Frequently Asked Questions

How do Homeopathic remedies work? Top

How rapid Homeopathic remedies can do something? Top

Homeopathic remedies start working right away after it is taken. Often, acute illnesses like headache patients find relief within minutes of administering homeopathic remedy. Patients feel the relief instantly in most instances. It may take a while to get complete cure depending on the hold and nature of illness and also condition of the patient. Most of the patients with acute conditions like fever and cold find relief in one or two days. In chronic cases, patients start feeling better in few days. As chronic diseases develop over a long period of time (such as asthma, arthritis, diabetes, psoriasis, eczema) the cure should be brought slowly by reversing the pathological changes, it may take longer time in certain cases.
In case of arthritis, many patients get tremendous relief within couple of weeks of starting of the treatment. Patient will be cured by removing the pathology of inflammation (swelling of membranes, absorption of fluids, redness) by stimulating the body's defensive system.

What are resources of Homeopathic remedies? Top

Why should one have a preference for Homeopathy as first option of treatment? Top

Health and Homeopathy Top

According to World Health Organization, Health is a state of complete corporeal, intellectual or social well-being and not merely the absence of illness or medical condition. In health living being is totally unaware of its body parts, organs and their functions; slightest alertness about body parts, organs and their functions indicates disease.
While treating the physical condition homeopath considers the state of mind as well as social relations. Usually associated with dis-ease, different people have different moods, some are annoyed, some are boring and some cry. One may cry for the pain he is experiencing, other may let go as fury. A very courageous person becomes depressed after diabetic attack. That indicates the Psycho-Neuro-Hormonal levels of that person which uphold Psychology, Physiology and immunity system. In thyrotoxicosis (excessive thyroxin hormone by hyperactive thyroid gland) patients have touchiness and nervousness with rapid heart action, loss of weight, exophthalmia, tremors, and enlarged gland. Each hormone takes care of many functions by regulating many organs. In order to know the cause, classical homeopaths take the totality of symptoms and treat the main cause but not each symptom, so that patient gets the complete cure not just the relief.

What are sign and symptoms? Top

Sign is objective in kind. A sign that can be seen, heard, measured or felt by the diagnostician. Finding of such sign(s) can be used to confirm or deny the diagnostician's impressions of the disease. e.g.: swelling, redness, blood pressure, temperature.

In general, Symptoms are subjective and expressed by patient. Symptom is any perceptible change in the body or its functions that indicate the kind or phases of disease. Symptoms are subjective e.g., pain, burning sensation, weakness, feeling cold. Objective indications are called signs. These signs and symptoms are vital for homeopathic remedy selection. Knowledge of the following listed characters of symptoms makes the patient comfortable to give clear picture of their problem.   And also it shows how the patient is different from similar disease group. Each patient of arthritis has different times of aggravation, different associate symptoms.

General symptom analysis includes the following: 
 ►   Onset of Symptom: Date, manner (gradual or sudden), precipitating factors (awakening the symptom from dormant state to dominant state) like sudden psychological impact by loosing someone, business loss or physiological conditions like excessive exposure to severe cold weather. 
 ►   Characteristics of Symptoms and Signs:    
       ♦   Nature of pain: Burning, smarting, tingling 
       ♦   Location of pain: Pain in head, heart 
       ♦   Radiation of pain:  Pain in heart radiating to hand, back or localized 
       ♦   Severity: Mild or severe pain 
       ♦   Timing: Morning, evening, night or specific time 
       ♦   Aggravating or Relieving factors and associated symptoms 
       ♦   Course since onset : Incidence, progress, effects of therapy
►   Homeopathic treatment gives equal importance to patient feelings and expression. As the selection of Homeopathic remedy mostly depends on signs and symptoms, patients who give the exact description of their signs and symptoms will get suitable remedy and will be cured fast.

Difference between Acute and Chronic disease? Top

Acute diseases have rapid onset, severe symptoms, short and definite duration e.g. Flu, malaria, measles, gastroenteritis etc. Depending on the condition and severity, acute diseases can be treated in few hours to few days. Except some conditions like urinary infections, acute diseases are seasonal; many people get them at the same time.
Chronic diseases have slow onset and long indefinite duration e.g. diabetes, hypertension, rheumatoid arthritis, asthma. In chronic diseases patients start feeling better within few days of taking suitable Homeopathic Medicine. Usually chronic diseases have acute episodes (e.g. getting pain or coughing once a week) in their course. During the treatment, progress of case is determined by degree of relief, frequency, intensity and duration of the acute episode. During the homeopathic treatment, patients experience better degree of relief and increased interval between episodes, lessen intensity of symptoms and shorter duration of acute episodes. Most of the chronic diseases are complicated with multiple organic involvements and often associate with mental problems like anxiety, depression. Cure is achieved by restoring comfortable mental condition, healthy physiological changes in organs and harmonic connections between them.

