International Journal of Homoeopathic Sciences

Samuel Hahnemann, in his Organon of Medicine, provides a precise and revolutionary concept of cure that transcends mere suppression of disease. According to him, the highest mission of the physician is “to restore the sick to health, to cure, as it is termed” (Aphorism 1). Cure, as defined by Hahnemann, is “the rapid, gentle and permanent restoration of health, or removal and annihilation of the disease in its whole extent, in the shortest, most reliable and most harmless way” (Aphorism 2).

The essence of cure lies in correcting the dynamic disturbance of the vital force rather than targeting local symptoms or pathological changes. This is possible only through the law of similars similia similibus curentur where a medicine producing similar symptoms in a healthy person cures those in the diseased (Aphorism 26). Hahnemann strictly differentiated true cure from palliative or suppressive measures (Aphorisms 60-69), which may relieve symptoms but ultimately deepen the malady.

For a genuine cure, Hahnemann prescribed certain conditions:

1. The remedy must be selected according to the totality of symptoms and similarity (Aphorisms 7, 153).
2. The medicine must be given in the minimum dose sufficient to stimulate the vital force without causing unnecessary aggravation (Aphorism 275).
3. The remedy must be capable of producing a permanent restoration, with symptoms disappearing in a definite order generally from within outward, above downward, and from more vital to less vital organs (later known as Hering’s Law of Cure).

The cure should proceed without significant harm or long-term weakness to the patient. Thus, Hahnemann’s concept of cure emphasizes an individualized, dynamic, and holistic process, aiming at permanent health restoration. His philosophy established homoeopathy as a rational, scientific, and humane system of medicine.