It is essential to understand homeopathic practitioners are a mixed assortment of licensed health professionals although there are also small but active groups of dedicated unlicensed practitioners of homeopathy. There are clinicians who are specialized, prescribing homeopathic medicines to 75-100% of their patients; some of these practitioners don’t have elaborate system of medical knowledge in homeopathy but tends to prescribe these natural medicines for smaller percentage of the patients, usually only for acute, and non chronic ailments. It is in fact the greatest in number of homeopathic practitioners in the Western world with the majority of these health professionals being health doctors. Europe alone, one of the leading practitioners of alternative medicines, has an estimated number of 30% French physicians, and 20% German physicians, practicing homeopathy. In the United States, other licensed professionals specialize in homeopathy which includes naturopathic physicians, chiropractic doctors, acupuncturists, nurses, and physician assistants with the greater proportions accommodated by veterinarians and dentists.

Homeopathy is an integral part of naturopathic education thus it is common for naturopathic doctors to specialize and utilize homeopathy. In the year 1990, three training programs in homeopathy and three naturopathic medical schools in the United States. By the year 1997, over 20 training programs and five naturopathic medical schools were already existent, proving that homeopathy is welcome again in the U.S. Training programs in homeopathy are usually three to four years to complete, for an extended weekend (three or four-day) courses met each month or every after months. The training includes detailed instructions about homeopathic philosophy, casetaking, case analysis, materia medica or the materials used in medicine, and repertory homeopathy, which refers to the lists of specific medicines prescribed. There are courses allowing unlicensed practitioner but generally requires the student to seek coursework in physiology, anatomy, and pathology as part of the prerequisite. Clinical trainings are not generally part of most homeopathic training programs; instead, observation of homeopathic casetaking is generally practiced. Most of these trainings are shown on documented videos wherein a student may be required to make his own analysis and treatment plan of a given case situation.

There is a great number of homeopathic practitioners and students that are unlicensed in any health profession. This is due to the fact that some training programs do not require health professional licenses as a prerequisite and provide these trainings to any individual with interest. Also, correspondence courses in homeopathy are offered in some countries, developed in England, offering only two-year programs. Mail-to-order programs are also available but are not highly respected and graduates are not readily allowed for licensing examinations not can they be able to obtain certifications from homeopathic bodies. Homeopathic certificates are given to graduates which includes certification for any graduate of a recognized school of homeopathy (North American Society of Homeopaths), for Mds, DOs, and DDSs (American Board of Homeotherapeautics), for NDs (Homeopathic Academy of Naturopathic Physicians), and for any licensed health professionals (Council on Homeopathic Certification).