WELLNESS
A little of what ails you may do good
Alternative therapy offers promise in the treatment of some common diseases
- Published: 15/03/2011 at 09:11 AM
- Newspaper section: Life
Homeopathy is one of the most popular medicines in the world and it offers effective, low-cost and safe treatment options for acute and chronic health problems. Over the last 200 years, homoeopathic medicine has been extremely successful in the treatment and prevention of contagious diseases such as influenza, pneumonia, cholera, yellow fever and diphtheria.
Homeopathy was shown to be 98% effective in the US during the catastrophic Spanish flu pandemic that ravaged the world in 1918. Dr W.A. Pearson, dean of the Hahnemann College in Philadelphia, collected 26,795 cases of influenza treated by homeopathic physicians. The mortality rate was only 1.05% while the rate for conventional medicine was 30%. The homeopathic remedies most frequently used were Gelemium, Bryonia, and Euporium. In Chicago, Dr Frank Wieland stated, "In a plant of 8,000 workers there was only one death. Gelsemium was practically the only homeopathic remedy used, there was no use of either aspirin or vaccination."
Homoeopathic medicine is prescribed to match the patient's individual condition, taking into consideration the whole person - mental, emotional and physical. This medicine brings the body back into balance, raising the immune system and reducing the susceptibility to any acute illness.
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About the author
- Writer: Tina Horrell
- Position: Writer
