About Book
Hahnemann’s work on chronic disease may be considered a continuation of his Organon; the medicines which will follow the present volume may therefore be considered a continuation of his materia medica pura. Hahnemann developed the principles and rules which ought to prevail in the treatment of chronic diseases.
This book will be succeeded by an account of those remedies which Hahnemann especially employed in the treatment of chronic diseases and which are called as antipsorics. In the book, Hahnemann shows that most chronic diseases originate in a common source and are related to each other. A special class of drugs is designated by Hahnemann as “anti-psoric” which could be used in the treatment of those diseases. The common cause of most chronic diseases according to Hahnemann is Psora.
In the treatment of chronic diseases, Hahnemann has been taught by experience to give preference to anti-psoric remedies. This preference is not theoretical and is constantly subordinate to the general principle, which is further explained in detail in the book.
About Author:
Christian Friedrich Samuel Hahnemann (10 April 1755 – 2 July 1843) was a German physician, well known for creating the system of medicine called Homeopathy. Dr. Hahnemann contributed in reforming the medical practices of the 18th century by attributing the cause of disease to the internal environment of the host and thus originated the basic tenet that every individual reacts differently in health and disease. Further, he undertook proving of drugs on healthy human beings, giving dynamised form of medicines in minimum dose. He therefore advocated restoration of health of sick individuals in a gentle manner. Hahnemann was the first medical scientist to prepare medicines in potentised form and proving them on healthy human beings.
