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HOMOEOPATHY FAQS
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1. What is Homoeopathy? |
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Homoeopathy is one
of the scientific systems of medicine based on the
Principle |
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"Similia Similibus
Curentur" which means "let likes be
treated by likes". |
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Dr. Samuel Hahnemann, a German
Physician enunciated this Principle. |
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It is proved that the
medicine which can cause a set of symptoms on healthy
human |
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beings can cure the same symptoms in
diseased person. |
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2. How do
Homoeopathic medicines work? |
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The
Homoeopathic medicines are dynamised by way of diluting and
successing crude |
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drug
substance to activate its inherent
properties by this way the original drug
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substance is reduced to
extremely to low quantity. |
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3. Homoeopathic medicine act slow? |
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It is unfortunately a
false impression that homoeopathic medicines act slow.
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One of the reasons for
such a misconception could be due to the fact that in
spite of |
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its tremendous potential
to cure common acute aliments. |
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Homoeopathy is being
widely used for treatment of chronic, uncommon ailments.
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It is considered good
only when common ailment becomes
uncommonly troublesome |
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and chronic, or when
there is a difficult condition, when conventional treatment
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cannot give relief. |
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4. Can Homoeopathy treat any
Disease ?
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Through
Homoeopathy, any ailment acute or chronic, local or
general can be treated |
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except diseases where surgery is unavoidable.
Some of the surgical problems like |
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enlarged tonsils,
sinusitis, piles, fistula, kidney stone etc, in its early
stages can |
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easily treated by
homoeopathic medicines. |
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5. Is Homoeopathy first aggravates the disease and then
improves? |
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It does not happen to all
cases and always, if the chosen remedy matches the
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patient’s need. But if
repeated more than the need, it often
increases the |
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complaints, but it would
subside on its own as soon as medicine is withdrawn. |
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Patients with chronic
diseases, which are suppressed by some medicines, after
taking |
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homoeopathic medicines these symptoms may arise. |
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6. Are there any diet restrictions while taking these
medicines?
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Generally there is myth
onion, garlic, should
avoided while taking homoeopathic |
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medicine, that is not
true for some medicine some foods like coffee may
interfere |
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the medicine action so in that it
should be restricted just before and after medicine. |
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Avoiding paan cigarette, tobacco smoking
is better for healthy life as many diseases |
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are worse by
these bad habits. |
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7. Is it a fact that Homoeopathic medicines have no side
effects? |
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It is a fact that
homoeopathic medicines have no side effects.
Homoeopathic |
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medicines are not used against one particular area or
organ of the body. |
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The homoeopathic remedy
is chosen because it matches as closely as possible with |
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the
totality of symptoms of the patient. Side effects, such
as tissue destruction, do |
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not occur under Homoeopathy. |
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