Paracelsus, a 16th century philosopher and physician was quoted as saying “those who merely study and treat the effects of disease are like those who imagine that they can drive away the winter by brushing the snow from the door. It is not the snow that causes winter, but the winter that causes the snow”.

This reflects one of the most basic principles of homeopathy in that all symptoms of illness are merely expressions of imbalance and disharmony within the whole person – that it is the PATIENT that needs the treatment, NOT the disease.