Homeopathy
From the Greek words-homoios, meaning similar, and pathos, meaning
suffering. Definition is like cures like. The word was first coined by
Samuel Hahnemann, the founder of modern homeopathy.
Homeopathy differs from conventional, or allopathic medicine, in that
it works with the body's natural defenses and doesn't seek to suppress
symptoms, but to treat root causes. The amount of a homeopathic
medicine needed is incredibly small, yet enables the body to rebalance
in a short amount of time.
A system of
medical treatment started by a German physician, Samuel Hahnemann
(1755-1843 A.D.) homoeopathy is based on the premise that the symptoms
of a disease are evidence of a curative process going on in the body
in response to the disease. The homoeopathic physician attempts to
promote the further development of these systems in order to science
developed primarily in Europe and not having its roots embedded in
tradition and history, it has over the years, become an integral part
of the Indian way of life. Partly due to its remarkable healing
capacity and partly to the low cost of medicines involved, it is
widely used by a large segment of the Indian population.
Indian
homoeopaths have contributed to its growth by developing and adding
many medicines and drugs based on their study of other prevalent
systems of medicine in the country. "Similia similibus curantur"-"Like
cures like" - is the guiding principle of homoeopathy. In practice
this means that a drug which is capable of producing a certain set of
symptoms in a healthy body when taken in large physiological doses,
will relieve or 'cure' a similar set of symptoms in the diseased
organism when it is given in small homoeopathic doess. True
homoeopathic medicines in high potency doses are so highly refined
that they cannot possibly prduce harmful results or suppress nature's
cleaning and healing efforts.
Every acute disease is the result of a cleaning and healing effort by
nature. Giving a remedy which produces the same or similar symptoms in
the system, aids Nature in her attempts to overcome the abnormal
conditions; thus accelerating and hastening the curative process. If
the remedy is well chosen, the very first homoeopathic aggravation
will be followed by speedy readjustment.
Allopathy
