We Use Different Names and Still We Are One

We Use Different Names and Still We Are One . . . !

“What is there in the name?”

This common maxim holds true while debating over different terminologies which refer to one system of medicine.

We can apply this maxim to our pathy:

Read all these terms as one and the same.

Homöopathie for the German

Homoeopathy/Homœopathy for the British

Homeopathy for the American

Homéopathie for the French

Homeopatia for the Portuguese

Homeopatía for the Spanish

Homeopati for the Turkish

Omeopatia for the Italian

Etc. etc…

And for we Asians, especially Indians, it is written as Homoeopathy, but its pronunciation changes from place to place:

We Keralites call it “Hoomiyooppadhi”

For those who have mother tongue influence of Hindi, it is “homeopythi”

In other south Indian states, it is either “homopathy,” or “hompathy”

For the ordinary people in India, it is Homeo, Oomiyo, Homiyo, Sabudana goli,etc.

And for the kids in Kerala, it is "Pancharamittayi"(sugar candy)

Only the name changes, but the principle is the same – Similia Similibus Curentur

Lets be united for ever!

Dr Muhammed Rafeeque
Family Homoeopathic Clinic
Kerala.