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SKIN DISEASES
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-Acne, Psoriasis
-Eczema, Leucoderma
-Warts, Mycosis
Wrong aspects about skin illnesses
There are many wrong aspects nowadays about our skin. Some consider it as just a covering of our internal body. Some others consider that it has nothing important to do with the function of the rest of the organism and nothing to do with our psychology.
If that is your aspect about skin then it is obvious that you will treat any skin problem as a local illness by applying creams, lotions, ointments, shampoos, solutions, cauterization, laser beams and surgical operations. But such a local treatment usually acts superficially and temporarily. It suppresses the local illness but does not cure the general Disease. Let us examine what skin is after all and how it should be treated accordingly.
Skin: a wonderful complicated organic system
As a covering, the skin protects us from heat and cold, dry and damp weather, water and soil, radiations and mechanical injuries and from several bacteria and microorganisms. It also works as a filter, like kidneys do, so as to excrete from our body several toxins or useless substances through sweating. It also acts as the first line of defense of our immune system against bacteria, fungi and viruses.
I guess you’ve already heard all these. But did you know that skin and nervous tissue are closely related even from the time of fetus and that they grow hand by hand? Did you also know that certain specific areas of our skin correspond to certain nerves? So there is a direct functional connection of our brain and psychology with our skin.
Homeopathy understands Man as a whole and this is not just a theoretical or philosophical view without any clinical importance. Homeopathy is based on Universal and Medical Laws. One of these laws is the Law of the Whole: “Man is a psychosomatic whole”. The soul affects the body and vice versa. Furthermore, all organic systems of our body are closely connected and the one affects the other. Another very important law is the Law of Hierarchy. It tells us that there is a certain hierarchy concerning soul and body and furthermore the several organic systems of our body.
The hierarchical chain is: Psyche, Nervous System, Hormonal System, Heart and Lungs, Immune System, Urine Tract and Genitals, Peptic System, Muscles and Bones and last but not least, Skin. As we go down this chain we move to less complicated tissues and less important to life. As we go up we move to more complicated tissues and more important to life. A small wound on the brain maybe fatal while a small wound on the skin can be ignored.
There is another important law in Homeopathy, the Law of the Course of Disease and Health: “Disease tends to progress from external systems to internal and more important ones while Health in the opposite direction”. What does this mean in simple words? It means that whenever a person’s health declines, local symptoms and illnesses tend to appear first in less important and more external tissues, for example, first of all to the skin.
If things get worse, then Disease travels to more internal and more important organs like stomach, heart, brain or even deeper, that is to the psychological level. Our organism has a complicated and wise plan of defense. If our organism is compared to a country, then the first line of defense would be the borders (skin) and the last line of defense would be the capital town (psyche).
Holistic homeopathic treatment versus suppression of skin problems
If our organism is attacked by several physical or psychological stress factors he tends to keep the “enemy” as externally as possible. So if someone develops eczema from a great financial loss, then he is in a better state than someone who develops gastritis or heart attack from the same stress. Thus, it is wrong and a dangerous thing to suppress by cortisone ointments that eczema which works as a safety valve. It is very probable that if successfully suppressed will lead to more serious and more internal illnesses like for example allergic rhinitis or asthma.
It is often the case for homeopathic doctors to examine patients that have asthma which developed from suppression of eczema by allopathic treatment. Many times when we give homeopathic medicines then at first asthma improves while temporarily the old eczema comes back, only to be cured completely as treatment progresses. At the end of homeopathic treatment the patient is healthy as a whole, having no asthma, no eczema and above all, minimum allergic predisposition. This example confirms the above mentioned homeopathic Law of the Course of Health and Disease.
Apart from eczema many other skin problems such as psoriasis, acne, leucoderma, warts etc behave as safety valves helping the organism to keep Disease as externally as possible. If we shut down these safety valves the internal stress pressure will rise and become dangerous for the person leading to more internal and more severe illnesses. Homeopathy does the opposite from that. It treats the patient in a natural, wise and holistic way according to wise medical laws. The result is to cure not only local illness in a safe and definite way but to cure the patient as a psychosomatic whole.