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The World Health
Organisation recognizes Homeopathy as the second largest
therapeutic system in the world.
Today around 500 million
people use Homeopathy.
Homeopathy is actively used in over 80
countries of the world.
Members of the British Royal Family
all use Homeopathy
Numerous leading physicians and scientists
have used and are positive about homeopathy. Sir William Ostler
(father of modern medicine) Emil Adolph von Beliring (father of
immunology) Charles Fredrick Menninger (father of Menninger clinic)
August Bier (father of spinal aneastesia) C. Evert Koop (former
Surgeon General US) Brian Josephson (Nobel Laureate)
Eleven
US Presisents used Homeopathy or sponsored enabling legislation
(Lincoln, Tyler, Hayes, Garfield, Arhtur, Harrison, McKinley,
Coolridge, Harding, Hoover, & Clinton) plus two British Prime
Ministers (Disreali and Blair).
Many US literary greats
including Washington, Irving, Louise May Alcott, Mark Twain, as well
as European greats Goeth, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Alfred Lord
Tennyson, George Bernard Shaw all used Homeopathy.
Loads of
celebrities use homeopathy to help improve health and wellbeing
including Anderson, Pamela - Aniston, Jenifer Becker, Boris -
Beckham, David Blair, Tony - Bloom, Orlando - Crawford, Cindy Fonda,
Jane Franks, Michael - Gandhi, Mahatma - Goldberg, Whoopi - Hall,
Jerry - Houston, Angelica - Jagger, Jade Judd, Naomi - McGuire,
Tobey - McCartney, Sir Paul Menuin, Yehudi Navratolova, Martina
Newton-John, Olivia - Presley, Priscilla & Lisa Marie
Rockefeller, John D - Shepherd, Cybil Robertson, Cliff Seymour, Jane
- Turner, Tina Twain, Mark - Warren, Leslie Ann
- Zeta-Jones, Catherine to mention but a few.
Race horses
in Canada can only be treated by means of Homeopathy
Canada The first
records of homeopathy in Canada dates from 1845 when two homeopathic
doctors (Arthur Fisher and J.O. Rosenstein) were reported practicing
in Montreal, Quebec. Dr Joseph Lancaster in 1846 was the first to
start a practice in Ontario and became well known for his use of
disinfection in the cholera epidemic of 1857. Later Dr Lancaster
was instrumental in passing the 1859 Act Respecting Homeopathy and
establishing the Homeopathic Medical Board of Upper Canada.
This gave way in 1869 to the Ontario Medical Act was which
integrated allopaths, homeopaths and eclectics in a single
provincial body, the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario
(CPSO). The integration of three different systems of medicine
within the same regulatory body was quite unique, unlike the
situations in other countries, such as the United States and
England, where confrontations were routine. Homeopathic
representation continued on the CPSO until the decline in
homeopathic influence in1960 occasioned by a lack of a teaching
hospital in Canada as well as international opinion at the time.
It was not until the1980s that influence returned, strongly
supported by general demand, and the establishment of the
Homeopathic College of Canada in 1995 with the mandate to establish
the profession in Canada and to foster research and education. Today
the increased public awareness for accessible and effective health
care has meant that the demand for alternative health method has
increased dramatically. to top of
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USA The history of homeopathy in the
States is unlike that of any other country. It arrived in the 1820s
and was flourishing by the 1840s. In 1841 Constantine Hering (the
founding father of homeopathy in America) established the
Homeopathic Medical College in Philadelphia which was to remain
throughout the century the centre of homeopathic education for the
United States and indeed the world. If Hering was the father then
James Tyler Kent was the intellectual of homeopathy. He published
his famous Homeopathic Repertory in 1897 which is standard text to
this day. By 1898 there were 20 homeopathic colleges, 74 specialised
and 66 general hospitals, 57 pharmacies and 9 national societies.
The number of homeopathic physicians in 1902 was estimated at
15,000. In 1930 Abraham Flexnor reviewed medical education on the
basis that universities must give to society not what it wants but
what it should have. Apparently Flexnor was the sole arbiter of
defining what society needed. The result was that following his
report only one homeopathic school remained. Later in 1938 Roosevelt
passed the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act which defined homeopathic
remedies as medicines the consequence of which was that they
required a medical prescription. Even today the American Medical
Association is not in favour of homeopathy. For this reason there
are only a few hundred practicing homeopaths out of a total 615,000
doctors. In only 11 of the 50 States are non medical health
practitioners allowed to prescribe homeopathic drugs. However
there may be hope on the horizon. The National Centre for
Complementary and Alternative Medicine was established in 1998 and a
White House Policy Commission on Complementary and Alternative
Medline was set up in 2000. Both bodies are charged to ensure public
policy maximizes access and delivery of CAM. Whether this is
sufficient to bring about a revival in fortunes only time will tell.
