What is Homeopathy?
A Non-Toxic, Natural, and Effective Alternative Medicine

Homeopathy is a safe, non-invasive, and effective system of natural and alternative medicine that has been used by millions of people worldwide for over 200 years. Homeopathy is mainstream medicine in countries that include England, France, Germany, Belgium, India, and most countries in South America. Homeopathic medicines are prepared from sources of animal, vegetable or mineral and are recognized by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. They are non-toxic, and when used correctly are safe for adults, children, older people and pregnant women alike.

Homeopathy is a different approach from most healing systems. Normally, a person goes to the doctor with a specific symptom and is given something that, hopefully, will take that symptom away. Often, this symptom will recur again and again. In addition, there may be side effects of conventional medication, or new problems will eventually occur, as the underlying cause of the disease has not been addressed.

Homeopaths deal with the root of the problem, which addresses the totality of the ill person’s picture. Symptoms are defenses of the body to fight disease. Simply eliminating symptoms is synonymous to turning off the warning light in your car.

In classical homeopathic medicine, remedies are given one at a time, and are repeated only when the person needs the remedy. The remedies are chosen on a “Law of Similars.” In other words, a medicine which produces a set of symptoms in a healthy person will cure the same set of symptoms in an ill person who is in that remedy state. In addition, classical homeopathy does not treat the disease; homeopathy treats the person. We do not give a remedy for depression or headaches, but we give a remedy to a person who has depression or headaches, along with other symptoms. There are many hundreds of remedies to treat depression or headaches, but there is only one remedy at a time that treats a particular person.

Many people confuse homeopathy with holistic medicine, which is the practice of looking at the whole individual. Homeopathy is a specific system of medicine based upon identifying the underlying energy pattern imbalance of an individual by looking at the symptoms his mind and body has manifested in an attempt to heal disease. By taking a case history, a homeopath will give the homeopathic remedy that most closely matches the energy pattern of the person’s illness, thus stimulating the person to heal.