#BlogchatterA2Z,#HomeopathyA2Z- "G-Guide to Treat Mouth ulcer with Homeopathy"

Seema is again not feeling well. The cause is minor...but pain and swelling is unbearable. She is suffering from mouth ulcer. And recurrent mouth ulcer-causing a lot of trouble in eating, chewing even in speaking. Different peoples are offering different advice to her. Someone is saying “it is a digestion issue”, and then someone has given the advice to take vitamin B12 supplements.  Yes! It is true that there could be different reasons for mouth ulcers, and it may be a symptom of some underlying disease.  What is the mouth ulcer? What are their types? What are the different causes and symptoms of mouth ulcers? And how can we manage it at home with homeopathy? Read on to know about this?

What is mouth ulcer?

 A mouth ulcer is an ulcer on the mucous membrane of the oral cavity, usually appears as a small, painful lesion, white or pink in colour. Mouth ulcers are very common occurring in association with different diseases and by many different mechanisms.  They may form individually or multiple ulcers may appear at the same time. Mouth ulcers often cause pain and discomfort and may make eating, drinking and talking uncomfortable. Women, adolescents and people with a family history of mouth ulcers are at higher risk of developing mouth ulcers.

Although they are uncomfortable, they are usually harmless and go within 1-2 weeks. Rarely there is any serious underlying cause detected. However, if these ulcers are large, painful or last for a long time without healing then you should seek professional medical advice for further treatment.

Types of mouth ulcers

There are mainly 3 types of mouth ulcers.

• ·         Minor aphthous ulcer
• ·         Major Aphthous ulcer
• ·         Herpetiform ulcer

Minor aphthous ulcer- these are small, round or oval and most common type of mouth ulcer. They are less than 10 mm in size and heal within one to two weeks with no scarring. They are not very painful.

Major Aphthous ulcer – they are larger in size (usually 10mm or larger) and deeper than minor ones. Usually, 1or 2 appear at a time. They are very painful and can take up to six weeks to heal.  They leave scar while healing.

Herpetiform ulcer- multiple ulcers occur at the same time but some may join together and form irregular shapes. They appear in the clusters of 10 to 100.  Each ulcer lasts 1 week to 2 months.

Symptoms of mouth ulcer

These are:

• ·         Redness, soreness, pain and burning inside the mouth
• ·         Swollen skin around the sores
• ·         Tenderness
• ·         Difficulty in chewing, talking
• ·         Irritation by hot and spicy food
• ·         Loss of appetite

Causes of Mouth ulcers

Even though there are no fixed causative factors that cause mouth ulcers. But still, there are few factors that may act as a trigger. These factors may be classified into following categories:

General Causes

• ·         Poor oral hygiene
• ·         Higher level of stress, anxiety and lack of sleep
• ·         Hormonal changes during menstruation
• ·         Sometimes food allergies and food sensitivities to certain acidic foods such as strawberries, pineapples or eating certain foods such as spicy food, almonds, cheese, and white flour may trigger the onset of mouth ulcers.
• ·         Genetic factor plays a vital role in developing mouth ulcers. People with the strong family history of mouth ulcers often suffer from the mouth ulcers.
• ·         Stop smoking- after stop smoking, you develop mouth ulcers first few days.
• ·         Iron or deficiency of vitamin B12 or folic acid may be a factor in some cases.
• ·         Toothpaste containing sodium lauryl sulphate may cause mouth ulcer.

Mechanical causes

Apart from general causes, mechanical factors are main responsible factors that cause mouth ulcers. This includes:

• ·         Accidently biting the inside of your cheek while eating
• ·         Poorly fitting dentures
• ·         Hard or hot food
• ·         Injury from a toothbrush (improper brushing)
• ·         Sharp tooth or any other teeth related issues
• ·         A defective feeling

Systemic Causes

 Mouth ulcers may be associated with certain disease conditions. There may be certain systemic and iatrogenic causes are responsible for it. Such as:

Microbial diseases- herpetic stomatitis, chicken pox, syphilis, tuberculosis, fungal infections, herpes zoster, hand mouth and foot disease, human immunodeficiency virus infection, infectious mononucleosis, acute necrotizing gingivitis, herpangina

Gastrointestinal diseases- celiac disease, Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis

