Homeopathy Definition and Examples

Homeopathy Meanings

Definition of homeopathy

According to homeopathy, water has a memory in which it holds the medicinal effects of the actual substance and it transmits those effects into the patient's body when consumed. This is the mechanism of homeopathy (info taken from Wikipedia). There are several homeopathy definitions are circulated on the internet, every definition has it is on the theory of how it works. You will explore the full meanings of homeopathy in this article by reading certain useful examples; besides this page, you can discover hundreds of real homeopathic case examples on our site.

What does homeopathic mean?

The homeopath's chief concern is the vital force. The meanings of homeopathy may give an idea of this vital force from the example of an egg. Inside the egg, there is a semi-fluid substance which too many serves no other purpose than food. But give that egg some time and a little warmth, and from that undifferentiated mass of substance comes out a bird with a full structural organization, the bones, the beak, the kidney, the liver, the veins and the arteries. Surely somewhere, your test-tube or any instrument cannot find out where lay embedded a vital principle which beat out that chaotic substance into a complete live animal, active and intelligent, with the power to transmit the urge of procreation.

The process of man's creation is not otherwise. A homeopath especially a beginner, should very often ponder over this fundamental aspect of human life including that of himself and of other men; and only through repeated meditations, he can be sure of his ground as a homeopath, and what more he can have a glimpse into the deeper aspects of the connecting link between the creation and the Creator.

There is a general perception that Homoeopathy is backdated system of medicine. This is very funny. We have to remember the actual fact is that, literally Homoeopathy is the latest invented system of Medicine. You also may say that this is the only form of contemporary or modern medicine, invented only 250 years back. And the most important thing is that the modern science is very much unable to explain that how Homoeopathic Medicine works on the human body. The paradox is so called modern science can't ignore its efficacy or relevancy but they are a total failure to give a proper and authentic evidence for the mechanism of action of Homoeopathic medicine upon the human body. Scientists only giving various hypotheses like Nanomedicine, energy medicine, the memory of water etc. but we medics strongly demands to the scientific fraternity to discover a definitive conclusion about the Mechanism of this latest form of medicine for the benefit of humanity.

Why does homoeopathy fail? 

From the time of origin of Homoeopathy by Dr. Hahnemann till today, it has survived the tests of time. In many countries, homoeopathy has been recognized as an authentic system of medicine. Today, more and more people are becoming aware of it and are experiencing its wonderful cures. Its phenomenal success has been witnessed and appreciated in all over the world. The WHO has recognized homoeopathy as an accepted system of medicine and as the second largest system of medicine in the world. However, homoeopathy has been a victim of a constant onslaught from various agencies all around the globe against time to time. The fact is that homoeopathy does not fail; it is a homoeopathic practitioner who fails. We must avoid the ignorance of Section 153 of the Organon which says that we have to prescribe on uncommon rare strange or peculiar symptoms. Failures are because many have taken homoeopathy as a backdoor entry into medical practice. Homoeopathy is not to do away with the knowledge of diagnosis and differential diagnosis. 

When a Physician is aware of common symptoms of disease then only he will be able to understand what are uncommon and work out the cases. Thus, here encyclopedia of common and uncommon symptoms affords excellent help.

The basic problem our Homoeopathic fraternity is we never want to realize that without unity and cooperation of each other we cannot survive and sustain, because Market economy is against Homoeopathy as they cannot do much unethical profit by selling Homoeopathy , Big Media houses also do not promote the success stories of our system of medicine, Government is also very indifferent to this system of medicine, which is working in grass root level very efficaciously without getting any recognition and real publicity. So in this context where we have less monetary support, less media support, if we do not throw our personal Ego, idiocy and contradiction of each other, then we cannot save our pathy as well as ourselves.

Is Yoga an alternative?

Yoga can be as it is popularly conceived of in the west, a system of exercises for mental and physical health including meditation and breathing. But there comes a point in yoga when your whole way of being becomes the yoga. You used to do yoga from 5-6 ever evening on your mat at home, or at the studio. Now you are participating in your yoga all the time, on your drive into work, while you wait in line at the checkout at the grocery store, or even typing up a Facebook post in your spare time. Then you have stopped doing yoga for you have become the yoga. You are yoga.

Homeopathy Examples!

