HOMEOPATHIC MEDICINE

Homeopathic Medicine
“Let likes be cured by likes”
Bangkok 24-8-2012

Fulvio Toso
www.thaihomeopathy.com
info@thaihomeopathy.com


Outline
 Homeopathic medicine and it’s history
 The Principles of homeopathic medicine
 How homeopathy differs from traditional
medicine and herbals
 How homeopathic medicines are made
 How to use homeopathic medicines
 Compatibility, side effects and overdosing
 Example of homeopathy use

Alternative Medicine
 The use of alternative medicine is growing
significantly everywhere in the world.
 According to a study published by JAMA, 4 out
of 10 Americans use some form of alternative
medicine.
 Between 1990-1997, visits to alternative medical
practitioners rose 47%.
 The most common forms of alternative medicine
are homeopathy, massage, meditation,
therapeutic touch, acupuncture and herbal
remedies. Lehne, 2004, pg. 1137

SAMUEL HAHNEMANN
 1755 – 1845
 German - born in
Dresden
 Qualified as doctor
1799
 Increasingly
disillusioned with
the medical
practices of the
time

Medicine of the Time
 Many varying ideas
 Poor & vague treatments

 Unscientific

 Unhygenic

(no sterilization)
 Characterised by :

 Bloodletting
 Leeching
 Purging www.thaihomeopathy.com

What is Homeopathy?
 Homeopathy is a system of medicine whose
principles are even older than Hippocrates.
 It seeks to cure in accordance with natural laws
of healing and uses medicine made from natural
substances: animal, vegetable, and mineral.
 “Discovered” in the early 1800s by a German
physician, Samuel Hahnemann. Hahnemann
became disillusioned with the brutal and
senseless treatment methods (bleeding, purging,
cautery and blistering) of the day.

Homeopathic Medicine at Home. Panos and Heimlich. Page 9)


History of Homeopathy
 Late 1700’s – developed in Germany
by Samuel Hahnemann
 1825 – Introduced in the US by
Hans Burch Gram
 1835 – 1st homeopathic medical college –
Allentown, Pennsylvania
 By the turn of the 20th century, 8 % of all
American medical practitioners were homeopaths, and
there were 20 homeopathic medical colleges and more
than 100 homeopathic hospitals in the United States.
 Negatively affected by medical advances, including
recognition of the mechanisms of disease and antiseptic
techniques
 Began to revive in the 1960’s


Complementary and
 Traditional Alternative Medicine  Biologically Based
 Acupuncture Therapies
 Ayurveda  Dietary Supplements
 Homeopathy  Herbal Medicine
 Naturopathy
 Chinese/Oriental  Manipulative and Body-
Based Methods
 Mind-Body Interventions  Chiropractics
 Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
 Massage
 Meditation
 Biofeedback  Energy Therapies
 Hypnosis  Electromagnetic Therapy
 Prayer
 Art, Music, Dance

Complementary and
 36% of adults are using some form of
CAM
 CAM is used greater by
 Women
 People with higher educational levels
 People who have been hospitalized in the
past year
 Former smokers


Samuel Hahnemann and
Homeopathic History
 Hahnemann eventually gave up the practice of
medicine and turned to medical translating.
While translating a Scottish professors medicine
book he stumbled across the key to curing sick
people. The author claimed that quinine
(cinchona bark) could cure malaria because of
its “astringent and bitter” qualities. Hahnemann
decided to test it on himself and found that by
taking quinine he could induce the symptoms of
malaria in himself. He reasoned that malaria was
cured by quinine, not because of its bitter taste
but because the drug produces the symptoms of
malaria in a healthy person.

Homeopathy History
 In 1890, there were 14,000 homeopaths
compared to 100,000 conventional physicians.
 In some areas, one out of four physicians was a
homeopath.
 There were 22 homeopathic medical school and
over 100 homeopathic hospitals.
 The rise of the drug industry after the Civil War
changed the practice of medicine and by 1940’s
the homeopathic physician was almost obsolete.
(Panos and Heimlich, Homeopathic Medicine at Home, pg. 17)


Homeopathic Hospitals
The Royal
London
Homeopathic
Hospital is one
of the few
homeopathic
hospitals in
the U.K.



