Homeopathy is truly a holistic medicine. It treats the whole Client in its totality of symptoms, not just the disease. It strives to arrive at a single, similar remedy for the Client.

Historical Background

Based on the principle that “like cures like” Homeopathy emerged with brilliant health outcomes. It was established as a science by Samuel Hahnemann, a German MD (1755-1843), whose insight, experience and provings created a revolution in healthcare.

Despite the exceptional results in individual and epidemic cures, objections to Homeopathy were mounted by the allopathic community. The rejections were fueled by the criticism brought by Hahnemann to the conventional methods, by the difficulty of practice – since each Client had to be individually treated, the resultant monetary inefficiency and the doubt about the effectiveness of the minute doses of remedies.

In 1820 Homeopathy came to America. In 1844 the first professional association was formed as the American Institute of Homeopathy. This organization survives to this day.

However, in 1846 the allopathic doctors formed the American Medical Association. Despite the efforts of the AMA to discredit the homeopathic profession at the turn of the century one of four physicians in America was a homeopath. There were homeopathic medical schools, hospitals, journals, manufacturers, pharmacies.

Trends

With the early 20th century due to political, socio-economic, cultural factors a sharp decline of homeopathy occurred. It lasted till about 1970 when a revival ensued as patients were frustrated with the limitations, side-effects, high cost and low outcomes of the allopathic treatments. Patients began seeking natural, alternative, complementary healing methods and homeopathy once again raised to the forefront.
In all this time and even today in Europe and India Homeopathy is one of the formally accepted treatment methods of medicine and it is successfully employed in both royal and rural circles.