{"id":6595,"date":"2020-05-12T18:33:07","date_gmt":"2020-05-12T16:33:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/netzwerk-homoeopathie.info\/?page_id=6595"},"modified":"2022-09-08T13:21:12","modified_gmt":"2022-09-08T11:21:12","slug":"homoeopathiekritik-in-a-nutshell-zum-einstieg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/netzwerk-homoeopathie.info\/en\/homoeopathiekritik-in-a-nutshell-zum-einstieg\/","title":{"rendered":"Homeopathy in a nutshell – for beginners"},"content":{"rendered":"Lesedauer \/ Reading Time:<\/span> 6<\/span> min<\/span><\/span>

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Homeopathy – a method from the transition from 18th to 19th century<\/h4>\n

Homeopathy is a therapeutic concept developed by the German doctor Samuel Hahnemann<\/a> at the time of the French Revolution. It is therefore inevitable that it is based on concepts of health, illness and life, which originate from a time when very little was known in the field of natural science<\/a>. Chemistry, physics, biology, physiology were poorly developed and Hahnemann had to fit his observations into a more still mystical world view<\/a> and then draw his conclusions. The fact that he was quite successful in this was in all probability mostly due to the ineffective and harmful methods of the medicine of the time. Every less aggressive type of medicine had inevitably to appear advantageous, but therefore not necessarily leads to are regarded as effective.<\/p>\n

Today, however, medicine has developed into a much more powerful system due to the scientific approach that has gradually been emerged since the Enlightenment. Whereby the significant discoveries that shape our medicine today were only made long after Hahnemann’s death (1843). The old concepts from pre-scientific times have been examined for their validity and, if necessary, discarded. \u00a0This cleansing of the doctrine has not taken place in homeopathy, and Hahnemann’s major works from the first half of the19th century, such as the “Organon der rationalen Heilkunde<\/a>“, are still standard works, and many therapists in classical homeopathy still follow them today.<\/p>\n

Homeopathy from today’s perspective<\/h4>\n

It is therefore not surprising that the homeopathy practised today cannot stand up to a scientific examination of its principles and concepts. This scientific approach is characterised by the fact that methods are used to avoid or quickly uncover misconceptions and errors in gaining knowledge. This also means that statements must not contradict certain knowledge of other scientific fields. Thus, contradictions between scientific knowledge and medical methods lead to a consistent review and, if necessary, revision of medicine. It is quite different in the case of homeopathy: there are a whole series of essential contradictions between certain scientific findings and homeopathy, but these are not taken into account by the users.<\/p>\n

These contradictions are by no means marginal, but concern the fundamental statements of homeopathy:<\/p>\n