In February 2018, I wrote an article about what was smoke, what was fire, and what we could do about new guidance FDA published on how it was regulating homeopathy. That was over a year and half ago, and there's been a lot (a ton?!) of work since then to ensure there remains full access to safe homeopathic medicines for all.
There's been recent progress on this topic which I'd like to share. Please read the press release from Americans for Homeopathy Choice (AFHC) who has been spearheading this effort, along with many leading homeopathic organizations within the United States, since December 2017. To stay involved, please visit AFHC and become a member of their organization. Thanks for reading, Noel
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You’ve completed your initial consultation…now what?
Despite homeopathy being one of the great natural therapies available to you, when properly used, it is truly unlike anything else! As such, it’s important to me that I communicate effectively what to expect from treatment, how homeopathy is intended to work in your life, and how to best utilize my practice and service offerings to maximize the health benefits available to you. Join me for the next free web conference where I will discuss "What to Expect from Homeopathic Treatment." Pre-registration is required. Click here to register. I hope to see you online soon! Note: To protect confidentiality, I will only speak generally about individual cases. We know how critical it is to ensure homeopathy is a part of you and your family's everyday wellness plan. We truly believe the more people receiving good constitutional homeopathic care, the better off everyone in the family will be. To achieve that we wanted to offer the following family plan options which provide greater discounts when more members of your family are receiving homeopathic care. In short, the basic structure is first for all those involved in a family plan to have completed their "Initial Consultation" in order to establish care in our practice. Then, each person will have Regular Follow-Up Consultations occur at 4-6 week intervals up to a period of approximately six months. Rates for Regular Follow-Up Consultations decrease when more members of a family are participating. You end up paying less for consultations you already want to have, and we maintain more effective case management of your constitutional homeopathic treatment plan in order to achieve optimal outcomes and success. It's a win-win situation! The following table outlines an overview of the discounts offered in relation to the number of family members participating, along with amounts for savings that could potentially be realized. If this is something you'd like to take part in with your family, simply let Noel know. He'll provide more details about participating in this family plan and also help sign everyone up to get started.
Thanks for being a part of the growing movement of including homeopathy into you and your family's plan for achieving greater health! Each April Homeopathy Awareness Week is celebrated throughout the world and takes place over the birthday of Dr. Samuel Hahnemann, the founder of Homeopathy. Dr. Hahnemann was a medical doctor practicing around the turn of the 19th century. He was terribly distraught with the medical practices of his time, namely the frequent use of purgatives, blood-letting, and even intentional mercury poisoning (among others!). He sought a better way.
It was a curious discovery when he realized that quinine, a medicine that was successfully treating malaria during his day, actually produced the symptoms of malaria when taken in minute doses. This unique discovery led him to continue investigating other substances, some of which are toxic in their crude form, like the plant Belladonna, for example. Instead of taking a crude, material dose of Belladonna (such as in an herbal form), he hyper-diluted it by using water (and a small amount of alcohol used as a preservative), thus removing the toxic properties and instead leaving behind only the healing properties of that original substance. This discovery led him to establish the “Law of Similars” which guides a homeopath in the correct selection of a homeopathic remedy for people suffering from any number of ailments. Dr. Hahnemann was very successful with this new medicine which he called “homeopathy” (literally meaning similar (homeo) suffering (pathy)). The use of homeopathic medicine eventually spread throughout most of Europe and into the United States, among many other countries, throughout the 19th century. Dr. Hahnemann had found a way to use anything in nature, mostly plants and simple minerals, and unleash the healing potential found in the gifts nature has provided. It was a remarkable discovery which he honed and perfected throughout the rest of his life. He wrote several editions to “The Organon of the Medical Healing Art,” which provides several hundred aphorisms that guide