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...
by David Nortman | History of Homeopathy, Homeopathic Research, Homeopathy and Skepticism
Homeopathy is the bad boy of healing systems. Over 200 years after its inception it continues to generate controversy, and being skeptical about homeopathy is far more popular than simply accepting it as is. It is not surprising, therefore, that one of the...
by David Nortman | Homeopathic Research, Homeopathy and Skepticism
Homeopathy has been the target of criticism by skeptical scientists and physicians throughout its history. One has just been broadcast in The Enemies of Reason, a two-part British TV documentary about New-Age and alternative medical practices. But this critical view...
by David Nortman | Homeopathic Philosophy, Introduction to Homeopathy, Naturopathic Medicine
The philosophical perspective on which the naturopathic clinical approach is based is that of vitalism. According to vitalist philosophy, living beings are not machines running according to strict cause-and-effect relations, but are beings whose existence is guided by...
