Classical homeopathic medicine by licensed naturopathic doctors
Naturopathic homeopathy uses highly diluted substances prepared through serial dilution and succussion to address various health conditions. Revibe Mississauga provides homeopathy services performed by licensed naturopathic doctors (NDs) at our Mississauga and Markham locations. Our practitioners complete extensive homeopathy education during four-year naturopathic medical programs, including homeopathic philosophy, materia medica, and constitutional prescribing.
What is Homeopathy
Homeopathy operates on the principle that substances causing symptoms in healthy individuals address similar symptoms in ill individuals. This concept, known as the Law of Similars, dates to Samuel Hahnemann's work in the late 1700s. For example, coffee causes sleeplessness and mental alertness in healthy people—as a homeopathic remedy, Coffea addresses insomnia with racing thoughts.
Homeopathic remedies undergo serial dilution with vigorous shaking (succussion) between each dilution step. This process, called potentization, creates remedies in various strengths. Classical homeopathy treats individuals rather than diseases—two patients with identical diagnoses may receive different remedies based on their unique symptom patterns, personalities, and constitutions.
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Constitutional Prescribing
Constitutional remedies address your overall state rather than isolated symptoms. Initial appointments last 90-120 minutes and explore comprehensive patient history including current complaints, past medical history, emotional states, sleep patterns, food preferences, and personality traits. The prescriber analyzes this detailed assessment to identify the remedy matching your complete symptom picture. Constitutional prescriptions use higher potencies taken infrequently with long observation periods.
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Individualized Treatment
Classical homeopathy prescribes one remedy at a time based on your unique presentation. The prescriber identifies your most characteristic symptoms—those unique, intense, or peculiar qualities distinguishing you as an individual. This systematic approach follows Hahnemann's original methodology and allows clear assessment of remedy response without confounding effects from multiple substances.
Conditions Addressed Through Homeopathy
Our naturopathic doctors at Revibe use homeopathic remedies to address both acute and chronic conditions through individualized prescribing based on your complete symptom picture.
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Acute Conditions
Homeopathy addresses minor acute conditions including colds, flu, sore throats, ear infections, digestive upset, minor injuries, insect bites, and allergic reactions. Acute prescribing focuses on immediate symptom relief using lower to medium potencies repeated frequently based on symptom intensity. The remedy matches your current symptom presentation rather than constitutional picture.
Common acute remedies:Aconite for sudden onset with fear, Gelsemium for flu with heavy fatigue, Bryonia for body aches worse with movement, Arnica for trauma and bruising.
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Allergies and Hay Fever
Seasonal allergies, environmental sensitivities, and hay fever symptoms receive homeopathic treatment. Remedy selection matches specific symptom patterns—watery vs. thick discharge, sneezing patterns, eye involvement, and modality factors. Allium cepa addresses watery, burning nasal discharge with bland eye discharge. Euphrasia reverses this pattern with bland nasal discharge but burning tears.
Common scenarios:Spring allergy sufferers, patients with environmental sensitivities, those seeking alternatives to antihistamines.
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Anxiety and Stress
Homeopathy addresses anxiety through constitutional and acute prescribing. Remedy selection depends on anxiety type, triggers, physical manifestations, and accompanying thoughts. Aconite addresses panic attacks with fear of death and sudden onset. Argentum nitricum addresses anticipatory anxiety with diarrhea and claustrophobia. Gelsemium addresses performance anxiety with trembling and weakness.
Common scenarios:Public speaking anxiety, generalized anxiety disorder, panic attacks, test anxiety, social anxiety.
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Insomnia and Sleep Disturbances
Sleep difficulties including difficulty falling asleep, frequent waking, and non-restorative sleep receive homeopathic assessment. The prescriber identifies sleep patterns, accompanying symptoms, and thoughts preventing sleep. Coffea addresses sleeplessness from mental hyperactivity and racing thoughts. Nux vomica addresses insomnia from overwork and waking at 3-4 AM.
Common scenarios:Chronic insomnia, difficulty falling asleep, frequent night waking, non-restorative sleep, stress-related sleep issues.
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Digestive Complaints
Indigestion, bloating, constipation, diarrhea, and nausea receive individualized homeopathic treatment. Remedy selection considers food triggers, timing patterns, stool characteristics, and accompanying symptoms. Nux vomica addresses constipation from irregular habits and stimulant use. Lycopodium addresses bloating immediately after eating small amounts. Pulsatilla addresses indigestion from rich, fatty foods.
Common scenarios:IBS symptoms, chronic bloating, irregular bowel habits, food sensitivities, stress-related digestive issues.
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Women's Health
Menstrual irregularities, PMS, menopausal symptoms, and pregnancy-related complaints receive homeopathic care. Constitutional prescribing addresses hormonal patterns while acute remedies manage cyclical symptoms. Sepia addresses hormonal fatigue and bearing-down sensations. Lachesis addresses hot flashes and symptoms worse before menses. Cimicifuga addresses menstrual cramps and labor pains.
