Homeopathy, the second most widely used system of medicine in the world, is a holistic system of healing: it addresses the whole person in its treatment of both physical- and emotional-based diseases and discomforts. It has been used throughout the world for two hundred years, but its roots are in Ancient Greece with the “signature” of substances that correspond to symptoms of imbalance in the body. 

Like Cures Like

This is the scientific basis for Homeopathy: treating like with like. This is the principle of medical similars (referred to as the Law of Similars), or matching the symptoms of your illness with the symptoms of a substance that if you ingested it, it would produce the same symptoms. 

For example, to reduce the bruising and swelling from plastic surgery, you would take the homeopathic remedy, Arnica. If you ingested parts of the whole arnica plant, you would experience bruised and swollen skin and tissues.

A common example of this Law of Similars is conventional medicine’s current practice of treating illnesses and diseases by the use of vaccines: the actual allergen, virus, or pathogen is used in the vaccine to help the body fight off the real thing when exposed some time later through contact.

Is Homeopathy Safe?

Yes, completely, there is no danger of addiction, toxicity, or side effects—even babies and pregnant women can take Homeopathic remedies. And Homeopathy can be used in conjunction with conventional medicine.

Homeopathic remedies (also referred to as, homeopathics) come from the plant, mineral, and animal world and are diluted to the point that only the energy of the original substance remains in the remedy.

Besides applying the Law of Similars, Homeopathy also uses two other principles in formulating its remedies:

• Minimal dose. Through shaking (succession and dilution) the parts/million of the original substance is reduced to nothing—only the energetic imprint remains.

• Single remedy. No matter how many symptoms are present, one remedy will address them all.

Homeopathy is widely used in Traditional Naturopathic Medicine as another holistic approach to healing. As a treatment system, homeopathic remedies offer clients solutions to acute and chronic symptoms by addressing the core health issue.