Homeopathy by Barbara Rayska Antisdel
What is Homeopathy?

Homeopathy is a healing art and science that is safe, gentle and effective
with over 200 years of clinical experience.  Homeopathic medicine uses
extremely small doses of substances prepared in a special way to re-vitalize
a person's health.  The choice of the medicine, referred to as a "remedy",
is individualized for each patient according to the symptoms and characteristics of that patient. In
true homeopathy it is possible for several persons with the same diagnosis to each receive a
different remedy. So homeopathic treatment is not "one size fits all". Furthermore, it is even
possible for a patient with an undiagnosable problem to receive effective treatment. When used
correctly, homeopathic healing is gentle and long lasting, because the remedies work with the
body's symptoms and other defense mechanisms instead of against them.  

In the early 1800's Samuel Hahnemann, a German-speaking medical doctor, first systematized
contemporary homeopathy.  He found that if he prescribed holistically-not just for the patient's
main complaint(s)--that the patient would experience a deeper healing.  In some cases even
life-threatening and "incurable" diseases have been cured without the usual side effects. So still
today a homeopath treats each person as an individual and as a whole, taking into
consideration all of who s/he is and all of the person's history not just the person's chief
complaint. Homeopathy is a method of treatment available to lay persons for acute self-care, as
well as a medical specialty prescribed by licensed practitioners.  Homeopathic remedies are
FDA approved.

If you are interested in learning more about the principles and the practice of homeopathy, you
may read an excellent introduction: Homeopathy:  Beyond Flat Earth Medicine by Timothy
Dooley, MD, ND. This brief book is available for FREE for reading or downloading from his
website www.beyondflatearth.com   

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