About Homeopathy
Homeopathy is a complete system of medicine, used by over 200 million people around the world and was developed by Samuel Hahneman, a German physician, at the end of the 18th century. (Please see my blog to learn more about how homeopathy was developed).
An important principle in homeopathy is The Law of Similars (“Like Cures Like”). Simply put this means that a substance which causes symptoms when taken in large amounts can be used in very small amounts to cure those same symptoms. For example, drinking coffee can cause insomnia, along with a racing heart and mind. In a person affected by those very symptoms a homeopathic dose of Coffea crudo (a nano-dose of coffee) can relieve them.
How Remedies are Made
Homeopathic remedies are prepared from plant, mineral and other natural sources and go through a meticulous process of ultra-dilution and succussion (agitation of the diluted substance) in order to transform the material substance incrementally to an energetic nanodose – or homeopathic remedy. The process eliminates their potential for side-effects and renders them non-toxic.
Here is a video from Helios Homeopathy (where I buy my remedies) demonstrating the exacting process of preparing remedies.
Remedies are prescribed as sugar pills or liquids and are easy and pleasant to take. When they are prescribed by a homeopath they are suitable for everyone, from the very young and the very old, in pregnancy and in all stages of life and health.
Homeopathy can safely be used alongside conventional treatment.
“IT IS MORE IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHAT SORT OF A PERSON HAS A DISEASE THAN TO KNOW WHAT SORT OF DISEASE A PERSON HAS”
-Hippocrates
“As an 82 year old, I consider myself to be very fortunate to be, generally, as robust and healthy as I am, still able to do demanding physical work around the home, lifting and carrying twenty kilos without too much strain. Until recently. A few weeks, for no apparent reason that I was aware of, I became continually tired, needing to sleep many times every day. I was listless, despondent, withdrawn and irritable. Everything became an effort. All of this I explained to Cath. The treatment she prescribed was quite miraculous in that, within days, I was back to “normal”, so much so, that my wife was prepared to talk to me!”