... have shown that homeopathy can help on all levels; physical, mental and emotional. These studies also show effectiveness for a wide range of conditions— first aid, acute, chronic and epidemic diseases.

Homeopaths consider the exact physical, emotional, and psychological symptoms of the individual and select a single remedy to address all given complaints. Homeopaths look deeply into the constitutional make up, health and relationship timeline, emotional traumas, genetic predispositions, response to stress and core negative beliefs of the person.

Homeopathic remedies are even recommended for pregnant women, newborns, the elderly and immunocompromised individuals.

The Law of Similars was recognized by Hippocrates over 2,000 years ago and was refined by Samuel Hahnemann and other medical visionaries. It may still be one of the most advanced and revolutionary healing models available to us today.

In 1790, Dr. Hahnemann noticed that Cinchona bark was successfully used by to treat malarial symptoms - including fever and spasms - while translating medical texts.

After researching for years to figure out why it was so effective, he finally took a minute dose of the substance and experienced the same exact symptoms of malaria: fever, chills, spasms, etc. This was the foundation for his use of“The Law of Similars” (like cures like) in homeopathic treatment. This means that the same substance that can cause a set of symptoms in a healthy person can cure those same symptoms in a sick person. During his lifetime, he documented thousands of other remedies that he found helpful in curing the incurable.

Examples of this main principle include using Ipecac successfully in emergency situations to induce vomiting in poisoning cases. In a very diluted homeopathic dosage, Ipecac is capable of reversing nausea and vomiting in various illnesses. Similarly, coffee is a well-known stimulant which, when used in minute homeopathic dosages (Coffea), has the effect of relaxing a person who is restless, overexcited, and sleepless. Everyone has experienced sneezing, burning and watery eyes while cutting an onion. Following the Law of Similars, homeopaths use the remedy Allium cepa (red onion) to stimulate the vital force and reverse those same symptoms during the beginning of a cold or an episode of hay fever.

Conventional medicine relies on the principle of opposites to treat illness. Symptoms are often simply controlled or suppressed, and there is a host of “anti-” medications used to do this; cough suppressants, anti-fever medicines, antacids, etc. Unfortunately, this approach may not get to the bottom of what is actually causing the problem.

The most controversial aspect of homeopathy has been the principle of the minimum dose. It states that extreme dilution enhances the curative properties of a substance, while eliminating any possible side effects. Therefore, the least amount of a homeopathic remedy is taken until the issue is resolved. After one dose is taken, the person’s response is carefully observed, and the remedy is repeated only as needed.

We know that with conventional pharmaceutical drugs, the more one takes, the more powerful the effect and often, you take the same medication for years. How then could it be the opposite in homeopathy? How can you dilute a substance until there is no measurable trace of that substance and then claim that it works? The answer to this question was not scientifically apparent until recently. There is now exciting progress in the new field of nano-pharmacology, which studies how medicines work at the molecular scale.

Homeopathic medicine is the second-most popular medical system in the world, according to The World Health Organization which supports homeopathy.

Safe

• It’s gentle, non-toxic, and free from toxic side effects found with conventional medicines.
• Remedies are often recommended for the elderly, pregnant women and newborns.
• Remedies are made under strict protocol in FDA-approved labs.
• It’s trusted worldwide as one of the safest forms of medicine available.

Inexpensive

• It is more cost-effective than any other form of medicine - both conventional or alternative medicine - according to a study commissioned by the government of Switzerland.
• A single remedy can treat virtually hundreds of different symptoms.
• With multiple-use dosage bottles, one vial could last for many years!

Holistic

• Individualized consultations consider every symptom and concern.
• Homeopathy is known to help human, animal, and even plant conditions.
• It aims to address deep healing on all levels for complete well-being.

Empowering

• Homeopaths educate and help people take charge of their health.
• People become more aware and present to their symptoms, health and causes of illness.
• Speedy recovery may inspire you to learn and practice more.
• The basics for first aid and acute illness are simple and easy to learn.

Hippocrates (460-370 BC) saw the root of disease as imbalance; the goal of medicine was to build a patient’s strength and correct the cause of imbalance. He saw two paths toward that goal — the way of opposites and the way of similars. Conventional medicine took the first path, homeopathy follows the way of similars; the word “homeopathy” is derived from the Greek words homeos, meaning similar, and pathos or suffering.

The ancient law of similars was first resurrected by the Swiss physician Paracelsus (1493–1541), who founded the discipline of toxicology, and his methods of healing helped form the basis of homeopathy today. Relying on the keen observation of plants, animals and minerals, he treated illness by using minuscule doses and one medicine at a time.

Dr. Samuel Hahnemann (1755–1843), was an inquisitive and research-oriented German physician who established the fundamental principles of the science and art of homeopathy. Seeking more humane ways to heal than were in practice at the time, he began studying a medicine that was by far the most effective treatment for malaria: cinchona, or “Peruvian bark” (the base substance for what eventually became known as quinine).

In his search to discover cinchona’s secret, he took several small doses of a diluted preparation of the bark, and founded the principle of “like cures like.” (More on this principle is noted in the section above on “What is Homeopathy”). Hahnemann dedicated his life to conducting meticulous experiments (that he called provings) to study the medicinal application of hundreds of substances, including plant, mineral, animal, chemical, and poisonous compounds. The documentation of these results formed the basis of the now much-expanded homeopathic Materia Medica used as a main reference by practitioners today.