Homeopathy and Iridology

IBS (Irritable Bowel Syndrome)/Spastic Colon/Leaky Gut Syndrome is one of more than 20 functional gastrointestinal disorders and is characterised by stomach cramps, abdominal pain and intermittent diarrhoea. The term ‘functional’ implies that the patient has symptoms related to the bowel, yet all the appropriate tests are normal. Abdominal pain is one of the functional diseases, but the pain differs from IBS.

Typically, patients with this problem would get up in the morning, feeling fine, but as the day progresses, the bloating and pain or discomfort will start and intensify.

Depression and anxiety can impact individuals of any age. People with depression frequently also suffer from anxiety.
Depression is the most common psychiatric disorder. It is a disabling condition that adversely affects a person’s family,
work or school life, sleeping and eating habits, and general health. Depression is typically characterized by low mood,
low self-esteem, and loss of interest or pleasure in normally enjoyable activities.

Anxiety is a normal reaction to stress, and it can serve as a prompt to deal with difficult situations. However, when
anxiety becomes excessive, it may fall under the classification of an anxiety disorder. Anxiety disorder is characterized by emotional, physical, and behavioural symptoms that create an unpleasant feeling typically described as uneasiness, fear, or worry. The worry is frequently accompanied by physical symptoms, especially fatigue, headaches, muscle tension, muscle aches, difficulty swallowing, trembling, twitching, irritability, sweating, and hot flashes.

All young children can be naughty, defiant and impulsive from time to time, which is perfectly normal. However, some children have extremely difficult and challenging behaviours that are outside the norm for their age.
The most common disruptive behaviour disorders include Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD), Conduct Disorder (CD) and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).

These three behavioural disorders share some common symptoms, so diagnosis can be difficult and time consuming. A child or adolescent may have two disorders at the same time. Other exacerbating factors can include emotional problems, mood disorders, family difficulties and substance abuse.

The term ‘menopause’ means cessation of menstruation during the time of the climacteric. The climacteric is the transition period in a woman’s life when the ovaries stop producing eggs regularly. Production of the female hormones oestrogen and progesterone declines, and menstruation decreases and eventually stops.
Menopause is also sometimes called ‘change of life’. The exact event of menopause (the permanent cessation of menstruation) can only be determined retrospectively after no menstrual periods have occurred for 12 consecutive months. The range for the age of natural menopause is approximately between 48 to 55 years old.