A pregnant lady in a village went to town (where her sister lived) for delivery. The doctors in a nursing home after examining her declined to admit her because instead of descending, the uterus was in the upward position. She was then taken to the government hospital. Upon examining her, even they said that a major surgery had to be done and since the senior surgeon was not available they would not admit her. She came home weeping. It was solved by single remedy and a single dose within an hour normal and safe delivery result.

When I heard this I wanted to find out if homoeopathy could help her and so turned to Yingling emergency Accoucheur's. On page 229we find the following:

“Upward, uterus seems to go: Cimicifuga."

I gave her Cimicifuga (Actaea racemosa)-10M, one single dose. Within minutes she felt the uterus coming down to its normal position; and also developed labor pains: so, was rushed to the hospital. This time, upon examining her, the attending doctor said that everything was normal and so admitted her and it was a safe and normal delivery!

Case by Dr. Engr Suzain

I have seen many of the homeopathic doctors. They are good no doubt but they aren’t good at treating every disease. I have a disease that no one has been able to treat. I am treating the disease myself and it's working. What I think is each doctor should come to know about the diseases and its severity rather than just knowing how to treat the symptoms. The experienced doctors usually come across many diseases by as the untreated allopathic patients come to homeo doctors along with their termed disease. That’s the request to all the homeo doctors to have much knowledge about the allopathic diseases so that they could treat the patient well. Because homeo medicines are way more powerful than allopathic ones that are the only reason patients run behind it.

I believe homeopathy works in a different way. It depends on the symptoms of the patient and works only when the remedy suits the patient. A homeopathic remedy consists of a very small amount of active ingredient and no active ingredient diluted in water. But there's no scientific evidence of homeopathy. But a western medical system is science-based. Hence, western medicines are supposed to cure the diseases directly. So if you select allopathy, self-medication might be successful. But in homeopathy, self-medication is not possible, I believe, unless you are a homeopath yourself!! Homeopathy is impossible without a homeopath. Though the concept is based on "pseudo-science", homeopathy does work, no doubt. Millions of patients are getting benefitted by homeopathy.

Homeopathy works for me!

Patients often ask me that should they take ‪Homoeopathy and ‪Allopathy medicine simultaneously. The answer is yes. The patients who are taking allopathic medicines for depression or Diabetes are significantly responding to Homoeopathic medicines for critical illnesses though diabetes and hypertension can be well treated by homoeopathic medicines. However, we have to remember there is no fighting off an inimical relationship between Allopathy and Homoeopathy. The aim of both systems of medicine is same, serving the Humanity.

Basically, Homoeopathic medicine is nothing but an energy medicine. Te mechanism of action is always been explain by Physics, Whereas mechanism of action of Allopathic medicine is been explain by Chemistry. This is the basic different.

So far the actual mechanism of action for Homoeopathic medicine is not known to the world, as because the contemporary scientific understanding is unable to explain it. Though lots of hypotheses are there in support of its workability but we all have to remember in scientific research or understanding we cannot ignore systemic observation or applied aspect of it. Homoeopathy is an undiscovered science. The responsibilities have to take the scientist worldwide.

A Research Organization of Australia is saying Homoeopathy is Bogus:

My Question on it!

1. If contemporary science is unable to explain the mechanism of action of Homoeopathy then who will be responsible for that! There are many observations in the different field of Nature in which contemporary science is a total failure to provide an exact explanation or conclusion.  Should they all are considered to be wrong observations?

2. If Homoeopathic acts on the basis of Placebo effect then how it significantly works on children or animals?

3. If we cannot explain (within our own limitations) something should it be justified to deny the fact to hide our own failure or we have to rethink or think differently on this matter?

4. If Homoeopathy is nothing but a placebo then why WHO or Govt. is not banning this system of medicine?

5. There are many healing ways in the world. Then why only Homoeopathy is giving significant results. According to WHO Homoeopathy is 2nd most popular and used system of medicine worldwide on different critical illnesses. Why not other so-called "non-evidence based pathy" are not giving such good results? If the placebo effect is the backbone of Homoeopathy then all the other healing ways should give similar significant results.

Chemists and scientists are concerned with physical and chemical properties of the medicinal substances but they are unaware of the therapeutic properties which are never quantitative but always qualitative in nature. Hahnemann always criticized this tendency to look for the treatment on the basis of physical and chemical properties of substances. Therapeutic property matters here. The world has not changed much from those times.

We need your valuable opinion and suggestion on this issue, thanks.

