So what exactly is Homeopathy and how does it work?

Homeopathy is a form of complementary medicine that works on the basis that “Like cures Like”. Homeopathy stimulates the body to heal itself by looking at an individual’s symptoms of disease and matching them with those of the remedy prescribed. Homeopathic remedies work gently and effectively and are safe for all to use. 

All homeopathic remedies are tested on humans, never on animals.  Remedies are tested by way of a process called Proving, when a group of healthy people are given a few doses of the same remedy.  Symptoms brought about by the remedy are then carefully logged and categorised.  It is by this process that homeopaths know which remedies to prescribe. We will look for the same symptoms in the sick person as were created by the remedy in the previously healthy group of individuals proving the remedy. 

The remedies are prepared in a particular way. Firstly, the basic substance is potentised – this means that, say, a plant or a mineral is ground up, diluted in water and shaken (succussed) vigorously.  During it’s preparation it is further diluted and succussed many times which makes the original substance completely safe to use.  By the time potentisation is complete, very little or none of the original material substance can be detected.  And this is the interesting part about homeopathy, which cannot yet be explained, because it is during this process when the original substance becomes an energy medicine. This might sound far fetched … but don’t log off yet!  It has been known by scientists for many years that human beings have an electro-magnetic field … and so do the remedies.  This is vital energy, and it is this part of the remedy, their frequency, that corresponds with the frequency of sickness in the individual, leading to the healing reaction.  So, it’s true to say that the homeopathic remedies are a catalyst for the human body to heal itself.   And, although it may seem difficult to believe or fully understand how it works, homeopathy has worked time and time again to bring healing to those suffering with acute and chronic illness of all kinds over the past two hundred years.