Postal address
Constantin Hering Stiftung für homöopathische Medizin
Schießplatzstr. 38a
90469 Nürnberg
Germany
E-mail address: office[at]constantin-hering-stiftung.com
Information according to § 5 TMG
The Constantin Hering Foundation for Homeopathic Medicine (hereinafter referred to as the Constantin Hering Foundation is a trust foundation under the auspices of the Hamburger Stiftungstreuhand e.V., association board Dr. Jörg Verstl and Carsten Müller, registered in the register of associations of the Hamburg District Court under: 23988.
Represented by the board of the foundation:
- Patricia Conrad
- Dr. Heinz Gärber, MD
- Tjado Galic
Contact
c/o Kanzlei ASG Asche Stein Glockemann Verstl Wiezoreck
Am Sandtorkai 76
20457 Hamburg
Germany
+49 40 41 34 41 - 0
kanzlei[at]aschestein.de
Responsible for journalistic-editorial content according to § 55 II RstV
the board of directors of the foundation:
- Patricia Conrad
- Dr. Heinz Gärber, MD
- Tjado Galic
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Editorial Notes
List of abbreviations for authors, reviewers and editors
To ensure the quality of the articles, the main texts on the website of the Constantin Hering Foundation typically undergo a multi-stage process of review and editing during their creation. For quality management (QM) and transparency reasons, the corresponding abbreviations of the authors, editors, and reviewers, as well as the date of the last revision, are listed and published under the articles.
We consider it consistent and useful for the homeopathic community to observe the standardized abbreviation rules of the Synthesis (Repertorium Homoeopathicum Syntheticum). These rules are already well-known among homeopaths, have proven effective, and are easily memorable due to their linguistic appeal.
The abbreviations are formed as follows:
Surname:
Monosyllabic: first and last letter
e.g. Platz = pz
Multisyllabic: 1st letter + 1st letter of the 2nd syllable
Ilka Sommer = pm
If the abbreviation already exists, the first letter of the first name is added:
E.g. Tjado Galic = gl - This abbreviation is already used for Mr Gallervadin. Therefore: glt
If this abbreviation is also taken, then instead of the first letter of the first name, x, y or z is added at the end.
If several works are to be cited via the list of abbreviations, the author abbreviation for a list of sources can be numbered accordingly.
E.g. glt1, glt 2 ....etc.
Accordingly, the abbreviation of the contributors in alphabetical order:
|
Baschin, Marion = bsm Bergholz, Werner = bhw Bogad, Andrea = bga Conrad, Patricia = crp Gärber, Heinz = gbh Galic, Tjado = glt Haas, Hanns-Stephan = hsh Methner, Roland = mnr |
Platz, Doreen = pz Quak, Thomas = qk Reichlmair-Lais, Anna = rml Schäfer, Martina = sfm Schulz, Alexandra = sza Sommer, Ilka = smi To Be Done = TBD |
Information on the use of gender on our website
Language is complex. The evolved German grammar is not oriented towards the gender-specific sexus but towards the gender-neutral genus. There is no direct correlation.
Ex: "Die Gabel", "das Messer", "der Löffel", "der Wasserhahn", "der Roller", "die Hoffnung", "die Ehrlichkeit", or "der Mensch", "die Person", "das Kind" or "die Sonne", "der Mond" etc. are not gender-specific.
It would certainly be nonsensical to speak of "der Löffel:innen", "das Messer:innen", "der Wasserhahn:in" or perhaps "die Wasserhuhn"? or "das Wasserhuhn"? or "der Mensch:in", "das Kind:in" or even of "die Sonn:in" or "der Mond:in" or whatever.
Likewise, a term like "der Schüler", in plural "die Schüler", always includes both genders. One can also speak of the group of pupils, because the group is also female?
On the other hand, a gender-specific form of address, such as "Liebe Kolleginnen und Kollegen ", certainly makes sense, since people of both sexes work in the teaching staff. Likewise, there is "die Patientin" or "den Patienten" when it is about a specific person. "Die Patienten" as a plural refers to all genders.
