Homeopathy

In homeopathy, we use highly diluted forms of natural substances, such as chalk or onion, to cure a wide range of ailments. It’s a system of medicine that was developed over 200 years ago in Germany by Samuel Hahnemann. He used a relatively small number of remedies, but since then many more remedies have been added to the homeopathic repertoire. 

In homeopathy we believe that a patient’s mental and emotional state has a tremendous bearing on their overall health, and often it’s the key to the remedy that they need. 

 If you want a gentle but effective treatment, without side-effects, and which takes into account your personality, physical make-up and your particular set of symptoms, homeopathy could be exactly what you’ve been looking for. It’s a holistic form of medicine that works with your body to support it and encourage it to return to a state of balance and health. 

Homeopathy works at every level – physical, mental and emotional. It can even work at a spiritual level, and sometimes it operates on all four levels at once in subtle yet profound ways. Patients often say that in addition to improvements in whatever is being treated homoeopathically, they’ve noticed that other, apparently unrelated, problems have also begun to improve or may even have cleared up entirely. This is because our bodies work as a whole – our emotions and thoughts can affect our physical health, and vice versa – and homeopathy can treat every aspect of our health. 

In homeopathy, it isn’t the case that one size fits all. Homeopathic treatment is tailored to each individual patient’s needs and symptoms. Two patients might both be treated for chronic sore throats, but they might be given very different remedies because their symptoms are different. This means that your own homeopathic prescription is highly individualised, because it matches your personality, your particular range of symptoms and also more general physical considerations such as whether you tend to feel cold or warm. 

  It is often thought that homeopathy is only used for minor first aid, such as when we take Arnica for a bruise or Nux vomica for a hangover. It can certainly work its magic on such problems, yet they’re only the tip of the iceberg.

 Homeopathy has a huge sphere of action. It not only treats fleeting ailments but long-term conditions which the patient thought would never go away. 

The remedies can be taken alongside conventional medicine and will not interfere with its action. 

 Some of the conditions that respond especially well to homeopathy include:

• Eczema, psoriasis, dermatitis, acne and other skin conditions 
• Digestive problems, such as IBS
• Rheumatism, arthritis and other joint or bone problems
• Allergies, such as hay fever 
• Menstrual problems
• Menopause
• Lung conditions, such as asthma and COPD
• Anxiety
• Stress 
• Depression 
• Burn-out
• Sleep problems
• Grief
• Ancestral trauma