What is Energy Medicine and How Does it Work?
Energy
medicine works with the subtle interconnections between mind, body and
spirit, both to restore and to maintain the dynamic equilibrium between
these complexes. Homeopathy and flower essences are two energy medicine
modalities that work with the energetic fields of the body and are
particularly effective in subtly adjusting the nervous system to affect
the physiology of the body.
Physical
symptoms occur when a disturbance in the subtle energetic of the body
is ignored. A healthy living being is self-regulating, with an innate
capacity to maintain its equilibrium and compensate for stress.
Symptoms of this regulating mechanism range from shivering when cold or
eating when hungry, to major accidents or illnesses requiring long
periods of inacitivity and quiet.
Homeopathics
and flower essences are highly diluted, energetically potentized
medicines that work as catalysts to stimulate the vital healing force.
They not only alleviate symptoms, but also give a feeling that life is
again flowing harmoniously. They do not weaken the defense mechanism by
suppressing it, as most allopathic medicine does. Rather, they subtly
but deeply strengthen the immune system.
Homeopathic Medicines for
Mercurial Disorders
Below
are a sampling of common remedies for Mercurial health concerns, those
of the nerves, lungs and respiratory organs. Mercury disorders are the
nervous disorders, both physical and mental, from neurological
disorders where disease affects the brain and nervous system disturbing
its normal function, to situations where the ill health is more of a
mental nature, disrupting the nervous state of the individual. Remember
that the whole being, physical, emotional and spiritual, needs to be
considered in choosing the correct medicine.
You
will notice that some remedies cover a number of Mercurial conditions,
such as Nux vomica and Arsenicum. These remedies are considered
Mercurial specifics, and are often considered first when dealing with a
Mercury ailment.
Dizziness
Gelsemium:
Recommended if the person feels trembly as well as dizzy.
Kali Carb:
Recommended if the person feels better in open air,
but
worse if they try to walk, turn over or read.
Nervous Headaches
Belladonna: For
throbbing, drumming headache with flushed face, dilated pupils, and
when these symptoms are distinctly worse in hot sun.
Natrum Mur:
For a blinding headache aggravated by warmth and movement, and preceded
by numbness and tingling in the mouth.
Silica: Useful when
pain starts at the back of the head, then shifts and settles above one
eye, or when pain is aggravated by cold, and the person is prone to
head sweats.
Insomnia
Coffea: Recommended
if the person is unable to sleep as result of good or bad news, with an
inability to switch off the mind.
Arsenicum: Recommended if the person
wakes between midnight and 2:00 am, and is restless, worried and
apprehensive.
Nux vomica: Useful
for sleeplessness due to mental strain, overindulgence in food or
alcohol or for withdrawl from sleeping pills. Recommended if the person
wakes between 3:00 and 4:00 am and falls asleep just when it is time to
wake up.
TMJ
Arsenicum: Useful for
people who grind their teeth and clench their jaw during sleep,
especially between midnight and 2:00 am.
Zinc: Useful when
grinding and clenching of jaw causes gums to bleed and teeth to loosen.
Respiratory Complaints
Antimonium tart: Recommended if the person is
suffering from exhaustion, weakness and mucus in lungs that cannot be
coughed up.
Arsenicum: Useful for
those who have respiratory attacks between midnight and 2:00 am, and
the person is very anxious, restless, thirsty, and better when sitting
up.
Sciatica
Colocynth: Useful
when pain shoots down the right leg to the foot, causing numbness and
weakness, and is worse in cold or damp weather.
Mag phos: Useful for
lightning-like pains in right leg that are soothed by heat and
aggravated by coughing.
Anxiety Attacks
Aconite:
Recommended if the person is anxious and fearful, or suffers from panic
attacks in crowded places where they cannot easily get out.
Silica: Recommended
for anxiety with poor self-confidence in shy but strong-willed people,
especially if the person gets wound up about exams, public speaking or
interviews because they don’t believe they can perform well
enough.
Nervous Exhaustion
Ignatia: Useful for
exhaustion with grief following emotional upset, broken heart, death or
severe loss.
Nux vomica: Useful
for exhaustion from burning the candle at both ends, especially when
smoking, eating or drinking too much, and when the person is irritable
with stomach discomfort.
How to Take Homeopathic
Medicines
I
have presented only a sampling of remedies for Mercurial conditions,
and have chosen those most likely to be available through your local
health food store. For serious conditions, consult your natural health
practitioner. For first aid, or to support other health care measures,
homeopathy can be very effective. Homeopathic treatments complement
most other treatment modalities and have no side effects if taken
properly.
Homeopathic
remedies come in different strengths, or potencies. For first aid use,
use the 6x, 12x or 30x potencies, which are most common in the U.S. I
recommend 6x as a tonic support over a period of time. The others are
used only to stimulate the body’s own vital force, and are
used less frequently as symptoms improve.
The
dosage is usually listed on the label. Stop when you have achieved
marked improvement. If you have taken six doses with no improvement,
reassess your choice. Always seek professional help if your symptoms
recur or do not improve.
Flower Essences for
Mercurial Disorders
Flower
essences are similar to homeopathic medicines, but work most profoundly
on the emotions and the emotional equilibrium of the body. They are
used as drops, taken one to four times daily for a period of time,
usually from three weeks to three months.
An
excellent introduction to flower essence therapy is the stress and
emegency tonic formula called Rescue Remedy (Bach) or Five Flower
Remedy (from Healing Herbs). A blend of five essences, it contains
cherry plum for loss of control, clematis for loss of consciousness,
impatiens for stressed nerves, rock rose for terror or panic and star
of bethlehem for shock. This can be used every five minutes in an
emergency to restore emotional balance. Here are some flower remedies
for Mercury disorders.
General Nervous Support
Aspen:
For vague anxiety and apprehension without any obvious cause.
Chamomile: To calm
distraught emotions, especially with stomach discomfort. It is a
particularly good tonic for children and the elderly.
Lavender: To calm
those who are highly sensitive to external
influences—“high strung” or
“wound up” types who need to learn to balance their
sensitivity with the needs of the body.
Nervous Exhaustion
Aloe Vera: For
overuse of creative forces causing burnout.
Vervain: Nervous
exhaustion from extreme or fanatical beliefs and lifestyle.
Lung Problems
Yerba Santa: This is
good for constricted or repressed emotions, especially grief and
melancholia held in the chest, causing respiratory problems.
Learning Disorders
Cosmos: Cosmos helps
to integrate thinking with speech when the person finds it difficult to
convey inspirations in an articulate manner.
Madia: This essence
is used for a short attention span with a feeling of being flooded by
too much information. It supports precise thinking and concentration.
Insomnia
St. John’s Wort:
Used for dream disturbances, especially connected with fear or psychic
distrubances of any kind.
White Chestnut: For
insomnia caused by repetitive, obsessive thinking.
Remember
that I have presented only a sampling of the energetic medicines
applicable to Mercurial disorders. For more specific information on
your own health concerns, see a health practitioner or contact me for
an astro-medical consultation.
Copyright by Gretchen Lawlor 2000
