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The History of Homeopathy

Of all the natural medicines, none is moreHe suspected that the accepted therapies of
divisive than homeopathy. Many chemists,bloodletting, mercury overdoses and other
biologists and physicians are quick topopular treatments were, in fact, doing more
dismiss this 200 year-old system of naturalharm than good. He soon abandoned his
healing as nothing but absolute quackery andorthodox medical career to devote himself
in many countries around the world, justfull-time to the studies that would
calling yourself a homeopath can result ineventually give us the branch of natural
imprisonment. But millions of lay people andhealing that Dr. Hahnemann coined
thousands of educated, competent health care"homeopathy".Unlike his mainstream
professionals from all walks of life believecontemporaries, who experimented only on sick
completely in the healing power of thispeople and laboratory animals, Dr. Hahnemann
controversial system of naturalgave his experimental remedies to healthy
healing.Homeopathy is so popular in Europeadults to study their reactions under
that over 30% of the family practitioners inreal-life conditions. Dr. Hahnemann noticed
France prescribe homeopathic remedies andthat healthy people receiving extremely small
more than 40% of England's doctors regularlyamounts of certain medications exhibited many
refer patients to homeopaths. Here in theof the same symptoms the medications were
U.S., homeopathy is enjoying something of asupposed to eliminate. He called his
renaissance, as well. Though homeopathy isdiscovery the "Law of Similars" and it is
considerably less well-known here, a growingthis law upon which the rest of homeopathy is
number of Americans are turning to homeopathybuilt. Even modern mainstream practices like
for help with everything from AIDS to theimmunization and radiation owe their
common cold.Based on the use of extremelywidespread acceptance to this first law of
dilute preparations known as "remedies",homeopathy.His discovery of the Law of
homeopathy grew from the meticulous researchSimilars was the fuse that ignited the rest
of an 18th century German physician namedof Dr. Hahnemann's research. This research,
Samuel Hahnemann. At the height of histhe results of which were compiled into
career, Dr. Hahnemann was the personalexhaustive volumes he called "provings", has
physician to the German royal family and thebeen continually updated by other homeopaths
author of one of the most respected chemistryever since.Lisa Barger is a traditional
texts of the time. But despite his personalnaturopath specializing in natural health
and professional successes, Dr. Hahnemanneducation. To learn more about Ms.
grew increasingly dissatisfied with medicine.



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