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Homeopathy: a preventive approach to medicine?
Teixeira, Marcus Zulian.
Affiliation
  • Teixeira, Marcus Zulian; Faculty of Medicine, Universidade de São Paulo. São Paulo. BR
Article in Portuguese | LILACS | ID: lil-540177
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ABSTRACT
By applying the principle of therapeutic similarity, homeopathy seeks to stimulate the organism to react against its own disturbs. For homeopathic medicines to awaken effective homeostasis responses they must be individualized, this means that they must be chosen according to their similarity to the set of characteristic symptoms in patients. In this way, by aiming at decreasing individual susceptibility predisposing to disease, homeopathic medicines have healing and preventive effects in many human illnesses. On the other hand, homeopathic medicines may have specific indications in the treatment and prevention of epidemic diseases provided they are also chosen according to the particular set of symptoms peculiar to a given epidemic, viz. the so-called ?epidemic genius?, as historical examples show. This update paper discusses the epistemological foundations of Hahnemann?s homeopathy as a preventive medical approach, the scientific evidences supporting its clinical application and the minimum requirements to employ it both therapeutically and preventively in epidemics.
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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Health context: SDG3 - Health and Well-Being Health problem: Target 3.3: End transmission of communicable diseases Database: LILACS Main subject: Collective Diseases / Epidemic Genius / Isotherapy / Vaccination / Disease Prevention / Health Promotion / Homeopathy Limits: Humans Language: Portuguese Journal: Int. j. high dilution res Journal subject: Homeopathy / Terapias Complementares Year: 2009 Document type: Article Affiliation country: Brazil Institution/Affiliation country: Faculty of Medicine, Universidade de São Paulo/BR
Full text: Available Collection: International databases Health context: SDG3 - Health and Well-Being Health problem: Target 3.3: End transmission of communicable diseases Database: LILACS Main subject: Collective Diseases / Epidemic Genius / Isotherapy / Vaccination / Disease Prevention / Health Promotion / Homeopathy Limits: Humans Language: Portuguese Journal: Int. j. high dilution res Journal subject: Homeopathy / Terapias Complementares Year: 2009 Document type: Article Affiliation country: Brazil Institution/Affiliation country: Faculty of Medicine, Universidade de São Paulo/BR
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