by Dr Neil Slade Phd LCH CBiol MIBIol


The story starts explaining the loss of a 17 year old dog that has to be euthanized...

'Ignatias is one of our biggest grief remedies and its major indicating factor is that the person 'sits and sights', and H was doing this in abundance.

Normally in homeopathy we look for a range of good prescribing symptoms and then see which remedy is common to them all. However, in this case i decided to prescribe Ignatia just on this one indication as it was so strong . I gave H Ignatia 200c.

Patients requiring Ignatia tend to hold onto their grief rather than let it all out. They might show a shift in their character, becoming oversensitive and nervous. They could have mood swings changing at the flick of a switch from joking and laughing to crying and sadness.'


A month later she is almost back to normal

The story finishes with: -

Homeopathy can greatly help with coming to terms with grief and loss. It can provide support in the immediate time surrounding the event or can be used to address long standing emotions where the person never really seems to have come to terms with the loss.;

Sometimes the grief is so deeply entrenched that specialist bereavement counselling is required alongside the homeopathic treatment. If the grief is left walled up and unresolved it may lead to problems later on.