Does Homeopathy Take a Long Time to Work?

So many people are questioning and want to know about how long does it take to know if a homeopathic remedy is working, how long do homeopathic remedies last and how to ensure it really works or not?

Can We Simplify Classical Homeopathy?

Is it possible to make a good homeopathic prescription without long interview with the patient and how long does homeopathy take to work? Is there a specific remedy for the specific problem or disease? My friend´s daughter or son is suffering from warts or skin eruption but their parent’s don´t have a time for long interview that is needed in order to find a "constitutional" remedy. Is it possible to make an exception and give "something" which will eliminate these warts or eczema? Acute illness can be either the best experience or the worst experience for the patient using homeopathy- treating acute illness is offer treatment under pressure - what tips can you suggest to the newly qualified homeopath facing a patient with a cough that is lingering and has not resolved? In homeopathy, symptoms are underlined or graded, based on three criteria spontaneity, Intensity and clarity. We can hear such questions recently not only from patients seeking a quick help but what is alarming is the fact, that such questions are coming also from homeopaths.

Classical Homeopathy vs. Allopathy

There is an aphorism that says: there are no shortcuts to become a good classical homeopath and all real classical homeopaths and students of this science know it very well. The endless amount of information and rules that must be understood in depth before we go to practice and then several years of gaining experience before we become real homeopaths! To learn how to observe a patient, to be able to spot things that are invisible for others, to put together symptoms which are not connected for anybody else, to be patient and eventually to see how beautifully the principles of the classical homeopathy works if they are applied properly. Of course they work as they were observed by thousands of homeopaths all over the world in the last 200 years. All these aspects make the homeopathy extremely difficult to master. The basic rules of our art and science are very clear and very simple. It is law of similar, one remedy at one time, minimum dose and individualization of every patient. We need to understand that classical Homeopathy has been discovered by Hahnemann because of his frustration with conventional medicine and its approach to patients as the conventional medicine does not make individualization claiming that there is no time for it. So how the same argument can come from the people who call themselves homeopaths? Classical homeopathy is here in order to individualize each person very carefully which of course take some time to be able to prescribe exact similimum. As our legend Dr. Kent said: "If the patient is looking for a quick solution, send him to doctor but give him an advice what is going to happen." Every so called homeopathic prescription that is based upon the name of the disease without proper individualization is not homeopathic but allopathic only with using of homeopathic remedies. All these shortcut solutions that are focused primarily on elimination of local symptoms without taking into consideration the general, mental and emotional state of the person can be never called homeopathic. One of the most important homeopaths of all times Prof. George Vithoulkas wrote in his book Levels of health: " First of all ,the idea that we have to take away all the symptoms is a misconception that should be understood very well to avoid making mistakes…"

Homeopathy as an Art and Science

Nothing can justify any violation of any of these basic rules and as long as we neglect even single one of them, we will not be able to really help any of our patients. The individualization of the patients does not mean that there is no possibility to make a quick and very effective prescription. The good example is the case of Dr. Kent described in his lectures on homeopathic Materia medica. It is the case of Kali Carbonicum and story is the following: Dr. Kent was called to one of his patient and when he came to the house of this patient (who was lying in bed) he touched by mistake her foot slightly by his bag. The patient got frightened and held his stomach. Since Dr. Kent observed this, he prescribed Kali Carbonicum, because he was able in the split of second to realize that the patient´s feet are very sensitive to touch, she is easily frightened and the emotions are felt in the stomach which are 3 clear keynotes of Kali Carbonicum. He had to have not only total knowledge of Materia medica but also experience and brilliant observation skills which both should be considered as the kind of art which comes after long time of practicing homeopathy. This is the reason why the Art in homeopathy is something which cannot come as first, but it is something which comes as last. I don´t believe that beginner even with total knowledge of Kali Carbonicum would see the picture in the case mentioned above as Kent did. I think there are certain stages in the process of development of the homeopath. The first is the knowledge which consist hard study, understanding of the basic principles and theory. This stage never ends but anyway after some time the homeopath is prepared to go to practice. The practice is the next step when he must face with cases and during the practice gain some experience and learn the practical side of homeopathy which consist very important part - observation. Then after many years when he is practicing successfully for the long period of time, he find out that sometimes he knows the remedy very quickly, just looking at the patient and his mind automatically goes to the certain remedies, giving him the right questions for the symptoms, etc. It can looks like intuition but I am sure it has nothing to do with intuition. It is the real art which have never been done without long successful practice, observations of hundreds and thousands of patients and hard and devoted study.

