Antoinette P. Koprowski, CPhT, DHPh 4815 Evans Ct.  Trenton, MI 48183   E-mail

Homeopathy is the art and science of healing by safe, gentle, natural methods.  The concept has been known since Hippocrates in 450 BC, and has been further developed down the ages until full scientific examination was undertaken by Dr. Samuel Hahnemann in the 18th century.  The word ‘Homeopathy’ is coined from the Greek words ‘homois’ meaning like or similar and ‘pathos’ meaning suffering.  It works on the principle of ‘similia similibus curentur’ which means that what will cause-will cure.  This is called the “Law of Similars.”  This simply means that a medicine which produces a set of symptoms in a healthy person will cure the same set of symptoms in a person that is not well.  To explain further, a substance that will cause a disease or poison a healthy person when given in large doses, will cure the patient when treated with potentized homeopathic doses of the same substance.  These substances are made into remedies using plants, minerals, tissues (healthy or diseased) or any other substance known to man.  They are prepared by a process of step by step repeated dilution and succussion (striking against a semi-hard surface), which makes them capable of stimulating the body’s own defense system.  This substance helps stimulate the body’s own healing power.

Homeopathy is holistic, that is it treats the whole person and not just the symptoms. We believe that symptoms are the body’s own attempts at self-healing and that any suppression of these symptoms will drive the disease further into the body.  Normally one goes to a doctor for a specific disease or problem.  You are given a medicine to make that problem go away.  But the symptoms are there for a reason, and if the reason still exists then the problem will return, either in the same form or as a different disease or problem.

Most of us have had experiences, where despite treatment, problems return again and again.  At other times problems seem to disappear after treatment, but not long afterwards new problems come out to take their place.  The reason for this is that the actual problem wasn’t dealt with.  This is called suppression.  Homeopathy has a clear understanding of the difference between suppression and real cure.  With cure, the actual problem is dealt with first, and as a result the symptoms are no longer needed and fade away.

Your initial consultation is generally 1 1/2 -2 hours long.  A thorough and totally confidential visit, the homeopath needs to carefully question the patient in order to build a multi-dimensional picture to match one of the drug pictures and find the correct remedy for that person.  In most cases homeopaths look at everything that is going on in the patients life, not just a few symptoms in isolation.  The same patient that comes in complaining of headaches, may also have depression, insecurities, low energy and a long list of other problems.  All of these problems stem from the same root cause and by dealing with it, all of the problems will fade away.  During your lengthy initial appointment all of the problems will be explored.  Then a single homeopathic remedy, matching the whole picture is chosen.  In chronic cases, the homeopath waits to see the reaction the remedy has on the patient.  The remedy is not given again unless the symptoms return or worsen.  There is no need to take a remedy every day or even several times a day unless the ailment is acute in nature (meaning a sudden onset of symptoms, i.e., flu, fever, injuries, etc).

Homeopaths recognize the importance of intervening as little as possible.  They know the body is intelligent and produces symptoms for a reason.  Rather than giving a medicine which ignores the intelligence of the body, homeopaths choose the one homeopathic remedy which can strengthen the body and allow it to heal itself.  This is called ‘classical homeopathy.’

The patient’s progress will be reviewed on subsequent visits and further prescriptions may be necessary.  It is not  advisable to stop or reduce the dosage of your current medication without consultation with your general practitioner who prescribed them. Although rapid results can be achieved, particularly in acute illness, if the person’s vitality is low then more gradual improvement can be expected with chronic complaints.  However, after the correct homeopathic remedy is given, most patients feel greater well being and happiness. Homeopathic care goes much deeper than most types of treatment.  Changes in life long problems, both physical and emotional are often reported.

Homeopathic medicines have been proved for over two hundred years to be safe and effective. Each homeopathic medicine has been carefully tested on large numbers of healthy people.  We have discovered what symptoms were produced in these people, thus we also know what symptoms it is capable of curing in you.  We are not matching single symptoms but the whole pattern of symptoms. These medicines are prepared to modern high standards of safety and are recognized as both complementary and alternative to orthodox medicines.  Homeopathic remedies have no side effects when correctly prescribed and are even safe for babies, children, pregnant women and seniors. Whether conventional medicine considers the condition curable or not is not the major factor in determining whether homeopathy can help.  Let us decide.
 
 

Antoinette Koprowski, DHPh, CPhT