Common scenarios:Painful periods, PMS mood changes, menopausal hot flashes, pregnancy nausea, postpartum depression.
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Common Homeopathic Remedies
Licensed naturopathic doctors select from hundreds of homeopathic remedies based on your individual symptom pattern. Here are some commonly prescribed remedies and their traditional uses:
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Arnica addresses trauma, bruising, muscle soreness, and shock from physical injuries. Patients describe feeling beaten or bruised. The body feels sore after overexertion. Mental state includes reluctance to be touched due to soreness. Arnica is one of the most widely used homeopathic remedies for acute injuries and applies topically as cream or gel for local bruising.
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Nux vomica addresses digestive complaints, hangovers, irritability, and conditions from overindulgence or stress. Physical symptoms include nausea, constipation with unsuccessful urging, and sensitivity to noise, light, and odors. Mental-emotional characteristics include irritability, impatience, competitive drive, and workaholism. Patients needing Nux vomica often work long hours and experience stress-related digestive issues.
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Pulsatilla addresses conditions with changeable symptoms, clinginess, and desire for comfort. Physical symptoms include thick, yellow-green nasal discharge, menstrual irregularities, and digestive upset from rich foods. Mental-emotional state involves mildness, weepiness, desire for consolation, and changing moods. Patients feel better in open air and worse in stuffy rooms.
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Sepia addresses hormonal conditions, exhaustion, and emotional detachment. Physical symptoms include bearing-down sensations in the pelvis, irregular menstruation, hot flashes, and liver complaints. Mental-emotional state involves indifference toward loved ones, exhaustion from caregiving, desire for solitude, and irritability. Sepia commonly addresses postpartum depression and perimenopausal symptoms.
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Ignatia addresses grief, emotional shock, and conditions from loss or disappointment. Physical symptoms include globus sensation (lump in throat), sighing respiration, contradictory symptoms, and symptoms appearing in specific circumstances. Mental-emotional characteristics include silent grief, mood swings, suppressed emotions, and hysterical tendencies. Patients internalize emotional pain rather than expressing it outwardly.
Homeopathic Case Taking Process
Initial constitutional appointments last 90-120 minutes and explore comprehensive patient history. The ND documents current complaints including onset, location, sensation, modality factors (what makes symptoms better or worse), and timing patterns. Past medical history includes childhood illnesses, surgeries, injuries, medications, and family health patterns.
The prescriber asks about sleep patterns, dreams, food preferences and aversions, thermal responses (hot or cold natured), and perspiration patterns. Mental-emotional assessment covers stress responses, grief experiences, anger expression, fears, anxieties, mood patterns, and personality traits. Relationship patterns, career satisfaction, and life circumstances provide context for remedy selection.
Repertorization uses reference books listing symptoms with corresponding remedies. The prescriber identifies your most characteristic symptoms—those unique, intense, or peculiar qualities distinguishing you as an individual. Modern repertorization often uses computer software that analyzes symptom combinations, but the prescriber's clinical judgment and knowledge of materia medica determine final remedy selection.
Integrating Homeopathy with Other Naturopathic Services
Constitutional homeopathic care combines with nutritional assessment at Revibe, addressing underlying metabolic imbalances. Diet modifications and supplementation provide biochemical support while homeopathy addresses energetic patterns. Digestive complaints receive both homeopathic remedies matching symptom patterns and dietary modifications eliminating trigger foods and healing gut function.
Some NDs combine homeopathy with herbal medicine while classical homeopaths avoid concurrent prescribing to maintain remedy clarity. When combining approaches, the ND typically establishes one modality first, observes response, then adds complementary treatments rather than prescribing multiple modalities simultaneously.
Acupuncture's energetic framework shares philosophical similarities with homeopathy's vital force concepts. Some patients receive both modalities addressing different aspects of their condition. Practitioners coordinate timing between modalities—allowing observation periods after homeopathic prescribing before adding acupuncture, or alternating treatment approaches.
Remedy Administration and Follow-Up
Homeopathic remedies come as small lactose pellets or tablets that dissolve under the tongue away from food and drink. Patients dissolve pellets 15-30 minutes away from food, drink (except water), toothpaste, and strong flavors. The number of pellets taken is less important than potency and frequency in homeopathic theory.
Acute conditions require frequent repetition—every 15-30 minutes for intense symptoms, decreasing frequency as symptoms improve. Chronic conditions use infrequent dosing. Constitutional remedies in high potencies may be taken once with observation periods lasting weeks to months before considering additional doses.
Follow-up appointments occur 4-8 weeks after initial constitutional prescribing. The ND assesses energy levels, sleep quality, emotional state, and physical symptom changes. Positive responses include increased energy, improved mood, better sleep, and gradual physical symptom resolution.
