Drainage, detox and homeopathy

[Dr. Joe Rozencwajg, NMD]

I just want to make a few things very clear based on my many patients I had
to drain and detox over the years:

1. Drainage and detox are not homeopathic treatments as they are not based
on the Law of Similars. That is clear and beyond doubt or discussion.

2. In a patient whose organs are not functioning properly and/or is
overloaded with heavy metals or other toxins, the Simillimum is going to
create a release of those toxins, an overload of the system and in fact, in
some cases, a systemic acute poisoning (been there, done that) that might be
life threatening: you can call that a healing crisis in you want, it is
still at best a very unpleasant and uncomfortable situation, and at worst
you can end up in hospital or at the morgue: not very good for your image
and your business too!

3. There are many ways to do this drainage and detox: nutrition, plants,
chelation, remedies prepared according to the homeopathic pharmacology (this
in order not to write "homeopathic remedies"), often a combination of the
above.

4. Although each of us who practices this way has his own routine, that
routine is altered and adapted according to the needs and the situation of
each and every patient; so that routine is actually more a set of guidelines
taught by experience.

5. It is not necessary to drain and detox each and every case, although it
might be useful and good for health. But it is necessary to have the
knowledge to recognise vague symptoms and signs that could be related to
intox and from there ask the relevant questions as regarding professional
and personal contact and contamination. A working knowledge of pharmacology
and toxicology helps.

6. Drainage and detox are akin to preparing your car for a long trip: you
check everything, repair what has to be repaired, add the necessary fluids,
replace what is used or broken; there is no reason not to do that for a
living organism because of a "theological" concern. And if you have a
complication because of that, it could be construed as malpractice.

7. The need for drainage and detox is growing because of our environment,
food, pollution, medication, etc,.... all complications that did not exist
at that level 2 centuries ago.

There is plenty of literature in French (although not in one single
treatise), in English there is to my knowledge only the small booklet of
Maury, translated from French, and very basic. Last year I did start writing
a book encompassing all the aspects of drainage and detox, but I got stalled
and will not be able to finish the project before 2004 or 2005.

I hope most of the questions have been answered.

Dr. J. Rozencwajg, MD, PhD.
"The greatest enemy of any science is a closed mind".

[john twigg]

I warmly await your book Dr. Rozencwajg

Regards - John
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[Rochelle]

There is also a chapter about it in Ian Watson's Methodology book.

Rochelle
www.rochellemarsden.co.uk
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[Shannon Nelson]

Hi Dr. R,

Thanks so much for your experience with this!
A couple of questions:
In your experience would LMs be a way around this, as the process could be
as slow as needed, or does that not really deal with the issue?
Can you say a bit more about this? What about (I think the most common
hereabouts) lead and mercury poisoning? Do you find/feel it's necessary to
have specific familiarity with those symptoms, and to go beyond simply
prescribing on the symptom picture?

I'm wondering what in an individual case might alert me to a possible need
to go beyond what I'm presently familiar with (simply treating by the
symptoms)? Other than, e.g., particularly severe symptoms or weakness?
Eagerly awaited!
Best,
Shannon

[Dr. Joe Rozencwajg, NMD]

LMs would still liberate the toxins and will not affect the function of the
excretory organs; it would work well if they are still working although not
optimally, but then, why not enhance, repair them if you have that
possibility? I do not understand that reluctance to use something else than
homeopathy when it is indicated.........

As for your question about mercury and lead, the picture an intoxication
with those products will give is often vague and will vary accordingly with
every patient; if you do not know what they do to your body, you will not
recognise or suspect their presence. But you have to look at them with the
eyes of a detective searching for a murder weapon, not with the eyes of the
homeopath looking for a remedy picture.
You do not need deep knowledge though; just do a Google search and you will
have more than enough to raise your suspicions when a patient tell his
story, then you can ask a few precise questions and that is good enough. You
can investigate more but it is not a prerequisite for treatment.
Look up most of the heavy metals, insecticides, herbicides, fertilisers,
whatever is used in the area you live in and your patients come from.

Dr. J. Rozencwajg, MD, PhD.
"The greatest enemy of any science is a closed mind".

[Donna Earnest]

If I may jump here on this topic. I have suffered from silver poisoning. The correct simillimum has been doing the job of removing the silver but we have been aiding the body in excreting the excess of toxins. Without the extra help of a drainage treatment, the silver is then deposited back into my skin. Dr. Roz has put together a regime for me to follow to help support the necessary organs for drainage therefore enabling my body to rid itself of the overload of silver.
Donna

[Shannon Nelson]

on 2/12/03 9:44 PM, Dr. J. Rozencwajg, MD, PhD. at jroz@ihug.co.nz wrote:
My question comes not (at all!) from reluctance -- I happily use every tool
that seems suited/necessary, and at my disposal! And that, actually, is my
reason for asking. I don't know much about drainage, and have only a vague
idea of how to guess when it might be helpful. (And I've been meaning to
read more on that...)

I guess I particularly wondered whether this situation -- where the toxicity
has resulted in sympoms that are (or seem to be) "of the patient", *not*
clearly signs of specific toxicity -- that's an indication that straight
prescribing "on the symptoms" is likely to be adequate. (I would recognize
strong signs of liver, kidney, or adrenal weakness, and I would know how to
support those; anything else I would be, as of this point, unlikely to
recognize or know how to "drain" or support, other than general dietary
stuff.)

I am especially curious about these because they are so prevalent, esp. the
lead in inner cities.
Do I rightly assume that you consider this a "have to" mostly in cases where
there are specific signs of severe organ stress? Because most folks do seem
to do okay without it...
Once I've uncovered likely candidate(s), do I need to know what's causing
the sxs??? I understand why I might want to know which organs are especally
compromised, and consider whether support should be given; and I understand
that isopathy might be considered if (a) "regular" remedies aren't moving
the case, and/or (b) their strong symptoms seem to match the picture of the
toxin more than the picture of a remedy I know. (Do I have this right?)
Because in absence of a situation where e.g. the pt fell into a vat of
insecticide etc., I dunno how I would figure out what part of the local
"toxic soup" to finger... And I have assumed that *usually* it won't be
necessary to know, but I'm always eager to expand my awareness!!

Thanks much!
Shannon

[Shannon Nelson]

Hi Donna and Dr. Roz,

This is great to hear!
Could I ask what organs are involved (other than presumably liver)?
Just to help my further understanding here...

Shannon

on 2/12/03 9:51 PM, Donna Earnest at dmearnest@comcast.net wrote:

[Phosphor]

had to drain and detox over the years:
Dear Dr

can you categorically refute this way of looking at it:
toxins are sequestered away in adipose tissues. do they do any harm there?
can we let them accumulate ad infinitum without negative consequences? maybe
yes, as long as we dont lose weight suddenly.

andrew

[Dr. Joe Rozencwajg, NMD]

Always Liver and Kidney, then the target organ(s), then other organs
according to the symptomatology.

Dr. J. Rozencwajg, MD, PhD.
"The greatest enemy of any science is a closed mind".