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Background on Homeopathy |
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In 1796, a German doctor,
Samuel Hahnemann, discovered an effective approach to healing the
sick which he called homeopathy, from the Greek meaning "similar
suffering". Like Hippocrates two thousand years earlier, he realized
that there were two ways of treating illness: the way of "opposites"
and the way of "similars". Take for example, the plant Ipecac,
which is used in hospitals and poison centres in its crude form to
induce vomiting. Homeopathically we may use Ipecac in its dilute form
to stop vomiting. In order to achieve a cure we must match the symptoms
presented by a sick individual with the symptoms that a remedy can
produce in a healthy individual. The symptoms must be similar. |
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Homeopathy was introduced
to North America in 1826 and quickly gained enormous popularity in
Canada and the United States. By 1844, homeopaths had organized the
American Institute of Homeopathy, America's first national medical
society. It was not until three years later that the American Medical
Association was formed. By the late nineteenth century, one out of
every six physicians was a homeopath. The resurgence of interest in
homeopathic medicine expresses a desire from the general public for
alternative health care. |
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S.Hahnemann Monument |
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The International Academy
of Homeopathy Inc. and the Homeopathic College of Canada are proud
to be part of the re-emergence of alternative medicine and homeopathy
in North America. The time has come for homeopathic medicine to be
taught, practised and experienced as the art and science of comprehending
the totality of the human body and its emotional and spiritual expressions. |
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