“

Homoeopathy

is equivalent to conventional

medicines

in the

treatment of illnesses

, in both humans and animals” World

Health

Organisation

“

Homoeopathy

cures a greater number of people than any other method of

treatment

” Mahatma Gandhi

Homeopathy

is a scientific, reliable and natural system of health care that is fast becoming the preferred mode of

treatment

around the world. It is a holistic and complete medicinal

therapy

, which has been in existence for over 200 years. This Curative system of

therapy

restores health, by stimulating the body’s own mechanisms of defense and repair, to maintain health and well-being.

Homoeopathy

is safe and only employs medicine that specifically corresponds with the needs and profile of the particular patient. Homeopathic medicines are mainly of plant, mineral or animal origin, and assist the patient in regaining health by stimulating the body’s natural mechanism of recovery.

ORIGINS AND FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES:

Homeopathy is a complete therapeutic system that was developed by the observations and investigations of a German Physician Dr Samuel Hahnemann in the late eighteenth century. He was so distressed by the toxic side effects of medications used in his time, that he explored ways of restoring the sick individual to good health in a gentle, thorough and effective manner. He observed that when a specific substance is taken by a healthy person, it is capable of producing particular symptoms. According to his philosophy a substance tested in this manner can be used to treat someone suffering from the disease condition that presents with similar symptoms to those produced by that substance. He experimented on himself and his students, and found that Quinine produced a fever and illness in a healthy person similar to that found in malaria, and he proved that when a diluted dose of Quinine was given to a patient suffering from malaria, it resulted in a rapid cure. This he called the Law of Similars.

The Law of Similars:

This founding principle is still used today in the formulations of new Homoeopathic medications, the basis being that these collective symptoms, if found in a sick person, can be removed or cured by the diluted medicinal substance that produced them in the healthy individual. The homeopathic medicine, which is matched with the patient’s symptoms, is called a simillimum.

The Law of the Minimum Dose:

The selected homeopathic medicine should be given in a form that is not harmful to the patient. Only the minimum amount is necessary to execute a favourable reaction within the patient. The effect of the medicinal substance is in direct ratio to its degree of serial dilution, when each step of dilution is accompanied by a period of agitation (succussion, grinding or shaking), which is a method completely unique to Homoeopathic medicines. Scientifically this falls into the realm of Quantum physics whereby the medicinal information is progressively amplified within the solvent, resulting in increased potency. It is the quantum form of the remedy that renders it capable of providing the curative stimulus.

The Law of Individualisation:

It is naïve to believe that disease is a unilateral progression and will only affect one organ or system in the body.

Homoeopathy

as a primary health care profession, acknowledges the importance of individualization, by this we mean that the entire circumstance of the person is taken into consideration. Disease affects the entire person - body, mind and spirit, and the Homeopathic medicine is selected on holistic principles in order to bring about a cure on all levels of the being. The homeopath regards each patient as unique and individual, and the disease processes are seen in the context of the person as apposed to its medical terminology. The medicine is therefore selected based upon those aspects that make the patient and his/her complaints unique – symptoms, life experience, personality, values, beliefs, habits, emotions, etc.

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