Homeopathy (from the Greek ὅμοιος, similar, and πάθος, suffering) is an alternative therapeutic method, whose theoretical principles were formulated by the German physician Samuel Hahnemann towards the end of the 18th century. The principles of homeopathy are not accepted by medical science, which tends to consider them ineffective. Let's see how homeopathy addresses symptoms and diseases.
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How homeopathy works
Homeopathic remedies aim to modulate the reactions of the organism, stimulating the defensive processes of the same, without necessarily wanting to suppress them, as instead happens in traditional or allopathic medicine.
The homeopathic doctor, before suppressing the symptom, wonders why the same was unleashed . The validity of homeopathy has been the subject of debates for centuries and still is. However, there are doctors who, in addition to traditional medicine, apply homeopathic medicine, finding success.
In 2010 a treaty published by the WHO, World Health Organization, "Safety issues in the preparation of homeopathic medicines", gave this ancient discipline a certain dignity.
The illness
For homeopathic medicine the disease is the imbalance of the vital energy of the person. There are many reasons that can alter this psycho-physical balance, among these there may be: bacteria, harmful climatic conditions, emotional stress, drugs or other.
The disease in homeopathy starts from the inside, from a profound imbalance and only later does it also alter what is outside. Therefore, for homeopathic medicine, health means a balance of body-mind-spirit.
Symptoms
In short, for the homeopath, the disease is the set of symptoms produced by the body in an attempt to heal . The purpose of homeopathy is to strengthen these natural reactions, the symptoms precisely, to promote healing. According to this view, the symptoms are the way in which the external organism the disease, the way in which the negative energy is dispersed, thus allowing the return to harmony.
According to what homeopathy claims, if something hinders the free flow of these symptoms, the disease is prolonged. This way of considering physical illnesses is similar to the principles of psychotherapy, according to which psychological disorders are better treated if they are allowed to express and vent through strong emotions.
Find out also the most frequently asked questions about homeopathy
The balance
Following his research, Hahnemann began to gain more knowledge of how the organism works and how it can be affected by the disease.
After various experiments he understood that being the organism a living being, unique and complete, when it is disturbed or struck in any way, a coordinated action begins to protect or restore the initial harmonious balance .
This balance in medicine is called homeostasis. The intelligence that underlies this coordinated action, is called "life force" by homeopaths and is visible through its actions.
These actions are nothing other than the attempts that the body puts in place through the symptoms to return to the state of balance.
The diagnosis
For homeopathy, the diagnosis consists in evaluating the history of the energy state of the individual : his ability to react to difficulties, his tendency to get sick, his mental balance, his ability to love and to communicate with the world.
Homeopathic diagnosis does not stop at the body but also assesses the social context in which the individual lives and his environment, a context that includes climatic conditions for example or family situations. In homeopathy therefore the diagnosis is energetic and holistic, it considers this the individual in a broad way, in its entirety.
Our cards on symptoms, diseases and homeopathy
This group of cards that are part of the use of homeopathic remedies, want to emphasize what are the problems on which a remedy of this type can be effective, the diseases that cure, the methodologies of administration, the interactions and the effects on the body.
