Electrohomeopathy

Electrohomoeopathy (or Mattei cancer cure) is a derivative of homeopathy invented in the 19th century by Count Cesare Mattei. The name is derived from a combination of electro (referring to an electric bio-energy content supposedly extracted from plants and of therapeutic value, rather than electricity in its conventional sense) and homeopathy (referring to an alternative medicinal philosophy developed by Samuel Hahnemann in the 18th century). Electro Homeopathy and homeopathy are not same. It is rather a very different mode of treatment.[1] The doctrine of Homeopathy is "Similia Similibus Currentur" which means "like cure like"[2][3] whereas the doctrine of Electrohomeopathy is "Complexa Complexis Currentur"[4]which according to "C.C MATTEI"(Founder of Electrohomeopathy) means human body is a complex system and any disease occurs due to the imbalance in proper functioning of blood and lymph which leads to breaking of the homeostasis condition and thus complex system comprising of organ system,nervous system,circulatory system,excretory system and other components constituting it needs a combination of medicines to be cured[5][6][7]Electrohomeopathy is a new system of medicine by which equilibrium is maintained between lymph and blood of a diseased person. Therefore by regulating the blood and lymph in the body, the patient's health is restored. The Electrohomeopathic mode of treatment uses extracts from plants(sparygic essence)as medicine which again restores proper balance between both lymph and blood.[8]The principle of Electro homeopathy is that when disease occurs in the body ,there are many organs involved with the disease or affected by it.This is because the whole body works based on the coordination of the various components constituting it and thus body can also be referred as very complex system. Therefore, it is thought that the body needs a medicine which is both natural but complex too,hence medicine made from plants are used. Electro-Homeopathy works according to the belief that there are two vital fluids present in the human body i.e the blood and the lymph.It is believed by the practitioners that any disease or medical condition arises due the imbalance between the blood and lymph. It is thought that Electro-Homeopathic medicines can maintain balance or regulate the blood and lymph.[9]

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There are various medicines in electrohomeopathy derived from plants (sparygic essence) some of which are named as Angioticos (A group EH medicine), Scrofoloso (S group EH medicine), Lymphaticos (L group EH medicine); Pectorale (P group medicine), Vermifugo (VER group EH Medicine), Venerous (VEN group EH Medicine), Canceroso (C group EH medicine), Synthesis (Combination for total cure in general), S.Lass, APP (AQUA PERLA PELLI), WE, BE, RE, GE.However it is always recommended that medicines of any system of medicine should be taken under proper guidance of a registered qualified practitioner of that system of medicine so is here also.The dose and dilution(D3,D4,D5...) of the medicine are selected by the Electro Homeopathic practitioners depending upon the condition of the disease and the temperament (which is similar idea but not exactly same to the "miasm" used in homeopathy) of the patient.[10][11][12]

There is no bar on practice, research and imparting education in the field of Electrohomeopathy in India but still, the system is not recognized in any state of India except in the state of Rajasthan where recognition bill has been passed and Gazette notification has been done.The process of recognition over whole India is still under the consideration of the Govt. of India.[13][14]

Like all homeopathy, it is regarded by the medical and scientific communities as pseudoscience.

History and criticism

Electrohomeopathy was devised by Cesare Mattei (1809–1896) in the latter part of the 19th century. Mattei, a nobleman living in a castle in the vicinity of Bologna,[15] studied natural science, anatomy, physiology, pathology, chemistry and botany. He ultimately focused on the supposed therapeutic power of "electricity" in botanical extracts. Mattei made bold, unsupported claims for the efficacy of his treatments, including the claim that his treatments offered a nonsurgical alternative to cancer.[16] His treatment regimens were met with scepticism by mainstream medicine:

The electrohomeopathic system is an invention of Count Mattei who prates of "red", "yellow" and "blue", "green" and "white" electricity, a theory that, in spite of its utter idiocy, has attracted a considerable following and earned a large fortune for its chief promoter.[17]

Notwithstanding criticisms, including a challenge by the British medical establishment to the claimed success of his cancer treatments,[18] electrohomeopathy (or Matteism, as it was sometimes known at the time) had adherents in Germany, France, the USA and the UK by the beginning of the 20th century; electrohomeopathy had been the subject of approximately 100 publications and there were three journals dedicated to it.[19]

Philosophy

Remedies are derived from what are said to be the active micro nutrients or mineral salts of certain plants. One contemporary account of the process of producing electrohomeopathic remedies was as follows:

As to the nature of his remedies we learn ... that ... they are manufactured from certain herbs, and that the directions for the preparation of the necessary dilutions are given in the ordinary jargon of homeopathy. The globules and liquids, however, are "instinct with a potent, vital, electrical force, which enables them to work wonders". This process of "fixing the electrical principle" is carried on in the secret central chamber of a Neo-Moorish castle which Count Mattei has built for himself in the Bolognese Apennines ... The "red electricity" and "white electricity" supposed to be "fixed" in these "vegetable compounds" are in their very nomenclature and suggestion poor and miserable fictions.[20]

According to Mattei's own ideas however, every disease originates in the change of blood or of the lymphatic system or both, and remedies can therefore be mainly divided into two broad categories to be used in response to the dominant affected system. Mattei wrote that having obtained plant extracts, he was "able to determine in the liquid vegetable electricity". Allied to his theories and therapies were elements of Chinese medicine, of medical humours, of apparent Brownianism, as well as modified versions of Samuel Hahnemann's homeopathic principles.[21] Electrohomeopathy has some associations with Spagyric medicine, a holistic medical philosophy claimed to be the practical application of alchemy in medical treatment, so that the principle of modern electrohomeopathy is that disease is typically multi-organic in cause or effect and therefore requires holistic treatment that is at once both complex and natural.

Modern usage

A symposium took place in Bologna in 2008 to mark the 200th anniversary of the birth of Cesare Mattei,[22] with attendees from India, Pakistan, Germany, UK, and the USA. Electrohomeopathy is practiced predominantly in India and Pakistan (RAJYA SABHA Parliamentary Bulletin- The Recognition of Electro Homeopathy System of Medicine Bill, 2015 by E. M. Sudarsana Natchiappan, M. P),[23] but there are also a number of electrohomeopathy organizations and institutions worldwide.

See also
  • List of ineffective cancer treatments

References
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  21. Alberto Lodispoto, 'L'Electromiopathie du Comte Cesare Mattei', Zeitschrift für Klassische Homöopathie (English abstract) 1971; 15: 130-135
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  23. The Government of India, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (Research Desk) orders no. R14015/25/96-U&H (R) (Pt.), 25 November 2003

Further reading
  • Mattei, Count Cesare The Principles of Electrohomoeopathy: a new science, 1880
  • Gliddon, Aurelius J L Stepping Stones to Electro-Homoeopathy, 1892 (reprinted 2010)
  • Krauss, Theodor Die grundgelete der-Elektro homoopathie, 1921
  • Kundu, Debasish, Jayasuriya, Anton, Ahmed, Mahinuddin Materia Medica for the New Age Man, 2015
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