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Homeopathy is a scientific method of therapy. With the help of homeopathic treatment, healing happens in an effective and gentle way. We view disease as an imbalance that needs readjustment. The body has a natural tendency to heal itself, and homeopathic treatment enhances this tendency. Treatment is based on the individual characteristics of the person. Cure happens when balance is regained, relieving the person from the symptoms that caused suffering. The cure will be long-standing because healing happened from within, not just on the superficial level of symptoms.

How does homeopathy work?

Homeopathy has been carefully researched and its effectiveness has been documented in respectable medical journals. Our medicines are made of natural substances. We use minute doses of medicine, the least amount that is enough to start the healing process. The remedy acts on the whole person on the physical, mental and emotional level. Usually the remedy is given once. This triggers the healing process. In the beginning you might need several follow up visits to make sure you have got your right remedy. After that you will need infrequent consultations.

Who can benefit from homeopathic treatment?

People come to see a homeopath with a wide range of ailments, such as headaches, menstrual problems, arthritis, bladder infections, asthma, allergies, depression, hyperactivity, recurrent problems like ear infections, sinusitis etc. In fact, homeopathic treatment can be effective in nearly any condition. There are hundreds of remedies, each suitable for a different type of personality. The right remedy will help your vital force to overcome the disease, whether mild or severe.

What happens at the consultation?

In order to match the perfect remedy, the homeopath needs to know a lot about you. The first consultation usually lasts for up to one and a half hours. You should tell the details of your problem, what do you experience and how does it affect you. Anything you can tell about your personality and your general physical make-up will greatly help the process of finding the right remedy. You are a unique individual and the homeopath has to be able to find those details that make you different from everybody else. You are the very person who can help this process by sharing the way you see yourself or recalling how others see you.

What happens after the consultation?

Your homeopath will suggest a remedy for you to take. The gentle healing begins. Your symptoms may disappear and you will feel a general increase in energy. It also might happen that some of your old symptoms will return briefly and then subside again. It is a good idea to take notes of the changes you experience.  At the follow up visit you should discuss these with your homeopath, who can evaluate your progress and decide on the treatment accordingly.

How to enhance the effectiveness of treatment

Homeopathy has an alternative philosophy and has beneficial effect on your health. Being in the care of a homeopath your condition might improve so that eventually you can stop other current treatment. However, only the practitioner who started that treatment can decide this. Therefore, you should keep in touch with your physician or other specialists who have been treating your condition.

The remedies act most effectively in a healthy environment: you should take care of it by balanced diet, exercise and healthy life style.