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What does a homeopathic consultation involve?
The homeopathic consultation During the first consultation, your homeopath will ask lots of questions to build up a complete picture, taking into account a wide variety of factors such as medical history, personality traits, stress triggers, likes and dislikes, lifestyle and dreams.
What does a homeopathic practitioner do?
A homeopathic health practitioner uses pills or liquid mixtures (solutions) containing only a little of an active ingredient (usually a plant or mineral). These are known as highly diluted or “potentiated” substances.
What is a constitutional remedy in homeopathy?
Remedy selection based on the most distinct, individual symptoms that are truly characteristic of the patient-whether or not they are related to the chief complaint-is often called “constitutional” prescribing. The emphasis is placed on the nature or constitution of the patient.
How effective is homeopathy treatment?
The evidence on the effects of homeopathy In 2010 the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee said there’s no evidence that homeopathy is effective as a treatment for any health condition. There’s no evidence behind the idea that substances that cause certain symptoms can also help treat them.
What are rubrics in homeopathy?
Homeopathic medicines are shortlisted in repertories for a given symptom/condition (rubric), based and graded (typeface) on occurrence in proving and casual clinical experience.
How do homeopaths prescribe homeopathic medicine?
Homeopaths base virtually every homeopathic prescription on the physical and psychological symptoms of the sick person. Psychological symptoms often play a primary role in the selection of the correct medicine.
What is a homeopathic perspective on psychological problems?
A Homeopathic Perspective on Psychological Problems: Treating Mind and Body. Homeopaths commonly treat people with acute and chronic psychological disorders, including depression, anxieties and phobias, and emotional and mental states of confusion. Homeopaths also commonly treat people with substance abuse problems.
Do homeopaths separate the mind and body?
Homeopaths don’t separate the mind and body in the usual way; they generally assume that body and mind are dynamically interconnected and that both directly influence each other. This acknowledgement of the interconnectness of body and mind is not simply a vague, impractical concept.
Who is Charles Menninger and what is homeopathy?
Charles Frederick Menninger, M.D., the founder of the famous mental health facility called the Menninger Clinic, was actually a homeopathic physician. He joined the American Institute of Homeopathy in 1894 and shortly thereafter became the head of his local medical society.