FAQs
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
What is the primary job of a homeopath?
All living beings have a natural ability to heal themselves, but sometimes the inner vital force is out of balance, causing illness on physical and mental levels. Homeopathic remedies aim to strength your vital force by triggering your body’s own ability to heal. The job of a homeopath is to find the specific remedy to kick-start this response and identify if there are any obstacles to cure, blocking or making healing difficult.
How a homeopathic consultation looks like?
That’s why when you come for a homeopathic consultation, we talk extensively and in depth about all details you are willing to share, about your physical symptoms, your emotions, health history, and lifestyle, after all, they are all connected and in homeopathy all is relevant. As a homeopath, I want to understand you as a whole person, instead of look at isolated symptoms.
What is a homeopathy remedy?
the homeopathic remedy original substance is known to cause similar symptoms of what you aim to heal. This is one of the homeopathy pillars, like cures like, and although it sounds so different to what modern medicine does, we can find some examples of the same principle in conventional medicine too. For instance, physicians can treat ADHD by amphetamines, that are actually stimulants; or treat heart arrhythmia using digoxin, a drug that can also cause abnormal heart rate. The like cures like principle is very old, it was described for the first time by Hippocrates, known as the father of medicine in ancient Greece.
Homeopathic remedies are highly diluted, made out from different sources such as plants like Arnica Montana, minerals like salts, and some can be made from animal sources such as Apis Mellifica.
To whom is homeopathy remedies ideal for ?
if you are looking for something that:
- the focus on strengthening your health, instead of just treating or suppressing symptoms
- Support healing from inside out, in a natural way
- use gentle and effective remedies with no side effects.
- Understands you as a whole being, not just your symptoms
What is the primary job of a homeopath?
All living beings have a natural ability to heal themselves, but sometimes the inner vital force is out of balance, causing illness on physical and mental levels. Homeopathic remedies aim to strength your vital force by triggering your body’s own ability to heal. The job of a homeopath is to understand you as a whole person, not just your symptoms, and then find the specific remedy to kick-start the inner healing response, also identifying if there are any obstacles to cure, blocking or making healing difficult.
How a Homeopathic Consultation Looks like?
During a homeopathic consultation we talk extensively and in depth about all details you are willing to share, including your physical symptoms, your emotions, health history, and lifestyle, after all, they are all connected and in homeopathy all is relevant. As a homeopath, I want to understand you as a whole person, instead of look at isolated symptoms.
What Are Homeopathic Remedies made of?
Homeopathic remedies are highly diluted, made out from different sources, including plants (i.e. Arnica Montana), minerals like salts, and some can be made from animal sources (i.e. Apis Mellifica).
The homeopathic remedies are often so diluted, that there is no remaining molecule of the original substance left, however, it’s still capable of triggering a response on living beings, from human bodies to animals and in vitro cells. The non-molecular aspect of homeopathy makes it safe to be used in many conditions without the common side effects that many conventional drugs may present.
Is Homeopathy proven?
Homeopathy has been extensively studied in many different fields, from basic to clinical research in human, veterinary in vitro studies. Its biological effects have been largely demonstrated, although the phenomenon itself not fully understood. In other words, the effectiveness of homeopathy is well known and demonstrated, but the mechanisms by which our bodies are capable to respond to homeopathic remedies and not fully understood yet. The non-molecular aspect of homeopathy and high dilutions are often claimed as placebo effect by skeptics. Although placebo effect can happen in different circumstances, claiming homeopathy as placebo in front of so many studies in animals and in vitro cells is certainly uneducated.
Is Homeopathy licensed?
In US homeopathy is not recognized as a licensed therapy, however, there are institutions to support and ensure the standard of professional homeopaths, such as
- NASH – North American Society of Homeopaths
- CCH – Council for Homeopathic Certification
- NCH – National Center for Homeopathy
- AIH – American Institute of Homeopathy
Homeopathic professionals may practice in California under sections 2053.5 and 2053.6 of California Business and Professions Code.
In other countries around the world in areas such as South America, Europe and India, homeopathy is a fully licensed therapy and medical specialty.
Homeopathy is the second most used system of medicine used in the world after conventional medicine (allopathy) accordingly to WHO (World Health Association)
To Whom Homeopathy is ideal for?
Homeopathy is ideal for anyone looking for something that:
- the focus on strengthening your health, instead of just treating or suppressing symptoms
- Support healing from inside out, in a natural way
- use gentle and effective remedies with no side effects.
- Understands you as a whole being, not just your symptoms
What type of diet shall I follow?
Real food. Diet styles come and go, but no matter what the trend is, there are two uncontestable truths about nutrition: it should be based on real foods, and mostly plants. Besides this, one size does not fit all and nutrition plans should be designed individually, accordingly to your personal needs.
What is the benefit of Homeopathy combined with Nutrition?
While homeopathy strengths your vital force promoting healing from inside out, nutrition provides the right fuel for your body to heal and maintain health, Both combined are a powerful tool support vitality and longevity at its best.
Note: Katia Martinho is not a physician and may practice in CA under sections 2053.5 and 2053.6 of California Business and Professions Code.
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