Principles
of Homeopathy
In
conventional medicine, the symptoms are considered to be a manifestation
of the disease. The drugs are given to kill the germ causing it
or to dampen the symptom of the condition. Homeopaths, on the
other hand, see the symptoms as the body's attempt to heal
itself. They see the symptom as a positive sign that the body's
defense mechanism is trying to fight the underlying cause and
by this reasoning, they insist that the symptoms should not be
suppressed as we are working against the body's attempt to
cure it.
Homeopathic
Medicine vs. Conventional Medicine
| Illness |
|
| Is an individual
expression of imbalance and has important meaning |
Occurs in
well-defined groups based on pathology, and meaning of illness
is irrelevant |
| Symptoms |
|
| Are evidence
of disharmony and the person's attempt to restore order
|
Are something
to be suppressed |
| Are analyzed
to follow progress of treatment |
Successful
treatment makes symptoms go away |
| Diagnosis |
|
| The
understanding of the phenomenon of the illness |
The search
for the structural cause |
Laws
of Cure
There
are three laws of cure, They are:
-
A
remedy starts at the top of the body and works downward
-
A remedy works
from within the body outward, and from major to minor organs
-
Symptoms
clear in reverse order of appearance.
How
Do Homeopathic Remedies Work?
Many
of the homeopathic remedies are so diluted that according to the
known laws of physics and chemistry, they couldn't possibly
have any of the original substance left to have any effect. Once
you get beyond a certain point-24x or 12c -there is probably not
even one single molecule of the original active substance remaining.
This fact is often pointed to by critics of homeopathy as they
dismiss the effect of homeopathy as merely due to placebo effect.
And
yet, according to homeopathic doctrine and experience, the more
diluted the solution, the higher the potency. Homeopaths contend
that the remedies work and they see no reason to stop using them
simply because we do not understand how they work. They often
argue that pharmacologists cannot explain exactly how most conventional
drugs work. For example, even aspirin is not fully understood
in terms of how it works, but physicians have no difficulty in
recommending its use.
Over the years several theories have been proposed to explain
the action on homeopathic potentization.
Homeopathic
Remedies Work in Spiritual/Energy Plane and Not just in Physical
Plane
Homeopathy
is an energy medicine, as are acupuncture and hands on healing.
Homeopaths believe that although the physical molecules of the
original substance may be gone, dilution and succussion leaves
something behind-an imprint of its essence, or its energy pattern-that
gives it a kind of healing charge. Potentization does not occur
if you simply dilute the substance, even if you dilute it repeatedly.
Nor does it occur if you only shake the substance vigorously.
There is something about each process that builds sequentially
upon the other, causing the power to be retained and progressively
intensified.
But
how does the information in such a minute amount of substance
get transferred to the body? Some theorists suggest the repeated
succussion creates an electrochemical pattern that is stored in
the water carrier and then spreads like liquid crystallization
through the body's own water; others say the dilution process
triggers an electromagnetic imprinting that directly affects the
electro- magnetic field of the body. This concept is used in other
therapies also.
Homeopathic
Remedies Activate the Vital Force
Homeopaths
believe that it is the energy or "vibrational pattern"
of the remedy, rather than the chemical content, that stimulates
the healing by activating what Hahnemann called the Vital force.
Vital force is the healing power or energy that exists within
us all. The vital force fuels the mind, body, and emotions. It
keeps us healthy and balanced. When the balance of the vital force
is disturbed by factors such as stress, pollution, improper diet,
and lack of exercise, it becomes weakened resulting in the person
becoming ill.
Scientists
who accept the potential benefits of homeopathic theory suggest
several theories to explain how highly diluted homeopathic medicines
may act. Using recent developments in quantum physics, they have
proposed that electromagnetic energy in the medicines may interact
with the body. Researchers in physical chemistry have proposed
the "memory of water" theory, whereby the structure
of the water-alcohol solution is altered by the medicine during
the process of dilution and retains this structure even after
none of the actual substance remains.
For
a more extensive understanding of Homeopathy, please go to beyondflatearth.com
to read Dr Timothy Dooley's book Homeopathy;
Beyond Flat Earth Medicine online. Please
see the link above to purchase his latest edition. It is necessary
for all patients to read his book to understand homeopathic treatment.