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Homeopathy & Reflexology Clinic
What is Homeopathy?
Is a 200 year old system of medicine that treats the person in a holistic manner. The goal of homeopathy is to help encourage the body to return to its balanced state. This is achieved by administering minute doses of natural remedies made from plant, mineral and animals according to the totality of the patients symptoms. The remedy resonates with the person’s vital energy in order to help their immune system to heal itself.
Why are patients totality of symptoms important?
Symptoms are merely the body’s way of telling you that there is an imbalance and something is wrong. These symptoms are key to identifying the underlying cause of disease. Homeopaths do not suppress or remove these symptoms rather they use them as a tool to find and remove the underlying cause.
What is the role of a Homeopath?
Homeopathy is treating the person on all levels: physically, emotionally and mentally. Therefore, a Homeopath seeks to understand the patient at a very deep level, by asking many questions. The patients physical symptoms, as well as their lifestyle, diet, family history, likes and dislikes, sleeping patterns, fears, dreams, and much more will be discussed. By truly understanding the totality of the patient a homeopath is able to administer the proper homeopathic remedy.
What is expected from the patient?
There are thousands of remedies and in order to get the best and most accurate remedy, the patient needs to be very open and truthful in describing their physical and psychological symptoms. It is important that when asked a questions to try and explain it as much detail as possible without anyone else finding descriptions for them. The patient may need to further dig in and explain what the specific “feeling/emotion” means to them.
An example:
Homeopath: Do you get headaches?
Patient: Yes I get them every month right before my period
Homeopath: Describe what the headache feels like? What makes it better or worse?
Patient: If feels as if someone is hammering nails into my head, it is located on the right side of my head only. It feels better when I lye down, in the dark and close my eyes. It also feels better if I tie a tight band around my head. It is worse in the light.
Homeopath: Any other symptoms that occur with this headache?
Patient: Yes it seems every time I get this headache I also get a rash on my neck.
How soon should I see results?
Homeopathy works very effectively in acute and chronic illnesses.
It is important to note that it took time for your health to break down and become sick. No one gets chronically ill overnight, therefore, it will also take some time for your body to restore itself to equilibrium and balance.
Do I still need to see a Homeopath even after I get better?
At first a homeopath may ask to see the patient every 3-4 weeks for the first few months. As the patient gets better these appointments are scheduled further apart.
Homeopathy also works as a preventative medicine; therefore you don’t need to be sick in order to get treated. Homeopathy will continue to keep your immune system high and running allowing you to prevent and fight off future illnesses.