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can homeopathy cause itching?

I started my first ever homeopathic treatment yesterday. I am not ingesting anything, only sniffing from a bottle.

yesterday and today i have been very itchy all over, and i am thinking about stopping the treatment. My homeopath is out of the office for the weekend, so i am kindly asking for help.

can homeopathic medicine actually cause this?
 
  glavacem on 2011-06-24
This is just a forum. Assume posts are not from medical professionals.
What is the name of the medicine you are sniffing? If your doctor has not told you about it you better stop using for now & wait till he is back to his office.But for now do not try to take any other medicine or apply any ointment etc. Itching is a positive indication that your problem whatever is, is getting solved.Just for few days please bear it without interfering.Very few patients are fortunate enough to progress like you.Pl wait for him.He must have really worked for you.
 
daktersaab last decade
The medicine is called homeocipro. it was gicen to me to antidote cipro (antibiotic) side effects.

the itching sucks, but at least i dont feel sick.

i will not take any more medicine until he gets back into the office.

the homeopath never mentioned any side effects, as they said there should not be any side effects.

is there anything i can do to antidote the itchiness...sniff coffee etc?
[message edited by glavacem on Fri, 24 Jun 2011 22:10:36 BST]
 
glavacem last decade
Any remedy can have side effects. It might be part of the healing process for you, or it could be a minor 'extra' symptom that happens sometimes in sensitive individuals.

I wouldn't worry too much, but the advice to stop is good and standard. Once you get a marked reaction, you should always pause treatment to see how it plays out.

It is important to remember tht homoeopathy is like a catalyst, sparking off a chain reaction of events that results in you getting well. Continuing after the reaction starts doesn't help you, it usually just creates a stronger reaction.

I do not know why practitioners continue to insist there are no side effects with homoeopathy. It just undermines patients' confidence in them when it happens and they are not told about it.
 
brisbanehomoeopath last decade
Thank you brisbanehomoeopath.

I appreciate the answer and the advice telling me not to worry to much. Since i have anxiety things can tend to get out of control on the worrying side.

I will stop treatment.


'I do not know why practitioners continue to insist there are no side effects with homoeopathy. It just undermines patients' confidence in them when it happens and they are not told about it.' you are bang on with this. i was told that they have never seen a reaction...wow

is there anything i can do to antidote the homeocipro?
[message edited by glavacem on Fri, 24 Jun 2011 22:35:14 BST]
 
glavacem last decade
Also, would having the best sleep i have had in a long time last night indicate that this is healing vs. A side effect?
 
glavacem last decade
We cannot tell that. We do not have your case. Any opinion based on this would be conjecture. It could be curative, or it could be palliative. It could even be placebo lol.

A homoeopath needs details to understand any case, including reactions to remedies.
 
brisbanehomoeopath last decade
Dr.Kampson is absolutely right in telling you about the reaction.Therefore, pl follow the instructions of your doc.just do not worry about all these minor problems.
In any 'pathy' it is the faith of the patient that works as a major role in getting well.Medicines only facilitates the cure.
 
daktersaab last decade
Hey kind of late but did u continue your antidote
 
Frankie.mora last decade
Glavacam, can you tell me if the homeo Cipro was helpful to you or not? Thanks
 
Jimmybruhl 9 years ago
Jimmy- are you having side effects from Cipro?
 
simone717 9 years ago
from levaquin. which i finished many months ago. why?
 
Jimmybruhl 9 years ago
Hi- Bc Cipro In a homeopathic version was used to antidote
Cipro only, which may or may not work.

The correct way to do this, is to list your symptoms from the
drug effects and get a remedy that will match those effects.
 
simone717 9 years ago
levaquin is pretty similar. it is only one flouride molecule different and also in a class of drugs called fluoroqiuinolones with cipro. my symptoms are exactly the same as other cipro, levaquin, and avelox toxicity sufferers. are you a homeopath? naturapath?
 
Jimmybruhl 9 years ago
you can click anyones name on here
and see their profile.Nux Vomica is often used for overdoses of
anything, here is another thread on this.http://abchomeopathy.com/forum2.php/215082/1
 
simone717 9 years ago
Simone is right, the best way to solve this problem is for a full case to be taken and a medicine to be prescribed for the entire of your health. This will not only reverse the drug effects but improve your other health issues as well.

I can attempt to help you with this but I require lot of detailed information from you.
 
Evocationer 9 years ago
evocationer, i will write you a message to the addy listed for you.
 
Jimmybruhl 9 years ago
and i've spent my life savings this year with a variety of alternative doctors so if your offer is purely altruistic and you can help, i would be very grateful.
 
Jimmybruhl 9 years ago
We do not charge for our help on this forum, and no-one here is allowed to ask you for money. My offer is indeed done without any expectation of payment.

However, we are also required to treat you through this forum, not privately through emails. You would need to answer a detailed questionnaire that I can post here.
 
Evocationer 9 years ago
well, thank you. why don't you forward it on and ill answer to the best of my ability.
 
Jimmybruhl 9 years ago
HOW TO DESCRIBE YOUR COMPLAINTS

In homoeopathy, prescription is based on precise details of various symptoms from which you suffer. To tell or write to a homoeopathic physician 'I have a headache ', ' an eruption ' or “a cough” would not be enough. If you inform him 'I have headache with sharp shooting pains in the left side of the head and temple, these pains always come on when the slightest cold air strikes the head. I feel better by pressing the head very hard.” Then only you have given all the information required for making a good homoeopathic prescription. The success of the prescription depends; largely on how detailed your description of the symptoms is.
We require the following details about your symptoms.

LOCATION: Please give the exact location of sensation, pain or eruption. Also describe where the pain or sensation spreads.

