Chapter 1
Aphorism 1 and 2 says: The physician is aim is to restore the sick to health. Therefore to cure them. The ideal of cure is the rapid, gentle and permanent restoration of health. This is somehow impossible in allopathic medicine, because they cannot cure some chronic disease. All they do is control the symptoms by giving the patient so many medications that causes life threatening side effects. Therefore homeopathy has to be considered as the best treatment to these kind of diseases.
A true cure
Cure is defined has the disappearance of the patient’s symptoms. However, homeopathy aims higher than this, it works from the very inner deep level (mental symptoms) to the outer level (physical symptoms). And in this way a generalised wellbeing
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It is the concept of health and healing in homeopathy. The vital force maintains all parts and functions of the body in harmony. The vital force overwhelms the disease in acute cases. And in chronic cases, the vital force cannot overcome the disease unaided. If it is strong, the morbific agent cannot do harm. If it is weak and susceptible to the morbific agent, the vital force and disease force manifest in the form of disease. The vital force is stronger in children.
Healing action of the vital force
In case of diseases, the homeopathic remedy (the simillimum) strengthens the vital force in its effort to throw the disease out of the body. It does this by creating an artificial disease picture, to further stimulate the healing action of the vital force.
Historical background
• Hippocrates introduced the law of similar. He formulated:illnesses arise by similar things and by similar things can the sick be made well.
• Then Claudius Galen in the second century introduced “treatment by the opposite”, the law of contraries.
• Parcelus called for a return to Hippocratic principles and termed it like cure
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Allopathy does not see the interactions of all part of the body as homeopathy does.
Homeopathy acknowledge the connection of mind and emotions, body and spirit. Therefore the right remedy stimulates the vital force to throw off any disease.
The microbe and the terrain
Diseases occurs when the microbe gain entry in the body. The patient is body then becomes a battleground between the germs and the toxic chemicals used to attack them.
Allopathic medicine sees the microbe as the enemy. It believes that the microbe is cause of disease. However Hahnemann said, we need some bacteria for our wellbeing. For examples, we need some bacteria in our gut to assist with digestion. Therefore he said, a microbe can cause a disease only when the body is susceptible to it.
Strengthening the vital force
Health is the balanced state of body, mind and spirit. Normal health and the harmonious vital force depends on a healthy lifestyle and the absence of a
TASK 2 Infectious diseases are the invasion of host organisms, (microbes) which can be invisible to the eyes. The microbes are also known as pathogens. A microbe infects an organism (which is known as the host of the microbe). In a human host, the microorganism causes a disease by either disrupting an important body process or by stimulating the immune system to mount a defensive reaction. The pathogen, interferes with the normal functioning of the host and can lead to chronic wounds, gangrene, loss of an infected limb, and even death.
(Zimmerman) There are two types of magical thinking done by humans, but the first type of sympathetic magic, homeopathic magic, is deeply ingrained in our history of medicine, and trying to find these magical cures. She mentions several different stories from the past to demonstrate
in another scenario he examines the main stereotypical factors that is association with microbes in our body and how media and news headline tend to examine illness and microbes from a fear standpoint without examining the scientific aspect behind the development and prevention of such microbes in the first
My main goal as a Naturopathic Physician is to help my patients
Infectious diseases are caused by the intrusion of a host organism by foreign organisms, which are generally named microorganisms but are often called microbes. These microbes can also be known as pathogens if they cause an illness. The most common pathogens are bacteria and viruses, although a number of microbes also cause disease. When an organism is linked to an infecting microbe, it is known as the host for that microbe.
Different cultures and religions believe in different types of healing practices, there are a lot of Americans that use herbal remedies to cure all sorts of illnesses. If these remedies don’t work, it is the responsibility of the individual and family members to seek out proper medical treatment for the
In short, the biological model of health is mainly defined from the absence of disease, from the model that is well-matched with positive meanings in relation to balance of normal functioning. The social model health is actually a positive state of well-being and wholeness linked with however this is not mainly explained from the non-existence of disease, physical, mental impairment and illness (Gross, 2010). Overall the concepts of ill health and health are not balanced. Non-existences of disease might be part of health, however health is considered more than the “absence of disease”.
The Biomedical model of health has influenced the provision and delivery of healthcare for over a century (Wade, 2004). This conceptual model was founded on the belief that the mind and body are separate and that all diseases and disorders can be explained (Sarafino, 2008). Ergo, this approach concentrates predominately on the physical processes and looks at biochemistry, pathology and physiology to explain illness or disease (Placeholder3). As a consequence, medical intervention is the primary method used to diagnose, treat and return the health of an individual to a pre-illness state (Wade, 2004).
You can sense what was given to their body. It is obvious we require conventional drugs or pill, but not all. Homeopathic
It ignored a ‘mind-body connection’. Health however, is not simply limited to biology. “Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not simply the absence of disease or infirmity” as defined by the World Health Organisation. The biopsychosocial model is an absolute necessity for clinical practice - it allows physicians to treat people who have diseases and not just the diseases people have. This will give us the ability to understand people beyond their biological functioning and to view human health in its fullest context.
Osteopathic medicine is a type of medical practice which focuses on enhancing the body’s ability to heal itself. An Osteopath, also called a D.O or Doctor of Osteopathic medicine puts an emphasis on preventative medicine. This type of doctor additionally believes that all systems in the body work together to repair the body. Just like medical doctors, they are skilled, and licensed to prescribe medicine and do surgeries. They can also practice any medical specialty they select.
The overwhelming success within these practices and traditions will help give some clarity to the many factors that contribute to the causation of the area of illness in question. However, we will first draw on some of the conclusions derived from the relatively recent field of medicine;
Studying history helps us understand individuals, societies and events of the past. Even though the history of healing teach us all the facts on the healing art, including who was wrong and right, it is better to examine the way in which the healing is the product of specific cultural worldviews at a given time and place. Similarly to the societies of the past, diverse societies around the world today have different beliefs on what causes a disease, and methods of healing. The bottom line is that, whether they were right or wrong in their thought process, societies and people of the past have made great contribution to the healing art. Galen for example with his humoral theory explained the cause of disease as the disequilibrium in humors.
The University of Maryland Medical Center states that Herbal Therapy also called botanical medicine or phytomedicine, refers to using plant’s, seeds, berries, leaves, barks, or flowers for medicinal purposes. Herbalism has a long tradition of use outside conventional medicine. It is becoming more mainstream as improvements in analysis and quality control, along with advances in clinical research, show the value of herbal medicine in treating and preventing diseases. Herbal medicine is a natural, non-toxic way to treat many conditions of ill-health. It is holistic, meaning it treats the whole person, embracing all levels of an individual: physical, mental, emotional and spiritual.
Holistic health looks at all the methods of healthcare from conventional medication to different therapies to care for a person who needs it. An example is when someone is experiencing