Words: Dr Barbara ETCOVITCH  We all fall ‘victim’ to a variety of injuries and accidents at some time in our life, and we have to act quickly and effectively to deal with the bumps, bruises, stings, burns and a myriad of other ailments that result. Fortunately, homeopathy, a holistic system of medicine, founded by Dr

Words: Dr Barbara ETCOVITCH  As summertime comes to an end and the chill of October enters, natives of the Northern Hemisphere start feeling the effects of the shorter days, diminished daylight and colder temperatures. By December, we are layering clothing, wrapping our necks in scarves, donning boots and gloves and spending a lot more time

Words: Dr Barbara ETCOVITCH Humans are not the only social beings affected by the insecurity, fear, anxiety, grief, sadness and anger that can be experienced by a life-changing event. As responsive guardians, we know that our four-legged friends can suffer equally when the familiarity of a daily routine, or the loss of, or change in

Words: Dr Deborah OLENEV People often ask me, “Can homeopathy treat hormonal problems?” I tell them, “Yes, indeed, it can.” In fact, more often than not, most health problems that women experience are related to hormonal imbalances, whether they are headaches that occur right around the time the periods are due, heightened emotional sensitivity, leading

Words: Dr Barbara ETCOVITCH Homeopathy is based on the Law of Similars, the idea that a substance which can produce a certain set of symptoms in a healthy person can, likewise, cure these same symptoms in illness. This process of matching symptom-pictures is the cornerstone of homeopathy and it is described through the phrase ‘Like

 Words: Dr Christine LASCHKOLNIG Anger has many faces — homeopathy offers a variety of ‘angry’ remedies to manage it. In my first consultation I find out how my patients deal with anger. Most of them feel it, but do not have enough energy to express it; others tell me about the violent tantrums that surface

Words: Dr Barbara ETCOVITCH The past two years have been a wild, agonising ride for everyone. Across the globe, in addition to prolonged episodes of physical illness, people have been faced with long periods of separation, loneliness and loss as the result of an invisible enemy that has been ‘used’ to create fear too. We

Words: Dr Deborah OLENEV The question of susceptibility is central to homeopathy. In Western medicine susceptibility is not a concept that is discussed much. Experts may attribute the various types of responses people have to viruses as dependent on viral load, genetics, pre-existing conditions, age or some other cause, but the word susceptibility does not