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Homeopathy is a system of medicine in which a substance that can cause certain symptoms in a healthy person may help heal those same symptoms in someone who is ill. Based on the principle of like cures like. (For example, burning your finger and then running it under warm water.)

In a process called “potentization”, substances are repeatedly diluted and then shaken vigorously so that they become homeopathic remedies. Gentle enough to avoid toxicity, yet more powerful in their healing effect.

Today, pharmacies around the world prepare homeopathic remedies under strict regulations.

In the United States, the Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia of the United States (HPUS) serves as the official reference recognized by the FDA. This “rulebook” sets the standards, preparation methods, and approved ingredients for every homeopathic medicine sold in the country, ensuring each remedy is made and labeled with consistent quality.

Unlike dietary supplements, which are not held to this FDA-recognized standard, homeopathic medicines follow these detailed guidelines. Homeopaths value this oversight because it helps us ensure that remedies remain consistent, reliable, and effective. Homeopathy is an excellent choice for babies, pregnant women, adults, even animals. For chronic cases, I recommend using Homeopathy as directed under the supervision of a Homeopath.

Recent advances in science now allow us to see what homeopaths long suspected: even highly diluted remedies contain nano-particles of the original substance. Research suggests these tiny particles can interact with the body to gently stimulate its own healing capacity: the “vital force.” Really, though, the proof is in the clinic and the experience of the client. Results speak for themselves.

Homeopathy itself doesn’t cure; the body does the healing. Homeopathic medicine simply guides and supports that natural process.

The key to homeopathy is that it works with the body, not against it. Unlike conventional drugs that suppress symptoms, homeopaths use symptoms to understand what the body is communicating.

For example, a pain reliever like Advil can mask a headache by suppressing it, but a carefully chosen homeopathic remedy aims to address the imbalance causing the pain. The goal is to resolve the underlying condition, so remedies are not needed indefinitely.

Actually, homeopathy is the #2 most used system of medicine in the world (second to Chinese Medicine). ColdCalm, which is a common homeopathic combination remedy widely available in US stores, is the number one most purchased medicine in France.

Things are different in the United States. By 1915, homeopathy was a $5 billion business (in today’s money). There were 400 dedicated homeopathic hospitals, 16 full time homeopathic medical schools, and roughly 10,000 MD Homeopaths (not counting home prescribers).

Once there were modern antibiotics and other pharmaceuticals available that could be patented, medicine became a money making business. The AMA began to forbid Doctors to become Homeopaths or even to marry Homeopaths. If they found that an MD was practicing homeopathy, they were barred from joining the AMA. Homeopathic hospitals began to close and conventional medicine took over.

The Samuel Hahnemann Monument in Philadelphia, dedicated in 1890 to the founder of homeopathy, still stands today. Its inscriptions honor him as a reformer of medicine who sought to cure “gently, rapidly, reliably, permanently” through natural laws. The monument reflects Philadelphia’s role as a historic center of homeopathy and stands as a rare tribute in American public art to a medical figure outside conventional medicine.

My recommendation to anyone who is skeptical (like I was) is simple: try it. Be curious.

I didn’t believe in homeopathy when I first found it. I didn’t really understand how it could work. But then I experienced it for myself. There is something very different about watching suffering lift - especially when you’ve tried everything you know to do and nothing is helping.

When my youngest son had a deep friction wound on his pinky, he was screaming and writhing in pain. I gave him three or four remedies. Nothing happened. (I even tried Motrin!) Nothing happened. Then I finally found the remedy that matched what he was experiencing. Within minutes, he just stopped crying and took a huge sigh of relief. I was so relieved, I started to cry.

Could someone call that coincidence or placebo? Sure. I understand the skepticism because I had it too. One experience probably wouldn’t have changed my mind.

But then it happened again. And again.

That is what changed things for me - not someone convincing me that homeopathy works, but seeing responses for myself and becoming curious enough to keep learning.

Homeopathy doesn’t choose a remedy simply because someone has “pain,” a “cough,” or a “fever.” We look at the particular way that person is experiencing it and choose a remedy that matches that individual picture.

You don’t have to believe in homeopathy to be curious about it. In my experience, once you’ve seen or felt that dark cloud of suffering lift, the question of whether you “believe” in it starts to matter a whole lot less.

As they say, the proof is in the pudding.

Yes! Homeopathy does not interfere with prescription medications. It is usually the other way around. While the homeopathic remedy is trying to remind the body how to do the healing work itself, the prescription medicine can be telling the body to suppress the signal entirely. (Kind of like silencing the smoke alarm instead of putting out the fire.)

However, you can use them together to encourage the body to take over again and bring itself back into balance. The goal is to make the prescription superfluous. After all, we don’t need a medicine to be able to heal a simple wound if it’s clean. The body will just close it back up!