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Homeopathy is a
natural approach to medicine that works without contraindications
(interference with other medications you may be taking) or side
effects to stimulate the body's curative responses so the body heals
itself.
Here's a little
more detail:
Your body has
the ability to heal itself. When you are ill, your body produces
symptoms, which is how we know that the body has recognized that
something is wrong and is actively working to heal itself. This
"natural regulator" is your body's auto-regulatory mechanism and it
works to keep your body in balance - or in a state of homeostasis.
Here's an
example of how this works. Think of your "natural regulator" as your
internal temperature gauge. If you go outside and it is very hot,
your body will recognize it is too hot and begin to perspire. Your
homeostatic mechanism is producing a symptom - perspiration - in an
effort to cool down the body. If you go outside and it is very cold,
the symptom is shivering. Your homeostatic mechanism is trying to
warm the body up by shivering to produce heat.
Think about the
last time you were shivering. You could not control it, and you did
not stop until you were warm. It is the same way with homeopathic
medicines. If you are ill and your body is showing symptoms, the
symptoms will not disappear until the source of the symptoms has
disappeared.
Homeopathic
medicines stimulate your body's homeostatic mechanism so your body
heals itself by dealing with the sources of your symptoms.
Homeopathy is
different from conventional medicine because conventional medicine
simply defines health as the lack of symptoms (if you dry up a runny
nose, is your cold gone and are you healthy?). Homeopathy defines
health as the lack of disease (if you get rid of the source of the
runny nose in the process of dealing with the source, the runny nose
will disappear on its own.) |
