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Classical Homoeopathy, a science founded over 200 years ago by German chemist and physician, Samuel Hahnemann, is an "energetic" alternative therapy based on the belief that disease can be cured by strengthening the body's defence mechanism with substances carefully selected for their energy-giving properties.

Classical Homoeopathy is one of the few therapies that has the capacity to address disease on the plane where it originates. Both the illness and the body's defence mechanism originate on what is called the dynamic plane, and homoeopathic medicine directs itself to this plane, aiming to change the imbalance in the body's energy levels which lie at the root of disease.

Homoeopathy is based on the Law of Similars, the idea that a substance which can produce symptoms in a healthy person can likewise cure these same symptoms in an ill one. "Like cures like" is its motto.

To achieve a cure, the Classical Homoeopath matches the symptom picture of an ill patient to the symptom picture of a homoeopathic remedy that has been determined through controlled and extensive testing or "provings" on Healthy, human subjects.

The 'likes cures likes" approach of Classical Homoeopathy is contrary to that of "allopathic" or conventional medicine which works in opposites, suppressing symptoms.

Homoeopathy views symptoms as the attempt of the body's "vital force" or guiding energy to make its imbalance (the root of the illness) known. It does not see the symptoms as the actual disease but looks upon them merely as signs of a problem in the patient's energy force. In this way it once again differs from conventional medicine which diagnoses the symptoms as the illness.

Classical Homoeopathy interprets the "totality" of these symptoms and addresses the physical, emotional/psychic, and mental/spiritual aspects of an individual as interrelated and inseparable, and selects the single remedy most similar to the imbalance exhibited through the symptomology. In doing so, Homoeopathy addresses the cures and the underlying cause.

From the standpoint of Homoeopathy, the name of the syndrome or illness is of no importance. Homoeopathy, for example, does not treat "migraines" or "chronic fatigue" or "arthritis"; it treats the individual. The homoeopathic approach recognizes that no two patients are alike regardless of the similarities in symptoms. Each case is unique.

Allopathy depends on knowing the cause of the illness and on being able to cure the cause. Homoeopathy does not need to know the name of the disease, or the name of the virus, bacteria, etc. that causes the disease, or how to intervene with that virus. All homoeopathy needs to know is what the individual's body, in its intelligence, is attempting to do to expel the problem and cure the illness.

Homoeopathy understands that the body is doing the right thing but that when it is faced with a chronic condition, it needs assistance.

The essence of Homoeopathy is to stimulate the body's own vital force to produce a cure. Homoeopathic remedies help the body to do what it is already doing. Homoeopathy bypasses the allopathic diagnosis, preceding directly to the cure.

The homoeopath bases his/her prescription on the "totality of the symptoms" which is determined during a consultation of approximately 1½ hours.

The homoeopath must learn all he/she can about the patient including his/her immediate condition; likes and dislikes with respect to weather, food, etc.; fear; emotions; personality and idiosyncrasies; and the factors and conditions that make the patient feel better or worse.

Based upon this information, a single remedy is given and the patient is seen again in 4-6 weeks. Follow-up monthly consultations range from 30 minutes to one hour.

Classical Homoeopathy is a pure science. It is important to choose your Classical Homoeopath carefully. Your practitioner should be thoroughly trained and practice homoeopathy exclusively. Remember Classical Homoeopathy is a specialized form of treatment

	The remedy
	The single remedy
	The minimum dose
	The laws of cure

Classical homeopathy is very much a spiritual form of medicine. For more information about this dimension of the science, please visit "Spiritual Medicine" at www.asabovesobelow.org.