Multiple Choice

Question 1

Who was the first recorded physician to heal patients using the law of similars?

Answer 1

Samuel Hahnemann

Question 2

What were the four humours used by Galen that remained a dominant part of medical thinking until Hahnemann’s time?

Answer 2

Blood, phlegm, yellow bile, and black bile

Question 3

Which Greek homeopath played a major role in the resurgence of homeopathy’s popularity in the 1970s and 1980s?

Answer 3

George Vithoulkas

Question 4

Which Swiss scientist utilized the principle of similars, recommending mercury and sulfur as treatments for specific diseases?

Answer 4

Paracelsus

Question 5

Who is the U.S. homeopath whose work influenced contemporary ideas about homeopathy’s use in psychological and essence prescribing?

Answer 5

James Tyler Kent

Question 6

What is the resource used by homeopathic practitioners to look up the collected indications of a specific medicine?

Answer 6

Materia Medica / A homeopathic repertory.

Question 7

What is the term for the art of knowing a plant’s medicinal properties from its outer appearance?

Answer 7

Doctrine of Signatures

Question 8

What type of symptoms is a homeopathic practitioner most interested in when choosing a medicine?

Answer 8

Characteristic symptom

Question 9

In homeopathic texts, what do different fonts indicate?

Answer 9

Text may be in different fonts to communicate quality in the source of information

Question 10

How did Hahnemann recommend using the doctrine of signatures?

Answer 10

Sparingly and cautiously / Hahnemann recommended avoiding the doctrine of signatures as he believed it was an unreliable method of prescribing.

Question 11

What does the hierarchy of symptoms in homeopathy refer to?

Answer 11

Various homeopaths have proposed hierarchies that classify symptoms according to their importance

Question 12

What is the category of symptoms in homeopathic prescribing that makes an existing complaint better or worse?

Answer 12

Modality

Question 13

What is the category of symptoms in homeopathic prescribing that affects the person’s body in multiple areas?

Answer 13

General symptoms / Generalities

Question 14

What is the category of symptoms in homeopathic prescribing that affects the person’s body in a specific location?

Answer 14

Local symptoms / Particulars

Question 15

In homeopathy, what does the term “Concomitant” refer to?

Answer 15

Symptoms occurring simultaneously with the main complaint

Question 16

What does the letters cK in the description of a homeopathic medicine indicate?

Answer 16

The letters cK indicate that the remedy has been prepared using the centesimal (C) scale and the Korsakovian method of dilution.

Question 17

What is the dilution factor of the centesimal potency scale?

Answer 17

1:100

Question 18

What is the dilution factor of the decimal potency scale?

Answer 18

1:10

Question 19

What is the process called where the source substance is ground with milk sugar in a mortar and pestle?

Answer 19

Trituration

Question 20

What is the name for the group of homeopathically prepared medicines sourced from infectious disease material?

Answer 20

Nosodes

Question 21

What is the name for the group of homeopathically prepared medicines sourced from healthy tissues or secretions?

Answer 21

Sarcodes

Question 22

What dilution scale is used when you see the letters cH or cK in the description of a homeopathic medicine?

Answer 22

LM potency scale / The dilution scale used is the centesimal (C) scale. centesimal scale

Question 23

What is the methodology used by homeopaths to support the vitality and health of patients in early undiagnosable stages of illness?

Answer 23

Constitutional prescribing

Question 24

What is the homeopathic prescribing technique based on taxonomical groupings of the source material to determine the prescription?

Answer 24

Botanical or family prescribing

Question 25

What is the homeopathic prescribing technique mainly focused on disease symptoms and characteristics?

Answer 25

Lesional

Question 26

Who developed a nutritionally focused prescribing system using 12 homeopathically prepared tissue salts?

Answer 26

Dr. Wilhelm Heinrich Schüßler / Schuessler

Question 27

What is the name of the homeopathic prescribing technique that utilizes homeopathically prepared medicines from drugs or toxins?

Answer 27

Tautopathic

Question 28

According to homeopathic philosophy, what are the ideal symptoms to select a medicine on?

Answer 28

Characteristic symptoms.

Question 29

What homeopathic medicine might be considered for a scientist with specific symptoms like delusion of grandeur and 4-5 am diarrhea?

Answer 29

Sulphur

Question 30

What is the source of information for a homeopathic materia medica?

Answer 30

Proving conducted by homeopathic practitioners

Question 31

What is the name given to the homeopathic medicine Sulphur when used as a constitutional type?

Answer 31

Sulphur Constitution" or "Sulphur Type."

Question 32

What homeopathic medicine might be considered for someone with a fear of failure and disturbed thyroid function?

Answer 32

Calcarea carbonica

Question 33

What homeopathic medicine is used in both homeopathy and herbalism for the treatment of cuts or skin abrasions?

Answer 33

Calendula officinalis / marigold

Question 34

What homeopathic medicine is often indicated for trauma to deep or internal tissues, especially to gonads and breasts?

Answer 34

Bellis perennis

Question 35

What homeopathic medicine is often indicated for someone with a fear of failure?

Answer 35

Lycopodium

Question 36

What does Level 1 of the most commonly used hierarchy of evidence in the medical field consist of?

Answer 36

Systematic reviews and meta-analyses of randomized controlled trials

Question 37

What does Level 4 of the most commonly used hierarchy of evidence in the medical field consist of?

Answer 37

Expert opinion or case series

Question 38

Which complementary medicine therapy has statutory registration status in Australia?

Answer 38

Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM)