Dear Nidhi,
I thought I will write a series of letters sharing with you the process of how we find the suitable remedies for diseases in homeopathy.
first of all you need to understand that in homeopathy there are no medicines for diseases ,but medicine for the diseased individual. that is, the goal of the homeopath is not merely to remove a particular illness but give a medicine for restoration of health and cure the entire sickness -- which actually means the sick person. Is this clear?slowly with examples it will become clear to you. In homeopathy many things are learnt in the clinic .
so for simplicity sake understand that sick individuals can be categorised into different types on the basis of similarity of their symptoms. for a beginning we shall talk about a common medicine needed by most human beings called calcium carbonate or in latin-calcarea carbonica.
calcarea carbonica type of sick human being:
the calcarea sick individual is usually obese. the obesity is of a soft or flabby kind,with a milky complexion to the skin.on lifting their dress you can see rolls of milky fat .the calc person also has a great liking for eggs ,especially soft boiled eggs.if you shake hands with them their hands feel fleshy, soft and boneless and may often be wet with sweat, giving us a wet ,boneless feel.the hands feel as if they have neither bones nor strength in them.the face looks round. usually they sweat easily especially while sleeping behind the head and neck. the perspiration is likely to have a sour odour.
do you remember mohan zack uncle, remember how fat he was , but a basically jovial,chatty sort of a person- that is quite typical of calcarea carb.in fact he was very fond of boiled eggs and used to have two everyday.he was also a curious person who liked to read a lot of general knowledge books ,quiz books etc.
philip bailey a homeopath has described this as a trait of calcarea.
generally calcarea individuals have a good vitality and so often make good managers when they are healthy.but their stamina is not much, for eg if they climb a flight of stairs that would make them feel breathles and tired. so these calcarea individuals are prone to overwork and resultant exhaustion.they may take on a lot of work and responsibilty and then finally get so exhausted that they may decide to quit their job!!
mostly they are mild and have a childlike quality to them but would not seem immature for their age. like children they like sweets and icecreams a lot.if a patient looks and talks like a child very much then you should think of another remedy-baryta carb,which is indicated for people who do not act their age.
Calcarea carb is not like baryta carb in that aspect and act their age with a suitable maturity.
I remember a physiologist who used to go in the same college bus as me. she was very obese and always soaked in perspiration, she had to struggle to climb the steps up the bus and would be exhausted by the time she made it to her seat. she suffered from reduced activity of the thyroid gland and couldnt tolerate cold climate.which reminds me that calc people are like that they cannot tolerate cold ,wet weather and if that happens then they cover themselves with warm clothing, even wear a socks to bed.
some of them may develop a lot of fears, fear that they may get heart disease, fear that they may go crazy, all sorts of fears- even fear of rats, ghosts, etc. especially the fear that they are becoming mad affects them a lot and they fear others can look at them and tell that they are going insane or crazy.
fear of heart disease and fear of death is something that some other calcarea patients may tell you.
remember every calcarea patient need not have all these symptoms, they may have only a few but the overall general picture has to match for you to say "ha! this is a calcarea patient"
so do you understand ?
I forgot to tell you, nidhi that 40% babies need calcarea , carbonica. this cute baby maybe needing calcarea!
but to be sure you will have to get confirmatory symptoms-
I thought I will write a series of letters sharing with you the process of how we find the suitable remedies for diseases in homeopathy.
first of all you need to understand that in homeopathy there are no medicines for diseases ,but medicine for the diseased individual. that is, the goal of the homeopath is not merely to remove a particular illness but give a medicine for restoration of health and cure the entire sickness -- which actually means the sick person. Is this clear?slowly with examples it will become clear to you. In homeopathy many things are learnt in the clinic .
so for simplicity sake understand that sick individuals can be categorised into different types on the basis of similarity of their symptoms. for a beginning we shall talk about a common medicine needed by most human beings called calcium carbonate or in latin-calcarea carbonica.
calcarea carbonica type of sick human being:
the calcarea sick individual is usually obese. the obesity is of a soft or flabby kind,with a milky complexion to the skin.on lifting their dress you can see rolls of milky fat .the calc person also has a great liking for eggs ,especially soft boiled eggs.if you shake hands with them their hands feel fleshy, soft and boneless and may often be wet with sweat, giving us a wet ,boneless feel.the hands feel as if they have neither bones nor strength in them.the face looks round. usually they sweat easily especially while sleeping behind the head and neck. the perspiration is likely to have a sour odour.
do you remember mohan zack uncle, remember how fat he was , but a basically jovial,chatty sort of a person- that is quite typical of calcarea carb.in fact he was very fond of boiled eggs and used to have two everyday.he was also a curious person who liked to read a lot of general knowledge books ,quiz books etc.
philip bailey a homeopath has described this as a trait of calcarea.
generally calcarea individuals have a good vitality and so often make good managers when they are healthy.but their stamina is not much, for eg if they climb a flight of stairs that would make them feel breathles and tired. so these calcarea individuals are prone to overwork and resultant exhaustion.they may take on a lot of work and responsibilty and then finally get so exhausted that they may decide to quit their job!!
mostly they are mild and have a childlike quality to them but would not seem immature for their age. like children they like sweets and icecreams a lot.if a patient looks and talks like a child very much then you should think of another remedy-baryta carb,which is indicated for people who do not act their age.
Calcarea carb is not like baryta carb in that aspect and act their age with a suitable maturity.
I remember a physiologist who used to go in the same college bus as me. she was very obese and always soaked in perspiration, she had to struggle to climb the steps up the bus and would be exhausted by the time she made it to her seat. she suffered from reduced activity of the thyroid gland and couldnt tolerate cold climate.which reminds me that calc people are like that they cannot tolerate cold ,wet weather and if that happens then they cover themselves with warm clothing, even wear a socks to bed.
some of them may develop a lot of fears, fear that they may get heart disease, fear that they may go crazy, all sorts of fears- even fear of rats, ghosts, etc. especially the fear that they are becoming mad affects them a lot and they fear others can look at them and tell that they are going insane or crazy.
fear of heart disease and fear of death is something that some other calcarea patients may tell you.
remember every calcarea patient need not have all these symptoms, they may have only a few but the overall general picture has to match for you to say "ha! this is a calcarea patient"
so do you understand ?
I forgot to tell you, nidhi that 40% babies need calcarea , carbonica. this cute baby maybe needing calcarea!but to be sure you will have to get confirmatory symptoms-
- lot of sweating on the head and neck while sleeping in bed.
- constipation
- strong desire for eggs and sweets.
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