Malignant neoplasms blood disorder- anaemia, leukaemia, and neutropenia

Rheumatoid diseases- lupus erythematosus, Reiter's disease, Bechet's disease

Cutaneous diseases- pemphigus, chronic ulcerative stomatitis, lichen planus, erythema multiformis

Drugs and medication

Mouth ulcers can be caused by certain medications or treatment. Such as

• ·         Cytotoxic agents
• ·         Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs like ibrufen
• ·         Nicorandil- a medication that is used for treating angina.
• ·         Beta blockers- used to treat high blood pressure, angina and abnormal heart rhythm.
• ·         A side effect of chemotherapy or radiotherapy

 Self-care for mouth ulcers

 However mouth ulcers are the self-limiting condition, usually, they tend to clear up by themselves within a week or two.  However, self-care and home remedies may ease pain and discomfort.  These are:

• ·         Using a soft toothbrush for brushing your teeth
• ·         Avoid hot, spicy, hard or acidic food until the ulcers heal
• ·         Using a straw to drink
• ·         Avoid using toothpaste that contains sodium lauryl sulphate
• ·         You may use lozenges, mouthwashes to ease the pain and for quick healing
• ·         Stop the medication if you suspect the medication is causing the ulcer. Talk to your doctor about other alternative medication.

Homeopathic Treatment

Homeopathic medicines are very effective in treatment of mouth ulcers and works wonderfully when symptoms match perfectly. You can use it at home when the infection is not severe, but for recurrent and severe infections professional advice is recommended. Here is some good homeopathic medicine that works great in treating mouth ulcers.

• ·         Belladona- excellent anti-inflammatory medicine, relieves pain, swelling and inflammation
• ·         Capsicum- when “Burning” is a prominent symptom.
• ·         Nux vomica- when the history of allopathic over drug and constipation are present.
• ·         Borax- especially useful for children’s, and fungal infection.
• ·         Arsenic- when a patient is very restless, nervous and anxious
• ·         Hepar Sulph- when pus formation is present
• ·         Merc sol- when bad taste in mouth is the prominent symptom.
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#BlogchatterA2Z- F,"First Homeopathic kit for Common Injuries"

Childhood is the fundamental and learning phase of life.  During first few years of life children constantly explore their environment and learn new skills. And bumps, cut, scratches are part of this learning process. Childhood injuries are common especially when children learning to walk or ride a bike. But these incidents are more likely to be the kind that a kiss, hug or Band-Aid will fix, rather than a serious accident or rush to emergency unit bothers you and your little one.

In spite of best care and prevention, the accident happens. And First-aid kit is a necessity in every home, in a car and in the workplace. First aid kit is a collection of supplies and equipment for use in giving first-aid and can be put together for the purpose by an individual or organization. Having a well-stocked first aid kit ahead of time will help you respond effectively to common childhood injuries.

As a certified homeopathic physician, I had observed great results from homeopathic medicines in first-aid treatment. It is advisable to include first-aid homeopathic medicines to your first-aid kit for better and gentle relief.

First-aid kit should contain all basic instruments such as scissor, thermometer, bulb syringe, sterile cotton balls and gauze pads, torch, gloves and basic medications. Here is a complete guide  with instruction for essentials in first aid kit. After including all these essentials in your first-aid kit, add homeopathic remedies for an ideal and rapid cure.  It is best to understand some basic homeopathic principles before using homeopathic remedies at home.

Dose and potency- it is always best to use homeopathic medicine in 6x or 30c potency (especially when used for at home treatment) to avoid worsening of existing condition and unnecessary complications.

Repetition- as a rule of thumb, in acute disease condition frequent repetitions is allowed and in chronic disease condition avoids frequent repetition. For the treatment of common childhood problems, Take 5-6 pills of indicated remedy in 30c or 6x potency; 3-4 times a day is a safest and suggested the option. But in acute disease conditions, during first 1-3 hour of treatment indicated remedy can be repeated at an interval of 15 min. for faster relief.

Here is the list and indication of common homeopathic remedies that should be included in your first- aid kit for treatment of common childhood injuries.

Arnica- Arnica is the first remedy that used as an acute emergency remedy, especially in case of trauma, fall and bruising injuries. It helps reduce shock, relive pain, swelling and other signs of inflammation. It fastens the healing process. It remarkably improves pain and bruised sensation in kids after a routine fall. It is also an excellent remedy for before and after surgical and dental treatment.

