What is Homeopathy?
Homeopathy has been documented as one of the most efficacious systems of medicine with over 200 years of clinical success, documented in hundreds of medical journals and numerous recent clinical studies. It is one of the safest forms of medicine; as remedies stimulate your own inherent ability to heal and thus encouraging the body to cure, instead of simply suppressing symptoms.
Homeopathic medicine is practised worldwide and plays a significant role in the healthcare systems of many countries today. It recognizes 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.
In 1796 a German doctor, Samuel Hahnemann, discovered a different approach to help the sick which he called homeopathy (from the Greek words homoios + pathos meaning 'similar suffering' or ‘the cure is like the disease’). Hahnemann discovered that the symptoms in which a poisonous substance produced in a healthy person were identical to the symptoms a homeopathically prepared remedy cured in a sick individual. Like Hippocrates 2,000 years earlier he realized 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 caused 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.
What do classical homeopaths do?
Homeopaths work with the individual to restore a state of health. They do not diagnose or treat a disease, unlike practitioners of mainstream medicine, they recognize and treat the unique state of each individual's vital energy as expressed in mental, emotional, and physical symptoms and characteristics. The homeopath seeks to remove the ailment by using remedies that stimulate the individual's own inherent ability to heal and thus encourage the body to cure, instead of simply suppressing symptoms.The classical homeopath selects the single most appropriate remedy in a potency that most closely matches the energy of the illness by investigating the individual’s state of health in a thorough case-taking. They analyze the case by using the symptoms and characteristics that show the uniqueness of the individual with special emphasis placed on a known cause of the sickness or any striking symptoms or themes. After taking the case, a selection of the most similar remedy is determined through differentiation. The medicine that most closely matches the symptoms and the individual is prescribed in a single and minute dose. Only one remedy is ever prescribed at one time.
The patient's case is followed carefully and any changes that have occurred since taking the prescribed remedy are analyzed. The remedy and its action will be evaluated so that the course of healing can continue until complete healing is achieved
What is the difference between homeopathy and naturopathy?
Naturopathy basically refers to any method of treatment that depends on lifestyle and diet modifications to tackle a particular disease or disorder. Naturopaths study a variety of alternative healing methods, including homeopathy, but receive what amounts to a basic training in these modalities. Homeopaths specialize in homeopathic medicine, which is a complete medical system in its own right. A Homeopath will prescribe a similar medicine to treat the root of the disease. Both Homeopathy and Naturopathy are regulated health professions in the province of Ontario.
What to expect at your consultation?
Your first Homeopathic consult will be about one and a half hours. You will share your health history and current health concerns with the practitioner. Every consult with your homeopath is very in depth and focused on you as an individual. Who you are is a big part of how you heal and that is why so much attention is paid to your individual personality and needs.
You will be asked to give a complete description of your current symptoms; sensations, thoughts and feelings, sleep patterns, body temperature, energy, appetite, sensitivities any strange occurrences, etc. Sharing your personal history and concerns with your homeopath allows them to select the appropriate medicine to allow your body to heal itself quickly, gently and without suppression.
A follow up will occur between 3-5 weeks after the initial consultation and will be 45 minutes in duration. You will review the changes that have occurred since taking your homeopathic remedy. The remedy and its action will be evaluated so that your course of healing can continue until complete healing is achieved.
Call, 416-932-3433 to make an appointment today.
Or contact me via email, by using the contact form.
Homeopathy has been documented as one of the most efficacious systems of medicine with over 200 years of clinical success, documented in hundreds of medical journals and numerous recent clinical studies. It is one of the safest forms of medicine; as remedies stimulate your own inherent ability to heal and thus encouraging the body to cure, instead of simply suppressing symptoms.
Homeopathic medicine is practised worldwide and plays a significant role in the healthcare systems of many countries today. It recognizes 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.
In 1796 a German doctor, Samuel Hahnemann, discovered a different approach to help the sick which he called homeopathy (from the Greek words homoios + pathos meaning 'similar suffering' or ‘the cure is like the disease’). Hahnemann discovered that the symptoms in which a poisonous substance produced in a healthy person were identical to the symptoms a homeopathically prepared remedy cured in a sick individual. Like Hippocrates 2,000 years earlier he realized 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 caused 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.
What do classical homeopaths do?
Homeopaths work with the individual to restore a state of health. They do not diagnose or treat a disease, unlike practitioners of mainstream medicine, they recognize and treat the unique state of each individual's vital energy as expressed in mental, emotional, and physical symptoms and characteristics. The homeopath seeks to remove the ailment by using remedies that stimulate the individual's own inherent ability to heal and thus encourage the body to cure, instead of simply suppressing symptoms.The classical homeopath selects the single most appropriate remedy in a potency that most closely matches the energy of the illness by investigating the individual’s state of health in a thorough case-taking. They analyze the case by using the symptoms and characteristics that show the uniqueness of the individual with special emphasis placed on a known cause of the sickness or any striking symptoms or themes. After taking the case, a selection of the most similar remedy is determined through differentiation. The medicine that most closely matches the symptoms and the individual is prescribed in a single and minute dose. Only one remedy is ever prescribed at one time.
The patient's case is followed carefully and any changes that have occurred since taking the prescribed remedy are analyzed. The remedy and its action will be evaluated so that the course of healing can continue until complete healing is achieved
What is the difference between homeopathy and naturopathy?
Naturopathy basically refers to any method of treatment that depends on lifestyle and diet modifications to tackle a particular disease or disorder. Naturopaths study a variety of alternative healing methods, including homeopathy, but receive what amounts to a basic training in these modalities. Homeopaths specialize in homeopathic medicine, which is a complete medical system in its own right. A Homeopath will prescribe a similar medicine to treat the root of the disease. Both Homeopathy and Naturopathy are regulated health professions in the province of Ontario.
What to expect at your consultation?
Your first Homeopathic consult will be about one and a half hours. You will share your health history and current health concerns with the practitioner. Every consult with your homeopath is very in depth and focused on you as an individual. Who you are is a big part of how you heal and that is why so much attention is paid to your individual personality and needs.
You will be asked to give a complete description of your current symptoms; sensations, thoughts and feelings, sleep patterns, body temperature, energy, appetite, sensitivities any strange occurrences, etc. Sharing your personal history and concerns with your homeopath allows them to select the appropriate medicine to allow your body to heal itself quickly, gently and without suppression.
A follow up will occur between 3-5 weeks after the initial consultation and will be 45 minutes in duration. You will review the changes that have occurred since taking your homeopathic remedy. The remedy and its action will be evaluated so that your course of healing can continue until complete healing is achieved.
Call, 416-932-3433 to make an appointment today.
Or contact me via email, by using the contact form.