What is Homeopathy?
Homeopathy is designed on a distinct set of principles that recognizes our innate capacity for healing. It is this ability within us that promotes, protects and initiates our defensive mechanisms in response to adverse conditions, and then controls and guides the natural healing process. Where the body is unable to completely or effectively overcome an illness on its own, homeopathic medicines are used to boost the body’s attempts to recover itself. The medicines work alongside the body and not against the symptoms. Each of us will respond in a very individual way to illness and this means that even if two people come for treatment of the same condition, they may well leave with different medication because homeopathy treats the whole person not just their symptoms.
Homeopathy can be used to benefit a huge variety of problems and conditions and can safely be used alongside conventional treatment or with other complementary treatment.
What can Homeopathy be used to treat?Homeopathic treatment is suitable for all ages and most conditions. Babies and children respond particularly well to homeopathy because of their natural vitality, and treatment in early life may help to set them up longer term with a healthier immune system. Common childhood illnesses and many other conditions including behavioural problems, ADHD, glue ear, eczema, asthma, hay fever and allergies can all be treated with homeopathy.
Older people may also benefit particularly because it lacks the side-effects commonly associated with conventional medicines.
Other conditions which can be treated with homeopathy include skin conditions, ear nose and throat problems, PMS and menopause syndrome, gynaecological conditions, depression, anxiety, headaches and migraines, Chronic Fatigue, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, arthritis, addiction, hypertension, infertility and many, many more. Homeopathy can be used alongside any other conventional or complementary treatment.
Homeopathic MedicinesHomeopathic medicines are mostly based on natural sources. They come in the form of small pills, tablets, powders or drops which are sweet-tasting. The choice of medicine is based upon the law of similars - ‘like cures like’, whereby the smallest effective quantity of a substance is selected and prescribed to stimulate a sick person’s vitality and address a symptom picture which may include physical, emotional and psychological symptoms. The particular substance chosen heals the symptoms in a sick person that would cause those same symptoms in a well person.
