Do Homeopathic Remedies Expire?

Homeopathic Remedies-Medicines: Expiration Dates-Do Homeopathic Remedies Expire?

Years ago, I was surprised to learn that homeopathic remedies made in the form of sublingual tablets do not deteriorate and do not expire. When I was having a homeopathic remedy made at our local homeopathic pharmacy, the pharmacist told me that homeopathic remedies last for decades and decades.

We are so accustomed to buying western drug company chemical medicines that do deteriorate and do lose their effectiveness and do expire that each of us have a difficult time adjusting to the reality that homeopathic remedies do not suffer the same fate as the chemical medicines that are produced by our western drug companies.

In fact, the FDA has issued a rule which specifically states that homeopathic remedies are exempt from having any required expiration date. Some manufacturers do place an expiration date on their remedies, but those dates are not required (and those non-required dates may be more for marketing or other purposes). The FDA ruling regarding homeopathic remedy expiration dates is discussed in the Q & A  from Hylands which appears below.   Hylands is one of the most prominent manufacturers of widely used homeopathic remedies.

“Do these tablets expire?

Our tablets do not expire. We don’t put expiration dates on the products, as they have been exempted from expiration dating guidelines by the FDA (CFR 211.137) The numbers that are imprinted on the edge of the labels are lot numbers – so we know exactly when the product was produced. We can track any product we made using that number.”

About Homeopathy

ABOUT HOMEOPATHY

Homeopathy is a 200 year-old medical science that uses tiny doses of specially prepared substances which stimulate the body to heal itself. It is gentle enough to use on infants, the elderly and pets, yet potent enough to create quick, lasting relief from literally every aliment known to mankind.

In 1796, Samuel Hahnemann published Essay on New
Curative Principle, a treatise in which he established the
foundational principles of homeopathy. Dr. Samuel
Hahnemann (1755 – 1843) was a German physician who was
well known for his work in chemistry, pharmacology and
toxicology. In 1789, he began a series of experiments. He
discovered that, by ingesting Peruvian bark (cinchona), a
healthy individual would develop a fever, nausea, diarrhea,
limb pain, numbness and ringing in the ears – all symptoms of
malaria. When the subject would stop ingesting the bark, the
symptoms would disappear. Since Peruvian bark was
commonly used to treat malaria, Hahnemann theorized that a
substance which can create symptoms in a healthy person can be used in smaller doses to cure those same symptoms in illness. This proved to be true and became one of the fundamental tenants of homeopathy: the Law of Similars (similia similibus curantur, or ‘likes are cured by likes’).

The word homeopathy is derived from the Greek words ‘homoios,’ which means like or similar, and ‘pathos,’ which means suffering or disease. Homeopathy is then a medical therapy based on similar suffering or disease. This isn’t the first time in history that this philosophy of similars has been used. As early as 400 B.C. Hippocrates was prescribing hot spring baths for his patients with fever. Theoretical parallels also exist between the work of pioneers like Salk and Jenner as they expose the body to the very disease that they were trying to protect against (i.e. immunization). Even modern allergy treatments introduce small amounts of an allergen into the body to desensitize the patient to that same allergen.

Dr Hahnemann was disillusioned by the barbaric state of medicine of his time and the dangerous medicines that were commonly used. As he sought to honor his physician’s oath to ‘do no harm,’ he began to experiment with increasingly diluted solutions. He discovered that, through a process of dilution and succussion (vigorous agitation), the therapeutic strength (potency) of a homeopathic medicine could be increased while virtually eliminating toxic side effects. This became a unique and often confusing principle of homeopathy: the Law of Infinitesimal Dose, or minimal dose. This created an apparent paradox - the more a solution is diluted, the less active ingredient it contains; how could a dilute solution be a more potent healing agent than the concentrate? The chemical model of pharmacological therapeutics was inadequate to explain this phenomenon.

It turns out that physics is best suited to explain the mechanics of homeopathy and the energetics behind its activity. Highly processed homeopathics undergo a molecular change, and these subtle changes can be observed with highly sensitive tests such as 

NMR (nuclear magnetic resonance), Raman-laser spectroscopy and Infrared spectrophotometry which analyze molecular and submolecular geometry. It is now known that homeopathic remedies emit distinct, measurable electromagnetic signals, and that manufacturing alters the physical geometry of the water and alcohol solute. This is relevant because science is finally in a position to objectively measure the mechanisms of homeopathic therapeutics.

