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The history of this complementary therapy goes back into ancient times, and the great medical practitioner Hippocrates was the first to record the idea that “like cures like”. These basic ideas were touched on and improved over the centuries, but it was Dr Samuel Hahnemann (1755-1843) who took these ideas and brilliantly transformed them into the homeopathy that we know today. His groundbreaking research was the centre of his life. In line with the holistic approach to medication, his ideas on health, hygiene and fitness were far ahead of their time.

He had incredibly successful results in treating cholera in humans, with death rates under 20%, compared to the more usual 50% mortality rate. Many other homeopaths built on his research and by the mid 19th century homeopathy was well established.

Today’s modern medicine is proving to be less and less effective, and drug toxicity has become a much greater problem than it was originally thought to be. Homeopathy survived, and the modern disenchantment with medical drugs is leading to its resurgence, both in the treatment of humans and animals.

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Through research, many substances when administered to healthy individuals, produce symptoms similar to those experienced by sick ones and thus illnesses could be cured by using small, specially prepared doses of these substances, as long as they were prescribed on the basis of similarity of symptoms.

Homeopathic medicines are derived from many sources, including plant, animal, mineral and microbiological sources. Usually in the form of liquid or small tablets, they are prepared following strict homeopathic pharmaceutical guidelines. A single dose or, more often, a series of doses of the medicine may be given. Usually the longer the complaint has been present, the longer the treatment will take to heal it. Sometimes there is an immediate improvement, but at other times the symptoms may actually get worse before they get better. The benefit of homeopathy is that there is no risk of toxic side effects, because the ingredients in the medicines are so diluted.

People often find it hard to believe that a remedy can be effective when it is diluted to a degree where sometimes only a single active molecule, or parts of the active molecule, remain. However there is an increasing body of scientific research that shows that these dilutions are extremely effective.

Although finding the correct remedy to treat a certain condition is important, often a closely related substitute will also be effective. Homeopathy is very forgiving and generous in this regard, which is why it has been effective even during times when there was hardly any training or information available on the subject.*

*Extracts from J Mackenzies’ article, SAH, Oct 05