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Constitutional
treatment is when one homeopathic medicine is used to treat a
constellation of symptoms in one person. Generally, constitutional
treatment is used in treating more chronic cases.
Here's a
little more detail:
Homeopathic
medicines work on every system of the body: mental, physical and
emotional. Homeopathic medicines are also useful for both acute
illness (those that run its course without any drug or physician's
intervention) and chronic illnesses (those which must be monitored
by a license practitioner).
Each homeopathic
medicine has it's own symptom picture. Many times, a homeopathic
remedy's symptom picture may "look like" a person. For example, the
symptom picture most often associated with Nux Vomica includes
conditions brought on by excess eating, drinking, smoking,
hyperactivity, dyspepsia, headache over the eyes, wakes up at 3:00
a.m. and worse from stimulants.
If somebody is
classified as a "type A" personality-always moving about, does
everything to extreme (in work and play), has a nervous stomach,
often wakes at 3:00 a.m. thinking about what didn't get accomplished
that day (or what needs to be done the next day) and is always
drinking a cup of coffee, that person may be classified as a
"constitutional Nux Vomica."
If somebody is
under the care of a homeopathic physician, they will often be
treated with one remedy, their constitutional remedy. This remedy
will treat the whole person on all levels to relieve many acute
symptoms.
Often people are
treated with one constitutional remedy and, consequently their
entire constitution changes to another remedy. This is very
important to note because constitutional treatment should be
supervised by a licensed practitioner. |
