China Officinalis China is placed by Teste in the Ferrum group with Plumb, Carb, an. Puls, Zinc and others which "have the property of remaking the altered blood or increasing for the time being in a healthy person the relative amount of haematin, globulin, fibrin etc. It is useful to remember that Ipecac belongs to the same natural order of plants as China and the relation of the two to intermittent fever, hemorrhages and gasto-enteric disturbances is very similar. The tincture of China is antiseptic, destroying amaeboid motion and retarding tissue change. It weakens the heart and impairs the circulation, produces congestion and hemorrhages, anemia and complete relaxation and collapse. The debility in which China is particularly indicated is such as is caused by an excessive drain of fluids, as great loss of blood, excessive suppuration, loss of semen, also after prolonged strain of overwork, mentally or bodily. The Typical fever of Ch...
Christian Friedrich Samuel Hahnemann ( 10 April 1755 – 2 July 1843) was a German physician, best known for creating the pseudoscientific system of alternative medicine called homeopathy. His father Christian Gottfried Hahnemann was a painter and designer of porcelain, for which the town of Meissen is famous. As a young man, Hahnemann became proficient in a number of languages, including English, French, Italian, Greek and Latin. He eventually made a living as a translator and teacher of languages, gaining further proficiency in Arabic, Syriac, Chaldaic and Hebrew. Hahnemann studied medicine for two years at Leipzig . Citing Leipzig's lack of clinical facilities, he moved to Vienna , where he studied for ten months. In 1781, Hahnemann took a village doctor's position in the copper-mining area of Mansfeld , Saxony . He soon married Johanna Henriette Kuchler and wo...