The basic doctrine of homeopathy dates back to the time of Hippocrates, but in the modern world it has been established for approximately 200 years when founded by Dr. Samuel Hahnemann. Homeopathy is a holistic medicine which uses natural remedies to stimulate our self-healing abilities by treating symptoms of the body and mind as a whole. Symptoms of ill health are simply expressions of disharmony or imbalance throughout the body, mind and emotions. Unlike western medicine, which only treats the disease label or a particular part, homeopathy treats the entire person to remove the disease so that it will not present itself further or with different symptoms elsewhere within the body.