Hypericum- kids often crushed their fingers in a door while playing and it causes unbearable shooting pain. Hypericum is an excellent remedy for injuries to nerve or parts of body had riches nerve supply, such as finger, toes and spine.

Ledum pal- punctured wound (from needle, nail or sharp object) is another common childhood injury that causes agonising pain and inflammation in kids. Of course, this kind of injuries required immediate medical attention. But a dose of Ledum pal should be administered for prevention of tetanus. It is also a good remedy for insect bites. Sharp shooting pain and coldness of affected part (but relived by a cold application) are the main indication for selection of this remedy.

Ruta- Ruta is a great remedy for all kinds of sports injuries. It can be used successfully in the treatment of injuries to ligament, tendon, periosteum or lining of the bone. Any injury to knee, thigh or elbow, when ligament or tendon pulled out, can be greatly helped by this remedy.

Calendula- it is a “Homeopathic antiseptic remedy” and must be a part of a first-aid homeopathic kit. The most common indication for use of calendula is whenever skin surface is broken and the wound is developed, it works great. It inhibits infection and promotes the healing process. It can be used internally as well as externally in the form of mother tincture or lotion.

Symphytum- it is a great “bone remedy” that help the fracture to heal more quickly. It is necessary to do all routine medical procedures (x-ray, splinting or surgery according to condition) in case of broken bone, but as an alternative medicine Symphytum gives a wonderful result.

Rhus tox- it is also known as “poison ivy”. It is another amazing remedy for the sprain, shoulder, back and neck injuries, especially when characteristic symptom “worse from first motion and relived by continuous motion is present”. The patient is usually chilly and complaint worse by cold weather.

External application- even though basic homeopathic principle emphasis on internal administration of indicated remedy but nowadays certain medicines are available in the form of a gel, ointment or spray for external application to fasten the cure.

These are:

 Calendula- acts as an antiseptic and available in the form of spray, gel, and ointment and mother tincture. It has great skin healing properties and has a soothing effect on cuts, sores and general skin abrasion.

Arnica- it is available in the form of gel and ointment. Arnica gel is quickly absorbed by the skin and has a cooling effect for fast pain relief. It reduces muscle pain and stiffness due to overexertion and minor injuries.

Hypericum- it is useful for the treatment of deep cuts. It has the power to close open wounds and heal the internal structure.

Note- mother tincture should be diluted with water before application for the better result.

So these are the basic homeopathic medicines that should be a part of the first-aid homeopathic kit. If you had a holistic approach to health care and want to get a gentle and ideal cure, include these sweet tiny pills in your first aid kit and enjoy a healthy and happy life with positivity.

Do you have any experience with homeopathic medicines in the treatment of common childhood injuries? Do share with us. Until then, eat healthy and live well!

Disclaimer- the article is for informational purpose only not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, prevention or treatment of any disease.

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#Week8 #Superbloggerchallenge2018 with Instacuppa- "Here is Why Nature is Always Incredible"

“Study nature, love nature and stay close to nature, it will never fail you”- Frank Lloyd wright

Indeed, Nature is art of god and it has really amazing healing properties. It has so many remarkable benefits for human health.  In fact, various scientific studies confirm the same thing that, spending time in nature improves vitality, uplift the mood and positivity. If you feel depressed or mentally upset, staying close to nature works like a therapy for you.

Here are some of the amazing benefits of staying close to nature.

• Staying close to nature improves our physical, mental, and emotional well- being.  It has been scientifically proved that staying close to nature decrease the heart rate and cortisol level.  It also has a positive effect on hypertension.
• Nature is a great stress buster, it relieves stress magically. It has an excellent effect on restoring mental energy, attention and memory.
• It inspires creativity and imagination power.
• It boosts immunity and resistance power and helps in healing too.
• It will help in sleep better, and it also helps in being more productive on the job.
• It also improves memory and cognitive function.

Personally, I had observed all these positive effects, while staying close to nature. It always feels great, refreshing and rejuvenating when I stay close to nature.

Especially here is the USA, where I am not able to meet with family frequently and usually had a sort of frenetic pressure, staying close to nature helps me a lot in reducing mental pressure. Though due to extremely bad weather conditions, it is not always possible to go for a nature walk or staying outside for a long period of time, still, whenever I got a chance or few minutes between works, I always try to spend this time with Mother Nature.

