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drawn from the well-known homeopathic journals published world-over - India, England, Germany,
France, Belgium, Brazil, USA, etc., discipline-wise, with brief abstracts/extracts. Readers may refer to the
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PART I - CURRENT LITERATURE LISTING
I. PHILOSOPHY
1. Organon: De Doseringlfhe dose)
DAM, K.(Simillima, 2, 1/1993)
The dose should be distinguished from the potency
and repetition. HAHENEMANN says that the dose should
be as small as possible (para 275). The dose should be
related to the sensitivity of the patient. In para 281
HAHNEMANN says that the sensitivity of the patient to
the indicated remedy can differ a thousandfold. Where
one patient needs one grain to react another needs a
thousand grains to get a reaction. HAHNEMANN
developed the C potencies and Q potencies for the very
sensitive patients to diminish aggravation. But what
about the patients who are less sensitive who do not react
to one or two doses and come back after 6 weeks and
nothing happened and we are still sure of the remedy. Can
we give a high potency daily till there is reaction and then
stop dosing. In Russia (Kiev) it is quite common to give
high potencies (M) three times a week for months despite
aggravation or amelioration. This has been done for
generations (POPOV). EIZAYAGA from Brazil
experimented with frequent dosing of high potencies and
claims cures 3 to 4 times faster with frequent (daily)
dosing of high potencies. Especially in cases with severe
physical pathology he starts with C6 and moves to 12, 30,
200 whenever there is no more action of the former
potency (all daily given).
In the author's experience, in constitutional cases of
a remedy (already for more than one year on one remedy)
especially with the emerging of mental-emotional
"unfinished business" frequent repetition of high
potencies may be necessary (daily 10M or 50M) always
guided by the reactions. In psychiatric patients
(together with allopathic medicines) and ME good
results were obtained with D12 daily where a 10Mdid
nothing or even "deadened" everything.
More subtle dosing (not mentioned in the
Organon) holding the remedy (bottle) in the hand or
carrying it on the body, sleeping on it (under the pillow-
slip) can produce beautiful provings in our experience
so it can produce beautiful cures too.
Homoeopsychotherapeutic interventions is a recent form
of subtle dosing for sensitive patients.
2. Organisation theory and Homoeopathy
MASS Rob (Simillima, 2,1/1993)
Differences and similarities between
Homoeopathy and Organisation theory are related and
discussed.
3. Organon: De Geneesmiddel ziekte (the
medicinal-disease)
DAM, K.(Simillima, 2, 2/1993)
The homoeopathic aggravation is explained by
HAHNEMANN as being the stronger medicinal
disease which exceeds the strength of the actual disease
of the patient for a while (paragraph 157). In this article
the medicinal disease as well as other homoeopathic
principles (similia principle, potency, HERING's Law)
are viewed in terms of homeostasis, biological (
centrifugal) responses of the organism, toxicological
(^centripetal) stimuli from the environment and
other more "modern" physiological concepts are
discussed.
4. HAHNEMANNS Potenzierungsbegriff
(HAHNEMANN's Potency concept)
DELLMOUR, F. (ZKH, 37, 1/1993)
How did the word "Potency" and "potentisation"
come about to be used in Homoeopathy?
HAHNEMANN's literature are examined: The Chronic
Diseases, Fragmentary observations on Brown's
Elements of Medicine (1801), Treatment of the Typhus
or hospital fever at present prevailing (1814), Cure
and Prevention of Scarlet Fever (1801), Organon
(1810, 1833, 1921).
5. Heilwirkungen? (Healing effects?)
PETZINGER, K.v. (AHZ, 238, 1/1993)
The news that about 8000 people have died due to side
effects of drugs within one year in Germany is alarming.
In additon, a cost explosion in the whole general
orthodox medicine can be observed, not only due to the
very expensive medicines, but also due to the very costly
modern diagnosis, which leads to an allopathic
medication which is effective only temporarily but
unfortunately does not lead to a natural healing. There is
only one way to come out of this dilemma: to recall our
original task, that is, to make sick people healthy in the
sense of a Natural healing, instead of making them - as it
is now being done -constant consumers of medicines
which have high side effcts. For achieving this, one does
not need very expensive technology. As we know,
PARACELSUS (500 years ago) and HIPPOCRATES
(2400 years ago) were great healers. If the general
Medicine would remember this important task, the whole
crisis in Medicine would be removed with a single
stroke. However, this would not be possible with a
science which generalizes but only through an
individualizing healing, as we have it in an ideal form in
Homoeopathy.
6. Versuch einer realistischen
Betrachtungsweise der Homoopathie (A
realistic examination of Homoeopathy)
FRIESE, K.-H.(AHZ, 238, 3/1993)
In this article are discussed, what
Homoeopathy essentially is, what are its limitations and
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how Homoeopathy can be practically applied.
Homoeopathy should be approached sincerely, and
successes and failures considered openly and the failures
are not to be underestimated. Different homoeopathic
doctors have different methods in their approach to their
patients and diseases. A view that is at variance should not
fundamentally lead to consider that one's own view is the
only genuine one and that of the other's is wrong.
Tolerance of colleagues of opposite view is
important. Hindrances to homoeopathic treatment
which frequently come up and which can hardly be
ignored are discussed. One should come out of an ivory-
tower mentality.
7. Die hombopathische Erstverschlimmerung
(The homoeopathic initial aggravation)
ILLING, K.H. (AHZ, 238, 3/1993)
In his Organon VI edition, pp.154-161
HEHNEMANN wrote about the initial aggravation. In
this report the author has chosen ten cases out of
fiftythree in his practice from 1986 to 1990. The results are
given in two tables - one giving the potencies and the
reaction and the other the kind of reaction. The
conclusion is that HAHNEMANN's observations are
confirmed.
8. Was fordert das Gesetz fur eine
homoopathische Arzneimittlprufung am
Gesunden? (What is required of the law for a
homoeopathic medicinal proving on the
healthy?)
HORNING, J. (AHZ, 238, 3/1993)
There are clearly and legally defined
requirements for clinical trial of medicines. This holds
good for the homoeopathic medicinal provings on the
healthy. The Editor of AHZ comments that the rules
cannot be applied to Homoeopathy; t he
homoeopathic medicinal provings on the healthy are not
identical with the allopathic trials and therefore it cannot
be applied strictly to homoeopathic trials.
9. Para 246 und die Q-Potenzen (Paragraph 246 and the
50 millesimal potencies) TERLINDEN Michael
(ACD, 2, 2/1993)
Homoeopaths administer the Q potencies in
daily and increasing doses in chronic diseases and the
results justify such repetition. There are however many
questions which are still open to discussion in this regard.
These were discussed in a Symposium in Bad Driburg and
some of the questions could be answered, while the
others must await.
10. Single or multiple medicine prescribing-a
debate
BLACKSTONE Victoria (BHJ, 82, 1/1993) There is an
increasing demand from the public for Homoeopathy in
the U.K. The intolerance that has marked homoeopathic
history over the last two centuries should be ended and
instead points of difference should be debated amongst the
Profession, SO that we can serve the people well. With this
aim a debate was held at the Royal London Homoeopathic
Hospital on 7 July 1992 on the well- worn subject "Single
or Multiple medicines prescribing". The motion "This
house believes that the single remedy is the medicine of
experience" was debated by four doctors -two on each side
and later joined by the members on the floor. At the end of
the debate the audience of 60 voted 2 to 1 in favour of the
single remedy being the medicine of experience.
A very interesting debate.
11. The potent one
CHAPPEL Peter (The Homoeopath, 13,
1/1993)
This is a discussion on the homoeopathic potencies.
The author says that everything about the potencies so far
said are arbitrary and speculative. He has been using the
LM potencies since last two years and found the results
very satisfying. His way of administration of the LM
potencies is as follows: A100 ml glass bottle is two-thirds
filled with tap or filtered water and contains one seed
granule of the remedy. Every day the patient is asked to
bang the bottle hard on a hard surface like a magazine on a
table top. To take half a teaspoonful from the bottle and put
it in half a glass of water. This is stirred vigorously,
teaspoonful is taken, held in mouth a few seconds, then
swallowed and the rest in the glass thrown away. This is
repeated daily. The remedy is stopped if anything
happens, worse or better; and wait. Some people need only
one dose. Others need for weeks, months, with daily
succussions. From experience they stop after a few doses.
Rarely they do a bit of a proving.
The author says that the LM1 s act just like a XM or M
or 30 etc. when it works well, fast or slowly.
One of the greatflexibilities about the LMs is that the
physician decides the remedy and the patient determines
the quantity. The patient takes it until it acts and then stops.
LM1 is possibly the only potency ever needed of any
remedy, says the author. (See QHD, X, 4/93, VI.
Pharmacology, for preparation of a LM potency
solution and administration)
12. Homoeopathic Principles
JONAS Julian (NEJH, 1,1/1992)
The following are the backbones of
Homoeopathy:
- 1. The Law of Similars
- 2. The Minimum Dose
- 3. The Nature of Symptoms. Symptoms are an
expression of the Vital Force of a person. They
surface as an attempt by the Vital Force to
stabilize, compensate or cleanse the entire
system when it becomes disordered, but they
are not the disorder itself.
- 4. The Use of Individual Remedies
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II. MATERIA MEDICA
1. Aurum sulphuricum - dream proving
LASSAUW, Y. (Simillima, 2, 1/1993)
For three nights a dream-proving was done with Aur-s.
C30 by sleeping on it (Remedy under the pillow-slip).
The dream themes in the three nights were remarkably
the same. A conflict came out between the committed
responsibility (Aurum) side and the uncommitted pleasure
(Sulphur?) side. Deep inside (mostly unconscious) there is
nagging that he is not getting his fair share because of his
commitment and responsibility to others. And the others
have to do their part of the task, otherwise Aur-s. gets
very frustrated, angry and critical (Censorius to dearest
friends?)
Aurum sulphuricum came out in this proving as more
practical, concrete and materialistic than Aurum
metallicum. In two of the three nights there was a
waking up at 3.00 am. Actions tended to be resolute,
uncautious and somewhat abrupt.
2. Latrodectus mactans
BLOCH Martin (Simillimum, 6, 1/1993) Latrodectus
mactans, the Black Widow spider.is generally known
only for 'Angina pectoris'. KENT'S Repertory has only
small number of rubrics against this remedy. In the light
of the knowledge gained subsequently from many authors,
e.g. Jacques JOUANNY, WHITMONT, etc. the author
has given a brief Materia Medica of this remedy.
3. Dreamproving and situation of Hysocyamus
DAM, K. (Simillima, 2, 2/1993)
Dreamproving with a 1000 potency of
Hyoscyamus:
I am standing on a market selling tomatoes. I do not
sell very much because every time I am wanted on the
phone (for something that someone wants to know).
Everytime I come back a lot of my tomatoes are gone.
How is that possible? I suspect my neighbour- sellers. I
decide to take extra care that nobody is going to take
another tomato from me.
Dominating feeling: Mistrust, feeling people harm me
behind my back.
From this "situation" the state, symptoms and
rubrics of Hyoscyamus are made explainable,
functional and above all empathically imaginable.
Feelings and Actions like Jealousy, Greed, Inquisitive,
Intrigue, Inciting, Deceitful ness, Affectation, Foolish
behavior are surviving mechanisms in this situation (to get
the tomatoes back in the same sneaky way as they were
stolen).
4. The One-berry
LEVY David (Simillima, 2, 2/1993) In two cases, one of a
young man and another of a 62 year-old lady the author
found Paris quadrifolia as the remedy. Both the patients
were the only child of their parents, were loquacious,
loved to talk, talking of themselves. The other rubrics that
came up are: Talking, pleasure in his own; Egotism,
speaking always about themselves in company; Haughty.
The picture of Paris quadrifolia that emerges from
these two cases is:
- the only child
- spend much time alone, therefore talk to
themselves a lot
- very familiar with the sound of their own voice
- always heard and attended to, so become
spoiled and pampered
- no brothers or sisters, therefore no rivalry
- without the lonely/forsaken reaction of other
only children
- as only children, mostly in adult company
- mixing in adult company, develop early
egotism, becoming rather adult atan early age,
hence may be precocious
- early egotism could be seen in talking about
themselves, pleasure in their own voice or
silly/foolish behavior.
- the adult Paris therefore behaves
inappropriately, as the only child (adult)
- such inappropriate behavior might include
being foolish/silly/childish/loquacious, or
rude/haughty/egotistical/censorious/
contemptuous. Either way Paris quadrifolia
will be loquacious and this will be a
pleasurable, "self-satisfied" loquacity-
5. Confused old ladies
PATCH, Frank W. (Simillima, 2, 2/1993) This is a
reprint from the Homoeopathic Recorder 1924.
Hyoscyamus is generally compared with Belladonna,
Stramonium, or we have a mental picture of an erotic,
loquacious person. While this is characteristic of the
drug, it need not be so always. The author narrates the
case of an old woman who was positive that she had no
money, and had no clothes and she would talk
continuously to prove her point: tall, thin, angular,
restless and sleepless. Hyoscyamus quieted her.
Another old lady who had become widow at 37
years age, with four sons, left only with very small
money, had worked hard and brought upthe sons who held
responsible positions. Nevertheless the hard days she
suffered were so much imprinted in her mind that she
could not give up the hard work. When she had an acute
sickness her recovery was delayed, she was confused,
mildly loquacious, but as long as she was at home, she
could not let go and conditions got worse. Sleepless and
unpleasant dreams. Would get up in the night and get lost
in her room, or fall on the floor in an effort to locate
something. The mental confusion resulting from fatigue
of long duration, was the outstandng feature, and
Hyoscyamus brought the order and health out of a trying
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situation.
Another hard-worked housekeeper with a '
husband and one daughter became unable tofunction
further. Became disoriented, had delusions of voices, was
unable to sleep, her face had a vacant look and she went
even so far as to refuse food for several days. There was no
loquacity. Shetalked very little and could understand
nothing. The most prominent feature was confusion. She
would sit and stare into vacancy. Hyoscyamus brought
her back.
In prescribing we must not expect to find all the
classic symptoms of a drug in a given case, but we must
have present some key condition which in these cases was
"confusion".
6. Phosphorus: The helpless spider in its web
MODI Sanjay (IJHM, 27, 4/1992)
A 52-year-old married man suffering from
headache on the vertex, heat, heaviness, sensation as if
skull will break open, desired salt. He was in a joint
family, shouldering maximum responsibilities and since
some time wanted to separate but his brothers and
mother were not in favour. Patient felt trapped and
unable to extricate, helpless. Phosphorus M brought
significant improvement. The author concludes that
an 'intense' environmental /
circumstantial/situational feeling that a patient
experiences should be considered for prescription.
7. Rosmarinus officinalis
LONG, B. and CAYREL, Ph. (RBH, 25/1992) The
Group "Dynamis" (Montpellier) made a double-blind
proving of Rosemahnus with 11 provers including 2
females in the potencies D3 to C15 (Dolisos) for a
period of about 6 months. The peculiar symptoms were
noted with strict criteria. 26 symptoms were obtained out
of which the following are noteworthy:
Compulsion, to turn back to home, to verify
something (eg.the closure of the door. This symptom
was also verified with another female patient with
compulsion to verify the gas-tube).
Thinks her daughter has rang her.
Sleepiness after meals, particularly lunch.
Marked weakness,loss of appetite.
Fullness after meals.
Nausea.
Modalities observed:
Worse mornings, from swallowing, oysters,
movement, after meals.
Marked symptoms were the Mouth-throat
symptoms, thirst.
No female genital symptoms were observed.
8. A Clinical study of Bothrops lanceolatus
MASTER Farooq (NJH, 1, 4/1992)
This clinical study is of 6 patients in coma (2 males
and 4 females) Bothrops was administered to these
patients by inhalation in potencies ranging from 200 to
CM, in intervals of half hour to twelve hours. In all the
cases Bothrops was complemented by deep-acting
consititutional remedies. The toxicology and clinical
provings of the remedy are listed. A very interesting study.
9. To catch a snake by its tail
SONAVALA Sarla (NJH, 1, 4/1992)
A 25-year-old married female who continued to have
lochia of dark, fl uid blood, even after two months; no
fever, no pain. Alloapthic and Ayurvedic medications
did not help. Although the symptoms indicated Lachesis
clearly there was no response to the remedy. She further
reported that she had headache, pain in the right temple
and right eye-ball. A purple-blue naevus was also observed
on her right, bare arm. Crotalus horridus M three doses
stopped the haemorrhage on the third day.
10. Lachesis - the other side
PARTHASARATHY Vishpala (NJH, 1, 4/1992)
A 60 year-old woman with cancer of cervix
consulted for bleeding per rectum with or without stool,
but aggravated during and after stool, also during
urination, half cup of blood, 3 times a day. Lachesis was
not the remedy on the face of the case but repertorization
gave it in high marking. After Arsenicum album,
Hamamelis and Tuberculinum failed Lachesis relieved.
11. The softer side of Arsenicum album
ZAREN Ananda (JAIH, 85, 4/1992)
Arsenicum album has a softer, more passive
side of which many practitioners may be unaware. This
type of Arsenicum is less overtly restless and less
aggressive. The passive type is afraid to express anger
for fear of being abandoned. They are subject to low self-
esteem, anxiety and depression when unable to finish their
self-assigned projects or maintain the rigid control of their
lives and environment they so desperately seek. The
passive type, with the typical fears of Arsenicum,
can l o o k like Phosphorus.
However, the dynamic in Phosphorus is very different; it is
not about control- Arsenicum must be in control. They
are highly controlled and secretive, quite the opposite of
Phosphorus. They do not easily disclose their deep, dark
secrets or their personal feelings. They may
spontaneously offer information during the interview, but
only to a certain point.
12. Clinical snapshots
GUESS George (JAIH, 85, 4/1992)
Case 1: A child with sore throat, swollen tonsils with
white patches on them; Mercurius vivus did not bring
about the expected relief. Offensive breath, putrid which
could be detected several feet away. Cervical glands
bilateral swollen, constant swallowing, swallowing
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difficult, empty swallowing painful, appetite
diminished. While KENT'S and KUNZLI's didn't help
PHATAK's Materia medica gave perfect description
under Sabadilla, which remedy in the 200 promptly cured.
Case 2. Hemorrhoids in a 32-year-old female,
counsellor; painful lump on the outside of her rectum,
burning, pain worse when walking or changing
positiongetting up or down. Aesculus
hippocastanum 200 cured.
Case 3: Epidemic Pleurodynia: 7-year-old girl with
multiple pains. During pains she is hysterical; screams;
cannot be still during pain. Sternal pain; pain in the area of
the spine; wanders; mainly lumbar area though; better
sitting still, cold; worse deep breath, standing, touch,
motion; heat. Also cramping in abdomen causing her to
bend double. Cimicifuga 200, 2-3 doses with rapid relief.
13. 'Swelter'd Venom Sleeping Got" - Bufo
CHASE Sandra M.(JAIH, 86,1/1993)
This paper is a discussion of the remedy Bufo, its
source, its history, and its Materia medica on
information gathered from classical homoeopathic
literature and from modern herpetology experts. (This is a
paper presented at the Annual Autumn Case Conference
on Homoeopathy, Dayton, Ohio, USA, 1992)
14. A case of impulse to kill
DIXON Daniel J. (JAIH, 86, 1/1993) A 53-year-old
woman with lot of stress building up over the last couple
of years; she does not want to think of something
anymore; finds herself unable to be around a particular
person in the family anymore. Has the impulse to kill this
person, to do her bodily harm. Feels better if she can
keep her mind occupied; if not,she becomes weak,
shaky,and sick to her stomach with the thought. The
thought is constantly on her mind, an obsession. This
continual obsessive thinking creates a lot of guilt. The
person so much in her mind whom she wants to kill, is her
mother. In the past she has been very protective of her
mother. Frequent urination at night and at times during the
day as well.
Dem's pinnata 30 was prescribed. There was an
aggravation on the second day. The persistent impulse to
kill is only fifty percent. The remedy was repeated twice.
To the rubrics in the KENT, VITHOULKAS has
added a rubric; "Impulse of child to kill mother". The
Complete Repertory has added the rubric as "Desire to
kill parents, in a child ".
15. The cunning boy
VORA Anita (NJH, 1, 4/1992)
A five-and-half year-old boy suddenly
developed prolapse of rectum after 2-3 loose stools. The
prolapse was corrected mechanically. The boy took
fright after seeing a cockroach in the toilet; Aconite 200.
After three weeks it was reported that he had prolapse
thrice in the last week and a repair operation was thought
of. The boy was restless, quarrelsome, hits the other boys
in the class without provocation. While he would snatch
others' things he will not share his with others. Was cruel
and rude and when he hit his sister and he was pulled up
for that by the mother he would weep loudly as if he was
hurt. At three years age he cut the curtains with scissors.
Nail biting. Tarentula M and no more prolapse since 8
months.
16. Crotalus horridus and Lachesis
ANWAR BAIG Mirza (NJH, 1, 4/1992)
With the help of four cases the author highlights the
differences between these two snake venoms. In the first
case of five year old child who was ill from its first year
who developed haemorrhgic spots and blisters all over
the body, enlarged liver and spleen, haemetemesis amd
hypertricosis, and which was diagnosed as "Erythropoetic
Porphyria" (a congenital disorder) and Crotalus
horridus brought about remarkable improvement until
the child went back to Saudi Arabia. In the second case, a
child 9 years - old with bleeding from pores of the skin,
was prescribed Crotalus horridus. In the third case, a 10-
year-old girl with recurring bleeding from nose, greenish
spots on the skin; since early childhood these spots will
ooze blood if scratched. It suffered from
Thrombocytopaenia. Crotalus horridus brought about
astonishing improvement. In the fourth case of a boy of
17 years with bleeding from body orifices and sometimes
concealed bleeding and the diagnosis made was
Christmas disease for which regular blood transfusion
was necessary. In this case the prescription was made
on the symptoms of the situation of the mother during
the child's intra-uterine life. Lachesis 200 brought
about remarkable improvement.
17. Crotalus horridus
TARKASI.P. (NJH, 1,4/1992)
A Materia medica of Crotalus horridus.
18. Lachesis: An epitome of unlived life
SONAVALA Sarla (NJH, 1, 4/1992)
A beautiful depiction of Lachesis in poem.
19. Genius of remedies - Crate/us horridus
GUNAWANTE S.M. (NJH, 1, 4/1992)
This is a brief Materia medica of the remedy,
giving as the title suggests the "Genius" of the remedy.
20. Uncommon Ophidians
KAMAL DHARI Dushyant (NJH, 1, 4/1992) Brief
sketches of Crotalus cascavella, Cenchris contonrix,
Hydrophis cyanocintus (sea snake), Vipera aspis,
Bothrops lanceolatus, Toxicophis
21. Terebinthina
TARKAS P.I. (NJH, 1, 5/1992)
A brief Materia Medica of Terebinthina.
(However, the author does not indicate in any of his
interesting articles, the sources of his collection which
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would help authenticate.)
22. Die Krankung bei Staphisagria (The
mortification of Staphisagria) GRAF, F (AHZ,
238, 3 & 4/1993)
The disease of Staphisagria - men, women, and
children - is discussed through 8 cases.
One thing that is common to all of them is that they
are all highly sensitive, can be easily hurt, and easily
oppressed. Insensitive parents - very often alcoholism is
involved - are the basis for the chronic disregard of the
fine sensitivity in the development of these children.
Mishandling and abuse makes the pathology worse
(Enuresis, Eczema, tearing out the hair in children). The
Staphisagria men often suffer from agonizing sexual
thoughts and masturbation. They seem to be,
superficially, "tough" men. Actually they are very soft,
rather feminine. Staphisagria women are rather sexually
blocked and tend to a romantic repression. When
married, they are easily oppressed, and they are loyal
because of intensive wish for harmony and hold on to the
marriage because of the children, even when they should
separate from their men because they are offended by
their men. Instead of changing their situation they grow
cold emotionally. Staphisagria is followed by
rebellion/separation - but also by return!
23. g-Strophanthin - Ergebnisse von 2
Arzneimittelpriifungen mit der 4
Dezimalpotenz. (g-Strophanthin - Results of
two drug provings with the 4 decimal potency)
SCHMIDRAMSL, H.; OSTERMYR, B; ARNIM,
J.v. (AHZ, 238, 3/1992)
A proving of g-Strophanthin in the 4 decimal
potency is reported. The remedy was proved in water
solution in 27, in alcoholic solution in 10, persons for
three weeks. Symptoms appeared mainly in the region of
"Mind", "Head", "Digestive", "Locomotion" and
"Heart".
Symptoms: (W) proving of g-Strophanthin in
water solution; and (A) in Alcohol solution. Mind
Increased and severe tiredness, particularly
afternoons, in association with beaten-down feeling, lack
of drive, weakness to the extent of prostration (W)
Tiredness, particularly during noon, beaten-down,
worn out feeling, cheerless (A)
Sudden inner restlessness, Irritability,
excitability, aggressiveness, full of go, concentration
difficult, mood changes (W)
Increased irritability in the later afternoon and
evening. The impulses change erratically; the phases
remain for hours and cannot be influenced. (A) Sleep:
Difficulty in falling asleep, restless sleep,
restless, bad, lively dreams (W) Head:
Pressing in head, temporal headaches, feeling of
giddiness, particularly in the second half of the day (W)
Tense feeling, oppressed feeling, headaches, dull,
stitching, feeling giddy (A) Thorax:
Sudden pressive pain the Sternum,
retrosternum, worse from inspiring, right, radiating to the
right lower abdomen (W). Pain in Sternum to Spine.
Feels that has not had sufficient breath. Oppressive
feeling in chest and respiration (A). Heart:
Stitching in heart in the evening before going to sleep.
Oppressive pressive pain in the apex. (W)
Sensation in the apex as if something was rolling
there Heart pain on lying on left side, better when erect
(A) Digestive organs:
Flatulence, increased, large stool, suddenly
occurring diarrhoea.
Nausea from sight of Coffee and Food in the
afternoon.
Appetite altered; Increased thirst (W)
Increased peristalsis of the intestines, easy
diarrhoea.
Loss of appetite, alternating with hunger, desire for
hearty meal, severe incessant, thirstiness (A). Back:
Pain in the back radiating to stomach and hips (W)
Pain in Thorax, radiating to the right lower leg
(A) Extremities:
Pain in the knee joints, particularly right, the legs feel
heavy (W)
Joint pains particularly in the knees, also in the hips,
heavy feeling in the legs (A) Urinary:
Frequent urging for urination. Thermo-
regulation:
Much sweating, Warmth and heat sensation, cold
body with warm hands and feet (W)
Heavy sweating (A)
To be noted is that both the provings - Water
solution and Alcohol solution - produced
similar symptoms.
24.
Causticum - HAHNEMANN's tinctura acris
sine Kali
ELMORE Durr (Resonance, 15,1/1993)
HAHNEMANN concocted this remedy, proved
it, and wrote exact instructions for its
preparation. Causticum mentals can include
a
mixture of sensitivity, anxiety, despondency,
timidity, irritability, and sympathy - an odd
combination. There may be intense sympathy for
the sufferings of others, and great anger over
injustices. Many Causticum patients are serious,
idealistic, and highly sensitive to social injustices.
They can become actively involved, to the point
of obsession, with social or political causes.
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Some even may be anarchists. They tend to be
rigid seeing things as black or white. Free-
floating, vague anxiety; that something will
happen. Anxious or melancholic around twilight.
Jeremy SHERR also speaks of Causticum's
conflict between control and lack of control,
pointing out that it is in the rubric 'Dictatorial' as
well as the rubrics 'Defiant', 'Fanatical' and
'Anarchist' (a repertory addition from
VITHOULKAS). Another addition
(VITHOULKAS
1
) is to the rubric 'Adulterous'.
An interesting picture of this great polychrest.
25.
Lac caninum
ELMORE Durr (Resonance, 15, 2/1993)
A brief
Materia Medica
on this great
remedy.
26.
Chlorum - Arzneimittelbild and Kasuistiken
(Chlorum - drug picture and Case report)
REIS S. and MULLER K.J. (Case Report)
(ACD, 2, 2/1993)
Three Case reports and
Materia Medica
of
Chlorum are given.
The
Materia Medica
has been compiled
from the following sources:
HERING's
Guiding Symptoms of our
Materia Medica,
Vol. IV HERING in
Achiv
fur die hombopathische Meilkunst, Band 22
cited in GYPSER WALDECKER's
Gesammelte
Arzneimittel priifungen aus STAPF's
Archiv fur hombopathische Heilkunst", Bd.
1 Heidelberg 1991.
ALLEN T.F. The Enchyclopaedia of Pure
Materia Medica
CLARKE John
H. Dictionary of Materia
Medica (Der Neue Clarke. Band 3. Bielfeld
1991.
PULFORD:
Homoeopathic Materia Medica
of graphic drug pictures and clinical
comments. Reprint New Delhi 1987
BOGER:
Vorlesungen iiber Materia
Medica, Heidelberg 1989
FARRINGTON
E.A.: Clinical Materia
Medica
Clinical symptoms from the cases reported
above. 27. Fluoride, Fluoricum acidum and
Calcarea
fluorata
GIBSON Sheila & GIBSON Robin
(The Homoeopath, 13, 2/1993)
Fluoridation of drinking water has been under
discussion. There is still inconclusive debate
whether fluoridation is as beneficial as propagated
to be and free from long-term adverse effects. It is
therefore worthwhile to go through the provings
of Fluoricum acidum and Calcarea fluorata. It
would be seen that Fluoricum acidum has three
times as many symptoms as Calcarea fluorata;
thus the hydrogen fluoride is much more toxic
than the naturally occurring Calcium fluoride. The
conclusion would be that fluoridation of public
water supplies is detrimental to both teeth and
general health, and mass medication should be
banned.
Rubrics selected by the authors from
Mac
Repertory (The Complete Repertory): Head
CARIES; skull: Fl-ac.
8
EXOSTOSES: Calc. -f., Fl-ac.
HAIR affections of, falling out: calc-f.
10
, Fl-ac.
Ear
CALCAREOUS deposit on tympanum: Calc-f.
CARIES, threatened: Calc-f., Fl-ac.
DISCHARGES; caries threatening: Calc-f.
excoriating: Fl-ac. offensive: Fl-ac.
CATARRH: Calc-f.
1
, Fl.ac.
CANCER; jaw; right: Fl-ac.
77
CARIES of;bone: Fl-ac.
88
lower
jaw: Fl.ac.
l
BREAKING OFF: Calc.f.
77
, Fl.ac.
1
CARIES, decayed, hollow: Calc-f.
8
, Fl-ac.
premature in children: Cale-f. Fl-ac.
decayed, hollow; rapid: Fl-ac.
CRUMBLING: Calc.f. Fl-ac.
DENTITION; difficult: Calc-f.
3
slow: Calc.f.
6
, Fl.ac.
DISCOLORED; black: Fl-ac.
1
dark: Fl-ac.
ENAMEL deficient: Calc-f., Fl.ac.
12
SENSITIVE; cannot bear dental operation:
SORDES; dark: Fl-ac.
black: Fl-ac.
Extremities
ARTHRITIC nodosities: Calc-f. BRITTLE; finger
nails: Calc-f., Fl-ac. CARIES of bone: Calc-f., Fl-ac.
CRACKED skin; fingers: Fl-ac.
3
DISLOCATED
FEELING; Hip; Fl-ac.
3
DISLOCATION; Hip,
spontaneous: Calc-f.
12
EXOSTOSES: Calc-f.., Fl-ac.
80
FELON; panaritium: Calc-f.
8
, Fl-ac.
periosteum: Fl-ac.
Nose
Face
Teeth
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run-around: Fl-ac.
INFLAMATION; Bones: Calc-f.
10
, Fl-ac. NAILS;
affections of; brittle: Calc-f
3
, Fl-ac.
3
finger-nails: Fl-ac.
panaritium: Fl-ac.
3
ULCERS; Leg:
Calc-f.
3
Generalities
ABSCESSES; suppurations: Calc-f.
1
, Fl-ac.
2
BONES,
affections of; Calc-f
12
F/-ac
8
affection of lesions, syphilitic: Calc-f. ,
Fl- ac.
s
CARIES of, bone: Calc-f., Fl-ac. CARTILAGES,
affections of; lesions, syphiliitc:
Calc.f.
8
,
EXOSTOSES; Calc-f., R-ac. INDURATIONS; Calc-f., Fl-
ac.
3
INFLAMMATION; bones, osteitis: Calc-f.
3
, Fl-
ac.
1
INJURIES; Bones, of, fractures: Calc-f.
3
callus deficient: Calc-f.
slow repair of broken bones: Calc-f.
3
,
Fl-ac.
1
children, in: Calc-f.
7
NECROSIS; bones: Calc-f
2
, Fl-
ac.
2
REACTION; lack of: Calc-f.
3
, Fl-ac. SLOW repair of
broken bones: Calc-f.
10
; Fl-ac.
1
TUMORS, benign; bone
like protuberances: Ca/c-f.
8
fibroid: Calc-f., Fl-ac.
7
keloid: Calc-f.
8
, Fl-ac.
7
Notes to table
of rubrics:
No number (Kent Repertory) 1 to 12 as
in SR
76Phatak
77Vithoulkas
80 Choudhuri
28. Understanding nature to learn Materia Medica
ULLMAN Dana (The Homoeopath, 13,1/1993)
We have hundreds and thousands medicines. How to
remember all these or even about some of these - there
are hundreds of symptoms and their details. There is so
much that we do not know about most medicines, about
their general and local symptoms and about their
relationships with other medicines.
One way is proving, which one can carry out on
oneself. But that way only a few remedies can be done.
Another way is understanding something about the
substance being prescribed, how they exist in nature.
Examples are WHITMONT, GUTMAN etc. etc.
29. Natrum sulphuricum
HERSCU Paul (NEJH, 1, 1/1992)
Natrum sulphuricum is one of those so-called
combination remedies - i.e. remedies occurring in
natural combination. Such remedies may often be
prescribed from their similarities to the characteristics
tothe remedies contained in the combination. Withthe help
of a case, narrated in full detail, the author brings out the
picture of Natrum sulphuricum.
30. Cocculus
MORRISON Roger (NEJH, 2, 1/1993) New experience -
experiences gained by good prescribers - gained decades
after the last Materia Medicas were written, must be
made available to the profession world-over. Dr. Roger
MORRISON has recently published Desktop Guide to
Keynotes and Confirmatory Symptoms. The material is
derived from actual experience of the author and is pure
gold.
31. Case taking and Materia Medica of Infants
ZAREN Ananda (NEJH, 2, 1/1993)
This is an excellent article. The author is quite well
known for her Seminars on Childbirth and Infants. There
are very important lessons in this: "Comprehension
of the emotional state of an infant is requisite to finding
the correct remedy and coming to a deeply curative
prescription. In observing the infant it is evident that the
body posture and position, facial expression and eyes all
form windows into the emotional realm.
Intreatingtheinfant the homoeopath must first understand
this crucial point; the most important lesson that a child
has to learn in the first year of life is that the world is a
safe place and that he is being loved and cared for. If this
sense of security is not felt by the child, symptoms will
occur. When the needs of a baby are not met, the resulting
behaviour will fully disrupt the lives of their parents. This
is a survival mechanis, for the dependent infant. The
newborn is capable of a full spectrum of emotional
expression.
The author goes on to give important hints about
the birth, the bonding, infant/mother interaction etc.,
Ananda ZAREN gives a picture of the Nux vomica,
Sulphur, Borax, babies.
32. Three Provings
CCRH, New Delhi (Qrly. Bui. 15,1 & 2/1993)
The Central Council for Research in
Homoeopathy, New Delhi, has conducted Provings and
published the Pathogenesis of the following three drugs:
Holarrhena antidysenterica, Terminalia arjuna and
Terminalia chebula. All the three are indigenous drugs
and find their places in the detailed book Indigenous
Drugs of India by Lt. Col. R.N. CHOPRA. These drugs
have also been dealt with by the famed Dr. Sarat Chandra
GHOSE in his book Drugs of Hindoosthan with their
homoeopathic uses, Provings and Clinical
Verifications.
The CCRH has requested the Profession for feed-
back in the form of clinical verification of these drugs.
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(The figures in parenthesis: the first is the
potency, the second and the third figure indicate the
number of times the symptom appeared in the
proving) Mind
Melancholic with feverish sensation (200c, 1,2)
Sadness (200c 1,2)
Forgetful, absentminded (200c, 1)
Anger with desire to hurt someone (30c, 1)
Irritability after loss of sleep (200c, 1) Head
Vertigo with constipation and fever (200c, 1)
Headache agg. while reading (6c, 1)
Headache amel. pressure (30c, 1)
Headache, mild, agg. reading, motion & amel, tight
pressure with feverish sensation (200c, 1)
Heaviness in frontal portion which gradually
decreases agg. morning & lasting whole day (6c, 1)
Pain, bursting in frontal region agg. walking
around, talking, amel. closing eyes with anger & desire to
hurt someone (30c, 1)
Pain bursting in frontal region, sudden onset
gradually increasing amel. cold water application, open
air, agg. talking, listening and desire to lie down (220c, 2)
Pain bursting frontal region with sensitivity to
noise, agg. afternoon, amel. tight bandage and feverish
feeling (30c, 1)
Pain pressing in frontal region, amel, pressure, open
air, coid drink with cough. (30c, 1)
Pain pressing in frontal region with nasal catarrh and
mucus in throat (30c, 1)
Pain pulsating in supraorbital region agg. left side,
jerks, beinding forward amel. slight pressure (200c, 1)
Pain throbbing in forehead above eyebrows agg.
bending forward, sudden jerk, amel. pressure (200c, 1)
Pain aching in occiput as if would burst
extending to forehead agg. mental concentration, amel.
rest with irritability (loss of sleep) (200c, 1)
Fullness in parietal region agg. evening, amel. cold
open air, cold application, pressure (200c, 1)
Pain right side of head, pricking, stinging pain,
suddenly comes and goes with tiredness (30c, 1) Eye
Right eye - agglutination of eyelids, agg.
morning (6c, 1) Nose
Sneezing with itching in nostrils with dry cough
(200c, 1)
Coryza with watery discharge, agg. hot food and
drink, and dry cough (30c, 1).
Coryza with sneezing & Blockage agg. night, cool
air with post nasal discharge (200c, 1)
Nasal discharge watery with burning amel. in open
air, fanning, with thirstlessness (30c, 1)
Post nasal discharge like white of an egg. agg. during
meal (30c, 1) Mouth
Shallow ulcer with burning sensation in upper lip
with constipation (200c, 30c, 2)
Aphthae on tip of tongue with soreness agg. touch
of teeth (200c, 1)
Loss of taste with soreness in throat, during cough
(200c, 1) Throat
Pain in throat as if something lodged, agg. empty
swallowing, swallowing food and drink with dryness
(200c, 1) Stomach
Nausea agg. morning with constipation (200c, 1)
Pain in stomach agg. deep inspiration and fullness
in head (200c, 1)
Pain in stomach agg. after food or drink (200c,
1) Abdomen
Pain agg. night, amel. passing stool, pressure (hard)
with loose, mucoid stool (6c, 2)
Colic amel. lying down, with loose watery stool (30c,
3)
Pain griping around navel region with urging and
mucoid stool (200c, 1)
Distension of abdomen with cutting pain and
rumbling, with loose, foamy stool with white mucus and
reddish urine (200c, 6c, 2)
Colicky pain lower abdomen with mucoid stool agg.
before and during stool, amel. after stool. (30c, 1) Rectum
Stool, scanty, mucoid, offensive with pain in
abdomen and loss of appetite (6c, 1)
Stool mucoid and thirst increased (200c, 1)
Stool semi solid with mucus and urging after food
or drink, pain in epigastrium (200c, 1)
Stool sour smelling like curd agg. morning (200c,
1)
Stool thin, greenish yellow, painless and profuse
after fatty food (200c, 1)
Stool hard, round, ball shaped (30c, 1) Genitalia
-Female
Menses - excessive with clots, with colicky pain in
abdomen, agg. 11 A.M. and extreme paralytic
weakness with inability to stand up after menses (30c,
1) Respiratory System
Suffocative feeling with sensation of
constriction in chest as if lungs are not expanding, agg.
night, lying down, bending forward (30c, 1)
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Cough dry & persistent in nature, agg. hard work,
with sick feeling (200c, 1)
Expectoration dark, thick, agg. afternoon and
evening, with sleeplessness (200c, 1) Extremities
Pain in joints amel. open air, cold room, cold
drinks: agg. morning, with thirstlessness (30c, 1) Upper
Pain sticking in right shoulder agg. pressure, lying
on affected side, till 11 P.M. (30c, 1)
Pain in right elbow as if dislocated agg. full
flexion, straightening the joint (200c, 1) Lower
Tired feeling in legs as if bones are squeezed, agg.
morning (200c, 1)
Pain in right knee, agg. noon, amel. evening (200c,
1)
Itching in groins & legs agg. night & undressing,
amel scratching. Bleeding after scratching (30c, 1)
Small reddish patch in the middle of left leg with
itching (6c, 1) Skin
Itching in folds of skin agg. undressing (200c, 1)
Miliary eruptions all over body with itching agg.
undressing (200c, 1)
Itching all over body agg. night, undressing and
oozing of blood after scratching (30c, 1)
Boil like eruption over back and abdomen with
itching, burning and crust formation (30c, 1)
Perspiration
Profuse perspiration over trunk with increased thirst
for cold water (200c, 1) Fever
Fever followed by severe weakness, agg. evening,
and thirst for cold water (200c, 1)
Fever with chill amel. covering, walking, cold
water, cold wind, with desire to cover and thirst
increased (200c, 1)
Fever persistent with weakness, chill, thirst
increased and burning in soles (200c, 1).
TERMINALIAARJUNA Mind
Freeness of mind, likes to go around with company
Cheerful even during pain
Desire to be alone
Indisposed to work
Home-sickness during heat Head
Pain in whole head
Dull pain in left side of head agg. lying down,
bending head backward, extending to left hand, left leg &
down the spine
Pain in forehead & vertex agg. fanning with
bodyache
Dull aching pain in left parietal region agg. motion,
noise, talking, after sleep, lying down, extending to
forehead.
Pain in occipital region pressing type amel. open air
with fever.
Pain right temple pointing towards right eyeball with
desire for sleep & indisposed to work.
Small reddish boil with pus pointed tip over
forehead, painful to touch Eyes
Burning in eyes with itching amel. scratching, cold
water application Nose
Coryza preceded by sore throat, headache &
bodyache.
Coryza with painful hoarseness of voice.
Coryza with discharge thick white like white of an
egg or albumin, with dry tongue & thirst increased.
Sneezing with watery discharge amel. in cool place
with heaviness of head, anorexia and slight flatulence
with eructations. Mouth
Increased salivation at night.
Sour taste.
Aphthae over tongue, pain ameliorated by holding
cold water in the mouth.
Dryness of mouth. Stomach
Appetite increased at night
Desire for warm drinks at night. Pain in stomach,
agg. after eating, amei. after 20.30 Hrs. agg. motion,
night; amel. lying down with thirstlessness and increased
appetite.
Stomach feels full.
Stomach feels empty.
Thirst increased, agg. night.
Thirst for cold drinks, juicy things.
Abdomen
Griping in abdomen, amel. passing stool
Pain left hypochondriac region, amel. passing stool.
Pain in abdomen, agg. milk
Heaviness right, iliac region, with increased
appetite and thirst.
Pain colicky in a spot below umbilicus, agg.
walking, feels giddy, wants to lie down. Rectum
Diarrhoea: early morning, with rumbling and
gurgling sound in abdomen, with flatus;
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3-4 stools a day, undigested, loose, yellowish;
ineffectual urging with pain in abdomen agg.
before stool and amel. passing stool (after high fatty
food); after milk, with loose stool and much mucus;
Pain in abdomen before, during and after stool;
Stools loose, sour smelling, much prostration and
thirst, appetite increased. Respiratory System
Dry cough with pain in chest while coughing.
Cough with rattling in chest with desire to take
warm drinks. Expectoration profuse, greenish and
sweetish in taste.
Expectoration scanty, white, agg. after warm drink.
Chest
Pain right side. Back
Pain stitching back 11th & 12th rib region with
tenderness at the spot agg. movement, amel. lying on back,
agg. turning, bending, stepping, amel. rest & sitting.
Pain right lumbar region, amel. rubbing, rest, lying
down with thirst increased and lips dry.
Backache, pain small of back amel. pressure, after
carriage riding.
Swelling at middle of spine, tenderness to touch.
Pain lumbo-sacral region, amel. lying down.
Extremities
Pain right hip & lower part of right popliteal fossa.
Numbness of left big toe.
Pain in left leg amel. pressure; agg. night with
weakness & sleeplessness.
Pain right elbow - aching pain agg. raising the arm,
amel. pressure.
Eruptions over hips, papular turning to itching agg.
night, lying down with discharge of whitish sticky fluid.
Pain & Swelling in nail bed of right index finger -
pulsating pain with suppuration
Pimpular eruptions over ankle, blackish
pigmentation afterwards
Eruptions in crops over arms & legs, itching amel.
after scratching, agg. morning, evening (parasitic
infection according to dermatologist). Skin
Bright red eruptions all over body with violent
itching but no relief by scratching.
Eruptions leave dafk brownish pigmentation.
Urticarial rash all over body, itching violent amel.
cold application, scratching. Fever
Fever - high with desire to be fanned with increased
frequency of urination.
Fever with sudden rise of temperature with
restlessness & thirst increased (after getting wet in rain with
coryza & cough). Sleep
Dreams of snakes. Generalities
Desire for cool place.
Weakness with loss of appetite.
Bodyache after cold bath agg. evening with
headache.
TERMINALIA CHEBULA
[Symptoms marked * are from Drugs of
Hindoostan] Mind
Restlessness.
Apathetic* with sadness and aversion to mental or
physical work.
Sadness agg. morning.
Alternate feeling of joy & sadness.
Dullness (Lethargy). Head
Dull headache agg. evening, amel. movement,
pressure & rest. (After some family disturbance)
Headache* from evening till midnight; left sided,
preceded by loose mucoid stool.
Heaviness in frontal* and parietal region agg. light
& noise, least motion, getting up from sitting position
with blurred vision, sleepiness.
Head - hot, pain during.
Dandruff with sensation of congestion in head.
Scanty - scaly dandruff.
Eyes
Burning in eyes Mouth
Bitter taste with increased salivation* agg.
morning, after sleep
Saliva offensive* Face
Perspiration, over face oily
Flushing of face in the morning with
constipation Stomach
Nausea and vomiting
Thirst decreased
Nausea on smelling food
Appetite increased Abdomen
Heaviness in abdomen
Flatulence* worse empty stomach
Cramping pain in umbilical region with
flatulence
Burning sensation in abdomen*
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Pain lower abdomen* crampy, colicky pain after
eating
Pain stitching in the umbilical region with
weakness & general lethargy.
