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What is Homeopathy?Homeopathy is an effective way of healing, using a minute trace of natural substance token from plants and minerals. It stimulated the body’s natural healing process. Recognising that all symptoms of ill health are expressions of disharmony within the whole person, it is the person who needs treatment, not the disease.HomeopathyHomeopathy was developed by German doctor Samuel Hahnemann in 1796. He recognised two types of diseases: acute, which were temporary and could be overcome with time and treatment and chronic, ongoing problems, which had more serious implications for the patient. He also realised that there were two ways of treating ill health: the way of opposites and the way of similars. The homeopathic way Conventional medicine (allopathy) uses the way of opposites, that is, ‘the disease’ must be treated by its opposite, ‘the cure’. Unfortunately, the drugs used can cause side effects or addictions. Homeopathy uses the way of simlars, that is, ‘like curse like’: a medicine that produces symptoms of disease in a healthy person will cure a person who has the disease. Using natural substances in minute dosages means that there are no resultant side effects or addictions. |
To illustrate this, take the case of a patient with insomnia. The conventional doctor, or Allopath, will give a drug to bring about artificial sleep. The Homeopath, using the way of similars will give the patient a minute dose of a substance that would, in large doses, bring about sleeplessness in a healthy person. This will enable the patient to sleep naturally. We are all individuals with our own unique set of characteristics. Your reaction to a treatment may be different to that of another person with the same complaint. The Homeopath knows how to match the correct remedy to the patient’s condition, and most importantly how the patient’s own profile could be preventing them from achieving full health. For supporting information click here What to expect from your consultationYour initial visit will last between one and a half to two hours. The Homeopath will ask a series of questions about you and your illness so that she can get to know all about you. All the information that you give is strictly confidential, and vital in enabling her to select the appropriate remedy. This may only consist of one dose, or a very few. The medication is usually in the form of drops or tiny pillules, which are pleasant-tasting. You would take this, and after a period of a month to six weeks, you would come back for a review of your condition. According to the outcome of this consultation, another remedy may be prescribed.
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