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Homeopathy
About Homeopathy
Homeopathy is
a natural system of medicine that uses highly diluted doses
of substances to stimulate the body’s own healing mechanism.
The use of homeopathic medicines popularly known as
remedies – is based on the discovery that a natural
substance is capable of curing the same symptoms that it can
cause. By studying the symptoms produced when a healthy individual
tests or “proves” a remedy, homeopaths can determine
which symptoms that remedy is capable of curing. This is referred
to as the law of similars or “like cures like”.
A simple example of this can be seen with the common onion.
Slicing an onion can cause symptoms of burning and watery
eyes, as well as sneezing and a runny nose. Many hay fever
sufferers have found dramatic relief from their burning, watery
eyes, sneezing and runny nose after taking the homeopathic
remedy Allium Cepa. (This remedy is made from red onion.)
Thus, the substance that can cause symptoms, can, as a remedy,
cure them.
Classical homeopathy is based on the selection
of a single remedy that most closely matches your symptoms
at a particular time and then waiting to observe your response
before administering another remedy. This method focuses on
the underlying disturbance or dis-ease that causes the symptoms,
rather than the symptoms themselves. Classical homeopathic
treatment is sometimes referred to as constitutional prescribing.
How are Homeopathic
Remedies Prepared?
Remedies are prepared from diluted
substances such as plants, minerals, or animal products, which
are repeatedly diluted and succussed (vigorously shaken).
As this standardized process of dilution and succussion  continues,
the remedy becomes more powerful. This method is called potentization
and it is the hallmark of all homeopathic remedies.
Homeopathic remedies are completely safe, gentle and non-toxic
for everyone of all ages, even during pregnancy and while
breastfeeding.
Homeopathy can treat virtually any health
issue – from allergies to asthma, regardless of whether
the origin is physical, mental or emotional. Your diagnosis
is much less important than your unique symptoms. For example,
ten people with severe headaches can describe ten different
sets of symptoms, each requiring a different remedy.
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