5 - Homeopathy Flashcards
What is the vital force?
The vital force is the intelligent, coordinated energy of the body and cannot be tested directly but can be observed in the way it organizes the system, in the quality of life, and in the signals of distress that it creates when the whole is unwell.
How is disease related to the vital force according to Samuel Hahnemann?
Every disease (not entirely surgical), consists only in a special, morbid, dynamic alteration of our vital energy
When does a chronic disease occur?
When the body’s innate function becomes stressed and adopts a dysfunctional status quo
What what cases does homeostasis work to maintain a dysfunctional norm?
autoimmune and chronic disease (ex. hypertension)
Briefly describe the allostatic stress-response network?
Mild stress is good (can trigger adaptive, positive compensatory responses in the network).
Prolonged stress triggers maladaptive responses in the nervous, endocrine, immune and metabolic pathways and can lead to dysfunction & disease.
____ affects gene expression and every cellular process in our bodies
Stress
______ is the tendency of the body to seek and maintain a condition of balance or equilibrium within its internal environment, even when faced with external changes
Homeostasis
________ is a system of medicine based on the principle of homeostasis, the body’s constant effort to keep itself in balance
Homeopathy
What is the Law of Similars?
Homeopathy uses natural medicines that offer a signal to the body that is similar to the pattern of dysfunction we are aiming to repair.
A potentized substance can cure what a concentrated dose of it is capable of causing.
Who developed the law of similar into a systemic medical science?
Samuel Hahnemann
What is allopathic medicine?
The use of drugs that are oppositional the body’s innate tendencies when those tendencies are dysfunctional
allo = opposite
Allopathic medicines are extremely useful to ________ relieve a dysfunctional state
temporarily
What is potentization?
Serial dilutions with succession between each dilution step is a chemical progress known as potentization.
In Potentization, what is succession ?
after each successive dilution, the vial with the mixture is shaken vigorously
What is the point of succession?
Succession between serial dilutions imparts a specific energetic reaction between the solute and the substrate which is not perceptible in simple dilutions
The higher the dilution, the __________ the homeopathic potency.
stronger
1X
1/10
1 part drug, 9 parts diluent
1C
1/100
1 part drug, 99 parts diluent
1M
1/1000
1 part drug, 999 parts diluent
What solutions contain bulk-form molecules?
Solutions between 1x-23X or 1C-11C
What solutions contain NO bulk-form molecules?
Solutions above 24X or 12C
What is the “memory of water” ?
High dilutions of something are not nothing. They are water structures which mimic the original molecules.
Research indicates that homeopathic dilutions contain ______ dispersed in colloidal solution.
nanoparticles
What is hormesis?
The phenomenon in science where a low dose produces beneficial effects and a high dose produces toxic effects
What is The Homeopathic Similimum?
The symptomatology of disease is not just the sum of different symptoms, but a pattern where symptoms reflect a dynamic disease state.
______ represent the body’s best effort to heal itself.
Symptoms
What are the 6 Tenets of Classical Homeopathy?
1) The totality of symptoms are considered to indicate the correct medicine.
2) The medicine acts according to the law of similar
3) The minimum dose is given to provoke a response
4) One medicine is given at a time
5) The medicine engages the body’s self-healing mechanism
6) The medicines are electrodynamic in their biochemical effects.
List some points about Homeopathy
- CAM therapy
- Over 200 yr old system of medicine
- Has a well-articulated practice theory
- Has extensive case-report based clinical literature
- Has high levels of patient satisfaction
- Has a growing modern research base
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What is the focus of natural medicine?
is to promote the body’s self-healing mechanism
Types of CAM therapies?
- homeopathy
- botanical medicine
- acupuncture
- IV therapy
- nutraceutical supplementation
- dietary changes
- counselling
