TY - JOUR AU - Whitmont, Ronald D. TI - The Human Microbiome, Conventional Medicine, and Homeopathy SN - 1475-4916 SN - 1476-4245 PY - 2020 JO - Homeopathy JF - Homeopathy LA - EN VL - 109 IS - 04 SP - 248 EP - 255 DA - 2020/05/14 KW - microbiome KW - health ecology KW - homeopathy KW - symbiosis KW - dysbiosis KW - holism KW - psychosomatics KW - direction of cure KW - Law of Similars KW - individuality and susceptibility KW - minimum dose KW - homeostasis AB - Human health is intimately linked to the ecology and diversity of the human microbiome. Together, the human organism and the human microbiome work as a complex super-organism throughout the human life cycle. Microbiome science provides direct evidence and substantiation of the fundamental principles of homeopathy, including holism, psychosomatics, direction of cure, the Law of Similars, individuality and susceptibility, minimum dose, and homeostasis. Whilst many conventional (allopathic) medical treatments irreversibly damage the ecology of the microbiome and trigger chronic immune dysfunction and inflammation, the future sustainability of the entire field of medicine depends on the ability to recognize these inconvenient biological truths and to embrace a safer approach based on this evidence. Fortunately, one of the oldest forms of clinically verifiable, evidence-based, and ecologically sustainable medicine, that does not harm the microbiome, already exists in the form of homeopathy. PB - The Faculty of Homeopathy DO - 10.1055/s-0040-1709665 UR - http://www.thieme-connect.com/products/ejournals/abstract/10.1055/s-0040-1709665 ER -