A growing number of the population, both adults and children, suffer from ADD and ADHD. This condition can interfere significantly with a person’s life in many ways. The common way of treating it is by the use of specific medication. These force focus quite impressively, however there are some drawbacks. Long term dependency is common along with loss of appetite and insomnia. The most unique approach to ADD is by the use of Constitutional Homeopathic Medicines. They are very safe, easy to take and quite effective. Noticeable results often come in 2-3 months after beginning treatment. Results often last for many years or even permanently. The homeopathic remedies are often from mineral or plant extract and are taken in chewable pill form. Once they are effective, the changes can often help the self-esteem grow and create a better sense of well-being. Hyperactivity can diminish, behavior improves and focus and attention improve. In children, grades often improve as well as procrastination.

There are over 50 homeopathic remedies that can be used to treat ADHD, ranging from common to more esoteric.  A common plant remedy used is Nux Vomica. There is often a hurried feeling with impatience, irritability and racing thoughts. The speech can often be rapid. Stomachaches or constipation are often found. Teasing is a common trait. Another plant remedy is Ignatia amara. There is often a more shy or inhibited personality or with mood swings and lack of confidence. Frustration feelings are common. Stomachaches and headaches are often helped with this remedy. Staphysagria is a plant remedy prescribed when there is more shyness and inhibition. The child is often very sensitive and scared of raising their hand in class. The person can appear quiet on the outside with a lot of thoughts on the inside. A common mineral remedy is Argentum Nitricum. The person is more on the loud side with a lot of thoughts and a lot of laughter. They can be the life of the party and have quite a carefree attitude. They are usually very generous and open hearted. Sulphur is another common mineral remedy. These types of people are often naturally mechanical, analytical, curious and quick-witted. They are often born leaders with a strong sense of fairness. Baryta Carbonica is used when the person is on the slow side, naïve or child-like. They can be extraordinarily shy or even bashful. They often want others to speak for them. There can be a sweetness in their personality with delayed development. Phosphorus is a remedy used when there are a lot of scattered feelings along with anxiety, especially with anticipation and impressionability.

While it may be tempting to pick one of the above remedies and start using it for yourself or giving it to a loved one, there are actually many different factors that go into selecting the best remedy. Even once the right remedy is found, it is important to use the correct strength (these commonly range from 6c to 200c). Some strengths can only be purchased through a professional homeopath. There are also different strategies for taking the remedies.  Some work best if they are taken once every few months and some work best if taken daily, or even multiple times per day.  With over 35 years of expertise in Constitutional Homeopathy, Dr. Lester is able to identify which remedy or remedies are most likely to result in positive, long-term change. There are signs beyond the improved focus that we look for to make sure a person is responding well, and may change or combine remedies to get the best results.    

Homeopathic medicines work by eliminating noisy thoughts in the brain that are usually quite distracting to the person. They desensitize the brain and nervous system to remove negative states of mind. The result is a quieter state of function in both the mind and body. Sleep improves. Bad dreams can go away, and life can become easier. Post-traumatic stress disorder, PTSD, can often result in ADD and ADHD tendencies. Once a trauma imprints into the brain it is often difficult to get it out. By the desensitization process of homeopathic treatment, the PTSD and ADD typically disappear together. Homeopathic treatment often enhances psychotherapy and learning technique programs. If homeopathic treatment was offered in the schools, then the classrooms would be quieter and more manageable. It has been proven that when the mind has been traumatized, the person will not be able to learn. The combination of homeopathic medical care to unload the brain, combined with any type of educational therapy will speed up the results by tenfold.

At Trilogy Medical in Soquel, we serve the community with decades of experience, offering services for both adults and children to help build self-esteem and success. Dr. Jeff Lester, DO and Amber Weiss, PA-C, LAc. administer homeopathic medical care, acupuncture and healthy nutrition at the clinic.  Check our website at trilogymedical.net or give us a call at 831-600-8117. You have nothing to lose but your lack of focus!

The use of homeopathic medicine is a spectacular life enhancing treatment for so many conditions that children commonly face in childhood. Whether it is an immune system challenge, behavior difficulty, skin conditions or low self-esteem, homeopathic medicines can provide significant results. These amazing medicines can often cure conditions rather than suppress or just provide temporary relief. Homeopathy has been around in the US since 1825 and was used by most physicians up until around the 1940’s. They are natural, free of side effects and administered commonly by chewable pills. The most exciting effect is that children can be and often are permanently cured of the ailment that they suffer from in a very short time.  Chronic skin conditions like eczema or dermatitis will often resolve rapidly. Recurrent infections will rapidly resolve. Gastric upset such as constipation, diarrhea or frequent stomachaches are often easily treated. Allergies and asthma are commonly cured permanently. Migraine headaches can reduce significantly or disappear completely over time.

Homeopathic medicines are made into potencies from dilutions of natural substances most commonly from plant or mineral extract. They can help modify a child’s behavior by removing abnormal impulses or emotional states that cause children to struggle. By making a child less impulsive they become more socially accepted and gain more self-esteem. These amazing remedies are able to increase focus and improve memory. Children on the autism spectrum can make great improvements over time with well-prescribed treatment along with educational techniques such as speech therapy.

