Making the Case For a Real Cure - An Understanding of Classical Homeopathy

  With every new product, every modern corporate innovation we are moved, in turn, to a new "want." And given that we are as driven by impatience as by our desperation to acquire, we want it now. 

We are a culture of consumption and compression-we want more, we move fast and we'll push things out of our way to get it https://the-beautiful-home.com/. In this social and emotional environment, acute disease is damned inconvenient. Who has time to spend two days in bed getting over a flu? Forget the week or two or three that people used to spend in spas recovering from their respiratory afflictions. Time off? Who's got any? If we're not working 60 hour weeks for someone else, we're frantically struggling to manage the dozens of tasks we have on our docket at home.  

As a result, we are more likely to tolerate a low-level chronic disease than give up our lifestyle. So we suppress symptoms as soon as they appear. We're so busy and so active we don't even want to take time to menstruate. To help us out, the pharmaceutical companies now offer a pill to make our menses light and last only 2 days and a shot we can take that makes it go away for months.   

Modern, allopathic medicine is primarily designed to suppress symptoms. It's moniker, "allopathic," comes from the words allo, meaning against, and path, meaning pathology or illness. The treatments provided are devised to work in opposition to the disease state. So, if a person has a fever, they take an aspirin or some other medication to force the fever DOWN.  If a person gets a rash, they are given some steroidal preparation to make it GO AWAY. Energetically, the rash is actually being shoved further back and into the organism where it will eventually express itself as something else. I have seen more than one person use drugs to suppress acne only to develop symptoms of depression or anxiety or some other chronic dysfunction. This principle is extended throughout the practice of medicine as such.  

The Law of Similars

Homeopathy, which is based on the laws of similars (homeo = similar), works in precisely the opposite manner. Instead of using an opposing force to suppress a symptom, homeopathic remedies, when well-chosen to fit the totality of a patient's state, are given to match the presenting symptoms and thereby stimulate the organism to heal itself.   Here's a simple example:  A little boy wakes up suddenly with a very high fever.

His neck hurts, his cheeks are so red they are nearly purple, his pupils are dilated, and he is slightly delirious. The remedy chosen is Belladonna. Why that one of the thousands available? Because when that remedy (in a highly diluted and "potentized" state) is given to a healthy person, it produces the exact same symptoms that the little boy experienced. Like cures like. When he is give the remedy that produces those symptoms-and he has those symptoms-that disease state is cured and the symptoms vanish.

This law was renewed by Samuel Hahnemann, the founder of classical homeopathy, but was first brought to light by Hippocrates himself, the father of medicine as we understand it today.   In homeopathy, suppression is seen not only as not helpful, but as dangerous because while it may temporarily make symptoms disappear, it does not cure. In fact, it drives the disease state deeper in and further up into the organism.

So, a person whose psoriasis is "treated" with cortisone may see his skin clear up, but in due time, he becomes increasingly irritable, depressed and starts to develop a cough and recurrent bronchial infections (one of many possibilities, but one in fact which I have seen). He is in turn treated by antibiotics. So the acute inflammatory state disappears, but he becomes increasingly agitated and has to be put on anti-depressants. Soon, he develops arthritis. And so it went for years. He now has cancer.   

I have consulted for years on the value and place of homeopathy in the realm of alternative therapies available to people. And in so doing have worked with numerous medical doctors and their patients.   

The Difference Between Holistic and Homeopathic

Many who come to learn about homeopathy often confuse it with herbal medicine, naturopathy, holistic psychotherapy, acupuncture, the use of supplements, and nutrition. While physicians and practitioners who employ those methods of treatment may also at times use homeopathy, they are not the same.   Homeopathy has been at work for more than two hundred years. There is a statue of Samuel Hahnemann, near the White House and in Liepzig, Germany, where he was born. Medical schools still in existence were named after him. His contribution to the field of medicine is incalculable even though it fell out of favor as the pharmaceutical companies took center stage, claiming that their medicine was the "way" and that homeopathy was "unscientific."  

In fact, homeopathy is quite scientific and clinically exceedingly thorough. What it does, however, is fly in the face of what we believe to be true about human beings, in fact about all of life. It follows more along the lines of quantum physics than it does along the lines of ordinary chemistry, stating that we are beings (as all things are) of energy and that it is our vital force that must be healed.   

Hahnemann - The Father of Homeopathy

The birth of homeopathy, like so many great innovations, was serendipitous. Hahnemann began experimenting on himself with medicinals and observed that when he took a dose (doses in homeopathy are substances that are diluted to infinitesimal amounts, sometimes so small that nothing can be seen even with a microscope) of Peruvian bark (Cinchona officinalis), which is the essence of quinine, he generated a set of symptoms in his own body that reminded him of malaria. When he gave a potentized dose to a person with malaria, the malaria was cured.    This exquisite medicine, which is gentle, artful, and, gratefully, very, very effective, is available to everyone. It is inexpensive. It is safe, when it is used properly and with an appropriate understanding of its workings and the materia medica.  

Dollhouses - little children all over the world have been playing with them for ages. Most of the time, these dollhouses follow the design of real houses. It's no wonder that in this age of being environmental aware and responsible, there are dollhouses which reflect the sign of the times.

The are modern dollhouses replete with environmentally friendly features. Some have solar panels, windmills, and recycling bins! What a way to start kids on the environment-friendly path. They may just be playing but with features like these, caring for the environment will not be new to them. Naturally, many of these modern playhouses are made of earth friendly materials like rubber wood. They are also painted with non-toxic water based paints. The similarity of these playhouses with traditional dollhouses is that they also come with the usual rooms like a kitchen, bedroom, and bathroom sets. With the addition of a few wooden dolls, this classic toy can encourage creative play.

If your child has an eco-friendly dollhouse, it is best to fill it with eco-friendly toys, too. There are so many adorable items like miniature kitchen play sets. Choose a size that will fit the size of the playhouse. There are toy companies that specialize in the making of these kitchen play set. They are usually made of rubber wood, a highly renewable material. If these toys are made of earth friendly materials, they are almost always painted with non-toxic paints.

Another fun addition to that doll house aside from a cooking set would be a matching sink and wash area. There are brightly colored toys sinks that usually come with cabinets that can store tiny toys. Whatever can be found in a real-life kitchen are sure to be duplicated in pint sizes to the delight of little kids. A children's version of an adult kitchen complete with cooking sets is sure to be a source of entertainment and fun for small kids.

Isn't it heartwarming that being environmentally conscious can start from little children playing with their toys? These eco-friendly doll houses and the toys you can fill it with are the stuff that will jump-start your children to be responsible for the world they live in. Playhouses with solar panels to harness energy and windmills to help with the water supply? They are really signs of the time. Of course, children will think they are just playing and having fun.