Samuel Hahnemann continued his experiments with different substances. After administering the material to be tested, he and his associates would meticulously record every sign and symptom that the subjects experienced. These tests came to be known as ‘provings,’ and the collection of symptoms for each substance formed the basis for the Materia Medica (materials of medicine). Materia Medicas continue to be compiled, expanded and edited to this day by various physicians and organizations, and remain a vital component of homeopathic practices. A Repertory is another often-used book that cross references symptoms with their commonly prescribed remedies.

Hahnemann’s first complete text on homeopathy was published under the title, Organon of Rational Medical Science, in 1810. The 6th and final edition was published posthumously in 1920. Despite opposition and persecution from peers and the medical community, homeopathy spread rapidly. When Dr. Hahnemann died in 1843 homeopathy had spread throughout Europe, the United States, Mexico, Cuba and Russia.

The first US homeopathic medical school was established in Allentown, PA in 1835 by Constantine Hering, a student of Hahnemann’s. In 1844, the American Institute of Homeopathy was formed, and enjoyed the distinction of being the first medical association in the US. Shortly thereafter (1846), the American Medical Association (AMA) was founded.

Because of fundamental differences in their therapeutic approach to medicine, the AMA forbid their members to practice homeopathy, consult with or even consort with homeopathic physicians for any reason, under threat of license suspension.

Despite intense pressure from the AMA, the popularity of homeopathy continued to grow. This was due, at least in part, to the efficacy displayed during the cholera and yellow fever epidemics of the 1800’s. In Ohio during the 1849 outbreak of cholera, only 3% of patients treated homeopathically died. The mortality rate for those treated with conventional medicine was in excess of 60%. In London in 1854, cholera claimed 53% of its victims in conventional hospitals, whereas only 16% of those treated in homeopathic hospitals died. In 1879, yellow fever patients in New Orleans experienced a 5.6% mortality rate when treated by homeopathy; standard medical treatment lost 16% of their patients. Insurance companies even offered discounted rates for their customers who had homeopathic physicians, because their treatment was proven so much more effective and inexpensive.

The first official homeopathic compendium, the Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia of the United States, was published in 1897. By the turn of the century, 15% of the physicians in the US were homeopathic physicians, there were 29 homeopathic medical journals, 22 homeopathic medical schools and 100 homeopathic hospitals in the US. Then in 1910, American homeopathy was dealt an almost lethal blow with the issuance of the Flexnor report. Commissioned and issued by the Carnegie Foundation, the Flexnor report reviewed medical schools and established guidelines for schools that were to receive funding from charitable sources, such as the Carnegie Foundation. The evaluations and ratings were specifically designed to exclude homeopathic medical schools. As a result, all but 2 homeopathic medical schools were either closed or converted to allopathic medicine by 1923. Disagreements within the homeopathic community began to arise, and by 1950, no homeopathic schools remained open in the US. Fortunately homeopathy is now enjoying resurgence on a global scale. There is a growing consensus that the expense of medical care and research has not returned any significant improvement in the general level of health. Health care is becoming a consumer-driven commodity, and the consumer is demanding more natural, less harmful alternatives.

COMBINATION VS CLASSICAL HOMEOPATHY

There are two different schools of thought in homeopathic circles; one is classical homeopathy, the other is combination or complex homeopathy. After 200 years, advocates for both approaches are beginning to agree that there is a time for each.

Classical homeopathy is a painstaking approach that takes years to learn and master. It involves a lengthy interview process in which the homeopath determines every sign and symptom that the patient is experiencing. This includes physical, mental, emotional, fears, changes, times and conditions that make the symptoms worse or better, and a host of other factors. After ascertaining the complete symptom picture, the homeopath then endeavors to match it to the exact remedy, called the simillimum.

Combination or complex homeopathy uses a combination of ingredients and potencies to get the same result. If classical homeopathy can be described as a single bullet aimed at a target, then combination homeopathy might best be likened to a shotgun blast. This is a broader approach and better suited for the busy healthcare professional. Combination homeopathy combines the most commonly prescribed remedies for a particular symptom picture into a single formula. The body, which possesses an innate biological intelligence, then selects the exact frequency that it needs to begin its healing. Much like a radio tuner tunes in to a specific frequency and ignores the rest.

As an example, J.T. Kent’s Repertory of Homoeopathic Materia Medica lists 87 pages of remedies for the different types of headache pain. A classical homeopath might take two hours to complete an intake interview, and then spend additional time locating the exact remedy match. Combination homeopathy combines the most common headache remedies into a single formula (which might simply be called ‘Headache’), it is efficacious and much more time efficient than the classical approach.