Pain stitching upper abdomen every time after eating
meat. Rectum
Constipation* no urge for stool, stool scanty* soft
with flatulence*
Stool - loose, watery with pain in lower
abdomen
Stool - loose, semi liquid, offensive with loss of
appetite with pressing sensation in the abdomen
Stool - mucoid* with griping, colicky pain in
abdomen
Stool soft & loose towards morning
Respiratory System
Cough with difficult expectoration
Dysponoea agg. on exertion, motion, jumping,
exercise with general weakness Chest
Palpitation in morning with tightness in chest
Extremities
Trembling of lower limbs agg. morning
Pain in lower limbs agg. on walking
Pain in left leg
Pain in small spots over left little finger, right
hand*, right lower jaw, right calf muscle. Fever
Heat with burning in eyes with bodyache agg.
walkina. amel. Dressure & bitter taste
Cold sweating of whole body
Fever with chill after bathing, while perspiring with
malaise, lethargy, muscularweakness & soreness in neck
region
Feeling of heat (fever)
Fever with coryza, bitter taste, bodyache,
weakness & constipation Skin
Eruptions fingers, vesicular, with itching &
burning after scratching, with exudation of watery and
sticky fluid
Small pimpular eruptions over legs and arms with
itching* and burning after scratching, amel. cold
application Sleep
Disturbed & full of dreams
Generalities
Burning sensation all over body agg. morning 9-10
a.m.
III. THERAPEUTICS
1. Pulsatllla pratensis versus
Mittellappenlobektomie
[Pulsatilla pratensis versus middle lobe
lobectomy]
STEUER, M.K. [AHZ, 238, 1 & 2 /1993]
A case history of a 42 year-old woman, who
suffered from recurrent Pneumonias of the right middle
lobe, is presented. Every time the Pneumonia was treated
with antibiotics [six to eight times in three years]. A
bronchoscopy as also a bronchography revealed scar
tissue in the region of the right carina which indicated an
old lymphnode perforation as also a stenosis of the right
ostium of the middle lobe; a former tuberculosis. The
recurring Pneumonias since three years could be treated
with Pulsatilla pratensis 30, effectively, single dose.
2. Homoopathische Behandlung eines seltsamen
Lahumungsfalles bei einem jungen Madchen
[Homoeopathic treatment of a rare case of
paralysis in a young girl]
WUNSCH, H.-U. [AHZ, 238, 1/1993] A 14 year-old girl
underwent on 5.4.1989 an operation for correction of a
strabismus with an Endotracheal anaesthesia, without any
complications. After the successful operation the girl
began to get severe vertigo and tendency to fall in all
directions. Headaches, sensitivity to noise, swelling of the
left half of face, incoordination of the legs, also came on.
After long treatment in the hospital, she was ultimately
discharged in wheel chair. The girl [birth-weight
1.054 gr.], was treated for Appendicitis in the hospital in
1978, and in 1981 a tonsillectomy; at 11 years measles
and mumps.
This child was cured by Homoeopathy.
3. Homoo-Quiz - Neurodermatitis - Pollinose -
Asthma Bronchiale
MULLER, H.V. [AHZ, 238, 1 & 2/1993] A 23 year-old
student with Neurodermatitis, Bronchial asthma. Since
childhood Neurodermatitis; at 16 years Chronic Coryza
and ultimately Bronchial Asthma which bothered the
whole year. On the basis of the psychoanamnesis Kali
bichromicum was selected and it was given in the 30
potency and later in the M potency which cured the
patient. The crux of her mental state was: She couid not
bring herself to sit and do any work patiently; she could
not sit and do her home-work without break or read a
book without break; she was glad when something came to
interfere with her work, even a telephone call would do.
The rubrics: Aversion to read, Diversion amel., Sitting
worse, Impatient, Apathy for business affairs. Kali
bichromlcum came on top. The other symptoms also were
matched.
4. Die Schrift als Symptom [the hand-writing as
Symptom]
MULLER, H.V. [AHZ, 238, 2/1993] Earlier Dr. H.V.
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MULLER has pointed how the colours could indicate the
personality of the patient and lead to the remedy. In
addition, the author says, that the handwriting of a patient
also reveals the personality and thus lead to the similie.
This is demonstrated by the handwritings of two cases of
Tellurium, two cases of Lycopodium and Barium
phosphoricum and Barium muriaticum. The author says
that this has nothing to do with Graphology.
5. Homoo-Quiz - Chronische Sinusitis [Homoeo
Quiz - Chronic Sinusitis]
LEERS, H. [AHZ, 238, 2 & 3/1993] A 42 year-old
woman with right-sided headaches, drawing pain.
The nose is stopped, particularly the right. Frequently
need to blow the nose but nothing comes out; if
something comes, it is green, or yellow, bloody and
slimy. Morning the face is swollen, the eyes itch and
discharging pus. From childhood suffering from chronic
Sinusitis. Treated allopathically. All her symptoms were
on the right side. Right foot sweaty. Kali bichromicum
cured.
6. Chronisch-ulcierende Procto-Colitis Verdacht
auf Morbus Crohn [Chronic ulcerative Procto
Colitis suspected as Morbus Crohn]
MULLER, H.V [AHZ, 238, 3/1993]
A 24 year-old woman with chronic ulcerative
procto-colitis [according to the Hospital] but strongly
suspected as Crohn's disease because of the tenderness
over the McBurney and the colics in the umbilical
region. On the basis of the psychoanamnesis and
the other symptoms, Gambogia was selected which
promptly cured.
7. Belladonna als Mittel bei chronischen
Sehstbrungen [Belladonna as a remedy in
chronic visual ailments]
WEGENER, A. [ZKH, 37, 1/1993]
A chronic defective eye disease was cured by
Belladonna. The changed state of mind of the patient was
the decisive point for the selection of the remedy.
Organon Aph 210 and 211. In his Foreword to
Belladonna HAHNEMANN has said ".... on the other
hand, it is not less serviceable in the most chronic
ailments, in which its duration of action, even in the
smallest dose, amounts to three weeks and more."
8. Schmerzlose Halsentziindung und Durchfalle
nach Antibiotikamissbrauch -Baptisia [Painless
tonsillitis and diarrhoea after abuse of
Antibiotics - Baptisia]
AMS, R. [ZKH, 37, 2/1993]
A two-year old girl with painless tonsillitis and
diarrhoea after antibiotics was cured by Baptisia M. The
child soon became her usual jolly and lively. "...The
Vital principle once again feels free and able to carry on
the healthy life of the organism as before ..." [Aph. 148
Organon VI]
9. Ein anstrengendes Kind - Cina [A trying child -
Cina]
WEGENER, A. [ZKH, 37, 3/1993]
An eight-month old boy, restless, cannot play alone,
always moving, must always be carried. During the
consultation the child avoided eye-contact and turned his
head away. He weeps when visitors come home.
Excepting his parents no one can carry him. Cina M.
Two days after this dose he had high fever which passed
off without any treatment. Now the grandparents could
carry the grandchild. Follow-up: one year. The leading
hint was "cannot bear to be looked at". Homoeopathy is
for such children a great blessing as otherwise they will
be prescribed psychopharmaceuticals.
10. Echo Remedies
BENNETT Peter [Resonance, 15,1/1993] Patients
respond in different ways to homoeopathic remedies.
Unexpected responses by patients are instructive and one
should watch and learn. Sometimes the wrong remedy is
given and there will be response which tells the
prescriber something about the medicine given and the
patient. In one-sided cases in whichthe remedy may be
"close" but not the simillimum, the Vital Force will give
clear indications for the correctly indicated remedy at the
following-up with an increased intensity in the
symptoms that needed to be prescribed upon. We can
look upon this as sonar response, which the author calls
as "echo". Cases from personal experience are cited.
Aphorism 182 of the Organon is referred as relevant in
this connection.
11. Essence or chief complaint? How to
prescribe.
REICHENBERG-ULLMAN Judyth
[Resonance, 15,1/1993]
The author raises a question whether if a
prescription isbasedonthe'essence'ofthe case and
not on the chief complaint or the key-note, it would
cover the chief complaint and answers with the
example of a case of Natrum muriaticum that we can give
a remedy well-indicated by the essence even if not based
on the chief complaint and that such a prescription may
relieve the chief complaint also.
12. The Place for Homoeopathy in Dentistry
STEPHENSON David
[Resonance, 15, 3/1993]
Discusses the role of Homoeopathy in dentistry.
With case reports the author shows that the well-chosen
remedies help greatly.
13. Fibrocystic breast disease - a case example
REICHENBERG-ULLMAN Judyth
[Resonance, 15,3/1993]
Homoeopathy can be an effective and
non-invasive treatment for many women with cystic
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conditions and hopefully can be a preventive measure
against malignancy. The case of a woman, 42- year old,
with fibrocystic disease and with great terror of cancer,
treated with Conium maculatum, successfully, is discussed.
The author says that according to Louis KLEIN,
Tuberculinum or Carcinosin may be needed after
Conium.. Conium may also be confused with Natrum
muriaticum because of the closed nature of the Conium
patients.
14. Dosierungsmb'glichkeiten von Q-Potenzen bei
interkurrenten akuten Zustanden [The
possibility of administering Q potencies in
intercurrent acute diseases]
ROGASCH Roif H. [ACD 2, 1/1993]
The author reports his experiences since many years
of administering medicines in intercurrent acute situations
in the course of treatment of chronic diseases. The
surprising result of his studies is that the remedy given
for the chronic disease can be repeated in an altered dose
in acute situations even if the symptoms indicate a choice
of a different remedy and the acute state did not accord
with the "Chronic medicine". The relevent paragraph in
the Organon is cited. [Aph. 275 - 287]
Four cases are cited, out of which one is given here:
A 14 year-old youth was given Sulphur LM 45 three
drops in water every second evening. The treatment
began on 10 April 1991. On 22 April an acute cough
came on, which in its symptoms were exactly similar to
the symptoms of cough which he used to get earlier and
which were relieved every time with Belladonna
successfully. This time too the symptoms accorded
well with Belladonna, and Sulphur did not at all seem
suitable. Neverthless, Belladonna which was close was
not given but Sulphur LM 45 in hourly 3 drops. Prompt
relief began after two doses. Belladonna had never
worked so good earlier at any time. With further therapy
with Sulphur the chronic ailments were also cured.
Comments: In this case Sulphur might have been
suspended and further course watched to see whether
HERING's law could be proved. Besides, Belladonna
could have been considered since it had earlier helped in
these acute states.
15. Drei Heuschnupfen-Falle [Three cases of
hayfever]
SCHWARZ ERIK [ACD, 2, 1/1993] In one case it was
Lycopodium, in the next it was Pulsatilla and in the third
Sepia. While in the first it was the centesimal potency in
the third it was the Q [50 millesimal] potency.
16. Akuter allergischer Schub bei Farmerlunge
[Acute allergic spasm in Farmerlungs]
MULLER, Karl-Josef [ACD, 2, 2/1993]
A 33 year-old manager in an Agricultural company
for a chronic [10 years] Farmer lungs. He has become a
constant sufferer due to the constant medications and
which seemed irreversible. Breathlessness after
physical exertion. Severe allergic spasms especially when
he comes into contact with hay mould. From time to time
he was treated with Cortisone for 14 days, also per os,
and Pulmicort spray, after which the spasms would slowly
go down.
Silicea Q 12, twice daily 2 drops to be taken at
commencement of the spasm. An year later he came with
complaint of asthmatic spasms after contact with the
allergens. His symptoms now indicated Lobelia inflata.
The Repertory search by the R.A.D.A.R. programme
indicated this as the only remedy in T.F. ALLEN's Materia
Medica, in almost the same words as this patient's: "Dull
heavy pain passing round the forehead, from one temple
to the other on a line immediately above the eyebrows".
This characteristic of Lobelia inflata could be found in the
Encyclopaedia of Pure Materia Medica by T.F. ALLEN,
in italics.
Lobelia inflata Q 6, cured.
17. Ein typischer Asthmafall [A typical case of
Asthma]
SCHWARZ Erik [ACD, 2, 2/1993] A 53 year-old man
with Asthma cured with Natrum sulphuricum Q 18.
18. Folgen einer Bluttransfusion [After effects of a
Blood tranfusion]
RECKERS Winfried [ACD, 2, 2/1993] A 76 year-old
woman in a wheel-chair since six years. She has been
suffering from paralysis of both legs. Burning pains which
at time alternates with coldness of the legs. Any
movement of the legs aggravates these pains. On regular
high doses of Tramal. No improvement. Since the
commencement of the disease she has incontinence of urine
and stool. She had blood tranfusion for severe Anaemia,
before the beginning of her present complaints. The
ailments were directly connected to this transfusion and
the physician who was treating her also felt so, although
the transfusion was essential then. She was also given
further higher doses of Cortisone. The diagnosis on the
basis of further laboratory findings was:
Polyradiculitis of unknown origin.
In May 1992 she again suffered Anaemia and was
again given blood transfusion. This time she reacted with
diarrhoea, and it was considered due to Salmonella
infection although there was no clinical confirmation.
Since it was not responding to any treatment it was
stopped a week later with Morphinum!
The anamnesis and the fact that she reacted
adversely to the transfusions which indicated that it was
a reaction to a foreign protein the cause of the ailments
was concluded as analogus to reaction to vaccination.
Thuja [Consolation agg. / Aversion to consolation; worse
before thunderstorm; Aversion to onions; Diarrhoea after
fat; Diarrhoea after coffee; Ailment from vaccinations;
Paralysis, legs, after vaccinations; Diarrhoea after
vaccination] was indicated and Thuja Q 12 and later Q18
brought good improvement. The treatment is continuing.
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19. Colitis ulcerosa [Ulcerative colitis]
TERLINDEN Michael [ACD, 2, 2/1993]
A 41 year-old woman with ulcerative colitis since
summer 1986. Several medicines -homoeopathic
single remedies and complex ones and also allopathic
treatment, holistic medicines, etc. failed to cure. The
case was repertorized and on the basis of the totality
Natrum muriaticum Q 3 and later Q 5, followed by Sepia
Q 4, again Natrum muriaticum Q 6, Phosphorus Q 3
finally cured. This was a severe case of ulcerative colitis.
20. Digitalis purpurea
MULLER Karl - Josef [ACD, 2, 1/1993] Digitalis is
recalled by homoeopaths with the catchwords "Heart
medicine" and "slow pulse" and also perhaps, "not to
be forgotten in Prostate enlargement". The fcur cases in
this article show that Digitalis may be prescribed just
like any other homoeopathic remedy in any disease if
only the "peculiar, queer, rare and singular
Characteristic signs and symptoms" are sufficiently
similar to the proved symptoms of the remedy.
A case of Acute Cystitis, in a 34 year-old woman;
Facial Neuralgia after Herpes zoster in a 65 year-old
woman; Intercostal Neuralgia in a 36 year-old man;
Influenza in a 30 year-old woman - are reported.
21. Electricitas - ein neus altes Arzneimittel
[Electricitas - a new old drug]
SCHWARZ Erik [ ACD, 1, 4/1992]
In summer 1991, a 43 year-old woman suffered with
a fully swollen face, red and with many small blisters,
the upper lids drooped, left worse. She had been on
holiday to Spain in her van and the swelling began there.
Thinking that it was probably due to allergy to sun she
took an anti-allergy medicament without relief or
aggravation. On her return journey two weeks later she
was worser although there was no sunshine and the
condition had not improved even after she was at her
home two days. Since sunlight as a cause was eliminated
other causes were examined. The Generator of electiricty
was directly under the driver's seat in her van. Electricitas
12 [Nelson] five globules in a glass water from which the
patient was to sip thrice on the first day and twice for the
next two days. Improvement began on the second day and
on the third day she was completely free.
About six months before the above case, the author
reports, that his wife suffered an allergy; upper lids
swollen, red and itching; the skin and lids felt like raw
flesh to touch; the upper lid was worse; she had a constant
sensation as if hair on face. She used wrong words and had
difficulty in finding the right words. Her ear lobes were
allergic to fashion jewellery. Fine, stitching pains in face,
like needle pricks. Her fingernails were flaking off.
After eliminating all perfumes, dietetic, dresses, furniture
etc. etc. which cause allergies as also mental causes, it
was found that a newly-purchased Instant-
Compuccino contained a Stabiliser E 339, which
contained Phosphates. The Cappuccine was put off and
the case repertorized and Graphite 30 given which
removed the hair on face sensation promptly, and there
was no other improvement in the next fourteen days.
Again after considering all factors including an electric
lamp which was newly installed and which was also
removed, and searched for remedies which are related to
electricity. In the rubrics "Worse during Storm,
Lightning", "Worse from approach of Storm Lightning"
were found remedies: Electricitas, Galvanism,
Magnes artificialis, Magnetis polus arcticus and
Magnetis polus australis. I studied these remedis in the
Materia Medica of JAHR [Symptomen-Kodex] and
NOACK/TRINKS/MULLER [Handbuch] and found
Electricitas as the most similar to the ailments and gave
her the remedy in five globules in a glass of water, to sip
twice a day and in 12 hours improvement came and in
four days completely well.
Electricitas is a remedy in cases where the causative
factors involved electric, electromagnetic fields and the
symptoms agreed.
22. fiufa graveolens - rheumatic Beschwerden
[Ruta graveolens - rheumatic complaints]
MULLER Karl - Josef [ACD, 1, 4/1992]
A 68 year-old woman with rheumatic pains in feet
was cured with Ruta graveolens O 12 and later M. Apart
from repertorization, the symptoms were compared
with the source Materia Medica Pura of HAHNEMANN
and Handbook of homoeopathic Materia Medica of
NOACK/TRINKS/MULLER.
23. Allergische Ekzem - Zwei Ubungsfalle
[Allergic Eczema - two cases]
ROGASCH Rolf H. [ACD, 1, 4/1992]
Two cases of allergic eczema both cured by Psorinum in
the LM [Fifty millesimal] potencies, the peculiar
modality was the general sensitivity to and aggravation
from cold and the significant amelioration of the local
ailment from cold.
24. Homoeopathic treatment of Surgical cases in a
hospital-
MISTRY Diniar [CCR, 1, 2/1992]
Casei: Sub-acute intestinal obstruction: A 55 year-
old woman with spasmodic abdominal pain associating
with vomiting since one day; 17 to 18 vomits the day
before admission to hospital. Constipation since 2
days. Nux vomica 30 in water every hour. In two days
patient was discharged completely normal. Nux Vomica
was given only because of the spasmodic and colicky
nature of the pain.
Case 2: Appendicular mass following an acute attack
of Appendicits: A 43 year-old man admitted to the
hospital on 26 June 1974 for pain in the right iliac fossa
since 8 days; pain in umbilical area with vomiting.
Lump about 6" x 4" from the right iliac fossa to
hypogastric region and crossing midline with ill-defined
margins and somewhat tender. Bryonia 200 q.i.d. and
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Vitamin C 100 mg. daily. In two days the lump was less
and Bryonia continued t.d.s. Next three days still improved
and Bryonia 200 b.d. After three more days lump is only
1" x 1", not tender, Bryonia 200 once a day. Two days
later, normal and single dose of Sulphur M given a week
later.
Case 3: Right-sided Cerebral compression probably
subdural with Pyogenic Meningitis: This is a very
interesting case of a three-year old girl brought to
hospital with history of fall six days before. The patient
on admission was semi-consciouus, responding to
deep stimuli only; right pupil not reacting to light, left
pupil normal sluggishly reacting. Both plantars extensor
and knee jerks exaggerated. Tone increased in all limbs.
Diagnosis: right-sided cerebral compression
probably subdural with pyogenic meningitis.
Arnica 30, Hypericum 30, Natrum Sulphuricum 30
globules mixed and added to a big glass of water. This
solution was given every 15 minutes and as improvement
progressed, every 30 minutes, then evey hour and then two
hourly, then four hourly then t.d.s. and b.d. over a period
of 12 days along with the standard allopathic drugs, and
the child was fully restored. The author comments that this
surgical case was complicated by a positive CSF report.
After the starting of the solution of the homoeopathic
remedies the first change noted was the improvement of
the right dilated pupil and on this case trephining was
postponed. The pyogenic meningitis became well in two
days and this could not have happened with the allopathic
drug alone.
Case 4: Multiple staphylococal abscesses: This is a
very interesting case of a woman who had been treated
with allopathic medicines for two weeks without
appreciable improvement. The cause had been
diagnosed as Polymyositis and given corticosteriods
and Tendril with Vitamin B injections turned out to be a
case of Multiple Staphylococcal Abscesses. All the drugs
except Vitamin B were stopped and the abscesses
drained and given Calcarea Carbonica 30 and rapid
improvement began. Calcarea carbonica was given q.i.d.,
then b.d. and after all the abscesses had been drained
Silicea 6x q.i.d. for 6 days then b.d. for 10 days and fully
cured.
Case 5: Dry Gangrene of left great toe: A 30 year-
old male with dry Gangrene of the left great toe
consequent upon an injury to the toe a month before.
Relief by hot application. Arsenicum album 30 q.i.d. and
after three weeks Arsenicum b.d. and Sulphur 30 b.d.
Within next 10 days clean granulation observed and
patient discharged after about 10 more days. The organism
from the wound swab showed proteus vulgaris resistant
to all antibiotics except Kanamycin and Garamycin. The
author comments that in his experience that Sulphur
improves granulations in any ulcer and also improves
body resistance.
Case 6: Sub-acute intestinal obstruction due to
round worm: A 3-year old female child with pain in
abdomen and constipation since 3 days. There was also
rash all over the body. Allopathic Streptopenicillin
which was being given was stopped and Nux vomica 30
in water every 15 mts. for 8 doses and then hourly.
Aspiration and IV fluid was continued. The child improved
and Nux vomica was continued and the child passed
three round worms. Pyrogenium 200. After three days
Bryonia.
25. A case of Colitis
PACHEGAONKAR Uttareshwar
[CCR, 1,2/1992]
30 year-old male. Loose, mucous stools since 14
years after severe dysentery. On the basis of the Generals
and Mentals and the particulars: Tuberculinum M,
followed by Mercurrius solubilis 30 t.d.s. 4 days with
Natrum phosphoricum 6x t.d.s. two weeks. He was
further given during the course Argentum nitricum 200,
Nux vomica 200, again Mercurius solubilis 30,
Lycopodium 30, Sulphur M, again Mercurius solubilis,
Acidum phosphoricum 30, Acidum sulphuricum, Aloe
socothna 30, Syphilinum M and Sulphur 200 lastly. This
was a very difficult case with no clear-cut symptoms. The
treatment lasted for nearly an year and a half.
26. A Case of Psoriasis
PACHEGAONKAR Uttareshwar [CCR, 1,
2/1992]
A 14 year-old girl with Psoriasis since three years.
Many remedies including Nosodes, in high and low
potencies including some in mother tinctures produced
some improvement.
27. A Case of Eczema
RANE Anand [CCR, 1, 2/1992]
A 40 year-old male with Eczema on right
hand since five years. Syphilinum given on the
basis of an ulcer on the penis and history of
sexually transmitted disease, cured.
28.
Lump in the breast
MOTIWALA Farooq [CCR, 1, 2/1992]
A 45-year-old married woman with lumps in
breasts was cured within two weeks [Bi-lateral
cystic
fibro-adenosis] with Bryonia 200 [3 doses]
because
the lesions were stony hard with marked
tenderness.
29.
Marasmus with Rickets
KEMKER S.D. [CCR, 1, 2/1992]
A six month-old infant with marasmus and
rickets, on top feed [mother died during
parturition] ; chronic diarrhoea and dehydrated.
Treated by different allopathic paediatricians
without any improvement. Calcaiea phosphorica
30 t.d.s for 15 days and after noticeable
improvement b.d. for further 15 days. Now the
child developed hard stools with foul smelling
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perspiration over the neck and Silica 30 b.d. for a
week followed by Calcarea phosphorica 30 b.d.
for further 15 days. Child well. Three years
follow-up. Child wins prizes in healthy - baby
competitions!
30.
Blepharitis with Styes
LIMKAR K.N. [CCR, 1, 2/1992]
31.
Eczema with rheumatism
LIMKAR, K.N. [CCR, 1, 2/1992]
A 36 year-old school teacher with eczema on
wrist, upper extremities and legs. Rhus
toxicodendron 200 repeated doses and then
Sulphur 200 once daily for 10 days [!] cured.
32.
Eczema
NIGALE Vibha [IJHM, 28, 1/1993] A brief
discussion of the different types of Eczema and
Dermatitis.
33.
A Case of chronic infective Dermatitis
JAINR.D. [IJHM, 28, 1/1993]
32 year-old man, unmarried, with skin
ailments since 10 years; Vesicles with redness;
itching, electric shock-like pain; discharge
profuse, sticky, transperent/blood stained,
offensive, forming brownish-yellow crusts on
drying. Anthracinum 30 to 200, then Arsenicum
album M, Phosphorus 200 and lastly Graphites
30, 200 - all repeated, relieved. The author
concludes that it was Graphites which relieved
[Burning, itching with pain, sticky, serous
discharge and restlessness = Graphites].
34.
A Case of Psoriasis
MATHUR Vaniiha [IJHM, 28, 1/1993] 34 year-
old man, married, chemist by profession, with
Psoriasis, of 10 years duration. Nitric acid 200
[Ailments from loss of sleep, Excitable during
debate, Impetuous, Trembling with anger,
Hatred unmoved by apologies, Contradiction
agg.. Desires starch, Skin eruptions suppurating,
Warts in cervical region, Psoriasis]. In about six
months the patient became much better. The
author observes that the oldest lesions disappeared
first although the direction of improvement was
from above downwards.
35.
Magic of Minimun dose
ANAND Sunil [ IJHM, 28, 1/1993 ]
A case of Leucoderma in a 48 year-old male,
and a case of Psoriasis in a 40 year-old male
treated with Lac canium and Psorinum
respectively. The significant mental symptoms
were converted into appropriate rubrics and
remedies selected.
36.
A Case of Psoriiasis
JAIN R.D. [IJHM, 28, 1/1993]
32 year-old male, bachelor with Psoriasis of 4
years duration. Arsenicum album scored high in
the repertorization but it did not help.
Arsenicum sulphuratum flavum [dominant
sycotic activity in the fundamentally tubercular
patient; study of the periodic table also confirms
the presence of such miasms in this remedy]
cured. Follow-up 10 months.
37.
Experience at Skin OPD
RAJKOTIA Bharat, VASANDI Yogesh
[IJHM, 28, 1/1993]
This is a brief discussion about 852 registered
cases during a period of 31/2 years. Three cases
are narrated.
38.
Acute Prescribing
KASAD K.N. [IJHM, 28, 2/1993]
There is a mistaken belief in the minds of the
Public that Homoeopathy is efficacious in
chronic diseases only and also that it is slow-acting
and hence unsuited for acute illnesses. The fast
tempo of the acute diseases scares many new
entrants into Homoeopathy. The author says that
a systematic consideration of the problems of
prescribing in acute illnesses was called for. He
goes on to give a brief but interesting essay on the
subject.
39.
A Fever: an acid test
MODI Sanjay [IJHM, 28, 2/1993]
With three cases the author demonstrates that
in acute diseases with high fever Homoeopathy
acts rapidly.
40.
A case of fever with strange notion.
DEVADIGA P.Y., PEDNEKAR Atul
[IJHM, 28, 2/1993]
A 28 year-old female, married, pregnant 7
months; she had the delusion as if someone was
sitting beside her and was trying to take her child
away from the womb. She had similar experiences
during two earlier pregnancies too. Though this
peculiar symptom was not found in the Repertory
Lyssin was selected on the other symptoms [Fear
of water, Anger attrifles, Violent anger, Abusive,
Malicious, Lascivious, Chill absent with fever]. A
single dose cured.
41. Acute Infections: Psychosomatic and
Miasmatic correlations
BARVALIA Praful [ UHM, 28, 2/1993 ]
Organon gives us a unique perspective to
appreciate the phenomenon of acute and chronic
diseases which are related to each other. These
represent a continuous spectrum of the disordered
Vital Force in the human economy in Time-Space
continuum. Disease does not represent an isolated
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state, and the only correct way to comprehend it is in
terms of processes that occur in Time-Space, [ref.
Aphorism 72], HAHNEMANN considered acute
disease as transient explosion of latent psora. Each
acute disease would reveal certain peculiarities in its
evolution and expressions depending on underlying
miasmatic states.
A very interesting article.
42. Acute remedies vs. Chronic remedies
SHAH Jayesh [UHM, 28, 2/1993]
The author argues, rightly, that there is no such
thing as an 'acute remedy' or a 'chronic remedy' or
even intercurrent remedy'. The indications on which a
remedy is based is the relevant factor. A case is cited.
43. Acute Emergencies: Renal colic and acute
appendicitis
PARIKH Amita [UHM, 28, 2/1993]
A 35 year-old man with acute pain in right
inguinal region, better bending double; ineffectual
desire to urinate; cold perspiration; Vomitting - could
not retain even water Belladonna and later Colocynth
did not have any effect, and the patient became worse.
Ocimum canum cured [Kidney pain; Ureters,
right side; Vomiting, with] A married lady with
abdominal colic, ameliorated by bending, pain better
with hot water bag, vomitting, ineffectual desire for
stool, Leucocytes 16,600/cumm. Ocimum cannum
cured.
44. Travails of a conscientious teacher
SHINGALA Kittida [UHM, 28, 2/1993]
A 50 year-old lady with Psoriasis, Sciatica. The
core of the patient was extreme conscientiousness of
duty. Cyclamen cured.
45. A case of Status epilepticus
GOKULGANDHI Vanraj [UHM, 28, 2/1993]
A 34 year-old man with epilepsy. At age 2 he
had a head injury and developed grand mal epilepsy.
Natrum muriaticum was his constitutional remedy
which however In 200 potency did not give
appreciable improvement. He had a major attack
which developed into status epilepticus and Nux
vomica controlled il. He was subsequently given
Natrum muriaticum M infrequent doses and
Tubercuiinum M was given as intercurrent. No major
attack since then.
46. A case of collapse
PATHARE Neelam S. [UHM, 28, 2/1993]
A two-year old boy with diarrhoea and vomiting
and thirst. No appetite, restless. Podophyllum 200
every 4 hours controlled the diarrhoea and vomitting
but the child's condition worsened, almost in a state of
collapse, with blue lips and tongue and air hunger, cold
extremities. Camphor 200 promptly restored.
47. Prescribing in acute cases
MENON CM. [UHM, 28, 2/1993]
Five brief cases which show that snap-shot
prescriptions in acute cases bring about quick relief.
48. How I treat Crohn's disease
JACKR.A.F. [BHJ, 82, 1/1993]
A retrospective review of 16 patients suffering
from Crohn's disease. All patients had been
diagnosed, fully investigated, and treated in hospital
and were still under consultant surveillance. They
consulted privately for homoeopathic treatment
between 1978 and 1991.
Dr. JACK stresses that in these cases
Homoeopathy is only an additional form of therapy and
the patient should continue to take whatever
conventional medicine prescribed by the GP. While
prescribing Homoeopathy, the symptoms produced by
the conventional medicine is ignored and only the
otherwise peculiar symptoms are taken. The
medicine is prescribed in 30 or 200 potency, to be
repeated according to the patient's response, at
intervals of 3 - 14 days. Also a 'local' medicine is
prescribed which specifically matches the bowel
symptoms to be taken frequently in low potency on the
intervening days [i.e. 3 -- 6, hourly-2 hourly], also the
bowel nosodes Proteus, Dys. Co. Gaertner are
prescribed. Tubercuiinum was observed to have acted
quite welt.
There was predominance of females [69%] and of
smokers [63%] The constitutional medicines which
appeared more frequently in these prescriptions in
order offrequency, and number of cases: Phosphorus 7
[44%]; Acid phosphoricum 6 [38%]; Nux vomica 4
[25%]; Lycopodium 2 [13%]; Pulsatilla 1 [6%]. The
most effective local midicines were: Podophyilum 10
[63%]; Aloes 6 [38%]
49. Endometriosis and Homoeopathy -- an audit
study of 8 consecutive patients HUNTON
Mollie [BHJ, 82, 2/1993]
Eight consecutive patients with Endometriosis
were followed up from 1 to 4 years to assess the
efficacy of homoeopathic treatment. All had
laparoscopic grading of their Endometriosis. All
improved with the treatment.
50. The nails and diagnosis in Homoeopathy
BOUKO LEVY Michel M. [BHJ, 82, 2/1993]
The nails are continuously growing structures
which reflect many aspects of the body's functions.
The anatomy and physiology of the nails are described in
terms of : General appearance, form, colour, structural
abnormalities and nail biting. The impilications of
various appearances of the nails of different digits for
prescribing are described. Line drawings and
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photographs enhance the value of this article. The
author concludes “…… the nail is of greater interest to
the homoeopathic physician because it continues to
grow throughout the patient's life and gives the
practitioner a single region of the body on which an
image of the entire system moves"
51. Multiple Sclerosis
BLACKSTONE Victoria [Simile 3, 1/1993
issued with the BHJ, 82,1/1993]
A 40 year-old man, nurse in a Genito-urinary Clinic
with muscle spssms, cramps, loss of balance. Multiple
Sclerosis diagnosed in 1978. Dependent on wheel chair
outside but walks a short distance with a stick at work or
at home. Agaricus 12c t.d.s. quick relief of the cramps.
52. Haemorrhoids
PRATT N. [Simiie 3, 1/1993 issued with the
BHJ, 82, 1/1993]
A 62 year-old woman with Piles; much itching and
extra mucus, occassional tenesmus, no recent bleeding.
Always worse when on holiday, especially when abroad.
'Rarely any bleeding' a negative symptom confirmed
choice of Aesulus hippocastanum 30; cured.
53. A case of Post-partum Psychosis
RATNAKER M. [Simile, 3, 1/1993, issued with
the BHJ, 82, 1/1993]
A 24 year-old Primipara developed Psychosis on the
sixth day after delivering the baby. Stopped attending
the baby, refused to take food. Also developed
insomnia, lying in bed all day, frequent bouts of
laughter, refuses to talk, spits from time to time, tries to
run outnaked, remains nude in the room despite all efforts
to dress her up, tries to harm the baby, dances at times.
After trying Allopathy for four weeks and then
indigenous remedies for three weeks came to
Homoeopathy.
Hyoscyamus 30 b.d. for a week and
improvement began. The remedy was given for one more
week and she became normal.
54. Mind and Cancer
AGRAWAL ML, and AGRAWAL P.
[Simile, 3, 2/1993 issued with the
BHJ, 82, 2/1993]
A 66 year-old retired man with Adenocarcinoma of
Prostate; Trans-urethral resection of prostate with
removal of testicles, urethral dilation for urinary
retention which was ineffective and as a result of which
urine collected in ihe scrotum and suprapubic catheter
was therefore introduced.
In the Anamnesis contradictory features came up and
the patient's stressful life and unhappiness in his
relationship with his sons which were constant irritating
factors were noted. Ignatia amara 30 was given in
repetition and soon improvement set in. Later Ignatia LM
1, t.d.s. until normal urination through urethra was
restored, and supra-pubic catheter removed. He needed
again Ignatia in the millesimal potencies for dribbling of
urine
55. Acute versus Chronic: An unusual Otitis
prescription
ELMORE Durr [NEJH, 1, 1/1992]
A 44 year-old woman was on Staphysagria and she
had deep response mentally and emotionally. The patient
came up with pain in the ear and repertorization
brought out other remedies none of which appeard
suitable otherwise. Since the symptoms she now had
appeared to be like a symptom from the past and since
there was no change in her mentals and physical generals.
Staphysagria was again prescribed and the pain resolved
within a few hours. The remedy had acted swiftly.
Although Staphysagria did not cover the pathology well,
it covered the patient in general, and there was no clear
picture of any other remedy.
56. A seizure disordered child MITTMAN Paul
[NEJH, 1, 1/1992]
An eight-year old boy with tonic-clonic-
seizures. On the basis of his mentals Fear of the dark,
dogs, crowds; Averse to tight collars, myopic, and
mannerisms and other symptoms Stramomium was
prescribed and he remained well. The aetiologies of these
symptoms was traced back to Fright and Jealousy at
the birth of patient's sibling. At the second follow-up
Lycopodium emerged but as there was no change in the
physical generals and otherwise continued over-all
improvement under Stramonium and therefore it
precluded any change.
57. Aversion to Nursing in an infant
CLARKE Savitri [NEJH, 1, 1/1992]
A six month-old baby boy with aversion to mother's
milk and refused to nurse and otitis-media [for which he
had already taken three 10 days course of antibiotics
despite which he again had ear pain] was given Calcarea
carbonica 200. Within two hours of taking the remedy the
baby nursed and his moods improved dramatically. His
ears were normal when checked four days later.
58. A case of being accident-prone
JONAS Julian [NEJH, 1, 1/11992]
A 13 year-old boy with tendency to have accidents, in
spite of his being well-coordinated and an excellent
athlete. It seemed that everytirne he engaged in sports
activity there was some accident. Over the past year he
had developed warts. Other symptoms [cyst in testicle,
eczema as a baby, craving for sweets, salt and spicy,
photophobia, irritability,
anger, orderliness, suicidal
thoughts, fears, family history of alcholism] - all
considered indicated sycotic miasm. Natrum
sulphuricum 200, which was repeated after two
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months.
Possibly a Natrum sulphuricum condition
may actually predispose a person to incur
traumas by establishing a state of being accident-
prone.
59.
Asthma in a child
CROCKER Pamela [NEJH, 1,1/1992] A two-year
boy with asthma and allergies responded well to
Naturm sulphuricum b.d. and in a month he was
off the allopathic drugs and the Natrum
sulphuricum was then reduced to once a day or
as needed. Later Natrum sulphuricum 200. He was
also on immunosupport supplements.
60.
A Panic Disorder
VAUGHTERS Lucy [NEJH, 1, 1/1992] A 32
year-old woman, mother of two children with
attacks of panic. She had been seeing Physical
therapist, a Chiropractor, Psycho therapist and an
Allopath; all had given her "reassurance". She is
hard on herself, vivacious, attractively dressed.
She spoke urgently, passionately. Much fears
about her health, alternating with depression. She
had many phobias. Psoriasis on elbows and back.
She was given Arsenicum album, then
Staphysagria and Lachesis but she did not
improve appreciably. The patient herself worked
out on the repertory and came to Nux vomica and
showed to the physician. Nux vomica in different
potencies did restore her. A very intersting case.
61.
Paralysis after treatment for Asthma
NEUSTAEDTER Randall [NEJH, 1,1/1993]
Two cases of children with acute onset of
flaccid paralysis of the lower limbs following an
asthmatic episode. Both children were treated in
hospital for an attack of wheezing, and both were
given Salbutamol inhalations along with oral
Aminophylline, Corticosteroids, and antibiotics.
One to two weeks following the onset of their
respiratory illness, each child developed severe
weakness, paralysis, and myatrophy. Over a
period of 30 months no change in these symptoms
occurred.
The existence of this rare syndrome following
supression with allopathic treatment should
encourage homoeopaths to continue treating
asthma conservatively with appropriate
remedies supplemented with inhalant
medications when necessary. The rise in
incidence of asthma and deaths from asthma, as
well asthe side effects of medications, should be
an impetus for parents to seek homoeopathic
care.
62.
Poison ivy miseries
GREENBERG Alan [NEJH, 2, 1/193]
A 35 year-old woman with poison ivy. She
was 6 1/2 months pregnant, she had been
suffering for past three weeks and the itching was
miserable and she scratched until she bled. Her
husband had been in the woods and touched
poison ivy. That night she developed allergic
reaction to the pillow they were both using. A
complete case was taken. Medorrhinum relieved
her [she felt great on sea shore, thinking of
complaints aggravates, Skin itching, must scratch
unti it bleeds]. Three or four weeks later her
husband got poison ivy again. They shared a
pillow and the next day she got a small patch on
her arm and it disappeared in a few days on its
own.
63.
Poison oak miseries
ALBIN Steve [NEJH, 2, 1/1993]
A 32 year-old woman was exposed to poison
oak and smoke from burning leaves and branches,
and developed temperature of 100 deg., blistering
of arms, and neck, sore throat. The exposed skin
was red, itchy, burning and hot, worse from
warmth, warmth of bed, and better from ice,
numerous small blisters that exuded a clear,
yellowish fluid. Wanted to keep herself busy to
keep her mind off her condition. Restless. Rhus
toxicodendron which the patient tried helped only
for 24 hours. She tried many other remedies from
her kit.
A potency was made from the spa of Poison
oak [Rhus diversiloba] and it cured. The
symptoms that this remedy cured suggest that it -
Rhus diversiloba -should be useful in chicken
pox, influenza and pharyngitis.
64.
Dupuytren's contracture
KHALSA Sat Jit Kaur [NEJH, 2, 1/1993] A 56
year-old man with Dupuytren's contracture of the
right hand. He has been suffering from chronic
lower back pain accompanied by rightsided
sciatic neuritis. On the basis of the deeper and
underlying symptoms he was given Calcarea
carbonica and the pain [radial side of the base of
thumb joints, the carpal metacarpal joint]. The
wrist also was worser. Repertorization brought
out Guaiacum. Guaiacum 30 and three days later
200 and he began to improve and compeltely pain-
free.
65.
An anxious patient I
FLORES Matilde [NEJH, 2, 1/1993] A 43 year-
old woman, married, one child. Chief complaint
was that she was crazed. She felt that her father
needed her and then that her husband needed her.
She over-worked and always tried to do well.
While she was open to listening, she was sensitive
to criticism. Fear of death, anxiety of conscience.
While Calcarea carbonica was considered,
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Cocculus was the most suited [anxiety for others,
ail ments from grief, sexual excesses - she had said
"When I was younger I used to have a lot of
sexual energy and I burned myself out" and this
was the aetiology of her symptoms.] Cocculus
indicus restored her.
A very interesting case reported in detail.
66. A case of Intermittent fever
HERING Constant™ [NEJH, 2, 1/1993]
This cae was reported in The Journal of
Homoeopathic Clinics [edited by Constantine
HERING and H.N.MARTIN]. While Cocculusindicus
was the main remedy, Calcarea carbonica, Pulsatilla and
Mercurius solubilis were employed to complete cure.
The case is reported to show the leading
indications of Cocculus in these fevers.
67. A Case of Trigemina! neuralgia
SCHROYENS Frederik [NEJH, 2, 1/1993]
This very intersting case teaches many things.
The 55 year-old man suffered with severe Trigeminal
neuralgia and while different remedies - Spigelia,
Belladonna, Nux vomica, Hepar sulphuris, Kalmia
latifolia were tried - caused severe aggravations and the
patient kept visiting the physican! In the end Cocculus
cured. The differentiating points for Cocculus was the
Feeling for others, anxiety about health of relatives,
horrible things affect profoundly. Remedies were given
in the Centesimal and 50 millesimal potencies. This
case taught that one cannot repeat the LM potencies in a
routine manner and such repetition could cause
aggravation.
68. Notes from the Clinic - a case of headache
KENT James Tyler [NEJH, 2, 1/1193]
This case reported by Dr. J.T. KENT [see KENT'S
Minor Writings] gives many of the Key Notes of
Cocculus and the characteristic headache.
69. An Anxious patient II
SHERR Jeremy [NEJH, 2, 1/1993] A 45 year-old woman
who has been taking anti-anxiety medications for nine
years. A single dose of Cocculusindicus 200 cured. The
main thing in her life is the inability to find her place,
resulting in a to and fro motion.
70. Two cases
GLASS Michael [NEJH, 2, 1/1993] A 39 year-old woman
who was greatly shocked on hearing the death of a friend
in an accident and became sleepless for three days
and had "claustrophobic feeling in my own body" was
given Cocculus indicus and within seconds of taking the
remedy she felt "My body sank into my bones. Before, I
could not tell where the beginning and end of my body
was" and her body relaxed completely "was completely
at rest and within five minutes she fell asleep and slept
for twelve hours straight. [ Note the expressions = KSS]
A 66 year-old woman whose husband died suddenly
of cancer arid during his last weeks she had attended on
him day and night thus becoming completely
exhausted. Even a week after the funeral she had not
slept. Cocculus indicus made her sleep shortly after
taking the remedy and needed no further remedy.
72. Homoeopathic treatment of Pertussis
NEUSTAEDTER Randall [NEJH, 2, 1/1993]
"Homoeopaths are once again likely to see
increasing number of Pertussis cases. Pertussis
epidemics occur every 2 - 5 years regardless of
widespread vaccination of children." The diagnosis,
course of the disease, allopathic treatment, the
homoeopathic management and the management plan are
discussed.
73. A case of neonatal apnoea treated with
Chlorine
FORDHAM Bob
[The Homoeopath 13,1/1993]
This case demonstrates that even in cases of such
extreme states as this infant - one surviving of a twin,
weighing only 1.28 Kg., apnoeic, surgical procedure
already carried out for patent ductus arteriosus. Chlorine
LM 1 t.d.s. gave good relief. Other remedies employed
during the course of treatment: Lachesis, Sambucus.
74. 'In case they should come whilst he sleeps'
BRIDGE Robert [NEJH, 13, 1/1993]
A 7 year-old boy with asthma, consisting of
explosive sneezing fits, chronic nasal obstruction and
nosebleeds. On allopathic medicines for pasttwo and half
years. The boy was very angry throughout the interview
session, his complexion was a shiny yellow-green. He
was given Medorrhinum 200, and the allopathic medicines
to continue. About a month later the report was that his
breathing was much better and his mother had already on
the second day itself suspended the allopathic
medications, however, the boy's temper had attained
unmanageable proportions over the last few weeks. Suden
violent tantrums, he would throw himself on the floor,
kick, shout and scream and become abusive of his sister,
his parents his friends and even his friends's parents.
The tantrums were provoked by anything done in the
wrong way, i.e. in a way different from what he was
taught first, like for example, if the mother takes a
particular route to the school and one day takes a different
route, or if he had been shown how to prepare tea - put the
milk first in the cup, and tea the next if the order was
changed like putting the milk at the end, etc. He was
organised from his infancy, every object in his room had
its place, very conscientious. He also had a fear of danger;
always telling his mother to slow down while driving.
Anacardium 200 was given. Four weeks later there was no
change, and his temper if anything, was more explosive.
Now Proteus [Bach] XM was given. When he came four
weeks later, the boy was different; there was a serenity
that had not been before. Within a day of having Proteus
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he had no more tantrums.
A very interesting discussion follows.
75. Extreme mental and physical symptoms
SOMMERMAN Eric [NEJH, 13, 2/1993]
A 42 year-old male, with Non-Hodgkin's
Lymphoma-follicular, mixed type, stagelll, confirmed by
biopsy, on 24 January 1990. He was a Vietnam war veteran
and diagnosed with an Agent Orange induced illness, and
has been on disability for several years. Has had five
combination chemotherapy treatments from April to July
1990.
He was paranoid about going to the city, and
therefore the Veterans Administration refused to pay for
treatments and therefore he came to Homoeopathy
to the author.
Spleen enlarged about ten times its normal size; it
extends down into his abdomen near the umbilical
region. It decreased in size with chemotherapy but has
grown back since. Physicians are pushing for a
Spleenectomy. Cervical and inguinal lymph nodes are
swollen. Hot all the time and sweating.
A study of his Mental and General indicated
Argenlum nitricum; however, the pathology was so
strong tht it was decided to go for it first. Ceanothus
americanus 12 daily. And the glands began to shrink,
the remedy was continued. On 20 Feb. 1991 Ceanothus 30
one dose. On follow-up on 9 April 1991 his spleen had
shrunk dramatically a day after the remedy. Ceanothus
30 one dose every two weeks. On 18 April 1991 his
lymphocytes were normal and his white cell count is low
normal. His physician however recommeds spleenectomy
and chemotherapy. When the patient said the ie was
trying Homoeopathy the physician confidentially
advised to continue it. The remedy was discontinued on 3
July 1991. In October 1991 the picture changed and he
wanted to see a Psychiatrist; anxious, fears, etc.
