The Ultimate Guide to Homeopathy

If you have a cast on your leg or are lying in bed with a 100 degree fever, everyone can see that you are not feeling well, but with mental conditions, no one can see your suffering and most people agonize in silence. Chronic anxiety and other emotional problems are a major reason that many of us do not live our lives to the fullest. We as a society have become dependent on countless medications to rectify our worries and they all have unfavorable and long lasting side effects on our bodies. In order to maintain overall health and wellness, we should be able to find ways to cope without hurting ourselves, in other words there are great ways to help us deal with stress naturally and effectively.

I have found from my experience that the unique remedies offered by homeopathy to be the most effective natural cure for anxiety and stress out there. Homeopathic remedies as a whole were created to stop the cycle of chronic illness and restore balance and well being to the body, and many of these remedies and help us with our anxiety, panic attacks and even nightmares. According to the Hahnemann Laboratory, the largest producer of homeopathic remedies in the US, over 50,000 doctors worldwide rely on homeopathy to help their patients, and that number is growing every day.

So what exactly is homeopathy? It is a word that you have probably heard before but never knew exactly what it meant. To start, think of it in the terms of “less is best”, and curing “like with like.” Homeopathic remedies mainly consist of small doses of elements derived from the animal kingdom, and plants and minerals. Homeopathic remedies are then chosen on the grounds that they will cure what they would otherwise cause in large doses. These remedies then in small doses help to jump start the body’s natural ability to heal itself, without side effects or dependency.

Say for instance you are having trouble sleeping; conventional medicine would prescribe you something to bring on unnatural sleep and also be dispensing it in large doses. The homeopathic method on the other hand gives you such a diluted dose that there is no danger of an adverse chemical reaction or side effects in the body. Your own body is then doing the healing leaving no dependency or side effects and restoring general well being to your entire body on a physical and emotional level. Chronic anxiety can be extremely detrimental to out overall health. Experts say two thirds of all doctors visits are stress related. Many homeopathic remedies can be an important ally in attaining total health.

Medicine today defines generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) as excessive daily worry and restlessness lasting longer than six months. This is the most common of all mental conditions and research suggests that it could be a genetic trait in families. People with GAD find it very difficult to relax, often have uncontrolled feelings of impending disaster and startling easily. Treatment with conventional medicine including the use of benzodiazepines can result in dependence and the root of the problem remaining uncured, resulting in your anxiety coming back worse. Along with homeopathic remedies for anxiety a proper diet can be quite helpful in assisting you to cope with feelings of anxiety. Avoid caffeine, alcohol, sugar and refined foods, eat an abundance of fresh vegetables, whole grains and protein and add calcium, magnesium and vitamin B complex to your daily diet. Many of the homeopathic remedies for anxiety include natural tissue salts and sodium which I will explain in greater detail in just a moment.

I first discovered how effective homeopathic remedies for anxiety could be from a friend of mine. I knew it because I saw her transform from an overly anxious uneasy personality, into a fully functioning confident individual. When I asked them how it is that she did to aid this transformation, she said that she started taking some homeopathic remedies for her stress.

Every day before she would go to work she would be sick to her stomach and eventually had to go through over 3 jobs because she could no longer handle the stress of working she felt. She saw a homeopath and they prescribed Ferrum phos which is a homeopathic remedy derived from iron and phosphorus. Patients that can benefit from this remedy can tend to tire very easily, they are very anxious and tortured by the idea that they might fail and procrastinate tasks over the fear of failure. She was also given Kali phosphoricum (6X) a nerve tissue salt that helps patients suffering from extreme anxiety. People take this homeopathic remedy when they’ve been exhausted by overwork or illness, feel a deep anxiety and inability to cope, are jumpy and oversensitive, may be startled by ordinary sounds, hearing unpleasant news or thinking of world events and kali phos can help this. Lastly she was prescribed Sodium Sulphate to also help with her anxiety. This is the first choice for most homeopaths for remedies for anxiety because a balanced amount in the body can alleviate high stress symptoms.

As you have seen a diagnosis of a mental condition can be treated quite effectively using the principles of homeopathy along with other lifestyle changes and support systems. Homeopathic medical philosophy recognizes that when our emotions get stuck, those symptoms can turn into more severe diagnoses. Homeopathy can cure the body and emotions from the root of the problem, and help us on the journey to become fully functional human beings.