The only reason that homeopathic medicines are not widely used is from the lack of education in the training of practitioners. The study of homeopathy is a great undertaking similar to medical school. The reward of many years of serious study is the ability of obtaining frequent cures of all kinds. Children enjoy taking the remedies as they are chewable and sweet tasting. They also get excited at the prospect of having hope of change and improvement.

With accurate homeopathic care there can be more peace in families. Calmness can prevail when the whole family is treated. Teachers will often notice that the child’s behavior has noticeably changed in a very short time. The remedies can quiet talkativeness and on the other extreme decrease shyness. I recall one 12 year-old boy who underwent treatment for extreme shyness with anxiety where he was too hesitant to raise his hand in class. After 4 months he began raising his hand answering questions in class. His self-esteem grew rapidly. His tendency to stutter resolved and he became more social. His mother was greatly appreciative of his progress.

A child’s appetite can often improve with constitutional homeopathic care over 4-5 months with more interest in healthy foods. As fear decreases an adventuresome spirit can appear. Subsequently we often see growth spurts develop more rapidly. Dark circles can disappear from under the eyes as the immune system comes into better balance.

If you are interested in learning more about this gentle but profound and truly healing system of medicine, see our website at trilogymedical.net and trilogytalks.net. The sooner you incorporate this comprehensive medical system into your child’s life the more you will help your child thrive. This may improve the trajectory of their lives forever.

Immune agility means that your immune system is prepared to handle whatever might come its way. In our current days of the pandemic, it is more critical now than ever. When the immune system is free to react with a full and robust response to an incoming invader that might be lurking, then deep illness is much less likely to occur. This might answer why some people power through illness better than others. Whether it is a virus, a bacteria, the dreaded resistant MRSA staphylococcus bacteria, an injury, recovering from surgery, recurrent sinusitis or UTI’s, immune agility is the key. Immune agility leads to immune confidence and better health.

Constitutional Homeopathy can return the agility to the immune system by freeing it up and restoring it to full power. Through a process of “corrective signaling,” homeopathy has been saving lives, especially during the great epidemics of the past in the US. These included cholera, scarlet fever, diphtheria and even the Bubonic plague. The Hahnemann monument in Scott Circle in Washington, DC commemorates this reformation of medicine in America at the time of these epidemics. The German Dr. Samuel Hahnemann discovered that if a person’s immune system was compromised or stuck in a weakened state due to a chronic illness and they began fighting an acute illness, after successfully resolving the acute illness, the chronic weakened state would also improve or completely resolve. He then surmised that he could reproduce the same phenomenon by creating a similar stimulus to the immune system with a diluted and potentized extract of a substance from nature that had medicinal action. He published his first works in 1810 in Leipzig, Germany. It later spread to the US in 1825 with the successful treatment of cholera.

Today in the US, we unfortunately only have a singular system of medicine that is highly successful with bacterial infections, emergencies and suppressing symptoms. However, what is missing is a second system of medicine that restores the immune system, nervous system, hormonal system and circulatory system after it has been injured. Constitutional homeopathy was that system used by virtually all doctors in the US from 1825 until 1940. It was replaced with penicillin, sulfa, cortisone and insulin. These medicines were powerful, rapid acting and easy to prescribe as “one size fits all.” Homeopathy is more challenging since it must be prescribed with precision for each individual and how they need to be restored to health. However, the precision is what makes it so effective.

An investigative interview and examination is performed by a well-trained homeopath. A single homeopathic remedy is chosen to try to unlock, direct or empower a person internally to get well. The most unique part of homeopathy is that it communicates with the internal system in a way that can be rapid, gentle and permanent restoration to health. If this is done prior to a person being exposed to a harmful virus, such as the current coronavirus, they are less likely to succumb to the illness. We have seen this repeatedly when two people in a partnership share the coronavirus. The partner who is on homeopathic treatment fairs far better than the partner who is not on treatment. Often in a married couple, the partner who has the immune agility hardly gets sick. We have seen the untreated partner wind up with bronchitis or pneumonia more often. This can lead to hospitalization.

Just like prior to playing a sport, when you prepare the agility of the muscles and tendons, you are less likely to become injured. When constitutional homeopathy is employed prior to exposure to a tough bug, the immune agility might just save a person’s life. MRSA is the dreaded staphylococcus infection that is resistant to most antibiotics. Homeopathic care has been commonly successful. Chronic sinusitis will often resolve within a relatively short time. When the immune system is restored to full power, then the treatment is completed.

Dr. Jeff Lester has been using constitutional homeopathy in his medical practice since 1988. He has found it an invaluable tool in helping people find good health and extend their lives. You can find us at Trilogy Medical in Soquel on 41^st Avenue in Santa Cruz, CA and on the web at www.trilogymedical.net. Call us at 831-600-8117 to discover your immune agility.