What is Homeopathy?

Nobel laureate enkatraman Ramakrishnan hasdubbed homeopathy and astrology as “bogus”. He also asked everyone to instead focus on real science. The Central Council of Homeopathy (CCH) is organising the three-day seminar to commemorate 40 years of its formation. Union Minister Shripad Yesso Naik assured the Council that Post Graduate in Homoeopathy would be introduced in more subjects like anatomy, physiology and others as demanded by the homoeopathic colleges.

The name homeopathy, coined by its originator, Samuel Hahnemann, is derived from the Greek words for ‘similar suffering’ referring to the ‘like cures like’ principle of healing. Hahnemann was born in Germany two hundred and fifty years ago. At this time the old world-view was being renovated and traditional beliefs, many flimsily based upon superstition, were increasingly subject to the rigour of experimental scrutiny and assessment. The practice of Homeopathy is based upon science while its application is an art.

It is founded on two principles that have occurred regularly throughout the history of medicine, both in eastern and western worlds. The first principle of ‘like cures like’ can be looked at in several ways. One way is to assume that the body knows what it is doing and that symptoms are the body’s way of taking action to overcome illness. This healing response is automatic in living organisms; we term it the vital response. The similar medicine acts as a stimulus to the natural vital response, giving it the information it needs to complete its healing work.

The second principle, that only ‘the minimum dose’ should be employed is based upon the understanding that the stimulus of the medicine works from within the vitality and is not imposed from the outside. Only enough is administered to initiate the healing process, which then carries on, driven by its own internal healing mission, states www.homeopathyschool.com.