Health matters are rarely as easy to understand as we’d like, and homeopathy is no exception. Using a homeopathic remedy to relieve a headache is not a matter of popping a few pills, waiting half an hour, and experiencing blessed relief. To begin with, you’ll need to see a homeopathic physician, who will determine your physical, mental, and emotional essence. That’s because a headache or any health problem is believed to be a symptom of inner physical, mental, or emotional distress. Homeopathy doesn’t actually treat the outer symptoms, like the pounding in your head. Instead, it aims to calm the physical, mental, emotional, or spiritual upset that allowed the problem to arise in the first place.
Before prescribing a remedy, the homeopathic physician will want to know much more than your temperature and pulse rate. He or she will ask you a great many questions about what you like and dislike, when and how well you sleep, what your family life is like, what stresses you face and how you handle them, whether you prefer hot weather to cold, and more. You’ll be asked to describe your symptoms in detail. What are you usually doing when the symptoms strike? At what time of day are they usually worse? Do certain foods seem to
heighten the problem? Bit by bit, the homeopathic physician will build a “subjective database” filled with information about the inner you—the essential you. Only then can he or she select the remedy most closely attuned to your essence. Out of some two thousand homeopathic remedies, many might be useful for headaches. But only a select few will help you with your headaches.
With traditional Western pain relievers, you’re supposed to feel better ASAP (unless you’re plagued with side effects). But with homeopathic remedies, it’s entirely possible that you may feel worse at first. That’s because the remedy is designed to attack the inner, essential problem that’s afflicting you on the physical, mental, or emotional level. It’s supposed to spur on your immune system by making it “think” the body is just a little bit sick. So if you try homeopathy, give your body some time to adjust before you decide whether or not this healing art is for you.
Before prescribing a remedy, the homeopathic physician will want to know much more than your temperature and pulse rate. He or she will ask you a great many questions about what you like and dislike, when and how well you sleep, what your family life is like, what stresses you face and how you handle them, whether you prefer hot weather to cold, and more. You’ll be asked to describe your symptoms in detail. What are you usually doing when the symptoms strike? At what time of day are they usually worse? Do certain foods seem to
heighten the problem? Bit by bit, the homeopathic physician will build a “subjective database” filled with information about the inner you—the essential you. Only then can he or she select the remedy most closely attuned to your essence. Out of some two thousand homeopathic remedies, many might be useful for headaches. But only a select few will help you with your headaches.
With traditional Western pain relievers, you’re supposed to feel better ASAP (unless you’re plagued with side effects). But with homeopathic remedies, it’s entirely possible that you may feel worse at first. That’s because the remedy is designed to attack the inner, essential problem that’s afflicting you on the physical, mental, or emotional level. It’s supposed to spur on your immune system by making it “think” the body is just a little bit sick. So if you try homeopathy, give your body some time to adjust before you decide whether or not this healing art is for you.
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