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| WHAT IS HOMEOPATHY?
Homeopathy is a scientific method of treatment based
on stimulating your animal’s body to heal itself.
This type of therapy concentrates on both the mental
and physical
aspects of the animal and views the animal as a unique
whole. This implies treatment for the total animal and
not just for one part or organ. Symptoms are a sign that
your animal is trying to heal. As a homeopath, Dr. Sagrera
(and her staff) must gather as much information as possible
about the totality of the symptoms in order to understand
all the ways in which the healing forces are already
acting. In homeopathy, treatment is based primarily on
symptoms
and careful observations noted by the owner. In addition
to these observations, laboratory tests are sometimes
used in diagnosis and treatment.
Homeopathic
medicines are prepared from over 2000 mineral, plant, and
animal sources. Each medicine has been experimentally
tested on human beings in order to determine which type
of individual responds most strongly to each substance.
The experiments record in great detail the precise mental,
emotional, and physical response of each subject. The task
of the homeopath during the interview is to match the total
symptom picture of one of these substances. When this substance
is given as a remedy, it then powerfully stimulates the
healing of whatever disease(s) may be present. The basic
law underlying homeopathy is the Law of Similars: whatever
symptoms a substance produces in a healthy animal will
cure those same symptoms in a sick animal.
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| WHAT TO EXPECT:
In
acute diseases, relief can occur within a few hours to
a day or two; however, in chronic diseases,
improvement
is slow and gradual, typically taking as long as three
months depending on the severity and duration of the disease
and the previous use of standard medicines. Frequently,
but not always, a “homeopathic aggravation” occurs
within a few days to two weeks after a remedy is taken.
Most aggravations last a day or two, at the most a week.
During this period, symptoms may temporarily increase before
they are relieved as the healing action of the body is
strengthened.
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| WHAT INTERFERES:
Remedies should be stored at room temperature in a dry,
dark place without strong odors. Remedies should be kept
at least three feet away from any electromagnetic fields,
such as computers, microwaves, refrigerators, LCD displays,
TVs, etc.
There are basically two ways by which you can interfere
with the action of the remedy: by antidoting it and by
suppressing symptoms. Remedies can be antidoted either
partially or completely. Once a remedy has been antidoted,
the new symptom picture may differ from the old one in
subtle ways, making it more difficult for the homeopath.
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ANTIDOTES:
- Coffee
- Camphor
- Dentistry:
The anesthesia and actual cleaning of the teeth,
as well as antibiotics administered
at the time of the
dentistry, can all antidote the remedy. Please
check with Dr. Sagrera before doing any dental work.
- Electric
heating pads
- Surgical
procedures
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SUPPRESSION:
Allopathic drugs: Allopathic drugs i.e. prescriptions dispensed
by your veterinarian or pharmacist, are designed to remove
specific or local symptoms without regard to the animal
as a whole. This approach leads to the suppression of symptoms,
which may antidote the remedy.
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