Is Homeopathy best for psychosomatic diseases? Top

The diseases that have a altered physiological or physical presentation but are initiated in the emotional (mental) state of the patient are termed Psychosomatic (Psyche means mind, Soma means body). The psychosomatic disorders are also referred as Psycho-Physiologic disorders. This term applies to a large number of disorders of organs innervated by the autonomic nervous system in which emotional factors are primary causative factors. The nervous system regulates and coordinates body activities and brings about responses by which the body adjusts to changes of environment, either external or internal. The autonomic nervous system which controls the body functions involuntarily divides in to sympathetic and parasympathetic system. Conditions like anxiety, fear stimulate sympathetic nerve fibers and produces vasoconstriction in the part supplied like general rise in blood pressure, acceleration of the heart, depression of gastrointestinal activity. Some effects of  parasympathetic stimulation are constriction of bronchioles like in asthma, contraction of smooth muscles of alimentary canal (produce griping pain in stomach), slowing of heart rate, and increased secretion by gland like salivary, gastric glands. Repeated episodes of these odd mental conditions produce disorders in those organs. By taking into consideration together (of mental and physical symptoms) disease can be annihilated completely. In homeopathy, remedies act at the level of mind and body together, thus eradicating the disease as a whole.

Is Homeopathy highly developed than Antibiotics? Top

Can Homeopathy Cure viral infections? Top

Are allergies curable in Homeopathy? Top

Yes.  Allergy is either acquired or hereditary hyper sensitivity to matter (allergen) that does not normally cause a reaction. It is basically a misunderstanding of immune system ensuing antibody-antigen response. In nearly all cases there is a genetic tendency to acquisition of particular allergy, where we hardly find any antibody.
Allergic conditions include:
► Eczema, atopic dermatitis (itching rash, eruptions), allergic rhinitis (sneezing, nasal congestion, lacrimation) or coryza, hay fever, bronchial asthma (wheezing), skin asthma
► Symptoms like eosinophilia, urticaria (hives), allergic bronchitis (coughing), Allergic conjunctivitis, Allergic stomatitis, Celiac disease (protein allergy), Dandruff etc.
Common Allergens:  Pollen, various part of plants and flora, house dust, hair (animal dander), feathers, scabies, wool, mites, chemicals, drugs, insect bites and  specific foods such as rice, banana, colocassia, eggs, chocolate, milk, wheat, tomatoes, citrus fruits, oat-meal, potatoes. Almost every substance in atmosphere can be an allergen.
♦ Some patients develop symptoms like allergy to every thing in the environment. This is most probably due to acute or chronic emotional stress. The individuals may isolate themselves from environmental materials.
♦ Allergic conditions could be genetic or might have been developed later due to a specific cause like thermal injury. Considering the cause Homeopath gives best treatment for all the allergic conditions with a similimum that simulate signs and symptoms including mental condition.

Inappropriately labeled surgical conditions & Homeopathy Top

So called surgical disorders and Homeopathy:-
Homeopathy is neither against surgery nor substitution for surgery all the time when it is really needed. But there are number of diseases which can effectively be treated by homeopathy without surgery. Repetition of the crisis will be there until the predisposition to such crisis is removed. Diseases like septic recurring tonsillitis, piles, fissures, fistula, appendicitis (except gangrenous), chronic ear discharge, vocal cord nodules, polyp in nose-ear, kidney and gall bladder stones, small size uterine fibroid, ovarian cysts, warts, corns etc. can be cured with Homeopathy. Homeopathic healing eliminates the recurring nature of sickness while treating the present complaints of the patient.

They often reappear as described below: 
♦   After surgery appearing in the same place, e.g. recurrent kidney stones after repeated surgeries, recurrent ovarian cysts after repeated surgeries, ingrown toe nails.
♦   After surgery become visible in different location e.g. wart, lipoma, caries tooth. Infection of other teeth after removal of badly infected teeth in same side or opposite side. This chain may end up the patient with artificial dentures.
►Some are inappropriately labeled surgical conditions like piles or hemorrhoids. Piles are nothing but swollen pyloric veins. The real trouble may be pressure on veins from constipation, congested liver or heart problem. Until the root cause is removed, they appear again and again even after they are operated. In case of constrictive sphincter ani, nerve irritability should be treated instead of operating on sphincter. In case of uterine prolepses the medicines which give strength to muscles and ligaments to hold that in proper place save the uterus from removal.
►The pathological changes are nothing but end products of disease. Just removal is not the answer for many conditions. Homeopathic medicines not only treat the pathology without surgery, they also remove the tendency of recurrence.

