Naturopathic health

Homeopathy

Background to Homeopathic Remedies

Homeopathy has been widely used throughout the world for more than 200 years. It is a system of healing that focuses on the individual, concentrating on treating physical and emotional symptoms, to give long lasting benefits. Homeopathy can be safely used alongside most conventional medicines.

The therapy is based on the theory of treating “like with like”. Homeopathic remedies are highly diluted natural substances that if given to a healthy person, in an undiluted state, would produce the same symptoms the medicine is prescribed for. It is believed that homeopathic treatments work by gently boosting the natural energy of the body, and are very safe, even for pregnant women and sensitive patients.

Homeopath’s claim their remedies are a unique, potentised energy medicine, drawn from the plant, mineral and animal worlds. There is no danger of addiction or toxicity. They are diluted to such a degree that not a single molecule of the original substance can be detected.

Homeopaths, like other naturopathic practitioners, treat the patient by taking into account a range of physical, emotional and lifestyle factors in order to prescribe the right course of treatment

Homeopathy was ‘discovered’ in 1796 by Dr Samuel Hahnemann, who developed the scientific and philosophical foundations of this gentler way of healing. The scientific principles he developed form the basis of successful homeopathic practice today.