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Homeopathy is sometimes known as "energetic medicine" and works on the basis that, given the right catalyst, the body is able to overcome virtually any disease. If you think of our "immune system" as a car, then giving a homeopathic remedy is rather like putting a road sign into the body to energetically tell the car (our immune system) which way to go in order to get to the right destination (a return to health). See our "what can be treated" page for an indication of how versatile this method of health is.

In the eighteenth century a German doctor, Samuel Hahnemann, completed trials known as "provings" into his new medicine, Homeopathy. From these trials he observed that if the catalyst (a remedy) given is diluted and succussed (vigorously shaken) many many times, then the medicines become "energetic" and more effective. Because they don't contain material doses homeopathic remedies reduce the likelihood of unwanted effects. He called this potentisation, and modern homeopaths still use these terms.

How are remedies chosen?
The selection of a particular remedy is made according to the principle of "like cures like". A substance that can cause a disease can also relieve it, when given in a potentised form. For example, chopping onions can cause streaming eyes - a symptom similar to that experienced by certain hay fever sufferers. Therefore, onion (the remedy Allium Cepa) could be used in its diluted (potentised) form as a treatment for hay fever when streaming eyes are a problem.