MYTHS AND FACTS ABOUT HOMEOPATHY

1. MYTH: HOMEOPATHY HAS VERY SLOW ACTION 

  FACT: HOMEOPATHY ACTS FASTER THAN ALLOPATHIC MEDICINE IN ACUTE CASES.

HOMEOPATHIC MEDICINE ACTION IS VERY FAST WHEN COMPARED TO ALLOPATHIC MEDICINE IN ACUTE DISEASES  PROVIDED THAT THE MEDICINE IS SELECTED ON THE BASIS OF TOTALITY OF SYMPTOMS AND PRESCRIBED IN THE CORRECT DOSAGE AND POTENCY. HOMEOPATHIC MEDICINE ACTS THROUGH OUR NERVES AND SO THE ACTION OF THE MEDICINE BEGINS RIGHT FROM THE INTAKE OF MEDICINE THROUGH THE NERVE ENDINGS PRESENT ON OUR TONGUE BUT ON THE OTHER HAND, ALLOPATHIC MEDICINE ACTS THROUGH OUR CIRCULATORY SYSTEM WHICH INFACT TAKES MORE TIME TO ACT WHEN COMPARED TO HOMEOPATHIC MEDICINE

2.MYTH: REGULAR INTAKE OF HOMEOPATHIC MEDICINES CAN INCREASE YOUR BLOOD SUGAR

FACT: HOMEOPATHIC MEDICINE DOESNT INCREASE BLOOD SUGAR

 

HOMEOPATHIC MEDICINES ARE DISPENSED EITHER IN THE FORM OF SUGAR PILLS OR AS LIQUID FORM. THE SUGAR PILLS USED IN HOMEOPATHY DOES NOT CONTAIN GLUCOSE BUT INSTEAD CONTAINS LACTOSE  WHICH CANNOT MAKE THE PATIENT DIABETIC EVEN  ON REGULAR USAGE. THE ACTUAL AMOUNT OF SUGAR IN HOMEOPATHIC MEDICINES CONSUMED OVER A PERIOD OF ONE WEEK IS NOT MORE THAN ONE TEASPOON.

3.MYTH: HOMEOPATHY IS A HERBAL MEDICINE

FACT: HOMEOPATHY IS NOT JUST A HERBAL MEDICINE

 

HOMEOPATHIC MEDICINES ARE NOT ONLY PREPARED FROM PLANTS BUT ITS  SOURCE CAN ALSO INCLUDE, ANIMALS, MINERALS, CHEMICALS, ENERGY SOURCES ETC.

4. MYTH: HOMEOPATHIC MEDICINES CONTAIN STEROID

FACT: MISCONCEPT BY SOME PEOPLE

 

HOMEOPATHIC PILLS  ARE MADE FROM PURELY LACTOSE AND ALMOST ALL HOMEOPATHIC REMEDIES HAVE ALCOHOL AS DILUENT. HOMEOPATHIC MEDICINES HAVE BEEN EVEN TESTED BY THE UV ABSORPTION METHOD TO CHECK THE PRESENCE OF STEROID IN IT AND THE RESULT HAS PROVED THAT THERE IS NO STEROID CONTENT IN HOMEOPATHIC MEDICINE AND THAT THESE ARE JUST  FALSE ALLEGATIONS MADE BY SOME PEOPLE TO DEFAME HOMEOPATHY.

5. MYTH: HOMEOPATHIC MEDICINES CAUSE WEIGHT GAIN AS A SIDE EFFECT

FACT: HOMEOPATHIC MEDICINES HAS NO SIDE EFFECT

 HOMEOPATHIC MEDICINE HAS GOT NO SIDE EFFECTS. THERE IS A MISCONCEPTION AMONG PEOPLE THAT THE HOMEOPATHIC SUGAR PILLS CAN INCREASE YOUR WEIGHT. HOMEOPATHIC MEDICINES ARE PREPARED FORM TINY AMOUNTS OF PROVEN HEALING SUBSTANCES DERIVED MAINLY FROM PLANTS, MINERALS, AND ANIMALS. THIS IS WHAT MAKES IT SO SAFE TO USE.

