Basic Homeopathy Flashcards
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Insoluble substances are made usable in homeopathy by grinding them with lactose in a process called:
Answer: Trituration
Trituration grinds insoluble materials with milk sugar until they become soluble for further dilution.
Homeopathic remedies prepared from healthy tissues or secretions are called:
Answer: Sarcodes
Sarcodes are made from healthy animal tissues, glands, or secretions.
The concept that a vital force maintains health and is disturbed in illness is central to:
Answer: Classical homeopathy
Hahnemann's 'vital force' (or dynamis) is the animating principle whose disturbance underlies disease in homeopathic theory.
Which delivery form are homeopathic remedies most commonly dispensed as?
Answer: Sugar pellets or globules
Liquid potencies are typically absorbed onto small sucrose or lactose pellets for dosing.
Hahnemann's foundational text describing homeopathic principles is the:
Answer: Organon of the Medical Art
The 'Organon' lays out Hahnemann's theory and method of homeopathy.
Prescribing based on the single substance that caused the illness, in potentized form, is called:
Answer: Isopathy
Isopathy uses a potentized preparation of the identical causative agent rather than a merely similar one.
In classical homeopathy, how many remedies are typically given at one time?
Answer: One (single remedy)
Classical homeopathy favors the single best-matched remedy given one at a time.