Argentum nitricum 200 was now given.
As he was improving he discontinued
chemotherapy. He was improving as on 2 April 1992.
IV. VETERINARY
1. Animal case - Sam
LASSAUW, Y.(Simillima, 2,1/1993)
Sam is a two-year-old dog with worm
complaints, anorexia and "unhappiness". In the morning
when the lady-boss had to go for work Sam was very sad,
he did not bark out of protest, he did not weep either, he
just turned his look away and trudged to another room and
he wouldn't eat anymore. He had twitchings of the
extremities in his sleep.
Ignatia rejuvenated Sam, he lost the worms, gained
appetite and enjoyed life. Afew nights afterthe remedy he
wept in his sleep (and the twitchings were gone).
2. Animals and Homoeopathy - five cases
MENEAR Vicky (Simillimum, 6, 2/1993)
1. A rabbit with paralysis of hind legs and hence
dragging them while walking which caused ulcers of
the hind legs, constipation, retarded urination, was
cured with Plumbum metallicum.
2. A 9 year-old terrier diagnosed of kidney
failure by the veterinarian and suggested
euthanisation. The dog had been listless, weak and
seemed to walk in an unstable manner, lost appetite
and became emaciated, no urine passed and hard,
small stools. Her teeth were loose and her owner
inadvertently dislodged one on attempting to look into
the mouth. "Looseness of teeth, falling out" was used
as the eliminating rubric and on the basis of the other
symptoms Plumbum metallicum given which
promptly cured.
3. A pet ewe with swollen face, bleeding from
the eyes and nose, with some purple liver-like tissue
exuding from the left eye; left side of the palate was
dark red and it oozed blood on touch, as did the left
side of the face. Possible diagnosis: rattle- snake bite.
Lachesis M b.i.d. for 3-4 days until change.
Improvement began from the next day and by the
fourth day all well.
4. A two-year-old horse suffering from Colt
distemper, a bacterial infection of horses. Rhus
toxicodendron 200 cured rapidly.
5. A seven-year-old parrot developed partial
paralyis of its left wing and foot; convulsions, throwing
its head backward for 20-30 seconds after which the
whole body trembled. Earlier the bird was very noisy
and would fuss if visitors came and occupied the
owner's attention for more than 10-15 minutes. This
behavior ended with the paralysis and it became
listless. Nux vomica 30 b.i.d. for five days. It improved
slowly. After four months it relapsed, and the owner
was advised to repeat Nux vomica. Rapid
improvement set in, and the bird was said to be very
much more noisy, screaming, eating everything,
climbing all over. It was learnt that since Nux vomica
30 was not available 4x was given which brought a very
quicker curative response than the 30c! Evidently in
this case the lower potency was the simillimum.
3. "An Upper class Gentleman"
LASSAUW, Y. (Simillima, 2, 2/1993) "Reddy" is a red
male cat with chronic ear trouble (otitis externa with
itching eczema). Reddy had his owner send a letter on his
behalf to the homoeopath in which his mental make-up
becomes quite clear. Also his reaction when he is "pushed"
from the lap of the homoeopath (who was accidentally on
a visit in the house of Reddy) leaves no doubt about the
remedy first unwilling to leave the lap and when there is
no other choice he goes and leaves the room, but just
before getting out of sight he looks back with a facial
expression of "how dare you" with some self-pity and tried
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to convey (vainly) in his walking away an air of "if you
want to make it up again, you will have to come after me".
Staphysagria cured.
4. Two veterinary oases
MOHALKAR R.G. [CCR, 1, 2/1992]
Case 1: A Doberman dog with dysentery and
bloody vomiting. In spite of IV fluids and antibiotics for
5 days, there was no improvement. A combination of
Arsenicum album 30, Acidum phosphoricum 30 and
Mercurius solubilis 30 every hour for 6 hours and then
two hourly for 12 hours at the end of which it became
well.
Case 2: A buffalo suddenly developed left-sided
facial paralysis. Inspite of treatment with injections etc.
no improvement in 15 days. Since it was cold season
assuming that it must have got chilled Causticum 200 was
given for 8 days and after an interval of 8 days the
medicine was given in 200 potency daily for 8 days and
the animal remained well.
5. Aconitum napellus - Veterinary Materia
Medica [MMHV]
DAY Christopher [BHJ, 82, 2/1993] The botany and
toxicology of Aconitum napellus are described and
traditional and homoeopathic medical indications
discussed. The veterinary drug picture is presented,
with major therapeutic indications including fever and
acute respiratory disease. Case studies of 6 species are
given: Cows, Swine, Horses, Birds, Dogs and Cats --all
very intersting. Homoeopathy is effective in all
creatures.
6. Chronic Haematuria in a Dog: Finding the
Small Remedy
LEVY Jeffrey [NEJH, 1, 1/1992]
More veterinarians are using Homoeopathy. This
trend will help us understand homoeopathic practice in
several ways, because veterinarians frequently encounter
seriously ill and dying animals -the end stage pathology -
we can understand the usefulness of Homoeopathy in
end stage pathologies.
The challenge cf Homoeopathy in Veterinary is the
dearth of subjective symptoms.
The case reported is of a 5-year old spayed female
German Shepherd cross. Main physical symptoms were
haematuria, very bloody, bright, red and a lifelong
tendency to ear infections. Many remedies were given,
but the one that gave the maximum benefit was
Terebinthina; her tearfulness changed. A very interesting
case.
V. PHARMACOLOGY
1. European directives on Homoeopathic remedies
MONTFORT Th-erry [Resonance, 15, 2/1993] On
October 13, 1992 the official Journal of the European
Community published the Directives 92 / 73 / CEE and 92
/ 74 / CEE for the legal, regulatory, and administrative
framework of homoeopathic remedies for human use and
veterinary use. These directives were officially approved
by the European Parliament and call for an official
recognition and free circulation of homoeopathic
remedies throughout Europe by December 31, 1995. This
is an important regulatory forthe development of
Homoeopathy in the world, and has paved the way for a
European homoeopathic Pharmacopaeia.
The differences between the different
Pharmacopoeia - French, German, U.K. - are
discussed and the attempt is to draw a
Pharmacopoeia worldwide. 2. The potent one
CHAPPEL Peter
[The Homoeopath, 13, 1/1993]
See under Section Philosophy for an abstract of this
article.
VI. RESEARCH
1. Evaluation of homoeopathic therapy in 129
asymptomatic HIV carriers.
RASTOGI DP., SINGH V.P., SINGH V., DEY
S.K. [BHJ 82, 1/1993]
To assess the role of homoeopathic medicines in the
treatment of the asymptomatic phase of HIV infection, a
pilot research study was undertaken by the Central Council
for Research in Homoeopathy [India] starting in May
1989. 129 asymptomatic HIV carriers [120 male and 9
female] were treated with homoeopathic medicines
on the basis of the individuals' constitutional [both
mental/emotional and physical] characteristics. The
medicines were prescribed in potencies varying from 30
to XM and in varying dosage, depending on the age
and constitution of the individual patients. 12 of the
patients studied have reverted back to negative serology
for HIV antibodies after treatment varying from 3 to 16
months [mean duration of treatment between entry and
reversal seroconversion for HIV antibodies 7.25 months].
All patients who continue to remain symptom-free are
receiving follow up treatment. Efforts are being made
to evaluate their haematological and immunological
status in detail.
2. A Pilot study evaluating the efficacy of
Homoeopathy in daily practice
SMIT Van Berckel J.A.C.M. [BHJ, 82, 1/1993]
Aggressive drugs of the Allopathic school and
dissatisfaction with it have made more and more doctors
and public turn to Homoeopathy and this interest has
grown and continues to grow. It is therefore necessary
to carry on fundamental researches in homoeopathic
therapeutics.
The author argues that 'longitudinal observational
studies' was better suited to study the efficiency of
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classical homoeopathic treatment in daily practice.
The study was done in a single practice in
Amsterdam over a period of 3 years. Satisfaction was
measured relative :o the previous consultation.
Patients were selected on diagnostic group, age and sex.
Single homoeopathic remedies were given in potencies
ranging from 30 to XM. Outcome was determined by
improvement of the predefined factors 'improvement in
general health' 'syndrome-shift in accordance with
HERING's law', 'improvement of the main
complaint' and 'improvement of other
symptoms', improvement of general health was
considered the most important. Three diagnostic
groups scored a statistically high significant success
compared to the predefined 40% success rate.
Treatment satisfaction was higher in children than
adults. The method gives the physician and
colleagues insight into the incidence, indications and
results of homoeopathic prescribing in daily practice.
Validity can be improved by including a greater
number of practices and by extended statistical
processing of the data.
3. Case Record in General Practice.
PRATT Noel J. [BHJ, 82, 1/1993]
The author regularly collected histories of
patients receiving homoeopathic treatment, over a 30-
year period, using a standardized case record. Analysis
of 1,500 such records yields useful data on patients,
prescribing patterns a nd rate of improvement.
The Case sheet is printed on 16 gram paper
measuring 16" x 10" folded into to make 4 pages.
4. Homoeopathic treatment of acute childhood
diarrhoea - A randomized clinical trial in
Nicaragua
JACOBS Jennifer, JIMINEZ Luz Margartia,
GLOYD Steven, CARARES Felix Esponiza,
GAITAN Margarita paniagua, CROTHERS Dean
[BHJ, 82,2/1993]
A double-blind, randomized clinical trial to
compare homoeopathic treatment versus placebo in
the treatment of acute childhood diarrhoea was
carried out in Leon Nicaragua, in July 1990. 34
children aged 6 months to 5 years were randomized
into active and placebo groups, both of which also
received oral rehydration treatment. The mean
duration of diarrhoea after treatment in the active
group was 2.4 days, compared to 3.0 days in the
placebo group, whici was not statistically significant.
Exploratory analysis revealed a statiscally significant
decrease [p = 0.04] in the subgroup of patients for
which an aetiological agent was found. There was also
a significant difference in number of stools per day in
the treated group [p = 0.002] at the end of the treatment
period. Since small numbers prevent a definite
conclusion from this study, further study with a larger
sample size would seem appropriate.
5. General practice management of
gastrointestinal problems assisted by Vegatest
techniques
FOX Anthony D. [BHJ, 82, 2/1993]
90 patients first seen by the author in 1989 in
whom the primary problem was in the gastrointestinal
system were sent a questionnaire to assess (a) their
immediate progress in 1989 and (b) how they have
progressed since then. All were assessed for possible food
intolerance and the relevant biological medicine using
the Vegatest system. Of the 70 patients who replied, 30
[42%] did well initially, 59 [84%] are much improved
compared to before treatment. Many had symptoms
affecting other organs. A wide range of non-tolerated
foods were encountered.
6. Microdose-mediated immune modulation - a
possible key to a scientific re-evalution of
Homoeopathy
GRANGE J.M. [BHJ, 82, 2/1993]
The author discusses some of the clinical trials
and attempts a re-appraisal of Homoeopathy by
seeing whether there is any evidence in 'orthodox'
science that would support the claims made by
homoeopaths, particularly the micro-dose effect. The
evidence for the microdose effect emerges, says the
author, from the field of immunology. He further
discusses 'microdose-mediated immune modulation
1
. An
intersting article.
7. Evaluation of ten homoeopathic medicines in
the clinical management of Intermittent fever
SINGH Krishna [CCRH, 15, 1 & 2/93] It was while
reading CULLEN's observations on China officinalis
used for treating Intermittent fever that
HAHNEMANN took upon himself the
experimentation of the drug to disprove CULLEN's
statement and thus began the very first homoeopathic
proving. The Intermittent Fever is an important
clinical presentation of a multitude of bacterial and
parasitic infections such as Malaria, Dengue, Typhus,
Enteric Fevers, HIV diseases, etc.
The Central council of Research in
Homoeopathy, [CCRH], New Delhi, undertook a
clinical study of the efficacy of homoeopathic
medicines in Maiaria in Port Blair and Jaipur during the
years 1980 - 89. Nine medicines viz., Arsenicum
album, China arsenicosum, Chininum sulphuricum,
Cinchona officinalis, Caesalpaenia bonducelia,
Gentiana Chirata, Ipecacuanha, Natrum muriaticum
and Nyctanthes arborthstis were found therapeutically
effective in the management of Malaria.
The medicines were selected for an open trial to
further verify and confirm their role in the clinical
management of intermittent fever, irrespective of
etiology. Amoora rohitaka, an indigenous drug, whose
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pathogenesis was being clinically verified separately
and in a different setting, was also included in the
study.
144 cases who presented intermittent fever
were studied during the period from 1989-90 to
1991-92 at Port Blair. The medicines were prescribed on
the basis of clinically verified pathogenesis as deduced
from the earlier study conducted during the years 1980-
89 to individual patient(s) who presented with
corresponding signs and symptoms. Duration of
complaints varied from 1 day to 1 year. The medicines
were presented in potencies varying from 6 - 200 CH
depending on the age of the individual subject and
also duration of complaints. The treatment varied
from 1 day to 2 months in different individuals. The
medicines gave varying success role of 75 - 100
percent. The signs and symptoms which have been
clinically verified during the course of study have been
tabulated and discussed.
8. Role of Homoeopathic Therapy in HIV positive
Thalassaemics SINGH, V., RASTOGI D.P., DEY
S.K., RAO P.K.
[CCRH, 15,1 & 2/1993]
The Regional Research I ns t i t u t e for
Homoeopathy, Bombay undertook stdies in HIV
infection with homoeopathic treatment. From June
1989 to October 1993, 186 cases of different risk
groups were registered and 12 cases of these were
thalassemics under the; category of recipients of blood
tranfusion.
The conclusion arrived at was that
homoeopathic therapy plays a vital role to arrest the
progression of HIV infection, maintenance/
improvement of immunological status and helps in
stabilizing the annual blood consumption and rate of
haemoglobin fall in Thalassemia.
VII. BIOGRAPHY
1. Dr.Dorothy SHEiPHERD - A short biography.
(NJH, 1,5/1992)
Dorothy SHEPHERD was born in India in 1883.
She studied Medicine and served as a Surgeon in
various hospitals. Subsequently she developed
interest in Homoeopathy and studied under Dr. KENT.
During the World War II she served in the worst war-
ravaged areas and thus had ample experience in First
Aid. She died in 1952. She has been immortalised in her
famous books Magic of the Minimum Dose and
More Magic oi the Minimum Dose, A
Physician's Posy, Homoeopathy for the First-
Aider.
VIII. HISTORY
1. Die amerikanische Homoopathie des
Neunzehn, Jahrhunderts - ein Lehrstuck fijr
heute kurzer geschichtlicher Abriss und einige
Homoeopathy of the 19th Century - a lesson for
today. A brief historical piece and some
inferences)
SCHUPPEL, R. (AHZ, 238, 2/1993)
While Homoeopathy could successfully
establish itself in many countries in the nineteenth
century it was particularly successful in North
America. Very soon it gained access to the Colleges.
The rapid rise was followed with equally rapid decline
until it was of no relevance. The reasons for this are
discussed in this paper. From the past mistakes some
inferences could be for Homoepathy today.
IX. EDUCATION
1. The French Model for education of
homoeopathic physicians
MONTFORT Thierry [ Resonance, 15, 3/1993]
The author proposes the French Model of
homoeopathy education for conventional doctors in the
USA. Thirty-two percent of French family
physicians have now incorporated Homoeopathy into
their daily practice, seven percent of all doctors
practice Homoeopathy exclusively. The French
model is explained and the author recommends it for
USA so that as Homoeopathy enters the 21st centry
there will be the required number of skillfull and
enthusiastic homoeopathic physicians which is all the
public wishes.
X. GENERAL
1. Group analysis
DAM, K. (Simlllima, 2, 1/1993)
In the book "Homoeopathy and Minerals" of Jan
SCHOLTEN [Utrecht, Holland] group analysis as a
method is explained to prescribe small compound
remedies (like Bar-f,, Calc-mur., Kali-n., Mag-br,, etc.).
JAN studied a group of remedies - (e.g. Natrium salts) in
literature but especially in his own patients and
extracted the specific traits the Natriums have in
common. He did so for every group. By combining or
rather letting react the traits of two groups the
characteristics of the salts of these two groups could be
more or less predicted. That the method works (at least
in JAN's hands) can be seen in the wealth of cases in
the book of those very small remedies of which hardly
or no Materia Medica is available. At present the book
is being translated into English and will be soon
available.
2. Een Huilende Pruin (A weeping Prune)
DETERMANN Jolly (Simillima, 2, 1/1993)
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Two plant cases are related: the weeping Prune got
lice (tears) after the death of the last owner of the
qarden; Ignatia XM cured.
An offended Hybiscus (being moved around all the
time against her wish) recovered from lice after
Staphysagria 30. In the initial aggravation she lost all her
leaves.
3. Nur ein Einzelfall (A Singular Case)
KLUNKER, W. (ZKH, 37, 1/1993)
Case history of a 57 year-old woman with catarrh
of the upper respiratory passages since 45 years, cured
with Tuberculinum followed by Calcarea carbonica. The
author makes commentaries after raising the question of
the purpose of publication of cases.
The homoeopathic literature has a reservoir of case
reports published in the past by masters which teach us
many things. Proving symptoms are reverified and the
clinically observed symptoms are identified apart from
the proving symptoms; the charactristic symptoms are
confirmed. An excellent analysis.
4. Interview mit dem Leiter des "Central Council
for Reserach in Homoeopathy" in New Delhi.
GARTNER, A. (ZKH, 37, 1/1993)
Dr.A.GARTNER interviewed Dr.D.P.RASTOGI
in New Delhi in July 1992. The first success of
Homoeopathy in HI V infected persons and the therapy of
Meningitis epidemics and Encephalitis epimedics as also
Filarisis are revealed. Further the relation of
Homoeopathy witr Allopathy and Government
bureaucracy are also discussed.
5. Diatetik und Hombopathie (Dietetics and
Homoeopathy)
EPPENICH, H. (ZKH, 37, 2/1993)
Proceeding from the present-day dietetic
questions - healthy diet, the unhealthy tobacco, coffee,
alcohol, sugar, etc., the many health-injuring
medicament-abuses - the great need for a healthy life-
style, ethical consideratons, HAHNEMANN's life-
style, the author elaborates on the diet conducive with
homoeopathic treatment. The disucssion and the
bibliographical data are quite interesting.
6. Boundaries
CASTRO Miranda (JAIH, 86, 3/1993) (A Presentation
given at the 1993 A.I.H. Conference, Falls Church,
VA (USA)
A penetrating inquiry into our motivations for
becoming physicians and homoeopaths, scanning for the
posssibility of ourselves being survivors of PTSD (Post-
traumatic stress disorder) and the resultant effect on
our owr professional relationships. Suggestions are
offered pertaining to the establishment of proper
and ethical professional boundaries - physical,
emotional, sexual, and social. Boundaries serve to
provide a safe and trustworthy haven within which the
work of healing can take place. Very practical and effective
guidelines are given to put our patients at ease and make
their visit to the homoeopath a reassuring one. The
symptoms of "homoeopath's disease" (rooted in
codependency) are identified.
7. Ohio Homoeopathic Medical Survey:
A Needs Analysis and Implications for
Political Action
BOGNAR Holly, GARN Michael, HANTEN
Edward (JAIH, 86,1/1993)
A statewide survey of Ohio users of
Homoeopathy was conducted to gatherdemographic data
and users' personal views about Homoeopathy in several
areas; such as, Homoeopathy's perceived efficacy, users'
political concerns, complaints regarding accessibility of
Homoeopathy to the general public, etc. Some of the
impressions collected were the following: most users of
Homoeopathy were attracted to it in an effort to improve
their own and their family's health; 88% of users found
Homoeopathy effective; those who employed the
guidance of a practitioner found Homoeopathy more
effective than those who did not; 51% utilized the
services of a homoeopathic practitioner; 91% saw the
need for state legislative approval of Homoeopathy as a
complementary health therapy; 76% were willing to
support financially the Ohio State Homoeopathic
Medical Society; many users felt that government control
of homoepathic certification would lead to the ultimate
downfall of Homoeopathy; others supported the
certification process; complaints were registered with
regard to the lack of availability of professonal
homoepathic services to those who lack adequate
financial means or insurance to cover the cost of
homoeopathic treatment; overall preference of the
homoepathic system of treatment was based upon the
perceived safety of Homoeopathy.
8. Homoeopathy and the Media - the continuing
story
BORNEMANN, Jay P. [Resonance, 15, 2/193] In 1992
there was a TV discussion which debunked
Homoeopathy and there were many protest letters to the
Programme. BORNEMAN raises the issue as to how we,
the homoeopaths, as a community should approach and
respond to media scrutiny and attention. A definition as
to who we are as a community is critical at this time.
The moment someone from the community adopts a
slightly different mode of practice the others distance
themselves. Live and let-live is not practised. The second
issue is how to protect ourselves. This is by carrying out
fundamental researches. With increasing demands for
Homoeopathy we will be coming under the scrutiny of
the Media more and we must be prepared to stand such
scrutiny.
9. Homoeopathy in Nigeria - a traveler's report
YASGUR, Jay [Resonance, 15, 3/1993]
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Homoeopathy in Nigeria. Homoeopathy is
comparatively new in Nigeria. Dr. J.U. ATTAI is
considered to be the father of homoeopathy in Nigeria.
There are several Associations and all of them were
brought together in the National Council of
Homoeopathic Associations established in 1989. In 1990
through the efforts of Dr. ATTAI, M.A. AWUDU and
others, a fact-finding panel was formed and as a result of
all these Homoeopathy came to be established in
Nigeria. In general, Negierian Homoeopathy is
practised and instructed following the Indian model.
10. What is alternative? Is this an appropriate term
for Homoeopathy?
NEUSTAEDTER, Randall
[Resonance, 15,3/1993]
Alternative medicine, Unconventional therapy,
Complementary medicine - all used to denote healing
systems other than Allopathy are all pejorative and is not
acceptable to Homoeopathy. These terms are demeaning.
At least we should not refer to ourselves in this way.
11. The hundredth monkey as the principle applies
to Homoeopathy REICHENBERG-ULLMAN,
Judyth
[Resonance, 15, 2/1993]
A new idea or skill that comes into the collective
consciousness had spread very quickly to many people
is called the Hundredth monkey principle. The idea is
elaborated upon in Ken KEYES' book The Hundredth
Monkey Principle. The author says that she found this
principle often at work in Homoeopathy. Someone
presents; a remedy in a Seminar or Conference or in
private conversation and soon very many other
colleagues get cases which call for that remedy. These
relate generally to lesser-used remedies. It is useful to
learn about our remedies from colleagues. In this way the
vast amount of reliable information available gets more
accessible to far more persons. Each of us as we study and
learn, do so not just for ourselves; but for all of us.
12. Why Parents like using Homoeopathy for
their children - Two inten/iews
LEVATIN, Janet [Resonance, 15, 3/1993]
The author interviewed two mothers to
ascertain why they chose Homoeopathy for their
children. How they came into contact with
Homoeopathy, the immunization question, the
personal attention given to the role of Homoeopathy
during pregnancy, etc. all come in for the discussion.
13. Power in the consulting room
CASTRO Miranda
(The Homoeopath, 13, 1/1993)
A look at the patient-practitioner relationship from a
'power perspective' and how we can use our power, with
awareness and responsibility, and by so doing, become
real healers. It is important that the patient-
practitioner relationship is kept up appropriately;
while tne homoeopath has all the expert knowledge, the
homoeopathic knowledge, it is the patient who is expert
about him or herself and knows more about him her self.
The powers are, to put them briefly:
The power in listening; to listen with undivided
attention, willing to hear what the patient has to say; when
the practitioner is distracted in any way, or interrupt the
patient, this power is lost.
The power in healing: to heal others the
practitioner him/her self must be a role model of health;
compassion, non-judgemental observations, turning
questions into statements, asking the patients what they
need; remember that the patients have inner healers.
The power in medicines: there is power in our
medicines, in our skill and ability to use them and we
should honour that with each prescription.
Power as teacher: inform the patients about what we
are doing, our science; ask the patients whether they
have any questions to ask, etc.
The power as a human being: to empathize with the
patient
The power of trust: building trust with the patient,
rapport
The power of the patient's inner wisdom: ascertain
from the patients what in their own experience are
their processes of falling ill, why they are ill? Often the key
that unlocksthe case comes thus.
The power of creativity: listen to the right brain,
creative side, intuition.
The power of humour: relieves tension
The power of affirmation: affirm what is healthy in
the patient.
The power of flexibility: flexibility to suit the
patient
The power of hope: one of greatest powers is to instil
hope, and to acknowledge our belief in our patients'
inner healers. 14. Vital Force: View to the future
SHEMMER Yair
(The Homoeopath, 13, 2/1993)
In Homoeopathy we should continue to evolve from
the 19th century perspective. Integration of our
profession. Homoeopathy of the 19th and early 20th
centuries was very clinical and conceptually oriented. In
practice, focus was on pathological states and the theory
was based on rational concepts which were accepted
without a deeper understanding about their nature.
Recently the emphasis is on psychological aspects,
especially in case analysis and our understanding of
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state of patients.
In this article the author opens a door to further
exploration of the human energy system, namely the Vital
Force.
15. Which direction Homoeopathy? The hero's
journey CARLYON Julian
(The Homoeopath, 13, 2/1993)
This article also examines the new ideas that are
coming up in depth-psychology and energy physics,
knowledge of the unconscious psyche. Disease is being
understood as a phenomena, as a dynamic compensatory
pattern of polarities, having its genesis in the psyche, with
the results of these unresolved conflicts being imprinted
in the body as functional disturbances of one sort or
another, which if neglected lead eventually to organic
changes. While JUNG demonstrated the
compensatory relationship between conscious and
unconscious, Homoeopathy has been able to go further
by including the body in this relationship which
becomes a single unified phenomenon in which body
can be thought of as a dimension of the psyche.
The author proposes looking at Time not as a linear
one but circular, healing as a true expression of the whole
self.
A very interesting article.
XI. NEWS AND NOTES
I. Steve OLSEN, reports on George
VITHOULKAS' Seminar in Toronto, Canada.
(Simillimum, 6, 1/1993).
Some highlights::
In the case-taking process we must be vigilant in
listening without prejudice, suspending all
judgement, and staying with the facts. The
information must not be distorted by interpretation,
imagination, or emotional involvement with the
patient. Only then there is the possibility of producing a
clear, living image of the symptoms that will indicate the
right rubrics to choose. We must be reminded of this, no
matter howsoever often. VITHOULKAS demonstrated
this by a Mandragora case. In another case, a deeper
insight into Hepar sulphuris was perceived. The patisnt
had terminal cancer; an extremely sensitive person; never
had felt loved by her parents, deprived of all affection, a
life of misery and bitterness towards her parents ("I got
cancer to make my mother suffer") F
:
ear of wasps, a key-
note for Hepar sulphur, fear of being destroyed, fear of
violence, fear of sexual contact; she feels she is
disintegrating; a fragile sensitive person, a history of
constant pain, hates her body, wants to destruct, thoughts
of suicide, knots of emotional pain.
There were otrer cases that showed living examples
of Philosophy, Case management, and Materia Medica.
II. Greg BEDAYN writes (Fear and loathing at
camp Allopathy, Simillimum 6, 1/1993) that on
October 6, 1992 Bill GRAY had an interview with a
rabidly aggressive anti-homoeopathy baiter on a
television broadcast.
The interview was unfortunate and next day however,
the producer for CNBC called Dr.Bill GRAY and
apologised and said that their office was flooded with
calls, all positive for Bill GRAY and Homoeopathy.
"Where can I find a homoeopath in my home town?" was
the most common question. And most of the callers
wanted Bill to be invited back to talk on Homoeopathy.
This seemed to be first glimpse of an immense ground-
swell of irrepressible national interest in Homoeopathy.
Similarly Dr.Fuller ROYAL's talk on the NBC was also
resented by a very large number of viewers and the NBC
planned to do a follow-up segment. However, the result of
the Fuller ROYAL episode was that Dr.Michael
CARLSTON.MD who was training family practice in
Homoeopathy received a fresh surge of positive response!
There has been protests from all over for these broadcasts.
Homoeopaths who take part in so-called panel
discussions with the dominant school are generally mild-
mannered and untrained to combat aggressive, rabid
attackers.
Miranda CASTRO's weekly three minute show on
the British National Television, The Big Breakfast, in
which she talks of home- treatment of common acutes
has been extremely popular.
III. The Maui Academy of Homoeopathy, held a
week-long Seminar in Maui, Hawaii, in November 1992.
Featured Speakers were:Roger MORRISON, Nancy
HERRICK, Louis KLEIN, Jeff BAKER, and Steve
SUBOTNICK. Over 50 homoeopaths attended this
Seminar in which the 'small remedies' were discussed.
Some 'samples' of the cases:
Nancy HERRICK presented a video case of a
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, in which Nux moschata was
the remedy. "Nuxmoschata is a big remedy. I see it often
especially with chronic fatigue syndrome. It is a deep
remedy. It is an open remedy. They can be vital when
they're connected and "on"; they are really with it. Even
their worse states they will have moments of clarity and
energy. They tend to go in and out. can be spacy, as if
floating; confused.... It's a big remedy for infants with
colic. Nux moschata infants can have a soft stool that
goes on and on but they don't release the stool. Colic with
soft stool, hard belly, screaming, and going long periods
of time without stool. Some Nux moschata babies sleep a
lot, needing to be woken for feeding, with low vitality."
Lou KLEIN in his Introduction:
1. We first try to understand the patient, to get
a clear perception of that person's limitations.
2.Then we organize, prioritize that information.
3.Carefully we either choose rubrics or match
the information to Materia Medica.
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4. Repertorization or the study of Materia
Medica completes the process.
It is real mistake to try right away to fit a
remedy to a patient. We need to go through the
four steps of this process.
As the patient speaks we start writing; what
we write down may be different from what
another homoepath might record. Even as we
write we
abbreviate the case;
We need to see
what is really going on. It is best to write down
what the mother and child say almost verbatim.
Then we go through the process of actually
selecting rubrics. The remedy is secondary to the
process that we are going through.
Case of a male age 9, Depression, since 5 years
old. Goes into rage, wild like an animal.
Apologizes after the rages. Lyssin M brought
about the desired improvement.
Whenever we give remedies like Stramonium,
Hyoscyamus, or Lachesis we must think of
Lyssin. The core of Lyssin is a delusion that they
are being tormented.
IV.
People in Practice:
Homoeopathic
Inheritance
- Interview with Dr.SANKARAN GUPTA
Amita
(IJHM, 27, 4*1992)
A very interesting interview with Dr.Rajan
SANKARAN wherein SANKARAN explains how
he came to discover tne importance of 'Delusions'
in the selection of the remedy, 'Delusion' vis-a-vis
'Dreams', his technique.
V.
Dr.B.LKHANNA, New Delhi, writes (QHQ,
1,1/1992) that a 'special' vaccine representing
varied combination of sp e c i f i c and
heterospecific hyposensitizing allergens, wide
variety of bacteria isolated from the :eeth, nose,
throat, nasal sinuses, sputum, faeces, septic focii,
from acute and chronic infections of the
respiratory tract, great variety of
intestinal pathogens and organisms belonging
to salmonella and dysenteric group has been
prepared. He states that this vaccine was effective
against many allergic disorders; he also says
"asthma which till recently was known as
incurable disease is now curable" as borne by
the study carried out by the author on 18,100
patients during the years 1978—1990 in which
82% were cured, 14% recovered partly and no
effect on 4%. The vaccine is available from the
office of the President, College of Chest
Physicians, B-9, Tagore Garcen, New
Delhi
110
027 (Phones 502204, 5459783).
VI.
A brief sketch of the Transactions of the Liga
Congress 1991 in Cologne
has been very
nicely sketched by Dr. W. GAWLIK, in the
AHZ, 238, 1/1993.
1)
BAR, M.
Problems in the application of
classical Homoeopathy to animals:
Essentially,
he
made it clear with two cases that
Repertorium
Generale
cannot be employed as
Repertory of
Animals.
2)
THOMAS, CH.:
Over dose of
Mercurius D6
and Silicea D6: An infant treated with Mercurius
and
Silicea in proper dose and potency for a bone-
marrow Aplasia. Use of these remedies in the above
potencies lead to serious consequences.
3)
CREMONINI, C:
Paragraph 16 Organon:
Definition of homoeopathic medicine is discussed.
4)
GAWLIK, W. : A case of Magnesium
carbonicum: The symptom complex in a patient is
in
exact relation with the Magnesium in nature. That
is,
we find a strong ambivalence of the biochemical
effect of Magnesium, also an ambivalence
particularly
the mental symptoms of patients. By accident a
syndorme - disorder came up which was remedied
by Magnesium.
5)
CREMONINI, C:
Disease is a Probe:
A
philosphic-psychological depiction of
Homoeopathy.
Symptoms are the pictures of the mind. The
mind
projects the miasma within us and a shadow
emerges.
ARISTOTLE, HERACLITUS and other authors
are referred to. Disease moves along with a
deformed mind.
6)
SWOBODA, F.U.; KONIG, P.:
Drug
proving of
Gingko biloba D30: Symptoms of
provers are reported.
7)
TIEDMANN, M.; BOTTGER, H. E.:
Experiences with drug provings in the
Academy
for Homoepathy and Nature cure in Celle:
BOTTGER poke about the drug provings of
some unknown lants. BOTTGER pointed out that
only by intensive nterrogation could the
symptoms be correctly ascertained. He spent at
least an hour a day in conversation with the
prover. A very clear, very impressive and
many new aspects of general directions and
fundamentals of drug provings were contained in
this talk.
8)
SOLER-MEDINA, A:
Interpretation and
delineation of Aph. 210-230: On mental
diseases.
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Three points are to be kept in view:
1.
the physical situation;
2.
the endocrinopathic situation like climaxis,
etc.;
3.
lastly, the mental symptoms of
Schizophrenia, Neurosis, and endogenic
psychosis.
The individual pargraphs are interpreted.
9)
BAUR, J.:
Homoeopathy and Ethology:
The case of a child is stated and whether a
presciption
is to be made or not is discussed.
HAHNEMANN's views were against the
dangerous medicines of h is times. And
HAHNEMANN recommended hygiene and
lifestyle and other hindrances to be removed.
The case of a woman with suicidal thoughts is
reported. It is clearly laid that the emotions are as
essential as the pathological organic changes. The
life style must be altered.
10)
FAHRNOW, I.M.:
The Potency height
- a
dynamic quarrel amongst homoeopaths and
their
significance for the education of our trainees:
Two
questions are clarified:
that a wrongly chosen homoeopathic medicine
can
cause suppression.
secondly,
to
fix a low and high of potency.
The
speaker said that there must be
individualisation, i.e. We must set the drug potency to
the
disease dynamic in analogy. A structural rule cannot be
laid, but the decision must be individual.
Excellent, in good style explained. There was lively
discussion.
11)
BEHNISCH, G.:
The problems of
prolonged treatment of chronic cases:
The
problems of prolonged treatment of chronic patients
during HAHNEMANNstimes and now, are compared.
BEHNISCH also said that there are conformity of
potency and there cannot be either. The potency
must
be
possibly adequate to the patient's
temperament, vitality, activity and creativity.
12)
PREIS,
St.:
Errors in the prolonged
homoeopathic treatment:
Paragraphs 80 and 81 are
referred to and it is demonstrated through a case in
which Veratrum album and Tuberculinum did not help
and then Bufo - and after that Veratrum album
succeeded. It is clearly pointed out how problematic
long-time treatment can be and what mistakes are
involved.
13)
NIEDEEGGEN, G.: Long-time case
management - a complicated case: A longtime
treatment of a complicated case, in which Arsenicum
album in severe anxiety, fear of going crazy, was given.
After a dose of LM 3, reaction with depressive
thoughts, after LM 6 clear improvement. Psycho
remedies were slowly reduced, no more depression,
noasthma and clearly increased self evalution. Further
LM 9 for slight return of symptoms.
14)
STEINHOFF, G.:
Further criteria for the
evaluation of the course of a case:
The objective
symptoms, the conduct and the temperament are the
essential moments in the study of a case.
15)
KONIG, P.:
Panikattacks with Aconitum:
Two cases are presented which fit exactly the remedy
picture of Aconitum in which the anxiety was always
in the foremost and whereby considerable somatic
ailments occur as also mental symptoms after acute
panic situation. Very impressive depiction; it is also
interesting that the handwriting of the patients (two
patients from entirely different places and social state)
was very similar [see H.V. MULLER's No.4 in
Therapeutics Section]
16)
MANTI:
Mental diseases:
Mental diseases
with reference to Paragraph 210, philosophical,
theological and ultimately psycho-analytically
considered according to the principle that the Mind
holds together by its vital power the body; mind and
mental diseases are only diseases of the parts.
HOMER, PLATO, DESCARTES and the
Bible
are
cited and the end-effect, the Psychosomatic mysticism in
Paragraph 210 is clearly laid.
11)
HAOUACHE, G.:
The scientificity in
Homoeopathy:
It is presented that in the earlier times
many ideas of Similarity had been carried but it was
HAHNEMANN who actually found the experimental
method. The author proceeds from the family
parallels of inheritance, the anamnesis and the
different mental symptoms. The relevant paragraphs
of the
Organon
are also taken.
18)
PFEIFFER, J:
Problems of the
Neurodermatitis patients:
All the problems of the
patients suffering from Neurodermatitis, including
nutrition, medication and particularly things that are
connected with se l f - h e l p organisations, are
discussed.
19)
GERHARD, W.:
Homotoxicology as a total
view of the Synthesis of Medicine:
A very clear, very
brief, but impressive depiction and presentation of
Homotoxicology.
20)
WIJK, R. Van:
Information on the
fundamental research with potentised substances:
Results of researches with EAV are reported. The
author says that reactions occur by the physicians
also not only in the patients. He lays down his opinion
through different placebo trials against Verum.
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SCHWEITZER, W.:
The homoeopathic
library as reservoir of homoeopathic knowledge in
200 years.
As the director of the
German
Homoeopathic Library
said that HAHNEMANN knew
only 60 remedies, but now it is 4000 to 5000. There are
now over 4000 titles in the library. He said that there
were alphabetic author index, title index, key-word
index and a decimal classification. A central
catalogue was also under preparation in collaboration
with the larger homoeopathic libraries.
22)
SCHRAMM, H.J. :
HAHNEMANN and the
Psychosomatic now:
Classification of the state of
psychosomatic diseases. Psycho medicines inhibit
the immune systems; the Neurosis theory fully merges
into the Psora theory. The lecturer closes his lecture
with referencesto ORTEGA, PASCHERO, and FLURY.
Very clear, impressive and in many places fascinating
reflections on the associations between Somatic and
Homoeopathy.
23)
Prof. HORNUNG, J. :
On the state of
research in Homoeopathy:
Proposals for scientific
researches in Homoeopathy. Impressive, clear talk to
be taken note of for research work.
24)
CHAND, H.:
Case Report:
Reported in his
own manner of a suppressed, severe neurotic
symptom. This intersting case has been very clearly
reported, brilliantly told. There was much discussion
on art of medication of Mr. CHAND.
25)
SCHOPFER, H.J.:
Manufacture
technology:
Clear talk about the potencies
manufactured and available in the DHU.
26)
EMDOER, P.: Experiments on
Amphibians:
Report on animal experiments. Thyroxin
D30 slackens the movement as against the control
group.
Excellent talk with many new points for experimental
reasoning of high potencies.
27) DRECHSLER, L: The unhomoeopathic
treatment of the mentally sick: The speaker refers to
Paragraph 228 of the Organon; the mentally ill must
be met with appropriate behaviour and attitude by the
physician; not force his opinion, but accept the
patient's opinion so that to lead him with similar mimic,
gestures and bearing. A genuine analogy between
patient and therapists. All points of view clearly
brought out and placed.
28)KENNEDY, O.: Homoeopathy and the
Liga: Sketches the Liga work, its viability as well as
winding-up possibility. With all solemnity one could
not keep from smiling
29) KELLER K.: Legal conditions for
homoeopathic medicines in Germany: Mr. KELLER
is the official Director of the German Health
Department. He spoke pointedly on the problems and
the solutions.
30) KANT. H.: The parenteral administration
in homoeopathic therapy: The speaker reported
about the experiments in his clinic about parenteral
administration of homoeopathic remedies and
pointed out that in specific diseases specific
medicines are clearly more effective by parenteral
administration than bv oral route.
31) DENYS, G.: HAHNEMANN and the
Dynamisation: The speaker proceeds in
chronological order since 1801 HAHNEMANN's
proposals for dynamisation of the medicine. In 1801,
he begins to shake a minute, later 3 minutes, then 10
times, 2x,10x, 50x ard in 1843, 100x, and then turn
back. A very impressive, very intersting work, which
also shows how long and how much HAHNEMANN
has thought over until he came to a final solution. The
speaker knew well the fundemental knowledge of
HAHNEMANNianwoiks.
32) FELDHAUS, H.W.: The economy of
homoeopathic treatment methods in Dental panel
practice: With very impressive statistics the speaker
points out with corroboration through many cases that
in every case of operation since many years he gave
Arnica 30 routinely. Compared with the dentists who
do not employ Arnica his practice was 40% less costly
because there were no complications and
post-extraction treatments.
33) KOSTER, W.: A logical exposition of Aph.
153, and 154 of Organon: Very intersting, extremely
thorough exposition of the singular, rare,
characteristic symptom.
34) POPESKU, S.: Mental symptoms,
reflections from the Materia Medica: Hallucinative,
illusionistic, imaginative symptoms. The speaker
enumerates individual symptoms from these
Symptoms group, of Anacardium, Anhalonium,
Arnica, Aurum, Belladonna, Calcium carbonicum,
Platina, Sabina, and Stramonium.
35) BARTHEL, H.: Treatment of Psychosis:
The speaker spoke about the Psychosis as chronic disease;
he advised patience and composure towards the patients.
He cited HAHNEMANN that psychosis is only a normal
bodily disease and reports a case of psychosis with
sucidal disposition. The report is clear. Further cases
followed from other speakers which lasted 45 minutes.
36)FISCHER, U.: The difficulties in the
differentiation and definition of Mind and Mental
Symptoms: With examples from the "Kent" and Pure
materia Medica symptoms the speaker differentiates
the Mind and Mental symptoms rubrics. He also points
out that Aurum has not been well represented; also
Aph. 98 is not well represented in the "Kent". A very
critical, and excellent and thought provoking lecture.
37)DOMINGUEZ, F.: Report on the Aph. 216,
in which the centrifugal dynamics of the symptoms
from within without has been explained, as a pointer
of the Vital Force directly, where the self-healing takes
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place: The subtlest organ of the body is the brain and
with that the mind the miasmatic disturbances of the
Vital Force, that is the mental diseases and sometimes
also the physical, are clearly explained.
38)TORRES, E.: Aph. 220: If the patient is
heard, one^xperiences that the patient thinks that he
has explained something significant. He then gets
self-confidence and - if he is heard further attentively
- would speak of deeply lying and deeply touching
symptoms. Very good lecture, very impressive, it
pointed clearly the problems of mental symptoms
which are often neglected.
39)TORRES, R.: Aph. 229, Aph. 230:
According to Aph. 9 and 229, 230, the mental disease
is not a disease of a part, but belongs to the whole
person. When one recovers from mental disease, one
is not healthy for long , if all other behavioural
disorders and mental symptoms etc. are also not well.
He gives clear instructions not to criticise the patient,
not contradict except in emergency what he thinks, so
that he does not soon observe that he is not mentally
well and slides back in his own self regard. Essentially
it is about the moral quality of the physician.
40)ALCOVER, G.: Miasmatic symptoms in
mental diseases: Will and Intelligence lose their
coherence in the presence of the mental diseases.
Treatment becomes necessary then. Then symptoms
of the three miasms are put forth and the therapy with
the three miasmatic remedies.
41)ORTEGA, P.S.: Aph. 215: An exhaustive,
sometimes slightly difficult-to-understand report of a
woman with 6 children whose anamnesis revealed at
first brutality, much emotion, often times animalistic
bestiality, which ultimately lead to the finding that first
aggression and then resignation and then heart
rhythm disturbances.
ORTEGA points out that the genetic information
which is available is aggravated by the life situation
and
thereby the Dynamis, the Vital Force will be ruined,
so that the life which is lived by the patient is
difficult to be learnt by the physician since the
patient is not depicting his life but life which he
pretends to be living. It is difficult for him to open
up before the physician and it will be still more
difficult for the physician to find away.
ORTEGA enters, into the details further into
the basis of the Psora in nany aspects and then
shows that after administering a dose of Natrium
muriaticum in the case on hand, a clear change
for the better began,
a
clear improvement of the
Vital Force and further the important self -
confidence and self-experience in own body.
42)
GNAIGER J.:
Anxiety, Yearning and
Incapacity of
Lac caninum: Lac caninum
produces anxiety, yearning for security, stability.
One thinks of the infancy of the animals. The
lecturer cites three cases; all of them indicated
anxiety, yearning for security and love, have a
loss of self value and felt to be looked down upon
and that they did not fit into this world. A triad:
Anxiety behavioural disturbances - and
lymphatic complaints. The lecture was excellent,
clearly laid, stylistically very good so that the
end-effect was that this lecturer richly deserved
the "Samuel" prize.
43)
RAMAKRISHNAN, A.U.:
Homoeopathic case study of a Systemic Lupus
Erythematosus:
Three cases with subjective
symptoms and clear improvement of the
laboratory parameters after appropriate Nosodes,
Tuberculinum among them, are reported. Very
good lecture, clearly presented case study.
44)
CZERNICKI, W.:
Veterinary case:
The
lecturer reported
a Phosphorus case and a
Hyoscyamus case in her well-known very lively
and overall convincing, and academically clear,
form. It was a pleasure to hea' her.
45)
SCHERER, W.:
Injections therapy with
Homoeopathy:
A case of Herpes zoster and a
case of Thrombophlebitis, clearly reported, clearly
defined with distinct hints for the essential
indicataions for injections therapy.
46)
CENERELLI-CAMPANA, C:
A
Lycopodium case:
An acute case, an anxious
patient with bouts of weakness, fear of death, fear
of ghosts and devils. Aconite seemed suitable
but when considered with all the other symptoms
Lycopodiu fitted.
47)
TOLEDO, F.D.:
Mercurius versus
Suicide:
A good case report n which Aph. 218
has great relevance.
48)
POLOS:
Portrayal of a larva, which
grows in a swampy region and presented in a
mother tincture and which is evidently active:
Useful in C6 in Osteoporosis. The larva must die
in the alcohol, otherwise it has no madicinal
energy. Not very clear lecture.
49)
OSTROWSKI, A.Z.:
Calcium
carbonicum in Therapy of the Central Nervous
System:
Good presentation of 5 cases, which have
been treated with Calcium carbonicum. In
general all activity was slowed, twitching
muscles of the face, besides aggression, speech
difficulties, vital retardation.
50)
DRAHNE, A.:
Sexual counselling and
Therapy in a Gynaecological consultation:
Spoke on the application of specific medicines in
frigidity and inability to achieve orgasm.
51)
AGUILAR, G.:
Genetic informations of
molecular structure determines the
Individuality-structure of a person:
This theme
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is with regard to the structure of a medicament
and analogy to human likeness.
