Sri Lanka, Nov. 15 -- Over two centuries ago, when medicine was still bound to bleeding, purging, and guesswork, Samuel Hahnemann dared to reimagine the very foundations of medical science. He gave us principles that were not only revolutionary for his time but remain profoundly relevant in ours.

Hahnemann was not merely a physician; he was a reformer of medicine. He asked questions others were too afraid - or too blind - to ask. Why should medicine be based on speculation? Why not on observation? Why not on experimentation?

As he himself declared in the Organon of Medicine:

"The highest ideal of cure is the speedy, gentle, and enduring restoration of health. in the shortest, most reliable, and safest manner." (Aphorism 2)

This spirit...