| The Effect of Suppression on Health |
The best explanation of the effect of suppressive medication on a person's health can be given
with the following case.
A young child at the age of 5 had serious social problems with classmates bullying him in school.
During this same time, he developed a skin rash or eczema behind his ears and knee caps. His
mother took him to the dermatologist, who prescribed a treatment of hydro-cortisone cream to aid
healing and an antihistamine to reduce the itching. Within 2 weeks, the condition disappeared;
mother was pleased that her son was "healthier" and the child felt physically more comfortable.
Two months later, the child had another skin rash. This time it appeared again behind his ears
and knee caps but also behind the elbows and on the creases in his neck. Once again, the
dermatologist prescribed cortisone creams only this time the prescription was much stronger. The
skin condition never really disappeared after that but the treatment prescribed continued off and
on for several months.
Six months later, the same child developed asthma. Now his mother took him to the pediatrician
who prescribed an inhaler to assist breathing and a steroid to reduce the inflammation in the
respiratory system. At the recommendation of the pedestrian, she also had the child examined by
an allergist who recommended a series of allergy shots because he was apparently allergic to dust,
dust mites and the like.
What happened to the child? The story really began with an emotional experience. The child's
reaction to that experience created a physical symptom that manifested itself on the exterior of the
body in the form of a skin rash. The skin is our first line of defense when combating the ills of the
world; it is also an exit for foreign energy to leave the body. Any change in the normal condition of
the skin is usually the first message that the body gives us that something is disturbing our vital
force. The most effective approach in dealing with theses symptoms is to question what's
happening on a deeper level that's causing this dis-ease (disturbance).
The initial treatment of hydro-cortisone and antihistamine essentially suppressed the skin rash and
the itching sensation. The body naturally and instinctively tried again to release the negative or
foreign energy from the body through the skin, but this time the symptoms reappeared stronger
and in more places (behind the elbows and neck).
The second conventional treatment continued to suppress the physical symptoms, only this time
the energy which produced the original exterior skin rash found another place to express itself: on
the inner organs of the respiratory system in the form of asthma and in a series of allergic
conditions.
We know that energy can not be destroyed; it can only change. Therefore, the energy that
produced the skin rash is the same energy that caused the asthma. And if we trace the cause we
understand that the emotional effect of the bullies in the class room caused the entire condition.
Had this child been treated with homeopathy at the onset of the skin disorder, the emotional
discomfort of dealing with the bullies could have been removed, allowing the child to develop
healthier social skills and avoiding the discomfort of eczema and asthma.
Much of conventional medicine suppresses or manages physical symptoms without healing or
curing the inner dis-ease. We forget that the "thing" that gives us life also gives us health or
sickness. Homeopathy focuses treatment on the energy that creates the symptoms to eradicate
the inner dis-ease or discomfort.
The more symptoms are suppressed, the more complicated the journey to cure and health in any
mode of health care. Let us not forget the list of contra-indications that accompanies every
prescription of conventional medication. Perhaps the conventional method of suppressing
symptoms is causing these medically induced contra-indications...
with the following case.
A young child at the age of 5 had serious social problems with classmates bullying him in school.
During this same time, he developed a skin rash or eczema behind his ears and knee caps. His
mother took him to the dermatologist, who prescribed a treatment of hydro-cortisone cream to aid
healing and an antihistamine to reduce the itching. Within 2 weeks, the condition disappeared;
mother was pleased that her son was "healthier" and the child felt physically more comfortable.
Two months later, the child had another skin rash. This time it appeared again behind his ears
and knee caps but also behind the elbows and on the creases in his neck. Once again, the
dermatologist prescribed cortisone creams only this time the prescription was much stronger. The
skin condition never really disappeared after that but the treatment prescribed continued off and
on for several months.
Six months later, the same child developed asthma. Now his mother took him to the pediatrician
who prescribed an inhaler to assist breathing and a steroid to reduce the inflammation in the
respiratory system. At the recommendation of the pedestrian, she also had the child examined by
an allergist who recommended a series of allergy shots because he was apparently allergic to dust,
dust mites and the like.
What happened to the child? The story really began with an emotional experience. The child's
reaction to that experience created a physical symptom that manifested itself on the exterior of the
body in the form of a skin rash. The skin is our first line of defense when combating the ills of the
world; it is also an exit for foreign energy to leave the body. Any change in the normal condition of
the skin is usually the first message that the body gives us that something is disturbing our vital
force. The most effective approach in dealing with theses symptoms is to question what's
happening on a deeper level that's causing this dis-ease (disturbance).
The initial treatment of hydro-cortisone and antihistamine essentially suppressed the skin rash and
the itching sensation. The body naturally and instinctively tried again to release the negative or
foreign energy from the body through the skin, but this time the symptoms reappeared stronger
and in more places (behind the elbows and neck).
The second conventional treatment continued to suppress the physical symptoms, only this time
the energy which produced the original exterior skin rash found another place to express itself: on
the inner organs of the respiratory system in the form of asthma and in a series of allergic
conditions.
We know that energy can not be destroyed; it can only change. Therefore, the energy that
produced the skin rash is the same energy that caused the asthma. And if we trace the cause we
understand that the emotional effect of the bullies in the class room caused the entire condition.
Had this child been treated with homeopathy at the onset of the skin disorder, the emotional
discomfort of dealing with the bullies could have been removed, allowing the child to develop
healthier social skills and avoiding the discomfort of eczema and asthma.
Much of conventional medicine suppresses or manages physical symptoms without healing or
curing the inner dis-ease. We forget that the "thing" that gives us life also gives us health or
sickness. Homeopathy focuses treatment on the energy that creates the symptoms to eradicate
the inner dis-ease or discomfort.
The more symptoms are suppressed, the more complicated the journey to cure and health in any
mode of health care. Let us not forget the list of contra-indications that accompanies every
prescription of conventional medication. Perhaps the conventional method of suppressing
symptoms is causing these medically induced contra-indications...
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| Francine Nadav, Classical Homeopath Practitioner 421 Oakland Avenue * Cedarhurst, New York 11516 tel. 516-510-7880 email francine22@optonline.net |
| Holistic Health with Homeopathy |