HOMEOPATHY

As one of the more controversial practices of alternative medicine,
homeopathy may be getting a bad rep because its methodology isn't quite
understood.

Homeopathy began in the late 18th century through the research and trials of
a German physician named Samuel Hahnemann.

By taking the idea of symptoms and finding ingredients that caused these
symptoms and diluting them into alcohol. In doing so, it is thought that your
body could react favorably to the diluted form of the ingredients, which would
build up an immune response in your body.

This caused you to not only get rid of the symptoms that you were
experiencing, but you could also build up a tolerance to the intruder.

The benefits of homeopathy include:
• Simple to take
• Low risk of side effects
• No drug interactions
• Widespread availability
• Low cost

The dilution point of these substances and remedies is so low – millionths of
the original amount of the substance in some cases.
In taking in these ingredients, you are stimulating a response from your body
and helping your body heal itself.

Homeopathy is also known as the law of similars. Hahnemann actually
figured out the concept of homeopathy by noticing that some people who
took medications for certain diseases, but who were healthy when they took
the medication, experienced the same symptoms as though they had the
disease in the first place.

Knowing this, he recognized the possibility that by causing symptoms in
people (or at least in small amounts) would actually help to treat disease as
that's what the standard forms of medication would do anyway.
But understandably, many people do not believe that this could actually
work.

And many people still don't believe these remedies can work.
Helpful substances in such small amounts could not actually do any good or
bad to the body, it is often thought. And many studies are backing this up,
noting that homeopathic remedies seem to use the placebo effect more than
they actually stimulate any healing response.

Whether or not this is actually the case is still being studied. People have
been used homeopathic remedies for many decades and continue to do so
today, so it's likely that they are able to help some patients.

Flower remedies, for example, are homeopathic type remedies that use
flowers that have been soaked in water and then diluted to miniscule
amounts. Useful for everything from anxiety to headaches, these remedies
are found on retail store shelves and are still in hot demand.

Homeopathy is actually more popular in Europe, as that's where it originated.
Schools in homeopathy educated new homeopaths each year and practices
begin with these remedies as the sole source of treatment.

It's interesting to note that Hahnemann himself was the main subject in the
trials for the practice of homeopathy. Since he needed to find out which
substances caused certain symptoms, he needed to ingest a variety of items
until he found the symptoms that he was trying to cure with his formulas.
When you first talk to a homeopath, you will be asked about your medical
history – both present and past – as well as your current habits and
concerns. This will help the homeopath narrow down the symptoms that
might be most concerning and will help the practitioner choose the right
formula.

Formulas now come with the name of the main ingredient on the bottle, but
also the symptoms they address, making it simple for anyone to choose the
proper formula for their concerns.

The ingredients in homeopathic remedies include natural animal, plant, and
minerals as well as other synthetic substances.

To take these homeopathic medications, you simply place the prescribed
number of pellets or the number of drops underneath your tongue. You
should not eat or drink anything for about thirty minutes after letting these
solutions dissolve there