FAQ on Homeopathy
While on homeopathic treatment, is there any necessity to have the pathological tests done?
If the case demands so, the homeopath physician will mandate the patient to undergo blood, urine or radiation tests/medical imaging. The tests decide the state of the patient’s immunity, how the patient is going to respond to treatment, and what diet he / she should take while on the treatment
What do we need to tell a doctor in a follow-up?
First and foremost, you need to tell the doctor how you feel in your chief complaint and associated complaint as well as the new problems if any. As the patient progress, there might be a change in presenting symptoms (new set of symptoms). So there might be a call for a change in medicine/potency
How Homeopathy treatment helps during pregnancy?
Homeopathic treatment during pregnancy is safe for the mother as well as the baby. Difficulties during pregnancy and the delivery or its aftermath as well as all the problems experienced by the newborn can be dealt with very efficiently and without side effects with homeopathy
Homeopathic treatment during last three months of pregnancy will aid safe and smooth normal delivery. At times homeopathic medicines help where caesarean delivery is indicated because of lack of labor pains. The treatment has potential to block early onset of possible inherited diseases.
Where do homeopathic medicines come from?
The homeopathic medicines are derived from following sources:
Plant Kingdom: Herbs and plants are from plant kingdom such as Belladonna atropa(Deadly Nightshade) ,Calendula Off (Marigold), Arnica Montana (Leopards bane), Crocus Sativa (Meadow saffron), Drosera,Rumex, Opium (poppy), Carbo Veg (charcoal). Plants constitute more than 60% of homeopathic remedies.
Mineral Kingdom:Most of the elements and compounds like metals, salts, alkali, and acids are from mineral kingdom such as Sulphur, Calcarea Carbonica(Calcium Carbonate), Nitric-Acid,Natrum-Muriaticum(Common Salt)
Animal Kingdom:Lac Defloratum,Lac Caninum, Oleum Jecrosis,Lachesis, Aranea diadema,Apis Mellificia (honey bee), Sepia (cuttle fish), Lachesis (Snake), Tarentula (Spider), etc. Animal products constitute 20% of homeopathic remedies.
Farrington was the first one to arrange the remedies in three grand divisions: Vegetable, Mineral and Animal Kingdom in his book, “Lectures on Clinical Materia Medica in Family Order”.
Diseased Products:Medicines prepared from causative agent (agent which causes the pathology) i.e. identical disease products are known asNosodesuch asPsorinum, Tuberculinum, Carcinosinum (breast cancer tumour),Pyrogenium, etc.
Healthy Specimen: Medicine prepared from healthy spicemen such as extracts of fresh tissue, organ or gland are called Sarcodes (Hering, 1834) ex.Thyroidinum,Cortisone, Cholesterninum, Lecithin
Energy Sources: Medicine prepared from energy sources are called Imponderabilia such as X-Rays,Sol (sun rays). Imponderables are potentised water (1 l) or sugar or milk (1 kg) which have been exposed to X-rays (1000 rad) and then diluted to 1/100 and the product is equivalent to 2X. The electrical energy of the X-rays brings a change in orientation of dipoles of water molecules present in the water/sugar of milk.
Allersodes:Potentised antigens such as histamine