Homeopathy, a better view; Co authored by holistic practictioner Priyadarshini and Roopashree bhat

Medicine ...the first term that flashes across as i say medicine is a pill or a syrup . We all know there are different types of medicine from across the world. Ayurveda comes from India, TCM comes from China( also involves accupressure and accupuncture) , Jamu from Indonesia , Unani from the Middle East and Siddha from India are some of the notable mentions.

Here in this blog, we will try to undertstand about the origins of Homeopathy and how it can be used constructively.

Homeopathy originated in Germany and was dicovered by a physician Dr Samuel Christain Hahnemann ,and hence had its influence in the commonwealth countries.

In India , around the same time, a French doctor Dr Martin Honigberger, treated the Maharaja of Punjab, Maharaj Ranjit Singh and moved to kolkata to treat cholera patients , later to be called as cholera doctor.

I had to give this piece of history as more often than not homeopathy is thought of as an indian method of medicine akin to ayurveda, when it is not.

But Indians have lapped up homeopathy so brilliantly, that we probably have the best homepathy doctors in India.

So how exactly is Homeopathic doctor( B.H.M.S, Bachelor of Homeopathy Medicine and Surgery) different from the regular M.B.B.S doctor

The initial four years of study are the same for both the streams , with the final years being different , for both M.B.B.S and Homeopathy.

This analogy is of prime importance , as we also have laymen who studied homepathy as a hobby and got great results too. Their training invluded studying only the homepathy part of the M.B.H.S.so theoritically their homeopathy knowledge  is upto the mark. They fall short on diagnostic skills that are taught at medical schools. For instance, the medical college practises of understanding the variation in blood pressure and heart rate may prove tricky to them, since they are not practically trained.They are medically non trained homeopaths.

Homeopathy believes that a dis-ease first starts at the level of the spirit, then percolates to the level of mind and gets expressed at the level of body. So its the skill of a homeopathic doctor to diagnose well through the proper understanding of the signs and symptoms of the disease.

A medically trained homeopath is further able to find the nuances better compared to a non-trained one.

For example,   when a asthma patient comes to a homeopath, the  medically trained homeopathic doctor is able to better diagnose the falling oxygen rate, which always is the undoing for such people, which probably may go unnoticed by a nonmedically trained one. This discretion , thus becomes important in timely diagnosis and treatment.

Homeopathy is an ancient albeit , tried and tested old practice of medicine that needs to be understood better to use it well. To start with,many of our common ailments be it the cold, fever, allergy or rashes have sure shot results in there. Just takes a little time and effort from us to walk the homepathic way.