So there are: "der Arzt", "die Ärztin" and in the plural "die Ärzte". "Die Ärzte" is gender-neutral, since despite "die" also men are meant, since the "die Gruppe der Ärzte" despite the word "der" also means women, grammatically as just readable, depending on the wording the article changes. To speak of a lack of gender justice in this sense seems to make little sense.
In this sense, we distinguish according to linguistic criteria and refrain from trying to stringently reformulate the genus according to sexus. Out of respect for equality, we use both forms where it refers to concrete persons. Detailed information can be found here: https://www.linguistik-vs-gendern.de/.
The studies cited there also show that the generic masculine is not demonstrably discriminatory among readers.
Use of AI
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If an AI-supported application has been used to edit or create graphic and design elements, in particular to illustrate complex content, the relevant figure is marked accordingly.
Image credits
| Site | Placement | Image Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Welcome Page | Header | Logo: Constantin Hering Foundation for Homeopathic Medicine |
| mid-site | Section image ‘Homeopathy’: Idea – Tjado Galic (CHS). Collage: Content Artists. | |
| mid-site | Section image ‘Science’: Idea – Tjado Galic (CHS). Collage: Content Artists. | |
| mid-site | Section image ‘Projects’: Implementation – Content Artists (Michelle Cheny), image: Adobe Stock – fotogestoeber #224006759. | |
| mid-site | Section image ‘News’: Implementation – Content Artists, image: Adobe Stock – sebra #202132351. | |
| Foundation | Header | Collage: neuwaerts. Photos: Constantin Hering Foundation. |
| Foundation / Purpose & Goals | Header | Content Artists, image: Adobe Stock - Chinnapong #222804702. |
| Foundation / Guiding Principle | Header | Idea - Tjado Galic (CHS). Collage: Content Artists (Denise Elbs), images: Constantin Hering / Collection de Mr Sylvain Cazalet (Constantine Hering Memorial 1880 edited by Charles G. Raue, Calvin B. Knerr, and Charles Mohr, printed in Philadelphia by Globe Printing House). Adobe Stock - Hein Nouwens / 252856693. Freepik.com / Nomadsoul1 / Scenic green mountains and jungles, Ceylon. Landscape of Sri Lanka. |
| mid-site | Image: Newell Guernsey, 19th century, in Julian Winston, The Faces of Homeopathy | |
| mid-site | Image: Calvin B. Knerr, 19th century, presumably owned by Dr R. Serror, found here, http://www.homeoint.org/morrell/articles/pm_herin.htm | |
| mid-site | Image: Adolph zur Lippe, German-American physician and homeopath, 1850. Wikimedia Commons - Public Domain | |
| mid-site | Book cover Homoeopathischer Hausarzt (Constantin Hering), image: Düsseldorf University Library. | |
| Foundation / Organs | Header | Content Artists (Michelle Cheny), image: Adobe Stock - Vegefox.com #404923628. |
| Foundation / Organs / Board of Directors | mid-site | Portrait: Tjado Galic (CHS). |
| mid-site | Portrait: Heinz Gärber (CHS). | |
| mid-site | Portrait: Patricia Conrad (CHS). | |
| Foundation / Organs / Advisory Council | mid-site | Portrait: Roland Methner (CHS). |
| mid-site | Portrait: Ilka Sommer (CHS). | |
| mid-site | Portrait: Martina Schäfer (CHS). | |
| mid-site | Portrait: Werner Bergholz (CHS). | |
| mid-site | Portrait: Thomas Quak (CHS). | |
| mid-site | Portrait: Anna Reichlmayr-Lais (CHS). | |
| mid-site | Portrait: Stephan Haas (CHS). | |
| Foundation / Organs / Support | mid-site | Portrait: Alexandra Schulz (CHS) |
| mid-site | Portrait: Doreen Platz (CHS). | |
