What do you mean by homeopathic medicine?
(HOH-mee-uh-PA-thik MEH-dih-sin) An alternative approach to medicine based on the belief that natural substances, prepared in a special way and used most often in very small amounts, restore health.
How can I learn homeopathy?
Homeopathy, like other regular medical courses, requires five and a half years medical training. This also includes one year of compulsory rotatory internship. Seats to BHMS are filled up through an All-India Entrance examination or regional/ State entrance examination.
What is homeopathic medicine made of?
Homeopathic products come from plants (such as red onion, arnica [mountain herb], poison ivy, belladonna [deadly nightshade], and stinging nettle), minerals (such as white arsenic), or animals (such as crushed whole bees).
What do we study in homeopathy?
BHMS (Bachelor of Homeopathic Medicine and Surgery) is an undergraduate degree programme in medical field. This degree covers the medical knowledge of the homeopathic system. Homeopathy is the system of alternative medicines. The patients are taken care by enhancing the natural healing power of the human body.
What is the difference between natural medicine and homeopathy?
Many people think of homeopathy as an umbrella term for natural medicine. But homeopathy is its own unique therapeutic system. Homeopathic remedies are made from natural substances such as plants and minerals. Some are made from animal products (like snake venom!).
Why is homeopathy so popular?
Homeopathy, on the other hand, was safe (due to the low dose) and focused on the patient as a whole instead of just pathology. This made it popular with many people. And it continues to be popular, actually rising in popularity among educated middle-class people, for some of the same reasons.
How do homeopathic remedies work?
But there are some theories as to how homeopathy works. Here are two main theories: Water memory – The water that dilutes the remedy “remembers” the information from the original substance.
What are the principles of homeopathic medicine?
One of the most important principles of homeopathic medicine is that treatments must be “individualized” and tailored to each person’s specific symptoms, history, body and needs.