Mary, a mother of two, came to me complaining of urge incontinence, palpitations, reflux and insomnia.
During the consultation she explained that his 18 year old son has ADHD and has stopped going to school. Mary was in good health until she started to have problems with her son two years ago.
I prescribed Cocculus a homeopathic medicine indicated when people care and are excessively anxious about others, specially family members.
Six months later I received an email from Mary, ‘I originally went to you about being stressed as had problems with my son attending school and he is socially anxious. I usually take medicine from the chemist for reflux and for urge incontinence. I forgot these medicines when I was away from home taking care of my mother, but felt the symptoms I normally feel (when I forget to take tablets) were gone . I was delighted as I normally get symptoms when I don’t take the tablets. Thank You!’
Worldwide, over 200 million people use homeopathy on a regular basis.
In 16 countries surveyed, six out of ten people have used homeopathy and 55% of people worldwide intend to use homeopathy in the future. Homeopathy is included in the national health systems in a number of countries e.g. Switzerland, Brazil, Chile, India, Mexico and Pakistan.
In Europe over 100 million EU citizens, some 29% of the EU’s population, use homeopathic medicines in their day-to-day healthcare. Homeopathy is safely practised in 40 out of 42 European countries.
In the Republic of Ireland homeopathic medicines must be licensed by the Health Products Regulatory Authority (HPRA) before being placed on the Irish market to fulfil EU and Irish legislative requirements.
Homeopathic medicines are available from health food stores and some pharmacies.
But what is homeopathy? Which are the benefits of homeopathy? How to train in homeopathy? Is it expensive?
Homeopathy is a holistic alternative medicine founded by Samuel Hahnemann, a German physician, in the late 18th century. Based on the principle that "like cures like".
Homeopathy uses plants, minerals and animal substances, in high dilutions, that produce symptoms in a healthy person to treat sick persons with equivalent symptoms.
This type of treatment is not just applicable to human health but also animal health and agriculture. But which are the benefits of homeopathy for human health, animal health, and agriculture?
