Homeopathy is a 200 year-old medical science that uses tine doses of specially prepared substances which stimulate the body to heal itself. It is gentle enough to use on infants, the elderly and pets, yet potent enough to create quick, lasting relief from literally every ailment known to mankind.

In 1796, Samuel Hahnemann published Essay on New Curative Principle, a treatise on which he established the foundational principles of homeopathy. Dr. Samuel Hahnemann (1755-1843) was a German physician who was well known for his work in chemistry, pharmacology and toxicology. In 1789, he began a series of experiments. He discovered that, by ingesting Peruvian bark (cinchona), a healthy individual would develop a fever, nausea, diarrhea, limb pain, numbness and ringing in the ears - all symptoms of malaria. When the subject would stop ingesting the bark, the symptoms would disappear. Since Peruvian bark was commonly used to treat malaria, Hahnemann theorized that a substance which can create symptoms in a healthy person can be used in smaller doses to cure those same symptoms in illness. This proved to be true and became on of the fundamental tenants of homeopathy: the Law of Similars (similia similibus curantur, or 'likes are cured by likes').


The word homeopathy is derived from the Greek words 'homoios,' which means like or similar, and 'pathos,' which means suffering or disease. Homeopathy is then a medical therapy based on similar suffering or disease. This isn't the first time in history that this philosophy of similars has been used. As early as 400 B.C. Hippocrates was prescribing hot spring baths for his patients with fever. Theoretical parallels also exist between the work of pioneers like Salk and Jenner as they expose the body to the very disease that they were trying to protect against (i.e. immunization). Even modern allergy treatments introduce small amounts of an allergen into the body to desensitize the patient to the same allergen.

Dr. Hahnemann was disillusioned by the barbaric state of medicine of his time and the dangerous medicines that were commonly used. As he sought to honor his physician's oath to 'do no harm,' he began to experiment with increasingly diluted solutions. He discovered that, through a process of dilution and succession (vigorous agitation), the therapeutic strength (potency) of a homeopathic medicine could be increased while virtually eliminating toxic side effects. This became a unique and often confusing principle of homeopathy: the Law of Infinitesimal Dose, or minimal dose. This created an apparent paradox - the more a solution is diluted, the less active ingredient it contains; how could a dilute solution be a more potent healing agent than the concentrate? The chemical model of pharmacological therapeutics was inadequate to explain this phenomenon.

It turns out that physics is best suited to explain the mechanics of homeopathy and the energetics behind its activity. Highly processed homeopathics undergo a molecular change, and these subtle changes can be observed with highly sensitive tests such as NMR (nuclear magnetic resonance), Raman-laser spectroscopy and I.R. spectophotometry which analyze molecular and submolecular geometry. It is now known that homeopathic remedies emit distinct, measurable electromagnetic signals, and that manufacturing alters the physical geometry of the water and alcohol solute. This is relevant because science is finally in a position to objectively measure the mechanisms of homeopathic therapeutics.