1. Homeopathy
Mitchell Goldflies, M.D.

2. Homeopathy Is Best Defined
Introduction
Homeopathy Is Best Defined As
“Energy Medicine.”

3. Introduction
History
Science
Application

4. How homeopathy may be incorporated into your present medical practice
Introduction
How homeopathy may be incorporated into your present medical practice

5. Topics The Origins of Homeopathy Samuel Christian Hahnemann
Overview of Homeopathy

6. Topics How Homeopathic Remedies are Made Remedy Potencies
Proof of Homeopathy

7. Topics
Eclectic School of Homeopathy
RSI Homeopathic Products

8. Overview The roots of homeopathy are in physics, not in chemistry.
Classical homeopathy requires that the profile of the patient must first be determined.

9. Overview
Homeopathic remedies work by helping the body’s defense system help itself.
Homeopathy is a holistic form of medicine.

10. Overview
Homeopathy takes into account the unique emotional and physical traits of the individual.
The principles and practice of homeopathy have remained largely unchanged since their introduction about 200 years ago.

11. Terminology
Similimum-The Best Single Remedy Which Best Fits the Profile
Repertorization-The procedure in finding the Similimum

12. Terminology
Proving- Recording the symptoms evoked in a healthy person taking a scientifically prepared substance

13. Terminology
Doctrine of Signatures-The external appearance of a plant gives an indication of the ailments it would cure.

14. Terminology
The Law of Similars- Homeopathic treatment using a dilute substance to treat symptoms which in the undiluted form will provoke the same symptoms in a healthy person.

15. Terminology
The Law of Contraries- An illness should be treated by a substance capable of producing opposite symptoms in a healthy person.

16. Terminology
The Laws of Cure- Symptoms move from the top of the body downward, from the inside out, and from the most important organs to the least important.
A cure occurs in the reverse order to the onset of symptoms.

17. Terminology
Similia Similibus Curentur-
“like can cure like”
Homeo-”similar”
Pathos-”suffering”

18. Terminology
Remedy- Scientifically diluted natural substance used for treatment in homeopathy
Aggravations- When patient’s symptoms worsened before becoming better after taking remedy

19. Terminology
Mother Tincture-The solution created by dissolving a soluble substance, such as plant or animal extracts, in an alcohol/water mixture.
Potentization-Serial dilutions of the mother tincture

20. Terminology
Succussing-Vigorous shaking and banging down on a hard surface at each stage of dilution of a substance
Trituration-Grinding insoluble substances until they become soluble and diluted with lactose

21. Terminology
Classical Homeopathy-Using a single high potency homeopathic remedy to treat symptoms
Eclectic Homeopathy- Using low potency combination homeopathic remedies to treat symptoms

22. Terminology
Vital Force- Subtle energy within the body that responds to the remedies and enables the body to heal itself
Miasm- Deep-seated weakness that blocks a remedy

23. The Origins of Homeopathy

24. Hippocrates
( B.C.)
Known as the father of Medicine

25. Hippocrates
He believed that the patient’s own powers of healing are essential to choosing an appropriate cure.

26. Hippocrates Developed the principle “like can cure like”
He felt that an illness could be treated by a substance capable of producing similar symptoms to those being suffered by the patient.

27. Hippocrates He maintained a collection of several hundred remedies.
Used the root of Veratrum album (white hellebore) in the treatment of cholera

28. Hippocrates
Veratrum album- In a large dose this highly poisonous root causes violent purging that leads to severe dehydration, mirroring the symptoms of cholera.

29. Hippocrates Medical treatment was based on the Law of Contraries.
Diarrhea was treated with aluminum hydroxide, which constipates.

30. Roman Influences 1st to 5th centuries A.D.
Herbs introduced into the pharmacopoeia

31. Roman Influences
Greater emphasis on importance of preventative health care and improving public hygiene

32. Dark Ages
Little medical advancement in Europe after the decline in the Roman Empire

33. 16th Century Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim (1493-1541)
Swiss physician
Known as Paracelsus

34. Paracelsus
Promoted that the causes of disease were liked to external forces, not mystical forces, such as contaminated food and drink

35. Paracelsus
He proposed that physicians should take into account the body’s own natural ability to heal itself

36. Paracelsus
He laid down the foundations for modern chemistry by concentrating on practical experimentation rather than alchemy and its quest to transform base metal into a valuable one.

37. Paracelsus
He believed that plants and metals contained active ingredients that could be prescribed to match an illness.

38. Paracelsus Doctrine of Signatures
Chelidonium manjus (celadine) was used to treat the liver and gallbladder because the yellow juice looked like bile.

39. Paracelsus
He also believed that a poisonous substance that caused a disease could also cure the disease, if given in very small doses.

40. Paracelsus
This “like can cure like” principle did not gain popularity for another 300 years.

41. 16th to 19th Centuries Medical knowledge grew steadily.
Herbal medicine was better understood and grew in popularity.
Work was performed in Europe to extract the active ingredients of herbs and other plants.

