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Descriptor English: Homeopathy
Descriptor Spanish: Homeopatía
Descriptor homeopatía
Entry term(s) homoeopatía
Scope note: Sistema terapéutico ideado por Samuel Hahnemann (1755-1843), basado en la Ley de los Semejantes, en la que se cura por semejantes. Las enfermedades son tratadas con sustancias muy diluidas que causan, en pacientes sanos, síntomas como los de las enfermedades que se desea tratar.
Descriptor Portuguese: Homeopatia
Descriptor French: Homéopathie
Entry term(s): Homoeopathy
Tree number(s): E02.190.388
HP1
MT2.201
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D006705
Scope note: A system of therapeutics founded by Samuel Hahnemann (1755-1843), based on the Law of Similars where "like cures like". Diseases are treated by highly diluted substances that cause, in healthy persons, symptoms like those of the disease to be treated.
Allowable Qualifiers: AE adverse effects
CL classification
EC economics
ED education
ES ethics
HI history
IS instrumentation
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
MO mortality
MT methods
NU nursing
OG organization & administration
PX psychology
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
VE veterinary
Related: Formularies, Homeopathic as Topic MeSH
Pharmacopoeias, Homeopathic as Topic MeSH
DeCS ID: 6861
Unique ID: D006705
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2018/06/29
Homeopathy - Preferred
Concept UI M0010505
Scope note A system of therapeutics founded by Samuel Hahnemann (1755-1843), based on the Law of Similars where "like cures like". Diseases are treated by highly diluted substances that cause, in healthy persons, symptoms like those of the disease to be treated.
Preferred term Homeopathy
Entry term(s) Homoeopathy



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