Most of us do not realize just how strongly conventional medicine
has conditioned us to believe that symptoms are the illness. Rather
than seeing persons as a totality, as a spiritual/mental, psychic/emotional
and physical being, it sees a fragmented organism whose broken or "sick"
part requires fixing. Allopathic medicine sees only the end results
of the problem ( the symptoms ) and labels them as a disease or syndrome.
If a human being were a machine, the process might be effective. However,
we are not and addressing health only on a symptomatic level leads to
suppression and eventually to chronic illness.It is therefore important
to understand health from a different perspective if we are to have
healthier and happier children.
Conventional medicine works in opposites, prescribing antibiotics (
anti life ), anti inflammatories, anti fungals, etc. which take over
from the body's natural intelligence, suppressing its response. It fails
to recognize what homeopathy has understood since its discovery. That
is, that every symptom produced is an attempt by the body to rebalance
itself and that the symptom picture provides the guidelines through
which it can do so. To look at this totality is vital.
If your child for example has had a tendency in his or her early years
towards eczema and earaches, these two symptoms are only a part of the
picture profiling the imbalance and in turn, the homeopathic remedy
that the child will require to regain balance on an energetic level-
the plane where all disruptions start. To treat the eruption and earache
symptomatically on a physical level and in isolation from the whole
will only cause suppression. When a symptom is repeatedly suppressed,
the channel of expression eventually becomes closed. The child may then
no longer exhibit eruptions and earaches but be bothered by another
symptom such as a migraine headache. Further, it must be remembered
that every symptom is an attempt at rebalancing, and if this is constantly
interfered with the organism becomes weaker, hovering in a constant
state of chronic illness.
Suppression may also be caused by topical cortisone, zinc ointment and
tar. It is not uncommon to see children who have been prescribed topical
cortisone for eczema present some time later with clear skin and asthma
.In this instance, the suppression of the body's natural expression
of the imbalance through the channel of the skin has resulted in the
organism finding another point through which to express the imbalance-
this time in a deeper and more vital system.
Homeopathy takes an entirely different approach to addressing health
problems. Firstly, it sees the "illness" as merely an imbalance
in the body's vital energies. It recognizes that the symptom is not
the disease but is rather the body's attempt at alerting us to a disruption
and a way of correcting the imbalance.Homeopathy follows the symptom
pattern taking into account not only the physical symptoms but the mental
and emotional state of the child as well.
As an example, let's look at tummy aches that occur when the child is
upset or stressed by a new situation or a change in his or her environment.
The emotional state becomes somaticized. It is not the tummy ache that
has to be addressed but the child's lack of ability to cope with change,
his fears, etc. that has to be corrected. A homeopathic remedy which
is a non-toxic, energized substance is prescribed based on the understanding
of the child, on the understanding of the whole symptom picture, not
on the symptom in isolation.
Homeopathy s a brilliant therapy which can address acute and chronic
health problems from infancy onward. It is an intricate and complex
form of medicine that requires careful casetaking and a skilled, experienced
practitioner.
by
Barbara Etcovitch
B.A. M.A. D Hom(UK) R.S. Hom(NA) CCH
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