Monday, July 11, 2011

#18 - How I first realized ENERGY HEALING WORKS... despite not believing it!

My first experience that opened my eyes to believing in energy healing was thru Reiki back in 2001.  Back around 1989, I had a bad fall off of a horse.  I landed on a rock and broke my coxix (sp?) bone.  It was excrutiating pain!  The next day I went to the doctor and on the way home, was rear ended in my car.  The day after that, I was on a 14 hr. flight to France with my mom, a trip she had planned a while back and refused to let me out of despite the excrutiating pain I was in.  I spent the entire flight with my head down between my ankles, no exaggeration!  I had a donut pillow and the few places I did agree to go visit while we were there (2 out of 3 times, I refused to go anywhere and stayed in our room cuz I was in so much pain), the darn donut pillow was in all the pictures somewhere.  Ha, ha!  I do recall we took a train from Paris to Monaco in S. France and we went to the Monte Carlo Casino and we went on a tour inside these huge amazing caves, so that was worth it, but still, I was dying.

Anyway, that pain stayed with me for 12 years.  Yes, 12 years.  Despite all the chiropractor work on my spine and tailbone and the coxix lining back up exactly where it needed to be, I was still in excrutiating pain and having to sit on my butt for hours on end while working was truly horrible.  I'd often come home and cry and after 10 years had almost convinced myself that I would let a doctor put me under and re-break and re-set the bone (which they do by slamming it with a brick, btw).  Luckily, I did not do that.

So then my dad dies and my mom moves in with this quirky lady in La Crescenta, CA for about a year or so.  The lady did massages and "Raiki" (which I had no clue what the latter was).  When she told me about Raiki and how she could help heal someone by placing various crystals on them and focusing her energy thru the crystals into the person, all I could think was "this woman is NUTS!"  I truly didn't believe it for a hot second, but lucky for me, I never verbalized that, I just thought it.  So I started doing massages with her and any time she tried to massage the glute muscles, I would scream bloody murder.  They were so tight and the slightest little pressure really hurt.  I started seeing her about 3xs a week and she would work the muscles a little more and a little more till finally, a few mos. later she said that she believed my body was ready for the Raiki.  Again I thought she was nuts, but I said nothing and let her go for it.  It was my first and only session of Raiki I've ever had.  She put the crystals on my lower back and put her hands above them.  Then, suddenly, I felt this huge gush, that felt like a waterfall gushing down my spine from the very top of the spine to the very bottom of it.  It was insane.  I think it went on for about a minute and I couldn't believe what I was feeling, nor did I understand what it meant.  But as soon as she was done, I had immediate 100% relief and permenantly since then.  It's been very rare that I have some pain flare up for a little bit in that area again.  What had happened, was that due to that injury from the horse fall, I had "blocked energy" and that was causing the pain!  Once she did the Raiki, it released that blocked energy and allowed everything to flow again as it was supposed to and the pain was gone!  In turn, she said that normally after a session of Raiki, she is sick for a few days cuz she internalizes some of that bad or sick energy.  After she finished with me, she was sick in bed for an entire week!  I was so greatful that she did it though.  She said she had never experienced anyone that had that big of an issue before me.  Shortly thereafter my mom moved but thank God she lived with that woman for while as it was meant to be for me to be healed by her. 

And, through that experience, it opened my mind to "energy healing" and ever since I moved to Chicago in 2006 (five years later), I've been blessed to be led from one healer to another. 

I started with a doctor (Dr. Gary Clyman) who did "emotional liposuction" sessions (pure torture, but phenomenal experience... he pushes on points on your body that hold certain emotions: fear, pain, anxiety, abondonment, etc. and if you have issues with those feelings, it hurts REALLY badly and if you don't, you feel nothing at all or very little.  I was screaming bloody murder the whole time.  I've never cried or screamed that hard in my life.  When he was done, he told me he knew that I had issues in my uterus (and that was without him ever touching it nor me telling him anything about it).  Then he had me talk to one of his other patients who had a huge fibroid in her uterus that she cured through energy healing, and she referred me to an "energy healing counselor" in Chicago who I saw for a couple years.  Dr. Clyman also referred me to a "holistic MD" named Dr. Emily Lindner whom I started seeing also for about a year and a half and Dr. Lindner had an acupuncturist in her office who specialized in helping people with issues with their uterus and so I started acupuncture in the uterus with her.  But, I eventually stopped seeing them both as the office was too far away and Dr. Lindner was only giving me 30 min. sessions for my $20 co-pay, when I should have been getting 60 min. sessions, so I stopped seeing her.  And the energy healing counselor refused to give me receipts, despite my prior job reimbursing for counseling and so I stopped seeing her too. 