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Signs of Remedy Action
Improvement may appear immediately or unfold gradually over weeks. Initial aggravation—temporary symptom intensification—occasionally occurs before improvement, interpreted as positive remedy response. The direction of cure follows Hering's Law: symptoms resolve from above downward, inside outward, in reverse order of appearance, and from more vital to less vital organs.
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Safety Profile
Homeopathic remedies in high dilutions (beyond 12C) contain no measurable amounts of original substance, making toxicity unlikely. Adverse reactions occur rarely and typically involve temporary symptom aggravation rather than new symptoms. Homeopathy should not replace necessary conventional medical care for serious conditions requiring timely intervention.
Frequently Asked Questions About Naturopathic Homeopathy
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Homeopathy uses highly diluted substances prepared through serial dilution and succussion. The practice follows the principle that substances causing symptoms in healthy people address similar symptoms in ill people. Remedies undergo extreme dilutions, often beyond the point where molecules of original substance remain.
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Homeopathic theory proposes remedies stimulate the body's vital force or self-healing capacity. The mechanism remains unclear and debated. High dilutions contain no measurable molecules of original substance, making conventional pharmacological explanations difficult.
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High-dilution remedies (beyond 12C) contain no measurable amounts of original substance, making toxicity unlikely. Lower potencies contain minute amounts requiring consideration of source material. Remedies should not replace necessary conventional care for serious conditions requiring medical intervention.
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Acute conditions may respond within minutes to hours. Constitutional treatment for chronic conditions unfolds over weeks to months. Some patients notice immediate energy or mood shifts while physical symptoms resolve more gradually.
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Homeopathy typically does not interact with pharmaceutical medications chemically due to extreme dilutions. However, never discontinue prescribed medications without physician consultation. Inform all healthcare providers about treatments you receive.
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Initial consultations last 90-120 minutes covering detailed health history, current symptoms, mental-emotional state, sleep patterns, food preferences, and life circumstances. The ND analyzes this information to identify a remedy matching your complete symptom picture.
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Dissolve pellets or tablets under the tongue 15-30 minutes away from food and drink. Avoid touching remedies with hands—tip them into the bottle cap then into your mouth. Dosing frequency depends on condition acuity and remedy potency.
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Many extended health plans cover naturopathic consultations including homeopathic appointments. Remedy costs are typically out-of-pocket. Revibe offers direct billing for consultations. Verify your specific coverage before booking.
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Herbal medicine uses plant substances in material doses containing active compounds. Homeopathy uses extreme dilutions of plant, mineral, or animal sources, often beyond the point where molecules remain. The practices follow different philosophical principles and preparation methods.
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Write detailed symptom descriptions including onset, what makes symptoms better or worse, timing patterns, and associated symptoms. Bring medication lists, supplement inventories, and previous health records. Complete health information allows comprehensive case analysis.
Meet Our Naturopathic Doctors
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Dr. Jennifer Tang Naturopathic Doctor
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Dr. Lisbeth Bitar Patino Naturopathic Doctor
What Our Patients Are Saying
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Book Naturopathic Homeopathy in Mississauga or Markham
Revibe operates clinics in Mississauga (serving Streetsville, Erin Mills, Meadowvale, and surrounding areas) and Markham (serving Unionville, Thornhill, Buttonville, and surrounding areas) offering naturopathic homeopathy services. Both locations provide constitutional and acute homeopathic consultations.
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Mississauga Naturopathic Clinic
Location: 2290 Dixie Rd, Mississauga, ON L4Y 1Z4
Phone: 289-806-5123
Hours: Monday-Friday 8am-8pm, Saturday 9am-3pm
Book homeopathy consultations online at revibeto.com. Initial constitutional homeopathy consultations require 90-120 minute appointments. Follow-up visits range from 30-60 minutes. Write detailed symptom descriptions and bring medication lists to your first appointment.
Serving: Streetsville, Erin Mills, Meadowvale, Churchill Meadows, Lorne Park, Port Credit, Clarkson, Heartland, and surrounding Mississauga neighborhoods. Convenient access from Highway 401, Highway 403, QEW, and Erin Mills Parkway.
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Markham Naturopathic Clinic
Location: 220 Torbay Rd, Markham ON, L3R 1G6
Phone: 289-806-5123
Hours: Monday-Friday 8am-8pm, Saturday 9am-3pm
Extended health insurance plans commonly include naturopathic coverage. Homeopathic consultations fall under naturopathic benefits. Revibe provides direct billing for naturopathic consultations. Homeopathic remedy costs range from $8-$20 per vial and are typically out-of-pocket.
Serving: Unionville, Thornhill, Markham Village, Buttonville, Milliken, Cornell, Angus Glen, and surrounding Markham and Richmond Hill areas. Easy access from Highway 7, Highway 404, and Major Mackenzie Drive.
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