It is winter shortly. Colds, flus, sore throats, middle ear infections, bronchitis and plenty of antibiotics seem to be common bedfellows. It is something we have learnt to accept as part and parcel for this time of year. However, this does not necessarily have to be the case. We can have winter without having any or as many acute health conditions as we usually expect and if you do become acutely sick, you can do so without having to necessarily take antibiotics.
Commonly, the idea is when we get sick, conventional medicine tries to fight the symptoms with medicines that kill the microbes, control the fevers, decongest the congestion etc. However, these are all your body’s way in which it tries to fight the conditions that you are currently experiencing.
The use of antibiotics though has become so common in the prescribing by doctors that Australia is one of the highest users of antibiotics in the world. There are just over 22 doses of antibiotics prescribed per thousand people every day. Any slight infection, cold or flu is often treated using antibiotics. Does this happen in your household?
The trouble is, viruses cause colds and flu not bacteria and so are not affected by the use of antibiotics. Almost 30 percent of prescriptions in Australia are for antibiotics to treat upper respiratory tract infections. The problem here is that the cause is most likely viral and not bacterial so again, using the antibiotic will not do anything.
What is starting to happen now is that the over-use of antibiotics is tending to create antibiotic resistant strains of bacteria. By trying to kill the bacteria, it has only made it stronger and harder to eradicate.
In homeopathy, we see disease in a slightly different way. We do not see the microbes as the cause of disease, but rather the products of disease, a consequence to a disordered immune system that has provided the soil for the microbes to grow in. Rather than try and kill the microbes directly with anti-bacterial or anti-viral drugs, which does nothing to improve the tendency for the condition to develop in the first place, homeopathic medicine works directly to help stimulate the body’s own natural healing to aid in the recovery.
For you the individual to become sick two variables are at play. One, the stimulus (i.e. the bacteria, virus, etc.) has to be strong enough, and/or, two; we have to be susceptible in order to respond. By taking pharmaceutical drugs, the specific symptoms may be alleviated, but they do nothing to improve your susceptibility in getting sick in the first place.
Homeopathy on the other hand works to directly help strengthen your immune system making you less susceptible to catch the condition in the first place or if you do fall ill, your resistance is better able to lessen its severity.
By working to strengthen your body’s immunity and vitality you are better equipped to fight the viruses and bacteria naturally, thereby obviating the tendency for these drug-resistant strains to develop.
Homeopathy is excellent in dealing with both the acute symptoms whether it is sore throats, coughs, colds, ear infections, etc. as well as helping to lessen the tendency for these conditions to occur in the long term.
In my practice I treat a lot of children and often they are coming in for treatment because of their tendency to recurring bronchitis, colds, ear infections, asthma etc. (see Successful case history examples and Testimonials page).
What is really exciting to see is the difference that takes place in the child’s health. When someone in the family gets sick, often in the past it is this child who comes down first with symptoms. Since having the homeopathic treatment they either avoid becoming sick or if they do, the symptoms are much milder.
The benefits I have found in my patients who use homeopathic medicine are:
1. They either stop having the need for the antibiotics or need them less often because they don’t become as sick as before or we are able to manage their symptoms with homeopathy.
2. There aren’t the side effects that one has to deal with after having to use pharmaceutical drugs as before.
So if you are looking for a natural alternative to having to use pharmaceutical drugs please give me a call on 0412 231 332 to have a chat to see how I can help you.
