Psychoanalysis And Homoeopathy: Bridging The Depths of Mind And Medicine.

Psychoanalysis and homoeopathy are two of medicine's most philosophically profound yet independently developed healing systems. Both emerged as radical rejections of mechanistic-materialist models of disease and both position the whole person -- mind, emotion, and body -- as the true site of health...

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Publicado en:Homoeopathic Heritage Vol. 52; no. 3; pp. 35 - 39
Autores principales: Kumari, Manisha, Kumar, Kaushlendra
Formato: Journal Article
Publicado: B. Jain Publishers Pvt. Ltd. Jun2026
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        affil: PG Scholar, Department of Practice of Medicine, R.B.T.S Government Homoeopathic Medical College & Hospital, Muzaffarpur, Bihar, India
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          Psychoanalysis
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          Psychoanalytic Theory
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          Therapeutic Alliance
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      ab: Psychoanalysis and homoeopathy are two of medicine's most philosophically profound yet independently developed healing systems. Both emerged as radical rejections of mechanistic-materialist models of disease and both position the whole person -- mind, emotion, and body -- as the true site of health and illness. This philosophical review examines the deep structural and conceptual parallels between Freudian and Jungian psychoanalysis and the homoeopathic philosophy of Samuel Hahnemann, with a view to demonstrating that these two traditions share a common philosophical DNA. A conceptual-analytical approach was employed, drawing on primary texts (Hahnemann's Organon of Medicine and Freud's foundational works), secondary philosophical literature, and peer-reviewed research examining the interface between homoeopathy and psychological therapies. Five major philosophical convergences were identified: (1) the centrality of an invisible, non-material governing force (the Vital Force and the Unconscious); (2) the epistemology of the symptom as the primary portal to hidden causation; (3) the individualized case as the irreducible unit of healing; (4) the therapeutic relationship as constitutive, not merely contextual; and (5) Jungian archetypes as a bridge to understanding the symbolic action of homoeopathic remedies. Bringing them into dialogue enriches our understanding of whole-person medicine and opens productive avenues for integrative clinical practice and research.
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