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| Born | 1932 Athens, Greece |
| Citizenship | Greek |
| Occupation(s) | Homeopath, Researcher |
| Awards | Right Livelihood Award (1996) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Homeopathy |
| Institutions | International Academy of Classical Homeopathy |
| Website | www.vithoulkas.com |
George Vithoulkas (born Athens 1932) is a lay homeopathic practitioner.
He studied homeopathy in South Africa and received a diploma from the Indian Institute of Homeopathy in 1966.
Since 1995 he has lived on the Greek island of Alonissos, where he has established the International Academy of Classical Homeopathy (IACH). IACH has trained several thousand students from 32 countries.
On the subject of modern medicine's extending lives he claims "In the past, old people were getting illnesses and getting ready to die; but then they were given antibiotics, and they would go into a state of Alzheimer's and after that they would live very long... They are included in the figures for average life expectancy, but they are not alive." He claims homeopathy can cure some cancers, but should not be used with chemotherapy and other evidence-based medicine treatments, as this supposedly makes homeopathic treatment "more difficult". He says that modern medicine will soon be recognised as a dead end, and that it needs taken apart and restructured according to the guidance of homeopaths.
His work in homeopathy has been recognized with many awards and honors including the Right Livelihood Award. Two of his books, Homeopathy: Medicine of the New Man (Arco, New York, 1979) and The Science of Homeopathy (Grove Press, New York, 1980) have been translated into twenty languages. According to his citation from the the Right Livelihood award, those books "have had a profound influence upon the acceptance and practice of homeopathy worldwide." . In addition to his books, he has published numerous articles in homeopathic journals. His writing has been criticised for substituting assertion for hard evidence, and constructing an almost meaningless argument on the basis of a dubious theory of disease, but is credited with providing a good description of the principles and practice of "classical" homoeopathy.
From 1987 to 1991, Prof. George Vithoulkas worked on a computer-aided prescription tool, the "Vithoulkas Expert System" or V.E.S.
Selected works
- The Science of Homeopathy; Grove Press New York, 1980
- Homeopathy: Medicine of the New Man Arco, New York, 1979
- A New Model for Health and Disease, North Atlantic Books 1992
- Homeopathy Medicine for the New Millennium IACH, 2000
- Materia Medica Viva (16 volumes) IACH, 2000-
External links
- Vithoulkas' web site
- Biography on Right Livelihood Award website
- An interview with George Vithoulkas
- A New Model For Health And Disease Review from the British Homoeopathic Journal (1993)
- Materia Medica Viva Review from the British Homoeopathic Journal (1993)
- Homeopathy -Medicine for the New Millennium Review from the British Homoeopathic Journal (2001)
References
- by Summerley and Ronson, Interview with George Vithoulkas, International Academy of Classical Homeopathy. (Downloaded 20 March 2007)
- Critical review of The Science of Homeopathy from the British Homoeopathic Journal
- V.E.S, which attempts to duplicate his beliefs in remedy selection.