Homeopathy is an alternative system of medicine which is based on treating a person with diluted substances, given mainly in tablet form which is purported to trigger the body's own natural system of healing.
Some people believe that it is highly effective, whereas others feel that the effects are largely "imagined".
If you have fibroids and are dissatisfied with the conventional treatment options, such as surgery and hormonal treatment, you may be considering homeopathic treatment for fibroids.
The principle of treating "like with like" applies to homeopathy.
A substance would be used on a sufferer which might cause symptoms in a healthy person, but the belief is that this will cure the symptoms in someone with the condition by triggering off the healing process.
With fibroids, there are three remedies which are sometimes recommended.
* Calcarea Carbolica - treats glandular swellings and bodily imbalances * Afis Mellifica - treats odema and inflammation of internal organs * Lachesis - helps with the decomposition of diseased organs There is little evidence to suggest that homeopathic treatment for fibroids has any great effect when used on its own.
However, it may possibly have value when used as part of a complete, robust, system of natural treatment.
Fibroids form as a result of the subtle interaction of a number of factors which happen to coincide within a woman's body.
There is no one "cause" of fibroids and because of this, they can be a difficult condition to treat.
Surgery and medications do not treat the root cause so chances are that within a few months of treatment, the fibroids will regrow.
Indeed, although natural treatment for fibroids can be extremely effective, it simply will not work unless a comprehensive approach is used with systematically eliminates every possible cause of fibroids.
Fibroids are a condition which respond very well to natural remedies and they are an ideal condition to treat because as they are so rarely life-threatening.
It makes complete sense to try out a natural treatment for fibroids before resorting to surgery or any of the hormonal drugs which can cause their own side effects.