Homoeopathy — scientifically explained

In homoeopathy, we treat the MAN in disease not the disease in man, as mentioned in all the texts of Dr Hahnemann, Kent & others. We all know, homoeopathy is an art as well as science. A physician specially a homoeopathic physician deals with the highest organism on this earth i.e. THE MAN and his precious life.

In order to understand the man, we must know what the man is made of. Let us start with the journey of life which begins with the fertilization of single cell i.e. Ovum. From this single cell it evolves to 100 trillion cells and hundred and thousands of control systems to maintain it in to perfect health or homoeostasis. This fertilized ovum is encoded with (gene) all future structure(body) and character(mind).

Genes and its functioning: Gene control the heredity from parent to children, this on most of us know but few will realize that the same gene also control the day to day function and reproduction of the cell. Guyton in his physiology book has mentioned “if there is any central theme of life, it is the gene -DNA system.

Now let us know the functioning this gene i.e. DNA system. How it contributes to select a similimum, to understand miasm, change of constitution in acute disease and to study remedy relationship.

The genes are located in the nucleus of a cell. There are about one lac genes in each cell. the gene controls the function of the cell by determining what protein is synthesized in the cell. Each gene automatically controls the formation of RNA. This RNA then spreads throughout the cell to control the formation of specific protein. Two types of proteins are formed i.e. Structural proteins & enzymatic proteins. Our genes are inherited as well as acquired characters. The proteins synthesized in each cell is expressed in structures like tissue/organs/system and our attitude , behavior, intellect, will, emotion, energy or speed. Physical ,mental and general makeup of every individual arises from genetic map or GENOME. If we understand how to decode this man we will be adding science to our healing art.

Genetic makeup: As written earlier structural proteins give rise to structure of a man i.e. Tall, short, sharp, ugly, dark, delicate, color, hair texture, shape of the face, nose etc. It also expresses the miasm .Syphilitic (ugly), Sycotic (rounded features/ stout, Psoric (delicate sharp features)

The features of enzymatic protein is expressed in desires, aversion tolerance to environmental factors like sun, heat, light , noise, water regulation(thirst increased or decreased),thermals etc. These proteins also control the temperament of the man through his brain i.e. limbic system. e.g.: Adrenaline- anger, fright, fear; Norepinephrine or Serotonin-sadness, Dopamine-joy, delusion, illusion etc.

Our emotions are ultimately controlled by genetic makeup. The tolerance or reaction to rudeness, grief, criticism, insult, mental stress and other environmental factors will determine what type of constitution this patient is having.

Prescribing for delusions, illusions, hallucinations and only on mental sphere without considering the generals and physical makeup is known as emotional prescribing. Considering only physical symptoms are tempering homoeostasis at local biochemical level. This upsets the homoeostasis further in deeper and deeper tissues and transfer the toxins higher to cause disease suppression.

Innate Character: Now we have understood the proteins synthesized by genes give basic character to a person, basic nature or innate character of a person

e.g.: mild, timid, coward, courageous, deceitful, sly, slow, fast, dull, intelligent, sensitive, positive/negative etc.

Individualization: Harrison says ‘More than 1/5th of total protein (hence genes) in each human being exist in a form that differs from the one present in majority of persons. This remarkable genetic viability or polymorphism among normal people accounts for normal variation in body traits such as height(structure),intelligence (mind)and BP(physical).These genetic differences also determine the ability of each individual to meet environmental challenges including those which causes disease. All human diseases are the resultant of interaction between an individual’s unique genetic makeup& environmental factors(physical and general) .

This shows that genetically every individual is different from another one. About 200 years back Dr Samuel Hahnemann -a genius physician told all this to the world in his theory of individualization which today modern sciences have proved scientifically. We need to correlate our entire homoeopathic principles, theories & philosophy in similar manner to make it more and more scientific and precise in present and future era. Miasms: As written earlier genes not only controls the hereditary but day to day function & reproduction of the cell and finally destruction or degeneration. The cell has three basic functions 1.Growth or reproduction (SYCOSIS) 2.Organisation or day to day function (PSORA)

3.DEGENRATION (SYPHILIS)

Dr Hahnemann has also described that there can be only three miasms namely Psora, Sycosis, Syphilis related to human life & disease.

Wholistic approach:- When we take history, we note down each and every point regarding patient’s state in health & disease and relevant family and past history etc. to prescribe homoeo-similimum. As written earlier homoeopathy is science as well as an art but unfortunately artistic part is overlapping the scientific part. If a case is given to ten diff. homoeopaths altogether, all of them will arrive at a diff remedy because each one is having his own artistic approach & explanation. Someone will prescribe only on pathology another one only on mentals, one on physicals another on temperament etc.

Dr. Samuel Hahnemann says: each individual is a diff individual but here we see that in one individual there are ten individuals. So which one is correct ?

The correct one is that which perfectly furnish the morbid totality, which characterizes the patient as a whole. All other methods may reveal the partial totality and may remove the symptoms and not restore the health to the patient.

To get the morbid totality in each case we should consider structure, will, intellect, emotions, innate characters, energy or speed of the patient, natural traits or miasm reaction to mental & physical stress. All these are the expression of a MAN(genetic code).

Remedy relationship: At any given point of time few genes out of one lakh DNA are active (depressed genes).They express the real man. The totality which we consider is the expression of these depressed genes. The inactive or repressed gene may become active during grief, insult, wounded ego, anger, vaccination, use of antibiotic or environmental stress and strain. In the same person now you get the changed constitution. But by and large this remedy will be in relation to former i.e. why our remedies have complementary, follows well, antidotal etc.

When we understand a basic constitution of a person, our talk becomes very easy in emergencies too. e.g. a basic Pulsatilla constitution may come in Sil, Kal sulph, Cal, Gels, Cham etc or a Cham child may need a dose of Puls when grownup. So homoeopathy is purely a mathematics. Very few people may know that our homoeopathic similimum acts at genetic level even.

Our homoeopathic system is a foolproof scientific system not a mystic science. The flaw lies with the physician who doesn’t know it, not in the system.


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