A dynamic network model of the similia principle

Complementary Therapies in Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 750-761

  Bellavite, Paolo ^a   Olioso, Debora ^a   Marzotto, Marta ^a   Moratti, Elisabetta ^a   Conforti, Anita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Complexity science; Homeopathic methodology; Homeopathic theory; Network model; Similia principle; Symptoms analysis

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADAPTATION; BOOLEAN FIVE ELEMENT MODEL; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONVALESCENCE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE EXACERBATION; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; ENERGY STATE SPACE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HEALING; HOMEOPATHY; HOMEOSTASIS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PHYSICAL PHENOMENA; PREDICTIVE VALUE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SIMILIA PRINCIPLE; STRESS; SYSTEMS THEORY;

COMPLEXITY SCIENCE; HOMEOPATHIC METHODOLOGY; HOMEOPATHIC THEORY; NETWORK MODEL; SIMILIA PRINCIPLE; SYMPTOMS ANALYSIS;

DRUG THERAPY; HOMEOPATHY; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84888016923     PISSN: 09652299     EISSN: 18736963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ctim.2013.09.001     Document Type: Review

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