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Homeopathy Does Not Treat Diseases

As strange as it might sound, the homeopath does not treat diseases per se.  He or she treats the individual who happens to have x, y, or z pathology.  A homeopath does not limit his treatment to any one area of the body by concentrating his therapy on, say, arthritis or bronchitis or headaches or hay fever or depression.  Rather, he treats all aspects - mental, emotional and physical - of the person who happens to have arthritis or bronchitis or headaches or hay fever or depression.

The homeopath sees each patient as a unique individual with a unique personality and unique symptoms.  This means that six persons with infectious mononucleosis (mono) might each get a different homeopathic remedy even though they shared the same diagnosis.  The diagnosis is important but not all important.  Most significant to the homeopath would be the way in which each of the patients reacted to their mono.  Each would react somewhat differently and in those differences would lie clues to the curative homeopathic medicine.

The simple answer is that  homeopaths treat most illnesses whether they are of a general medical, pediatric, gynecological, or psychological nature.  Naturally, not all illnesses can be cured.  Ask  your homeopath whether he or she thinks homeopathy can help you.

Do Homeopathic Physicians Treat Mental and Emotional Conditions?

The answer is a resounding yes.  Many cases of depression (including suicidal depression), manic depression, and phobias have been successfully resolved using homeopathy.  I have personally been able to wean patients off antidepressants such as Prozac and other drugs using homeopathy.  A key point:  Once the patient begins to improve, only then do we take them off the antidepressant.  The same rule applies when treating any illness.  Drugs are discontinued only when the homeopath deems it appropriate.

What About Attention Deficit Disorder?  Other Behavioral Problems?

Children with Attention Deficit Disorder (with or without hyperactivity) have been  helped through homeopathic treatment. The best book on the subject is Ritalin Free Kids  by J. Reichenberg-Ullman and R.Ullman.

Homeopathy has has won accolades in a host of other behavioral problems including extremely angry, violent children; dopey, spacy, inattentive kids; chronic liars; children with many debilitating fears (of the dark, ghosts, robbers, being left alone, etc.); and children with terrible nightmares.  I have seen case after case in both children and adults where negative mental states have melted away after the correct homeopathic medicine was given.

My Child Keeps Getting Ear Infections One After the Other.  Antibiotics Get Her Over the Acute Episode, But Do Nothing to Prevent Another One.  Can Homeopathy Help?

  Yes.  Most cases of otitis media (inflammation of the middle ear) can be treated with homeopathy.  In fact, some parents become so proficient in treating acute illnesses with homeopathy that they rarely, if ever, have to take their children to the pediatrician.  However, when it comes to chronic otitis with fluid behind the eardrum, it is best to see your homeopath as your child will need a deep-acting remedy.  With careful prescribing, otitis will become less frequent, and it will finally cease.

My Child is Always Sick With Colds and Flus and Sore Throats.  What Should I Do?

         Frankly, it's almost a waste of time to treat each acute illness with acute homeopathic remedies or drugs.  What the child needs is a deep-acting remedy which we call his or her constitutional  medicine.  Such a medicine will act strongly to strengthen the immune system so that all of those acute problems will become a thing of the past.

What About Pregnancy and Delivery?

Many a difficult pregnancy has been helped by skillful homeopathic prescribing whether it be a pregnancy-related problem or a sickness that coincides with the pregnancy.

Completely safe for both mother and child, homeopathic medicines can help resolve problems which arise during labor, delivery, and the post-partum period.  You will, however, need a prescriber with know-how and experience.

Colic?  Teething?

Again, yes.  Teething is often simple, and any over-the-counter homeopathic mixture containing Chamomilla  will usually work.  Colic can be tougher and may require constitutional prescribing.

Do I Always Need to Give My Child Penicillin When He Has a Strep Throat?

A certain strain of strep known as Group A beta-hemolytic streptococcus can cause scarlet fever and rheumatic fever, both of which are uncommon even when untreated.  The incidence of rheumatic fever in patients with untreated strep ranges from 0.1% to 3%, with most cases thought to occur in malnourished persons living in overcrowded conditions.  However, to avoid these complications penicillin, erythromycin, etc. are usually prescribed.

The correct homeopathic medicine can cure strep.  To be sure that it has, the throat culture needs to be repeated after treatment, and it must read negative for strep.

Can Homeopathy Do Anything for Hot Flashes?

The hot flashes associated with menopause are not simple to treat.  There are many homeopathic medicines known to help but, in general, it will be the constitutional medicine which will work best.  You will need an expert homeopath.

Many Women Get Cystitis From Time to Time.  Do They Always Need Antibiotics?

