Homeopathy

Homeopathy is a form of medicine that utilizes dilute, potentized remedies made from plant, animal and mineral substances that stimulate the body’s healing mechanisms. 

Homeopathic remedies are diluted anywhere from 1 part per hundred, to 1 part per billions or trillions, either in a mixture of water and alcohol, or in powdered lactose tablets. The precise mechanism by which homeopathic remedies work is unclear, but many experts in the field believe the healing powers of the remedy are determined by the dilutions and the shakings. It is thought that vigorous shakings of the solution leaves an “energy imprint” that has distinct qualities. This energetic solution is thought to jolt the body into action and stimulate the body to heal.

Homeopathy was discovered in the late 1700s by German physician Samuel Hahnemann, as a reaction to the comparatively barbaric medical practices of his time. He believed that symptoms of disease were actually signs of the body’s attempts to heal itself, and that therefore, substances that induced reactions similar to the symptoms, would stimulate the body’s healing response (the concept of “like cures like”). He further concluded that the more the substance was diluted, the greater the healing effect it would have (the “theory of infinitesimals”). As an example, quinine taken in large doses causes symptoms similar to Malaria, and in minute doses can cure symptoms of Malaria.

Homeopathy is commonly practiced in Germany, Italy, Greece, Argentina, India, Mexico and is becoming more and more popular in Canada and the US.

Indications

• Homeopathy can be used for treating a wide variety of medical conditions from minor ailments such as the flu, to more complicated conditions such as ADHD and menopause.

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