Homeopathic
Hospital,
Reading,
Pennsylvania



Albany, NY
Homeopathic
Hospital


Hospital-
Catherine-Stree
(Michigan
1880)

Homeopathic
Hospital (left)
Allopathy
Hospital (right)


Alexander II
Homeopathi
c Hospital in
St.
Petersburg.
Russia


Homeopathy Statistics
 Homeopathy is alive and well in other parts of
the world.
 Britain has over 200 homeopathic physicians.
 France has nearly 800 homeopathic physicians.
 India is the stronghold of homeopathy, with 124
homeopathic medical schools.
 Mexico, as well as Brazil, Chile and Argentina
have homeopathic colleges and many practicing
physicians.


The Principles behind Homeopathic
Medicine
 Homeopathy is based on three principles.
 #1 The Law of Similars

#2 The Law of Proving
#3 The Law of Potentization


First Principle of Homeopathy
 The Law of Similars : States that a
remedy can cure a disease if it produces
in a healthy person symptoms similar to
those of the disease.
 How this law works in practice: A person
develops a fever, with flushed face, dilated
pupils, rapid heartbeat, and a feeling of
restlessness. The homeopathic physician
studies these symptoms, then searches for a
remedy that produce all these symptoms in a
healthy person.

Second Principle of
Homeopathy
 The Law of Proving : This principle refers
to the method of testing a substance to
determine its medicinal effect. To prove a
remedy, a group of healthy people are given a
dose of the substance daily, and each person
carefully records the symptoms experienced.
When the proving is completed, all the
symptoms that the people consistently
experience are recorded and listed in the
Materia Medica, a prescriber’s reference.

Third Principle of Homeopathy
 The Law of Potentization: This refers to the
preparation of a homeopathic remedy. These
medications are prepared by successive diluting and
shaking to the point where the resulting medicine
contains no molecules of the original substance. These
small doses are called potencies. As strange as it may
seem, the higher the dilution, the greater the potency of
the medicine.
 A potentized remedy does not contain sufficient matter to
act directly on the tissues, which means that
homeopathic medicine is nontoxic and cannot cause side
effects. In over 150 years of use, no homeopathic
remedy has ever been recalled.


Mechanism
 On dilution, spherical
 Water molecules clusters appeared, which
are thought to form were seen to aggregate
clusters that may in steps resulting in a size
be unique to the increase with decreasing
original substance concentration.
that was dissolved.
 Samal and
Geckeler
discovered an
inverse relationship
between the
aggregate size and
concentration of
the solutes. Samal S and Geckeler KE. Chem Commun 2001; 2224-25.


A NOBEL laureate who discovered the
link between HIV and AIDS has
suggested there could be a firm scientific
foundation for homeopathy.

French virologist Luc Montagnier
presents information for detecting viral
infections that closely resembles the
principles of homeopathy .

At a time when Homeopathy is being
lambasted by the scientific and medical
community most aggressively in the UK,
this news comes as a surprise to neigh
sayers.
Montagnier reports that solutions
containing the DNA of pathogenic
bacteria and viruses, including HIV,
"could emit low frequency radio waves"
that induced surrounding water http://www.theaustralian.com.au
molecules to become arranged into
"nanostructures". These water molecules,
he said, could also emit radio waves.

Protestors against
homeopathy
 History is replete with orthodox
medicine and science being
steadfastly resistant to different
systems of medicine and paradigms
of healing. Although , the average
physician and scientist tends to be
threatened by new ideas, a common
attribute of leading physicians and
scientists is a certain openness and
humility due to the common and even
expected evolution of knowledge.

Not placebo
 Witt et al. compared conventional treatment versus
homeopathy.  Physician assessment:

 Patient assessment: More favorable for
Greater improvement children who had
after homeopathic versus received homeopathic
conventional treatment treatment

Witt C et al. Comp Ther Med 2005; 13: 79-86.

 Quality of life:
 Physical component score increased in
homeopathically treated patients
 Mental component no significant difference

Witt C et al. Comp Ther Med 2005; 13: 79-86.

Treatment
 Mostly derived from natural substances that
come from plants, minerals, or animals
 Used to treat acute and chronic illnesses, as well
as to prevent diseases
 Used most often to treat arthritis, asthma, colds, flu,
and allergies
 The choice of medicine is based on a person’s
total symptom picture.
 Homeopathic Pharmacopoeias contain
guidelines for homeopathic remedies.


