Protect and strengthen your health using the support of homeopathy

What is the immune system?

The immune system protects our body from bacteria, viruses, fungi and toxins.

There are 2 main parts to the immune system:

The 1) innate immune system (you were born with it) and 2) the immune system you develop as a result of being exposed to microbes or chemicals released by those microbes. Both systems work together

The first part of the immune system is made up of our skin, the eye’s cornea, the mucous membrane that lines the respiratory, gastrointestinal, and genitourinary tracts, these are our first line of defence.  They are a barriers to help protect against harmful germs, parasites or toxins. This system is inherited and is active from the moment we are born.  The immune system recognizes an invader, and will trigger a response that will surround and kill the invader.

The second part of the immune system is an acquired system. Antibodies are developed by cells after the body has been exposed to an invader. These antibodies stay in the body, if there any future invasions, the immune system will recognize the invader and defend against it. The acquired immune system changes during our life. Exposure to pathogens train the immune system to make antibodies to protect against harmful diseases.

The cells of the immune system are made from the adenoids, bone marrow, lymph nodes, lymph vessels, peyer’s patches, spleen, thymus and tonsils

Antibiotics are often used to fight infections; however, antibiotics don’t treat viral infections only bacterial infection and it is nearly impossible to distinguish viral infection from bacterial.  Antibiotics cannot distinguish good bacteria from bad, antibiotics kill good bacteria which is really bad news as good bacteria help the body fight the infection.

The research shows that the gut bacteria and the immune system work together as a dynamic “team,” . Problems with immune system occur when the mechanisms in the gut that keep pathergies at bay are lost as a result there can be an abnormal cell responses (auto immune dysfunction) increased inflammation and a compromised immune system.

With homeopathy there is no one remedy fits all. Homeopathic remedies are effective when it is properly fits the person’s unique pattern of symptoms. Instead of trying to attack the invader homeopathy attempts to re-establish health by stimulate a person’s own immune and defence system.  We know that when our system is in balance and working well our body will heal itself with very little intervention. Homeopathy trusts the body to do what it does best that is to heal itself.  Homeopathy’s only job is to gently guide the body back into balance. Once back on the right track no further intervention is needed. In this way we can avoid medicine that has the potential to damage and unbalance the delicate gut bacteria which is responsible for stimulating the bodies defence system.

An example of how the homeopathic remedy works….

Arsenicum album works with numerous acute and chronic conditions these range from food poisoning and digestive disorders, to fatigue and various anxiety states, and to asthma and insomnia. Arsenicum album is not effective because it has antibiotic properties, It is effective in treating a person whose symptoms match that of the remedy. If there is not symptom match the remedy will not be effective.