Homeopathy when is it good to use and how does it work anyway, questions answered
October homeopathy hangout notes:
Welcome, if you’re wondering how and why homeopathy may work for you, here you go!
Some live questions answered recently are:
Q. How do you know if a remedy is working or making you worse?.
A. Generally this is not a strict symptom based answer. Many practitioners will say in homeopathy, bodily symptoms should go from top down, from the innermost to the outermost, and from the center to the extremities. For the most part any of this that happens in these directions is a good sign.
B. A more vivid answer is, any signs of the body releasing a toxic load, throwing a fever, sending symptoms out to the surface (mucus, rashes, looser bowels, or something appearing on the skin) may be a good sign the person is letting something go. So no worries!
However the intuitive homeopath will be interested in mood, spirit, and mental clarity. These according to Hahnemann and Kent, being of greater value, influence overall health from a vital point.
Q. What is a proving, when are you proving a remedy?
A. Technically a proving is when you have symptoms of the remedy show after taking said remedy. Such as hives after taking Apis. In this case, no problem, it will pass off and the remedy has begun to move things, ask your homeopath if you should continue or stop the remedy.
Hahnemann proved many substances on himself in order to begin to understand the potential action of a certain remedy. These symptoms would pass off soon and leave him with a first hand experience of that substance. A proving is typically used to understand a remedy better, and if it happens to you, is not always a bad thing. It may help clear things, and lead to a next clearer remedy presentation.
Q. Why did homeopathy scare me with heart pounding or bad dreams or some crying at unusual times?
A. An underlying fear or set of fears, or emotions that have been suppressed or are buried in your family history may arise and show themselves after taking a remedy. This can be something coming up for you that needs attention. Perhaps fears or anxiety needs to be looked at, what, when, and why and processed for a time. Then, once released you may be shifted to a calmer, relaxed expression. (What you don’t process emotionally will be held in the body, causing illness. See this book “The Body Keeps the Score”.) -we are all working on this, but I have found homeopathy has increased my health projection so much that I can boast very few symptoms at 50 yrs! This, within my family history and daily stresses is highly unusual.
Do you feel poisoned? Is there doubts about people? What ever you feel is real and ok, but may have been triggered from an earlier experience. Share it with your homeopath, and it will help inform about what a next remedy may be. Likely your homeopath gave you the remedy for a reason and it is acting to lift a layer, often revealing an underlying layer.
Q. Why doesn’t homeopathy work for me?
A. How long have you tried it? If only once, this is not long enough to make an informed opinion. It takes 4-6 months, sometimes longer depending on how low your health is?
Have you taken prior medication for a time, or been vaccinated, or had multiple injuries, or many changes, mold in your home or workplace, and lowered health from these? It may take 1 month for every year you have been experiencing lower health or chronic symptoms.
Also there may be blocks to cure,
Are you sleeping enough, getting good nutrition, having enough exercise, are you constantly exposed to drugs or harsh chemicals?
Any of these may present a block. Homeopathy can be used,
but with the intention of slowly improving your general lifestyle concerns, usually works best.
Q. What is the best time to try different therapies?
A. A homeopathic practitioner will tell you don’t give up, but you may decide to take a break to explore other ideas.
-Breathing and learning to listen to your body may work well with homeopathy, unless done in excess, and then it may increase symptoms and stress on the body.
-The Alexander Technique, I am still learning about, may work well with homeopathy as well,but again, you may find that doing this lightly is enough.
-Meditation, for calming the mind and body, in general I have found very calming and useful a few times a week.
In summary, it is so cool to be able to tap into the beautifully refined system that homeopathy is, to increase overall health and vitality. If you persist, it is unlikely you will be disappointed. Thanks again to the amazing ladies who made it an inspirational night! Hope you can join me soon:)
Peace and good blessings,
Christina
