• Dr. Shivam Pandey
• Dr. Yash Pratap Singh
• Dr. Prekshi Aggarwal

This article examines polypharmacy in homoeopathic practice as a departure from Samuel Hahnemann's foundational teachings. Hahnemann explicitly advocated for the administration of single remedies, arguing that the use of multiple simultaneous remedies obscures therapeutic outcomes and prevents the accurate assessment of treatment effects. The piece explains how polypharmacy contradicts the law of similars, which requires a precise match between a patient's symptoms and the individual characteristics of a remedy. According to Hahnemannian philosophy, the vital force responds optimally to one clear medicinal stimulus rather than conflicting signals from multiple substances. The author argues that using combined remedies eliminates the observational clarity essential for developing clinical expertise and refining prescribing skills. While acknowledging commercial pressures favouring convenient remedy combinations, the article advocates returning to classical single-remedy prescribing based on thorough case analysis and materia medica study. It concludes that polypharmacy fundamentally undermines rational foundation of homoeopathy and therapeutic effectiveness, urging practitioners to maintain fidelity to original Hahnemannian principles.

Homoeopathic principal, polypharmacy, Homoeopathic misconduct, single remedy

"Polypharmacy: A Betrayal of Hahnemannian Principles", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.12, Issue 11, page no.e643-e646, November-2025, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2511480.pdf

"Polypharmacy: A Betrayal of Hahnemannian Principles", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.12, Issue 11, page no. ppe643-e646, November-2025, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2511480.pdf