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Homeopathy Journal

THYROID AND HOMEOPATHIC IODINE
By Joette Calabrese, HMC, CCH, RSHom (NA)

Margaret was uncommonly dazzling, char- so small she literally needed a magnifying glass
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clothes. Nothing she wore matched exactly, yet as day…anxiety, mood swings, hair loss, weight
it all worked together quite nicely because it was gain, chest pain, irregular heartbeat, shortness of
draped on her body with her patrician sensibili- breath, seizures. She already had suffered some
ties. of these symptoms and the drug only promised
She summered at Martha’s Vineyard, her more!
long tan legs attracting onlookers. . . mostly Next Margaret visited a psychiatrist, be-
men, but women, too. I can’t say in public what cause of the angst she was experiencing. He too
the men would think but I’m sure Margaret proposed drugs. “No thanks,” she thought. She
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incautiously. The result was a kind of male chaos simply taken the prescriptions, but that wasn’t
that fell in her wake. She was the sort of woman Margaret’s style. In fact, even her best friend
who reveled in her ever-changing relationships, asked her, “What’s wrong with taking medi-
amending them simply because the challenge FLQH"´ ³1R ´ 0DUJDUHW LQVLVWHG ³, PXVW ¿QG D
was entertaining. ERQD ¿GH solution.”
But then, one weekend after a friend’s open- And so Margaret wore her hair in a sweeping
ing in Soho, something snapped. Instead of her fashion that concealed the loss that honestly only
usual deftness in her daily routine, she began to she noticed. She was driven by her innate tenac-
experience weariness. It moderated her usual ity to unearth an alternative solution. A colleague
steady vitality with a chronic longing for naps. who had been relieved of thyroid nodules with a Once the
Before long, she also recognized that her easy special homeopathic preparation suggested the energy of
FRQ¿GHQFH DQG ÀLSSDQW DLU KDG GZLQGOHG DQG ZDV name of her reputable homeopath. So, Margaret
being replaced by a diminished, subdued version scheduled a phone consultation because the the illness is
of her old self. And she began to lose more hair homeopath lived two states away. met by the
than she cared to think about. After this initial consultation, Margaret was energy of the
$W ¿UVW KHU V\PSWRPV ZHUH PLOG EXW E\ WKH comforted. She was not told her hypothyroid con-
WLPH VKH HQWHUHG WKH GRFWRU¶V RI¿FH VKH ZDV DJL- dition would be cured, but the homeopath put it in remedy, it
tated and alarmed. “It feels like I have a chronic a different way. “Your body is responding to an will be
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pounds.” The latter symptom troubled her the the symptoms to determine which homeopathic
most. remedy is best suited to antidote or address your for the body
The doctor considered hypothyroidism and VSHFL¿F LPEDODQFH 2QFH WKH HQHUJ\ RI WKH LOO- to react.
subsequent tests indicated Margaret’s TSH (thy- ness is met by the energy of the remedy, it will Instead, the
roid stimulating hormone) was indeed low, so he be unnecessary for the body to react. Instead,
advised a medication. This wouldn’t cure her, of the reactions to the disease or symptoms will be reactions to
course, but it would manage the problem. antidoted.” the disease or
Margaret began to question the decision to Margaret was inspired by the word “anti- symptoms will
follow through since the side effects were written dote” and within a week from taking the rem-
in the drug pack she was handed, albeit in print edy Iodum, her fatigue began to fade. “Is this be antidoted.

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