All about Homeopathy- Myths and Facts

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HOMEOPATHY 

Homeopathy is an age-old natural medical system widely practiced across the world to treat an array of medical conditions.

The ideology behind Homeopathy is that the body can cure itself when treated with the substance in small doses that caused the disease when taken in large doses.


How does Homeopathic treatment work? 

The most notable point in Homeopathy practice is that the treatment is customized to each patient’s requirements.

Factors such as specific symptoms, health history, and body type.

Only after a thorough examination and evaluation, the Homeopathic doctors regulate the treatment for each patient.


Myths and Facts about Homeopathy


Myth 1:

Homeopathy is scientifically hypothetical

Fact: Through experimental pharmacological and clinical data studies, homeopathy has received scientific validation.

Research on homeopathy has been conducted in India and many other countries over the years to understand it’s authenticity.

The founder of Homeopathy is regarded as the founder of experimental pharmacology.


Myth 2:

Homeopathy medicines are nothing but sugar and posses no medicinal significance.

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Fact: The alcohol-based pills given during homeopathic treatment are formulated and serve as carriers or transmitters of medicines.

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In the absence of these carriers, medicines can be consumed directly or by making a solution using water.

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The sugar pills without formulation do not hold any medicinal value. Homeopathy has proven to be an effective medical practice.


Myth 3:

The benefits of Homeopathy drug administration is very slow and gradual. It cannot be used to treat acute conditions like diarrhea, fever, cold, etc.

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Fact: The general tendency of the people is to approach homeopathic treatment once an acute problem exacerbates and turn into a chronic condition.

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Treatment for these will clearly take a longer time to treat. That being said, homeopathy is able to effectively treat acute issues such as infections, fever, cold and cough.


Myth 4:

Homeopathy has a ‘magic cure’ for all disorder

Fact: Every medical approach has its own shortcomings. The concept of ‘magic cure’ does not exist.

Similarly, homeopathy too can only be effective to a certain extent. Diseases and disorders in which surgical intervention is inevitable, homeopathy cannot be used to treat it.


Myth 5:

Homeopathic doctors are phonies without a proper formal education in the field of medicine

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Fact: Homeopathy is practiced by licensed and qualified medical practitioners. A lot of recognized medical universities offer undergraduate and postgraduate courses in the field of Homeopathy.

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Currently, there are about 2,00,000 homeopathy professionals in India.


Myth 6:

Homeopathic treatment demands a strict dietary regulation

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Fact: Depending on the issue being treated and the patient’s condition, certain dietary regulation is advised.

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Some food components such as beverages, onion, and garlic as they can conflict with the action of the homeopathic drug and hamper the treatment process.


Myth 7:

Homeopathy is effective only for chronic cases

Fact : People tend to try all the medical practices and finally head towards Homeopathy when every other treatment has gone vain.

By the time people choose to take up homeopathic medicine, the long duration of allopathic treatment will have already turned into a chronic illness.

Therefore, when homeopathic treatment is started all over again, it will naturally take a long time to heal the ailment.


Myth 8:

Diabetic patients cannot be treated by Homeopathy

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Fact: Homeopathy is widely accepted as a treatment for Diabetic patients. The misconception is that the sugar balls that are used as medicine carriers in homeopathic treatment will adversely affect diabetic patients.

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However, these sugar pills have negligible effects on the sugar levels of the patient. Although, in exceptional cases, the medicine may be taken by diluting in the water.


Myth 10:How is homeopathy effective, when the

Homoeopathic doctor gives the same white pills for all treatment

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Fact: After a thorough evaluation of the patient’s condition, the homeopathic doctors formulate specific medicines into the alcoholbased white pills to treat a specific illness.

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These white pills only serve as transporters. The medicines that are customized are derived from over a range of 1200 different dilutions.


Myth 10: Homeopathic medicine has serious side effects

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Fact:Â Typically, when medicines are administered under proper vigilance, homeopathic medicines show no side effects. But, tinctures in very low potencies may exhibit minor side effects.


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