Monday, November 3, 2014
Pranayama │ پر ینائم
PRANAYAMA پر ینائم
کیا
آپ جانتے ہیں کہ پر ینائم کیا ہے؟پر ینائم دراصل ایک گہرے سانس لینے کا
نظام ہے اس کا مقصد جسم میں زیادہ سے زیادہ آکسیجن پہنچانا ہے۔جسم میں جتنی
بھی آکسیجن زیادہ ہو گی اتنا ہی جسم کے تمام اعضاء صحتمند رہیں گے۔ پرینا
ئم پر جرمنی میں تحقیق سے ثابت کیا گیا ہے کہ پرینائم کرنے والا سانس کی
تکلیفوں سے محفوظ رہے گا۔پرینائم کرنے والا یادداشت کی کمزوری ڈپریشن
،سائنس،سر درد اور دمہ کی بیماریوں سے محفوظ رہ سکتا ہے۔یہ عمل روزانہ صبح
صبح کرنا چاہئے ،اس سے زیادہ فائدہ ہو گا۔لیکن آپ دن کے کسی بھی حصہ میں
اسے کر سکتے ہیں۔
اس کا طریقہ یہ ہوتا ہے کہ آپ سکون کے ساتھ بیٹھ جائیں اور اپنے دائیں ہاتھ کے انگوٹھے سے اپنے ناک کی دائیں سائیڈ کو بند کریں اور بائیں طرف سے اڑہائی سیکنڈ تک گہرا سانس نکالیں اورپھر اپنی شہادت کی انگلی سے اپنی بائیں سائیڈ بند کریں اور دائیں سائیڈ سے سانس نکالیں اور اسی طرح دائیں سائیڈ سے اندر کی طرف گہرا سانس کھینچیں اور بائیں طرف سے نکالیں۔اسی طرح اس عمل کو دہراتے رہیں ۔ذرا سوچیں کہ بیمار ہونے کے بعد جس طرح ہم باقاعدگی سے دوا لیتے ہیں اگر اسی طرح باقاعدگی سے روزانہ ورزش اور پرینائم کریں تو اﷲ تعالیٰ بہت سی بیماریوں اور تکلیفوں سے بچا سکتا ہے۔اسی لئے کہتے ہیں کہ حرکت میں برکت ہے۔مگر کرنا پڑے گا تھکنا نہیں۔ہماری دعا ہے کہ اﷲ تعالیٰ آپ کو صحت و سلامتی سے پھر پور لمبی عمر دے۔
اس کا طریقہ یہ ہوتا ہے کہ آپ سکون کے ساتھ بیٹھ جائیں اور اپنے دائیں ہاتھ کے انگوٹھے سے اپنے ناک کی دائیں سائیڈ کو بند کریں اور بائیں طرف سے اڑہائی سیکنڈ تک گہرا سانس نکالیں اورپھر اپنی شہادت کی انگلی سے اپنی بائیں سائیڈ بند کریں اور دائیں سائیڈ سے سانس نکالیں اور اسی طرح دائیں سائیڈ سے اندر کی طرف گہرا سانس کھینچیں اور بائیں طرف سے نکالیں۔اسی طرح اس عمل کو دہراتے رہیں ۔ذرا سوچیں کہ بیمار ہونے کے بعد جس طرح ہم باقاعدگی سے دوا لیتے ہیں اگر اسی طرح باقاعدگی سے روزانہ ورزش اور پرینائم کریں تو اﷲ تعالیٰ بہت سی بیماریوں اور تکلیفوں سے بچا سکتا ہے۔اسی لئے کہتے ہیں کہ حرکت میں برکت ہے۔مگر کرنا پڑے گا تھکنا نہیں۔ہماری دعا ہے کہ اﷲ تعالیٰ آپ کو صحت و سلامتی سے پھر پور لمبی عمر دے۔
Sunday, November 2, 2014
GOUT
GOUT |
Introduction:
Gout is an inflammation of the joints
that affects more than half a millions Pakistanis each year. People with
gout have intense pain and swelling in their joints. If not treated
gout attackes can become increasingly frequent and painful. With proper
treatment gout can be stopped from getting worse and the pain can be
managed.
