What is Homeopathy?
Homeopathy is a system of alternative medicine created in 1796 by Samuel Hahnemann. It embraces an holistic and natural approach. It is holistic because it treats the person as a whole, rather than focusing on a labeled disease. It is natural because its remedies are produced according to the US FDA-recognized Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia of the United States from natural sources, whether vegetable, mineral, or animal in nature.
The word Homeopathy, which comes from the Greek, through Latin into English, literally means “like disease”. This means that the medicine given is like the disease that the person is expressing. The similar medicine acts as a stimulus to the body’s natural vital response, giving it the information it needs to complete its healing work.
Why is homeopathy so popular?
- Homeopathic treatment works with your body’s own healing powers to bring about health and well being.
- Homeopathy treats all your symptoms at all levels of your being – spiritual, emotional, mental and physical and finds the ‘like cures like’ match for them.
- Homeopathically prepared remedies, providing the minimum dose, are gentle, subtle and powerful. They are non-addictive, and not tested on animals.