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Yes, Ellen White did use the term allopathy" (and its related forms like "allopathic") in her writings, specifically when addressing medical practices and the use of drugs in treating illness. In her correspondence with Dr. J. H. Kellogg regarding the Battle Creek Sanitarium, she wrote directly about this medical approach: "But in no case are you to stand as do the physicians of the world to exalt allopathy above every other practice, and call all other methods quackery and error; for from the beginning to the present time the results of allopathy have made a most objectionable showing" (16MR 288.2). She was concerned that allopathic medicine—which typically involved the use of drugs—was being elevated above other treatment methods. Ellen White's concern centered on the harmful effects of drug-based treatment. She explained that "There has been loss of life in your sanitarium because drugs have been administered, and these give no chance for nature to do her work of restoration. Drug medication has broken up the power of the human machinery, and the patients have died" (3MR 305.1). She emphasized that students at the sanitarium should be educated to leave drugs alonerather than viewing them as necessary. In another instance, she described a conversation where someone kept "presenting the infallibility of the allopathy above the homeopathy" (20MR 375.2), showing that she was familiar with the distinctions between different medical approaches of her time. Her counsel was clear: sanitarium physicians should not exalt allopathic methods but instead focus on natural remedies and hygienic principles that allow the body's own restorative powers to work. --- 💡 **You might also want to explore:** • What did Ellen White say about homeopathy and small doses of medicine? • What were the "simple remedies" Ellen White recommended instead of drugs? • How did Ellen White view the role of physicians in treating illness?

Ellen White viewed homeopathy as significantly less harmful than the "old-school" allopathic medicine of her day, though she did not endorse it as the ideal approach to healing. She wrote that "The homeopathy, which creates so deadly opposition from the regular practice, was attended with far less evil consequences than the old-school practice" (20MR 373.2). This shows she saw it as a safer alternative to the drug-heavy treatments common in the 19th century. However, Ellen White did not advocate for homeopathy as the solution. In the same passage, she noted that homeopathy "did much harm because it could be resorted to so easily and used so readily with so little expense. Many practice upon themselves and fall back upon this without real knowledge of their ailments, and do great harm to themselves" (20MR 373.2). Her concern was that people would self-medicate without understanding their true condition. More importantly, Ellen White pointed people beyond both allopathy and homeopathy to natural remedies. She taught that "Proper regulation of their diet, abstinence from tea, coffee, and all spices and flesh meats, gaining an intelligent knowledge of temperance, would be medicine above all drugs" (20MR 373.2). This was her consistent message—that God's natural remedies were superior to any medical system. When a physician at one of the health institutions began relying heavily on homeopathic remedies, Ellen White corrected this practice. She explained that the doctor "laid aside her knowledge and practice of hygiene, and administered the little homeopathic doses for almost every ailment. This was against the light God had given" (13MR 177.2). She told the physician that "this practice of depending upon medicine, whether in large or small doses, was not in accordance with the principles of health reform" (13MR 177.2). Ellen White's vision for treating the sick centered on what she called "the Lord's remedies, pure air, pure water, simple, healthful foods" (13MR 177.2). While she acknowledged homeopathy was less dangerous than allopathic medicine, she did not endorse its underlying philosophy or recommend it as a treatment approach. Her counsel consistently pointed to natural, hygienic methods as God's plan for healing. --- 💡 **You might also want to explore:** • What specific natural remedies did Ellen White recommend for treating illness? • What did Ellen White say about the dangers of drug-based medicine in her time? • How did Ellen White's health reform message relate to spiritual development? --- 📚 **thousands of passages found** containing these search terms — [Explore in Full-Text Search](/advanced-search?q=What+did+Ellen+White+say+about+homeopathy%3F+Did+she+endorse+the+ides+that+like+cures+like%3F)