Andrea Wolahan Homeopathy

What is Homeopathy?

The word homeopathy comes from the Greek words homoeo meaning similar and pathos meaning suffering; the classical spelling of the word is homoeopathy, but this is less widely used today.

Homeopathy, as a science and art, was founded in Germany by Samuel Hahnemann at the end of the 18th Century. It follows the "Law of Similars": a substance that would produce certain symptoms in a healthy individual can be used to cure those same symptoms in a sick individual, "Like Cures Like".

Homeopathic remedies are made from plants, minerals and other natural substances and are used in a highly diluted form. They do not have side effects and can be safely used by young children, the elderly, pregnant and breastfeeding women.

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What conditions are commonly brought to a homeopath?

Homeopathy treats the whole person, not just the disease. Disease is understood by a homeopath to be the manifestation of imbalance in the individual. Homeopathy works to restore that imbalance in the patient, as a result the list of ailments that can be helped with homeopathy is endless.

Typical ailments that bring people to homeopathy are: