My own introduction to homeopathy was when my friend Fiona gave me Arnica to take straight after the birth of my daughter - no bruising, no pain!
Since then my daughter has had excellent results from homeopathic treatment for various acute conditions. The cure of her travel sickness was nothing short of amazing - she was sick on every form of transport except a bike and nothing else had ever helped her!
For some people who have tried every sort of conventional medical treatment for a condition, homeopathy is often a last resort - and a life-line.
Homeopathy has been available on the NHS since its inception nearly 60 years ago. Now there is a concerted campaign to discredit homeopathy and to close the NHS homeopathic hospitals. This would mean that treatments which have helped innumerable people would no longer be available.
Homeopathy: Medicine for the 21st Century is campaigning to keep homeopathy within the NHS. The organisers want 250,000 signatures by June 2008 when they will present the petition to 10 Downing Street at the end of Homeopathy Awareness Week.
If you have benefited from homeopathy - whether it was prescribed on the NHS or by a homeopath, recommended by a friend or self-treatment - please sign the declaration "Homeopathy worked for me" on the website www.hmc21.org
If you would like to learn more about homeopathy or wish to find a medical homeopath, contact the British Homeopathic Association on 0870 444 3950 or visit www.trusthomeopathy.org