The containment of infectious disease with antibiotics and vaccinations is now jeopardized by the emergence of new diseases such as AIDS, BSE, and SARS, as well as especially the worldwide emergence of multi-resistant bugs. Old plagues such as tuberculosis or gonorrhea are therefore once again on the rise. We are gradually running out of ways to combat these pathogens. Alternative strategies are required. This primarily entails fortifying the body‘s own immune system, which is precisely the objective of homeopathy.

Samuel Hahnemann spoke of the life force that is stimulated by homeopathic remedies. The infected organism is thereby so strengthened that it can better overcome illness and pathogens on its own. This homeopathic approach proved its mettle during the cholera epidemics of the nineteenth century. It is nowadays especially appropriate for virus infections, which cannot otherwise be treated, as well as for bacterial infections, to pre-empt the development of antibiotic resistance. Using a rich variety of case histories, our internationally renowned team of authors discuss Individual remedy selection and the typical healing reaction in acute as well as chronic infectious disease.