Homeopathic Medicine and Your Thyroid

Homeopathy is a gentle, holistic system of healing that is suitable for everyone, young and old. Homeopathy focuses on you as an individual, treating you physically and emotionally giving you long lasting benefits.

Homeopathy is a based on a belief of treating �like with like�. Remedies are diluted natural substances; if they are given to a healthy person they would produce the symptoms the medicine is prescribed for. When you see a homeopath, they will give you an assessment and take into account the physical, emotional and lifestyle factors, in order to prescribe the right medicine.

Homeopathic Remedies

Homeopathic remedies usually start with simple substances such as herbs, minerals or animal products. These substances are crushed and dissolved into another substance like grain alcohol or lactose, shaken then stored. This type of substance is called the �mother tincture� and then is further diluted with more alcohol or lactose. The more diluted substance, it is thought that it has more potent its healing powers.

Homeopathic remedies aid the body�s inherent healing mechanisms. Homeopaths believe that any physical disease has a mental and emotional component. When a homeopath makes a diagnosis it includes physical symptoms (fever), emotional and psychological state (anxious, restlessness), and overall constitution of the patient. The right remedy for a condition addresses all of these aspects and requires a individual diagnosis.

What Happens During a Homeopath Visit?

During the first visit to a homeopath, the practitioner will interview you at length. They will ask many questions; observe your personality traits, record unusual behavior and physical symptoms. Plan to spend at least an hour to an hour and a half at your first visit while the homeopath determines your condition.

Hypothyroidism and Homeopathy

If you are suffering from hypothyroidism seeing a homeopath for your symptoms is a good idea since hypothyroidism affects many aspects of your body. Many people have symptoms like:

Fatigue
Weakness
Weight gain or increased difficulty losing weight
Coarse, dry hair
Dry, rough pale skin
Hair loss
Cold intolerance (can't tolerate the cold like those around you)
Muscle cramps and frequent muscle aches
Constipation
Depression
Irritability
Memory loss
Abnormal menstrual cycles
Decreased libido

Homeopathy offers good prognosis to cases of hypothyroidism. Medicines like Calcare phos, Calcarea carb, Lapis alb, Iodium, Thyroidinum, Spongia, Lycopus, Calcarea iod etc are often found indicated in cases of hypothyroidism.

A Natural Supplement for Hypothyroidism

Progressive Health does have a product called Thyax which is a high-potency supplement, designed to adjust the metabolic and nutritional alterations caused by underactive thyroid disease, or hypothyroidism. Thyax could work well with any substance prescribed by you homeopath.

Thyax can be used to reset the balance of nutrients utilized by the thyroid gland. By providing your body with specific vitamins, minerals, and amino acids that support the thyroid, you regain a balance of the many thyroid-related chemical reactions which take place in the body on a daily basis.

To learn more about Thyax and its benefits, click here.