All Services are in person or optional Telehealth.

What Is Homeopathy?

Homeopathy is a form of alternative medicine that was developed by Samuel Hahnemann in 1796. This approach is based on the view that symptoms provide information about the body’s attempts to heal itself. Homeopathic treatment involves the use of remedies made from naturally occurring substances that would cause particular symptoms if taken in large amounts, but that stimulate the curing of those same symptoms if taken in minute amounts in a highly diluted form. Before prescribing treatment, a homeopath evaluates symptoms according to their placement on certain mental, emotional, and physical planes. He or she will listen and observe as you speak in general about the influences in your life, and will be interested in the minute details of your symptoms. How you present this information is as significant to your practitioner as what you say. Upon evaluating your symptoms, a homeopath will prescribe a remedy or combination of remedies to stimulate your body’s natural self-healing capacity.

Only three states – Arizona, Connecticut, and Nevada – have specific licensing boards for homeopathic physicians (DHts). Other states require homeopathic practitioners to have some form of certification or course work, though guidelines and requirements vary widely. It is wise, therefore, to inquire about credentials before working with a homeopath.

How we Uniquely use Homeopathy

Here in the Dr. Diane® Brain Health, we are centered around (but not limited to) treating symptoms of brain injury. Most often, these symptoms are a result of Post Concussion Syndrome (PCS), which occur after the patient has suffered a concussion.

How we Uniquely use Homeopathy
  • Attention and concentration problems
  • Sensory and metabolic disturbances
    • Altered sense of smell
    • Loss of the sense of taste
    • Changes involving the skin
    • Appetite and weight changes
    • Bladder and bowel control problems
  • Chronic pain / Post Traumatic Pain (PTP)
  • Dizziness and imbalance
  • Problems with reasoning, planning, and understanding
    • Planning problems
    • Organizational problems
    • Initiation problems
    • Problems with processing information
    • Comprehension problems
    • Decision-making problems
    • Learning problems
    • Self-monitoring problems
    • Problems with creativity
  • Memory problems
    • Registration problems
    • Storage problems
    • Retrieval problems
  • Fatigue
  • Headaches
  • Post Traumatic Seizures (PTS)
    • Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizures (GTCS)
    • Simple Partial Seizures (SPS)
    • Complex Partial Seizures (CPS)
  • Sexual Problems
    • Loss of desire
    • Altered sensation
    • Physiological problems
    • Intensified sexual desire (hypersexuality)
  • Vision and light sensitivity problems
    • Blurred vision
    • Cortical blindness
    • Double vision
    • Floaters
    • Optic atrophy
    • Sympathetic ophthalmia
    • Photophobia
    • Tracking problems
    • Visual agnosia
    • Visual overstimulation
    • Visual field changes

Homeopathic Treatments

Herbs make up the majority of healing substances used in homeopathy. However, homeopathy is also known to use animal, mineral, and synthetic substances as well.

The herbal remedy is mixed by means of a process called dynamisation, where the mixture is diluted with distilled water and vigorously shaken 10 times in a process called succussion. The vigorous shaking of the homeopathic remedy will further increase its potency. Modern homeopaths retain that this process of succession allows the remedy to properly potenize because the shaking allows the water to retain the vibrations of the original substance even after it has been diluted.

How Does Homeopathy Work?

The belief behind homeopathy lies in two conceived laws: The Law of Similars, and The Law of Infinitesimals. These two laws center around the idea that “like cures like”, meaning that something that causes your symptoms will also cure your symptoms. The Law of Similars states that whatever is causing your symptoms will also cure them. For example, a common homeopathic remedy for the common cold and hayfever is onion. Onion causes the sinuses to drip and the eyes to tear, which are symptoms that mirror those of the common cold. Because onions in large doses cause these symptoms, according to the Law of Similars, onions (in a much smaller, diluted version) will cure these symptoms. This is where the Law of Infinitesimals comes in. According to this logic, a diluted version of the onion will cure the common cold, and the more it is diluted, the more potent the treatment will become.

Homeopathic Medicines For Symptoms

     

    • Lavender Oil
    • Basil Oil
    • Feverfew
    • Flaxseed

     

    • Stramonium
    • Cina
    • Hyoscyamus

     

    • Ambra grisea
    • Anacardium orientale
    • Helleborus niger
    • Lycopodium clavatum
    • Nux moschata
    • Phosphoricum acidum
    • Sulphur

    Commonly Used Homeopathic Treatments

    • Allium Cepa (Onion)
      As mentioned before, onion is a commonly used treatment in homeopathy. Onion naturally causes tearing of the eyes and running of the sinuses, which are common symptoms of the common cold
    • Chamomilla (Chamomile)
      Chamomile is commonly used as a sleep aid, but in homeopathy, is praised for its effects on colicky infants. It can help them sleep, and can alleviate pain from teething
    • Ignatia (St. Ignatius Bean)
      St. Ignatius Bean is used to treat grief, anxiety, and depression
    • Arnica (Mountain Daisy)
      This is the most widely used treatment in homeopathic medicine for sports injury. It is used to treat shock and trauma from a sports injury. It also helps to reduce pain and expedite the healing process
    • Magnesia phosphorica (phosphate of magnesia)
      This is a remedy for cramps, most successfully used in treating and alleviating the symptoms of menstrual cramps.

    Dr. Diane® totes the benefits of homeopathic remedies. Because of her multiple brain injuries, she is unable to take most medications, and so she has done extensive research on natural remedies, such as homeopathy. She herself is living proof that natural remedies do work, and drugs are not always needed to alleviate symptoms. Homeopathy is a natural treatment that does not involve the use of drugs.

    Schedule Your Consultation

    Are you ready to relieve the pain and suffering caused by your traumatic brain injury? Contact Dr. Diane and her team of experts today, and get your life back on track.


    Schedule Now

    Find Help and Hope in Dr. Diane’s Book!

    Coping with Concussion and Mild Traumatic Brain Injury

    If you're suffering from a concussion, or any other form of mild traumatic brain injury, pick up Dr. Diane's book Coping with Concussion and Mild Traumatic Brain Injury and start healing today!


    Buy Now
    CONTACT DR. DIANE®

    Dr. Diane® Roberts Stoler, Ed.D.
    7 Hodges Street
    N. Andover, MA 01845
    Phone: (800) 500-9971
    Sign up for our newsletter.

    FOLLOW US ON:
    CATALYST FOR CHANGE

    Dr. Diane is a catalyst for change

    Image Credit Elaine Boucher

    Within each person shines an inner light that illuminates our path and is the source of hope. Illness, trauma, suffering and grief can diminish the light and shroud hope. I am a catalyst for hope and change, offering a way to rekindle this inner light.

    Pin It on Pinterest

    Share This