Combination remedies may also be used preventively. The physical manifestation of an illness is one of the last steps in the disease process. For example, by the time you actually come down with a head cold, your body has been battling it for several days. A few drops of a combination remedy taken every so often (or after exposure) can work preemptively and keep your body healthy and fine-tuned. 

 

German New Medicine

Introduction to Dr. Hamer's Germanic/German New Medicine

That there is a connection between the psyche and disease is neither a new discovery, nor is it Dr. Hamer’s discovery. To quote Dr. Hamer:

"Through the millennia, humanity has more or less consciously known that all diseases ultimately have a psychic origin and it became a "scientific" asset firmly anchored in the inheritance of universal knowledge; it is only modern medicine that has turned our animated beings into a bag full of chemical formulas."

Welcome to Dr. Hamer’s page on The German New Medicine.

If this is your first visit, the following will serve as a short introduction:

Twenty years ago, Dr. Ryke Geerd Hamer, a German doctor with his own practice in Rome, Italy, received a call in the middle of the night. His 17-year old son had been shot while on holiday in the Mediterranean. Three months later, Dirk died and shortly after, Dr. Hamer, who had been healthy all his life, but who was utterly devastated by this catastrophe, found he had testicular cancer. Rather suspicious about this coincidence, he set about doing research on the personal histories of cancer patients to see whether they had suffered some shock, distress or trauma before their illness.

In time, after extensive research of thousands of patients, Dr. Hamer was finally able to conclude that disease is only brought about by a shock for which we are totally unprepared. This last point is very important. If we can in any way be prepared for the shocking event, we will not become ill. In fact, Dr. Hamer does not like to say ‘cancer’. Rather, it is a special biological response to an unusual situation, and when the ‘shock’ situation is resolved, the body sets about returning to normality. This is a very simplified account, of course. The books explain in detail the complete process.

He presented his work to the university in Germany with which he was affiliated. Without testing or proving his hypothesis, they asked him to deny his findings. Since he could not possibly contemplate denying what he had scientifically proven beyond the shadow of a doubt, he refused. As a result, his licence to practise medicine was withdrawn and the situation remains unchanged to this day. Even though the University of Tubingen was ordered by a court of law to hold tests to prove the theories, they have never done so.

Dr. Hamer’s life has been a turmoil of events ever since, culminating in an eighteen-month prison sentence in Germany, served in cells with common criminals. Much of the opposition he has had to face has come from the fact that the person who accidentally killed Dirk was the Prince of Savoy, the last King of Italy’s son. A complicated, difficult and delicate situation, as anyone can imagine.

Dr. Hamer believes very strongly that the present methods of dealing with cancer are barbarous, cruel and completely unnecessary. This opinion does not make him many friends.

Since the discovery of the German New Medicine in 1981, Dr. Hamer has written several books on his medicine and his extraordinary findings. Some of the books have already been translated into several languages, and the work continues. Many physicians in Europe covertly practise his medicine, recognizing its exceptional diagnostic capability.

The lack of official recognition by “official” or “conventional” medicine is frustrating for both Dr. Hamer and for the public. We can only hope that the movement to change the status quo will come from the people who start to understand the way their bodies work and from insisting that their physicians, health care workers and institutions take notice.

The tireless work done by the ever-increasing alternative therapies and books such as written by Deepak Chopra and Dr. Andrew Weil, have contributed enormously to the shift in consciousness we see in the world, to the point where doctors and hospitals are sitting up and taking notice.

But once you have heard Dr. Hamer lecture or seen him at a seminar, read his books and had access to his Disease Chart, you understand that finally someone has made all the links, found all those connections that were missing.

Over time, it is hoped that the work may be explained in ways that “any intelligent person with no special training” can understand. There is much yet to be done. We hope that these pages will bring you some comfort and optimism.

PARKINSON

IS YOUR PARKINSON DIAGNOSIS REALY PARKINSON

Healing Requests

IS YOUR PARKINSON DIAGNOSIS REALY PARKINSON 

LYME DISEASE: A PARKINSON’S IMITATOR?

JANUARY 14, 2014

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Lyme disease and all of its co-infections cause many constant symptoms; consequently it easily mimics disorders, such as Parkinson’s, chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia, ALS, ADHD and even Alzheimer’s disease. A distinctive mark unique to Lyme disease is the “bull’s-eye” rash known as Erythema Migrans, a red rash with an expanding red ring around it and this occurs soon after the tick bite; however, it is NOT ALWAYS in the shape of a bulls-eye. After the tick bite clears up, this bull’s-eye rash is gone. Erythema Migrans is the only manifestation of Lyme disease in the United States that is sufficiently distinctive to allow clinical diagnosis in the absence of laboratory confirmation

The cases of Lyme disease reported to the CDC (300,000 cases) have been distressingly low. Less than half of all cases of Lyme can be traced to a tick bite, so this “bulls-eye” rash is absent in many of those infected.

