What is a Homeopath? Is the Herb Doctor a Homeopath?
As was discussed in the question above, “Is the Herb Doctor a Naturopath?”, a Homeopath is a practitioner who practices Homeopathy(see question #13). Homeopathy like Naturopathy is one specific category of Natural Medicine. It is the opposite of Allopathic Medicine(conventional medicine) wherein Allopathic treatments use a drug to counterract a symptom, Homeopathy uses a natural plant, mineral or organic substance in a micro-nutrient dilution which mimics the symptoms of a certain disease or illness in a healthy person. Thus by administering this natural, homeopathic remedy to a sick person, the medicine evokes an immune response to meet the disease head-on, similar to the theory of immunization but without the side-effects and other concerns of vaccinations. Homeopathy has recently become a regulated profession in Ontario and as such is being added to extended healthcare benefits packages. The more people request their employer to add homeopathy to their benefits packages the more lik
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