No.  There are homeopathic medicines which can cure acute cystitis making antibiotics unnecessary.  However, if a woman shows a tendency to  develop recurrent cystitis then she has a constitutional problem which must be treated with the appropriate constitutional medicine.

Can Homeopathy Do Anything for Asthma?

Yes, but not overnight. Most asthmatics tend to be highly allergic. Only as the immune system strengthens under homeopathic treatment will the allergic tendency reduce and the asthma improve.  It can take a long time especially in adults who often are on multiple inhalers and other medicines.  These drugs make it difficult to discern clearly the  patient's symptoms since the drugs do a good job of suppressing the asthma. Both acute and chronic homeopathic medicines may be employed in the treatment of asthma.

I Know Someone Who Has Never Been the Same Since the Death of a Loved One.  Can Anything Be Done?

Some of my most rewarding experiences as a homeopathic doctor have been in treating such people and there are many, many of them.  Sometimes their grief is so heavy that they remain depressed and discouraged for years.  Sometimes they manifest their grief in the form of physical problems.  The correct homeopathic medicine can make a terrific change for the good, affecting positively both their physical condition and the underlying grief.

What About Injuries?

Homeopathy has been so successful in treating all sorts of traumatic injuries that the stories are legendary.  Every household should have a bottle of Arnica, the plant which in homeopathic form can swiftly help most soft tissue injuries.  Watch the swelling go down, the black and blue marks recede, and the pain diminish.  It is a wonderful remedy, and it needs no expertise to use.

There are other medicines for strains, sprains, fractures, burns, and even serious problems such as head injuries.  Any severe injury should be seen by a doctor, but contact your homeopath immediately and find out which remedy will help the healing along.  The medicines for trauma are easy to use and extremely effective.  They belong in every Emergency Room and one day, hopefully, they will be.

I Have to Have an Operation.  Can Homeopathy Help Me to Heal Faster?

Very definitely so.  Homeopathy can help counter the effects of anesthesia, if there are any, and it can help the surgical wound to heal faster.  Also some patients have trouble voiding and/or having a bowel movement after surgery, and homeopathy can be useful there too.  Many patients have reported that their surgeon was quite surprised by how well and quickly they recovered.

What About Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS)?

CFS is admittedly a difficult illness, but every good homeopath has cured some cases - usually within a matter of several months.  As always in homeopathy, there is no specific homeopathic medicine for CFS.  Only the medicine which covers all the symptoms, emotional as well as physical, can cure.

And Candidiasis?

Candidiasis is another difficult illness which many people ascribe to the overuse of antibiotics.  Yes, it too can be helped with carefully prescribed homeopathic medicines.

Can Homeopathy Treat Pets?

By all means.  Dogs, cats, birds, cows, horses, pigs, and other animals are very sensitive to homeopathic medicines.  There are some veterinarians who specialize in homeopathy, and they report good results.

What About the Geriatric Population?

Many older persons are over medicated making it difficult to determine whether their complaints are drug related or due to a disease.  For them homeopathy could be a boon.  These people should be treated only by well-trained homeopathic physicians who will be able to judge which drugs they can discontinue and when.

You Make it Sound Like Homeopathy Can Do Anything.  What Can't it Help?

A good question.  There are many illnesses which are too advanced or simply too difficult to help. Homeopathy has not been shown to have helped many neurological problems such as Parkinson's, Alzeheimer's, and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis.

Insulin dependent diabetes is a difficult illness to treat. Most diabetics have not been able to get off insulin with homeopathy though the diabetic's general health can be helped greatly.  Non-insulin dependent diabetes, on the other hand, can be helped by homeopathic treatment in conjunction with a low carbohydrate diet.

Heart conditions should be seen by a cardiologist and by your homeopath. Arrhythmias (abnormal heart rhythms) have been cured with homeopathy as well as other conditions.

Cancer is a vast, multifaceted disease which is extremely difficult to treat. Owing to the current legal climate in the USA most homeopaths do not wish to treat cancer.  If a person with cancer wishes to try homeopathy in addition to whatever else he might be doing, he might be helped.  As a sidebar, I have seen homeopathy help diminish the side effects from chemotherapy quite dramatically.

Fractures should, of course, be set and cast by an orthopedic surgeon.  But call your homeopath immediately as he can give you remedies to reduce the swelling and speed union of the fracture.

Manipulation of the musculo-skeletal system is best taken care of by an osteopath, chiropractor, rolfer or massage therapist.

Throughout this Web site, I have been saying that the correct homeopathic medicine can help this or that condition.  Note:  It must be the correct medicine, however, for with the wrong one the patient never gets better.  No homeopath finds the correct medicine the first time, every time, so patience might be in order.  When the correct medicine is found, the results are often dramatic.

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