One-Sided Diseases as Told in the 6th Edition of the Organon of Medicine: A Review of the Concept, Its Philosophical Foundations, and Its Clinical Implications in Homoeopathic Practice
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One-sided diseases represent one of the most conceptually significant and clinically challenging
categories of disease in Samuel Hahnemann's Organon of Medicine. In the 6th edition,
Hahnemann devotes an entire series of aphorisms (§§ 172–184) to these diseases, describing them
as conditions in which only one or few signs & symptoms are present others are obscure leaving
the physician with an insufficient symptomatic totality for individualization. This review paper
comprehensively examines the concept of one-sided diseases as presented in the 6th edition,
classifies them into diseases with predominantly physical symptoms and those with
predominantly mental and emotional symptoms, and correlates Hahnemann's teachings with the
philosophical contributions of later homoeopathic stalwarts such as Dr. J.T. Kent, C. Von
Bönninghausen, Constantine Hering, C.M. Boger, and Dr. P. Sankaran. The paper further
discusses the diagnostic and therapeutic strategies proposed for these diseases — including the
study of concomitants, modalities, accessory symptoms, and observation after the administration
of the similimum — thereby providing students and practitioners with a consolidated educational
resource.
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