The initial consultation may last from 1 and ½ hrs to 2 hrs. The physician asks questions based on the life style, ailments, dietary habits, life events, stress, mood, chief complaint, past and family history, sleep, dreams etc. They try to know as much as possible about your problem and mainly emphasize more mental and emotional symptoms. This is because there is link between the mental state and disease which often goes unrecognised by the patients. Then they repertories the case (work the case) to prescribe just one single remedy from thousands of remedies, that will work on the patient. Remedy is prescribed by taking all physical as well as mental symptoms into account. Everything that the patient discloses is maintained confidentially.