Homeopathic Strengths

None of most famous homeopaths of all times get their reputation by looking for the shortcuts solutions, but results that we can see in Hahnemann, Kent, Lippe, Vithoulkas and other masters should provoke us to think because these results made with Classical Homeopathy which these masters represents are quite often bordering on miracle. Isn't it worth to devote all their life to proper study of real classical homeopathy and take some time to find a correct remedy?

By: Petr Zacharias 

Homeopathic Remedies for Typhoid Fever

Symptoms of typhoid fever are different in different persons, so in homeopathic treatment we choose a unique remedy for each person who got typhus fevers or any fever and off course we can use a homeopathic medicine for prevention of typhoid. I do not know how many of us are confidently able to treat the cases of typhoid, malaria and other latest varieties of fever in homoeopathy. But, when I was a homoeopathic student, I remember that my fellow homoeopathic students used to get admitted in allopathic wards for their typhoid or malarial fevers and no one was ever embarrassed themselves for such an inability of homoeopathists. If it continues in any homoeopathic college still, then we should admit either the inability of our homoeopathic system or lack of knowledge and courage of the homoeopathists themselves.

Homeopathic Remedies for Typhoid Fever

However, such an idea of allopathic treatment for homoeopathic students ruins the confidence of the beginners and makes them dubious about the efficiency of homoeopathic medicines. What they learned from their teachers this kind will be followed by their students in future, which subsequently spoil the good name of homoeopathy among the general public.

I have cured a typhoid case within 4 days and another one within a week. Usually I cure fever cases within 2 days at the maximum. If the time exceeds and the prognosis is bad, then I send them to get lab reports and the case must be cured within a week; No matter even if we name it typhoid or malaria, because, we prescribe based on characteristic symptoms; not with the name of the disease. Why then, do we need lab reports?

It is merely to keep evidences and to prove the efficiency of homoeopathic medicines on typhoid fever. We could cure typhoid fever even at very beginning or prodromal stage if similimum was given in right potency. On the other hand, you may know how other system of medicines complicate the enteric fever cases and make them bed-ridden for several weeks. Finally, I must say that there are great many homoeopathists deeply studied our Materia medica but lacks the courage to deal the complicated cases and from where to learn this courage? According to my little knowledge, I can say that some stalwarts can give us this courage from their writings. But, Nothing can replace as good as Dr.E.B.Nash's writings.

Of course, Young homoeopathists need practical experiences under the guidance of successful homoeopathic practitioners. Some are lucky to have such experiences and most of the others do not get such opportunities. For such young practitioners, Dr.E.B.Nash's writings will be the greatest gift and it gives confidence to the physicians who lack self-grit. Dr.E.B.Nash's Unique way of explaining his cases and asserting the reliable symptoms of each remedy brings courage to the young physicians especially when they deal complicated cases.

I got my copy of “Leaders in typhoid fever" few weeks back and completely read them in my free time. His book gave me enthusiasm to write these issues in this forum. Homoeopaths, who already read most of the remedies from Nash’s homoeopathic therapeutics, eventually will enjoy reading his little book on typhoid fever and it must be a good opportunity to re-validate ourselves in the path of treating fever cases and to check how classically we do our daily practice in our clinic. Although he named his book “Typhoid fever", he gives primary importance to the symptomatology and not a least importance to the name of the fever or disease. Yet, He explains how to cure the typhoid fever at beginning in prodromal stage, and when prognosis goes bad , then he details the list of remedies and its reliable indications for pneumonia-typhus, cerebral-typhus, Hemorrhagic typhus, liver and abdominal complications in typhoid .

He explains in this little book how he cured the complicated cases of typhoid fever such as epistaxis in typhoid, stupor in typhoid, Jaundice in typhoid, etc., most of his complicated typhoid cases explained in his book was previously mal-treated by other physicians and handed over to him lately.

So, you must be lucky if you completely read the book "Leaders in typhoid fever" and I can say that Reading this little book is more valuable than attending 100 homoeopathic seminars.

I write down below the symptoms of the most frequently used homoeopathic remedies in cases of fever which are confirmed as most reliable by Dr.E.B.Nash's 40 years of practical experiences and also from my private practice. I give it in Gist, but Reading it from the book “Leaders in Typhoid fever" will be much interesting and mind-boggling.