Then I started training for the triathlon and started going to a "trigger point massuese" who worked at my gym.  Eventually he started coming to my home.  Then, he got a room in an office that, guess what......... is the office of the homeopathic doctors I am now with.

So you see, everything happens for a reasonI truly believe it is no coincidence that I ended up with them, the husband and wife homeopathic team I work with on a weekly basis now (and the wife, Maria, who does my weekly massages and energy healing sessions, happens to be Bulgarian so we speak in Bulgarian the whole time).  I also believe if I had met them first, before going to all those other people, I probably would not have been ready to receive all their guidance and probably would not have followed all the things they've led me on a path to do for my health and therefore, I wouldn't be where I am at now with my health, which is leaps and bounds above where I was just a year ago!

So yes, I totally completely believe in energy healing and it's amazing powers!  We are all made up of energy, after all.  But I also believe, if you strongly don't believe in it, you can block it's healing powers.  If you have any sort of serious health ailments and you've been told by MDs or any sort of "medical specialists" that "there's nothing else you can do" or they "don't know why you have this problem", etc. and their only answer is DRUGS and/or SURGERY and like me.... you walked that path and are now sick of that answer and want to live a life of TRUE FREEDOM, HEALTH and VITALITY, then I strongly suggest you find a "homeopathic doctor" near you and you also open yourself up to the possibilities of using various different forms of "energy healing" as well. 

At the very least, if you're not sold on the latter, please try the "homeopaths" and read by POST #17 that will give you details on WHAT A HOMEOPATHIC DOCTOR is and how all of Europe uses them as their #1 form of healthcare BEFORE using drugs or surgery and us idiots in the US are brainwashed to simply believe "Western medicine" is THE answer and there's nothing else we can do. 

Well, I'm here to tell you that I'm living proof that is B.S.!  So please read my post #17 to read my story and personal journey with homeopaths and also learn what they are all about and how they teach our bodies to HEAL THEMSELVES!!!

Friday, July 8, 2011

#17 - Why "homeopathy" can be BETTER than an MD! + my personal story + WHAT IS Homeopathy + the HISTORY of Homeopathy

So, most of us in the "Western World" have been schooled to believe that the only answer to our medical needs is to see an MD or any type of "medical specialist" that believes in giving us antibiotics, prescription drugs and/or recommends surgeries for our ailments.

But did you know that at the turn of the 20th century 15% of American doctors were "homeopaths".  Eventually they were pushed out of the medical field as "orthodox" (ie- the Western World) doctors admit, it's not that we don't believe homeopathy works, it's that they're stealing our business.  Well guess what?  Homeopathy is making a great comeback now!

Ironically, most of us have never heard of a "homeopathic" doctor, let alone know what they are or what they can do for us.  A lot of people would consider homeopathy "alternative medicine" (which we are gradually come to accept as "complimentary medicine") depite the fact that it is a great resource in lieu of drugs and surgeries.  It is said that homeopathic medicine has no side effects and it works on the principal of "curing like with like".

So.............. what is homeopathy???

Well, first off, before I give you the answer, let me tell you my personal experience....

In 2003 I was diagnosed with uterine fibroids and there were so many of them and they were so large that only a few months later, I had to have surgery and they removed 19 of them from my uterus.

In 2007, I was back in the exact same boat.  I had surgery #2 and they removed 18 this time.

By 2010, I was right around the corner from surgery #3 and this time the doctor said he didn't have any hope and due to all the surgeries there would be no benefit in removing them again since I already would have a lot of scar tissue and so his professional advise was to do a "hysterectomy" and leave me with no uterus, therefore, no children.

My response.......... HECK NO, this is not acceptable, there MUST be another answer!

