Homeopathic Medicine & Bowen Technique

Meryl Cook, MSc. PD Hom (UK)

Homeopathy

Homeopathy is a natural system of medicine that uses highly diluted substances (called remedies) to stimulate your body to heal itself on all levels. Homeopathy aims to treat the whole person (the physical, emotional, mental and spiritual being) and never aims to treat only a part of a person (a headache for instance).

Classical Homeopathy is based on the selection of a single remedy that most closely matches your symptoms at a particular time and then waiting to observe your response before administering another remedy. This method focuses on the underlying disturbance or disease that causes the symptoms themselves

Remedies are prepared from substances such as plants, minerals or animal products which are repeatedly diluted and succussed (vigorous shaking). This standardized process is called potentization. The higher the potency of a homeopathic remedy the more it has been diluted and succussed. The extreme dilution of homeopathic remedies renders them non-toxic and safe for patients of all ages, even during pregnancy and breast-feeding.

Homeopathy is used to treat a wide range of conditions - from allergies to depression to skin burns to grief - regardless of whether the origin is physical, mental or emotional. The conventional medical diagnosis (such as migraine headaches) is much less important than your unique symptoms.

A well-chosen homeopathic remedy can produce dramatic improvement in acute conditions (for example viral infections, sprains and other physical injuries) by significantly reducing the intensity of symptoms and the recovery time. Many common childhood complaints such as colic, earaches, teething, diaper rash, chicken pox, also respond well to homeopathy.

Homeopathic treatment can be very effective with deep-seated, chronic conditions that have developed over a long period of time and that are accompanied by a general deterioration in health. Even in advanced stages of pathology in which cure may not be possible, homeopathy can alleviate or reduce severe symptoms such as pain, vomiting, anxiety or fear.

Bowen Technique

Sometimes called the homeopathy of bodywork because it also uses a minimum dose approach, the Bowen Technique is a gentle form of bodywork, which uses unique moves over muscle and other soft tissue, stimulating the body to realign and heal itself.

A Bowen treatment consists of gentle, rolling movements done with the practitioner’s hands on specific points of the body. These moves are light and can be done through clothing. They stimulate a systemic response so powerful that a pause is observed between each series of moves to allow the body to integrate this information.
A pattern of movements and pauses continues throughout the treatment. The rhythm is so soothing and relaxing that most patients fall asleep during the session. Benefits are usually apparent within two sessions, even when long-standing conditions are being treated

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