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1
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homeo

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similar

2
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pathos

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suffering or disease

3
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samuel hahnemann

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a physician, chemist and linguist in germany - late 1700s

4
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hans burch gram

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boston born doctor, studied homeopathy in europe and introduced it to the US in 1825

5
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important dates in homeopathy - 1835

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first homeopathic medical college in allentown pennsylvania

6
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important dates in homeopathy - early 20th century

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8% medical practitioners were practicing homeopathy

7
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important dates in homeopathy - 1930s to mid 20th century

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most schools closed or converted to conventional medical schools

8
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important dates in homeopathy - 1960s

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revival began

9
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important dates in homeopathy - 1999 survey

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6million americans used homeopathy

10
Q

homeopathic treatment is ____

A

individualized

11
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homeopathic treatment stimulates the ____ _____ mechanisms and process to ___ and ____ diseases

A

body’s defense; prevent; treat

12
Q

homeopathic ___ are given in small doses

A

substances

13
Q

natural substances from ___, ___, or ___

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plants, minerals or animals

14
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the homeopathic approach rests on a basic premise that

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an ill person can be treated with a medicine that could produce similar symptoms in a healthy person

15
Q

the ative ingredients are given in highly diluted form to avoid ____

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toxicity

16
Q

in the homeopathic “ultra molecular” dilutions, water is capable of storing information…

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relating to substances with which it has previously been in contact and subsequently transmits this info to pre-sensitised biosystems

17
Q

3 safety clauses

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taken under supervision of trained professionals, feeling worse for a brief time is common, interaction with conventional drugs is not known

18
Q

positive conclusions with 10 symptoms

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allergies and other respiratory tract, childhood diarrhea, influenza treatment, post-operative ileus, rheumatic diseases, seasonal allergic rhinitis, vertigo, fibromyalgia, osteoarthritis, sinusitis

19
Q

integration of homeopathy with conventional treatment is associated with better clinical outcome for similar or ____ costs

A

lower

20
Q

the most developed system of herbal treatment was that of ___ ___

A

samuel thompson

21
Q

two types of botanical medicine evolved from the thompsonians

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physiomedicalists and the eclectics

22
Q

first proposed german physician ____ ___ in 1796

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samuel hahnemann

23
Q

homeopathy was first introduced in the US by Dr ____ __ ____

A

Hans B Gram

24
Q

Homeopathy was based on the writings of ___ ___

A

Samuel Hahnemann

25
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succusion

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serially diluted with forceful shaking

26
Q

potenization

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each dilution becoming more potent

27
Q

homeopathy is a ___ philosophy in that it interprets diseases and sickness as caused by disturbances in the ___ ___ or __ ___

A

vitalist; vital force or life force

28
Q

the fundamental tenet of homeopathy was the ___ ___ ___

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law of similars

29
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hahnemann observed from his experiments with cinchona bark, sued as a treatment for _____, that the effects he experienced from ingesting the bark were similar to the symptoms of ____

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malaria; malaria

30
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Hahnemann reasoned that effective treatments must be able to produce symptoms in ___ individuals similar to those of the disease being treated

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healthy

31
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hahnemann thought he was stimulating the ___ ____

A

immune system

32
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infinitesimasl

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serial dilutions making the dosage so small that it became essentially undetectable

33
Q

infinitesimals supposedly made the remedy ___

A

stronger

34
Q

criticism from medicine claimed that any response was merely a ___

A

placebo

35
Q

c scale - ___x

A

100

36
Q

d/x scale - ___x

A

10

37
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q scale - __x

A

2.35

38
Q

oscillococcinum

A

200C dilution of duck liver for the flu

39
Q

homeopathic provings were base don controlled tests of the effects of drugs on healthy persons, it was perceived as more ___ ___ than traditional medicine

A

scientifically grounded

40
Q

Prufung

A

proving

41
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proving were important in the development of the ___ ___

A

cinical trial

42
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the lengthy records of self-experimentation by homeopaths have occasionally proven useful in the development of ___ ___

A

modern drugs

43
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1846 - National Medical convention put on by the AMA. primary goal was to develop an efficient system of licensing. homeopaths saw this as an attempt to ___ homeopathy

A

destroy

44
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19th century - ___ between allopaths and homeopaths

A

hostility

45
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ultimately medicine ____ homeopathy leading to the ___ on homeopathy

A

accepted; declinee

46
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early clinical trials showered signs of ____ weakness in methodology and reporting

A

major

47
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there is no convincing evidence that any homeopathic remedy had better effects than ____

A

placebo

48
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clinical effects of homeopathy are nothing more than ___ effects

A

placebo (2005)

49
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isopathy

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remedies made of things that cause disease or are products of disease

50
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flower remedies

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bach flower remedies - prepared by placing flowers in sunlit water, no succussion or dilution

51
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veterinary use -

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controversial, not approved by FDA in US, same effect as placebo

52
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homeopathic - ___ system of medicine

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holistic

53
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use of natural remedies to ___ self healing

A

activate

54
Q

homeopathy - 3 times you use it

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acute, chronic, sometimes emergency

55
Q

__ most common form of medicine in he world

A

second

56
Q

approximately ____ practitioners in the US

A

8500

57
Q

__ school in the US

A

30

58
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__ states license directly

A

three

59
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3 key challenges

A

increase public visibility, expand research, improve educational standards

60
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3 key opportunities

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development of bridge programs, increased demand, growth and professionalization of schools