To curtail this problem, the homeopath administers the smallest possible dose so as to maximize beneficial effects and minimize side effects. Drugs given to individuals in material doses frequently cause side effects or adverse reactions. This refers to the infinitesimal doses of medicine given as well as to the repetition of dose only when necessary. The third principle of homeopathy is The Minimum Dose. Though Hahnemann experimented with this approach he abandoned it as unsatisfactory. The response of the vital force would be unpredictable and ambiguous. It would be difficult, if not impossible, to ascertain the action of multiple homeopathic remedies given all at once. Only one homeopathic remedy is given at any one time. The second principle of homeopathy is The Single Remedy. The homeopathic practitioner matches the symptom picture of the homeopathic remedy to the symptom picture of the person, with particular attention paid to those symptoms which are unique to the individual. Some of these symptoms are common to that sickness, others are characteristic of that person in their sickness. Each person shows symptoms of the body/mind/spirit when they are sick. A substance that can produce disease in a healthy person is used to elicit a healing response in someone presenting with a similar disease. Through research and practice Hahnemann verified cure through the use of similars. The cornerstone principle is Similia Similbus Curentur, 'Let likes cure likes' Homeopathy actually derives its name from the Greek, homoeo='similar', and pathos='suffering'. They remain unchanged over the last 200 years as their truth is demonstrated through successful treatment of the sick. Homeopathy has 4 principles that are its foundation. The symptoms disappear as the person heals themselves. By matching the symptoms of illness with the appropriate homeopathic remedy, the vital force returns to balance. The symptoms expressed by the body, mind, and spirit are the manifestation of that imbalance. The origin of illness lies in an imbalance of the vital force. That which is curable, the 'vital force', has left the body. Upon death, the physical body remains, but it is no longer curable.

The body manifests symptoms of illness but it is not the origin of the illness. When a person becomes ill, it is the whole that is sick: body, mind, spirit. Homeopathic medicines, or 'remedies', stimulate the body's self-regulating mechanisms to initiate the healing process.

The focus is not the diseased part or the sickness, rather the totality of the individual. Recognizing that the whole person-mind, body, spirit-is affected when there is illness, homeopathy seeks to treat that whole person. Homeopathy is a system of natural medicine introduced and developed by a German physician, Samuel Hahnemann, at the end of the 18th century.

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