Re: Burns
Posted: Tue Mar 28, 2006 7:42 am
The similum is not those little sugar pills. It is a principle with wider application.
I need some help with understanding how to treat large second or third degree burns on the torso. I don't have such a problem now, but I am asking because I often use a burn example to explain the homeopathy the principle of the similum to a newcomer to Homeopathy.
My question is, if a person is burned badly on the torso, and you don't have a remedy (even if you have one) do you apply the principle of the similum? That is, do you apply a warm application to the hot burn? The conventional wisdom is to apply the allopathic principle of opposites to burns. So, cold or even ice would be applied to a burn. If anyone has compared treating small burns on their fingers with warm and cold applications, they know that the homeopathic principle is much more healing. Naturally, if the body is told that it is too hot (because of the burn), it will react by healing the burn. If it is told that the burn is actually cold, the vital force will not focus on healing the burn.
If the burn is on the torso, would you still apply a warm compress? Both hot and cold applications look very painful to me (I just saw the conventional treatment on TV). Does it matter that the burn is on the torso?
If anyone knows, I would appreciate some guidance.
Blessings,
Ellen Madono
For your information here is an example of burn healing:
I sometimes use the story healing my husbands burned foot with a warm compress. On the night before my mother-in-law's funeral, I mistakenly drew his bath using only very hot burning water. Luckily only his foot was butned, but the skin was bright red I would have blistered had I not applied the principle of the similum. I heated a towel with hot water and placed it in a plastic bag. Ignoring his howls of pain, I made him sleep the night with the warm compress. In the morning, the skin on his foot looked normal and there was no burning pain. Only between his toes there was a big water blister. Of course the warm compress has failed to reach between his toes. He could wear his shoes and appear as the eldest and only son for the funeral.
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I need some help with understanding how to treat large second or third degree burns on the torso. I don't have such a problem now, but I am asking because I often use a burn example to explain the homeopathy the principle of the similum to a newcomer to Homeopathy.
My question is, if a person is burned badly on the torso, and you don't have a remedy (even if you have one) do you apply the principle of the similum? That is, do you apply a warm application to the hot burn? The conventional wisdom is to apply the allopathic principle of opposites to burns. So, cold or even ice would be applied to a burn. If anyone has compared treating small burns on their fingers with warm and cold applications, they know that the homeopathic principle is much more healing. Naturally, if the body is told that it is too hot (because of the burn), it will react by healing the burn. If it is told that the burn is actually cold, the vital force will not focus on healing the burn.
If the burn is on the torso, would you still apply a warm compress? Both hot and cold applications look very painful to me (I just saw the conventional treatment on TV). Does it matter that the burn is on the torso?
If anyone knows, I would appreciate some guidance.
Blessings,
Ellen Madono
For your information here is an example of burn healing:
I sometimes use the story healing my husbands burned foot with a warm compress. On the night before my mother-in-law's funeral, I mistakenly drew his bath using only very hot burning water. Luckily only his foot was butned, but the skin was bright red I would have blistered had I not applied the principle of the similum. I heated a towel with hot water and placed it in a plastic bag. Ignoring his howls of pain, I made him sleep the night with the warm compress. In the morning, the skin on his foot looked normal and there was no burning pain. Only between his toes there was a big water blister. Of course the warm compress has failed to reach between his toes. He could wear his shoes and appear as the eldest and only son for the funeral.
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