How do you know if you have Lyme disease? Besides the rash, some of the first symptoms of Lyme disease may include a flu-like condition with fever, chills, headache, stiff neck, achiness and fatigue. Early treatment is crucial to help avoid chronic Lyme. If one doesn’t see the tick and remove it, it can progress to ailments like arthritis, facial palsy, nervous system and heart problems and a hundred other symptoms. For an extensive list of symptoms, refer to the Tick-Borne Disease Alliance7 (TBDA). Some of the more frequent symptoms include the following:

•            Muscle and joint pain

•            Neurological problems

•            Fatigue

•            Low grade fevers, “hot flashes” or chills

•            Night sweats

•            Sore throat

•            Swollen glands

•            Stiff neck

•            Migrating arthralgias, stiffness and frank arthritis

•            Myalgia

•            Chest pain and palpitations

•            Abdominal pain, nausea

•            Sleep disturbance

•            Poor concentration and memory loss

•            Irritability and mood swings

•            Depression

•            Back pain

•            Blurred vision and eye pain & Hearing Problems

•            Jaw pain

•            Cranial nerve disturbance (facial numbness, pain, tingling, palsy or optic neuritis)

•            Lightheadedness

•            Mysterious migrating symptoms that seem to come and go

•            Migraines

According to his personal email and several press reports, in August of 2013 the College of Charleston President George Benson was hospitalized for Lyme disease. He had been hospitalized for severe back pain, but no one was sure of the exact cause. Lyme is everywhere, “The Lyme disease bacterium has a quirky feature for survival. It can exist without iron, which most other living organisms require to make proteins and enzymes. Instead of iron, B. burgdorferi uses manganese, thus eluding immune system defenses that destroy pathogens by starving them of iron.”

LYME DISEASE

Healing Requests

LYME DISEASE: A PARKINSON’S IMITATOR?

JANUARY 14, 2014

http://www.parkinsonsresource.org/tag/parkinsons-resource-organization/

Lyme disease and all of its co-infections cause many constant symptoms; consequently it easily mimics disorders, such as Parkinson’s, chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia, ALS, ADHD and even Alzheimer’s disease. A distinctive mark unique to Lyme disease is the “bull’s-eye” rash known as Erythema Migrans, a red rash with an expanding red ring around it and this occurs soon after the tick bite; however, it is NOT ALWAYS in the shape of a bulls-eye. After the tick bite clears up, this bull’s-eye rash is gone. Erythema Migrans is the only manifestation of Lyme disease in the United States that is sufficiently distinctive to allow clinical diagnosis in the absence of laboratory confirmation

The cases of Lyme disease reported to the CDC (300,000 cases) have been distressingly low. Less than half of all cases of Lyme can be traced to a tick bite, so this “bulls-eye” rash is absent in many of those infected.

How do you know if you have Lyme disease? Besides the rash, some of the first symptoms of Lyme disease may include a flu-like condition with fever, chills, headache, stiff neck, achiness and fatigue. Early treatment is crucial to help avoid chronic Lyme. If one doesn’t see the tick and remove it, it can progress to ailments like arthritis, facial palsy, nervous system and heart problems and a hundred other symptoms. For an extensive list of symptoms, refer to the Tick-Borne Disease Alliance7 (TBDA). Some of the more frequent symptoms include the following:

•            Muscle and joint pain

•            Neurological problems

•            Fatigue

•            Low grade fevers, “hot flashes” or chills

•            Night sweats

•            Sore throat

•            Swollen glands

•            Stiff neck

•            Migrating arthralgias, stiffness and frank arthritis

•            Myalgia

•            Chest pain and palpitations

•            Abdominal pain, nausea

•            Sleep disturbance

•            Poor concentration and memory loss

•            Irritability and mood swings

•            Depression

•            Back pain

•            Blurred vision and eye pain & Hearing Problems

•            Jaw pain

•            Cranial nerve disturbance (facial numbness, pain, tingling, palsy or optic neuritis)

•            Lightheadedness

•            Mysterious migrating symptoms that seem to come and go

•            Migraines

According to his personal email and several press reports, in August of 2013 the College of Charleston President George Benson was hospitalized for Lyme disease. He had been hospitalized for severe back pain, but no one was sure of the exact cause. Lyme is everywhere, “The Lyme disease bacterium has a quirky feature for survival. It can exist without iron, which most other living organisms require to make proteins and enzymes. Instead of iron, B. burgdorferi uses manganese, thus eluding immune system defenses that destroy pathogens by starving them of iron.”

