The recent debate about whether doctors should recommend homeopathy, which featured this week in the BMJ has had responses from many about their views.

The debate itself is well worth a read and equally worth listening to the conversation, with some good points being made by Dr Peter Fisher regarding the practice of homeopathy and research into its efficacy. As this is written, the responses to the BMJ vote as to whether doctors should recommend homeopathy stands at 54.7% saying yes, and 45.3% saying no.

What do you think? Have you voted and had your say?

Based on their specific symptoms and personal health, a homeopath will match the most appropriate medicine to each patient.  Homeopathy is individualised medicine, looking directly at the person and how they experience their illness and unique sensations. For example, there may be 10 people visit a homeopath who experience headaches and each will get a different remedy based on how they experience the pain.

Often when people visit a homeopath for the first time, they have no idea what to expect, having never had a consultation process like it before.

One of the biggest differences is often that the homeopath takes time to listen to them - often between 60 and 90 minutes. They want to really understand how things are for that person in front of them - how the pain is felt, what emotions are there and how they are experienced, what makes them tick, and lots more! The practitioner gets as much information as they need on the main complaints and the person in general to be able to select a remedy that best fits the description they have been given.

In the short movie here The Snooks explain what happens when you visit a homeopath. Have a watch and read here for information on a typical consultation, more short movies or have a read of testimonials from patients and celebrities.

Homeopathy involves treating the individual with the aim of triggering the body's natural system of healing.  Based on their specific symptoms and personal health, a homeopath will match the most appropriate medicine to each patient.