Is there help for our traumatized nation
We live in a traumatizing world. Major life events, and for some, daily life events, are a continuous source of trauma and the worst of all …re-traumatization. Just when we think we have some control over life events, a new shocking incident happens.
What to do about it?
In my naturopathic practice, I have witnessed and confirmed that emotional trauma is stored in the body. No matter how much therapy a person has, psychological therapy will not erase trauma from the physical body. The body stores trauma, and it stores it mostly in the muscles and joints. Even undergoing EMDR (a therapy, considered top-notch treatment for psychological trauma), I have seen a total failure of that modality. I have witnessed patients complaining of years of therapy gone to waste, and I considered EMDR a total waste of money. This is not my opinion, though. Trying to help my patients, I have learned a special chiropractic adjustment of the body and found out that only that spine manipulation allowed me to release the patient’s past trauma successfully. The patient was able to release trauma from the muscles that stored the painful memory and was able to move on with his life.
Can homeopathy clear muscle memory and erase trauma from the mind and body of the patient? It remains to be seen.
Homeopathy reaches very deep, so does EMDR, but unlike EMDR, it leaves you at peace, and it doesn’t leave you open and prone to the next trauma. You don’t have to think about your painful past event and come to terms with it. It simplygets neutralized. Homeopathy, and I am speaking from my personal experience, will not leave you picking up the pieces, unlike EMDR, and force you to put your life story back together. Here, homeopathy may act in a curious way, to the point that it will literally “knock you out”, even force you to take a nap, and it will relax you so deeply. I have seen with my own eyes on multiple occasions in cases of acute trauma. I have witnessed shivers and anxiety disappear in one or two minutes, and the patient is relaxing and wanting to take a nap, despite a traumatic event still existing at present.
How deep does this remedy reach? It remains to be seen, but when you question the patient who took homeopathic remedy, about that particular trauma that he experienced, there is no emotional attachment anymore, no more trauma bonding, just shrugging shoulders that “yes, it happened” and sort of “so what” feeling about it and the need to happily move forward, like the issue happened in a very distant past and now it is irrelevant.
My top and favorite remedy for trauma is Aconite (Aconitum napellus), and to Aconite I ascribe above lessons and teachings. It’s a powerful remedy, and it has a very deep action. My instructors in naturopathic college taught us that it can even remove past trauma, not only the most recent trauma that you are experiencing, but root causes of the issues like past heavy emotions, shocking memories, painful accidents, no matter when they may have happened. If you are a middle-aged person and some trauma happened to you when you were a child, Aconite can lessen the effects of your childhood trauma on your current life. How many traumatic incidents can it remove? I don’t know. Aconite is an absolute marvel; the fact that it removes past trauma and releases anxiety is for me enough to classify Aconite as a top homeopathic remedy.
Don’t we all want to start with a carte blanche on some painful events, and put them behind us? You might ask – what about learning experience from trauma? My optimistic guess is that during your life span, you can draw from these types of incidents some valuable lessons, you can accumulate tips and tricks on how to deal with painful events, and youperhaps know by now how to avoid painful accidents in the future.
Aconite is used for a deep shock related to life events like shock after an accident, a shocking emotional incident, or some emotional trauma leading to PTSD. For complex PTSD and physical trauma, please refer to my article “Shock from injuries.” Aconite eases anxiety and releases the emotional clutch the patient is caught up in.
You see it in action when the patient relaxes in minutes, right in front of you.
What are the other indications, besides a history of trauma, that will make you pick up that remedy?
There is a peculiar fear of death. Even though many people will fear death, in this case, the patient points to the clock on the wall and says that he will be dead at a specific hour. This is a very strange observation caused by some uncontrollable emotions. You can imagine what sort of life-challenging moment that poor person went through. My only hope is that Aconite would erase that past event for good.
Another observation, when to use Aconite is to use it for current health conditions that developed as a result of a shock, in other words, for a disease process that formed, in which the root cause of it was some shocking event, like a physical fall, emotional trauma, being a witness to a tragedy, or participating in the tragedy. This is when Aconite would help the most.
Potency of Aconite in any of these above cases should be higher than the normal potency of 30C and should be usedsparingly, as the higher potency acts longer, and redosing should happen when the remedy exhausts its action. It suffices to say that this remedy should be handled by a qualified homeopath, and your traumatic event should be discussed with a qualified doctor.
