Why Homeopathy Makes Sense

Homeopathy’s principle of similars makes a profound contribution to understanding healing, because inherent in this principle is a deep respect for the wisdom of the human body. Homeopathy’s emphasis on individualizing a medicine to the totality of a person’s symptoms, not just a person’s specific disease, is also wonderfully logical.
The difficult-to-understand part of homeopathy has to do with the extreme microdoses used. In fact, according to present laws of physics, once a homeopathic medicine is diluted 1:10 24 times or 1:100 12 times, there should be no remaining molecules of the original substance.
Homeopaths acknowledge that there may not be any remaining molecules left in such medicines, but they also assert that a more powerful energy, essence, or information of the original substance seems to remain, and actually increases with each potentization. They assert that 200 years of clinical experience by homeopaths throughout the world have confirmed and continue to confirm this observation. They acknowledge that they don’t know how their medicines work, though various individuals have developed compelling theories.
Recently, Shui-Yin Lo, Ph.D., a physicist from the California Institute of Technology, discovered that a nonmelting ice crystal that maintains an electrical field is created in room-temperature water when a medicinal substance is placed in a double-distilled purified water and then diluted 1:10 at least seven times and shaken in between each dilution.
Dr. Lo and his colleagues have taken photographs of these electric ice crystals, and at least a dozen leading scientists at various major universities have confirmed their biological activity.
Homeopaths have long assumed that homeopathic remedies are “energy medicines.” Akin to concepts of energy, “chi,” or “ki” in acupuncture, homeopathic medicines are thought to resonate with the energetic essence of the individual to elicit a healing response.
Whether or not it is ever confirmed how or why homeopathic medicines work, there is little doubt in the minds and hearts of homeopaths and their patients that these natural remedies work extraordinarily well.
While homeopaths acknowledge that they don’t know how their remedies work, it must also be noted that there are a lot of conventional medical treatments today for which the precise mechanism of action remains a mystery. The bigger question is: Do homeopathic medicines work? The following section will begin to answer this important question.