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Secondly, the great master has given importance in the second part of the Organon of Medicine to the treatment. He has written, "The highest ideal of cure is rapid, gentle and permanent restoration of the health, or removal and annihilation of the disease in its whole extent, in the shortest, most reliable and most harmless way, on easily comprehensible principles." Here, Dr. Hahnemann emphasizes that the treatment should be gentle, soothing and painless. When a person is suffering from pain he should not be given additional pain by way of injections or strong oral medicines. For this reason he developed the idea of giving medicines in sweet drop form. These thoughts give us an impression about the kindness of Dr. Hahnemann in his homeopathic system, like. that of our saints in the yogic system.
The third point is that homeopathy is a natural science as is the yogic science. Before the discovery of this homeopathic science, Dr. Hahnemann, being an allopathic doctor, was not satisfied with the allopathic method of treatment. Once, while translating Cullen's Materia Medica he found out about the ague-curing properties of cinchona bark. He experimented with the cinchona on himself and developed the symptoms of marsh ague. This gave him the clue as to the natural healing power present in all plants. Then he continued experimenting with the effects of various plants on himself and noted down the symptoms.
From this, he came to the conclusion that the 'curative power of the plant or chemical is the creative power of the same plant or chemical. In other words the plant can cure that symptom which it creates when taken in excess by a healthy person. This is the basic natural phenomenon from which Dr. Hahnemann proved all the homeopathic medicines used in this science. The medicines are all tested on healthy human beings and the symptoms produced are recorded. Thus it is said that this treatment is a natural treatment based on natural principles. The yogic science is also a natural method based on natural principles to calm down the mind and to awaken super consciousness.
Fourthly, homeopathic science does not look at man at the physical level. It believes that the subtle force cures, like the yogic science. According to Dr. Hahnemann, the vital force is the most important aspect of a human being. Homeopathic
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