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Homeopathy is a scientific method of medical treatment based on the principle of stimulating the immune system and one's own healing processes in order to achieve cure. Dr. Samuel Hahnemann, a German physician, devised the system in 1796 over 200 years ago. Homeopathy's astounding success rate for both chronic and acute diseases has resulted not only in standing the test of time, but also achieving exceptionally widespread acceptance throughout Europe, India, and South America and currently stands as the second most widely used form of medicine in the world.
The recent explosion of "holistic" therapies is a rejuvenation of an ancient concept of health and disease. Each of us is a total, complete individual, no aspect of which can be separated from any other. Any valid therapy must be based on a deep understanding of the person as a unique whole.
Homeopathy recognizes that the body has its own mechanisms for healing. These healing mechanisms include the chemical, physiological and subtle processes that have been so well illuminated by modern science. Homeopathy begins with the assumption that every individual is fundamentally a mystery, but there are identifiable laws of cure that must always be followed. To include both the knowable and the unknowable in this understanding, the term "vital force" is used to describe the dynamic energy of the organism that animates everything we call life. It is this vital force that Homeopathic remedies stimulate.
Symptoms are a sign of the vital force working to heal. This is a fundamental concept that must be understood by all patients and practitioners of natural therapies. The task of the practitioner is to gather as much information as possible about the totality of symptoms, physical and mental, in order to understand all the ways in which the vital force is already acting. In Homeopathy, remedies are based solely on symptoms presented both verbally and physically by the patient.
Homeopathic remedies are prepared from over 2000 mineral, plant and animal sources and are based on the totality and uniqueness of the individual patient, not on the type of disease. The task of the Homeopath is to match the total picture of symptoms with the remedy that will most effectively resonate with the vital force of the patient. It is this powerfully stimulated vital force, which then produces the cure for the diseased state. It is through the use of Homeopathy that we strive to attain a greater level of health and happiness.
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