Homoios definition
Homoios in Greek means ‘similar’ and ‘pathos’ means ‘suffering’. It is based on the ‘principle of similars’ or ‘like cures like’, that is, an illness can be cured by administering a medicine which, if given to a healthy person, would produce similar symptoms of that illness, but to a lesser degree. Homoeopathy was introduced in India in the early 19th century in Bengal and then spread all over the country. In 1973, the Government of India recognised homoeopathy as one of the systems of medicine and set up the Central Council of Homeopathy (CCH), to regulate its education and practice (Loudon, 2006; Ghosh, 2010).