HOMEOPATHIC

CONVENTIONAL MEDICINE

ILLNESS- is an individual expression of imbalance and has important meaning

ILLNESS- Occurs in well-defined groups based on pathology, and meaning of illness is irrelevant

SYMPTOMS- are evidence of disharmony and the person’s  attempt to restore order

Are analyzed to follow progress of treatment

SYMPTOMS- Are bad

Successful treatment makes them go away

DIAGNOSIS-The understanding of the phenomenon of the illness

The whole person is taken into account

DIAGNOSIS-The search for the structural cause

TREATMENT- individualized and based on the entire expression of symptoms

Self-care (what the client does) is emphasized

Based on like cures like and potentized micro doses of medicine

TREATMENT- Based on the pathologic diagnosis

What the doctor does is emphasized

Based on opposing and suppressing symptoms, and high doses of medicine