What is Homeopathy?
Homeopathy is over 200 years old and is practised both by doctors and Homeopaths across the world. According to statistics over 200 million people worldwide use Homeopathy. It is part of the National Health Service in several countries, including Switzerland and India and to a lesser degree the UK. In the UK there are 1500 Homeopaths and 500 Homeopathic doctors. Homeopathy is a natural therapy where homeopathic medicines/remedies are prescribed. Its story started when a German doctor Samuel Hahneman wanted to find a more gentle way of healing than the brutal treatments of his day. Today’s patients are also drawn to Homeopathy because of its natural, benign nature.
For more background information, visit The Society of Homeopaths and The Homeopathic Research Institute.
What happens during a homeopathic consultation?
During a consultation, the Homeopath will discuss your emotional and physical health with you to find a remedy that resonates with you on a physical, emotional and mental level. After the interview the Homeopath prescribes a homeopathic remedy. These remedies come from a variety of natural sources including: plants, animals and minerals.
We are all part of the natural order and resonate with the natural world on some level. Some of us will do well on plant remedies, others on mineral and animal ones. Homeopathic remedies are like triggers that initiate the body’s own healing potential. The founder of Homeopathy called this the ‘vital force’. You could also call it the immune system or just your vital energy. When the homeopathic remedy resonates with your vital force, healing takes place.
Mother Nature’s medicine chest is very generous and Homeopaths make very good use of it.
What conditions can Homeopathy treat and why is it different?
Homeopathy treats the whole person not the illness, so there is no set list of conditions it can help. People come to see me with a variety of complaints, including: anxiety, stress depression, hormonal problems, tiredness, insomnia, constipation, respiratory problems, pains of all sorts or skin conditions. Everyone reacts to illness differently. For example you may have an irritating skin condition, but it is equally important how that affects you. This will be individual to each person and your prescription will be based on your physical symptoms and your emotional response to your condition. You don’t have to have a physical ailment to benefit from Homeopathy, you might just feel that you are not quite yourself or that something is not quite right.
After homeopathic treatment, patients often report that life somehow seems to flow more easily.
