An Appreciation of Samuel Hahnemann, Father of Homeopathy

Every now and then a spirit genius descends toare considered a basic bible for homeopaths. He
earth to become a part of humanity. In 1755 oneworked on improving the process until he died in
such individual was born in Germany. SamuelParis in 1843 at 88. Homeopathic treatment has
Christian Hahnemann, the creator of Homeopathy.grown into one of the top models in health care
His contribution to the health of mankind will shinearound the world.
as a bright star long after modern chemicalWhy is it not a top model in the USA? In the
medicine has met its demise.early 1900's Homeopathy and other natural health
Hahnemann was a born scholar who by age 20models were nearly eliminated. The American
had mastered English, French, Italian, Greek, andMedical Society along with Wall Street financing
Latin then later became proficient in Arabic,created a paper called the Kirchner report. That
Syrian, and Hebrew.report convinced government to withdraw
He studied medicine and became a medical doctor,support for any school not teaching M.D. practice.
but his time a medical doctor was short. HeThat era began the limitation of health care choice
claimed that the medicine of his time did morefor Americans. Finally, 80 years later the mistake
harm than good, and wrote the following on hisis evident. The huge, high cost ineffective modern
departure from the conventional medicine of themedical system is failing and natural health care
day, which included many bloodthirsty inhumanemodels are realizing a rebirth into American
methods of treatment. (Even before the wordsociety.
iatrogenic was coined, Hahnemann knew doctorsHomeopathy is an art and a science. It treats the
were killing people.)person and does not name disease. As a result
"My sense of duty would not easily allow me toscientific medicine in its search for disease does
treat the unknown pathological state of mynot grasp the spiritual essence of the products of
suffering brethren with unknown medicines. Thenature. Finally, it is now being proved by scientific
thought of becoming in this way a murderer orquantum experiments. Homeopaths with new
malefactor towards the life of my fellow humancase taking techniques, the help of computers and
beings was most terrible to me, so terrible anda deeper understanding of nature are proving its
disturbing that I wholly gave it up and occupiedvalue beyond doubt.
myself with chemistry and writing."Always in conflict with allopathic (modern chemical
He then made his living after that as a writer andmedicine) Homeopathy still faces ridicule by those
translator, and while doing that observed andwho do not recognize that we are mind, body,
tested a healing model based on the concept thatand spiritual beings. I can personally attest to the
"like cures like". He then turned that premise into afact that we are. Homeopaths are far less
system of medicine he called Homeopathy. Hesuccessful when using only physical symptoms
began practicing the technique and his successand pathology to address the cause of illness. It is
soon attracted other doctors who followed.only when we can find the cause of disease in the
Through his life he wrote numerous papers andspirit life force of the client do we create the
the Organon of the Medical Art, which he updatedmiracles deemed impossible by modern medicine.
six times in the duration of his life. Its principles