precaution while using homeopathy

There are so many homeopathic remedies for each disorder, that simply looking for PAIN will not find the most closely matching remedy for your specific pain. The fact that your ailment hurts is not sufficient to tell you which remedy to use. But the modalities of the pain the kind of pain it is, where the pain is, and when it hurts most will help enormously. These are some of the factors you need to address. For example: if the pain pulsates and burns in your leg in addition to having certain modalities such as worse on the left side and in the evening and better from cold applications, then you will be able to find the most curative remedy for your leg pain.

Modalities are always very important factors in choosing the most closely matching homeopathic remedy to the totality of the simillimum. They can be the deciding factors between several remedies which may be strongly indicated. Modalities are the modifying influences and circumstances which either ameliorate (influences which make the symptoms of a condition feel better), or aggravate (influences which make the symptoms of a condition feel worse). Modalities include many factors and stimuli as perceived by the patient. Modalities may have to do with temperature, weather, climate, movement, activity, time, right and left side, sensations, physical contact, foods, drinks, etc. They are the sensory manner and mode of how the symptoms are felt by the individual, and they are a most important criterion in choosing the right remedy.

Homeopaths have been very particular about the diet during homeopathic treatment. There is a general belief, sometimes bordering on the level of fear, that the remedies will be antidoted by anything of medicinal nature in the diet. A small survey or homeopathic websites revealed that the majority of homeopaths believe in dietary restrictions to some extent. Nowadays, homeopaths seem to be divided in three groups as far as the question of dietary restrictions is concerned. The first group is comprised of those who restrict all articles of medicinal nature from the diet; the second group are those who restrict some articles depending upon the nature of the disease, remedy and sensitivity of the patient. The third group are homeopaths who usually do not impose any dietary restrictions during the course of homeopathic treatment. The aim of this paper is to study the historical basis of this belief, to present the views of contemporary homeopaths through literature review, and to discuss whether the belief is valid or not.

To assess the extent of this belief among contemporary homeopaths, I made a survey of the top ten relevant sites, chosen randomly from search engine (Google and Yahoo) results for the keywords

80% of the websites studied, clearly indicated that coffee can antidotehomeopathic remedies. An additional 10% (marked with *) websites indicated that coffee may or may not work as an antidote depending upon the dose, patient sensitivity, choice of the remedy and habit. 40% of the websites studied, listed many dietary articles as possible antidotes. Another 30% (marked with *) said that some dietary articles may antidote the effect of remedies, depending upon the patient sensitivity and the remedy given.

The sample size of this survey was very small and cannot be considered representative of the whole community, but still it gives us a fair idea that the belief about coffee and other medicinal substances as possible antidotes tohomeopathic remediesis widely prevalent in the homeopathic community.

Homeopathic literature is filled with guidelines about dietary restrictions while takinghomeopathic remedies. People have written whole books on this subject and many others devote many pages to this issue. Popular contemporary author, McCabe (2000, p. 566) gives the following guidelines about dietary restrictions: The following articles of diet should be avoided while under homeopathic treatment, not only on account of the injurious effect which they have upon the system, but because they antidote the effects of the medicine.

Homeopathy is a practice of complementary medicine which works in alignment with the natural healing process of the human body. Homeopathy has been in use for more than 150 to 200 years. The remedies of this alternative healthcare therapy are designed in such a way that they stimulate the natural reaction of the human body to help with numerous health conditions and disorders, eventually bringing back the health to the normal state. With an ever increasing number of people choosing to go in for increasingly natural way of preserving their health, this alternative stream of medicine can be used conscientiously in conjunction with conventional treatments and the same has an increasing evidence base to upkeep the same.

Homeopathic medicines are essentially diluted substances in the sense they are extremely diluted. Thus these remedies are devoid of any sort of whole molecules and therefore are non-toxic, non-allergic, and non-poisonous. Also, a few other food substances which have pungent smell also need to be avoided while taking homeopathic medicines. Such foods include onion, garlic, ginger and other similar substances that are extremely pungent. The reason for suggesting avoiding these kinds of strong smelling foods is that, these foods might minimize the effect of the spirit mixed with the homeopathic medicine, which is essentially the most important ingredient of the medicine.

Homeopathic medicine is a holistic system of treatment which basically identifies and makes use of the own power of the human body which is in other words known as the Vital Force and this is what is believed to be stimulating all the living beings in this world. In contrast to the most common belief of many people that homeopathy is a kind of herbal or natural treatment; it is, in essence, far more specific and a clear-cut system of medicine that is complete and quite exhaustive. It is a system of holistic medication that can enable the course of not just healing the mind and body but also getting back a person to complete wellness, power, function and cheerfulness.