Human health is complex and cannot be reduced to mechanical interactions, while isolating the individual out of human organization and interactions. The homeopathic paradigm stands in nearly opposite direction to that of conventional medicine and says something quite unique. Homeopathy views the patient in totality, including the patient’s behavior, clinical, and psychological expressions. Complaints are seen as the result of complex interaction between the patient and occupation, environment, mental predisposition, personal history, and family history. Homeopathy views that the body adjusts as much as it can and as long as feasible under adverse circumstances before producing a given ailment—be it back pain, tooth decay, sleeplessness, or even hypertension. These are symptoms of a living active organism that manifests its conditions and level of vitality, given its environment and history of past ailments. The ailment prompting the consultation is not removed from its circumstances surrounding organs, body functions, occupation, living conditions, personal preferences, personality, and the patient’s way of managing stress.
Homeopathy has a cohesive approach to people who use it. Far from needing to be extinguished, the symptoms are a communication tool by an eloquent organism—provided we pay attention. Experience shows that patients tend to produce plentiful symptoms and signs, which classical medicine hardly pays attention to. All these aspects are fully part of the patient’s vital force expressions and need to be vigilantly recorded. When homeopaths minutely record the messages and match them with a single remedy (the “Simillimum”), the body can authentically start its healing process and become stronger and more resilient than it was before the ailment started.
