Holistic refers to a therapy that is used to treat the entirety of the person. It means a comprehensive and total care (physical, emotional, social, spiritual, and economic) of the person.

Homeopathy is a holistic therapy. Homeopathy is an in-depth science treating the underlying causes of what ails us, not just symptoms.

These are a few of the underlying causes that are considered when being treated holistically and homeopathically: hereditary, past ailments, toxicity, drugs used (past or present) (medical or non-medical), obstacles to cure, susceptibility (always considered), behavior patterns, nutrition, and historical causes of ailments. Problems in any one of these areas could be enough to cause a person to be unhealthy (although almost implicitly, a person is unhealthy for a combination of reasons). Even with a hereditary or incurable condition we find a person has great potential to improve their suffering when dealing with the totality of their life.

If lucky a western medical practitioner may consider a couple of these areas, but the totality is what is important. If the totality of what causes our ailments is missed then only symptoms are treated. Not the person.

When the totality of our illness is not addressed, then with the process of suppression we no longer hear the body’s cries for help (the body’s symptoms). We are temporarily subdued into believing we are well by the lack of symptoms. But, when drugs or surgeries are used in this way (or even natural therapies), without addressing the underlying causes of illness, then we continue to be sick, and continuously, or eventually require more suppressive therapies to handle the symptoms of the sickness that has never been addressed at it's core. This is called symptom management.

Does it make any sense to treat only the symptoms of a person's disease without addressing and changing how those symptoms developed and why?

There is nothing wrong with a drug or a surgery saving someone’s life or limb in an emergency. But, then what? What led the person to ill health in the first place? How was that addressed? What will stop the person from continuing to deteriorate as a result of the underlying reasons still persisting? What will stop the repeated drugs and /or surgeries from contributing to the decline of a person's health? After all, drugs are not vitamins, and surgeries are not subtle. What will strengthen this person?

The reason holistic therapies are growing rapidly in the world is because this is the only place where healing is addressed. Symptom management is not healing. Changing susceptibility to disease, and strengthening the person is…

The most important question to ask is: which would be better for you and your family? Symptom management, or healing? Maybe both? The choice is yours.