Cardinal Principles of Homeopathy
A well-established science, Homeopathy, like any other science, has certain basic guiding principles known as the Cardinal Principles of Homeopathy.
Dr. Hahnemann, in his 1805 article titled ‘Medicine of Experience’, made his first attempt to formulate these principles. After wards, for a few years till 1810, he worked on perfecting these principles and finally published them in his manual ‘Organon of Medicine’.
There are 7 cardinal principles and it is these that give Homeopathy its scientific footing and establishment.
1.Similia Similibus Curentur or Like Cures Like
2.Law of Simplex or Single Remedies
3.Law of Minimum Dose
4.Doctrine of Drug Proving
5.Doctrine of Chronic Diseases
6.Doctrine of Vital Force
7.Doctrine of Drug Dynamization