Alchemy, Spagyrics, and Homeopathy: Tracing the Threads of Energetic Medicine.

Alchemists believed in a universal life force that permeates all matter, a force they sought to harness for healing in the Philosopher's Stone.1 Homeopathy draws on this concept of a vital force and emphasizes remedies that work on an energetic level to restore health. Both systems reject a purely materialistic view of medicine, emphasizing instead the subtle energies and transformative power of transformed substances in minute doses.