Homeopathic Materia Medica
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'''Homeopathic Materia Medica''' are encyclopedia of materials which may be used to prepare [[homeopathy|homeopathic]] medicines. They list the materials along with details of the provings which establish the symptoms and conditions for which they seem suitable. They thus constitute a homeopathic prescribing reference guide and are often used along with the [[Homeopathic repertory]].<ref>{{cite book|url=http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=UVnA--9ZPzMC|title=Homeopathic Materia Medica|authors=Dr William Boericke, Oscar E. Boericke|year=1927|isbn=0766183882}}</ref>
[[Samuel Hahnemann]] started the practise of homeopathy while translating the
botanical [[Materia Medica]] of the Scottish [[physician]] [[William Cullen]] from English into German in 1790. Twenty pages in that work are devoted to Peruvian chinchona bark which is used to prepare the medicine [[quinine]]. This substance produces fever-like symptoms while being used to cure intermittent fever or [[ague]] and this led Hahnemann to conceive the ''principle of similars'' - that like may cure like. He went on to develop the ''materia medica'' along these homeopathic lines and others then continued this work to produce great volumes of potential ingredients.<ref>{{cite book|url=http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=dalJiPcNLqkC|title=An Introduction to Homeopathic Medicine in Primary Care|author=Sidney Skinner|year=2001|publishers=Jones & Bartlett|pages=371|ISBN=0834216760}}</ref>
Although there are various homeopathic [[Materia Medica]], written by different authors and covering different specialities, the term ''Homeopathic Materia Medica'' is often used to reference the total sum of homeopathic preparations and prescribing options.
== References ==
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== External links ==
* [http://www.hpathy.com/materiamedica/hahnemann-materia-pura/index.asp Extracts from Hahnemann's ''Materia Medica Pura'']
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