In recent years Candida (yeast) has become a household word among the growing health conscious. Candida overgrowth is estimated to exist in 80% of the population and has been associated with over one hundred common and elusive symptoms prominent in our society. The broad range of symptoms include multiple allergies, fatigue, brain fog, difficulty thinking and concentrating, learning disabilities, hyperactivity, digestive disorders, respiratory disorders, cravings, skin disorders, mental and emotional disorders, immune weaknesses and disorders, mold sensitivity and mood changes. Candida has become the root cause, common denominator behind the dramatic rise in chronic illnesses in general.
I have been eclectically treating Candida overgrowth related problems for over 40 years. Medically, Candida has been treated with extremely toxic drugs and rarely diagnosed. Naturally, Candida treatment includes a very strict diet and lifestyle that has shown moderately effective in the short run yet difficult to sustain. Diet and nutrition alone have not been corrective in the long run and most patients have difficulty maintaining the strict, tight rope rotational diets and never fully overcoming the Candida problem.
Homeopathy has been a positive game changer in correcting the long list of chronic elusive problems related to Candida overgrowth. Homeopathy works differently than nutrition and herbal products. Homeopathy like anything else is not a cure-all for everything, however it is vital component to the cure by correcting actual causes behind the chronic disease pandemic plaguing our society.
The savvy Chiropractor equipped with a few homeopathic formulations, a probiotic and some simple easy to follow diet and lifestyle tweaks, can significantly influence this 21st century pandemic of Candida overgrowth that has been eluding most practitioners today.
Genetically, I have observed Candida overgrowth is producing a broader symptomatic spectrum and greater intensity j with each generation. Ho] meopathy has been the key to stopping the growing list of intense symptoms from plaguing our children and beyond. Scientists are now projecting this generation will be the first in many generations that will live sicker and die sooner than their parents.
We have all heard of Candida Albicans. Albicans means white, and that is the white cottage cheese looking yeast infection commonly found vaginally or as thrush in the mouth or tongue of infants and adults. However, there are many other strains of Candida that are not Albicans or white. In fact, most of the strains of Candida overgrowth do not have a noticeable color, taste or smell. There are strains that cause fatigue, others that cause brain fog, confusion, attention deficit, weakened memory, depression, mood changes and more. Other strains may cause respiratory issues, digestive issues, skin issues, slow metabolism, reproductive issues, headaches, immune weaknesses, mold sensitivity, food allergies, environmental allergies, cravings, and multiple hypersensitivities.
Contemporary applications of homeopathy will also minimize a major problem dealing with the treatment of Candida called the Herxheimer response. The Herxheimer response is a detox response or cleansing crisis that occurs as the Candida dies off and creates a list of temporary symptoms that are not pleasant. With the treatment of Candida overgrowth, this phenomenon of die-off releases up to 80 different endotoxins that can cause a broad range of uncomfortable symptoms.
"...The Herxheimer response is a detox response or cleansing crisis that occurs as the Candida dies off..."
Multiple Homeopathic ingredients, multiple potencies, and multiple deliveries have greatly minimized the Herxheimer response/healing or cleansing crisis.
Before the use of homeopathy, we would get a Herxheimer aggravation in 60% to 70% of the cases we treated for Candida. Implementing homeopathy, we have decreased the Herxheimer aggravation down to 5% to 10% of the cases. The aggravations are also much less intensive and shorter duration.
The Herxheimer response can turn patients away from the Candida care they so vitally need. Sharing the percentage chance of experiencing the Herxheimer response, and what the potential symptoms may be, is important. If you explain the additional symptoms to your patients after the Herxheimer response begins, your patients will look at you skeptically. Explain at the beginning, and when it happens your patients will look at you as a genius. I have had so many patients come in excited about their headache or flu-like symptoms, because they realize the treatment is working.
Homeopathic advances have greatly minimized the regular recurrences of Candida we so commonly experienced in the past. New homeopathic approaches offer a deeper corrective result that awakens the body to keep Candida overgrowth at bay. However, no approach will stop Candida overgrowth if the patient continues to consume excessive sweets, carbohydrates or antibiotics. In summary, adding the homeopathic approach to Candida helps:
1. Awaken and activate the body’s innate regulatory ability to keep Candida in check.
2. Trains the body’s ability to prevent recurrences common to Candida.
3. Provides a gentler cure minimizing the common Herxheimer responses.
4. Helps correct the genetic predispositions towards Candida for the patient and their future offspring.
Frank King, ND, DC, is a nationally recognized researcher, homeopath, speaker, naturalist, and author of The Healing Revolution. He is also the founder and president of King Bio, an FDA-registered natural pharmaceutical manufacturer. For more information and to receive a complimentary Candida Questionnaire d Home Spit Test for free, contact his office at ), www.safe-care.com, or [email protected].
