Homeopathy is a highly effective system of holistic medicine that assists the natural tendency of the body to heal itself. The use of homeopathic medicines is based on the discovery that natural substances are capable of curing the same symptoms as they can cause when given in minute doses. The name “homeopathy”, which comes from the Greek homoion + pathos, means similar suffering, which expresses the basic principle of homeopathy- the Law of Similars, or like cures like.