So, can Homoeopathy be used as an alternative to conventional vaccines?

Many people ask, "Is there an alternative to vaccinations?" The answer has to be "No" and "Yes". Confused? Read on.

When a person child or adult is vaccinated in the conventional way the cocktail of chemicals, metals, animal matter and dead bacteria or viruses (or sometimes even live ones) stimulate the abodes immune system to create antibodies in the blood. Should there then be an attack from that particular bacteria or virus the immune system is ready armed with the appropriate shaped antibodies that will kill the invaders.

This definitely does happen and takes about 6 weeks. When the blood of a vaccinated person is tested under the microscope these antibodies will be found. However no measure is taken of possible side effects of these various alien substances on the immune system or to the original health and susceptibility of the individual, but the process is very straightforward.

Homoeopathy on the other hand does not use external means to alarm the immune system, rather it gently and deeply strengthens the health of the individual as a whole, including the immune system, so that should any bacteria or viruses be in the environment the individual will have a strong and efficient immune system to deal with them. This mature and healthy immune system will synthesise the infection so that it does not overwhelm the body. That person will then have a natural immunity that can be built upon by future generations.

Take for example the inherited immunity to measles that many communities have from two thousand years of peoples dying of the disease. This process has brought it to the mild and relatively harmless disease that exists today in those communities. The new vaccination to measles (that is so controversial in the over developed countries of the world) is rather too late and is really unnecessary there. In countries where this immunity has not been built up so long the disease can still be dangerous but this is mainly because those people do not get enough good food, water or political stability and this makes them more susceptible. These problems could be resolved by other means than mass vaccination but that is a political issue.

So, when a small baby is taken to the homoeopath, he or she will look at every aspect of the child's health, each of its physical systems, i.e. the digestive system, the urinary system, the immune system and so on, plus the emotional life of the child and its carers, the family medical history and finally the pregnancy and birth experience. All these factors influence whether that child is healthy or not, how it will deal with infection and what possible susceptibility the child may have to disease.

Based on all this information the homoeopath will give appropriate medicines to cure and strengthen whatever ails or predisposes the individual to disease. This is the glorious art of creative medicine and in practice it works very well. A clean sheet, a newborn baby, with Homoeopathy can only become healthier, with vaccinations could go down the slippery slope of toxic overload andthe consequent breaking down of beautiful, natural systems of health.

So, is this an alternative? In a way yes and is definitely kinder. The conventional route is relatively easy and takes full responsibility for the health of the child. The homoeopathic route is much more complex and hands back responsibility to the parent.

This may not be everyone's cup of tea but if it is homoeopathy offers 250 years of experience in dealing creatively with health. It is a wonderful balancer and strengthener. There are many, many good practitioners around the world and most countries have their own organisation, which will inform you of where these people are. See the Links page of this web site.

A child's immune system is active from 6 mths old (when the Thymus Gland is fully formed) to puberty when the sex hormones switch off its active functions. During this time the immune system is extremely active and storing useful information for the future. If a child is not allowed to have any childhood illness this active immune system is not properly programmed and the person goes into adult life with an immature and under programmed immune system.

All homoeopaths know that any adult who has not had any childhood illnesses are more likely to have serious illness develop in later life. This is why childhood diseases are called "childhood diseases". They have a purpose and if the child is basically well he or she will survive with a much better-informed and primed immune system. Vaccinations you may say do the same thing. The problem with them is that they are firstly toxic, containing chemicals, metals and animal matter, secondly they bypass half of the normal immune response thereby confusing and only partly priming the immune system and thirdly by putting dead viruses into the body by the back door they are more likely to hide in the cells and cause serious disease later in life.

For more informational on the homoeopathic approach see "An Educated Decision" available in the book shop on this web site.

For more information about what vaccines are made of and other issues see "What Every Parent Should Know About Childhood Immunisations" also available through the book shop on this website.