Library · 29 books
Read the classics, cover to cover
The foundational books of homeopathy in full, philosophy and materia medica alike, in printed order and free to read.
Philosophy and method
The principles of homeopathy, in the words of the physicians who set them down.
Samuel Hahnemann · 1922Organon of MedicineThe Organon of Medicine is Samuel Hahnemann's statement of the principles of homeopathy, set out in numbered paragraphs, the aphorisms (§). This is the sixth edition, in the English translation by William Boericke published in 1922.ReadJames Tyler Kent · 1900Lectures on Homoeopathic PhilosophyJames Tyler Kent's Lectures on Homoeopathic Philosophy, given to his students and first published in 1900: the principles of homeopathy, lecture by lecture.Read
American Kentian school
Constitutional, psychological prescribing. The tradition that dominates classical teaching in India and much of Europe.
James Tyler Kent · 1905Lectures on Homoeopathic Materia MedicaThe foundational American lectures — deep, psychological portraits of the polychrests.ReadH. C. Allen · 1899Keynotes And Characteristics With Comparisons of some of the Leading Remedies of the Materia MedicaKeynotes and Characteristics — the pocket-sized classic for learning remedy differentiation.ReadJohn Henry Clarke · 1900–1902A Dictionary of Practical Materia MedicaA 3-volume Dictionary covering over 1,000 remedies — broad, clinical, and cross-referenced.ReadM. L. Tyler · 1942Homoeopathic Drug PicturesMargaret Tyler's portraits of more than 120 remedies, drawing on Kent, Nash, Hering, and her own practice at the London Homoeopathic Hospital.Read
Hahnemannian pioneers
The German-American tradition: strict fidelity to Hahnemann's method and verified provings.
Samuel Hahnemann · 1811–1821 (Dudgeon trans.; Hughes ann., 1880–1881)Materia Medica PuraHahnemann's foundational proving record — medicines presented through observed effects on the healthy.ReadSamuel Hahnemann · 1828–1830 (2nd ed. 1835; Tafel trans. 1896)The Chronic Diseases: Their Peculiar Nature and Their Homoeopathic CureHahnemann's mature account of chronic disease, followed by the proving records of his antipsoric medicines.ReadCarroll Dunham · 1878Lectures on Materia MedicaCareful lectures on remedy study, case-taking, and the characteristic distinctions that guide a prescription.ReadConstantine Hering · 1879–1891The Guiding Symptoms of our Materia MedicaThe Guiding Symptoms — 10 volumes of proving and clinical experience from the father of American homeopathy.ReadAdolph von Lippe · 1886Keynotes Of The Homoeopathic Materia MedicaLippe's Keynotes — concise, verified symptoms from one of Hahnemann's most accurate students.ReadAdolph von Lippe · Compiled posthumouslyKeynotes and Red Line Symptoms of the Materia MedicaLippe Red Line — keynotes plus a second grade of underlined, high-reliability symptoms.ReadAdolph von Lippe · 1866Text Book of Materia MedicaLippe's Text Book — a full materia medica in the strict Hahnemannian tradition.Read
Clinical and practical references
Concise, fact-dense references for daily bedside work and primary-source research.
William Boericke · 1901 (9th ed. 1927)Pocket Manual of Homoeopathic Materia Medica & RepertoryThe most-used clinical desk reference in homeopathy — concise keynotes for 1,400+ remedies.ReadTimothy F. Allen · 1874–1879The Encyclopedia of Pure Materia MedicaThe Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica — the original 12-volume compendium of every proving of record.ReadE. B. Nash · 1899 (4th ed. 1913)Leaders in Homoeopathic TherapeuticsCharacteristic symptoms, remedy comparisons, and clinical experience in a concise American classic.ReadE. B. Nash · 1911The Testimony of the ClinicOne hundred cured cases, filed under the remedy that cured them, collected by E.B. Nash as evidence from practice.ReadE. B. Nash · 1907Leaders for the Use of SulphurE.B. Nash's book-length study of Sulphur, comparing it throughout with the remedies it most resembles.ReadE. B. Nash · 1900Leaders in Typhoid FeverNash's remedies for typhoid fever, gathered in Similia so each remedy's indications across the illness read together.ReadE. B. Nash · 1909Leaders in Respiratory OrgansNash's leading remedies for the respiratory organs, gathered in Similia so each remedy's indications read together.ReadE. A. Farrington · 1887 (2nd ed. 1890)A Clinical Materia MedicaA comparative clinical course — remedies taught through families, affinities, and bedside distinctions.ReadHenry N. Guernsey · 1887Key-Notes to the Materia MedicaCompact leading characteristics designed to turn the prescriber's attention toward the right remedy.ReadRichard Hughes & Jabez P. Dake · 1886–1891A Cyclopaedia of Drug PathogenesyA four-volume critical record of drug pathogenesy, organized around provings, poisonings, and source evidence.ReadEdwin M. Hale · 1864 (5th ed. 1880–1882)Materia Medica and Special Therapeutics of the New RemediesAn early American survey of newly introduced medicines, joining pathogenetic evidence with therapeutic experience.ReadH. C. Allen · 1910The Materia Medica of the Nosodes with Provings of the X-RayA dedicated source for nosode symptom pictures, historical provings, and the early homeopathic record of X-ray exposure.ReadH. A. Roberts · 1939The Rheumatic RemediesSome 200 remedies in rheumatic conditions, set out by location, sensation, and modality, with symptoms graded in four typefaces.Read
Boenninghausen / analytical
Generalist methodology: case analysis by modalities and concomitants rather than symptom totals.
Specialized: bowel nosodes
The Bach / Paterson tradition: nosodes prepared from bowel flora for chronic and miasmatic prescribing.
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