Homeopathy is a complementary health system that treats the whole person. This means that the homeopath is not only interested in the client's main complaint, but also in many other elements of the client's life. Aspects such as their family history, diet, food preferences, sleep habits etc, all go towards understanding the person as a 'whole'.

Taking this very wide-ranging approach to understanding a person means that the homeopath can build up a complete picture of the client, giving him or her a wealth of valuable information on which to base their remedy choice.

Any health benefits experienced through homeopathic treatment are achieved by the client's own body. The well-chosen homeopathic remedy stimulates the body's own natural healing ability and the consequences of this can be to make the client generally healthier as well as potentially improving specific problems.

Homeopathy was discovered in 1796 and given it's name by a German doctor called Samuel Hahnemann. Drawing upon his vast knowledge of medicine and classics Hahnemann drew together some medical principles that had been established in Ancient Greece, as well as his own discoveries, to create what we know as homeopathy.

To learn more about the history of homeopathy click here, and for information on how remedies are made, click here.

To find out what seeing a homeopath is like see the appointments section.