The homeopathic remedy does not suppress symptoms, but rather provides the vital force with the necessary information to strengthen it and heal itself. The term "vital force" can thus best be compared to the conventional medical term "immune system." To give the vital force the necessary boost, only one remedy is needed (the one most similar to the patient), administered only as often as necessary until the healing response begins in the patient (single remedy and the smallest possible dose).

Another unique feature of homeopathy is individualization, meaning that remedies are prescribed not based on diagnoses, but rather on individual symptoms. For example, five people with the same illness, such as a cough, will each receive a different remedy because each patient has different cough symptoms (e.g., stinging, tickling, choking, suffocating, worse at night, worse outdoors, worse indoors, better with hot drinks, better with cold drinks, etc.).

The term “potentization” refers to the manufacturing process of medicinal products, in which the starting substances are increasingly diluted and potentized, i.e. energized, by trituration or shaking.