LMHI National Vice-President for India Dr. Satinder Pal Singh
Bakshi Institutional LMHI Member Organization: LMHI Indian
Chapter, www.lmhiindia.in Homoeopathy came to India as early as
1810 when a French traveler Dr. Honigberger who studied
Homoeopathy under Dr. Samuel Hahnemann visited this country and
began treating people with Homoeopathic medicine. In the year
1839, he treated successfully the then ruler of Punjab, Maharaja
Ranjit Singh for the paralysis of his vocal cords. He was
rewarded and was made officer-in-charge of a hospital. This
royal patronage helped Homoeopathy take root in India. He later
went to Kolkata and started homoeopathic practice there. A large
number of missionaries, amateurs in Indian civil and military
services practiced Homoeopathy extensively and spread this
system mostly in Bengal and South India. Father Augustus Muller
was one such missionary who provided homoeopathic treatment at
Mangalore. The system continued to flourish under the British
rule across the country. Read more