Homeopathy

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What is Homeopathy? How can homeopathy help you?

HOMEOPATHY is a holistic system of medicine that treats the whole person. The remedies work on all levels, mental, emotional and physical.

Homeopathic remedies can treat a wide range of ailments from the short term infections and illnesses that plague us from time to time to long term chronic disease.

These include:

• coughs and colds
• sore throats and tonsillitis
• ear infections
• fevers and flus
• injuries and infections
• gastric problems such as irritable bowel syndrome
• allergies and hayfever
• eczema and asthma
• menstrual and gynaecological complaints, including premenstrual symdrome
• children's behavioural problems
• post viral fatigue and chronic fatigue syndrome
• anxiety and depression

Homeopathy can also help when someone feels below par, a general sense of not feeling right, and the remedies work by raising the level of health on every level, mental, emotional and physical.

The initial homeopathic consultation takes one and a half hours for an adult and an hour for a child. I take information about the presenting complaints as well as any other problems you may have. I then take a full medical and past history to put your present symptoms into perspective, and find out about your general characteristics and temperament, to obtain a full rounded picture of you or your child. Subsequent appointments are shorter and take place usually at 4 – 6 weekly intervals.

Homeopathic treatment seeks to rebalance the inner life force and release unwanted symptoms by raising the vital energy. The similar remedy matches the life force of the sick person and hence allows those unwanted symptoms to disappear or lessen, leading to a more balanced and harmonious state of being.

Homeopathy works on the principle of 'like cures like': what can cause symptoms or disease in a healthy person can cure those same or similar symptoms in an unwell person. An example is that of coffee which can cause sleeplessness in some people. Homeopaths may prescribe the remedy Coffea, made from coffee, for insomnia with restlessness and a feeling of being wide awake.

Homeopathic remedies are potentised, ie. highly diluted and succussed or shaken, and made from a number of substances; animal, plant and mineral. They are non-toxic and easy to take.

Frequently remedies are prescribed to help the more immediate short term or acute problems as they arise. Once those symptoms are relieved, then long term or constitutional treatment is given to address the tendency or susceptibility to chronic or recurring disease.

In 2004 my book 'Your Healthy Child with Homeopathy' was published. This book builds on my experience of working with families with children of all different ages over many years. The book is a practical guide for parents introducing them to the use of homeopathy both in the home and the value of constitutional treatment with a qualified homeopath.

It gives advice on:

• What homeopathy is and how to use it
• How to deal with the problems that occur at each stage of a child's development.
• The most common illnesses in childhood and how to take your own steps to treating them, including practical advice, which homeopathic remedies to use and at what stage to seek medical help
• How to use homeopathic remedies in First Aid and emergency situations

The book costs £8.99 and can be obtained through Amazon for £6.69.

If you wish to purchase 5 or more books to pass on to other clients, please contact Blake Publishers on 020 7381 0666 or email clareblake [dot] co [dot] uk