A Comparison of Homeopathy and
Standard Medicine (Allopathy)
 Homeopathy Allopathy


 Symptoms are a healthy  Symptoms are
reaction of the body’s manifestations of the
defense mechanism. disease, to be opposed or
 Treats the patient suppressed.
according to the  Treats the patient
symptoms. according to the disease.
 The aim is to strengthen  The aim is to identify the
the body so it can resist organism and select a
harmful organisms. drug to destroy the
specific germ.

Some Homeopathic Medicine is
used in Conventional Medicine
Today
 A large number of
homeopathic medicines
were adopted by
allopaths, and some are
still being used today.
 One of the best known is
nitroglycerine tablets.


A comparison of Homeopathy and
Herbalism

 Homeopathy
 Scientific medicine that Herbalism


follows procedures of  Preparation depends on
preparation. the herbalist’s intuition
 Prepared according to an and experience.
exact process and  Uses a combination of a
prescribed according to number of herbs.
the law of similars.  Many medicinal herbs are
 The potentized toxic. A self-help herbalist
medication contains only has no way of knowing
minute amounts of the what constitutes a “safe”
original substance and is dose.
nontoxic.

How Homeopathic medicines are
made
 Homeopathic medicine is made in accordance to
the Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia CODEX and
HAB in Europe and HPUS in the United States.
 Homeopathic medicines are regulated by the
FDA.
 In 1938, Congress wrote the Food, Drug and
Cosmetic Act and included homeopathic
medicine as defined by the HPUS.
 The HPUS defines each remedy’s substance,
lowest safe dilution, and initial method of
preparation.

How Homeopathic medicines are made


หน่วยวัดของ Homeopathy จะแตกต่างจากหน่วยวัดโดยทั่วไป
การคำานวณค่อนข้างซับซ้อนแต่จะอธิบายคร่าว ๆ ดังนี้ค่ะ
สำาหรับคำาถามที่ถามมานะคะ หน่วย 30C ก็คืำำอหน่วยของความเข้มข้น
ของวิธี
การเตรียมยาแบบฮาห์เนมานน์โดยการนำาสารตั้งต้น (mother tincture)1
ส่ว
นต่อตัวทำาละลาย (อัลกอฮอล์) 99 ส่วน แล้วมาทำาการกระแทก
(succussion)ตามวิธ๊ฮาห์เนมานน์

ทำาซำ้า ๆ กัน 30 ครั้งก็จะได้ความเข้มข้น 30CHส่วนหน่วยความเข้มข้น
30X
ก็คือการนำาสารตั้งต้นมา1 ส่วนต่อตัวทำาละลาย 9ส่วน
แล้วมาทำาการการกระแทกตามวิธฮาห์เนมานน์ทำาซำ้า ๆ กัน 30
๊

SOSTANZA GREZZA
SOSTANZA GREZZA
Natural Substance
Natural Substance

T.M.
T.M.
TRITURATIONS
TRITURATIONS

DILUITIONS
DILUITIONS
POTENTIZATION
POTENTIZATION

PHARMACEUTICAL
PHARMACEUTICAL
FORM
FORM

CH POTENCIES – Diluizioni Centesimali

All homoeopathic remedies have potency numbers. The potency numbers, which
follow the name of the homoeopathic remedies are indicative of the number of
dilutions and succussions from the original mother tincture. In a pharmacy
dilution and succussion are the potentisation steps. To make a Hahnemanian
remedy 1 part of the potency is added to 99 parts of solvent in a new flask and
succussed to make the next potency.

Hahnemann dilution (H, e.g., CH) - multiple flask method of preparation.


However, for preparing potencies higher than 200C, the Korsakov method is
often employed. The Korsakovian method is simpler and quicker. Korsakov's
method involves using the same container for each serial dilution, while
Hahnemann's method uses a different container for each serial dilution.

Korsakovian dilutions (K, e.g., CK) - single flask method of preparation


The Korsakov method was adopted favourably by physicians and pharmacists.
Jahr stated, in 1841, "for dilutions one does not wish to keep, the obtained
dilution can be emptied out and the same flask can be filled with one hundred
drops and shaken one hundred times in order to achieve the next dilution".
Although Hahnemann's method is scientifically accurate, the Korsakovian
method lends itself well to computerisation and automation, rendering it the
preferred choice for very high potencies in many countries.

It is believed that by using the same container the final remedy contains the
energy pattern of all the potencies up to and including the final potency, allowing
the patients body to use the most effective potency for the condition.