Joints & Arthritis:
Causes:
Purine is a chemical compound that is in
all the cells of the body. As cells divide and multiply the body
continually breaks down purine and reuses its components to make new
cells. Extra purine is secreted out of the body in the urine in the form
of uric acid, another chemical compound. At times there mya be
abnormally high levels of uric acid in the blood. This condition is
called "hyperuricemia."
When there is a lot of uric acid in the
body it will form crystals. This is similar to wha6t happens with salt
as it is poured into a cup of water. First the salt dossolves and cannot
bee seen but if more salt is added salt crystles can be seen forming
and falling to the bottom of the cup. Under a microscope crystals of
uric acid are sharp and pointy and look like little needles. In some
people uric acid crystals deposit in the joints. Uric acid crystals may
also deposit under the skin forming a lump that can sometimes be felt on
the outside of the body. This is called a "tophus."
The immune system the body's defense
against sickness realizes that the crystals should not be there and
starts attacking them. This is what causes joint pain, swelling, and
tenderness when a person has gout. Extra uric acid may also deposit in
the kidneys and causes kidney stones.
Risk Factors:
Some people have more risk than others of
developing high levels of uric acid which leads to gout. INherited
diseases can cause high levels of uric acid; 6 to 18% of patients with
gout have a family history of gout. Eating too many foods that are rich
in purine can cause the body to produce more uric acid. Foods that have a
lot of purine include shellfish and organ meats, such as liver, kidney,
and brain. Dried beans, peas and anchovies are also high in purines.
Being overweight increases the risk of developing gout. Some medications
increase the risk of hyperuricemia, or high levels of uric acid.
Water pills, called diuretics, interfere
with the kidneys ability to excrete uric acid from the blood. This
causes higher levels of uric acid in the blood. Diuretics are givend to
patients to treat high blood pressure and heart disease.
Other medications which are given to patients aspirin can also increase the levels of uric acid in the blood.
Symptoms & Stages:
Gout affects about 840 out of every 100,000 people. Men are slightly more likely to be affected by it than women.
The first symptoms of gout are usually
noticed in the early 40s. High levels of uric acid alone usually do not
produce symptoms. The symptoms of gout start when uric acid crystals
begin depositing in the tissues of the body, under the skin, in the
joints, and in the kidneys. In the many gout patients the first symptom
is pain, redness, swelling, and tenderness in the big toe. This
condition is called "podagra." At one point or another podagra affects 3
out of every 4 patients who have gout.
Joints that are frequently affected by gout include:
Attacks of inflammation in the joints due
to gout usually last for a few days and improve on their own. As times
goes by gout attackes may become more frequent and may last longer
requiring threatment. if gout is not treated it can become disabling and
crippling. However most aptients do not reach this stage because it is
typically discovered and treated early. This last stage is known as
tophaceous gout. The joints can be permanently damaged and similarly the
kidneys can also be irreversibly affected.
Diagnosis:
After taking a detailed medical case
history and doing a thorough physical examination the homeopath may
request a blood test to check the level of uric acid in your blood. It
is important to note that most people with hyperuricemia do not develop
the arthritis symptoms of gout, such as swelling, redness, pain, and
tenderness.
Treatment:
Gout is treated with homeopathic classical medications that are:
There are many goals for the treatment of
gout. The most important goal is to cure the severe pain of gout
attackes. DrAamir's homeopathic treatment of gout also aims at cure more
attacks and cure the formation of new tophi and kidney stones.
Preventing Gout:
Takin steps to prevent gout attacks is as
important as taking homeopathic medication to cure it. The following
are 5 tips for preventing gout.
During a gout attack resting and
elevating the inflamed join can relieve the pain. Applying an ice pack
to the inflamed joint helps to reduce the pain also.
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The 7 Essential Factors in Forecasting the Length of Homeopathic Treatment of Chronic Diseases
“How long will it take for me to get better?”
