The principles of homeopathy are applied when normalising a response to a substance that has previously caused and allergic reaction. This principle being that an illness can be cured by administering a minute dose of the substance that would cause the same symptoms if a large dose was given to a healthy person.

Firstly, the patient’s allergens are identified by means of muscle testing, which is both painless and simple. Once this process is completed, specialised homeopathic potencies of the allergens are prescribed. This process has been developed and practised over the past twenty years at the home of the Institute of Allergy and Environmental Therapy in Ffynnonwen, near Aberystwyth in Wales. Recent trials at the Glasgow Homeopathic Hospital have shown this technique to be highly effective in identifying and overcoming the effects of allergens on the health and wellbeing of sufferers.

Allergens are identified when certain muscles go weak when tested by using Applied Kinesiology, a muscle balancing technique evolved from chiropractic. In this way large numbers of substances can be tested in a short time, with no discomfort, no injections and no skin scratching.

Many allergens cause reactions such as skin problems, breathing difficulties, general irritability, migraine and depression. There are however, many allergens that cause a lesser reaction, simply a feeling of being unwell or generally below par. Conventional methods only pick up the reactions that are producing obvious symptoms. By using Applied Kinesiology, even the slightest intolerance can be picked up, allowing a remedy to be prescribed. Blood tests are expensive and only a maximum of five substances can be tested at one time. Skin scratch tests are not only uncomfortable, but are only 40% accurate. This user friendly method of allergy testing makes it ideal for babies and children as well as those patients who are nervous of medical procedures.

Once allergens are detected, the patient can start to take control of the desensitising process with little or no disruption to daily life. There is no need for a special diet, which is another considerable benefit of this method of treatment.

The desensitising process is achieved by the use of neohomeopthic (isopathic) potencies of the offending substances, which are made up at Ffynnonwen by a Homeopathic Pharmacist. Natural enzymes are added to the remedy to help the desensitisation to remain in place.