The British Institute For Allergy and Environmental Therapy

The British Institute was formed in January 1987 to bring together a group of Therapists who practise a unique system of allergy diagnosis and treatment, a system that had already been used very successfully for nearly ten years. The Institute's members are all qualified health professionals - both mainstream and complementary - with a keen interest in allergic conditions and their causes. The diagnostic method is simple and without discomfort. The treatment method is by way of isopathic desensitisation.



Diagnosis and treatment are painless, without the side effects usually associated with conventional medicine, and are suitable for infants and children as well as adults.

Allergy and Environmental Therapy

When the word "Allergy" was first introduced into the language of medicine about a century ago, it is unlikely that anyone envisaged the controversy that it would cause. Originally intended to mean any condition occurring as a result of an unusual reaction to substances regarded as non-self, (which included anything swallowed, inhaled or touched), the definition was soon narrowed by scientists who saw in some allergic reactions a clear parallel with the way in which the body deals with infections. Gradually, then, it was seen as a "truth" that unless this physiological response - the Type one or Antigen/Antibody response could be demonstrated, an allergy was not involved. This meant that without an obvious physical link between multiple symptoms, it could be concluded that the patients' problems had a psychological basis and were treated as such.

Homeopathy is based on the principle of "like cures like". All symptoms are recognised by homeopaths as expressions of disharmony within the whole person and so it is the patient who is treated rather than the disease. Since individuals react in different ways to illness, homeopaths consider the personality of the patient as well as the physical symptoms. A remedy whose symptom picture matches that of the patient is then selected.



Homeopathic remedies are derived from mineral, plant and animal sources. They are diluted by a special process, known as potentisation, which releases their therapeutic properties. When administered they stimulate the body's own healing mechanisms to initiate the process of cure, but, in order to do this, they must be prescribed homoeopathically on the basis of their similarity to the patient's symptom picture. The symptom picture of a remedy is derived from "provings" - tests in which the remedy was administered to healthy persons until symptoms developed that indicated a deviation from their normal state of health. It is these symptoms that form the basis of homeopathic prescribing. Since the remedies were proved individually, only one remedy at a time is prescribed. To find out more, please visit our website, or call us on 01974 241376.