52)
FLORES, F.F.:
A clinical case of patient,
who is not only a victim of his disease, but also of
the Therapy:
With the example of a chronic
Colitis the onset of the therapy always in
accordance with the Aph. 207, and 217 in the
Organon
are clearly presented.
53)
RISQUEZ, F.:
Psychotherapy and
Homoeopathy:
A married man with 4
children suffering from depression for 25 years, is
presented. He was always depresed and
complained again and again of panic attacks; had
consulted 8 psychiatrists and was carefully
examined, had from 1988 to 1990, 155
psychotherapeutic sittings. Sepia, Pulsatilla,
Lycopodium and Phosphorus in very high
potencies and at long intervals were given. In the
end he became genuinely better. The
breakthrough came through homoeopathic
medicines and not through psychotherapy.
VII.
Report on the 144th Annual Meet of the
German Central Association of
Homoeopathic physicians
from 28th to 30th
May 1992 in Bad Krozingen [Germany],
byK.H. GEBHARDT and H. KUHN [AHZ,
238, 2/1993] - some extracts:
1)
In his opening address Dr.GEBHARDT
spoke on the general theme "Suppression and
Hindrances in Homoeopathy" and said that
Homoeopathy is not only essentially a
therapeautic but also a theory in Medicine.
Suppression of different currents in
Homoeopathy and disputes within the ranks
have inhibited Homoeopathy from progress and
diffusion within the general Medicine.
2)
Dr. THURKAUF from Basel spoke on
"Life
is more than the sum of Chemistry and
Physics".
He said that in modern science the
quantity [the what] played a greater role while
the quality [the Why] is neglected and to keep
off from that which is behind everything, the
moving power [the Who] which ultimately is
God. THURKAUF pointed out that a truly human
science can be brought about only through union
with God.
3)
Dr. H. PFEIFFER:
Vaccination from
HAHNEMANN to today:
He raised three basic
questions:
a]
Are Vaccinations beneficial or harmful?
b]
Are Vaccinations to be substituted by
Homoeopathy?
c]
Are the adverse effects of Vaccinations
homoeopathically treatable?
In the eleventh century in China the scabs were used to
Vaccinate against pox. I n the sixteenth century
the
scabs
from Variola minor were used in China. In 1796 JENNER
introduced the cow-pox and the first victim of pox
vaccination was JENNER's son, who suffered a brain
damage. A well-known victim of the modern days is
HELMUT WALCHA who became blind.
HAHNEMANN saw in the cow pox a genuine
positive developmert. In his days men were able to
tolerate it. Today they are immune-weak.
CHANG said that in India there were so many
infectious epidemics that there has been much de-
population.
According to VOEGELI the consequences of Polio
are so horrible that vaccination is justified.
As a consequence of Vaccination diseases can appear
from
a]
incompatibility of the vaccine
b]
Vaccination disease [ f r o m active
vaccination with weakened virus]
c]
Appearance of diathetic weakness [the
vaccination which arouses a chronic disease, which is
in accordance with
the
miasmatic basic disturbance]
Contra-indications for vaccination:
a]
Suspicion or manifestation of central
co-ordination disturbances e.g. premature births,
birth deficiencies, child-birth complications, CNS
disturbances, anamnestic risks.
b]
Allergies or allergic families.
Vaccinations snould be given only after the the
maturity of the brain, i.e. after the first year.
Vaccinations can be replaced by Homoeopathy,
e.g. polio vaccination by Lathyrus sativa in high potency
or the appropriate disease nosode in high potency;
prophylaxis for the infectious diseases can be done
through the appropriate Nosodes in high potency.
Vaccine diseases can be handled
homoeopathically:
a]
Acute: throjgh the remedy similar to the
disease picture e.g. Apis, Echinacea, Hepar, Kali
chloratum.
b]
Chronic: ":he chronic vaccine diseases
accord with the fundamental miasmatic disturbances,
e.g. with Arsenicum, Sulphur, Silicea, Thuja
4)
M.OTTO.:
Vaccine diseases - Cases:
Cited
cases from literature of four brothers and sisters who
suffered severe cerebral disturbances. Also
COULTER'S cases of complications after DPT
vaccinations. She spoke of her own experience of an
Encephalitis after DPT vaccine.
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5)
Dr. F. GRAF.:
Suppression by Vaccination:
A case of Bronchial asthma and chronic infection after
pox vaccination, which after thorough psycho-
anamnesis pointed to Thuja which essentially
influenced the course of the disease.
6)
Dr. DRAGER.:
Suppression by FSME -
Vaccine:
FSME can in a way be used for the anxiety
neurosis of the vaccination supporter.
1] Vaccinations can cause vaccine diseases, acute
and chronic. Chronically ill children who on one side
tending to a vaccine disease.
2] Problem diseases like Tetanus, Poliomyelitis can be
prevented effectively through vaccination; for prophylaxis
for diseases after vaccinations, nosodes can be employed.
3] The Need - Risk relation in FSME and Pertussis
are particularly unfavourable and therefore these
vaccinations are not recommended.
4] The time for vaccinations must be considered
- best only after brain development i.e. after the first year
- as much later so much better.
5] Single vaccinations are to be preferred to mixed
vaccinations to avoid inundation by different antigens.
7)
Dr. Mrs. JUTTA ROST in her lecture
"Focus
of infection and as hinderances"
said that frequently
the focus was in the teeth and maxillary region, in the
region of tonsils and the sinuses. Very slight causes
may invoke the focus. Often such focus may be latent.
The objective signs for thetriggering of the latent focus
should be recognised.
8)
Vet. Dr. Mrs. CZERNIKI spoke on
"Hormonal
manipulation as interfering factor in the Therapy".
She said that frequently hormones used in the
veterinary medicine were responsible for increasing
the heat in animals and pregnancy. The
consequences were disturbances during the gravidity,
etc. HAHNEMANN had already said that iatrogenic
diseases are often incurable. In Mastitis in mares
Antibiotic in the C30 or C200 are effective. Also
constitutional medicines are successful in animals.
9)
Vet. Dr. WOLFF spoke on
"Suppression by
vaccination in cats"....
The consequences of abuse
of vaccinations are mostly Allergies, Behavioural
Disorders, Cancer and other diseases. With
homoeopathic medicines [single remedies] the
infectious diseases in animals can be protected. For
example in Distemper, according to VOEGELI
Sulphur, Tuberculinum, Lyssinum each in 200
potency in that order in turn over 7 days. No dog
treated so has suffered Distemper after that. Foot and
mouth disease epidemics are caused by the
vaccination. The speaker referred to
COULTER'S book.
10)
Dr. KNOP, homoeopathic Physician and
Mrs. BECK, the Gestalt therapist spoke on a
very intersting case of
suppression with traumatic
result and its psychologic reaction.
A female
patient, who from the 8th to 18th year abused by
her father every day. She came for treatment to
Dr.KNOP with the symptoms of tiredness,
beaten-down feeling, sleep
disturbances, psycho-physical weakness. After
Natrum muriaticum she then told of her abuse in
her childhood. She was then referred to Dr. BECK.
There was a severe depression after abortion and
suicidal tendency. Only by Psychotherapy the
suicidal tendency could be slowly removed. The
patient was pregnant and delivered a healthy
child. She was jealous of the child and wanted
to kill it. She now projected her rage on her
father and mother on this child. Under
homoeopathic treatment with Platina 200
once a day for three days and later with Platina
1000 the symptoms went down and for a
recurrence Nu vomica which improved much.
Further psychological treatment brought a
regeneration and only conflict with her husband
came up since the patient projected her aggresssion
on him.
In the discussions that followed this it was
said that abuse of children is more often than
generally thought. In such families there was
more often a "miasm" which leads to such
criminal tendencies. Here lies the 13mil
s
of
Homoeopathy and the homoeopathic physician
and the psychotherapist can together help the
individual patient but not change the society.
11)
Dr. SPINEDI made an
obituary note of Dr.
KUNZLI VON FIMMELSBERG
who died at St.
Gallen
recently.
12)
Dr. BOTTGER spoke on
the behaviour of
the patient
which is jnconsciously staged but
which has to be raised by the physician to the
conscience. The external manifestations of the
patient and his behaviour play a decisive role in
this. A difficult, self-controlled patient may
come into the consulting room and be restless He
will open himself only when
he
is understood by
:he physician. Nux vomica fits in here. A
patient who appears guilty unloads his
anamnesia when spoken to about it. In such cases
Kali carbonicum is ndicated. Another patient
who suffered from headaches did not
understand the questions put to him was given
Calcium carbonicum D6 which not only removed
this block but also healed the headaches. The risk
here is that the interpretation by the physician can
be wrong. Therefore the problems must be
seen from view of the patient.
13)
JANERT spoke on
"Unsuitable
Homoeopathy as obstruction to cure". The
treatment of a part cf the symptoms is wrong.
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The symptoms may be transferred to centripetal.
An eczema may become a bronchial asthma and
from this a chronic Poly-arthritis may follow.
Homoeopathy also may suppress. As example, case
of 40 year-old accountant with symptoms of
Pollinosis, Asthma, Eczema, burning abdominal
pains, stopped nose. He was treated with
Lycopodium 30 and Sepia 30 for three months in
daily alternation. Proving symptoms blended with
inactivity of reaction. With Sulphur M initial
improvement was obtained and then with Kali
carbonicum and Phosphorus 200 it was further
improved.
14)
Dr. PETER MAYER-KONIG spoke on
"Cancerinum and its reference to suppression
1
.
Many new aspects were brought out in this
excellent lecture. At the end he was awarded the
"Samuel". The entire lecture will appear in the
AHZ later.
15)
Next J. BECKER spoke on
"Suppression
from Vipera".
He spoke on the theme "Denial
is useless". He took up the toxicology of the
Viper poison with the introduction of the bite,
leading to panicky anxiety. Locally a blue-red
swelling, general feeling of stupor. In individual
cases in proving with high potency, sexual
excitement, immense energy, otherwise repressed
energy with fantasies, awful rage, sexual exceses to
the extent of incest, alcohol abuse and
premonition of death. Guilt problems are
predominant.
In the discussion GEBHARDT said that
despite many intersting points and intuitions, the
material was somewhat weak and in many ways
speculative. He therefore suggested to Mr.
BECKER to make a pure proving of Vipera berus
with intervening placebo periods so as to exclude
possible suggestions which may influence the
proven
16)
Dr. LANG spoke then on
"Aurum and
the suppression of life".
He differentiated
between a materialistic and a spiritualistic
Homoeopathy and spoke on the history of gold in
its symbolisms since olden times to the present
day. The Aurum type wore usually blue dress
which was rather worn out. Unaccustomed
responsibility aggravates.
17)
Dr. FRIESE spoke on
"Amalgams
-
Polemics and reality"
For amalgam intoxication
he gave Natrum selenicum D3 regularly 3 tablets
before breakfast four weeks after the amalgam is
removed and every three months until the
Quicksilver expulsion is evidenced in the
DMPS-test. In the pregnant woman the
amalgam should not be removed since the embryo
is affected and may cause inner ear hearing
loss in the child. Through instructive case reports
he illustrated his methods.
18)
Dr. KUHN spoke then, on
"Drug picture
of Silver and Quicksilver
in
comparision
to
Amalgam intoxication".
With 3 cases he
differentiated the symptoms which appeared and
arranged them in the different metals in amalgam.
He also pointed out that in those poisoned by
amalgam a trembling of the tongue when it is
put out and teeth imprint on the tongue have been
observed.
19) Dr. Mrs. SCHUTTE spoke on "Ulcerative
Colitis from Amalgam". He reported a case of
Ulcerative Colitis which was improved by
homoeopathic medicines but not cured. After
Acupunture an Amalgam intoxication was noticed and the
Amalgam was removed. After that the stool improved
immediately and there was no need for allopathic
medicines. Mercurius solubilis D100 and D200 to
decontaminate the Amalgam-removal.
In the discussion that followed HOFFMANN said
that a patient who did not respond to homoeopathic
medicine was improved by a DMPS-injection. Dr.
MEYER-KONIG^fsaid that most of the Amalgam-
filling were raw and dark, others were smooth and
shiny. The dangers in these cases are totally different. Dr.
SPRAINGER said that Mercurius solubilis in such cases
was contra-indicated. In breast CarcinomE Dr.
FRIESE found relatively frequent high Quicksilver
values. VIII. Report on Symposium "Homoeopathy
and
Placebo" on 8.2.1992 in the Heidealberg
University:
Some excerpts: Dr. GEBHARDT in his
Introductory lecture said that opponents of
Homoeopathy were against the small doses of high
potencies used in Homoeopathy and also questioned the
validity of the simile principle. As example the Cholera
epidemic in India in the 70s and recently in South
America can be cited to validate the effectiveness of
Homoeopathy. The Mustard gas poisionings in England
were treated with Mustard gas C30 successfully, injuries
were healed by Rhus toxicodendron. For the validity of
the simile principle in the Allopathic School he mentioned
three examples: Colchicum for Gout and for the familiar
Polyserositis, a rare Mediterranean disease, Secale
cornutum for Raynaud's disease, the intermittent
claudication and Migraine and a recently published cure of
a persistent Neutropenia through Chloramphenicol.
Prof. SCHWABE spoke on "Homoeopathy from
the stand point of Pharamacology". He cited the work
of Mrs. NETTER; further that of REILLY and
BENVENISTE's.
Dr. KIENE spoke on "Placebo effect in clinical
studies. Sense and nonsense". He said that in every
proving of a Verum against Placebo always in the Verum
group a placebo effect is contained. This is not assessed in
advance and therefore the results would be affected.
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Dr. RICHTER occupied himself with
"Discriminataion of Placebo effect from the
Homoeopathic effect": He demonstrated that a Placebo
- effect runs out after 2 to 6 weeks. The Placebo-effect
depe nds upon the strength of the drug, its dose, the form,
colour, its taste and kind of application, the application
period, the condition of the patient and the approach of
the physician to the problem. There is considerable
difference between Placebo and the homoeopathic
remedy. The action of the Placebo, weakens, runs out
soon, while the homoeopathic remedy's action holds or
increases.. The effectiveness of a Placebo is not there
while homoeopathic remedy's is present. The side-effects of
the Placebo are unspecific and predominantly on the
vegetative. By the homoeopathic remedy specific side-
effects are observed in the form of the remedy proving
symptoms, and first reactions. The appearance and
kind of application of the Placebo are suggestive, while
the homoeopathic remedy is anti-suggestive. Cure of
accompanying diseases are absent in Placebo, but is
frequent in the homoeopathic. He then spoke on the
problems of proof of the effectiveness and said that
the homoeopathic remedy must be proved as a whole, i.e.
two groups of patients with definite diagnosis out of
which one be treated homoeopathically and the other
allopathically. He then cited the works of KLEIJNEN and
co-workers, who analysed the efficacy of 107 studies and
found of course a whole series of valid works and so
came to the conclusion that the effectiveness of a
homoeopathic remedy is proveable.
The last speaker Dr. WALACH spoke on "The time
aspect of the Placebo effect": He pointed out that all
studies so far have been over a very brief period, at the
most six weeks. After- effects have not been examined so
far. After a period of seven weeks a Placebo-effect
weakens out. An effective pre-treatment diminishes
Placebo-effect. That for example is important for the
judgement of a homoeopathic therapy, since the patients
who go for a homoeopatahic treatment had already
undergone intensive treatment before. Also by the
second prescription the Placebo- effect goes off rapidly.
Good studies give different results. That is for various
reasons. A Placebo-effect may remain stable but only in
some patients.
In the discussion that followed Dr.
STAEUDINGER recommended a self-proving. Every
evening a globule of homoeopathic high potency to be
taken and note for a week the symptoms appearing.
Only after that should the name of the remedy be
revealed and compared with the already known drug
picture. Thus the effect of a high potency could be quickly
observed by every individual to his conviction.
Dr. GEBHARDT summarised the discussions and
ended the Seminar. IX. Report on the 47th Congress
of the LIGA in Cordoba/ Argentina, 27 - 31st October
1992.
[AHZ, 238, 3/1993J. Some extracts: This Congress
brought together the three schools in Argentina to one
table. Most of the speakers were from Brazil and
Argentina; Europe was represented only by 12 participants.
It was clear that the stage was set for the Schools of E.
CANDEGABE and A. MASI.
CANDEGABE dealt with the characteristic
features of Na/a tripudians and he brought into
prominence the minimum syndrome of maximum
value”:
Fire, desire to he near
Sadness, wrong way, as if having done everything
in
Delusions - troubles - brood over imaginary
Delusions - injjry - injured, is being by his
surroundings
Delusions - neglected - he is
Confidence, want of self - self depreciation
Confidence, want of self - failure, feels himself a
SELF-DECEPTIONS
He depicted irripressivey the deep sadness which
Na/a commands. A sadness which accompanies the
feeling of having committed something wrong. He or
she suffers from constant imaginary worries over
unpleasantness. The sadness proceeds with an
exaggerated sense of responsibility of obligation and
frori this comes the feeling that others have ignored
him because of that even attack him. He attempts to
defend himself and thinks that perhaps he was not at all
the problem, but that he was a victim of a higher
power. Despite that disappointed with himself, he
thinks he has been completely shattered. He knows no
more what he should do, as if he has two wills which
are against each other, he is under its sway and at trw
end knows no more who he actually is.
Na/a, CANDEGABE said, feels that he does
everything wrong, he sees everything poorly and black
and is incapable of withdrawing from the excessive
demands of his conscience. He feels himself as a
failure, scorned and disappointed. CANDEGABE
mentioned here a connection with symbol of fire. The
fire cannot overcome its destructive tendency while at
the same time drew its power and energyfrorr the
warmth which fire radiates. CANDEGABE also saw
the parallel with Phoenix: the legend says that the
Pnoenix when it saw its end was coming, built a nest
Out of aromatic wood and perfumed resins and eel
itself afire with the sunrays. From the marrow of ite
bones another Phoenix came up, a symbol of
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continuous death and birth.
A. MASI spoke cain a seminar and put forth his
points.
The Brazilians T FILHO, VALENETE DE
SOUZA, LUIS DE SOUZA, ALBUQUERQUE,
KNOP ZISMAN, C.de MIRANDA and MENESCAL
reviewed in a comprehensive manner Anacardium
orientate. The deep conflict of two wills in Anacardium
or/entate, the speaker said, is a separatation of Soul and
Body as also of Man from God.
The Argentinians de RIDDER, ZLOTNIK,
GALANTE, GOMEZ, TRIBODI and MASI presented
Chelidonium majus. MASI and his students have
developed a kind of study of the Materia Medica,
which in their opinion is according to HAHNEMANN
- from ARISTOTLE and THOMAS VON AQUIN -
delineated human picture. Their aim is, better to learn
“what the symptoms tell US’ and not just to take the
indication verbally. They support their arguments
particularly with the Materia Medics of ALLEN, and
C. HERING. Two themes were put forth: Seriousness,
Anxiety, etc.] and above all two classes of symptom-
groups were depicted:
a] Symptoms, which describe us the patient, who
he is [ state], which does not however give us the
motive for this state, and
b] Symptoms, which the prover assigns to some
motivation or a ground.
Out of the very thorough work only the
conclusive l actualised picture of Chef/don/urn majus”
from MASI is given hereunder:
1) He gave the actualisation of the expression of
the patient with reference to the place and time. He said
that we cannot expect that the patient of today needed
the same words as 150 years before. As example he
mentioned the following Symptom of Chelidonium
Dreamt that he was a soldier which caused him much
anxiety and which made him weep in sleep and which
made his wife wake him up” [ = only remedy in Syn.
Rep.]. MASI said that it would be unrealistic that
someone would report in similar words this symptom,
but it can indeed happen that he is a small employee in
a large Firm without chance to take decisions, always
subordinate to the orders of a higher official, and it
awakens in him much anxiety, weeps in sieep and at
last wakes up.
2) In the second part of his hypothesis MASI
actualised the picture of the over-compensated, ego-
centred Chelidonium- type who struggles to place his
life in such a way that he learns to triumph over his
sufferings, over his deficiencies, anxieties and his
needs. These problems may be put before us in the
following manner; “Doctor, I know very well and
excatly what is the matter with me, and I can explain to
you very well! You please relieve me of this terrible
shoulder pain or in a person who as ‘self-made man”,
independent, self-reliantly goes about an occupation
who takes trouble to see that he is never dependent
upon any one. Or in extreme cases, in the picture of the
Fakir, who learns to have absolute control over his
body and all his body functions, which he knows to the
smallest detail.
The endeavour of MASI to denote the concepts Psora,
Sycosis, and Syphilis, in Psora Primary [ anxiety,
Insecurity]. Psora secondary [ of concrete fear states [
so also Psora tertiary [ reaction], did not find general
approval. Also the idea that HAHNEMANN’s
Organon contained 80% hypothesis which was without
foundation as also the view that homoeopathic
suppression a grace of God, found little
agreement with the participants.
V. SARAGUSTI, Argentina spoke on
"The
lack of self-confidence of Caladium".
With the
help of a case the speaker demonstrated the sexual
problems of Caladium ["incomplete erections,
premataure ejaculation", "much excitement and
lasciviousness with impotence", "as much
excited he is so much impotent he becomes"] and
presented the relation of these symptoms with
pronounced deficiency of self-confidence which
Caladium possesses.
Three important characteristics of this
remedy were brought out:
1.
The weakness of memory
[
"forgets, what
he did, must often assure whether he actually did
what he wanted to do"]
2.
Fear of diseases
3.
The sexuality with the main symptom,
"increased sexual desire, associated with
incapacity
to perform coitus"
Similarly other urges he cannot gratify:
likes to drink, but has no thirst;
likes to eat, but no hunger;
feels the bladder full, without desire to
urinate, etc.
All these the speaker put forth on the basis of
the lack of self-confidence. When Caladium
evaluates everything, what he fee s, he must feel
uncertain with reference to what hsi saw and did
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must again reconfirm. Intersting fact is that the
Caladium patient recalls in sleep everything he
forgot during the day.
M. DRAIMANN, Argentina gave a very
convincing report of a successfully treated
autistic patient. The following symptoms gave
the picture of Sulphur:
Indifference to external things
Fear of high altitude places
Odd and remarkable acts
Gestures and postures
Late in learning to walk
Obstinate sleeplessness
Desire for fat
Aversion to sweets
Uncovering of feat at night
Involuntary stool and urine
Convulsions of Children
Beginning with Sulphur 30 the potency went
up to 50M. A continuous and striking
improvement of the sleep and behaviour as also a
complete sphincter control were achieved.
TOMASINI, Italy
"Study of the miasma on
the basis of Chaos theory"]
TIAMPIETRO,
Argentina
["Procedure in the treatment of tri-
miasmatic cases"] FISH, Argentina ["on the
Disease"],
TORRES, Mexico
["on Aph. 74,
Organon],
FISHER, Germany
["Case analyse
on the basis of the chronic
miasms"], DE
CARLO, Italy ["Soul, Disease, World"], and
DOMINGUEZ VELLO, Mexico ["on
HAHNEMANN's
concept of Disease"] referred
to the Chronic Miasms of HAHNEMANN's
Organon
6 edn.
RASTOGI, India verified six lesser known
medicines [Anthrakokali, Justicia adhatoda,
Cassia sophera, Aslotonia constricta and
Achyranthes aspera] by provings with 6 and 30
potencies, and obtained clinical and pathogenetic
symptoms.
Dr. MAAS, Netherlands, LIGA President
referred to a
retrospective
study of
over
24
cases
of
Ulcerative Colitis
patients [11 males, 13
females]. In all cases clear improvements were
noted, and only 12% went back to Allopathy.
Last but not least Z. BRONFMANN,
Argentina spoke on how Superman could be
helped. The big, heavy hero of many stories
suffers from double life [KENT - Superman],
which he is compelled to live. Without home,
helpless and powerless, he is delivered unto his
fate. Following symptoms form the bais of the
prescription: Excess of energy, bold,
clairvoyance, delusions, generous, fear of robbers
[with whom he constantly fights], quick and
good concentration, overflowing with ideas,
and much sympathy. Homesickness,
Timidity, Disappointed love, Cowardice and
Fear of being lost - Symptoms from CLARKE
and KENT. - are the rubrics. Althogether these
give Phosphorus, under the influence of the
treatment with Phosphorus, the speaker expected,
a new "man" without fear and cowardice and
sensation of being double, etc. would come.
X.
In Spring 1992 appeared the first issue of the
new
Ukrainian Homoeopathic Journal
from
Kiev. Thus a new Era in the history of
Homoeopathy in the East Slovakian people
dawned [Russian, Ukrainian, and White Russian]
In the first number articles from J.BAUR [Two
hundred years of omoeopathy - Results and
Perspectives], V.ODBETSKAJA [The
Homoeopathy Congress in
Kiev
1991], V.
ANTONCENKO, V. LL'IN, T. POPOVA [The
Physics of
Water
solutions
and
Homoeopathy], A.PELLEGRINI
[Carcinosinum
in
Wassermann times],
L.BAD'JA [The influence of
the
previous
hormone therapy on
the
prognosis of
the
homoeopathically treated allergic dermatitis
in children], D.CHAND
[An eatable stone
-
Halit.],
T.POPOVA [Alma Mater],
C.RUDOVSKAJA [Daybook of
a
participant in
a
course], V.ZAGREBELS,
SKIJ [Homoeopathic anecdotes],
V.CHIZNJAK [Yellow jasmine -
a
detective
story] What we can learn from other countries
a letter from A. GARTNER [AHZ, 238, 3/93
Official communications from the DZhA]: The
writer draws attention to the experiments carried
out by the CCRH [Central Council for Research in
Homoeopathy, New Delhi] in India in AIDS.
The details of the treatment and results have been
published in the BHJ. Vol.82
No.1,1993. The
writer calls attention to the results
reported by the CCRH and says that it shows that:
Homoeopathy has it's relevance in the past as also in
different epidemics; now there is before us another
epidemic - AIDS and the arguments in the CCRH's
report are quite strong [ 13 patients sero-negative and
are clinically sound] and that should stimulate us into
action for research officially and bestir activity.
XII. Some Excerpts from the NCH Annual
Conference: San Francisco, March 1992. [HT, 12,8 &
9/1992]
Dr. TAYLOR-REILLY David spoke on Hay Fever
and Asthma trials;. He spoke on the
Placebo-response and his trials. He had a patient who £
had haemophilia and was HIV positive and Hepatitis B
positive. His presenting problems were restricted
motion and pain in his right elbow. Surgery,
physiotherpy and drugs were unsuccessful. Since
there was no clear indication for Homoeopathy Dr.
REILLY applied Acupunture and after the first
application the joint was free instantaly and the
improvement lasted longer after subsequent
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treatment. This case had impact on the audience at a case
conference and soon he had over 200 referals. He
treated them with Homoeopathy, Acupunture and
Hypnotherapy Three-fourths of these patients had
useful improvement. Dr. REILLY has designed
training programmes lor homoeopaths at different
levels, each level programme self-contained. Within 3
and 4 weeks of attending a one-day introductory
training programme the doctors reported 80%
success rate with Homoeopathy. This course has, in 7
years, become the most popular post-graduate
programme in the U.K.1
After Dr. REILLY on the "Emergence of
Homoeopathy in Mainstream Medicine", Dr.
Randall NEUSTAEDTER, spoke on "The
Homoeopathic Management of Asthma in
children": The incidence of asthma - related deaths in
children has risen within the past 10 years. Dr.
NEUSTAEDTER believes that this increase is due to
past allopathic treatment with antibiotics and
vaccines. At times, it may be necessary to work in
conjunction with Allergists and/or paediatric
pulmonary specialists. The parent's role in asthma
treatment is crucial to the child's state of health....
Asthma problems are usually a constitutional issue.
Dr. NEUSTAEDTER's top ten constitutional remedies
include Natrum sulphuricum, Medorrhinum,
Phosphorus, Tuberculinum, Sulphur, Veratrum
album, Psorinum, Kalicarbonium, Silica and Calcarea
carbonica Acute remedies to be
considered
include Lobelia, 'pecacuanha, Sambucus,
Arsenicum, Antimonium tartaricum, Cuprum, Kali
arsenicum, Kali iodatum, Pulsatilla and Spongia.
NEUSTADTER's homoeopathic protocol is as
follows:
1. Constitutional treatment
2. Environmental contort measures
3. Individualized acute remedies as needed
4. Back-up Beta-agonists by metered dose
lhalers, dry powder capsules or, preferably by
ebulizers
5. Anti-inflammatory agents such as Cromolyn
odium or Steriods
Long-term case Management: A Video Case iresented
by Ananda ZAREN: She showed a case of German
woman with 10 year duration of sucorrhoea. The
speaker used the verbalised ymptoms as also the non-
verbal symptoms of the latient. The follow-up of several
years showed the leautiful improvement of this woman.
Initially her ymptoms were: a burning vaginal discharge
with i/hite flakes [worse before and after menses and better
luring menses], visibly fearful appearence, quiet 'oice,
"soft" mannerisms, worry over husband's lealth, and
annoyance that visitors tracked dirt into ler house. The
speaker said tht if a local remedy is liven in a case of long-
standing leucorrhoea, the result vill be suppression of the
problem. The remedy she jave was Arsenicum album and
she described this latient as the "passive" type of
Arsenicum.
The mental symptoms of passive Arsenicum:
resenting themselves for not measuraing up to their
own high standards. They tend to take their anger out
on themselves. They are prone to depression and to low
self-esteem. They feel inadequate.
Ms. ZAREN also provided with her comments jn
Arsenicum album. The Arsenicum album patients:
- focus their energy on themselves and their
own concerns
- feel incapable of bringing their life into
harmony; they experience life as bad
- work very hard to bring order into their
personal space. This helps them to be in
control and shut out the noise of the world
- have an interior life that is controlled, watchful
and careful. Every unexpected situation
causes them tremendous turmoil.
- feel caught in wanting to avoid imperfection.
They must be perfect.
- have order as their basic life issue
- are primarily addicted to fear and anger.
- are self starters. They are very active,
perpetually in motion, and restless inside.
- have a difficult time maintaining consistent
moderate energy flow, and find it very hard to
work at one thing at a time
- start new projects as soon as a project is over
and find it hard to get back
- have many projects at various stages of
completion. This creates dissatisfaction and
guilt. They feel they "should, should, should".
- can express anger well, although the passive
type finds it hard to express anger. A fear of
expressing anger is typical of the soft, passive
type. They fear that expressing their anger will
result in their being disliked or disapproved of.
They really want people to like them!
- are afraid of being alone [a very strong
symptom]
- perceive the world as too demanding
- won't consider modifying their own high
ethical standards
- value precision, exactness, tidiness and
cleanliness
- are rigid and stiuctured. They become highly
attached to their own projects
- are highly oversensitive to criticism but will not
show it. The passive type will withdraw and
have fear they will lose control
- are intense, they take life seriously
- can look like Phosphorus in the passive type
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- are secretive. They don't easily disclose deep
secrets and personal fears.
Dana ULLMAN spoke on "Understanding
Nature to learn Materia Medica": Learn from the
information available about the remedies in sources other
than the proving:; and toxicological reports. The study of
Materia Medica is a life-long one. There are a number of
ways to approach the study. The doctine of signatures,
practitioner's experiences, study the substance as it
occurs, in nature.
He gave a vivid portrait of Lachesis, interesting tid-
bits, how the snake eats its prey, mates and
strikes . Think of the: whole snake, not just the effect
of its venom, know more about in the context of its life, its
place in the environnent, with other snakes, with its prey -
- every part of the picture of Lachesis.
Similarly in Apis, the study went beyond the
stinger,its life, how it interacts with other bees in hive, and
the action of hive to maintain itself. "Buzzing with energy,
industrious....
In minerals: the function of the mineral in nature and
how it relates to the human condition.
Silica is present in almost a quarter of the earth's
surface and is found in our connective tissues too. It holds
up the stalk of wheat and our body as well.
In the cuttle-fish Sepia is a member of a family of
which includes darns, oysters, mussels and snails. A
creature with no sedentary habits, constantly in motion,
moving forward slowly, but moving quickly in reverse. It
changes color after its ink is released [in fear] to get
away.
Among the plaits: Ledum chooses to grow in the
cool wet places in the mountains;
or in the manner they grow trailing, spreading,
climbing - Rhus toxicodendron.
Chamomilla tends to invigorate sickly plants if it
grows nearby.
Pulsatilla never grows alone, and prefers dry, and
sandy soil in an open field or open shade.
Did you know that the poison ivy increases in night
and in cold damp cloudy weather? And that it is worst in
June and July? Both are the modalities of Rhus
toxicodendron.
The speaker suggested that we look to
information sources like zoology, botany, and
chemistry texts to learn about the whole remedy.
"Using Homoeopathy to alter habitual
patterns" was the subject of Janet ZAND: She spoke of
addictions that become habitual, as well as experiences
of life which lead to habitual behaviours. The cause should
be taken "good" because you might find that the "chronic"
problem can be cured by an "acute" remedy. An
example: a woman, chain smoker. The smoking began
after being trapped in an elevator twelve years earlier.
Aconite cured. "In self-remembering, it is possible to
break the addiction," JANET said. The four phases of
recovery from addiction are:
1] acute withdrawal;
2] detoxification;
3] recovery;
4] maintenance.
She cautioned to be aware that many habitual
addictions do not involve substances - one can be
addicted to work, sex or relataionships.
A man who was addicted to work and who behaved
like a tyrant at home, was cleared with Lycopodium-a
remedy, that is almost unique in its memory for smells
and memories of annoying details in which they
wallow.
A man who was compelled by an infatuation with a
woman was cleared of the habitual pattern [and of his
long-standing asthma] with Tuberculinum.
A woman who was unable to leave the husband who
beat her, was able to resolve it with a dose of Pulsatilla
despite the efforts often years of therapy.
Some of the other points:
Aconite fear with awareness of heart palpitation
[common among users of cocaine]
Antimonium tartaricum - delirium with stomach
pains and vomiting with much mucus [most common
among heroin addicts]
Aresenicum album - delirium with restlessness and
agitation [most among users of marijuana]
Nux vomica - delirium with muscle spasm and
twitching [common in alchoiics and cocaine users]
Stramonium - delirium imagining animals and
insects [ common among alcoholics]
Valeriana - excited and sleepless with irrational mood
changes [if patient is withdrawing from sleeping
medication or using alcohol to help them sleep]
Belladonna - sudden and violent behaviourwith an
inclination to bite
Crocus - anger leads to violence followed by quick
apologies
Tuberculinum - drinking leads to violence
Lilium tigrinum - irritable and nasty. Worse in the
evening. Somewhat violent. May throw things -like
dishes. Hyper-critical.
"Penetrating the Essence: Discussion on
Advanced Casetaking: presented by Jonathan
SHORE and Bill GRAY: They each spoke with poetry,
insight, and humour, and gave self-chosen examples in
the form of well-chosen cases. Jonathan SHORE re-titled
his talk "Zen of casetaking", since this touched on the
initmate "here and now" encounter between the souls of
two human beings in which illumination of suffering can
lead to the miracle of healing. It was quite "deep stuff".
The process of case taking demands an intensity
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of commitment and suffering on the part of both
protagonists. The validity of the spiritual dimension of
Homoeopathy lies not in the action of the remedy, but in
the potential transformation of the practitioner.The
primary, initial and fundamental effort of the prescriber
must be to establish a relationship with the patient. The
need to find a remedy must not be allowed to take
precedence over this relationship. It is dangerous to jump
levels, to move suddenly from an emotional plane to a
physical one. The prescriber must exercise great restraint.
That is, there must be a space between my thought, my
impulses and its manifestation.
In FREUD's original description of
psychoanalysis, the patient was supposed to say
whatever came to his /her mind with no attempt at
censorship. The analyst was to place him/herself in
exactly the same state, to listen without attaching any
special importance to one or another statement, and with
a completely open mind, which would allow the
unconscious of both to enter into a direct relationship and
facilitate the healing process. The patient is to express,
freely and without holding back, without censorship, his
deepest fears and feelings; all that was said is to be
received in the spirit of pure acceptance.
The patients need to feel that all the energies of the
physician are concentrated on their problem.
Bill GRAY mentioned how VITHOULKAS would
yawn in front of the patient when the case was
particularly difficult, because he realized that his task was
to relax completely in order for the dilemma to resolve
itself. Further abstracts:
Pay attention to the experiential clues: the pace of
expression, the resistance when pressed about something
difficult, the choice of words, the hesitancy of his/her
speech. Experience what the patient is feeling without
letting the Kentian rubrics get in the way. Remember
our own feelings during the interview are also important.
Since we can only prescribe on and change the pathology,
it is extremely important to focus on and to be clear about
what the patient's pathology is. To assist in this, Dr.
GRAY relies on VITHOULKAS' definition of health
[freedom on the physical, emotional and mental levels] as
an important guide. Defining health in such a manner can
be liberating to the patient, who may be more accepting of
and less burdened by these limitations, and can tell us more
freely of their limitations because they realize we aren't
judging them. Many students are taught "lateral" case-
taking, which means that to garner all the information one
needs to keep asking "what else" until the patient has
nothing more to add. Although this is very important,
BILL notes this could lead to the trap of having
accumulated such great deal of superficial information
that one still does not know the patient. To avoid this, he
suggests that you ask the patient to give examples, e.g. if
the patient feels "depressed" we may ask him to give an
example of what depressed him and the actual feeling.
Doing Homoeopathy means taking great pains to
listen to the patient.
"Two unusual respiratory remedies"
presented by Michael CARLSTON:
He discussed Moschus: a 3Vfe years-old girl with
severe wheezing was relieved with Moschus. A second
case of Moschus provided additional understanding of
the remedy and how it can be utilized in respiratory cases.
Moschus has difficult respiration, spasmodic asthma,
throat constriction, restlessness, intense anxiety, hysterical
qualities, and is worse from cold.
The second remedy discussed was Ammonium
carbonicum:
These patients tend to be mentally dull, anxious,
private, stiff, discrete, distant, suspicious, somewhat
overweight, worse from 3.00 to 4.00AM, and have
respiratory problems with nasal congestion. Constant
blinking is also a strong symptom. A video case of a
woman in her 30's was shown Dr. CARLSTON said:
When individual expression is isolated, the remedy
prerscription can be individualized.
Dr. Randall NEUSTAEDTER presented
"Homoeopathy and Strep throat": The diagnostics of
"strep" throat, and Acute Rheumatic Fever [ARF] were
discussed in detail.
The six remedies which the speaker most often used
in Strep throat are: Mercurius solubilis, Mercurius
iodatus flaws, Mercurius iodatus ruber, Lachesis, Hepar
sulphuris, Phytolacca, Nitric acid, Belladonna. To this list
Dr. Teresa SALVADORE adds Ailanthus.
"A look at children's Constitutional Types" by
Peggy CHIPKIN:
Peggy's choice of Constitutional remedies: S/7/ca,
Chamomilla, Calcarea carbonica, Phosphorus, Pulsatilla,
Baryta carbonica, Natrum muriaticum, Arsenicum
album, Lycopodium, Calcarea phosphorica,
Medorrhinum, Sulphur, and Ipecacuanha.
Highlights of these remedies:
Silica: Low stamina and lots of dental cavities.
Crave eggs [fried or scrambled] often they are well-
behaved; a glance disciplines them. Conscientious,
perfectionists. Lots of skin conditions.
Chamomilla: the symptoms are well-known.
Calcarea carbonica: the symptoms are well-
known; often a concern with religious matters -God and
angels.
Phosphrous: They are very sympathetic and caring
for others. Very excitable and enthusiastic. Easily
startled and distracted. They dehydrate easily.
Pulsatilla: Sweet natured. Shy yet open
personalities. They run to mother when in pain or
difficulty. They have trouble when siblings are born.
They are worse in sun and heat, yet better outdoors and
fresh air. This remedy can help blocked tearducts in
newborns [also Silica]
Baryta carbonica: The key-word here is slow. There
is trouble and jealousy at sibling births. They tend to lose
their hair under stress.
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Natrum muriaticum: Tremendously reserved due to
deep emotions. They won't show much affection. If
something happens to one of the parents these children
could develop serious illness as a consequence. They are
senstive,extremely polite, and well-behaved [Silica].
There is a tremendous sense of responsibility.
Arsenicum album: Often fearful and dependent on
their parents. This is often the remedy for anorexia in
teens.
Lycopodium: Can be very disobedient, defiant,
contradictory even contemptuous, malicious and rude.
Hate to be contradicted. They may be sexully active
early with no commitment.
Calcarea phosporica: Irritable, whiny, never
satisfied. Thin flabby build where the stomach sticks out.
There is a tendency to stiff neck and other problems.
Medorrhinum: Sometimes have a serious illness
at a young age or from birth. Infants may be born with
eczema. Can have extreme moods, fits of anger and
irritability. They are night owls who fight bedtime and
are hard to wake in the morning. May develop illness or
changes after vaccination. Sleep with their buttocks in the
air. Fear the dark, can startle easily, especially the infants.
They are leaders with strong personalities and can be
wild teenagers.
Sulphur: They work to figure things out and love to
read science books. They are often not involved with
other kids and can be loners. They tend to be leaders if
they do get involved with kids. [Well-known key-notes
like dirty skin, unwashed appearance of Sulphur Hot
feet of Medorrhinum, etc. have not been re-iterated in the
above extracts culled. = K.S.S.]
Dr. Alan LEVINE presented "A holistic and
homoeopathic approach to acute Anxiety": He began
by clarifying what anxiety is and what is being treated.
Anxiety is a normal phenomenon and a helpful one in day-
to-day life. It helps us to get through a situation; it
motivates us and helps us to think more clearly. That is
normal anxiety. But when anxiety is fixed, lasting, and
particularly when it is not related to a specific event, it
becomes limiting instead of motivating. It is this anxiety
with limitations which has to be treated.
The most common symptoms of anxiety are:
oppression in the chest, difficult breathing, sighing,
nausea, restlessness, faster heartbeat, and perhaps a
decrease in the appetite. May feel hot and stuffy, and may
even think that they are going to die. It can turn into a
panic attack.
Relaxation, exercise and nutrition will very often be
helpful and improvements should be made there first.
Then the appropriate homoeopathic medicines.
Dr. Ifeoma IKENZE spoke on "Understanding
Homoeopathy and homoeopathic thinking": The key
to cure lay in looking at the totality of the person. Dr.
IKENZE's teaching method is socratic, by engaging
the listeners in answering some basic questions like
"What is disease? Vital force? Energy? Resonance?".
She felt that it's important homoeopaths be
conversant in scientific models so they can stand up to
intellectual scrutiny and avoid "flake" label. She
presented four extremely varied cases, all of which
responded well to Nux vomica. She also showed how
homoeopathic thinking rejects any kind of generic
prescribing.
XIII. George VITHOULKAS - the man, his
computer program, and his magic by Rebecca
McCASLIN: This a report on a Seminar by George
VITHOULKAS on April 24 - 26, April 1992 in New York
City, on Advanced Homoeopathy with emphasis on case
Taking using the Radar-Vithoulkas Expert System, a
computer programme.
VITHOULKAS began by dispelling
misconceptions of how he decides upon a remedy by
explaining that his philosophy is based on
HAHNEMANN's Organon. One must study the
Materia Medica using the higher faculties of
imagination, projection and intuition to make the
information come alive. What does this person [who
needs a particular remedy] look like? How might he act?
How would fear of the dark be expressed differently in
Stramonium as compared to Pulsatilla? In other words,
try to feel the Materia Medica.
Next, take the case from the heart. Empathize. It is a
heart process. It is not logical. You take the case with your
heart to perceive the information.
Study the case using the Repertory.
Use facts; not imagination.
By "essence" we mean the mental emotional plane.
This does not exclude all other information.
You must base your prescription on the
symptoms the patient is expressing. The prescription is
based on facts. But there are principles.
It is very important that the intensity of the
symptoms of the patient match the intensity of the
symptoms proven in the remedy.
There are four dimensions to the symptoms: 1]
intensity [spontaneity is the same] 2] duration [once a
year or once a week] 3] hierarchy of symptoms
[how deep is the symptom?]
4] peculiarity in conjunction with what we have
recorded in Materia Medica [example: every time I
urinate, I have pain in the heart, which makes me stop
the urination]
Next step: look into the Repertory. Do not
prescribe on the basis of memory because more
remedies are listed than one has memorized.
Sometimes a remedy may not be listed in the
Repertory so look into the Materia Medica. Do not
eliminate information from the database because the
rubric doesn't exist. What is relevant is what is
important. The difference of success is in the analysis.
The parallel thoughts are: What is going on here? What do
I perceive? What is the patient saying? What are the salient
points? Is this a causation case? Where is the patient
stuck? What's he expressing? etc.
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A complicated case of a male child with
neurodermatitis was shown in video to clarify much of the
lesson.
VITHOULKAS discussed Family dynamics. When
one person in a family is sick, the others in the family
rearrange to adapt to the sick person. Once the sick person
is well it often can be a problem for the others. People do
not like changes. Members of the family may resist the
treatment or cure in spite of the love and affection they
feel for the patient. Many times there is an active
resistance to the deep changes taking place. A case of
insanity attacks in a woman [a wife and mother],
periodically was shown. Throughout the case analysis
Frederik SCHROYENS put the symptoms into the
computer to demonstrate the Radar VITHOULKAS
Expert System. This was a Staphysagria case brought on
by the family situation, which was intolerable for the
wife.
The last case shown was, in terms of the audience
expression "unreal", "far-fetched", and "fantastical".
This was a live case of a 52 year-old woman born of a
famil/ of alcholics. Her memory is of being depressed as
a tiny baby and abandoned at birth to be raised by
relatives; being in 26 schools by high school; sexually
abused by grandfather, uncle, stepfather and father; bitten
by a dog at 7 or 8 year old given 10 shots of live rabies
through the stomach wall and sick from that still; obese
and loves sugar; polio, age 8; began drinking alcoholic
beverages at 13; quit at 18; 4 children are recovering
addicts; still goes to AA meetings; bleeding duodenal
ulcer; atttempted suicide; Multiple Sclerosis as a result of
vaccine; first husband committed suicide in front of
children; she went into a coma, had incredible experience
with God and dead husband, and decided that: "I want to
stay here because the children need me"; diagnosed with
acute Leukaemia by a pathology class; paralysis;
blindness for 3 years; Polyneuropathy; Demyelination of
peripheral nerves; dentist gave drug to freeze inside mouth
and other side would go numb; has visions; and soon.
VITHOULKAS said: "The first thing that strikes me
is that there is confusion. I don't have something to hold
on to". She had been given dozens of homoeopathic
medicines in addition to many allopathic treatments
and medications. At different times she has different
symptoms with different elements so that a pattern
cannot be seen. The main symptom at the moment is
numbness in the body, face, eyelids, legs, feet. Her palms
and feet are supersensitive. The rubric: "Numbness,
externally, generals" is a large one. The demyelination
of peripheral nerves is the result of vaccination.
VITHOULKAS: "Mentally, how do you feel?"
"My mind is very busy. I had an incredible
experience with God."
VITHOULKAS: "This experience repeated? Other
experiences?"
"Yes. Well, I know I'm not crazy. I believe there is a
universal energy, most people call God. I had an
experience with a Being who looks like lightning does.
