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About Homeopathy
Homeopathy is system of internal medicine discovered in the late eighteenth century by a German Physician named Samuel Hahnemann. It is very popular and practiced widely in countries outside the US, and is strong in its revival on this continent, also. It is based on the ideal of gently yet powerfully stimulating the reactive nervous system to respond in a positive way to the given set of symptoms manifesting in the patient, thus greatly strengthening, supporting and empowering the physical constitution to a deeper capacity for well-being. It is not, therefore, a system of diagnosing and prescribing for a 'disease', but a system of personalizing the need of the patient to overcome whatever manifestations of imbalance he or she may be experiencing. It is therefore a medical system in the Holistic sense, not in the allopathic sense. Hahnemann discovered a method of extracting the essence of the energy from various plants and minerals and applying that essence to individuals, thereby sending to their ailing bodies a gentle stimulation of the kind necessary for them to recover their strength to heal. His philosophy is based upon an ancient Greek tradition "Similia Similibus Curantur", called the law of similars, expressing the doctrine that any drug capable of producing detrimental symptoms in healthy individuals can be useful in relieving similar symptoms occurring as an expression of disease. One need only to investigate Homeopathy with an open mind and a willingness to discover for the obvious benefits of this system to become manifest. It is a complete system, with government standard pharmacies producing remedies in high demand because of their effectiveness, often where nothing else will work. |