Difference between suppression and palliation:
1. Definition:
• Suppression- An inhibition of physiological phenomena or removal of a diseases manifestation before the diseases itself is cured.
• Palliation- Temporary relies of symptoms of diseases without actual curing of the diseases from which they originated.

2. Classification:
• Suppression- It has two types-
– Natural suppression.
– Artificial suppression
• Palliation- Not classified.
3. Symptoms disappears:
• Suppression-Permanently.
• Palliation- Temporarily.
4. Patients sensation:
• Suppression- In general patient doses not feel better.
• Palliation- Feels better gradually from suffering.
5. Modalities:
• Suppression- Physically improved but mentally and neurological symptoms worsen.
• Palliation- No significant effects on mental or neurological conditions.
6. Susceptibility:
• Suppression- Become more susceptible to diseases.
• Palliation- May or may not increase the susceptibility.
7. Results of therapy:
• Suppression- The patient may continue to have other symptoms which may not have been considered to be part of the original disease, after use of suppressive therapy.
• Palliation- The disappeared symptoms return when the drug or medicine is discontinued.
8. Permissibility in Homoeopathy:
• Suppression- Suppression is impermissible in Homoeopathic system of treatment.
• Palliation- Palliation is justifiable in Homoeopathic in following:
– In case with advanced and irreversible tissue changes.
– Patients lacking in any of vital organ.
– Urgent case where danger to life and imminent death allow.
– In poisoning.