L5-Homeopathy

Question 1

Define the energetic principle of healing.

Answer 1

• Comprised of a pattern of dynamic energy that fosters coordination between cells, tissues, and organ systems.
• Each cell in our body responds in either adaptive or maladaptive ways to thoughts, actions, and the energy of every other thing with which we interact.

Question 2

List the chemical building blocks for health/disease.

Answer 2

DNA
Diet
Drugs Exercise Supplements Toxins

Question 3

Define the energetic principle of healing w regards to disease.

Answer 3

• 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 qol, and signals of disress that it creates when the whole is unwell
• every disease consists only in the special, morbid, dynamic alteration of our vital nrg

Question 4

What affects one’s physical wellbeing that is not a thing that you can measure?

Answer 4

Thoughts!

>i.e. cannot measure joy, anger, stress

Question 5

Disease and healing only happen through _______ influences

Answer 5

Dynamic

Question 6

Describe when chronic disease occurs. Provide an example.

Answer 6

• A chronic disease occurs when the body’s innate function becomes stressed and adopts a dysfunctional status quo.
• In cases of AI & chronic disease, homeostasis works to maintain a dysfunctional norm.

Question 7

Describe the Sx picture of disease.

Answer 7

• Manifests as unique, dynamic pattern of maladaptive fxn, determined by genetic, epigenetic and lifestyle factors
• Presence of microbial pathogen alone does not determine whether someone will fall ill

Question 8

Describe the Allostatic Stress-Response Network.

Answer 8

-Stress affects gene expression & every cellular process in our bodies
-Prolonged stress triggers maladaptive responses in the nervous, endocrine, immune, and metabolic pathways.
-Mild stress can trigger adaptive, positive compensatory responses in this network.
(ie child who live on farm and are more likely to have less allergies than a child who grew up in the city/ more sterile enviro)

Question 9

totality of sx

Answer 9

-in homeopathy you look at the totality of sx (ie if both have ear infections what are the other sx-> one has fever, one is nauseous, ect and therefore you will not give the same tx)

Question 10

Describe the science of biological balance (homeostasis).

Answer 10

-Homeostasis 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.
Homeopathy is a system of medicine based on the principle of homeostasis, the body’s constant effort to keep itself in balance.

Question 11

Describe the Law of Similars.

Answer 11

Homeopathy uses natural medicines that offer a signal to the body that is similar to the pattern of dysfunction we are aiming to repair.

Theory: a potentized substance can cure what a concentrated dose of it is capable of causing

Question 12

Who is Dr. Samuel Hahnemann (1755-1843)?

Answer 12

• A German MD who formulated the Law of Similars of homeopathy around 1800 when he observed that the symptoms of quinine poisoning were remarkably similar to those of malaria. Quinine, of course, is a cure for malaria.
• He started to evaluate the connection between a drug’s toxicity & its therapeutic properties.
• Developed the Law into a systemic medical science

Question 13

Similia Similibus Curantur

Answer 13

Like Cures Like

Question 14

Define Allopathic medicine.

Answer 14

• The use of drugs that are oppositional to the body’s innate tendencies when those tendencies are dysfunctional
• Useful in re-directing and/or temporarily relieving a dysfunctional state
• Often life-saving

Question 15

What meds are not classified as allopathic?

Answer 15

1. Ritalin is NOT allopathic bc it also stimulates
2. Vaccines are NOT allopathic bc they are similar
3. Homeopathy is NOT allopathic (bc the homeopathic principle is that like cures like)

Question 16

When taking allopathic medicine, the body goes through 3 stages. List them & explain why this occurs.

Answer 16

1. Acute suppression of symptoms
2. Biochemical rebound response (w/drawal)
3. Drug dependency

Because the body is constantly working to maintain homeostasis, it will consistently respond to drug signals in a compensatory manner.

Question 17

What is potentization?

Answer 17

Serial dilutions with
succussion between each
dilution step is a chemical
process known as
potentization.

Question 18

Why did homeopaths potentize in the past?

Answer 18

Because most medicines at that time were made from toxic substances, Hahnemann focused on reducing the dose of the medicines substantially.

Question 19

Describe the potentization process.

Answer 19

Diluted medicines in water and alcohol solutions, whereby after each successive dilution, the vial with the mixture was shaken vigorously (=succession step)
>The process of succession between serial dilutions imparts a specific energetic reaction between the solute and the substrate which is not perceptible in simple dilutions.

Question 20

What is the relationship between dilution and potency?

Answer 20

• the lower the dilution, the weaker the homeopathy potency

- the higher the dilution, the stronger the homeooathic potency (ie 200C -> 1M-> 50M)

Question 21

Describe cell salts w/ regards to the potentization process. What its potency?

Answer 21

=6x potency

• E.g. iron
• Never made of poisonous materials, usually minerals or plants that are non-tox

Question 22

What is avogadros #? What is the controversy with diluting the drugs past this number.

