A brief introduction to homeopathy
and a cheat sheet for my favorite remedies
It is one of my biggest pet peeves when people refer to all natural medicine as “homeopathic”. Guys! The world of natural remedies is large and diverse, so let me just make you a little Venn diagram to explain:
Homeopathy is its own distinct form of medicine. It was founded by a German physician named Samuel Hahneman in 1796, and the foundational principle is the “Law of Similars” which is “the idea that an illness could be cured by giving a medicine, which, given to to a healthy person, would produce similar but less severe symptoms of that same illness.”1
Okay, cool, but what does that mean? The general idea as I understand it, is that “like cures like”. So a tiny dose, so diluted that it’s really only leaving the energetic imprint of the substance, stimulates your body to know how to deal with the illness or problem. Now, I will be honest, the thing that consistently drives me nuts about homeopathy is…