Key concepts of homeopathy

• Homeopathy seeks to stimulate the body’s defense mechanisms and processes so as to prevent or treat illness.
• Treatment involves giving very small doses of substances called remedies that, according to homeopathy, would produce the same or similar symptoms of illness in healthy people if they were given in larger doses.
• Treatment in homeopathy is individualized (tailored to each person). Homeopathic practitioners select remedies according to a total picture of the patient, including not only symptoms but lifestyle, emotional and mental states, and other factors.

Homeopathy is new age medicine. It is latest of applied nanomedicine. Small dose wonder works for range of diseases such as allergies, autoimmune, psychosomatic, lifestyle diseases, etc. It simply works!

Homeopathy is a vitalist philosophy in that it interprets diseases and sickness as caused by disturbances in a hypothetical vital force or life force and sees these disturbances as manifesting themselves in unique symptoms. Homeopathy maintains that the vital force has the ability to react and adapt to internal and external causes, which homeopaths refer to as the “law of susceptibility”.

The birth of first test tube baby, Louis Brown, in Manchester on July 25, 1978, was played up by the media to such an extent that issueless couples believed it as the best option for them. This served the interests of the medical industry and not that of the humanity.

The medical industry takes patients as machines that need to be fixed. Their approach can be best described in the words of a doctor who once told BBC, ‘You are deliberately setting out to create human beings and then destroying them.’

A homeopath, however, takes his patients as human beings and not as machines. The causes of infertility include a wide range of emotional and physical factors. Homeopathy believes in the individualization and gives primary importance to the fixing of vital force in the process of healing of an individual patient.

In most of female infertility cases it is either the blockage of fallopian tubes or the improper formation of eggs that forestalls conception. Many procedures like IUI, IVF, ICSI, MESA, TESA etc. are being adopted by the artificial reproductive technology these days to help patients suffering from infertility problems.

The birth of the test tube baby was the first event of its kind in the history of medical industry. But homeopathy has been successfully treating the infertility problems for the last two centuries. It focuses on the restoration of health gently, promptly and permanently. Its diagnostic methods, based on symptoms, are more reliable than the pathological lab reports. However, a homeopathic doctor may consider these reports for further confirmation of his analysis.

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Around 250 homoeopathic doctors and students participated in the homoeopathy day rally, that began from the Mahatma Gandhi statue and concluded at the High Court, on Friday. The rally was organised by the Karnataka state branch of the Homeopathic Medical Association of India, to commemorate the 254th birth anniversary of Dr Samuel Hahnemann, founder of homeopathy.

Mahesh Joshi, senior director of Doordarshan Kendra, flagged off the rally.

“The objective of the rally is to create awareness about the therapeutic benefits of homoeopathy, so that people can avail the benefits,” said Dr A B Jayanth, general secretary of the Homeopathy
Medical Association of India. Dr B T Rudresh, governing council member of the Central Council for Research in Homoeopathy, Dr Veerabramhachary, president of the Karnataka Board of Homoeopathy System of Medicine and Dr M R Srivatsan, executive member of the Central Council of Homeopathy, were among the other participants in the rally.

BANGALORE:11 Apr 2009 - source: expressbuzz

Chalazion , Chalazia, Meibomian Gland, Lipogranuloma, Stye

Chalazion is a small mass in the eyelid, caused by a blockage of a tiny oil gland in the eyelid.

Causes, incidence, and risk factors
A chalazion develops within the Meibomian glands of the eyelid, which are sebaceous glands that produce the tear film that lubricates the eyes. The eyelid has approximately 100 of these glands, located near the eyelashes.
The condition is caused by obstruction of the duct that drains one of these glands. A chalazion begins as diffuse swelling and tenderness, and later forms a cyst-like localized swelling. Many chalazia disappear without treatment after a few months.

Symptoms
Painful swelling on the eyelid
Eyelid tenderness
Sensitivity of light
Increased tearing
Signs and tests
Examination of eyelid confirms the diagnosis.
Rarely, the Meibomian gland duct may be blocked by a skin cancer If this is suspected, a biopsy may be needed to diagnose the disorder.

Treatment
The primary treatment is application of warm compresses for 10 - 15 minutes at least 4 times a day. This may soften the hardened oils blocking the duct and promote drainage and healing.
Chalazia will often disappear without treatment within a month or so. If one continues to enlarge, it may need to be surgically removed using local anesthesia. This is usually done from underneath the eyelid to avoid a scar on the skin. Antibiotic eye drops are usually used several days before and after removal of the cyst, but are otherwise of little value in treating a chalazion.
A chalazion that keeps coming back should be biopsied to rule out tumor.
Expectations (prognosis)
Chalazia usually heal on their own. The outcome with treatment is usually excellent.

Complications
A large chalazion can cause astigmatism due to pressure on the cornea. This will resolve with resolution of the chalazion.

What to do at home
Apply warm compresses   if the swelling progresses or persists longer than 1 month. .
Prevention
Proper cleansing of the eyelid may prevent recurrences in people prone to chalazia. Cleaning the eyelash area with baby shampoo will help reduce clogging of the ducts.

