A good physician treats the disease; a great physician treats the patient who has the disease.
Origin Of Homoeopathy
Homoeopathy is a popular and effective medical discipline developed and introduced by the celebrated German Physician, Christian Friedrich Samuel Hahnemann in the year 1796. It is a therapeutic method which is based on the law “Similia Similibus Curentur” which means “Let like be cured by like” meaning any substance, which can produce symptoms in a healthy person can cure similar symptoms in a sick person.
How Does Homoeopathy Work?
- It provides rapid permanent restoration of the health by removing & annihilating the disease in its whole extent in the most harmless and gentle way without any much side effects.
- Homoeopathy not only alleviates the presenting symptoms, but also re establishes internal harmony (homoeostasis) and works at the deepest levels to provide a lasting cure.
- It is a non invasive treatment and works to stimulate the body’s own healing powers thus ensuring effective, safe, permanent cure in most.
- This is the Genius of Homoeopathy: Treating the patient and not just the disease.
Holisitic Approach Of Homoeopathy
Homoeopathy treats the patient as a whole and not just the disease. It not only alleviates the presenting symptoms but also reestablishes internal harmony (homoeostasis) and works at the deepest levels to provide a lasting cure. It works to stimulate the body’s own healing powers thus ensuring effective, safe, permanent cure in most. It considers physical, mental and emotional well being of the patient as all these parameters are intricately related and promotes the overall wellness of the patient without using harmful, invasive treatment methods.
Benefits Of Holistic Approach
- PERSONALISED CARE: It considers all the elements of a patient’s health which enables the doctor to make more personalized recommendations.
- EMPATHETIC APPROACH: It helps the physician to care and treat patients as individuals which builds a better rapport and trust.
What Led To Discovery Of Homoeopathy?
While his translation work was going on he came across a comment from Cullen’s work, Materia Medica which stated it was the bitter taste of cinchona bark that cured Malaria. This aroused the curiosity of Dr. Hahnemann and he experimented the medicine on his body. Surprisingly, his body showed symptoms of Malaria and then he tested the same on his family members also. This was the first ever drug proving that led to the discovery of Homoeopathy in 1790.
The discovery of homoeopathy can be owned to the dissatisfaction of conventional drug treatment of Hahnemann over in his times, the harmful treatment methods urged Hahnemann to step out of the orthodox medicine and develop a system of medicine which was not only effective but gentle in its approach to healing.
This stands true in today’s time as well, there are more and more dissatisfaction growing around the conventional mode of treatment among the masses due to various side effects, limitations and gradual build up of resistance to various drugs and antibiotics.
Where Does Homoeopathy Work?
- CHRONIC DISORDERS: Homoeopathy has been serving humanity for nearly two centuries and has been of tremendous value in treating cases of various chronic diseases such as hypothyroidism, asthma, epilepsy, skin disorders, allergic, mental and emotional disorders and many more.
- ACUTE DISEASES: It has also proved its metal in various acute diseases such as viral influenza, Cold and cough, allergic rhinitis, food poisoning etc
- IN CHILDREN AND INFANTS: Homoeopathy also proves to be beneficial in various diseases such as adenoids, tonsillitis, chicken pox, measles, delayed or poor growth, dentition problems, low immunity, and mumps. It does not hamper with the digestion and immunity of the children unlike some antibiotics. The sweet taste of the medicine also add to its popularity among the children
- IN PREGNANT AND LACTATING MOTHERS: Homoeopathy is safe to use for women even during pregnancy and post natally including during breast feeding. It can also allay fears and anxieties associated with pregnancy. However, patient is advised to always have homoeopathy only after consulting a good homoeopath and refrain from self prescribing at all costs.
- IN OLD AGE: Aging is a natural process; homoeopathic medicnes help reduce symptoms of old age problems and also assist in regaining overall health in the elderly .
