Homeopathy

Homeopathy is a holistic therapeutic system based on the Law of Similars. This states that a substance which can cause symptoms in a healthy human being, whether physical, emotional or mental, can be used to treat an individual showing similar symptoms when unwell.

For example, everyone is familiar with what happens when cutting an onion. It effects the mucous membranes of the eyes, nose and throat and the key symptoms are discharge from the eyes and nose and violent sneezing.  The homeopathic remedy Allium Cepa, derived from red onion, is often used for the common cold, tickling coughs and hayfever.

The homeopath will look to find the remedy that best matches your symptoms in order for treatment to be effective.

The major difference between homeopathy and orthodox medicine is that homeopaths treat the whole person and not just the condition. They take into account the physical, emotional and mental characteristics, as well as previous medical history and family history etc., in order to obtain a complete picture. The homeopath then prescribes a remedy to stimulate the natural healing energy present in every individual. There are more than 2000 remedies which come from the animal, vegetable and mineral kingdoms. A sophisticated process of dilution and succussion is used to develop the healing properties from the substance into a therapeutic homeopathic remedy.

Your homeopath will normally ask you to wait a few weeks before a follow-up appointment. Thus the remedy is given time in which to trigger the body’s natural healing energy into starting the healing process. During this period certain changes may occur. Sometimes there is a physical reaction after taking a remedy, possibly in the form of a discharge, i.e. a cold. Sometimes there may be a temporary release of emotional symptoms.. Your homeopath will explain that this is a good sign and means that the body is healing.

Patients ask how long it will take before they feel better. Each case is individual, and whereby improvement often happens early in the treatment, with ailments which have been around for years there may be a more gradual improvement. However, soon after taking the remedy, many patients start to gain an increased sense of wellbeing and enjoyment of life.

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