| mid-site | Portrait Mark Bräuer: Colourful cables, WikiProfPC, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. | |
| mid-site | Portrait: Martina Schäfer (CHS). | |
| mid-site | Portrait: Martina Schäfer (CHS). | |
| Homeopathy | Header | Idea – Tjado Galic (CHS). Collage implementation: Content Artists (Michelle Cheny). |
| Homeopathy / Homeopathy - What Is It? | Header | Idea – Tjado Galic (CHS). Implementation – neuwaerts (Maja Ritzer), image material created with MidJourney (https://www.midjourney.com/), Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0). |
| Homeopathy / Concept of Man | Header | Content Artists, image: Adobe Stock – fizkes #250595859. |
| Homeopathy / Premises & Self-Understanding | Header | Idea – Tjado Galic (CHS). Implementation & collage: neuwaerts (Michaela Zaengel), image: shutterstock Sashkin #126154679. |
| Homeopathy / Understanding of Disease | Header | Idea – Tjado Galic (CHS). Implementation – Content Artists (Michelle Cheny). |
| Homeopathy / Understanding of Disease / The Homeopathic Point of View | Header | Idea – Tjado Galic (CHS). Implementation – Content Artists (Michelle Cheny). |
| Homeopathy / Understanding of Disease / The Homeopathic Point of View / Holistic Perspective | Header | Implementation – neuwaerts (Michaela Zaengel), image: shutterstock Mahmudul-Hassan #2413506335. |
| Homeopathy / Paradigmatic Discourse | Header | Idea – Tjado Galic (CHS). Implementation – neuwaerts (Michaela Zaengel), image: shutterstock agsandrew #431498842. |
| Homeopathy / Pharmacy & Pharmacology | Header | Photo: Tjado Galic (CHS). |
| Homeopathy / Pharmacy & Pharmacology / Pharmacy | Header | Photo: Martina Schäfer (CHS) |
| Homeopathy / Pharmacy & Pharmacology / Pharmacology | Header | Photo: Martina Schäfer (CHS) |
| Homeopathy / Pharmacy & Pharmacology / Models and Effect Hypotheses | Header | Idea – Tjado Galic (CHS). Implementation – neuwaerts. |
| Homeopathy / Pharmacy & Pharmacology / Phenomenological Analysis | Header | Idea – Tjado Galic (CHS). Implementation – Content Artists. Pexels-Photo / Pixabay |
| Homeopathy / Materia Medica | Header | Photo: Tjado Galic (CHS) |
| Homeopathy / Materia Medica / The 1st Homeopathic Materia Medica | Newspaper clipping from the ‘Allgemeiner Anzeiger der Deutschen’ dated 13 July 1839. digiPress – The Bavarian State Library's newspaper portal – Identifier: bsb10530558_00091_u001. | |
| Homeopathy / Homeopathy-related Approaches | Header | Photo: Martina Schäfer (CHS) |
| Homeopathy / Clinical research | Header | Idea – Tjado Galic (CHS), collage: Content Artists, images: AdobeStock / jirsak #111777996, Freepik / macrovector / Vector large set of avatars. men and women, young people and girls icons. |
| Homeopathy / Basic Research | Header | Adobe Stock – amiak #424389278. Editing: CHS. |
| Homeopathy / Homeopathic Practice | Header | Idea – Tjado Galic (CHS), collage: Content Artists. |
| Homeopathy / Homeopathic Practice / Care Situation (Survey) | Header | CHS. |
| Homeopathy / Homeopathic Practice / Practice QM / Fever Management Children | mid-site | Fig. 1 – Paediatric triangle – adapted from Dieckmann et al. (2010) (German Society for Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine (DGKJ), 2025). |
| Homeopathy / Homeopathic Practice / Practice QM / Fever Management Children | mid-site | Fig. 2 – Mechanism of action of NSAIDs (Yellow List – Active Ingredients – Ibuprofen, 2025). |
| Homeopathy / Methodology / Diagnostic-Therapeutic Cycle | mid-site | Image: Tjado Galic (CHS). |
