Homeopathy Homeopathy The Companion Encyclopedia of the History of Medicine states that "Hahnemann gave an all-embracing name to regular practice, calling it 'allopathy'. This term, however imprecise, was employed by his followers or other unorthodox movements to identify the prevailing methods as constituting nothing more than a competing 'school' of medicine, however dominant in terms of number of practitioner proponents and patients." In the nineteenth century, some pharmacies labelled their products with the terms allopathic or homeopathic. ...more on Wikipedia about "Allopathic medicine"
Bach flower remedies or Flower Essence Therapy are 'diluted sun infusions' of flowers discovered and developed by Dr.Edward Bach. They are similar to homeopathy in many respects and form a part of alternative medicine. In general, they are believed by western medicine to exert their claimed effects via the placebo effect, however practitioners feel the "energetic signature" of the flower can be transmitted to the user and affect a person's psychological state. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bach flower remedies"
Boiron is a multinational France-based homeopathic manufacturing pharmaceutical company, having an operating presence in 59 countries worldwide. It is the largest manufacturer of homeopathic products in the world, and in 2005, was the second largest manufacturer of over the counter medicine in France. In 2004, it employed a workforce of 2,779 and had a turnover of € 313 million. ...more on Wikipedia about "Boiron"
Classical homeopathy is then told to be hahnemannian homeopathy because it follows (strictly) the four pinciples written in the Organon: ...more on Wikipedia about "Classical homeopathy"
A combination of substances in one homeopathic remedy. Also otherwisse called Poly remedies (for reference 'Homeopathic Pharmacy, T. C. Mondal). Used in french homeopathy these are called and critisized by classical homeopaths to be used actually in an allopathic way and thus regarded as not really homeopathic remedies by them. ...more on Wikipedia about "Cocktail remedies"
Dr Edward Bach ( September 24, 1886 - November 27 1936) developed Bach flower remedies, a form of alternative medicine inspired by the classical homeopathic traditions. ...more on Wikipedia about "Edward Bach"
Guy Beckley Stearns, M.D. ( 1870 - 1947) was an American physician and significant contributor to homeopathic medicine. He conducted early research with very highly potentized remedies first with fruit flies and later importing the Emanometer, a tuning device made by Dr. William E. Boyd of Glasgow, Scotland. ...more on Wikipedia about "Guy Beckley Stearns"
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Harris L. Coulter, PhD ( October 8, 1932, Baltimore, Maryland - 2004) was a medical historian and lecturer who made significant contributions in many areas during his career regarding cancer, the dangers of vaccinations, by serving on numerous medical advisory panels and boards, and by shedding light on the conflict between the American Medical Association (AMA) and homeopathy. His fluency in German, French, Spanish, Latin, Russian, Hungarian, and Serbo-Croatian helped him communicate to a wide audience. ...more on Wikipedia about "Harris Coulter"
A Homeopath is a homeopathic practitioner. ...more on Wikipedia about "Homeopath"
Homeopathic Materia Medica is a main resourse of information for homeopathic remedies and tool, which is used in the process of discovering the case remedy needed to do a prescibtion. ...more on Wikipedia about "Homeopathic Materia Medica"
A homeopathic proving is the method by which the profile of a homeopathic remedy is determined. They are carried out in a number of ways depending on the group who is conducting the trial. This usually involves following Samuel Hahnemann’s strict protocol, but may extend to a person taking the remedy and meditating on the effects. It should however be noted that most authoratitve provings are done following a strict method, layed down in Jeremy Sherr's book entitled The Dynamics and Methodology of Homoeopatic Provings, published by Dynamis Books. See especially pages 45-55. ...more on Wikipedia about "Homeopathic proving"
