Homeopathy - An important asset in natural healing

Homeopathy is a holistic and natural healing system based on the principle that the body can be stimulated to heal itself. Homeopathy was developed in Germany in the late 1700s and it has been practiced all over the world for hundreds of years.

- Vanessa Parrado

According to the Homeopathic Research Institute, more than 6 million people in the United States use homeopathy to treat specific health conditions. Over 200 million people use homeopathy on a regular basis worldwide.

Homeopathy is a well-established form of natural medicine. Homeopaths have gathered information on the healing properties of various natural substances and their homeopathic application for hundreds of years. This information is well-documented and available to every trained and accredited homeopath. Professionally trained homeopaths study for 4 to 6 years to attain their degree.

What is homeopathy based on?

Homeopathy is the practical healing tool in which we find some of the laws of nature that were first mentioned by Hippocrates, the father of natural medicine. The efficiency of homeopathy relies on applying a set of principles in case taking and treatment. Homeopathic treatment is always holistic and individual. There are four major principles used in homeopathic medicine and these are what set homeopathy apart from other natural healing modalities.

Individuality: The throughout homeopathic consultation is meant to assess the individual characteristics of the case, meaning how the disease symptoms manifest themselves in the sick person in their own personal and peculiar way. The homeopath uses medical diagnosis to understand the case but plays no significant role in the homeopathic prescription. Homeopaths prescribe for a person with a disease, not for a diagnosis or disease symptoms alone.

Totality: One of the strongest healing features of homeopathy is that the treatment (remedy choice) is based on the totality of the client's symptoms. The homeopath takes into consideration the possible cause of the symptoms, past medical history, family history, diet and most of all, how all these things affect the client and how they cope with them.