| Homeopathy / Professions | Header | Idea – Tjado Galic (CHS). Collage: Content Artists. |
| Homeopathy / History | Header | Collage: Content Artists, Image: Adobe Stock – Luciano Mortula-LGM #314915910. |
| Homeopathy / History / Cinchona Trial | mid-site | Fig. 1: Botanical illustration of the cinchona tree ‘Cinchona Peruviana’ by José Celestino Mútis to Carl Linnaeus, from 1764. Wellcome Images, London (CC BY 4.0). |
| mid-site | Fig. 2: Measuring vessel for quinine powder, Italy, 1801-1830. Science Museum. London. Wellcome Library, London (CC BY 4.0). | |
| mid-site | Fig. 3: Blue ribbed glass bottle for arsenic, Europe, 1701-1935. Wellcome Library, London (CC BY 4.0). | |
| mid-site | Fig. 4: Cover page of Donald Monro's pharmacopoeia. Source: https://archive.org/details/BIUSante_38020x02. | |
| mid-site | Fig. 5: Photograph of Cinchona officinalis, Rubiaceae, yellow cinchona tree, bark. H. Zell 2009. Public domain. Wikimedia Commons. | |
| Homeopathy / History / Hering's Rule | mid-site | Fig. 1: Samuel Hahnemann, detail from a leaded glass window. Photo: Copyright Historical Museum Köthen Castle. |
| mid-site | Fig. 2: Constantin Hering (1800 – 1880). Source: Collection of Mr Sylvain Cazalet (Constantine Hering Memorial 1880 edited by Charles G. Raue, Calvin B. Knerr, and Charles Mohr, printed in Philadelphia by Globe Printing House). Copyright Sylvain Cazalet | |
| mid-site | Fig. 3: Portrait of J. T. Kent, before 1916. Public domain. Source: http://homeoint.org/biograph/kentde.htm. | |
| Homeopathy / History / Early Disputes | mid-site | Fig. 1: The Paulinerkirche with the old Paulinerkolleg before 1830, buildings still from the former Dominican monastery (watercolour on pen and ink drawing). Leipzig City History Museum, Inv. No. 3106. Public domain. Wikimedia Commons. |
| mid-site | Further illustrations: Portrait drawings by Franz Hartmann, Johannes Ernst Stapf, Karl G. Franz, Gustav W. Groß, Friedrich Rummel, G. A. B. Schweikert (Senior), Georg A. H. Mühlenbein, Carl G. C. Hartlaub, Moritz Müller, Johann Ernst Stapf and Gustav W. Groß from Haehl, R. (1922) ‘Samuel Hahnemann Sein Leben und Schaffen’ (Samuel Hahnemann: His Life and Work). Volume 1. by Richard Haehl. With the collaboration of Karl Schmidt-Buhl. Leipzig: Schwabe. Source: https://archive.org/details/richard-haehl.-samuel-hahnemann-sein-leben-und-schaffen.-band-1 | |
| Homeopathy / History / Personalities | Header | Collage: neuwaerts (Michaela Zaengel), images: public domain. |
| Homeopathy / History / Personalities / The Rückert Brothers | mid-site | Fig. 1: Pulsatilla Pratensis, Edward Hamilton. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. |
| mid-site | Fig. 2: Leipzig Popular Journal of Homeopathy 23.1892 - 24.1893. Page 330. Public domain. https://archive.org/details/leipzigerpopularezeitschriftfurhomoopathie23.189224.1893/page/n329/mode/2up | |
| mid-site | Image: Ilka Sommer (CHS) | |
| Naturopathy | Header | Content Artists, Image: Adobe Stock - peterschreiber.media #228095636. |
| Holistic Medicine | Header | Idea - Tjado Galic (CHS), Collage: neuwaerts (Michaela Zaengel), Images: shutterstock 2537802481, 1844790832, 1582018573 |
| Holistic Medicine / Health and Disease | Header | Idea – Tjado Galic (CHS), collage: neuwaerts (Michaela Zaengel), images: shutterstock 301782674, iStock 518757027 |
| Holistic Medicine / Salutogenesis | Header | Idea – Tjado Galic (CHS), collage: neuwaerts (Maja Ritzer) |
| Holistic Medicine / Vital Force Model | Header | Idea – Tjado Galic (CHS), collage: neuwaerts (Michaela Zaengel), images: shutterstock 2516344809 (Vincent van Gogh: Wheat Field with Cypresses) |
