Illness, Balance & Health

Words: Dr Rajgopal NIDAMBOOR

Illness, according to homeopathy, is internal imbalance. Homeopathy suggests that Illnesses first occur at the most fundamental levels of our being.

This underlying imbalance is the cause of all disease, which presents itself in due course in the body as symptoms. These symptoms are manifest, or created, by the body in the process of trying to correct the imbalance.

Homeopathy addresses to correct this imbalance, using symptoms as a channel to choose the natural substance [remedy] that can be of assistance in the process.

When we are in perfect balance [health], as Dr Samuel Hahnemann, MD, the founder of homeopathy, observed, we will not develop any symptoms. This is, however, not a state that everyone can easily achieve. It also means that when we are fully healthy, we are not only free of pain and physical symptoms, but we also have plenty of energy, we will think clearly, we’ll also experience happiness and a passion for creative things in life, and genuinely care about others. In other words, we will be ourselves and also express our creativity to the fullest extent.

Homeopathy aims to bring each individual to the highest level of health possible at the physical, mental, and emotional levels.

As Dr Hahnemann affirmed, “The highest ideal of cure is to restore health rapidly, gently, permanently… in the shortest, surest, least harmful way…”

What does this mean? It means that you may have felt healthier, happier, and more energetic at some point in your life.

You may now believe that you’re just not what you were earlier, or are getting old, and that good health may be no longer attainable, or possible.

Wait a moment. Homeopathy can restore your health and vitality beyond your years, and others’ expectations — gently, quickly, and without side-effects.

Conditions Homeopathy Can Treat

Homeopathy has been particularly useful in treating several health conditions, such as:

  1. Acute viral syndromes
  2. Allergies [food; nasal/respiratory; skin]
  3. Asthma
  4. Chronic fatigue syndrome [CFS]
  5. Childhood diarrhoea
  6. Depression
  7. Sinusitis
  8. Ineffective labour
  9. Menopausal symptoms
  10. Osteoarthritis
  11. Rheumatoid arthritis
  12. Insomnia
  13. Otitis media [ear infections]
  14. Eczema
  15. Enuresis [bedwetting]
  16. Anxiety disorders
  17. Croup
  18. Colic
  19. Dysmenorrhoea
  20. Mastitis
  21. Hypermenorrhoea
  22. Migraine
  23. Recurrent miscarriage
  24. Post-traumatic stress disorder [PTSD]
  25. Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder [ADHD]
  26. Chronic viral conditions
  27. Vaginitis
  28. Nausea of pregnancy
  29. Infertility
  30. PCOS
  31. Psoriasis
  32. Recurrent urinary tract infections
  33. Premenopausal syndrome, acute or chronic
  34. Functional complaints [e.g., irritable bowel syndrome]
  35. Acne
  36. Fungal infections
  37. Warts
  38. Thyroid conditions
  39. Emotional disorders
  40. Examination anxiety; stage fear, or fright, among others — Sourced and expanded. Courtesy: American Institute of Homeopathy.

At the Physician’s Office

Typically, patients have a lengthy first clinic visit. During this time, the homeopathic physician takes an in-depth review of the individual’s health status, their temperament, personality, likes and dislikes, sentiments and sensibilities, including idiosyncrasies. This is used to guide the selection of one, or more, homeopathic remedies.

This is supplemented by follow-up visits, where individuals treated report how they are responding to the remedy, or remedies. This will help the physician to arrive at decisions about further treatment. In traditional, or classical, homeopathy, only one remedy is administered at any given time.

Dr RAJGOPAL NIDAMBOOR, PhD, is a wellness physician-writer-editor, independent researcher, critic, columnist, author and publisher. His published work includes hundreds of newspaper, magazine, web articles, essays, meditations, columns, and critiques on a host of subjects, eight books on natural health, two coffee table tomes and an encyclopaedic treatise on Indian philosophy. He is Chief Wellness Officer, Docco360 — a mobile health application/platform connecting patients with Ayurveda, homeopathic and Unani physicians, and nutrition therapists, among others, from the comfort of their home — and, Editor-in-Chief, ThinkWellness360.

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