42. 16th to 19th Centuries
Despite the growth in medical knowledge the general health of the population declined as more people moved to the the crowded, dirty industrial cities and standards of public hygiene deteriorated.

43. 16th to 19th Centuries
Medical practice became invasive with many physicians using bloodletting and purging as a means of cure.

44. 16th to 19th Centuries
Toxic materials were prescribed such as arsenic and lead which often shortened a patient’s life or weakened one so they were no longer capable of complaining.

45. As a reaction to this homeopathy was born.
16th to 19th Centuries
As a reaction to this homeopathy was born.

46. Samuel Christian Hahnemann
( )
Born in Dresden, Germany
Entered Medical practice in 1779

47. Samuel Christian Hahnemann
Supplemented his income as a physician by writing articles on medicine and chemistry.

48. Samuel Christian Hahnemann
In these writings he protested against the harsh medical practice of the time.
He was against bloodletting, purging and the massive doses of medicine that were administered to patients, often with terrible side effects.

49. Samuel Christian Hahnemann
He promoted:
Better public hygiene
Sensible eating
Fresh air
Exercise

50. Samuel Christian Hahnemann
Less cramped housing conditions
Regular bathing
Cleanliness of bed linen

51. Samuel Christian Hahnemann
He became disillusioned with conventional medicine and gave up medical practice to work as a translator.

52. Samuel Christian Hahnemann
He translated A treatise on Materia Medica, by Dr. William Cullen
Came across the principle that “like should be treated with like” in reference to the treatment of malaria by quinine

53. Samuel Christian Hahnemann
His first proving was performed with quinine, a substance purified from the Peruvian bark cinchona

54. Samuel Christian Hahnemann
Within 6 years he published an article on what he termed homeopathy which means “similar to the suffering.”

55. Samuel Christian Hahnemann
This article introduced:
Provings
Materia Medica
Potentization
Succussion
Trituration

56. Samuel Christian Hahnemann
Patient Evaluation Must Include:
Symptoms
What factors made them better or worse
General health
The way they lived
Outlook on life

57. Samuel Christian Hahnemann
The evaluation resulted in a “symptoms picture.”
The closest match to the symptoms would indicate which remedy to prescribe.

58. Samuel Christian Hahnemann
He described this phenomenon as Similia similibus curentur
“like can cure like”
The closer the match, the more successful the treatment

59. Samuel Christian Hahnemann
Based on the Law of Similars, homeopathic treatment consists of using a scientifically prepared substance that evokes in a healthy person the same symptoms manifest in that of an unhealthy person.

60. Samuel Christian Hahnemann
This concept is utilized in conventional medicine by allergists and in the field of immunology.

61. Samuel Christian Hahnemann
In immunology the similars used are the causative agents.
In homeopathy the similarities found are in the symptoms.

62. Samuel Christian Hahnemann
1796 he published A New Principle for Ascertaining the Curative Powers of Drugs and Some Examination of Previous Principles

63. Samuel Christian Hahnemann
Homeopathy-One should apply in the disease to be healed, particularly if it is chronic, that remedy which is able to stimulate another artificially produced disease as similar as possible and the former will be healed.

64. Samuel Christian Hahnemann
He gave very small dilute doses.
Some of his patient’s symptoms worsened before becoming better.
To prevent these flare-up which he called aggravations, he changed his method of dilution.

65. Samuel Christian Hahnemann
Succussing-Vigorous shaking and banging down on a hard surface at each stage of the dilution.
More energy of the substance released

66. Samuel Christian Hahnemann
This technique produced remedies that ceased producing the strong aggravations.
Potentizations-These new homeopathic remedies worked faster and more effectively than the more concentrated solution.

67. Samuel Christian Hahnemann
Potency of Remedy
Dilution
Strength

68. Samuel Christian Hahnemann
The remedy no longer contains a single molecule of the original substance.
He proved the efficacy of about 100 homeopathic remedies.

69. Samuel Christian Hahnemann
He believed that only a single remedy dose should be given, for the shortest period of time necessary, to stimulate the body’s healing power.

70. Samuel Christian Hahnemann
Vital Force
There is a subtle energy within the body that responds to the remedy and enables the body to heal itself.
Responsible for the healthy running of the body, coordinating its defense against disease

71. Samuel Christian Hahnemann
Vital Force- If disturbed by stress, a poor diet, lack of exercise, hereditary problems, or environmental changes, illness occurs.

72. Samuel Christian Hahnemann
Vital Force- The symptoms of the illness are the outward manifestation of the vital force’s attempt to correct the imbalance and restore health.

73. Samuel Christian Hahnemann
Vital Force- Homeopathic remedies energize the vital force to rid the body of illness.

74. Samuel Christian Hahnemann
Acute, Self-Limiting Illness- A person becomes ill rapidly, the illness runs its course, and then clears up on its own, with or without treatment.

