Method of treating disease by use of agents; conventional medicine.

the homeopathic term for conventional medicine.

the usual method of treating disease with remedies that produce effects differing from those produced by the disease itself

(Allopathie) A method of treating disease with substances that produce a reaction or effects differing from those caused by the disease itself (e.g. veterinary medicine).

Allopathy is a system involving use of medicines that produce effects different from those produced by the disease. In contrast to holistic approaches, allopathy views the body as a set of systems separate from the mind. The allopathic approach introduces drugs and surgery to "fix" the body rather than assisting its natural healing process. This is the most prevalent and well-known form of addressing ill health in Western culture. Allopathic physicians successfully complete a formal medical degree and are trained to diagnose and treat illness and disease from the approaches of medication (often synthetic) and invasive surgery. Most physicians follow this medical model of treatment, which is preset.

Derogatory term coined by homeopathy's founder (Samuel Hahnemann) to refer to harsh practices of his day that supposedly balanced body "humors" or "conditions" by treating them with their "opposites." Nonmedical pracitioners often misrepresent physicians as "allopaths." Although some modern therapies can be construed to conform to an allopathic rationale (e.g., using a laxative to relieve constipation), standard medicine has never espoused an allopathic principle.

Terms used to refer to mainstream medicine its practitioners. The term was coined by Samuel Hahnemann, the founder of homeopathy, originally as a pejorative term, though it has largely lost that connotation.

The term is sometimes used to refer to conventional Western medicine. Drugs and surgery are allopathic treatments.

"Western medicine." A therapeutic system in which illness or disease is treated by producing a second condition that is antagonistic toward or incompatible with the first (e.g., an antibiotic drug is given to treat infection with a microorganism).

The treatment of disease by creating conditions that are opposite or hostile to the conditions resulting from the disease itself; from Greek roots meaning other and disease. Drugs and surgery are allopathic treatments. The term is sometimes used to refer to conventional Western medicine to contrast it with alternative therapies, particularly homeopathy, which is based on like curing like.

Any medical system which opposes the disease process with something other than the disease mechanism itself. In short, any medical system which is not Homeopathic. Homeopathy believes that only the disease mechanism (the bacteria or virus), in sufficiently diluted dosages, can cure that disease. Allopathic medicine, may use anything from antibiotics, herbs, surgery, acupuncture, therapuetic massage, nutrition, or even radiation. This term is so broad and misused that I felt it important to include it here. It is often used as a derogatory term to refer to an MD, but the term itself conveys no negativity and applies to ALL physicians who are NOT homepaths. To elaborate, MD's, Acupuncturists, Chiropractors, Podiatrists, Dentists, and Osteopaths are Allopaths.

the school of medicine and surgery practiced by medical doctors (M.D.s) with an emphasis on the diagnosis and treatment of specific diseases within the body

The traditional approach to treatment that most veterinarians practice; treating the disease by supressing its symptoms or attempting to destroy the microbes associated with the condition; the opposite of homeopathy. Sometimes called the Western approach.

Use of nonhomeopathic remedies : the treatment of a disease by using remedies whose effects differ from those produced by that disease. This is the principle of mainstream medical practice, as opposed to that of homeopathy.

System of treating disease by inducing a pathologic reaction that is antagonistic to the disease being treated; the use of drugs, instruments and substances biochemically alien to the human body.

The use of drugs or other means to antidote a disease or symptom, in a manner not necessarily cooperative with the body's natural functions.

Conventional medicine practiced by physicians who graduate from medical school and write “MD” after their names.

To treat a disease allopathically is to treat with substances that produce an effect different from those produced by the disease itself. Compare with Homeopathic. find all NHC pages containing: allopathic/allopathy