So, I started on my journey to wellness.  I found a crazy doc that does "emotional lyposuction" and I had a session with him and thought I was going to die!, but it truly did suck out a lot of stuck emotions, that's for sure.  His name is Dr. Gary Clyman.  http://www.chikung.com/emotional-liposuction/

What's interesting about that session is that I purposely did NOT tell Dr. Clyman about my issues with my fibroids up front.  I figured if he knew his stuff, he would be able to figure it out and sure enough at the end of the session he told me that he felt a lot of negative energy in my abdomen/uteran area and that he knew I had a serious issue that had to be addressed.  So, I told him about my surgeries and where I was currently at.

Then, he called me the next day and had me talk to one of his other patients who referred me to a lady who did "energy healing talk therapy."  Dr. Clyman also referred me to a "holistic doctor" that was also an MD named Dr. Emilie Lindner.  I started seeing the energy healer AND the holistic doctor.  In the interim, I signed up to do my first triathlon and started getting "pressure point massages" at my gym from a massuese named Nico Tricocci.  Eventually, Nico started doing sessions at my home and then he eventually rented a space in a "chiropractor's" office to do his massages there. 

Well, how ironic was that......... it ended up that the licensed chiropractor was a "homeopathic doctor" but of course, since most of us in America have no clue what that is, his business is listed under chiropractic care.  His name is Dr. Robert Selig.  He is my GOD SEND!  I, myself, had never heard of homeopathy before but as soon as Nico started explaining what they did, I was more than intrigued and set up my first appointment.

About 15 months ago (March of 2010), I started seeing Dr. Robert (as I like to call him) on a regular basis.  I have a visit with him once a week and he does acupuncture, chiropractic and energy healing on me every time AND gives me various "homeopathic remedies" as my body needs them and/or to specifically target my fibroids.  To boot, his lovely wife Maria (who happens to be Bulgarian, an added bonus for me cuz I have someone to practice my language with) does massage and energy healing and she too suggests various "homeopathic remedies" (they consult with each other), so I see her once a week as well.  Here is a link to their website in case you live in the area, but trust me, you will learn far more if you schedule an appointment with Dr. Robert and see him face to face!  http://backupchicago.com/

Here is a link to a short YouTube video of Dr. Robert Selig explaining all of the options he offers at his amazing office in Chicago (which I go to ONCE A WEEK - religiously)!!!  I will be sad to say goodbye when I move back to CA.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3J-kvl8j0bw&feature=player_embedded

In March of this year (2011), just 12 mos. after I started working with this amazing husband/wife team.... I went for my follow up with my OBGYN to check on the status of my fibroids.  As of a year prior, I was only months away from needing surgery #3, but I knew, as soon as I found Dr. Robert, that I needed to give my body a chance to let the homeopathy work and so I refused to go back to the OBY for my 6 mo. follow up and instead waited a year.  So here I go, March of 2011, and the OBY is shocked at my progress.  Not only did I lose 60 lbs. over this past year (changed my diet and omitted all meat and I have no dairy in my home at all, only when I travel or am out to eat.... which means I omitted the unnecessary hormones in my diet) and guess what, not only the diet, but also the homeopathic remedies and also the daily "super smoothies" and also the weekly acupuncture, chiro, massage and energy healing, all set my body back on the right track.... it wasn't about the weight loss, it was about reversing the pattern that my body was on.... surgery after surgery, just growing these darn fibroids for no good reason.  So, I'm happy to report that the fibroids, for the first time ever in 8 years, are now SHRINKING and my OBY told me that he was so proud of everything I've accomplished, that he now has a "lot of faith" for my future and that I no longer had to come back for a 6 mo. follow up, I could wait a full year (which was unheard of in my last 8 year history) AND, most importantly, I was no longer around the corner from another surgery!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

In addition to the amazing homeopathic care I receive on a weekly basis AND homeopathic remedies, another great contributor to my success has been some of the "supplements" that my homeopaths have put me on.  One of them being, MSM!!!  If you don't know what MSM is or the amazing pluthera of benefits it offers us, CHECK OUT MY BLOG #19 FOR MORE INFO.).  It helped me start shrinking my fibroids & avoid another surgery (along with my weekly homeopathic care, my homeopathic remedies AND my change in diet to a completely meat-free and primarily dairy-free diet - I admit, I'm not perfect, so in my household I have NO meat and NO dairy and have many wonderful dairy substitutes such as: almond milk, almond cheese, vegan butter spread & coconut milk ice cream.... but, when I eat out, I often cheat on the dairy as it seems to be in EVERYTHING, so.... I try not to eat out so often).