Homeopathic remedies for typhoid fever!

Aconite: Hectic, dry heat, Increased thirst, No sweat, A/f: Fear (My experience : A/f fear, With this symptom, I have cured every case of fever this kind, with in 2 hrs to within a day; preferably 200 or 1M. Other symptoms are mere accompanied symptoms)

Belladonna: Head heat and palm and foot cold (Arnica, opium) , thirst less, red tongue, Hectic fever, sweat on covered parts.(I have cured almost all of this kind with belladonna; invariably I use to feel the palm and head in order to verify this symptom of bell and I must give high potency for the rapid cure especially if the case comes from allopathist's hand. However, I never gave above 10 m in cases of fever)

Bell: In Delirium or stupor accompanied with fever, sleepy but cannot sleep, or jumping or starts from sleep when awakening or falling into sleep ( with above mentioned belladonna symptoms)

Baptisia: Brownish tongue, offensive smell from the mouth, Dark and offensive urine, Fever with stupor, answers partially to the question at stupor, delusion his limbs are speaking to each other, Restless mind with lifeless body, Bed feels hard and the part rested upon feel sore and bruised (Arnica) (However, Nash in his leaders in typhoid fever details to give it in initial stage of typhoid if symptoms suits)

Rhustox: Body pain amel. By movement, Thirst: Increased, Red tip tongue, A/f getting wet.

Bryonia: Dry tongue with increased thirst for large quantity of water, Head ache with stitching pain amel by pressure. Constipation, Dry, Hard, painful stool after much strain, body pain for a least movement;

Arnica: Bed feels hard and the part rested upon feel sore and bruised, head hot and body cold. Stupor, answers completely before falling into sleep. Sometimes with symptoms of unnoticed urine and stool!

Gelsemium: Trembling while walking or moving; Thirst less during chills; Low graded fever; prostration; weakness; A/f bad news or shock.

Apis Mellifica: Thirst less during fever, whining and trembling, Stupor, apathy interrupted by sharp screams due to pain.

Helleborus: Stupor, with foolish staring; wide opened eyes; apathy, dilated pupils, Insensitive to light

Zinc-met: Trembling of the whole body which shakes the bed. With fever or stupor or jerks during complete unconsciousness of mind.

Pulsatilla Nigricans: Even warm room feels cold, chilly, dry tongue with thirstlessness, Offensive smell in the mouth, body pain amel, By motion, Yellowish or greenish, profuse nasal discharge or expectoration.

Nux Vomica: Main indication, verified in my experience, is that patient comes to clinic with covering, Hence wants to be covered, cannot bear least uncovering; seemingly quite common in cases of fever, though cures the patient quickly when prescribing Nux-v with this indication. In my short experience, Hepar Sulphuris worsen the case if prescribed based on this hyper-sensitivity. Besides, Dirty tongue, bitter taste in the mouth and constipation confirms the remedy.

Arsenic album: May not be used often in cases of fever from Nash’s point of view and from my own experience. (But used frequently by many physicians?) But nothing can full-fill its service when required.

Burning heat with thirst in sips, burning eyes, coryza with chills, sensation as if, hot water is running in vein, wants to be covered. Prostration and weakness; Inner heat with external cold (it’s opposite to Secale Cornutum)

Secale Cornutum: Chills, weakness, usually below normal temperature, hence the objective and subjective coldness will be predominant. Inner coldness with external burning sensation, hence patient feels both sensations together within himself. However, Chills, yet wants to be uncovered are the striking indication for the prescription. (Camphor)

Camphor: Sinking of vital force, scanty sweat, coldness of the body, wants to be uncovered during chills (sec-cor) usually unconscious of surroundings. It is one of the lives saving drug indeed.

Carbo Vegetabilis: Sinking of vital force, Coldness of whole body, with sweat, cyanosis, bluish discoloration of the face and lips, Air hunger. First remedy to think to save the life of dying patient; but symptoms should match to prescribe it.

Veratrum Album: Profuse sweat in the forehead and nose, pointed and cold nose, Ailments from lack of vital fluids, profuse diarrhea and vomiting, sinking vital force, cold sweat with coldness of the body. Violent mania, lascivious mania, Religious mania.

