Veterinarians commonly diagnose dogs and cats as having seizure disorders
(epilepsy, for example.) Medicine generally considers these incurable. If the
seizures occur often enough, medical practitioners prescribe an anti–convulsant
drug such as phenobarbital, dilantin or potassium bromide to control them.
Homeopaths are fortunate to have many more remedies available. If the homeopath
chooses the correct remedy, curing seizure disorders is possible. As a holistic
system, homeopathy requires finding the remedy best suited to the individual
patient including his/her temperament, physical build, emotional states,
symptoms and reactions to various stimuli. By peeking inside a homeopathic
repertory (a book of symptoms which lists the potentially correct remedies), one
can gain some idea of how a homeopath differentiates individuals regarding
seizure disorders. Following are a few examples (the remedies have been
omitted):
Convulsions from:
Bright light Concussion of the brain After exertion From emotions From fright
From suppressed grief From injuries From suppressed discharges From suppressed
eruptions After vaccination From worms
Homeopaths also use certain details of the seizures themselves to select the
correct remedy, for example:
Beginning in the:
Face Head Legs
One sided
Times of day or night seizures occur
Homeopaths combine this information with the other details about the
individual described above. As one can clearly see, selecting the correct
homeopathic remedy is time consuming and challenging. The benefits, however, are
immeasurable. The right remedy can eliminate the seizures without need for
continuous treatment. In addition, homeopathy avoids the side
effects
of anti–convulsants such as liver toxicity, abnormal brain
functions, behavior changes, drowsiness, etc. .
Of course, as with the homeopathic treatment of any chronic disorder, it is
possible and often desirable that previously occurring symptoms reappear. A
typical situation would be one in which the seizures began after a topical
medicine or internal anti–inflammatory cured
a skin problem (a hot
spot, for instance.) If the practitioner gives the right homeopathic remedy, it
will cure the seizures and cause the skin problem to recur. After a short time,
the skin problem will also disappear.
The reason for this is easy to understand. Organs have different electrical
charges. The brain has the highest charge and the skin one of the lowest. Toxins
flow down the gradient from the brain to the skin. This is one way that the body
protects the vital nervous system. The skin problem
is really just a
toxic discharge. Topical or internal treatment suppresses the problem by
increasing the electrical charge of the skin, causing the toxins to flow
upstream toward the more vital organs. The general make up of the individual
determines where the toxins will go and what symptoms they will produce. Since,
the correct remedy helps the detoxification process, the toxins again flow
downstream from the brain to the skin. This results in the recurrence of the
skin problem as the deeper problem (seizures) disappears. The completion of the
detoxification process cures the skin condition, as well.
- Russell Swift, DVM, Classical Homeopath