By Joan Elizabeth


how you have approached your disease or role as a patient through traditional medical care in the past?


You may never have contemplated this question or even con- sidered that it might be important, but it is important if you really want to bring yourself back into a state of health and well-being on a very deep level (to be well in your own skin). Entering this incredible modality as a patient will open you up to a whole new paradigm of healing.


What makes a healing modality homeopathic? You might have heard that the basis of homeopathic treatment is Like Curing Like equal to the old adage, “the hair of the dog that bit you.”


What does that mean? Any substance which can cause symp-


toms when given to healthy people can help to heal those who are experiencing similar symptoms. The homeopath is concerned with health not disease, with healing rather than curing.


Symptoms are not the only focus and the aim is to prevent suppression of symptoms and call the vital source into action. The true natural healer does not look upon their patient as suffering from disease, but as men and women in search of health. They look at the symptoms to discern the hidden causes of the distur- bance. It is the homeopath’s job to evoke “the will to be healthy” because health and vigor are natural. They look at the patient as a human being and are concerned with their entire being; body, soul and spirit.


Sometimes a homeopath might just treat an acute symptom with remedies that alleviate the acute symptoms. It may be what is needed in that moment, but the homeopathic practitioner is look- ing for a deeper cure, not just symptoms being alleviated or suppressed.


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How to be a Good Homeopathic Patient H


ave ever asked yourself this question, “Am I or would I be a good Homeopathic patient?” Have you ever wondered what your role as a patient is? Is this role different from


We may go to the health food store and buy a remedy for our


colds or aches and pains and may fi nd relief for acute symptoms, but this is not the goal of homeopathy. Again, the symptoms are a descriptive evidence of a state of disease and the homeopath is seeking to alleviate that imbalance, not suppress the symptoms.


Because of interdependence, there may be obstacles to cure. A good homeopath will pay attention to lifestyle, nutrition and emotional and mental habits and prescribe lifestyle changes that make it easier for the remedy to reach deeply into the cause of the dis-ease. They will lay out clear expectations about the process of being a homeopathic patient. They will encourage you when you discover parts of yourself that have been hidden and help you as you go through deep self-refl ection and decisions about your life and lifestyle. The most important part of the homeopathic modal- ity is that your body knows how to heal itself. The remedy and the relationship with the homeopath will call the patient’s (your) very own vital force into action. That is why it is important to fi nd a good homeopath and why it is so diffi cult to treat yourself.


So why is it important to you as a homeopathic patient to enter into this relationship with a different frame of mind? When you enter into the process of cooperation with a homeopathic physician, you work together to understand the symptoms you experience and the disturbance in your vital force. These symp- toms that appear are unique to you. For instance, if your elbow hurts, it is not suffi cient to look for a remedy only related to an elbow hurting. As an individual, your elbow may only hurt when it rains, when you lift something, at night or it may hurt when you look across the room. The homeopath is looking at you as a com- plete being and looking at how the pain in the elbow illustrates the cause of the disturbance in your health. The homeopath may look to coexisting symptoms that may seem unrelated, but always occur at the same time to provide distinctiveness to symptoms. For instance, if when your elbow hurts you also get a sinus infection. They don't seem related but if they always happen together then that is something further to look into.


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