Homeopathy Medicine for viral infections has its foundations in ideas established in the late 18th century and employs very diluted chemicals chosen depending on an individual’s symptom picture. Homoeopathic practitioners may examine the particular features of the patient while deciding on a remedy, such as fever patterns, thirst, exhaustion, sleep, hunger and emotional condition. This individualisation may result in various homoeopathic formulations for comparable symptoms in different persons. Some people choose homoeopathy because they prefer complementary methods, or because they have long-standing personal preferences for established systems of treatment. But the crucial contrast is between traditional usage and empirically proven efficacy.