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Veterinary Homeopathy
What
Is Homeopathy?
Homeopathy was a healing approach used by the ancient Egyptians,
Chinese, Incas, Aztecs and Native Americans. Hippocrates
in the 1700’s described it as a medical principle of similars
(like cures like). About 200 years ago a German physician
and chemist, Dr. Samuel Hahnemann, rediscovered the similars
principle and developed a scientific method for applying
homeopathy to cure his patients. His chemistry background
led him to postulate theories far ahead of his time to explain
how homeopathy works. Today, researchers are using the physics
of magnetoelectric energy theory and higher energy vibrational
phenomena and nuclear magnetic resonance techniques to develop
modern theories to account for the effects of remedies on
the body.
Homeopathy is based on the principle of “like cures like”.
Meaning that if a substance given to a healthy individual
can cause symptoms, then if it is given in minute doses
to a sick individual with exactly matching symptoms, the
individual will become healthy.
Evaluating a sick animal includes noting physical symptoms
from a complete physical examination, mental and emotional
symptoms, exercise habits, environmental influences (including
toxins as well as stressful situations) and diet. All previous
medical records are reviewed and sometimes additional tests
are recommended as well before therapeutic recommendations
are made.
Conventional (or allopathic) Western medicine treats isolated
symptoms in an ill animal but does not address the underlying
susceptibility of that patient to develop disease. The goal
of homeopathy is to treat the patient’s symptoms but also
to develop the strength of good health to resist disease
in the future.
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