Frequently Asked Questions

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Homeopathy is the world’s second largest medical system, meant for just about everyone. 

Homeopathy is based on a"whole person" approach. It works on the principle that ‘like cures like’ — an illness is treated with a substance which could produce similar symptoms in a healthy person.In homeopathy, the remedy or treatment program is customized and individualized to the patient, with the intent of removing the underlying cause.

While this is not true, there are two common factors that determine speedy recovery.

1) TIME

2) SEVERITY OF DISEASE (SOD)

Homeopathy acts in infective diarrhea, fevers, urticarial rashes, in acute exacerbations of asthma, to name a few instances. Unfortunately, people go to a homeopath as a last resort and by then the disease would have progressed quite a bit. Severity of disease increases with time.

Homeopathy is, in fact, FAST and RAPID in Action in acute conditions.

“SOONER YOU APPROACH A HOMEOPATH, FASTER YOUR RESULTS WILL BE”

Their action is quick and the effect lasts much longer, often forever. The disease is treated from its roots.

No, homeopathic medicines do not have any side effects, as they are administered in minute doses and do not have a chemical or mechanical effect on the body.

It does not happen to all cases and always, if the chosen remedy matches the patient’s need. But if repeated more than the need or the potency is too high, often increases the complaints, but it would subside on its own as soon as the medicine is withdrawn. In any chronic disease the selection of remedies will be based on the disease condition and the susceptibility of the patient. So unwanted aggravations will be avoided. In some cases where the patient approaches homeopathy after some suppressive treatments, homeopathic medicines will bring them to the surface before curing it. It is called Homeopathic aggravation, and it will disappear in the course of treatment.

Around 60% of patients who approach homeopathy will be already taking some or other medicines for different ailments like diabetes, hypertension, IHD; so it is not a constraint to use conventional medicines along with homeopathy.

Homeopathy goes hand in hand with other system of medicines like Siddha, Ayurvedic, Unani, Naturopathy, Allopathy. If really there is some interactions, homeopathic doctor will give the instruction how well the time should be maintained between both medicines

Yes, diabetic patients can take pills because the amount of sugar present is very minute. The medicines can be administered in distilled water, thereby avoiding pills.

Are laboratory investigations useful to a homeopathic physician?

They are useful only to understand whether the case can respond to homeopathy or not and to decide the prognosis which can only be decided after an exhaustive case taking. These are also necessary to assess the progress in the case.

They are useful only to understand whether the case can respond to homeopathy or not and to decide the prognosis which can only be decided after an exhaustive case taking. These are also necessary to assess the progress in the case.

Every homeopath is well aware of the scope and limitations of his system.

Like any other system of medicine, homeopathy has its own limitations. By homeopathy any ailment acute or chronic, local or general can be treated except diseases where surgery is unavoidable. However many surgical diseases are treatable by homeopathic medicines to a great extant like enlarged tonsils, Fibroid,cysts, kidney stones, gall stones appendicitis, warts, piles, fissures, fistula and so on.

Each and every homeopathic drugs has its wide range of action and application. So just knowing few drugs by its name without knowing its pharmacology will cause unwanted side effects in long duration. So it is always wise to consult a homoeopathy doctor to start with a treatment