Potencies: method


Pharmaceutical forms


Mother Tinctures


Remedies & Diluitions


When and how to use Homeopathic
medicines
 Match the symptoms of the patient as closely as
possible to the symptoms that were produced in
healthy humans. (Law of similars)
 Give only one remedy at a time.
 Continue giving the remedy until improvement
starts, then increase the interval between doses.
 Medicine should be taken in a clean mouth,
placed on or under the tongue, free of food,
drink, tobacco, toothpaste, mouthwash, mints or
anything except plain water.

Compatibility with other
medications
 Homeopathy is 100% compatible with
other medications and will not interfere
with the effectiveness of other medicines.
 Other medications may lessen the effects
of homeopathy. Many remedies can be
affected by strong odors, steroids or
caffeine. (www. 1-800homeopathy.com)


Side Effects of Homeopathy
 “A homeopathic remedy does not
cause side effects . When I prescribe, I
do not have to worry, Is this drug safe? I
have never heard of a homeopathic
medicine being recalled for causing
adverse side effects, which is an enviable
record considering that these remedies
have been in use for more than 150
years.”
( Homeopathic Medicine at Home, pg 29)


Can a Patient Overdose
 No! All remedies are only sold in very safe
dilutions. (www.1-800homeopathy.com)

 A homeopathic remedy, even an entire
vial consumed at one gulp, is not toxic or
poisonous. (Panos, Homeopathic Medicine at Home, pg. 43)


Safety
 Endrezzi et al. studied adverse drug
events related to homeopathic encounters
in 335 follow-up visits in 181 patients.
 9 (2.68%) adverse reactions were
reported.
 No medical therapy was required to treat
any of the adverse events.
 Adverse events exist, but are rare and not
severe.

Endrizzi C et al. Homeopathy 2005; 94: 233-240.

Observation: The key to prescribing
 Selecting a remedy that matches the totality of
the symptoms.
 Two people may be “bitten” by the same bug,
but react differently and require different
remedies.
 Example of two people both exposed to
streptococcus infection:
 Jane: flushed, restless, burning with heat, red throat, pounding
head, thirstless, and acutely ill. According to her symptoms,
Jane needed Belladonna, took it and recovered.
 Dick: Not so quick to show symptoms. Gradually became
quieter, grew pale, and was very thirsty, he was irritable and
developed a dry, racking cough. Dick needed Bryonia, and after
taking a dose felt better.


Homeopathy and the
Treatment of Epidemic
Disease
Statistics and information provided by:
Julian Winston, Sandra J.Perko,”The Homeopathic Treatment of
Influenza” and extracts from
W.A.Dewey M.D. University of Michigan, as reported in,” The Journal
of The American Institute of Homeopathy,”1921and the Dec 1918
edition of ,”The British Journal of Homeopathy.”
Compiled by Sally Tamplin DSH MARH


Typhus Fever epidemic of
1813

 When the epidemic came through Leipzig,
Samuel Hahnemann,the founder of
Homeopathy, was able to treat 180 cases
of Typhus, losing only 2.

 The mortality rate for conventional
medicine was 30%.

Self portrait with Dr.Arrieta
Goya - 1820
With kind permission from:
Minneapolis Institute of Arts

Cholera
 Dr. Joseph Pulte, working in Cincinnati
during the cholera epidemic of 1849,
boasted that he did not lose a single
patient.

 People crowded to his door and stood in
the street because his waiting room was
full.

The 1830 - 1832 Cholera
Epidemic
 Samuel Hahnemann,the founder of
Homeopathy, was able to identify the stages of
the illness and predict what homeopathic
remedies would be needed for which stages.

 When Cholera finally struck Europe the mortality
rate under conventional treatment was between
40% - 80% depending on the information
sources.

Dr.Quin of London reported the mortality
in the 10 homeopathic hospitals in 1831 –
1832 as 9%.
 Dr.Roth,homeopathic physician to the
King of Bavaria, reported that the mortality
was 7%.
 Admiral Mordoinow of The Imperial
Russian Council reported 10% mortality
under homeopathy.

The 1854 London
Cholera Epidemic

 Under conventional care the mortality rate
was 59.2% while under homeopathic care
the mortality was only 9%.


The Hamburg Cholera
epidemic of 1892

 The conventional mortality rate was
42%.The homeopathic mortality rate was
15.5%.


