Homeopathy

Background information and principles

The system of medicine called Homeopathy (meaning “similar to the suffering”) has been used in its present form for over 200 years since Dr. Samuel Hahnemann rediscovered and established the principle of "Like cures like" (originally coined by Hippocrates also responsible for the Hippocratic Oath).

The human body has a capacity to heal itself and recover from imbalances or disorders in the system. In a person's normal state their healing powers cope with any imbalances to maintain them without symptoms being produced.

At times when this capacity or healing power is challenged, we see the signs of the struggle to recover as symptoms.

As homeopathy is a holistic therapy aiming to address the cause as well as the symptoms of disease, all aspects of a person (physical, emotional and mental) are taken into account in selecting a personalised remedy. How you feel, whether through physical sensations or emotionally, is relevant no matter what you are being treated for.

The medicine will be chosen to suit an individual, as the homeopathic approach looks beyond a disease label to how it affects that person. In practice, people with the same complaint may need different remedies, but also the same medicine can help people with different complaints, since many of the remedies can be used to treat a wide range of symptoms.

Homeopathic treatment gently encourages your body’s own healing powers to recover health and is suitable for treating people of all age groups, from babies to the elderly. Homeopathy can help in recent, acute or long-standing and chronic health complaints.