Homeopathy was born in 1796 in Germany. Dr Samuel Hahnemann, MD, the founder of this science, made it popular almost all over Europe and the US during his lifetime.
It spread to Australia and Scandinavian countries and came to India in 1810. Around 1930, an estimated 30% of doctors in the US were involved in homeopathic practice. Homeopathy is popular in Africa and getting popular in the UAE, Iran, Singapore, Japan, and also China.
There are regularized homeopathic colleges and institutes training doctors in homeopathy in many countries. There are homeopathic hospitals in India and the UK.
People the world over are interested in checking homeopathy options for the treatment of their chronic and recurring diseases. There are research grants offered by the Government in some countries like India. India is the only country in the world to have a dedicated Ministry under the central government devoted to the complementary systems of medicine, including Homeopathy.
In India, about 250 homeopathic medical colleges are offering five and a half years of long, full-time undergraduate courses in homeopathy. Many of these colleges offer an MD program, that is, Doctor of Medicine, for an additional three years. Some of them offer a Ph.D. program in homeopathy. There are many homeopathic hospitals in India. There are an estimated 250000 qualified homeopathic doctors in India. Over 30% of the Indian population use homeopathy during their lifetime.
There are many elite scientific institutions in India, including IIT-B, ICT, Bose, Haffkine, BARC Mumbai University, Nair Hospital, Tata Memorial, and many more, which undertake homeopathy research projects. The scientists such as engineers, biotechnologists, virologists, immunologists, molecular biologists, chemists, physicists, nuclear scientists, pharmacologists, etc., get involved in homeopathic research in India.
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