6.MYTH: ALLOPATHIC TREATMENT SHOULD NOT BE TAKEN WHILE UNDER HOMEOPATHIC TREATMENT 

FACT: ALLOPATHIC AND HOMEOPATHIC TREATMENT CAN BE TAKEN TOGETHER 

  

HOMEOPATHIC AND ALLOPATHIC TREATMENT CAN BE TAKEN TOGETHER PROVIDED THAT THERE SHOULD BE A GAP OF ATLEAST HALF AN HOUR BETWEEN THE TWO MEDICATIONS. HOMEOPATHIC MEDICINES WILL NEVER  REACT WITH ALLOPATHIC MEDICINES AND PRODUCE ADVERSE REACTIONS. 

7.MYTH: HOMEOPATHIC MEDICINES HAVE PLACEBO EFFECT 

FACT: HOMEOPATHY IS A PROVEN THERAPY  SUPPORTED BY SCIENTIFIC STUDIES.

 

RESULTS FROM NUMEROUS HIGH QUALITY RANDOMISED CONTROLLED TRIALS AND SEVERAL SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS HAVE SHOWN THAT HOMEOPATHIC MEDICINES HAVE A CLINICAL EFFECT ABOVE AND BEYOND PLACEBO.

8. MYTH: HOMEOPATHIC MEDICINES ARE ALL THE SAME WHITE SUGAR PILLS 

FACT: NOT TRUE, THE WHITE PILLS ARE ACTUALLY NEUTRAL VEHICLES OR CARRIERS OF ACTUAL MEDICINE 

THE WHITE PILLS ARE NOT THE ACTUAL MEDICINE, THE ACTUAL MEDICINE IS WHAT IS ADDED TO THEM IN THE FORM OF HOMEOPATHIC DILUTIONS. THE WHITE PILLS ARE JUST A MEDIUM OR VEHICLE THAT CARRIES THE ACTUAL MEDICINE THAT IS ADDED ON THEM. THERE ARE ABOUT 3000 MEDICINES IN HOMEOPATHY THAT IS USED WORLDWIDE.

9. MYTH: HOMEOPATHY DOESNT REQUIRE DIAGNOSIS

FACT: LIKE ALL OTHER SYSTEM OF MEDICINES HOMEOPATHY DEFINITELY NEEDS A THOROUGH DIAGNOSIS

 

HOMEOPATHIC MEDICINES ARE GIVEN SYMPTOMATICALLY AFTER TAKING THE WHOLE CASE HISTORY OF THE PATIENT THAT INCLUDES HIS PRESENTING COMPLAINTS, HISTORY OF HIS COMPLAINTS, FAMILY AND PAST HISTORY OF ANY OTHER ILLNESS, PHYSICAL GENERALS, MENTAL GENERALS, SYSTEMIC EXAMINATIONS, INVESTIGATIONS, PROGNOSIS, AND DIAGNOSIS OF THE CASE.

10.MYTH: HOMEOPATHY ALWAYS CAUSE AN AGGRAVATION OF THE SYMPTOMS AFTER TAKING THE MEDICINE

FACT: IT'S NOT NECESSARY THAT ALL THE MEDICINES HAVE TO BRING AN HOMEOPATHIC AGGRAVATION AFTER THE INTAKE OF MEDICINE 

 

AN HOMEOPATHIC AGGRAVATION IS A TEMPORARY INTENSIFICATION OF EXISTING SYMPTOMS FOLLOWING A HOMEOPATHIC REMEDY. THEY SOMETIMES OCCUR AS A PART OF INITIAL REBALANCING EFFECT, OR WHEN THE MEDICINE HAS BEEN TAKEN MORE OFTEN THAN NEEDED, OR IF THE PATIENT IS HIGHLY SENSITIVE TO THE MEDICINE. USUALLY, HOMEOPATHIC AGGRAVATION ARE HARMLESS AND SHORT-LIVED. THERE IS NOTHING TO GET PANIC AS AGGRAVATED SYMPTOMS  USUALLY RESOLVES WITHIN 3-4 DAYS.