A homeopathic repertory is an index of symptoms. For each entry, a number of remedies are listed that are associated with that symptom either through a homeopathic proving or from clinical experience. The inclusion of remedies renders the repertory an example of materia medica. Repertories have inclusion criteria intended to result in a high degree of accuracy and are continually corrected. There is often lively debate among the compilers of a repertory and interested practitioners over the veracity of a particular inclusion. ...more on Wikipedia about "Homeopathic repertory"
Homeopathy (also spelled homœopathy or homoeopathy) from the Greek words όμοιος, hómoios (similar) and πάθος, páthos (suffering), is a controversial system of alternative medicine. The model of homeopathy was developed by the Saxon physician Samuel Hahnemann ( 1755– 1843) and first published in 1796. ...more on Wikipedia about "Homeopathy"
Homeowatch is a skeptical guide to homeopathic history, theories, and current practices, operated by Stephen Barrett, M.D. ...more on Wikipedia about "Homeowatch"
Isopathy is a subset of homoeopathy. It was invented by Johann Lux in the 1830s. ...more on Wikipedia about "Isopathy"
French immunologist Jacques Benveniste ( March 12, 1935 - October 3, 2004) gained international notoriety in 1988 when he published a paper in the prestigious scientific journal Nature that claimed to have found valid evidence for homeopathy. He claimed that a homeopathically diluted solution of antibodies could activate white blood cells without relying on a chemical reaction, via a proposed mechanism he called water memory. ...more on Wikipedia about "Jacques Benveniste"
James Tyler Kent, M.D. ( 1849 - 1916) was an American physician and significant contributor to homeopathic medicine. ...more on Wikipedia about "James Tyler Kent"
The following remedies are commonly used in homeopathic medicine today. Compare to Hahnemann's Materia Medica Pura. ...more on Wikipedia about "List of common homeopathic remedies"
(List of important homeopaths) Biographies from Homéopathe International ...more on Wikipedia about "List of important homeopaths"
Materia medica is a Latin term for any material or substance used in the composition of curative agents in medicine. From the earliest days of organized pharmaceutical and medical knowledge, all of the information pertaining to drugs and their usage was designated "materia medica" (meaning medical matter). The most famous commentary on drugs, written by Greek pharmaco-botanist Dioscorides in the first century A.D., is titled de materia medica libri cinque (concerning medical matter in five volumes), and covered about 600 plant drugs plus a number of animal and mineral products. ...more on Wikipedia about "Materia medica"
Materia Medica Pura is a compilation of homeopathic proving reports, published in six volumes during the 1820s (vol. VI in 1827.) by Samuel Hahnemann. Revised editions of volumes I and II were published in 1830 and 1833, respectively. ...more on Wikipedia about "Materia Medica Pura"
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A nosode is a homeopathically-prepared remedy, made from a disease or pathological product. ...more on Wikipedia about "Nosode"
Oscillococcinum is a homeopathic remedy that is claimed to relieve the symptoms of influenza (flu). It is one of the most popular of all homeopathic remedies, particularly in France. It is unusual in that it is a proprietary preparation; the name Oscillococcinum is owned by a French company, Boiron, its sole manufacturer. ...more on Wikipedia about "Oscillococcinum"
Rajan Sankaran is a homeopathic doctor practising in Mumbai. The son of the homeopath Dr. P. Sankaran, he graduated from the Bombay (Mumbai) Homoeopathic Medical College (now known as Smt. Chandaben Mohanbhai Patel Homoeopathic Medical College) in 1981. ...more on Wikipedia about "Rajan Sankaran"
Christian Friedrich Samuel Hahnemann ( 10th April 1755 in Meißen, Saxony, Holy Roman Empire - 2nd July 1843 in Paris, France) was a physician who, beginning with an article he published in a German medical journal in 1796, coined homoeopathic medicine. Hahnemann is also credited with introducing the practice of quarantine to the Kingdom of Prussia during his employment with the Duke of Anhalt-Köthen. He received his doctor of medicine degree at the University of Erlangen. Hahnemann is entombed in a mausoleum at Paris's Père Lachaise cemetery. ...more on Wikipedia about "Samuel Hahnemann"
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