Homeopathy Is Natural Medicine

It is a familiar question. modern medicine is highly dependent on the role of pharmaceuticals — why does homeopathy avoid their use? Here goes the debate… and, its homeopathic standpoint…

- Dr Akshay Batra

Homeopathic medicines [remedies] are made primarily from natural sources. They are nonprescription and non-proprietary medicines in many countries. Homeopathic medicines cannot, therefore, be patented and/or exclusively sold, unlike conventional or allopathic pharmaceutical preparations/products.  Some medicines are common to homeopathy and conventional medicine — the big difference is the manufacturing process. Homeopathy uses micro-doses; conventional medicine uses ‘quantified/actualised’ doses. 

Homeopathy is characterised by the administration of small quantities of medicines that in much greater concentrations precipitate the appearance of symptoms of the illness/disease being treated [homoios = similar; pathos = sickness]. For example, Veratrum Album [white hellebore], which is considered effective against cholera, causes violent purging that may lead to severe dehydration, if administered in large doses —symptoms exactly like cholera itself.

Likewise, Belladonna [atropine] is used to treat scarlet fever. Symptoms of Belladonna poisoning closely resembles the classical symptoms of scarlet fever.

In their homeopathic form, they are used to treat ‘like’ illnesses without side-effects.