So, now back to the question at hand...........
WHAT IS HOMEOPATHY (please keep reading further down to read about the fascinating "history of homeopathy as well)?????

Answer (I've copied this from the website of an MD who has practiced homeopathy since the 1980s (she's located in CA) here's the link but also below is all the info:
http://www.homeopathy-md.com/Homeopathy.html:

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Homeopathy is a scientifically based holistic system of medicine that is rapidly gaining popularity in the United States and worldwide  because of its effectiveness, safety and low cost.  Homeopathy works naturally to activate and boost the body’s own inner ability for self-healing.  Very dramatic and long lasting improvement or cure is seen in a wide variety of illnesses including diseases traditionally called chronic or incurable. 

Many of the fundamental ideas and principles of Homeopathy may be quite different than those to which you are accustomed.  It isn’t necessary to fully understand Homeopathy for it to work for you, just as it isn’t necessary to fully understand or believe in x-rays in order to have a picture produced. 
The goal of treatment with Homeopathy is FREEDOM.  Freedom on the physical level means a sense of well-being, vitality and symptom-free living.  On the emotional level, it means joyful, satisfying relationships with your family, society and yourself.  On the mental level freedom results in positive, creative expression through a career, service or the arts.

Homeopathy views the human being as a dynamic, responsive and health-oriented organism which expresses itself in a physical, emotional and mental way.  The sum of these ‘levels’ [physical, emotional and mental] constitutes the whole person.  As a unified being, each level can and does affect the others.  For example, we all have experienced how our emotions can affect us physically or how our physical health can impact our moods.  Homeopathy looks at us in this comprehensive way, taking into consideration symptoms and information from all three levels  in its diagnosis and treatment plan. 

To evaluate the whole person, Homeopathy takes a very broad view of the term “symptom”.  To a Homeopath, a symptom means any characteristic from any of your three levels.  Therefore, symptoms may include: your physical complaints; your emotions, thoughts, reactions to stress or weather conditions, your sleep patterns, food preferences, childhood experiences; your family, social and work experiences as well as other important areas.  In cases of chronic disease it can take up to two hours to collect enough information from all these areas before the proper prescription can be made.  This individualization is a key feature of Homeopathy.  It is often surprising to new patients to see how much attention the doctor gives to unexplained and annoying symptoms that have persisted for so long.

Think of the way a mechanic cares for your automobile.  The car is exposed to wear and tear and certain environmental influences.  To keep everything running smoothly, the car must be serviced at the first sign of any problem.  You, too, are exposed to various stresses: emotional, mental, chemical and environmental influences, as well as others.  Any of these stresses can start a disease process.  By paying attention to precise details of every symptom, the homeopathic physician prescribes a medicine to “tune-up” or re-establish your healthy state.

You have another very important part called the defense mechanism.  This is the part that keeps you healthy on all levels.  The defense mechanism can be regarded as your immune system; yet it is much more than that because it also keeps you healthy on the emotional and mental levels.  When your defense Mechanism is operating perfectly, you don’t even notice it.  Those are the times when you feel energetic, vital, creative, joyful and loving.  You experience this wonderful level of health and vitality not because of the absence of stresses or germs, as is commonly thought but because your defense mechanism resists against these external influences.

Sometimes the defense mechanism may be overpowered by a stronger disease force, which requires activation of physical, emotional and mental symptoms as your body reacts to combat stress, grief, deprivation, shock or other factors.  The symptoms produced reflect the defense mechanism “battling” it out against the disease.  When the battle is over and the defense mechanism has re-established harmony and health, the symptoms are no longer needed and they disappear.  This episode is known as an acute illness.

In another instance, the disease influence may again be strong enough to cause a reaction in the defense mechanism producing symptoms just like in the acute illness.  In this case, however, the defense mechanism is not strong enough to completely fight off the disease and the result is a chronic condition with symptoms lasting for months, years or even a lifetime.

