Like other systems of alternative medicine in India, including Ayurveda and Unani, homeopathy is a system of holistic medicine. Homeopathy treatments include a single medicine to treat all disorders of the body, since it is believed that entire body functions as a single entity and a disorder in one system of the body causes a disturbance in the other system. Homeopathy practitioners believe that mere symptomatic treatment will not cure the ailment. Instead, the whole body is treated to bring back the harmony of the various systems.

The medicines used in homeopathy are sourced from natural sources like animals, plants, minerals etc. The substances are diluted and then various doses are prescribed, based on the practitioner's diagnosis. Homeopathy is said to have cured diseases like asthma, measles, benign nodules and cysts.

India presently has many registered practitioners of homeopathy. The Central Council for Research in Homeopathy in New Delhi, India, and the Foundation for Homeopathic Research in Mumbai are some of the premier institutes offering homeopathy treatments in India.