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Descriptor English: Principle of Similarity
Descriptor Spanish: Principio de Similitud
Descriptor ley de similitud
Scope note: Está referida a una ciencia terapéutica basada en la curación por ley natural: como la curación Similia Similibus Curentur.
Descriptor Portuguese: Princípio da Similitude
Descriptor French: Principe de Similitude
Entry term(s): Law of Similars
Similitude Law
Tree number(s): HP1.007.148.219
Scope note: Principle that designates and explains the science and therapeutic art that goes back to Hippocratic tradition and observation, according to which natural healing phenomena can be obtained through the use of medicinal substances that cause symptomatological conditions similar to those that sick subjects present, inducing therapeutic responses safe and effective.
Allowable Qualifiers: CL classification
HI history
MT methods
ST standards
TD trends
VE veterinary
Related: Fundamentals of Homeopathy DeCS
Similar DeCS
Simillimum DeCS
DeCS ID: 26814
Unique ID: DDCS026814
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Principle of Similarity - Preferred
Concept UI FD00059423
Scope note Principle that designates and explains the science and therapeutic art that goes back to Hippocratic tradition and observation, according to which natural healing phenomena can be obtained through the use of medicinal substances that cause symptomatological conditions similar to those that sick subjects present, inducing therapeutic responses safe and effective.
Preferred term Principle of Similarity
Entry term(s) Law of Similars
Similitude Law



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