Homoeopath

Homoeopathy is a system of medicinal therapeutics for treating people by using minute quantities of specially prepared plant, mineral and other healing substances.

By using natural remedies to boost the body’s own healing ability, the homoeopath aims to treat the whole person and resolve underlying problems rather than simply deal with particular symptoms.

Job Characteristics

• Diagnosing and treating a wide variety of illnesses.



• Preparing special homoeopathic remedies which are highly-diluted forms of natural substances, and selling such remedies.



• Prescribing proven remedies to patients and closely monitoring the healing process.



• Assessing a patient’s/client’s personal circumstances as well as his/her mental and emotional state in order to match the homoeopathic remedies to both the symptoms and the individual.

Requirements
 
Secondary Education
Possession of at least a HIGCSE or outstanding IGCSE Grade 12, or equivalent qualification, is required to be admitted to a South African technikon.
 
Compulsory subjects
Mathematics and Physical Science (South Africa)

Recommended subject
Biology (South Africa)
 
Tertiary Education
A five-year-diploma course is offered at the Technikons: Natal and Witwatersrand. Lectures and tutorials are combined with clinical and laboratory work. After completion the candidate obtains the Master’s Diploma in Technology: Homoeopathy.

After the fifth year a one-year internship should be completed. In South Africa it is laid down by the Chiropractors, Homoeopaths and Allied Health Service Professions Council of South Africa.
 
No training is currently offered in Namibia, but prospective homoeopaths must register with the Homoeopaths Board of Namibia, as well as the Namibian Association of Natural and Healing Therapists, before they can practice.

Personality
The prospective homoeopath should be a mature, responsible and sympathetic individual.

Work Opportunities
Homoeopaths generally open private practices or join other practitioners in a partnership.

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