No disease occurs causelessly. Though as a lame man we may not ascertain the cause but always some cause lies behind.
Broadly speaking, disease can have four sources of origin.
1.Genetic-It is the hereditary cause. Any of our blood relations ,if has suffered or is suffering from any major illness then genetically we are liable to be affected by the same or similar disease. Blood relations don’t mean only father and mother; rather it includes Grand father and Grand mother of both paternal and maternal side, also it includes father’s brother and sister, similarly mother’s brother and sister.
Now major illness means any chronic suffering like frequent cold, dust allergy, sinusitis, urticaria, eczema, leucoderma, asthma, diabetes, tuberculosis, paralysis, heart disease, cancer, arthritis etc.
Here question arises that if four of my parents have four different diseases then am I supposed to get all those diseases?
No. It largely depends upon my sensitivity, my physical and mental make up. That means if I’ve heart disease in my family medical history and by nature I am easily excitable, short tempered, autocratic, hyper sensitive etc. then I am more liable to be affected by same or similar kind of heart disease.
Similarly if I’ve asthma in my family medical history and I ma catching cold frequently then I am prone to get the asthma or similar kind (sinusitis, bronchitis, tonsillitis etc.) of the disease.
This tendency is assessed in the modern medicine by doing the highly expensive ‘GENETIC TESTING’. However in Homeopathy we can symptomatically asses the same and also prevent the upcoming disease by prescribing on those symptom totality.
Hence we may conclude that our genes contain an inborn sensitivity towards certain diseases. This forms the first layer to cause disease.
2.Medicine- You must have heard of Drug disease. It means many times the medicines consumed by us contain harmful chemical substances which in turn leaves some harmful impressions in our body. For example prolonged use of modern medicines for blood pressure gives rise to heart problems. Long continued use of antibiotics followed by weakness and poor appetite. Prolonged use of hormonal medicines in females produce ovarian cysts, uterus fibroid etc. Hence continued use of modern medicines makes an individual prone to be affected by certain diseases.
Thus we may conclude that medicinal impression forms another layer of disease proneness.
3.Disease-Various chronic diseases too leave unhealthy dyscrasia within us. We often notice hair fall after typhoid, hyperacidity after jaundice, asthma after a suppression of skin disease, heart disease after a suppression of rheumatism etc. It is because the primary disease is severe enough; so that even after affecting one organ it also has ability to occupy the other healthy organs.
In Homeopathy we have different medicines for different ailments after.
4.Psychological-
We experience that in physiological sphere all our actions are followed by some results. For example when we eat or drink; it is followed by digestion, assimilation, excretion etc. When we sleep; it is followed by the feeling of refreshment. When we work hard; it is followed by tired feeling. Etc.
In Psychological sphere same way all our mental activities are followed by some reactions. When we are happy our face looks like a full moon. When we are angry the same face looks no better than a red hot iron. These are the out ward expressions of the inward psychological status. However the internal mental status also leaves deeper IMMPRESSIONS in our mind. It is just like the digging of a well. Once you dig a small depression on the soil you get and again if you go on digging it’ll give deeper depressions and then results a big hole. Still if you continue digging then surprisingly a totally new thing comes that is water.
One more example we can take. When a river flows on earth bed, it goes on depositing some silt, minerals, pebbles; stones etc. in its path. Time to time we used to de-silt the river bed in order to facilitate the flow of water.
Similarly in case of our mind both the SUPRESSION and OVER EXPRESSION of our feelings leave some kind of impressions on it. Time and again if such phenomenon happens and continues for a long a time, gradually it develops into some abnormal manifestations like behavioural disorder, angry at trifles, sleeplessness etc. Study shows 80% of the women having uterine fibroid and ovarian cyst are because of altered emotion.
This suppression and over expression; two acts of mind can happen because of many causes. like fear, worry, stress etc. For example if a child has constant fear of darkness, loud noise, insects etc. then it is seen that gradually he develops sleep talking, sleep walking, unrefreshing sleep, weakness of memory, disobedience, abnormal stubbornness etc.
Here as a homoeopath I must keep you informed that many times we ignore the behavioural disorders of the children and mistake it as the nature of the child and try to rectify it by giving corporeal punishment. Hence it is more important for the parents to know the symptoms of behavioural disorder. Some of them are given below.
TALKING AUTHORITATIVELY(lyco, nux.v),STUBBORN(cina,lyco,n.v,tub),LACK OF SELF ESTEEM(b.c,carc,cac f,lyco,nat m,sil,staph),CAN’T FIX ATTENTION(b.c medo,phos),ALWAYS COMPLAINING(ars,calc p,cham,cina,n.a),ABUSIVE (insults parents)(cham,cina,lyco,plat),CAN’T SEE CRUELTY IN MOVIES(calc,carc,caust),DISCONTENTED(carc,cina,tub),JEALOUSY BETWEEN CHILDREN(ars,lyco,nat m,natm,n.v,sep),SCREAMING SLEEP DURING,AVERSION TO RESPONSIBILITY,HITTING BEHAVIOUR ETC.
I am sure some of you might have surprised to find some of the above mentioned words as abnormal symptoms. But trust me year long analysis and experience proves that in childhood if these symptoms are rectified then he grows into a full fledged human being free from all kinds of physical and mental errors.
When the child grows, the above mentioned abnormal characters appear time and again which leaves some abnormal impression in deeper mind every time. After some time the accumulation of those gives rise to diseases either physical or psychological.
Conclusion-During the life time an individual gets dyscrasia (impressions favouring disease) from the above mentioned four sources. Time and again accumulation of such unhealthy dyscrasia gives rise to more hazardous diseases.
Homeopathic treatment- we treat here the person by taking his physical generalities, mental generalities and present complaints. By proper homoeopathic treatment those accumulated layers of morbid impressions go off layer after layer finally leaving the persons with a healthy body and mind. Such kind of treatment is pertained as constitutional treatment in Homeopathy.