When this Being presents itself, the air smells like after a
rainstorm, like ozone. Every time the Being has
presented, something major of goodness happens. My
cell structure is going to be changed by a tremendous
amount of energy transmitted through me. I was told this
in 1987. That I had lot of work to do, a lot was expected
in this lifetime. I am expected to accomplish a very
important mission. It said I would be healed by 1992. This
has never led me astray. I was blind for a long time.
When I couldn't see I also could not talk. When I was in
that state and coming from being totally by myself, when
one is that helpless there is nowhere to go but in your
own soul. I'm not a religious person. I tried them all. I
can't do religion. I think it limits the energy."
VITHOULKAS: "How is your sleep?
.
"Not good. I wake up every night at 3 o'clock. I am
very busy at that time of the day. From 3 A.M. to 5 A.M.
VITHOULKAS asks a series of questions to pin down the
remedy. He says "I see a supernatural phenomenon in
her case. I given this case to study beforehand not knew
she would like to appear here. I read the case. I said forget
it. FREDERIK
was sitting next
to
me and putting
her symptoms into the computer from the paper.
When I looked at the information the computer
gave me I knew it was magic. I have never used
this remedy in all my years as a homoeopath."
The remedy came up in the first five symptoms
put into the computer. These were: General:
numbness; weakness; Gait reeling; and weather;
Storm. FREDERIK puts the other symptoms that
have been further revealed, through
VITHOULKAS' questions. The remedy has
been called both Satan's apple and Love apple.
Its branched root resembles the human form,
bringing superstitions and magic powers
attributed to it. Coming from the nightshade
family, the juice of its root was used as a narcotic
in the middle ages, and a magic potion of this
"Insane Root" caused visions. The remedy is
Mandragora.
"When you are given a patient to cure" says
VITHOULKAS "a universal energy comes at
that moment to help you give that remedy. I
believe that. And if you try to cure sometimes it
does not happen for other reasons."
XIV.
"Measles is back" writes Dr. Dean ROTHERS
[Resonance, 15, 1/1993] The article says that
the children of mothers who had been
vaccinated for Measles contract the disease since
their mothers had no natural immunity against
measles, whereas mothers who gained natural
immunity passed the immunity to their children.
According to a report "now more than one quarter
of all US measles victims are under a year old, an
age when this disease was rare."
XV.
For the first time, Homoeopathy was included
in the programme of
The Washington
Psychological Association
in its meeting during
the last week of October 1992. [Resonance, 15,
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XVI.
In the Editorial [Resonance, 15, 2/1993] Dr.
Dean CROTHERS says that during 1992 there
was a 60% growth in sales in pharamaceutical
industry in the US in the past year, but only an
eight percent growth
in sale of single remedies to homoeopathic
physicians during the same period".
XVII.
Dr. Janet LEVATIN reports [Resonance,
15, 2/1993] of a case of a girl child who
experienced both acute and chronic reactions to
vaccines.
XVIII.
A letter to the editor Randall
NEUSTAEDTER, [Resonance, 15, 3/1993]
refers to the fact that in a study of 1990 published
in the New England Journal
of Medicine, it has been said that about a third
of Americans seek medical care outside the
confines of the allopathic, bio-medical science.
The AMA is doing all it can to stop this change.
The writer therefore has proposed a letter to the
First lady of the USA asking for certain points to
be taken into consideration in the National Health
care Policy.
XIX.
A bee sting pain which travelled up the arm
was very quickly helped by Hypericum. However,
on return home from the fair, he took Apis and
during the night the arm was much swollen and
there was much itching and another dose of Apis
was taken which caused further aggravation.
Again Hypericum was taken and immediately
improvement began. Lesson: Prescribe according
to the symptoms and not by rote. [From a Letter to
the Editor, Resonance, 15, 3/1993]. XX. A
Curate's egg in Cordoba - Congress Report
(BHJ, 82,2/1993):
This is a brief report on the LMHI Congress
held at Cordoba (Argentina) during 27 - 31
October 1992. Apart from being a congress of the
LMHI this meeting also incorporated the 5th
Brazilian - Argentine homoeopathic meeting and
the 3rd unified Congress of the three schools of
homoeopathy of Argentina.
Dr. Henk MAAS presented a paper on
retrospective survey of all 24 patients with
ulcerative colitis treated by him between 1973 and
1992. Of these patients 67% showed good response
to treatment with over half able to stop all
conventional drugs.
Dr. A.U. RAMAKRISHNAN presented
three remarkable cases of malignant disease
which had apparently responded to
homoeopathic treatment, including one of
squamous cell Carcinoma of the oesophagus
which responded to S///cea and Conium.
Two double-blind clinical trials were
presented one was by Dr. Carles AMENGUAL on
the results of a double-blind study of
Homoeopathy in the recent cholera epidemic in
Peru. The other was by Dr. Jennifer JACOBS
who presented the results of an 81 case double-
blind trial on childhood diarrhoea in Nicaragua.
Dr. D.P. RASTOGI reported on the recent
provings and reprovings of five medicines:
Anthrakokali, Justicia adhatoda, Alstonia
constricta, Cassia sophera and Achyranthes
aspera.
Dr. Helga LESIGANG reported on the
proving of Latrodectus mactans 30x. This was the
first proving of this medicine, which has
previously been used on the basis of its
toxicology.
Dr. Frank WIELAND gave a comprehensive
review of the development of proving methods
from HAHNEMANN on and presented the
painstaking and double-blind proving method
which he is developing in Germany.
The miasmatic approach was most
pronounced in the presentations of the group
who acknowledged Dr. Masi ELISALDE of
Argentina as their master. One of these groups
gave a series of 4 presentations of Anacardium
which consisted almost exclusively of a lengthy
cla ssi fic ati on and reclassification of its mental
symptoms. This was followed by a presentation
of Chelidonium which too focused almost
exclusively on the mental and spiritual aspects. Dr.
Masi ELISALDE himself spoke on the
philosophy of St. Thomas AQUINAS and of the
religious positions of HAHNEMANN and
other homoeopaths. He appeared to equate Psora
with original sin although in response to
questioning he stated that 'Psora is not original
sin, but a direct
consequence of it'. [Report by Dr. Peter
FISHER, BHJ, 82 2/1993]
XXI.
A correspondent reports [BHJ, 82, 2/193 -
Letter to the Editor] that Monosodium glutamate
[MSG] which is used to enhance the flavour of food
produces 'side effects' which disturbs the whole
human economy. A list of 100 symptoms has been
compiled which can be directly related to MSG, 'and
the list continues to grow.' The mental symptoms
alone include: fainting, confusion, depression,
paranoia, hallucinations, mood swings, slurred
speech, restlessness, tenseness and sensation as
though the head were 'detached'. MSG also produces
cranial, ocular, throaic, respiratory, cardio-vascular,
gastrointestinal, oral, visu al, menstrual,
musculoskeletat, urinary and neurological symptoms.
MSG has been potentised with very gratifying results.
The correspondant further says that MSG rivals Apis
in oedema and Belladonna for violent throbbing
headaches.
The remedy deserves a classical proving.
XXII.
Here are some News from
Simile
Vol. 3
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No.1/1993 issued with the BHJ, 82, 1/1993:
1)
The BHJ received several awards in the first
annual competition for the best articles within
homoeopathic literature. The competition was
organised by the National Board of Homoeopathic
Examiners of the USA.
2)
Since preparations which contain
pyrrolicidin alkaloids with a 1,2 unsaturated necin
structure are thought to be carcinogenic regulations
concerning their use have been changed under the
German Medicines Act, 1992. Licences for the
following medicines derived from the following plants
containing these alkaloids have been revoked for
potencies lower than 6x. The genera include
Symphytum, Eupatorium, Cineraria, Brachyglottis,
Erechthites, Tussilago and Heliotropium.
3)
The Third International Congress for
Veterinary Homoeopathy
was held in Miinster,
Germany on 4,5,6 September 1992. There were over
100 delegates from all over the World.
Skirt and
Homoeopathy
was the subject on the first day. On
the second day
Homoeopathy in the herd situation
was discussed and lectures were given.
Reserch topics were next. A variety of topics was
discussed on the final day. The next congress was
provisionally set for 1994 in Orlando, Florida.
4)
Dr. Peter FISHER in The International Scene'
says that while Homoeopathy was suppressed in
Spain during the period of Gen. Franco, it has been
flourishing after his death in 1975 and has the
patronage of HM The King Juan Carlos I of Spain.
5)
HAHNEMANN's house in Kothen [in former
East Germany] has since been purchased by the
Deutscher Zentralvere in homoopathischer Arzte
[DZVhA] for DM340,000/-. The plans are to convert
the house into a Museum and a Venue for meetings.
6) A Correspondant draws attention to
information received from the Active birth Centre,
London, that Caulophyllum is better used in labour if the
contractions are weak and inefficient; routine
prescriptions of the remedy in the weeks before produces
hypotonic labours. However, Dr. Jeremy SWAYNE in his
letter in
Simile
Vol .3,2/1993 says that in his experience
it was hypertonic uterine contractions [not hypotonic]
that came from the use of Caulophyllum. He formed the
impression that prescription of this remedy during the
weeks before labour did enhance the progress of the first
and second stages of labour, but stopped prescribing it in
multiparous women without a history of prolonged labour
because of a number of exceptionally rapid, even
precipitate deliveries in such mothers and that some of his
colleagues had similar experience. Dr. SWAYNE says that
he never encountered the problem of uterine inertia
following apparent over-stimulation with Caulophyllum.
XXIII.
Some news from
Simile
3, 2/1993 [issued with
the BHJ, 82, 2/1993]:
1)
Lycopodium has been used for many years
homoeopathically to treat the symptoms of dementia
in the elderly. Lycopodium contains traces of Alumina,
which is one of the oxides of Aluminium and Silica, the
dioxide of Silicon. Both aluminium and silicon are
found in increased amounts in ageing brains.
Researchers at the Loyoya University of Chicago have
been given a grant to study an extract of Lycopodium
used in Chinese medicine to treat dementia in the
elderly.
2)
There are interesting reports about the
growth of Homoeopathy in the former Eastern Block
countries Poland, Romania; about the state of
Homoeopathy in New Zealand and Dr. Peter FISHER's
impressions on his tour of Nigeria, France, Russia,
Western Germany, Poland, Brazil, Spain, Monaco,
Argentina, Venezuela and Mexico.
3)
Dr. Charles O. KENNEDY suggests that in
recent years the medical establishment has
recognised the useful contributions that the
Non-Medically Qualified Practitioners [NMQP] make
and that they should be given further training so that
the public can be served properly.
XXIV.
Ananda ZAREN Seminar,
Monterey,
California, Feb.-13--16,1992. reported by Julian
JONAS. Some points:
ANANDA's method is to search for the point where the
organism suffers an insult, labelled "the hurt", and
identify the protective mechanism. This reaction is called
"the wall". For most of the cases presented the hurt was
an emotional one. She was nothing short of brilliant in
ferreting out the source and quality of the hurt. She relied
heavily on body language, facial expressions and other
mannerism to explore the attitudes and feelings the patient
was manifesting. When these became clear to her, she
would correlate the symptoms to the hurt to identify a
possible remedy. At that point, she began to solidify her
choice by tirelessly confirming symptoms in the
Repertory.
She emphasized repeatedly that
psychological analysis mut be grounded in the reality of
confirmed symptoms. She warned that
it
is very wrong to
be taken in by the posture that a patient takes
to
protect
himself while missing the actual hurt itself. This was
demonstrated by a case. Altogether sixteen cases were
presented. A remedy that she found to be almost as
common as Medorrhinum and Tuberculinum is Bufo.
Three cases of children of ages six years, two years and two
days. The oldest was a case of suppressed eruptions [at
three months] that lead to spastic bronchitis, pneumonia
and behaviour disorders. The middle child was born with
multiple deformities and mental handicaps, while the
newborn was thought
to
have possible neurological
irregularities because of lack of reaction. The thread tying
together these cases was the difficulty each child had in
making contact with the outside world. It was hard for all
three of the mothers to connect with their children. She
stressed that Bufo need not be retarded. They may, in fact,
excel at one particular skill as with
a
computer whiz, star
athlete or musician. She rarely fin ds masturbation in
Bufo cases. She also emphasised that once the remedy is
given the case must be allowed to unfold, not over a
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XXV.
The Cambridge Seminar on Homoeopathic
Acute Care:
Winter Illness reported by Julian
JONAS.
The New England School of Homoeopathy [NESH]
sponsored a three day Conference in Graduate School
building of the Harvard University on 19 - 21 sept. 1992
It was focussed on the management of acute respiratory
ailments. Roger MORRISON gave a presentation
covering Asthma, chronic Bronchitis ano Pneumonia. He
differentiated the types of Asthma and then reviewed
where to find different rubrics relating to Asthma in the
Repertory.
The lecture on the management of Asthma was
very instructive. His discussion of Pneumonia was
presented as a differential list of the most frequently used
remedies organized according to the stages of the diseasse.
Paul HERSCU gave a very detailed analysis of the
relationship of acute ailments and the chronic picture.
The question which he posed was "what happens when a
patient has an [apparent] acute episode after the
constitutional prescription!".
XXVI.
The journal
Experientia
1992; 48: 504-8
published a report titled
"Mechanical agitation of
very dilute antiserum against IgE has no effect on
bosophil staining properties"
byOVELGONNE, JH,
BOL AWJM, HOP WCJ, VAN Wl JK R. As the title of the
a r t i c le says there was no significant action
demonstrated at ultramolecular dilutions of anti IgE. This
is contrary to the findings reported by
BENVENISTE et. al. (Nature 1988; 333: 816-8).
In 1966 SMITH and BOERICKE reported (JAIH
1966; 59: 263-80) changes in the Nuclear Magnetic
Resonance (NMR) spectrum of ultra molecular
dilutions. There has been some further work in this regard.
The French journal
Journale de Medicine Nucleaire et
Biophysique
has recently published a further contribution
(1992; 16:135-45) to the NMR literature from a research
group which includes BENVENISTE's former
collaborator Dr. Bernard POITEVIN. The results confirm
the ultra-molecular effects but the authors seem to be
excessively cautious in their conclusions. (BHJ, 82,
1/1993) XXVII.
Omeomed
92 was organized by the
Institute Superiore di Medicina Olistica e di Ecologia
at Urbino a town in the North- eastern region of Italy.
Urbino is the only University in Italy to offer a post
graduate course in Homoeopathy. The Conference was
attended by some 250 delegates, mostly from Italy, but
with a smattering from all over the world.
Prof N.C. SUKUL f rom West Bengal
summarized his neuro physiological work with
homoeopathic dilutions. These include catalepsy induced
by-Agar/cus in high potencies and the effects on activity in
the lateral hypothalamus, as recorded by stereotactically
placed microelectrodes, ofNat.mur. in rats fed on a high salt
diet.
Dr. Peter FISHER of London spoke on the
'Mithridates effect'drawing together the story and a series
of King MITHRIDATES, the modern scientific concept or
hormesis and a series of experiments on the effects of
highly dilute mutagens on human lymphocytes in cell
culture. Then Prof. Zvi BENTWICH of the Ben-Ari
Institute of Clinical Immunology, Rehovot, Israel,
reported his immunological experiments demonstrating
the response of mice to very high dilutions of key limpet
haemocyanin.
Dr. Christian ENDLER, Graz, Austria spoke of his
work on the effects of Thyroxine 30x on tadpoles.
Mis
most startling new finding is that the effects still occur
when the Thyroxine is merely placed in a sealed vial in
contact with
the
water in which the tadpoles live, instead
of being added to it.
Many other physicists spoke which indicates many
developments which may lead to a revolution in the
understanding of the physical basis of action of extremely
high dilutions.
Prof. Christian DOUTREMEPUUICH, Bordeaus, a
haematologist showed in a series of rigorous experiments
that Aspirin 5cH paradoxically reduces bleeding time in
healthy volunteers.
Prof. BORNORONI showed that pre-treatment with
ultramolecular dilutions of the plant hormone indole
acetic acid decreases the growth of maize seedlings.
Dr. Bernard POITEVIN presented the results of his
recent NMR work.
Dr. Harald WALACH
a
psychologist
discussed his pilot, double-blind, placebo-
controlled proving of Belladonna 30c.
Dr. Reiner APPEL of the Independent
University of Berlin introduced
a
large scale
clinical project on
the
homoeopathic treatment
of postmenopausal osteoporosis.
Prof. AMODEO from Sicily, presented
interesting work on vascular pathology,
showing positive results from Arnica 5cH in
improving toleration of long-term intravenous
catheters, and Hamamelis in venous
insufficiency in the legs, assessed by Doppler.
Dr. M. SARUGGIA, Italy, presented
a
clinical
trial
of
China in renal dialysis.
Dr. D.P. Rastog: of the Central Council for
Research in Homoeopathy, New Delhi presented
his work on asymptomatic HIV positive patients.
Dr. C. PALMERINI from Perugia showed
that Phosphorus 30cH reduces liver fibrosis in rats
treated
with
Carbon tetrachloride.
Dr. KHUDA-BUKHSH, a zoologist from
the University of Kalyani, West Bengal reported
ibatArnica in high dilutions prevents chromosomal
damage from x-ray in mice.
(Reported by Peter FISHER. BHJ, 82, 1/1993)
XXVIII.
First International Conference on
Water Systems and Information, Kiev - The
Ukraine,
12-17 May 1992: This Conference was
organized by the Institute for Theoretical Physics
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of the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences. It was the
first conference of the kind to have brought
together physicists and medical professionals in
various fields, including practising homoeopaths
and doctors using
'energy medicine'.
The aim of
the Conference was to invite the attention of the
world scientific community to the problems of
information transfer in water systems and
development of methods for quality control of
homoeopathic medicines. The reports covered
three specific topics:
models of bioinformational properties of
water systems; instrumental means of
information transfer and identification of
informational properties of water systems; new
homoeopathic technologies and devices.
About 100 scientists, researchers and
practising homoeopaths had gathered to discuss
37 reports (From the BHJ, 82, 2/1993) XXIX. In
a
'letter to the editor' a correspondant reports (BHJ,
82,2/1993) ofaProf. ReinholdVOLL, MSc, MD,
of Stuttgart, Germany, who prescribes mixtures
of potentised medicines. Dr. VOLL uses an
electrical measuring device known as Dermatron
which was able to measure subtle electrical fields
in the human body. From the measurement values
so obtained Dr. VOLL applies various medicines
in order to create an electrical equilibrium. The
correspondent who was struck down with the
early stages of Leukaemia in 1976 was treated by
Dr. VOLL who sometimes uses 50 or 60
potentized medicines in one preparation some of
which were often nosodes, and there was clear
improvement. The correspondant further says
"whilst I am sure classical Homoeopathy can
achieve great things, it would be a mistake to
dismiss complex prescribing".
XXX.
A Report on the 6th GIRI Symposium
held at Munich, 26-27 October 1992 (BHJ, 82,
2/1993). It is noted from the Opening address of the
President GIRI, Madeleine BASTIDE that since
its creation in 1987, GIRI has been carrying more
and more researches on high dilutions. In the
present Symposium there is deep questioning of
the validation of research on high dilutions with
respect to experimental models and clinical trials.
New paradigms will be proposed which should
lead to new experimental approaches. The titles
of the papers discussed are:
1.
Object-signifier relationship in low-dose
or high-dilution effects Theoretical approach
by
LAGACHE A, BASTIDE M.
Analysis of various experimental models by
BASTIDE, LAGACHE A.
2.
Time-serial design for clinical trials
by
BRANDS
M.
3
Isothermal microcalorimetric analysis of
homoeopathic dilutions
by CABANER C,
BASTIDE M.
4.
Effects on highly diluted B2-adrenergic
agonists on isolated guinea pig trachea
by
CALLENS E., DEBIANE H., SANTIAS M.C.,
RUFF F.
5.
Protective effect of very low
concentrations of heavy metals (Cadmium
and Cisplatin) against cytotoxic doses of these
metals on renal tubular cell cultures
by
DELBANCUT A., DORFMAN P., CAMBAR
J.
6.
A Hahnemannian drug proving on frogs
by ENDLER P.C., PONGRATZ W., VAN
WIJK R., WIEGANT F.A.C. WALTL K.,
GEHRER M., KASTBERGER G., HAIDVOGL
M.
7.
Effect of high dilutions of epidermal
growth factor (EGF) on in vitro proliferation
of keratinocyte and fibroblast cell li nes
by FOUGERAY, S., MOUBRY K., VALLOT N.,
BASTIDE
M.
8.
Aspect of Chaos in homoeopathic
research
by GARNER C, HOCK
N.
9.
A double-blind randomized placebo
controlled study of cholera treatment with
hightly diluted and successed solutions
by
GAUCHER C, JEULIN D., PEYCRU E.,
AMENGUAL C.
10.
Likelihood of validity evaluation for
screening clinical studies using high dilutions
by JONAS W.B., LINDE K., MELCHART D.,
HORNUNG J.J.
11. Methodological guidelines for
confirmatory experimental studies on serial
dilutions: a proposal by LINDE K., MELCHART D.,
JUNAS W.B., HORNUNG J., WAGNER H.
12.Revival of an experiment from 1924
Further botanical studies by PONGRATZ W.,
BERMADINGER E., VARGA F., ENDLER P.C.
13.Studies on growth hormesis and on
altered sensitivity of mammalian cells during
pathology by SOUREN J.E.M., OVELGONNE H.,
WELTERS M.J.P., VERLINDENOOMS H., BOLS
A.W.J.M. WIEGANT F.A.C., VAN WIJK R.
14. Immunomodulation of the specific
immune response to KLH by high dilutions of
antigen by WEISSMAN 2., OBERHAUM M.,
TOPPER R., BENTWICH Z.
15. Galactoside-binding lectin from
mistletoe by GABIUS J., BEUTH J., JOSHI S.S.,
KAY SER K., KOCH B., KRATZIN H., PULVERER
G., VIDAL- VANACLOCHA F., WALZEL H.,
WESTERNHAUSEN M., GABIUS H.J.
16. Supermolecular organization of highly
diluted solutions by GUTMANN V.
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17. Possible cancer risk with
phytomedicinal, homoeopathic and
ethnomedicinal drugs - Threshold doses and
strategies for risk estimation and assessment by
HECKER E., GLAESER S., GMINSKI R.
18. Dose-dependent drug effects in
phytotheraphy and homoeopathy by
KALBERMATTEN R.
19.Deterministic chaos by SMILANSKY U.
20.Galphimia glauca for hay fever (low dose
pharmacology) by WIESENAUER M.
XII. BOOKS
1. Materia Medica Viva - Vol. I. by George
VITHOULKAS, published by Health and
Habitat, Mill Valley, California 1992, 276
pages, hard cover, $ 70 -. reviewed by Dean
CROTHERS [Resonance, 15, 3/1993]
"George VITHOULKAS' long-awaited Materia
Medica Viva [Volume ] has been published at last.
Volume I covers 26 remedies: Abel moschus to
Ambrosia... I can strongly recommend it, though with
George VITHOULKAS'Si reputation it probably does
not need my recommendation. This book is a
beautifully written, practical guide to the psychological
pathology of many of these remedies, and to the
guiding characteristics of the others. It is one of the
fewbooks on materia medica which I have enjoyed
reading like a book rather than using only as a
reference for study. Dr. George GUESS, through
dedication and hard work, did an outstanding editing
job.... It is a gem and I want more"
2. Typology in Homoeopathy by Leon
VANNIER, English translation published by
Beaconsfield Publishers Ltd. England, 1992,
175 pages, soft cover, $ 37.95. reviewed by Wm.
Mark IMMEL [Resonance, 15, 3/1993]
"originally published in France in 1955, Dr.
Marianne HARLING has brought us the first English
translation of this interesting book The constitution
is defined as being "that which is", representing
characteristics we are born with that are essentially
unchangeable. The temperament is described as "that
which becomes" and "is a dynamic evolution
superimposed upon the static constitution". It is the
sum of all which is variable in the patient. The
interaction between the constitution and the
temperament is the subject of study and the foundation
of the person's state of health. Dr. VANNIER
describes eight basic prototypes, named from Greek
and Roman divinities with definite individualising
traits. He goes on to describe how the type presents in
each of the remedy commonly needed by people with
the characteristic of the prototype.... Rarely existing as
a single pure prototype, most people display
characteristics of two to four of these classifications....
The book is beautifully illustrated with Photographs
and drawings Typology in Homoeopathy is a
unique, information-packed book which is off the
beaten path of our collection of materia medica texts.
It is a reference book which is easy to enjoy and yet, if
studied in detail, can broaden our knowledge of the
human condition."
3. My memorable Cases - A Step by Step
Approach to Treatment by Dr. T.P.
CHATTERJEE, B.Jain Publishers, New Delhi,
1988, 104 pages, $ 10. reviewed by Daniel
PAPISH [Resonance, 15, 3/1993]
"Well-defined case histories provide a useful
treasury for homoeopaths. This little book of 26 cases
belongs by its quality in that treasury.... the result is a
work that may serve the homoeopathic community for
many generations."
4. Samuel Hahnemann - Krankenjournal DF.5
[1837 -1842]. hrsg. v. R. JUTTE, Transkription
u. Ubersetzung V. Arnold MICHALOWSKI.
1205 Seiten, Ganzleinen, DM 198, -. Haug-
Verlag, Heidelberg 1992. French German
[Samuel HAHNEMANN. Patients Register].
Reviewed by Stefan REIS [ACD, 2, 2/1993]
"HAHNEMANN is dead-long live
HAHNEMANN I The first quick reading of this new
book justifies this emphasis. The patients Register DF
5 shows HAHNEMANN's practice in his later life in
Paris with his wife MELANIE.... The book indicates
how in his advanced age HAHNEMANN pursued his
researches intensively to make his therapeutics finer.”
5. Homoeopathy and Human Evolution by
Martin MILES, Winter Press, distributed by Cutting
Edge Publications 1992, paperback 171 pages, £ 8.95,
reviewed by Peter CHAPPELL [The Homoeopath,
13,1/1993]
" .......... This book is interesting reading on
several counts. Druids, because of their influences on the
Society; Druid philosophical strengths and
weaknesses that have impinged on Homoeopathy and
fill this book; MARTIN'S views of miasms; the thymus
gland; Druid teaching and the arcane, esoteric design of the
universe . . .In this book MARTIN is attempting to
weave many shreds.. . He seems fine on lots of the pure
homoeopathic stuff, that is the best and for me the only
homoeopathic reason to read this book, but as soon as he
starts to philosophize, dressing up Druid or other
teaching with homoeopathic clothes it reeks of the
proselytizing,
arrogance and all the rest In summary then this
book is like a dustbin full of very old dusty clothes of
dubious origin . . . " [The three page long review by Peter
CHAPPEL of Martin MILES' book was rather
unnecessarily harsh. Readers have reacted to this review
in The Homoeopath, 13, 2/1993]
6. The Homoeopathic proving of Hydrogen by
the Dynamis School of Homeopathy, proving
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director Jeremy SHERR, paper back E 9.00,
reviewed by Louis KLEIN.
[The Homoeopath, 13,1/1993]
" .... I can say definitely, that this looks like
other provings, and if you're really into provings you will
really enjoy this book . . . The provings does not
necessarily bring out all that is necessary for us to
prescribe upon, but it gives the foundation necessary for a
beginning understanding of a remedy. From this we can
then share clinical experiences with this remedy
building a solid body of dependable information to
prescribe on . . The book is well laid-out with careful
reference and coding of each symptom as to the prover
number, the day and time the symptoms appeared after
commencing the proving . . At the back of the book
are repertory
additions .... this is truly an advance for our
profession.
7. The Magical Staff, The Vitalist Tradition in
Western Medicine, by Mathew WOOD, North
Atlantic Books,1992, 209 pages, paperback
E 9.95 reviewed by Ian WATSON [The
Homoeopath, 13, 1/1993]
"This fascinating book is a comparative study of some
of the major figures in the history of natural medicine,
ranging from the 15th century reformer PARACELSUS
through to Edward BACH whose flower remedies are
familiar to most of us. Other key players include our
own Drs. HAHNEMANN, BURNETT and KENT
representing different facets of the homoeopathic school;
RADEMACHER, who like PARACELSUS, can best
be described as an empiricist; and SCUDDER,
THOMPSON and others from the American eclectic
tradition ... The series of physicians traced out in this
book represents a tradition that, though separated by
sectarian strife, is unified by hidden bonds and recurrent
themes, so that it can also be appreciated as a coherent
approach to healing wisdom it is revealed how
the coveted
phrase similia similibus curentur, which
HAHNEMANN adopted for himself, and most
homoeopaths ever since have assumed to have
originated from him, was coined centuries earlier by
PARACELSUS in identical form . . . Considerable
research must have gone into this book . . . I was intrigued
to read that in 1896 alone, KENT and his students treated
more than 18,800 patients - an average of 51.5 per day,
assuming he worked seven
days a week, every week of the year! Having
read the book through quickly and later studied it in
greater detail, I found it to be one of those works that
stimulates insights and ideas for discussion I
enjoy the book and have few criticisms to make. There are
a higher than average number of spelling and
typographical errors ... Overall I think that the author has
done a good job and his book deserves to be read by
students and practitioners of all schools of energy
medicine."
8. Small Remedies and Intersting Cases IV -
Proceedings of the 1992 IFH Professional
Case Conference. Edited by Stephen KING,
Sheryl KIPNIS & Cathy SCOTT, International
Foundation for Homoeopathiy, Seattle WA USA
1992, paperback, 291 pages. £15.95 reviewed
by Robin LOGAN
[The Homoeopath, 13, 1/1993]
"This book is a transcript of the latest case
conference I find books like this invaluable.
However experienced you are you can always
learn from colleagues, even if your styles of
practice differ. . . . Five of the presentations are
by women which is refreshing I should like to
see a lot more of this sort of material ..."
9. Homoeopathic medicines for Pregnancy
and Childbirth, by Richard MOSKOWITZ,
North Atlantic Books & Homoeopathic
Educational Services Berkeley, California.
1992. 288 pages, paperback £ 9.95 and
10. The Woman's Guide to homoeopathy, the Natural
Way to a healthier life for women, by Andrew
LOCKIE & Nicola GEDDES, Hamish Hamilton,
1992, 352 pages, hardback £ 18.99; both books
reviewed by Caroline SCHUCK.
" ........ In the first book he draws on the
experience of more than 800 pregnancies from his 19-
year practice. The book is a good clear introduction on
the most commonly used remedies for pregnancy and
childbirth practitioners. Not only is the book written in
straightforward and clear style but this clarity is reflected
in the design of the book which is
set in
a
pleasant large
face with plenty of subheadings and spaces ... the book is
brought alive by Richard's use of case histories to
illustrate remedies or situations. Richard's book comes
hot-foot on Miranda CASTRO's superb book
Homoeopathy for Mother and Baby,
which seems to
hold your hand through every physical and emotional stage
of the childbearing proces and is aimed primarily at the
mother...."
"The Woman's Guide to Homoeopathy
.. This large format book is tightly packed with useful
information aimed at the open- minded lay person and gives
homoeopathic, nutritional and life- style advice. . . . On
the whole this is a book packed with sound advice and
good self-help tips. It does much to elucidateand
demystify medical terminology and I can recommend it for
those! keen to know more about their medical problems."
11.
Homoeopathic Medicine for Children and
Infants
by Dana ULLMAN, Jeremy Tracher
Perigee Books 1992. Paperback, 257 pages,
£ 7.95. reviewed by Appi PERRY.
[The Homoeopath, 13, 1/1993]
"
......
This book however, is aimed not at
homoeopaths, nor doctors, but at parents who seek
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'safe, natural and effective alternatives to potentially
harmful drugs' , and we must all be agreed that the
treatment of children is an area where any new
information is welcome The layout is good and it is
concise and easy to uso
"
1
2.
The Controlled Clinical Trial - An Analysis
by
Harris COULTER. Centre for Empirical
Medicine, & Project Cure, Washington,
reviewed by Peter DAVIES [The Homoeopath,
13, 1/1993]
"Since the publication of his book,
Homoeopathic Medicine seventeen years ago and
through books such as his three volume work,
Divided
Legacy: A History of the Schism in Medical
Thought,
Harris COULTER has distinguished himself
for his critique of orthodox medicine and for his
exposition of Homoeopathy as an alternative ...
.COULTER'S latest book
Controlled Clinical Trial - an
Analysis,
again challenges the orthodox viewpoint by
questioning the very basis on which new drugs are judged
effective ... COULTER'S main argument against the
controlled trial, besides the inordinate expense, is that
people are seldom a homogenous group - either in the
way they present disease or in how they respond to
treatment.... The challenge of COULTER'S book is to
ensure that the limitations of the controlled trial are
seriously
considered when designing new trials
certainly
provides the incentive to keep up the pressure."
13.
The Homo eop athic Medicine, Vol. I,
Satyaprakash, Editor, Rational Life
Publications, PC Box 13, Gurgaon, Haryana,
India, 1986, hard cover, 552 pages, £ 19.95.
reviewed by Errol
Bowyer
[The Homoeopath, 13, 1/1993]
". . . . The first of many volumes he plans to publish.
He intends to reproduce intoto articles from all the old
British and American journals to save the material from
extinction. This first volume covers the first issues of some
nine British and American journals published between 1845
and 1871. It contains 63 articles from amongst others
HEMPEL, GUERNSEY, HALE, LIPPE, both the
FARRINGTONS, WESSELHOEFT, KENTand HERING.
It is set out in clearly defined sections. . . .Reading through
the material in this volume, the overriding impression is
one of the enthusiasm and pioneering spirit of those early
homeopaths as they strove to establish Homoeopathy as
the medicine of the day . . . .In conclusion this is not the
kind of book you pick up and read from cover to cover;
more one you might dip into at your leisure or when you
have half an hour to fill between patients, and as such it
makes interesting reading."
14.
The Herdsman's Introduction to
Homoeopathy
by Philip HANSFORD. Helios
Homoeopathic Pharmacs, 1992, booklet, 32
pages. £ 3.50 reviewed by Francis TREUHERZ
[The Homoeopath, 13, 1/1993]
"
...
The homoeopathic material is fascinating
and of a very high quality
He sees Homoeopathy
as a safe effective form of medicine. .. . This volume is a
good start and deserves a wider audience than just farming
folk.
15.
The Journal of Homoeopathic Clinics -
Being a collection of cl i n i c al cases,
characteristics, etc. Edited by constantine
HERING, and Henry Noah MARTIN.
Originally published by The Hahnemann
Medical College of Philadelphia, and reprinted by
The New England School of Homoeopathy, 1990,
306 pages reviewed by David
NEEDLEMAN [The Homoeopath, 13, 1/1993]
"You have before you, a compilation of cases
gathered or translated by Constantine HERING. A
masterpiece. The body of the text is mainly cured cases.
Among these cases are those presented by
HAHNEMANN, HERING, RAUE, BERRIDGE,
BOENNINGHAUSEN, FARRINGTON, GUERNSEY,
HALE, JAHR and LEE - all master homoeopaths from the
olden days... . As an historical document it offers the reader
an intersting but ever changing snapshot of the profession at
the time
As a reference work, I feel it could benefit from
some editing
I for one am grateful to Paul HERSCU for
resurrecting these Journals and making them available for
our pleasure and for the expansion of our knowledge
This book if not an essential item in one's library is
certainly worth having and will be thoroughly enjoyed...."
16.
The World Tr a vel ler ' s Manual of
Homoeopathy
by Colin LESSELL, CW Daniel,
Saffron Walden. 1993, 339 pages, illustrated,
paperback £ 16.95. reviewed by Francis
TREUHERZ [The Homoeopath, 13, 2/1993]
" ........ book goes far beyond the normal
therapeutic hints one finds in so many of the small books
for lay persons. In fact it goes so far with its detailed and
useful descriptions of all kinds of major tropical
infections that I should like to suggest that all professional
Colleagues will benefit from it. . . . the detail concerrning
prevention and cure of so many spectacular diseases like
sprue, typhus, malaria, and other infamous bacteria and
viruses, is very very
comprehensive ......... It is the quality of the
information which impresses .. . .Congratulations on
a terrific book. It is complex and detailed but worth
the effort .. "
17. Guide and Index to the Mental Rubrics of
KENT'S Repertory by David DAULT. Merlijn
Publishers, Haarlem, Netherlands. 1992, II
EDN., PAPERBACK 250 PAGES, £ 12.95
reviewed by Lee HOLLAND
[The Homoeopath, 13, 2/1993]
" .... Word indexes, such as those in the back
of the Repertory, I have never found of much help and
rarely use . . . .DAULT'S purpose is much more than
to provide a word index for KENT'S Chapter on Mind.
It is also to clarify for us the precise and intended
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meaning of each of the rubrics in the 'Mind' section as
extant at the close of 19th Century by using Webster's
fine dictionary, and then giving cross references to
related rubrics which ara really related .... Where the
book does really help is to encourage us to dwell on
difficult rubrics which always cause problems, such
as, for example, 'absent - minded', 'abstracted' and
'absorbed in thought' . . . There are many useful
definitions and checklists for you to ponder"
18. Synoptic Materia Medica by Frans
VERMEULEN, Merlijn Publishers, Haarlem, The
Netherlands, Hardback E 20.75 reviewed by
Ann CALLAGHAN
[The Homoeopath, 13, 2/1993]
" ..... This book, as the name implies, aims to
offer a concise picture of the 190 remedies it covers.
Each remedy picture is laid out according to the format:
1. Region - lists organ affinities from Boger's Synoptic
key and sides of the body from the Synthetic
Repertory; 2. Modalities - again from BOGER; 3.
Leading Symptoms - l ist s core mental/emotional
and general symtpoms from sources as diverse as
LIPPE and MORRISON. In some of the lesser known
remedies complete local symptoms are used when
little is known of characteristic mental symptoms; 4.
Repertory - lists rubrics from the Complete Repertory
Version 2.0, from MacRepertory; 5. Food - aversions,
desires, ameliorations and aggravations, presumably from
the Complete Repertory. 6. Nucleus - this section is a
summary of the total picture. As Frans says in his
foreward, it is based on his own knowledge and
experience. I find this book invaluable in everyday
practice…
19. Luna, a Proving by Lesley KING and Bob
LAWRENCE, Helios Homoeopathic Pharmacy,
Turnbridge Wells, 1993, booklet, 57 pages,
£ 4.50. reviewed by Jane WOOD.
[The Homoeopath, 13, 2/1993]
"The proving was done as a final year project in 1991-
1992. The remedy was made by Melissa ASSILEM,
under harvest moon in 1987. A sincere effort has been
made by the authors to be as objective
as possible... An excellent discussion is given at
the end of the booklet.. . .I feel that this was a very good
booklet. . . .My only criticism would be that I thirst after
more information ...
20. Homoeopathic Materia Medica for Nurses by
Benjamin WOODBURY Van Hoy Publishers,
Pennsylvania USA, 1992 reprinted 1992, 205
pages, paperback £ 18.95 reviewed by
Elisabeth EDMUNDSON
[The Homoeopath, 13, 2/1993]
The e title I felt is restricting in that it suggests a
limited readership which is unfortunate as the book
could be beneficial to all with an interest in
homoeopathy If the book brings homoeopathy to the
nurses it will indeed have served its purpose through
their sowing of the seeds of awareness in the ivory
tower of orthodox.
21. Homoeopathy by Beth MACEOIN, Hodder &
Stoughton, 1992, 127 pages paperback £ 7.99
reviewed by Linda RAZZEL [The Homoeopath, 13,
2/1993] "This book is aimed at the complete
beginner "
22. Homoeopathy for Common Ailments by
Robin HAYFIELD, Gala Books, 1993, 95 pages
illustrated with 26 colour photographs,
paperback £ 7.99 reviewed by Sara BYFIELD.
[The Homoeopath, 13, 2/1993]
"This paperback is a good introduction to
Homoeopathy. It is a very practical book which conveys
that the use of Homoeopathy can be gentle and
comforting, and it takes out the fear of prescribing the
wrong remedy for common ailments I think this is one of
the clearest and most practical books on first aid and
common ailments that I have come across and, therefore,
warmly recommend it."
23. The Classical Homoeopathic Lectures, by
Vasilis GHEGAS, translated by Fons Vanden
BERGHE. Homoeo-Study V.Z.W. De Schom
67, B - 3600 Genk, Belgium 1991. 184 pages.
800 Belgian francs, reviewed by Richard
WYNNE [BHJ, 82,2/1993].
"Vasilis GHEGAS has been giving exciting
seminars on ' classical Homoeopathy' in London and
Holland since 1983. Dr. Fons Vanden BERGHE has been
meticulously recording the lectures by hand, and with the
help of tapes of the London Seminars he has produced
edited transcripts.... In this volume are the Materia
Medica with essence of Natrum muriaticum,
Natrum sulphuricum and Sulphur, together with
medicines and their characteristic symptoms for a
number of acute diseases such as colds, tonsillitis,
intestinal problems, headaches and skin disorders The
Materia Medica is excellent characteristic
symptoms have much useful and intersting information
The book finishes with 8 pages of useful tips and
snippets of information and ^an index of medicines
mentioned [ 152 in this volume] ... .Iknow of no other
work like it." 24. All Kinds of Minds: by Melvin
LEVINE,
t
Educator Publishing Service, 75
Moulton Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 -1104. reviewed
by Aaron NEUSTAEDTER [the eight year old son of
Randal NEUSTAEDTER] [NEJH, 2,
1
1/1993].
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Full addresses of the journals covered by this
Quarterly Homoeopathic DIGEST (QHD) are given
below:
1. AHZ: Allgemeine homoopathische Zeitung,
Karl F.Haug Verlag, 6900 HEIDELBERG 1.
Germany.
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2. ZKH: Zeitschrift fur Klassische Homb'opathie,
Karl F. Haug Verlag, 6900 HEIDELBERG 1,
GERMANY.
3. THE HOMOEOPATH: The Journal of the
Society of Homoeopath, 2, Artizan Road,
NORTHAMPTON NN1 4HU, U.K.
4. NJH: National Journal of Homoeopathy, Milan
Clinic, Saraswati Road, Santa Cruz (W),
BOMBAY - 400 054.
5. BHJ: British Homoeopathic Journal, Royal
London, Homoeopathic Hospital, Great
Ormond Street, LONDON, WC 1N 3HR, U.K.
6. SIMILLIMUM: The Journal of the
Homoeopathic Academy of Naturapathic
Physicians, 11231 SE Market Street,
PORTLAND, OR 97216, U.S.A.
7. H.T.: Homoeopathy Today, National Centerfor
Homoeopathy, 500, Massachusells Avenue,
N.W. Suite 42, WASHINGTON D.C. 20005,
U.S.A.
8. ACD: Archiv fur Homoopathik,
DYNAMIS-VERLAG, AM Vogelherd 18, 4200
OBERHAUSEN 11, GERMANY.
9. JAIH: The Journa. of the American Institute of
Homoeopathy, 1585, Glencoe, DENVER,
Colorado 80220, U.S.A.
10. SIMILLIMA: Van Walbeckstr. 85-3 1058.
CM AMSTERDAM. (HOLLAND)
11 RESONANCE: The International Foundation
for Homoeopathy, 2366, Eastlake Avenue E,
Suite 329, Seatle, WASHINGTON 98102, U.S.A.
12. IJHM: Indian Journal of Homoeopathic
Medicine, CMP Homoeopathic Medical
College, N.R. Gadkari Marg, Irla, Vile Parle
(West), BOMBAY - 400 056.
13. NEJH: New England Journal of Homoeopathy,
356, Middle Street, AMHERST, MA 01002.
U.S.A.
14. CCR: Homoeopathic Clinical Case Recorder, Dr.
Subhash Meher, Phule Road, Maliwada,
AHMEDNAGAR - 414 001. India.
15. RBH: Revue Beige d' Homoeopathie, Editor: Dr.
Ch. Schepens, rue Groeselnberg, 39, 1180
BRUSSELS, Belgium.
16. CCRH: CCRH Quarterly Bulletin, Central
Council for Research in Homoeopathy, B-1/6,
Community Centre, Janakpuri, NEW DELHI -
110 055, India.
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[In the QHD, X, 4/1993, "A New Look at Old Remedies" by David WEMBER was reprinted. This was appreciated by
the readers. Here is another interesting and practical article from the same author = K.S.S.]
As one practices homoeopathic medicine over time, one tends to gather more amd more remedies in one's
armamentarium, many of which are not in KENT'S Repertory and which can be quite helpful when practicing what ;
call "practical Homeopathy
1
'. There are many little things which one has to put together eventually to treat the case. My
philosophy always is to take a case and to look for the constitutional or miasmatic remedy. That is how I was trained;
the sole method that I learned from older doctors. There is mo.e to practical Homoeopathy, however, than just the
prescription of one deep-seated remedy in a case. Quite often a less well-known, minor remedy is required, based solely
upon a few important, if less inclusive symptoms than those usually covered by a polychrest. Let me give some
examples of remedies not found in KENT.
One of the remedies that I have found to be quite helpful is Chininum salicylicum. There are many China remedies.
C-ARKE says, "Of all the preparations of quinine, the salicylate is the most injurious to the structures of the internal
ear," and, of the things for which it has been helpful, he lists deafness, Meniere's disease, and tinnitus. Various remedies
are helpful in these kinds of conditions, but I have found Chininum salicylicum to be one of the best. I had a young
woman in her twenties who came in five or six years ago Her history was that she had, a few years before, an inner ear
infection which was believed to be due to a virus. She had a severe case of vertigo and never had recovered fully since
then. She always felt "a little spacey." Her equilibrium was off. She could move and function well; She was not overtly
dizzy. She was not at risk of falling, but she suffered a constant latent sense of equilibrium imbalance. She experienced
a lot of nasal stuffiness, so it was believed that allergies were involved. She was treated with Chlortrimeton and Sudafed
in the morning, and Phenergan and Afrin at bed time. She had taken this for three or four years; if she did not, she would
feel stuffy and spacey. Her dysequilibrium was always worse when driving in a car. This lady was teaching in Baltimore
and living in Arlington, Virginia. She had to do a lot of driving, and her dizziness was distressing her greatly. If she took
her antihistamines and decongestants, she felt better, but she never recovered from that sensation of being a little bit dizzy
or a little bit spacey all of the time. I started her on some Chin, sal 12x. Within the first week she had stopped all her
allopathic medicines. She said she was able to do things that she had not been able to do in years. She needed to repeat this
periodically during the year, such as during allergy season. It always helped her.
I had another case recently: a man in his late thirties who had chronic prostatitis for about two years. He also had
some asthma. His main complaint was vertigo. He had been on various medications: Theodur, Bactrim, Floxin and
Nuprin as an anti-inflammatory agent for the pain in his prostate. After taking the Bactrim and Floxin about two years
ago, he developed vertigo. He had acute vertigo, which then left him with residual feelings of weakness, dizziness, and
spaciness. It never resolved. Like the previous patient, he had an ENT evaluation, but nothing specific was found. He had
allergies and was given some Beconase for his chronic rhintitis, all before I saw him. He also developed a hearing
impairment in the sense that he had hypersensitive hearing. Later he developed overt tinnitus. He described this tinnitus
as becoming worse with noise. It consisted of a vibrating noise or a rushing noise; he could not specify further. Sometimes
it was chriping; sometimes it was hissing. It was always in his ears. His ENT consultant could not find anything. I gave him
a dose of Chin. sal. - one pellet of the 12X twice a day. This was in December. A month later i saw him; the tinnitus was
twenty-five to thirty percent better. A sense of pressure in the right ear which he had all along was about forty percent
better. It finally cleared considerably only recently. I kept him on Chin. sal. for another month. After the second month he
was sixty percent better, and after the third month he was eighty percent better. His tinnitus hardly disturbed him at all any
more, but he still had that sensation of pressure in the ear. I then put him on Arum draconitum. He had postnasal drip and
cleared his throat often, and Arum has a lot of that symptomatology. He just called me recently to say that his ear pressure
and postnasal catarrh were relieved.
