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Quarter 4 – Module 5:
Homeopathic Medicine
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Consumer
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Quarter 4 – Module 5:
Homeopathic Medicine
Introductory Message
This Self-Learning Module (SLM) is prepared so that you, our dear learners,
can continue your studies and learn while at home. Activities, questions,
directions, exercises, and discussions are carefully stated for you to understand
each lesson.
Each SLM is composed of different parts. Each part shall guide you step-by-
step as you discover and understand the lesson prepared for you.
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provided to our facilitators and parents for strategies and reminders on how they
can best help you on your home-based learning.
Please use this module with care. Do not put unnecessary marks on any
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tests. And read the instructions carefully before performing each task.
If you have any questions in using this SLM or any difficulty in answering
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Thank you.
What I Need to Know
This module was designed and written with you in mind. It is here to help
you master the properties, mode of action and effects of homeopathic medicine. The
scope of this module permits it to be used in many different learning situations.
The language used recognizes the diverse vocabulary level of students. The lessons
are arranged to follow the standard sequence of the course. But the order in which
you read them can be changed to correspond with the textbook you are now using.
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What I Know
Directions: Read each question carefully. Choose the letter of the correct answer.
1. What is homeopathy?
a. It is a traditional medicine originated from China.
b. It is a traditional medicine that uses needles just like acupuncture.
c. It is an alternative medicine that uses round the clock water therapy.
d. It is an alternative medicine based on the theory of treating “like with
like”.
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7. Which of the following statements is true about homeopathic medicine?
I. Homeopathic medicine is not regulated in the same way as
conventional over-the-counter medicines.
II. Homeopathic medicine has very specific symptoms, so a homeopathic
cold and flu remedy for someone with a fever and sniffles will be different
than one for a person with chills and a cough.
III. Homeopathic medicine stimulates the body’s natural defences by re-
establishing a normal immune system.
a. I and II c. I and III
b. II and III d. I, II and III
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Lesson
Homeopathic Medicine
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What’s In
Directions: These sentences have incorrect spaces. Rewrite these sentences with
correct spaces.
What’s New
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Allopathic medicine is also commonly referred to
as Western medicine, evidence-based medicine,
conventional, or mainstream medicine. In the nineteenth
century, allopathic medicine was based on a practice of
opposites whereas the alternative branch suggested that
“like cures like.” Present day differences remain but tend
to revolve around a disease-centric (allopathic) versus a
whole-body (alternative) approach. Alternative practices
focus on stimulating the body’s ability to heal itself via
energy alignment, herbal supplementation, and other balancing techniques.
Conversely, allopathic medicine focuses on symptom-specific treatment, typically
with pharmacological or invasive methods to remove the offending agent. With
ancient records supporting alternative modalities and rigorous clinical trials
supporting allopathic modalities, there continues to
be disagreement over which method is proven beneficial
and safe. Today, many physicians are embracing the
beneficial aspects of both types of medicine through the
practice of Integrative Medicine in which they combine
appropriate alternative and allopathic techniques
according to the patient, symptoms, and circumstances.
Additionally, large trials attempting to solidify evidence
for the anecdotal benefits of alternative medicine are
increasing in popularity.
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What is It
The conventional medical practice for mental health care includes prescribing
pacifying medicines to people who suffer from anxiety and depression. These
medicines not only inhibit a person’s ability to emote, they also create a certain
psychological dependence and addiction on an external source for being functional.
Homeopathy on the other hand understands that the symptoms of any illness are
indications that the body is either fighting or adapting to that illness, which means
that it does not need medicines to suppress symptoms but assistance in fighting off
or adapting to the illness. Homeopathy focuses on healing the patient; however, if a
person suffers from violent episodes, even the practitioner would insist that the
individual also seek the help of a psychiatrist.
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2. Treats Allergies & Asthma:
Acute diseases are short termed; however, they may have chronic roots.
Mental or emotional trauma generally are root causes of most chronic diseases,
apart from psychological trauma certain unhealed or ill-treated physical injuries,
sensitivity to particular elements in the environment can cause chronic illnesses.
Repetitive or chronic illnesses dilute a person’s quality of life, while traditional
medicine focuses on suppressing the symptoms of the chronic illness; it mostly
doesn’t focus on the possible impact of seemingly unrelated health issues causing
these chronic illnesses. Homeopathy on the other hand deeply dives into a person’s
past and present health issues to understand the relationship between past
traumas and present symptoms. Medicines are prescribed according to the unique
chronic illness root of the patient. Although it must be noted, that while
homeopathy has a great response rate for the treatment of chronic illness,
homeopathy cannot guarantee completely curing some kinds of chronic illnesses
and may refer a patient to seek help from allopathy too.
