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What is Homeopathy?
Homeopathy is a field of healing pioneered by German physician, Samuel Hahnemann. Dr. Hahnemann observed that when small amounts of medicines were given the body responded in a healing manner. He coined the Law of Similars, which states that like cures like. The word homeopathy literally means “homo—same + pathy—disease.” In homeopathy we give very small quantities of agents that stimulate the bodies natural defenses and lead a patient to begin to heal himself. Research has shown that homeopathy works on animals, people and even plants and is very safe to use because the remedies are not toxic. Patients taking homeopathic remedies can experience short term worsening of symptoms as their bodies activate healing and discharge toxins from the system. Only recently has scientific research been able to accurately measure the effects of homeopathic remedies on the body and the new field is called nanopharmacology. This word means “small drugs,” and refers to studying the effect of miniscule amounts of substances on the body’s energy systems.

An example of homeopathic treatment would be a dog that is suffering from a dry cough, which worsens after exercise. The doctor would select a single remedy called phosphorous and give it in a form that is very diluted. After taking a few doses the dog begins to have heavy nasal discharge of mucus and the cough clears up after a few days.

Homotoxicology is a new field discovered and codified by another German doctor named Hans Heinrich Reckeweg. It is a biological therapy meaning that the body is activated and that the remedies do not harm the body. The prime axiom of homotoxicology is that all disease is the body’s attempt to get well by excreting or walling off toxins. As we live toxins are encountered from the environment and generated by our metabolic processes. If these are not properly neutralized and excreted, then tissue damage can occur and illness is the result.

A patient’s disease can be classified into one of six phases depending upon the level of tissue intoxication and damage. These phases are:

1. Excretion phase—the toxins are being actively excreted from the area. Increased tearing and nasal mucus secretion in response to air pollution is a good example. Toxins from the air enter the body and the body responds by secreting more fluids to wash the condition away.
2. Reaction phase—the toxins are slightly deeper into the tissue and causing an active inflammatory response. A pimple or boil is an example. The immune cells move into the area and respond to a toxin yielding pus, which drains the material to the outside of the body.
3. Deposition phase—deposition of the toxin into the tissues leads to changes in the structure. Conditions like warts, varicose veins, and nasal polyps are examples
4. Impregnation phase—condensation of enzymes and further deterioration of the cell’s systems leads to beginning stages of tumors, skin pigmentation changes, asthma, etc, etc.
5. Degeneration phase—the cellular environment is so polluted that the DNA and enzymes do not function adequately and diseases result such as chronic dermatitis or ear infections with scarring, vascular disease, cardiac disease, etc, etc.
6. Dedifferentiation or “Neoplasm” phase—the cellular system is so damaged that mutations result and cancer cells begin to grow and proliferate.

Therapy for disorders in the first three phases above is very rapid and effective. The doctor’s intention is to try and shift the disease pattern up the list. By selecting proper remedies that help neutralize toxins and promote their excretion, a homotoxicology doctor can greatly assist patients to regain normal functioning.

When examining a patient, the doctor is attempting to locate the presence of toxins and dysfunction in the body. Physical examination, history and diagnostic tests such as blood tests, X-rays, and ultrasound assist the doctor. Each area of disease is actually the body working to get well.

Once a pattern of disease is recognized, then a customized therapeutic program is initiated. These treatment programs usually involve creating a safe space for the patient, ensuring that toxin ingestion from diet and water and air are diminished, and providing adequate nutrition in the form of good food and nutritional supplements needed to assist the body in recovery. Specific biological therapies are selected to aid the body in toxin mobilization and excretion. Patients take the remedies and recheck at regular intervals to monitor their progress.

Homotoxicology is an exciting method of helping patients get better and stay better. We believe this is the healing technology of the new century!