“Similia Similibus Curentur”: The scientific grounding of the homeopathic therapeutic principle through the systematic study of the rebound effect of modern drugs
Marcus Zulian Teixeira
Abstract
• Homeopathy employs the principle of therapeutic similitude as a method of treatment. • Primary action of drugs is followed by secondary and opposite reaction of the organism. • This secondary and opposite reaction of the organism is namely the rebound effect of drugs. • Homeopathy employs the rebound effect of drugs in a therapeutic way.
Topics & Concepts
HomeopathyTherapeutic effectHomeopathic medicineMedicinePharmacologyAlternative medicinePathologyComplementary and Alternative Medicine StudiesPharmacology and Obesity Treatment