Homeopathic Approach
Homeopathy differs from mostly practiced conventional systems in its approach. According to the “organon of medicine” which explains the basics of homeopathy, the medicines are selected individually based on mind , intellect , physicals , habits, the personal history , history of diseases , family history etc.
Homeopathy can select medicine only by individualization and we call it the “constitution of the patient”. This individualization makes homeopathy superior to many known systems of medicines.
Basic Principle
- Homeopathy treats on the basis of the principle similia similibus curantur (like cures like) in which a medicine’s disease causing power is utilised to cure the diseases of similar nature.
Minimum Dose
- Homeopathy uses minimum amount of medicine by diluting the crude medicinal substance through the method of potentisation, thereby reducing its concentration to infinitesimally small amount, at the same time arousing the dynamic medicinal properties in it.
- The dynamic amount in the medicine acts on the body in a dynamic way with minimal or no side effects.
Sources
- The homeopathic medicines are prepared from a wide range of natural sources as follows:
- 1. Mineral Kingdom : Example: Gold, Silver, and Copper etc, and their salts.
- 2. Vegetable Kingdom: Example: Aconite, Belladonna etc
- 3. Aninal Kingdom : Example: Apis Mellifica , Lachesis etc
- 4. The Nosodes : Example: Influenzinum Morbillinum etc
- 5. Sarcodes : Example: Thyroidinum, Cholesterinum etc
- 6. Imponberabila : Example : Magnet, X-ray etc
Preparation
- Homeopathic medicines are prepared in a specific way known as potentisation which involves the process of Trituration and succession of medicines which are the two important steps of manufacturing homeopathic medicines, which bring out the dynamic disease curing property of the medicines.
Holistic Medicine
- Homeopathy is based on the principle of Symptom Similarity in which the totality of symptoms of the patient is considered for the selection of the medicine. The medicine thus selected for the individual case, is administered in the minimum dose required.
- So it is capable of treating all known diseases and can be referred to as a Holistic Medicine.
