@nourishingapothecary: What actually is homeopathy? Homeopathy is one of those therapies people have often heard of, but very few people have ever had properly explained. It is a system of medicine developed more than 200 years ago by German physician Samuel Hahnemann and is based on the principle of “like cures like.” In homeopathic practice, we look at the complete symptom picture of the person and select a remedy with a corresponding homeopathic symptom picture. A simple example is Allium cepa, which is prepared from onion. Think about what happens when you chop an onion. Your eyes may sting and water and your nose may run. In homeopathic prescribing, Allium cepa may be considered when someone presents with a very similar pattern of symptoms. Homeopathic remedies can originate from plants, minerals and other substances and are prepared through repeated dilution and succussion in a process known as potentisation. This is also why homeopathy is very different from herbal medicine. With herbal medicine we are using measurable quantities of phytochemicals that exert pharmacological effects in the body. Homeopathy works according to an entirely different therapeutic model. And despite what you may have heard, homeopathy has actually been the subject of randomized controlled trials, systematic reviews and meta analyses. Some analyses have reported effects beyond placebo, although the interpretation and strength of the overall evidence remains an area of scientific debate. As a homeopath, the part I find fascinating is individualisation. Two people can walk into my clinic with the exact same diagnosis and potentially receive completely different remedies because their symptom pictures are different. That is what people often misunderstand about homeopathy. It is not simply: “Headache = this remedy.” We are asking: What does the headache feel like? Where is it? What makes it better or worse? What other symptoms happen alongside it? What is happening emotionally and physically? Then we match that individual symptom picture as closely as possible to the remedy picture. I’m going to be talking much more about homeopathy because there is so much more to understand than can possibly fit into one video. If you have a homeopathy question you want me to answer next, leave it below. Nourishing Apothecary offers naturopathic and homeopathic consultations Australia wide via Zoom. nourishingapothecary.com #homeopathy #homeopathicmedicine #homeopathicremedies #onthisday

Jaime | Naturopath & Homeopath

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