What is Homeopathy?
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Homeopathy is a natural, gentle, effective form of natural medicine. A Homeopathic consultation can help to achieve a natural, non-toxic boast to a person’s health. It works in a holistic way which means that every aspect of the person’s health and well-being is considered when a remedy is prescribed. The remedies stimulate the body’s natural healing ability.
We are all unique beings whose health, experiences, desires, dreams paint our life picture. The essence of Homeopathy is understanding and treating the whole person - mind, body and spirit. Every person has their unique response to situations and stressors so Homeopathy can give a remedy that supports the whole being. The treatments can be safely used by everyone -babies to the elderly. The remedies are so gentle that they do not interfere with prescription medicines. |
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Treatments
Homeopathy can be used to support any condition that affects a person’s well-being, such as:
- Short term and reoccurring illnesses - including coughs, the flu, food poisoning, physical injuries, headaches, migraines, bladder infections, herpes, asthma, eczema, hay fever, PMT, allergies, heartburn, eczema, IBS...
- Auto-immune conditions - Rheumatoid arthritis, Multiple sclerosis, Crohn's disease, diabetes…
- Emotional or Mental Health problems - anxiety, panic attacks, depression, insomnia, grief, irritability, hyperactivity…
- Women’s health - PMT, fibroids, PCOS, Endometriosis, Menopause, Fertility...
- Pregnancy and birth – Pregnancy health concerns, Birth support, Postnatal recovery, Breastfeeding...
- Children’s health concerns
What can I expect during a consultation with a Homeopath?
- At the homeopathic clinic, you will be listened to and treated as a unique individual. The Homeopath will want to find out about you from baby to adulthood, including questions to provide information on the problem, how it feels, what makes it flare up, when it first occurred, and other factors that may have contributed to the problem.
- The Homeopath will encourage you to talk about any physical, mental and emotional issues that impact on your life. Peculiar or odd symptoms that you often don’t talk about can be important clues to finding the right remedy for you.
- Your first appointment with the Homeopath can take around 90 mins. Follow- up consults take 45- 60 min.
- The Homeopath will take your case and study the information obtained, to match your symptoms to a remedy.
- The Homeopath will either give you a remedy straight away or post you the remedy within a few days of your consultation. Sometimes remedies will need to be sent for.
- The remedy helps your body to heal itself. It is the catalyst of a healing reaction. In many cases, you may only be given one dose to take.
A follow-up consultation, in 4- 5 weeks will be organized to assess the action of the chosen remedy.
Historical Background and Like Cures Like
Hippocrates (400 BC) was known as the ‘father of medicine’. He established the concepts of conventional (allopathic) and homeopathic medicine. Homeopathy was formally developed by Dr Samuel Hahnemann (1755-1843) and is based on the law of similars. The Greek word ‘Homeo’ means similar and ‘pathos’ means disease. Hahnemann discovered that any substance of plant, animal or mineral origin that is given to a person in repeated doses will cause the person to develop symptoms. The same substance will cure a sick person with a similar set of symptoms, which is known as "Like Cures Like". An example of "like cures like" is the remedy Allium cepa (onion). We have all sliced into an onion and experienced painful burning and watering of our eyes. This is one of the remedies used in the treatment of colds and influenza and can alleviate allergies, including hay fever. It can also be used when there are burning pains in the body. Thousands of remedies have been, and continue to be, tested on healthy volunteers, in scientific studies (called provings) and this data gives the Homeopath information on the remedies.
Safe, Gentle, Nontoxic Treatments
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