HOMEOPATHY: JUST GOOD MEDICINE
Carla Carmichael Homeopathy, Stirling, Scotland UK
Homeopathic Consultation
Your first consultation with me can take up to 1.5 hours. This allows me to gather as much information about you as possible. Usually, I request that you complete a short questionnaire before the consultation. There are several reasons for this namely:
This may be your first experience of a Homeopathic consultation, and therefore, you are not used to the types of questions that I will ask.
You can complete it in the comfort of your own home, giving you time to think about your health.
It was created to help my patients. Existing patients advised that they found it to be very helpful.
It can be nervous meeting someone new for the first time and talking about your health concerns. It is easy to forget to mention a fact, and then suddenly realise it, when you have returned home. Further you may have only been used to a 5 minute appointment with your GP, giving you very little time to talk about your symptoms. A consultation with me is a very different experience from your GP.
I have lived and worked abroad in a very busy clinic and have an understanding of language problems and cultural differences. My patient questionnaire has often assisted where the spoken word has been difficult.
This may be your first experience of a Homeopathic consultation, and therefore, you are not used to the types of questions that I will ask.
You can complete it in the comfort of your own home, giving you time to think about your health.
It was created to help my patients. Existing patients advised that they found it to be very helpful.
It can be nervous meeting someone new for the first time and talking about your health concerns. It is easy to forget to mention a fact, and then suddenly realise it, when you have returned home. Further you may have only been used to a 5 minute appointment with your GP, giving you very little time to talk about your symptoms. A consultation with me is a very different experience from your GP.
I have lived and worked abroad in a very busy clinic and have an understanding of language problems and cultural differences. My patient questionnaire has often assisted where the spoken word has been difficult.
Why does a consultation take so long?
DNA
I need to learn as much as possible about you and take in to account your genetic make-up and inheritances. I am not just interested in your physical symptoms or your emotional symptoms. You are far more complex than that!
YOU ARE UNIQUE.
Highlighted below are the areas that I focus upon during the consultation.
I need to learn as much as possible about you and take in to account your genetic make-up and inheritances. I am not just interested in your physical symptoms or your emotional symptoms. You are far more complex than that!
YOU ARE UNIQUE.
Highlighted below are the areas that I focus upon during the consultation.
- PHYSICAL MAKE UP - such as hair, features, weight etc.
- MENTAL MAKE UP - such as your basic nature, emotions, sensitivity etc.
- GENERAL MAKE UP - such as thirst, appetite, thermals etc.
- DISEASE MAKE UP
REMEMBER HOMEOPATHY TREATS YOU NOT YOUR DISEASE LABEL
When do I get the medicine and how do I take it?
After you consultation has finished I need to work on your case. This can take a great deal of time depending upon the complexity of it. Once my analysis has finished, and the remedy or remedies are decided upon, they will be posted to you by first class mail. You will be given very detailed instructions on how to take them. I shall also provide health parameters for you to record information. This recording of information is very important as it will assist me when you return for a subsequent appointment.
Do your medicines have any side effects and can I continue with my conventional medicine?
Homeopathic medicines have no side effects above a 12c potency. The term 'side effects of a medicine' comes from modern pharmacology. Conventional drugs are aimed at certain areas of the body, such as the cardiovascular system, the gut, the kidneys etc. Though they have a primary action, they also affect other areas of the body. If these other effects are undesirable, they are known as adverse side effects. Homeopathic medicines are not employed against any system or organ of the body. Rather, the homeopathic remedy or remedies are chosen on the basis of the totality of symptoms of the individual and targets the individual as a whole. Overall, it is a safe mode of treatment.
Yes, please do continue with your conventional medicine. Once I see how you are progressing, over time, and where possible, a gradual reduction of your medication may be made. It is important that you maintain a good relationship with your GP/Consultant and advise her/him that you are using Homeopathy. Further, I may deem it necessary that you have diagnostic tests done and that can only be carried out by the GP/Consultant. The aim is to get you off all medication including Homeopathic medicine where at all possible!
Yes, please do continue with your conventional medicine. Once I see how you are progressing, over time, and where possible, a gradual reduction of your medication may be made. It is important that you maintain a good relationship with your GP/Consultant and advise her/him that you are using Homeopathy. Further, I may deem it necessary that you have diagnostic tests done and that can only be carried out by the GP/Consultant. The aim is to get you off all medication including Homeopathic medicine where at all possible!
