What to expect from classical homeopathic treatment..

In acute situations the patient should notice a quick and obvious improvement, usually within an hour, sometimes in minutes or even seconds (it can be VERY fast acting). The majority of people though that visit a homeopath (in the UK) do so for constitutional rather than acute treatment, so here 'what to expect' mainly relates to this situation.

For any chronic problem, whatever your condition you should expect an improvement within a month. The longest this author has ever had to wait for an improvement from the right remedy in a patient is 3 weeks and that is the exception rather than the rule. It's fair to say that if there's no change after a month it's the wrong remedy so you would need a new and different prescription.

However the greatest percentage of patients I see normally notice a reaction taking place over a period of one to ten days. Although acute symptoms may disappear immediately, the most common scenario for chronic conditions is that after a constitutionally prescribed remedy a sense of general well-being ensues, then the symptoms gradually and gently improve. There is often an increase in going to the loo as your system detoxes, or even a head cold for the same reason.

As the remedy works with your system's natural health processes you may find it un-suppresses and energy increases, that old symptoms return which may then resolve themselves without even requiring further remedies now that the system is more likely to be working properly. Alternatively as healing progresses symptoms may change from the more distressing nature or location to those less uncomfortable ones. This healing process, known as 'direction of cure' is a phenomenon frequently seen in homeopathy and an excellent sign that cure is taking place.