| Science | Header | Idea – Tjado Galic (CHS), collage: Content Artists (Michelle Cheny) |
| Science / Science - What is it? | Header | Idea – Tjado Galic (CHS), collage: neuwaerts (Michaela Zaengel), images: shutterstock 1141685366, shutterstock 1810846597. |
| Science / Scientificity | Header | Idea – Tjado Galic (CHS), Content Artists, image: Adobe Stock – egor #146251672. |
| Science / Ethics | Header | Idea – Tjado Galic (CHS), implementation Content Artists (Michelle Cheny), image: Adobe Stock – Tryfonov #228118718. |
| Wissenschaft / Research & Methodology | Header | Idea – Tjado Galic (CHS), collage Content Artists (Michelle Cheny), images: Adobe Stock – sdecoret #157277512, icons background Freepik.com, puzzle Freepik.com |
| Science / Research & Methodology / EBM | Header | Content Artists (Michelle Cheny), images: Adobe Stock magele-picture #211814107. |
| Science / Research & Methodology / CBM | Header | Idea – Tjado Galic (CHS), collage Content Artists (Michelle Cheny). |
| Science / Epistemology | Header | Idea – Tjado Galic. Collage Content Artists (Michelle Cheny), images: Wikimedia Commons: Raphael, ‘The School of Athens’, 1509, public domain. Robert Fudd, Mind and Consciousness, from ‘Utriusque cosmi maioris scilicet et minoris […] historia, tomus II (1619), tractatus I, sectio I, liber X, De triplici animae in corpore visione’ public domain, United States public domain |
| Science / Epistemology / Phenomenology | Header | Idea - Tjado Galic (CHS). Oloid implementation: neuwaerts (Maja Ritzer), image material created with MidJourney (https://www.midjourney.com/), Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International Licence (CC BY-NC 4.0)cense (CC BY-NC 4.0). |
| Science / Epistemology / Dialectics | Header | Idea and image: Tjado Galic (CHS). Collage implementation: neuwaerts (Maja Ritzer) |
| Science / Epistemology / Hermeneutics | Header | Idea – Tjado Galic (CHS), collage: neuwaerts (Maja Ritzer), images: shutterstock 2146492391, 667842670. |
| Science / Epistemology / Gestalt Theory | Header | Collage: Content Artists (Michelle Cheny). |
| Science / Epistemology / Systems Theory | Header | neuwaerts (Michaela Zaengel), image: shutterstock #2516344809. |
| Science / Epistemology / Polycontexturality | Header | neuwaerts (Michaela Zaengel), image: shutterstock #1649052928. |
| Science / Epistemology / Autopoiesis | Header | neuwaerts (Michaela Zaengel), image: shutterstock #1086033464. |
| Science / Placebo Effect | Header | Implementation – Content Artists, image: Adobe Stock Microgen #347738950. |
| Glossary | Header | CHS, image: Adobe Stock - aga7ta #79976133. |
| Archive | Header | The John Rylands Library Reading Room Enclosure - Credit Michael D. Beckwith. Creative Commons on Wikimedia Commons. |
| Projects | Header | Collage Content Artists (Michelle Cheny), image: Adobe Stock - fotogestoeber #224006759. |
| Projects / Library | Header | Ilka Sommer (CHS). |
| Projects / Homeopathic Medicine Supply in Pharmacies | Header | Martina Schäfer (CHS). |
| News | Header | Content Artists, image Newspaper: Adobe Stock - sebra #202132351. |
| Donation | Header | Content Artists, image Hands ‘Thank you all’: Adobe Stock - Nelos #334922037. |
| Terms of Use | Header | Content Artists, image keyboard cube: Adobe Stock - peterschreiber.media#210307654. |
| Privacy Policy | Header | Image: Tjado Galic (CHS), editing: neuwaerts (Michaela Zaengel). |
| Imprint | Header | Content Artists, image keyboard cube: Adobe Stock - peterschreiber.media#210307654. |