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Author Ernst, E. (Edzard), author.

Title Homeopathy : the undiluted facts : including a comprehensive A-Z lexicon / by Edzard Ernst
Published Cham : Springer International Publishing, 2016

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Description 1 online resource (x, 151 pages) : 27 illustrations, 18 illustrations in color
Contents Part I: The Facts of the Matter -- Introduction -- Definition and Main Principles of Homeopathy -- Myths about Homeopathy -- Current Popularity, Acceptance, and Regulation of Homeopathy -- History of Homeopathy -- Different Types of Homeopathy and Homeopaths -- The Patients of Homeopaths -- Homeopathy as a Criticism of Conventional Medicine -- Scientific Evidence -- Spurious Arguments for and Counter-Arguments against Homeopathy -- Part II: Lexicon of Homeopathy
Summary This book traces the genesis, principles and practice of homeopathy, and discusses the reasons for its enduring popularity. Two hundred years ago, medicine had little to offer except blood letting and the administration of violent purgatives - practices which shortened the course of illness by hastening the death of the patient. Largely in reaction to what he correctly saw as the brutality and ineffectiveness of the medicine of his day, the eighteenth century German physician Samuel Hahnemann developed a system of therapeutics that he termed homeopathy. Ironically, while modern medicine has changed beyond recognition, homeopathy, with its roots in alchemy and metaphysics, continues to be practiced precisely as it was in Hahnemann's day. Readers of this book will enjoy the story of homeopathy and its almost magical attraction, whilst learning much from the authors' rational and scientific discussion of the biological, chemical and psychological questions that this treatment raises
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Subject Homeopathy.
Homeopathy -- Research.
Alternative medicine.
Medical economics.
Clinical health psychology.
Homeopathy
Formularies, Homeopathic
Complementary Therapies
Economics, Medical
Popular medicine & health.
Health psychology.
Health economics.
Complementary medicine.
MEDICAL -- Pharmacology.
Alternative medicine
Clinical health psychology
Homeopathy
Homeopathy -- Research
Medical economics
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9783319435923
3319435922