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February 5, 2012
Drainage remedies are not normally prescribed on the basis of the totality of symptoms, and
therefore are not homeopathic per se. They can be targeted to a particular organ, or targeted
at a group of substances, or they can be targeted at a specific chemical or material that may be
involved in the pathology.
One point that should be mentioned here, is that it’s not toxins themselves that are the
problem, but the way in which our bodies process these materials. So the further one gets from
a wholistic or constitutional prescription, or one which has the capacity to improve that
processing method, the less curative the prescription is likely to be.
Toxins is a general term given to accumulated waste products. These can generally be divided
into three distinct groups:
1. Exogenous wastes- such as those ingested (chemical wastes derived from foods or drug
therapy etc) or inhaled.
2. Endogenous wastes- such as those produced by bacteria, viruses or the body’s reaction to
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them (pus, etc) or those produced by normal metabolism.
Many if not most disease processes occur either as a direct result of, or are aggravated by,
accumulated wastes, which may have been processed by the body in an inappropriate
manner. Commonly accepted examples of gross toxicity can be found in the liver in persons
suffering from jaundice, and in the gastrointestinal tract with constipation. More subtle toxin
accumulation can reduce the efficiency of a vast array of physiological activities by altering
intracellular and extracellular pH and disturbing the functions of numerous enzymatic and other
reactions. Acute symptoms such as fevers and inflammation may be seen as attempts to rid
the body of toxic materials. Chronic diseases such as the arthritides and many skin conditions,
may reflect a self-generated or inherited inability to remove wastes from the affected area, and
often the autogenous wastes that these processes create can contribute to and prolong the
disease.
Carefully selected homeopathic remedies are particularly useful in cases where a blockage
exists to the normal detoxification processes, or there appears to be an impediment to the
normal flow of vitality through the area in question. Homeopathy has distinct advantages over
some other methods of detoxification:
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Any condition which is either chronic in its
nature, or fails to respond to treatment within
a reasonable period of time, should be
subject to detoxification. A detoxification
remedy would be wasted for example on an
acute inflammatory process. But if that
inflammatory process became entrenched
and failed to respond to remedial measures
which would normally be expected to correct
the problem, then there is a definite case for
the use of a detoxification remedy.
These consist of such things as Chelidonium for the liver, Apis for the right kidney, Berberis
vulgaris for the left kidney, Phosphorus for the lungs, Strophanthus for the heart, Adonis for
the veins, Ceonathus for the spleen, Syzygium for the pancreas (especially the Islet cells),
Pilocarpus for the parotid glands, Baryta iodata for the glands, Sulphur for the skin and so on.
These remedies are normally used in low potency, 6C for example, and taken twice daily.
These remedies may cover specific groups of materials- for example, Benzoic acid for the
drainage of acid materials, Silica for metallic materials, Nux vomica for stimulants and fat
soluble materials such as drugs and other chemicals, Arsenicum album for food based toxins,
Thuja for vaccine materials, Cadmium sulph for chemotherapy drugs.
Specific materials may also be used isopathically for drainage. Substances such as Mercury in
homeopathic potency may be used to drain mercury from the body, Plumbum metallicum may
help to remove lead, Ferrum metallicum can be used to remove iron, and other metals such as
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copper, aluminium and zinc may be dealt with in the same way. These materials are normally
used in 15C potency, one dose being given once or twice daily depending on the nature of the
toxicity.
References
1. Maury EA, Drainage in Homoeopathy, Health Science Press, Essex, England, 1982.
Bouko Levy MM, Homeopathic and Drainage Repertory, Editions Similia, France, 1992 ISBN –
2-904928-70-7.
2. Gunavante SM, Introduction to Homoeopathic Prescribing, 4th Ed, B Jain, India, 1990.
3. Burt WH, Physiological Materia Medica, 3rd Ed, B Jain, India, 1987.
4. Murphy R, Homoeopathic Medical Repertory, 2nd Ed, HANA Press, USA, 1998
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