Introduction to Homeopathy
Homeopathy can be defined as Homeos = similar and Pathy = disease, meaning similar diseases.
Homeopathy treats diseases with medicines that can produce similar kind of sympotoms on proving
in a healthy individual.
Origin of Homeopathy
Homeopathy originated from Germany and the credit goes to Dr.Samuel Fredrich Hahnemann
, who
was the doctor in the old school of medicine initially.
The Discoverer of Homeopathy
Homeopathy was discovered by Dr. Fredrick Samuel Hahnemann frm Germany in an accidental manner.
While translating Cullen's Materia Medica
, he came across a statement that cinchona bark can
cure ague because it is bitter.
Dr. Hahnemann was not convinced and decided to try it out. He took some amount of powdered
Cinchona Bark and found that it had the capacity to bring the symptoms of malaria int the
person who consumes it. Hence, he came to the conclusion that, the substances that have the
capacity to produce a disease symptoms can cure only those of symptoms produced by it.
Homeopathy as a Science - Its rules and principles
Every pathy has its own rules and regulations for practice and so similarly homeopathy is also not
diferent from this universal rule. Homeopathy has a set of its own rules and regulations, certain
guidelines to follow, which once followed by any Homeopathic physician, the physician will not go wrong.
Pioneers of Homeopathy
There have been many homepathic physicians who have contributed to the growth of Homeopathy.
But there are seven great Homeopaths who have really contributed to the growth of Homeopathy as
a system and also faced many opppositions due to which they are really recognized today.
Some of them are
Dr. Samuel Fredrich Hahnemann
Dr. James Tyler Kent
Dr. Constantine Herring.
Dr. Schussler
Dr. William Boyd
Homeopathy and its advantages
Homeopathy has very great advantages. First of all the cure is rapid, gentle,
and a permanent cure. Secondly, there are rarely any side - effects of the medicines.
But Homeopathy is a difficult pathy to practice because it needs a great understanding of
the patient as a person which includes the disease of the patient, the psychological effects on
the patient, his environment, his habits, his inputs and outputs, his behaviour, his social
gathering, his relationships in the family, with his/her spouse, and with the society.
Hence, an understanding of all this required in depth first and then the knowledge of medicines and
their pharmaclogy, and prescription is essential.
But, in short Homeopathy is a very science of medicine, which if practiced with great understanding
can do wonders.
Homeopathy and its potencies
There are different scales of potencies in Homeopathy.
They are as follows
Decimal scale
Centisimal scale
Lm potencies