What are Homeopathics?
Homeopathic remedies (also called homeopathics) are a system
of medicine based on three principles:
- Like cures like
For example, if the symptoms of your cold are similar to poisoning
by mercury, then mercury would be your homeopathic remedy.
- Minimal Dose
The remedy is taken in an extremely dilute form; normally
one part of the remedy to around 1,000,000,000,000 parts of
water.
- The Single Remedy
No matter how many symptoms are experienced, only one
remedy is taken, and that remedy will be aimed at all those
symptoms.
Similar principals forms the basis of conventional allergy
treatment, where the allergic substance is given in a small
dose, and in vaccines where an impotent form of the virus is
given to bolster the immune system against that particular virus.
Why use Homeopathics?
Homeopathy is the second most widely used system of medicine
in the world. Its growth in popularity in the United States
has been around 25 to 50 percent a year throughout the last
decade.
This success is fueled by several factors:
- Homeopathy is extremely effective. When the correct remedy
is taken, results can be rapid, complete and permanent.
- Homeopathy is completely safe. Even babies and pregnant
women can use Homeopathy without the danger of side effects.
Homeopathic remedies can also be taken alongside other medication
without producing unwanted side effects.
- Homeopathy is natural. Homeopathic remedies are normally
based on natural ingredients.
- Homeopathy works in harmony with your immune system, unlike
some conventional medicines which suppress the immune system.
(For example, cough medicines suppress the cough reflex, which
is your body's attempt to clear the lungs)
- Homeopathic remedies are not addictive - once relief is
felt, you should stop taking them. If no relief is felt, you
are probably taking the wrong homeopathic remedy.
- Homeopathy is holistic. It treats all the symptoms as one,
which in practical terms means that it addresses the cause,
not the symptoms. This often means that symptoms tackled with
Homeopathy do not recur.