Why to individualize Patients in Homeopathy ? Top

• Take two cases of hay fever, one having headache with fever, other having runny nose with itchy eyes.
• Take two asthma  patients, one getting his attack in winter, other in summer.
• One diabetic patient loves sweets, other hates them.
• With fever some people have heat all over the body, for some people, only head is hot and other parts cold.
• In menorrhagia, one has bleeding only in day time, other have only in night.

• There are many time specifications, some people feel their troubles are more in the morning , for others night is worse.

All these differences in signs and symptoms show underlying pathology and cause. Just by observing this we can know lot about patient's condition without diagnostic tests. If bacteria is only cause for disease why similar streptococcus bacteria  effects differently in each patient  like throat, heart, joints develops as strep throat, rheumatic heart disease, rheumatic arthritis. These symptoms show the weak points of body and underlying pathology. This shows the individuality of the patient. When body is crying out clearly in the form of signs and symptoms, why to neglect them and paying more attention to least important tests. Homeopathic remedies establish the harmony in the system contrary to the other systems and person becomes more healthier.

Does Homeopathy work for infants and children? Top

Scope of Homeopathic Medicine Top

Homeopathy is equally effective in both mental disorders (like depression, anxiety, mania, psychosis, neurosis etc.) and physical ailments (signs and symptoms of both mind and body). Homeopathic therapy is excessively effective in diseases of head (scalp skin and hair) and nervous system (brain, spinal cord and nerves), various type of headache like sinus migrain gastric menopausal menstual cervical spondylosis etc., most of the eye problems, ear nose throat diseases, asthma and all other respiratory disease, angina and other heart diseases, stomach and abdominal organ disorders etc. etc.

Homeopathy is curative in symptoms of mind such as difficult concentration, brain fag, bad effects of emotion, anger, bad news, disappointment, vexation, fright fear, jealousy, excessive joy, home sickness, shame, mortification, reserved displeasure. There may be fear of crossing streets, of crowds, of ghost, of people, of poison, of being alone (solitude). Homeopathy is also efficacious in hallucinations, delusions, illusions, mania, dementia, symptoms of memory such as forgetfulness, weak memory, loss of memory, absence of mind, confusion of mind and dullness of mind are cured with homeopathic medicines. Homeopathic materia medica is laden with symptoms of mind such as  anxiety, indifferent to everything, aversion to mental or physical work, dissatisfied, complaining, hopeless, discouraged, lack of confidence, irritable, quarrelsome, haughty, arrogant, prideful, mentally hypersensitive, hysteria, impatient, indecisive, depressed, mild, gentle, yielding, nervous, worried, restless, suicidal, suspicious, sympathetic, screams, dulled senses, hyper acute senses, hurried speech, lost speech, paralysis of speech (aphasia), slow speech, enunciation of speech, inarticulate speech, stammering speech, somnambulism, startles easily, frightened, disgust of life etc.

Homeopathic therapy is excessively effective in diseases of head (scalp) and nervous system (brain, spinal cord and nerves) for instance atrophy of brain, concussion of brain, congestion of brain, meningitis, brain tumor, headache, sinus headache,  congestive headache, menopausal headache, gastric headache, menstrual headache, premenstrual headache, migraine headache, rheumatic headache, hydrocephalus, dandruff, ring worm, tinea capitis, growth, tumors, exostosis, hair-falling out, gray hairs, itching of scalp, vertigo etc.

Homeopathy supersede the other systems of medical science in disease of eyes for example: cataract, ciliary neuralgia, conjunctive, styes (hordeolum), trachoma, tarsal tumor, glaucoma, retinitis pigmentosa, fistula lachrymalis, ophthalthalmia, optic nerve atrophy, photophobia, pterygium, squinting, strabismus, blindness, amaurosis, amblyopic, weak vision, asthenopia, eye strain, spasm of accommodation, diplopia, hemiopia, myopia etc.

 In case of ear, law of similars help in deafness, hardness of hearing, otitis media, tinnitus aurium etc.