The bright sun rays of rising sun or the dusky beautiful sky at sunset

The amazing green trees at Neighbourhood Park or the snow shinning with the sun rays

The scenic beauty of the waterfall or mesmerising cloudy sky

Each scene in nature is amazing and pleasing...

Natural is always incredible

Do not you think so..?

In fact, this year 2018, I had chosen the “stayclosetonature”, as a word of the year. And I am consciously trying spending more and more time with nature.  And for keeping this passion alive, I am running a yearlong “Nature series” on my Instagram account.

Here I am sharing my collection of nature pics; here are the few of them,

And at the end of the post, I had a humble request to all of you,

• Please visit my Instagram account, would love to take your feedback on my collection.
• I am looking for some co-bloggers to follow each other organically to share views, comments, on each other’s feed. So if you like my feed, please follow me, I will do the same.
• If you want to join me on this amazing nature journey, please use #NatureisAlwaysincredible as a hashtag, and post your nature pics. I would be absolutely honoured and glad if you will join.
• Feel free to give me any suggestion, guidance any feedback.

So this is my tiny step to make nature a part of my everyday life. And as a conclusion, I could say confidently that it has been really an amazing journey so far. I am feeling refreshed and rejuvenated, positive and happy, with staying close to nature.

Did you have any similar experience like this? Are you a nature lover too? What are your thoughts? Please share with me.

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#BlogchatterA2Z- E "Effective 7 Reasons Why Homeopathy should be considered as an effective treatment option?

It is day 5, and as E, I am sharing Effective 7 reasons why homeopahy is an great alternative treatment option?

Here is why homeopathy should consider a good alternative treatment option?

Homeopathic medicines are safe, gentle, and non-toxic and had no adverse side effects

The first and most important reason is that Homeopathy is the safest mode of treatment. When these medicines used as directed they are completely safe for every one- including pregnant, nursing women and infants. They are given in such small doses that do not causes side effects, according to University of Maryland Medical Center, the extremely diluted nature of homeopathic remedies removes risk of ultimately negative side effects, though during first 1-2 week after administering the homeopathic medicines sometimes there is worsening of existing symptoms occurred, it is called “aggravation”, it indicates that selected medicines has started its action.

Homeopathic medicines come from a range of natural substances which can be either plant, mineral or animal based. And these natural substances make it safe and gentle to use.  These ingredients available in medicine enable the body to heal the problems naturally.

Unlikely conventional drugs, they rarely produce side effects, For instance,  antibiotics often causes diarrhoea as a common side effect. And most of the over the counter cough and cold medicines causes' drowsiness. Nowadays we all are concerned about the side effects of conventional drugs. In this scenario, homoeopathy is a wonderful treatment option. These medicines cure diseases in most gentle and safe manner, without any harmful side effects.

"Homeopathy cures a greater percentage of cases than any other method of treatment. Homeopathy is the latest and refined method of treating patients economically & non-violently"- Mahatma Gandhi.

Cures a disease from the root and gives long lasting to permanent cure

 According to homeopathic principle, diseases occur because of imbalance of elements present insides our immune system and deranged our vital force. The imbalance of body’s element reduces the efficiency of our body to fight against the disease causing organisms and leads to several health issues.

 Homeopathy treats a patient on both physical and psychological level and helps in curing a disease from root instead of just treating the symptoms.

 Let’s consider the conventional form of treatment. If two persons suffer from the same disease and shows similar kind of symptoms, usually the treatment or medicines issues to them will be the same, but in the case  of homeopathy it is not just about the disease and symptoms. It also taken in to the accounts the peculiar and individualistic symptoms of sick person that includes past history, mental and physical general symptoms, modalities , sensations, causation etc. after collecting these symptoms an individual similimum (most similar) remedy is prescribed. And this indicated remedy acts on individual symptoms and cures a disease from the root.

Easily acceptable and tolerable treatment option

  Homoeopathic medicines are administered in the form of the tiny sweet globule. Every one accept it very well, even they loved it.

