Homeopathy

The history of homeopathy begins with its founder, Samuel Hahnemann (1755-1843), a German physician who coined the word homeopathy (homoios in Greek means “similar”; pathos refers to suffering). Hahnemann developed the “law of similars” into a systematic medical art and science. Immunizations, allergy treatment, and other medical approaches are based on this “law,” although homeopathy works in a very different way, using extremely low-dose substances to treat patients. In effect, the practitioner seeks to find a substance that, if given in overdose, would produce symptoms similar to those a sick person is experiencing. The most controversial aspect of homeopathy is the dosages. They are produced by a series of dilutions that result in an exceedingly low-dose substance. Homeopaths have observed that the more a medicine has been diluted, the longer it generally acts and the fewer the doses needed to be effective.

More startling is the fact that while homeopaths and scientists agree that solutions diluted beyond 24X or 12C (dilution levels used in homeopathy) may not have any molecules of the original solution, they assert that something remains: the essence of the substance, its resonance, its energy. Many practitioners have difficulty accepting these theories considering their science-based education, while others only look at the end-result success of homeopathic treatments.

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Homeopathy evolved in the United States through the work of Hans Gram, a Dutch homeopath who immigrated to the United States in 1825. Today, homeopathy is widespread throughout the world, especially in Europe, Asia, the Far East, Central and South America, Australia, and Russia.