What Is Homeopathy?
Homeopathy is a gentle system of natural medicine used for over 200 years that uses very small doses of plant, mineral, or other natural substances to stimulate the body's innate and natural ability to heal itself. According to the World Health Organization, it is the second largest system of medicine in the world, currently used by an estimated 400 million people worldwide.
The Basic Idea
Homeopathy matches a remedy to the way your symptoms actually show up — not just the name of the illness. Although you might take an aspirin for any type of headache with allopathic medicine, in homeopathy, a sinus headache uses a different remedy than a fever headache, which uses a different remedy than a migraine headache. But when simple everyday language is used, anyone can tell the difference between them, making homeopathy easy to use for everyone.
Unlike conventional, or allopathic medicine, which uses strong drug doses or physical interventions for force a response from the body, homeopathy uses tiny doses to gently stimulate the body's natural healing response. A substance that could cause certain symptoms in large amounts is used in a tiny, prepared dose like a road map to help the body recognize and resolve those same symptoms naturally. This is often described as "like cures like."
What a Remedy Looks Like
Most remedies come as small white sugar pellets that dissolve slowly in your mouth. Some come as liquids or tablets. They taste faintly sweet and children and adults alike usually take them happily without needing to disguise or swallow them whole.
Labels show a name and a potency, such as Arnica Montana 30C. The (often strange and lengthy) name is simply the substance's name in Latin; the number and letter describe how much it has been diluted from its original material.
Why People Choose It
Homeopathy is gentle, safe, affordable, easy to use at home, and capable of extraordinary results. Due to their extreme dilution in the preparation process, remedies are non-toxic, don't build up in the body, don't force change unnaturally on the body in any way, and can be used alongside most other care. Due to the natural substances they are made from, they are non-patentable, which means they remain very affordable and inexpensive.
Homeopathy is a wonderful tool for assisting deep healing, but should not be used a replacement for emergency or professional medical care in life-threatening situations. Use it as a home resource, and see a healthcare professional of your choosing for anything serious, worsening, or persistent.