by David Nortman | Homeopathic Philosophy, Introduction to Homeopathy
Classical homeopathy rests on a rich philosophical foundation first established by Hahnemann in his Organon of the Healing Art at the turn of the nineteenth century and refined over the past two centuries since. Homeopathy is rare among systems of medicine in...
by David Nortman | Clinical Practice, Homeopathic Philosophy
One of the most important contributions of homeopathy to the theory of health and disease is the concept of suppression of symptoms. Both in conventional and in some alternative forms of medicine reduction of symptoms and alleviation of suffering are viewed as the...
by David Nortman | Homeopathic Philosophy, Introduction to Homeopathy
You already know or at least assume that homeopathy is ‘holistic’ just like other forms of alternative medicine. Homeopaths will consider all of the patient’s complaints in their diagnosis, will strive to make the patient better on the whole, and so on. This...
by David Nortman | Homeopathic Philosophy, Introduction to Homeopathy
In this article I will describe a basic aspect of homeopathy’s spiritual understanding of health and disease: the view that disease arises from a fixed adaptation to a past situation that no longer exists in the present. Homeopaths view health and disease as states of...
by David Nortman | Clinical Practice, Homeopathic Philosophy
Classical homeopathy has continually grown in complexity ever since its inception over 200 years ago. Most notably, the number of homeopathic remedies in use has grown from around 100 in homeopathy’s early days to several-thousand in use today. Over the years there...
by David Nortman | Homeopathic Philosophy, Homeopathic Research, Introduction to Homeopathy
Classical homeopathy is first and foremost a clinical science concerned with the healing of living beings. As such its main concern is the practice of medicine, in contrast with conventional medicine where theoretical considerations (such as through what mechanism a...
