About homeopathy
Homeopathy is a system of medicine that treats the whole person. A brilliant German doctor, Samuel Hahnemann, devised it nearly two hundred years ago after becoming disenchanted with the medical practices of the time; these were often ineffectual, brutal and did not treat the individual.
The word ‘homeopathy’ comes from the Greek: hómoios (ὅμοιος) 'like' and páthos (πάθος) 'suffering' - together meaning 'same suffering'. A homeopathic remedy is one that produces and works with the same symptoms the patient has be it mental, emotional or physical. Homeopathy recognises that our body is not divided into physical, mental or emotional states: they are all interconnected, each affecting the other. A basic principle of homeopathy is ‘like cures like’ - the homeopathic remedy can stimulate the body to gently heal itself, allowing our body’s innate intelligence to achieve homeostatic balance.
A homeopath will treat the individual and not the disease; a prescribed remedy will therefore be just that, individual, for the patient. No two patients will be prescribed the same remedy for the same named disease, i.e. asthma.
The ancient Greek physician Hippocrates (460-377BC), generally considered to be the 'father' of medicine, said: 'It is more important to know what sort of person has a disease than to know what sort of disease a person has'.
The word ‘homeopathy’ comes from the Greek: hómoios (ὅμοιος) 'like' and páthos (πάθος) 'suffering' - together meaning 'same suffering'. A homeopathic remedy is one that produces and works with the same symptoms the patient has be it mental, emotional or physical. Homeopathy recognises that our body is not divided into physical, mental or emotional states: they are all interconnected, each affecting the other. A basic principle of homeopathy is ‘like cures like’ - the homeopathic remedy can stimulate the body to gently heal itself, allowing our body’s innate intelligence to achieve homeostatic balance.
A homeopath will treat the individual and not the disease; a prescribed remedy will therefore be just that, individual, for the patient. No two patients will be prescribed the same remedy for the same named disease, i.e. asthma.
The ancient Greek physician Hippocrates (460-377BC), generally considered to be the 'father' of medicine, said: 'It is more important to know what sort of person has a disease than to know what sort of disease a person has'.