Repeated ear infections as an adult (continuing from childhood). Homeopathy was the ONLY treatment that finally cleared up my ear infections for good. I did a homeopathic first aid class as research for my midwifery dissertation "Homeopathy for Pregnancy and Childbirth".

Homeopathy has benefited me and my family, including my autistic son, enormously. I would need a book to describe all the amazing ways it has helped us. It is our first port of call for almost any condition. I used it during pregnancy, during labour, after my son's vaccinations, for all his childhood fevers and infections. I have used it for everything from minor burns and stings, the emotional upset of bereavement, to the menopause.

I knew someone who was training to be a homeopath and I had got good results before

It has provided me with treatment fundamentally without the side effects some medications that get prescribed give you! I felt more at ease taking natural remedies for my illnesses

I studied homoeopathy in South Africa. I first became interested when going to a homoeopath for treatment as a teenager.

My husband used to suffer from recurrent colds and flu throughout winter. This was before I lived with him! Since living with him and treating him with homoeopathy he has suffered much less from these infections and he has not even been to a conventional doctor in years.

when trying to fight the infection within my leg and finding that antibiotics were not effective for me

The benefit of homoeopathy for me is that I have retained my leg! A knock and open wound caused my leg to become infected and although iv antibiotics and hospitalisation was necessary the homoeopathic remedies worked to clear the infection and I was able to return to work much sooner than expected.

I became interested in homeopathy 30 years or so ago when I discovered how much damage side effects to conventional medicine can do.

The most dramatic incident was when one of my dogs had a severe infection in an already cancerous breast. She was on a drip for 48 hours and I brought her home with very poor prognosis by the vet. I treated her with homeopathy and she recovered to live until a grand old age.

When I was misdiagnosed with a fungal infection by a GP but I decided to go to a homeopath instead. She diagnosed a hormone imbalance causing perineal eczema and gave me Silica 30.

My daughter had a cough for a few days and at nights it became an awful barking sound around midnight. It would wake her and keep her up coughing. After three sleepless nights I took her to our homeopath who gave her Spongia 30C. She had one and then another that afternoon. That night there was no coughing. I was amazed.

On three subsequent nights over a holiday season in NYC, a huge teaching hospital's emergency room did so much wrong that I nearly died...of a post-flu bacterial infection. After that, I knew there had to be a better way, and I sought it. I found homeopathy.

I lived in the US until five years ago; I was a freelance writer and horsemanship instructor and had no insurance. While I did run up some hospital x-ray bills after falls, my basic healthcare costs were about $100 a year, total. AND I was vibrantly healthy despite often having too little money and way too much stress. BTW, I was flung off horses in my forties and fifties, and no real damage was ever done. I think it's because I didn't pollute my body with antibiotics and such, but used homeopathy exclusively. Either that, or I'm differently made than all other riders! And I don't think so.

I used it before to help clear a recurring kidney infection.

Cleared my kidney infection within 6 weeks - hasn't returned. Psoriasis has cleared by 85-90% and remainder looking more faded. I'm also feeling less tired and depressed.