Yellow Fever
 During the 1850’s there were several epidemics of
Yellow Fever in the southern states. This disease was
eventually found to be transmitted by mosquito.
 Dr.Osler reported that the conventional mortality rate
was between 15 – 85%.
 In Natchez Dr.Holcombe,a homeopath, reported a
mortality rate of 6.43% and Dr.Davis,another
homeopath, reported a mortality rate of 5.73%.
 In 1878 the mortality rate in New Orleans was 50%
under conventional care, and 5.6% (In 1,945 cases in
the same epidemic) with homeopathic care.


Diphtheria

 In the 1862 - 1864 records of Diphtheria in
Broome County, New York the mortality
rate for conventional care was 83.6% and
the mortality rate for homeopathic care
was 16.4%.


Polio
 Dr.Eizayaga of Argentina, tells of a Polio
epidemic in Buenos Aires in 1957,where the
symptoms of the epidemic resembled
 those of the homeopathic remedy Lathyrus
sativa.
 The homeopathic doctors and pharmacies
prescribed Lathyrus 30c as a prophylactic and
thousands of doses were distributed. Nobody
registered a case of contagion.
 Dr.Eizayaga pointed out that in other epidemics
of Polio, the homeopathic remedy Gelsemium
was the indicated remedy.

Homeopathic Lathyrus
Sativa
 Affects the anterior and lateral columns of
the spinal cord, causing many paralytic
affections of the lower extremities.
 Useful in wasting and exhaustive diseases
when there is weakness and heaviness
and slow recovery of nerve power.
 Excessive rigidity of the legs, spastic gait.


INFLUENZA
 Every 10 to 30 years, the flu virus historically undergoes radical changes …..
 in which it is altered so completely that most of the world’s population has no
immunity to it.
 During the Asian Flu of 1957 one million people worldwide died.
 During the Hong Kong Flu of 1968 750.000 people died worldwide.
 Sometimes a viral strain develops that is so deadly that it is known as a
super virus. The Spanish Flu of 1928 – 1919 killed from 22 to 100 million
people worldwide. It often struck young otherwise healthy people in less that
48 hours.
 The Spanish Flu began as an ordinary flu with fever and aches and pains but
it developed very rapidly often within a matter of hours into a much more
serious and deadly lung infection.
 Virologists believe that the current Bird Flu has the potential to become the
long overdue next super virus. According to reports so far ,bird Flu symptoms
also seem to center on the lower respiratory tract, with rapid lung infection
and difficult breathing.


The 1918 – 1919 Influenza
pandemic
 “Homeopathic doctors rose to the challenge of
the most appalling Influenza pandemic in history,
and they did so without the fear and uncertainty
that paralyzed their allopathic colleagues.”
 Dr.Frank Wieland of Chicago wrote;
 “In a plant of 8,000 workers there was only one
death.Gelsemium was practically the only
homeopathic remedy used, there was no use of
either aspirin or vaccination.”


 Dean W.A .Pearson of Philadelphia
collected 26,795 case of Influenza treated
by homeopathic physicians. The mortality
rate was 1.05% while the rate for
conventional medicine was 30%.
 Dr.H.A.Roberts of Connecticut had 30
physicians respond to his request for data.
They reported 6.602 cases with 55 deaths,
which is less than a 1% mortality rate.


 Dr.G.B. Stearns of New York collected through the International
Hahnemannian Association 17,000 cases of Influenza with a
mortality rate of 4%.
 Dr.T.A.Mc Cann of Ohio reported a 1,000 cases of Influenza with
no loses. “Please give all credit to homeopathy.”
 Dr.A.B. Palmer of Seattle treated approx 500 cases which
included pneumonia, he only lost two cases.
 Dr.F.A.Swartwout of Washington had 11 homeopathic physicians
report 3,600 cases of Influenza with only 6 deaths.
 Dr.G.G.Bascomb of Lake Wilson, Minnesota reported 300 cases
with no deaths.


 The homeopathic physicians avoided the use of aspirin and other drugs
and had a low death rate.

 Dr,Arthur Grimmer declared:
 “The development of pneumonia is a rare occurrence if a good
homeopathic physician was called during the first 24 hours of attack.”

