My name is Madeleine Innocent.

I trained as a homoeopath with the Australasian College of Hahnemannian Homoeopathy in Victoria and graduated with a Diploma in Homoeopathy in 2000.
I have been in full time practice ever since as a consultant homoeopath, and treat both people and other animals.
I am a professional member of the Australian Register of Homoeopaths and the Australian Homoeopathic Association.
I am currently the president of the Western Australian branch of the Australian Homoeopathic Association.

I first came across homeopathy because one of my cats suffered bad eczema. My vet tried various different drugs, and although the eczema improved under one of them, it came with a serious side effect. A normally placid and happy cat, it turned her into an angry and aggressive cat.

So I stopped all treatment, feeling the eczema bothered me more that it did her.

Talking about it to a new friend one day, she suggested I tried homeopathy. Not knowing anything about it, but willing to try, I contacted the homeopathic vet she suggested. He supplied me with a remedy. Within a week, the eczema had vanished. And there were no side effects! And it didn’t return! Magic!

What is this stuff, I wondered.

Later on im my life, after more wonders, I decided to study homoeopathy, really to give me more information for treating myself and my family. As I got into it however, I thought I just can’t keep this to myself. It’s much too good not to shout about it from the roof tops.

So here I am, shouting about it from the roof tops!

One of the first questions I feel everyone should ask their preferred health practitioner is, “What modality of health care do you use?”

It’s very interesting to get the real answers. For example, there is a homoeopath in London who treats, almost exclusively, medical doctors.

Now why would you trust the treatment from any of those doctors, who have no personal faith in their modality for themselves?

Many medical doctors don’t vaccinate their own children.

Have you ever asked your doctor that question? If they said they didn’t, would you ask why not?

Is it one rule for us and one rule for them?

I rarely use any other modality for my family and haven’t done so for myself since I was studying homeopathy. It’s not because I was the healthiest person alive, either, although I like to think I am currently pretty healthy.

Actually I have quite a loaded family history. By that I mean my parents and grandparents had quite serious degenerative diseases.

The reason I am healthy, apart from diet and lifestyle, is that I treat every problem that arises, homoeopathically. While many homeopaths don’t think practitioners should treat themselves, as it’s hard to be objective, I consider myself to be my own best guinea pig.

So periodically, I ask for advice from a colleague, but mostly I treat myself. I use how I feel as a gauge to how others may feel.

For me, independence is important. So I encourage others to learn about home prescribing. You don’t need to know very much, as there is a huge amount of information out there. You can learn as you go.

Imagine the freedom this gives you, when you treat a child sobbing from pain, in the middle of the night?

Or when you treat yourself on the spot, after an accident and are suffering from shock and minor injuries?

Of course, there are many situations when you need the services of a practitioner, as you won’t have the knowledge required.

But isn’t it great that there are the two different approaches to homeopathic treatment?

So my aim is to show you how homeopathy can help you.

I truly believe that homeopathy can cure every ailment. However, I also believe that not every person can be cured homoeopathically. There are a number of reasons for this, the most obvious being that we are all mortal, so will die one day. But there’s more to it. One man said to me “If you cure my back, I won’t be able to claim worker’s compensation.”

So it’s a choice. He preferred to keep his worker’s comp. I prefer to have good health.

It does need a shift in thinking though, to get your head around the concept of homeopathy. It’s like getting to learn how to use the internet, It doesn’t come easily if you’ve not been brought up on it.

There’s lots of jargon, weird language that means nothing to you, seemingly complicated processes, until you know how, and so forth. Take baby steps. Do a little bit at a time. Try your hand at home prescribing first. Successful results will encourage you further.

It’s a journey. Take your time. Don’t expect miracles overnight, although that can happen.

Enjoy!