HOH - Homeopathy Flashcards
homeo
similar
pathos
suffering or disease
samuel hahnemann
a physician, chemist and linguist in germany - late 1700s
hans burch gram
boston born doctor, studied homeopathy in europe and introduced it to the US in 1825
important dates in homeopathy - 1835
first homeopathic medical college in allentown pennsylvania
important dates in homeopathy - early 20th century
8% medical practitioners were practicing homeopathy
important dates in homeopathy - 1930s to mid 20th century
most schools closed or converted to conventional medical schools
important dates in homeopathy - 1960s
revival began
important dates in homeopathy - 1999 survey
6million americans used homeopathy
homeopathic treatment is ____
individualized
homeopathic treatment stimulates the ____ _____ mechanisms and process to ___ and ____ diseases
body’s defense; prevent; treat
homeopathic ___ are given in small doses
substances
natural substances from ___, ___, or ___
plants, minerals or animals
the homeopathic approach rests on a basic premise that
an ill person can be treated with a medicine that could produce similar symptoms in a healthy person
the ative ingredients are given in highly diluted form to avoid ____
toxicity
in the homeopathic “ultra molecular” dilutions, water is capable of storing information…
relating to substances with which it has previously been in contact and subsequently transmits this info to pre-sensitised biosystems
3 safety clauses
taken under supervision of trained professionals, feeling worse for a brief time is common, interaction with conventional drugs is not known
positive conclusions with 10 symptoms
allergies and other respiratory tract, childhood diarrhea, influenza treatment, post-operative ileus, rheumatic diseases, seasonal allergic rhinitis, vertigo, fibromyalgia, osteoarthritis, sinusitis
integration of homeopathy with conventional treatment is associated with better clinical outcome for similar or ____ costs
lower
the most developed system of herbal treatment was that of ___ ___
samuel thompson
two types of botanical medicine evolved from the thompsonians
physiomedicalists and the eclectics
first proposed german physician ____ ___ in 1796
samuel hahnemann
homeopathy was first introduced in the US by Dr ____ __ ____
Hans B Gram
Homeopathy was based on the writings of ___ ___
Samuel Hahnemann
succusion
serially diluted with forceful shaking
potenization
each dilution becoming more potent
homeopathy is a ___ philosophy in that it interprets diseases and sickness as caused by disturbances in the ___ ___ or __ ___
vitalist; vital force or life force
the fundamental tenet of homeopathy was the ___ ___ ___
law of similars
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 ____
malaria; malaria
Hahnemann reasoned that effective treatments must be able to produce symptoms in ___ individuals similar to those of the disease being treated
healthy
hahnemann thought he was stimulating the ___ ____
immune system
infinitesimasl
serial dilutions making the dosage so small that it became essentially undetectable
infinitesimals supposedly made the remedy ___
stronger
criticism from medicine claimed that any response was merely a ___
placebo
c scale - ___x
100
d/x scale - ___x
10
q scale - __x
2.35
oscillococcinum
200C dilution of duck liver for the flu
homeopathic provings were base don controlled tests of the effects of drugs on healthy persons, it was perceived as more ___ ___ than traditional medicine
scientifically grounded
Prufung
proving
proving were important in the development of the ___ ___
cinical trial
the lengthy records of self-experimentation by homeopaths have occasionally proven useful in the development of ___ ___
modern drugs
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
destroy
19th century - ___ between allopaths and homeopaths
hostility
ultimately medicine ____ homeopathy leading to the ___ on homeopathy
accepted; declinee
early clinical trials showered signs of ____ weakness in methodology and reporting
major
there is no convincing evidence that any homeopathic remedy had better effects than ____
placebo
clinical effects of homeopathy are nothing more than ___ effects
placebo (2005)
isopathy
remedies made of things that cause disease or are products of disease
flower remedies
bach flower remedies - prepared by placing flowers in sunlit water, no succussion or dilution
veterinary use -
controversial, not approved by FDA in US, same effect as placebo
homeopathic - ___ system of medicine
holistic
use of natural remedies to ___ self healing
activate
homeopathy - 3 times you use it
acute, chronic, sometimes emergency
__ most common form of medicine in he world
second
approximately ____ practitioners in the US
8500
__ school in the US
30
__ states license directly
three
3 key challenges
increase public visibility, expand research, improve educational standards
3 key opportunities
development of bridge programs, increased demand, growth and professionalization of schools
