Homeopathic Surgery Protocol

Homeopathic Protocol for Surgery

What is homeopathy?

Homeopathy is a safe, effective method of healing that has been in existence for over 200 years.

This practice is based on the principle that our bodies have the ability to heal themselves when the immune system is given the right type of stimulation.

The Law of Similars in homeopathic medicine states that a substance that can cause the symptoms of a disease can also cure it. This approach is very different from Western medicine which attempts to cure disease by suppressing the body's immune system.

Homeopathic formulas are derived from plants, animals, and minerals that have undergone a dilution process called potentization (the solution is diluted over and over again). These successive dilutions produce an end product that no longer contains any of the molecules from the original substance but still has considerable therapeutic value. Potentization assures us that there will be no dangerous side effects or toxic reactions to the preparations.

These remedies are safe, gentle, and natural. They do not poison, will not interact with other medications, and are non-addictive. They are FDA-approved and safe for all ages, including newborns, pregnant women, and the elderly. Homeopathy heals by working with your entire body to relieve symptoms, restore what has been damaged, recalibrate the body to its original optimal function, and improve overall health and vitality.

Below is our Homeopathic Protocol for Surgery courtesy of gifted homeopath and Christa’s coauthor, Willow Buckley. This protocol is designed to help activate the body’s natural healing processes and assist with a speedy recovery.

Homeopathic remedies are inexpensive. They come in little blue vials and can be found in the supplement section of the health food store or natural pharmacies like Pharmaca.

Before Surgery:

• Arnica 30C one dose (3-5 pellets)

After Surgery:

• Arnica 30C daily for 5 days

• Rescue Remedy 3 times the first day only

• Staphysagria 30C one dose daily for 2 days

• Hypericum 30C one dose daily on 3rd and 4th day after

• Phosphorus 30C one dose every 4 hours for 2 days if there are ailments from narcotics and anesthesia (see below)

Arnica montana is indicated in any case of trauma and shock and the first remedy to consider before and after surgery. It prevents shock, controls hemorrhage, reduces swelling and pain, prevents soreness, inflammation, suppuration and sepsis and promotes healing of wounds. Arnica has a strong affinity for the muscles, skin, connective tissue, blood vessels, and is especially indicated if the patient feels beaten and bruised all over the body. Given before and immediately after an operation, it is a powerful adjunct and should be given until symptoms manifest themselves indicating some other remedy. Dosage depends on the vitality of the patient and severity of the operation. Vital patients need higher potencies and a longer time to prepare, as they tend more to react with shock.

Hypericum perforatum is to lacerations what Arnica is to bruises. It is called the ‘Arnica of the nerves’ because it is a major first-aid remedy for nerve pain and damage and traumatized sensory nerves. It heals injured areas which have a rich nerve supply, such as hands and feet, fingers and toes (crushed fingers or toes) and coccyx injuries even many years after the trauma. Hypericum is useful for punctured, incised, and lacerated wounds and when tissues are almost entirely separated from the body. It is also ideal for wounds that are particularly painful and very sensitive to the touch and when the pain is violent and intolerable, stitching, shooting, lancinating, intermittent, extending along nerves and radiating to different parts of the body or over the whole body. It will relieve nerve pain that is burning, stinging, shooting, throbbing and when there is more tenderness about the wound than the appearance would indicate.

It serves well after nerve trunks have been handled, stretched, or when nerves have been cut through or bruised – here it will lessen pain, partial paralysis, and palsy. In paresis of the arm, when the patient has been inadvertently or unavoidably placed on the operating table with the upper extremity under the body producing postural paresis, Hypericum will come to the rescue. Also in paresis caused by entanglements of nerves in scars, when numbness remains after injury of nerves in the area of the operation scar, in facial paralysis resulting from forceps delivery (when Arnica fails), after laparotomy, amputation and phantom limb pain, lumbar puncture, brain or spinal operations and injuries, especially of the coccyx (after childbirth!). It is one of the main remedies for Tetanus prophylaxis (Arnica, Ledum), often superior to Arnica before or after tooth extraction and valuable as a post-operative treatment due to its analgesic properties. Hypericum is said to be superior to morphine after operations. It may be indicated where shock is due to pain.

Staphysagria is a powerful vulnerary after operations, clean cuts from surgical incisions, or mechanical injuries from sharp cutting instruments, especially when followed by colic and painfulness. It is often indicated when neuralgic pain persists in the area of the surgical incision, especially if the operation concerns the abdominal area, the lesser pelvis or genitalia, including circumcision or operations to correct phimosis, or after invasive procedures through sphincter muscles (like rectoscopy, urethroscopy, tracheoscopy or panendoscopy). It is indicated when the pain is strong, burning, and stinging like the cutting of a knife and accompanied by the sensation of coldness and congestion of the head. The patient is usually oversensitive, ill-humored, irritable and angered, and possibly dwelling on sexual matters. Staphysagria is an important remedy for deep or painful wounds that bleed a lot, for the chronic effects of wounds, and a good remedy to prevent peritonitis following abdominal surgery. Given before surgery, it will allay the pain and prevent inflammation.

Think of Staph for aggressive pain and slow-healing wounds after organ removal or amputation with stitching, tearing pain along nerves.

Phosphorus is a valuable remedy for ailments after narcotics and given before surgery it will often prevent complaints. The patient may develop gastric troubles like nausea, vomiting, gastritis, asthma-like symptoms, and stricture of the esophagus, palpitation or arrhythmic states of the heart, other circulatory problems or ailments of the nervous system including disorientation, loss of memory, stupor or weakness. It will help to mitigate the tiredness and unclear feeling in the head after general anesthesia (chloroform narcosis).