Homeopathic help for muscle tone and strength by Frank J. King Jr., ND, DC Your patients are getting older. But despite what the calendar says, they want to continue to work, play tennis, softball and golf and enjoy life — with the same intensity as they have always done. To help them perform to the optimal level, consider homeopathy. The synergistic effects of homeopathy and chiropractic empower the chiropractor to better balance the whole nervous system. When you apply both of these modalities to clear nerve interferences throughout the entire control system, everything you do to enhance your patients’ health works more efficiently. Nutrition and supplements work on a biochemical level, but homeopathy works on a bio-energetic level to correct nerve interferences throughout the whole nervous system. When the energetic control systems of the body (such as the nervous system) work properly, everything else works better, and the body’s chemistry balances more easily. Every chemical within the body has a very specific charge to respond and do what it is told by the energetic control system, so when the total control systems of the body function better, the supportive therapies work much better too. Conversely, when the control systems of the body are not working properly, these therapies cannot achieve their maximized effect. Advancements in homeopathic remedies have made breakthroughs in anti-aging and sports enhancement — key areas of interest to your patients. These breakthroughs include: • Increased muscle tone and strength. Individuals who work out, yet see few results in muscle tone, strength and muscle growth, show improvement after taking homeopathic remedies. More remarkably, people who work out very little (or not at all) — including senior citizens — also show improvement in tone, strength and growth. The improved strength and muscle tone helps stabilize pelvic subluxation in women. • Improved sports performance. Weekend warriors, top-end athletes and children demonstrate improved athletic performance with proper homeopathic remedies. • Improved overall health. Newborns, those performing physically laborious work and the elderly all enjoy better health through homeopathy. In part, this is because remedies that address muscle tone and strength also help increase lean muscle mass while decreasing excess body fat. WHICH REMEDIES WORK? The key homeopathic ingredients (and their FDA-approved indications) that produce these results include: • Adrenalinum (adrenalin). It acts as a messenger in the regulation of the activities of the body. Adrenalinum enhances adrenal glands to improve weight gain, increase circulation and promote energy. These actions promote clearer thinking and a greater sense of well being and improve the body’s ability to deal with stress. Research has shown that this remedy has been effective in a number of cases of Addison’s disease. (The symptoms of Addison’s disease include severe adrenal exhaustion, unhealthy weight loss, nausea, low blood sugar, low blood pressure, lethargy, inability to cope with stress, discoloration and brownish pigmentation of the skin, skin freckles become abnormally dark, hair darkens, dark striations appear on the nails, body hair decreases, circulation is reduced and the person always feels cold.) Research has also shown this remedy to be helpful in Grave’s disease, an auto-immune disease involving thyroid imbalance and characterized by an overactive metabolism. (The thyroid affects all glands and this disease seems to speed up every body process and can produce many symptoms: nervous energy, irritability, shakiness, perspiration, tiredness, inability to rest adequately, hair loss, unhealthy weight loss, rapid heartbeat and climate sensitivity.) • Alfalfa (California clover). This ingredient greatly influences nutrition. It “tones up” the appetite and digestion to give improved mental and physical vigor and gain in muscular weight. It also promotes a general feeling of well being and improves sleep. • Avena sativa (common oat). Avena sativa favorably influences the nutritional function in the brain and nervous system. It provides relief for nervous exhaustion, relieves male impotency, addresses diminished hand strength and numbness of limbs and helps mental focus. • Baryta carbonica (carbonate of baryta). This ingredient helps restore normal heart functions. It is an effective remedy for loss of memory and mental weakness; lost confidence, confusion, bashfulness and aversion to strangers; relief of diminished sexual desire; and premature impotence. Baryta carbonia is a powerful remedy for weakness, pains in joints, cramping-like pressure or pulling, tension in legs, burning pains, itching in the thighs and cramps in calves and in the toes on stretching out the limbs. • Baryta iodata (iodide of baryta). This remedy acts on the lymphatic system. • Baryta muriatica (barium chloride). This acts on muscles and joints and prevents stiffness. It is especially useful to overcome weakness in the legs in the morning. • Calcarea carbonica (carbonate of lime). This remedy acts mainly on the glands, skin and bones. It addresses tickling throat, cough, fleeting chest pains, nausea and acidity. Individuals who get out of breath easily, experience anxiety with palpitation, have an aversion to work or exertion, feel mental apprehension, or are forgetful, confused and low-spirited can benefit from this ingredient. It also addresses headaches from over- exertion and unhealthy skin. • Calcarea fluorica (fluoride of lime). A tissue remedy for glands, varicose and enlarged veins and malnutrition of bones. It is also used for relief of nausea and acute indigestion from fatigue. This ingredient prevents fissures or cracks in the hands and prevents hard skin. It also improves sleep. • Calcarea phosphorica (phosphate of lime). One of the most important tissue remedies, it works on stiffness and pain in the joints and bones. • Lycopodium clavatum (club moss). This ingredient works on wrinkles and yellowish spots on skin and helps correct poor circulation. • Thuja occidentalis (arbor vitae). This remedy acts on the skin, blood, gastro-intestinal tract, kidneys and brain. It is used for muscular twitchings, weakness, trembling, cracking in joints and pain in heels. It is also used in cases of persistent insomnia. • HGH – Human growth hormone Homeopathic HGH is the safe way to balance HGH levels and still receive the benefits of HGH. Whether one is deficient in HGH, taking expensive HGH injections, or pushing up HGH levels with nutritional based secretagogues, homeopathic HGH can help keep HGH levels in check by activating the HGH regulatory mechanisms. Homeopathy offers a fast, simple and comprehensive adjunct to enhance any chiropractic practice. The contemporary procedures in homeopathy have turned this once complex healing art into an easy and effective approach for the high-volume chiropractic office. These breakthrough procedures allow you to help the most people with a broad scope of health problems in less time and with less expense. Frank J. King Jr., ND, DC, is a nationally recognized researcher, author and lecturer on homeopathy. He is also the founder and director of King Bio™, an FDA- registered homeopathic manufacturing company dedicated to completing chiropractic destiny with homeopathy. He can be contacted at 800-543-3245 or by e-mail at drfking@kingbiochiro.com.