There are many benefits of Homeopathy. Homeopathy is the 2nd largest healthcare
system in the world and increasingly recognise the benefits of a holistic approach to
care, where the practitioner views them as a whole, rather than a clinical condition or
a set of symptoms and takes the time to listen. From a holistic perspective, the
patient is considered as unique, requiring individual assessment and treatment. As
an integrated entity, including the physical, mental, emotional, spiritual, social and
any other aspects of the total person. Individuals are seen as living systems that are
self-healing, self-renewing, homeostatic and adaptive. Health is not merely the
absence of disease/illness, but the ability of a system, e.g. cell, organism, family,
society to respond adaptively to a wide range of environmental challenges. Disease
is considered as a result of an off-balance state of the whole individual (mind and
body) rather than a local disturbance.
Homeopathy looks beyond the labels of disease to cure their causes rather than
merely their symptoms and it stimulates the body’s own natural healing powers to
bring health, vitality and well-being. It does not treat superficially by just driving away
the symptoms but heals the patient from within. It uses medicines that cover the
disturbance of the whole person rather than giving different medicines for different
afflicted parts of the body. Patients often report improvement in overall energy, mood,
quality of sleep, and digestion, and the disappearance of other symptoms apparently
unrelated to the condition being treated with Homeopathy.
Homeopathic practitioners relate individual patterns of responding to environmental
influences, infectious agents and potential stressors to specific Homeopathic
medicines that can remedy these susceptibility patterns. Skilled Homeopathic
prescribing requires that the characteristics of the chosen medicine should be as
similar as possible to the characteristics of the illness in the patient. The more
detailed the understanding of the symptom nuances of the patient, the more
accurate the prescription. Thus, Homeopathy is highly individualised and based upon
a holistic assessment. As well as the patient’s actual complaint and conventional
diagnosis, the following factors may play an important part in medicine selection,
especially in chronic disease: the patient’s constitution, emotional and mental make-
up, the way the patient responds to physical, emotional and mental influences/stress
in his/her life, the patient’s personality, temperament, genetic predispositions and any
strong family history of particular diseases.