Another remedy that I have used with great success for ear problems is Pilocarpus [Jaborandi]. It often is useful for
problems similar to those for which Chin. sal. is effective - tinnitus, dizziness, deafness. It is a very powerful glandular
stimulant, affecting primarily the salivary and sweat glands. It was used years ago as a diaphoretic. The nature of the
profuse salivation and sweat reminds one of nausea of pregnancy, when there is nausea and excessive salivation.
Pilocarpus can prove helpful in such a setting.
I treated a forty-eight year old woman from Bangladesh who had a six year history of tinnitus, originally on the
right side only, then becoming bilateral. She described the noise as being so loud that it was painful. The sounds were
hissing and chirping. It would wake her at night. She would pace the floor restlessly, playing music to soothe herself. I
tried Lachesis and Tarentula and several other remedies to no avail. More specifically for tinnitus, I tried Digitalis,
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Chenopodium anthelminth, Salicylic acid,Natrum salicylum, and China salicylate, with no alleviation of the
symptoms. Finally, when I factored in her age and menopausal sweats, and then gave Pilocarpus, the tinnitus reduced
dramatically.
BOERICKE says of Pilocarpus, "The face, ears and neck become in a few minutes deeply fl ushed with drops of
perspiration breaking out." Of what does remind one? the hot flashes of menopause -- Soaking wet with perspiration. If
Lachesis, Sulphur, or Sanguinaria are to no avail, think of Pilocarpus. I first learned this when I studied with Dr.
JUNKERMAN, one of our old-time prescribers from Columbus, Ohio who practiced for more than sixty years, right until
his death at over ninety years of age.
The thought of salivation brings to mind the case of a little boy about three or four years of age. The mother
brought him to me because of his tendency to contract chronic colds every winter. He always would be wearing a bib
every time he came into the office. Now this was not a one or two year-old. He had finished teething, yet he was still
drooling; hence the bib. Dulcamara helped this boy considerably, its selection based upon the drooling [italics in
KENT] and his tendency to fall ill in cold weather.
BURNETT'S chief remedy for mumps was Pilocarpus. He introduced it to the homeopathic community for this
condition. Another remedy for mumps is Trifolilum repens [White clover]. It has profuse salivation, with salivary
gland pain and swelling. The Trifolium pratense, which is in KENT, is the red clover. It also has a great deal of ptyalism;
however, I find it most requently useful in hay fever. Phleum pratense is Timothy grass, and this too is another one of
our hay fever remedies.
Returning tothetheme of deafness and tinnitus, another remedy that has helped me is Rosa damascus, from the
Damascus Rose. It has hay fever symptoms, and it also has tinnitus, but for chronic Eustachian tube catarrh. Mercurius
dulcis is similar. Another remedy for deafness is Agraphis nutans, from the Bluebell. It is effective for what has been
called "throat deafness", referring to diminished hearing which is the result of Eustachian tube obstruction due to
adenoidal hypertrophy.
A remedy I have used for tinnitus due to adhesions is Thiosinaminum, from Mustard oil. It is said that
Thiosinaminum is useful when there are adhesions anywhere in the body. It resembles Calcarea iluorica, Silica, and
Fluoric acid. It will help dissolve adhesions. It is the chief remedy for tinnitus from Otosclerosis-whenthe bones have been
ossified by fibrous adhesions, or Keloids. I use it after surgery for those people who tend to form adhesions.
Dr. MASIELLO says he uses it topically in a lanolinpetrolatum base. I am currently treating a woman with a
history of severe endometriosis. She was put on Synarel and then Lupron for a year to suppress the endocrine
stimulation of the Endometriosis. She discontinued this and cameto see me because she was afraid of the return of the
endometrial pains with her period. In addition, she experiences constant lower abdominal and pelvic pains, pushing
downward, attributable by her doctors to adhesions from four previous abdominal surgeries. I put her on Thiosinaminum
3X twice daily. Her pelvic pains have reduced significantly. It has been reported useful for rectal strictures also.
Thiosinaminum is reported to be useful in arteriosclerosis. I have had some success in older patients where their
memory is starting to fade a bit and there is a history of microinfarcts. Thiosinaminum, in low potency, helps their memory.
Thiosinaminum is a chemical derived from the oil of mustard. Oil of mustard, itself, "by inhalation, acts on the sensory
nerve endings of the trigeminal neuralgia, pain in the middle ear, and sinus pain. I actually have gotten some Oil of
mustard and given it to patients who have had severe migraines and sinus headaches, and, just by inhalation, it has helped
them. This brings to mind what Dr.MASIELLO told me about using Capsicum in cluster headaches. There are some recent
studies in which Capsacine [the active principle of Capsicum] cream, which has been used topically for Herpes zoster
pain, has been applied intranasally for headaches. I have used it recently as a nasal spray with some success for sinus and
migraine headaches. There are always new applications to look for in our remedies.
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I have seen more and more chalazia in my practice recently than I have ever seen in the past. They are similar to styes,
but usually do not come to a head and are more difficult to eradicate. Thuja, Staphysagria and Tuberculinum all have
been used advantageously. There are various other ones in the repertory. ANSHUTZ quotes an article entitled, " The
Lancet of the Eye" . This article is about Platanus occidentalis, the Sycamore - Button wood. It has become my chief
remedy for chalazia. I use it as a tincture. When the eyes are irritated, I use a tincture of Calendula as an eyewash [one
drop of the tincture in a tablespoon of water]. One drop of that solution is administered in the eye. In children, it is easier to
put a drop in a table spoon of water, saturate a cotton ball with the solution, and rub it over the eye. It's a wonderful
eyewash - for conjunctivitis, for eye irritation and allergies, for red and itchy eyes. You can throw away the Visine.
For a chalazion I prepare a solution of Platanus and Calendula tinctures [1:1], place one drop of the combined
tinctures in a tablespoon of water, and administer this solution into the eyes three times a day. For me that has been quite
helpful for chalazia.
A chalazion is usually a chronic, recurrent problem. Patients often give a history of having gone to the
opthalmologist repeatedly, receiving antibiotics which are only partially effective, and then requiring lancing of the
chalazion- It is a very chronic problem. The Platanus - Calendula solution is very helpful. It removes the recurring nature.
It must be used for a while; it does not work instantaneously. After several months' use the lesions start to recede. At the
first hint of a recurrence, start using the drops again. I have never seen anything work as well. I have never used it in
potency, which may be very helpful as well.
One of the diseases which seems to be on the rise is chronic interstitial cystitis. I did not use to see it years ago, but it
is a problem currently. The remedy I have used the most and to the greatest effect is Lithium benzoicum. CLARKE says
each of its two elements has a "powerful action. . .over the urinary organs." There is a chronic irritation that always
seems to be present. It goes a little deeper than Eupatorium purpureum, which is a great remedy for bladder irritability. I
have often used Eupatorium in tincutre - 5 drops in a half-a-glass of water three times a day - for acute cases. It is very
effective. Staphysagria is, of course, useful for the acute irritation of "honeymoon cystitis." Remember Lithium
benzoicum for the chronic bladder irritability or interstitial cystitis.
Other remedies that I have used to help chronic irritability of the bladder are Triticum, Couch grass, and Populus
tremulcides. American Aspen. The latter has a lot more pain in its symptom picture. In Populus there is, at times,
difficulty in urinating, perhaps because of the increased mucus discharge, and it has more tenesmus of the bladder than
some of the other remedies mentioned. Another symptom in Populus tremuloides, which led me to its use in two
patients, is a pain behind the pubes after urination. That symptom is more classic of the chronic bladder irritability in
interstitial cystitis. So, remember Lithium benzoicum, Populus tremuloides, Triticum, Staphysagria and
Eupatorium purpureum for bladder irritability and continued urging to urinate.
In the cold and flu season, we sometimes get viruses that mimic whooping cough. There are sporadic episodes of
whooping cough, without doubt, but often enough there are viruses that mimic it. There is a spasmodic kind of cough, dry
and repetitive, such as would remind you of Drosera or Pertussin, if you were to consider the case one of actual
whooping cough. Castanea vesca, from Chestnut leaves, has been a remedy that I have found quite helpful in that early
dry, ringing kind of persistent, repetitive cough, occuring in spasms. It resembles Coccus cacti, which has a terrific
spasmodic cough, irresistible coughing. However, Coccus cacti has a lot more congestion in it. Coccus cacti has the
modalities of better in the cool air and better with cold drinks. Most comparable remedies are better with warm. Again,
think of Castanea for the beginning dry, ringing kind of cough with a lot of spasm. It is useful in the very early stages of
whooping cough. Other remedies to compare in this type of cough are Corallium rubrum, Mephitis, and Naphthalinum.
These are in KENT. Naphthalinum is also a good hay fever remedy.
One of the topics that arises often in practice is uterine fibroids. Classical remedies are Calcarea carbonica, Calcarea
fluorica, Phosphorus, and, BURNETT'S great remedy, Aurum muriaticum natronatum. I believe 50% of women have
fibroids. They grow with the normal female estrogen stimulation and then shrink with menopause, unless estrogen
replacement therapy is instituted, which induces continued fibroid growth. However most fibroids are benign and often
go unrecognized. When they do grow too large, they can cause such problems as uterine bleeding and pressure on other
internal organs. This happens most often at the pre-menopause, and it is best to bide time, if you can, until hormone
levels recede at menopause and the firbroids regress, naturally. If, however, there is too much flooding, the surgeons will
be glad to intervene with a hysterectomy. I have used various remedies to avoid the necessity of surgery. Calcarea iodatum
has been quite helpful. My best remedy is Hydrastis muriaticum, the alkaloid of Hydrastis, for uterine fibroids, especially
bleeding fibroids. BOERICKE, has three sections in his Repertory for fibroids, including bleeding fibroids. Other
remedies to consider are Lapis albus and Thlaspi bursa pastoris, the Shepherd's Purse, both in KENT. Three others not
in KENT are Fraxinus americana, from the white ash, Aurum muriaticum kali, the double chloride of potassium and
gold, and Calcarea stibiato sulph., the antimony of Calcarea sulphurica. All have been helpful for fibroid turmors.
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Here are a few remedies that have helped me with rheumatic problems. CLARKE says a chemist, while preparing a
combination of Lithium carbonicum and Lacticum acidum, experienced rheumatic pains in the small joints. So he put
them together in one remedy, Lithium lacticum, and found it to be useful in rheumatic diatheses. I have used it for right
shoulder pains when Sanguinaria or others have not helped. Another remedy efficacius for rheumatic pains, soreness,
and myalgia is Rhamnus californica, from the California coffee tree. I have used it for fibromyalgia after Rhus
toxiocodendron. It has been very helpful.
Another remedy that I have found helpful in the rheumatic process is Formic acid. This is the main constituent of
Formica rufa, the tincture of ants. It is in a lot of insects, including bees, and is also in Urtica urens. DUDGEON, in the
past, used it for Tuberculosis, Nephritis, and Carcinoma. I have not used it for these pruposes yet. It has been used for
myositis, periostitis and ligament contractions, such as Dupuytrens. I have used it successfully for polyps of the nose;
other remedies to consider being Calcarea carbonica, Lemna minor, Teucrium, and Sanguinaria nitricum. ANSHUTZ
relates many testimonials to the various wonders of Formic acid. One of the stories was about eczema. A doctor in
Bedford, Massachusetts, was digging in the ground around his dahlias trying to find out why they were not thriving. He
suddenly got a funny smell on his hand, which he realized was from the yellow ants he had crushed with his fingers.
Subsequent to that he developed a terrible eczema of the hands, with vesicles and dry, thick oozing skin.
I have used Formic acid the most for chronic arthritis. BOERICKE says the seat of action seems to be in the
ligaments and the bursa and capsule of the joints. I am treating a twenty-five year old woman who has had juvenile
arthritis since age twelve. She has had knee and hip replacements already, and her fingers are all distorted, she had been
on many anti-inflammatory medications. Her Joint pain would flare periodically. I started her on Formic acid 6c. In a
month's time the pain was thirty percent better; in two month's time, eighty percent better in mobility and less pain in her
hands and knees. She continues to use Formic acid on an as needed basis.
There are a few of the "Sativa" remedies about which I would like to comment. The first two Allium sativa, from
garlic, anci Armoracea sativa, from the horseradish, are in KEN*", but are not well repertorized. I have used Allium sativa
for a congestive cough with fetid expectoration. Armoracea sativa has cramping abdominal pains which extended through
to the back and sometimes down into the sacrum. It will double you up like Colocynthis. Abdominal pain with
backache is the keynote.
Avena sativa is from the common oat. It is said to be very helpful in detoxification from morphine addiction.
BOERICKE says it is the best tonic for debility after exhausting diseases. It is helpful for nervous exhaustion and
sleeplessness, like Kali phosphoricum.
Medico sativa, from alfalfa, is a great tonic to improve malnutrition and failure to thrive. Give alfalfa tincture, 2-5
drops, 2-3 times day. it seems to stimulate nutritive function and increases the appetite [opposite of Phytolacca
berries]. It is used in deficient lactation. I often have women drink alfalfa tea to help with their milk supply. I have also
used it for bladder irritability from benign prostatic hypertrophy. Ornithogalum, the Star of Bethlehem, is best known as a
Bach Flower Remedy. It has been used for Cancer of the stomach. Its seat of action is in the pylorus, where CLARKE
says it creates "painful spasmodic contractions and distends theduodenum." Condurango also allays the pains of stomach
cancer, but its seat of action is in the upper end of the stomach, with esophageal spasms and pain behind the lower part of the
sternum. Ornithogalum, like China, has "balls of wind rolling about from side to side" in the abdomen, which is usually
painful, whereas China is usually painless.
Another remedy with pain and flatulence is Momordica balsamina, the Balsam Apple. It has colicky pains in the
left upper quadrant of the abodmen, as if from trapped gas in the splenic flexure of the colon. It has pains in the back,
coming through to the hypogastrium or pelvis, often associated with menses. VITHOULKAS talked about the left upper
quadrant pains of Gratiola. Remember, the right hypochondrial pains going into the back of Chelidonium; the left
hypochondrial pains going into the back of Chenopodium glauci, and the left lower quadrant pains of Trombidium,
which often mimic spastic colitis or irritable bowel syndrome.
Finally, a remedy that has helped me several times is Skookum chuck, from Medical Lake near Spokane, Washington.
It is a great antipsoric remedy for skin and mucous membrane. The first provings produced many hay fever-type
symtpoms. Subsequently, they brought out a lot of eczematous conditions. The first time I learned about that wasfrom Dr.
LUCY CLARK at the National Centre Summer School, which was held at that time at Millersville State College near
Lancaster, Pennsylvania. She spoke of it for eczema plantaris, eczema of the feet. ANSHUTZ gives several examples of
thick, dry, scaly, cracked, painful soles which were helped with this remedy. Think of Skookum chuck for eczema of the
scalp, as well as other places. It is even used as a soap.
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PART I - CURRENT LITERATURE LISTING
I. PHILOSOPHY
1. Das Keynote-System und seine korrekte
Anwendung (The Keynote- System and its
correct application)
REIS Stefan (ACD, 2, 3/1993)
KENT said "The keynote system has done more
mischief than anything else, although keynotes are not to
be ignored, but until the relation of the Generals and
Particulars is understood it is no matter how much you
memorize about it." (The Basis of future
observations in the Materia Medica, or how to
study the Materia Medica, in The Journal of
Homoeopathies, Vol. II, Lancaster 1899). What does
Henry Newell GUERNSEY (1817-1885) say about the
"Key-note System"? What did he actually mean by
"Key-note"? The Key-note refers to music, the
underlying note with which the entire piece agrees.
The author points out that the Key-note is the same
as what HAHNEMANN mentioned in p.153 of the
Organon. The Key-note method is only a technique by
which one comes nearer to the indicated remedy and
the final choice must be by comparing the few
remedies that come up into consideration.
2. Die deutlich einsahbaren Grunde der Heilung
(The clearly perceivable basis for healing)
KLUNKER W. (ZKH, 37, 5/1993)
Homoeopathic cures occur only if the remedy
is chosen according to the rules. This is perceivable.
Placebos do not act that way. The author points this out
by a case in which Spigelia wrongly chosen did not
work but the rightly chosen Sepia did.
3. Organon: Prima re en secundaire werking -
Basiswaan (Primary and secondary
action/basic delusion)
DAM K. (Simillima, 2, 3/1993)
In the earlier issue of the journal several
homoeopathic principles in terms of modern
biophysiology language were described:
homeostasis, toxic and biological effects of
substances, etc. Although an analogy between
biological effect and primary action and between
biological effect and secondary action is apparent, this is
not true though both primary and secondary action are
biological effects of the drug. The how and why is
explained.
Also the basic delusion-idea is put in this
perspective (modern bio-physiology) and explains the
individual differences in biological reactions to the
same external (toxic) stimulus. Basic delusion, original
situation etc. is terminology used in the way described by
SANKARAN in his Spirit of Homoeopathy.
In financial terms: the basic delusion is the
mortgage that we take on survival. We pay the interest of
the mortgage in the form of our susceptibilities. When
these susceptibilities are triggered too much by the
environment (allergens) then this will lead to disease
and then disease is the price we pay. Cure is paying back
interest and redemption of the mortgage, making the
basic delusion smaller and smaller till we are redeemed.
This redemption takes the form of feeling and
integrating the overload that was repressed into the
subconscious in the life-threatening "original" situation,
this repression was done only to secure survival. 4.
Organon : Sensitiviteit en Specificiteit van
symptomen: (Sensitivity and Specificity of
symptoms)
DAMK. (Simillima, 2, 4/1993)
With these two terms from statistics the ideal
homoeopathic system is construed. The symptom that is
100% sensitive for a remedy (meaning: in every case of
that remedy this symptom can be found) and at the same
time 100% specific for that remedy (meaning:
whenever in a case you find this symptom you can
prescribe this remedy to the exclusion of all others) is
the ideal homoeopathic symptom. From the Organon
(paragraphs 210 and 212) it can be deduced that
HAHNEMANN saw in the mental/emotional state that
ideal homoeopathic symptom (complex). For example
in para 212 he says that every (sensitive) proverwill
develop a mental state (100% sensitivity) and that there
are no two remedies on earth that will produce the same
mental state (100% specificity). Of course this sounds
easy but we all know that there are a lot of hang-ups,
traps and falls in this mental state like the same state can
be expressed in different manners, all the ego-
mechanisms like projection, denial, sublimation,
compensation etc. can be involved (disguising or even
making it look opposite to the original state). The
original state may give itself away (very obvious
sometimes) in for example dreams or non-verbally in
body (language), facial expression and the like.
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It may be very worthwhile to deepen out the
mental disposition with the help of all available
knowledge in contemporary psychiatry and
psychotherapy (especially including the alternative
ones like primal-therapy, past-life therapy,
bioenergetics, etc.)
5. Signatuur en Homoeopathie (Signature and
Homoeopathy)
DAM K. (Slmillima, 2, 3/1993)
Signature theory can be homoeopathically used
in the sense that remedy-symptoms can be deduced
from the qualities or form of the original substance. In
this way signature-theory can be a useful addition to
(always) incomplete remedy pictures. In his last
Dutch seminar JAYESH gave examples of "signature"
prescribing. He successfully prescribed Lizard
(Saururus) on a patient who behaved as a lizard (in her
dreams; shy and skittish, not walking on the ground,
only on walls and ceiling). In another case where
somebody was very afraid of feathers (which she used to
collect as a child) and had a travel desire Tuberculinum
aviaire was the remedy.
Colleague Huib WUTENBURG from Nijmegen
once prescribed the Peruvian Bark (China) for a
patient who had a craving to go to Peru (from young
age on). Jan SCHOLTEN from Utrecht made a
successful prescription of Vespa (wasp) because of the
black and yellow vertical striped clothing the patient
wore.
With signature theory you might even predict
some remedy symptoms of substance not yet proved. If
you see such symptoms in a patient this might lead to
the production of a homoeopathic potency of the
substance and a trial. The morphogenic resonance
theory of SHELDRAKE is probably a modern edition
of signature theory.
6. Rediscovery of Homoeopathy
SEHGAL Madanlal (HL, 7, 1/1993)
Dr. M.L SEHGAL has found a unique method of
homoeopathic remedy selection. He converts the
patient's expresionss in words, gestures, tone, etc. into
'mentai' rubrics and chooses a remedy. The 'present,
predominant, persistent' symptoms are considered.
The physical, general and particular, etc. are not at all
considered, nor is there any distinction about acute,
chronic remedy or short-acting or long-acting etc.
Generally the 30th potency, mostly one dose, is
sufficient. Cure occurs by a process of elimination
from the body.
Dr. SEHGAL calls this method 'Rediscovery of
Homoeopathy', 'Revolutionized Homoeopathy' and has
a wide following.
Cases are cited from personal experience.
7. Understanding Illness and Cure - according
to the Organon p.1-3 and cases
Anne SCHADDE (HL, 6, 4/1993)
This is an extract from the lecture delivered on
July 1993, on the occasion of the Kothener
Hombopathietage, the 150th anniversary of
HAHNEMANN's death (1843).
The significance of the first three paragraphs of the
Organon is explained, with two cases.
8. Homoeopathic Dosage and Dispensing
George DIMITRIADIS (HL, 6, 4/1993)
This is a brief discussion of the historical
development of HAHNEMANN's posology. The
author outlines the development of 'small' doses vis-a-
vis 'successions' and HAHNEMANN's observation
that the "suitableness of a medicine for any given case
of disease does not depend on its accurate
homoeopathic selection alone, but likewise on the
proper size, or rather smallness, of the dose" (p.275,
Organon VI edn.). After discussing
HAHNEMANN's instructions for dispensing remedies
in solutions, the author mentions his own method both for
the Centesimal and the Q (50 millesimal) potencies.
He further discusses briefly the repetition of the
dose. He concludes by stating "the principles
governing the accurate selection of dosage is still very
much in its embryonic stage. I believe that it is only out
of a lack of study of HAHNEMANN's original
communications, coupled by lack of real scientific
application of pure Homoeopathy that there has been so
much confusion generated regarding posology."
9. The Delusion of "Delusions"
Henk VAN HOOTEGEM (HL, 6, 4/1993)
Dr. Rajan SANKARAN, in his book The Spirit of
Homoeopathy, has put forth the theory that Disease is
"Delusion" and Cure is "Awareness". He has further
proposed thatthe "Delusion" in the case before us has to
be perceived to find the correct remedy. Henk VAN
HOOTEGEM has argued that it doesn't matterwhether
we understand the patient or not, the homoeopathic
remedy just acts blindly if the symptoms agree. In our
repertorisation it is irrelevant whether we can explain or
understand the symptom or not.
Dr. Rajan SANKARAN replies to the criticism of
Dr. VAN HOOTEGEM.
A very interesting discussion. 10. Chronic miasm
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and its Genetic Interpretation
DUTTAA.C. (HH, 18, 10/1993)
The author interprets the theory of chronic miasms in
the light of molecular biology. "One recent finding in
molecular biology is that, while mutations may arise in
any type of cell carrying inheritable material, if one
occurs in cells which give rise only to somatic tissue, the
mutation will be eliminated with the death of the
individual. If, however, the mutation occurs in a cell
which gives rise to germ tissue, it can pass from one
generation to the next. This conforms to the
homoeopathic observation that the susceptibility of
Psora, Sycosis and Syphilis is laid by inheritance and that
the complicated form of Psora are those which are
inherited..." A very interesting article.
11. Relief does not mean that the patient is
marching towards cure
SARKAR Soumitra (HH, 18, 12/1993) Relief of
symptoms does not mean cure of a chronic disease; the
disease would relapse. Repeated palliations may lead to
incurability of the main disease.
12. Opening Doors
WHITMONT Edward (The Homoeopath,
50/1993)
This is a brief extract from the Seminar he gave in
1991 at the Regent's College at the Annual
Conference of the Society of Homoeopaths:
Behind the visible order, or that which we
perceive, stands another potentiality order, implicate,
inaccessible to our senses, inaccessible to our
thoughts. This nothingness that is all is simply
unthinkable, but it is. For instance, in terms of implicate
energy, there is enough in a drop of water to blow up the
whole universe. In the potentizing process as you
destroy or sacrifice explicate order, you return trie
substance to potentiality, into that which is pure
energy. This is the process that underlies the idea that
in sacrificing visible form, a bridge is made to the
invisible world, and thereby energy is returned. This
totally weird phenomena is experimentally borne
out in the homoeopathic process. The higher you go,
the more you destroy nothingness, the more energy
becomes available. As you know the CM potency can
be as powerful as a punch.
Then what is it that we potentize? We potentize any
existing substance, whether we call it alive or not alive,
there is no difference here, mineral, plant, animal,
human substance. Everything that is in existence is
somehow an equivalent to a human position, a
human ailment or a human conflict. Potentially
every existing substance is a remedy and has proving
symptoms that will fit some condition. Out of all
the millions of existing possibilities we barely know
a thousand or twelve hundred which is, however, still
more than the allopaths know about medicine. As you
sacrifice an aspect of the macrocosm, to use
Paracelsic language, as it offers itself up, you reach,
and it can be helpful to, its equivalent in the
microcosm in man. All human existential
possibilities are incarnated, explicated, in the visible
cosmos and they are reached through de-
substantialisation. It is a stunning idea.
Every external dissipative process is somehow
related to a human dissipative process. We had a recent
experiential demonstration of that during the Gulf War.
In the havoc that this created in people's psychology,
what it aroused when you went into all this commotion,
at least in America, all the upset fear, terror, you always
came back to childhood traumatic events. It activated
personal, corresponding, similar, experiences. This was
in a way tremendously helpful because something was
activated and brought into consciousness, pushed into
consciousness, that otherwise may have remained
inaccessible. What presents itself is fear for the world or
for a beloved one, you go into it and you find some
personal experience behind it. That is not to say that the
other is not valid, but it does correspond, it is linked
with the similar personal event. We have the law of
similars in this frame of reference. Psychologically
every external event corresponds like a plant,
mineral or animal substance to a similar internal
dynamic. Every illness needs to be looked at as a
frozen impasse, conflict point, of a personal situation.
It is usually of a basic archetypal character,
reflected 'out there' in something and pointing to
something 'in here', where it has not yet been possible
to offer the sacrifice of self or ego transcendence.
13. Aphorism 98 - A Discussion from a Female
centred Perspective
TUBB Lizy (The Homoeopath, 50/1993) In this
interesting study the author feels that
"HAHNEMANN's thoughts need to be redefined to
take account of the psychological construct of the
unequal power dynamic between women and men,
andthesocio-psychological limitations and structures
which women exist within, for example family and
society's expectations, and the subsequent limited
personal role rigHification and culture norms. One of
the problems in interpreting the HAHNEMANN
philosophy (as with trying to make meaningful
connections with and sense of, most of our societally
approved philosophies) is the need to translate the
meanings behind language structures, from sexual,
racist ones, to ones which encompass the 51 percent of
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the world which is female, and to take meanings and
encode them in a more equality conscious conceptual
framework." Further "a reinterpretation of
HAHNEMANN's classical Homoeopathy takes
account of issues and threads he does not mention
because as a male he did not see them, as well as using
the skills he thinks are significant."
14. PARACELSUS Today
COULTER Harris (The Homoeopath, 51/1993)
"Theophrastus Bombastus Philippus Aureolus von
Hohenheim known as PARACELSUS, the greatest
medical reformer in history apart from HAHNEMANN
was born five centuries ago late in 1493. Famous, even
notorious, in his lifetime and the founder of a
therapeutic tradition. By the early 20th century his
name and writings had fallen into disrepute and
oblivion, to be resurrected through the heroic,
scholarly labors of German historians, Karl SUDHOFF
and Wilhelm MATTHIESEN, who collected and
published the original manuscripts. Since that time, and
fuelled by the sudden accessibility of the original
writings, interest in this great medical thinker has
steadily mounted." The great service of PARACELSUS
was to undermine and weaken the rationalist dogmas
which dominated school medicine then, as they do
today.
PARACELSUS and HAHNEMANN were both
vitalists; both relied on the body's innate healing
power as the agent of cure, both advocated the
'similar' medicine and rejected the 'contrary', both
urged reliance on experience and mistrust of logic.
"From today's perspective, however, the two thinkers
can readily be seen to represent major milestones in
the development of the thereapeutic philosophy of
empiricism."
15. LM-potenserna, Hahnemanns sista upptackt
(LM- potencies, HAHNEMANN's sixth edition) Chris
JORGENFELT (HLK, 2, 1/1993) This is a brief
discussion on the 50 millesimal potencies.
II. MATERIA MEDICA
1. Actea spicata
WIRTZ Anne (Simillima, 2, 3/1993) A case of a man
with persisting head-symptoms (chronic sinusitis,
sleeplessness) after a cold. He was quite extraverted,
easy making contact, hard working but on the other
hand periods of fear of failure, then he needs someone
to talk to. Then he is also quite irresolute, keeps asking
advice about trifles ("Shall I take a holiday or not? '
What do you think?"). The similarity with the Mind of
Actea spicata as given in VITHOULKAS' Materia
Medica Viva was noted and the remedy was given in
200 potency which cured. (Rubrics: Irresolution;
Company, desire for; Fear, alone, of being; Delusion,
fail, everything will; (Weary of life); desperate about
trifles; BOERICKE: Cardiovascular spasm
(HERING: Urging sensation in heart); HERING: Head
symptoms after fever. What Actea recemosa
(Cimicifuga) is for women, Actea spicata is for men).
2. Carbo animalis
TIMMERMAN Alize (Simillima, 2, 4/1993) A four-
year-old girl: doesn't say anything, only is observing,
firmly settled in the lap of the mother. Also present is a
key-note of Carbo-an.: Pain in abdomen, urination
amel. But the meditation-like, detached,
expressionless state of observing of the child is
striking. After the remedy the child comes out, begins to
talk and dream about being deserted by the parents (who
are divorced). After one and half year and three doses of
Carb-an., the mental-emotional and physical (chronic
ear- trouble, bedwetting) improvements are remarkable.
3. Cochlearia officinalis
SCHOLTEN Jan (Simillima, 2, 4/1993)
Four cases of Cochlearia officinalis are related.
From these a mental picture is deduced, it is the
situation of a woman who has to take care of her sick,
annoying and demanding husband. They feel itastheir
duty to take that burden but they don't really want to
take care of this old bore. They feel more or less
trapped in this relation (Cimic.) They don't express
their anger or discontent, they suffer in silence. They
can feel embittered, feel sour and there is not much joy
of life. Differential diagnosis Staph., Magnesiums,
Cimic, Ca/c-s. JAN was often led to Cochlearia
because of the key-note: pain stomach extending to
sides and back (BOERICKE). Later he realised that this
was a key-note of Cochlearia armoracia which is
different from Cochlearia officinalis (which is not
mentioned in BOERICKE) but apparently they have the
same key-note in common.
4. Fear of spontaneous combustion
MUNDY David (Simillima, 2, 3/1993)
A 28 year-old female with stress, tensions. She was
diagnosed as having RSI (repetitive strain injury).
Carboneum sulphuratum brought about a very rapid
cure.
5. Developing an image of Apis mellifica
DIMITRIADIS George (HL, 7, 1/1993)
"lmage"s of remedies may be formed from
seemingly fragmentary symptoms (Hence the
importance of every symptom - proving and/or clinical -
and HERING's request that every 'fragmentary'
confirmation may be reported and listed). The author
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builds the image of Apis mellifica from such
observations from his practice. He cites cases.
Case 1: 23 year-old unmarried woman with 3
children; palmar dermatitis, worse from washing the
children's nappies. She was quite talkative and the
physician just sat back and listened. She was lively,
laughing. She laughed even as she told of her
difficulties, and stresses. Whenever she spoke of her
hardships she laughed, loudly, uncontrolled. ("Mirth,
simulates hilarity while he feels wretched"; "Laughing,
misfortune at"; also see GS and EN).
Case 2: A 40 year-old lady, a stage
singer/entertainer with a 15 year history of recurrent
cold/influenza always associated with laryngitis. She
was allergic to make-up and cigarette smoke with
lachrymation. She also had unfounded concern that her
husband might leave her, that her children dying and a
strong fear of being raped. She also felt uncomfortable
about sex with her husband and in her profession if
anyone approaches her in a sexual manner she
becomes very much embarrassed and very much
uncomfortable. She spoke quickly, excitedly,
rapidly, energetically. Apis 0/1 one dose every morning
and in a few months amazing changes came.
And so the essential features of Apis that come from
these two cases: Childishness; Loquacity; Mirth,
cheerfulness, etc.; sexual prudishness; concern for the
safety of one's children (HERING, Shrill screaming "oh
my baby")
6. Characteristics of Angustura vera
ROHRER Anton (HL, 7, 1/1993)
In the mental picture ofAugustura vera we find a
combination of the following symptoms; Over-
sensitiveness and excitability
- The slightest offence irritates very much
- Timidity (pusillanimity)
- Difficult concentration
The first hint which leads to Angustura is often the
excessive craving for coffee. It is just a liking the taste
of coffee and not needing it to get over the tired feeling.
A single symptom rubric which is characteristic
\oxAugustura is: Hatred, hasbitterfeelingsforslighest
offence (K.51)
Further chracteristic symptoms are listed. A case
of Ulcer of the stomach in a 32 year-old doctor is
narrated.
7. My experience with Natrum carbonicum
SCHADDE Anne (HL, 7, 1/1993)
In this article the author uses her experience and
imagination to present a picture of Natrum
carbonicum, that is meant as a suggestion rather than
something absolute. Two cases are narrated and
lessons is drawn.
8. Bovista
SWOBODA Franz (HL, 7, 1/1993)
We may recognize Bovista from the kind of way
the patient tells the story, which is given in the
Synthetic Repertory:
- Truth, tells the plain
- Loquacity, open-hearted
Bovista are spontaneous, lively, quick-acting,
active people. It may be confused with Fluoric acid,
Phosphorus, Tuberculinum and Veratrum.
9. Interesting experiences with Apis mellifica
SHAH Jayesh K. (HL, 7, 1/1993)
The picture of Apis, especially in children, is
developed through his cases. Very instructive study. 10.
An inadvertent proving of Granite?
FOLLAS Greig (HL, 7, 1/1993)
A very interesting article. The author sniffed at a
vial of the medicine Granite inadvertently. Soon he
developed symptoms which were peculiar, including a
stiff and 'locked' back which refused to yield to Rhus
toxicodendron and the manipulations of an
Osteopath. As the depression and other mental
symptoms were on as also the back-ache, one day the
author went mountain-cycling and while returning
rode fast and suddenly ran straight into a large rock and
as a result was violently thrown up and down on his
back and - the back ache was cured as also all the mental
depressions, et al! What had begun with one rock ended
with another rock. (See the proving of Granite in
Resonance, May-June 89.)
11. Sepia
SANKARAN Rajan (HL, 7, 1/1993) Exposition of
Sepia with the help of the repertorial rubrics. The
author says that the "main rubric of Sepia seems to be
Delusion body disfigured; Delusion face disfigured
(Dreams)."
12. Case and Materia Medica of Thyroidinum
BANERJEE Subrata Kumar (HL, 7, 1/1993)
A case of baldness cured by Thyroidinum. The
author details the important symptoms of the remedy.
Notes on Thyroidinum:
i) The more chronic the diarrhoea the better it is
indicated. Offensive, liquid stool.
ii) Abnormal aggravation of various troubles
during menstruation.
iii) Almost specific for cases of amenorrhoea due
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to complex endocrinal imbalance. (Tuberculinum high
potency follows well)
iv) Early abortion and tendency to premature
labour, when the cause is not of mechanical origin; it is
a constitutional indication.
v) Hysteric patients with feeble nervous make-
up, Thyroidinum brings vigorous nervous impulses
and contraction of uterus.
vi) Hysterical spasms and mental disturbances
during pregnancy.
vii) Allergic bronchospasm which is
precipitated by every change of weather and
aggravated by cold.
viii) The more oedematous the urticarial rashes and
the more extensively they appear over large areas of the
body, the better will be the indications of
Thyroidinum. Itching is more prominent than burning
and relieved by heat or in hot weather.
ix) Roughness of palms with keratosis.
x) Loss of appetite in mentally dull and retarded
children.
xi) Symptoms are better by rest, worse from least
exertion.
13. Lac caninum
SANKARAN Rajan (HL, 7, 2/1993) A brief exposition
of Lac caninum. What is it to be a dog? or how would
it feel to be a dog? Dog is man's best friend, a great
help while at the same time is subservient, obedient, stili
a dog.
14. Cyclamen europaeum LOGAN Robin
(HL, 7, 2/1993)
An exposition of Cyclamen europaeum. The five main
elements of the remedy represented by the
following
'mental' rubrics: Conscientiousness about
trifles; Delusion that he has neglected his
duties; Forsaken feeling; Undemonstrative grief;
Reproaches himself. Cyclamen is also mild-
mannered and does introspection. The remedy
could easily be mistaken to Pulsatilla. A case
report is given.
A summary of the copious notes the author
has taken over the years by way of quotations:
-
I hate letting people down, it can worry me
for days.
-
I wish I could be less preoccupied with
myself.
-
I have always been very reserved
emotionally.
-
I am too hard on myself, a friend let me
down recently, and I found blaming
myself, I felt I must have done something
to cause it. I have a friend who is suffering
from depression, and I feel it is my duty to
visit her everyday and give her my support.
It is draining me, but I couldn't
cope with the guilt if I didn't go every day.
-
You can't ]ust write people off.
-
I have never liked entertaining, because I
like to do things perfectly and conditions
have never allowed that.
-
A friend's husband has died, now I have
someone else to take under my wing.
-
I have always found it difficult to do
nothing, there is always the thought in the
back of my mind, what should I be doing.
15.
Buforana
SANKARAN Rajan (HL, 7, 2/1993) Bufo has
the childishness of Baryta carbonica and the
deceitfulness of Tarentula. The body grows but
the mind remains childish; high sexual and
physical development but lack of emotional
and intellectual development (PHATAK:
'Childish but body grows').
16.
HAHNEMANNs Extraktion von
Symptomen in den "Chronischen
Krankheiten" (HAHNEMANN's extraction
of symptoms in the "Chronic Diseases")
JANSENA. (ZKH, 37, 4/1993)
HAHNEMANN used the material available
in the other
Materia Medicae
to complete his
Pure Materia Medica.
As an example the
symptoms of Ammonium carbonicum in the
Materia Medica
of HARTLAUB & TRINKS
(1829) are cited. HAHNEMANN did not take
all the symptoms in other sources. A close
examination would lead to understanding as to
what symptoms HAHNEMANN considered as
suitable to be extracted in his
Materia Medica.
17.
Sulphur und die sogenannten
Reaktionsmittel (Sulphur and the so-called
reaction remedies) KELLER G.v. (ZKH, 37,
4/1993)
With a case report the author points out
that often Sulphur is the similar medicine when a
superficial repertorisation indicated another
medicine. Therefore the suggestion that "when
the indicated remedy fails Sulphur would
produce the required favourable effect," is
doubtful. Possibly Sulphur was the actual
similar remedy in those cases.
18.
Opium - New aspects with case presentations
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Victor JENNI (HL, 6, 4/1993)
In the author's opinion Opium is the
simillimum in many confused cases. It re-
establishes orderly function in the organism and
opens access to further constitutional
treatment. Four cases are also discussed. In
the author's experience that if a person once in
his life has gone through an "Opium-state" the
indication of Opium remains permanent.
"An Opium-state is the well known state of
coma or of 'having almost died' calling for
homoeopathic treatment, with Opium.
19.
Calcium muriaticum and group analysis
C. SCHOLTEN (HL, 6, 4/1993)
This article explains a new way of analysing
in Homoeopathy, called
'group analysis'.
With this method it will be possible to solve
many otherwise difficult cases, with lesser
known remedies like
Calcium muriaticum or
Baryta nitrica. This is
demonstrated with a
Calcium muriaticum case.
Concepts:
Calcium: What do others think / Sensitive
to criticism / Insecurity / Shyness / Fears /
Protection / Withdrawal
Muriatic: Self-pity / Care / Nurturing /
Mother / Attention / Self-awareness
Essence:
The idea and the fear that others
will think it strange that you need care and
nurturing.
General characteristics:
Location : Left. Overweight
Temperature: Cold. Gloomy in gloomy
weather
Time : agg. 15 h.
Desires : Sweet (3). Chocolate (2)
Menses : Frequent, copious, daytime,
Moody before menses. Painful and swollen
breasts before menses.
Sleep : On right side or stomach
Car sickness.
Headache with cold. Watery nasal
discharge. Left-sided sinusitis.
Mumps (the case makes us suspect that
Calc.-m. could be an important remedy for
mumps)
Rheumatic pains
Differential diagnosis : Calc, Calc-s.,
Muriaticum, Phosphorus, Sepia.
20.
Pulsatilla and the Pituitary Body
SETHI P.K. (HH, 18,6/1993)
The ovaries and uterus are 'target organs' of
complex hormone regulation by the
Pituitary. Pulsatilla activates Pituitary gland
for optimum
production of regulatory hormones
which in turn causes the target organs to function
properly. Pulsatilla was used in heifers and cows
showing anestrus (leaving out pathological involvement
of the uterus and ovaries). More than 80% cases
exhibited estrus and were productively mated. Similarly
in a few cases where the labor was unduly delayed and
the os was opened, administration of Pulsatilla in M
potency resulted in safe labor in a short time. These
results strongly indicated possible action of Pulsatilla
on the Pituitary.
In the case of milking animals where the flow of
milk was poor due to poor neurohormonal reflex
mechanism Pulsatilla 30 twice a day for 3 days was
successful in 70% of cases. 21. Remedy Masquerades
(The Homoeopath, 50 & 51/1993)
There are many occasions when polychrests are
prescribed unsuccessfully in situations where smaller
remedies are appropriate. This journal proposed to
publish regularly a column focussing one such remedy
each time with the purpose of increasing awareness of
'small' remedies.
A complete list of rubrics in which the remedy
Alloxanum appears taken from the Complete
Repertory version 1.7.
Anger
Anxiety
Anxiety; future, about
Company; aversion to
Company; aversion to; alone, amel. when alone
Concentration; difficut Confusion; identity, as to his;
head separated from
body, as if
Dictatorial, domineering Exhilaration
Forsaken feeling Impatience
Indifference
Indifference; loved ones, to Indifference;
surrounding, to Indifference; mania for
work Irritability
Irritability; noise, from
Memory; weakness of
Memory; weakness of; (Jo, for what he was about to
Memory; weakness of; done, for what he has just
Memory; weakness of; facts, for, recent
Memory; weakness of; happened, for what has, just
Memory; weakness of; heard; for what has, just
Memory; weakness of; names; for proper
Memory; weakness of; places, for
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Memory; weakness of; read, for what he has
Memory; weakness of; say, for what he is about to
Memory; weakness of; words, for
Mistakes; speaking; spelling, in
Mistakes; writing, in
Sadness; mental depression
Sadness; mental depression; alone, when
Sadness; mental depression; alone when, amel.
Sensitive, oversensitive; noise, to
Weeping
Weeping; alone, when; amel.
Aversion to; salt, salty food
Desires; cold drinks
Desires; refreshing things
Afternoon, 4 pm. - 5 pm.
Ascending; amel.
Exertion; physical; agg.
Food; cold; drinks, water, agg.
Heat; sensation of
Heat; vital, lack of
Syphilis
Menyanthes trifoliata:
Mental and Dream Symptoms from The
Complete Repertory Version 3.0: Air; amel. from
walking in open, mental symptoms Amativeness;
erections, without Amorous; disposition Amusement;
averse to Anxiety
Anxiety; chest, in, standing, while walking,
while heart, region of
driving from place to place
fear, with
future, about
heart, evil was going to happen, as if something
oppressive Chaotic
Cheerful, Gay, Mirth, Happy Company,
aversion to
alone, amel. when
solitude, fond of
Company, desire for; headache, during
Confusion
air, in open; amel.
eating, after
Contented
himself, with
daytime
Delirium
Delusions
night
Discontented; displeased, dissatisfied everying
with himself, with surroundings, with his
Dreams; amorous battles
disease; receiving a blow on the mouth many
pleasant
remembered; cannot be
unremembered visionary vivid
remember, could not war
Dullness; sluggishness, difficulty of thinking and
comprehending
air, in open, amel. eating, after
painful room, in a
Dwells on past disagreeable occurrences Exertion,
mental, agg. Exhilaration Fancies waking, on Fear
alone, of being, headache, with driving
him from place to place evil, of
heart; arising from disease of
misfortune, of Forsaken feeling
headache, with Grief Hurry,
haste
movements, in Ideas,
deficiency of
headache, with dull, in room amel. in open air
Indifference, apathy
alternating with, cheerfulness
jesting
everything, to joy, to joyless
Indiscretion
Indolence, aversion to work
Introspection Irritability
Jesting
alternating with, indiffernece
indifference, after
Lasciviousness, lustful, erections; without
Meditation
Mirth, hilarity, liveliness Mood, agreeable
alternating changeable, variable Morose, cross,
fretful, ill-humor, peevish Play; desire to
Prostration of mind, mental exhaustion, brainfag Quiet
disposition Rashness Reflecting Reserved
Restlessness, nervousness anxious
bed, tossing about in drives him from place to place
women, in; urinary troubles, with Sadness,
despondency, dejection, mental
depression, gloom, melancholy Senses,
dullness of, blunted Sensitive, oversensitive;
noise, to touch, to
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Shrieking, screaming, shouting; waking, on Starting
startled; night; sleep; from Suspicious, mistrustful Talk,
talking, talks; indisposed to, desire to be silent,
taciturn Thoughts; disagreeable
past, of the Timidity
Tranquility, serenity, calmness Weeping,
tearful mood Work; aversion to mental
22. Anantherum
FORDHAM Bob & SHAH Rajesh (The
Homoeopath, 50/1993)
Three cases treated with the little-known
remedy Anantherum muriaticum.
Case 1: A girl 8 years old with a sexual
awareness in advance of her years. She spoke openly and
candidly to the doctor about her imaginations and
making love, etc.! The mother said that the child had
inserted foreign bodies into her vagina. There was a
family history of mental illness.
On the basis of the other concomitant
symptoms (Masturbation and Monomania) she was
given Anantherum 30. There was no need to repeat the
remedy.
Case 2: A 19 year-old girl with Bronchial
Asthma since the age of two. Worse from draft, grapes,
oranges, curd, cold drinks. Was on steroids.
Whooping cough in the past, family history of
bronchial Asthma. "Disposition to anger, with desire to
strike and destroy", Quarrelsome, Aversion to
company. She is a tutor and will strike her students and
her brother and sister when angry.
Anantherum 200 which had to be repeated few
times over a period of six months improved.
