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In order to find someone who has learned the most advanced methods in homeopathy, pay attention to the following:

1. The good homeopath prescribes ONE remedy only.

2. He puts your remedy in a bottle of water, quantity to be determined by the homeopath. Those who advise to take your remedy in dry doses have not studied and mastered the most advanced homeopathic methods, and therefore not only slow down your cure, but often prevent it.

3. The good homeopath tells you to take a test dose that evening and to report within the next two days as to the result. Do not repeat before you hear from him.

4. He will at this point determine how often you can repeat this therapy, as to make sure your illness is resolved in the fastest and most gentle way.

5. Avoid those who claim, ``You must first go through a strong aggravation of your symptoms before you can get better,'' as well as those who claim, ``You must stop first your allopathic medication'' before I can treat you. This is not only untrue, but right-out dangerous as the patient will suffer withdrawal symptoms. A good homeopath recommends changing the amount and dose of the allopathic meds ONLY after improvement on the homeopathic remedy is perceived.

6. Avoid those who give you the single remedy dry (take 3 pellets on the tongue) and let you repeat this every month for a year without changing the strength (potency) of your remedy. This ``watch and Wait'' period is NOT Hahnemann's most advanced method, although practiced by most homeopaths.

7. The homeopath wants to see you in his office at least every month once but also insists on getting a report (telephone, fax, email) every week. This way he can do changes when he needs to do so.

8. Avoid those who claim when you bring them informed knowledge of advanced methods, and say, ``I already know all that,'' but his actions contradict his words.

9. Avoid those who never return your phone calls or emails or leave on an extended vacation without having anyone backing them up for emergencies.

10. Unfortunately in general, names of schools attended, degrees obtained and masters under whom they studied, means little. Even the assurance that ``he has been in the business of doing homeopathy for twenty years,'' does not assure success. Some homeopaths remain beginners for the rest of their lives. As in any profession, everything depends on the consciousness and industriousness of the practitioner and their true desire to help people. Listen to those patients who he has treated: What was the outcome? How much was he available? How did he treat you? How was he as a human being? Could he connect to the suffering of the patient?

11. Avoid that homeopath who changes your remedy at every visit or who prescribes several remedies in rapid succession within weeks. Most likely he has no idea what your remedy really is.

12. Avoid the homeopath who claims that there is no need to treat serious acute events and that your chronic remedy will take care of any acute situation. It goes against all principles of good homeopathy. But don't make the mistake neither to treat every physical trifle with a remedy from your remedy kit. While under chronic treatment of a good homeopath, communicate with him as to what acute events need an intervention. Don't start your own treatment.

13. Avoid the homeopath who tells you that you only need ONE constitutional remedy for the rest of your life, no matter what happens. This goes against all the principles of homeopathy.
14. Avoid the homeopath who during your consultation is continuously interrupted to take calls. You paid for that visit, you deserve the attention.

15. Avoid the homeopath who in spite of no progress after one to two years, refuses to retake your case and rather continues with the same remedy in the stubborn belief that he cannot be mistaken.

16. A good homeopath tells you from the beginning what to expect. He tells you when the next in office visit should take place, and gives you means of communication in between successive visits, in order to assure the best possible follow up. Help him through careful observing any change in your symptoms, pen it down and communicate this once a week.

17. Avoid that homeopath who spends half of your consultation time with berating his ``incompetent'' colleagues in a malicious review.

18. Avoid the homeopath who gives you two remedies, one to be taken in the morning and one to be taken in the evening. He assures you that even Hahnemann alternated remedies (He did so for a short time to find that it was NOT helpful and abandoned the idea within the year).

19. Avoid any practitioner, homeopath included that is judgmental.

20. The excellent homeopath is humble, industrious, and sympathetic to your plight; he is patient and alive during the consultation and not preoccupied with things not pertaining to your suffering. In other words he loves homeopathy and people. He treats the poor just like the rich, and spends some of his time to give to the unfortunate, in his own country or abroad.

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