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HOMEOPATHIC MEDICINE [1 record]

Record 1 2010-05-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Homeopathy
DEF

Treatment of a disease by the use of small amounts of a drug that, in healthy persons, produces symptoms similar to those of the disease being treated.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Homéopathie
DEF

Traitement de la maladie par de faibles quantités d'un médicament qui, chez l'individu sain, produit des symptômes semblables à ceux de la maladie traitée.

OBS

La santé dans le monde, Organisation mondiale de la santé, juillet 1984

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Homeopatía
DEF

Sistema terapéutico que consiste en administrar al paciente dosis infinitesimales de sustancias, que en un sujeto sano y en dosis mayores producirían los mismos síntomas de la enfermedad tratada.

OBS

[La homeopatía tiene como fundamento] el principio de "similia similibus curantur": lo similar se cura con lo similar.

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