170: Homeopathy Health with Atiq Ahmad Bhatti & Naila Cheema - Episode 170170: Homeopathy Health with Atiq Ahmad Bhatti & Naila Cheema - Episode 170
UK Health Radio Podcast
Hosts Atiq Ahmad Bhatti and Naila Cheema talk with homeopath and lactation consultant Patricia Heatherley about milk-based remedies, oxytocin, birth and bonding. The conversation links early nurture and breastfeeding with lifelong patterns of health, identity and healing in homeopathic practice.
46:12•25 Jun 2026
Milk, Bonding and Healing: Patricia Heatherley on the Power of Lac Remedies
Episode Overview
- Early experiences of birth, bonding and breastfeeding are presented as central to emotional, physical and spiritual health.
- Lac humanum is linked with development of self and the effects of insufficient breastfeeding, while Lac maternum is tied to birth trauma and incarnation.
- Oxytocin is highlighted as a core creative force influencing love, resilience, homeostasis and healthy brain development.
- Declining breastfeeding rates and increased medical intervention around birth are associated with rising allergy and spectrum-type presentations.
- Practitioners are urged to deepen their Materia Medica, philosophy and self-knowledge to choose potencies and lac remedies with confidence.
“"Oxytocin is the hormone of love... it is the driving force. I think it is source."”
Ever wondered how something as simple as milk could shape a lifetime of health and connection? This conversation on the UK Health Radio Podcast brings together hosts Atiq Ahmad Bhatti and Naila Cheema with internationally respected homeopath and lactation consultant Patricia Heatherley, who has spent decades studying the healing themes within human milk and the "lac" remedies.
You'll hear Patricia trace her lifelong fascination with breastfeeding, from feeding dolls as a child to becoming the first accredited lactation consultant in Australia to qualify as a homeopath. She shares how that passion eventually led her to write landmark books on lactation and milk-based remedies, giving practitioners a richer way to understand attachment, identity and early development.
The episode digs into how birth, bonding and those first years with a mother can influence emotional regulation, trust, and even modern patterns of distress. Patricia talks about oxytocin as "the hormone of love" and links natural conception, physiologic birth and breastfeeding with the shaping of the brain, microbiome and immunity. She contrasts Lac humanum, focused on development of self and nurturing at the breast, with Lac maternum, tied to incarnation, birth trauma and the one-time gift of colostrum.
You’ll also hear candid reflections on declining breastfeeding rates, rising autism-spectrum presentations, and why Patricia increasingly sees remedies like Lac maternum and Lac humanum as central in supporting people whose very beginnings may have been disrupted. The tone is warm, humorous and deeply practical, making complex ideas about homeopathy, biology and maternal-infant health feel accessible for parents, practitioners and anyone curious about how early nourishment might relate to lifelong healing.
It might leave you asking: what stories are written in the first milk we receive, and how might they be gently rewritten?
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