Homeopathy: a preventive approach to medicine?

Authors

  • Marcus Zulian Teixeira Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo (FMUSP).

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.51910/ijhdr.v8i29.360

Keywords:

Homeopathy, Promotion of health, Prevention of diseases, Prevention and control, Collective diseases, Epidemic genius, Isotherapy, Vaccination

Abstract

By applying the principle of therapeutic similarity, homeopathy seeks to stimulate the organism to react against its own disturbs. For homeopathic medicines to awaken effective homeostasis responses they must be individualized, this means that they must be chosen according to their similarity to the set of characteristic symptoms in patients. In this way, by aiming at decreasing individual susceptibility predisposing to disease, homeopathic medicines have healing and preventive effects in many human illnesses. On the other hand, homeopathic medicines may have specific indications in the treatment and prevention of epidemic diseases provided they are also chosen according to the particular set of symptoms peculiar to a given epidemic, viz. the so-called “epidemic geniusâ€ÂÂ, as historical examples show. This update paper discusses the epistemological foundations of Hahnemann’s homeopathy as a preventive medical approach, the scientific evidences supporting its clinical application and the minimum requirements to employ it both therapeutically and preventively in epidemics.

Author Biography

Marcus Zulian Teixeira, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo (FMUSP).

Rua Teodoro Sampaio, 352/128. CEP: 05406-000. São Paulo/SP. Brazil.

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Published

2021-12-25

How to Cite

Teixeira, M. Z. (2021). Homeopathy: a preventive approach to medicine?. International Journal of High Dilution Research - ISSN 1982-6206, 8(29), 155–172. https://doi.org/10.51910/ijhdr.v8i29.360

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Clinical Research

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