Homeopathy Applied to Clinical Medicine and Psychology:

There are many ways to work with Homeopathy, and Medicine is an eminently practical science. Our training includes Medicine and Psychology, so we seek to bring objectivity and practicality to treatment. Our approach seeks to focus on the most common complaints in the office. Although there are specific protocols for different clinical complaints, we always try to personalize treatments according to the individuality and characteristics of each client, as we will see later.

Homeopathy:

Homeopathy is a treatment method that seeks to stimulate the natural healing processes, respecting the individuality of each person. It is a therapeutic specialty, personalized and adjusted not only to the complaints presented, but to the way in which we react. We understand that each organism is unique and it is precisely these characteristics that will allow us to select the most appropriate medicines to enable a cure. Therefore, it is a medicine of details. It uses in its therapeutic arsenal substances from the mineral, vegetable and animal kingdoms diluted in such a way that they avoid toxicity but are capable of stimulating the healing processes, homeostasis.

Balance and Harmony:

We understand the state of physical and mental well-being that we call health as a process of balance and harmony. Just as in nature, planets move in their orbits, the rain cycle, the ocean tides, the seasons, we humans and animals also need the balance of organs and organic and psychic functions to be well. When this harmony is broken, we become ill. The body tries to reestablish its balance naturally and is often successful; however, depending on the degree of aggression suffered, these natural defenses can be overcome and the body becomes ill. Homeopathic medicines seek to strengthen the natural healing processes so that the body itself can fight the disease. Therefore, they act as an immunomodulator.

A therapy of details:

Although there are signs and symptoms common to most diseases and these can be grouped into specific conditions, there are peculiarities inherent to each person. The way we react differs and it is precisely these individual differences that help to find the most appropriate medicines. For homeopaths, the details are important, what makes things better or worse. How each person reacts; what predominates. This applies to both physical and mental complaints.

Prescription of Medications:

Since each organism is unique, there are peculiarities inherent to each living being, therefore, for the same disease, different remedies can be prescribed. Let’s take, for example, a case of allergic rhinitis, where there may be nasal congestion, a runny nose, sneezing fits or an itchy throat, etc. For us homeopaths, the remedies change according to the details. In another example, a complaint of joint pain may find relief with movement or perhaps with rest, with hot or cold applications. An emotional shock may lead to depression or anxiety attacks, or perhaps apathy and indifference to life. In short, each person reacts in their own way and the remedies change accordingly. In addition, there are different ways of prescribing based on the different schools of homeopathy, with unicists (one medicine at a time), pluralists (more than one medicine) and complexists (formulas with several medicines). But what is the best technique? The answer is simple: the one that works for you. Here at our service we master all these techniques and reserve the right to choose the one we consider most beneficial to our clients.

The 5 Elements:

When thinking about maintaining health, these 5 factors are fundamental for perfect physical and emotional balance.

Earth: Truly the basis of everything, our ground and our foundation, the foundation of our material existence. Physically, we refer to nutrients and food. Psychologically, we refer to stability, a balanced routine that guarantees us predictability and tranquility, which can also be understood as financial balance. The Earth sustains our lives materially and psychologically, we can count on something solid, predictable that brings material and emotional security.

Water: What would life be without some emotion? Materially speaking, we are thinking about hydration; life without water would not exist. Together with the Earth, they form the basis of any material form of life. Eating and drinking are the routine of life. From a psychological point of view, we are referring here to emotions. Water dissolves, lightens the heavy load, making it more fluid. The universal solvent, it dilutes that which is toxic but also brings the joy of life. Knowing yourself and seeking to experience what brings us joy is indeed therapeutic. What good will the currents of the river of life bring us? And what toxic and harmful things will it carry away? Symbolically, the process of bathing and cleansing is present in various cultures and beliefs that transcend eras and places. It is no wonder that we offer a glass of water to someone who is emotionally shaken; it is almost instinctive. As well as the process of cleansing and bathing found as rites of passage, common expressions such as “water under the bridge”, thermal baths, hydrotherapy practically abandoned by modern medicine. Without the rigidity of the Earth, water soothes like the swaying waters of rivers and seas.

