HOH - Homeopathy

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homeo

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similar

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pathos

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suffering or disease

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samuel hahnemann

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a physician, chemist and linguist in germany - late 1700s

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hans burch gram

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boston born doctor, studied homeopathy in europe and introduced it to the US in 1825

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important dates in homeopathy - 1835

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first homeopathic medical college in allentown pennsylvania

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important dates in homeopathy - early 20th century

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8% medical practitioners were practicing homeopathy

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important dates in homeopathy - 1930s to mid 20th century

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most schools closed or converted to conventional medical schools

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important dates in homeopathy - 1960s

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revival began

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important dates in homeopathy - 1999 survey

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6million americans used homeopathy

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homeopathic treatment is ____

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individualized

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homeopathic treatment stimulates the ____ _____ mechanisms and process to ___ and ____ diseases

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body’s defense; prevent; treat

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homeopathic ___ are given in small doses

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substances

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natural substances from ___, ___, or ___

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plants, minerals or animals

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the homeopathic approach rests on a basic premise that

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an ill person can be treated with a medicine that could produce similar symptoms in a healthy person

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the ative ingredients are given in highly diluted form to avoid ____

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toxicity

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in the homeopathic “ultra molecular” dilutions, water is capable of storing information…

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relating to substances with which it has previously been in contact and subsequently transmits this info to pre-sensitised biosystems

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3 safety clauses

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taken under supervision of trained professionals, feeling worse for a brief time is common, interaction with conventional drugs is not known

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positive conclusions with 10 symptoms

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allergies and other respiratory tract, childhood diarrhea, influenza treatment, post-operative ileus, rheumatic diseases, seasonal allergic rhinitis, vertigo, fibromyalgia, osteoarthritis, sinusitis

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integration of homeopathy with conventional treatment is associated with better clinical outcome for similar or ____ costs

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lower

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the most developed system of herbal treatment was that of ___ ___

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samuel thompson

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two types of botanical medicine evolved from the thompsonians

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physiomedicalists and the eclectics

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first proposed german physician ____ ___ in 1796

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samuel hahnemann

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homeopathy was first introduced in the US by Dr ____ __ ____

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Hans B Gram

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Homeopathy was based on the writings of ___ ___

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Samuel Hahnemann

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succusion

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serially diluted with forceful shaking

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potenization

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each dilution becoming more potent

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homeopathy is a ___ philosophy in that it interprets diseases and sickness as caused by disturbances in the ___ ___ or __ ___

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vitalist; vital force or life force

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the fundamental tenet of homeopathy was the ___ ___ ___

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law of similars

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hahnemann observed from his experiments with cinchona bark, sued as a treatment for _____, that the effects he experienced from ingesting the bark were similar to the symptoms of ____

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malaria; malaria

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Hahnemann reasoned that effective treatments must be able to produce symptoms in ___ individuals similar to those of the disease being treated

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healthy

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hahnemann thought he was stimulating the ___ ____

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immune system

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infinitesimasl

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serial dilutions making the dosage so small that it became essentially undetectable

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infinitesimals supposedly made the remedy ___

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stronger

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criticism from medicine claimed that any response was merely a ___

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placebo

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c scale - ___x

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100

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d/x scale - ___x

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10

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q scale - __x

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2.35

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oscillococcinum

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200C dilution of duck liver for the flu

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homeopathic provings were base don controlled tests of the effects of drugs on healthy persons, it was perceived as more ___ ___ than traditional medicine

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scientifically grounded

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Prufung

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proving

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proving were important in the development of the ___ ___

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cinical trial

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the lengthy records of self-experimentation by homeopaths have occasionally proven useful in the development of ___ ___

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modern drugs

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1846 - National Medical convention put on by the AMA. primary goal was to develop an efficient system of licensing. homeopaths saw this as an attempt to ___ homeopathy

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destroy

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19th century - ___ between allopaths and homeopaths

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hostility

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ultimately medicine ____ homeopathy leading to the ___ on homeopathy

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accepted; declinee

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early clinical trials showered signs of ____ weakness in methodology and reporting

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major

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there is no convincing evidence that any homeopathic remedy had better effects than ____

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placebo

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clinical effects of homeopathy are nothing more than ___ effects

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placebo (2005)

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isopathy

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remedies made of things that cause disease or are products of disease

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flower remedies

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bach flower remedies - prepared by placing flowers in sunlit water, no succussion or dilution

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veterinary use -

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controversial, not approved by FDA in US, same effect as placebo

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homeopathic - ___ system of medicine

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holistic

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use of natural remedies to ___ self healing

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activate

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homeopathy - 3 times you use it

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acute, chronic, sometimes emergency

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__ most common form of medicine in he world

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second

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approximately ____ practitioners in the US

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8500

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__ school in the US

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30

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__ states license directly

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three

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3 key challenges

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increase public visibility, expand research, improve educational standards

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3 key opportunities

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development of bridge programs, increased demand, growth and professionalization of schools