Dr Edouard Broussalian

Who is Dr. Édouard Broussalian?

Portrait of a free-spirited doctor, pioneer of contemporary homeopathy

You seem much younger than your writing suggests. Why this discrepancy?

(Laughs) It's true, people often think I'm 20 years older when they read my texts! I was born in 1962, but I started homeopathy at the age of 15, accompanying my father on his lectures. From that time on, I've been passionate about medicine based on sense, logic and natural laws. It's no doubt this early maturity and my technical language that give the impression that I have several lives behind me.

Your father was also a doctor. Is it fair to say that you were born in the Organon?

Absolutely. I grew up in a house where we talked Kent's Repertory, punch cards, aphorisms and remedies like other people talk soccer. My father, a student of Pierre Schmidt, was a pioneer in Hahnemann homeopathy. He passed on to me intellectual rigor, a passion for true healing, and a relentless quest for coherence. He had the intuition to link science, spirituality and healing - a vision that I pursue today through the IHS.

You are also a pioneer in the use of technology in homeopathy. Tell us about it.

In 1977, I created the Melanie program on the Apple II. The idea was to make Kent's thinking accessible through a computer tool. I wasn't trying to make the machine "reason for us", but to support a fine and demanding practice. Then, in 1996, I launched Planète Homéo, a militant platform for living homeopathy. To this day, thousands of French-speaking practitioners train or draw inspiration from it. It was an act of resistance, but also of transmission.

What was the decisive moment when you committed yourself to teaching?

For a long time, I was alone in my demand for fidelity to the Organon. Then I realized that to avoid betraying this science, it was necessary to train, transmit and educate. Not to create a school like the others. But a living, demanding community, driven by a strong vision. The IHS was born of this intuition: to train practitioners who are free, lucid and deeply committed.

How would you describe your teaching style?

I'm direct, passionate, sometimes a little irreverent. But I remain faithful to a rigorous ethic. For me, the Organon is a sacred text, not in the dogmatic sense, but as a source of truth. I teach with the humility of a researcher and the ardor of a rebel. My students say that I make the invisible visible. And that I train them not just in a method, but in a way of being in the world.

What are your battles?

I'm fighting against collective amnesia. Against the excesses of the chemical industry. Against dehumanized systems that sacrifice the individual in the name of efficiency. I defend a medicine that serves the living. A homeopathy that is rooted, brilliant, pragmatic, but above all profoundly human. And I remain indignant in the face of all forms of denial - from the Armenian genocide, to the suffering of children deprived of a parent, to the denial of homeopathy by those who don't understand it.

Do you have any contacts in the homeopathic world? What are your connections?

Less than I'd like, for lack of time. But the links are deep, lively and inspiring. I was fortunate enough to travel to the headwaters of the Ganges to meet the legendary David Little, Australia's leading homeopath, probably the most learned and respected of our time. For over ten years, we exchanged information between India and transcontinental correspondence. His meticulous and brilliant approach left a deep impression on me.
Then I headed for Mumbai, India, where I went to train with Dr Farokh Jamshed Master, one of the pillars of modern Indian homeopathy. This master, professor and outstanding clinician heads the homeopathy department at the CMPH Medical College. With him, I learned to tame the subtlety of chronic miasmas and the intelligence of constitutional remedies. It's always a treat to get together at least once a year, especially now that Farokh has been awarded the official specialty of medical oncologist.
Still in Mumbai, I can't fail to mention the excellent Dr. Gaurang Gaikwad, with whom we enjoy a real complicity. His knowledge and understanding of medical matters is truly incredible. I think he's one of the most gifted of his generation.
Every year, I also meet up with another giant: George Vithoulkas, alternative Nobel Prize winner, author of reference, founder of theInternational Academy of Classical Homeopathy on the Greek island of Alonissos. Rightly nicknamed "The King of Homeopathy", he has trained generations of top-level students in an atmosphere of rigor and inspiration. He likes to say, not without a sense of humor, that it's "because of me" that so many French people have come to train with him! (And he's not wrong.)
This contact with students from all over the world has also opened my eyes: outside our borders, France sometimes has a bad reputation in homeopathy. Too much improvisation, not enough fidelity to the Organon. That's one of the reasons why I founded the IHS.
I also hold Dr Luc De Schepper, a Belgian-American physician, brilliant practitioner and grand master of the Organon, in the highest regard. His surgically precise clinical approach, his teaching skills, his ethics: everything about him inspires me. He is one of the few who have truly understood, applied and transmitted Hahnemannian logic in its purest form. A rare gem, coupled with a man of heart. His recent death was a great loss.
And then there's Dr Didier Grandgeorge, author, trainer and homeopathic physician in Fréjus. I first met him at the age of 18, when I was showing him around my small astronomical installations. Since then, our exchanges have continued, and I regularly visit his school to take part in his seminars, which are rich in meaning and sharing.