the use of medical healing principles. Homeopathy provided unparalleled results in the treatment of infectious, contagious diseases throughout the 19th century (and also to present day). The 1918 Spanish flu epidemic killed an estimated 20-50 million people! Despite the horrific damage of this flu, some studies show homeopathy was getting about a 1.05% mortality rate, as compared to roughly 40-60% mortality rate from conventional medical treatments. The only monument honoring a physician in Washington D.C. is of Dr. Hahnemann and was constructed during the U.S. Presidency of William McKinley, who was an avid user and proponent of homeopathy. The 1938 Food, Drug, and Cosmetics Act included homeopathy as a protected drug and has been successfully regulated by the FDA since. There are countless other examples of homeopathy’s influence and integration into establishments we would not otherwise know or understand, but has been systematically suppressed. For reasons political and financial, homeopathy fell out of use early in the 20th century and was relegated to the shadows. Anti-homeopathy and other misinformation campaigns became prevalent and were endorsed by powerful people and organizations. That has remained to this day. But, there is a resurgence! People want natural health. YOU want to feel happier and healthier and are willing to do what it takes to treat yourself and your family in a healthy, natural way. That’s what homeopathy provides. Really, it’s very simple. Homeopathy heals gently, rapidly, and reliably for people experiencing innumerable acute or chronic illnesses. And it does so without side effects, toxins, or rendering you dependent on expensive medications or invasive exams. Homeopaths see health as a matter of the whole person and individualize the treatment based on the totality of symptoms. It’s safe and helpful for people of all ages (from healthy pregnancies, infancy, and throughout the entire life span). The peculiar discovery Dr. Hahnemann found several hundred years ago has provided gifts of healing to tens of millions of people worldwide throughout the ages. Perhaps you’re just now discovering the promise of homeopathy. Maybe someone is trying to influence you to seek it out because of their amazing results. Each day brings a new story and a new lease of life from homeopathic treatment. As a practitioner, it’s truly a joy witnessing those changes in people’s lives. I also consider homeopathy a privilege and something I’m honored to provide my clients. In the spirit of homeopathy awareness week, come to know homeopathy! If you’ve been on the fence, give it a try. If you want to know what others have said about me or my practice, click here to read testimonials. If you want to connect with me directly about, please contact me. Something like homeopathy needs to be known and more widely accessible to a greater audience. Our lives depend on it! Hoping you have a great Homeopathy Awareness Week! Sincerely, Noel Free Webinar on Feb 28 at 11:00 a.m. (CST)!Americans for Homeopathy Choice (AFHC) is the leading consumer advocacy group working (very!) hard to protect all of our rights to choose whichever health modality we want, particularly homeopathy, in the United States. AFHC's President, Paola Brown, and I will be discussing a topic not otherwise discussed a lot in our industry: dads and homeopathy.
Very often mothers are the healthcare decision makers in the family. On one hand dads can wholly embrace their wives decisions, yet on the other hand, in some instances, there can be a lot of resistance. Paola and I will be diving deeper into this topic with the intent to help bridge the gap for dads to choose this incredible healing art and science of homeopathy for their families. The title of our webinar is "Dealing with Dubious Dads." If this topic seems of interest to you and/or your spouse, please join us! The webinar will be hosted on the Americans for Homeopathy Choice Facebook fan page on Thursday, February 28 starting at 11:00 a.m. (CST)/12:00 p.m. (EST). For more details about this webinar and for information about how to join, visit: https://homeopathychoice.org/empower-homeopathy-webinar/ There will also be giveaways(!) for select Bear Pack members of AFHC who join us. Bear Pack members are individuals who donate $25 or more each month to help AFHC further its efforts on behalf of homeopathy. The giveaways for our webinar include a free initial consultation with yours truly, as well as one EMF remedy bag from "Coco and Camille!" Hope to you see then! Sincerely, Noel This video is intended for people who have just completed their initial consultation visit at Austin Clinic of Homeopathy. The goal of it is to provide you with necessary information and helpful tips on how to get the best outcome from your homeopathic treatment. After your initial consultation concluded, I likely mentioned some of this information, but it could prove to be useful to refer back to it here, as well.
