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| Year : 2022 | Volume
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A Homoeopathic journey of epidemic/ pandemic diseases from Hahnemannian epoch to COVID-19: Review
Haleholi Manjula
Dept. of Hom. Pharmacy, Dakshin Bharat Hindi Prachar Sabha’s, Dr. B. D. Jatti Homoeopathic Medical College, Hospital and Post Graduate Research Centre, Dharwad – 580 001, Karnataka, India
Correspondence Address:
Dr. Haleholi Manjula
Dept. of Hom. Pharmacy, Dakshin Bharat Hindi Prachar Sabha’s, Dr. B. D. Jatti Homoeopathic Medical College, Hospital and Post Graduate Research Centre, Dharwad – 580 001, Karnataka
India
 Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None
DOI: 10.4103/jahas.jahas_2_22
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As evidenced in Hahnemann’s writings, Epidemic diseases were successfully managed by homoeopathic system of medicine. In the footnote 17 of aphorism 33, Organon of medicine, where in Hahnemann explained the prevention of scarlet fever using Belladonna. Thereafter, many homoeopaths successfully managed several epidemics, at different points of time and at different parts of the globe. Even though Hippocrates used the notional axiom, Genius Epidemicus, Hahnemann utilized it successfully for the management of epidemics. In this review, all the available homoeopathic literature was searched to find out the historical evidence of the homoeopathic medicines which were successfully utilized during epidemics and pandemics. Presently, the entire world is facing novel COVID-19, as a pandemic disease since its emergence from Wuhan in late 2019. The conventional systems of medicines across the world have been trying to control the pandemic, but none have succeeded. Vaccinations are introduced for prevention of COVID-19, only on Emergency Usage Approvals, as the real data about their efficacy and the collateral damage induced by them, is yet to be studied.
However, globally many homoeopaths have reported to have managed COVID-19 disease with different homoeopathic medicines. There have been different approaches towards the prevention, management and treatment of this pandemic, which have been subject of intense scrutiny and discussion, all over. The present review is aimed not only to bring forward the success stories of homoeopathy during the past epidemics, but also about homoeopathy being utilized for prevention, as well as treatment in the current pandemic. |
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