HOMEOPATHY FOR INFECTION
While may people reach for homeopathy for minor injury, I meet so many mums who forget, doubt or question the use of Homeopathy in an acute infection, or simply forget that it is an option.
While antibiotics are an essential treatment in serious infection, often they are prescribed and reached for early on in an acute infection which can be managed effectively with adequate care and well selected homeopathic medicine.
First and foremost when treating acute illness and suspected infection it’s always really important to look out for red flag symptoms and of course seek medical attention in the instance of any of these appearing. Deciding to treat yourself and you family naturally means taking responsibility for their health and knowing red flag symptoms will allow you to do this in a safer and more confident way.
From a homeopathic perspective it’s really important to measure how the person is in themselves, being attentive to this as you would be to the physical presentation or symptoms is key in managing acute infection responsibly and guiding you to the most appropriate remedy. Often we can focus too much on the presenting physical condition and forget to be attentive to their general energy, mood and mental and emotional state. For example: extreme weakness, fatigue and or collapse in children in is not just tiredness and needs to be taken seriously.
When wanting to treat your child or yourself homeopathically at the early stages of an infection understand these key points:
YOU WILL ALWAYS NEED TO REST - Infection often comes on when our immune system is weakened through stress, emotional distress or repression, lack of sleep, environmental toxins or allergens. SO your body needs REST in order to RESET and continue with the job of living (and hopefully thriving) If your aim is to just get yourself or your child better as quickly as they can but you don’t create the condition for them to really rest then you/they are likely to not fully recover and or to get ill again until they are allowed to rest and heal in the time and the way they need too.
HOMEOPATHY WORKS BEST WHEN IT’S GIVEN EARLY ON IN THE ILLNESS - This is not to say it can’t work after a few days, but it works best and fastest (and often with infection time is of the essence) if given as soon as symptoms appear so don’t hesitate if you are thinking about using homeopathy, choose wisely the most well matched remedy but be decisive!
REMEDIES MAY NEED REPEATING AND CHANGING POTENCY - My experience as a life long user of homeopathy and a homeopath of over a decade is that in acute illness the stronger the symptoms, the more you may need to repeat the remedy - an example - I have treated countless tooth infections causing intense toothache and these have nearly always needed repeated doses of remedies (see my blog on how to prescribe and when to repeat) So if the remedy helps but then ceases to help this doesn’t mean it’s time to stop or that homeopathy can no longer help. We may need to repeat or go up in potency to match the intensity of the symptoms.
ACUTE ILLNESS IS OFTEN A SIGN OF A DEEPER IMBALANCE THAT NEEDS ADDRESSING -
This is so often the case with an acute infection, whether this is a U.T.I. tonsilitis, tooth infection, ear infection or an infected skin rash, it is rarely an isolated case of illness, there is always a precursor to the illness - and this sometimes really is a one off incident - maybe an argument, catching a cold while bathing, swimming in infected water for example, but very often infections and more often when they are reoccurring, our signs of an inner state of disharmony, dysregulation or inner toxicity that needs addressing at a deeper level.
If you are struggling with repeated infections in yourself or your child and want to try Homeopathy just get in touch or book a free discovery call.
