The homeopathic remedy as an agent of meaning in family interaction: a case study and textual model

Abstract

In the setting of traditional studies the effects of homeopathy often cannot be satisfactorily validated. But instead of proposing `non-local' effects one should better make efforts to understand homeopathy by the situation where the homeopathic anam-nesis is made, where the remedy is given. This location is often the GP's practice. Although international literature emphasizes psychodynamic aspects of homeopathy ± 4 most of the recent studies prefer a design from the point of view of general pharmacodynamics. So we propose a textual model of reading the homeopathic remedy as a possible agent of meanign in the therapeutic interaction at the GP's practice and the family at home.