In the mean time the US pharmaceutical industry with its huge
financial clout and its army of lobbyists continues to hold sway in
legislative circles. In Mexico Homeopathy is officially
recognized with 4,000 homeopaths out of a medico core of 92,000
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South
America In Argentina there are an estimated 1200
homeopathic doctors out of a total 88,000 One of Argentinas most
respected homeopaths Dr Francisco Eizayaga states that approximately
3 million of their 30 million population use Homeopathy. Click
hyperlink below for full review of Homeopathy in Argentina http://www.hpathy.com/Status/perez-Argentina-homeopathy.asp
Brazil has recognized
Homeopathy since 1980 There are some 15,000 homeopathic doctors
out of a medical profession of 282,000 Additionally there are 10
specialised homeopathic schools and several conventional medical
schools which have homeopathic courses. to top of
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Africa Senegal, Ivory Coast and Nigeria are the main countries using
homeopathy where it is state recognised but restricted to
doctors.
In Kenya the
Abha Light Foundation was established in 1998 to promote homeopathy
and alternative medicine. To date there are 20 medical centres, 25
mobile clinics and 5 specialist clinics operating. For more
information click the hyperlink below http://www.abhalight.org
Homeopathy
surfaced in Morocco and Tunisia
over the last 15 years where there are now a
reported 80-100 doctors practicing Homeopathy.
In Tanzania Jeremy Sheer of the Dynamis
School for Advanced Homeopathic Studies has established a centre for
the treatment of AIDS Estimates are that somewhere between 24 and 30
million Africans are infected with HIV and 1.5 to 2 million die of
AIDS each year. The disease has left an estimated 14 million
children orphans For more information click the hyperlink
below: http://www.dynamis.edu/new/aids1.html
South Africa has
recognised Homeopathy since 1982 and practitioners must be
registered with the Allied Health Council. Since 2001 the South
African Faculty in Homeopathy, operating out of Johannesburg and
Cape Town has trained practitioners of which in 2006 there were
about 80 registered with the Council. to top of
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Europe
The current
situation varies from country to country. The result is a situation
where citizens do not share equal rights and opportunities. In
many member EU states (comprising 60% of the EU) the practice of
homeopathy is restricted to medical doctors whilst in others
(Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Ireland, Netherlands, Sweden
and the UK) non medically qualified practitioners may
prescribe. Out of 39 European countries in only the following 25
is it legal to practice Homeopathy Albania, Bosnia Herzegovina,
Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland,
Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein,
Macedonia, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain,
Sweden, Switzerland, and United Kingdom In the remaining 14
countries it is necessary to be a medical doctor. In Poland
although illegal the practice of non medically prescribed Homeopathy
seems to be tolerated by the authorities. In Switzerland the
position is ambivalent as it is legal in some cantons. Strangely
Croatia and Slovenia do not permit medical doctors prescribe
Homeopathy. The European Committee for Homeopathy (ECH) is the
statutory body for the regulation of all health professionals. It
aims at full integration of Homeopathy within the EU health care
system. The European Council for Classical Homeopathy (ECCH) is
an international council whose membership is made up of 27
Homeopathic associations with well established national roots from
23 different countries.It enjoys a consultative role with the
ECH. For more information click the hyperlink below: http://www.homeopathy-ecch.org
United Kingdom
Homeopathy was introduced around the 1830s by a
British aristocrat Dr F.H.R.Quinn who was a Francophile, spoke
fluent French, and was regarded in France as Hahnemanns great
successor. His concentration with upper class gentry had the benefit
that the medical establishment raised no serious objections to the
advent of the new medical art into England as they had no wish to
engage with such a formidable foe as the aristocracy. Consequently
Homeopathy became well established throughout the country. On the
other hand there was a down side in that it meant that here was no
grass root support since the middle and working class regarded it as
more or less as an upper class foible. As the influence of the
English Aristocracy went into decline so too did homeopathy.
Consequently, a few homeopathic doctors around the end of the 19th
century (such as Dr. J.H.Clarke), concerned for the future of
homeopathy, broke away from the British Homeopathic Society and
started writing books and teaching the principles of homeopathy to
lay-persons. This combined with the advent of Kentian philosophy
brought to England from the States first by Dr Skinner in Liverpool
in the 1880s and later by Drs John Weir and Margaret Tyler in the
period 1900-1920 lais the foundation for a revival in
fortunes. Eventually in 1978 a group of lay practitioners
established their own Society of Homeopaths, a Register, College
(The London College of Homeopathy), Journal (The Homeopath) and Code
of Ethics, inadvertently imitating the medical professionalisation
process of the 1850s. This resulted in the rapid expansion of
homeopathy in the UK, more Colleges becoming established during the
1980s and 1990s. Thus the mantle of establishment was shed and
Homeopathy moved from being entirely dominated by a
medically-qualified elite with a wealthy clientele of artistocrats.