Air: We are referring here to oxygenation, breathing, ventilation and air quality. We have already discussed the importance of quality food and hydration, but now we will talk about the purity of the air. The air that renews life with each inhalation, alleviates emotions with each sigh, refreshes and cools not only the body but also the soul. Psychologically, it is expressed in our thoughts. Just like Water that brings that difference that motivates life, Air drives our existence, bringing us a purpose, new ideas, a life project, an ideal to be tempered with the emotions of Water on a solid base of Earth. Air is the breath of life, when we stop breathing, life is extinguished. Popular expressions such as “new air, new life”, inspiration, new ideas that will form a new base (Earth) and bring new emotions (Water). As we can see, all these energies are interconnected and need to work in harmony for good health.

Fire: Here we refer to mobility, movement, and action. Life brings movement. A dead body does not move. Physical activity and a dynamic life, avoiding a sedentary lifestyle, bring general well-being. The balance of the Fire element is essential to consolidate the state of harmony and well-being that leads to health. Depressed people tend to stay still and have no desire to do anything, adynamia. Sick people who are bedridden, resting, start to move and want to get out of bed when they start to feel better; movement is a sign of improvement. Fire also uses up accumulated energy, transforms, transmutes, and mobilizes toxins as well as negative emotions and thoughts. It is essential to maintain health that we have a dynamic life. The processes of digestion and elimination can also be understood as an action of the Fire element. The Fire element is also expressed in sunlight. Fire is transformative and energizing.

Vital energy: I will use this term because it is a page on Homeopathy. All of the previous observations culminate in Vital Energy, vitality, life and our own expression that each of us has and brings, our personality, that which characterizes and distinguishes us as individuals. Authenticity. The best expression of ourselves. Our beliefs, our faith, what we believe to be true, our values and that which differentiates us from others. When all the other elements are in agreement and in balance, our personality expresses itself in all ways and in everything we do, we leave our mark on the world. Vital Energy is something immaterial, substantial but which expresses itself in the body through vitality and in the psyche as authenticity. When we violate our true way of being, we break the entire chain of harmony. What came to fly cannot be imprisoned in a cage, what came to flow and swim cannot be imprisoned in an aquarium, what came to move cannot be trapped in a closed space, and what came to establish itself and establish itself cannot be shaken. It is about what distinguishes us as people, the way we are and act, the way we think and feel, and what we really like to do, what really has to do with us, it is the work that stimulates us, our vocation, our purpose, the way we are, how we are unique and authentic. Think of a fingerprint, a personal brand, our genetic baggage, physical and emotional characteristics that are unique to each person.

Let’s imagine a simple image that we believe can summarize this fascinating and extensive subject that we understand as fundamental for our physical and mental balance.
Have you ever noticed the beneficial and revitalizing effect of a vacation in the countryside? Far from the hustle and bustle of large urban centers, sometimes all it takes is a simple escape for a few days and the effect that this has on the body and mind. Well, imagine a period close to nature, having access to fresh and organic food, prepared in an artisanal way (Earth), enjoying spring water (Water), clean air (Air), sunlight and walks in nature (Fire), resulting in a revitalizing sensation, it seems that we are rejuvenated and the mind awakens, ideas and insights, we can feel a unlocking of all our functions. The joy provided by the simple and most basic things in life. We are enthusiasts of nature walks, especially in mountainous regions. A mountain trail sums it all up well. Fresh and natural food, fresh water, clean air, sunbathing give physical and mental strength.

The Nature of Homeopathic Medicine:

Each medicine used in Homeopathy is capable of stimulating the body to restore the lost balance, therefore acting as a program that elicits a specific response. It serves as a stimulus that triggers a response, whether organic or psychic. It awakens the body’s own defense and healing capacity. Since the substances are very diluted, they do not act chemically, and are not toxic or aggressive. They merely awaken the body’s self-healing capacities, providing information that shows our body and mind the path to rebalance and consequent physical and mental well-being. It has been observed that the same substance that causes a morbid condition, when diluted and shaken according to a specific scale and within a specific pharmaceutical technique, is capable of reversing that same morbid condition or another condition that presents similar signs and symptoms.

Our Working Method:

Our clients are instructed to download a file or request that we send them a file containing a brief questionnaire that will give us the necessary conditions to evaluate the complaint presented in a personalized way and thus decide which therapeutic strategy to adopt. The questionnaire must be answered and returned by email. After analysis, a therapeutic plan will be suggested. Any additional information, subsequent evaluations, test results, etc. will be sent via email. We ask that the answers to the 3 main questions be written in English or Portuguese, languages that are familiar to us. In addition to these 3 main questions, which must be answered in full, all other questions are answered by multiple choice, simply by marking an X in the appropriate places. If there is no homeopathic pharmacy in your city or even in your country, there are pharmacies that make remote deliveries, sending the medication even to other countries. This will not be a problem. Language barriers can also be overcome by using online translators, simply send us your complaints translated into either English or Portuguese. This way we are able to help people anywhere in the world.