Now that your visit has ended, I will be working in "analysis mode" to identify the best homeopathic remedy for your entire constitution. Factors involved in that analysis are your chief complaints as noted in your intake forms, and subsequently discussed at the appointment, as well as all the other information explored during the initial visit. There isn't a stone left unturned, and everything is important. I will take the necessary time required to find your remedy. The amount of time varies for each case, but usually takes a several days to a week or more. After which I will let you know when your remedy is ready for pickup (via email) or if you requested it being mailed, I will forward you tracking information so you know when to expect its arrival. After you receive the remedy, full instructions for use and care/storage of the remedy will be included. If you have any questions about the instructions, I encourage you to contact me. Phone or email is fine for short inquiries, but if you have several questions or require more in-depth responses, please schedule a free Brief Check-In with Current Clients from the following online calendar at a time convenient for you. Please note we can easily accomplish this over the phone (an in-person visit is not needed for this). I ask that you call me for these at your designated time. Note that this option is available mainly to help clarify instructions. However, if your needs require me to further assess your case or symptoms, an Acute Care Consultation may be necessary. Please schedule appropriately. If you have questions about what's in your homeopathic remedy, the short answer is that it's derived from a source substance - usually a plant or simple mineral. It then undergoes a hyper-dilution and succussion (or violent shaking) process which removes any toxicity, and instead leaves behind the energetic healing properties of that original substance. The dilution process is completed with a set amount of water. After the required serial dilutions are complete, that water solution is then transferred to the small pellets you received. Those pellets are made from organic sucrose, so they taste somewhat sweet, which makes kids really enjoy taking their remedy! For more information about what is in a homeopathic remedy, click here to view a video blog on this topic. Changes or improvements from homeopathic remedies are usually gentle and gradual, taking place over time. As such, I encourage you to track changes daily in this Symptom Journal. You can download it and fill it out, or you can use it as a guide and instead use your own methods (cell phone, etc.). The point is that completing the journal invites you into the process and helps us both track exactly what is happening and when. If you feel too stressed or busy to fill out the journal, it's okay. It's not mandatory, but I do highly recommended it. We will discuss it, and everything else that's happened since your initial consultation, at your next scheduled follow-up visit. Along those same lines, I'm often asked the question, "How long does treatment take?" The answer to this is it depends in large part on what your chief complaints are, how long you've had them, how intense or frequent you experience symptoms, if there are any suppressive medications used to control the condition or symptoms, family history, and the overall vitality/health of the person. That being said, there is no hard and fast rule on how long treatment should take. What you can expect, though, is to visit with a homeopath every 4-8 weeks or so to evaluate how you are responding to the remedy stimulus, and for modifications to be made, if necessary. Much more can be said, so if you have questions on your specific case, please contact me. For more information about "How long does homeopathic treatment take?" click here to view a video blog I made on this topic. I also wanted to mention that homeopathy is not only helpful for more chronic issues (which is what brought you seeking homeopathy help in the first place), but it can be extremely helpful for people experiencing acute illnesses. I specifically wanted to call this out since this information typically is new for people who are new to homeopathy. In the same way you would consult with your general practitioner for any acute illness (including, but not limited to: colds, coughs, ear infections, flu, body sprains/strains, food poisoning, allergies, and on and on...), you can also consult with a homeopath. There's really no limit to what we can do to help people experiencing acute illness. In fact, with a good fitting homeopathic remedy, changes can be quite rapid and dramatic! So, if you (or if the treatment is for your child) falls ill before your next scheduled visit, schedule an Acute Care Consultation from the following online calendar at a time convenient for you. For acute illnesses, it's ideal to see the person since treatment is focused on so much more than just the symptom/s alone. But, it's possible for us to complete this remotely, if necessary. As such, tele-health options are available upon request. Let me know if that's the option you desire and I will provide you conferencing links so we can connect via webcam. In summary, to garner the best results from your homeopathic care, stay in touch with me if you have questions, or if you fall ill before your next visit. Also, complete your Symptom Journal to track the gentle and gradual changes which happen over time as a result from taking your remedy. Thank you for choosing Austin Clinic of Homeopathy! It's truly an honor and privilege to offer this service to you. I look forward to assisting you on this, your remarkable journey back to health, through the beautiful medical healing art and science of homeopathy! See you next time. Sincerely, Noel This is the third and final episode of an interview I had with Wellness Plus TV where we discussed homeopathy and healthy kids. In this show I talked about common colds and eczema. I discussed one case of a three-year old who became fully well from a few months of homeopathic treatment after suffering from severe eczema for well over half her young life! I also talked about what makes homeopathy so unique from any other natural therapies. Specifically, I talked about the Law of Similars; how it was discovered, and how it is used for homeopathic scientific research.
