Homeopathy 1 Flashcards
“An Essay on a New Principle to Ascertain the Curative Powers of Drugs” in 1796.
Samuel Hahnemann (1755-1843)
From the start, homeopathy attracted a lot of positive and a lot of negative attention from the medical world..
Who Rejected that gods cause diseases and Promoted the use of healthy food, etc.
Hippocrates (c460 - c375 BCE)
“By the similars we prescribe, the ill do their good health find anew. Thus, whatever causes little urine to pass removes that which has already caused little urine to pass”
Hippocrates (c460 - c375 BCE)
a Greek physician, was still an influence into the late 18th century (bloodletting…)
Galen Galenus
what are The 4 humours/temperaments:
blood
black bile
yellow bile
phlegm
sanguine
blood
melancholic
black bile
choleric
yellow bile
phlegmatic
phlegm
(dependable, affectionate, slow/lazy)
phlegmatic - phlegm
(passionate, charismatic, bossy)
choleric - yellow bile
(creative, kind, introverted)
melancholic - black bile
(extroverted, social, impulsive)
sanguine - blood
A Persian physician (980-1037), the “father of early modern medicine”, he influenced medieval medicine in Europe until the mid-18th century.
Ibn Sina (Avicenna)
who believed there were natural causes to disease and promoted holistic medicine by addressing physical and psychological factors, environment, diet…
Ibn Sina (Avicenna)