Suppression (homeopathic concept)

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I would suggest you can suppress an illness with drugs and with

natural substances such as colloidal silver also.

Suppression

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SUPPRESSION OF SYMPTOMS

Homeopaths are trained to look at a person's health history as an

evolution of the expression of the vital force. Symptoms, illnesses

and their treatment, along with a history of emotional traumas or

griefs during an earlier period of life, are understood to have a

vital impact on the current state of health.

Sometimes a symptom that was eliminated by an operation or strong

medication, or a strong emotion that was never expressed, will be

transformed into a deeper level of disease in the person. This

phenomena is called " suppression. " In our present society,

suppression is a very frequent phenomenon.

The most typical cases involve skin diseases - rashes, eczema,

psoriasis or acne - that have been treated with topical ointments.

Sometime later, a chronic allergy or respiratory problem may occur.

When that is treated conventionally, the vital force expresses itself

through yet another disease. And so, years later, a deep-seated

chronic condition is established.

Under homeopathic care, such cases often begin to reverse themselves.

An asthmatic patient will notice an old skin rash reappear as their

breathing improves. Or a person with migraines relives a grief was

never expressed. Although this may cause consternation in the

patient, it really is a sign that the case is moving forward.

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Suppression Versus Cure

Suppression occurs when a treatment apparently removes symptoms on

one level, but causes them to appear at a different, often deeper,

level. If the body is prevented from expressing symptoms on a more

superficial level, it may have no other recourse than to generate

symptoms at a deeper one. Many common treatments in orthodox

medicine, such as hydrocortisone cream for eczema, laser treatment

for venereal warts, or antihistamines for allergy-induced nasal

discharge, are potentially suppressive. Some people can receive these

conventional medications and interventions without experiencing

suppression. For others, the treatment will make the person even sicker.

Helen

Helen, age 53, developed an acute skin condition called erythema

nodosum at age 30. A large, red, irritated area appeared on one of

her legs. She was hospitalized and given intravenous antibiotics and

corticosteroids. Shortly after she was discharged from the hospital,

she began to feel pain in her joints. This pain, diagnosed as

arthritis, plagued her for more than twenty years. It was only when

she sought homeopathic care that her arthritis was considerably

relieved. As her joint pains improved, Helen briefly re-experienced a

rash similar to erythema nodusum on her face and hands. The rash went

away and so did her joint pains.

The phenomenon of suppression has been observed by homeopaths since

the time of Hahnemann and has become much more prevalent due to the

increasing strength of pharmaceuticals and widespread self-treatment

with topical hydrocortisone preparations. Whether or not a treatment

will be suppressive depends on your state of health, the strength of

your resistance to disease, and the intensity and duration of the treatment.

Another common way that suppression occurs is through the use of

products such as antiperspirants and antihistamines. Discharges are

the body's way to vent waste and the products of disease. In certain

susceptible individuals, suppressing a discharge will lead to more

serious health problems.

, age 9, was brought to us by his parents because of left hip

pain which caused him to limp. He had received conventional care,

even hip surgery, without relief. He was a sensitive and delicate

child and fit the picture of the homeopathic medicine, Silica

(flint). Soon after receiving the medicine, the hip pain quickly

resolved. We did not see again for two years. At that time, his

parents brought him back for another visit. His hip pain had been

completely gone until the previous few weeks, then suddenly returned

for no apparent reason. When we questioned thoroughly, he told

us that he had begun to have body odor recently and that his mother

had bought him an antiperspirant. Soon after he started using it, his

hip pain returned. Patients needing Silica are particularly

susceptible to illness from suppressed perspiration. He stopped using

the antiperspirant, we repeated the Silica, and his hip pain again

went away quickly.

Your body, in its attempt to keep your symptoms at the most

superficial level possible, frequently develops skin eruptions as its

first defense. Infants may develop eczema, either at birth or when

they are first introduced to cow's milk or formula. If the cow's milk

is removed or the child is treated homeopathically, the eczema will

usually resolve readily. If the child's eczema is treated with

hydrocortisone cream, the eruption and itch disappear, but the

allergic tendency remains. Homeopaths have observed that infants

treated in this way may go on to develop asthma, a more serious

allergic condition. Although the eczema is gone, the child is much

less healthy. If suppression continues, with more hydrocortisone

being given to suppress the asthma, then a deeper mental and

emotional problem, such as severe depression, may eventually occur.

The body has a reason for generating particular symptoms as part of

its attempt to cure the illness. Some medical doctors are beginning

to recognize this phenomenon of suppression in childhood asthma. In a

study published in the medical journal Pediatrics in 1991, the

authors speculated that a type of paralysis in asthmatic children may

in fact be due to suppression by asthma medications such as steroids.

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Sheri Nakken, R.N., MA, Hahnemannian Homeopath

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