Parents in a panic, cancel treatments.
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A few days ago, the headlines in the media screamed about a 4-year-old boy, who suffered for several days from a runny nose, cough and sore throat, who came with his parents to the pediatric emergency room at Meir Hospital in a very serious condition, with what eventually turned out to be severe poisoning following a homeopathic preparation he received.
Articles like this immediately jump everyone who deals in the field of homeopathy.
First, out of concern for the child and of course from the place that understands that the public that believes in natural medicine is looking for quick solutions of off the shelf products.
A homeopathic preparation is accurate, it can't hurt, that's a fact.
My fellow professionals and I understand how much wrong information can be received by people who are not knowledgeable in the field from one such line.
Frightened parents who choose to treat their children with professional homeopathic treatment, turn to us who treat stress and anxiety, and ask if their child is also in danger.
Quite a few other parents simply cancel the treatment.
It is important for me, as the head of a professional association, to stress that classic homeopathic treatment is very safe for children and babies from the age of 0 and even while they are in utero.
A homeopathic preparation is made from a specific substance that is carefully selected according to a thorough diagnosis and is personally adapted to each one.
"Like taking medicine without a doctor's prescription"
The homeopathic preparation is produced mainly from plants and minerals, but the process that the ingredients go through is such that the active ingredient in it is at a minimal level, which cannot cause harm as long as it is administered in a controlled and responsible manner by a homeopath certified by the Association for Classical Homeopathy, and one who studied for 4 years and underwent a 2-year stasis.
As in all areas of treatment, it is recommended to go only to qualified professionals.
In classical homeopathic treatment, the whole person is looked at, his pains, his fears, his dreams and his problems, and according to this, one homeopathic preparation is suitable out of the 3,500 that exist.
This preparation stimulates the body's internal powers to heal itself because our body most of the time knows how to do the job on its own.
"Mixing several homeopathic preparations can sometimes help a specific problem, but in the process - make another problem worse, and that is already dangerous"
On the shelves of the pharmacy chains there are also homeopathic preparations that contain a mixture of several homeopathic preparations designed to treat a certain problem.
This is a completely different perspective, because it does not see the person but only the disease from which he suffers.
Mixing several homeopathic preparations can sometimes help a specific problem, but in the process - make another problem worse, which is already dangerous.
In addition, there are preparations on the shelves that are classified as homeopathic and they are not because the regulation in the field is not yet complete.
Any treatment taken without the guidance and advice of a professional can cause harm.
Starting with homeopathic or Chinese preparations and ending with nutritional supplements and antibiotics.
In the fields of medicine, no one would think of taking medicine without a doctor's prescription, and it should be the same in natural medicine because natural does not necessarily guarantee that it is harmless.
The influence of the year is strong and causes many people to lie in bed for days and sometimes even weeks.
For most people who take care of themselves throughout the year and strengthen their bodies, remission will be less difficult.
Strengthening the body can be done by proper and healthy nutrition, adequate sleep hours, reducing stress factors and internal and emotional work.
Regular homeopathic treatment to strengthen the body also prevents the complications of the flu.
Those who are sick this year and choose to consult a homeopath and receive accurate treatment for their flu, may shorten the duration of the illness and may even suffer less.
In most cases, the flu will go away on its own if you don't treat it, but to avoid complications and problems, you should consult a homeopath certified by the Homeopathy Association so that you don't buy something that is wrong for you.
May we all have a healthy winter.
The author is the chairman of the Israeli Association for Classical Homeopathy
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