The Necessity and Procedure of the Revision of the Homeopathic Materia Medica

Summary

The revision of the homeopathic materia medica was suggested first by Constantine Hering but never carried out. This work is necessary because of many mistakes in our standard tools. Furthermore many provings and clinical observations published in periodicals worldwide since the days of Hahnemann are not available to the practitioner. To present a reliable basic instrument the revision has been started at the “Glees Academy of Homoeopathic Physicians” after 25 years of preparatory work with about 20 co-operating colleagues. Since 2007 25 remedies have been published.

Materia medica - Revision - Glees Academy

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Klaus-Henning Gypser is a homeopathic physician with a private clinic in Glees, Germany. He is Director of “Glees Academy of Homoeopathic Physicians” and Lecturer in homeopathy at the Faculty of Medicine, Bonn. He has presented lectures and seminars in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, India, Netherlands, and Switzerland. He is ex-Editor-in-Chief of Zeitschrift für klassische Homoeopathie (1987–92) and Classical Homoeopathy Quarterly (1988–92). He has edited 18 books on homeopathy, among them Kent's Minor Writings on Homoeopathy (1987), Hering's Medical Writings in 3 vols. (1988), and Boenninghausens's Therapeutic Pocket Book, Revision (2000). He has written about 200 scientific contributions to homeopathic periodicals. Currently he is Editor of the “Materia Medica Revisa Homoeopathiae”.