You've never wanted to remain confined to doctors' surgeries or symposia... What prompted you to take homeopathy to the most precarious places, to the heart of humanitarian emergencies?

Beyond the lecture halls, books and symposia, I've always wanted medicine to be incarnated where it's most vital: in the field, at the heart of reality, in the dust and the emergency. This is how I came to work with admirable people, companions in adventure and mission.
I'm thinking first and foremost of my lifelong friend, Dr Frédéric Rérolle, President of Homéopathes Sans Frontières - France, a tireless advocate of homeopathy in the field, humanistic, rigorous and accessible. Together, we have traveled through many countries, arm in arm with our remedies, our faith and our battered suitcases.
It was he who introduced me to Isabelle Rossi, founder of theAPMH (Association pour la Promotion de la Médecine Homéopathique), a woman of gentle yet formidable strength, a discreet pillar of many humanitarian projects, notably in Morocco at the Skoura center, where homeopathy has taken root thanks to their hard work.
And then there was Haiti, that wounded land I'll never forget. It was after the earthquake. There, in the midst of the rubble, with Dr Kaviraj - an immense Dutch homeopath, a great specialist in agro-homeopathy - we treated dozens of people suffering from cholera in the street, in the midst of a crisis. The remarkable Canadian homeopath, Catherine Saby, was also on board, and played a major role in the expedition's success. Within half a day, fevers were gone, smiles were back. It was overwhelming. Kaviraj's death was a huge blow. He remains forever a soul brother.
In 2011, I returned to Port-au-Prince thanks to the invaluable support of two local figures: Dr Jean-Marie Caïdor, a Haitian doctor trained in homeopathy, and Dr Thomas Hans-Muller, affectionately nicknamed "Boule", a man of action, warmth and vision. Their welcome was fraternal. With them, I was able to continue demonstrating the power of homeopathy in health crisis situations.
These experiences changed me profoundly. They reminded me that medicine is not a status or knowledge, but a service. A form of love in action. It was in the dust of Haiti, the backstreets of Skoura or the dispensaries of Madagascar that I found the true meaning of the word healing.

You often speak of your students with great emotion...

Yes, because they're the ones who will carry on. The IHS attracts bright, curious and committed people. We are training a new generation of caregivers, scientifically minded but rooted in a medicine of meaning. I firmly believe in their power to transform. And some of them go on to become teachers, researchers and benchmark figures. That's the greatest legacy of all.

You also have a strong humanitarian commitment. What does field work mean to you?

Everything. I've treated in the streets of Haiti after the earthquake, in India, Madagascar, Turkey... Homeopathy shows its power with staggering clarity. That's why we're launching a field program for the best IHS students. Each mission becomes a rite of passage, a living laboratory, a testament to the universality of this medicine.

A final word for those who are hesitating to join you?

Don't look for a comfortable school. Look for a school that transforms you. The IHS is not just a training course: it's a call. It's a call to live an intellectual, medical and human adventure, in the service of living beings. I'm devoting my life to it. If this resonates with you, then welcome aboard.