The symptoms are not the actual disease.  In the process of protecting itself from a disease influence, the defense mechanism creates a very precise set of symptoms.  It knows exactly what is needed to fight that disease.  So, the continued presence of any symptom indicates the continued presence of a disease.

Traditionally symptoms are thought to be a malfunctioning of the body that must be suppressed.  This is clearly represented by the types of medicines that are available to doctors: antibiotics, anti-histamines, anti-depressants, anti-inflammatories, anti- hypertensives and so forth.  In most cases, these medicines must be taken continually to keep the symptoms from returning.  This counteracts all the body’s efforts to protect itself.  Conventional treatment may give immediate relief from a particular symptom, but the patient’s overall health and resistance to disease are not improved and are often weakened.

With Homeopathic treatment, the patient’s symptoms are also eliminated; but this time it’s because the remedy helps to eliminate the reason the body developed symptoms in the first place.  By eliminating the disease process that forces the body to produce symptoms, the symptoms are no longer necessary and the body stops producing them.  This is the true definition of healing: gentle, natural and permanent disappearance of symptoms and disease.  This is why Homeopathic remedies are taken for only short periods of time.  Sometimes only one dose is needed.

How does Homeopathy assist in removing the inner disease process which then leads to such dramatic healing?  Prescribing is based on a biologic principle called the Law of Similars that states: whenever you give a healthy person a substance, a certain plant or mineral for instance, very distinct symptoms will be produced.  Whenever a doctor sees that same group of symptoms in a sick person, then that same substance (in homeopathic form) will cure him.  This concept is so unfamiliar to most people that it may sound amazing.  Nonetheless, it is a fact of nature that has been well demonstrated and used in healing for centuries.

When a person has an illness, acute or chronic, he will exhibit a specific set of symptoms.  We already know that those symptoms are a sign of the body’s best effort to combat the disease.  By prescribing a Homeopathic remedy that has proven it can produce that same set of symptoms, we are giving the body a little bit more of exactly what it needs to fight the disease.  By empowering the body in this way, it will be able to do what it couldn’t do before; overcome the disease.  Now, the symptoms are no longer needed and they simply disappear.

We may never actually know the cause or exact nature of the original disease influence.  The symptoms are its reflection and will be enough to guide the doctor to the correct remedy.  The body will then cure the disease process itself with the extra boost from the appropriate remedy.

There are over 2000 Homeopathic remedies which are all derived from plant, mineral and a few animal substances.  The remedies are created by a processing method that is unique to Homeopathy.  With this method, all the toxic effects of the original substances are removed but the healing power is retained.  Contrasted to conventional drugs or even plants and herbs, Homeopathic remedies do not produce side effects, overdosing or poisoning.

Homeopathy works dramatically, deeply and safely to improve or cure an incredible variety of medical conditions from infections to hypertension, from premenstrual syndrome to headaches.  This may sound too good to be true, yet Homeopathic doctors worldwide have used this method to relieve people of these and many other disease processes and symptoms for over two centuries.  No wonder this gentle, effective, safe and non-toxic healing approach is attracting the interest of so many people.

Historically, Homeopathy’s success was a major factor in its disappearance in the early 1900’s.  At that time approximately 15% of all doctors in this country and Europe were Homeopaths.  The effectiveness in curing acute diseases as well as the dramatic results and improvements in chronic conditions caused concern, both economically and politically among the conventional medical establishment and the drug manufacturers.  Even without knowing the details of the years of suppression and struggle, you are aware of the outcome. 

Homeopathy all but disappeared in the United States.  If this seems unlikely, think about how difficult it has been to bring nutrition or preventive medicine into the mainstream of medical care today.
The current phenomenal resurgence of Homeopathy is simply a reflection of the demand for a more direct, affordable and human-oriented medical system.  You now have the opportunity to experience the enormous benefits for yourself as we participate in the change, improvement and redirection  of medical care.

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HISTORY OF HOMEOPATHY

I've copied this from Dana Ullman's website.  ABC News touts that Dana is "Homeopathy's Foremost spokesman."  He's authored 10 books as well as chapters in 3 leading medical textbooks. 

I personally "follow" Dana on Twitter @HomeopathicDana.  You can follow him too for great updates on Homeopathy.

