When one homeopathic remedy is just not enough

Taking more than one remedy in homeopathy. Prescribing and repeating remedies without fear.

I love homeopathy, my work helping people and homeopathic remedies!I can only practice in the way that I do because I trust the remedies and I prescribe  them with confidence. 

I feel very confident in my work because I have a bag full of tools that serve my patients. I trust my approach and I am confident in my prescriptions.

I know what homeopathy can do!

That is why I wanted to talk about something that is really bothering me.

The myths in homeopathy!

You will hear it over and over again -
homoeopathy is about  USING THE RIGHT REMEDY- choosing ONE SINGLE REMEDY to clear the symptoms.

Well, let me tell you that as a practitioner if this was the case I would not have a single patient!

In homeopathy, we have over 3000 remedies alone! It's not easy to choose between those remedies to find the perfect one with a one-hour consultation!
or if you are self prescribing in a severe acute where pain or distress has taken over your senses!

Realistically, do you really think this is possible?

I have a secret to share with you, there is no such thing! and I can tell you that because I have been trained in classical homeopathy and I am also a flexible homeopath. I can do both practical and classical, therefore, I can judge which one works best and when to use one or the other or a combination of both. 

I speak by experience, not by dogma. 

​HOMEOPATHY AND THE BEAUTY OF N DIFFERENT METHODOLOGIES IN PRACTICE. A PRACTICAL CASE.

​Let me tell you what has happened recently. I had a tooth extraction, the second one during the last year :(  and both with infection at the base. 

My first extraction, I went home and I took some Arnica200, Arsenicum+Hypericum 200 and Ruta 200 and that was it! No painkillers or antibiotics needed. Only that.

My second extraction, it was a bit more challenging in terms of remedies.

I started with the same remedies and it really helped but, there was something missing. I still had painful, sore and swollen gums in two small areas. The other remedies just weren't helping! Until I realised that this was where they had put the anaesthetic injection, and I took Ledum 200 for a few doses.

Let me tell you what a relief it was! I slept all night without waking up.

In the morning, I woke up really well with no pain, even I was surprised! But this did not last long. As I become active in my house, I could feel the pain increasing and Arsenicum+Hypericum 200 was not making any difference. The pain was increasing. It was very painful and I thought, well, maybe I should take a painkiller, this would be a reasonable time to do so.

But let me tell you that I do not have a single painkiller in my house! And I was by myself at home that day.

Can you imagine?

Time went by and I started to feel a buildup. I felt it was "unbearable" and that I needed to take something, anything for the pain. 

Do you recognise something here? This is my friend Chamomilla 200- " feels as if they can not bear the pain". So I headed to my remedies and took a few doses of that, every 1/2 hour until manageable. What a relief! And now I felt again in control of the pain.

At that point I understood that this time, for some reason, what it was happening on the second day it was due to inflammation to the area, the pain this time, it was not coming from the bone or the nerve. So I used Bell200 as often as needed and Chamomilla 200 for the pain until the inflammation was down and THAT WAS IT!

I was on those remedies for the second and third day and then they were not needed. I moved to calendula 30 three times per day to help to heal the wound and that was all.

So do still think that ONE REMEDY would have covered all of that?

How about waiting instead of repeating every 3 hours to avoid infection? would that have been wise?

I can tell you that in this case, all remedies and fast repetition where needed and I would not have been able to manage without any of them!

Had I been scared to repeat, change or alternate remedies I would have probably not managed to stay away from pain or infection and I would have end up with painkillers and antibiotics. FOR SURE.

​Being flexible and confident in the remedies and not being fearful of repetition made the difference between having to use painkiller, antibiotics or not. 

This is only a small example of how important is to be flexible and how some of the myths that are circulating around are not helpful in practice.

Those myths, are used as dogmas and blind faith in the practitioner, but they do not represent the true nature of homeopathy.

Let me finish this, hoping that I have shown you that certain myths in homeopathy do not hold a place in practice.

I hope I have shown you the true power of our remedies, I want you to be empowered to use homeopathy without fear and self prescribe for acute conditions.

If you would like to read more about the remedies I have used for this problem, you can do so by reading my blog to dental problems.
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