Homeopathy

Like Cures Like

Homeopathy is a system of medicine founded by the celebrated physician Dr. Samuel Hahnemann (1755-1843) of  Germany.  It is based on the principle that “like cures like”. In practice, this means that a medicine capable of producing certain effects when taken by a healthy human being is capable of curing an illness that displays similar effects.

Fundamental Principles

The practice of homeopathy is based on certain fundamental principles.  Always, the remedies used are tested on human volunteers (provers) to elicit the symptoms they can produce. The symptoms of each remedy as experienced by the provers  are  recorded  in exact detail and they form the homeopathic reference books to find the single remedy whose symptoms are most similar to those of the ill person (like cures like).

Making Homeopathic Remedies

Hahneman’s scientific experiments led him to the process of potentization. A step by step dilution and jerking of the drug makes it extremely powerful, while at the same time renders it harmless. This is in direct contrast to the toxic drugs of modern medicine, and their side effects.

Action of a Homeopathic Remedy

Homeopathic medicine aims at correcting the disturbed vital force, and thus enhances the power of the body to heal itself. It does not aim at removing the symptoms of the parts affected, but treats the cause and restores health. According to homeopathy, symptoms are a reflection of a disturbed vital force.

Another fundamental principle of homeopathy is that it treats the person as a whole and as an individual. There is no medicine for any particular disease, but there is a medicine for the person who suffers from the disease.