Saturday, May 10, 2008

BIOCHEMIC SYSTEM OF MEDICINE

Biochemistry or the biochemic treatment of diseases is a system of medicine discovered by Dr. Schuessler of Oldenburg in Germany about the year 1873. By experiments on the sick he found out that disease is caused by the insufficiency of the inorganic salts in the cells of the human body, and that cure is effected by supplying the deficient salt or salts in the shape of medicine.

Chemistry has demonstrated that the human body is composed of water, or organic matter and of inorganic substances. The analysis of the healthy blood and tissues of human beings and animals shows that they contain, besides water, organic constituents such as albumen, fibrin, mucus, fat etc., and inorganic elements such as calcarea (lime), ferrum (iron), Kalium (potash), natrum (soda), magnesia, silicea. In human ashes these inorganic elements exist.

These inorganic substances enter into the composition of every tissue of the body in their proper proportions. They are the vital portion of the body, its workers and builders, while the organic substances are simply inert matter used by them n building the cells of the body.

This system deals with 12 remedies which in composition correspond with the inorganic elements found in the human body. It works in harmony with the natural laws of physiological chemistry and restores health by supplying the tissues with the inorganic salts, deficiency of which is responsible for deviation in health which is termed disease.

The function of these remedies is to supply the organism with the needed elements in the form of Biochemic Remedies. Schuessler asserts that these 12 remedies are quite sufficient to heal all curable diseases and even in incurable ones they can give relief to the patients and prolong their lives by mitigating their suffering.

The inorganic salts found in the human body are chiefly 12; viz.; Phosphates of Calcium, Ferrum, Magnesia, Potassium and Sodium; Chlorides of Potassium and Sodium; Sulphates of Calcium, Potassium and Sodium; Fluoride of calcium; Silicea. These 12 salts are called Tissue Remedies.

The Tissue Remedies are Homoeopathic Medicines. All the twelve remedies were used in Homoeopathy long before Dr. Schuessler started his Biochemic System. Homeopathic remedies are intended to stimulate the body's self-healing mechanisms. This is why homeopathic doctors and practitioners use minimal doses of "like cures like"

As alternative and complementary medicine continues to expand, this alternative medicine field is still being researched and there have been purported cases of homeopathy that have cured individuals from disease and other common health disorders. Pursuing careers in homeopathy or other alternative healthcare may well prove to be both personally and professionally rewarding over the long term.


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