Homeopathy’s Hidden History
It may come as a shock to some that we weren’t always so dismissive of homeopathy. In fact, in the early 19th century, before politics and money intervened, most medical schools in the United States plus dozens across Europe were homeopathic medical schools and had many dedicated homeopathic hospitals. It was widely and successfully used to treat major epidemics of its time like cholera, yellow fever, scarlet fever and the 1918 Spanish flu whilst conventional allopathic medicine was blood letting, using mercury and leeches to cure. Then in 1910, medicine turned its back on nature after a billionaire discovered that he could turn his petrochemicals into medicine and synthetic vitamins.
After that the Flexner report was created and declared all natural medicine unscientific quackery, manipulating the face of healthcare. Behind it? A couple of greedy billionaires and business moguls — Andrew Carnegie and JD Rockefeller. They gave medical schools conditional funding dependent on their use of pharmaceuticals and surgical procedures as the gold standard of care. This is now the medicine that dominates today.
Within a few years, schools teaching homeopathy, chiropractic, naturopathy, herbal medicine and midwifery were shut down. They were told to eliminate these courses or lose accreditation and funding. The report cemented the dominance of allopathic medicine using pharmaceuticals over holistic approaches. This was all about profit, not healing. JD Rockefeller although doing all he could to hide homeopathic medicine from others continued to use his own private homeopath until his death at age 97 . The wealthy still utilise homeopathy with the royal family having their own private homeopath that travels with them. The Queen even attributed its use to curing her hay fever.
As the collective consciousness increases we are going full circle back to what was hidden and what the ancients always knew — that nature heals.
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Homeopathy was founded in 1796 by a German Medical Doctor called Samuel Hahneman. Frustrated with the harsh modern medicine available at the time that often did more harm than good and included mercury use and blood letting he sought a medicine that could more gently, holistically and permanently restore health.
Through extensive research and study he found that a substance that could cause illness in a healthy patient could be used to cure those same symptoms in a sick one under the principle of “like cures like”. He began experimenting and discovered that the lower the dose of the medication, the greater its effectiveness and safety from side effects. It is based on a holistic approach that treats the individual as a whole tailored to each persons unique physical, mental and emotionally characteristics rather than focusing on specific, isolated symptoms. It is founded on the belief that the body can cure itself by triggering a natural healing response using highly diluted substances.
His ideas gained popularity because of its effectiveness leading to the establishment of homeopathic schools and practices worldwide
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Remedies are made from natural substances such as those from the plant, mineral or animal kingdom. These remedies are prepared through a process called potentization which involves repeated serial dilution and shaking. Hahneman discovered that doing this enhanced the remedy’s healing properties while eliminating toxicity making it both safe and gentle for everyone to use including pregnant and breastfeeding women, infants and pets.
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The vital force is the life energy that maintains homeostasis, health and harmony within the body. It exists within every living organism. In Traditional Chinese Medicine they call this energy Chi and in Ayurveda they call it Prana. The belief being that disease arises when this force is disturbed or out of balance and homeopathic remedies aim to correct this imbalance. Symptoms are a sign of this disharmony
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Homeopathic medicine is concerned with addressing the root cause of your health condition. We take a holistic approach to healthcare factoring in all aspects of your health such as your physical, mental, emotional and spiritual wellbeing. I will go though a deep and thorough health history even looking to your ancestors state of health to gather a full picture of health to understand the underlying cause. People come to me with labels from doctors and we certainly take this into account but we want to understand the person with the disease so we can truly get to the root of why it has manifested.
Homeopathic medicine can swiftly help with almost any condition from minor acutes like coughs, headaches, digestive upsets and fevers through to more chronic conditions like recurrent strep throat, GERD, food allergies, depression, insomnia, ADHD/PANS/PANDAS, eczema, hormonal imbalances, chronic pain, thyroid conditions, POTS, endo, fertility issues and many more
“Homoeopathy is a progressive and aggressive step in medicine.”
MODERN MEDICINE, A TIME AND A PLACE
We are at an incredible time in history where many individuals are realising that the modern healthcare system is failing us and is exceptionally limited. While medicine can treat illness it does not inherently lead to health. More troublingly, the medical industrial complex is not structured to incentivise health but rather the ongoing management of sickness. But why would the healthcare industry be set up in such a way that it isn’t designed to promote health? Quite simply, and sadly, because there is more money in medicine than there is in health. The healthcare system, despite its name, does not exist to ensure health — it exists to practice medicine. It is fantastic in medical emergencies. If you lose a limb or get into an accident, getting to a hospital for immediate care and attention is critical and vitally necessary. In today’s modern world however we’ve come to rely on pharmaceuticals and unnecessary medical procedures to undo a very toxic way of living. These days we laser, surgically remove, inject, medicate, freeze, burn and chop our way through many preventable health issues. Removing organs or medicating symptoms doesn’t address the cause of why has this issue surfaced in the first place? Almost always the growths and imbalances come back because the cause was never addressed. Theres now a pill for every ill and we far too often don’t think twice about partaking in these often intrusive and unnecessary interventions. For all of our modern medical and scientific advances, we are ironically more sick than ever. Modern living with all of it conveniences has made us drift very far from true wellness. Screens, lack of nature, human connection, grounding, not enough proper nutritious foods and daily sunlight have depleted not only our bodies but our spirits too. Addressing symptoms with medicine is not the same as addressing the root cause and this is where medicine is incredibly limited.
This is where homeopathy truly shines. If utilised as a first point of call, it has the potential to reduce the load on hospitals giving women and their families a natural holistic solution to everyday ills and symptoms at home without the toxic load or harsh negative side effects.
“The main reason for the failure of the modern medical science is that it is dealing with results and not causes.”
Hippocrates - The Father of Medicine