It Increases immunity and resistance power of body naturally

 Another prominent reason, it increases immunity and resistance power. According to homoeopathic principle, when a person suffers from any disease his vital force (resistance power) get deranged. When an indicated homoeopathic medicine is administered it acts on the vital force of the body and make it stronger. Then this stronger vital force eliminates the disease force. Thus, our inner resistance power is increased. By this way, it is an excellent method of curing a disease.

It does not interfere with other medications and can be easily used with other therapies

  Homeopathic medicines are believed to be safe when used with other medicines. Although homoeopathic remedies should not replace conventional treatment for serious health concerns, but they can be used as an alternative option. For example, in the case of asthma, it is necessary to use conventional inhalers and other indicated medicines. But we can add indicated homoeopathic medicine along with them. When indicated medicine will start work on individual symptoms (it may take a time and patience is required) then the dose of conventional medicines can be tapered gradually. After a period of time patient can control his disease with homoeopathic remedy only.

A good option for at-home treatment

 Because it is a gentle, safe and permanent mode of treatment and its method of dispensing medicine is also very simple. So after learning some basic principle it can be use it at home for treatment of common health problems. You only need to observe your and your family’s symptoms and any changes you might see in those symptoms. With this way, it is easy to get started using homeopathy at home especially for treating simple and common illnesses.  But for serious health concern, medical supervision is compulsory.

It can be used for acute and chronic conditions

 Homoeopathy works great in treating both acute and chronic diseases. In acute disorders(like common cough-cold and fever) acute remedies work rapidly with good success and in the case of chronic diseases (where symptoms are less severe than acute disease, but they can affect seriously affect the quality of life and may worse over the time) well selected constitutional remedies may provide significant relief.

Last but not the least homoeopathic remedies are typically inexpensive and radially available. Therefore, they provide an affordable approach to healing.

There are various great books are available to know the basics of homoeopathy. One is Homoeopathic medicine for children and infants is a great book written by Dana Ullman. In this book, he explains what is homoeopathy? How does it work? How it can be used correctly to treat common childhood aliments. He included a complete guide to the use of homoeopathy and valuable information on the important remedies that all parents have in their home medicine kit. (1)

 Homeopathy also has a great role in various mental and psychological issues apart from the routine treatment. ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder), learning and behavioural problems and other psychological issues can be successfully treated with homoeopathy. Ritalin free kids is a great book written by Judith Reich Enberg-Ullman and Robert Ullman. This book explains the role of safe and effective homoeopathic medicine for ADHD, behavioural and learning problems. It offers a natural alternative to Ritalin and other harmful drugs. The authors describe their experience with more than 400 ADD patients whom they have treated. We will learn who lives have been dramatically changed and improved through the use of homoeopathy (2)

 Nowadays, homoeopathy is so well trusted. More than 300 million patients in over 80 nations are using it. As a parent and as a physician I had always observed the miraculous result of homoeopathy. Do you have an experience with the homoeopathic treatment? Do not forget to share with us, in the comment box. Until then eat healthy and live well.

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#BlogchatterA2Z, #HomoeopathyA2Z- D "Dispensing the Homeopathic Medicine"

Yes! It is day 4, alphabet “D”, and in today’s post, I will share “Dispensing of homeopathy medicine”. In simple words, how the homeopathic medicines (in which medium) prescribed?

But before moving on this step, I would like to complete the yesterday’s process. After case taking, how homeopathic therapists select a remedy?

After a long, detailed and proper case taking, the actual task of therapist gets started. “The correct selection of homeopathic remedy” is one of the most important steps that define the good result and ideal cure in given case.

For the selection of correct medicine, “The law of similar” came into the action. And the qualified homeopathic therapist gets involved in the process to match the symptoms of the patient with the symptoms of remedy. For that purpose, he mainly used three things,

Homeopathic Materia medica

 It is a book of collection of homeopathic medicine with all symptoms, with the help of this book therapist matches the symptoms of patient and symptoms of remedy, the remedy that covered most symptoms, is called the “Similimum” and prescribed to the patient for getting a good result.

Organon of medicine

It is homeopathic therapeutic book that helps in deciding the potency (power) and repeat ion of selected medicine.

Repertory

It is another homeopathic therapeutic book, that helps in medicine selection (nowadays, computerised repertories are available that can help a lot in the proper selection of remedy)

After the selection of a correct remedy, it is time to dispense the homeopathic medicine.

