Because of the swell in patient confidence concerning wellness and alternative healthcare, chiropractors are at point of definition.  We will either be labeled as specialists limited to simple musculo-skeletal care or leaders in wellness care.  As the current “number one” natural healthcare profession, we have the excellent opportunity to etch a niche in the next trillion-dollar industry as primary health providers.  Homeopathy can significantly help us achieve that position. 

Similarities of Chiropractic and Homeopathy

With notable similarity in philosophy, mode of action, and effectiveness, homeopathy can propel chiropractic higher toward completing the objectives laid out by its founders.  Chiropractic can be completed with homeopathy, freeing chiropractors to become the doctors of the whole nervous system since homeopathy has the ability to correct nerve interferences throughout the brain and periphery of the body.    However, there will inevitably be questions as to just how homeopathy makes its claims to be so powerful, yet so safe, and so effective.   

As a manufacturer of homeopathic formulas, I am frequently asked for documentation proving safety and efficacy.  I am always eager to introduce people to the exhaustive body of research and clinical trials that demonstrate the amazing safety and effectiveness of homeopathy.  So, exactly who performed all this research?   That’s one of my favorite questions.

Method and Authentication of Testing

Homeopathic remedies follow a highly controlled vitalistic procedure of development and validation.  The method of authenticating results is nothing shy of genius: over a span of two centuries, unique and comprehensive clinical test results called provings have been compiled.  These provings demonstrate how people are vitally interrelated to the elements of their environment and what the symptomatic responses and results are to each of these substances.  This broad spectrum of over 1,300 individual substances are then homeopathically potentized and given to people who display these specific symptomatic patterns in order to confirm the clinical effectiveness of each homeopathic remedy.  For 200 years, trained professionals have compiled results from this specialized and unprecedented clinical testing, and then meticulously recorded them in works called Homeopathic Materia Medicas and Repertories. 

FDA Response to Homeopathy

The FDA and the majority of other regulatory organizations worldwide accept this research and use it to establish guidelines for registration, claims, and labeling.  Homeopathy is the first of all the natural products to have ascended to the status and credibility of being an all-natural drug product registered with the FDA.  The World Health Organization (WHO) acknowledges that homeopathy is the second most widely used medical modality for primary healthcare worldwide.
 
Homeopathic medicines are made from official homeopathic ingredients recognized by the Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia of the United States (HPUS).  Today, the initials "HPUS" on the label assures each permissible ingredient and reviews it for efficacy, toxicity, adverse effects, and clinical effectiveness.   

The FDA monitoring process has not revealed any instances of problems with homeopathy.  The absence of side effects and negative drug interactions with homeopathic products establishes a positive safety profile with the FDA.    Remarkably, this safety profile makes homeopathy valid and applicable for pregnant and nursing woman, children, and newborns, as well as people on multiple medications.

Selecting Homeopathic Remedies

When considering homeopathy, be certain the products are registered with the HPUS.  With “HPUS” on the label, the manufacturer is required to provide documentation and “proof of claims” for each ingredient of every formula manufactured and are fully compliant to all regulatory guidelines of the FDA and fall within the unprecedented safety and efficacy of homeopathy.  Check to see if the maker is an FDA registered pharmaceutical manufacturing company operating in strict accordance and compliance with the FDA and current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP).

Homeopathy, like chiropractic, offers an energetic approach that helps activate innate intelligence.  Homeopathy is deep acting, yet subtle and gentle, unlike biochemical substances that have metabolic effect whether or not they are needed.  The more I have studied homeopathy, the more I realize that when it is combined with chiropractic, it adds a dimension of balancing innate intelligence not found in the chiropractic adjustment alone.
 
I strongly suggest selecting a homeopathic company that manufactures their own products within these homeopathic guidelines.  Also, when choosing a homeopathic company to work with, find one with clinical experience that educates practitioners with procedures and protocols that are relevant to our profession.

Homeopathy offers us literally the safest products on the planet and has repeatedly passed the test of time and adversity.  No other nutritional, herbal, or allopathic products on earth have passed this level of scrutiny. 

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.