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Electro Homeopathy (also called Electrohomoeopathy) is an alternative system of medicine developed in the 19th century by Count Cesare Mattei of Italy. It is an awareness program.It is based on the idea that plant-based remedies, prepared in specific ways, can restore the body’s natural “electrical energy balance” and treat different diseases.
Electrohomeopathy was devised by Cesare Mattei (1809–1896) in the latter part of the 19th century. Mattei, a nobleman living in a castle in the vicinity of Bologna, studied natural science, anatomy, physiology, pathology, chemistry and botany. He ultimately focused on the supposed therapeutic power of "electricity" in botanical extracts. Mattei made bold, unsupported claims for the efficacy of his treatments, including the claim that his treatments offered a nonsurgical alternative to cancer. His treatment regimens were met with scepticism by medical orthodoxy.
After Mattei's death, his work was built upon by Theodore Krauss (1864-1924) who amplified the number of available treatments, including the introduction of injectable forms of treatment, and modernised production processes.
Notwithstanding criticisms, including a challenge by the British medical establishment to the claimed success of his cancer treatments, electrohomeopathy (or Matteism, as it was sometimes known at the time) attracted adherents in Germany, France, the US and the UK by the beginning of the 20th century; electrohomeopathy had been the subject of approximately 100 publications and there were three journals dedicated to it. By 1892, "in deference to popular clamour it was beginning to be practised even by regular medical practitioners." W. T. Stead published a challenge to the medical faculty, which resulted in a medical committee being set up, under Morell Mackenzie, to inquire into the claims of Matteism. All of the committee members were sceptical, but "we were all steadfastly resolved, if we should find ourselves mistaken, and if Mattei’s potions really should cure cancer in some inconceivable way, that we would admit our error and make known the true state of the case."
The committee observed five patients with cancer of the breast, selected by the Matteists who were treating them. After a year, they found that "the cancerous growths all continued to progress exactly as if no treatment whatever had been used. Some developed slowly, others more rapidly: but one, which had presented an unbroken surface at the outset, very soon became deeply ulcerated and excavated, and even the Matteists themselves were obliged to admit that “it seemed to be getting worse.” ... Matteism, in the deliberate judgment of the committee, consists exclusively of vulgar, unadulterated, unredeemed quackery... Mr. Stokes analysed the “electricities", and found them to yield no other reaction than that of plain distilled water.
History & Principles of Electro Homeopathy (Mattei’s philosophy).
Materia Medica: learning about plant remedies and their combinations.
Electro Homeopathic Pharmacy: preparation of medicines.
Therapeutics: using remedies for various diseases (respiratory, digestive, circulatory, etc.).
Diagnosis Methods: pulse, tongue, symptoms, and energy balance.
Practical Training: case-taking, dosage, patient management.
Certificate / Diploma (6 months – 1 year)
Bachelor in Electro Homeopathy Medicine and Surgery (BEMS) – 3 to 4 years (offered by some institutes)
MD / Advanced Diploma – specialization in electro homeopathy
Certificate / Diploma (6 months – 1 year)
Bachelor in Electro Homeopathy Medicine and Surgery (BEMS) – 3 to 4 years (offered by some institutes)
MD / Advanced Diploma – specialization in electro homeopathy
Important: In India, Electro Homeopathy is not officially recognized by the Ministry of AYUSH or the Medical Council of India (MCI/NMC). It is considered part of “alternative” or “traditional” healing. Some state governments allow practice under certain conditions, but it does not give the same legal status as MBBS, BAMS, BHMS, etc.
Can practice in private clinics (where legally permitted).
Work with alternative medicine centers, naturopathy, or holistic health clinics.
Teaching or research in unrecognized/alternative medicine institutes.