Samuel Hahnemann was a German physician who founded Homoeopathy. Hahnemann once read that Cinchona, a plant used to cure malaria, causes malaria-like symptoms when given to a healthy person. Keeping this concept in mind, Hahnemann concluded that " Like cures like" which went on to become the core principle of Homoeopathy.
Nosodes are chemical extracts.
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Homoeopathy uses preparations known as nosodes which are disease extracts. Example, the preparation Tuberculinum is prepared from the diseased lung of a cow afflicted with tuberculosis.
Who discovered the homoeopathic preparation " Lachesis"?
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Dr. Hering is the homoeopath who introduced homoeopathy in the United States. He discovered the homoeopathic preparation "Lachesis". Lachesis is obtained from the venom of the bushmaster snake.
Which one of these is used to prepare homoeopathic preaparations?
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Homoeopathic preparations are prepared from different sources-leaves, bark, stem, flowers, fruits of plants like onion, belladonna and daisy. Not only that, animal products like snake poison and spider venom are also sources for the preparations. Even various chemicals like arsenic, sodium chloride and zinc are used to prepare homoeopathic preparations.
The book, " Lectures on Homoeopathic Philosophy" was authored by Samuel Hahnemann.
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Despite Hahnemann being the father of Homoeopathy, it was James Tyler Kent who authored " Lectures on Homoeopathic Philosophy". Hahnemann had written the book " Organon of Medicine" where he describes the principles of homoeopathy. Dr. Kent's book explains the principles outlined in Hahnemann's work.
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