
Homoeopathy today, by and large, is practised as allopathy. An average practioner first gets a patient diagnosed allopathically via the route of tests, etc., and then prescribes medicines on the basis of the name of the ailment. This is partly because of the aggressive propaganda extolling the usefulness and benefits of 'new instruments of science' and partly as a shortcut method. Homoeopathy is essentially an individualised treatment. It, therefore, never makes use of, nor seeks specifics for, disease. Patent medicines or combinations have no place in a system based on 'single remedy and minimum dose'. The present work, Homoeopathy, is an attempt to put homoeopathy in its proper perspective. It covers a wide area from explaining the principles of the law of cure, 'Similia Similibus Curentur', to the methods of drug preparation, proving, selection of a remedy and management of the sick and the disease. The three basic miasmas, their combinations, the necessity and the importance of individualisation are treated in great detail.