History of the Evolution of Homeopathy.pptx

History of evolution of homeopathy by Sankaran

1. Evolution of Homeopathy Adapted from R . Sankaran

2. The evolution of homoeopathic medicine has expanded significantly with each generation of practitioner.

3. invention, intensification innovation integration

4. The era when the grounding foundations of homeopathic practice were established. Samuel Hahnemann was the founder of homoeopathy. He postulated a healing principle: "That which can produce a set of symptoms in a healthy individual can treat a sick individual who is manifesting a similar set of symptoms - the Law of Similars." This principle, like cures like, became the foundation for an approach to medicine to which he gave the name 'homoeopathy'. Hahnemann also laid down the fundamental principles of potency, case taking, and case management. Generation of Invention and conception

5. The next contributor in the Invention era was Constantine Hering (1800-1880). Hering was known as the Father of American Homoeopathy. He carried out 104 provings upon himself (among them were Lachesis, Psorinum, and Glonoine)) and wrote the 10-volume 'Guiding Symptoms'.  

6. Clemens von Boenninghausen also made outstanding contributions to the advancement of homoeopathy in this generation. He further developed the generalities theme; He postulated that what is true for the part is true for the whole.

7. Boenninghausen classified the characteristic symptoms into seven categories: Quis (Personality of the Patient), Quid (Peculiarity of Complaints), Ubi (Seat of Disease), Quibus Auxilus (Concomitant Symptoms), Cur (Causations), Quamado (Modalities of Time), Quando (Modalities of Circumstances).

8. This next generation of Intensification was essential to the growth of homoeopathic medicine. In this era, many of the root foundations of homoeopathy were strengthened, especially in the field of provings, miasms, Materia Medica, and Repertory.   Intensification Period

9. James Tyler Kent was one of the most pivotal practitioners to carry this era and the practice of homoeopathy forward. He intensified the studies of homoeopathic philosophies, Materia Medica, Repertory, case taking, and follow-ups. He was the first practitioner who began with drug personification in homoeopathy. Kent postulated that all medicines operate on the will and understanding, affecting man in his ability to think or to will, and ultimately upon the tissues, functions and sensations.

10. Cyrus Maxwell Boger built upon the contributions of Boenninghausen. He tried to merge together the ideas of Kent and the generalities of Boenninghausen. Boger was a great German scholar who worked on Boenninghausen's theory of generalities and formed what he called the Generals - Pathological generals (for example; chronicity, inflammation, paralysis, cramps, and ailments from vaccination). His condensed Materia Medica, called Boger's Synoptic Key, is one of the major references of Materia Medica and repertories produced by a homoeopath of this generation. A host of homoeopaths later took a leaf out of his book and practised. For example, Phatak's Repertory is formed on the basis of Boger's Synoptic Key.  

11. Aldolph von Lippe was called the Prince of Prescribers. His famous case of cured impotency was called the greatest cure in homoeopathy by one and all. From probing the patient's past history, he found that the patient had diphtheria many years previously, when the glands were affected from left to right. His prescription of Lac caninum, 45M, was the remedy that cured the patient. His book called Red Line Keynotes is a masterpiece on Materia Medica.

12. John Henry Clarke is known for his book, Dictionary of Practical Materia medica . This was one of finest books written on toxicological and practical data in Materia medica . The cases in his books are mostly from Burnett, another famous practitioner from London, who formed his own method of practice called Ladder of Remedies. Burnett is also known for his famous prescriptions of the remedies Urtica urens , Variolinum , and Bacillinum as treatment for tuberculosis.

13. M. L. Tyler's Drug Pictures is one of the finest Materia medica books on drug pictures, giving true justice to the practice that she had. Contributions by Margery Blackie and Elizabeth Hubbard were also of the highest quality, as they had composed impressive literature on repertorization .

14. Barthel and Klunker were the first two homoeopaths who worked on the Synthetic Repertory. They collected many Repertory sources from renowned authors such as Kent, Clarke, Smith, Boenninghausen, and Hering, and combined them to make one reliable and consolidated Repertory.

15. Dr. Pichiah . Sankaran was the homoeopath who popularised the concept of repertorization and the Repertory to India. Before his time, all homoeopathic practice was based on Materia medica . He contributed many provings to the field, such as the proving of Adamus (diamond) and bowel nosodes . In addition to this, he presented many papers on the theory of antidoting . He demonstrated through various double-blind studies that tea and coffee did not interfere with homoeopathic treatment.

16. T. F. Allen was one of the leading contributors of the Intensification era. He developed Allen's Keynotes, a compilation of keynotes from Hering's Guiding Symptoms. Both Allen and Hering clinically confirmed these keynotes through their practice and many provings. After Allen's work, a whole generation of homoeopaths practised based strictly on keynotes. Even today, many homoeopaths in India prescribe remedies based solely on keynotes.

