Healing, What You Can Expect from Treatment

From: "What You Can Expect After Taking a Remedy" by Elaine Lewis

You might ask, "If the immune system is so great, why do we have dysfunctions at all? Why doesn't this fabulous immune system just cure everything?"

[Bee's Note: Contrary to the statement in the next paragraph the immune system does know what is going on inside the body. But if the immune system is depressed or operating at a lower than normal level it is not able to act like it should.

Therefore one of the most important treatments is to increase the functioning of the immune system with nutrients. Taking homeopathic remedies will assist the process, but if the immune system is not built up homeopathic remedies will only be effective for short periods of time.]

A lot of illness--viruses, bacteria, etc.--are in disguise, cleverly cloaked in the material of our own tissues, or hiding inside our own cells, the immune system sometimes really does not know what's going on; but, once made aware of the situation, thanks to the presence of the homeopathic remedy--which is a CLEAR PICTURE of the illness, the immune system acts swiftly and decisively; but, it will cure according to Hering's Law, the law of natural healing, and you must learn to wait and watch and appreciate the direction of cure, appreciate that while the mentals and emotionals return to normal, a simultaneous aggravation at the physical level may temporarily occur; this doesn't mean you're getting worse, on the contrary, this is a good sign.

I had a client with psoriasis who only wanted her psoriasis to end, and even though her energy came up after the remedy, and her sleep improved, and she felt more calm.

She was dismayed because the psoriasis was only partially better in some spots, and worse in others! I tried to tell her that this worsening was only temporary; the disturbance was moving outward, to the periphery, in accordance with Hering's Law. This (ex) client is now taking CHEMOTHERAPY for her psoriasis, because it's all she cares about (her appearance)! (You may have seen this psoriasis drug advertised on TV.)

She didn't have faith that her body would get to the psoriasis in due time, or that the aggravation of the psoriasis was the result of the improvement at a deeper, more significant level and that the disturbance from the deeper level was now showing up on the skin. For her, it was seen as proof that homeopathy could not cure psoriasis.

I have another client whose child has facial twitches. The client wants this to be fixed and has told me that it's the only thing he cares about. The child is extremely constipated and has emotional issues such as frequent crying.

The remedy has made this child very happy and contented and the constipation is getting better, but the client is not happy because the face is not 100%; plus, it fluctuates, sometimes better, sometimes worse. I always ask the same question, "How is the child emotionally?" "Oh he's very happy!"

I've tried to explain the Law of Cure and that the child's body finds the face to be not a priority, but I am constantly asked, "When will the face be better?" These people, like most who come to homeopathy, have been trained by the modern medical paradigm to view symptoms as treatable in isolation and so jeopardize their treatment by demanding more repetitions of the remedy (like starting a car that's already moving) or requesting that a "better" remedy be found.

Here's a case in point. I have a client whose digestive problems are back after receiving the correct remedy; so naturally he thinks it's the wrong remedy (even though he acknowledges that, "...for the first time in my life, I have composure when speaking in public.") What a shame if he changes his remedy because he's not aware that the body values the mental/emotional sphere more than the digestion.

The mental disturbance has moved out to the digestive organs--a less threatening location; it will ultimately move out even further, but if he's impatient and takes the old remedy he used to use to control his digestive problems, he may put the brakes on his case.

Dr. Samuel Hahnemann, founder of homeopathy, said in his ORGANON OF MEDICINE, paragraph #253, "The very beginning of improvement is indicated by a sense of greater ease, composure, mental freedom, higher spirits, and, a return to naturalness."

When I see this after giving a remedy, I don't care what happens next; and no one can know, no one can predict. The body knows, and the body should be left to heal.

If you've been given a remedy by your homeopath, and you experience the all-important transformation on the mental-emotional plane, then please; sit back and relax and watch the fluctuations, watch the odd occurrences come and go and just say, "Hmm...that was interesting...."

The body has a plan, a road map that may make no sense to you, but if you experience that improvement on the inside, if your energy comes up, if your appetite improves, if your sleep improves, if your disposition improves, relax in the knowledge that you're going to be fine.

If you see a relapse in this all-important area--the mental/emotional/energetic plane, then yes, the homeopath must act; otherwise, let your case alone and be happy that the remedy was well-chosen and acting in accordance with Hering's Law.