This is one of the most frequent questions asked by new or prospective homeopathic patients. It is a sensible question that originates in our deep desire to foretell our life course and to receive assurance about the future. How does homeopathy rise to the challenge of responding with a reliable forecast?The challenge of homeopathic forecasting
Homeopathic forecasting is challenging for any homeopath, because homeopathic treatment addresses the total predisposition to illness — a complex entity composed of multiple known and unknown factors — rather than isolated symptoms. The challenge is especially great prior to the initial homeopathic intake, as it is only during this consultation that the predisposition is first discerned.Homeopathic forecasting is demanding essentially because of the nature of the spiritual healing that is the goal of homeopathic treatment of chronic conditions. Such deep healing cannot be forced on the organism but must be allowed to take place at its own pace. It also demands the conscious and unconscious participation of the patient, since progress is affected by the degree of readiness to get better, and there are unpredictable stresses in the physical and social environments that can further hinder progress.
Factors that determine the projected length of treatment
There are several key characteristics of the patient which can yield an estimate of treatment length that is based on sound principles. Unlike weather forecasts which are often accurate in the short term but inaccurate in the long term, long-term homeopathic forecasts are quite reliable, as most chronic conditions (whether or not they are considered medically curable) do eventually yield to homeopathic treatment on a timeline that can roughly be estimated.The following, then, are the essential factors (presented in question form) on which reliable forecasts of treatment length are made:
- What is your level of vitality?
- What is your nature and social background?
- What is the type and severity of your physical pathology?
- How long ago did the first signs of your concern emerge?
- Is your condition hereditary?
- What interfering factors are present in your life?
- What level of healing are you seeking?
1. What is your level of vitality?
The younger you are, the less psychologically set in your ways and the more physically responsive you will be, on average. But more important than your chronological age is your biological age. Are you a vivacious senior who leads an active life that is the envy of people half your age? If so, you will tend to be highly responsive to homeopathic treatment. Is your child slow and sluggish, exhibiting health problems that have been present since birth? Homeopathic treatment can still be transformative, but improvement will likely take a while.Vital people display dynamic symptoms that vary depending on the stresses faced from moment to moment. Children tend to be dynamic: their mood can shift radically from moment to moment, and their physical symptoms will tend to appear and disappear quickly. Old people tend to have fixed pathologies, ones that are embedded in the physical organism and are hard to shift.
High vitality equals a strong, flexible and resilient life force, one that bends under stress yet rebounds quickly. Low vitality is reflected in an unresponsive, oversensitive life force that will tend to break rather than bend under stress. Getting a sense of the condition of the patient’s life force is the first and most important step in homeopathic forecasting.
2. What is your nature and social background?
Are you by nature attentive to the signals of your body, expressive with your emotions, adaptive, creative, and responsive to your environment? Or are you over-intellectual, emotionally repressed, and set in your ways?Life is motion, and those patients who display much motion in their life are likely to respond quite quickly to an accurate prescription, whereas others have to wait patiently as their body and soul reorganize.
It is worthy of note that patients living in simple conditions, even in poverty, often respond more quickly to homeopathic treatment than patients in affluent societies. This is because the pathologies seen in less-developed societies tend to be more acute, life-or-death conditions than chronic ones, and because people living in such societies tend to be less emotionally and medically repressed than the average modern individual.
This fact, mind you, is not an advertisement against modernity! Homeopathy nowadays treats people who might have been long dead in another time and place. It is simply that the treatment of people in modern societies tends to be more complex and drawn out than that of non-westernized people.
3. What is the type and severity of your physical pathology?
There is no simple correlation between type of pathology and length of treatment, because homeopathy does not treat physical pathology directly. A seemingly minor skin condition might prove stubborn and take several years to clear up in one case, whereas in another case a large cancerous tumor might shrink significantly over several weeks.Still, extensive tissue damage or damage to slow-to-regenerate tissue (e.g., nerves and cartilage) will correlate with a longer rehabilitation period — sometimes several years under dedicated treatment in cases where serious physical degeneration has occurred.