17. Proceso Sanchez Ortega was the first person to work extensively on miasms, and wrote a book called Notes on Miasms. This literature was much ahead of its time. Pablo Paschero and Eugenio F. Candegabe were two homoeopaths who gave tremendous importance to mental symptoms and the psychosomatic aspect of patients.

18. P. Schmidt worked extensively on the works of J. T. Kent. He is remembered for advancing Kent's legacy. In this generation, Schmidt was one of the strongest forces in France. He was one of the first homoeopaths to prescribe fifty millesimal potency. He had written three books that were critical to the development of homoeopathic practice in this era: The Art of Interrogation, The Art of Case Taking, and Defective Illness.

19. The Intensification era concluded with Prof. George Vithoulkas . He is world- renowned, one of the most respected homeopaths in present time. He progressed the ideas of repertorization , drug pictures by Kent, and the Organon . He had a strong foundation in traditional classical homoeopathy, and used the Materia medica , rubrics, and symptoms. He is considered to be of the Intensification era as he developed the Materia Medica Viva, 10 volumes of literature. Vithoulkas is known for being a brilliant teacher who is widely praised for his in-depth knowledge of homoeopathic medicine and practice, and for inspiring the resurgence of homoeopathy in the 20th century. Overall, Vithoulkas has successfully bridged the gap between the eras of Intensification and Innovation by introducing the idea of essence and developing the levels of health.

20.   The third era in the journey of homoeopathic evolution is that of Innovation. This generation bred some of the most creative and inventive homoeopaths in history.   The first in this era could be Jurgen Becker, who connected the world of homoeopathy with the world of symbolism and mythology. He worked extensively on an artistic technique of conducting provings of various remedies. He was one of the first to step out of traditional Materia medica and Repertory into a kind of right-brain thinking - he explored the connection between the remedies and mythology, music, literature, fairy tales, world events, history, source of the remedies, and traditional use of the substance. Era of Innovation

21. M. L. Sehgal was one of the few leaders in the Innovation era who undertook the study of interpretation of mind symptoms. He took each rubric and tried to look for a parallel meaning behind the rubric. For example, he took the rubric, 'Desire for light' and interpreted it in two ways. The first was a literal translation, as a desire for light (sunlight, turning the lights on, etc.). The second interpretation was more creative, yet made equal sense. If a patient continually sought the advice of doctor after doctor in search for a cure for his disease, Sehgal took the rubric, 'Desire for light' to mean that the patient would continue to 'be in the dark' about his illness until he knew he would be cured; he would be in constant search for a doctor to shed light.

22. Jeremy Sherr is another leader in the Innovation era. He has contributed many valuable and dynamic provings to the field including Chocolate, Hydrogen, and Scorpion, Salmon, Neon,Eagle and a second proving of Diamond

23. Massimo Mangialavori is an Italian homeopath who enhanced the work of remedy families further. He attempts to understand remedies in a system, or in a family, and he grouped like remedies together. He devised remedy groups that were similar to each other and included them in various groups. He did this through clinical experiences and extensive studies of remedies. He also brought out various conceptual ideas with regards to plant families like Solanaceae and Umbelliferae and backed the claims with several clinical cases.

24. Jan Scholten is also one of the leading lights in the Innovation generation. His main contribution has been the study of the periodic table. His ideas surround the various rows and columns; he has demonstrated that each row represents specific issues and each column represents a specific process. He explained that, as the elements travel from the left to right in the periodic table, the left-hand side represents the elements which are lacking in some form, whereas elements in the middle of the table show complete success and, finally, the elements on the right side of the table show some sort of decline. and various plant families.

25. This system that Scholten put into place has brought several more options to the mineral kingdom, like the formation of salts. Previously, there were no provings, but because of the arrangement of the periodic table with its rows and columns, when the salts were prescribed they brought clinical healing. Following his considerable advancement in the knowledge of the periodic table, Scholten did extensive research and study on the lanthanides

26. Bill Gray, Louis Klein, Jonathan Shore, Roger Morrison, Catherine Coulter, Sue Johnson, Divya Chhabra, Vega Rosenberg, Frans Vermeulen, Frederick Schroyens , Linda Johnson, Roger Van Zandvoort , Andre Saine, Michal Yakir Some well known homeopaths of our time:

27. Rajan Sankaran : Spirit of Homeopathy Substance of Homeopathy Soul of Homeopathy Substance of Homeopathy System of Homeopathy Sensation Method Synergy

28. Divyya Chabra and Leap Method Michal Yakir: Wonderous order.