Basics of
Homeo Psychiatry
Homeopathy
is based on natural law. The basic principle of homeopathy is that any
substance which is capable of producing disease like symptoms in a healthy
person can cure the same symptoms when given in extremely minute doses. Unlike
conventional medicine, homeopathic remedies cure the disease by symptom
similarity. That means, symptoms of the remedy should match with the symptoms
of the disease to be treated. This is known as “similia similibus curentur” or “let
like be treated by like”.
Now
let us see how homeopathic remedies are used to treat physical, mental,
emotional and psycho-somatic disorders.
1. Arsenic poisoning causes diarrhea, vomiting and cholera like
symptoms, therefore in homeopathy arsenic (arsenicum album) is used to treat diarrhea,
vomiting and cholera.
2. Coffee produces sleeplessness and the homeopathic remedy coffea is used to treat insomnia or
sleeplessness.
3. Chopping fresh onion causes runny nose and tears and the remedy prepared
from fresh onion (Allium sepa) is used to treat cold and coryza.
4. Black widow (spider) bite produces symptoms of severe angina
pectoris, and the remedy prepared from this spider (latrodectus mactans) is used to
relieve the anginal pain.
From
these examples, it is evident that:
i.
A pain producing
substance is used to relieve pain.
ii.
A purgative is used
to treat diarrhea and loose motion.
iii.
Substance causing
sleeplessness is used to treat insomnia.
iv.
A narcotic is
used to treat mental derangement and abnormal behaviors and to de-addict a
person.
v.
A poison is used
to antidote its own poisonous effects.
That
means, a substance which can cause a symptom can cure it also. It is not
speculation. It is based on natural law, proved on healthy human beings and
verified through clinical experience.
Now
let us see how homeopathic remedies cure mental, emotional and behavioral
disorders.
It
is a well known fact that some substances affect the mind profoundly and alter
the mental and emotional state. For example, opium and its derivatives,
alcohol, morphine, heroin, cocaine, cannabis, LSD, deadly night shade, thorn
apple, monkshood etc.
1. Some substances produce the mental state of
exuberance, exhilaration and happiness and make the mood cheerful. Person
forgets his worries and painful memories and becomes indifferent to realities
and his responsibilities.
2. Some produce a state of depression, grief, lethargy
and lowness of spirits.
3. Some provoke amorous feelings and uncontrollable
sexual desire.
4. Some substances boost thinking and comprehension.
5. Some substances
make a man irritable and easily provokable.
6. Some substances produce different type of
hallucinations.
7. Some cause excitement and loquacity while some make
the person disinclined to talk.
The
list is endless and all of us have some kind of experience. In homeopathy, all
these harmful substances are converted into useful remedies and are used to
treat mental, emotional and behavioral disorders. The same principle applies
here, i.e., symptom similarity and minute doses. These examples clearly
illustrate that, physical diseases, as well as mental, emotional and behavioral
disorders are treated the same way, i.e. by matching patient symptoms with the
remedy symptoms and giving minute doses of the indicated remedy.
The
beauty of homeopathic treatment is that, in homeopathy we have a lot of
remedies that cover not only generalized abnormal behaviors like, depression,
anxiety, phobia etc. but also include almost all the different delicate shades
of the same disorder found in different individuals. For example:
Anxiety
(un-specified general anxiety)
Anxiety
about future.
Anxiety
about his health.
Anxiety
about his children.
Anxiety
about others.
Anxiety,
from doubt about his success.
Anxiety,
in the presence of strangers.
Anxiety,
as if pursued.
Anxiety
of conscience.
Anxiety,
as if he had not done his duty.
Anxiety
from anticipation.
Anxiety
causeless.
In
homeopathy, there are different remedies for different shades of behaviors.
Therefore the treatment is individualized to suit each patient according to his
different, individualized behavior. Each and every patient being suffering and behaving
differently, get different remedy, fitting his overall condition.
That is why patients get better relief than conventional or any other form of
treatment, and that is why homeopathy is curative. Homeopathic treatment is neither
palliative nor suppressive like conventional medicine. There is no disease
specific remedy in homeopathy, every patient is treated individually. Moreover
homeopathic remedies have no side effects like conventional medicine.
Below
is a list of some abnormal behaviors that can be treated successfully with
homeopathic remedies. Detailed list of treatable disorders with their
corresponding remedies can be seen in “Homeopathic Repertory”. From this list
you can easily guess the curative potential of homeopathy.
1. Hyperactive, restless.
2. Repeats the same sentence.
3. Uncommunicative, disinclined to talk.
4. Talking: with himself, with imaginary persons.
5. Loquacity, incessant talking. Brain eater.
6. Aversion to friends and company, prefers to remain
alone.
7. Busy fruitlessly.
8. Indifferent: towards family; business; personal affairs;
everything.
9. Forsaken feeling, feels alone.
10. Excessive anger, irritability and easily provokable.
11. Obstinate,
disobedient, temper tantrum.
12. Desire to
strike.
13. Destructive,
loves to destroy everything.
14. Cruel, violent,
loves inflicting pain and sufferings to people and animals.
15. OCDs, washing hands; bathing; persistent thoughts;
shouting in public; impelled to touch everything etc.
16. Phobias, e.g. claustrophobia;
agoraphobia; flying phobia, etc.
17. Suicidal
disposition; inflicting self injury.
18. Sudden morbid impulses: to jump from a
height; to kill someone; to put things on fire; to do violence; to throw child
into fire, etc.
19. Absorbed in fancies and oblivious to
the surrounding realities.
20. Exaggerated
feeling of superiority/ inferiority.
Finally,
here are indications of some homeopathic remedies to show their effectiveness
in various psychiatric disorders. Full description of these remedies as well as
other remedies can be studied in standard homeopathic “Materia Medica”.
AMBRA GRISEA (A morbid secretion of the whale)
Dread
of people and desire to be alone. Cannot do anything in presence of others.
Intensely shy. Time passes too slowly. Dwells upon unpleasant things. Slow of
comprehension, has to read a sentence over and over again and then does not
understand. Thinking powers are quite impaired. Repugnance to laughter and
conversation.
CANNABIS INDICA (Hashish)
Excessive
loquacity. Exuberance of spirits. Time seems too long; seconds seem like ages.
Very forgetful; cannot finish a sentence. Stammering and stuttering. Constant
fear of becoming insane. Grinding of teeth in sleep. Dreams of dead bodies.
Insomnia.
DROSERA (Sundew)
Mental
dejection, caused by ideas of imaginary enmity. Great mistrust. Inquietude
respecting the future. Inclination to drown oneself. Pertinacity in executing
resolutions. The least thing puts the suffer beside himself. Delusions, he is
persecuted; pursued by enemies.
GELSEMIUM (Yellow Jasmine)
Incapacity
to think or fix attention. Unconnected ideas; cannot follow an idea for any
length of time. Stage fright. Strong inclination to suicide. Wants to throw
from a height.
THEA (Tea)
Sudden
impulse to throw child into fire. Sleepy during daytime. Hallucinations of
hearing
IGNATIA (St. Ignatius bean)
Changeable
mood. Silently brooding. Sad, tearful. Not communicative. Sighing and sobbing.
After shocks, grief, disappointment. Intense grief after the death of some
loved one.
HELLEBORUS NIGER
Sensorial
depression. Sees, hears, tastes imperfectly. Slow in answering. Thoughtless;
staring. Involuntary sighing. Picks lips and clothes.
Further Reading
(Please
avoid self medication. If you need treatment, consult a homeopathic Doctor)
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