Because homeopathy is in principle capable of reversing pathology considered medically irreversible, accepting such long timelines in cases of severe pathology can inject hope into those of us who are hopeless about recovery:
- Homeopathy has been known to reverse the nerve pathology of multiple sclerosis, but it took several years of dedicated treatment every time.
- Homeopathy has led to substantial recovery of joint cartilage in severe rheumatoid arthritis, but each time required many months to several years of the patient’s endurance.
- Homeopathy regularly leads to recovery from inflammatory bowel conditions including irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), Crohn’s disease, and ulcerative colitis, but tissue healing and resolution of inflammation progresses gradually and unevenly, challenging the patient’s resolve to get better whenever an exacerbation takes place.
4. How long ago did the first signs of your concern emerge?
A rule-of-thumb often used by homeopaths is that it takes a month of treatment for every year the illness has been present. This holds roughly true in simple cases of chronic illness resulting from clear stress factors. In cases of chronic illness due to a longstanding predisposition the length of treatment will frequently be longer.For example, a patient who became depressed following the death of a parent five years ago would be expected to require five months of treatment before returning to the same psychological state as before the traumatic event. On the other hand, a patient who developed depression five years ago for no apparent reason might require many months or even several years to eliminate the predisposition (often present since childhood, or even inherited) which led to his depression.
The topic of heredity is specifically addressed in the next question.
5. Is your condition hereditary?
Homeopathy takes heredity one step beyond the notion of genetic inheritance familiar from conventional medicine.Homeopaths recognize in addition to genetic inheritance of pathological tendencies a class of heredity termed miasmatic influence (from the Greek miasma, taint). Miasmatic influence refers to the negative energetic imprint transferred from the parents to the child alongside other qualities, infusing the child with undesirable physical or behavioral tendencies:
- Stresses and traumas during pregnancy frequently affect the child through the mother, causing ailments in the newborn child which are inexplicable except when considered in their light.
- Homeopathy, together with many world cultures, further recognize the influence of the parents’ psychic state during the period preceding the child’s conception.
- People frequently bear an uncanny resemblance to older or deceased family members, even in cases when the two have never met.
6. What interfering factors are present in your life?
Do you live with a loving spouse, a supportive family, in a paradise where the air sparkles and the weather is fair year-round? Or does homeopathic treatment catch you in the midst of a financial crisis, frequent quarrels with your kids, and a daily routine which includes a three-hour commute through a busy metropolitan area?Do you eat a home-grown diet replete with fresh vegetables, drink water from your private mountain-spring, wake up at 5am for your daily 10K run in the woods, and never visit the doctor? Or is your breakfast a bagel with cream-and-coffee on the run (plus your medications), your lunch Chinese take-out at your work desk (plus your medications), and your dinner a pizza and TV (plus your medications)?
Those who lead a quiet rural life tend to respond more quickly to treatment than their urban counterparts. More generally, the more physically and spiritually pure is your present life, the more swiftly you will respond to any treatment that you pursue.
7. What level of healing are you seeking?
Homeopathy possesses an unlimited curative potential, but only when treatment is pursued for long enough so as to remove the predisposition to illness in its entirety. This typically requires several years. Yet great clinical progress and relief from suffering is often achieved in a fraction of this period.How far a patient advances beyond the mere eradication of discomfort is a function of both the patient’s and the homeopath’s level of spiritual awareness. Most homeopaths expect and strive toward the full curative effects obtainable through homeopathy, but this journey is possible only with cooperation from the patient:
- Some patients are interested in symptom relief and not in achieving perfect health or healing their spirit. Such patients are concerned about their bothersome symptoms, and as soon as these are remedied (within a few days, weeks, or months) they quit treatment, even if their medical condition remains unresolved and their spirit unchanged.
- Other patients, for instance those with chronic inflammatory conditions requiring medications, are not happy with a noticeable but partial reduction in their suffering, and stick around for the many months typically required for achieving freedom from discomfort, independence from medications, and a clean medical bill.
