Medicinal plants and homeopathy: a scientific and literary study

Medicinal plants are the most important source of homeopathic remedies, compared with minerals, animals and other sources. Hahnemann knew very well the pharmacopoeia of the 18th and 19th centuries: in his very first work on homeopathy, published in the Journal of Hufeland, 1796, he talks about 51 plants and 2 minerals. Since then, there have been various classification systems used for homeopathic remedies, including alphabetical, morphological, chemical, pathological, and based on origin (plants, animals, minerals, etc.). When we study a homeopathic remedy, all the information about it (scientific, botanical, z…