| Allow me to postulate that health is not random. | | | | Homeopathy is unique because it doesn't treat the |
| As a homeopathic consultant for over 13 years, I | | | | illness; it treats the person. This means that 5 |
| have seen health and the lack of it. I believe that | | | | people with a cough will receive 5 different |
| the principles and laws of health are available to | | | | remedies, based on the symptoms, or how their |
| anyone interested in observing and then emulating | | | | illness presents. |
| them. There are explicit strategies, thoughts and | | | | For example, a cough that is loud, noisy and is |
| actions that must be in place in order to achieve | | | | hard like a barky croup cough, has been shown to |
| anything we do in life. In attaining health, it would | | | | be a call for the remedy Kali mur 6x. There is a |
| be wise to follow the traditions of true healing. | | | | thick whitish mucus accompanying the cough that |
| Homeopathy offers this. | | | | helps distinguish it from other coughs and hence, |
| Homeopathic remedies are prepared from | | | | other remedy choices. |
| substances that are greatly diluted so that they | | | | Kali sulph 6x is a remedy for when there is a |
| are made as "nano- pharmacology". These minute | | | | good deal of mucus that is rattling in the chest. |
| doses elicit a response that will bring a completion | | | | Often, the cough is made worse from being in a |
| of the illness. | | | | warm, stuffy room and conversely, is made |
| These ideas are not new. Paracelsus wrote about | | | | more comfortable in cool open air. |
| them when he was chronicling medical history. He | | | | Mag phos 6x is the premiere remedy for the |
| discussed the principles of using a substance that | | | | cough that is spasmodic and is often worse at |
| has the capacity to cause very similar symptoms | | | | night. This has been shown to be of particular |
| to what the person is experiencing. | | | | value in whooping cough as it is characterized by |
| Homeopathy was popular in the U.S. and Europe | | | | spasms. |
| at the turn of the last century because of its | | | | Calc phos 6x is the choice when the cough feels |
| impressive results with serious infectious diseases. | | | | suffocative. The sufferer is comforted by lying |
| These were epidemic diseases such as cholera, | | | | down and the mucous is stringy and tough. |
| yellow fever, scarlet fever, typhoid or malaria and | | | | Nat sulph 6x is the remedy for those whose |
| often presented with coughs. The death rates | | | | chest is sore from the coughing. The mucous is |
| from these diseases when treated | | | | thick and yellow and there is a sensation of |
| homeopathically were commonly one half or even | | | | weakness or loss in the chest. |
| as low as one-eighth of those that were treated | | | | What ever the presentation, whatever kind of |
| in conventional medical hospitals. At the turn of | | | | cough, homeopathy has just the right remedy to |
| the century, there were 100 homeopathic | | | | address it. Not a discount, polyester, one size fits |
| hospitals in the United States and 22 homeopathic | | | | all, but, tailor made, cough specific, person specific. |
| medical schools. | | | | Now that's what I call real medicine. |
| Homeopathy had an illustrious history of cure and | | | | The information provided in this article is for |
| although it is no longer a part of the American | | | | educational purposes only and may not be |
| medical scene, it has made a resurgence among | | | | construed as medical advice. The reader is |
| those who are interested in a medicine that isn't | | | | encouraged to make independent inquires and to |
| dangerous. Coughs aren't the only maladies it's | | | | seek the advice of a licensed healthcare provider. |
| capable of addressing. | | | | |