DR. JASWANT PATIL

The only possible answer to this question, at this time is: we don’t know. But we do know that it does work. It has been shown to be more effective than placebo in many well designed “double blind” studies. It has been used extensively with newborns, infants, children, adults, pregnant women, and the elderly, both when conscious and unconscious. There is an active and thriving field of homeopathy known as veterinary homeopathy.

Basically, one should pay close attention to any and all information that one’s body provides. The body speaks to us in a language all its own (symptoms). If we choose to ignore our body’s symptoms then it’s as if we took to the highway to drive across country, but decided not to look at any of the road signs or maps. The body communicates to us through our physical and emotional symptoms. If we listen carefully enough we can help the body reach an improved state of health. If we choose to ignore the symptoms, or medicate the symptoms till they go away, then we take our chances on regaining lasting improved health

Generally, the answer to this question is: “No,” but there may be exceptions. Most of my routine telephone calls may be to follow -up on a particular concern or to discuss an acute condition that may have arisen . In the course of a telephone conversation I may recommend that the conversation might be more appropriately handled in an office visit. But in many cases the telephone works fine. There is usually no charge for this time unless the telephone conversation is really in-lieu of an office visit and extensive questioning, diagnostic and repertorization for a remedy is required. If this is the case then charges are similar to those applied to my time spent in the office together.