Homeopathy’s historical roots emerge from the discoveries, teachings and writings of Doctor Samuel Hahnemann (1755-1843). He graduated from medical school in 1779 and set out to practice conventional medicine. Unlike the brutal medical practices of his day, such as forced purging, blood letting and the use of toxic chemicals, Dr. Samuel Hahnemann founded his medicine on the following principles, which constitute the backbone of the modern homeopathic practice.
First of all, Hahnemann discovered an objective system of studying medicines that allowed the practitioner to know exactly what effect each drug caused when being administered to a healthy individual. Hahnemann called this practice provings. A proving is a test whereas a given substance is administered to a healthy individual who thoroughly records various effects on the body.
Secondly, being concerned with negative or unpredictable effects of mixing different substances together, Hahnemann proposed that using one medicine at a time is the only way a physician can correctly interpret its effects on the patient.
Thirdly, Hahnemann put forth the principle of the “law of similars,” meaning that all medicines cure diseases which have symptoms similar to the drug’s effect; simply put, “like cures like.” Above all, Hahnemann’s homeopathic practice involved a profoundly compassionate form of medicine where a physician treats the individual and not the disease.
Why is the Homeopathic approach so different from conventional practices? This medical practice called Allopathic?
Conventional medicine largely depends upon the primary effect for its therapeutic drug use. We refer to this practice as the principle of treatment by contraries. For example, if one is suffering from acid indigestion, a conventional physician would recommend or prescribe an anti-acid medicine.
This type of treatment would be also followed in case of a fever. The assumption here is that the symptoms constitute the illness itself and that the body does not benefit from these symptoms. In sharp contrast, homeopathic medicine depends of the secondary effects of the medicine because it assumes that the body generally knows best how to respond to illness and that it needs help in its efforts. In other words, suppressing symptoms and exclusively relying on suppression does more harm than good. A similar remedy, called the simillimum, reinforces the body’s natural propensity towards healing. This is accomplished via the secondary effect of the medicine. The logic here is that because the primary effect is so similar to the existing disease, the secondary effect will be similar to the body’s attempt to get rid of the original illness. Therefore, the body is actually strengthened. In other words, a fever isn’t viewed as a problem, but the best way to eliminate disease. If a body is too weak to mount an aggressive defense, the simillimum will guide the body to respond fully to the illness and is more likely to result in a cure.
Why hasn’t conventional medical practices been able to rid us of acute diseases despite all of their “scientific” miracles, such as the modern antibiotics?
Contrary to the homeopathic principles, allopathic medicine still revolves around Louis Pasteur’s rather simplistic “germ theory of disease” as its founding principle of seeking a cause outside the body in all almost all circumstances. And so, we are faced with an ever widening chemical warfare against germs that takes place in the battlefield of our bodies. In fact, on his deathbed, Pasteur recounted his own theory, proclaiming that “the microbe is nothing, the terrain is everything.” Terrain refers to the body and its susceptibility to disease, including various microbes, viruses, fungi, and other pathogens. This susceptibility purely depends of the individual. What he admitted was a simple fact that under the same conditions of exposure to disease, by the same germs, some of us get sick, while others don’t. All germs have one thing in common; they can only survive and reproduce under a very narrow range of conditions. In other words, Pasteur concluded that what we should be concerned with is internally raising the resistance to germs and not the germ “boogie man.” Germs can not breed in a hostile environment – it is as simple as that.
What happens if the remedy causes an increase in the original symptoms?
If a homeopathic remedy causes an intensification of symptoms after its administration without any improvement, this process is called noncurative aggravation. After the aggravation, usually of a physical nature, the patient returns to the prior state or even worsens. In addition, the aggravated state often lasts much longer than when the medicine is curative. In rare cases, particularly in chronic conditions, administration of a remedy is followed by a worsening that doesn’t halt. This situation can take place when a remedy is close to be correct, but isn’t exactly right. Unlike the correct remedy that would harmonize with the vital force, its energetic pattern disrupts the vital force in a most disharmonious manner. According to homeopathic doctors, a noncurative aggravation is most common in chronically ill, weak individuals.
What about chronic conditions, such as allergies?
Looking at allergies from a homeopathic perspective means understanding that allergies are an internal problem first, and not caused by the allergen. When the immune system becomes overactive, it then develops an allergy to whatever potential allergens are around. In other words, the immune system must be first be compromised by a number of stressors such as toxins, vaccines, and poor foods. Logically, however, once the allergy is present, the allergens must be avoided as much as possible, until the sensitivity can be addressed through proper treatment.
Here’s the good news: despite the often vicious attacks on homeopathic principles here in the Unites States, we are blessed with a homeopathic resurgence. Although, the conventional American medical establishment has turned against homeopathic principles, other nations including those in Europe and Asia are experiencing a steady growth of homeopathic teachings and interest.
At the present time, nearly all French pharmacies sell homeopathic remedies and medicines; and homeopathy has a particularly strong following in Russia, India, Switzerland, Mexico, Germany, the Netherlands, Italy, England, and South America. The current renaissance of homeopathy in America is undeniable, not only because of increased research, but the principles of Quantum Physics and most importantly, accredited homeopathic education. Simply put, the general public demands it because it works as evidenced by the fact that sales of these remedies have been growing rapidly by 12-15 percent each year. Homeopathy is not only a safe and inexpensive alternative to costly and toxic “modern” drugs, it offers a nature-compatible path to radiance and lasting health.
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