Modern Homoeopathy

Monthly E-Newsletter April 2008

Book Review: Science of Homoeopathy by Dr. George Vithoulkas

Title:                    The Science of Homeopathy

Author:               Dr. George Vithoulkas

Published by:   B Jain Publishers Pvt Ltd. New Delhi (India).

Pages:                318 pages

Published in:   2002

Reviewed by:   Dr. Pawan S. Chandak

About Author:

George Vithoulkas started teaching classical homeopathy in 1967. In 1971 the first Greek Homeopathic Society was established and a year later Vithoulkas started the Greek journal, Homeopathic Medicine. Vithoulkas' books, Homeopathy: Medicine of the New Man (Arco, New York, 1979), written for lay people, and The Science of Homeopathy (Grove Press, New York, 1980), for health professionals, have been translated into twenty languages and have had a profound influence upon the acceptance and practice of homeopathy worldwide. His book, A New Model for Health and Disease, published in German and English in 1991, makes a fundamental critique of conventional allopathic medicine and sets out a new paradigm for the science of medicine. At present Mr. Vithoulkas is writing a new homeopathic Materia Medica Viva, in 16 volumes, including contemporary knowledge and his own experience from the more than 150,000 cases treated at the Center in Athens. At present six volumes have been published.

About Book:

George Vithoulkas has written this book on the basis of his twenty years of experience in the application of homeopathy, real dedication, study, close observation and constant meditation on the many challenging problems.

He has focused on many missing points and confusing issues, many unknown links from the masters of time.

He has focussed on important issues like complete definition of health, the understanding of human being in its three levels of existence, the hierachical importance of symptom, syndrome and its interrelation, the understanding of the defence mechanism, the comprehensive theory of miasm in its true perspective and many other problems were clarified.

George Vithoulkas has compiled a clear and comprehensive text outlining both the theory and practice of this important medicine Homeopathy. In section one "The law and Principle of Cure, "Vithoulkas sets forth the principles of electrodynamic energy, the 'vital force', predisposition to disease, and the selection of homeopathic remedies, In Section two, "Practical Application," he gives a detailed explanation of the methods of diagnosis, and the preparation, administration, and the evaluation of homeopathic cures. Written in clear, concise language, with ample illustrations, references, and case studies, The Science of Homeopathy is an excellent reference for homeopathic physician and an informative introduction for interested lay persons.

Book Reviewed by:   Dr. Pawan S. Chandak