- Those most ambitious patients who long to release life-long physical and psychological limitations benefit immensely from continuing treatment well beyond the time of resolution of medically identifiable complaints — typically for several years.
Such revolutionary changes do not happen merely as a result of homeopathic treatment: they involve long-term commitment to life-changing behaviors. But the beauty of homeopathy is that it acts to align the individual along just this path of right action.
Medical Suppression of Symptoms and Its Homeopathic Cure
One of the most important contributions of homeopathy to the theory of health and disease is the concept of suppression of symptoms.Both in conventional and in some alternative forms of medicine reduction of symptoms and alleviation of suffering are viewed as the towering goals of treatment.
The clinical philosophy shared by naturopathic and homeopathic medicine holds, in contrast, that a symptom is an expression of inner disharmony rather than a problematic thing in itself, and that the disappearance of a symptom may or may not be an indication of cure when health is considered holistically.
In homeopathy it is very important to distinguish between a curative and a suppressive effect because the goal of treatment is healing of the entire person at the deepest possible level. To achieve this the homeopath first needs to know the patient’s medical history in order to determine whether any past treatments have been suppressive; second, the homeopath needs to evaluate the response of the patient to homeopathic treatment, in order to determine whether or not the patient is progressing in the desired direction toward greater health.
Some common treatments that unnecessarily lead to suppression of symptoms include:
- Antibiotics
- Anti-inflammatory medications (especially corticosteroids)
- Surgeries (tonsillectomies, nasal polypectomies, removal of benign skin lesions, and more)
- Anti-fever medications
- High doses of certain supplements
- Homeopathic remedies used symptomatically (these include remedies prescribed with the help of machines, muscle testing, and complex formulations (mixtures) made by Heel, Dr. Reckeweg, and UNDA).
- Improper long-term administration of single homeopathic remedies.
Such treatments may of course be necessary in cases of immediate danger to life or great suffering (as a last resort in intractable chronic situations): their availability is a blessing and not at all to be derided. But given alternatives such as homeopathy, suppressive forms of treatment should be avoided to the greatest possible degree.
A case example of suppression of symptoms caused by medical treatment
Dora, a patient in her thirties, came in for homeopathic treatment complaining of spells of extreme tiredness and occasional breathing difficulties. Her health history was unremarkable except for a diagnosis of eczema (a common skin inflammation, also known as atopic dermatitis) four years prior, which had appeared on both her forearms.To treat her eczema Dora had received Betamethasone ointment. Betamethasone is a topical corticosteroid medication that acts as an anti-inflammatory to diminish or altogether eliminate eczematous patches. She applied the ointment on a daily basis until the patch faded away over a three-week period. To her relief, she needed to continue applying the ointment only occasionally (once or twice a week) to keep the inflammation under control, and after several months quit the ointment and has remained free of her complaint.
According to conventional medicine this had been a successful outcome. In fact, because eczema is often a chronic problem that tends to recur unless actively treated, this outcome had been preferable to the more typical scenario where the ongoing use of medication would have been necessary.
Now, four years later, Dora had eczema-free skin, but her well-being was compromised by spells of low energy and disconcerting breathing difficulties. Medically speaking, she used to have eczema and now had new symptoms requiring new diagnoses and treatments, and no relation between the two would normally be considered.
Holistically speaking, however, it was important to consider the potential connection between her present complaints and her past health and treatment history. Most holistic practitioners would aim in this situation to find the root cause behind both of Dora’s present complaints, aiming to improve her general condition using an integrated approach rather than prescribing two separate treatments (one for each of her complaints).
The homeopathic approach to Dora’s problem takes the holistic line of thinking one step further, arguing that by default (unless proven otherwise) a connection must exist between Dora’s present condition and her past ailments and the treatments that she received.
