HOMEOPATHY FOR HOMESTEADERS

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During the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic that killed twenty-two million people worldwide and half a million in this country, the homeopathic remedy Crolatus Horridus, or rattlesnake venom, was responsible for saving the most lives. Medical archives reveal that Crolatus was the remedy of choice given to homeopathic patients, along with Gelsemium and Belladona. It is interesting that in that epidemic, eighty percent of patients treated with allopathic drugs died. Eighty percent of those treated with homeopathic remedies lived.

However, the development of wonder drugs such as penicillin and advances in medical technologies pushed this gentle but effective healing method into the background. Still, homeopathy is more widely used worldwide than our system of allopathic medicine, and is coming back into favor in this country. Homeopathy is based on the philosophy that "like cures like." By using minuscule or very diluted amounts of a substance that, in its whole, raw form, would make us ill, we can quickly bring into play the body's own defenses to overcome a challenge.

There are over two thousand remedies in the Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia, all taken from nature in some form or another. Most are from vegetable, animal, and mineral sources, and are broken down into minute quantities to stimulate the patient's own defense and immune functions. This is the only type of medicine in the world that activates the immune system with virtually no damaging side effects or risk of negative reactions. In a process known as trituration, the ingredients for a remedy (the curative substance along with lactose or sucrose) are mixed and prepared in FDA-approved homeopathic pharmacies in the U. S. They may then be sold to anyone, without a prescription, and are considered over-the-counter preparations in both this country, Europe, and other parts of the world. The amount of the original substance in a homeopathic medicine is indicated by a number and the letter X, C, or M. For example, a 3X potency means there is one part of the remedy with nine parts of mills lactose or sucrose. The lower the number, the lower the dosage; the C and M range are considered high dosages and should be administered only by a homeopathic doctor or lay practitioner. Remedies are available in liquid or tincture form, and as tablets or pellets. These may be dissolved under the tongue in a clean mouth fifteen to thirty minutes before and after eating or drinking anything other than water or brushing the teeth.

Homeopathic remedies are very inexpensive: a vial of a hundred tablets retails for under six dollars. Turn the page for a basig homeopathic first-aid kit.

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