the symptom it aggravates than it goes off - is it a principle of homeopathy

homeopathy is based on an empirical principle but it follows a philopsophy to treat the patient. Now it is not always true that every time the symptom should aggravate than it shall go off. in homeopathic science we say the symptoms go out of the body from within outward , from top to bottom. so in some cases the symptoms of patient sometimes aggravate and than the state of comfort comes.
but the reality has one more of the side too. As for application of the homoeopathic medicine a very keen observation is needed and also good analysis of the patient is needed. After that often the logic of application of medicine is needed by the doctor. many times the aggravation it comes either because the medicine selected by the doctor is not right or the medicine has not acted at all. Again in that the source of homoeopathic medicine also matters and how was the medicine stored in the clinic or the homoeopathic pharmacy. but it gives a good cover to the doctor as he can always say ,' with homoeopathic medicines there is first aggravation and than the symptoms disappear.'

there is one more reason of the aggravation of the symptoms. as many a times the patient who visits homoeopath has already been on various therapies and anti allergics , pain killers, anta acid tabs etc. now when the patient removes his anti allergic or medicines of the kind and tries to depend solely on the homoeopathic medicine the symptoms are going to get aggravated naturally. As the patient was stable because of the above compounds. now when the patient takes homeopathic medicine it often takes three days to few weeks before it shows its results. so here again the logic that homeopathy medicine first increases the symptoms and than removes the symptoms. Ideally in such conditions the main stream medicines should be reduced gradually and homeopathic medicines should be increased gradually.
the above logic is true also in very chronically ill patients, because there condition in reality is not real or rather what we see their condition is a suppressed condition .now abstinance of their main stream support medicine is naturally will increase their problem. but than their symptom picture will gradually correct the symptoms and correct the body internally.
in reality homoeoapthic medicines are very safe and effective. whenever homoeopathic medicines are taken on the onset of the symptoms ,the diseased condition does not develop at all.

viral infections are better treated with homeopathy. idiopathic disorders are better treated with homeopathy. allergic problems can be better treated with homeopathy ... etc. in the next post we shall talk where homeopathy works and where it should not be tried.