What is Homeopathy?

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Homeopathy is a system of medicine consisting of minute doses of substances made from plants, minerals, and animals. You can find homeopathic medicines at your local health food store where the pellets are stored in a tube and they look like tiny white pellets which consist of a small amount of milk sugar and the substance it is made from. Samuel Hahnemann (1755-1843), was a German physician who first discovered homeopathy by ingesting cinchona bark which was the most common treatment for Malaria at the time. By ingesting this ingredient he experienced nausea, a fever, and a rapid heartbeat; the same symptoms of Malaria. This is when he realized if a healthy person ingests a substance and it causes symptoms, it can cure those same symptoms in a sick person. Hahnemann then created the first law of Homeopathy; Like cures like, or the law of similars. Homoios” in Greek means similar, “pathos” means suffering,

The easiest way to understand how homeopathy works is to compare it to cutting an onion. Most of us experience waterly burning eyes when we cut an onion. Allium Sepia is a homeopathic remedy made from red onion. If someone is experiencing red, watery burning eyes during allergy season, taking a dose of Allium Sepia can help relieve the symptoms. +

In 1840’s Homeopathy became extremely popular in thee United States.

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