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homeopathy /ho·me·op·a·thy/ (ho″me-op´ah-the) a system of therapeutics based on the administration of minute doses of drugs which are capable of producing in healthy persons symptoms like those of the disease treated.homeopath´ic

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ho·me·op·a·thy (hm-p-th)

n.

A system for treating disease based on the administration of minute doses of a drug that in massive amounts produces symptoms in healthy persons similar to those of the disease.

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home·o·pathic (--pthk) adj.

home·o·path, home·opa·thist n.

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Homeopathy

The use of diluted remedies that have energetic rather than chemical properties. They are prescribed according to the axiom that "like cures like."

Mentioned in: Naturopathic Medicine

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homeopathy

[hō′mē·op′əthē]

Etymology: Gk, homoios, similar, pathos, disease

a system of therapeutics based on the theory that "like cures like." The theory was advanced in the late eighteenth century by Dr. Samuel Hahnemann, who believed that a large amount of a particular drug may cause symptoms of a disease whereas moderate dosage may reduce those symptoms; thus some disease symptoms may be treated by very small doses of medicine. In practice, homeopathists dilute drugs with milk sugar in ratios of 1 to 10 to achieve the smallest dose of a drug that seems necessary to control the symptoms in a patient and prescribe only one medication at a time. Compare allopathy. homeopathic, adj.

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homeopathy [ho″me-op´ah-the]

a system of therapeutics founded by Samuel Hahnemann (1755–1843) in which diseases are treated by drugs that are capable of producing in healthy persons symptoms like those of the disease to be treated, the drug being administered in minute doses. adj., adj homeopath´ic.

Samuel Hahnemann, founder of homeopathy. Courtesy of the Hahnemann University Archives, Medical College of Pennsylvania and Hahnemann University, Philadelphia, PA.

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homeopathy (hōˈ·mē·ˑ·p·thē),

n system of medicine using remedies that produce the similar effects in healthy subjects as the illness produces in the patient.

homeopathy, anthroposophic (anˑ·thrˈ·pō·sˈ·fik hō·mē·ˑ·p·thē),

n a homeopathic approach that identifies the cause of illness and then develops a remedy that shares the “essential nature” of that cause, accor-ding to anthroposophic philosophy.

homeopathy, classical,

n a form of homeopathy in which the remedy consists of highly diluted animal, drug, plant, or mineral substance that most closely matches the essence of the malady and the totality of symptoms.

homeopathy, clinical,

n homeopathic discipline centered on symptoms that are strong indicators that a specific remedy would be most effective for a disease. The use of clinical homeopathy concentrates on affinities for the disease, organ, or tissue as indicated by the symptoms and the specific remedy. Clinical homeopathy contrasts with classical homeopathy in that the classical viewpoint looks at the totality of symptoms rather than the disease entity. See also clinical.

homeopathy, combination,

n See complexism.

homeopathy, complex,

n a system of homeopathic medicine that has more than one remedy combined together in one dosage form.

homeopathy, pluralist,

n homeopathic theoretical framework that promotes the use of a regime employing multiple medicines simultaneously and/or sequentially to cure illness. Each medicine targets specific symptoms. See also homeopathy, complex; remedies, combination; polypharmacy; and homeopathy, unicist.

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homeopathy

a system of therapeutics founded by Samuel Hahnemann (1755-1843) in which diseases are treated by drugs that are capable of producing in healthy animals signs like those of the disease to be treated, the drug being administered in minute doses. Called also homoeopathic medicine. See also law of Similars.