TAKING AND STORING REMEDIES
Do not eat or drink for 15 minutes before or after taking the remedy. Try not to touch the pills, use a spoon to get them out of the little bag, or if they are dispensed from a bottle, tip one pill into the lid and then drop the remedy into your mouth. Avoid coffee, camphor, menthol, peppermint, eucalyptus and other strong smelling substances, as they can interfere with your remedies.

Remedies in liquid form: read the instructions carefully and follow them to the letter as this will be important. Don't use tap water, bottled is best, and use a clean glass. Store remedies in a separate box away from light and strong smelling substances. Keep away from your normal first aid box as this often contains smelly substances.

WHAT SORT OF CONDITIONS DOES HOMEOPATHY TREAT?
Homeopathy has been successfully used for hundreds of years to treat both acute (short lived) conditions such as coughs and colds and chronic (long term) conditions such as arthritis, eczema and asthma. Homeopathy also treats stress, anxiety and depression very well, getting right to the root of the problem.

Homeopathic treatment supports the use of other therapies very well, enabling them to work more effectively. Long term conditions such as high blood pressure, diabetes and thyroid instability all respond well to homeopathy, especially if caught early on in the condition. There are some conditions that homeopathy will not be able to cure, but every patient in this situation may benefit from an amelioration of symptoms or a lessening of side-effects from conventional drug therapy.

We love to treat children with recurrent ear, throat and chest problems as these problems seem to clear up so easily. Eczema is another condition that we find very easy to treat in children, after just a few weeks of treatment most children's skin is back to normal. Asthma is very frightening and debilitating. Homeopathy works well at lessening attacks and improving breathing in general. Most parents would like to slowly wean their children off inhalers leaving the child healthy and free from the fear of asthma. Patience and good homeopathic treatment with the appropriate changes to life style such as reduction in cleaning products and dietary changes effects great changes. (see separate page Your Sensitive Child)