Scroll down after the quotes below which I've shared from his website's article about "A Condensed History on Homeopathy" to find a link to the entire article with full details. 

"The history of homeopathy combines the high drama and intrigue commonly found in the best efforts of the silver screen. Although a movie has not yet been made about homeopathy, it is a film waiting to happen."

"Homeopathy became spectacularly popular in the United States and Europe in the 1800s and its strongest advocates included European royalty, American entrepreneurs, literary giants, and religious leaders. But at the time that it was gaining widespread popularity, it became the object of deep-seated animosity and vigilant opposition from establishment medicine. The conflict between homeopathy and orthodox medicine was protracted and bitter. We know who won the first round of this conflict. We await the results of the second round. Hopefully, we will soon discover that a "fight" over healing is inappropriate and that various approaches to healing are all necessary to build a comprehensive and effective health care system."

"The history of homeopathy begins with the discoveries of its founder Samuel Hahnemann (1755-1843), a German physician. Hahnemann first coined the word "homeopathy" ("homoios" in Greek means similar, "pathos" means suffering) to refer to the pharmacological principle, the law of similars, that is its basis. Actually, the law of similars was previously described by Hippocrates and Paracelsus and was utilized by many cultures, including the Mayans, Chinese, Greeks, Native American Indians, and Asian Indians, but it was Hahnemann who codified the law of similars into a systematic medical science."

..."Despite the persecution, homeopathy continued to grow. It grew not just because it offered a systematic approach to treating sick people, but also because orthodox medicine was ineffective and even dangerous. There is general agreement among medical historians today that orthodox medicine of the 1700s and 1800s in particular frequently caused more harm than good."

...The Opposition to Homeopathy

..."Finally, a compromise was reached. In 1875 the Michigan legislature voted to give money to a new hospital dependent upon the appointment of two professors of homeopathy, but it was also decided that only the president and the secretary of the university would sign the diplomas, thereby allowing their graduates to be recognized by the A.M.A."

..."In addition to the attacks by conventional physicians on the homeopaths' right to practice, the right to join medical organizations, and the right to a medical education, conventional physicians sought to besmirch the reputation of homeopaths. Homeopaths were considered "immoral," "illegitimate," and "unmanly." The opposition to homeopathy was not based on any scientific evaluation of this healing art, but arose primarily because homeopathy and homeopaths were a significant competitor to conventional physicians.""In a 1890 issue of Harpers Magazine, Mark Twain... asserted that "You may honestly feel grateful that homeopathy survived the attempts of the allopathists (orthodox physicians) to destroy it." "

"Despite the significant oppression from the orthodox medical profession, homeopathy survived and even thrived in the 1800s and early 1900s."

..."Homeopathy was also disproportionately popular among women, not only as patients, but as its practitioners. The first women's medical college in the world was the homeopathic Boston Female Medical College, founded in 1848. Four years later it became the New England Female Medical College, and in 1873, it merged with Boston University, another homeopathic college. Homeopaths also admitted women physicians into their national organization considerably before orthodox physicians did. Homeopaths admitted women into the American Institute of Homeopathy in 1871, while women were not invited into the A.M.A. until 1915."

..."The press was often very supportive of homeopathy, as the Journal of the American Medical Association regretfully acknowledged, "(W)e all know perfectly well that the sympathy of the press generally and of the public is with the homeopaths." "

..."However, probably the most important reason that homeopathy developed such immense popularity was its success in treating the various infectious epidemic diseases that raged throughout America and Europe during the 1800s. Statistics indicate that the death rates in homeopathic hospitals from these epidemics were often one-half to as little as one-eighth those in orthodox medical hospitals."

...The Fall of Homeopathy

"It is quite remarkable in itself that homeopathy survived the incessant and harsh attempts to destroy it. After the turn of the century, however, the A.M.A. became increasingly effective in suppressing homeopathy. In a strategic move to make themselves look like "good guys," the AMA chose to "allow" graduates of homeopathic medical schools to join the AMA...as long as they denounced homeopathy or at least didn't practice it."

..."In 1910 the Carnegie Foundation issued the famous/infamous Flexner Report. The Flexner Report was an evaluation of American medical schools chaired by Abraham Flexner, in cooperation with leading members of the A.M.A. While pretending to be objective, the Report actually established guidelines meant to sanction orthodox medical schools and condemn homeopathic ones."

