THE NEED OF DETAILS AND GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS IN A HOMOEOPATHIC CASE.

In today’s article I want to address a very common and frequent question which comes to the mind of students as well as patients.

WHY DOES HOMOEOPATHY REQUIRE DETAILED INFORMATION IN TREATING A DISEASE?

The most basic answer is due to its innate principle of holism. i.e viewing and treating  the man as a whole entity and not the disease alone. But still, the question remains the same.

Well, in today’s world disease is viewed as a mere local phenomenon, which is caused due to some dysfunction in the body, leading to a specific group of symptoms. Though this seems true there is also something beyond and deeper than this superficial view.

This belief on diseases is rather like a tip of the iceberg. We can see only the tip. However the actual body of the iceberg is invisible though, present. And we have also witnessed the tragedy that struck the mighty Titanic which was caused by ignoring the root though the tip was visible. The same is also true with diseases. The actual picture seen is the tip while the process remains hidden, but is the biggest part of the iceberg.

Now I would explain the reason why general features like appetite, thirst , dreams which are commonly considered with its probable scientific explanation.

Since the beginning of time, Man has been so far the only creation of nature that has evolved at a greater extent and still continues to evolve. And this evolution was necessary or else, he would perish, as per the theory of Darwinism.Eg he acquired an erect posture,frontal lobe of the brain leading to higher intellect.etc, in order to survive crisis.

Similarly, diseases are also ever evolving in order to survive their species by various ways, which is quite evident in today’s scenario. They undergo mutation, drug resistance etc.

But behind this evolution whether of disease or man there was a basic driving force which was ‘INSTINCT’ which indeed was needed for survival by signalling danger to the living beings and responding to them(fight or flight) and thereby protecting them. Thus, in other words, these instincts were helpful in adaptation of a living organism.

Instincts were the most primitive and basic feature of the human brain. As man evolved, complexities in situations arose and gradually overcoming these situations, he started developing a new brain(neo cerebrum/cerebral cortex)in order to carry out complex features, with still the same driving force i.e INSTINCTS.

So the question is how the body signals change in relation to the stimulus it receives?

To be precise I will put up a cycle of the brain processes working as per instincts  

 Stimulus/information --à Relay centres -àlimbic system -à(mediated by neurotransmitters)cortex -àresponse.

The limbic system is considered as one of the most primitive part of the human brain. It consists of various parts like hypothalamus, thalamus amygdala and hippocampus

Not only does it function as a store house of emotions linked to basic instincts but it also seems to harbour the  body’s basic responses like appetite, thirst, memory  etc.

Whatever information it receives is processed and evaluated on basis of punishment or reward pathway. These datas are sent to the cortex which governs the action by either expressing it on physical or mental plane, thereby expressing the information, received from the  system. These changes are further modulated by neurotransmitters.

The speciality of the cortex is governance of the information as per the surrounding which is lacking in limbic system.This is the reason why an individual can train his behaviour logically and manipulate it as per situation, but, since limbic system lacks this, instincts cannot be controlled. As it happens with dreams.thats the reason dreams can’t be controlled voluntarily.

WHY DOES A HOMOEOPATHY REQUIRE THESE DETAILS?

As said earlier, limbic system is the storehouse and epicentre of various emotions like anger, fear etc(as a part of adaptive mechanism to threat) and also, basic sensations like thirst, sexual instinct and also related phenomena like dreams are harboured here.

This being the deepest information of every living individual, its manifestations remain in its purest form - untouched and uncompensated. They help us to understand the deepest feeling of the respective area and their response to the stimulations. Not only this, but it also helps to know the general body response, which occurs naturally and instinctively, thereby, letting us know the basic inclination of each individual. And finally a homoeopathic physician analyses this data to see the area affected beyond the present situation and selecting the medicine capable of producing the same effects and thereby curing them at the deepest level. And thus not only eliminating the disease from the root, but also giving them a long term to permanent solution and preventing a  relapsing situation. And this is not just limited to disease but a human in general i.e mind and body are restored back.