What is Homeopathy?
Homeopathy is an alternative system of medicine that embraces a natural and holistic approach to healing. It recognises that all symptoms are an expression of dis-harmony within the person, therefore, it seeks to treat the person as a whole, with a view to restoring balance and wellbeing.
The term Homoeopathy is derived from Greek word, where "Homoeo" means "similar", "Pathos" means "Sufferings or the disease". Dr. Christian Fredrich Samuel Hahnemann was a German Allopathic Physician. Though he set up his practice, as an allopathic medical practitioner, he stopped it with utter dissatisfaction towards the medical science that he had mastered and started translating books from German to English. While engaged in translating once he came across a comment from Cullen’s work, Materia Medica which stated it was the bitter taste of cinchona bark that cured Malaria. This aroused the curiosity of Hahnemann and he tested the medicine on his body. Surprisingly, his body showed symptoms of Malaria and then he tested the same on his family members also. This was the first example of drug proving that led to the discovery of Homoeopathy in 1790.
- Homeopathy is an alternative system of medicine that embraces a natural and holistic approach to healing. It recognizes that all symptoms are an expression of dis-harmony within the person, therefore, it seeks to treat the person as a whole, with a view to restoring balance and wellbeing.
- The term Homoeopathy is derived from the Greek word, where “Homoeo” means “similar”, and “Pathos” means “Suffering or the disease”.
- Dr. Christian Fredrich Samuel Hahnemann was a German Allopathic Physician. Though he set up his practice, as an allopathic medical practitioner, he stopped it with utter dissatisfaction with the medical science that he had mastered and started translating books from German to English. While engaged in translating once he came across a comment from Cullen’s work, Materia Medica which stated it was the bitter taste of cinchona bark that cured Malaria. This aroused the curiosity of Hahnemann and he tested the medicine on his body. Surprisingly, his body showed symptoms of Malaria and then he tested the same on his family members also.
- This was the first example of drug proving that led to the discovery of Homoeopathy in 1790.