How the homeopathic medicines are dispensed or administered?

Homeopathic medicines are usually dispensed in three forms,

Globules

 These are sweet tiny sugar pills that most commonly used as a medium to dispense the homoeopathic medicine. Everyone, especially kids loved it. This medium makes the homeopathy, a gentle form of treatment. (Globules are just the medium, the actual medicines come in liquid form that poured on the globules)

Liquid

This is the second most common medium to dispense the homeopathic medicine. Liquids have strong, pungent taste and smell. In some case, they are more effective than the globules. It is very important to store liquid properly and keep away them from strong smelling substances and cosmetics, otherwise, they can get evaporate.

Mother tincture or Q

This is the crude and most strong form of dispensing homeopathic medicine. It is so bitter in taste, and homeopaths used them in certain cases. It is always advisable to take Q under proper medical guidance; otherwise, it may cause unwanted and serious side effects.

Practical tips

Here are some practical tips, regarding using homeopathic medicines.

• Always follow your physician’s direction regarding dose and repetition of medicines.
• Never take medicines on hands; it may reduce the efficiency of homeopathic medicine.
• Always take medicine when your mouth is clean. Do not eat anything before or after taking homeopathic medicine (at least for 15-20 minute)
• Store them properly; otherwise, they can lose their efficacy.
• Avoid using onion, garlic, coffee and other strong smelling substances, this substance may reduce the actual effect of the prescribed homeopathic remedy.

So it is all for now, stay tuned to get more interesting information about the homeopathy.

Will try to cover each and every aspect of homeopathy, in this series. And hoping it will help a lot to all.

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#AtoZ Challenge- C- "Case taking in homeopathy"

It is day 3 of #A2Zblogging challenge, and I am so excited to share about “Homeopathic Case taking” in day 3 post.

You might have already heard or experienced that homeopaths take a long time to record a case from patient and often asked so many questions about your mental, physical, social and emotional characteristics. Sometimes it may feel really confusing (and may be irritating too) for so many people that why they are asking all these questions that are not related with disease condition.

Today, in this post I will share the main reason behind that. It is because that homeopathy believes in the “Principle of Individualization”

 Theory of individualization

  Homoeopathy works on the principle of "Individualization", in simple words each individual is a unique person and each one has their own physical, mental, social and emotional characteristics. And so that their disease too.

This is the reason that why a same medicine could not prescribed the different persons, who are suffering from the same disease condition. In short “it is all about collecting the peculiar and individual symptoms of disease person”.

Case taking

Homeopathic case- taking is a time consuming process that requires a prepared mind set and patience. During this process a trained homeopathic physician asked a long questionnaire about your disease condition and general physical and mental health. It includes:

Present disease condition, its

1. Location,
2.  Causation,
3.  Any particular sensation
4. Modalities (means when the intensity of complaint gets decrease or increase)
5. Concomitant (any associated symptoms)

• Past history
• Family history
• Physical general symptoms (appetite, thirst, sleep, dream, digestion, urine etc.)
• Mental general (like, are you an introvert or extrovert, any other peculiar mental symptoms)
• Social or emotional symptoms (again any symptoms or trait that is specific to you)
• After recording all these symptoms, he observed any specific signs (signs are the things that have been observed by the physician for example: redness of eyes, paleness of skin. Sometimes these signs are so specific to a case and help a lot in choosing a correct remedy)
• General physical examination that includes recording of temperature, blood pressure measurement, weight etc.

After this collection of symptoms and signs, he also collects important data from your past history (from any tests, or reports, if you had)

This process is very important to get the desired results from homeopathic treatment. So along with the qualification of homeopath, it is very important for patient too, that he narrates all his symptoms properly and with minute details.

Sometimes case taking may requires more than one consultation, especially in chronic cases where it is very important for physician to collect not only the present but the past symptoms as well.

Conclusion

Here I would love to share some practical tips for a proper case taking, if you or your family members are going to take a homeopathic treatment.

• Be patient, it is a time consuming but most important process of your treatment
• Be mentally prepared, observed yourself for ail your physical, mental and emotional symptoms
• Be ready to answer the questions with proper detail
• Do not except results in one single visit or after taking few days of medicine.

