The Origin of Homeopathy
200 years ago a German doctor, Samuel Hahnemann, came upon the principle of homeopathy by accident. Hahnemann found that if he gave the patient a much diluted remedy made from a substance that could cause the symptoms a patient was suffering from, he could cure those very same symptoms.
Homeopathy is based on the core principle that ‘like cures like’ i.e. a substance which can cause symptoms if taken in large doses, can be used in minute doses to treat similar symptoms. The idea that a substance can be damaging in large amounts, but beneficial in small amounts is not new to science, in fact this concept (‘hormesis’) has been around for decades and is increasingly well documented in such fields as biology and toxicology.
Hahnemann’s discoveries were a turning point in the history of medicine and since then homeopathy has proved itself a safe and highly effective therapy, to the point where today 450 million people around the world use homeopathy as their principle form of medicine.
Homeopathy has been shown to work on babies and animals, there are numerous published scientific trials have demonstrated its beneficial effects. (see Homeopathy Research Institute).
There are a number of publications on the life and work of Samuel Hahnemann, including: A Homeopathic Love Story, The story of Samuel and Melanie Hahnemann and Organon of the Medical Art
