What are homeopathic medicines made from and how are they prepared?
Homeopathic medicines are made from plants, minerals and in some cases members of the animal kingdom. Throughout this web site there are photographs of a few of the sources from which medicines are prepared. About 3000 different homeopathic medicines are currently in use and they are all made according to a process known as potentisation. This involves a process of sequential dilution and vigorous shaking of solutions. It is this procedure which has attracted most critical attention from the medical and scientific communities, since homeopathic preparations contain no molecules of the original substance from which they are made. Whilst millions of patients worldwide will testify to the efficacy of homeopathic medicines this paradox needs to be explained and is the subject of current research (see Research in Homeopathy).
