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Homeopathy and obstacles to cure:

Understanding the roadblocks on your healing journey

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Kirsty Richards DipHomNZ RCHom
Oct 24, 2025
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Healing is rarely a straight line. Even with the most carefully chosen Homeopathic remedy, we sometimes feel stuck, or wonder why progress seems slow. If this resonates with you, know this: it doesn’t mean your body isn’t responding. It means there may be obstacles to cure at play.

What Are Obstacles to Cure?
In Homeopathy, an obstacle to cure is anything that prevents the body from fully responding to a remedy. These can be external or internal factors: anything from diet, lifestyle, toxic relationships, or medications to emotional and energetic patterns. They are like speed bumps on your healing journey, and they can make improvement feel slow or incomplete.

Some common obstacles include:

1. Physical or Lifestyle Obstacles

These are tangible, everyday factors that interfere with healing:

  • Poor diet: Highly processed foods, excessive sugar, caffeine, or alcohol can weaken the body’s vital force.

  • Lack of sleep: Sleep is critical for the body to process a remedy and restore balance.

  • Excessive stress or overwork: Chronic stress can prevent the vital force from responding fully.

  • Medication or toxins: Some drugs (especially immunosuppressants or heavy antibiotics) may blunt the effect of a remedy.

  • Physical habits: Smoking, excess alcohol, or prolonged exposure to environmental toxins can obstruct cure.

2. Emotional and Mental Obstacles

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