Is there a help for our traumatized nation?
We live in a traumatizing world. Major life events, and for some daily life evsesnts are continuous source of a trauma and the worst of all …re-traumatization. Just when we think we got some control on life event – a new shocking incident happens.
What to do about it?
In my naturopathic practice, I have witnessed and confirmed, that emotional trauma is stored in the body. No matter how much therapy person could have, psychological therapy will not erase trauma from the physical body. Body stores trauma and it stores it mostly in the muscles and joints. Even undergoing EMDR (a therapy, considered top notch treatment for psychological trauma) I have seen a total failure of that modality. I have witnessed patients complaining of years of therapy gone to waste, and considered EMDR total waste of money. This is not my opinion though. Trying to help my patients, I have’ve learned a special chiropractic adjustment of body and found out that only that spine manipulation allowed me to release the patient’s past trauma successfully. Patient was able to release trauma from the muscles that stored the painful memory and was able to move on with his life.
Can homeopathy clear muscle memory and erase trauma from the mind and body of the patient? It remains to be seen.
Homeopathy reaches very deep, so does EMDR, but unlike EMDR it leaves you at peace and it doesn’t leave you open and prone to next trauma. You don’t have to think about your painful past event and come to the terms with it. It just simply gets neutralized. Homeopathy, and I am speaking from my personal experience, it will not leave you picking up the pieces, unlike EMDR, and force you to put your life story back together. Here, homeopathy may act in a curious way, to the point that it will literally “knock you out”, even may force you to take a nap, it will relax you so deeply. I have seen with my own eyes on multiple occasions in cases of an acute trauma. I have witnessed shivers and anxiety disappear in one or two minutes and patient is relaxing and wanting to take a nap, despite of traumatic event still existing at present.
How deep this remedy reaches? It remains to be seen, but when you question the patient who took homeopathic remedy, about that particular trauma that he experienced, there is no emotional attachment anymore, no more trauma bonding, just shrugging shoulders that “yes, it happened” and sort of “so what” feeling about it and the need to happily move forward, like the issue happened in a very distant past and now it is irrelevant.
My top and favorite remedy for trauma is Aconite (Aconitum napellus), and to Aconite I ascribe above lessons and teachings. It’s a powerful remedy and it has a very deep action. My instructors in naturopathic college taught us – that it can even remove past trauma, not only most recent trauma that you are experiencing, but root causes of the issues like past heavy emotions, shocking memories, painful accidents, no matter when they may have happened. if you are a middle aged person and some trauma happened to you when you were a child, Aconite can lessen the effects of your childhood trauma on your current life. How many traumatic incidences it can remove? I don’t know. Aconite is an absolute marvel, that the fact that it remove past trauma and release the anxiety is for me enough to classify Aconite as a top homeopathic remedy.
Don’t we all want to start with a carte blanche on some painful events, and put them behind us? You might ask – what about learning experience from trauma? My optimistic guess, is that I hope that during your life span you can draw from these types of incidences some valuable lessons, you can accumulate tips and tricks on how to deal with painful events and you perhaps know by now how to avoid painful accidents in the future.
Aconite is used for a deep shock related to life events like shock after accident, shocking emotional incident, some emotional trauma leading to PTSD. For complex PTSD and physical trauma, please refer to my article “Shock from injuries.” Aconite eases anxiety, releases emotional clutch patient is caught up in.
You see it in action when patient relaxes in minutes, right in front of you.
What are the other indications, besides history of trauma, that will make you to pick up that remedy?
There is a peculiar fear of death. Even though, many people will fear death, in this case patient points to the clock on the wall and saying that he will be dead on specific hour. This is a very strange observation caused by some uncontrollable emotions. You can imagine what sort of life challenging moment that poor person went through. My only hope is that Aconite would erase that past event for good.
Another observation, when to use Aconite is to use it for current health conditions that developed as a result of a shock, in other words for a disease process that formed, in which root cause of it it was some shocking event, like a physical fall, emotional trauma, being a witness to tragedy or participating in the tragedy. This is when Aconite would help the most.
Potency of Aconite in any of these above cases, should be higher than normal potency of 30C and should be used sparingly, as the higher potency acts longer, and redosing should happened when the remedy exhausts it’s action. It suffices to say, that this remedy should be handled by qualified homeopath and your traumatic event should be discussed with qualified doctor.
