Homeopathy: instructions for use
What is homeopathy? If allopathy (official medicine) fights against microbes, homeopathy aims to strengthen the body's natural defenses against possible failures or intrusions of microbes. This therapeutic method was founded in 18e century, and is used first in veterinary medicine, horses, pigs, cows or chickens, without the psychological effect can be invoked on these animals.
What is homeopathic treatment?
Homeopathy treats chronic diseases, with a background treatment, as well as acute diseases. By its principle, homeopathy is also used in prevention.
This therapeutic method consists in giving the patient, at low or infinitesimal doses, the natural substance which causes the same symptoms as the disease. During a treatment, these symptoms can be reactivated before disappearing permanently.
Some homeopaths are called "unicists" because they use only one remedy at a time, while "pluralists" use from 3 to 5. Homeopathic medicines are often associated with trace elements and some vitamins.
What types of treatment exist in homeopathy?
The drugs are in the form of doses or granules, drops, suppositories, powder and ointments. The granules or doses are taken under the tongue, so that the active ingredients pass directly into the blood.
The dilutions go in increments of 5, 7, 9, 12, 15 and 30 CH. The more acute the symptoms, the higher the dilution (15 or 30 CH). In acute attacks, one or three granules of the same substance can be taken every quarter of an hour, until improvement. For a background treatment, doses are spaced in the day, week or month when it comes to high dilutions.
Can one practice self-medication?
The homeopath takes into account the individual as a whole before becoming interested in the symptom. He seeks to know the living conditions and personality of his patient. For chronic diseases, it is better to consult a homeopath, but daily, for punctual problems, you can practice self-medication, and ask the pharmacist.
Our advice
There is no incompatibility between allopathy and homeopathy, except perhaps in the case of cortisone which greatly reduces the effectiveness of homeopathic treatments. To start a basic treatment, it is still better to consult a homeopath.
