A school of medicine midway between Allopathy and Christian Science. To the last both the others are distinctly inferior, for Christian Science will cure imaginary diseases, and they can not.
This holistic approach is based on the principle that ?like cures like?. The homeopath uses minute amounts of diluted substances to treat a wide range of medical conditions. The patient?s personality as well as his symptoms is assessed by the homeopathic doctor before prescribing a homeopathic remedy.
a method of treating disease with small amounts of remedies that, in large amounts in healthy people, produce symptoms similar to those being treated
a complete system of medicine for people suffering from all kinds of illnesses, from depression to arthritis, migraine to ulcers
a Natural tool for dealing with ill-health brought on by amongst other triggers chemical exposure
A therapy based on the theory of treating like with like. Homoeopathic remedies use highly diluted substances that if given in higher doses to a healthy person would produce the symptoms that the dilutions are being given to treat. In assessing the patient homoeopaths often take into account a range of physical, emotional and lifestyle factors which contribute to the diagnosis.
Black's medical dictionary, G Macpherson ed; 38th ed A system of medicine based on the theory that diseases are curable by drugs which produce effects on the body similar to symptoms caused by the disease. In administering drugs, the theory is also held that their effect if increased by giving them in minute doses obtained by substantially diluting them.
A complementary therapy based on giving patients very dilute amounts of a substance that, in larger amounts, would produce similar symptoms to the illness being treated.
system of medicine based on the concept that disease can be treated with minute doses of drugs (usually plant and mineral in nature) capable of producing the same symptoms in healthy people as the disease itself