The Cure for those "Incurable" Diseases; Miasms

There is no argument that certain individuals carry predispositions to particular behaviors and diseases.  The Father of Homeopathy, Dr. Samuel Hahnemann, used the term “miasm” to describe these trans-generational causes for disease.  The term miasm means an obstacle to cure, and Hahnemann asserted that until this obstacle was addressed and cleared, the cure of disease would always be incomplete.  Fortunately, rather than helping our patients cope with their lot in life these predispositions to disease can all be cleared and corrected by using homeopathy.

Deeply rooted health problems can be traced back through a family tree to five primary diseases:  Cancer, Gonorrhea (Sycotic), Syphilis, Tubercular (TB), and Psora.  These miasms alter the ideal genetic blueprint for health and can affect the whole person physically, mentally, and emotionally.

Miasms can be either acquired or inherited.  For example, one could acquire a miasm, by contacting Gonorrhea at age 18.  When treated with antibiotics, this form of suppressive therapy could cause Gonorrhea to become dormant, only to manifest later.  Or, it could later present in a different form such as allergies, sinus, herpes, vaginitis, warts, tumors, suspiciousness, jealousy, selfishness, or uncontrolled sexual desires.  So, acquired miasms are attained during a lifetime.

Most miasms are by far inherited.  The chances of inheriting miasms from a thousand of years of ancestry are much greater than acquiring one in a single lifetime.  Inherited miasms can be either active or dormant.  Since an active miasm actually presents a current symptomatic picture or expression,  the best time to consider using a miasm formula is when the symptoms are present.  A dormant miasm is one that is hidden deep within the body, not expressing any of its possible symptoms.  I recommend not attempting treatment of dormant miasms unless other testing confirms the need for a specific miasm formula.

Homeopaths understand that miasms exist in various layers within the body.  A good analogy would be that of peeling away the layers of an onion as we work to correct disease and build health.  Regular homeopathic formulas work to strengthen and restore health to the body according to the symptomatic expressions the body is communicating.  When conditions continue to recur or be non-responsive, a deeper acting remedy like a miasm formula may be needed to correct the condition more completely.  As we continue to peel away the disease layers impairing our normal healthy expressions, we frequently discover various miasms along the way.

Miasm correction is essential to both the restoration of health and the eradication of disease from our planet.  I have now used homeopathy long enough to witness correction of genetic disease patterns in people and observe the liberation from those diseases in their offspring conceived after miasm correction.  I have seen this remarkable healing phenomenon in cases such as childhood obesity, allergies, breathing disorders, skin disorders, behavioral disorders, phobias, and anxieties or nervousness.  What a wonderful reward to see not only children and adults healed of devastating, genetic, or life-long health problems, but to also see their children born and grow up free from those inherited health problems and weaknesses!

How do you treat miasms?

Although they are not difficult to correct with homeopathy, miasms are not always wiped out in a single blow.

Treating miasms can cause extreme changes in one’s health.  Commonly these changes can cause a wonderfully enlightening euphoric experience, as well as times when more intense cleansing crises may occur and create temporary discomfort from the eliminative process.  Some of the commonly experienced cleansing symptoms may include emotional releases, skin breakouts, itching, fever, fatigue, bowel movement changes, breathing changes, and various forms of pain.  While these symptoms are temporary and non-damaging to the body, they can be severe at times.  Remember, the body orchestrates the healing crisis; no actual harm or permanent damage will result even if it doesn’t feel like it!  Although a healing crisis is neither comfortable nor convenient, it is essential to optimal healing and restoration!

Because of the possible volatility of symptoms when treating miasms, I don’t recommend starting out a new patient inexperienced with natural healing or detoxification with miasm treatment.  They may not be strong enough to tolerate the elimination of the miasms comfortably, especially if the patient is in a weakened state of health.  I recommend first addressing the primary symptoms with symptom specific formulas along with any of the detoxification/drainage formulas.  These products will help strengthen and restore the natural healing and eliminative functions of the body.

Miasm formulas are great to use when patients

• don’t respond to homeopathic treatment.
• don’t respond to other natural treatment.
• reach plateaus where they seem to level off in their health enhancement.
• continue to have reoccurrences with the same problem.

Miasms have a tendency to show up periodically throughout the healing processes over years.  Even miasms that didn’t test positively at first may evidence themselves later in the treatment program as more of the layers of disease have been peeled away.  Either the same miasm treatment or different miasm treatments will commonly be needed periodically over the course of our lives. 

Most everyone has at least one miasm; many people have more than one; and very ill patients could have several miasms.  Regardless, with homeopathy we have the potential to help our patients ascend to higher levels of health with miasm therapy.  Enjoy the journey!

Frank J. King Jr., N.D., D.C. is a nationally recognized researcher, author and lecturer on homeopathy. In addition, Dr. King is the founder and director of King Bio; a registered homeopathic manufacturing company dedicated to empowering people to safely and naturally overcome the common problems plaguing our society.