What is Homeopathy?

Homeopathy is a natural, holistic system of medicine that uses highly diluted doses of substances that are used to stimulate the body's innate healing mechanism.

Like Cures Like

Homeopathic remedies are based on natural substances being capable of curing the same symptoms they can cause. By studying the symptoms produced when a healthy individual tests or "proves" a remedy, Samuel Hahnemann determined which symptoms the different remedies are capable of curing. This is referred to as the Law of Similars or “like cures like.”

On a very simple level this principle can be seen with the common onion. Slicing an onion can cause symptoms of burning and watery eyes, as well as sneezing and a runny nose. Many hayfever sufferers have found dramatic relief from their burning, watery eyes, sneezing, and runny nose after taking the homeopathic remedy Allium cepa (the remedy made from red onion). As can be seen from this example the substance causes certain symptoms and can cure them when homoeopathically prepared.

Classical Homeopathy?

Classical homeopathy is based on the selection of a single remedy that most closely matches your symptoms at a particular time and then waiting to observe your response before administering another remedy. This method focuses on the underlying disturbance or dis-ease that causes the symptoms, rather than the symptoms themselves. Classical homeopathic treatment is sometimes referred to as constitutional prescribing.

What Are Homeopathic Remedies?