Stramonium: Singing, whining, screaming, praying, Religious mania, LOQUACIOUS, whistling, jerks the head from the bed during stupor, Delirium alternates with stupor like bell and Hyoscyamus Niger.

Hyoscyamus Niger: Deep stupor, with delusion of insects or stupor, speaking to the persons who are absent. Stupor more pronounced like opium.

Opium: Stupor, benumbed senses, No response to the external stimulus. Incontinence of urine and constipation, blackish stool, Says, Nothing ails him or he is fine during stupor; Delirium, wants to go home, profuse sweat, stertorous breathing. (My experience: cured a stupor patient; who was about to die)

Cina: Stiffened body while unconscious or in fits, A/f Reprimand, Head cold and palm and foot heat, frequently rubbing or picking the nose, circumscribed redness of the cheek (Sangunaria) (My experience: I have cured 2 unconscious children who were brought by their parents. They had history of epilepsy with prolonged allopathic medicinal abuse. They became conscious after few doses of Cina 200. I have used Cina more often than Chamomilla.)

Phosphoricum Acidum: stupor, apathy, indifference; unaware of the surroundings, using wrong words during stupor, A/f loss of vital fluids, Milky urine, Diarrhea. Nux-m: Stupor, sense of duality; sensation as if, he has two head or he is two person, DRY TONGUE, TONGUE STICKS TO THE PALATE, SENSATION AS IF, COTTON IN THE MOUTH, YET NO THIRST. (My experience: 80 year old man was cured from his stupor with this indication; His relatives lost the hope of his recovery; yet, Nux-m brought him back to life within a week)

Melilotus Alba: Fever with epistaxis; redness of the face. (Nash has cured a typhoid case with this indication)

Arum Triphyllum: Raw, red, even bloody lips and/or mouth, picking and boring the raw surfaces though painful and burning. (My experience: In such cases, we could see peeled off skin in the lips, raw and ulcerated lips; this could be cured by Arum Triphyllum 200 within a day if symptoms suit; Dr. Nash has cured a case of typhoid fever with this symptom alone).

Chelidonium majus: Yellow coated tongue like gold, yellowish eyes, Yellowish urine and stool, with pain in the right lower angle of scapula.

Leptandra virginica: Dark fetid tarry stools mixed with blood and mucus.

Mercurius: Increased thirst with increased salivation, Chills with profuse sweat. Sweat aggravates her complaints; aggravation at night;

Mur-acid: Moaning during fever, Thirst-less during heat (opp. gels), sliding down in bed from excessive weakness. Tongue dry, Leathery and shrunken, Stool involuntary while passing urine. (My experience: I have cured a case of typhoid with this indication; Moaning - This symptom appeared on 5th day of typhoid in this case. Mur-acid 200 was given on the same day. The little baby got cured completely on 7th day)

1. You can order this book through cash on delivery from flipkart or Amazon.

2. I recommend you to read from hard copy rather than reading through online. Hence, you will feel like reading sincerely.

3. Some peoples do not feel comfort in reading "Expanded works of E.B Nash" since it lacks original style and configuration of his writings. Hence, I recommend peoples to own his each work individually.

4. My suggestion: We should add Nash writings in our curriculum since he teaches Organon and Materia medica hand in hand.

ABC of Classical Homeopathy

What is homeopathy?

Homeopathy is an exact science of health, wherein by careful thinking and deliberation steps are taken to restore health, based on universal principles of healing. ABC of homeopathy is not only a site likes abchomeopathy but to understand classical homeopathy in true sense you must accept the fact that homeopathy really works even for cancer patients.

Overcoming the disease or removing the chief complaints are the pleasant side effects that result from a careful use of this homeopathic science of health. I admire the Indian homeopaths they have the ability to treat serious pathology, that which in the west we might see little of; and if they do it well then they deserve the credit, there is much to learn from their way to practice and study as well. We cannot evaluate the results they have just from the posts, but we give the benefit of the doubt that they do obtain results in the 'majority' of their cases. I believe that when you have a 'pathology' in front of you it requires immediate attention, and a remedy that can treat that pathology quickly should be appreciated....following then with constitutional prescribing to address the underlying susceptibility. What disturbs me though is the 'ego' that evolves with time when the homeopath after repeat successes and the receiving of praise by the patients , who themselves have tried allopathic doctors who might have been said to be the best MD's for their condition; fall upon the Homeopath who subsequently cures them. Let's not deny this is an ego boost, and it is what keeps us going. After all, Homeopathy is superior. Although, Homeopathy is superior it should not make us feel that WE are superior! it is not to our merit that we cure, it is through the merit of what Homeopathy is ! Because when you search of Similimi and not Similimum, it is not your works that are great but the greatness then is in homeopathy and the creation of the vital energy that is smart enough to help the body even when the similimum is not given. We have been privileged in discovering and studying one of the divine secrets to human cure, but we are far from knowing the whole truth of this secret; and when we decide that we have nothing left to learn, then we have only cheated ourselves from unveiling more of this truth and becoming better at what we do. We should not forget that 'the one who thinks he knows everything, actually knows nothing at all".

