Homeopathy
"Homeopathy cures a larger percentage of cases than any other method of treatment." -Mahatma Gandhi
Homeopathy is a system of medicine rooted in principles older that Hippocrates. It seeks to cure in accordance with natural laws of healing and uses medicines made from natural substances: animal, vegetable, and mineral.
Dr. Debbie Novick maintains a homeopathy practice, as part of the holistic therapies she offers her patients. She uses this modality extensively, with her patients reporting physical and emotional benefits from her homeopathy therapy.
Homeopathy was discovered in the early 1800's by a German physician, Samuel Hahnemann. Shortly after setting up practice, he became disillusioned with traditional, conventional medicine. In those days, medicine was based on the belief that sickness was caused by humors, or fluids, which had to be expelled from the body by every possible means. The practices of cauterizing, blistering, purging, and bleeding were common in those days.
While translating lectures on medical practices, Hahnemann stumbled on the key to curing sick people. One of the documents he was translating recommended cinchona bark (quinine) for curing malaria. He began taking the herb twice a day, and began developing the symptoms of malaria. This was the first “proving” a testing of medicine on a healthy person. He reasoned that malaria was cured by quinine, because the drug produces the symptoms of malaria in a healthy person.
The term homeopathy comes from the Greek homoios - “similar” and pathos – “sickness.” The fundamental law upon which homeopathy is based in the “law of similars”, or “Like is cured by like." The law of similars states that a remedy can cure a disease if it produces symptoms similar to those of the disease in a healthy person.
The law works thus in practice: A person develops a fever, with flushed face, dilated pupils, rapid heartbeat, and feeling of restlessness. The homeopathic physician studies all these symptoms, searches for the remedy that, under scientifically controlled conditions, has produced all these symptoms in a healthy person. Within a short time after taking the remedy, the fever drops to normal and the person feels well. The law of similars enables the physician to select the one medicine that is needed by matching the symptoms of the individual to the symptoms the remedy induces.
Facts about Homeopathy Today:
• In France & Holland 40% of all M.D.s also prescribe homeopathy
• In Scotland 20% of physicians also are licensed in homeopathy
• Six French medical schools offer courses in homeopathy. It is also taught at all pharmacy schools, and four veterinary schools.
• Almost every pharmacy in Germany and France (20,000) stocks homeopathic remedies.
• Homeopathy is reimbursable by national health care insurance in Britain, France, Germany, Greece, India, Austria and Israel
Since its inception 200 years ago, homeopathy has attracted support from European royalty, the educated elite and leading artists.
Dr. Novick has received extensive training to stay on the cutting edge for her homeopathy practice. She regularly receives additional advanced training to provide the best in homeopathic therapy to her patients.
Contact Dr. Novick now for an evaluation appointment in either of her San Diego locations: Encinitas or Point Loma.
Homeopathy is a system of medicine rooted in principles older that Hippocrates. It seeks to cure in accordance with natural laws of healing and uses medicines made from natural substances: animal, vegetable, and mineral.
Dr. Debbie Novick maintains a homeopathy practice, as part of the holistic therapies she offers her patients. She uses this modality extensively, with her patients reporting physical and emotional benefits from her homeopathy therapy.
Homeopathy was discovered in the early 1800's by a German physician, Samuel Hahnemann. Shortly after setting up practice, he became disillusioned with traditional, conventional medicine. In those days, medicine was based on the belief that sickness was caused by humors, or fluids, which had to be expelled from the body by every possible means. The practices of cauterizing, blistering, purging, and bleeding were common in those days.
While translating lectures on medical practices, Hahnemann stumbled on the key to curing sick people. One of the documents he was translating recommended cinchona bark (quinine) for curing malaria. He began taking the herb twice a day, and began developing the symptoms of malaria. This was the first “proving” a testing of medicine on a healthy person. He reasoned that malaria was cured by quinine, because the drug produces the symptoms of malaria in a healthy person.
The term homeopathy comes from the Greek homoios - “similar” and pathos – “sickness.” The fundamental law upon which homeopathy is based in the “law of similars”, or “Like is cured by like." The law of similars states that a remedy can cure a disease if it produces symptoms similar to those of the disease in a healthy person.
The law works thus in practice: A person develops a fever, with flushed face, dilated pupils, rapid heartbeat, and feeling of restlessness. The homeopathic physician studies all these symptoms, searches for the remedy that, under scientifically controlled conditions, has produced all these symptoms in a healthy person. Within a short time after taking the remedy, the fever drops to normal and the person feels well. The law of similars enables the physician to select the one medicine that is needed by matching the symptoms of the individual to the symptoms the remedy induces.
Facts about Homeopathy Today:
• In France & Holland 40% of all M.D.s also prescribe homeopathy
• In Scotland 20% of physicians also are licensed in homeopathy
• Six French medical schools offer courses in homeopathy. It is also taught at all pharmacy schools, and four veterinary schools.
• Almost every pharmacy in Germany and France (20,000) stocks homeopathic remedies.
• Homeopathy is reimbursable by national health care insurance in Britain, France, Germany, Greece, India, Austria and Israel
Since its inception 200 years ago, homeopathy has attracted support from European royalty, the educated elite and leading artists.
Dr. Novick has received extensive training to stay on the cutting edge for her homeopathy practice. She regularly receives additional advanced training to provide the best in homeopathic therapy to her patients.
Contact Dr. Novick now for an evaluation appointment in either of her San Diego locations: Encinitas or Point Loma.
