Homeopathy has been used by holistic practitioners since the 1800s. Today, certified homeopaths and naturopathic physicians use homeopathy to treat a variety of ailments and use the motto of "doctor as teacher" to enhance their clients' ability to care for themselves effectively. To use homeopathy to treat a headache, it is always best to consult with your healthcare professional to ensure proper remedy dosages, strengths, and time durations. Once you have consulted with your caregiver, you can obtain the supplies you need from your holistic practitioner, online, or at a health food store to treat your headaches as needed.
Addressing the Pain
Step 1
Assess what brought on your headache and where the pain is located.
Step 2
Determine what makes the headache better or worse, and if it came on suddenly or gradually.
Step 3
With your holistic care provider's guidance, select the appropriate homeopathic medicine from your homeopathic first aid kit.
Step 4
Depending on the severity of pain, three pellets of homeopathic 30C or 30X strength remedies may be given every two to four hours or until improvement is observed. C and X are terms for dilution factors used in homeopathic medicine. C is a centesimal factor (1:100) while X is a decimal factor (1:10), which indicate the potency of the product.
Step 5
If improvement is not seen after three doses, a different remedy may be indicated. After you first notice improvement, only give one more dose if symptoms come back.
Tips and Warnings
- It is also helpful to obtain a well written homeopathic self-care book so that you can broaden your understanding of how homeopathy works as well as to enhance your ability to assess your own symptoms and appropriate remedies.
- Headaches may also be symptomatic of a more serious illness. If you have a high fever, chronic or severe persistent headaches it is important that you have your condition assessed by a medical professional.
Things You'll Need
- Homeopathic first aid kit
References
- "Health & Wellness";The SouthWesternCompany;1997
- "Homeopathic Self Care" Robert and Judyth Ullman, N.D.; 1997
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