The homeopathic treatment of a patient begins
with careful history taking and observation of the patient. A list
of the patient's symptoms is developed and can be determined from the
materia medica or compared to a repertory. The
materia medica contains the results of provings of thousands of
substances. The idea ia to match the patients symptoms as closely as
possible to the symptoms listed for a given substance in the materia
medica.
The prescription is based on the symptoms and the behavior of the
patient. Hahnemann believed that a single remedy should be given at
a time, to prevent interference between two or more remedies.
The response to treatment is believed to follow the Laws of the Cure,
which state:
