Homeopathy - The Undiluted Facts

"Wir alle brusten uns, ausreichend gesunden Menschenverstand zu besitzen. Leider ist das jedoch bei vielen von uns ein unzulassiges Wunschdenken. Dieses Buch zeigt in sehr anschaulicher Weise, wie wir fast taglich Trugschlussen und Scheinargumenten aufsitzen. Es ist ein Leitfaden zur Vermeidung solcher Irrtumer. Nikil Mukerji ist es gelungen, uns in 10 einfach zu befolgenden geboten richtige Logik und gesunden Menschenverstand nahezubringen. Sein Buch ist eine lang uberfallige, deutschsprachige Einfuhrung in die Welt des kritischen Denkens, die, wie ich meine, in keinem Haushalt fehlen sollte." (Edzard Ernst, Professor Emeritus fur Komplementarmedizin der University of Exeter, Autor von "Nazis, Nadeln und Intrigen: Erinnerungen eines Skeptikers" (2015))

This book traces the genesis, principles and practice of homeopathy, and discusses the reasons for its enduring popularity. Ironically, while modern medicine has changed beyond recognition, homeopathy, with its roots in alchemy and metaphysics, continues to be practiced precisely as it was in Hahnemann’s day.This book traces the genesis, principles and practice of homeopathy, and discusses the reasons for its enduring popularity. Two hundred years ago, medicine had little to offer except blood letting and the administration of violent purgatives – practices which shortened the course of illness by hastening the death of the patient. Largely in reaction to what he correctly saw as the brutality and ineffectiveness of the medicine of his day, the eighteenth century German physician Samuel Hahnemann developed a system of therapeutics that he termed homeopathy. Ironically, while modern medicine has changed beyond recognition, homeopathy, with its roots in alchemy and metaphysics, continues to be practiced precisely as it was in Hahnemann’s day. Readers of this book will enjoy the story of homeopathy and its almost magical attraction, whilst learning much from the authors' rational and scientific discussion of the biological, chemical and psychological questions that this treatment raises.