About George Vithoulkas

George Vithoulkas was born in Athens in 1932, his permanent residence is on the Island of Alonissos, Greece. He began studying homeopathy in South Africa in 1960 and then continued his studies in various homeopathic colleges in India. He has been teaching classical homeopathy since 1967.

George Vilthoulkas’s main contribution to medicine is restoration of Classical (Hahnemann) Homeopathy in Europe and the US. He provided a succinct interpretation of the works of S. Hahnemann (the founder of classical homeopathy) which enables students to appreciate the effects of classical homeopathy.

George Vithoulkas and his activities are described in entries in:

The prestigious Greek Encyclopedia “Papyros-Larousse-Britannica” 15th Vol page 396 1
Who is Who in the World. 18th edition p.2293
International Directory of Distinguished Leadership by the American Biographical Institute. Ninth edition p.466

Titles:

• Dean of the International Academy of Classical Homeopathy, Greece
• Professor Emeritus of the Russian Restoration Medicine and Convalescence Research Center under the Ministry of Health, Russia
• Professor Emeritus, Kiev Medical Academy, Ukraine
• Contributing Professor, Medical Faculty, Basque University, Spain
• Director of Homeopathic Medicine Center, Athens
• Honorary President, of the Greek Medical Association for Homeopathy
• Honorary Member of the Romanian Homeopathic Medical Association

Full Member:

New York Academy of Sciences, USA
American Association for the Advancement of Science, USA
Scientific and Medical Network
Academy of Personalities, Kiev, Ukraine
Georgian Academy

Teaching

1967	Starts teaching classical homeopathy in Greece.
1976-present	Teaches classical homeopathy in Greece for doctors from all over the world.
1978-present	Lectures in the US at the Academy of Sciences in California, the Stanford Medical School and California Medical School at the Invitation of the Medical Students’ Association.
1980-1986	Main teaching job at Berkley (California) and Seattle (Washington) as well as at Esalen Institute in California, San Francisco, Portland (Oregon). Teaches in London at the Complementary Medicine Association, in Holland and Belgium. Organizes seminars on Alonissos for physicians from all over the world.
1982	Cooperation with WHO, traditional medicine department, and the World Health Forum. Articles in the World Forum journal.
1987-1991	In collaboration with Namur University (Belgium) developed the Vithoulkas expert system software (V.E.S.) which facilitates analysis of homeopathic cases.
1995	Founded the International Academy of Classical Homeopathy on the Island of Alonissos, Greece. The Academy offers 4 year courses of training for physicians, medical students and health workers. Those who have completed the full course successfully are issued the Academy Diploma.

The main books written by George Vithoulkas:

HOMEOPATHY — MEDICINE OF THE NEW MAN
1st Edition 1970 by ARCO USA, published in 20 languages

HOMEOPATHY — MEDICINE FOR THE NEW MILLENNIUM
Published in May 2000 By IACH (This is a new, expanded version of Academy of Classical Homeopathy)
(International Medicine of the New Man )

THE SCIENCE OF HOMEOPATHY
Published by Grove Press USA, Published in 18 languages, New York 1980.

MATERIA MEDICA VIVA
Published by IACH, 10 volumes in English, 10 in German

A NEW MODEL FOR HEALTH AND DISEASE
Published by North Atlantic Books USA, published in 10 languages

TALKS ON CLASSICAL HOMEOPATHY
Published (3 times) by B. Jain Publishers, New Delhi

ESSENCE OF MATERIA MEDICA
Published by B. Jain. Five editions in English

HOMEOPATHIC CONFERENCE ESALEN
First edition in Engllish 1980 Homeovisie

THE BERN SEMINAR
Published by Ulrich Burgdorf, First edition in Berne, Switzerland in 1987.

THE CELLE SEMINARS
Ulrich Burgdorf 1992

The contribution made by George Vithoulkas to the popularization of homeopathy at government and international levels

Support of homeopathy at the WHO by contributing articles to WHO publications.
Support of homeopathy at the European Parliament where he was invited by the European Community President Dr Hensch, the Health and Environment Minister Ken Collins and the European Complementary Medicine Committee in 1996. Three months later the European Parliament sent its directive on the support of homeopathic research to the European Community Governments.
Support of homeopathy at the Council of Europe at a conference in Cyprus in May 1998,
Support of classical homeopathy at the Parliament of the Republic of Italy (October 2002) to secure official recognition of homeopathy and allow its teaching at medical universities in Italy.
Awarded Gold Medal of the Hungarian Democratic Republic by the country’s President at the Hungarian Parliament, May 2002.
Awarded Gold Medal by the Indian Ministry of Health during a seminar attended by 2500 homeopathic experts.

GEORGE VITHOULKAS’S CONTRIBUTION TO HOMEOPATHY

Theoretical contribution to the principles of classical homeopathy.

The idea of the mental, emotional and physical levels, their interconnection and interdependence.
The idea of the hierarchy of various functions at the mental and emotional levels.
The idea of disease stages when treating chronic conditions.
The idea of levels of disease and their categorization to determine whether they are curable or incurable, predict the quantities of drugs required for the cure, the potency of the homeopathic drug depending on the level of disease.
Provided explanation of the need for repeat prescription of drugs depending on various stages of the disease.
Demonstrated the role of the homeopathic drug in protective mechanisms and logically explained how the drug works.
Elaborates the idea of miasma.
Developed and formulates rules for treating acute conditions arising in the treatment of chronic diseases.
Demonstrated the possibility to predict the appearance of mental symptoms when treating chronic diseases.
Developed algorithms for the use of high and low potencies.

Contribution to Materia Medica

Proposed the idea of the drug essence, i.e. described the psychopathology of the main drugs.
Drawing on the immense experience of treatment and cure, enlarged data on many drugs in terms of mental and emotional pathology.
Provided for the first time a comparative materia medica of mental and emotional pictures of drugs.
Is currently working on materia medica viva, 10 volumes completed.

Contribution to repertorization.

Introduced the idea of mobility in a case study.
Proposed a new principle of case analysis for the selection of drugs.
Developed the Vithoulkas expert system, a unique computer analysis system simulating his own analysis in accordance with the principles he uses in his daily practice to choose drugs.
Provided a multitude of observations to add to the repertory.
Provided a valid description of common symptoms.