tend to have much difficulty in finding a good remedy to match a patient’s entire self. Basically, there are two kinds of home-
opathy: acute and constitutional. Acute is what people are more familiar with; a person goes to his or her local health food store and purchases a blue tube, in 30C potency (strength) that has an indication on it. For ex- ample, it could be a remedy called Spongia tosta with the indication “dry cough”. This is an acute remedy, for an acute condition. The reason there’s an indication on the label is because the food and drug administration (FDA) governs homeopathy. So, although the label might say “dry cough,” the remedy may and can be used for many, many more con- ditions. This is why it is of the utmost impor- tance to seek a qualified health practitioner, such as an ND (naturopathic doctor) who can utilize these medicines appropriately and deftly. Furthermore, you can only get a potency stronger than a 30C via a prescrip- tion from your physician. There are many well known homeo- pathic remedies that are used in anxiety. Arsenicum album, Phosphorus, Carcinosin, Syphylinum, Natrum muriaticum, Calcarea carbonicum, Gelsemium sempervirens, Aconite napelus, and Sulphur, just to name a few. This is where “constitutional” homeopa- thy reigns king. Constitutional homeopathy is the aforementioned jigsaw puzzle metaphor. Again, more of a reason to see a trained physician to get a good remedy that helps with not only your anxiety, but with any and all of your health concerns. Homeopathy is all about optimizing your one true self. It enables the genes you were given at concep- tion and makes them work at a more optimal level. To give an example of just how pow- erful this medicine can be, I’ll describe a case I had about a year ago. A 49-year-old female came to my office complaining of peri-menopausal symptoms, panic attacks, extreme anxiety and insomnia. Her peri- menopausal symptoms included hot flashes, night sweats, vaginal dryness, volatile emo- tions ranging from weeping and crying to extreme irritability and chronic migraines. Her anxiety presented in the form of inabil- ity to cope with day-to-day interactions and circumstances and these lead to panic at- tacks. The icing on the cake for her was that she had insomnia from the racing thoughts which worsened her anxiety and led to more panic attacks.
Upon speaking with her and getting a good picture of her mental, emotional and physical self, I gave her a constitutional dose of Arsenicum album one time and asked her to return in 2 weeks. When she returned
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she said she didn’t know what I did or gave her, but she had not had one migraine, went from 4-6 hot flashes a day to only 2 in two weeks, and had no episodes of night sweats. She only reported one episode of crying and that was because her dog got sick and she had to take him to the vet. She said her boy- friend commented on how stable her mood was. Her sleep was the best it had been in years. The vaginal dryness didn’t correct, so I prescribed vitamin E oil to apply topically to the vulva and inside the vagina. I told her to return in 2 weeks. Upon
follow up, she reported that she still had no peri-menopausal symptoms, was able to cope 95% more in her day-to-day interac- tions, and had no panic attacks. I saw her for another 6 months in my practice before she moved away and I only had to re-dose her remedy (the Arsenicum album) once, at a lower (weaker) potency.
Dr. Todd Born is a licensed naturopathic phy- sician in Avon, CT, and is an active member of the American Association of Naturopathic Physicians. He practices at Whole Health Associates, LLC, the premier location in the Farmington Valley for natural medical care for the entire family, offering naturopathic medicine, chiropractic care, acupuncture and massage therapy. For more information or to schedule an appointment, please visit
www.wholehealthllc.com or call 860-674- 0111. See ad on page 2.
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