Remedy Responses - Signs a Remedy is Working
Remedy Responses - What are they and what do they look like?
A remedy response is a result of the body’s natural healing process has been stimulated by a homeopathic remedy. The path it chooses is individual to each one of us. They can happen when taking a constitutional remedy or during homeopathic detox therapy. They are a sign that the remedy is working!
Read on to see the different types of remedy responses…
HEALING SIGNS
Increased need for sleep or rest: When your body starts healing it will prioritize sleep and rest.
Appetite changes: there may be an increase or decrease in appetite.
Fever: Fevers are a sign of a robust immune system, so when we see the return of a fever after an absence of one, we see this as a positive sign and the correct Direction of Cure. Don’t suppress with Tylenol/Paracetamol/Ibuprofen etc. Use homeopathy if the fever lasts longer than 3 days, rises over 39.9C/103F, and your child is extremely uncomfortable. I have a Fevers Course ($15 CDN) that can be used for the entire family here: Homeopathy for Fevers.
Return of old symptoms. Old symptoms may return to be healed if they were suppressed with medication like antibiotics or steroids. Sometimes they will pass quickly, sometimes another remedy will be needed to resolve them.
Emotional “discharges”: sadness, weeping, irritability, anxieties, aggravation of obsessions, rigid behavior, and/or temporary return of autistic traits. Your child may look like they are being “defiant” or not “complying”, but what we’re seeing is they are expressing their preferences now. Often, a revisiting of developmental stages that were missed early on in life comes up, so a child of 10 can experience the terrible twos if they stopped developing at 18 months. In addition, what I hear from parents is that an adjustment in parenting is necessary at this point, as the child begins to display more neurotypical behavior.
ELIMINATION SIGNS
Skin rashes. These can be returning old symptoms or indicative that the liver/kidneys need support.
Sweating: increased &/or smelly sweat. Toxins are coming out!
Nose & ear discharges.
Coughing and an increase in phlegm.
Changes in stool, diarrhea
Urine: more frequent, more quantity, dark, smelly, etc. Sometimes wetting accidents in children.
Mild ‘flu’, cold, or sore throat symptoms … sometimes with a healing fever.
Emotional “discharges”: sadness, weeping, irritability, anxieties, aggravation of obsessions, rigid behavior, and/or temporary return of autistic traits. Your child may look like they are being “defiant” or not “complying”, but what we’re seeing is they are expressing their preferences now. Often, a revisiting of developmental stages that were missed early on in life comes up, so a child of 10 can experience the terrible twos if they stopped developing at 18 months. In addition, what I hear from parents is that an adjustment in parenting is necessary at this point, as the child begins to display more neurotypical behavior. (Emotional discharges can fall under both Healing & Elimination Signs).
Our bodies are constantly working to restore balance, much like a pendulum swinging back and forth. The more this balance is disturbed, the more the pendulum swings, but it naturally seeks to return to a state of calm equilibrium. When we support the body’s healing process with a homeopathic remedy, our "inner pendulum" may temporarily swing suddenly in one direction, which is the body’s way of expelling something disruptive.
Understanding that any Elimination or Healing Signs are an indication that things are being pushed out, is very important and shows us that healing is in motion!
WHAT TO DO
MILD RESPONSE:
· continue with the potency and frequency of the Remedy or the Detox Course.
DEEP RESPONSE:
· stay with the potency, drop down to one dose a week, and continue until there is no response, then resume where you left off.
· pause the Detox Course altogether for a week or two, if necessary, then resume where you left off.
· pause the Detox Course altogether for a week or two, if necessary, at this time bring on Poly Organ Plus once or twice a day, this helps the elimination pathays to mobilize the toxins and eliminate them.
· make a 2nd, 3rd or 4th Dilution if needed. Take 1/2tsp from the Homeopathic Solution and put in a separate cup of water, then give 1/2tsp from that cup = 2nd Dilution (dump that out after each use). To make a 3rd Dilution, take 1/2tsp from the 2nd cup and put in a 3rd cup of water, from there give 1/2tsp (dump that out after each use). With each dilution, the remedy becomes a bit softer, and this is a great way to continue a Detox Course and mitigate aggravations.
When in doubt, stop taking the remedy and contact me!
Other causes of reactions during a detox
You may catch a virus during the detox and this could be the reason for the responses. You’ll usually know if something is going around with similar symptoms as others will have it.
It is best to take a break from detoxing if you have a virus (leave your body’s energy for fighting the virus).
Pick up where you left off when you are feeling better.