Genetics, genetic
engineering, genetic mapping, postulations and probabilities of future
diseases and their treatment based on genetic susceptibility, dietary
guideline based on genetic propensities….suddenly genes have become
central to lifestyles!
But what we are waking up to
today is what Homeopathy has always maintained and propagated; albeit in
different terms. For 200 years ago, genes were not discovered… but Dr
Samuel Hahnemann, the man who discovered Homeopathy was already
implementing its concept whilst he stated forth the basic principles of
Homeopathy..!
Genes are the master regulators of all
biochemical functions of the cells and hence of life itself. Genes not
only determine susceptibility to development of certain illnesses but
they also preside over the day to day functioning of the human being at
the microscopic and hence the macroscopic level. For what is true for
the cell, is also true for the tissue, organ and the person as a
whole.
In short, genes are responsible for how you
look, how you feel, how you react, how you act, how you live! Every
aspect of your existence is an expression of your genes. We have about
30,000 genes in each cell of our body. These genes code for synthesis of
specific proteins which carry on various functions in our body. All
that is natural to us and all that is a part of us, be it our emotions,
thoughts, motivation, ambition, nutrition, elimination, reproduction,
metabolism is due to the activity of our genes.
What
are we sensitive to, how do we respond to various situations in life,
what hurts us and what makes us angry, what serves to motivate us or
what depresses us, what provokes anxiety and what ignites passion –
these are individual expressions of every person and they differ due to
the fact that every person has a different set of genes than the other.
The differences in the genetic make-up due to countless permutations and
combinations of the inherited genes ensures uniqueness of every
individual. And hence genetic mapping is done to identify the person,
unique as he is, from the rest around him.
And
what does Homeopathy do? Homeopathy tries to
understand every person thoroughly, in the emotional, mental, physical
plane, to assess his uniqueness (conferred on him by his genes) which we
call 'individuality'! Homeopathy believes that every person possesses
individuality and one needs to understand this individuality before one
can prescribe any medicine for him.
In short,
Homeopathy too does genetic mapping, but of a practical kind and by
employing a different method, so that one can apply a suitable medicine
tailor-made for his genetic profile. Thus a Homeopathic
consultation is both investigative and therapeutic and the
Similimum or correct Homeopathic medicine acts as a
genetic medicine or a medicine suited to the genetic make-up of the
person!