What Is Homeopathy - An Overview

What is homeopathy?
Homeopathy is a system of using medicines, known as remedies, to assist the natural healing ability of the body.
The remedies are prescribed on the principle of like cures like, known as the Principle of Similars.

How does homeopathy work?
Homeopathic remedies aid the body’s natural ability to self-heal. Everyone has self-healing ability, regardless of the illness they suffer, and this can be stimulated by the most similar homeopathic remedy. To work well, a homeopathic remedy must match your personality as well as the symptoms of the disease.

What are homeopathic remedies?
Homeopathic remedies are highly diluted and dynamically potentised forms of medicine. They are made from substances that could, in large quantities, cause similar symptoms to the illness you suffer. In homeopathic form they stimulate a healing response to the symptoms.

Why use homeopathy?
The symptoms are not the disease, they are the result of the disease. When the body is sick it tries to throw out the disease. The symptoms are the warning sign that you are sick. Homeopathy treats the cause, not the symptoms.
When your car’s brakes are failing, a warning light appears on the dashboard. This is like the symptom. It’s a good idea to fix the brakes rather than suppress the symptom by removing the bulb. Homeopathy treats the root cause of each illness, not the symptoms.

How can homeopathy help me?
1. Individualised treatment. A Homeopathic medicine is selected for each person, according to their personality and the nature of the symptoms.       

2. Holistic approach. Homeopathic remedies treat the mind and the body at the same time to address the whole of the suffering with one single medicine.

3. Mind-body link. Illness often involves the mind and the feelings as well as the physical body. Homeopathy treats all the suffering and brings a sense of relative wellbeing. 

4. Self-healing.Homeopathic remedies stimulate self-healing rather than relying on a strong drug effect. Self-healing is usually more permanent than the benefits produced by conventional drugs.  

Safe and non-toxic. Homeopathic remedies are so diluted they do not have toxic effects. There are rarely any side-effects with homeopathy. 

5. A homeopath listens to what a patient says and does not make assumptions about what they need. Each person receives a medicine suited to their unique symptoms and suffering.
The holistic approach can allow a greater understanding of the condition. This is a powerful stimulus for healing.