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Samuel
Hahnemann
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In
1790 Samuel Hahnemann began developing homeopathy
as a system of healing. He was a well-known and
respected physician and medical scholar. For reasons
that had to do with both ethical and professional
concerns, he retired from the allopathic medical
profession. In this regard he wrote, "I
renounced the practice of medicine that I might
no longer incur the risk of doing injury."
He did, however, continue his investigations and
medical translations. While translating a medical
textbook he came across a faulty explanation as
to why quinine cures malaria. He decided to experiment
with chinchona
(quinine) and discovered that quinine causes malaria
-type symptoms. His was the first breakthrough since
Hypocrites in the discovery of the law (not theory)
that like cures like -simillia similibus curentur.
Symptoms
of illness and disease are signs of an activated
immune system. Allopathic
medicine works by suppressing symptoms until the
condition subsides and the disease is pushed deeper
into the economy of the individual. Homeopathy
incites the body to fight harder in the same direction
the disease is already going thus stimulating
the body to finish the natural disease which results
in cure.
There
are approximately 2,000 remedies at the homeopaths
disposal. The majority of the remedies come from
the plant , animal and mineral kingdoms.
They are diluted and pounded and shaken (a process
called succusion) to create a more refined and
gentle medicine so as to cause no harm. There
are many different potencies which can be employed
at the homeopath's discretion.
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Chinchona
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These
remedies have been 'proven' by a very rigorous
experimental process. The remedies are given to
healthy individuals and the symptoms they cause
in the individuals are then recorded very carefully
taking into account all parts of their being from
the mind, emotion and will to their appetite and
skin. These provings are then carefully studied
to discover what sorts of disease pictures or
symptom constellations they produce so as to apply
it to a suffering individual with the same or
similar symptoms.
Giving
remedy this way stimulates the system to fight
to overcome the disease. We also use literature
on cured cases with these substances which we
study and use clinically. If you would like to
study more about the history of homeopathy please
refer to the links on the links page.
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