If colds or eczema have impacted you or a loved one, this could be worth a listen. Thanks for tuning in! Sincerely, Noel In the second installment of "Homeopathy and Healthy Kids" I was interviewed by Wellness Plus TV on the topic of pervasive developmental delays and how homeopathy helps in these kinds of situations. I also highlighted how homeopathic remedies are made and why they are safe for all ages.
This is a difficult topic for many families. One I'm proud to say I've been able to provide an answer from homeopathy. When I first started practicing a little over 10 years ago, I was surprised to find how many parents were looking for help for things like autism, Asberger's (this diagnosis is no longer in use), and other developmental delays. It was a sobering experience to learn first-hand how this was for everyone involved. I have a lot of compassion for families who are seeking help in this and many other ailments. If developmental delays have touched your family, I hope you'll view this video. Sincerely, Noel I was recently interviewed by Corrina Rachel and the Psychetruth team on Wellness Plus TV. We filmed a 3-part series on homeopathy for children's health.
This first episode covered general information on homeopathy and children's health, and the conversation evolved into topics covering ear infections and croup. If those conditions have affected you or your family, please take a listen. I hope you enjoy! Sincerely, Noel How long does treatment take?
Great question! And one I am very frequently asked in my practice. To answer this question, we must first address what’s in the treatment itself. After your homeopathic consultation, your practitioner will select a carefully chosen homeopathic remedy based on the totality of your symptoms. In brief, the homeopathic remedy is usually made from plants or simple minerals. Homeopathic remedies are given to stimulate the whole body to heal itself. This differs from herbs and regular medicines and drugs which are given to take away specific symptoms from isolated parts of the body. They are safe, non-toxic, have no side effects, and are helpful for people of all ages (even infants and young children) regardless of diagnosis or medical condition. With that foundation laid as to what the homeopathic treatment is itself, back to the original question: how long does treatment take? In homeopathy, each individual experiences the reaction to the remedy in a different way. Usually the effects are gentle and gradual, though at times, more rapid or dramatic changes may occur. As such, people improve over widely varying periods of time. The improvement is usually proportionate to how long you’ve had the problem or condition, and how severe it is. There may be ups and downs and particular symptoms may not resolve for many months in some cases. But, your general health should get better and you should feel steady, gradual improvement in your energy and well-being. From that place of feeling better and with a more optimal level of general health, subsequently, specific symptoms improve as the strengthened body defenses become active. Well chosen homeopathic remedies cause healing responses that last at least a month. In general, this amounts to seeing a homeopath about once every 4-8 weeks for several months for chronic health issues in order to begin restoring harmony and balance to a person’s overall system. Follow-up visits provide a full review of any changes that occurred. Also an assessment will be made regarding if the remedy needs to be repeated or changed, as well as a full outline of next steps in treatment. As you can tell, there are no hard and fast rules on how long treatment should take. That has a lot to do with homeopathy being an individualized treatment approach. We value you as a unique person and treat you as such. If you have more specific questions about your treatment plan or approach, be sure to contact your homeopathic practitioner. Thanks for watching! Sincerely, Noel |
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