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HOMEOPATHIC MEDICATIONS
1. How to take them
2. Healing reactions that may happen
1. How To Take Them
Please follow these simple guidelines to get the maximum benefit from
your medications.
A. Handling the Medicine Properly:
1) Don't store or use homeopathic medicines near any substances which
have strong odors, such as essential oils, camphorated oil, menthol, cough lozenges, peppermint, etc. These may actually antidote the medicine. Furthermore, avoid contact with strong aromatic odors and substances such as Tiger Balm, Ben-Gay, Vick's Vapo-rub, Noxema (and other products containing camphor), Blistex and strong mint toothpaste. Do not expose yourself to other strong odors like fresh paint, Lysol and eucalyptus (as in steam baths).
2) Never expose the medicine to direct sunlight. Keep the container in a
dry place when not in use.
3) Do not expose the medicine to strong electromagnetic fields--TV,
microwave, motors, magnets, etc.--including placing them by a wall which has a TV (etc.) on the other side because the field goes through walls.
4) Don't handle the contents of the container.
B) Avoidance of Interfering Substances and Actions:
1) Do not take homeopathic medication with meals unless necessary.
Allow one-half hour before or after meals.
2) Do not drink coffee two to three hours before or after taking the
medication.
3) Don't use any drugs or medications other than those prescribed and
recommended by your doctor.
Occasional Tylenol for the relief of pain may be acceptable.
4) Avoid any dental work which involves drilling. If drilling is necessary,
notify physician. Routine check-ups and cleanings are fine.
5) Do not sleep under an electric blanket, by a TV, or near a wall with a
TV (etc.) on the other side. Do not let them be exposed to x-rays during travel.
6) If you seek other treatment of any kind please inform Dr. Wilson.
Taking Pellets or Tablets:
If it is a single-dose prescription, empty the entire contents underneath
the tongue and allow it to dissolve. If multi-dose tube carefully tap the required number of pellets into the upturned cap and then drop the dose under your tongue and allow to dissolve there. Do not touch the pellets. If too many pellets fall into the cap, be careful putting them back in the bottle. This may risk contamination of the remaining pellets.
Taking Drops:
Squeeze the prescribed number of drops directly under your tongue
without touching the dropper with your mouth. Drops may be diluted in water if desired.
2. Homeopathy: Healing Reaction Information
As you begin homeopathic treatment and the body's immune defense and
repair system begins to "clean house" there may be any of several responses. These need to be assessed individually to be sure they do not represent a new disease. With the skin as the least important area to discharge "toxins" and the mental aspect as the most important area to protect, the life energy can create a wide range of signs as different imbalances are addressed. Regarding memories, old memories are not necessarily relived but instead more space is created for resolution, release, inner peace.
Question: If someone has kidney problems or cystitis, should they be
concerned that they will end up on dialysis while they are healing?
Answer: No, but they may get a lot of symptoms. The kidney patient
will not end up on dialysis. They may have all the symptoms even heart things; talk to them and see that at the mental/emotional level they are coping better or they are not really sick. If they know what to expect they will realize it is not a disease process they are experiencing. They know they are not really sick and they just have to be reassured.
Q: How about a child with an ear infection?
A: When they get treated at the healing crisis they are going to show
symptoms in the ears. So they will pull at their ears. If you distract them they are fine, and it doesn't get worse. Or if you talk to the child they seem fine. But if the mother takes the child to the doctor, the doctor will see inflammation in the ear and think there is an infection because the signs point to that. If the parent knows what to expect, they will see that it is not a disease process and will wait.
Q: Lab tests?
A: Temporarily, the cholesterol or other finding may go up a little. An
example of how medicine and homeopathy interpret a situation differently: A little girl had jaundice; she couldn't produce the enzyme to assimilate the bilirubin so it collected in the liver. She was treated homeopathically. The lab reading of bilirubin shot from under 300 to 600; the medical doctor was quite concerned. But the mother said "Look at her. She hasn't had any infections all winter, she doesn't have jaundice now and she is happy." The test was telling the doctor she was at a level he equated with danger; he didn't believe there was a healing process going on. But the doctor had to admit she did not appear to be suffering despite the reading. So, the signs may be there but other things are not there. There may be some temporary symptoms and signs, but you have to look at things more closely. If in the end there is a need for intervention that needs to be considered, but this is rare.
Rudolf Verspoor about watching a patient go through healing stages:
"...You say it is frightening to go through. But listen to your patient. She is not frightened. It is frightening to look at, maybe, but she is not frightened. She is in a good place despite all this stuff. She is quite happy. Talking on the phone she is ecstatic about all this. She thinks it is good stuff. She feels better, stronger, cleaning out old stuff. What you discover is that as you go through it yourself, you discover that all this stuff is really on the surface; it is superficial. You could be quite calm, collected, controlled and at peace inside, but you have this incredible sense that it is out there. You are feeling it, but it is out there so you are safe and protected. So reading it out of context can be misleading. You have to do it with the patient. That is where you get the confidence that this is a good process..."
Interesting note: Some patients report having tooth discomfort during
homeopathic treatment. This has been explained as the effects of increased flow of energy through the acupuncture meridians supplying the teeth. Again, do not make decisions to treat a discomfort before carefully analyzing whether it is part of the healing process. |