ABOUT HOMEOPATHY

Homeopathic treatment involves giving a patient with symptoms of illness extremely small doses of substances that produce the same symptoms in healthy people when given in larger doses. 

A homeopathic remedy is prepared by diluting the substance in a series of steps.  Many homeopathic remedies are so highly diluted that no molecules of the original substance are likely to remain.

Homeopathy asserts that the remedy will retain a memory of the diluted substance and that the therapeutic potency of a remedy can be increased by serial dilution combined with succussion, or vigorous shaking. 

Homeopathy states that instances of disease in different people differ fundamentally and because of this difference they require different treatments.

Each person is considered uniquely, even if they have the 'same' condition.  For instance, two people with, say, tonsilitis, will most likely be given different homeopathic remedies because they are fundamentally different people.

Take a look at the pages under the heading Some History and Today and Tomorrow for more information about the origins of homeopathy and its uses today.