Pathways of homoeopathic medicine : complex homoeopathy in its relationship to homoeopathy, naturopathy and conventional medicine

Bettina Blessing’s study follows the progress of homoeopathic therapies up to World War II. It focuses mainly on the development of double and complex remedies which were highly controversial even at the times of Hahnemann, who also experimented with double remedies. Various orientations of homoeopathy, spagyric, naturopathy and conventional medicine advocated homoeopathic remedies and supported medical concepts that were based on ‘holistic’ views. One of the proponents of alternative healing methods was the renowned Berlin surgeon August Bier (1861-1949). For him, homoeopathy was one of several possible medical approaches and, in accordance with Heraclitus, he argued that a ‘harmonious view’ of medicine was not possible as long as one of them was excluded. Foreword 5 Content 8 1 The Development of Complex Homoeopathy from the 19th Century to the End of the Weimar Republic1 10 The Controversy About the Double Remedy During Hahnemann’s Lifetime1 10 Arthur Lutze’s Views on Drug Mixtures 16 Complex Remedies in Europe 18 The Central Homoeopathic Association 20 “What Attitude Should we Have Towards Complex Homoeopathy?” 21 Single Remedy Homoeopathy 21 Complex Remedies as a Compromise 23 Clinical Homoeopathy109 23 The Dissemination of Complex Homoeopathy 25 Felke 27 Madaus 28 Reckeweg 31 Hense 32 Zähres 34 Schwabe 34 Pascoe205 36 Excursus: Spagyrics 37 Electro-Homoeopathy 37 Mattei 37 Sauter 40 Zimpel 41 Krauss 43 Sonntag 45 2 The Connection Between Homoeopathy and Naturopathy 48 Naturopathy 48 Pathological Concepts 49 Emanuel Felke and his Therapeutic Concept: Homoeopathy and Naturopathy 50 Felke’s Pathological Concept 52 Felke’s Healing Approach 54 Sitzbaths 54 Light-, Air- and Sun Baths 55 Clay Therapy 55 Nutrition and Exercise 56 Hahnemann’s Dietetics 58 Syntheses of the Healing Methods 59 3 Homoeopathy as Partof a “Holistic Medicine” 60 The “Crisis” of Orthodox Medicine 60 August Bier (1861–1949) 61 August Bier’s Attitude Towards Homoeopathy 68 Ferdinand Sauerbruch: “Taking up the Cudgels for August”515 69 Conflicts of Interest 71 The Similarity Principle 73 Drug Proving 75 Posology 76 Hahnemann’s Homoeopathy as a System 80 August Bier and the “World’s Biggest Natural Healing Institute” 82 Establishing Homoeopathy at the University of Berlin 84 Hans-Heinrich Reckeweg’s Pathology and Therapy Concept 88 Fever and Inflammation 90 Phases of Poisoning 91 Homoeopathy and Homotoxicology 91 Injection Therapy with Homoeopathic Remedies 93 Nutrition and Sutoxins 96 Homoeopathy as the “Mother of Medicine” 98 4 Summary 100 Archives 105 Bibliography 106 Front Matter....Pages i-x The Development of Complex Homoeopathy from the 19th Century to the End of the Weimar Republic....Pages 1-38 The Connection Between Homoeopathy and Naturopathy....Pages 39-50 Homoeopathy as Part of a “Holistic Medicine”....Pages 51-90 Back Matter....Pages 91-105