Allergies Elimination

Allergies

                           Elimination Protocol

Low Level Laser Technique for the “LER” learned emotional response

More than 100 milion Americans suffer from symptoms associated with allergies, spending $200 billion annually on antihistaminesto temporarily suppress the body’s allergic response. Would you apply the brakes while your foot is on the gas pedal?

The protocol, is a low level cold laser therapy that has unparalleled results in retraining the body's physical responses to allergies. In fact, this non-invasive system will identify, address and resolve Learned Emotional Responses ”LER” to thousands of potential factors - in 10 sessions You can expect to improve in areas that were being affected by hypersensitivity and metabolic imbalances. “LER” is a reactive mechanism to the environment that an individual ‘learns and develops’throughout the course of their life time

While there are various origins to the “LER”; environmental, developmental, and genetic, they all revolve to the fact that the body has LEARNED to over-react to a stimulus in its environment. These stimulus responses are developed and stored in the memory system via repeated “BODY SCANS”. Any time the body experiences some type of stress, it runs a system scan and takes inventory: How is the brain…normal; How are the sinuses…full of pollen; how is the heart…normal; how is the gut…full of wheat products etc…

It runs these scans to establish an appropriate response pattern. It recognizes that we are stress and there is pollen in the sinuses, or wheat products in the gut, etc, etc. Therefore, the next time the body realizes that there is pollen in the sinuses or wheat in the gut….we must be stressed. And it runs a “STRESS” or “LER” program on the body, inflammation; sneezing, increase the heart rate, and the fight or flight mechanism is initiated.

Some Learned Emotional responses have been acquired early in life, others later in life. Some clients have a genetic predisposition for “LER”,others do not. Regardless of the origin, the result is the same, the body has developed a negative response mechanism to its environment, when the stimulant is present, the body runs the learned response.

The Elimination Therapy takes 10 visits and is completely painless and does not use shots, needles or drugs. Alergies elimination protocole  uses low level cold laser therapy, gently sending digital signatures of the sensitivities into the auricular therapy points of the ear (acupuncture points). This specific laser-guided therapy stimulates nerve bundles that correspond to the major organ systems and temporarily strengthens the organ system while being exposed to the sensitivity, forming a positive association with the substance. This retrains your nervous systems' pathways not to react inappropriately to these normally harmless substances.

Is it safe for children?

It is completely safe for children of all ages. Children, often benefit as much or more than adults as they respond very well at a time when their sensitivities seem to be the worst.

How many visits will I need?

Systemic conditions have generalized symptoms throughout the body, usually with inflammation, and are supported with a 10-series protocol.

ISN’T IT TIME YOUR BODY LEARNED A NEW RESPONSE?

In Harmony Holistic Stress Relief

646-377-0448

Who Gets Distance Healing

In Harmony Holistic Stress Relief

 

• People who are open to the idea that distance healing is possible. With quantum healing, non-local healing works just like local bioenergy healing.
• People with chronic health problems who want natural healing often chose biofeedback therapy so they can connect with what their body is trying to tell them.
• People interested in spiritual emotional healing and alternative healing.
• Caregivers who need energetic healing and extra emotional healing.
• Traveling executives needing support with the physical, mental, and emotional effects of Jetlag and air traveling.
• Stressed executives who look to long-distance healing when in need of an extra boost of energy healing.
• Parents with children with ADD, ADHD, autism use biofeedback and quantum healing to help them have more focused attention
• Sports performers who use bioenergy to raise their vibrational levels and perform at their mental and physical best even at a distance!
• People who use vibrational healing to balance out their chakras when they are feeling out of alignment.
• People who are interested quantum distance healing for emotional healing and support.
• People who are interested in holistic health and want to participate in their own energetic healing.
• Support before and after surgery to help with encouraging the healing process.
• People who need help with managing stress when they are going through relationship changes: loss of loved-one, break-up, marriage or divorce.
• People who acknowledge the body-mind healing connection.
• Those who need encouragement from their healers to help them with their career, family and personal development.
• People who need holistic practitioners on their team that can offer emotional support and resources!

In Harmony Holistic Stress Relief

646-377-0448