{"id":44308,"date":"2017-12-18T10:21:05","date_gmt":"2017-12-18T15:21:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog-well.ca\/?p=44308"},"modified":"2026-07-02T12:29:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T16:29:16","slug":"homeopathy101-boiron","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/well.ca\/blog\/homeopathy101-boiron\/","title":{"rendered":"Homeopathy 101"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row css_animation=”” row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern”][vc_column][vc_column_text]Homeopathy has been around for more than 200 years and yet, there are still many misconceptions and misunderstandings surrounding this system of medicine.<\/p>\n

So what is homeopathy? Who uses homeopathy? How are homeopathic medicines made?<\/p>\n

With their 85 years of experience in manufacturing homeopathic medicines, Boiron<\/a>, a French pharmaceutical laboratory established by pharmacists Jean and Henri Boiron, aims to answer those questions and more in this latest blog post.<\/p>\n

It all began with German physician Samuel Hahnemann, also known as the founder of homeopathy when he sought to help his patients in a more natural way. Up until the end of the 18th<\/sup> century, some of the most standard practices for treating patients included bleeding and purging methods.<\/p>\n

Simply put, Hahnemann wanted to do better because he thought his patients could benefit from less invasive treatments. He is credited today with having established the fundamental principles of homeopathy.<\/p>\n

Homeopathy is derived from the Greek words homoios<\/em>, meaning \u201csimilar\u201d, and pathos<\/em>, meaning \u201csuffering\u201d. The practice thus operates on a cure like<\/strong> principle where a patient suffering from certain symptoms can be treated by micro-doses of a substance capable of producing similar symptoms in a healthy person.<\/p>\n

A homeopathic medicine is then obtained from a precise and controlled process of successive homeopathic dilutions. It starts with an active ingredient derived from either a plant, animal, mineral or chemical substance and with each homeopathic dilution, the medicine is deconcentrated and then vigorously shaken \u2013 also called succussion<\/em>. This dilution is used to manufacture the final homeopathic medicine.<\/p>\n