A system of therapy based
on the concept that disease can be treated with drugs (in minute doses)
thought capable of producing the same symptoms in healthy people as
the disease itself.
Homeopathy was invented by
the German
physician Samuel Hahnemann (1755-1843) in the
late 18th and early 19th centuries. It was both refined and popularized
by the American physician James Tyler Kent. Homeopathy is based on the
theory that each naturally occurring element, plant, and mineral compound
will, when ingested or applied, result in certain symptoms. Hahnemann
believed that, by diluting these substances in a standardized manner,
one could reach the true essence of that
substance. Hahnemann described this process
of dilution as "potentizing" (German: "potenziert")
the substance. These dilute amounts could then be used to treat the
very symptoms they were known to produce.
Hahnemann and his students
approached their treatments in a holistic way, meaning that the whole
of the body and spirit is dealt with, not just the localised disease.
Hahnemann himself spent extended periods of time with his patients,
asking them questions that dealt not only with their particular symptoms
or illness, but also with the details of their daily lives. It is also
suggested that the gentle approach of homeopathy was a reaction to the
violent forms of medicine of the day, which included techniques such
as bleeding.
According to homeopathy, symptoms are the body 's way of fighting disease.
Homeopathy teaches that symptoms are to be encouraged, by prescribing
a "remedy" in minuscule doses that in large doses would produce
the same symptoms seen in the patient. These remedies are meant to stimulate
the
immune
system, helping
to
cure the illness, according to homeopathy..
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