Homotoxicology Optimizes Life: Treating Arthritis Diseases

© Copyright 2004 by Dr. Alta Smit, M.B., B.Ch., B.Sc., (Phys.), M.F. Hom; South Africa; Forward by Bruce H. Shelton, M.D., M.D.(h), DiHOM & HEEL Inc. USA Medical Director, USA
(Explore Issue: Volume 13, Number 1)

The idea that Homotoxicology is based on scientific evidence isn’t widely known, but is nevertheless true. The following article, written by Dr. Alta Smit, is a well-documented treatise based on the scientific principles that combination homeopathic remedies can treat and heal arthritic diseases in fashion equivalent to allopathic drugs. The advantages are obvious; the side effects are absent and the costs are but a fraction of conventional pharmaceutical products. While reading this well written work, one can only imagine a world where morbidity and cost is minimized, and the quality of life and well-being is optimized.

Musculoskeletal Disorders and Homotoxicology

Worldwide musculoskeletal conditions affect hundreds of millions of people and the cost to society due to loss of functionality and pain is high. Homotoxicology offers a viable alternative to current therapies which carry a high incidence of side effects and mainly employ the strategy of suppression. The bulk of musculoskeletal disease is made up of degenerative conditions, followed by secondary inflammatory disease. 

In terms of the theory of homotoxicology, disease is seen as an ever increasing inability of the body to maintain homeostasis by self regulation. Numerous factors can affect the ability to self regulate, notably environmental toxins, infection, and psychological stress to name a few. Disease is thus classified according to the degree of dysregulation on a six phase table of disease.

Regulation first takes place on a humoral level via the auto regulatory system (roughly the neuroendocrine immunological apparatus). This corresponds to the excretion and inflammatory phases of the table. When the auto regulatory system is unable to maintain balance, the ground regulation system or extra cellular matrix is the next line of defense. This corresponds to the deposition and impregnation phases on the table. In the middle of these two phases is the biological division. Crossing this division implies that the organism has lost the ability to self-regulate and will not compensate unless supported in its efforts to return to self regulation. Due to the importance of the extra cellular matrix as a biophysical layer which transports nutrients to and removes waste products from the cell, as well as serving as a center for cellular signaling, cellular disease will be the natural progression should the matrix be impaired in any way. Therefore, tissue denaturation in the form of degeneration and dedifferentiation is seen in the last two (cellular) phases. If disease moves from the left to the right of the table, it constitutes a worsening and is called a progressive vicariation. If there is an improvement in the self-regulation and condition, it is called a regressive vicariation. The aim is to induce regressive vicariation as far as possible.

Apart from creating a tool to classify disease and monitor treatment, the table gives us the opportunity to plan treatment, as the various ingredients in the homotoxicological products perform specific actions in the different phases. Development of musculoskeletal disease depends on the trigger, the ability of the host to self-regulate, and the genetic predisposition of the individual to develop disease in this system if challenged by a trigger.