Case 3: A 13 year-old girl with involuntary
micturition two or three times a day and once at night;
since birth. Does not realise that she has passed urine.
Urine odor offensive. Treatment by Urologist,
Psychiatrist and Paediatrician ineffective. All
investigations - normal. Angry, strikes. On the basis of
the totality including her desires, aversions, etc.
Anantherum 30 repeated a few times for about three
months reduced the enuresis to once per week. 23.
Cereus Bonplandii - The Good Plant
SHERR Jeremy (The Homoeopath, 50/1993)
This is a beautiful analysis of the Cereus
Bonplandii (meaning The Good Plant)
The Mental Symptoms:
Desire to engage at work. Desire to have all his
time employed.
Felt all day an astonishing inclination to be
engaged in something useful.
Felt a desire to give something quite necessary to
myself to another.
Desire to be dissolved, especially the trunk.
Experienced an agreeable and tranquil frame of
mind and body.
Experienced a grateful feeling of dependence on
the divine spirit.
Reluctance to take medicine.
Not very pleasant in mind. Very much disturbed in
mind.
Arose feeling miserable. Praying or disposition to
pray.
Very irritable. Acts from impulse.
Apathetic during attendance at church, could not
fix mind on devotional exercise, effort being very
strong.
Difficult to keep employed. All morning passed
the time in a listless manner. Time passed very slowly.
Spiritual delusions, thinks she has committed the
unpardonable sin.
Want of moral feeling.
In the above we see the primary and secondary
reaction. We follow the whole flow from 'time
employed', 'do useful', and 'giving to others' to the
'irritability, impulsiveness and meaningless existence'.
Reluctance to take the medicine is the turning point.
24. Sulphur - An Unusual Aspect
FORDHAM Bob (The Homoeopath, 51/1993)
VITHOULKAS was the first who used the term
'essence' to denote the central theme of a remedy; a
unifying theme which underpins the totality. A remedy
has only one essence, which may also be called as 'blue
print' (Jeremy SHERR).
In the case under discussion the theme was
"Anger, could tear herself to pieces" for which the only
remedy is Sulphur which covered the other rubrics of
the case. Sulphur Q1 one grain 200 ml, 5 ml. per day so
long as improvement continues. The remedy was given
on 20 May 1992 and by 8 July 1992 the patient had
improved very much.
25. The Psychological Symptoms of Carcinosin
from the Complete Repertory
(HLK, 2, 1/1993)
Rubrics extracted from the Computer
Programme Complete Repertory, the new version
produced by Roger VAN ZANDVOORT, Holland.
26. Carcinosin, en fall beskrivning (Carcinosin, a
case)
BYRNE Marita (HLK, 2, 1/1993) The case of a 38 year-
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old woman, treated with Carcinosin 30.
27. Additions to Kent's Repertory - of the
Nosodes: Tuberculinum
BANNAN Robert (HLK, 2, 2/1993) The author has
proposed to suggest additions to KENT'S Repertory
on the basis of the 'proving symptoms' contained in Dr.
H.C. ALLEN'S Materia Medica of the Nosodes after
carefully going through the Repertory and ensuring that
these are not already represented in it. The first such
remedy taken up is Tuberculinum. A fairly long list of
additions have been given with some additions from
BOGER's 'Additions'. No doubt these are valuable
additions.
28. Arnica
LAKHSMINARAYANAN D., (mfH, 4, 2/1993) This is
a script of a lecture which the author delivered 30 years
ago in the presence of Dr. N.M. Jaisoorya. The article
highlights the therapeutics of this great remedy, Arnica.
The author says in the post-script: "It is now my
established practice to begin all leucoderma cases with
Arnica since the clinical experience of the subsequent
30 years after this case revealed a traumatic aetiology in
many cases of leucoderma. Where there has been a
response it was often initiated by appearance of
brown/black specks, dots or spots on the denuded
patches of skin within days of the first prescription of
Arnica.
29. Spider poisons : An untapped goldmine in
Homoeopathy
KAMLESHWAR NATH (NJH, 2, 4/1993) A brief
review of the spider venoms used in homoeotherapy.
The author says that we are using
only a very small number of the spiders out of the
over 40,000 species known.
30.
A case of Tarentula cubensis
PATWARDHAN Prabha (NJH, 2,
4/1993)
A case of lymph-adenitis cured with
Tarentula cubensis 200
31.
Magnesia carbonica - simulates a 'jail'
BHATT Markand N. (NJH, 2, 4/1993)
A contrived attempt to compare Magnesia
carbonicum with the situation and life in a jail.
32.
Latrodectus mactans
TARKAS P.I. (NJH, 2, 4/1993)
A brief
Materia Medica
of Latrodectus
mactans.
33.
Avena sativa
TARKAS P.I. (NJH, 2, 4/1993)
A brief
Materia Medica
of Arena sativa.
34.
Aletris farinosa
TARKAS P.I. (NJH, 2, 4/1993)
A brief
Materia Medica
of Aletris farinosa.
35.
The Song of Spiders
SONAWALA Sarla (NJN, 2, 4/1993)
A beautiful poem on Tarentula hispanica.
36.
China a homoeopathic IV drip?
BAHLH.P. (NJH, 2, 4/1993)
37.
Theridion
KASI VISWANATHAN T.K. (NJH, 2, 4/1993)
The Key-notes of Theridion is
hyper-sensitiveness to sounds and the knee
jerking up and the head coming down during
cough.
38.
A Fishy Anxiety
MASTER Farookh J. (NJH 2, 4/1993)
Acute attacks of anxiety, fear of serious
heart
disease in a 55 year-old male were relieved with
Tela
aranearum 30.
39.
Ferula Sumbul
TARKAS P.I. (NJH, 2, 5/1993)
A brief
Materia Medica
on Sumbul
40.
Homoeopathic
Materia Medica
with
Therapeutic Illustrations of Rare Nosodes
BANERJEE S.K. (NJH, 2, 6/1993)
Brief, succint notes on Hippozaenium,
Influenzinum, Pituitirin, Staphylococcin,
Streptococcin.
41.
Manganum: My understanding
MASTER Farookh J. (NJH, 2, 6/1993)
A brief
Materia Medica
of Manganum
with three cases.
42.
Ferrum iodatum: My understanding
MASTER Farookh J. (NJH, 2, 6/1993)
Characteristics of Ferrum iodatum; with
the
case report of a 54 year-old, obese woman
with Hypertension cured with Ferrum iodatum.
"A history of heavy menstrual flow and
hysterectomy plus arthritis in the right side of the
body more in the upper extremity is a good guide
to Ferrum in general."
43.
A Curare Case
VENKATACHALAM A. (NJH, 2,
6/1993)
A 47 year-old lady, with wrist drop of left
hand, which came on after she was given an
intra-muscular injection of B12 for anemia; she
fainted and was given first-aid to regain
consciousness. The wrist drop followed. Was
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unable to lift her hand, fingers were flexed,
couldn't extend the fingers. Curare cured.
44.
Beryllium metallicum
TARKAS P.I. & DHARI D.K. (NJH, 2, 6/1993)
This is a brief
Materia Medica
on Beryllium
metallicum.
45.
Lecithin
TARKAS P.I. & DHARI D.K. (NJH, 2,
6/1993) A brief
Materia Medica
on
Lecithin.
46.
Lolium temulentum
TARKAS P.I. & DHARI D.K. (NJH, 2,
6/1993) A brief
Materia Medica
on
Lolium. A Note:
"Repertory gives Lob. wrongly instead of
Loli at
several places."
III. THERAPEUTICS
1.
Juveniler Diabetes (Juvenile Diabetes)
MULLER Karl Josef (ACD, 2, 3/1993)
A12 year-old girl with Diabetes was treated
with Homoeopathy and she showed
improvement. The case is interesting for the
reasons that the remedy was Carcinosin Q 12
and the action of the remedy manifested from
the second day of taking the medicine;
secondly the verification of a Carcinosin
symptom; also the verification of Arnica
symptom..
2.
Schreckfolgen (Consequence of Fright)
SCHWARZ Erik (ACD, 2, 3/1993)
Two cases of children with ailments
consequent upon fright. In one Arsenicum album
and in the other Ignatia cured rapidly.
3.
Herzbeschwerden urn Vollmond (Heart
ailments during Full moon)
MULLER Karl-Josef (ACD, 2, 3/1993)
In this interesting case of a 64 year-old man who
complained of pain in heart, a very interesting
modality was that it occurred on full moon days.
As is not the unusual experience this modality
was not found in the
Repertory,
as also the
symptom "profuse urination in heart ailments".
Seven 'heart remedies' came up in the
repertorization with the three main rubrics:
Aurum, Cactus grandiflorus, Digitalis,
Lachesis, Lilium tigrinum, Lycopus virginicus,
Spigelia. The smaller
remedy, Lycopus
virginicus was studied in Boericke's Materia
Medica and the peculiar urinary symptom in this case
was seen there in black and white! Lycopus virglnicus
0 12 and later C200, cured.
4. Fall: Migrane seit Zwei Jahren (Case:
Migraine since two years)
MULLER Karl-Josef (ACD, 2, 3/1993)
Cactus grandiflorus, the queen of night, is a
well-known heart remedy. Through the following two
cases - one a veterinary case - it is clear that there is a
direct link between the main ailments cured by Cactus
and the heart muscle inflammation.
A 51 year-old woman with chronic migraine. Four
years ago she was diagnosed with Myocarditis and
three years ago a rectal carcinoma; rheumatic pains;
ten years ago uterus removed; flatulence; etc.After
repertorization the following three remedies were taken
up for Materia Madica study: Spigelia anthelmintlca,
Cactus grandiflorus, Sumbulus moschatus. Cactus
grandiflorus C 30 and then C 200 cured. (RADAR,
programme was used for the comparative study in
the Materia Medica)
5. Fall: Vaginismus bei einer Stute (Vaginal
cramp in a Mare)
MULLER Karl-Josef (ACD, 2,4/1993) A mare was
suffering from vaginal cramp every time it was
attempted to be mated. A vaginal examination did
not reveal any abnormality. In the KENT Repertory
was found only two remedies - Cact., and Plat, for
cramps, vagina, preventing coition. RADAR.
Programme pointed Cactus "Constriction of vagina,
preventing coition" (HERING). Cactus grandiflorus
C30 was prescribed. Immediate cure!
6. Schlaganfall (A Case of Stroke)
RECKERS Winfried (ACD, 2, 4/1993)
A 74 year-old woman suffered a stroke on the right
side, 14 days before. This acute state was treated with
Aconitum C30 after which the stitching and pricking
pains became less, butformication inthe right foot
persisted as also buckling of the right knee; vertigo
with tendency to fall to the right. Rhus
toxicodendron C30 after which all these symptoms
improved. Now the chronic state was treated - Grief,
suppressed; pedantic; aversion to sympathy; clothing on
external throat agg.; desire for sour: Natrum
muriaticum C200. Remains well.
7. Prescribing for children
ANAND Sunil (HL, 7, 1/1993)
With two cases the author illustrates that it helps
much to elicit the state of the mother during pregnancy
for prescribing for the child patient.
8. An unusual case of amenorrhoea
CHIMTHANAWALA Kasim (HL, 7, 1/1993)
Chronic ameno'rhoea in an unmarried 25
year-old woman was cured with Opium after Igantia
which failed to hold. The woman had much
unhappiness and borne insults from her step-mother.
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Ignatia brought on the menses but only one period and
failed to hold. 9. Revealing the innermost state
BEAVER Linda (HL, 7, 1/1993)
A 46 year-old, blind man was bitten by an insect and
developed pain, swelling in the right shin. From 6 to 10
years age he went to a boarding school for the blind
and deaf; his working life was to be spent in a charity
organised sheltered workshop for disabled people. He
was a self-taught man, became an engineer, ran a
sucessful manufacturing business, designed and built
an operating miniature train and railway line, married
and has 5 children. He is now an activist and fights for
justice. Mercurius cured.
The expressions used by the patient reveal the inner
state. We must pay close attention to what the patient
says and how he says.
10. A case of extreme weakness
SHAH Nandita (HL, 7, 1/1993)
A 32 year-old lady complained of extreme
weakness after Hepatitis-A infection. She was always
busy, in hurry. Gets angry if things move slowly.
Sulphuric acid cured.
11. A case of behavioural problems
CHATTERJEE Sujit (HL, 7, 1/1993)
An angry 18 year-old youth with the leading
symptom "if he wants something he will oppose it if
proposed by someone else" was cured by Capsicum M.
12. A case from Dr. KUNZLI
SPINEDI Dario (HL,7, 1/1993)
A 30 year-old woman with two children had
many psychological problems, Fear that she would
harm her children; fear would commit suicide;
superstitious fears; mental depression. She is stout,
obese and small. After intial failure with some remedy,
Rhus toxicodendron cured.
A very interesting case. Shows how out of a
multitude of symptoms the most valuable few are to be
picked up.
13. A case of depression-Travail of "The outcast"
BARVALIA Praful (HL, 7, 1/1993)
A 49 year-old male with severe depression. Living
between his wife and others. This discord within the
family brought severe depression. He felt that he was
not given due value and he was neglected; that
everybody disliked him.
Hura braziliensis 200 cured.
14. A case of mental depression
LOUKAS George (HL, 7, 2/1993)
A 24year-old women lawyer with mental anxiety
and depression which began two months after her
father died. The case is narrated in question and answer
between the physician and the patient. Lac caninum M
and later XM cured. Quite interesting.
15.
A'possessed'lady treated
KAMAT Gautam (HL, 7, 2/1993)
A 38 year-old woman abusive, violent, tore
clothes, hit others, behaved disorientedly, every
night; this began after she saw in the
Ophthalmic o.p.d. a seriously injured with
blood all-over.
Stramonium XM cured after Belladonna
XM failed.
16.
A case of Neurodermatltis treated by
Dr.SEHGAL's method of Rediscovery of
Homoeopathy. (ROH)
PATWARDHAN Prabha (HL, 7, 2/1993)
A 26 year-old dutch student who came to
India on vacation suffered from Neurodermatitis
of 7 years
duration. Cocculus indicus and later
Psorinum
selected on the basis of Dr. SEHGAL's
school, cured this stubborn and troublesome
disease, within a short time.
17.
Argininosucccinic acid Synthetase
Deficiency
(Citrullinaemia)
ANANDSunil (HL, 7, 2/1993)
A three-year-old male child with
confirmed diagnosis of Citrullinaemia -Acid
Synthetase deficiency; suffering from
refractory epilepsy, mental retardation,
recurrent episodes of vomiting and
hyperkinesia. On the basis of the mental state of
the child and the mother during pregnancy Naja
was prescribed with satisfactory results.
18.
Chronic urinary tract infection
KAMAT Gautam (HL, 7, 2/1993)
A 45 year-old male with chronic urinary
tract infection whose main mental symptom
was "I go by my intellect" ("emotions,
predominated by the intellect") was cured by
Valehana officinalis.
19.
Two Cases
CHATTERJEE Sujit (HL, 7,2/1993)
A 24 year-old married male complained of
severe headache. He was very angry, spoke to
the doctor angrily, showed scant respect;
dominated by his father. Colocynth M cured.
A 2V2 year-o d male child with severe
constipation since birth. Suppositories and
laxatives were of no avail. Calcarea carbonica
and Tarentula did not help.
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The mother of the child conceived this
child after many years of childlessness and was
over joyed when she became pregnant. The
father was a very generous and sympathetic
man. The child was restless, threw things away
when angry, sensitive to music, sharp memory,
enjoyed doing creative work. Coffea cruda
cured. (Who would think of Coffea for
constipation in a child? only a classical
homoeopath).
20.
'Lady Cool'
HUMRANWALA Parinaz (HL, 7, 2/1993) A 60
year-old lady, with itching of the forearms
accompanied by profuse perspiration on the
palms alone, even whilst the rest of her skin
remained dry. She was one whose intellect ruled
her emotions. Was soft spoken, never angry,
averse to music. Viola odorata 30 cured. (See
No. 18 above in which 'Emotions ruled over
intellect' in which Valeriana officinalis was the
remedy).
21.
Travail of a "trapped man"
BARVALIA Praful (HL, 7, 2/1993)
A 40 year-old married male who suffered
from Anxiety neurosis. Argentum nitricum
relieved him considerably and later Natrum
muriaticum (for Malaria which recurred - an old
symptom) cured.
The case highlights the reaction of the
constitution to stress, the adaptation of the
constitution to stress, remedy relationships
and HERING's Law of direction of Cure. An
instructive article.
22.
A case of Asthma
SHAH Nandita (HL, 7, 2/1993)
A 65 year-old lady with two year history of
asthma; she also has Spondylosis, Arthritis and
flatulence. She was tense with tendency to
anxiety -what others would think of her? - over
whatever she did. Her anxieties began after her
mother's death. She does not like personal
questions. It embarrasses her intensely. Ambra
grisea M cured after a sharp initial aggravation.
23.
It's all in the mind
HUMRANWALA Parinaz (HL, 7, 2/1993)
A 44 year-old male with complaints of
constant eructations, uncontrollable. He was
also hypochondriacal; periodic attacks of
fainting, after his otorrhoea was treated by an Ear
specialist. Tended to magnify his sufferings.
One peculiar symptom was that after his
experience with the ear medicine, he felt that he
would faint if he takes medicine and was
therefore sceptical of medicine.
Asafoetida 200 three doses, then M and XM
made great improvement. The otorrhoea,
however, did not return.
24.
Subtle differentiation between two remedies
CHHABRA Divya (HL, 7, 2/1993)
A 50 year-old woman Principal of a School;
well-kept, efficient, thrives on appreciation.
She suffered from weakness after typhoid;
Migraine. Palladium M cured.
Palladium has internally a sense of
inferiority and when it gets appreciation from
the environment, feels well, feels 'tall'. Whereas
Platina is haughty and considers itself superior,
'tall'.
25.
A case of Rheumatoid arthritis
SHAH Ketan (HL, &, 2/1993)
A 60 year-old female with Rheumatoid
arthritis involving all the joints so much that she
was carried into the clinic.
She was childless and her ailments after
menopause. Being childless was a great
disappointment. Whenever she went out she was
taunted by others pointing her childless state and
so she avoided going out especially in the
daytime. A sense of shame. She also reported of
some incidents which showed that she was
clairvoyant.
Opium M brought about dramatic relief.
It is interesting that in this case the remedy
was selected on the three 'mental' symptoms only
and the physicals were completely ignored. 26.
Patients with cancer of the breast
CLOVER Anne (BHJ, 82, 3/1993)
The author opens the article with a
quotation from CLARKE: 'Homoeopathy is
the art of individualizing' and proceeds "This
quotation echoes through my mind whenever I
meet a patient with cancer. The details of history
and the patient's reaction to the diagnosis are
always unique and loaded with significance for
homoeopathic prescribing.
"The first need is to listen. Many patients
want to talk about the initial symptoms of the
disease, its progress, how the diagnosis was
confirmed, the manner in which they were
informed about it and subsequent treatment
Some volunteer their opinions about life events
that might have been contributory factors. There
are, of course, many other patients who appear
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reluctant to talk about the process. But this may
indicate an initial caution which is overcome
once the person feels safe enough to relate
deeply felt experiences and associated ideas.
Would-be prescribers need to heed the words of
POLONIUS to LAERTES
(Hamlet
Act I, Sc.3):
'Give every man thy ear, but less thy voice.
"A careful review by a woman of her
experiences leading up to and following a
diagnosis of breast cancer can itself be
therapeutic. Talking about the process may
assist clarification of the history and her
original reactions to it. She may be enabled to
release previously repressed emotions or
integrate and reduce a prior excess reaction.
Dr. Anne CLOVER uses a three-stage
approach: The first stage is a review of major
life events prior to overt signs of disease. This
includes reference to the family medical history
and significant personal experiences antedating
the development of disease symptoms. ...We
can respect the words of HAHNEMANN and
his reminder that psychological stress can
influence the development of chronic disease
(Organon
6th edn. p.78). The second stage
concerns the particular symptoms leading to
the investigation and diagnosis of malignant
disease. All the physical symptoms and the
accompanying psychological reactions to
them warrant careful assessment. The third
stage refers to the response to the diagnosis and
subsequent treatment. Here again, we need to
note how the patient has responded physically
and psychologically.
Four cases are presented. An excellent
article.
27.
Ulcerative Colitis treated with Homoeopathy
-
a retrospective survey
MAAS, H.P.J.A. (BHJ, 82, 3/1993) Between
1973 and 1992, this author treated 24 patients
with Ulcerative Colitis who had all been earlier
treated by gastroenterologists. There were 11
males and 13 females, 16 patients had 'good'
response, while 5 were 'moderate' and 3 'poor'.
28.
Music cures Music - a Seminar by Dr. Rajan
SANKARAN
BLACKSTONE Victoria (BHJ, 82, 4/1993)
This is based on the notes taken at a
Seminar by Dr. Rajan SANKARAN at Regents
College, London, on 2 may 1993.
The 'Abstract' says: "Each of us is a piece of
music playing all the time. When that music is
phased with a similar piece of music, healing is
produced. Music cures music and silence is
restored. Silence being produced equals cure.
Every homoeopathic medicine is a piece of
music, with tune, pace and rhythm. If we can
correctly identify the music of the patient, and
the music of the medicine, we will go towards
cure. The tune is the simillimum, and the pace
and rhythm are the potency and the repetition.
The theme of this seminar is music."
Four video cases were shown in which
Mercurius, Drosera, Manganum, Alumina, Kali
arsenicosum, Sepia were discussed. Also
discussed in the seminar were Lac caninum,
Lyssin.
Talking of Delusions and Pathology: When
physical pathology is not enough to express the
delusion the person becomes mentally ill.
Being partially cut off from outer reality equals
neurosis. Being fully cut off from outer reality
equals psychosis.
It is often difficult to differentiate between
an intense mental state and mental pathology. An
intense state may look like a neurosis or even a
psychosis but it is expressed only to the extent
that reality permits, and can change if it is not
consistent with reality.
If feelings cannot be expressed they are
suppressed and crystallize into pathology.
Pathology is the result of conflict between our
inner and outer reality.lnterests and hobbies can
be used to reflect experience and inner reality,
e.g. a man working in an office whose inner
reality is of danger or tigers, goes climbing or on
safaris. Someone whose inner reality is of
tremendous anxiety, with fear of falling, fear of
heights, and water, goes bungee Jumping!
Recreation helps to recreate the inner reality.
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There are 3 parts to delusions:
-
The conscious part which is felt and
expressed.
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The subconscious part which is
voluntarily
suppressed. This is the world of dreams,
both
day-dreams and dreams in the night.
- The part which is pushed deep into the sub
conscious and never surfaces except as
pathology, the crystallization of delusion.
The potency is decided on the depth of both the
conscious, and the subconcious delusion. The nature of
the pathology will indicate what has been
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29. How I treat Eczema
SPENCE David (BHJ, 82, 3/1993)
The terms Eczema and Dermatitis are
sometimes used synonymously in clinical practice to
describe a particular pattern of skin reaction. The word
Eczema derives from the Greek meaning the 'result of
boiling over' which aptly expresses the erythematous
eruptions which are the manifestations of an
outpouring of the body's reactions to various stimuli.
It is very important to differentiate whether the
Eczema is endogenous or exogenous, because
exogenous ones can usually be cured or prevented by
removal or avoidance of the cause. Endogenous
eczemas occur in constitutionally predisposed
individuals.
Prescribing symptoms should include:
- Circumstances surrounding the intitial onset -
the precipitating or provoking factors
- Significant past medical history
- Family medical history
- Aggravating factors
- Local skin features and modalities
- Constitution
- Investigations. Blood tests may show
Eosonophilia, raised serum IgE and positive
radio-allergen absorption test (RAST).
Management must always be complete and there
will be need for advice, and consequent readjustment
of such factors as diet, materials used in clothing,
bedding etc., contact with chemicals, especially
detergents, washing powders, cosmetics and 'bath
additives'.
Homoeopathic medicines should be
prescribed gently and cautiously, bearing in mind that
with eczema there is very real risk of aggravating the
condition. Initial potencies should be in the low to
medium range. The 12th centesimal potency makes a
gentle starting point for constitutional prescribing. As a
guideline, higher potencies should only be used when
the accuracy of the prescription is certain, and when the
reactivity and sensitivity of the patient to the particular
medicine has already been established.
The author has presented 4 case reports - a two year-
old child to a 64 year-old housewife.
30. Homoeopathic treatment of alcohol
withdrawal
MILEWSKA Grazyna, TRZEBIATOWSKA-
TRZECIAK Olga (BHJ, 82, 3/1993)
The authors report their experience of the
treatment of alcohol withdrawal syndrome and
deliriumtremens. (DTs). Inaseriesof30alocholicmen (5
with DTs) results appeared favourable. The main
homoeopathic medicine used was Sulphur.
With Sulphur the duration of withdrawal
syndrome to a maximum of 24 hours, usually, a few
hours, in delirium tremens to 48 hours from the first
dose. The important factor is not only quick action but
also low toxicity, and even a positive influence on liver
function.
31. Applicability of homoeopathic Caulophyllum
thalictroides during labour
EID P., FELISI E., SIDERI M. (BHJ, 82 4/1993) A
clinical study of the effect of Caulophyllum 7C in
normal labour is reported. Caulophyllum was given to
22 women in their first pregnancies who had gone into
labour spontaneously. 17 of them had normal
spontaneous deliveries.
Caulophyllum was tolerated. Compared to 34
labours retrospectively selected by the same criteria, the
duration of labour in Caulophyllum treated woman was
reduced by about 90 minutes. It does not produce adverse
effects on the mother and foetus.
32. Homoeopathic treatment of handicapped
children - review of a series of 40 cases
HAIDVOGL M., LEHNER E. (BHJ, 82, 4/1993)
40 children attending a nursery and school for
the handicapped were seen in a total of 55
consultaions. Following detailed case taking from
parents and school staff, medicines were selected by
computer repertorization and verified against the
child's constitutional type. Outcome was assessed with
reference to preselected target symptoms.
18 of the 40 children responded well in all target
symptoms. 1 showed improvement in some but not all
target symptoms, 7 children did not respond to
treatment, and in 4 outcome could not be assessed.
Children with organic brain damage, autism and
definite syndromes generally responded well; those
whose handicap was not due to social deprivation
generally failed to respond. Major responses were
increased drive and improvement in hyperactive and
aggressive behaviour, which enabled the children to
benefit more from their education. Physical symptoms
and problems such as stammering and enuresis also
improved.
33. Homoeopathic treatment of burn scars -
clinical enquiry
HARRISON Rachel E., BURGE Timothy S.,
WATSON Anthony C.H.,
TAYLOR-REILLY David (BHJ, 82, 4/1993)
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After observing the flattening in one patient's
hypertrophic scar after treatment with the
homoeopathic medicine Graphites, we decided to look
at the effect of Graphites on hypertrophic burn scars. 5
patients with scarring subsequent to burns were treated
with two different dilutions of potentized Graphites for
3 months. Of the 4 patients who completed the
treatment 3 described a subjective improvement in itch,
one patient with an open wound of 5 month's duration
saw this heal after the first dose of Graphites two
patients chose to continue Graphites 6 C at the final
follow-up.
All patients' scars improved both on patient and
independent assessor scoring over the treatment
period, but it was not possible to determine to what
extent this was due to the treatment. Further study is
required before undertaking a more formal trial.
34. Ein Beitrag Liber den wert von Impfungen bei
Mensch und Tier (on the value of
vaccinations on humans and animals)
WOLFF H.-G. (AHZ, 238, 6/1993)
The usual prophylactic vaccinations in humans and
animals are loaded with aggravating side affects, which
reveal chiefly the consequence in the following
generations.
The question is now to get a harmless and yet
highly effective homoeopathic remedy instead of
vaccination. The author attempts to show that this
would be possible.
We already have the recorded fact of Lathyrus
sativa as prophylactic in Anterior Poliomyelitis (seethe
report on the three year research, in the JAIH, Vol.54,
1961.). Pierre SCHMIDT has recommended
Camphora, Lachesis, Sulphur or Choleratoxin in 200
potency for Cholera; Eupatorium 200 or Natrum
muriaticum 200 for Malaria; Cimicifuga M for Yellow
fever; Ledum 200, Thuja 200 or better Tetanotoxin 200
for Tetanus.
35. Zum problem der Kombinierbarkeit
hombopathischer mittel und Potenzen (The
problem of combination of homoeopathic
medicines and potencies)
HUBNER G. (AHZ, 238, 6/1993)
Experiments with the reaction-interval-test
developed by CURRY and approved by SCHWAMM
show that by raising the homoeopathic medicine to a
higher potency a change in quality seems to occur
between D20 and D30. Thus the capacity of a
homoeopathic remedy to cure an inflammatory
chronic disease changes to the capability to cure a
degenerative chronic disease and vice versa. This
would imply that homoeopathic remedies in D
potencies have two different therapeutical qualities
which might be termed Yin or Yang powers according to
the ancient Chinese medicine. This phenomenon offers
additional criteria for the selection of the potency as
well as the question of which homoeopathic
remedies may be combined.
36. Der Stellwert der Vorbereitungsmethoden in
der Geburtshilfe
(The value of preparing mothers for labor)
KOSIAN K. (AHZ, 238, 6/1993)
Homoeopathic remedies are gaining growing
interest in pregnancy and labour besides other
methods as mental and physical training and
Acupuncture. The benefits of these methods singly and
in combination have been evaluated with regard to their
effects on the cervix uteri and on the duration of labor.
The results show that in women prepared for labor
in pregnancy in this way birth was from 0.5. to 2.1
hours shorter than in the control group without any
preparation and homoeopathic remedies or
Acupuncture. This differnece is statistically significant
in primiparas.
37. Der Zeitaspekt des Placeboeffektes (The
duration aspect of Placebo effect (Parts I & II)
WALACH H. (AHZ. 238, 4 & 5/1993)
How long does placebo effect last? There seems
to be considerable placebo effect which however
decreases with time, severity of illness, and the results
of previous treatment. A small number of people seem
to benefit for longer time with placebo effect.
The author has made a detailed study of the
literature.
38. Unterscheidbarkeit der Placebowirkung von
der Homoopathiewirkung
(Distinguidhing placebo effect from
homoeopathic therapeutic effect)
RICHTER A. (AHZ. 238, 4 & 5/1993)
How to distinguish a placebo-effect from a
homoeopathic remedy- effect? First we should know the
aspects and homoeopathic remedy- effect
individually in their characteristics. The homoeopathic
remedy effects relief in a particular order; also the
remedy will act only in the specific field and manner
which is characteristic of the disease and the remedy.
Whereas placebo-effect is not so. There are other
differentiating factors also. In this paper the author
discusses these. In controlled clinical trials a
quantitative difference has been observed in
homoeopathic therapeutic effects far more than
placebo-effects.
39. Placeboeffect in klinischen studien-Sinn und
unsinn der Verblindung (Placebo effect in
clinical studies - sense and non- sense of
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KIENE H. (AHZ, 238, 4/1993)
The falsity of the 'blind' method in controlled
clinical trials is discussed in this article. Compensatory
false negative results can be produced systematically by
the 'blind' method. Further studies are suggested.
40. Die Farbe und die Homoopathie (Colour and
Homoeopathy)
LANGG. (ZKH, 37, 5/1993)
Colors as an indicator of the remedy has been proposed
by Dr. H.V.MULLER and he has already reported
many cases in support of this theory; also
books
have been published by him. M. LUSCHER's
new diagnostic method is also helpful in
finding the similie. The author discusses these
theories.
41.
Verifikationen aufgrund latenter Symptome
(Verifications on the basis of latent
symptoms)
FURLENMEIER M. (ZKH, 37, 5/1993) A clear
and certain verification of legitimate action of
the remedies (pharmacological effects) can be
made by observing the brief and unforeseen
latent symptoms in a chronic disease. Reference
is invited to p. 142 of the
Organon.
A case is
reported to show this.
42.
Die deutlich einsehbaren Griinde der
Heilung
(The clearly perceptible rules of healing)
KLUNKER W. (ZKH, 37, 5/1993)
There is no homoeopathic cure without the
choice of remedy according to clearly
realized reasons. This is demonstrated by a case
of neuralgia treated at first by an obviously
wrong (Spig.), and then by the right (Sep.)
remedy. Placebos never work this way. (See
articles cited at 37, 38 and 39 above. There are
so many ways by which the charge that
homoeopathic remedies work as placebos can
be effectively countered)
43.
Eine Morbus Kranken-geschichte (A case
report of Boeck's disease)
ILLING K.-H. (ZKH, 37, 5/1993)
A 42 year-old man with Boeck's disease
was successfully treated with Naturum
muriaticum. 44.
Dr. Master reports two 'emergency' cases.
The methods he adopted for choosing the
remedy were different. In the first case of a man
of 45 years with sub-arachnoid bleeding.
Lycopodium which suited better the chronic
nature of the case, was administered. In the
other case of a 36 year-old man who suffered a
ruptured spleen due to a car accident and was
unconscious for four hours, was treated with
Arnica and Bellis perennis in alternation. While
the pains were much improved the patient
developed dyspnoea and Computer
Tomography showed rib fractures, collapse of
lobes of lung, splenic rupture with
intraperitoneal sub-diaphragmal Haematoma and
fatty infiltration of the liver; the patient
declined spleenectomy and wanted to be
treated only homoeopathically. Ceanothus
americanus 5 drops t.d.s. and Arnica CM three
hourly for 12 days brought about the desired
improvement. 45. Homoopathie bei
kinderwunsch
(Homoeopathy in sterility)
KLUNKER W. (ZKH. 37, 5/1993)
Cases of 22 randomly selected women with
infertility and sterility have been selected for
study. Nine out the 22 could bear children
after the homoeopathic treatment while in
13 it was unsucessful. The age in both
groups were homogeneous but in the
unsucessful group the therapy was for only a
short time. The points discussed are the
homoeopathic methods, the remedies
(Particularly Pulsatilla and Sepia) and plcebo
problem. The success of homoeopathic
therapy, which is 41 % is worthy of note.
46.
Palliative Behandlung bei adulten
Zystennieren - Colocynthis (Palliative
treatment of cystic kidneys in adults -
Colocynthis)
WEGENER A. (ZKH, 37, 6/1993)
The treatment of a polycystic degeneration
of the kidneys is shown. This hereditary disease
could not be cured, but the dialysis was
postponed and its ailments were reduced. The
peculiar symptom "perspiration on lower
limbs, night" led to Colocynthis. The kidney
affinity of Colocynthis is demonstrated by
clinical observations and proving symptoms.
47.
Un cas de polyarthrite chronique. (A case of
chronic Polyarthritis)
DETAND P. (RBH, 44/1992. abstracted in
the
ZKH, 37, 5/1993)
The article is interesting for its
thoroughness and also the remedy-search
method. With 4 symptoms used as eliminating
rubrics the author came to Puts., Lye, Staph.,
Nux-v. (Anxiety in narrow places, Ailments
from mortification and indignation, suppression
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of feelings, Overconscientiousness) and furhter
elimination (Desire for fruit and sour, Aversion
to meat, Worse from draft, Delayed menarche,
Dreams of falling and Talking in sleep) indicated
only Puls. However, Staph. was chosen because
of early caries, cystic tumor indicated Staph.
and Puls. was not. Further the patient spoke of a
severe mortification and injustice as the cause of
the disease, the patient suppressed these within
her. The result of treatment was excellent.
Repertorisation is not mechanical, to reiterate.
48.
"Key-notes" su trascendencia y peculiaridad
("Key-notes" its importance and
characteristic)
MOIZE M. (RAMH, Argentina, 57/1992,
extract in ZKH, 37, 5/1993)
Prescription should not be based on
"Key-notes" if the other symptoms do not agree
with that remedy. Nine cases are reported in
which the "Key-notes" definitely indicated the
remedy.
Case
1: 60 year-old female with vomiting
of dark blood and coffee-ground in
gastroduodenal ulcer. Dreams of cemeteries.
Remedy: Crot-h.
Case 2:
35 year-old female with sterility. 3
spontaneous abortions: Nat-m with general
improvement. Finally she suffered Anaemia and
pains in uterus only by lying down for which
remedies were Ambr. and Ferr. 4 months after
Ferr. 200 pregnant.
Case 3:
42 year-old male with Menieres
Syndrome. Characteristic of the vertigo was
Cocc. The striking nature of this patient is an
extreme pliability.
Case 4:
51 year-old female with left sided
facial paralysis. Before the paralysis she had a
very definite aversion to bananas. Only
medicine: Haps. Although the paralysis was not
right-sided as in Elaps this remedy proved to be
the similimum. interestingly the aversion to
bananas also disappeared.
Case 5:
28 year-old male with digestive
disorders and chronic Angina. Since chilhood
one symptom that was constant was restlessness
of the knee in bed every night without
exception. Only remedy Lye. After a single
dose of 10M this symptom besides the others
disappeared.
Case 6:
32 year-old patient with dream of
being naked. Only remedy Rumx. Which was
also the remedy for his characteristic cough and
aphonia.
Case 7:
57 year-old male, with vertigo
worse from turning over in bed with the
sensation that the brain was asleep. All these
after his wife had "condemned him to
celibacy". He complained of incomplete
erections and secretions without ejaculation.
The remedy was Con.
Case 8:
68 year-old male with
Cholelithiasis. Besides qualms of conscience his
face became red with excitement. With Fen.
not only was the Cholelithiasis was checked
but also the prostate symptoms.
Case 9:
75 year-old female, with
Trigeminal neuralgia since 10 years. Her
remedy was Puls. because of her General and
Mental symptoms which did not improve her
Neuralgia. There was a desire for pork in any
form and aversion to all other meat. This desire
is covered only by Crot-h. and Tub-k. First Tub-k
was given because of history of tuberculinic
miasm without result. With Crot-h ultimately the
Neuralgia was cured. 49. Six cas cliniques de
Baryta carbonica (Six
clinical cases of Baryta carbonica)
COPPE Y. (RBH, 44/1992 extract in the
ZKH,
37,6/1993)
Six patients were cured with Baryta
carobonica (in one iodata also)
1.
Enuresis and Encoprese in twins after the
birth of a brother (200).
2.
Difficult child with Hyperkinesis,
disobedience and aggressiveness (XM)
3.
Gout, High pressure, impotence and
Prostate, in a man (Bar-i 200)
4.
Child with Adenoid vegetations, poor
concentration and "depressions" (200-XM)
5.
Child with chronic Anginas, Otitis,
school
problems (200 - M)
6.
Patient with frequent Rhinopharyngitis
and
Sterility (200 - XM)
These cases widen the picture of Baryta
carbonica for other possibilities the
characteristics of the remedy referred to by the
author in these cases: Immaturity, Insecurity,
Dependency, Submissiveness, and Anxiety for
persons who are significant for his security. The
author has differentiated over a period of 5 years
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between Bar-ac and Sar-c. He says that this
difference can be ignored.
50.
Valorisation et hierarchisation des
symptomes. (Evaluation and hierarchisation
of the symptoms)
MEEUWIS R. (RBH, 44/1992, extract in the
ZKH, 37, 6/1993)
With reference to p. 104 of the
Organon,
the author enlarges upon the subject of the
'indicated' symptom and adds a nuance to it.
What the patient himself speaks of as peculiar,
uncommon, strange and which cannot be with his
'[' feeling which can be removed, is the
'indicated' symptom for choice of the remedy.
This is demonstrated with the case of a patient
with Psoriasis with nervousness. Neither an
advanced group nor a group of experienced
practitioners were able to point out the remedy
for the case after listening to the case anamnesis.
Reason: they did not know that the patient had
stressed two symptoms (only these two) which
by intonation and gesture were revealed as his
"ego- disturbance" (egodyston): that he could
never tolerate a hat and his unquenchable thirst.
The third such symptom he indicated averbally
the restlessness with which he swayed in his
seat, made the physician giddy. The
repertoisation: 1) Aversion to hat: iod., 2)
Unsatiable thirst: iod., 3) Restlessness while
sitting: iod. A variant of the 'indicating'
symptoms is "ego disturbance" which the
patient wants to speak about secretly, in
privacy. A female patient with Anxiety
neurosis "confessed" to the physician that
during coition she can never lie below her
husband because his weight on her chest caused
her anxiety. Sulph. (Anxiety, pressure on the
chest, K.p.7) to which some further symptoms
of the patient matched well, was the remedy.
51.
Cas clinique rheumatologique (A clinical
case
of rheumatology)
SCHEPENS, Chr. (RBH, 44/1992, extract in
the ZKH, 37, 6/1993)
Causticum 200 and M cured
a
41 year-old
female with sero- positive primary-chronic
polyarthritis. Besides disappointed love and
mortification as the cause the other leading
symptoms were indifference to music, sympathy,
yielding, as also warts on face and throat. Cure
holds for years.
52.
Une sciatique dramatique (A dramatic
sciatica)
KERSTEN L. (CGH, 30/1993 extract in
ZKH, 37,6/1993)
A 33 year-old man with a heavy feeling and
tiredness below the left kidney, radiating to
the
scrotum and the left leg. Stitches particularly in
the evenings. All better from lying down. Began two
months ago after suicide of wife. Since then sleep
disturbance, he dreamt of his wife. Desire for alcohol.
As the physical symptoms were too vague only the
General symptoms were relied upon -
Sleeplessness from grief, -weakness from grief, -
ailments, death of parents or friend.
Ignatia 200 was prescribed in view of the very
recent bereavement and keeping in consideration the
"Dipsomania". After 3 weeks more tired, weakness,
but the pains are now clear and only in the left leg
localised. Nights painless, begins slowly 2-3 hours
after getting up, worse while sitting, better from
continued walking, completely disappearing while
lying; better from warmth. A positive diagnosis of
Sciatica was made. Now good characterisitc
symptoms were found for repertorisation; Sciatica agg
sitting; Sciatica amel. lying; Sciatica amel. walking;
Sciatica amel. warmth. The cause was used as
elimination rubric and Lycopodium 30 was given.
Three weeks later a rapid improvement was
reported and the patient took as a precaution another
dose of Lycopodium 30
Four months later there was recurrence with the
same modalities, the amel.by warmth was clearer from
bath. Lycopodium 200 did not bring about an
improvement this time.
Repertorisation was again done and this time a
remedy came up which already covered the
'elimination rubric' - ailments after grief - as also
'sciatica : agg. sitting , agg.lying, amel. walking.
Ammonium muriaticum. It is not under amel. from
warmth but can be seen under bathing amel., and
ultimately sciatica left, weakness lower limbs,
heaviness lower limbs.
Am-m C5, 3 globules daily for 5 days brought
about rapid relief. Since 6 years free from recurrence.
The author concludes that Lycopodium was only
the Similie while Ammonium muriaticum was the
Simillimum. It is also interesting that a Polychrest
remedy was the Similie while a so- called small
remedy was the Simillimum. It is the matching of the
symptoms of the patient with the remedy that is
important and not whether a remedy has known wide
action. Further discussions on the problems of acute
and chronic diseases follow. 53. Osteoarthritis
MERCALDO Mauro (Simile 3, 3/1993 issued
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A 47 year-oid female, with Osteoarthritis of the
right hip, with narrowing of the femoral joint space and
osteophytes of the border of acetabulum. She also had
five warts and had recently had one removed surgically
from her face. Suffered dislocation of right hip at birth.
A metallic gadget was replaced for this. Until 42 years
of age she was normal when she started to feel increasing
pain in her right hip. As a child she had styes that
disappeared with antipyrogenic vaccines. Her father
had suffered many troubles for five years caused by
heart failure and she had been taking Diazepam 5 mg.
daily and for the last eight months Ocadil 1 mg.
She was given Medorrhinum M one dose,
followed by Radium bromatum 6 t.d.s. There was
improvement. Next Bone tissue 9,15 drops in empty
stomach, Radium bromatum 6 at 3 p.m. and Cartilage 5,
15 drops at bed time. This prescription was
maintained for eight months and she improved, was
walking much better without any pain.
Radium bromatum in low potencies is
recommended for bone changes where osteophytes are
present and in high potencies where there is rarefaction
of bone tissue, it is also indicated for pain amel. by heat,
and warts.
The case report is supported by x.ray pictures. 54.
Myalgic Encephalitis (ME)/Post Viral Fatigue
Syndrome
ALLEN Julie (Simile, 3, 4/1993 issued with
the BHJ, 82 4/1993)
A 46 year-old male developed suddenly aches and
pains in his body with general lethargy and tiredness
diagnosed as rheumatism. A week later he collapsed
while working; low blood pressure was diagnosed and
he was asked to exercise as a result of which he
collapsed on the tennis court. Blood tests showed that
he was suffering from Glandular fever. Prone to
inflammations and boils and ulcers. Merurius solubilis
30 t.d.s. for 10 days and advised to stop eating wheat
to which he was allergic. Later Wheat 30 t.d.s. for 10
days. Cured.
A 26 year-old female Police officer/detective:
three years ago became ill with Glandular fever.
Unable to cope with the work and spent more days at
home than at work.
Terrible body aches; right arm from the wrist to
elbow was numb. Left cheek and eye numb; unable to
concentrate. Acute pains in her neck and shoulders,
stiffness and aches all over in all muscles, constant
headaches, perspiration, insomnia, was irritable,
moody and depressed. Worse night and change of
weather. Kali phosphoricum 200 one dose. Four
weeks she was feeling fine and playing golf.
A43 year-old male, with nausea and sometimes
vomiting, abdominal colic, muscular aches especially in
the legs, unsteady gait, complete exhaustion and he was
unable to do the slightest bit of work. Anxious, afraid
and very stressed. Palpitations, insomnia and tremors.
Citrus fruit or bread caused abdominal cramps and
colic. Wasted-looking with sunken eyes. Zincum
metallicum 200 and advised not to eat citrus fruit and
wheat. Cured.
A 48 year-old female, housewife: On Thyroxine since
the age of 16 years. Now on drugs for menopausal
problems and eight paracetamol per day
for aches and
pains and headaches. 1988, flu-like symptoms.
All kinds of pains all over her body; headaches
3-5 times a week; band-like feeling around
occiput and pain in the temples which started in
the cervical region. Frequent urination.
Weakness and excessive trembling of the legs,
acute tiredness, dizziness. Depressed with her
condition. Kali phosphoricum 200 one dose,
followed by 30 t.d.s. for 10 days. Much
improved, but problems with headaches, eyes
and throat did not seem much better. Gelsemium
30 t.d.s. for two weeks. Normal.
55.
A case of
Crohn's Disease
Dietmar PAYRHUBER (HL, 6, 4/1993)
A 43 year-old female with
Crohn's
disease.
Has already undergone four
surgeries. In 1984 resection for perforation,
and again same year colostomy raised. She
became emaciated and unable to get out of bed,
the colostomy wound was severely inflamed and
not healing. Silicea selected on the basis of the
totality, brought about the expected
improvement.
56.
A case of Malignant Lymphoma
Dietmar PAYRHUBER (HL, 6, 4/1993)
A 25 year-old woman with swelling of grape
size lymph nodes in the cervical region, the
glands hard and indolent. Biopsy shows a
Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma
a particularly
severe and quick-spreading
sarcoma.
The
previous year (1984) she had a splenectomy and
removal of swollen inguinal glands and para-
aortic lymph nodes, plus radiation, for the
treatment of malignant lymphoma.
On totality Calcarea iodata was given and
improvement (following the direction of cure)
began, and under the action of Calcarea
iodata she recovered.
