| ugh medicine has advanced vastly in the recent | | | | autism could be an autoimmune reaction to toxins |
| years, the use of homeopathic or natural treatments | | | | produced by particular proteins. As long as these |
| is still widely popular regardless of the ailment of the | | | | toxins exist, there is no chance that a person can |
| disease. Think of disease and there is sure to be a | | | | recover from the ailment, regardless of how these |
| natural or herbal remedy that claims to treat it. For | | | | symptoms are treated. This is why homeopathic |
| instance, in several countries, it was believed that | | | | treatments work; they remove substances that |
| virgin coconut oil can cure the symptoms of HIV and | | | | cause these effects in the body, aiding the body to |
| AIDS. This is obviously a very overwhelming claim, | | | | recover from the ailment. In this case, once the |
| and while there are no studies that prove its actual | | | | toxins are removed from the body, the antibodies of |
| efficacy, virgin coconut oil is still used to supposed | | | | the immune system will stop attacking these toxins. |
| treat the dreaded virus. The advent of homeopathic | | | | And once the antibodies stop attacking, the immune |
| treatments to cure autism—or at least treat its | | | | system can return to its proper state, canceling out |
| symptoms—is not surprising at all, considering | | | | the autoimmune response. |
| how no modern and advanced medication can seem | | | | Parents of autistic children who want to try out |
| to treat the ailment. But unlike the promise of virgin | | | | homeopathic treatments can consult a homeopath in |
| coconut oil (and other similar products), homeopathic | | | | order to given them personalized and specialized |
| treatments for autism can actually work, especially | | | | remedies. Remember that homeopathic treatments |
| since it has a number of researches to back it up. | | | | differ from case to case, and a treatment that |
| But first, what is a homeopathic treatment? This | | | | works for a person would not work on another. |
| term is culled from homeopathy, which aims to treat | | | | Many homeopaths also say that the road to full |
| a disease by using a substance that produces | | | | recovery can be long and, in some cases, difficult. |
| symptoms similar to the disease it is treating. In | | | | Again, this is a case to case basis. |
| essence, these homeopathic remedies are alternative | | | | Many people may see the alternative medicine label |
| in nature, just like the herbal medicines mentioned | | | | of homeopathic treatments to autism as a little |
| above. They are effective in removing the toxic | | | | off-putting. However, this cannot be helped; the |
| effects of substances in the body, an effect that | | | | treatments used in the mainstream do not address |
| could be considered as substances canceling out each | | | | the numerous possible causes of autism. Mainstream |
| other due to their similar characteristics. | | | | medication treat autism as a mental disorder and that |
| So why are homeopathic treatments useful against | | | | alone, limiting its potential to fully cure the ailment. |
| autism? | | | | With homeopathic treatments, the range is higher, |
| A number of researches cite toxins as the cause of | | | | and the potentials more promising. |
| autism. A study dating back to 1998 stated that | | | | |