 Dr.G.A.Wright of Forest Glen wrote:
 “I attended over one hundred cases without fatalities. I never deviated from
the homeopathic remedy. I never gave aspirin.
 This epidemic should encourage us to renewed faith in homeopathy.”


 Dr.Dorothy Shepherd from England wrote:

 “One treated over 100,nearer 150 cases; both rich and poor,
young and old, male and female; and the results were
astonishing. The cases were not picked ones; some were
seriously ill when first seen, with high temperatures and
bronchial involvement, some had it mildly, and yet the
temperatures in nearly all cases came down in twenty – four to
forty – eight hours. They were kept strictly in bed for a week
after the temperature was normal, kept on dilute fruit juice, no
milk, no tea was allowed. And there was not a single death in
the whole of this series and no subsequent complications.”


Why use homeopathy?
 Homeopaths do not waste valuable time trying to make a diagnosis. They
do not need to name the disease in order to help patients.

 The patient’s symptoms are carefully noted and a remedy is prescribed
according to that individual’s manifestation of the disease.

 In an epidemic a handful of homeopathic remedies tend to emerge in the
area of geographical infection. These remedies become known as the
genus epidemicus.These remedies can be used as a prophylaxis to protect
people who have been exposed to the infection.

 Homeopathic remedies are gentle, safe, inexpensive and readily available.
There is no known interaction with conventional medication.

 Homeopathy dispels FEAR .


H5N1
 At present, officials tell us that the H5N1 Bird Flu has a
50% mortality rate, meaning that it kills 1 out of every
two people that it infects.
 By comparison the 1918 Spanish Flu had only a 5%
mortality rate, yet it killed between 50 and 100 million
people worldwide. If a pandemic with even a 5%
mortality rate were to strike today,380 million people
worldwide would die.
 If an influenza super – virus hit today ,it would take from
6 – 9 months to make a vaccine for even half of the US
population.
 There is only enough of the anti viral drug Tamiflu for
about half the population.


Gelsemium
 Symptoms tend to come on slowly .
 Sore throat and chills that run up and down the spine.
 Splitting headache that usually starts in the back of the head better
after urinating.
 General feeling of fatigue and heaviness , legs feel weak and
shaky, eye lids are droopy, head feels heavy and there may be
double vision.
 Pain felt in the bones.
 Although there may be a fever, they do not sweat and they are not
thirsty .
 Chills run up and down the spine, alternating with fever.
 They feel better in the fresh air and moving around. They feel worse
in the early morning and late at night, in the sun and when exposed
to tobacco smoke.


Bryonia
 Symptoms tend to come on slowly .
 Aches all over and worse from any kind of movement.
There is usually a violent frontal headache that is made
worse by coughing or even slightly moving the eyes. The
headache feels better if firm pressure is applied.
 Dry, painful cough.
 Worse from any excitement,noise,touch,movement or
bright light.
 Worse around 3am and 9pm.
 Dehydrated and they want to drink a lot of cold water but
at infrequent intervals.
 Irritability , wants to be left alone and at home.
 May be worrying about work or financial problems .


ACONITE
 Flu with great restlessness and worry .
 Flu symptoms come on suddenly especially after
exposure to cold dry wind, infection or from an emotional
shock or fright.
 High fever , sore throat and a feeling of great worry and
fear.
 The individual is extremely restless and they feel better
in the fresh air.
 They are feel better in the fresh air.
 They are worse in a warm room, in the evening or at
night.
 Worse when exposed to tobacco smoke or hearing
music.

ARNICA

 This is the main remedy that we think of in times
of acute trauma, accident and injury.
 People in an arnica state usually send onlookers
away saying," I'm fine , there's nothing wrong
with me." when usually it is evident that they are
very sick or injured.
 Individuals suffering from the flu may complain
that the bed feels too hard and they fear
some one approaching and touching their body
because it is so sore.
 They may desire sour drinks and alcohol.

ARSENICUM
 This remedy is useful when an acute illness affects the
nervous system .
 The individual may be extremely restless and
anxious , they may express fear of death and do not
want to be left alone.
 They will be very chilly , their face will be pale and they
will have an anxious expression.
 Their pains are generally burning in nature, feeling like
hot needles and are better from hot applications.
 They will be thirsty and only able to drink in small sips.
 They are generally worse between 1 and 2 am.
 Vomiting and diarrhea are extremely common
Arsenicum symptoms.

