For more than 35 years, Dr. Randy Meltzer has practiced chiropractic and naturopathic medicine at his office at 99 University Place, Suite 412, New York, NY 10003. Dr. Randy Meltzer, reachable at 212-255-6710, focuses on the natural care of chronic illness and is experienced in the use of homeopathy.
Homeopathic medicine operates on the principle that each body knows what it needs to heal itself. This is the guiding concept behind the homeopathic idea that “like cures like,” which suggests that a substance which produces certain effects in a healthy individual can then be curative when taken for similar symptoms of illness. However, patients must take these substances at highly diluted doses.
Homeopathy pioneers found that while herbs at full strength generated undesirable side effects, a dilution of these substances increased potency while reducing harmful effects. This process, known as “potentiation,” reduces the substance's concentration to a level at which no substance is chemically detectible. It is at these concentrations that the homeopathic substance is most potent.
The homeopathic physician will carefully match the medicinal substance to the patient's individual needs. The patient will take only one remedy per illness at a time, so that the practitioner can observe responses without the intrusion of extraneous factors.
Homeopathic medicine operates on the principle that each body knows what it needs to heal itself. This is the guiding concept behind the homeopathic idea that “like cures like,” which suggests that a substance which produces certain effects in a healthy individual can then be curative when taken for similar symptoms of illness. However, patients must take these substances at highly diluted doses.
Homeopathy pioneers found that while herbs at full strength generated undesirable side effects, a dilution of these substances increased potency while reducing harmful effects. This process, known as “potentiation,” reduces the substance's concentration to a level at which no substance is chemically detectible. It is at these concentrations that the homeopathic substance is most potent.
The homeopathic physician will carefully match the medicinal substance to the patient's individual needs. The patient will take only one remedy per illness at a time, so that the practitioner can observe responses without the intrusion of extraneous factors.