Answer 22

-6.02214078(18)×1023 mol
-Diluted past avogadros #
>No bulk; why controversy-> ppl think there is nothing in there)
-the more you dilute the drug past avogadros #, the stronger the medicine is as a homeopathic med

Question 23

T/F: Homeopathy is toxic.

Answer 23

NO! Non-toxic (no drug interactions)
-Interacts on electrochemical level; if you use too potent of a remedy you may have an aggravation (the higher the potency, the more risk and more severe, but they you just have to adjust)

Question 24

Describe the dilution values of X, C, M.

Answer 24

dilution values (ie, X vs C vs M)

• 1 part source material to 9 parts diluent = 1/10, (decimal: 1D or 1X)
• 1 part source material to 99 parts diluent = 1/100, (centesimal or 1C)
• 1 part source material to 999 parts diluent = 1/1000, (millesimal or 1M

Question 25

Which solutions still contain some bulk-form molecules?

Answer 25

• Solutions btwn 1X- 23X or 1C -11C still contain some bulk-form molecules
• Solutions above 24X or 12C contain no bulk- form molecules

Question 26

What is mother tincture?

Answer 26

-First dilution (lots of molecules)

Question 27

Describe the spatial organization among atom.

Answer 27

Homeopathic remedies attribute their effects not to molecules present in the water, but to modifications of the water’s structure (or the “Memory of Water”)

• Water has quantum energy and can make patterns
• you can adjust these patterns to how you want
• high dilutions of something are not nothing. They are water structures which mimic the original molecules

Question 28

Do homeopathic meds have NPN?

Answer 28

Yes (bc they have actual drugs, were potent substances, just diluted)

Question 29

What does research indicate regarding nanoparticles & homeopathic dilutions.

Answer 29

-Research indicates that homeopathic dilutions contains nanoparticles dispersed in colloidal solution.

Question 30

When were nanoparticles first discovered?

Answer 30

1980s

Question 31

What is the measure of nanoparticles?

Answer 31

Measure between 1 billionth of a meter - 100 billionths of a meter.

Question 32

What is the mechanism of nanoparticles in homeopathic medicine?

Answer 32

-Nanoparticles have unique biological and physiochemical properties that DIFFER from their bulk-source materials.
>Properties include: catalytic reactivity, protein and DNA adsorption, bioavailability, dose- sparring effects, electromagnetic effects, and quantum effects.
-The processing mechanism in homeopathic medicine mimics the process used in modern nanotechnology.

Question 33

What is hormesis?

Answer 33

The phenomenon in science where a low dose produces beneficial effects and a high dose produces toxic effects.

Question 34

Describe stress w regards to homeodynamics.

Answer 34

Stressors that are too intense or prolonged lead to an overload in the allostatic-stress-response-network, which over time can lead to chronic disease.

Question 35

List 3 examples of ingredients used in NHPs. State what they are indicated for.

Answer 35

1. Onions (allicin)
   - tx thin, clear, runny nose
2. Bee venom (apis)
   - for inflammation or ppl who have high sensitivity to bees
3. Poison Icy (rhus tox)
   - works for ppl who have high sensitivity to poison ivy (your rash should be less severe/ nonexistant next time you are exposed-> law of similars)

Question 36

What is the philosophy behind Homeopathic Similimum?

Answer 36

-Symptomatology of disease is not just the sum of different symptoms, but a pattern where symptoms reflect a dynamic disease state.

Question 37

______, or totality of unique symptoms in a given case, is what guides homeopathic physicians to the correct medicine.

Answer 37

Symptom picture

Question 38

Describe the Sx picture.

Answer 38

-Basic premise of homeopathy is that the Sx, (unless it is the result of an accident), is a representation of the disease and not the disease itself.
-Sxs= body’s best effort to heal itself
>If the body is displaying Sxs of a disease or illness, it is the body as a whole that is unwell.
-Sxs are present to help us understand the map of the disease state.

Question 39

List the 6 tenets of classical homeopathy.

Answer 39

1. The totality of symptoms are considered to indicate the correct medicine.
2. The medicine acts according to the law of similars.
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.

Question 40

Homeopathic products off the shelf

Answer 40

• there are often 10+ medicines within the product bc they do not know which may help you sx (if you get assessed you will get only 1 product)
• once sx stop you stop the medicine, bc your body is now on board w the new system
• these medications are gentle, non-toxic
• homeopathic drs will often work in conjunction w conventional meds

Question 41

Briefly describe how homeopathy has changed throughout the years.

Answer 41

• CAM therapy
• over 200 year-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

Question 42

What is integratic medicine?

Answer 42

=working together for better pt outcomes

• The focus is natural medicine is to promote the body’s self-healing mechanism.
• In natural medical clinics, common types of CAM therapies include: homeopathy, botanical med, acupuncture, IV therapy, nutraceutical supplementation, dietary changes, and counselling.

Question 43

Take home message!!

Answer 43

• Ancient system of medicine and has persisted despite of lots of controversy
• Homeopath can SUPPORT any condition, but homeopaths know when pt needs to go to the hospital (ie MI, an antibiotic is needed)
• Nutrition is also important