Homeopathy is a complete system of medicine that treats mental, emotional and physical illness. It is holistic in its approach as it treats the whole individual, taking into account that person's mental, emotional and physical symptoms. Homeopaths believe the mind and body operate as one, and you cannot treat one part of the body without affecting the whole.
Homeopathy works on the principle known as 'The Law of Similars' or 'like cures like'. This law states that a substance that can cause a disease can also cure it. Any substance causing symptoms to appear in a healthy person can also cure the same symptoms in a sick person. This idea, which can be traced back to Hippocrates (460BC) and Aristotle (384BC) in ancient Greece, was further developed and refined by the brilliant German doctor and chemist, Samuel Hahnemann, in the 1790's.
He coined the word 'Homeopathy' from the Greek words homeo meaning 'same' and pathos meaning 'suffering', referring to the 'like cures like' principle of healing. For example, one remedy which might be used for a person suffering from insomnia is coffea, a remedy made from coffee. Coffee can cause a person to stay awake. But in a minute dose, as in a homeopathic remedy, coffea can help a person to sleep.
In 2000, the House of Lords Select Committee on Science and Technology cited homeopathy as one of the five Group One therapies having 'an individual diagnostic approach' along with osteopathy, chiropractic, herbal medicine and acupuncture. It is also recognised by the World Health Organisation as the second largest therapeutic system in use in the world.
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