Dr Vilma Bharatan, a Research Associate in the Department of Botany at London’s Natural History Museum, has been working for a number of years on a database of plant/funghal names in homeopathy, translating them to their modern equivalents. Her work was published in book form in 2002, and the updated and expanded database became available online, with the addition of images, in October 2007. The database is freely accessible and searchable.
A further 1,500 images have recently been uploaded.
From the site:
“The homeopathy database is a standard reference system for homeopathic practitioners, and other users of plant remedies. It reconciles the old homeopathic codes with the current botanical code. The information is based on long established remedies in the Homeopathic Materiae Medicae that are now revised and updated and the online access means it can be maintained and updated easily in line with current concepts of botanical nomenclature.”
This valuable resource deserves widespread support, particularly given current attitudes towards homeopathy in the UK media.
Tags: Natural History Museum, Plant names in homeopathy, Vilma Bharatan
