Basic Foundations in Homeopathy Offered at Humber College (North Campus)

The Ontario College of Homeopathic Medicine is proud to offer a new Basic Foundations in Homeopathy course at Humber College.  This homeopathy course will focus on the main principles of Homeopathy and philosophy of classical homeopathy.  Students will learn about the history of homeopathy, the action of homeopathic remedies and how they are produced.  This course will also provide an indepth materia medica understanding of the most common homeopathic remedies used in first aid and to treat colds and flu.  The research methodology of homeopathic provings will also be examined.  Students will learn hot to adapt the traditional homeopathic drug proving methodology to a modern clinical trial design.  The lectures and assignments are designed to assist students in grasping the fundamental concepts of classical homeopathy.  The goal for the student is to achieve a high level of competency in understanding homeopathic philosophy, using the knowledge acquired to facilitate the understanding of the homeopathic process of casetaking.    

Upon successful completion of the course students will be able to:

Define homeopathy as a complete system of medicine.  

State the major differences between homeopathic and allopathic approaches to disease

State the major differences between the empirical and rational approaches of medical thought

Describe holistic medicine

Define classical homeopathy

Give a brief discourse on the development of the homeopathic method of treatment and cure

Describe the fundamental principles of homeopathy 

Define “Hering’s Law of Cure”

Define the concept of vital force

Understand the concept of susceptibility to the action of medicine

Understand the effect of repeated doses of medicine

Define a symptom and explain how to obtain a complete symptom

Explain the importance of symptoms in disease

Describe how homeopathic remedies are made

Define Korsakoff’s method of remedy preparation

Explain how a proving is conducted

Explain how information is extracted from a proving and transferred to materia medica

Describe the symptoms of basic first aid conditions that can be individualizing

Describe in detail common remedies used in the treatment of basic emergency conditions

Explain how symptoms are organized in a repertory

Explain the different gradings in a repertory and the significance of such gradings 

Upon completion of The Basic Foundations in Homeopathy course students are eligible to complete our online homeopathic course with exemptions.