Homeopaths respond to Earthquake Trauma

Press Release: Homeopaths respond to Earthquake Trauma

From : New Zealand Council of Homeopaths

Date: 8/10/10

Christchurch registered homeopaths should be commended for offering many free consultations during the first month after the September 4th earthquake. Many have provided consults to new and existing patients who needed help with insomnia, acute fear states and anticipatory fears as the aftershocks continued. Many reported referrals from other health professionals and front line emergency relief staff.

Homeopathic pharmacies in Wellington and Tauranga provided free homeopathic medications to Christchurch homeopaths as a show of support.

Our Christchurch colleagues have reported many amazing responses to homeopathic treatment. For example, ³One child, frightened by the earthquake, had disturbed sleep for 4 weeks and was becoming aggressive and difficult to manage. After a single dose of the indicated homeopathic medicine she is now sleeping well and not feeling frightened during the day or having fits of rage like she was.²

³Homeopaths working with people in trauma situations such as Ground Zero (New York, 9/11/2001) and following Cyclone Katrina (New Orleans, 28/8/2005)report rapid and effective relief from fears, depression and anxiety² says Susanna Shelton, Co-President of the NZ Council of Homeopaths. ³For example, a New York Fire Department Captain treated for deep depression after the loss of his colleagues reported that after the homeopathic medicine his head cleared, the despair lifted, he was more calm and his ambition returned. When his mental state relapsed after three months a repeat of the homeopathic medicine again helped him.² This level of response to physical and mental anguish is typical of what homeopaths have observed over the last 150 years.

NZCH would like to see registered homeopaths included alongside counsellors,victim support agencies and other trauma specialists as part of civil emergency plans. People suffering from fright and grief states, as well as from physical trauma, may benefit from cost-effective and non-addictive homeopathic treatment immediately after the trauma and days, weeks or months later.

Registered homeopathic practitioners can be found on Find A Homeopath on the NZCH website www.homeopathy.co.nz

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