The word drug is derived from druug, Swedish for ‘dried plants’. A large proportion of the early conventional medicines and drugs that were discovered, originated from plants. Aspirin was originally developed after isolating acetysalicyclic acid from a plant known as meadowsweet (Latin: Spiraea). Quinine has its origins in cinchona, medicinal bark of the cinchona tree. Morphine and codeine have their roots in poppy plant.
However, there are certain aspects that differentiate conventional drugs from herbal remedies and homeopathic remedies, as well. These are:
- Conventional drugs are based on a single compound that is isolated from herbs or plants. On the other hand, therapies that are based on natural remedies, use the entire herb without isolating the active ingredient. This is done on the belief that a combination of compounds produces a better therapeutic value and work together to reduce toxicity.
- Chemicals and synthetics are used in the manufacturing process for conventional medicine. In many cases the compound is synthesized. Herbal remedies do not use chemicals or synthetic products during the process of preparing a remedy. In fact, synthetic products are not used even as catalysts or aiding agents in the preparation of herbal or homeopathic products.
The harshest criticism of herbal supplements and remedies is that many herbs are toxic in nature and that they can be dangerous to ingest. It is a known fact that some herbs are extremely toxic in nature. However, herbalists profess that the preparation process of herbal medicines ensures that the toxic effect is negated. Homeopathy makes use of even poisonous plants and herbs to arrive at suitable remedies.
Nux vomica and rhus toxicodendron are two commonly prescribed homeopathic remedies and both of them are prepared from toxic plants. Lachesis muta, on the other hand, is made from the venom of bushmaster snake. To understand how these poisonous substances are converted from poisons to remedy it is necessary to know the basics of how a homeopathic remedy is prepared.
Remedy, in homeopathy does not have the common meaning that we all are conversant with. In homeopathy it is a technical term applied to herbs, plants, mineral
s, live specimens or any other natural substance that has undergone a specific procedure so as to be able to treat a patient (not a disease).
Homeopathic remedies are prepared using a process called ‘potentisation’. The basic ingredient is diluted in water or alcohol and vigorously shaken ten times against an elastic body. The process is repeated with further dilutions based on the potency that is required. During this process, known as succussion, the vital energy of the natural remedy is activated and released. The curative properties of the ingredient are also transferred to the diluting liquid. Contrary to general belief, higher the dilution and succession, the higher the potency of the remedy!
The end product is completely natural and the original herb, plant, natural substance or poison is present in a negligible ratio
Homeopathy is based on the principle of ‘similar treats similar’, which means that a symptom caused by a substance is cured by the same substance.
Conventionalist may find it difficult to believe that such huge dilution can have any therapeutic value but homeopathy has remedies that produce positive results if prepared, prescribed and taken according to the principles defined by homeopathy.
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I am sure that you will find Matthew Silverstone’s research on Homeopathy incredibly beneficial. The author has spent the past two years researching amongst other things the property of water and has made discoveries that prove very simply how homeopathy works. I think it will not come as too much of a surprise to you, to discover, that it is nothing whatsoever to do with chemistry but it is all to do with the unique properties of water and vibrations.
Matthew does not conclude that water has a memory as the use of this word is technically incorrect. Water is the key to the issue, but it is not based on anything to do with a possible memory, this is a misuse of the word memory. It is the fact that water changes its vibrational frequency to that of any substance that it comes into contact with. This fundamental discovery provides a new and exciting explanation as to why homeopathy works. If you take all of the chemical substance out of water it does not matter if there are no chemical atoms left, as the water will have changed its vibrational frequency to that of the chemical. It is this vibration that the body reacts to. It works on the principles of physics and not biochemistry.
Matthew has already generated great support so far from some of the major innovators in this field such as Vittorio Elia and Salvatore Chirumbolo who have read all of his ideas.