..."As one might easily predict, the homeopathic colleges on the whole were given poor ratings by the Flexner Report. As a result of the report, only graduates of those schools which received a high rating were allowed to take medical licensing exams. There were 22 homeopathic colleges in 1900, but only two remained in 1923."

..."There were other reasons for the sharp decline of homeopathy after the turn of the century. Orthodox medicine was no longer as barbaric as it was in the 1800s, and because of this, it didn't drive as many patients away. Orthodox physicians also began incorporating several of the homeopathic medicines into their practice. Although they didn't prescribe the same small doses as the homeopaths, their use of certain homeopathic medicines confused the public, who were having increasing difficulty in distinguishing orthodox physicians from homeopathic physicians."

..."The drug companies' antagonism to homeopathy continued significantly to the collective efforts to suppress this form of medicine. Because the drug companies published medical journals, they could use them as mouthpieces against homeopathy and in support of orthodox medicine. Even the Journal of the American Medical Association acknowledged that "the medical press is profoundly under the influence of the proprietary interests (drug companies)." "

..."From 1930 to 1975 there are not many horror stories of the A.M.A.'s oppression of homeopathy, primarily because it seemed that the AMA had already won the war. By 1950 all the homeopathic colleges in the U.S. were either closed or no longer teaching homeopathy. There were only 50-150 practicing homeopathic physicians, and most of these practitioners were over 50 years old."

"And yet, it is hard to suppress the truth. Homeopathy has risen again, and this time, history will be rewritten."

The Rise of Homeopathy

"Homeopathy posed a serious threat to entrenched medicine. Orthodox physicians criticized herbalists, midwives, and various other "non-regular" practitioners because they were not medically trained. Homeopaths, however, could not be discredited as being unlearned, since they were graduates from many of the same medical schools as "regular" physicians. In fact, many of the initial practitioners of homeopathy graduated from some of the most prestigious medical schools of the day."

..."One of the most important reasons that orthodox physicians and drug companies disliked homeopathy was that inherent in the homeopathic approach was a sharp critique of the use of conventional drugs. Homeopaths were primarily critical of the suppressive nature of these drugs. They felt that they simply masked the person's symptoms, creating deeper, more serious diseases. Homeopaths also noted that this masking of symptoms made it more difficult for them ultimately to find the correct medicine, since the person's idiosyncratic symptoms are the primary guide to the individual selection of the medicine."

"Perhaps the most important reason that conventional physicians disliked homeopathy and homeopaths was well expressed at an A.M.A. meeting by one of the more respected orthodox physicians who said, "We must admit that we never fought the homeopath on matters of principles; we fought him because he came into the community and got the business." Although most physicians, past or present, won't as easily admit it, economic issues play a major role in what is practiced and what is allowed to be practiced."

..."Besides keeping homeopaths out of their societies, the A.M.A. wanted to discourage any type of association with homeopaths. In 1855 the AMA established a code of ethics which asserted that orthodox physicians would lose their membership in the A.M.A. if they even consulted with a homeopath or any other "non-regular" practitioner."

The Present Status of Homeopathy

"Homeopaths throughout the world experienced varying degrees of opposition from orthodox physicians, but not anywhere near the systematic or intense attacks as those beset upon them by American doctors. When homeopaths have been given a relatively free environment to practice, homeopathy has been able to grow and flourish."

"Homeopathy is particularly popular in Great Britain where the Royal Family has been under homeopathic care since the 1830s. The New York Times noted that visits to homeopathic physicians are increasing in England at a rate of 39% per year. A British consumer organization surveyed its 28,000 members and discovered that 80% had used some form of complementary medicine* and that 70% of those who had tried homeopathy were cured or improved by it."

..."(* In Great Britain and to a small extent in the U.S. "complementary medicine" or "complementary therapies" is replacing the term "alternative medicine" or "alternative therapies." Advocates of complementary therapies assert that their therapies are not "alternative" but are a growing part of mainstream medicine.)"

