Homeopathic system of medicine is no more an alternative system of medicine, because its utility in major diseases of mankind has given it the place of mainstream medicine. Also the belief that homeopathy is helpful only for chronic diseases is known to be a myth and even the acute exacerbations of chronic diseases can be aptly treated with homeopathic medicines.
The arthritis is such a crippling disease that affects the human beings in different stages of life. The rheumatoid arthritis can affect any age group while osteoarthritis is commoner in elderly population. The slow but steady deterioration in the function of affected joints in the primary feature and pain is the subjective symptom that makes the patient tired of the disease. The complications of arthritis are visible once the disease progresses and treatment is not taken appropriately at the right time.
The patients of arthritis typically may develop disabilities of the affected joints when the complications set in. Conventional medicine typically lacks curative medicine in arthritis and relies only on steroidal and non-steroidal analgesics. But homeopathy is the system of medicine that deals with every case of arthritis individually and treats the patient as a whole instead of mere arthritic pain.
Homeopathic sphere of action in arthritis-
The homeopathic medicines are helpful in acute as well as chronic stages of arthritis. It means, there are acute remedies like Rhus tox, Bryonia, Belladona, Pulsatilla, Sticta, etc, which alleviate pain of the patient when given according to the symptom similarity. But one must remember that mere alleviating pain can be just suppression even in homeopathy. To avoid recurrence and for positively reversing the pathology, one has to give deep acting constitutional medicines to the patient.
Apt history taking therefore makes sense in homeopathy. After the homeopathic doctor carefully analyzes the physical, mental, and emotional sphere of the patient, he can choose the right medicine depending upon the characteristic symptoms of the patient. No wonder it needs expert evaluation in any case of arthritis. The homeopathic medicine chosen also imparts the overall well-being on all planes. Rather, one should consider it the right homeopathic prescription if the patient is better on all planes.
No doubt arthritis is a crippling disorder. But it is also true that homeopathy is such a weapon that helps avoid surgical intervention in many diseases and in arthritis it helps the patient gain back his confidence that he can perform his day to day activity without anyone's help on his own! That's the wonderful achievement must say!
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