Homeopathic Principles Flashcards
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The principle 'Similia Similibus Curentur' translates most closely to which phrase?
Answer: Let likes be cured by likes
The Latin motto means 'let likes be cured by likes,' the core Law of Similars.
Who is credited as the founder of homeopathy in the late 18th century?
Answer: Samuel Hahnemann
Samuel Hahnemann, a German physician, founded homeopathy in the 1790s.
In homeopathy, the term 'proving' refers to what process?
Answer: Testing a substance on healthy people to record symptoms
A proving administers a substance to healthy volunteers to catalog the symptoms it produces.
The homeopathic concept of 'vital force' most closely corresponds to which idea?
Answer: A dynamic energy that maintains health and self-heals
Hahnemann described the vital force as the dynamic animating energy that keeps the organism in balance.
Hahnemann's first proving that led to homeopathy involved which substance?
Answer: Cinchona (Peruvian) bark
Hahnemann's self-experiment with cinchona bark, which produced malaria-like symptoms, sparked the Law of Similars.
What does the homeopathic term 'materia medica' describe?
Answer: A reference of remedies and their symptom pictures
The materia medica is the compiled reference of remedies and the symptoms each can cause or cure.
Which principle holds that a remedy should be selected to match the totality of the patient's symptoms?
Answer: Individualization / totality of symptoms
Homeopathy individualizes treatment by matching a remedy to the whole symptom picture, not one complaint.