History of Homeopathy and Basic Principles PDF

HISTORY OF HOMEOPATHY AND ITS MAIN PRINCIPLES HAHNEMANN'S DISCOVERIES The Law of Similars must guide medical practice HAHNEMANN'S DISCOVERIES The Law of Similars must guide medical practice Phys.org: "Peru in danger of losing its... tree" (quinoa farmers...) Wiktionary: cinchona bark HAHNEMANN'S DIS...

HISTORY OF HOMEOPATHY AND ITS MAIN PRINCIPLES HAHNEMANN'S DISCOVERIES The Law of Similars must guide medical practice HAHNEMANN'S DISCOVERIES The Law of Similars must guide medical practice Phys.org: "Peru in danger of losing its... tree" (quinoa farmers...) Wiktionary: cinchona bark HAHNEMANN'S DISCOVERIES The Law of Similars must guide medical practice Cinchona (China) officinalis: Rush of ideas in bed, preventing sleep – indifferent – disobedient... Worse with the slightest touch – at night – every other day – after eating Better from hard pressure – bending double – with open air – warmth Phys.org: "Peru in danger of losing its... tree" (quinoa farmers...) Wiktionary: cinchona bark HAHNEMANN'S DISCOVERIES The Law of Similars must guide medical practice The highly diluted, potentized remedies HAHNEMANN'S DISCOVERIES The Law of Similars must guide medical practice The highly diluted, potentized remedies https://youtu.be/ITzmHyPb9TQ?t=9 (stop video at 1:56) HAHNEMANN'S DISCOVERIES The Law of Similars must guide medical practice The highly diluted, potentized remedies Avogadro's number = 6, 022 x 1023/mol vs 12 CH or 24X (DH) = 10-24 HAHNEMANN'S DISCOVERIES The Law of Similars must guide medical practice The highly diluted, potentized remedies The theory of chronic miasms HAHNEMANN'S DISCOVERIES The Law of Similars must guide medical practice The highly diluted, potentized remedies The theory of chronic miasms MIASM: Something "tainted"? or "infectious, contaminated"? CONTROVERSY! Hahnemann's discoveries challenged the status quo and the established practices in medicine. He wanted the truth to be known and was vocal about it... which made him a target But he also gained followers, like Constantine Hering and Clemens M. F von Bönninghausen 19 TH TO 20 TH CENTURIES Homeopathic doctors were doing very well in the 1800's. In the US, they were making more money than the average doctor. But pressure was put on them to give up homeopathy. The developments of modern medicine and the closure of homeopathic colleges and universities lead to a "death" of homeopathy in the US and Canada. 20 TH TO 21 ST CENTURIES Homeopathy survived around the world, though. In America, thanks to lay homeopaths and individuals used homeopathy for their children, or for "clients". In the 1970s, homeopathy regained strength, doctors were trained by George Vithoulkas, a classical homeopath, and naturopathy also started to thrive again into the 21st century... NATUROPATHY + HOMEOPATHY Naturopaths were often trained classically. But companies making "complex remedies" (combinations) were also offering training in the use of their products. You will see these products in the clinic, some for lymphatic drainage, or treating miasms, or to detox... And some for specific indications or pathologies. 6 PRINCIPLES OF NATUROPATHY First, do no harm (Read aphorism #2) Work with the healing power(s) of nature (many aphorisms) Identify and treat the cause(s) (Aphorism #3) Treat the whole person (Aphorism #5) Doctor as teacher (Aphorism #5 and others) Prevention (Aphorism #4) CLASSICAL HOMEOPATHY Law of Similars Single remedy Minimum dose Totality of symptoms Individualize the case Unique set of symptoms Characteristic symptoms Prescribe accordingly Find a matching remedy Most similar to the case CLASSICAL HOMEOPATHY Law of Similars Single remedy Minimum dose Totality of symptoms Find the most similar remedy Simillimum or simile No combinations CLASSICAL HOMEOPATHY Law of Similars Single remedy Minimum dose Totality of symptoms First do no harm Use potentized remedies Match the intensity CLASSICAL HOMEOPATHY Law of Similars Single remedy Minimum dose Totality of symptoms Characteristic symptoms Relevant symptoms Can't match every symptom Review Questions: Homeopathy is the application of the Law of Similars in medical practice; using the Law of Similars to prescribe remedies. What is homeotherapy, or homeotherapeutics, which uses complex remedies? (the new meaning, not the traditional meaning which is a synonym for homeopathy) Answer: Homeotherapy or homeotherapeutics (especially when using complex remedies, that is, combinations of potentized remedies) is the use of so-called "homeopathic" remedies, but not necessarily following the Law of Similars for their indication. They can be prescribed to address a diagnosed condition, a pathology, and not according to the individual's set of symptoms. The fact that they are combinations may increase the odds that one of the ingredients will match the symptom picture of the case and help, but the odds are not always very good (and the remedy fails). There is also a risk that the combo will affect the patient in unpredictable ways. Question: If a patient suffers from malaria, and some of their symptoms are better in open air and with warmth, but they tend to feel worse at night and after eating, could they try China (Cinchona) officinalis to treat the malaria? Answer: Yes. Their symptoms would fit the indication for China (the other name for Cinchona, pronounced "kina"), which we know is good for intermittent fevers, and would fit the individualized character of the case with the "modalities" of the remedy, that is, what makes them better and worse. Since the patient has matching symptoms with those of China, the odds are good that the remedy will be similar enough to the case to trigger a healing response in the body and hopefully cure the malaria (it may take more than one dose, but as long as the remedy helps and still fits the picture of the case during the treatment, it will be useful to use it and repeat it when needed, until an end to the malaria is reached, or there is a change in the symptom picture...) Question: When making a homeopathic remedy, can we dilute a substance with a series of dilutions, for example, 1:99 (to make a centesimal scale remedy), and NOT do any succussion between the dilutions? Answer: No. Without the succussion process after each dilution, the remedies do not retain the active properties of the substance. We just end up with a diluted remedy that gets weaker and weaker. But with the succussions (not just shaking the dilution, but actually creating a shock wave in the liquid, by hitting a bouncy surface, for example), we find that the signature of the substance is impregnated onto the liquid and its properties are transferred to the dilution. The remedy loses its toxicity with each dilution, but gains in activity!