Week 4 Flashcards
(30 cards)
What is homeopathy
It refers to the pharmacological principle the law of similars that is its basis it was previously described by hippocrates and utilized in many cultures
The idea that he whatever causes the symptom must be the treatment started figuring out vaccinces
Why was hahnemann disiked by the apothercaries
Because he recommended the use of only one medicine at a time and prescribing only limited doses of it becuase he recommende only small doese of each medicine the apothecaries could not charge much for them also he found that the apothecaries were not always making them correctly he then dispensed his own medication which was illegal
What is blood letting
Bloodletting and aplication of leeches were common practice good for general and chronic diseases
How is blood letting used today
Hemochromatosis iron overload
Polycythemia
what was the medical education
There was a prejudice against homeopathy and seen as a threat orthodox criticized herbalists and midwives there was a big push back on homeopathy because they pushed back on conventional drugs
What could homepoaths not be discredited as
Being unlearned because many og them graduated from the same medical schools as regular physicans
What is the difference between homeopathy vs orthodox medicine
Orthdox medicine was also threatened because homepathy offered an integrated coherent systematic basis for its therapeutic practice
What did the AMA say
they were ubset because they came inot the community and got the business
Long-standing animosity towards homeopathy and homepoaths purge all the local medical societies of physicians who were homepaths expect in Boston because of the elistest
Wanted to discourage any type of association with homeopaths
What was the first national medical society
The American Institute of Homeopathy
What would happen to orthodox physicans if they consulted with a homeopath or any other non-regular member
Would loose there AMA membership and this coculd mean they would not longer be able to practice medicine
What were some examples of expulsion due to homepathic
Consulting his homeopath his wife and another was for purchasing milk and sugar from a homepathic haramcy
What are the types of homepathic remedies
Materia medica is a collection of drug pictures that are organized alphabetically
Homepathic repertory is a quick reference version of the materia medica that indexes the symptosm and then the associated remedies for each
How is homeopathic practiced
Consultation you match the symptom picture to the drug picture
Preparations uses animal, lant mineral and synthetic subtances in its preparations
and are usually made from an inert subtance which a drop of liquid homeopathic preparation is placed an allowed to evaporate
What is dilutions and homeopathy
That undiluted doses caused reacations soemtimes dangerous ones and thus that preparations be given at the lowest possible dose a solution that is more dilute has a higher potency claimed to be stronger
What is a serial dilution
Solvent is added to part of the previous mixture
What is korsakovian dilution
Vessel in which the preparations are manfacuted is emptited refilled with solvent with the volume of fluid adhering to the walls of the vessel deemed suffcient for the new batch
What are some safety and side effects
Some sold or labeled as homeopathic may not be and can contain substantial amounts of active ingredients
Also replacing effective treament with homeoapthy could have adverse effects
Liquid homeopathic product may contain alchool
Different products labled as homeopathic
What is nautropathy
A bit more modern it was established by homepathy
Embraced all known means of natural therapeutics including diet herbs hydrotherapy homeopathy exercise manipulative therapies electrotherapy and psychological and spirtual counselling
When was nautropathy developed
Tremendous change and advancement in North America with respect to health care
when brought osteopathy was established and chiropractic medicine
What were the struggles naturopathic profession faced
Struggles with conventional and chriportacic medicne alfong with socio ecnomic factors rise of pharamecultical medicine and the flexner reprort
What were the socio ecnomic factors
Civil war the nation and resulted in a shift away from hygiene as a major focus on health and ill-health
War created antiobiotics and advancement of surgery may thought would come from drugs and surgery rather than the old tradition of each individual taking responsibility for their own health
What was the rise of pharmaculatie
Development of pencilln and other antibotics quick and effective relief were not without toxcity themselves
What is flexner report
Indepedent report that looked at the American medical schools started reducing them crticized the number of medical school sin the US and called on them to have higher admission fees and higher graduation standards also medical school could not teach naturopathy or homeopathy and if ti did then graduates would not be recognized as doctors and therefore owuld not be able to find work
What is the healing power of nature
Is the inherent self organzing and healing process of living systems which establishes maintains and restores health
Recognized the healing process to be ordered and intelligent
Physicians role to support facilitate and augment this process by identifying and removing obstavles to health and recovery
