Homeopathic Diagnosis and Treatment
In homeopathy we believe in creating an individualized formula or plan for each particular type of patient according to their personality, their type of disease, their age, how long they have been sick, etc. How we prescribe medicine in homeopathy is somewhat like making a jacket that will fit according to your size, personality, etc. If you come back for treatment in two months and your condition has changed, you will be given a completely new prescription, which will be based on the new conditions of your body. In other words, your jacket will be remade to fit the new you. On the other hand, naturopathic medicine will continue to give you the same thing regardless of any changes. You will continue with the same vitamins, etc. This is why in homeopathy we never know ahead of time what a new prescription should be, this is why we cannot prescribe remedies on the telephone, and why it is important that we see patients in person in order to be able to take new measurements and reassess a patient’s condition before determining the direction of the treatment that will be provided.
In many ways, homeopathy is a form of art. It sometimes takes a long time and much preparation before we select a remedy, or decide on the right combination of treatment. It is somewhat like selecting and directing music. The art of the director is to put the sound of the music into one nice melody, in essence, to create the melody. The music must have a melody just as homeopathy must have rhythm and direction. If a person comes to you with a problem such as diabetes, for example, this means the pancreas is involved, the immune system is involved, the hormonal system is involved, and, from the beginning, the medicine must also be chosen according to whom this person is, their type of personality, etc. Secondly we will prescribe medicine that will balance the hormonal system; thirdly we will give medicine, which will balance the pancreas itself, and fourth the medicine must balance this type of personality’s immune system. If the same person comes with other complications such as gynecological problems, irregular menstruation, etc., then our logic will be absolutely different because a new level of problems will have to be taken under consideration, i.e. the function of the ovaries, the pituitary gland, etc. Another person may come to us having problems with diabetes and asthma, for example; then again our calculation will be absolutely different because we will take into consideration the asthma-like symptoms.
So the main idea of Dinas Homeopathic Clinic is that we do not try to cure the symptoms – these are only the branches and leaves of the tree - we need to find the roots of the tree. We must find out why this patient has diabetes, has menstrual problems, and has asthma. Then when we find and treat the root of the problems we can expect serious changes to occur and the underlying health of our patients to improve. As mentioned, homeopathic medicine is very individual according to one’s size, age, disease, personality type, spiritual condition, etc., unlike traditional medicine today which tends to treat the symptoms – the headache, the acidity, etc. – and the root of the problem is often ignored or left untreated until a later date when the symptoms of a disease have further been acerbated.
As indicated, homeopathic medicine divides people into different types of personalities and, according to these different types of personalities, we can frequently tell what kind of genetic weaknesses the body is prone to, and what part heredity plays in their particular health issues. Some people may have a weak stomach, some a weak pancreas, some a weak heart, weak nervous system, etc. A few people may have personalities categorized as a lycopodium personality – these people have deep-seated insecurities and do not like to show this insecurity. The weak organs in this type of personality are the kidneys, liver, and prostate. Sepia type personality (female) will have gynecological weaknesses – abnormal menstruation, cysts, and tumors. A calcarea carbonica creates the following symptoms– a weak pancreas and thyroid gland. Arsenicum creates– weakness of the nervous system (stress, insomnia), exhaustion and an emotional overload. Silicea creates problems in the following areas – skin and the immune system. We recognize about fifty-seven different personality types and about fifty-seven different combinations of these types.
To illustrate how I understand people’s diseases, consider the following information:
A tree consists of leaves, branches, and roots. The leaves are the symptoms (headaches, skin disease, emotional problems, pain in the back, fibromyalgia). To treat the leaves in an attempt to refresh their green color is superficial and ineffective in the long run. We have to find the root of the problem and treatment must begin at the root. Even the formation of a tumor is considered to be a symptom. The mechanism that made the tumor is still in the body and the root of the process must be found or another tumor could appear in a different part of the body. So the main idea is to seek out the root of the problem and develop a treatment that will work at the root level. That is what we attempt to do at the Dinas Homeopathy Clinic.