Pet Alternative Health
"The greatest harm of drug treatment is
usually not so much the toxicity or side effects as it is the effects of
suppression. Allopathic (conventional Western) medical thinking generally seeks
immediate gratification: just make the symptom go away. So the patient may be
better in the short term, but is usually worse in the longer term. Homeopathy is
just the opposite: sometimes the symptoms are worse in the short term (such as
with aggravation or the reversal of a previous suppression), but the real
benefit is in the longer term. A symptom, say itchy skin, is the body's response
to a deeper problem. When a symptom is suppressed, it is only the outward
manifestation of the problem that goes away. Since the deeper problem is still
there, the body may, in time, produce the same symptom again. Another
possibility is that, as a result of the suppression, the deeper problem
progresses to the point that a deeper, more serious symptom is produced. So the
itchy skin may go away, but then chronic diarrhea develops. If the diarrhea is
then suppressed as well, it may lead to, say, liver disease. But hey, at least
the skin is cleared up! I see this pattern, or variations on it, very frequently
in reviewing the medical records of new patients. It is the unrecognized, and
often high, price that we pay for the quick fix, for immediate gratification,
for the shot or pill that seems to make the problem go away." ~Dr. Jeffrey
Levy DVM
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