[Omeo33] Art 0945 - Homeopathy, 2008, 97 (3), 122-128

[Gino Santini]

Homeopathy and systematics: a systematic analysis of the therapeutic  
effects of the plant species used in homeopathy
V. Bharatan

The therapeutic effects of the plant species used in homeopathy have  
never been subjected to systematic analysis. A survey of the various  
Materiae Medicae shows that over 800 plant species are the source of  
medicines in homeopathy. As these medicines are considered related to  
one another with respect to their therapeutic effects for treating  
similar symptoms, the aim is to classify and map them using the  
concept of homology. This involves placing the discipline of  
homeopathy into a comparative framework using these plant medicines as  
taxa, therapeutic effects as characters, and contemporary cladistic  
techniques to analyse these relationships. The results are compared  
using cladograms based on different data sets used in biology (e.g.  
morphological characters and DNA sequences) to test whether similar  
cladistic patterns exist among these medicines. By classifying the  
therapeutic actions, genuine homologies can be distinguished from  
homoplasies. As this is a comparative study it has been necessary  
first to update the existing nomenclature of the plant species in the  
homeopathic literature in line with the current International Code of  
Botanical Nomenclature.

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