There is a holistic as well as individualistic approach to medicine through homoeopathy. This is a key differentiator which makes homoeopathy unique from other systems of medicine. Even though it may sound strange, homoeopathy does not treat disease per se. A homoeopath does not concentrate his therapy on a particular disease like arthritis or bronchitis or cancer. In other words, he does not limit his treatment to painful joints, inflamed bronchi or a malignant growth. Rather, the person who happens to be suffering from arthritis or bronchitis or cancer is treated on mental, emotional and physical levels .
Homoeopathy regards each patient’ as a unique individual. For example, six persons with hepatitis might get a different homoeopathic remedy, each one aimed at the individual’s totality of symptoms rather than at his liver alone. The physician’s interest is not only to alleviate the patients’ present symptoms but also their long-term well-being.
Homoeopathy is the medicine of vital stimulation of mind, which directs all aspects of life in the organism. Disease, as viewed by homoeopathy, is a dynamic expression of the disturbances of the harmony and rhythm of the vital force. The defence mechanism acting on all three levels of the organism (mental, emotional, physical), is the tool of the vital force acting in the context of the disease. Without the vital force the whole body becomes inanimate and sick.
Prevention, care and maintenance are best done by behaviour modification, dietary regulation where permissible and a regular exercise regimen. Homoeopathy is one of the scientific systems of medicine based on the principle, ‘SimiliaSimilibusCurantur’, meaning’ likes cure likes’. Homoeopathy is an effective system of healing which assists the natural tendency of the body to heal itself. Homoeopathy takes a different approach from conventional medicine in diagnosing, classifying and treating medical problems.