Why Homeopathy? Homeopathy is an exceptionally safe form of medicine which treats the whole individual. The concept of disease in Homeopathy  is that disease is a total affection of mind  and body, the disturbance of the whole organism. Individual organs are not the cause of illness but disturbance at the inner level ( Vital energy, life force of the body ) is the cause of illness. It is based on the natural law of healing- ” Similia, Similibus Curentur” which means “let likes be treated by likes”. Since its development nearly two hundred years ago homeopathy has benefited millions of people, young and old, from all walks of life. Origin Hahnemann, the founder of homeopathy, systematically studied, for himself, all the orthodox medical remedies of his day, noted their effects on healthy people, and then used this knowledge to give very specific and safe treatment to sick people. Homeopathy is a naturopathic form of medicine - it seeks to assist Nature rather than bludgeon her, to assist the body's own healing energies rather than override them. The 'disease' is not only the virus or the bacteria - these are merely the organisms which move in when the body's defences are low. Principle The word 'Homeopathy' (also spelt 'homeopathy') comes from two Greek words, omio meaning 'same' and pathos meaning 'suffering'. A homeopathic remedy is one which produces the same symptoms as those the sick person complains of, and in doing so sharply provokes the body into throwing them off. 'Like may be cured by like', also expressed as similia similibus curentur, is the basic principle of homeopathic therapeutics. The opposite therapeutic approach is 'allopathy', which is defined as a system of therapeutics in which diseases are treated by producing a condition incompatible with or antagonistic to the condition to be cured or alleviated. Another tenet of homeopathic philosophy is that every person is different. The same remedy, the same diet, the same general advice does not necessarily help everyone with the same ailment. Indeed there is no such thing as the same ailment; the course of a particular kind of cancer in one person will not be the same as that in another. Accordingly, homeopathy has the most flexible system: the most effective remedy is always the one which matches three things: the physical symptoms, the mental and emotional symptoms, and the general sensitivities of the person concerned. It is also taken in the least possible dose for the least possible time. Is it for you? Homeopathy is not a system for those in search of instant, easy answers, although it can act: very swiftly in acute conditions. It requires careful self-monitoring and a willingness to stick to a course of action. The prize is higher vitality and greater resistance to all disease processes. Sometimes physical conditions are temporary or due to a specific cause, excessive weight gain, metabolic disturbances,  menopause or post-partum depression and of course significant transitional events like moving house, divorce, changing school, an accident or bereavement. Sometimes the feelings about something like this have never really gone away. Sometimes we can even track the onset of a physical ailment to a time like this in your life. Whatever the cause, in these situations it is often "good to talk", perhaps even better to have someone impartial and caring to listen to you, and your homeopath will take the time to listen and work with you on your path to recovery.