 In case of nose, this therapy of alternative medication helps in epistaxis, bleeding, sneezing, allergic rhinitis, acute coryza, coryza chronic, allergic sinusitis, acute sinusitis, chronic sinusitis etc.

Symptoms of face like trigeminal neuralgia, acne, pimples, freckles, lentigo, Bell’s palsy, face ache etc. are cured under homeopathy.

Some problems of mouth like fetor oris, offensive breath, stomatitis, mouth ulcer, bleeding gums, pyorrhea, toothache etc. are curable in homoeopathic clinic and hospital. In throat, adenoid growth, pharyngitis, tonsillitis and cancer are curable.

In stomach, stomachache, hiccough, hyperacidity, indigestion, dyspepsia, gastritis, nausea, vomiting, peptic ulcer, ulcer of stomach can be ameliorated in homoeopathy. Some of the abdominal problems like appendicitis, renal colic, ureteric calculi, kidney stone, ureter stone, urinary bladder stone, gall bladder stone, pancreas stone, prostate stone, BPH (benign enlargement of prostate), flatulence, prolapsus ani, fissure ani, piles, hemorrhoids, fistula, chronic constipation, chronic diarrhea, colitis, dysentery, jaundice, liver cirrhosis, fatty liver, liver enlargement, hepatitis B, pancreatitis, spleen enlargement, worms are curable in homoeopathic science.

Scope of Homeopathy --contd-- Top

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Living Being as A Whole is cured in homeopathy not its parts and organs. Totality of symptoms is considered for selecting the Correct Similimum. Most of the Medical Ailments as termed in modern medicine are Curable with Homoeopathic Therapeutic law of Nature. Few curable sick processes in Human Beings and other mammals are mentioned Below.

Under urinary system enuresis, bed wetting, cystitis , inflammation of urinary bladder, calculi , stones, nephritis, chronic renal failure (CRF), urinary tract infection, dysuria, painful urination, albuminuria, headache, pain, labor pain, renal ureteric colic can be ameliorated in homeopathic clinic and infirmary.

Fever and chills are curable if correct similimum is prescribed with proper general management. Excessive sweating, coughing, sneezing, vomiting, diarrhea, itching, skin lesion, eruption, scaling, jaundice, swelling, edema are curable.

Children diseases like atopic dermatitis, skin asthma, oedema, loss of appetite, constipation, aversion to food, craving for earth, recurrent cough cold, weak immune system, chronic diarrhea, allergic bronchitis, bronchial asthma, asthma, bronchitis, weak immune system, psoriasis, colitis, prostate, renal stone, gall stone, skin allergy, fungal infection.

Heart is not exception in homeopathy, angina, coronary artery disease, and other cardiac problems are manageable in homoeopathy.

Some chronic diseases like chronic renal failure, osteoarthritis, gout, rheumatic arthritis, sexual weakness, impotency, recurrent urinary tract infection, chronic constipation, chronic diarrhea, chronic hyperacidity, peptic ulcer, menopausal problems are curable.

Homeopathic medicines work as brain activator, as memory improver.

In diseases of female leucorrhoea, profuse menses, scanty menses, leukorrhoea, irregular menses, painful menses, pre-menstrual syndrome, frequent abortions, infertility, uterine fibroid, ovarian cysts, menopause, hypothyroidism, hyperthyroidism, obesity, water retention, diabetes etc. are curable.

Skin disease like acne, pimples, dry skin, offensive sweat, corn, callosities, chilblains, eczema, epithelium, erythema, herpes zoster, excessive sweating, keloids ,lentigo, freckles, vitiligo, leucoderma, lichen planus, simplex, molluscum contagiosum, oily skin, pemphigus, psoriasis, scleroderma, morphea, ring worm, trichophytosis, ulcers, urticaria, warts, verucca etc. are curable in homeopathy.

Fever disease like chronic pyrexial diseases, simple, continued fever, measeles, chickenpox, influenza, malaria, low fevers, traumatic fever, urethral fever on correct diagnosis are curable.

In nervous system epilepsy, paralysis, hemiplegia, paraplegia, sleeplessness, insomnia, sleepiness, nightmare, dreams, adynamia, general weakness, debility, alcoholism, athetosis, chorea, convulsions, nervousness, neuresthenia, neurosis, tremors, neuritis, neuralgia, sciatica, sleeping sickness, spinal cord concussion, meningitis, hyperesthesia, locomotor ataxia, pain in spine, weakness of spine are curable.