Homoeopathic consultations

First visit

The initial visit will be approximately two hours. Follow-up visits for monitoring your progress are scheduled 4-6 weeks after the initial visit and are approximately 30-60 minutes in length. Please consider if you would like to volunteer to have your case videotaped. We would like to use the tape to help teach students homoeopathic medicine. There is a video consent form which you can sign.

You have to get well. We are here to select the best possible medicine for you. In order to do that, we depend on your co-operation. HOMOEOPATHIC MEDICINE IS MAINLY SELECTED ON THE SYMPTOMS YOU GIVE US. If we are to make a successful prescription, we must know all the details of your sickness. We must also understand all the features that belong to you as an individual. This includes your reactions to various factors, your past and family history and your mental makeup.

This information enables us to select the remedy that removes your sickness. The medicine also makes you well as a whole person.
In order to find out all about you, we shall be asking you many questions. Each one of these questions has a definite meaning and significance for us. There is not a single question that is useless. Even something that you may think is not connected with your trouble may be the most important factor in deciding the correct homoeopathic medicine. That is why you must be free and frank and give us the fullest possible information on each point.
We may ask you the same questions again and again. This does not mean that your answers are not clear, or that we did not understand them. We found that by asking some questions repeatedly we are able to get a clearer perception of what your inner experience is, and this is vital to find a good remedy for you.

What to Expect After Taking the Medicine
After taking the remedy, temporary worsening of current symptoms, return of old symptoms or development of new symptoms sometimes occurs. These are not side effects, but an indication that your body is responding to the medicine. If a reaction occurs that concerns you, or if you have any other questions or concerns, do not hesitate to call us at any other time during business hours.

Homeopathic healing is usually gradual and gentle, so patience is a necessary ingredient that you must add to your healing. Depending on the number and nature of your conditions, between 3 and 24 months is usually required for symptoms to be reduced substantially or go away completely. You will, however, experience definite improvement within hours, days or a few weeks of starting the correct remedy. Once your health goals have been achieved, homeopathic remedies can be used to address acute illnesses and/or other ailments that might arise in the future.

This information enables us to select the remedy that removes your sickness. The medicine also makes you well as a whole person.
In order to find out all about you, we shall be asking you many questions. Each one of these questions has a definite meaning and significance for us. There is not a single question that is useless. Even something that you may think is not connected with your trouble may be the most important factor in deciding the correct homoeopathic medicine. That is why you must be free and frank and give us the fullest possible information on each point.
We may ask you the same questions again and again. This does not mean that your answers are not clear, or that we did not understand them. We found that by asking some questions repeatedly we are able to get a clearer perception of what your inner experience is, and this is vital to find a good remedy for you.

Follow-up appointments

Because homeopathic healing is gradual, monitoring is very important, so follow-up appointments will be scheduled at regular intervals. Over the course of follow-up, adjustments to your remedy may need to be made and we will also provide coaching, support and evidence-based information. We may refer you for other integrative therapies and will also work collaboratively with your primary care practitioner in order to facilitate your overall healing. Clients who return for their regularly scheduled follow-up appointments achieve their health goals in shorter time and with better results. These appointments will be scheduled even when you are doing well or continuing to make progress. Although you may be taking homeopathic medicine and be under active care for up to two years, it is important to keep in mind that the ultimate goal of homeopathic care is to reach your highest level of health possible with little or no dependence upon any medication, including homeopathic remedies.

ACUTE PROBLEMS

In case of an acute problem such as flu, sore throats, migraine, injuries, etc. or if you experience flare-up of a chronic symptom, please contact us, even if the acute problem is not related to your chief complaint. Acute cases handled with Homoeopathy, would mean one step forward towards better health. Refrain from resorting to any other system of treatment before having consulted the homoeopath.

An Acute Care Consultation appointment is 15 minutes to ½-hour and can be in-office or by phone. You may be asked to take one or more doses of a remedy over a few of days. When treated for an acute illness, you should notice improvement within the first 24 hours, though you will probably still require a normal recovery period. New clients requesting an Acute Care Consultation must be seen in-office.

For example, a poison ivy or influenza outbreak may resolve in 2-3 days with homoeopathic treatment instead of 1-2 weeks without. In most cases, antibiotics or other drugs can be avoided with proper homeopathic treatment. 

Chronic disorders are long-term conditions that typically don’t resolve themselves on their own. Conventional drugs can sometimes provide symptomatic relief, but rarely cure, and patients often require treatment indefinitely.

On the other hand, many people treated homoeopathically who have high blood pressure, heart disease, depression, allergies, autism, thyroid disorders, asthma, mental illness, MS, cancer and numerous other complex, chronic illnesses recover completely and can remain off medication.