BAPTISIA
 Flu with a high fever and a feeling of being bruised all
over.
 Useful for a flu that comes on suddenly and the
individual feels bruised and sore all over.
 The body and limbs feel as if they are scattered and all
in bits.
 There is profuse sweating and an intense thirst.
 The face is dull red in color and people who need this
remedy look dazed and sluggish as if they may fall
asleep at any time.
 This is an excellent remedy for gastric flu where there
is much vomiting and diarrhea.

BELLADONNA
 High fever that comes on suddenly usually as a
result of exposure to infection or from the head getting
cold, wet or overheated.
 The face is flushed and bright red , the throat is sore
and the eyes are wide and staring ,the pupils are
dilated , there is possible confusion and delirium.
 The individual feels better when they stand or sit upright
and in a warm room.
 They are worse from any noise or bright light or
movement.
 Worse from lying down.
 Symptoms tend to affect the right side of the body.

EUPATORIUM
PERFOLIATUM
 This remedy is for the most terrible of flus.
 The individual may be restless and unable to sleep.
 The pains are so severe that the bones feel broken.
 The muscles ache and feel sore and bruised, everything
hurts.
 The individual feels worse for any kind of movement.
 They have a bursting headache and sore eyes.
 Lots of sneezing, the nose is runny, the chest is sore and
coughing makes the head hurt.
 The patient wants ice cold water although it
brings on violent chills in the small of the back.
 There is little sweat but if they do sweat everything feels
better except the head.

MERCURIUS SOLUBILIS

 People in a mercurius state have
extremely bad breath , they have more
salivation that normal and they are
extremely thirsty.

NUX VOMICA

 Flu with great irritability and over sensitivity.
 People in this state are highly sensitive, they
become easily irritated,impatient,angry and
easily offended.
 They are chilly and want to be warmly wrapped
up.
 They are extremely sensitive to light, noise and
odors.
 People in this state are often constipated and
have frequent ineffectual urging and a sense of
incompletion.

RHUS
TOXICODENDRON
 People in a Rhus Tox state are extremely restless ,
they want to move about all of the time, there is a lot of
aching and stiffness in the joints which is worse on first
starting to move and after sitting or lying down for a
while. The pains ease up after some movement and then
return again requiring the individual to rest again.
 They may be anxious, weepy and worse at night.
 People in this state may have a fear of being
poisoned .
 They may have a red triangular tip to their tongue.


Dosage
 Take the indicated remedy in a 30c potency.
 According to the severity of the symptoms, take
more often if the symptoms are severe – every
1-2 hours and less often - every 3 -4 hours if
they are not too bad.
 If you have taken more than 4 doses and have
had no response then consider another remedy
or seek professional help.


Questions to consider
 There is a growing popularity of alternative
medicine, especially homeopathic
medicine.
 What are some explanations you have
heard from patients or friends who use
alternative medicine?
 How would you counsel a patient who
wants to try homeopathic medicine?


It is well known that the Royal Family patronizes
homeopathy and has appointed an official Royal
homeopathic physician since the mid-19th century.
Not so well known is this interesting homeopathic
snippet uncovered by the UK Daily Mail for the
Queen's Jubilee. They report:

"For her extended foreign tours, the Queen’s
luggage can weigh more than four tons — and that
includes 60 vials of homeopathic medicines, carried
in a special leather case, without which she won’t
travel anywhere. She is a firm believer in alternative
remedies, preferring them to conventional
medicine. She has even been known to treat one of
her corgis homeopathically after the animal cut its
foot. She bathed the wound in a special ointment
and the injured paw was healed within days. When
she was asked why she used the treatment, she
replied: ‘If it’s good enough for me, it should be
good enough for my dogs.“

http://www.dailymail.co.uk


Singer-songwriter Paul McCartney

Former Beatles member and singer-
songwriter Paul McCartney is a great fan of
homeopathy. "I can't manage without
homeopathy. In fact, I never go anywhere
without homeopathic remedies. I often
make use of them," he says.
He was introduced to homeopathy by his
wife Linda, who saw the great results of
homeopathy when she could not get rid of
hertonsillitis.
When first diagnosed with tonsillitis she
was prescribed a course of antibiotics
which only provided temporary relief – her
symptoms soon returned. When she
consulted a homeopathic doctor, however,
her symptoms not only went away rapidly;
they never returned.

(Photo of Paul McCartney from
Shutterstock)

References
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