“In short, it is a completely individual medical science and success is all depends on the proper collection of symptoms (from physician) and proper narration of symptoms (from the patients)

So, it’s all for today’s post, please feel free to ask me any questions or doubt about the homeopathic case taking. And be ready to learn about more about the homeopathy in upcoming post! Stay tuned!

In case if you had missed previous 2 posts, here is the links:

Homeopathy- An Introduction  

 Basic principles of homeopathy

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#BlogchatterA2Z blogging challenge- "B- Basic Principles of Homeopathy"

It is day 2 of #BlogchatterA2Zchallenge and I am so excited to moving one step ahead with #Homeopathy A2Z. Thanks a lot to all my dear friends for encouraging me, and I am so glad that you liked the Idea of #Homeopathy A2Z series. Also big thanks to Blog chatter, who had given this wonderful opportunity to us. It is really exciting to share our areas of expertise or any hidden passion with readers and blogging community.

So, in today’s post I would love to share “B for Basic principles of Homeopathy”.

Though homeopathy has so many principles and philosophies, and Hahnemann strongly believed that it is must to follow these principles and guidelines to achieve a gentle and ideal cure.

Before explaining the basic principle, I would like to explain the “basic concept of disease according to homeopathy”

How disease occurred?

According to homeopathic principle, vital force (in simple language immunity or resistance power) is the basic power of body that keeps body system alive and maintain its functionality. When vital force gets attacked by external forces (bacteria, virus, fungi etc.), at first instance vital force tries to fight with these external forces and try to eliminate disease force.

When the power of external force becomes stronger than vital force, vital force gets deranged (in simple words, when our body’s immunity get lowered), and produces sign and symptoms. These sign and symptoms are the indication of disease. And according to homeopathic principle, these should not be considered as a part of body got diseased. Instead, it indicates that a person got diseased; it is called the “Holistic approach” to treating a sick person.

Here I am sharing basic 4 principles of homeopathy that will help you a lot to understand this science better.

1 Law of similar

It is the basic law of homeopathy and all homeopathic remedies prescribed on this basic principle. It is also called “Simila similibus curenter”, in simple words like cures like. According to this principle, the substances that cause healthy people to get symptoms can cure diseases that have similar symptoms.

So, when a person got sick and produces sign and symptoms, a qualified physician collects his all symptoms and matches the symptoms with most similar remedy ( with the help of homeopathic Materia medica, a book that has vast collection of homeopathic remedies), then this most similar remedy is prescribed to treat the patient ideally and gently. When the symptoms match perfectly with the combination of skill of homeopathic therapist and proper narration of patient, an ideal cure happened.

2. Law of simplex

This is the second most important principle of homeopathy. According to homeopathic principle, a single remedy should be prescribed at one given time. It has been believed that if more than one medicine will be prescribed, it would become difficult to know the action of homeopathic medicine. It is always advising to collect all the symptoms of diseased individual and then prescribed only single remedy at the single time, to achieve an ideal cure.

Nowadays, with the changing time, this philosophy also gets changed especially during clinical practice. Increased pollution, hectic lifestyle, poor diet and so many other factors like this, had made it difficult to obtain the cure with a single remedy. And this is the reason that nowadays homeopathic combinations are in demand and homeopathic therapist prescribed them to get the desired result.

3.Law of minimum dose

This is the third principle of homeopathy, according to this principle a medicine should be prescribed in the minimum dose with minimum repetition. According to homeopathic principle, drugs given to a diseased person in material doses can cause unwanted side effects and adverse reaction.  It is always advisable that a homeopath should administer the smallest possible dose of indicated medicine to maximize the benefits and minimize the side effects. Also, it is better to avoid the unnecessary repetition of medicine. It is believed that unnecessary repetition reduces the positive response of indicated remedy.

4. Law of potentization

This is the fourth important law of homeopathy, it is called the “Law of potentization”, and in simple word, it is a process where homeopathic remedy is gone through a series of process, where the remedy is vigorously shaken to arouse the dynamic nature and curative power.  With this process, the quantity of crude substance gets reduced and the healing power of medicine gets increased dynamically. ( will share more about it in the upcoming post)

So these are basic 4 principles of homeopathy, please feel free to ask me any doubt or questions regarding the basic principles of homeopathy.

In upcoming post, I will share about the “C for Case Taking in homeopathy...” so stay tuned!

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