Dear Nicky,

Anna of course is right about the superficiality of what we do here on the BB as compared with the 2-hour case that your homeopath would take, but, I repertorized the limited info you gave us, and hydrastis, which is goldenseal, came up for acne on the chin, oily skin, and colicky pains in the abdomen, and even just taken as an herbal supplement, might be helpful to you. You could ask your homeopath about it. In your area, you're lucky that there are a lot of homeopaths to choose from--at least I think there are--so, what you might do is tell us how your treatment is going, and if you would like, we can let you know if your homeopath is well-trained or whether you should consider looking somewhere else.

Good luck,
Snoopy

[This message has been edited by Snoopy (edited 29 January 2001).]

If the homepath you have chosen is from the register s/he will be 4 year trained + an extra year and will have submitted cases to be checked and had a site visit. Occasionally those on the register have trained another way and will have had an exam first and then been licensed for a year before going for registration.

OK - Thanks once again for the responses.

The homeopath that I have visited is [xxxxxxxxx] who works in the Worcester area. I found her very approachable and she put me at ease.

She has prescribed:-
Week 1 - follic, sepia, nux vom (1 each per day)
Week 2 - nux vom, pulsatilla (1 each per day)
Week 3 - hep sulph, kali brom

Currently I am just coming to the end of the 'Week 1' treatment.

Please feel free to respond with your comments - look forward to hearing from you again.

Many Thanks

[This message has been edited by jonh (edited 05 February 2001).]

I'm afraid to say that the homeopath you have chosen is not prescribing in a classical way. All (I think) homeopaths on this BB stick to the classical, one remedy, minimum dose (often just one dose) prescribing. So what can I say? The problem with giving more than one remedy at a time is how on Earth do you know which remedy is working and which to change the potency of when the healing has come to a plateau.

I'm sorry if what I wrote has upset you but my advise would be to stop taking the remedies and find a classical homeopath.

I think there should be comments from others on this BB about this , not just me!! This type of prescribing is what gets homeopathy a bad name.

In Worcestershire there are 6 homeopaths in the Society of Homeopaths Register and one is the famous Jeremy Sherr!!

I have in front of me the December 2000 Edition , which is the latest of the Society Register and the homeopath you mentioned ( name since deleted at my request)is not in there. It is possible that she is not yet registered but licensed if you got her name from the Society but I would be surprised as the Society is usually classical. She would not have passed a site visit or cases for registration if they knew she prescribed like this.



[This message has been edited by Ricky (edited 06 February 2001).]

Ricky is correct here, this is bad prescribing. One of the Laws of Homoeopathy is the Law of the Single Remedy, one remedy at a time and observe its effect before administering another. Either this person is not a real homoeopath (they may be a naturopath with poor training in homoeopathy)or they are lazy. If you don't know which remedy to give, why not give them all!!!

I know this is difficult for consumers to know who is a "real" homoeopath and who is not, but as Ricky said there are national registers. However, there is one thing you can do whenever you are checking out a new potential homoeopath - I tell this to all my family/friends/interested parties (too far away to see me of course).

ASK THEM TO NAME THE 4 LAWS OF HOMOEOPATHY and then ask for assurance that they will stick to them when treating you.

These laws are:

Law of Similars
Law of the Single Remedy
Law of the Minimun Dose
Law of Direction of Cure (most important!!)

If they can't , drop them from your list. They don't even have the basic knowledge we are all taught in first year.

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David Kempson
Dip.Homoeopathic Medicine
Member A.H.A(Australia)

Pleased to see that you seem to have rejoined us Anna. Your contributions are always welcome by everyone.

Totally agree with Ricky on this. Nice people are not necessarily good homoeopaths, nor are those on the Society register.
Jeremy Sherr is one of the top in the UK and practices at Great Malvern. He will have a waiting list but there might be cancellations.

I also have to agree with Ricky on this one. We've all seen what multiple remedies have done to patients. It might be worth your while to look up the thread on combination remedies. If you were to take all your Homeopath has prescribed, that is what you are taking! "herb"

Just had to put my two cents' worth here--seems the practitioner you're seeing is practicing a kind of sequential therapy/mixopathy on you. It is not homeopathy. Granted, she may be a very good practitioner in her "bed-side manner", but as someone who suffered for a long time from the type of treatment she practices (and still working to see the damage undone!), I would heartily advise seeking out a classical homeopathic prescriber.

Jeremy Sherr, as Anna suggests, is top notch. Even though he may be booked solid, it would be worth the effort to give him a call and hope for a cancellation. Remember those "4 laws" David stated and make sure your homeopath (whoever you choose!) upholds them. I know acne and IBS are terribly uncomfortable things, but they are symptoms that can be treated and cured by homeopathy quite easily and elegantly--if homeopathy is indeed the treatment method used. The goal of your treatment should not just focus on becoming free of the discomfort of these symptoms (what the mixopathy attempts to accomplish but fails), but rather on becoming healthier, stronger, and more vital altogether.

Divina

All these folk are right you are not being treated by a Classical Homeopath .......

In the interim though since IBS is involved its possible that Aluminium is tied up in this somewhere ........what kind of foods do you snack on ???????
Its highly possible that they are prepared using Aluminium utensils/ processing lines and that this is the source of your bodys disturbance which also leads to the acne
Also check with your water company as to what they treat the water with

Better to wait to see an excellent Homeopath than see a mixopathy one as you are presently

I know I have been there done that to the detriment of my pocket and my health