy maintains that this vital force has the ability to react and adapt to internal and external causes, and can be empowered to eradicate illnesses through the physical introduction of artificial symptoms similar to those of a given disease
Resolution of an illness occurs when the sick individual is given a small dose of a medicine capable of producing symptoms similar to those of their disease. The immune system's response is thus energetically enhanced to promote healing and optimal health.
Remedies As A Mirror
One way to better understand how Homeopathic remedies work is to imagine having a virus or disease prevalent enough to have "stunned" or overwhelmed your immune system. In other words, your ailment is winning the battle, becoming chronic or worse. Through the introduction of specific Homeopathic remedies your immune system is reawakened. As if peering into a mirror, your body's physical and energetic self "sees" the symptoms more clearly. Through this renewed recognition, your immune system is more capable of defending you against the disease itself.
Used As Prevention
The same principals of stimulating the immune system apply when using Homeopathic remedies to prevent illness. Sensing the symptoms, the immune system strengthens its defenses against that illness or virus in advance of external exposure.
Different From A Vaccine
It is vital to understand that unlike vaccines, homeopathic remedies do not contain diseases, dangerously toxic heavy metals, or squalene oil adjuvants used by pharmaceuticals to transmit the vaccine into your body. Homeopathic remedies are water based solutions of greatly diluted natural elements that only replicate symptoms. You can read more about the dangers of vaccines by clicking on the links contained in this issue's article, "Swine Flu: Cutting Through The Hype" .
Recognized And Accepted
The American Institute of Homeopathy describes its medical specialty as a scientific, therapeutic method which embodies a philosophy of understanding people and illness in a holistic context with the goal of promoting optimal health and healing, based upon the FDA recognized Homeopathic Pharmacopœia of the United States.
We agree, which is why Homeopathy is one of the elements of our integrated, holistic, family practice.
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