Getting the correct dosage or the medicine for the individual is a difficult and
time taking task for a practitioner. A patient may forget to mention a key symptom
that he/she thinks is unrelated, leading to a wrong prescription. Not to mention,
homeopathic medicines show results after a point of time. While this may work very
well during the onset of a chronic disease, such delays in healthcare during the
terminal stages of the disease can only prove to be more dangerous.
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2. Homeopathic Medicines Cannot Prevent Operations Completely:
A myth surrounding homeopathy medicine is that they can prevent the need
for operations completely. This is not true, it is a fact that homeopathic medicines
can reduce the need for an operation for several illnesses, but even homeopathic
practitioners agree that under certain unavoidable situations, operations are the
best way forward.
6. Side-Effects:
While it has already been proven that any serious overdose of homeopathic
medications is hard to come by, there could be certain instances where a person
may start developing similar symptoms as they did when they started their
medication. However, such symptoms don’t bother practitioners, as they could be
contained and remedied immediately. It is however important to remember that
there are several illnesses which could be triggered if homeopathy medicines are
mixed with contradictory allopathic medicines for an unregulated time period.
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What’s More
Activity 1
- It is based on rigorous
dilutions and mixing, called
successions. A typical
Definition: homeopathic dilution is 30X.
- It claims to stimulate
healing responses to diseases
by administering substances
Founder:
that mimic the symptoms of
those diseases in healthy
people.
Homeopathic Medicine
Source of medicine:
- It is an alternative medicine
based on the theory of
treating ‘like with like’.
Preparation:
- Samuel Hahnemann in 1796
- It is made of natural
Mode of action: ingredients and herbs,
minerals, animal products,
disease causing agent,
healthy element, potentized
Limitations: energy sources and potentized
antigens.
- It is ineffective in
malnourished patients and
cannot be help to avoid
surgical operations.
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Guide Questions
1. Anxiety and
depression
2. Allergies and
asthma
3. Chronic disease
Guide Questions
3. Does conventional medical practice and homeopathic medicine yield the same
result after the treatment?
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Activity 3
Directions: Read the following sentences and analyse the situation. Answer the
questions in sentence form.
- kali - pulsatilla
1. Ana is a teenager who has active acne on face, chest and shoulders. She also
experiences itchiness on these areas. What should you prescribe as a
homeopathic doctor? Why?
Example:
Ana should be prescribed with kali since she has active acne on the
face, chest and shoulders. She also feels irritation on these areas
3. Sven has thick yellow green nasal discharge. He also refuses to drink water in
between meals. What should you prescribe as a homeopathic doctor? Why?
4. Oscar has a runny nose and has difficulty in sleeping. What should you
prescribe as a homeopathic doctor? Why?
5. Anne is an outgoing person however she often experiences car sickness while
travelling. What should you prescribe as a homeopathic doctor? Why?
Guide Questions
1. Can you buy homeopathic medicine over the counter drug? Why or why not?
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What I Have Learned
Let us see how much you learned from this module. Complete the paragraph
below by filling out the blanks.
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What I Can Do
Pre-Lab Definitions:
Choices
1. Serial: _______________________. - fractions.
2. Dilution: _____________________. - Water Down
3. Serial dilutions reduce the concentration of a - In a series, order or
sample in small steps or _________. interval. Measured
steps.
Materials:
Procedure:
Post-Lab Assessment
Assessment
Directions: Read each question carefully. Choose the letter of the correct answer.
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3. Which of the following statements is true about homeopathic medicine?
I. Homeopathic medicine is not regulated in the same way as
conventional over-the-counter medicines.
II. Homeopathic medicine has very specific symptoms, so a homeopathic
cold and flu remedy for someone with a fever and sniffles will be different
than one for a person with chills and a cough.
III. Homeopathic medicine stimulates the body’s natural defences by re-
establishing a normal immune system.
a. I and II c. I and III
b. II and III d. I, II and III
7. What is homeopathy?
a. It is a traditional medicine originated from China.
b. It is a traditional medicine that uses needles just like acupuncture.
c. It is an alternative medicine that uses round the clock water therapy.
d. It is an alternative medicine based on the theory of treating “like with
like”.
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10. Which homeopathic medicine is prescribed to treat acne found on face, chest
and shoulders?
a. arnica c. chamomilla
b. belladonna d. kali
Additional Activities
OPTION 1:
Search an official web page of homeopathy in the Philippines. Prepare three
questions about them. Then post your work on any social media platform. Take
screenshots of your post. Submit a digital copy of your work.
