FW: How A Homeopath Works

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To find a good homeopath visit this website:

http://www.dimensional.com/~stevew/referral.htm

This will help you to understand how homeopathy and a homeopath works so

that you can interview them and know if they are practicing TRUE homeopathy

and are quality practitioners.

http://www.nccn.net/~wwithin/homeo.htm

Introduction to Homeopathic Medicine

Homeopathy is a very complete medical system that works with the whole

person and helping the body to get into balance. Symptoms are the body's

way of dissipating an imbalance and in homeopathy symptoms are NOT gotten

rid of - they are worked with, as symptoms are important and getting rid of

symptoms by suppressing them works against the body.

Anything can be worked with from coughs, colds to severe chronic illness to

any other disturbance no matter what the cause - even disturbances caused by

vaccines. Homeopathy works best if you work with a qualified Classical

Homeopath and not someone who dabbles in it or mixes it with other things

(like herbs, kinesiology, etc.). It is a complete system in itself and

doesn't work well unless done in what is called a Classical way.

There is no one remedy for everyone. Homeopathy works with the individual by

looking at everything about that person. A particular remedy is then chosen

depending on all the symptoms and characteristics of that person.

Homeopathy works with minute, dilute and shaken substances. The homoepath

would meet with you or you and your child. He/She would ask you a multitude

of questions to get a clear picture of everything about you or your child as

well as observe him/her.

She will want to know:

* Every symptom

* When is she better or worse

* What makes him better or worse

* What preceded this if there is a known event

* What type of weather is she better or worse in; heat, cool, humid, hot,

etc.

* What time of day/night is better or worse

* What foods does he like/dislike

* All behaviors/personality traits

* All about physical appearance

* All about emotions/mental symptoms

* How she interacts or doesn't interact

* How he sleeps - does he prefer to sleep on sides, back, abdomen, etc.

* Does she prefer warm or cool drinks Does she tend to be cold or hot

* And on and on until a very complete picture of him is obtained

* Especially extremely unusual symptoms

* And more

The homeopath will then choose a remedy that fits his total picture. What I

mean by this is: Each substance that is a homeopathic remedy has the ability

to cause certain symptoms in a healthy person - ie. Arsenic will cause a

certain set of symptoms if someone takes a poisonous dose. If your child had

the symptoms that look like he had taken Arsenic, then Arsenic would be the

remedy for him in very minute amounts. Now we know your child didn't take

Arsenic but his/her symptoms match those of Arsenic and therefore Arsenic is

his/her remedy. It works like that with all the remedies - more than 2,000

have been tested.

How these remedies are tested is called a proving. Over the last 150 years

people have taken these substances in just the amount to cause symptoms in

their bodies, mind & spirit and have recorded these symptoms in a controlled

way - this is called a proving. These symptoms along with symptoms of

poisonings

have been recorded in a vast index called a materia medica and indexed in

reperatories.

When the homeopath comes up with all the symptoms for you or your child, she

will choose the most characteristic (unusual) symptoms for him/her and the

most limiting symptoms for him/her and find the remedy that most matches

his/her symptom picture. This remedy has been greatly diluted and for what

we call the higher potencies (diluted a lot), if they were to test the

substance, no single molecule of the original substance would be detected

after a certain dilution. But we know the substance was there to begin with

and it has only been diluted. This substance is also shaken in a certain way

which seems to be very necessary.

Physicists are studying homeopathy to see if they can figure out how it

works but no one is sure yet. We are sure that it works from experience

since the middle 1800's. But how is still a mystery. It probably is

something like the energy or vibration of the substance is imprinted in the

water solution and works on an energy level in the person. But this is

Quantum Physics. It doesn't matter to us how, but that it does work and we

have a long tradition of experience that it does.

It seems that the body sometimes produces a certain set of symptoms when it

has undergone a stress or exposure to something and is not able to handle

it. A certain pattern of symptoms appears, individual to the person. These

symptoms are the body's best attempt at getting back into balance. The best

attempt and the safest for the organism.

What happens in allopathic (the medicine we grow up with) medicine is

symptoms are looked at as bad and are suppressed or gotten rid of and it is

assumed the person is cured or healed. This also happens with most

alternative

therapies including herbs.

But in homeopathy symptoms are looked at as the body's attempt to heal

itself and if symptoms are suppressed or gotten rid of (like with

antibiotics, Tylenol, anti-fungal creams, steroid creams, antibiotic

ointments like Neosporin!, herbs like echinacea etc.) we are fighting

the body's own healing mechanism. This is obvious to us now with

a fever - if you suppress it with Tylenol, you are fighting the body.