Suppression of symptoms, its consequences, and its treatment
The homeopathic principle of suppression of symptoms says that symptoms that are denied full expression at superficial level (commonly the skin or mucuous membranes in the respiratory or digestive tract) may later manifest at some deeper level (such as a vital organ). According to this principle, the suppression of Dora’s skin symptoms is a likely cause of her present symptoms, which manifest in her nervous and hormonal systems as well as in her lungs.Homeopathic treatment was begun, and over the first several months Dora’s tiredness lessened and her breathing difficulties became infrequent. More significantly, however, on the seventh month of treatment her eczema (which had been gone for nearly five years by that point) reappeared on her forearms! This phenomenon, known as return of old symptoms, is recognized by homeopaths as a reliable sign of deep healing. The reappearance of Dora’s skin problem, concurrent with a improvement in her overall well-being, also corroborated the claim that the corticosteroid ointment had suppressed (rather than truly healed) her eczema.
To complete her treatment it was important for Dora to avoid returning to the use of Betamethasone ointment, lest this cause a stalling of her progress and a recurrence of the symptoms due to which she had come for homeopathic treatment in the first place. Armed with the knowledge that her skin problem would resolve if she persevered with homeopathic treatment, and that treating it with ointment would not benefit her overall health and could reverse her health gains, Dora bore the local skin discomfort (using the ointment only very rarely on especially uncomfortable patches) for several months before her skin finally healed.
Nowadays Dora is free of all medical complaints and reports feeling younger than she did several years ago, with greater reserves of energy and an overall better mood than she used to have through most of her life.
Homeopathy and the universal laws of healing
There are incontrovertible laws of healing that need to be understood and respected by any system of medicine in order for it to be capable of promoting true healing. Modern medicine unfortunately has a poor understanding of these laws—despite its brilliant and undeniable technical achievement—and its treatments often subvert them by suppressing symptoms even when the situation is not life-threatening and suffering is not unbearable.Dora’s case example is not unique but is very typical of patients with chronic illness: conventional medical treatments that are considered successful — here an often-chronic skin condition was defeated with short-term medication use — cause more extensive illness and suffering down the road. This holds true not only with the treatment of eczema, but of many other conditions including asthma, allergies, recurrent respiratory infections, arthritis, thyroid and other hormonal problems, depression, ADHD, and more.
Homeopathic treatment requires patience and perseverance
Because homeopathy acts on the deepest level of the organism, it doesn’t always alleviate suffering as quickly as desired. It may take patience and perseverance to experience relief from bothersome symptoms. In addition, in chronic situations where the patient is already on conventional medications at the beginning of treatment, medications may have to be used concurrently for a long while before they can be discontinued. Both homeopath and patient must therefore be patient and not expect overnight relief of chronic conditions.The rewards of diligently pursued homeopathic treatment are eventual freedom from medications, the permanent restoration of true health, and the opportunity of growing beyond lifelong physical, psychological, or spiritual limitations so that, in Hahnemann’s words, “our indwelling, rational spirit can avail itself of this living, healthy instrument for the higher purposes of our existence.”
Homeopathic treatment is thus not for the faint-hearted but is intended for those willing to sacrifice short-term comfort for the rewards of long-term health and fulfilment.
How to Measure Treatment Success Through Sleep and Dreams
In a recent article I introduced the topic of the role of dreams in homeopathic diagnosis. In this article I explain how sleep and dreams serve as useful indicators of the progress of healing.
From Diagnosis to Treatment
The correct diagnosis marks only the beginning of the homeopathic healing journey. The process of treatment includes regular followup appointments (usually once every several weeks), during which the patient’s present state of health is carefully compared with the past state.The action of a homeopathic remedy is very individual, and the initial phase of improvement is often experienced by patients as turbulent. Physical symptoms often get worse before they get better, there may be swings in mood and energy levels, and interpersonal relations may be strained as the patient begins to shift on a deep level.
This state of affairs is an unavoidable consequence of the nature of homeopathic healing which, unlike most other treatments, restores balance of the whole organism but may not provide symptomatic relief early on. Thus the best indicators of improvement are often not the symptoms comprising the patient’s suffering. Therefore in order to assess patients’ spiritual health, homeopaths rely heavily on general clinical indicators such as mood, energy, sleep quality, and pattern and content of dreams.