Today the opposite holds true: It is now numerically dominated by
professional homeopaths, who have, single handedly, brought about
its resuscitation from a 'near-death experience' in the
mid-seventies with a present client-base almost entirely composed of
middle and lower-class patients For more information brought to
you by Peter Morrell click the hyperlink below http://www.homeopathyhome.com/reference/articles/ukhomhistory.shtml
Ireland
Historically homeopathy dates back to 1820 when
Frederick Hahnemann, son of the founder Samuel Hahnemann, came to
Dublin where he lived in Dawson Street until 1928. However the
Homeopathic influence was confined to around large urban areas
like Dublin, Cork, Limerick, and the Belfast area in the north.
During the potato famine of the 1840s Drs Luther and Kidd had
success treating victims with homeopathy. Later Dr. Kidd left Dublin
to become physician to prime minister Benjamin Desraeli. The first
edition of the English translation of the Organon was edited by
Samuel Stratten in Dublin in 1833. More recently the most active
homeopath was probably Dr W H Roberts, who ran the Dublin
Homeopathic Dispensary for many years until its demise in the early
1950's. Finally Dr Greene of Ennis must be mentioned for his work of
introducing Crataegus (Hawthorn) as a heart remedy around 1890. I
say "introduced" it to Ireland for in actual fact he kept it as a
closely guarded secret to his dying day when he finally told his
daughter who then released his secret. A hundred years later in 1990
there came into being the Irish Society of Homeopaths originally
based in Galway but now transferred to Dublin. Today Homeopathy is
once again increasing in popularity. The smart Irish party going set
is all too familiar with Nux vom as a hang over cure as is Arnica to
the sporting fraternity. For more information about Homeopathy
in Ireland click the hyperlink below http://www.hpathy.com/Status/Homeopathy-Ireland.asp
Click
the hyperlink below for more information about the Irish
Society of Homeoapths http://irishhomeopathy.ie to top of Map
Asia India
has 2,860 hospitals, with a total of 45,720 beds and
22,100 dispensaries for traditional forms of medicine (Ayruveda,
Unani and Homeopathy). There are over 250,000 homeopathic
practitioners. Homeopathy was brought to India in the Bengal
area within Hahnemanns lifetime, around 1810, by a German geologist.
Official recognition was achieved in 1839 when a Frenchman Dr John
Honing Berger treated the maharaja of Lahore (now in Pakistan) for a
condition which had defied the best efforts of local doctors. Dr
Honing Berger eventually settled in Calcutta where he became known
as the cholera Doctor. Dr Mahendra Lal Sircar was the first
qualified Indian homeopath and became instrumental in spreading the
healing art throughout the whole subcontinent. Almost 10% of the
population use Homeopathy (about 1000 million people). It is
included in the national health system beside western medicine.
Practitioners of homeopathy must be registered with the Central
Council for Homeopathy which comes directly under the aegis of the
Health Department.
In Pakistan Homeopathy has been
recognised since 1965 and is regulated by the National Council for
Homeopathy (formerly Board of Homeopathic System of Medicine) which
has 12,714 registered practitioners although some 45,000 have
graduated through one or other of the counties 130 homeopathic
colleges with another 15,000 undergraduates in the 4 year course
awaiting qualification. to top of Map
Australia Australia's
first homeopath, Dr Stephen Simpson, arrived in New South Wales on
26 January 1840. About 6 months later he moved to Queensland.
Around this time, Dr William Sherwin, a native-born
Australian (born in New South Wales), started to seriously consider
and experience the use of homeopathy. He may have met, and
been inspired by, Dr Simpson, as they were both in Sydney during
1840.
In 1999 the various homeopathic associations in
Australia relinquished their role as registering bodies and formed
the independent, national, registering body for Australian
homeopaths - the Australian Register of Homeopaths (AROH) which is
the national register of accredited homoeopaths in Australia. The
Board of AROH registers homoeopaths who are qualified to
government-endorsed standards.
In 2002 The Federal government endorsed the National
Competency Standards in Homeopathy, as contained in The Health
Training Package in conjunction with the Australian National
Training Authority. Homeopaths were the first of the
complementary medicine professions to develop government-endorsed
National Competency Standards (NCS) for the education of homeopaths
in Australia For more information click the hyperlink below
brought to you under of Barbara Armstrong http://www.homeopathyoz.org/downloads/Hist-AustTimeline.pdf to top of
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Japan The growth of Homeopathy in
Japan has been nothing short of phenomenal. In 1996 Dr Toraku Yui
was invited from London where she was a practicing Homeopath to give
a lecture on homeoapthy in Japan. Such was the interest that in 1998
Yui formed the Japanese Homeopathic Medical Association (JPMHA) with
a registration today of over 3,000 practitioners. In 2006 JPMHA
joined the International Council for Homeopathy (ICH) which is the
international version of ECCH. In 2000 the Japanese Physicians
Society for Homeopathy was started as a body to represent qualified
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