Happy Birthday, Samuel Hahnemann!
Samuel Hahnemann, the inventor of homeopathy, would have turned 266 today. A retrospective by Dr. Natalie Grams When I first heard a sentence from Samuel Hahnemann, the founder of homeopathy, I was a young medical …
The Spanish online newspaper eldiario.es about homeopathy criticism in Germany
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The INH on its own account – Notes to the public discourse
The INH is pleased to note that the critical debate on homeopathy is gaining in breadth. But meanwhile, criticism of homeopathy is increasingly expressed in a way that we cannot approve of, because it exceeds …
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Does homeopathy work? – A guest contribution by Abhijit Chanda (berationable.com)
Introduction Again and again we hear of India as the "promised land" of homeopathy. Again and again the critics are reproached of India as a shining example when it comes to constructing a "proof" of …
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A dialogue and its end – (no) discussion about homeopathy…
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Naturalness reconsidered – Why babies don’t need globules
Happy without globules! - A guest contribution by Miriam Weissberg, Midwife Dear becoming and become parents! I am a midwife with heart and soul, deeply convinced that homeopathy has no use whatsoever that would make …
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Homeopathy as “refugee aid” – a medical and ethical problem!
Under the flag "Homeopathy for refugees in Germany" the "Homeopaths Without Borders" together with the initiative "Homeopathy in Action" advertise a nationwide network of homeopathy offers for the "treatment of refugees". Again and again, related …
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Is mighty “BigPharma” suppressing Homeopathy…?
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Objection: Homeopathy is Ancient Wisdom!
"Old knowledge is just - old." When it comes to alternative, complementary and holistic healing methods or even herbs, people like to argue with "old knowledge". But what does that mean? Out of a conglomeration …
On the developments in the USA and the demands of the FTC
A bad day for homeopathy: On November 15, 2016, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued its statement that in future, over-the-counter homeopathic remedies will have to be labelled as the product's efficacy is not …
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Objection: But homeopathy and naturopathy are identical!
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What about Schuessler Salts?
Are Schuessler Salts Homeopathy? The so-called "Schuessler salts" are often equated or confused with homeopathy. However, they do not go back to Hahnemann, but to the Oldenburg physician Wilhelm Heinrich Schüßler (1821 to 1898). Biographical …
What are Bach Flower Remedies anyway?
About the inventor Edward Bach was a doctor from Birmingham, England, who studied medicine at the University College Hospital in London and graduated from Cambridge. Before he began his studies, however, he worked in the …
Hahnemann’s Organon – Fundamental Work of Homeopathy
A book from the beginning of the 19th century - a Bible of today's "medicine"? The Organon can justifiably be called the Bible of homeopaths. It was first published in 1810 by the inventor of …
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About pharmacy obligation and Latin names of homeopathic remedies
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What does physics say about homeopathy? (And why does it have something to say about it?)
About Homeopathy and Physics One of the most prominent advocates of homeopathy, Prof. Dr. Dr. Harald Walach, former head of the Institute for Transcultural Health Sciences (IntraG) at the University of Frankfurt/Oder, explains: "In my …
How homeopathy overrides common sense
What makes common sense? As a university teacher, I try to teach my students one thing above all else: common sense. By this I mean the willingness and ability to adhere to simple reasoning principles …
Why do we call homeopathy pseudo- and no longer alternative medicine?
Homeopathy is not the right answer to justified questions and wishes of patients Many patients are longing for an alternative to our often so time-limited, too often unemotional medical everyday life - and rightly so! …
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Miasms in homeopathy
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Homeopathy is Esotericism
This true without lying, certain and most true. That which is below is like that which is above and that which is above is like that which is below to do the miracles of one …