Homoeopathy is based on a rule of nature called the Law of Similars. This law states that “like cures like,” or that a medicine can cure a sick person if it can cause a similar sickness in a healthy person. The homeopath regards symptoms as the body’s healthy attempt to restore itself to balance. That is why a homeopath will choose a remedy that supports the symptoms, rather than opposing them or suppressing them as in conventional medicine. 

Homoeopathy also recognizes that each person exhibits his or her disease in a unique and slightly different way. That is why two people with the same disease will not necessarily receive the same Homoeopathic remedy. A cold sufferer with a stopped up nose and dry eyes would receive a different remedy than one with a runny nose and watering eyes. Unlike the “one size fits all” approach to prescribing often used in conventional medicine, a homeopath chooses a remedy that matches the unique symptom profile of the individual. 

Conventional medicine seeks to control illness through the regular use of medications; if the medicine is withdrawn, the person’s symptoms return. For example, the daily use of drugs for asthma (or any chronic disease for that matter) alleviates the symptoms but does not cure the underlying problem. In Homoeopathy the idea is that a person needs just enough of the Homoeopathic remedy to stimulate their healing response. In other words, Homoeopathy seeks to cure a person so that they do not need any medications—Homoeopathic or otherwise.

 Homoeopathy works by leveraging the body’s power to heal itself. Think about language. When you’re spoken with in your native tongue, you understand best. Your body heals best when it’s given medicines that it recognizes as similar to what’s causing the illness. 

This idea “the principle of similars”  is the basis for Homoeopathy. Homoeopathic medicines are made in such a way that the active ingredients are very dilute. That makes Homoeopathic medicines very safe and gentle for the body.

What’s most important to understand is how Homoeopathy is different from conventional medicine. Conventional medicine defines health as a lack of symptoms. For example, if a drug dries up a runny nose and your cold is gone, you are healthy. 

The philosophy of Homoeopathy defines health as a lack of disease. Using the same example as above, if we get rid of the source of the runny nose, the body is absent of disease and you are healthly.

The white sugar pills are only carriers or vehicles of Homoeopathic medicines. Same white pills of different sizes are given to every patient. But the medicines present inside those white pills are always different for different patients. Each patient is given different medicine depending upon their disease and symptoms.

All Homoeopathic medicines are available in sweet pills, sugar free pills and in liquid form. The diabetic patients can take sugar free pills or medicines in liquid form.

Most of the Homoeopathic medicines are safe to use during pregnancy. In many cases the Homoeopathic medicines are useful for the mother and fetus. Many hereditary problems can also be cured in fetus when medicines are taken during pregnancy.

But to be on the safe side, always take Homoeopathic medicines from a Classical Homoeopathic doctor, especially during pregnancy. Don’t ever take any Homoeopathic medicine on your own. This may be dangerous for the health of both mother and fetus.

Many people turn to Homoeopathic medicines because they want to avoid surgery. In medical conditions like fistula, kidney stones, gallbladder stones, tonsillitis, warts, piles, back bone disc issues etc the only solution offered by physicians and surgeons is operation/surgery.

In Homoeopathy most of the medical conditions are treated without surgery. Homoeopathic way of treatment is very effective in cases that usually require surgical operations. If you are advised for a surgery by your physician, you must contact a Homoeopathic doctor for a second opinion.