Homoeopathy is a system of treatment originally developed by Dr
Samuel Hahnemann (1755 - 1843), a German physician. The
principle of homoeopathic treatment is based upon “letting likes
cure likes” or the belief that substances that produce symptoms
in a healthy person may be used to treat similar symptoms in a
sick person. Homoeopaths believe homoeopathic treatments boost
the immune system and stimulate the body’s ability to fight
infection. Homoeopathic treatment aims to treat the whole person
and endeavours to take account of personality, emotional,
lifestyle and hereditary characteristics of each person.
Homoeopathic remedies, consisting of plants, minerals and animal
extracts, and are recommended specifically for each individual
and because each person and their traits will be different, the
same symptoms presenting in two different patients would be
treated with an entirely different homoeopathic remedy. Some
homoeopathic remedies and treatments are recognised by the World
Health Organisation as a valid