Homeopathy   maintains health and prevents illness. It is a subtle but effective therapy that can correct small imbalances long before the appearance of the more serious symptoms, which may lead to a particular disease. It is not necessary for a homeopath to wait for a conventional diagnosis before treatment can commence. Much illness can be 'nipped in the bud' and the patient swiftly restored to health before a more serious disease appears. People who have had homeopathic treatment generally find that their state of health and well being has improved. They are better able to resist infection and have a greater sense of stability and individual purpose in life. These improvements surely are steps towards real health.

The homeopathic remedies come from many different sources. Most are derived from plants, but minerals, metals and some poisons which have been used medicinally for generations are also used. From the tincture of the plants the remedies are made by serial dilutions and succusions in a solution of alcohol.  To 1 drop of the tincture 9 drops of alcohol or 99 drops of alcohol is added and this mixture is then given strokes in a particular manner for 10 times to get the first dilution. From this 1^st dilution 1 drop s taken and another 9 drops of alcohol is added and strokes given to prepare the 2^nd dilution of power.  This is continued till you get the desired power.  The medicines used normally are of 30 power, 200 power, 1000 power and so on.  The more the power the more the dynamicity of the medicines.    The liquid dilution is then used itself as a remedy or soaked into tablets or granules for convenience. The diluted remedies are described as being 'potentized', in recognition of the dynamic healing power.

Homeopathy increases the vitality of the person in general and makes him strong enough to fight against the invasive organisms.  Let us look at an example: the common cough.

First, we must accept that all symptoms, no matter how uncomfortable they are, represent the body's attempt to to tell us that something is wrong internally.  Instead of trying to stop the cough with suppressants, as conventional medicine does, a homeopath will give a remedy that will cause a cough in a healthy person, and thus stimulate the ill body to restore itself.

Second, we must look at the totality of the symptoms presented. We each experience a cough in our unique way. Yet conventional medicine acts as if all coughs were alike. It therefore offers a series of suppressive drugs something to suppress the cough, something to dry the mucus, something to lower the histamine level, something to ease falling asleep.

Homeopathy, on the other hand, looks for the one substance that will cause similar symptoms in a healthy person. The person with a cough characterized by being worse when breathing cold air, and sounding like a deep bark, will need a quite different remedy than the person whose cough is loose in the morning, dry in the evening, and better when sitting up in bed. We characterize both as "coughs" but they are different illnesses in the individuals, and therefore require different homeopathic treatment.

In conventional medical thought, health is seen simply as the absence of disease. You assume that you are healthy if there is nothing wrong with you. To a person versed in homeopathy, health is much more than that. Health is thus defined as healthy on physical, mental and emotional level.  Obviously, a person with a broken leg is not free, on the physical level, to move around. But on a more subtle level, a person who cannot eat certain foods or is

allergic to certain materials is also experiencing a lack of freedom. It is a good emotional release to cry at a "tear jerker" movie, but someone who continues to cry for several weeks afterwards is experiencing a lack of freedom on the emotional level. Likewise, a person who cannot absorb what he has read or cannot remember day to day appointments is experiencing a restriction on the mental level. The homeopath recognizes such limitations and attempts, through the use of the properly selected remedies, to restore the person to health and freedom.

An important basic difference exists between conventional medical therapy and homeopathy. In conventional therapy, the aim often is to control the illness through regular use of medical substances.  If the medication is withdrawn, however, the person returns to illness. There has been no cure. A person who takes a pill for high blood pressure every day is not undergoing a cure but is only controlling the symptoms. Homeopathy's aim is the cure: "The complete restoration of perfect health," as Dr. Samuel Hahneman said.

Yes you can stop the treatment once you are well.  You may get back the same symptoms again only if your immunity again goes down to  very low level and if the same symptoms reappears you will have to continue         treatment for a short span again till your better, but do not undermine you health which may cause the lowering of your immune power.

If you are taking your treatment from a well established homeopath then there are absolutely no side effects of this treatment.  The dietary guidelines   are so designed that any average person can follow them without any major disruption to their lifestyle. We place a great emphasis on making the treatment easy to follow, because that in turn ensures greater patient compliance. Those patients suffering from recurrent attacks of cold have to avoid cold food, cold drinks, cucumbers, guavas, tomatoes, custard apple, bananas. Also those who suffer more from certain food items should stop them till the time the doctor say so.

Health care in general in this 21^st century is undergoing great change.  Many people realize that there is more to health than being physically fit and well fed. Innovative techniques in surgery and 'miracle' drugs improve many lives but continuing chronic illnesses, such as heart disease, arthritis, cancer, allergies, emotional and mental disturbance, are the fate of many more. Homeopathy has a great deal to offer in these type of conditions.   With this different approach to illness, homeopathy can often help patients with diseases generally considered incurable by conventional medicine. In life threatening diseases like cancer and AIDs homeopathy has lot to offer to ailing society.