Scope of treatment:

Practically any complaint brought to a Medical Clinic or Clinical Psychology office can be considered. We do not intend to replace conventional medicine, but we believe that the homeopathic approach can be beneficial and has its value. As a complementary medicine or even a first-line treatment approach, it can help the body find a cure, whether physical or emotional, or at least alleviate problems. Clients who come to us with psychological complaints should continue with their therapists; we only provide medication support. The same goes for clients already being treated by other doctors; they should continue with their treatments.

Individuation:

We have previously discussed the importance of the balance of the 5 elements, or rather, the balance of the 4 elements resulting in a state of harmony and balance, which we call the fifth element. Thus, Earth brings nourishment but also stability and a feeling of protection (fed and safe); Water brings hydration but also emotion and the dilution of that which is toxic, physically and emotionally, bringing a feeling of pleasure; Air brings oxygenation through breathing, vitalizing the organism, but also thoughts, ideas, purposes, and inspiration that brings motivation. Fire brings transformation through mobility, transmuting energies, eliminating what needs to be eliminated and energizing, expressing itself through sunlight and bringing enthusiasm; all of this results in vitality that will lead us to an individual process of expression or personality.

Exterior and Interior:

During this process, it is necessary to understand that life in society leads us to live certain roles, social roles that allow us to live with others and socialize. We are expected to behave in this or that way, and we expect the same from others. When these codes of conduct are broken, a crisis or chaos occurs. These social forces are so strong that we sometimes think that we are the roles we live in life, what is expected of us, what image we need to project to the community in which we live, these are roles that absorb us to such an extent that we forget that they are necessary roles, but roles. They are not our true personality. The danger here is that we identify ourselves to such an extent with the roles we live in life that we forget our authenticity. And to make matters worse, that which is not consistent with our roles in life tends to be left aside, neglected, or even repressed or “forgotten” or even seen as negative.

Likewise, there are people who have a predominance of reason over emotion or vice versa; the exaggerated focus on the faculty of reason causes our emotions to be seen as something disturbing that needs to be put aside. The same occurs with people who predominantly value emotions over reason, which is seen as something boring and tedious. The fact that we are more rational people does not mean that we do not have the same amount of emotions and, on the contrary, very emotional people may feel that they lack logic and rationality. Seeking a balance between reason and emotion is essential for our mental health.

Only then will we be prepared to envision and express the best of ourselves or our true SELF, authentic lifestyle or the highest end or purpose of our existence. This brings the sense of fulfillment and happiness, our lifestyle or the highest expression of ourselves.

In short:

Good nutrition, contact with the earth, nature, country life, the green of parks and forests, establishing a constructive life routine, meal times, periods of work, study and leisure, and rest and sleep, bringing stability and predictability, protection and security, this is a way to balance the Earth element; hydration, not only the ingestion of good quality water but also contact with water, bathing in the sea, rivers and waterfalls, hydrotherapy, hydromassage, mineral waters, so many ways of harmonizing with the Water element, which brings life and at the same time dilutes what is toxic and negative, cultivating positive feelings but becoming aware of those negative feelings; fresh air, contact with the outdoors, cultivating positive thoughts but also becoming aware of those negative ones, is therapeutic and allows us to transform negativity into positivity, harmonizing the Air element; sunlight and movement, moving physical and psychic energies, a dynamic life, a simple walk in the park outdoors, appreciating a sunny day, doing what you like, balancing the Fire element, achieving vitality or Vital Energy. Similarly, the search for balance between reason and emotion and also between the roles we assume in life (socialization) and our true Self (individuation), will complete the work of balance and harmony, bringing fulfillment and inner satisfaction, our true vocation and best expression. This has been the way we have understood life, and we are now sharing; these are physical and mental health tips that have helped us on life’s journey. Both homeopathic medicine and psychotherapy are ways to help in this process of life and self-discovery. Each homeopathic dose can unblock the obstacles of psychotherapy, acting as a facilitator and speeder of a therapeutic gain, like an onion in which when we peel off the skin, we find a new layer, and another until we reach the core or center. Well, we’ll leave it at that. We hope this content has been beneficial to someone, as it was to us.

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