"This impressive growth in Great Britain is being matched in France. A recent survey of French doctors revealed that approximately 11,000 utilize homeopathic medicines, approximately 25% of the French public have tried or are presently using homeopathic medicines, and over 20,000 French pharmacies now sell homeopathic medicines."

..."In 1981 the Dutch government published a report on Alternative Medicine in The Netherlands in 1981, which concluded that 20% of the Dutch public utilize alternative healing methods. The report also noted that homeopathy is one the most popular therapeutic modalities."

"Homeopathy is widespread in Europe, but it is even more popular in Asia, especially India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. Homeopathy spread in India, in part, because of the support it received from Mahatma Gandhi, who was reported to have said that it "cures a greater number of people than any other method of treatment," but also because it has been effective in treating many of the acute infectious conditions and the chronic maladies on the subcontinent."

..."Homeopathy is not as popular in South America as it is in Europe or Asia, but it is still widely utilized."

..."Homeopathy is equally popular in Brazil, where there are also approximately 2,000 physicians who utilize homeopathic medicines."

..."Besides homeopathy's special popularity in the previously mentioned countries, it is widely practiced in Mexico, Greece, Belgium, Italy, Spain, Australia, South Africa, Nigeria, and the Soviet Union."

"Homeopathy is re-experiencing a renaissance in the United States as well. In the early 1970s there were only 50-100 physicians who specialized in homeopathy, and yet by the mid-1980s, it can be estimated that there were approximately 1,000 physicians who specialize in homeopathy."

..."The rediscovery of homeopathy by the general public is even more encouraging. The magazine, The F.D.A. Consumer, recently reported a 1000% increase in sales of homeopathic medicines from the late 1970s to the early 1980s."

"Contrary to some critics who think that people try homeopathy only because they are uneducated, research published in the Western Journal of Medicine showed that homeopathic patients tend to be considered even better educated than the average American."

..."Clearly, homeopathy will play an increasingly important role in health care, for as internationally acclaimed violinist and humanitarian Yehudi Menuhin* once said, "Homeopathy is one of the few medical specialties which carries no penalties--only benefits." "

"(* In addition to the various awards and achievements which the internationally acclaimed musician and humanitarian Yehudi Menuhin has, he is also the President of The Hahnemann Society, one of Great Britain's major homeopathic organizations.)"
 
Here's a link to Dana Ullman’s full article which I quoted from above: "A Condensed History of Homeopathy."

Here's a link to Dana Ullman’s blog:  http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dana-ullman

And here's a link to a great article Dana Ullman wrote re treating DEPRESSION with homeopathy: "A Healthier Way to Treat Depression?"


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I strongly encourage EVERYONE to seek out a "homeopathic" doctor near you.  Note, this is not to be confused with "holistic" nor with "naturopathic".  The latter two are not "homeopathic", but do have some wonderful healing aspects as well. 

Stop the madness!  Stop feeding the medical industry's pocket books.  The FDA and the USDA are NOT our friends and they are NOT looking out for our best interests when it comes to the food: meat, dairy, vegetables, fruits, etc that we consumeThe insurance companies, doctors and pharmaceutical companies in the US are NOT our friends and they are NOT looking out for our best interests either.  Wake up people, it's all about MONEY!  Surgery is quick and fast and a good chunk of income for them.  Do you think that they will benefit if we learn how to eat better, stop consuming unnecessary hormones and pesticides and perservatives and genetical modified foods (GMOs) and learn all about what are real "super foods" and start incorporating them in our daily diets AND, most importantly, if we learn how to self-heal our bodies through homeopathy, who wins?  Definitely not THEM (the doctors, pharmaceuticals, hospitals, etc, etc).  They win only by pumping us with more drugs and cutting us open time and time again......... oh and of course, by continuing to ruin our food and water system so we can continue to get FATTER and SICKER and continue to run back to them for more drugs and more surgeries.

We must, must, must start thinking OUTSIDE THE BOX of what the Western World has taught us and get on board with what the rest of world has known for ages and is practicing on a regular basis right now......... the wonders and amazing healing powers of homeopathy.

If you're like me and are fed up with being pumped with drugs and/or being told to have yet another surgery, what have you got to lose by trying to embark on a new path to FREEDOM and amazing VITALITY and HEALTH!

I did it.... SO CAN YOU!!!!!!