Hahnemann’s scientific methods

• Observation

• Reflection

• Experience

The methods of Hahnemann were far from the evidence based standards which are set today in conventional medicine. Hahnemann takes us back to the 3 essential characteristics a doctor should have in good first line medicine:

observation, reflection and experience.

Observation
of the patient in all its aspects (holistic approach) should set th

basis for effective treatment.

Reflection
about what is observed, seeking correlations, causes and

consequences that should increase the chance on successful treatment.

Experience
is the catalyst that will speed up the formulation of conclusions.

Observation

“It is important to observe the essence of a disease,

because the true nature of a disease is revealed only by its totality”.

Hahnemann…..

Not the symptoms and signs alone are important (objective criteria) but also the patient’s life with and through his symptoms, their aggravating and ameliorating factors, the impact the changes have on the relationship between the holistic being and his environment.

Reflection

“Reflection is a means of not merely reproducing

but also producing reality”.

“It encompasses both the action of the will, the intellect and the power of imagination as a conscious action, a spiritual assessment and evaluation and seeing with the eyes of the spirit”.

Hahnemann….

Reflection
on what is observed, without interpretation of the practitioner,

empathically, trying to see the things as the patient sees them.

Experience

“Medicine is a science based on experience.

Experience is gained not by random experimentation

but by spiritual appreciation of what has been experienced”.

Hahnemann

“The dynamics of experience consist of acquired abilities and an

inner familiarity with the object in question”.

Aristotle