Is Homeopathy best for psychosomatic diseases?
The diseases that have a altered physiological or physical presentation but are initiated in the emotional (mental) state of the patient are termed Psychosomatic (Psyche means mind, Soma means body). The psychosomatic disorders are also referred as Psycho-Physiologic disorders. This term applies to a large number of disorders of organs innervated by the autonomic nervous system in which emotional factors are primary causative factors. The nervous system regulates and coordinates body activities and brings about responses by which the body adjusts to changes of environment, either external or internal. The autonomic nervous system which controls the body functions involuntarily divides in to sympathetic and parasympathetic system. Conditions like anxiety, fear stimulate sympathetic nerve fibers and produces vasoconstriction in the part supplied like general rise in blood pressure, acceleration of the heart, depression of gastrointestinal activity. Some effects of parasympathetic stimula
