Some FAQ (Frequently
Asked Questions) about Homoeopathy.
(See also a complete lay man's
guide, some basic facts and
complete technical details)
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Is
it faith healing or placebo?
Is it magic?
Is it a fake?
What is it really?
Why such doubts arise about
Homeopathy?
Who is a true Homeopath?
What are the peculiarities
of Homeopathy?
How safe is Homeopathic medicines?
Are homeopathic drugs
slow to act?
Does a Homeopath give the same
drug for all the illnesses?
Does Homeopathic drugs contain steroids?
Is it necessary for a Homeopath to
have knowledge in the allied subjects of medicine?
Who was Dr. Hahnemann, the founder of the system?
Is
it faith healing?
Homoeopathy is definitely not faith healing or
placebo,
even though faith is an important ingredient for the effective
treatment in Homoeopathy. As for that matter faith is
needed in as much amount for the effective implementation of any
system. Because if you work on any thing without faith in
it, you are not likely to be succeeding in it. That much amount
of faith is only needed in Homoeopathy also. Moreover for
placebo or faith healing to work one should imagine that
they are taking medicines even though they are not having
anything medicinal. But homeopathy works equally well in infants
and small children, mentally ill persons and even in animals and
birds all of them cannot possibly know they are taking medicines
or not.
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Is
it magic?
It is not at all magic. In fact none of the elements
of magic comes in to play during Homoeopathic treatment.
There is no illusions or stage effects in the out-patient
departments of Homoeopaths all over the world. The medicines
given by a true homoeopath can be always examined and the
effects of all of them are known and definite.
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Is
it a fake?
It is nothing but a fake system. True
Homoeopathic physicians always listens to the difficulties
of their patients and work, rather very hard on it to find out
the correct remedy for each individual. Note that there are
about 5000 medicines in homeopathy presently. The medicines are available internationally with any Homoeopathic
chemist/pharmacy. There are fixed principles behind the
system. and it works well if these are observed strictly.
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What
is it really?
In reality Homoeopathy is a system of
medicine, which treats the illnesses based on a special law
"Similia Similibus Curentur". The word meaning is 'let
likes be treated by likes'. Here drug su