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A park bench, somewhere in West London. Sounds of children playing, faint hum of traffic. An almighty sneeze, followed by nose blowing. Mia:            “Bad?” Rosie:         “Blasted steroid allergy, the doctor has run out of ideas. I just get a massive rash on top of the sneezing. I’ve tried all sorts”. Mia:           ...

The word ‘stress’ comes into nearly all conversations with patients at any clinic. Usually due to grief, relationship break-ups and pressures at work. Prolonged stress can lead to detrimental health problems, such as sleep deprivation, depression, digestive issues, high blood pressure, skin conditions and a compromised immune system. Your central nervous system is responsible for your “fight or flight” response, releasing adrenaline and cortisol from the adrenal glands....

Homeopathy is a complementary therapy that despite having roots in Ancient Greek medicine has only been used worldwide for around 200 years.

The therapy is based on the belief that “like cures like”, so a substance taken in small amounts can, in theory, help with the symptoms it causes when taken in larger doses. Each person is treated as a unique individual, with the aim of stimulating the body’s natural healing ability.

The homeopath will consider the individual’s symptoms and general...

Cluster headaches are different from migraines. This is a severe, painful disorder where the pain is located at the back of the eye, often causing it to weep. Pains come on in clusters and each episode lasts from 10-30 minutes, but the intensity of the pain is known to be one of the most painful that you can ever experience.  One such sufferer was JM, a 64-year-old male who had suffered for over eight years before turning to homeopathy. He frequently experienced two to three attacks...

Accident and emergency situations and how to support patients with homeopathy. After my third trip to A&E this year (such is the joy of being a parent!) it’s given me plenty of time to consider how homeopathy can benefit both the patient and the carer in acute situations.  The aim of this short piece is to inform you of how you too can put together an emergency kit; one that will aid healing of body and mind and calm nerves.  All families are different, so I am going to...

We are sleeping less than we did in the 1960s and this can have severe consequences on our health, according to a new study. 

New research highlights that we are now sleeping two hours less than we did in the 1960s, and this is risking serious health problems, such as cancer, heart disease and obesity.

Increased pressure of modern life and technology are considered the main reasons why we are not getting the sleep required to stay a healthy weight and ward off diseases and...

From homeopathy to acupuncture - keep reading to find out why conventional medicine isn't the be-all and end-all for Lucinda Riley.

Up until the age of 18, Lucinda Riley avoided any health issues and was an incredibly fit trained dancer. When she turned 18 however, her body buckled under the pressure and she came down with glandular fever.

Ever since this bout of illness, Lucinda has failed to feel 100%. She was diagnosed as carrying the Epstein-Barr virus which causes her glandular fever...