It is the SAME WITH ANY SYMPTOM the body has. You are fighting the

body's attempt to heal itself. When the symptoms are suppressed it

just drives the imbalance deeper into the person - into a

more serious, deeper area. For example if an infant has eczema and steroid

creams are put on its body to suppress the skin rashes, they often develop

asthma later. Most allopathic medicine and herbs act this way - in a

suppressive way - ie. antibiotics, surgical removal of organs or growths,

wart removal, etc.

Homeopathy works with the symptoms. The remedy chosen would cause the same

symptoms in a healthy person and it appears that the remedy that matches the

symptoms actually assists the symptoms by giving them an extra push. We seem

to get stuck in certain symptoms and are unable to get out. They don't heal

us, we just are stuck - like a stuck record. The answer is to help them out.

Homeopathy is best when practiced by a professional homeopath who is a

qualified, classical homeopath. Qualified means they've taken a specific

qualifying exam which is extremely difficult and comprehensive. Classical

means the homeopath follows the principles set down by Hahnemann, the

'developer' of homeopathy, in the Organon, and others who came after him and

stayed with original principles. The classical homeopath would only use one

remedy at a time and not mix remedies or therapies. Homeopathy doesn't work

well with any other system for the most part and is most effective when

practiced alone by a professional qualified classical homeopath. (Usually

better also if not an MD - MD's still seem to have difficulty leaving the

180 degree different view of illness/symptoms that allopathic medicine has).

But that is not 100% (there are a few who are excellent). Also some

naturopaths specialize totally in homeopathy and that would work, but

someone who doesn't do homeopathy exclusively would not do justice to

homeopathy or your child (they may not even realize that, thinking they can

mix and match therapies)

This person has a Classical Homeopath referral list on his website:

Waldstein R.S.Hom. (N.A.) Classical Homeopathy, Inc.

E-mail: stevew@...

Web Page: Steve Waldstein's Website Referral List

It would even be well worth travel some distance for the initial session

(price varies depending on location and if MD or not - $100 - up. Initial

session is 1 - 3 hours. After that you may be able to do follow-ups over the

phone (my homeopath allows this). The first session is usually best in

person (although some people would do by phone or by phone if you are

videotaping the session so the homeopath can see your child). The later

sessions cost $40 - $200. The homeopath I see and study with is $90 first

session and $40 following sessions (but she is extremely reasonable). I saw

her first and then in 1 month and occassionally since then when I need some

changes. I can't predict what your child would need. Remedies cost usually

$5-10.

When you look for a practitioner you basically have to be assertive and be

informed ahead of time and ask a lot of questions to determine if they are

qualified, classical, etc. They should have attended a 3-4 year program &

worked with a mentor and be full time practitioners with a lot of

experience. It doesn't matter if they've treated whatever you or your child

may be 'diagnosed' with as homeopathy doesn't work with diagnoses or disease

names. It doesn't matter what the name of it is. What matters are the

individual and characteristic symptoms for you or your child. The most

important is that they have extensive education and experience. This is

because homeopathy doesn't treat the classification that has been given your

child, only works with the symptom picture unique to your child.

If it is something chronic or something that could be potentially serious,

it is not something you can do on your own with a kit or remedies you buy

over the counter. A kit is for more acute, temporary things like sore

throat, cold, diarrhea, etc. Something deep and chronic or potentially

life-threatening requires an extremely experienced dedicated practitioner.

It is an art as well as a science.

I can't speak highly enough about homeopathy. It is making a comeback in

this country. Was run out 'on a rail' in the early 1900's by the AMA and

drug companies. It didn't decline because it didn't work. Very long horrible

story. Basically homeopathic schools were denied funding with Rockefeller

dollars (also medical schools that admitted women suffered the same fate).

The money all went to male, allopathic schools. It has made a comeback in

the US since the 1970's and is growing rapidly because it works. It has

always been strong in Great Britain (the queen and family have homeopathic

physicians), Ireland, Europe, South Africa, India, Russia, & Central & South

America.

An excellent beginning book is The Science of Homeopathy by

Vithoulkas to explain the rational behind homeopathy in detail. Another good

book if you want to start using remedies for acute situations is The

Complete Homeopathy Handbook by Miranda Castro (this book also would help

with understanding how homeopathy works but again not to be used for

chronic, long term, deep conditions on your own). There are homeopathic kits

you can get for about $65 that would have the main remedies you would need

for acute situations. I have the books in stock if you'd like to get either

of them and can order the kit. But mostly I strongly urge you to check into

finding a wonderful homeopath if you can.

Homeopathy Websites - see website for clickable websites -

http://www.nccn.net/~wwithin/homeo.htm