What is Constitutional Homeopathy?
Constitutional prescribing a system of prescribing remedies based on a deep understanding of the individual’s basic energetic state. When this basic energy imbalance is corrected, any troublesome symptoms will fall away. Constitutional prescribing is a challenging discipline for which professional homeopaths train and study many years.
Constititional homeopathy (also called classical homeopathy) utilizes homeopathy, a system of medicine that believes that like cures like, in order to treat the patient’s predisposition, his or her miasm, to a certain disease. Miasm comes from the Greek word meaning stain. Thus, constitutional homeopathy takes a holistic approach. All living organisms possess the ability to heal themselves, says Dr. Toni Bark, a classically trained homeopath who runs an integrative clinic, Center for Healing Arts. In order to create an individualized treatment, the homeopathic practitioner considers both the patients physical condition and his or her emotional state and personal history. As Dr. Bark observes: Good homeopathy requires that you delve into whats going on at the emotional level, even if the patient doesnt have an emotional problem… . How does this person function in the world? How do they deal with their stress? How do they deal with their anger?
