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Medicine - Poison Oak
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Articles Available:
Books Available:
Homeopathic Treatment of Poison Ivy and Poison Oak - Joel Kreisberg, DC.
Available at Amazon Books, click here.
An Integral Ecology of Sudden Oak Death - Joel Kreisberg, DC.
Available at Amazon Books, click here.
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Treating poison oak homeopathically is much the same as treating anything with homeopathic remedies. The goal is to match the symptoms of the rash with the symptoms of the remedies. Aside from having a well developed materia medica, understanding the case clearly and correctly is the most important part of the process.
To facilitate this process of understanding the materia medica, I have organized the relevant remedies into a hierarchy. The first five remedies--Anacardium, Croton tiglium, Graphites, Rhus tox, and Sulphur--are essentially "rhus polycrests."
Taking the case involves considering appearance, severity of the rash, severity of the itching, discharge, sensations, the affects of scratching, ameliorations or aggravations, general affects on the person, previous history and previous intervention that may have changed the appearance or course of the case.
Potency: the most appropriate prescribing requires matching the potency to the case. The main considerations for potency are: clarity of symptoms for a remedy, and the severity of symptoms. A clear severe case will greatly benefit from a 1M potency, or 200C at least once a day. On the other hand, a mild case can take 12C every 2 hours or 30C a few times a day.
After giving the remedy, if there is improvement, the most useful instruction for the patient is to wait until it seems necessary to repeat. In other words, see how long the remedy works, then repeat. With a lower potency, repetition will be necessary more often. If the remedy makes the rash worse, stop taking it.
If you need more information contact Dr. Joel Kreisberg at info@joelkreisberg.com
Or purchase Homeopathic Treatment of Poison Ivy and Poison Oak by Dr. Joel Kreisberg.
Available at Amazon Books, click here.
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