Acute and Chronic Illness:
Homeopaths classify illnesses as acute
or chronic. In an acute,
self-limiting illness, such as a cold, a person
becomes ill rapidly, the illness runs its course,
and then clears up on its own, with or without
treatment. By contrast, in chronic illnesses,
a person suffers from continual or recurrent
illness, for example, recurrent infections or
degenerative diseases, such as irarthritis.
Although there are a series of minor
victorious and defeats on the part of the vital
force, and relapses may be followed by remission,
the general trend of health is downward.
Homeopathic remedies help to hasten
recovery by stimulating the vital force,
which, although temporarily depressed is more than
capable of bouncing back. The remedies energies the
vital force to rid the body of disease, helping it
return to its healthy state. To ensure that the
vital force responds in the most effective manner,
homeopaths must choose a remedy that matches as
accurately as possible the symptoms picture. This is
way a homeopathic assessment takes into account a
person's character, stress levels, life style, level
of exercise, diet, food preferences, family medical
history, and the effects of general factors, such as
the weather, to provide a unique symptoms picture.
Pinpointing the
strengths and weaknesses of an individual enables a
homeopath to prescribe the best remedy and to decide
which potency is suitable.
Miasms:
Hahnemann observed
that some people prone to frequent, acute complaints
always seemed to acquire new symptoms and were never
totally healthy. He concluded that there must be a
deep-seated weakness, or "Miasm," that
blocked the remedy. In homeopathy, a miasm
is the chronic effect of an underlying disease that
has been present in previous generations or in an
individual.
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