The Homeopathy is a method of treating through the stimulation of the immune system of the body. Homeopathic remedy has as its objective to strengthen the body, mobilizing the immune system that is activated whenever some factor disrupts homeostasis and the order of our body. And the immune system will try to restore the health compromised. Homeopathic treatment stems from a holistic philosophy that focuses on the symptoms in their total expression - physical, emotional, mental, and social - and not on the disease or the diseased organ. More people may have the same disease, but the peculiarities of their being human, emotional and spiritual, may require different treatment and different medications to cure them.

For this personalized approach and the fact that it focuses on improving the overall health of man, homeopathic treatment is often effective where other treatments have failed.

In fact, the treatment of the disease must have the goal of well-being on all levels, physical, emotional, mental, and not focus on the attainment of health by removing just the symptoms.

The effective remedy brings a beneficial effect on all levels of the human body, because the patient's health means freedom from any disorder that involves the physical, mental and spiritual. The health status is expressed with the creative and the balance of the person himself, and positively influences the people around him because it is obvious that any intervention equilibrium effects will be beneficial to every organization and individual movement and collective.

This holistic view of man we can talk about 3 levels!

1. Physical disorder which creates pain and not functioning optimally.

2. Psychic level - emotional when it gets sick with anxiety can manifest itself , for example , fear , anger, sadness ,

3 - Mental level -the most sophisticated intellectual and characterized by three attributes - clarity, consistency and creativity. The disease leads to impaired memory, concentration, confusion and madness.

"Who are those who suffer? We cannot know but sometimes belong to us”

If classical is real homeopathy then why today homeopath neglect it?

A homeopath is not good in case taking, when they have to use many remedies at the same time. If your goal is quick fix, then It is OK, but you do not bring a person back to health.

It is the very good question and the answer was too much difficult and needs research and practical experiences to clear the concept. At first don’t forget everyone needs rapid restoration of health. Therefore diseases are divided as 1) acute 2) chronic (curable and incurable). Acute cases need immediate relief. So there is no time for repertorisation or cases taking you have to act instantly and here comes the importance of experience. In chronic cases you have enough time to find the similimum, and in my experience I have found that single medicines have miraculous effects on chronic cases as well as acute ones if selected properly. Now if you selected a medicine for your patient and suppose the patient was taking food which contains antidote of the medicine then how you will get the result of that well selected medicine that’s why we found the phrase "well selected remedies fail" now in research it was found that in acute cases combination of medicine relieves 90% cases and single medicine relieved somewhat from 30 to 70% then what’s wrong with combination ( but you may ask for change of name of the pathy) but take it in your mind that you are not controlling patients food habit and take a look at the dishes prepared from materials which have multiple medicinal ingredients so one way you are trying to give him/her a single remedy and actually he/she is taking multiple medicinal substances at a time and all of you are arguing for single medicine!! If you have the guts then regulate the food habit of the diseased individual which in turn pulls him/her from diseased condition. 

Classical is real homeopathy of course but you as a homeopath is liable for developing it and share your findings which will improve it. Practically if you are unable to remove diseases rapidly you will lose a patient which in turn forces you to leave homeopathy if you take it as your profession then your soul aim should be RAPID AND GENTLE RESTORATION OF HEALTH. Please inquire about the success rate in acute cases of the homeopath who practices classical and inform us it is definitely possible that he possesses high success rate with single medicine and have vast experiences. combinations of medicines are subject to research and those who uses it of course supported by some research .In conclusion as per my experiences I found both single as well as combination are effective combination are more effective in acute cases ( I never use combination in chronic cases ) and single medicines are uncountable in both acute and chronic cases now you people decide.

