Homeopath & Craniosacral Therapy Stellenbosch

General information

About Cranio-Sacral Therapy

The craniosacral system is a recently recognized functioning physiological system which comprises of the cranial bones (skull), vertebrae and sacrum, the meningeal membranes, the cerebrospinal fluid and the central and autonomic nervous systems (brain and spinal cord). The craniosacral system has a direct impact on the musculoskeletal, circulatory, lymphatic, respiratory and endocrine systems and therefore plays an integral role in the overall functioning and homeostasis of the body.

About Homeopathy

Many people think that homeopathy is a general term used to refer to “alternative medicine” or the practice of treating with herbs. Although some homeopaths do employ herbs, nutraceutical supplements and other complementary interventions as adjuncts, homeopathy is a medicine very different from these.

Where does homeopathy come from?

Homeopathy is a therapeutic system developed more than 200 years ago by a German medical doctor called Samuel Hahnemann. He abandoned the medical profession and gradually developed homeopathy, because he had become disillusioned by the crude medical practices of his day, including the toxicity of drug treatments.

How does homeopathy work?

Homeopathic remedies work in a more subtle way than drug treatments, although the results can be dramatic and very fast depending on each unique case). Homeopathic remedies appear to work by regulating endogenous systems of healing, the best known of which is the immune system and its neuro-endocrine interactions.

Homeopathic remedies do not necessarily take longer to work. Acute diseases respond very quickly to the correct homeopathic treatment. Chronic diseases that may have been complicated by years of unsuccessful drug treatments and / harmful lifestyle choices often take longer to resolve.

It is important to note that the practice of homeopathy recognizes every patient as unique, and homeopathic remedies are therefore ideally prescribed on an individualized basis. This essentially means that two people presenting with asthma, for example, might not receive the same homeopathic remedy.