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. 2022 Jul 31:77:100091.
doi: 10.1016/j.clinsp.2022.100091. eCollection 2022.

"Similia Similibus Curentur": The scientific grounding of the homeopathic therapeutic principle through the systematic study of the rebound effect of modern drugs

Marcus Zulian Teixeira  1
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"Similia Similibus Curentur": The scientific grounding of the homeopathic therapeutic principle through the systematic study of the rebound effect of modern drugs

Marcus Zulian Teixeira. Clinics (Sao Paulo). .

Abstract

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    Homeopathy employs the principle of therapeutic similitude as a method of treatment.

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    Primary action of drugs is followed by secondary and opposite reaction of the organism.

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    This secondary and opposite reaction of the organism is namely the rebound effect of drugs.

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    Homeopathy employs the rebound effect of drugs in a therapeutic way.

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Conflicts of interest The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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