Pathways of Homoeopathic Medicine (eBook)

Bettina Blessing (Autor)

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2011 | 2011
X, 105 Seiten
Springer Berlin (Verlag)
978-3-642-14971-9 (ISBN)

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Bettina Blessing's study follows the progress of homoeopathic therapies up to World War II. It focuses mainly on the development of double and complex remedies which were highly controversial even at the times of Hahnemann, who also experimented with double remedies. Various orientations of homoeopathy, spagyric, naturopathy and conventional medicine advocated homoeopathic remedies and supported medical concepts that were based on 'holistic' views. One of the proponents of alternative healing methods was the renowned Berlin surgeon August Bier (1861-1949). For him, homoeopathy was one of several possible medical approaches and, in accordance with Heraclitus, he argued that a 'harmonious view' of medicine was not possible as long as one of them was excluded.

Inhalt

Foreword 5
Content 8
1 The Development of Complex Homoeopathy from the 19th Century to the End of the Weimar Republic1 10
The Controversy About the Double Remedy During Hahnemann’s Lifetime1 10
Arthur Lutze’s Views on Drug Mixtures 16
Complex Remedies in Europe 18
The Central Homoeopathic Association 20
“What Attitude Should we Have Towards Complex Homoeopathy?” 21
Single Remedy Homoeopathy 21
Complex Remedies as a Compromise 23
Clinical Homoeopathy109 23
The Dissemination of Complex Homoeopathy 25
Felke 27
Madaus 28
Reckeweg 31
Hense 32
Zähres 34
Schwabe 34
Pascoe205 36
Excursus: Spagyrics 37
Electro-Homoeopathy 37
Mattei 37
Sauter 40
Zimpel 41
Krauss 43
Sonntag 45
2 The Connection Between Homoeopathy and Naturopathy 48
Naturopathy 48
Pathological Concepts 49
Emanuel Felke and his Therapeutic Concept: Homoeopathy and Naturopathy 50
Felke’s Pathological Concept 52
Felke’s Healing Approach 54
Sitzbaths 54
Light-, Air- and Sun Baths 55
Clay Therapy 55
Nutrition and Exercise 56
Hahnemann’s Dietetics 58
Syntheses of the Healing Methods 59
3 Homoeopathy as Partof a “Holistic Medicine” 60
The “Crisis” of Orthodox Medicine 60
August Bier (1861–1949) 61
August Bier’s Attitude Towards Homoeopathy 68
Ferdinand Sauerbruch: “Taking up the Cudgels for August”515 69
Conflicts of Interest 71
The Similarity Principle 73
Drug Proving 75
Posology 76
Hahnemann’s Homoeopathy as a System 80
August Bier and the “World’s Biggest Natural Healing Institute” 82
Establishing Homoeopathy at the University of Berlin 84
Hans-Heinrich Reckeweg’s Pathology and Therapy Concept 88
Fever and Inflammation 90
Phases of Poisoning 91
Homoeopathy and Homotoxicology 91
Injection Therapy with Homoeopathic Remedies 93
Nutrition and Sutoxins 96
Homoeopathy as the “Mother of Medicine” 98
4 Summary 100
Archives 105
Bibliography 106

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 22.4.2011
• Zusatzinfo: X, 110 p.
• Verlagsort: Berlin
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Naturheilkunde
• Schlagworte: homeopathic
• ISBN-10: 3-642-14971-5 / 3642149715
• ISBN-13: 978-3-642-14971-9 / 9783642149719