HOMOEOPATHY is a branch of medicine that developed in the eighteenth centrue alongside orthodox medicine. It relies very much on the body’s own considerable healing powers and uses only mineral, plant and animal substances in its treatments. A sick person is given minute quantities of heavity diluted natural substances, which if given in a concentrated dose to a healthy person would produce the symptoms of the same disorder. Orthodox medicine asserts that the dilutions are so great that the resulting liquid is little more han pur water and must therfore be ineffectual. But for people concerned about the side effect of many powerful modern drugs based on artificial chemical substances, homoeopathy offers an alternative. In addtion, homoeopaths take a great interest in a patients’ lifestyle, personality, medical history and general health, which generates an atmosphere of confidence and reassurance. This cannot help but assist in a patient’s recovery.