Anyone try Homeopathy for Lyme Disease?

Question

I was recently diagnosed with Lyme disease and I am treating it with homeopathy, antibiotics, a healthy diet, vitamins, probiotics you name it. Have any of you found some success with the homeopathy and antibiotic combination? How long did it take to start to feel better? Any info. would be helpful.

Answer 1

Well the antibiotics will work far faster the any homeopathic method.  Homeopathic remedies are such a scam they are way too diluted to help anyone.

Answer 2

Hi Betheny,

Lyme disease responds well to homeopathy, yet it is not a self-help problem. Because homeopathic remedies are available over-the-counter, and on an acute care level "easy" to use, it is confusing to people. You can treat yourself and get short-term effects, only for long-term benefit you'd have to be under the care of a homeopath.

Homeopathy is the philosophy, not the remedy itself. That would be like confusing a light bulb with electricity. Does this make sense? So, a homeopath will sit with you for an hour or two, explore your Lyme symptoms, past health history, life situation and stresses, family history, your constitutional symptoms (sleep patterns, menstrual health, foods you like and hate, weather you like and dislike, etc.). Then he/she researches to find a "constitutional" remedy that will catalyze your self-healing defense mechanism to overtake and resolve Lyme disease.

While homeopaths have successfully helped people with Lyme disease for as long as the disease has been around - even longer, because we treat "symptoms" observed by a person, even before a diagnosis is available - one homeopath who ended up seeing more Lyme patients than others wrote a book. I recently participated in a phone conference with this homeopath; I found him to be a fascinating person, and the book might be of interest. (You might get a better price elsewhere, I'm just providing one link.)

http://www.lymebook.com/homeopathy

Either way, though, you have to see a homeopath to get better and ensure your symptoms abate. Homeopathy is a separate, comprehensive field that most parallels acupuncture, except we use homeopathic remedies instead of herbs, dietary changes, and needles. The skill, experience, and training of the homeopath is to follow your symptom shifts, each of which holds great meaning, often subtle. The first remedy is easiest, homeopathy's science; it's "case management" that becomes homeopathy's art.

The other thing to know is that many practitioners (MDs, acupuncturists, NDs, psychologists and the like) know a consumer-level knowledge of homeopathy. You want to interview 2-3 homeopaths and find someone who is certified by the Council for Homeopathic Certification (in N. America, http://www.homeopathicdirectory.com), has a 100% classical homeopathic practice, does not use muscle testing/ kinesiology, hair testing, radionics, etc., and is trained, skilled, and experienced.

My mom suffers from Lyme disease, has gone through all the conventional routes (she got scared and shifted from total homeopathy to all sorts of doctors for the past 5 years, only to end up on tons of meds and even a chemo drug, none of which helped), and she's finally getting better under the care of a homeopath who moved to her area. Because homeopathy also works with psychological symptoms, it's not possible to treat a friend or family member constitutionally. I was lucky to find another certified homeopath for her.

I've also helped people through the years, in various stages.

Antibiotics were not needed and, though initially offered short-term help for some before homeopathy, ultimately slowed healing. So my recommendation is to find a professional homeopath certified to practice classical homeopathy. I've been in practice more than 25 years, so speak from experience.

I hope you are enjoying a return to health very soon. Take care.

Answer 3

I had a homeopathic treatment for lyme. I used it as one of many modalities, and I think that's generally how it's recommended. To get better from Lyme, you usually need to do several things together, like nutritional support, effective bug killing, and detoxification.

I would place homeopathy as a side treatment on the map of effective treatments.