Some Lesser Known Facts Of Homeopathy!

Homeopathic preparations are prepared from different sources-leaves, bark, stem, flowers, fruits of plants like onion, belladonna and daisy. Not only that, animal products like snake poison and spider venom are also sources for the preparations. Even various chemicals like arsenic, sodium chloride and zinc are used to prepare homeopathic preparations.

Samuel Hahnemann was a German physician who founded Homoeopathy. Hahnemann once read that Cinchona, a plant used to cure malaria, causes malaria-like symptoms when given to a healthy person. Keeping this concept in mind, Hahnemann concluded that " Like cures like" which went on to become the core principle of Homoeopathy.

Dr. Hering is the homeopath who introduced homeopathy in the United States. He discovered the homeopathic preparation "Lachesis". Lachesis is obtained from the venom of the bushmaster snake.

Homeopathy uses preparations known as nosodes which are disease extracts. Example, the preparation Tuberculinum is prepared from the diseased lung of a cow afflicted with tuberculosis.