Homeopathy

What Can Homeopathy Treat?

Homeopathy is a safe, gentle, and effective treatment method for a wide range of health issues, including allergies, eczema, chronic pain, digestive disorders, anxiety, depression, and more. It is suitable for people of all ages, including infants, pregnant women, and elderly individuals. Many people turn to homeopathy to complement conventional medicine, as it offers personalized care based on the individual’s unique symptoms and constitution.

Homeopathy offers a gentle and natural approach to healing that can help restore balance and promote overall wellness.
Homeopathic remedies work by stimulating the body’s own healing power. This is a highly intelligent, innate power and many complaints heal themselves unaided. However, when the healing process is faulty, blocked or slow, the homeopathic remedy acts as a stimulus to the curative powers of the body. To provide this stimulus, the right remedy and dosage must be prescribed.
  

What is Homeopathy?

In 1796, a German physician, Samuel Hahnemann, discovered a different approach to the cure of the sick. He called this method homeopathy, from the Greek words meaning “similar suffering.” Like Hippocrates two thousand years earlier, he realized that there were two ways of treating ill health: the way of opposites (allopathic) and the way of similars (homeopathic).

For example, in a case of insomnia, the allopathic way is to treat this is by giving a drug to bring on an artificial sleep. This frequently involves the use of large or regular doses of drugs, which can sometimes cause side effects or addiction.

The homeopathic way is to treat insomnia by giving the patient a minute dose of a substance, which in large doses causes sleeplessness in a healthy person. In this case, the remedy coffea cruda could be used, which is homeopathic coffee. Surprisingly, this will enable the patient to sleep naturally.

This is the principle of “like cures like” which homeopathy is based on, meaning that a substance that causes symptoms in a healthy person can be used in minute doses to treat similar symptoms in a sick person. Homeopathic remedies are made from natural substances, such as plants, minerals, and animals, that are then highly diluted in water and dried onto small sugar pellets to create a potent remedy without any side effects. These remedies work by stimulating the body’s own healing processes to restore balance and promote overall health and well-being.

What to Expect in a Homeopathy Visit

Different people react in different ways to the same illness and every case is different, just as no two patients are alike. For this reason, to find the correct remedy, it is important to know not only your physical symptoms but also how your symptoms affect you and about yourself generally. Therefore, to find the right remedy out of the hundreds available, it is essential to get to know all about you.

After filling out our homeopathy forms, your initial consultation will be scheduled with one of our naturopathic practitioners, which can be up to a two-hour visit as this is when we will get to know you. They will ask many questions about yourself as well as your illness and will also want to know about both the present and past health of your family. During this process, it will be important that you do not resist and hold back information that is seemingly unimportant or unusual, and remember that anything you say is confidential.

Your naturopathic practitioner will then recommend a remedy based on their repertorization of your homeopathic intake. This will often be in the form of small pills called pellets, which should be allowed to dissolve under the tongue. The mouth should be neutral or cleansed with water, and nothing else should be put in your mouth for 30 minutes before or after taking the remedy, including toothpaste, gum, or nicotine. The dosage of your remedy will be discussed and you will be given keynotes to be aware of to track your progress while taking your new remedy. You will also be thoroughly educated on how frequently to take your remedy. Your follow-up visit will then be scheduled in 1-3 months depending on the individual case, and you will be encouraged to reach out via email or Charm Health during that period with any questions or updates.

How quickly you see curative effects depends very much on what sort of illness you have. A very slow-developing complaint, such as a stomach ulcer, will not disappear overnight, while acute complaints improve more quickly. Complicated cases are cured from the inside and out. This means that superficial symptoms, such as skin disorders are often the last symptoms to go. An example of this would be asthma improving before eczema. Patience in this process is important, as it is much better to cure both the cause of illness and the symptoms than to merely relieve symptoms temporarily.
 

Is Homeopathy Safe?

Homeopathic remedies cannot cause side effects and you cannot become addicted to them, which makes them very safe and easy to use. This is because only a very minute amount of the active ingredient is used in a specially prepared form. Additionally, this means they are safe to use on infants, kids, pregnant women, and the elderly.

In time, you can also learn to use some homeopathic remedies at home. There are a number of excellent remedies which deal effectively with first aid problems such as cuts, stings, burns, bruises, stomachaches and childhood complaints. Ask your naturopathic physician for further information or find out more at one of many courses and seminars on this subject.
 

What Will I Feel?

Almost immediately after taking your remedy you should notice some changes. Most times a period of well-being and optimism is felt along with the subsiding of symptoms. It occasionally happens that your symptoms appear worse for a short time, or that an emotional release is felt. This is the remedy taking effect and you should feel the beginnings of recovery when this period has passed.

If you develop a runny cold, rash, or some form of discharge, this is typically the remedy cleansing the body. These new symptoms will pass and should not be treated, as they are an important part of the healing process. In order to track the efficiency of your remedy, you can help by making a few notes of any reactions and changing symptoms as a reminder for your next appointment.
 

How do I Prepare for my Homeopathy Visit?

Ensure that you fill out our forms promptly as this will help your naturopathic practitioner thoroughly review your health history and prepare for your visit. Have your most recent lab work on hand, and schedule appointments that allow for the full time of the visit (up to 2 hours).