Homeopathy

Homeopathy is derived from the Greek words homoios meaning similar and pathos, suffering. Called the law of similars, the basic principle of homeopathy is Similia Similibus Curenter. This translates to "like cures like." In other words, in order to effect a cure, the person’s symptoms are treated with a substance that, if given to a healthy person, would produce similar symptoms. For example, many of us have experienced the kind of cold that causes the eyes to water and the nose to "drip like a faucet" with clear, watery mucus. This symptom "picture" is similar to the one created during the peeling of raw onions. A cold with these symptoms is treated with homeopathically prepared raw onion. (The remedy is Allium cepa. All the remedies are known by their Latin names.)

Homeopathy reached the United States around 1830, and was widely practiced here by the mid-1880s. The American Institute of Homeopathy was established in 1844 (two years before the AMA). By 1910, about 25 percent of all physicians were homeopaths. There were homeopathic medical schools, hospitals, and pharmacies. Unfortunately, homeopathy did not continue to flourish in the US. By the end of World War I, it had largely been replaced by allopathic medicine. (It did thrive in the rest of the world where it continues to be practiced.) Today in the US, homeopathy is once again on the move. This dynamism is reflected in the number of American companies manufacturing homeopathic products. In 1978, there were 10. In 1984 (the year of the first Nutrition News homeopathy issue), there were 18. Currently, there are over 40.

When Dr. Hahnemann first began to experiment with the concept of homeopathy, he used the symptom-causing drugs and poisons in their crude form. Although he was able to induce healing, the substances (called causatives) were very hard on his patients, causing intense aggravation of their symptoms before health returned. He began to dilute the causatives with inert substances: water, alcohol, and lactose. (These carriers continue to be used today.) Unfortunately, as the causatives became weak enough not to distress his patients, they also became too weak to effect healing. Then something remarkable happened...one of those historically significant serendipitous events. Dr. Hahnemann discovered that if the dilute causative solution was violently shaken (succussed), the new substance not only retained its healing properties, it actually healed more rapidly. This increase in power is called potency. Further, the ensuing remedies seldom caused any aggravation of existing symptoms. Dr. Hahnemann had achieved his goal of "rapid, gentle, permanent cure," using homeopathic remedies.
Today, remedies continue to be prepared by a controlled process of successive, succussed dilutions called potentizing. Although some causatives require special handling, in general, they are prepared in the following way. Equal amounts of the causative materials (e.g., raw onion) and alcohol are put together for varied amounts of time. This pulls the characteristic properties from the material into the medium and preserves them. The liquid is strained off and is called a mother tincture. (A tincture is indicated by a zero with a slash through it, Ø).
The potentizing begins when one part of mother tincture is diluted by 99 parts of an inert substance (usually doubly distilled water but sometimes lactose). Liquid mixtures are succussed while lactose mixtures are ground, a process called trituration. This results in a remedy of 1x. The number beside the x indicates how many times the original tincture has been successively diluted and potentized. Typical potencies are 3x, 6x, and 30x. A labeling method using c rather than x is also common. This indicates a different but similar and equally effective way of potentizing. These numbers (6c, 9c, 12c, etc.) are about twice the potency of the xs (e.g., 3c = 6x). At 6x (or 3c), the causative substance has become 1/one millionth part of the remedy. To further the paradox, the more times the remedies are diluted and succussed (or triturated), and the less actual causative remains, the more potent they become. To add to this phenomenon, past 23 dilutions, there is no longer any trace of the molecular structure of the original substance, yet the remedy still cures. Wonderful, isn’t it?

How Does It Work?

Symptoms of illness and disease are signs of an activated immune system. Generally speaking, allopathic medicine works by suppressing these symptoms until the condition subsides. Homeopathy triggers the body to fight the illness. The real question is, "How?" Scientists have yet to identify the exact mechanisms; however, there are several theories. The most widely accepted theory among homeopaths is that the remedies retain an imprint of the causative (think hologram) which signals the brain to a specific immune response. The higher the potency, the more profound the response. The lower potencies work on physical conditions while the higher ones can also improve mental states.For example, a lower potency of kali carb (potassium carbonate, well-known to cell salt fans) is the remedy for colds accompanied by thick yellow mucus. Very high potencies like 1M (the Roman numeral M denotes 1000x) are used for constitutional remedies. (These treatments relate to patterns of illness and personality structure.) High potencies of kali carb correspond to an underlying rigidity in the personality.
Perhaps you have wondered how the rapidly spinning particles within the atoms, which are the basic material of all materiality, can take on the appearance of solidity. Dr. Hahnemann discovered how to loose this "vital force" from its solid form while still retaining its nature. We are speaking here of energy, like gravity, electricity, and magnetism. Homeopathy is energy medicine. Illness is an energy imbalance, a disturbance of the vital force.

For More Information On Homeopath

To locate a homeopath in your area . . .
North American Society of Homeopaths 10700 Old County Road 15 Plymouth, MN 55441 541-345-9815
www.homeopathy.org

To learn about training courses . . .
Homeopathic Education Services 2124B Kittredge Street Berkeley, CA 94704 510-649-0294
www.homeopathic.com

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