World Homeopathy Day

In news– The World Homeopathy Day is celebrated each year on April 10 to pay tribute to homeopathy and its contribution to the world of medicine.

About the day-

The day aims to spread awareness about homeopathy as a form of medicine and work towards improving its success rate.
The day (April 10) is observed on the occasion of the birth anniversary of German physician Dr Christian Friedrich Samuel Hahnemann, who was a German physician and the founder of homeopathy.
Born in Paris on April 10, 1755, Hahnemann was an acclaimed scientist, great scholar, and linguist.
He discovered the way to heal through the use of homeopathy.
The Law of Similars forming the basis of Homeopathy, though finds a mention in the teachings of Hippocrates and Paracelsus, the credit of deriving an entire system of therapeutics from this principle, goes to the Christian Samuel Hahnemann.
India celebrated the day with the theme ‘People’s Choice For Wellness.’
In India, homeopathy is as popular as Ayurveda, both of which fall under the purview of the AYUSH ministry.

What is Homeopathy?

It is a pseudoscientific system of alternative medicine that generally works by triggering the healing responses of the patient’s own body.
It 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 believes that any sickness can be cured by inducing symptoms similar to it through doses of natural ingredients.
Homeopathy medicines dismantle the origin of the disease completely and leave no chance for their revival in patients’ bodies.
Homeopathic preparations are termed remedies and are made using homeopathic dilution.
In this process, the selected substance is repeatedly diluted until the final product is chemically indistinguishable from the diluent. Often not even a single molecule of the original substance can be expected to remain in the product.
Between each dilution homeopaths may hit and/or shake the product, claiming this makes the diluent remember the original substance after its removal.
Practitioners claim that such preparations, upon oral intake, can treat or cure disease.