Homeopathic medicine has been around for over 200 years. Homeopathic remedies are prescribed according to the 'Law of Similars', which states that a symptom or pattern of symptoms can be healed by a substance in nature that causes similar symptoms in healthy individuals. Furthermore, doses given are so dilute that they are absolutely safe, while providing the stimulus to cure on many levels. Homeopathic remedies, correctly chosen, are capable of affecting cure for acute symptoms as well as chronic conditions. As well they are very effective for mental and emotional disorders. Ultimately, homeopaths do not treat physical, mental, or spiritual disease separately, but regard them as intimately connected since they all are aspects of the whole person's suffering.