Because of this, the treatment only suppresses the symptoms and drives the disease deeper in to the body. The prognosis is a long life, unfortunately of suffering. Homeopathy considers symptoms as the body's way of expressing illness or dis-ease. The body does it's best to heal itself, given a set of problems. If there are bacteria in your nose, your nose runs to flush out the invaders.
Symptoms are the body's attempt to heal.
Homeopathic medicine is a natural pharmaceutical system that utilizes microdoses of a substance to arouse a person's natural healing response. It is much safer and has little side effects like synthetic drugs. Homeopathy existed as a formalized medicine long before today's modern medicine. It was also being developed concurrently by the American Indians. It is based on the law of similars.