Observance of World Homoeopathy Day 2022

Context

Every year, World Homeopathy Day is observed on 10th April across the world in order to create awareness about homoeopathy and its contribution to the world of medicine.

World Homeopathy Day

• The day is celebrated to commemorate the birth anniversary of Dr Christian Friedrich Samuel Hahnemann.
• Hahnemann, born in Paris in 1755, founded this branch of medicine and is considered the father of Homeopathy.

About Homeopathy

• Homeopathy is a medical system based on the belief that the body can cure itself.
  • Those who practice it use tiny amounts of natural substances, like plants and minerals. 
    • They believe these stimulate the healing process. 
  • It’s an alternative medicinal practice that uses the smallest possible amount of an active ingredient in order to help treat or cure a disease, even if this same ingredient can contribute to an illness in the first place. 
    • Another way to put this concept: “like cures like”!
  • This practice helps stimulate the immune system and the body’s natural ability to heal – that which a substance is capable of causing, it is also capable of curing.
  • Homoeopathy does not use drugs and surgery. 
    • It is based on the belief that everyone is an individual, has different symptoms and should be treated accordingly. 

History of Homoeopathy

• The day is also celebrated to commemorate the birth anniversary of Dr Christian Friedrich Samuel Hahnemann. Also known as the-
• Father of Homeopathy
• Father of Human Pharmacology
• Father of Nanomedicine
• Father of Infinite Dilution concept in Chemistry
• Hahnemann, born in Paris in 1755, founded this branch of medicine and is considered the father of Homeopathy.
• Homoeopathy first gained prominence in the 19th century after extensive pioneering work by the German physician and chemist Samuel Hahnemann (1755-1843). 
• But its origin dates back to the 5th century BC, when the 'father of medicine' Hippocrates introduced homoeopathy remedies to his medicine chest.