Homeopathy’s Healing Power

Origin of Homeopathy

More often than not, homeopathy is confused with herbal medicines or naturopathy. We wanted to throw some light on this common misconception and elaborate on how homeopathy is a sophisticated system that comprises substances from the natural kingdom of plant, animal, and minerals for better healing.

The word “homeopathy” owes its origins to Greek and is made up of words: homoios meaning “similar” and pathos meaning “suffering.” Thus, the fundamental principle that homeopathy operates on is the “principle of similars,” and it points to a pattern of observations as well as experiences that a medicinal ingredient will produce a healing reaction for a particular set of symptoms or suffering when given in higher doses to the ailing person.

This simple principle of similars stimulates a healing mechanism by using our body’s wisdom from within. As symptoms are the visible actors signaling that something is wrong with our health, it therefore, makes complete sense to adopt a method of medicine that simulates the symptom creating actors rather than suppressing them. This principle of homeopathy, when used optimally, can form one of the most sophisticated healing mechanisms.

Thousands of homeopaths over a history of 200 years have painstakingly cataloged and in the modern era have computerized the biological, physiological, and psychological symptoms that patients have reported. With the advent of a computerized system, there is a sophisticated software that generates minutely individualized prescriptions to patients exhibiting those specific symptoms. Homeopathic doctors have, over decades, recorded the most wide-ranging forms of toxicological information available today. It’s important to note that these records focus on the symptoms caused by the substances and not on the dose or its quantity and frequency in which they’re caused.

Extensive toxicological studies called “drug provings” have been performed on thousands of substances. What differentiates homeopathy from other forms of medicine is that these studies and research processes are performed on humans and not animals. These experiments form a solid foundation to understand the symptoms each substance causes to our bodies.

Thus, when homeopathy doctors consult with patients, they insist on acquiring a detailed history of illness and symptoms, which helps them investigate and diagnose the right substance or ingredient found in nature that would result in similar symptoms as stated by the patient. This is where the sophisticated software system displays its expertise in mapping and providing individualized medicinal dosage to the symptoms present in the patient resulting in a perfect prescription.

Once the match has been found between the patient’s stated symptoms and the toxicology of a substance, the homeopathy doctor uses this pattern and prepares a dose of this medicine. Now, how is this dose prepared? Once the doctor has matched the symptom, it’s substance or ingredient; it is then taken in minute quantities and mixed with vast amounts of double-distilled water. Humans have known that water contains many mysterious and healing properties; therefore, using double-distilled water makes it too pure, which lets the medicinal ingredients infiltrate the water ultimately. This medicinal mixture, when stirred vigorously, forms an important step called “potentization.” Decades of homeopathic experience worldwide proves that the greater the potentization, the more effectively the medicine acts.

There is a multitude of evidence available that shows the efficacy of homeopathic treatment. On deep-dive, most conclusions arrive at a single point that homeopathy is the best form of medicinal healing available to humans today.