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CHRONIC AILMENTS AND HOW HOMEOPATHY CAN CURE THEM
ALLERGY
ASTHMA
HAIR
FALLING
MIGRAINE
DEPRESSION
PSORIASIS
RENAL
(Kidney) STONES
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ALLERGY
What is an Allergy? How can Homeopathy help treat an Allergy?
An allergy is an abnormally
high sensitivity reaction to an ordinarily harmless substance. The immune
system of an allergic person reacts when an allergen is absorbed into
their body, treating the substance as a harmful invader, causing the
white blood cells to begin producing IgE antibodies which attach themselves
to mast cells. When this occurs it causes the body to release histamine,
which can cause allergy symptoms -- watery eyes, itching, sneezing or
a runny nose.
Conventional medical treatment for allergies usually consists of antihistamines,
steroids, and desensitization shots. In obstinate cases, laser surgery
may be utilized to vaporize mucus-forming nasal tissue. People with
allergies know that these treatments don't work; at best, they provide
temporary relief of symptoms and at worst, they create side effects
which can be worse than the allergies themselves.
Perhaps the greatest misunderstanding about allergies is the assumption
that the allergen (the cat dander, the pollen, the house dust mite,
or whatever) is the problem. Actually, the allergen is simply the trigger,
while the allergic person's body is the loaded gun.
Rather than just treating symptoms or avoiding the allergen, the best
course is to take action to strengthen the body's own immune and defense
system. Natural therapies which do this help empty the loaded gun or
simply make it shoot blanks.
Homeopaths instead
prescribe a "constitutional medicine," a remedy that is individually
chosen to the totality of symptoms that the person is experiencing,
not just the allergy symptoms. Homeopaths treat the patient behind the
allergy. Finding a person's constitutional medicine requires the care
of professional homeopath.
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