OPTION 2:
Go to a nearby pharmacy drug store and ask for a short interview with the
Pharmacist. Make inquiries about the availability and prices of homeopathic
medicine.
OPTION 3:
Go to the rural health unit and ask for a short interview with the medical
personnel. Make inquiries about the availability of homeopathic medicine.
PRECAUTION:
The teacher should consider the safety of the locality. Activities could be
modified and be used with professional judgment.
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What can I do Assessment
Pre –Lab 1. a 2. b 3. b 4. a 5. a
-In a series, order or interval. Measured
steps. 6. c 7. d 8. b 9. d 10. c
-Water Down
-fractions
Assessment3 What’s in
1.The colors go from darkest to lightest. Cancer is caused by cells in the body which
2. To water down divide too rapidly by mitosis. The major types of
3. cup #2: 2.91 X .10= .291 cancer are carcinoma, sarcoma, lymphoma, and
cup #3: .291 X .10= .0291 leukemia. A normal cell can turn into
cup #4: .0291 X .03= .00087379 a cancer cell if it is exposed to a carcinogen.
4. possible ans: microdosses A carcinogen is a chemical that can
cause cancer, by altering the deoxyribonucleic
acid in a cell. The International Agency for
Research on Cancer (IARC) has devised a
system of categories to evaluate the
administered to unhealthy patients. carcinogenicity of an agent to humans. The
ressistance to some medicine, can’t be classifications are - Group 1: Carcinogenic to
provide immediate health care, build humans, Group 2A: Probably carcinogenic to
3. It can’t avoid surgical process, does not humans, Group 2B: Possibly carcinogenic to
humans, Group 3: Not classifiable as to
patients
its carcinogenicity to humans and Group 4:
natural products, dilution, all aspect of the
Probably not carcinogenic to humans.
2. CMP used other procedure while HM uses
1. Both CMP and HM aim to heal the patient
Guide Question 2 Guide Question
chronic illness root of the patient 1. Homeopathy 2. Dilution of medicine to30X
HM- prescribed according to the unique 3. Homeopathy claims to stimulate healing
these chronic illnesses responses to diseases by administering
seemingly unrelated health issues causing substances that mimic the symptoms of those
doesn’t focus on the possible impact of diseases in healthy people.
symptoms of the chronic illness, it mostly administered to unhealthy patients.
3. CMP- It focus on suppressing the
Asthma
What’s More
lead to the patient being completely cured of
Activity 1
HM- long term use of these medicines that
1. alternative medicine based on the theory of
inflammation of the air tracts
treating ‘like with like’
dependency on inhalers which ease the
2. Samuel Hahnemann in 1796
2. CMP- prescribes the long term use and
3. Natural Ingredients and Herbs, Minerals,
adapting to the illness.
Animal Products, Disease Causing Agent,
symptoms but assistance in fighting off or
Healthy Element, Potentized Energy Sources
HM- It does not need medicines to suppress
and Potentized Antigens.
dependence
4. Homeopathy is based on rigorous dilutions
and creates a certain psychological
and mixing, called successions. A typical
1. CMP- It suppressed emotion of the patient
homeopathic dilution is 30X.
Activity 2
5.Homeopathy claims to stimulate healing
What’s New responses to diseases by administering
1. Alternative medicine is a term that substances that mimic the symptoms of those
describes medical treatments that are used diseases in healthy people
instead of traditional therapies. 6. Homeopathic is ineffective in a malnourish
2. acupuncture and Tai chi, to herbal patients and cannot be help to avoid surgical
medicine, Reiki, chiropractic manipulation, operation.
hemopathy Actvity 3
3. Alternative practices focus on stimulating 1. kali 2. Belladonna 3. Pulsatilla
the body’s ability to heal itself via energy 4. chamomilla 5. Cocculu indicus
alignment, herbal supplementation, and other
balancing techniques. What I Have Learned
4. Allopathic medicine is also commonly 1. is alternative medicine based on the theory
referred to as Western medicine, evidence- of treating ‘like with like’
based medicine, conventional, or mainstream 2. successions
medicine. 3. Water
5. Allopathic medicine disease-centric while 4. alcohol
alternative medicine a whole-body approach 5. 1
6. 10 to the 30th power
7. malnourish patients
8. assistance in fighting off or adapting to the
illness
What I Know 9. long term use of these medicines that lead to
1. d 2. c 3. d 4. a 5. d the patient being completely cured of Asthma
6. d 7. b 8. d 9. b 10. b 10. prescribed according to the unique chronic
illness root of the patient
Answer Key
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