SENSATION: Express the type of sensation or the pain that you get in your own words however simple or funny it may seem. You may have a sensation that a mouse is crawling or the heart was grasped by an iron hand or you may have a pain that is cutting, burning jerking, pressing. Express the sensation or pain as it feels to you. Try to explain the whole sensation in the exact way it is happening and not just the word. We need to understand the whole process of the sensation as it is happening to you.

WHAT MAKES YOU WORSE OR BETTER:

Many factors are likely to influence your complaint. Some factors may intensify it and some factors may relieve the trouble. A detailed list of the factors is given at the end. Please refer it while describing each of your troubles and indicate which factors make the complaint better or worse.

DISCHARGES: You may have a discharge from nose, ears, mouth, eyes, ulcers, fistula, eruptions on skin, private parts, etc. Please describe your discharge in detail including colour, consistency, appearance, odour etc.

1] Your Complaint:

(Use your own words as far as possible, but if you have recognized or diagnosed the condition, give this information also.) By answering as many of these questions as fully as possible, you are helping me to understand what your body and unconscious mind is conveying. This can help me find a remedy for you.)
• What is your complaint?
• When did the complaint begin?
• Where is it located?
• What sort of sensations (and emotions) do you associate with it?

• Does anything make it better or worse?
• How does it bother you? How is it coming in way of your day-to-day life?
• How does it feel like to have this/these problem/s?
• What is the effect of this/these problem/s on you?
• Did any event happen which caused the complaint? Describe the emotion associated with it.
• What are the other symptoms started with it, esp. mental and physical symptoms, which are not directly related to the main complaint.
• What are your reactions with it?

PLEASE ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS FOR EACH SYMPTOM/COMPLAINT SEPARATELY. DO NOT INCLUDE ALL OF YOUR COMPLAINTS TOGETHER IN EACH QUESTION.
 
Evocationer 9 years ago
Mental and Emotional State Description

1. What are the issues in your life that bother you the most. Not physical issues but mental or emotional ones. List each one separately and describe why each one bothers you so much.

2. What emotions are the most troublesome for you? What situations provoke these emotions. How do these emotions make you act? Do you feel any ill effects from expressing or not expressing these emotions.

3. What incidents in your life have had a deep impact on you? Describe each incident in detail and how they made you feel? What did you do in those situations? What effect have they had on your life?

4. What are you afraid of? Especially important are phobias, but it might be objects, situations or events that just produce a high level of anxiety. How do you manage your fears? How do you react when confronted with these fears? What would be the worst situation for you to be put in that would provoke these fears? You may need to talk about each fear/anxiety separately.

5. What hobbies do you have? Why do you like each of these activities?

6. Do you have any persistent thoughts, ideas or beliefs that are difficult to stop or cope with? What are they?

7. Do you have any unusual gestures or movements of the body? Do you feel any unusual sensation or pain throughout your body? What exactly does it feel like is happening in your body?

8. When you experience your fears, persistent thoughts, or difficult emotions, what kind of sensation or reactions do you get in your body?

9. When did you feel at your best in your life? What was that like for you? If you imagine the complete opposite of this feeling or moment, what would that be like?

10. Do you feel like you are stuck in a pattern of behavior, especially when trying to deal with your problems? What is this pattern?

11. What difficulties or problems do you have in relationships? Talk about your family, your romantic relationships, your spouse or partner, your friends, and your work colleagues. You may need to talk about all of these separately.

12. List 5 positive things about yourself. Are there any situations where this positive attribute becomes negative (is a problem)?

13. List 5 negative things about yourself. Are there any situations where this negative attribute becomes positive (is useful)?

14. Do you have any reoccurring dreams? Describe them in detail, including any feelings that come while dreaming.

15. Did you have any reoccurring dreams as a child, or earlier in your life? Describe those in detail including any feelings that came with them.

16. What were you like as a child, your character, your personality, your fears, your dreams, your problems?

17. What kind of environment did you grow up in? What problems where there at home, with your family, with your parents, with your siblings, with school?
 
Evocationer 9 years ago
GENERAL SYMPTOMS

1. Sleep - what position do you tend to sleep in?
- what position can you not sleep in?
- do you do anything unusual in your sleep?
- any problems with going to sleep, staying asleep, or waking up?

2. Appetite - What foods do you crave/desire strongly?
- What foods do you hate eating (have an aversion to)?
- What foods have a negative effect on you or cause symptoms?
- What foods have a positive effect on you or seem to improve your health or symptoms in some way?

- What is the effect of hunger or fasting on you?

3. Thirst - What drinks do you crave/desire strongly?
- What drinks do you hate to take (are averse to)?
- When are you most thirsty?
- When are you least thirsty?

4. Stool - Do you have any problems with your bowels or passing stool?
- What is the shape, color, odor of the stool?

5. Urine - Do you have any trouble passing or retaining urine?
- What is the color, odor of the urine?
- Do you have any sediment or debris in the urine?

6. Sweat - How do you feel about the amount of perspiration you have?
- Where do you have the most sweat?
- What is the odor?
- What color does it stain clothing?
- Does anything in particular cause you to sweat abnormally?

7. Sexuality - Any problems with your sexual desire?
- Any problems with your sexual ability or function?
- Any history of sexually transmitted diseases?

8. Menses - How many days is your cycle?
- How many days does the flow go for?
- What is the appearance of the flow?
- What is the odor of the flow?
- What kind of stain does the flow leave?
- Any discharge before, during or after?
- Any pain before, during or after the flow?
- What symptoms come before the flow?
- What symptoms come after the flow?

9. Environment – How does the weather affect you?
- How does the temperature affect you?
- How does the season affect you?
- What physical activities affect you?
- Is there anything else in the environment you are sensitive to?
 
Evocationer 9 years ago

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