Treatment
Belladonna, bellies pur, Hecla Lava, Staphisgaria, Pulsatilla, Aconite, sulpher, calc sulph , etc…. are very use successfully for this treatment, For your prescription we require some detail for that send detail if possible send photographs of your eye.

- Dr. Deoshlok Sharma

Atopic Dermatitis or Eczema is not a skin deep disease. It calls for internal, deep acting homeopathic treatment. Dr Shah’s Research proven homeopathic treatment offers excellent treatment for Atopic Dermatitis or Eczema.

Some of the main benefits of homeopathy treatment for Atopic Dermatitis or Eczema could be summarized as under:
- It addresses altered immune system, treating the roots of this autoimmune disease.
- It is not superficial but deep acting; gives lasting to almost permanent results in most cases.
- It is absolutely harmless, safe and non-toxic.

One may expect a definite change in about three to five months, depending on the extent. The total length of medication may be anything between six months to two years or longer depending on cases.

HOMEOPATHIC SUPPLIERS & PHARMACIES IN UNITED STATES (USA).

American Association of Homeopathic Pharmacists
This trade association’s newly launched website includes a major position statement on the use of homeopathic products for treatment and prevention of anthrax. The website also contains facts on the regulatory status of homeopathic drug products, as well as profiles of member companies of the AAHP.

Boiron Homeopathic
English language site for Boiron Homeopathic company.

CelleTech
30,000+ Singles, Combinations, Nosodes. Distributor for Boericke and Tafel, and Kent and Allen.

Hahnemann Labs
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Hahnemann Laboratories manufactures fine homeopathic remedies in both C and LM potencies, under the supervision of pharmacist Michael Quinn in their state-of-the-art laboratory.

Heel and BHI
Heel and BHI are the American distributors of combination homeopathic remedies developed by Dr. Hans-Heinrich Reckeweg.

Hemkund
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Wholesale supplier of remedies, bottles with caps, glass vials, dropper bottles with dropper, sugar pellets.

Homeopathy Overnight
Overnight delivery of quality homeopathic remedies from Boericke & Tafel, Standard, and Dolisos.

Luyties Pharmacal
Delivering homeopathic products to your home since 1853.

Rite Care Pharmacy

Located in Encino, California, Rite Care is the 14th top supplier in the world of high quality homeopathic remedies by Apex Energetics, Boiron, Dolisos, Nelson/Bach and Standard Homeopathics.

VetNat
Homeopathic remedies for animals.

Conventional Treatment
Treatment for an allergy often begins with identifying the allergens that are causing the problem. There are several tests your physician may recommend to identify the particular allergens that are making your child’s life miserable:

* Scratch testing consists of placing a small amount of diluted allergen on a lightly scratched area of skin. If a bump develops there within fifteen minutes, your child is probably allergic to that substance.

* Intradermal testing is done by injecting the skin with suspected allergens at timed intervals. A control injection (one containing no allergen) is also given. If an allergen produces a wheel (a red, itchy bump), your child is allergic to that substance. An intradermal test is more accurate than a scratch test, but there is a greater risk that a child might suffer a severe reaction.

* Blood testing (a radioallergosorbent test, or RAST) measures total and specific levels of IgE and IgG, which are antibodies produced by the body’s immune system. An elevated level of either of these may indicate an allergic reaction to the substance being tested.

An allergy is a hypersensitive reaction to a normally harmless substance. About one in every six children in the United States is allergic to one or more substances. There are a variety of substances, termed allergens, that may trouble your child. Common allergens include pollen, animal dander, house feathers, mites, chemicals, and a variety of foods. Some allergies primarily cause respiratory symptoms; others can cause such diverse symptoms as ache, fatigue, fever, diarrhea, stomachache, and vomiting. This entry add respiratory allergies, both chronic and seasonal (for a discussion of allergic reactions caused by foods, see  Food Allergies.)

A child with a respiratory allergy may have a stuffy and/or runny nose, sneezing, itchy skin and eyes, and/or red, watery eyes. Needless to say, it can be very uncomfortable. Whether the condition is seasonal or chronic depends on the particular allergen involved. Seasonal allergies tend to be caused by pollen, so symptoms recur at about the same time every year, usually when the offending plant is in bloom. Hay fever is an example of a seasonal allergy. Spring hay fever is most often due to pollens from grass and trees, while hay fever in later summer and early fall is usually caused by sensitivity to ragweed pollen and molds.

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Acts on skin, blood, gastro-intestinal tract, kidneys, and brain. Its relation to the production of pathological vegetations condylomata, warty excrescences, spongy tumors is very important. Moist mucous tubercles. Bleeding fungus growths. Naevus. Excess of venosity.  The main action of Thuja Occidentalis is on the skin and genito-urinary organs, producing conditions that correspond with Hahnemann’s sycotic dyscrasia, whose chief manifestation is the formation of wart-like excrescences upon mucous and cutaneous surfaces - fig-warts and condylomata. Has a specific antibacterial action, as in gonorrhoea and vaccination. Sycotic pains, i.e., tearing in muscles and joints, worse at rest, better in dry weather, worse damp humid atmosphere; lameness.