Classical Homeopathy

Yoshiko is an international Classical Homeopath whose practice spans three continents. She studied at Columbia University and then transferred to Manhattanville College on a scholarship where she graduated summa cum laude, with a major in Biology. While at Manhattanville, she did original lab research on the action of homeopathic remedies on cells in vitro. She studied homeopathy through the School of Homeopathy, Devon England and graduated from its sister school, the School of Homeopathy, New York.

Yoshiko is a free spirit who always dares to take on new challenges. She has visited the very rural areas of Paraguay over three summers, treating the local people. She continues to work on a project to bring in adequate health care to these rural areas. Last year, Yoshiko commuted every two months from New York to Tokyo to see clients in Japan.

Also a dedicated mother of four children, Yoshiko lives in Westchester, New York. Her favorite pastimes are picking wild raspberries with her children in the summer and midnight sledding with them in the winter.

The initial consultation lasts about 1 ½ hours. Follow up visits usually lasts between 30-40 minutes. Monthly visits are recommended until progress is fully established.

The speed of healing is dependent upon the individual person. For some, the healing is rapid and dramatic. For a few, much tender care is needed and healing may progress more slowly. However, for most, the healing process is gradual but lasting results may be seen within several months.

Homeopathy was discovered and pioneered by Samuel Hahnemann in Germany over 200 years ago. As is still true with the use of chemical drugs in modern medicine today, many medicines used in Hahnemann’s days were toxic substances. The side effects of these substances used as medicine, such as mercury, were great.

Although diluting these substances could reduce the side effects, the medicinal qualities were also lessened. Hahnemann discovered that by succussing (shaking vigorously) between dilutions, he could reduce the side effects of remedies while preserving and even enhancing their medicinal qualities. Thus, homeopathic remedies are made by succussed dilutions.

Hahnemann also proved the ancient law of like cures like, by way of experiment. He discovered that substances producing symptoms in healthy persons, when taken in excess, could cure these same symptoms in the sick. In Hahnemann’s day, Cinchona, or Peruvian bark, was used in the treatment of malaria. Hahnemann took small doses of Cinchona himself and found that it produced malaria-like symptoms.

Through this experiment he proved the law of like cures likes: Substances capable of producing diseases symptoms in their crude form are also capable of curing these same symptoms. By combining the law of like cures like with the discovery of dilution and succession, the system of healing we call Homeopathy was born.

• Yoshiko on Focus Health "Treat a Person as a Whole" by Sam Frank [ click here for detail ]

• Are homeopathic remedies safe?

  Yes, homeopathic remedies are safe. Homeopathic remedies do not produce side effects, and are therefore safe to use with babies and children, and adults and the elderly alike. It is best if these remedies are used under the care of a practitioner.

• What are the remedies made from?

  Homeopathic remedies are made from different substances taken from nature--mineral, plant and animal. They are prepared in a special way to make them gentle yet potent in action.