What are homeopathic remedies ?

Homeopathy is a curative sciences that is based on three principles namely, Like Cures Like,Administration of Minimal Dosage, Only Implementation of a Single Remedy. It is on the basis of these principles that homoeopathy is more or less a preferred form of medicine. It is in fact stated to be the second most used system of medicine in the world after allopathic.

A homeopathic practitioner when diagnosing an ailment does not only look at the externals of the patient. It is not just about the aches or pains as experienced, but also the mental and emotional state of the patient.

Homeopathy entails the entire state of the patient, so as to find a permanent cure for the problem at hand. It is a preferred form of medicine as far as babies and mothers to be is concerned as the Homeopathic remedies depend on natural ingredients. Also this form of remedy has minimal side effects.

Allopathic is supposedly base on the need to suppress an illness. For instance, if one suffers from a rash, the allopathic doctor attempts to suppress the rash with the prescription of medicines, rather than removing it from the source. However, in the case of Homeopathy, it is based on removing the affliction completely. Another factor is that Homeopathic remedies are not addictive, unlike in the case of allopathic pills and syrups.

One of the major shortfalls of Homeopathic medication is that it sometimes entails a long process as far as treatment is concerned. Patients are known to have become impatient and discontinued their medication, mid-way into treatment. But the reason for this is that Homeopathic remedies are prescribed with the aim of scooping out the root of the ailment, which is a long process. In spite of this Homeopathic treatment is regarded as the safest form of medication all over the world.