Even in cases of turmoil (known as a homeopathic aggravation) or apparent lack of progress, positive changes in these general indicators reliably herald eventual lasting improvement. On the other hand, a prolonged aggravation of specific symptoms without a concurrent positive shift in the general state may indicate a setback unrelated to the treatment, or in unusual cases a negative response to a wrongly prescribed remedy.
Sleep and dreams are sensitive early indicators of spiritual health
Improvement in the quality of sleep is among the most reliable indicators of a positive spiritual shift early on in the treatment process. Although few patients present with sleep problems as their main complaint, many people sleep poorly enough that they report an improvement in this sphere when prompted by the homeopath. Some will find that they fall asleep more easily and sleep more soundly, whereas others will temporarily experience more restless or dream-disturbed sleep yet will have better mood and energy the following day.With regard to dreaming, two patterns of improvement are seen. The first and, in my experience, more common one is where patients experience a surge in their dreaming, noting upon waking that they have dreamt more at night, remembering more of their dreams, or being awoken by a dream during the night. The increase in dreaming is the surfacing of unconscious material and its integration into the person’s conscious life experience. This in turn frequently promotes a feeling of well being that compensates for the disruption of sleep.
The second pattern is seen in patients who used to dream a lot and presently begin to experience more peaceful sleep. In these patients it seems that there is a good connection to the subconscious, but issues are rehashed and re-experienced without resolution. As these issues are resolved, the need to process them during sleep decreases, and dreaming is reduced accordingly. This situation must be contrasted with the situation where a patient experiences less dreaming yet also poorer sleep: in such cases the reduction in dreaming suggests a disconnection from the subconscious.
Shifts in sleep and dreaming while under homeopathic treatment occur incidentally to shifts in the main complaint: they are non-specific indicators of the state of spiritual health of the organism, regardless of the nature of the patient’s main complaint. It is normal for the chief complaint, when it is physical or mental rather than purely spiritual, to lag behind the spiritual state: the physical or mental complaint can shift only once the spiritual foundation for healing has been prepared. For this reason changes in sleep and dreaming are among the earliest and most sensitive clinical indicators, and as such are extremely helpful whenever changes in specific symptoms are vague, contradictory, or otherwise difficult to interpret.
Finally, at times the changing content of dreams itself is a useful indicator of the trajectory of progress. In such cases it may be useful to discuss this with the patient, in order to bring to greater awareness the significance of a specific dream. Overall, however, homeopathy is much less concerned with deep dream analysis than are many schools of psychotherapy.
Common causes of failure of homeopathic treatment
For homeopaths, it is important to communicate the nature of homeopathic medicine to their patients. Otherwise patients form unrealistic expectations about their own progress, based on the reasonable expectation that their symptoms should be relieved not only permanently but quickly. Unfortunately, some homeopaths are not be sufficiently cognizant that they are dealing with purely spiritual medicine, or may be swayed away from this conviction in their desire to relieve their patients’ suffering. But the above described approach produces by far the best long-term clinical results, and failure to look for the subtle shifts in spiritual health that precede more obvious shifts in physical or mental symptoms is a frequent cause of failure of homeopathic treatment even when the first hurdle — choosing the correct remedy — has been overcome. Most commonly this is seen as the habit of chasing symptoms by changing remedies in quick succession, instead of persisting with one carefully chosen remedy for the several months to several years that it takes to fully resolve a spiritual imbalance.Homeopathic patients, on their part, will sometimes become disillusioned after relief is not quick to come, thereby missing out on the profound healing benefits which must follow the correct homeopathic prescription. For them it is important to understand the natural laws of healing as they become manifest through sleep, dreams, and otherwise. Otherwise the only resort for such patients, other than to keep suffering, is to suppress their symptoms through conventional medications or other forms of symptomatic treatment, without regard for the long-term consequences. Homeopathic treatment is very powerful, but is not well-suited for those looking for a quick fix, as homeopathic patients need to be willing to forego immediate relief in favor of a long-term investment in health and well-being.
Friday, October 31, 2014
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