World Homeopathy Day is annually observed on April 10. The purpose of this day is to recognise the significance of homoeopathy and its contributions to conventional medicine. Additionally, this day commemorates Dr. Christian Friedrich Samuel Hahnemann, the founder of homoeopathy. Samuel Hahnemann was born in 1755 and raised in the German city of Meissen. He received his medical degree in Erlangen in 1779. Homeopathy is derived from the Greek words homeo and pathos. Homeo means similar, while pathos refers to suffering or illness. One of the most notable characteristics of homoeopathy is that it has been labelled as quack, irregular, fringe, or complementary and alternative medicine (CAM.)
HISTORY OF WORLD HOMEOPATHY DAY
Samuel Hahnemann, a French physician, scientist, and great scholar, founded homoeopathy. During his first 15 years as a physician, when he was desperately trying to make a living, he made an important discovery. He believed that in order to cure a disease, patients must be given the ingredients that induce the symptoms of the disease. Thus, if a patient had a severe fever, he was given a medication that would induce a high fever in a healthy individual. Hahnemann asserted that he could compile a list of appropriate remedies through a method he termed “proving.” This gave rise to the well-known adage “like cures like.”
Because they are derived from plants, minerals, or animals, homoeopathic medicines contain only natural ingredients. Red onions, arnica (a mountain herb), poison ivy, stinging nettle, white arsenic, and crushed bees are examples of such ingredients. To determine a treatment for a patient, a homoeopath will consider not only the patient’s detailed pathology, but also all of the patient’s physical, mental, and emotional symptoms. This is one of the differences between conventional medicine and homoeopathy, as homoeopaths conduct at least an hour-long consultations with their patients.
Homeopathy is utilised to treat numerous conditions, including allergies, migraines, depression, chronic fatigue syndrome, rheumatoid arthritis, irritable bowel syndrome, and premenstrual syndrome. According to the “National Institute of Health,” more than six million people in the United States use homoeopathy to treat specific health conditions, and more than 200 million people regularly use homoeopathy worldwide.
5 INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT HOMEOPATHY
Homeopathy is an art as well.
Homeopathy is a science as well as an art.
Homeopathy holds that the body heals itself.
By assisting the patient in achieving a higher level of health, homoeopathy facilitates the body’s ability to heal itself.
Homeopaths undergo years of training
Five and a half years are spent on Physiology and Anatomy, in addition to Materia Medica, Pathology and Disease, Homeopathic Repertory, and Homeopathic Philosophy.
Homeopathy is a recognised scientific discipline.
In 2005, the World Health Organization published a report demonstrating the efficacy of homoeopathy, causing “Big Pharma” to panic.
Queen Elizabeth II is a proponent of homoeopathy
She used to take her vials of homoeopathic medication prior to travelling, and the Royal Family of Europe also uses homoeopathic remedies.
WORLD HOMEOPATHY DAY DATES
| Year | Date | Day |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | April 10 | Monday |
| 2024 | April 10 | Wednesday |
| 2025 | April 10 | Thursday |
| 2026 | April 10 | Friday |
| 2027 | April 10 | Saturday |
