What Is The Theory Behind Homeopathy?
Today there are estimated to be more than 100,000 practitioners of homeopathy worldwide, treating an estimated 500 million patients.
Something that has grown during recent years into a multi-billion dollar industry.
However; some people still claim that these natural forms of medicines do not work, although they has been around for the last couple of hundred years or so.
Created by Samuel Hahnemann in 1796, homeopathy works on the theory that like cures like.
That is to say, if a substance that causes the symptoms of a disease in a healthy person, must also cure similar symptoms in a sick person.
Although at first sight this may not make sense, it does actually have some logic to it.
Homeopathy is considered to be a type of Pseudoscience, where it is presented as being scientific, although it does not adhere to any specific or valid scientific method.
It's methods are therefore considered to be unconventional as they do not agree with modern-day scientific understandings, and where people have experienced some form of benefit after its use.
Samuel Hahnemann believed that the underlying cause of most diseases was in fact just a phenomena (an observable occurrence that is not understood by appearances or experiences) and something that could easily be addressed with the use of simple homeopathic remedies.
Remedies are made from animal & plant extracts, and minerals that are repeatedly diluted (while being dissolved until there is nothing left other than memories which are believed to interact with the body to cure illness) in 90% pure alcohol, 10% distilled water and then forcefully struck on an elastic body (the collision between two objects where momentary deformations occur, although the kinetic energy [energy of motion] is conserved) which is believed to release the essence, or healing life-force of the extract.
An example of an elastic body would be when two billiard balls come into contact with each other on the table, a momentary deformation occurs, although the balls revert to their original shape after-wards.
A similar action may be applied to the workings of a spring, where although it stretches, it quickly reverts back to its original form.
Remedies are selected by the consultation of reference books known to Homeopathy's (practitioners) as repertories, where the patients symptoms are considered in their totality to form a diagnosis, for example: personality traits (distinguishing characteristics or qualities, especially of one's personal nature), physical and psychological state, and life history.
As the understandings of homeopathy cannot be scientifically explained, it is by many considered to be utter nonsense; however, to the many that have actually been treated and cured by homeopathy medicines, a different tale may be told.
Whether or not the power of belief also has something to do with the way homeopathy works (the mind can actually do amazing things when applied correctly), what is important to mention, is that homeopathy has actually worked for the many of thousands who have used it, and that is something that history has shown us.
Something that has grown during recent years into a multi-billion dollar industry.
However; some people still claim that these natural forms of medicines do not work, although they has been around for the last couple of hundred years or so.
Created by Samuel Hahnemann in 1796, homeopathy works on the theory that like cures like.
That is to say, if a substance that causes the symptoms of a disease in a healthy person, must also cure similar symptoms in a sick person.
Although at first sight this may not make sense, it does actually have some logic to it.
Homeopathy is considered to be a type of Pseudoscience, where it is presented as being scientific, although it does not adhere to any specific or valid scientific method.
It's methods are therefore considered to be unconventional as they do not agree with modern-day scientific understandings, and where people have experienced some form of benefit after its use.
Samuel Hahnemann believed that the underlying cause of most diseases was in fact just a phenomena (an observable occurrence that is not understood by appearances or experiences) and something that could easily be addressed with the use of simple homeopathic remedies.
Remedies are made from animal & plant extracts, and minerals that are repeatedly diluted (while being dissolved until there is nothing left other than memories which are believed to interact with the body to cure illness) in 90% pure alcohol, 10% distilled water and then forcefully struck on an elastic body (the collision between two objects where momentary deformations occur, although the kinetic energy [energy of motion] is conserved) which is believed to release the essence, or healing life-force of the extract.
An example of an elastic body would be when two billiard balls come into contact with each other on the table, a momentary deformation occurs, although the balls revert to their original shape after-wards.
A similar action may be applied to the workings of a spring, where although it stretches, it quickly reverts back to its original form.
Remedies are selected by the consultation of reference books known to Homeopathy's (practitioners) as repertories, where the patients symptoms are considered in their totality to form a diagnosis, for example: personality traits (distinguishing characteristics or qualities, especially of one's personal nature), physical and psychological state, and life history.
As the understandings of homeopathy cannot be scientifically explained, it is by many considered to be utter nonsense; however, to the many that have actually been treated and cured by homeopathy medicines, a different tale may be told.
Whether or not the power of belief also has something to do with the way homeopathy works (the mind can actually do amazing things when applied correctly), what is important to mention, is that homeopathy has actually worked for the many of thousands who have used it, and that is something that history has shown us.
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