75. Samuel Christian Hahnemann
Chronic Illness
A person suffers from continual or recurrent illness.
There may be relapses.
The general trend of health is downward.

76. Samuel Christian Hahnemann
Miasm- The chronic effect of an underlying idea that has been present in previous generations or in a individual.

77. Samuel Christian Hahnemann
Miasm
Some people are prone to frequent, acute complaints; they always seem to acquire new symptoms and are never totally healthy.
A deep seated weakness is present which blocks the remedy.

78. Hahnemann’s Followers
Dr Frederick Foster Hervey Quin ( )
Dr. Constantine Hering ( )
Dr. James Tyler Kent ( )
Richard Hughes ( )

79. Dr. Quin
1831- He was cured of cholera by the remedy Camphor during the epidemic in Europe.
1832- Began practicing homeopathy in London

80. Dr. Quin 1850- Established the first Homeopathic Hospital in London
1854- During the cholera epidemic the death rate in his hospital was 30% less than in other hospitals.

81. Homeopathy in America
Established During
The
1820’s

82. Homeopathy in America Dr. Hering
The Laws of Cure- Symptoms move from the top of the body downward; from the inside out; and from the most important organs to the lest important.
A cure occurs in the reverse order to the onset of symptoms.

83. Homeopathy in America Dr. Kent
Different kinds of people reacted to certain remedies more strongly than others.
People with similar bodily shapes and personalities tended to suffer with the same types of diseases.

84. Homeopathy in America Dr. Kent - Classical Homeopathy
Remedies should be prescribed according to an individual’s emotional makeup, appearance and physician symptoms.
Grouped people according to constitutional types

85. Homeopathy in England Richard Hughes
Pathological information only should form the basis of diagnosis.
Used lower potencies
Split in the practice of homeopathy

86. Conflict in Homeopathy
Internal split in the practice of homeopathy caused it to be in a weak position to rival the orthodox medical establishment.
As a result by the 1920’s homeopathy had been almost totally suppressed.

87. How Remedies are Made Homeopathic remedies are derived from:
Plant extracts
Animal extracts
Mineral extracts

88. How Remedies are Made
Extracts are diluted in varying degrees to avoid adverse effects.
The more diluted the remedy, the more effectively they work.

89. How Remedies are Made Soluble Substances
Raw material is dissolved in a 90% pure alcohol & 10% distilled water mixture.
Mixture is left to stand for 2-4 weeks, shaken occasionally
Strained through a press

90. How Remedies are Made Insoluble Substances
Trituration:
Substance ground continually until becoming soluble
Diluted with lactose

91. How Remedies are Made
Mother Tincture: The end result of diluting soluble substance
Potentization: Further dilution of mother tincture with alcohol/water mixture

92. Succussion: How Remedies are Made
At each stage of the dilution the mixture is vigorously shaken.

93. Potentization: How Remedies are Made Transfer matter to energy
Affects the body’s electromagnetic field
Avoids adding chemical to the blood stream

94. Remedy Potencies Dilution Scales
Decimal scale (x)-dilution factor is 1:10
Centesimal scale (c)-dilution factor is 1:100
With dilution beyond 12c it is doubtful that a molecule of the original substance remains.

95. Proof of Homeopathy 1986- Treating Hay Fever
c potencies of pollen and dust mites more effective than placebo in treating hay fever and asthma

96. Proof of Homeopathy 1997- The Lancet
The results of controlled studies show that results are not due to a placebo effect.

97. Proof of Homeopathy
1999- Archives of Internal Medicine, Vol. 159 No. 17, September 27, 1999
Homeopathy is compatible with biomedical observations.

98. Eclectic School of Homeopathy
Low potency combination homeopathic remedies
Below 6x
Effective on both a chemical and electromagnetic level

99. Eclectic School of Homeopathy
Remedies are physiologically active and have magnified energy patterns due to potentization.
Tandem synergistic substances that cover more than one single symptom

100. Eclectic School of Homeopathy
Combination remedy is effective in 80-90% of cases.
No side effects
For the 10-20% of failures a qualified homeopathic MD should be consulted.

101. Summary History of Homeopathy Processing of Homeopathic Remedies
Scientific Basis of Homeopathy
Clinical Application of Homeopathy
Classical vs. Eclectic Homeopathy
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102. Where to Get More Information
Lockie A, Geddes N, The Complete Guide to Homeopathy, Dorling Kindersley, New York, 1995.
Kuraishy T, Homeopathy In Wellness Medicine, Pride Publishing, 1997.

103. Where to Get More Information
Eskinazi D, Homeopathy Revisited, Is Homeopathy Compatible with Biomedical Observations, Archives of Internal Medicine, Vol. 159, No, 17, Sept. 27, 1999.
Lininger S, , The Natural Pharmacy, Prima Publishing, CA, 1998.