Treating Skin Conditions Using Homeopathy
In a nutshell, homeopathic philosophy for treating skin conditions can be briefly summarized as follows: Suppression is NOT OK! The skin is where internal diseases manifest. Signs and symptoms (in general, but in particular in the skin) are an expression that the body is trying to heal itself (an attempt to eliminate internal toxicity), and, as such, should not be suppressed. Treating a skin disease by topical applications of steroids and other suppressive topical and internal pharmaceutical medications does not truly address the diseased state at all. Rather, it only prevents its peripheral expression, thereby pushing the disease deeper into the body and, as a result, creating side effects. Often, such suppressive therapies provide only short-term relief, and the cessation of such treatments results in a return of the lesions. Homeopathic remedies, on the other hand, stimulate the body to heal itself (energetically) – the opposite of what happens with suppressive therapies. Homeopathic remedies by themselves are not “anti” anything, such as anti-itching, anti-microbial, or anti-inflammatory, etc. Of course, if used inappropriately, even homeopathic remedies can be suppressive.