Saturday, July 21, 2007

Alternative Medicine - The west finally believes!

Homeopathy, or homeopathic medicine founded in the late 1700's by Samuel Hahnemann, is a holistic system of treatment based on the principle that "like cures like". The system is based on the idea that substances that produce symptoms of sickness in healthy people will have a curative effect when given in very dilute quantities to sick people who exhibit those same symptoms. Homeopathic remedies and holistic remedies are believed to stimulate the body's immune system and own healing processes. Homeopaths use the term "different than disease," to describe the use of drugs used in conventional medicine to oppose or counteract the symptom being treated. Homeopathic physicians seek to cure their patients on the physical, mental and emotional levels, and each treat View the rest of this article


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