Homeopathy at Airlie Complementary Clinic.

Nicola Salek. BSc Hons. M R Pharm S MNCHM RSHom.

In 1796 a German doctor, Samuel Hahnemann, discovered a different approach to the cure of the sick which he called homoeopathy (from the Greek words meaning "similar suffering"). Like Hippocrates two thousand years earlier he realised that there were two ways of treating ill health, the way of opposites and the way of similars.

Take for example, a case of insomnia. The way of opposites is to treat this 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 way of similars, the homeopathic way, is to give the patient a minute dose of a substance which in large doses causes sleeplessness in a healthy person. Surprisingly this will enable the patient to sleep naturally. Because of the minute dosage no side effects or addiction will result.

Homeopathy is an effective scientific system of healing which assists the natural tendency of the body to heal itself. It recognises that all symptoms of ill health are expressions of disharmony within the whole person and that it is the patient who needs treatment, not the disease.

Homeopathic remedies work by stimulating the body's own healing power. This power is very great and many complaints heal themselves unaided, but when the healing process is faulty, blocked or slow the homoeopathic remedy acts as a stimulus to the curative powers of the body. To provide this stimulus your homoeopath must prescribe the right remedy and the right dosage for you.

Different people react in different was to the same illness and in order to find the correct remedy your homeopath will need to know not only your physical symptoms but also as much as possible about yourself and how your symptoms affect you.

For appointments and further information contact Nicola Salek on 01667 453498 or by e-mail info@airlie-health.co.uk.

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