The advantages of homeopathy over other types of medicines are:

• enormous attention has been paid to the study of homeopathic remedies and their usefulness in treating disease, and this has been systematically recorded for over 200years.

• the use of remedies and laws for their administration are based on well-defined principles which are as relevant today as when they were first formulated over 200years ago.

• there is low risk to the patient by the administration of an incorrect remedy

• there is low risk if children accidentally ingest a homeopathic remedy

• homeopathic remedies are effective for use with children and the elderly, as well as for pregnant and lactating women.

• homeopathic remedies are very effectively used with animals

• homeopathic remedies are very inexpensive – either to produce, store & deliver.

The World Health Organization lists the world’s most commonly used medicines (in order) as:

Traditional Chinese Medicine;  Homeopathy;  Herbal Medicine;  Acupuncture and then Western medicine (followed by many other modalities) – homeopathy is very extensively used in the world, with many countries having homeopathic hospitals.