Mysterious Medicine?
So often the same conversation repeats itself, even with close friends who lead a very holistic, natural lifestyle. It starts with their casually mentioning a family member, friend, or even themselves, who suffers from a particular health problem. They may or may not ask us directly if and how homeopathy could help, but that’s what they’re wondering. Much of the time we are well aware that homeopathy could likely help that individual considerably. But even those people with wonderfully healthy eating habits, who take lots of nutritional supplements and herbs, engage in regular exercise programs, and are generally well-informed about a natural lifestyle may have no clue about how homeopathy works, how it is unique among healing modalities, and how effectively it could help them and their loved ones.
Preaching to the Choir
We do, of course, sometimes run into folks who are homeopathic diehards. They have often raised their kids on homeopathy, have remained very healthy themselves by consulting homeopaths lifelong, need no convincing that it works, and are happy to extol its virtues to anyone who will listen. Take Phyllis, for example. Eighty-four years old, she called us from California, referred by her daughter. We had treated various members of the family years ago, but hadn’t heard from any of them in a decade or so. In fact, Phyllis began by telling us that she hadn’t seen a homeopath in 20-30 years. But that remarkable experience stuck indelibly in her mind. “I couldn’t swallow anything at the time. It was practically a miracle. I think he gave me Lycopodium. About 30 minutes later I could swallow anything.” The reason she contacted us was for help with increasingly frequent and bothersome urinary tract infections. Frequent trips to urgent care offered no real solution and the cultures would often reveal no identifiable organism. Phyllis was not interested in surgery at her age. She wondered if the problem were congenital, because her mother suffered from them for years until she died at 94. Phyllis’ description of her urinary symptoms were not particularly unusual—spasms, squeezing, burning, and cramping. We homeopaths choose between 3500+ remedies, so we must find unusual symptoms to find the right remedy, or simillimum.
It was when Phyllis confessed having a lifelong inferiority complex, despite her being an intelligent, capable, responsible, caring mother and retired professional, that the case began to unfold. It turned out that she had a physically abusive father who regularly assaulted her brother and would whip all of the kids with a belt. Once he even stomped a dog to its death. In fact, the issue of dependency and the loss of the family’s pet dogs came up repeatedly. This led us to prescribe Lac caninum (Dog’s milk) for Phyllis. A month later, which happened to be today, she shared with happiness and surprise that her urinary symptoms were gone.
This was a case where we felt Phyllis could benefit greatly by learning what we had prescribed for her and why. We warned her ahead of time to grab a tissue because we suspected it would trigger a deep emotional reaction. That’s exactly what happened. Phyllis, dabbing at her tearful eyes, responded, “So this homeopathy is healing on all levels. My brother, who was the sibling most often beaten by our dad, is still so bitter that he can’t even bring up his name. What you shared with me about the remedy you gave and how it has worked is a miracle. To say it is life changing is an understatement. Homeopathy is an art that science hasn’t discovered. If I had my life to live again, I would begin learning homeopathy at an early age. In our world, it’s a miracle. It’s a shame that so many people are suffering. Your giving me this remedy and sharing why you did has just been a marvelous experience for me. I didn’t see how anything could change those cotton-picking bladder infections. But they’re gone.”
If You Really Understood Homeopathy, How Could You Possibly Not Want to Try It Before Trying Drugs?
Forgive us for playing our broken record about singing the praises of homeopathy, but just in case nobody has really pointed this out clearly to you before….
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- If a doctor told you that one natural remedy from nature could heal ALL of your symptoms, wouldn’t you find that fascinating?
- If you knew that this one substance from nature was completely safe, gentle, and free of side effects, why would you choose to try conventional medicine which fights against the body instead of stimulating its healing?
- Wouldn’t you be curious if you understood that the same single, natural remedy, when prepared homeopathically, often heals the physical, mental, and emotional problems that have persisted since childhood?
- Wouldn’t you be intrigued to find out that a single dose of a homeopathic remedy can sometimes last for years! We remember one patient whom we had treated with one dose of Arsenicum album for deep, longstanding anxiety. She returned to us seven years later requesting another dose because the first had just stopped working!
- Why aren’t pregnant women and nursing moms beating down the doors of homeopaths once they learn that homeopathic remedies are completely safe, non-toxic, and free of side effects for babies and during pregnancy?
- Isn’t it astounding that, out of nearly 4000 substances from the natural world, there is ONE that can treat all of your symptoms?
Learning, or being reminded, of these amazing facts about homeopathy, will hopefully lead you to wonder whether it might be the ticket to healing for yourself or for someone else that you know is unhealthy or suffering.
Homeopathy Treats People, Not Diagnoses
Having been in practice for 34 and 36 years, we’ve been around the medical block! We’ve seen many fad diagnoses come and go. We’ve seen the “normal” lab values change (such as with cholesterol levels) in order to sell more pharmaceutical medications. We wrote Ritalin-Free Kids in 1996, questioning the need for stimulant medications. (Recently the psychiatrist who coined the diagnosis of ADHD admitted on his deathbed that it was all about selling stimulant medication.) The methodology of understanding patients and selecting homeopathic remedies has evolved, thankfully. The Sensation Method of Dr. Rajan Sankaran from Mumbai, India, which we have found to be a godsend in our practice since 1993, has turned homeopathic case taking and case analysis on its head. But much of homeopathic philosophy and theory is largely the same since it was founded by Dr. Samuel Hahnemann in Germany (1755-1843).
We feel more passionate all the time about this amazing healing art. We have seen thousands of patients over the years benefit tremendously, often dramatically, from homeopathic care. So, next time you reach for an over-the-counter decongestant or you fill a prescription for an antibiotic, or you’re talking to a friend or family with colitis or allergies or bipolar disorder, think of homeopathy and encourage them to contact us or another experienced homeopathic practitioner. What would they have to lose? And they might find themselves healed at a much deeper level, more quickly, and at much less expense than conventional or even some other natural healing approach. Doesn’t that make perfect sense?
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