Principles of Homeopathy

The few homeopathic products which were tested against GIN in sheep and cattle were based on plants and were not associated with a decrease in the worm burdens or faecal egg counts. However, considering the basic principles of homeopathy, it is likely that this approach reacts via modulation of the host s immune system (Cabaret et al., 2002). The use of non-classical parameters for assessing an antiparasitic effect should therefore be considered in future studies of homeopathy. 

In general terms, the flexibility of the water network (and the relatively short relaxation times of the water molecules themselves) suggests that NDIS is an ideal probe of ion-water structures. Our observations demonstrate the uniqueness of each ion in terms of its own hydration zone. By extension, our results also strongly argue against the fundamental principle of homeopathy which suggests that by some fiction water molecules are able to remember the environments in which they have been sited. 

The principle behind variolation, the same principle that forms the basis of homeopathy, reflected a much older practice. Inoculation in one form or another was widely practiced well before the rise of modern medicine. In India, variolation was carried out by ritual specialists and was thoroughly integrated with the worship of the goddess Sithala." In other societies, its cultural setting was no doubt different, although the actual procedures were remarkably parallel. 

The term allopathy was created by Christian Friedrich Samnel Hahnemarm (1755-1843) (from the Greek prefix (tKhoq, alios, other , different and the suffix rrdSo pathos, suffering ) in order to distinguish his technique (homeopathy) from the traditional medicine of his age. Today, allopathy mearts a medicine based on the principles of modem pharmacology. 

G. K6hler(1989) The Handbook of Homeopathy—Its Principles and Practice. Healing Arts Press, Rochester—Vermont. 

Before describing the details of the mechanism of action of homeopathic potencies in the living system we would discuss first the scientific basis of some aspects peculiar to Homeopathy. These are lateralities, time modalities, similia principle, non-linear systems, miasms, polycrests and holism. 

Proponents call homeopathy s defining principle the Law of Similars or like cures like. This holds that substances that cause healthy people to get symptoms of a certain medical condition or disease can cure conditions or... 

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