Homeopathy

1. INTRODUCTION 1.1 Definition of Homeopathy Homeopathy is an alternative and complementary medical science based on theory of “Similar xxxxx similar” found by Dr. Samuel hehnemann, a german physician. It is the science of treating disease that employs very low quantity of drug substance that may be in higher quantity shows symptoms of other diseases in normal healthy person. 1.2 Global market of Homeopathic drug India is the country which exporting the homeopathic drug product to the foreign countries like USA, Germany and United Kingdom. 90-95% of homeopathic products are exported to Germany from India. Since 1992-93, Indian Homeopathic product is increasing for USA. India also exports to the developing countries like Russia Ukraine and Sri lanka.…

Homeopathy being about two hundred years old is a relatively new form of complementary and alternative medicine. Homeopathy is based on the principle that like cures like, which argues that if a certain substance given to a healthy individual causes the same symptoms as a disease then it will also cure that disease in ill individuals. Additionally, these illnesses are believed to be caused by nonphysical disease entities called miasms. Misasms are what homeopaths believe to be the root causes of…

This article regarding homeopathy is allotting the readers a description of the theory behind it. By doing this, Bruce Goldfarb is allowing the readers to discover their own opinions involving this medicinal method, while still sharing his own. The debate of whether homeopathy is a valid and legitimate practice has been going on since the 18th century when it was originally founded by Samuel Hahnemann. Hahnemann’s new theory was that “like cures like” and if a small amount of the same disease…

What is Homeopathy? Before we can begin to analyze its strengths and weaknesses we have to actually understand what it really means. According to Cambridge’s dictionary homeopathy, means , “ a system of treating diseases in which sick people are given very small amounts of natural substances that, in healthy people, would produce the same effects as the diseases produce.” More specifically though, we are focusing on the aspect of homeopathy pills used to treat certain illnesses. The ideology…

Eric Chase A Brief History of Homeopathy in America As a medic in the army I began my career knowing absolutely nothing about medicine. At the beginning of my training I was trained to respond to catastrophic injuries and situations. During my first deployment, my soldiers began (for reasons I know understand as more complicated) not responding to Ibuprofen and water as a cure for aches and pains. Coming back from that deployment I understood that I was limited by my professional license as…

set out an expedition to prove whether or not homeopathy was effective in treating “health conditions.” The experiment concluded, “there are no health conditions for which there is reliable evidence that homeopathy is effective”(NHMRC). Though this experiment was only based in Australia, it was still able to provide sufficient support for the non-effectiveness of homeopathy. Researches have collectively concluded that homeopathy should not be utilized on patients who have chronic or serious…

homeopathic medicine has been extensively argued and physicians widely believe that this form of treatment is not scientifically sound. Despite this, homeopathy is still widely used throughout the western world. There is currently no reliable evidence that demonstrates homeopathic treatment is an effective or ethical…

A patient can not make an educated medical decision when they are completely unaware of the alternatives that are available. A pharmaceutical doctor will never bring up or recommend the use of homeopathic medicine because they simply compete against each other. In all reality a patient does not need to use only one type of medicine and that is the beauty of this modern and advanced world. Pharmaceutical doctors argue that homeopathy can not be used in every situation. Well the great thing is, it…

The Article “Like treat like” written in the Magazine Occupational Health back in October 2005 by Liz Hall is relating to a report called the Lancet in which finalizes the skepticism towards the idea of the remedies being as effective as they said. Because the ingredients are diluted many times to the extreme of literally getting crumbs from it to administer to the patient. Yet, 1991 research has proven the efficacy of the treatments. As they carried out the treatment given to a patient with…

homeopathic meds are not medical in their profession ("Who uses homeopathy?", 2016). Question 4 elicited the knowledge of the term homeopathy which to no surprise nearly all participants had heard of it as alternative medication therapies are discussed in most nursing school training and are popular topics on talk shows. Delving into more detailed questions in the survey, question 5 probes about participant’s likeliness to consider homeopathic medicine. The finding of question 5 was unpredicted…