Carole Cook

Homeopathy: A safe, effective system of complementary medicine in use for over 200 years. Non-addictive, no side effects - safe for everyone including babies, pregnant women and senior citizens.

I have been practising homeopathy for over 8 years.  I am based in Tring but also serve the surrounding district - 15-20 miles - on a visiting practice basis.  In addition, I am at Nature's Harvest Health Store in Leighton Buzzard on Wednesdays and at the Rothschild House Surgery in Tring on Friday afternoons.  I have recently produced a leaflet on 'flu, with an accompanying remedy kit - please ask for details.  I also use kinesiology (a painless muscle testing technique) for diagnostic purposes when appropriate and can use this for allergy testing and detoxing.  I am married with 3 children, one at university and two at school.  I am registered and insured with the Alliance of Registered Homeopaths (www.a-r-h.org), one of the governing bodies of homeopathy.

What is Homeopathy?

Homeopathy is a gentle, holistic system of healing, suitable for everyone, young and old. Homeopathy focuses on you as an individual, concentrating on treating your specific physical and emotional symptoms, to give long lasting benefits.

• Homeopathic treatment works with your body's own healing powers to bring health and well being.
• Patients are treated as individuals, not as a collection of disease labels.
• Homeopathy treats all your symptoms - mental, emotional and physical.
• Homeopathic remedies are gentle, subtle and powerful.

How long has Homeopathy been used?

Homeopathy has been used in the UK for over two hundred years, but has an honourable tradition dating back to ancient Greece. It was Samuel Hahnemann, a brilliant doctor working in 1796 who developed the scientific and philosophical foundations of this gentler way of healing. These scientific principles form the basis of successful homeopathic practice today.

What happens when you see a homeopath?

Your homeopath understands that establishing good health involves treating both mind and body, so time is taken to listen to your emotional and physical symptoms. To stimulate your body's own healing process, a remedy closest to your individual symptom picture is prescribed. Healing begins from within your body, strengthening your health and immune system, without any danger of damaging side effects.

Are homeopathic remedies safe?

Homeopathic remedies are a unique, potentised energy medicine, drawn from the plant, mineral and animal worlds. They work by gently boosting the natural energy of the body, and are very safe, even for pregnant and sensitive patients. There is no danger of addiction or toxicity.

What can homeopathy treat?

Homeopathy is used to treat everything from acute fevers including 'flu, sore troats and toothache, to chronic illnesses such as arthritis, eczema, asthma, anxiety and insomnia.