How to Deal Patients in Homeopathy

For instance the very wide spread myth is that for the correct remedy to find, we can use a character of the person. Prof. Vithoulkas said many times with great emphasis to understanding of this matter why this is wrong. But when you have a person in uppermost levels of group A where every information from the patient lead to the correct remedy (including his character) and if we realize that in such good levels of health even close remedy (not similumum) can affect the cure (as the defense mechanism is very strong), one can come to the wrong conclusion that the same way of finding the remedy is applicable for all patients, which is of course not true. I believe that every theory must be based upon practice with a very big number of various people with various constitutions and various levels of health. In other case it leads to confusion which is most dangerous thing for homeopathy and its students. It is very important to stick with classical homeopathy in the treatment of chronic and cancer patients.

 If a young girl has black spots on her face, it would naturally cause her a lot of pain, would you expect her to be philosophical about it? So it is only a common symptom, in my opinion to feel repulsive or dirty etc. So this is not a valid or scientific way of symptom evaluation. Was there an aggravation, some tell tale sign of a real homeopathic response, a movement from above downwards for e.g.? When presenting such -totally different approaches it is our responsibility to present a full case with much more detail, for example, thermals, food desires and aversions, sleep, past history, etc. could this have been a placebo response? Are we mistaking a placebo response to be a homeopathic response? Let us assume that an actual healing response took place as a result of the lac caninum, in that case according to Herring's rule there should be amelioration of all the mental symptoms first and a at least transient worsening of the skin condition.

 Every young woman who suffers from anything that affects her face will have feelings that she is ugly and naturally will want the moles or lesions to be removed. In homeopathy we are looking for something rare, something that we cannot explain and that is exactly what individualize every case the most. I am very happy for her if she is better but it is very irresponsible to create system from it that is applicable for every case.

Delusion means something that does not exist in reality but person perceive it. If for instance patient tells: I have a feeling that somebody is staying behind me and when I turn around, there is always somebody - that is not delusion but merely sensitivity of the emotional level of the patient. But if the person says: I feel as somebody is staying behind me but when I turn around nobody is there - THAT IS DELUSION.

Our vitality (defense mechanism), depending upon it's state manifests itself differently and in different manner. For e.g. in some patients the predominant curative symptoms (symptoms on which the selection of medicine is made), are mental generals, in some cases it may be physical generals, in some cases it may also be the pathology. It is like I have a wish to be known, and sometimes I would like to be known through my speeches in writing, sometimes I have a need to be heard, sometimes I have a need to be seen, sometimes I want to be recognized by only showing my hand and again sometimes by showing my bald head! It will be perhaps very erroneous to try to recognize me in any other way than what I want, because this will definitely led to wrong conclusion. (Unless one knows me so well, inside out.). In case of a very strong vitality, any information (the symptoms are clear and point clearly to a medicine), generally leads you to the medicine. But in bad vitality, one has to respect the cry of the vitality and prescribe at the level at which the vitality is demanding the medicine. In these cases one is not going you get clear well defined symptoms of a medicine! And if one tries to prescribe on the basis of what one generally finds in strong vitality cases, one is going to end up making mistakes. This is why I suppose one has to be flexible in one's approach in selection of medicine, as far as angles of prescription is concerned, one has to respect the vitality and prescribe accordingly, sometimes on mental generals, sometimes on physicals, sometimes on particulars, sometimes on etiology sometimes on significant points in the past history, sometimes on combination of all or some of these....... when a homoeopath starts doing this his mistakes will start diminishing. Otherwise when one is using only one so called approach in selection of medicine one will have brilliant successes in some cases and brilliant failures in other cases!

 Clearing up of the symptoms always does not necessitate and signify a cure. Many a time it may so happen that the present symptoms are cleared with improvement in some generalities with subsequent worsening of more important generalities and eventual deterioration of the patient! In my early days of practice I had a female patient of 70 years suffering from tuberculosis of lungs. We prescribed for her and the whole symptomatology cleared up with so called improvement in her weakness, appetite and sleep. I was elated at first, but later dismayed and horrified, as she gradually developed symptoms of manic psychosis! Secondly I agree that our interpretation of symptoms is less important than the actual symptoms! Our interpretation may be wrong at times. Even if we get right results with wrong methodology (this indeed can happen), this is not a correct procedure as this success at most to Ayers is accidental and cannot perhaps be reproduced. Keep up the good week. All the best!