Homeopathy and biomedicine: the missing links. The 'divided legacy' reunited?

For many homeopathic and allopathic doctors, their practices seem incompatible. The high dilutions and the similia rules are regarded as 'something completely different'. But, if we seek the interest of patients, we see the need for building bridges towards a better understanding and cooperation. The keystones of these bridges are found in neighbouring sciences such as biology and cognitive science. From here an overarching model is made: that of interpretation of symptoms or semantics. Therefore, this model is called the 'semantic disease model'. Its elements are: system theory and part-whole relationships, sig…