Homeopathy: Medicine for the 21st Century

Homeopathy's Basic Principle: The Law of Similars

It is common knowledge that every plant, mineral and chemical can cause in overdose its own unique set of physical, emotional, and mental symptoms. It is also recognized that individuals when will, have their own idiosyncratic physical, emotional and mental symptom patterns, even when they have the same disease. Homeopathic medicine is a natural pharmaceutical science in which a practitioner seeks to find a substance that would cause in overdose similar symptoms to those a sick person is experiencing. When the match is made, that substance then is given in very small, safe doses, often with dramatic effects.

Homeopaths define the underlying principle for this matching process as the "law of similars." The "law" is not unknown to conventional medicine. Immunizations are based on the principle of similars. Modern allergy treatment utilizes the homeopathic approach by the use of small doses of allergens in order to create an antibody response.

The science and art of homeopathy embody what many people envision as a 21st-century medicine. Homeopathy is a medical approach that respects the wisdom of the body.  It is an approach that utilizes medicines that stimulate the body's own immune and defense systems to initiate the healing process. It is an approach that individualizes medicines according to the totality of the person's physical, emotional and mental symptoms. It is an approach that is widely recognized to be sage. And it is an approach that can be potentially very effective in treating the new types of diseases that are afflicting us now and will affect us in the 21st century.

Throughout the world, homeopathic medicine is the subject of ground-breaking research.  With each experiment the effectiveness of this medicine is better understood.  The international scientific community is increasingly interested in this research, which is regularly published in official scientific journals.

There are more than 2,000 homeopathic medicines.  They look the same as any other medicines, although they are totally different in their preparation and action.

They are usually presented in the form of tablets, granules or liquids, all prepared in modern laboratories in scientific conditions to the highest quality standards.  They are prepared form the pure, natural animal, vegetable or mineral substances that are listed in the Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia of the United States and in the European Pharmacopoeia.

The granules and tablets are formulated to be sweet tasting and generally dissolve easily.  This is to encourage the delivery of the medication sub-lingually, which means under the tongue or also through the inside cheek.  The sub-lingual dosing allows for the delivery of the remedy directly to the blood stream as opposed to the indirect route of an orally dosed medicine which must be dissolved in the contents of the gastro-intestinal tract, absorbed, survive breakdown by the liver and then transported to the site of action.    

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