Homeopathic remedies are extremely diverse.  Many homeopathic remedies are made from amazingly common recognizable substances (red onion, salt), but some remedies are quite exotic (gold, flu virus, toad).  Roughly 80% of homeopathic remedies are made from plant sources.  Quite a few remedies are also made from minerals, and salts.  A few remedies are made from animals, and insects.   The least amount of  homeopathic remedies are made from disease material. 
 
Common examples of plant remedies are:

• Allium Cepa (Red Onion)
• Arnica Montana (Leopard’s Bane)
• Rhus Toxicodendron (Poison Ivy)
• Ignatia Amara (St. Ignatius Bean)
• Hypericum Perforatum (St. John’s Wort)
• Fucus Vesiculosus (Sea Kelp)

Common examples of mineral and salt remedies are:

• Aurum Metallicum (Gold) 
• Natrum Muriaticum (Salt)
• Calcarea Carbonicum (Oyster Shell)
• Phosphorus (Phosphorus)

Common examples of animal and insect remedies are:

• Apis Melifica (Honey Bee)
• Bufo Rama (Toad)

Common examples of disease remedies are:

• Influenzinum (Flu Virus)
• Tuberculinum (Tuberculosis)

Many homeopathic remedies are common elements we know around us, and a few like the disease remedies are quite uncommon.  If you’re alarmed or surprised by any of these substances, then just remember there is an extremely small and/or no original crude material in the remedies once they are processed.
 
If you are still concerned, then contemplate the toxic chemicals in medicinal drugs we are prescribed, and the viruses commonly given to our children in vaccines.  Literally, there is nothing in homeopathic remedies compared to the extreme toxicity of western medications. 
 
Again these substances are made into completely non-toxic remedies due to the processes of either succession, or trituration.  More about processing remedies by succession and trituration is written in the next section on, “How Are Homeopathic Remedies Made?”
 
 
 
Important Note:

Some people will be concerned about the use of animals in homeopathic remedies.  A few clients have specifically requested us to avoid recommending remedies made from animal sources.  We, of-course, always comply with their wishes.  But, just to note, homeopathic remedies are never tested on animals, only humans.  And, more importantly the use of one individual animal or insect as a homeopathic remedy is enough to supply that remedy to millions of people.  No matter how you look at this, we still use an animal to our benefit.  But, one animal for the benefit of potentially millions of people is fairly conservative, except to that one animal, of-course.