Human beings are a unity of mind, body, spirit; a living being that is much more than the sum of its parts. We have within our nature an intelligent defence mechanism and the ability of self-healing. 

Hippocrates and his peers called it the ‘vis medicatrix naturae’ or nature’s healing power. Homeopathy is  based on the recognition of a spiritual and an energetic body, as well as a physical body. Hahnemann called it the vital force. In the west we may call it spirit or soul, or vital energy;  the Japanese call it chi; the Hindus, prana.

Disease begins with a disturbance of this force. When our vital energies are compromised, symptoms will follow. Homeopathy treats the cause as well as the symptoms. It uses medicines that affect the vital energies of the body and help you re-balance and heal yourself.

The symptoms are not the disease, they are the result of the disease. The first cause is a disturbance in the vital energy of the bodymind. This is the true source of all illness. Symptoms manifest directly from an energetic imbalance in the vitality of the body. Curative treatment needs to address this imbalance. This is the level of action of a homeopathic remedy. Homeopathic remedies are not chemical drugs and they do not have a biochemical effect. They belong to a scientific paradigm which has little to do with the physical or chemical nature of this Universe. Hahnemann discovered a method of diluting the medicine to reduce its toxic chemical effects whilst potentiating its ability to heal. Most homeopathic remedies are serially diluted so often they do not contain any molecules of the original medicinal substance and yet when they match the total symptom picture, they have a powerful healing action. Potentised medicines reach the parts of the human being where the vital energies flow. In the Tao te Ching , Lao Tsu reflects: ‘Only that without substance can enter where there is no room’.

Potentised medicines – we call them remedies – only work if they accurately match each individual’s response to the disease. Like cures like. When accurately selected to mirror the most individual symptoms of the whole person, the remedy resonates with the disturbance in the vital energies and helps the body come back into balance and therefore to self-heal. There is no such thing as a homeopathic remedy for a disease. Each person will produce slightly different symptoms and respond differently to the effects of those symptoms. Each person will be treated with an individually selected medicine that reflects their nature, their personality and their unique suffering. For example, there are several hundred homeopathic remedies that can treat the symptoms of eczema, but for each of us who suffers this illness, only one or two of them will work. The task of a classical homeopath is primarily to identify which remedies work for each individual.

Please do not try to treat yourself for long term illness, or emotional troubles. The skills needed require a full training in homeopathy and considerable experience in practice.

See Principle of Similars