YEs, as Soshy says:
- Maintaining an honest record of a patient over years of treatment.
- Being vigilant that the progress of disease is towards cure A) the miammatic intepretation of disease progression being the basis of understanding this B) HEring Rules on Natures Law of Cure being one of the most important yardsticks.
These are some of the important aspects of Homeopathic case management.

BAckache progressing to kidney disease can certainly be a suppression under homeopathic treatment presuming that the CAUSE or ORIGIN of the backache is muscular/ligament/tendon/postural/emotional stress; and not kidney disease itself or even spinal disease (which can also be the cause of backache).
So is also important to ascertain right at the outset the past history of the patient (eg. if kidney disease existed before) and understand the diagnosis of the condition one is treating.

It isn't so easy is it?

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IF we follow the giudelines sincerely, my personal experience is YES homeopathic treatment is relatively safe - apart from the temporary aggravations.

The main downside is that we may not be effective enough - mostly the limitation of the physician to find an appropriate similimum or the complicated state (incurable nature) of the case.

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Suppression should usually make an appearance much earlier than that. When a symptom is suppressed, the patient is worse in themselves, not better. It is unlikely to see a pause of 6 months, there should be ealier signs that your health was degrading. These may end in backache, but should start before that (mood, energy, sleep etc should be worsening).

However, if the underlying miasm is not dealt with, then the person can go on to develop new diseases. This is exactly the problem Hahnemann observed in his own practice, which lead him to formulate his Theory of Chronic Disease (miasmatic theory). It is possible to ameliorate a current manifestation of the miasm without curing the person's tendency to develop disease.

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David Kempson.<br />Dip.Homoeopathic Medicine.<br />Lecturer Australian College of Natural Therapies (Brisbane Campus)<br />Member AHA, AROH, HMA<br />Member Australian Homoeopathic Association. Member#0442.

Is homeopathy safe? Yes Because it is not a medicine. When we are not giving any medicine then why to afraid.

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It is not a medicine but it is a remedy. Medicine may not be safe but what about a remedy?

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Homeopathic & Biochemic system existed because Drs.Hahnemann & Schuessler thought differently.
Successful people don't do different things, they do things differently..S.Kh.

Remedy could be a suggestion. If for example a patient visits your clinic and say "I am feeling nausea. I did vomiting two times earlier" Don't give him a medicine. The remedy is "Do fasting for one day". Fasting is a remedy.

Well, lets get to the bottom of this—

Medicines by the capability to alter health in a defined disease state can cure disease.

1) So—this does not necessary mean, that they cure the entire person, as some would like to beleave, even though it might happen sometimes, that for a long period after homeopathic treatment the patient remains in good health.
2) The mode of determination which remedy is suitable decides, whether a medication is used allopathically, or homeopathically used. In this sense both are as save, as unsave can be.
3) The mode of preparation somehow differs, when medicines are used in Homeopathy. Whether this form of preparation and application is saver or not is undetermined, as it is not defined what SAVE is in terms of medicine as such.

The question reminds me a bit to the following one:
Q: Why do humans get sick? A: because they were born.

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"organon" 154-155-156

Fitness first,
I don't know if any studies have been done on the effects of homeopathy but I do know the effects of allopathy and will post below. I also know that in the USA that if there were even a minor amount of side effects complaints to the FDA about homeopathic remedies that it would be banned so fast our heads would spin.

Below is the risks of allopathy - I'll take my chances with homeopathy any day.

Doctors Are The Third Leading Cause of Death in the US, Causing 250,000 Deaths Every Year


This article in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) is the best article I have ever seen written in the published literature documenting the tragedy of the traditional medical paradigm.


This information is a followup of the Institute of Medicine report which hit the papers in December of last year, but the data was hard to reference as it was not in peer-reviewed journal. Now it is published in JAMA which is the most widely circulated medical periodical in the world.

The author is Dr. Barbara Starfield of the Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health and she desribes how the US health care system may contribute to poor health.

ALL THESE ARE DEATHS PER YEAR:

12,000 -- unnecessary surgery
7,000 -- medication errors in hospitals
20,000 -- other errors in hospitals
80,000 -- infections in hospitals
106,000 -- non-error, negative effects of drugs
These total to 250,000 deaths per year from iatrogenic causes!!
What does the word iatrogenic mean? This term is defined as induced in a patient by a physician's activity, manner, or therapy. Used especially of a complication of treatment.

I think sheikh sahib post in coffee shop has link with this thread? He accidently posted his mail in "how safe is your car" :razz:

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