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Homeopathy may be used alongside standard medicine, but it employs no invasive procedures and no medications with toxic side-effects or other complications.</div> <div>     </div> <div> <I><B><U>How It Works: Finding a Match</U></B></I></div> <div>    </div> <div>       Signs and symptoms of disease manifest when the internal harmony of health has been disrupted, and the organism is attempting to heal itself.  Rather than try to suppress these indications of the vital force at work, homeopathy  uses them to match the picture of your unique manifestation to the right remedy for you.</div> <div>      Your remedy is a substance that, on the plane of energy,  presents essentially the same picture as your physical signs and symptoms.  It acts at the deepest level to mobilize and redirect the vital force, to restore balance,  and to effect a cure.</div> <div>      In chronic situations, identifying your “constitutional” remedy is essential.  This requires a comprehensive assessment.  To explore your inner workings, the  homeopathic practitioner gathers a wealth of detail about all aspects of you as a person, and sifts them in various ways to construct a very specific picture of your unique manifestation. Several sessions may be required, and you may have to try several remedies, to see if there is a good match.</div> <div>      In acute situations, the assessment is focused on what is going on right now, and on finding a remedy to fit the current picture.  Finding a constitutional remedy may not be practical and may not be required.  Once the immediate crisis has been resolved, a more comprehensive exploration can be launched to resolve long-standing difficulties at the root of the problem.</div> <bR> <div> <I><B><U>When is Homeopathy Called For?</U></B></I></div> <div> <I><B>   </B></I></div> <div> <I><B>   </B></I>      Homeopathy can be used by young and old, for serious illnesses or for minor colds.  For children and adults who have not taken a lot of antibiotics and other standard medications, the results can be truly amazing and swift <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >—</FONT> practically instantaneous.  For children with, say, ear infections, taking a tiny “sugar pill” can be so much less distressing than repeated courses of antibiotics, then perhaps a shunt.  Older patients with severe illnesses may require repeat doses of several different remedies, over an extended period of time. </div> <bR> <div> <I><B><U>The Homeopathic Practitioner</U></B></I></div> <div>      Considerable study and training are required to become a proficient practitioner of homeopathy.   The homeopathic practitioner may be licensed as a medical doctor, an osteopath, a psychologist, an acupuncturist, or other health care practitioner<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >.</FONT></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="SoniasSniffles.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Sonias Sniffles"><U><B>Back</B></U></A><B>      </B><B>                    </B><A HREF="EnterTheHolisticVillage.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Lectures/Presentations"><U><B>Next</B></U></A></div></td> </tr> </table> </body>