At this time of year my phone starts to ring with enquiries from people suffering from hay fever and allergies.  I remember one patient in her twenties Nikki, who had suffered with chronic and debilitating hay fever symptoms since primary school.  Conventional treatment hadn't helped and she was highly irritable and severely itchy.  'I've gone [...]

How patients feel after treatment Five published studies carried out from 1999 to the present day have tracked the outcome of patients being treated at NHS homeopathic hospitals: Liverpool (2001) An outcome survey carried out at the Liverpool department of homeopathic medicine over a 12 month period in 1999-2000 surveyed 1,100 patients1; 76.6% reported an improvement in their [...]

Tiredness, difficulty getting out of bed, a bit of weight gain and bouts of the winter blues as the days shorten affect many of us. However some people feel an exaggerated form of these symptoms. Their depression and lack of energy become debilitating; work and relationships suffer. This is known as Seasonal affective disorder (SAD). [...]