Since BOTH are invented and defined by Hahnemann, specifically to refer to the system he developed using the law of similars, I can see no way to suggest any confusion.
It's not like the words have ANY other origin!
I suggest you change to using the words Natural or naturopathic for substances NOT geared to invoking the Law of Similars.....as that is reserved for Law of SImilars Homeopathic applications, by definition.
In fact when Hahnemann coned the word, he used roots that specify similars and suffering.
Homoeio = similar
Pathos = suffering.
NOT
Mixtures Suffering which might be Mixopathy.
We do not get to redefine a word specifically devised to describe a specific thing - the effect of the Law of similars - just to make more money at the expense of the integrity of the homeopathic system that DOES use the Law of Similars and refers to it in the very words homeopathy, and homeopathic.
No it is not the philosophy of one man. Hahnemann *enhanced* what was already KNOWN since Hippocrates' time in 400BC - The Law of SImilars.
What Hahnemann did was to add in the potency options, the provings and the system of using that principle. A huge body of work yes.
He NAMED the system after that principle but he did not invent the principle - it's always been there - It is a Law of Nature as much as Gravity is a law of nature.
Hippocrates is the earliest person I can find who actually documented the Law of SImilars, based on his observing it in nature as the way nature works. Many others documented it before Hahnemann added his work to make better use of the principle of the Law of Similars.
SO it is not true that
In fact Homeopathy is not a philosophy, any more than gravity is a philosophy. It's an implementation of a Law of Nature.
Namaste,
Irene
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