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Monroe Naturopathic Medical Clinic, Inc.
Monroe Naturopathic Medical Clinic, Inc.
Alice Harper, ND
Alice Harper, ND
Appointments: 360-794-4539
Appointments: 360-794-4539
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Homeopathy
| Posted on September 22, 2016 at 11:51 AM |
Today,
I would like to introduce you to homeopathy and how it can be used in a
clinical setting. Homeopathy
originated in Germany in the late 18 century, and treatment is
based on an individual patient’s needs and seeks to achieve health on a mental,
emotional, and physical level. Because the remedies are so dilute, there are
rarely any side effects. Homeopathic
remedies are derived from substances that come from plants, minerals, or
animals, and are “individualized” or tailored to each person—it is not uncommon
for different people with the same condition to
receive different treatments, simply because every person is unique
and a condition can be caused by different factors in each individual. If you
Google homeopathy, you will find, along with positive references, disparaging
articles calling it “pseudoscience” and “placebo effect.” When I was first
introduced to the study of homeopathy, I too was skeptical. I was taking the obligatory homeopathy class
and Bastyr, I read the required texts and did the required assignments,
thinking that homeopathy was just “hokey.” I mean, how could it possibly work?
I wanted to be open minded, but I was quite skeptical on the one hand, while
wanting to learn more on the other. The skepticism took a decidedly marked turn
after my first homeopathy shift rotation at Bastyr Clinic. The
case that was the most dramatic for me was the case of a little boy who was 3
or 4 years old and had been having seizures since the age of 18 months. The
poor little guy was having up to 100 small seizures a day. He had previously
failed all anti-seizure medications, and had even failed surgery in which part
of his brain had been removed in an attempt to remove the portion that was
causing the seizures. In addition, he had a behavior problem of biting other
children in preschool. I was assigned to his case. It was my responsibility as
a student clinician to come up with a remedy for this child, and I found it a
daunting task. I spent several hours over the course of 2 weeks poring over the
homeopathy repertory, looking up his symptoms, matching symptoms to remedies,
attempting to derive the one remedy out of hundreds that would best fit his
presentation. I finally arrived at my choice, and presented it to my supervisor
on my shift 2 weeks later. She looked quizzically and critically at the remedy
I had chosen and remarked, “This isn’t a seizure remedy.” Doubt began to creep
in, and I almost back-tracked to one of the alternate remedies I had looked at.
Did I mess it up? Did I not choose the right one? However, I had worked hard on
this, and I decided to give her my reasoning. “It’s not a seizure problem,” I
said, “but a brain problem, and this is a brain remedy.” She looked doubtful,
but agreed to try it, because really there was nothing to lose. We met with the
parents that day, and dispensed the remedy. A single dose. That was my last day
on that shift before the summer quarter. I never saw the child again. I came
back in the fall for the fall quarter homeopathy shift, and during the first
meeting with the supervisor and the other students, I was singled out by the
supervisor. She gave the case history of the little boy with the seizures.
Apparently, after the dose of the remedy I had chosen, when the parents brought
him back 4 weeks later, they reported that his seizures had stopped, and that
he was no longer biting! It was a complete success story! I realized then that
there must be something to this, because in a small child or baby how can it be
placebo effect? Since then, I have seen many other successes over the years, and after all these years, I am still amazed to see the results that can be achieved with a homeopathic remedy. This is very low-force medicine that works with the subtle energies of your body to help reset things so that the body can heal itself. |
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