How Homeopathic Remedies Work

Homeopathy is not only an energy medicine but it is also holistic. Homeopaths believe that the body is much more than the sum of its different parts and that the whole person should be treated.

It is believed that the mind, the emotions and all the various organs are interconnected and it would be unwise to treat one part without considering the whole person.

Energy Within:

The mechanics of this interconnection is extremely complex and almost impossible to understand in any detail. Fortunately, in homeopathy we don’t have to understand the process. We just have to trust the process. Underneath the elaborate and complex physical and mental systems of energy, which is self-regulating and works efficiently almost all the time.

When we feel ill and have unpleasant symptoms, we will usually get better whether we take medicines or not. This is when we see our body’s self-healing powers kick into action. The body does its own healing, although it may need support sometimes when its own natural sources of healing energy are depleted or unbalanced.

The Healing Process:

The healing process of our body can be compared to a running car. Modern cars are so efficient that, provided you maintain them properly, give them the right fuel and drive them sensibly, problems will seldom ever arise.

Then one night, you forget to turn off the lights and the next morning the battery is flat (dead) and the car is incapacitated. The only way to get the car moving again (the only cure) is to get a transfer of energy, in the form of a jump start from the battery of another car and then all will be well.

Using homeopathy remedies is a bit like getting a jump start. The remedies are the energy sources, used in accordance with the law of similars so that the body can run on all cylinders again.

Homeopaths believe that it is the energy or "vibrational pattern" of the remedy, rather than the chemical content, that stimulates the healing by activating the Vital force which is the healing power or energy that exists within all of us.

The Vital force is called by the name Chi by the Chinese and Prana by Indian Ayurveda. It is the vital force that fuels the mind, body, emotions and keeps us healthy and balanced.

A Safe Therapy:

Many people turn to homeopathic remedies because of their concerns about conventional medicine, which is now very drug orientated. Many drugs are very toxic and the side-effects in especially sensitive people can be very distressing.

Even if the side-effects are not observable, the long-term problems associated with excessive use of drugs are little understood, but could be severe in the future. Modern conventional medicine seldom cures and it does not pretend to.

It relieves symptoms and “manages” the illness, but since it addresses only the symptoms and seldom the disease itself, the results are often unsatisfactory. It is not holistic and therefore the consultants tend to be specialists in small parts of the system, ignoring the other parts.

The Holistic Principle:

Homeopathic remedies are safe to use and do not treat the removal of symptoms as an end in itself, but considers the symptoms as signs of distress. The correct remedy will remove the cause of the problem and then the distressing symptoms will fade away.

Homeopaths contend that the homeopathic remedies work and they see no reason to stop using them simply because we do not understand how they work. They often argue that pharmacologists cannot explain to us exactly how most conventional drugs work.

For example, even aspirin is not fully understood in terms of how it works, but physicians have no difficulty in recommending that we use it.

Homeopathy takes into account the nature of the individualized person and recognizes that even two people diagnosed as having the same illness. They can become ill in different ways and will need different homeopathic remedies to effect a proper cure.

Using Homeopathy:

For chronic or long-term illnesses, you should consult a professional homeopath who has had many years of training and experience with homeopathic remedies. But for acute, non-serious ailments there is much good work that you can do yourself, with a small number of remedies and help of my website.