I write about many different natural and alternative things you can do to build your health and wellness on this blog. But, I want to share a purely anecdotal story about Homeopathy, because after all, it is the primary treatment I use for the people who come into my clinic. In fact, it’s the reason that I started out on this gentle journey to better health myself.

Many people don’t even realise that Homeopathy can be pretty darn useful for treating acute illnesses like flu, coughs and colds, diarrhea, vomiting, viral infections, hay fever, headaches, teething, nausea and so on, you get the idea. When people come in to see me many say they “have tried everything else and so may as well try Homeopathy”. Often it’s only used when things have reached rock bottom and some think of it as a last resort.

But Homeopathy can be an excellent treatment for acute illnesses when used according to homeopathic principles, and something to consider before starting a course of antibiotics.

Once I discovered how beautifully and quickly well-matched simplex Homeopathic remedies worked to treat acute illness it was all I ever used for my children. We headed out to the Homeopath, right past the doctor, whenever they got sick.

One of my sons, now 25, has not taken antibiotics at all since he was 3 years old, which was when I first discovered Homeopathy. The youngest has grown up using only Homeopathic remedies, and has only had antibiotics ONCE EVER, when he developed a terrible infection after swimming beside a sewage outlet at a beach in Thailand. He had no homeopathic remedies with him that time. The others are also healthy. Antibiotics didn’t get used in our house at all after we turned to Homeopathy. That’s a pretty awesome record!

Homeopathy at Home

So, here is what’s been happening at my house this week, and it’s a perfect example of why I love Homeopathy so much.

I’m a pretty good prescriber of Homeopathic remedies for acute illnesses. There is a bit of a knack to this, and the way that my brain processes information happens to be well suited to this type of prescribing.

However, when I get sick myself it is another matter altogether, because it takes a clear head to find a good match between a “Symptom Picture” in a patient and a “Homeopathic Remedy Picture”. Getting that match right is what gets the results – a really close match equals a great result, a so-so match equals some improvement, maybe. Trying to find a remedy for yourself when you’re unwell can be a near-impossible task when your brain feels like it’s made of cotton wool and is being squeezed between a tight vice

I regularly run a Short Course for parents to learn how to prescribe homeopathic remedies for first aid and first stage acute illnesses for themselves and their family. Any of these students will agree you need a clear head to get the remedy selection right.

Like most of you, when I am sick my brain just doesn’t work clearly and I often struggle to prescribe for myself in that state, which is what I want to tell you about.

My husband came home last week and brought with him one of the nastiest, most violent coughs I have ever seen which he promptly shared with me…violent cough, headache to knock you out, sore throat etc etc…winter illness at its worst! The pair of us sat hacking away in unison all weekend, each just as sick as the other. I endured it, my head too foggy to even think about what remedy to take. But every night when I lay down to get to sleep it was just getting worse and worse, getting to sleep was a nightmare.

Homeopathic Relief

Then came the night when I was coughing so badly I had to go and sit in the bathroom as I was certain I was going to throw up from it. I sat on the edge of the bath coughing it out and realized it was ‘do or die’, I needed to rally enough to find a remedy match fast. It was heading towards 1am, but I gathered my books, and really focused, in spite of the brain fog, and came up with a remedy very quickly, which I made up and took straight away.

Five minutes later, all my coughing, wheezing, headache and breathlessness had stopped and I dropped off to sleep.

The next morning instead of waking to a major coughing fit I was pretty good. I took another dose then and a couple more in the days since. My voice is still a little hoarse and I cough once in a while, but otherwise I am good, none of the severe symptoms have returned and I feel great, full of energy.

This is what happens when a really good Homeopathic prescription is made for an acute illness. Symptoms may be stopped in their tracks. But even better is that you feel great and full of energy even though to others you might still sound a bit sick. It is almost as if your body ‘knows’ that it has got on top of this virus and the battle is on its way to being won.  You feel it is ok to go about your life again because you don’t need to ‘conserve your strength’, to crawl into bed to recuperate.

My husband?

Well he has an on/off relationship with Homeopathy which it seems is turned to ‘off’ right now, so he is letting nature take its course. He didn’t go to work today and spent the day lying in bed, unable to move, coughing his lungs out every time he woke up, feeling like death.

Homeopathy’s Still Impressive

I realise this is only a winter virus, although certainly a pretty nasty one, but this story is a perfect example of how Homeopathy can be so useful for treating acute illnesses.

I have been working as a Homeopath for thirteen years now and I repeatedly see how so many who come through my clinic experience an improvement in their health quickly and effectively when they use Homeopathy to treat their health problems. Watching the amazing response in my son twenty-two years ago was how I was first introduced to this treatment, that I had never even heard of, and you can read about that right here.

But, in spite of what I know and have seen over all those years, of what I expect to see happen, I sometimes still sit in my clinic, listening to clients tell of the changes they have experienced after taking their prescribed Homeopathic remedies. In spite of what experience has taught me good Homeopathic prescribing is capable of, there are still times when I am just blown away by the response the person has experienced, and the extent of their improvement.

It doesn’t happen all the time by any means, but when it does it still amazes me, and that is the main reason why I love being a Homeopath and why I still love the amazing possibilities of Homeopathy.

When the symptoms of an illness that someone is experiencing are matched perfectly to the correct Homeopathic remedy, and that remedy is taken according to homeopathic principles, at the correct potency to match the strength of the illness, it is as if the body, or the immune system if you will, is suddenly jolted into action, and the rapid healing response that follows is an absolute joy to watch.

I realize that this is just one example and ‘does not a case for Homeopathy make’, but when you watch a response like this happen there is no doubt that there are powerful possibilities here, and the intellectual questions about how it can be happening get brushed to the side.

But, as with all things, everyone has their own path to follow. The Homepathic road was the one for my family but it may not be for you.

Have you ever experienced or observed one of these very rapid responses to treatment with a perfectly matched Homeopathic remedy? Tell us about it in the comments below.

Disclaimer

All information and opinions presented here are for information only and are not intended as a substitute for professional advice offered during a consultation. Please consult with your health care provider before trying any of the treatment suggested on this site. 

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