Lecture 2 Flashcards
Who said the Law of Similars must guide medical practice?
Hahnemann
Who discovered highly diluted, potentized remedies?
Hahnemann
Who developed the theory of chronic miasms?
Hanhemann
Hahnemann was translating a book from who?
Dr. Cullen’s
What did Hahnemann want to experiment with?
Cinchona bark
How did Hahnemann experiment with cinchona bark?
He would ingest it a few times a day and then found that he would get a fever, behaviour/personality was different, sleep issues, headaches, overall his state was shifted. When he stopped taking it, symptoms were gone. Realized symptoms were similar to malaria, which is when he realized cinchona was used for treatment of malaria.
T/F: Hahnemann was not a target and everyone loved his discoveries
False, he became a “target”
Who were followers of Hahnemann?
Constatine Hering & Clemens M. F von Bonninghausen
What lead to the death of homeopathy in the 19th & 20th century?
developments of modern medicine
How did homeopathy survive?
lay homeopaths & individuals using homeopathy for their children or “clients”
What happened to homeopathy in 1970?
- it regained strength
- doctors were trained by George Vithoulkas
What did Hahnemann realize about remedies & potency?
More potent remedies were better with more dilution
T/F: Dilution is beyond Avogadro’s number.
True
What does miasm mean?
something “tainted”, “infectious, contaminated”
How did Constantine Hering start practicing homeopathy?
He wanted to disapprove homeopathy so he began to learn it, where he quit medical school and then began to practice homeopathy
Who’s tuberculosis was cured by homeopathy?
Clemens M. F von Bonninghausen
T/F: Many medical school started as homeopathic college.
True
What are the 4 principles of classical homeopathy?
- law of similars
- single remedy
- minimum dose
- totality of symptoms
Define Law of Similars.
individualize the case, unique set of symptoms, characteristics of symptoms, prescribe accordingly, find a matching remedy, most similar to the case
Define single remedy.
Find the most similar remedy, simillimum or simile, no combinations
Define Minimum dose
first do no harm, use potentized remedies, match the intensity
Define totality of symptoms.
characteristics symptoms, relevant symptoms, can’t macth every symptom
Homeopathy is the application of the Law of Similars in medical practice; using the Law of Similars to prescribe remedies.
What is homeotherapy, or homeotherapeutics, which uses complex remedies? (the new meaning, not the traditional meaning which is a synonym for homeopathy)
use of so-called “homeopathic” remedies, but not necessarily following the Law of Similars for their indication. They can be prescribed to address a diagnosed condition, a pathology, and not according to the individual’s set of symptoms.
The fact that they are combinations may increase the odds that one of the ingredients will match the symptom picture of the case and help, but the odds are not always very good (and the remedy fails). There is also a risk that the combo will affect the patient in unpredictable ways.
If a patient suffers from malaria, and some of their symptoms are better in open air and with warmth, but they tend to feel worse at night and after eating, could they try China (Cinchona) officinalis to treat the malaria?
yes, since cichona is good for intermittent fevers (individualized), matching symptoms with those of china, may take more than one dose
When making a homeopathic remedy, can we dilute a substance with a series of dilutions, for example, 1:99 (to make a centesimal scale remedy), and NOT do any succussion between the dilutions?
No, without the succussion process after each dilution, the remedies, do not retain the active properties of the substance
What is succussion and what does it do?
Creates a chock wave in the liquid by hitting a bouncy surface allowing the signature of the substance to be impregnated onto the liquid and its properties are transferred to the dilution
What occurs during succussion with reference to toxicity and activity.
Remedy will lose its toxicity but gain activity
