| Homeopathy is a holistic approach to treatment and | | | | administered to strengthen and prepare the immune |
| its origins can be traced back to the late eighteenth | | | | system against that very same virus. Homeopathic |
| century. The main principle upon which the discipline is | | | | cures therefore have a firm scientific basis that has |
| founded is that the administering of substances that | | | | been tested. |
| can cause symptoms in healthy people will be able to | | | | The second principle also lends a great deal of merit |
| alleviate those very same symptoms in sick patients | | | | to the discipline and adds to the notion of |
| if administered in very dilute quantities. This approach | | | | homeopathic natural remedies and homeopathic home |
| has been found to have some merit and has become | | | | remedies. This is because no matter how toxic the |
| increasingly popular because of the lack of side | | | | remedy might be the remedy administered is in so |
| effects. It is believed that homeopathy treatment | | | | diluted a form that it may leave no chemical trace |
| act as a stimulant for the body's own healing | | | | whatsoever. According to practitioners of |
| mechanism. Homeopathy is therefore a holistic | | | | homeopathic therapy the remedy is still so potent |
| medicine that is closely related to many of the | | | | because of the retention of the original substance's |
| natural and alternative treatments like herbal medicine | | | | electromagnetic energy alone. This means that while |
| and naturopathic medicine. | | | | the toxic side effects are eliminated the healing |
| To give you a better perspective of homeopathy | | | | effects are still present as these electromagnetic |
| medicine we can say that it rests on three basic | | | | forces alone are enough to stimulate natural healing. |
| principles. | | | | An important aspect of the single remedy principle is |
| Cold kills cold | | | | that every illness is regarded as individual specific, |
| This is a philosophy similar to the treatment of | | | | which means that the remedy for the same illness |
| certain allergies today. According to this belief, if the | | | | may not necessarily prescribed to both patients |
| symptoms of your sickness, whether a flu or a cold, | | | | experiencing the same condition. This aspect of |
| are similar to the symptoms manifested from | | | | homeopathy is a lot more important than it appears |
| mercury poisoning, then it would serve as your | | | | to be. It requires intense investigation and research |
| homeopathic remedy. | | | | on the part of the doctor, so that he can profile the |
| Infinitesimal Dose | | | | patient's lifestyle, diet and character traits, as well as |
| According to this principle the potency of | | | | gather illness and symptom specific information. This |
| homeopathic remedies increases, the more diluted it | | | | is therefore tedious and time consuming and requires |
| is. Homeopathy remedies are therefore almost | | | | great attention to detail, for any thorough case |
| always highly diluted to the extent that the average | | | | building. This is what makes homeopathic treatment |
| proportion would be 1: 1,000,000,000,000. | | | | so challenging - an inaccurate profile, results in an |
| Medical Monotheism | | | | inaccurate diagnosis and improper treatment, while |
| It is always a single remedy that is administered, | | | | meticulous profiling and the appropriate prescription |
| even in the presence of multiple symptoms, and this | | | | can work like a miracle. |
| single remedy is aimed at all the symptoms. | | | | There are a number of homeopathic herbal remedies |
| These principles are in fact displayed in conventional | | | | that have been found to be quite effective, like |
| treatments today for allergies and a number of | | | | Chamomilla, which is an extract from chamomile, and |
| vaccines as well, where the allergen is administered in | | | | Allium cepa, a red onion extract, among many others. |
| a miniscule dose or an impotent sample of the virus is | | | | |