Homoeopathy is being practiced almost all over the world. It is more popular because of its safety and gentleness ,and sweet pills of medicine . Roughly 10% of the Indian population completely depend on Homoeopathy for their Health care needs and is considered as first line Treatment in the Country.
Its evident effectiveness is being Established amongst the World, as the System takes a Holistic approach towards the sick individual through inner balance at Mental, Emotional, Spiritual and Physical levels and even pathological leval.
The word "Homoeopathy" is derived from two Greek words, Homois meaning similar and Pathos meaning suffering. Homoeopathy simply means treating diseases with remedies, prescribed in very very minute doses, Which are capable of Producing symptoms similar to the disease when taken by Healthy people. It is based on the natural law of healing- "Similia Similibus Curantur" which means "likes are cured by likes". It was given a scientific basis by Dr. Samuel Hahnemann (1755-1843), the Founder of Homoeopathy, in the early 19th century. It has been serving suffering humanity for over two centuries and has withstood the upheavals of time and has emerged as a time tested therapy, for the scientific principles propounded by Dr. Hahnemann are natural and well proven and continue to be followed with success even today.
Homoeopaths treat disease using very low dose preparations administered according to the principle that "like should be cured with like". Practitioners select a drug that would, if given to a healthy volunteer, cause the presenting symptoms of the patient. For example, the homoeopathic remedy Allium cepa is derived from the common onion. Contact with raw onions typically causes Lachrymation, Stinging and Irritation around the eyes and nose, and clear nasal discharge. Allium cepa might be prescribed to patients with hay fever, especially if both nose and eyes are affected.
Other common homoeopathic medicines include those made from plants such as Belladonna, Arnica, and Chamomilla; minerals such as Mercury and Sulphur; animal products such as Sepia (squid ink) and Lachesis (snake venom); and, more rarely, biochemical substances such as Histamine or Human growth factor. The remedies are prepared by a process of serial dilution and succussion (vigorous shaking). The more times this process of dilution and succussion is performed, the greater the "potency" of the remedy.
Prescribing strategies in homoeopathy vary considerably. In what is often termed "classical" homoeopathy, Practitioners attempt to identify the single medicine that corresponds to a patient's general "constitution"-a complex picture incorporating current illness, medical history, personality, and behaviour. Two patients with identical conventional diagnoses may receive very different homoeopathic medicines.
It is well known that many homoeopathic medicines are ultramolecular-that is, they are diluted to such a degree that not even a single molecule of the original solute is likely to be present. As drug actions are conventionally understood in biochemical terms, Homoeopathy presents an enormous intellectual challenge, if not a complete impasse. Many scientists have suggested that the clinical effects of homoeopathic medicines are solely due to the placebo effect. However, there have been rigorous, replicated, double blind, randomised trials showing significant differences between homoeopathic medicines and placebos. Since more than 200 years, Homoeopathy is showing exclusive results in many types of Chronic as well as Acute Diseases.
The Main base of Action of Homoeopathic medicines is at very Dynamic level. As stated above, Homoeopahty works on "LIKE CURES LIKE" principle, the detailed history of every Individual patient is taken & his/her pattern is analysed. Then the Homoeopath selects the Homoeopathic Medicine having similar Pattern to that of Patient's one. This is called Individualistic approach. Thus selected Homoeopahtic Medicine will induce the curative action in the Patient. During Gradual follow Ups, patient may require another Homoeopathic medicine depeding upon his/ her pattern at a given moment.