57.
Homoeopathy - Post-surgery Septicaemia
REDDY Janardhan (HH, 18, 6/1993)
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A 70 year-old man, with diabetic gangrene,
semi-comatose condition and in hospital,
after amputation of the leg; renal functions
failing after surgery, and in septicaemic state.
Has developed bed sores and injection abscess.
On 12 June 1992 - Opium 200 three doses
was given
On 15 June 1992 - Opium M three doses
were given
On 19 June 1992 renal functions with fall
in serum urea and uric acid levels. Overall
improvement.
No stool since a week. Abdomen drawn in
-Plumbum 200 - three doses
23 June 1992 - further amputation due to
advancing gangrene.
26 June 1992 - post surgical pyrexiawith
urinary tract infections - Staphisagria 200 -
three doses, followed by Mercurius solubilis
200 - three doses.Since there was no
improvement - Pyrogen 200 - three doses were
given
4 July 1992 - Pyrogen M - three doses 8 July
1992 - Sulphur LM5 - two doses per day 5 days.
Sulphur in LM potencies upto 10 was given at
intervals and by the 1 September 1992 healing
was almost complete. The progress of the
improvement in blood chemistry was borne out
by laboratory results.
58.
Case of a non-healing ulcer
MANKANI Meena (HH, 18, 6/1993)
An insulin-dependant diabetic 55 year-old
man with a non-healing ulcer. The ulcer was flat,
painless, with irregular and blackish margins
that had a shiny glazed appearance. The surface
was absolutely raw and bled profusely every
time the patient stood up or walked a few steps.
Conium maculatum M - on the basis of the
totality was given and the very next day bleeding
was 50% better and from then on the ulcer began
to heal, slowly but certainly. The remedy was
repeated at irregular intervals and the ulcer
healed completely in a fortnight.
59.
A case of Infective Hepatitis
PalS. (HH, 18, 7/1993)
A 26 year-old man with loose stools several
times a day; infective hepatitis confirmed by
laboratory tests. Natrum sulphuricum in 50
millesimal potencies and lastly 200 cured.
60.
Treatment of Allergic Rhinitis with Auto-
blood
Therapy
BANSAL V.P. (HH, 18, 9/1993)
The author proposes potentisation (to
millesimal scale) of auto-blood to treat difficult
cases of allergic rhinitis.
61.
Case Report
GOYALK.K. (HH, 18, 10/1993)
A 13 year-old girl with bilateral deafness
after surgery for tonsillitis; she had suffered
measles in chilhood; craving for sweets.
Sulphur 200 one dose weekly for three
weeks brought about improvement. For an acute
coryza with sneezing she was given Aconitum 30
three doses after which her condition relapsed.
Now Sulphur 200 one dose without result then
1M also in vain; then Sulphur 30 one dose
brought about improvement. Subsequent
Audiometry report confirmed the cure.
62.
Separation and return - A case
MCLAUGLIN Dee (The Homoeopath,
50/1993)
This is a very interesting case. What is
considered as an acute remedy - Belladonna -
cured straight away a chronic case! The author
stresses the 'understanding' of the central theme
of the case - "We have to understand which
symptoms represent the logic of the case and
then the next step is to know how to take these
svmotoms and translate them into the most
elegant use of the repertory." The case report
impresses the above advice.
63.
Acute Asthma Remedies
DOCKX Rene & KOKELENBERG Guy
(The
Homoeopath 50/1993)
This is an extract from
'Kent's
Comparative Repertory of the homoeopathic
Materia Medica'
by KOKELENBERG &
DOCKX.
64.
Homoeopathy in the Treatment of
Aids &
HIV
related Illness
SILVER Stephen (The Homoeopath,
51/1993)
A brief discussion on the subject.
Since it is the immune system itself which
attacks the organs or specific cell groups
involved it is obvious that treatment which is
designed to stimulate the immune system is
inappropriate in most cases of auto-immune
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disease.
Tautopathy can be used to remove the
adverse effects of some of the drugs prescribed
for these patients.
The psycho-emotional factors have to be
reckoned and prescribed suitably. The case of a
comatose patient apparently terminally ill
was prescribed Phosphorus M and the patient
revived and went on to improve rapidly.
"True prophylaxis does not exist in the form
of a pill" The only true prophylaxis is 'health'. A
case in point: A patient with extreme breathing
difficulty and about to he hospitalised for
Pneumocystic pneumonia rushed to the author
since he did not want to be hospitalised;
examination of the patient pointed to
Tuberculinum which, however, was not given.
Instead it came out during the conversation that
the patient's breathing difficulties began soon
after he had unprotected sex with a stranger to
whom he did not reveal that he was a HIV
positive. He felt 'why should I tell him when the
fellow who gave it to me did not tell me?'. When
asked how he was feeling about it now, the
patient replied 'awful' and wept, he was
overcome by remorse, that he had been wrong.
The remedy, Pulsatilla, was not given. After
talking for some more time the patient had no
more breathing difficulty, he was smiling and
bright again. Much later he was given
Tuberculinum. The Pulsatilla picture never
re-
appeared.
On 'Death': The author speaks of his
experience with a patient who did not respond
favourably to any medicine and was dying. All
he could do was to be with the patient and his
dear ones and this presence at the deathbed was
a great solace to the dear ones.
The author is the Chairman of the
'Immune Development Trust' and a
homoeopath of 20 years experience. 65.
Spondylitis
SURYAPRAKASA RAO, B.A. (mfH, 4,
1/1993)
The author has presented a broader picture
of this ubiquitous complaint and also presented a
variety of clinical cases where few think of
medical treatment, least of all Homoeopathy.
Three cases are given in which homoeopathic
medicines gave good relief.
66.
Common complaints of old age
AMEJA Manmohan Singh (mfH, 4, 2 &
3/1993)
The article is based upon the personal
experience of the author in treating the
complaints of the aged spread over more than
two decades. The second part of the article
carries an exhaustive
repertory.
67.
The child gambler
NEERA R.K. (NJH, 2, 4/1993)
A 10 year-old boy who was restless,
talkative, jovial, obstinate, breaking things,
aversion to black color, likes to bet and win by
any means, was cured by Tarentula hispanica.
68.
The Little Angel
PARTHASARATHY Vishpala (NJH, 2, 4/1993)
A restless, mischievous, active boy (age?) with
skin rashes was very much improved by
Tarentula cubensis (although Tarentula
hispanica came up on repertorisation the
cubensis was chosen because of the skin rashes.
Later he needed Tuberculinum to quieten him.
69.
Some Spider Cases
KRISHNAN Ranga (NJH, 2, 4/1993)
Case
1: A 35 year-old lady, with periodical
headaches with total aversion to light, noise,
was improved with Theridion currasavicum.
Case
2: A 29 year-old married woman,
developed panic attacks after the death of
father-in-law (who suffered from Cancer) during
which time she suffered from jaundice also.
Theridion helped her. Least noise as the rustling
of paper would aggravate her headache.
Case
3: A 10 year-old boy injured his knee
(lacerations) and it became septic, pus oozing.
Tarentula cubensis cured. There was family
history of diabetes.
The author uses Tarentula cubensis in such
cases with history of diabetes in the family.
Case
5: A widow (a Gynaecologist) with
malignant right ovarian cyst with ascites and
hydrometra; very fond of eating. Tarentula
cubensis soothed her end-stage pains and she
died peacefully.
70.
The Snake Girl
GUNAVANTE S.M. (NJH, 2, 4/1993) Aseven
year old girl with recurrenttonsillitis and a white
spot on the thigh. Poor appetite, no urging for
urine or stool. Aversion to milk. Fond of music
and dancing, likes to paint and draw; favorite
color, red. Bold, when she went to the Zoo she
took a snake
around her neck. Tarentula hispania,
improved her all round.
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71. The Tabla Magic
GAJIWALA Bhavana (NJH, 2, 4/1993) A nine year old
boy with recurrent headaches, severe in nature,
accompanied with irritability and vomiting. He was
very restless. When he had headaches he wanted
absolute silence and slightest noise would startle him;
he hated music, especially loud music. Theridion
cured. The boy then took up music, to learn tabla.
72. The Spendthrift King
UPADHYA Sammer (NJH, 2, 4/1993) A 21 year-old
unmarried man, with history of depression since two
years. From his chilhood has been self-willed,
pampered. Used to spend lavishly, gamble. When
angry he would break things. He wanted to live in a
house made of glass with central air conditioning,
modern art over the walls; bed should be made of wood
plated with gold, Liked loud music and dark clothes.
But whenever relatives or friends visited he would
behave differently, would talk nicely like a mature
person. He was on anti-depressants and if they were
stopped he would behave rudely and violently.
Veratrum album cured.
73. Approach to a Medical emergency
ASRANI C.H. (NJH, 2, 5/1993)
The author has appended a Table of symptom
complex, possibility, investigations/checks to be
carried out, in respect of 'emergencies'.
74. Shock and its Homoeopathic Treatment
MATHUR K.N. (NJH, 2, 5/1993)
A brief therapeutic of 'emergencies' of Shock.
75. The Role of Homoeopathy in Acute
Emergencies
TIWARI M.L (NJH. 2, 5/1993) Broncho-pneumonia,
Acute dysentery, Acute Abdomen, have been discussed
with illustrative cases.
76. Emergency and Naturopathy
KONKEKAR Prakash (NJH, 2, 5/1993)
Naturopathic - use of Water, Dust, Salt Water,
Onion Juice, Moist pack, Enema all as remedies in
emergencies
77. Asphyxia neonatorum - homoeopathic
Perspective
MUTHUKANNAN, Capt,(NJH, 2, 5/1993) Asphyxia
neonatorum is the commonest medical emergency
and a leading cause for neonatal mortality. The author
discusses the homoeopathic therapeutics of this
emergency.
78. The Great Dictator
NAGAR Rashmi (NJH, 2, 5/1993) 43 year-old male,
with chest pain. On the basis of totality Aurum
metallicum as constiiutional medicine, and Cactus
grand/flows as acute remedy were prescribed.
79. Else I will spit
MISHRAS.C. (NJH, 2, 5/1993)
A 5 year-old boy with complaints of involuntary
urination even in daytime. Disobedient, short-
tempered and irritable; Constipation; Dry cough;
when asked his name, the boy spat on the face of the
author; this he repeated when again asked. Belladonna
was his remedy.
80. Two Acute Cases
NAGAR Rashmi (NJH, 2, 5/1993)
A middle-aged male, an executive, developed
hiccups suddenly while conversing and laughing, with
his friends. Nux vomica 200 two doses fifteen minutes
apart stopped the hiccups.
Sudden rigors at night in a middle-aged man; the
rigors were only on one side of the body (left side). Nux
vomica 200 brought above quick relief and the rigor
shifted to the right side and another dose of the same
remedy relieved the rigor; Next morning fever came up
which too was relieved by Nux vomica.
81. ... And the ambulance went back
MANKANI MeenaT. (NJH, 2, 5/1993)
A girl of 16 years age, frail, tall, had fainted
suddenly as a result of electric shock while switching on
the washing machine. An ambulance was called. In the
meantime, it was observed that the girl was semi-
conscious, turning her head from side to side with tears
rolling down from the corners of her eyes, taking deep
breaths and with paroxysms of sobbing. Ignatia XM
and she recovered consciousness in 5 minutes.
82. Homoeopathy in Emergencies
PRABHAKAR MURTY K.R.K. (NJH, 2, 5/1993)
Case 1: A ten year-old boy with severe
diarrhoea and dehydration as a result. Veratrum album
cured.
Case 2: A supra-pubic cystotomy had been
performed in the morning on a 25 year-old male and
even by late evening he had not regained
consciousness. Strontium carbonicum M was given and
in 10 minutes he regained conciousness.
Case 3: A 50 year-old female was in the hospital and
was in acute pain in the abdomen since 4 hours. She was
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ameliorated by lying on the abodmen. Belladonna
relieved the pain rapidly. As she was under the treatment
of a Urologist for renal calculus, she was given Berberis
vulgaris M and two days after she passed painlessly a
stone in her urine.
Case 4; A male patient in coma at mid-night, after
hematemesis, in the hospital. He had fainted after
vomiting bright red blood. Unconscious since two
hours, besotted apperance, feeble pulse, stertorous
breathing and not responding to stimulus, pupils were
pinpoint. Opium M repeated after 15 minutes made
him sit up and inquire for whom the doctor was
called in at that hour of night!
Case 5:
A 35 year-old male with
Astrocytoma in the lower grade midline
posterior fossa. A midline suboccipital
craniotomy and tumor decompression was
done and then Radiotherapy given and
prescribed CCNU (Lomustin) capsules. The
drugs were stopped an year later since they
were chemotherapeutic and the patient did not
show any sign of improvement. The patient
later developed drowsiness and fever persisted.
Gelsemium 30 was prescribed and next day the
patient went into coma, and was not acting to
stimuli. Pupils were pinpoint. Opium M in
water half hourly and in two days when seen he
was found happily taking his meals. The patient
had regained consciousness within 24 hours of
starting Opium. He was given Kali
phosphoricum 6x t.d.s. Patient continued to be
well.
83.
Homoeopathy in the ICU
BANERJEE Sanjoy (NJH, 2, 5/1993)
Case 1:
60 year-old male. High blood
pressure (250/90). Clue:blacktoes. Secale
cornutum and blood pressure came down to 160
in three hours.
Case 2:
64 year-old male. Case of renal
failure. Clueiyellow saddle discoloration across
the nose. Sepia.
Case 3:
52 year-old male, in coma, and in
that state he was rolling his head and moved his
legs constantly. Helleborus, and he regained
consciouness.
The author gives the remedies more often
required in cases in the ICU (Intensive Care
Unit).
84.
China : A homoeopathic IV drip?
BAHLH.P. (NJH, 2, 5/1993)
Case 1:
Three month-old boy with putrid,
gushing, painless stools ever 5-10 minutes.
Became dehydrated. Podophyllum 30 single
dose stopped the diarrhoea.
Case 2:
Old lady with Acute Renal failure,
with high blood urea. She was found
unconscious with a calm and expressionless
face. Opium restored. 10 days later she had
severe diarrhoea and became dehydrated;
breathing accelerated and tongue slightly
protruding. She was given China 30 and she
recovered very rapidly.
Case 3:
15 days-old infant with tongue and
buccal cavity full of apthous ulcers. The
infection was threatening to spread to the throat.
Sulphuric acid was prescribed and by next
morning all the ulcers had vanished.
Case 4:
Severe toothache since 3 days, hot
sips of tea gave him some comfort. Magnesium
phosphoricum very quickly relieved and there
was no need to extract the teeth as earlier
planned.
85.
Some Emergency Cases
WAGHANNA Vijaydeep (NJH, 2,
5/1993)
Case 1:
Post-partum convulsions cured by
Amyl nitrosum 200
Case 2:
35 year-old male; was a known
bronchial asthma patient. After exposure to cold
winds developed severe cough, dyspnoea, no
expectoration although chest full of phlegm;
Fearful, anxious; lying on chest; constipation;
Weeping. Medorrhinum improved. Later
given Arsenicum album which completed the
cure.
Case 3:
70 year-old lady in hospital for
severe dysentery; allergic to many allopathic
medicines. 10-15 stools during daytime, none at
night. Stools offensive with white mucus like
long threads, acrid and caused burning anus.
Offensive breath. History of quarrel with
daughter-in-law. Colchicum cured.
86.
The Impacted Machine Gun
MASTER Farokh (NJH, 2, 5/1993)
An 80 year-old man who had not passed
stools and felt that he had a sensation as if there
was a machine-gun in his rectum; a feeling that
everything was packed inside the rectum. On
examination two fissures were found. He was
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found to be quite angry, and abusive. Tarentula
hispanica 200 restored.
87.
Meeting Medical Emergences
BALAKRISHNAN, E. (NJH, 2,
5/1993)
Case
1: Hyperpyrexia in a 22 year-old man;
Drowsy; staring with open eyes; delirium;
jerking of extremities frequently; shouting, with
convulsions of both the legs and again going
into stupor. Helleborus 200, 4 doses, three
hourly. Next day well.
Case 2:
38 year-old female; history of
severe vertigo since 1981; had undergone
hysterectomy for excessive bleeding. Fear of
getting mad. Calcarea carbonica 200.
Case 3:
12 year-old boy with high fever,
with delirium. Delirium muttering his evening
prayers. Stramonium 200 and he recovered fully
in three days.
Case 4:
17 year-old college student with
agonising pain atthe spot just above the sacrum,
since 15 days. Sitting was the most
uncomfortable position. Agaricus, cured.
Case 5:
64 year-old male, severe hacking
cough, sleeplessness since few days. Suddenly
at night he had difficulty in speaking as if
tongue paralyzed. Left side of the face seemed
paralyzed. Lot of lachrymation from the left
eye. Bell's palsy. Cocculus indicus cured the
palsy and Senega the cough.
Case 6:
61 year-old male under treatment by
a cardiologist, since a week. No improvement.
Chest pain and numbness left arm were
worsening. Giddiness. Cactus grandiflorus on
the basis of the totality, improved him
remarkably, and rapidly. After 6 days the patient
again came with bleeding piles (he had been
operated for piles earlier) and constipation.
Cactus grandiflorus cured this also.
88.
Circulatory Emergencies - A
Repertory
TARKAS P.I. (NJH, 2, 5/1993)
A brief repertory of the emergencies of the
circulatory system.
89.
Apoplexy - A
Repertory
TARKAS P.I. (NJH, 2, 5/1993)
90.
Role of Rare Remedies in End-stage Renal
failure
PAVRI Shahrukh K.R. (NJH, 2, 6/1993)
A brief therapeutics of end-stage renal
failure.
91.
Treatment with rare drugs and human
secretions
CHUGHB.R. (NJH, 2, 6/1993)
Brief discussion on Acalypha indica,
Actea racemosa, Aethiops persica.
Chenopodium glauci, Epigea repens, Ficus
religiosa, Fucus vesiculosus, Liatris spicata,
Myristica sebifera, Naphthalene, Nuphar
luteum, Pix liquida.
The author cites cases in which he used the
potentised semen, and potentised leucorrhoea
to a couple (stock from the man and the woman)
who were cured of their ailments and also had a
baby for which they had been taking treatment
for long; potentised stool (from the patient) for
pain in intestines and bladder, diarrhoea and
vomiting; potentised expectoration (from the
patient) for haemoptysis and pain in lungs,
temperature night, etc.; for cancer of the pylorus
in 78 year-old woman for whom her saliva was
potentised and given which improved her very
much; psoriasis in an 18 year-old girl was given
potentised blood (from the patient) and she got
cured.
92.
Thrombocytopenic purpura
KUMAR Praveen S. (NJH, 2, 6/1993)
Case 1:
14 year-old girl with idiopathic
thrombocytopaenic purpura. Sanguisuga
improved her much; nevertheless splenectomy
was done by the hospital stating that the recovery
was only a temporary phenomenon!
Case 2: A
surgeon had tremors as a result
of the broncho-dilators he was taking. Wyethia
cured his allergic conditions and he had no need
to take the broncho-dilators.
93.
Seven Acute Cases
BALAKRISHNAN E. (NJH, 2,
6/1993)
Case 1:
40 year-old male; suffering from
jaundice and under treatment. Severe
intolerable itching all over, with urticarial
rashes. Astacus fluviatilis 6/3 to 4 hrly.
Relieved in two days.
Case 2:
Aralia racemosa: in asthmatic
bronchitis, 10 drops third potency every Vz to
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1 hr. Relieves the spasm.
Case 3:
38 year-old lady, intolerable itching
and scratching at the anus and on pubis day and
night, without eruptions; itching relieved
by cold applications. Fagopyrum 30, t.d.s. for 4
days and then b.d. for one week cured and no
relapse.
Case 4:
45 year-old lady, with a long
history of uterine prolapse. Surgery was the
only remedy according to the Gynaecologists,
i.e. Hysterectomy. Sepia XM at long intervals, 1
dose every 2 months and in all, 3 doses. Also
Fraxinus americanus 10 drops in water t.d.s.
Cured in three months and remains well.
Case 5:
80 year-old male, with sudden bout
of haematemesis, blood clogged the air
passages. Emergency measures in the nursing
home 2 litres blood lost in 2 days. Discharged
after allopathic treatment. Stool examination
showed occult blood + + +. Phosphorus 30 one
dose for 3 days and Geranium maculatum 15
drops in water q.d.s. for a week and then t.d.s.
Geranium maculatum continued for 3 months,
patient remains well.
Case 6:
35 year-old lady with acrid profuse
leucorrhoea and severe backache. Menses, short
and scanty with severe pains. She had a 4 year
child but not conceiving further. Multiple
ovarian cysts confirmed. Thuja XM 2 doses 12
hrs. apart and after a week Oophorinum 3x t.d.s.
for four menstrual cycles. Subsequent
sonograph revealed no cysts. Allround
improvement and she conceived too and had
another child.
Case 7:
60 year-old male, diabetic and on
anti-diabetic drugs. Developed severe
shooting, spasmodic neuralgic pains in two
spots in right leg. Ranunculus bulbosus M
repeated, cured.
94.
A couple of Cases
SONAWALA Sarla (NJH, 2, 6/1993)
Case
1; 35 year-old married man with pain
in heel since one year worse standing, walking,
better rest and heat. Calcaneal spur. Pain right
knee-joint, worse first motion, better by heat.
Aranea diadema 30 daily twice for over a
month cured.
Case 2:
Author herself as a student suffered
whitlow which Hepar sulphuris couldn't help
much; Myristica 6 every six hours and in 24
hours very much improved.
95.
A case of acute Otalgia
ANAND Sunil (NJH, 2, 6/1993)
A middle-aged lady; severe piercing pains
in both the ears, more in the nights, since last 15
days. No relief from the allopathic drugs. Area
around the ears were hot and inflamed and
tender. She was homesick, loved gardening, and
cold drinks made her stomach feel cold.
Rubrics: Country, desire for: playful, desires
to play in the grass; Homesickness; stomach,
coldness, after cold drinks. Elaps corallinus 200
relieved.
96.
My experience with Rare Remedies
PURI Sandeep (NJH, 2, 6/1993)
Case 1
: A 42 year-old lady with right breast pain
extending through to back, with history of
Tuberculosis. Irritable bowels alternate
with
constipation and diarrhoea. Phellandrium 30 t.d.s.
and with three doses itself she felt much improved.
Case 2:10 year-old boy with Itching nose, soft
palate and headaches; falling of hair. Arundo
mauritanica 30 t.d.s. for 15 days improved him.
Case 3: 36 year-old woman with eruptions on
back of hands. Pixliquida 30 for 7 days b.d. and in one
month the eruptions totally disappeared.
Case 4: A 21 year-old man with obstruction of
nose, sneezing, lachrymation and cough sometimes. X-
ray showed enlarged turbinates. Sanguinaria nitrica 30
t.d.s. for 15 days for one month relieved his suffering.
Case 5: An elderly lady with headaches
suspected to be migraine; she took time to pass urine; her
body smelt foul. Prunus spinosa 30 b.d. for 15 days cured.
97. Other wise a hot drug
PARIKH Amita (NJH, 2, 6/1993)
Case 1: Boy 12 year-age. Suddenly developed large
blisters on stomach and abdomen, arms, on back of
thighs, some large, mostly circular, as if filled with
water with itching and burning. He takes only
homoeopathic medicines. Caltha 30 repeated and in 3
days he became well.
Case 2: A 35 year-old lady with pain in
abdomen, very expressive and gestures. Always
wears loose clothes; loquacious about her
complaints. Suffered tonsillitis, Appendicectomy,
Hysterectomy. Anxiety, flatulence, highly social,
dreams of snakes. Whenever she took any treatment it
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would land up with throat problems. Lachesis 30.
IV. REPERTORY
1. De Mind van het Repertorium (The Mind of
the Repertory)
DAM K. (Simillima, 2, 4/1993)
The first computer repertory was first published in
book form (Synthesis); in a few months the
Complete Repertory of Van Zandvoort (McRep) will
follow with the Mind section in print. The policy of the
computer-repertories has been for long time to add as
much material as could be drawn from the existing
homoeopathic literature. The number of additions was a
kind of holy figure. But the vast amount of additional
data will dilute our Repertory if we don't have solid
criteria about when to add and when to skip an
addition. It is not about the reliability of the source but
more about when to add a new rubric or not (or when to
add a remedy to a small highly characteristic rubric)!
We now see a lot of additions to single-remedy rubrics
to the Mind, rubrics that are far from being complete
and far from characteristic for the remedy mentioned
(Political: choc; Racism: Cocc; People in
psychotherapy: Ign., Nat-m., Sep., Artistic: Care;
Intelligent: Care; Nature, loves: Care). New rubrics that
do meet the criteria for addition should not be just
inserted alphabetically but (especially when they are
obviously not complete yet) put as a subrubric under a
bigger, more general rubric (Manipulative, should be
placed under 'Deceitful').
The catch-word or entry of the rubric is very
important for an easy finding of the rubric. The most
characteristic of the symptom should be the entry. In
Synthetic Repertory there is a subrubric under
'Cheerful' which is wrongly placed. The rubric is
'Cheerful, desires to be: Chin.' The entry of this rubric
should be: 'Desires to be cheerful'. The rubric 'Desire'
means a longing not to be realised or unrealisable, like in
'Desires ideal woman: Ant-c' The 'air-castles' of China
of the same genre. Other rubrics now under 'Desires' do
not belong there like 'Desires to be Watched: Gall-ac.';
this can be placed as a subrubric of 'Anxiety, alone,
when' (because that is the reason why Gall-ac. wants to
be watched.
When you have placed the new rubric under its
appropriate heading/entry then cross-references
should be made to similar rubrics; in this priority
should be given to the bigger and more general rubrics
with a similar meaning. At the bigger referred rubric all
those small rubrics that have referred to this bigger
rubric should be mentioned. If the small rubric
contains (a) remedie(s) that are not in the bigger rubric
this should be indicated (so you don't have to look
under all those small rubrics in search of remedies that are
not (yet) mentioned in the bigger rubric). Example:
'Delusion, know: where he is; does not know', a cross-
reference should be made to the bigger similar rubric:
'Mistakes in localities'. Also from
'Unconsciousness, dream, as if in, knows not where he
is' and from 'Stupefaction, knows not where he is' cross-
references should be made to 'Mistakes, localities.'
Under 'Mistakes, localities', all those smaller rubrics
should be mentioned and if possible the remedy in the
smaller rubric that is lacking in 'Mistakes, localities'
could be given behind that small rubric-reference
together with the number of remedies in that small rubric
that are already in the bigger rubric. If there are too many
remedies in the small rubric that are lacking in the
bigger one this could be indicated by + followed by the
number of lacking remedies; if all the remedies of the
smaller rubric are in the bigger one this can be shown
by giving only the number of remedies in that rubric.
Example: 'Mistakes, localities (Stupefaction, knows not
where he is:' + thuj., ran-b) (Unconsciousnes, dream,
knows: 7 + cortico., ran-b) ('Delusion, knows: 1 +
cann-s., merl.') ('Confusion, knows: 6 + ran-b.')
('Forgetful, house: 4') ('Memory, weakness, places: 5 +
6') etc. Now we can see at one glance which rubric we
have to look upfor not skipping a possible indicated
remedy. This saves a lot of time and frustration, but I
have to admit quite a lot of work for the repertory
makers.
But in this way (location under existing, bigger and
similar rubric; use entry to most characteristic
catchword and last but not least effective
cross-references) new rubrics can become an integral and
useful part of the repertory, firmly embedded and linked
in the existing structure and do not get lost or isolated.
Too similar rubrics should be put together like
'Impertinence' and 'Insolence' (besides all the
remedies of'Insolence' are already in 'Impertinence').
Also "superrubrics" could be created, for exampleyou
can make a rubric 'Dogs' which contains all the
remedies in the rubrics: Fear of dogs; Dreams, dogs;
Delusion, dogs, sees. Experience has shown over and
over again that remedies in 'Delusion, dogs' or
'Dreams, dogs' (and that are not in 'Fear of dogs') can
exhibit a very strong fear of dogs and vice versa.
Remedies in subrubrics that are not yet
mentioned in the general rubric should be added to this
general rubric. In subrubrics of 'Jealousy' remedies
like Ca/c, Calad., Caust., Con., Mag-c, Petr., are
mentioned that are not in the general rubric Jealousy.
Every remedy that in a certain condition (modality) can
elicit Jealousy (as a symptom) should be placed in the
general rubric too. In the physical section of the
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repertory we have the same problem with the "pain"
rubrics. And another inconvenience is surfacing there.
For example, 'Head, pain, shooting, singing, when':
alum., ptel.; this specific and highly characteristic
modality cannot be found under 'Head, pain, general'.
All those characteristic modalities under the different
kinds of pain that cannot be found yet as a modality
under the general pain should also be placed (as a
subrubric or a reference) under 'pain, general'. KENTdid
not do this because hedid not want to generalise like
BOENNINGHAUSEN and BOGER did but
experience shows the validity of those
generalisations. Aside from that in the computer
repertories a lot of rubrics are added from repertories
that have incorporated those generalisations (for
example, BOGER-BONNINGHAUSEN, PHATAK's
repertory, etc.). It would be only a logical consistency if
KENT'S repertory would be revised in the same way. And
nothing of the specificity of KENT is lost in that way
because that specific symptom with all the
characteristic modalities is still there, only now there is
an entry (in the more general rubrics) that will lead to
that specific symptom.
A balanced remedy representation (especially in
the 'MIND') is of prime importance. The
hallucinogens like Bell., Hyos., Stram., Cann-i. Ann.
are because of their "to the fore screaming"
symptoms relatively over-represented in the Mind.
Especially in single symptoms; in S.R. a lot of single
symptoms of Anhalonlum have been added
superfluously ('Flight from reality, Withdrawal from
reality, Stereotypes', etc. because other rubrics
already have the same meaning: Dream, escape in
dreamworld
1
and 'Automatisms'). For a more
balanced remedy- representation priority should be
given in adding those "too specific" remedies to more
common rubrics (with more remedies).
2. Bemerkungen uber Computer - von Sinn und
Unsinn der Computer repertorisation
(Remarks on Computer - on the sense and
non-sense of Computer repertorisation)
KOSTERS C. (AHZ, 238, 5/1993)
Repertory Software has spread and continues
to spread. Danger lies in over-estimation of
repertorisation, in indiscriminate selection of rubrics
and non-critical adoption of the results. The access to
Materia Medica information is not adequately solved.
Further development of software is suggested.
3. Uber das Repertorisieren in der
Sprechstunde (On repertorisation during the
consulting hours)
von KELLER Georg (AHZ, 238, 6/1993) Since over 30
years the author has been using a repertory of the most-
often used rubrics drawn from KENT and BOGER-
BONNINGHAUSEN; the reason being that not one
rubric can be considered as complete in either of the
repertories and what is available in one is not in the
other; also many synonymous rubrics may be found in
the KENT at different places.
The author has now proposed to prepare a
repertory of modalities which would help in selecting
the most suitable remedy.
4. Zum Thema Mittelverwechselungen in
Repertorium von Kent (On remedy
confusions in the repertory of Kent)
CZERNIKI B. (AHZ, 238, 5/1993)
The author points out that in the Kent's
Repertory (VI edn. reprint) the remedy Ingluvin (ing.)
is mentioned against 'Delusions, pregnant, thought
herself instead of Ignatia (Ign.) In the Final Genl.
Repertory (P. SCHMIDT & Diwan Harish CHAND) this
error is not found.
5. Differenzierungsversuch verwandter Rubriken
im Repertorium von Kent: Antagonism with
herself et. al. (An attempt in differentiating
related rubrics in the repertory of Kent:
Antagonism with herself etc.)
GENNEPER T. (ZKH, 37, 6/1993)
There are certain rubrics in the KENT Repertory
which appear to be similar but cannot be differentiated
easily and clearly. The right method in such cases is to
refer to the source literature, viz., the provings and the
Materia Medica. This would help in correctly
differentiating the apparently similar rubrics.
With 'Antagonism with herself the following
rubrics may be compared: 'Thoughts, two trains of
thought', 'Will, contradiction of, 'Wills, two, feels as if
he had two wills'. The remedies are Anac, Am., Lyss.,
Naja., Lach. Kali-c, Lac-c. These become clear by
referring to: Guiding Symptoms, Chronic
Diseases, Encyclopaedia.
No significant difference is seen between these similar
rubrics. It is therefore better either to make a combined
rubric or to work out the case with other
rubrics also instead of referring to any one of these
rubrics.
6. Synthetic Repertory - A Critical Appreciation
ROY S.P. (NJH, 2, 4/1993)
The author has pointed out certain
inconsistencies, errors in the Synthetic Repertory. A
long list - in three tables - is appended.
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V. VETERINARY
1. Dierencasus (Animal case): Mickey
LASSAUW Y. (Simillima, 2, 3/1993)
Mickey is a seventeen-year old male cat. The
| main and characteristic (and complaint of the
owner) ; is that Mickey shrieks terribly. Already at
dawn at about 5.00 he starts to shriek. He stops when
the lady-owner comes out of her bed and gives him
food which he does not eat. But then he gets quiet. He
is never at ease, very alert, even when he sleeps, he is
not relaxed. Arsenicum is the remedy. The remedy
given in 200 didn't hold long. It had to be repeated at
shorter , and shorter intervals and failed to act at all in
the end.
(
The best potency till now is XM. Not
onthly, not weekly, but every day he gets this; even
worse: 6-7 times a day, and this already for 6 months.
When the lady-owner skips the remedy skips a dose
once he immediately relapses. When Arsenicum
would be only a simile and not a simillimum one
should have expected: 1. New symptoms indicating
the real simillimum; 2. Proving symptoms of
Arsenicum with this much frequent repetition; 3. Not
repeatedly such a profound action on all levels after
every relapse. The owner says she has never been so
relaxed in his seventeen years as now. Lesson from
this case: Repeat when the dose is exhausted (never
mind if this is after two hours or two years).
2. Dierencasus (Animal case): Binkie
LASSAUW Y. (Simillima, 2, 4/1993)
Binkie is a nine-year old Golden Retriever with
main complaint Hip dysplasia and an itching skin
disorder. His behaviour is quite aggressive (tears
newspaper and the mail from the letter-box). On the
other hand his favourite resting spot is concealed
under the stair-case. Belladonna 200 was given with
good results (but with frequent repetition of the
remedy).
VI. PHARMACOLOGY
1. Survey on the teaching of complementary
medicine in British schools of Pharmacy.
KAYNE Steven (BHJ, 82, 3/1993)
The 16 U.K. Schools of Pharmacy were
surveyed to investigate whether undergraduate
students were exposed to teaching in complementary
nedicine. 56% replied positively, with course varying n
length from 1-2 hours upto 20 hours. Of the 44% who
replied negatively, 30% indicated that they hought
they would teach the subject in future.
2. Eugenia jambos gleichbedeutend mit
Eugenia jambolana?) (Eugenia jambos same as
Eugenia jambolanai) FURLENMEIER S. (ZKH, 37,
4/1993)
The Myrtaceae family comprises approximately
Df 100 kinds with about 3000 kinds of creepers and
small bushes upto tall trees. Its utility is in timber
[Eucalyptus), spices (clove), ethereal oils (Eucalyptus
3il, Cajeput oil, Clove oil), edible fruits (Guava,
Jambo), ornamental plants (Myrtle). However for
Homoeopathy only two varieties are relvant: Eugenia and
Syzgium.
In the homoeopathic literature only Eugenia ambos
is mentioned but in the Pharmacopaeia (German) of
1958 and 1978 Syzium jambolana (-Eugenia
jambolana) is listed. However, Eugenia •ambos is only
mentioned in the annexe of the 1958 sdition of the
Pharmacopaeia and not mentioned in the 1978/85
editions. This is certainly a matter of two different plant
species. How has this confusion come about?
VII. EDUCATION
1. The Institute of Clinical Research
DHAWALE K.M. (HL, 7, 1/1993)
The Institute of Clinical Research (ICR),
Bombay is probably one of the most organised
homoeopathic insitutions offering clinical training for
graduates from homoeopathic and other medical
colleges. The courses are marked by very hard work and
a very particular approach to Homoeopathy. This
approach is characterised by the detailed case-taking with
understanding of the mind and followed by the
selection of a constitutional remedy (a nosode) and one
or two acute remedies for various acute episodes. The
constitutional remedy is often a salt e.g. Sodium or
Magnesium salt. The article explains the principles and
practice in homoeopathic education as followed by the
ICR.
VIII. RESEARCH
1. Cholera and homoeopathic medicine - the Peruvian
experience GAUCHER Catherine, JEULIN
Dominique, PEYCRU Patrick PLA Anna.
AMENGHAL Carles (BHJ, 82, 3/1994)
In March 1991 the charity Homoeopathes sans
Frontiers established an aid programme for cholera
victims in Peru which continued intermittently for 8
months. The article details the programme and the
results.
Homoeopathic medicines were administered in
addition to oral rehydration. The experience of the
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mission showed that homoeopathic medicines
accelerated the improvement when used with
rehydration. The most frequently used medicines were
Cuprum, Veratrum album, Camphora Following these in
frequency were Ipecacuanha, China, Phosphorus,
Arsenicum album, Phosphoric acid and upto 15 out of
23 medicines described in the classical
homoeopathic literature.
The homoeopathic medicines used most
frequently in the epidemic generally coincided with
those which were used in the 19th century.
2. Topological investigation of the ethanol/water
system and its implications for the mode of
action of homoeopathic medicines
SINGH Prem P., CHHABRA H.L
(BHJ, 82, 3/1993)
Available molar excess volumes V and molar
excess enthalpies H data at 250°C in the ethanol (E) and
Water (W) system have been analysed in terms of a
graph-theoretical approach to suggest that both E and
W (in the pure state) exist as equilibrium mixture of
various r-meric forms, that the particular
configuration that they acquire in their mixture is
dictated by their relative proportions. Although E
undergoes hydrophobic interactions in W, specific
interactions between E and W favour their mutual
dissolution. The process of succussion (or trituration) of
homoeopathic drugs with E (or lactose) produces
potentized E or W molecules that mimic the properties of
the drugs. Homoeopathic medicines have been
postualted to operate via electorn-transfer processes in
the Central Nervous System. A mode of action of
homoeopathic medicines, consistent with the recent
concepts of Chemistry and Physics is proposed to
explain the scientific basis of the Law of Similars and
some other characteristic pharmacologic actions of
homoeopathic medicines.
3. Effects of homoeopathic preparations of
organic acids and minerals on the oxidative
metabolism of human neutrophils
CHIRUMBOLO Salvatore, SIGNORINI
Andrea, BLANCH Ivo, LIPPI Guiseppe and
BELLAVITE Paolo (BHJ, 82, 4/1993)
A number of different potencies of
commercially available homoeopathic preparations in
saline solution were tested for their ability to regulate
the oxidative metabolism (superoxide production)
and adhesion function of human neutrophils in vitro.
15% to 30% inhibition of oxidative metabolism was
caused by Sulphur 6x, Manganum phosphoricum 6x
and 8x. Phosphorus slightly reduced superoxide
production, with varying results in a series of
experiments. Using Magnesium phosphoricum and
Phosphorus, small inhibitory effects (8-11%) were
noted even at high potencies. Among the organic
acids, a group (Acidum malicum 4x and Acidum
fumaricum 4x) enhanced superoxide production,
while others either inhibited the response (Acidum
citricum and Acidum succinicum, 3x and 4x) or had no
effect (Acidum a-ketoglutaricum and Acidum cis-
aconitum). Attempts to reproduce these effects using
solutions prepared in the laboratory confirmed the
inhibitory effects of Manganum phosphoricum 6x and
of organic acids in the 3x, while other data indicated
that critical factors in the methodology of preparation
may affect the results.
IX. HISTORY
1. Publicity generated by an International LMHI
Congress
POETTERS Hedwig (BHJ, 82, 3/1993)
The International Conference of the LMHI in
Kbln (Cologne), Germany in May 1991 had
considerable publicity effect.
Two million readers were reached through
articles in the daily press. Several large medical and
health journals and magazines informed ca. 500,000
readers. Radio stations reached several hundred
thousand listeners.
In the homoeopathic press, 19 journals
reported the conference. They printed more than 80
items, including lectures given at the conference,
reports on the conference, comments, letters to the
editor, etc.
The most important dignitaries of Western
Germany sent greetings.
The reasons for the conference being
successful in the eyes of homoeopathic physicians were
as follows:
- high quality scientific and cultural programme,
- good interpreters and good quality technical
equipment in the conference centre, and
- location of the conference in the most densely
populated area of Germany with good
transport connections.
2. The Personality of HAHNEMANN
LEARY Bernard (BHJ, 82, 4/1993)
The writings of HAHNEMANN are discussed
with particular reference to his attacks on the medical
profession. His intolerance of disagreement is
explored. The question is raised as to whether his
personality played a part in the generally negative
reception of his ideas.
3. HAHNEMANN und PARACELSUS - Zum
Geburtstag des Hohenheimers im
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PARACELSUS - On the birthday of
Hohenheim in the Paracelsus-year 1993)
SCHMEER E.H. (AHZ, 238, 4/1993)
In the second half of the 18th century, the era of
Englightenment, PARACELSUS was considered as a
muddle-headed, depraved itinerant scholar, as a
bragging medical charlatan, to be considered only
negatively, to whom a friend of HAHNEMANN, the
German philologist ADELUNG also belonged.
Presumably HAHNEMANN himself was not free from
this prejudice. He opined PARACELSUS as the
producer of a spirit of Arsenic which every bungling
physician administered as fever medicine which
instead of curing the patient took him to the grave,
(vide HAHNEMANN's Arsenikvergiftung).
HAHNEMANN seems to have misunderstood
PARACELSUS.
In this brief but well-researched article the
learned author explains the relationship and non-
relationship as well as the congeniality of both -
HAHNEMANN and PARACELSUS.
4. The smaller hospitals
LEARY Bernard (BHJ, 82, 3/1993)
The evolution and history of the so-called
homoeopathic cottage hospitals is discussed.
It is interesting to note that till the turn of the
century to the second World War there were many
homoeopathic hospitals. These smaller hospitalswere
called Cottage hospitals. Of these smaller hospitals
only one - The Turnbridge Homoeopathic Hospital -
has survived. Now there are toally five homoeopathic
hospitals in the U.K. The remark "Since 1948 all the
remaining homoeopathic hospitals, major and minor,
have been fighting a running battle against the
establishment in order to remain homoeopathic
institutions" makes a sad reading.
The Simile, 3, 3/1993 informs that "Tuesday 1,
June, 1993 was a red letter day for the Turnbridge
Wells Homoeopathic Hospital as it celebrated its 90th
Anniversary in glorious weather." (The QHD wishes a
glorious future for the hospital)
5. The National Homoeopathic Hospital in
Mexico City will be celebrating its centenary in July
1993. The hospital was opened on 15 J uly 1893 by the
President, General PORFORIO DIAS, and in its early
days had great success in the treatment of epidemics
of Typhus. President Francisco I. MADERO was a
strong supporter of Homoeopathy and contributed to
the development of the hospital after his visit in 1911.
I n the last 15 years the hospital has been restructured
by the Minister of Health to function as a general
hospital. The commemorative programme includes a
ceremony and scientific programme. The President of
the organising committee is Dr. Armando RUIZ
MASSIEU.
6. Australia - repon: from Dr. Nick GODMAN
(Simile 3, 4/1993 issued with the BHJ, 82,
4/1993)
Dr. Stephen SIMPSON was probably the earliest
homoeopath in Australia. In 1836, prior to migrating to
New South Wales from England, he had written a
controversial book on Homoeopathy. A homoeopathic
dispensary was opened in Sydney in 1858 and in 1877
Dr. J. Field DECK arrived. Dr. Field DECK, with his
four medical sons and a few others, served at the
Sydney Homoeopathic Hospital from 1902. This
hospital was partly government funded from 1906 and
continued to provide homoeopathic services until 1945.
The Melbourne story began with JOHN
HICKSON in 1850 and he was followed by the Martin
and Pleasance Dispensary in 1855, Johann W. GUNST in
1868 and the Melbourne Homoeopathic Hospital in
1882. However, in 1908 the Victoria Medical Act
restricted the number of homoeopaths to one new
registrant per year, and the Victorian Branch of the
BMA forbade its members from working with
homoeopaths.
There were homoeopathic hospitals in Hobart and
Launceston in the late 1870s; and the Reverend
Benjamin GILMORE WILSON was using
Homoeopathy in the Brisbane area between 1858 and
1878. Homoeopathy declined from 1930 to the 1970s as
a consequence of the rising competence of scientific
medical therapeutics and of some of the attendant
politics.
Today, Homoeopathy is enjoying renewed
interest along with other complementary disciplines,
particularly acupuncture. Methodology ranges from
classic to pluralist. There is a gradual shift toward
classical practice. Separate colleges in each of the
eastern states has led to independent development. The
Federation of Homoeopaths embraces all styles of
practice and has presented Indian teachers. Dr. D.
DIKSHIT from Bombay and Dr. JAYESH SHAH have
been teaching. A process is evolving by which
Homoeopathic training is standardised across the
country and involves universities and/or colleges of
tertiary education teaching the basic medical core.
There are still some politics to overcome.
In the late 1970s Dr. John GEATES who had been
working in Sydney for 25 years was approached by a
group of doctors impressed by his work to teach them
Homoeopathy. By 1980 the first two doctors (GOH and
ASHER) had gained the M.F. Horn and the Australian
Medical Homoeopathic Society for Research and
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Education, later to become the Australian Medical
Faculty of Homoeopathy (AMFH), was in its infancy.
There are now 22 doctors of M.F. Horn standard.
7. Despite official discouragement, Homoeopathy in
the former Soviet Block was not completely
suppresed and its use is now developing rapidly. A new
Homoeopathy Society was founded in Czechia in
November 1990 and it has been recognised by the
Czech Medical Society. There are 630 doctors with a
definite interest in Homoeopathy and 2000 more have
expressed some interest. In addition, there are now
several schools that provide the mandatory training in
Homoeopathy.
In
Slovakia,
the last homoeopathic
pharmacy was closed in 1964 but there are 800
members of the
Slovakia Homoeopathic
Society,
400 of whom are doctors. As yet there
are no statutory regulations for the practice of
Homoeopathy and Slovaks are dependent on
teachers from other countries.
There are 2000 homoeopathic doctors in
Russia
despite an official ban that lasted 20 years
and was lifted in 1991. It is now legal to
manufacture remedies and publish books. The
Sixth Edition of the
Organon
was translated
into Russian last year.
(Simile,
3, 4/1993 issued
with the BHJ, 82, 4/1993)
8.
A Man with two Boats
LEWIS Joe A., (HH, 18, 7,8,9,10 & 11/1993)
This is a brief biography of "Father MULLER"
-Keith Augustus MULLER S.J. (1841-1910)
who came to India as a Missionary and founded
the famous
"Fr. Muller's Homoeopathic Poor
Dispensary"
in 1881 in Kankanady, Mangalore,
in South India. It is said that grand parent of Fr.
MULLER, Augustus MULLER, was the teacher
of Samuel HAHNEMANN.
Fr. MULLER is reckoned as a pioneer in
the history of Homoeopathy in India.
9.
Excerpts from the History of Homoeopathy
and its Institutions in America
(HH, 17 and 18/1993)
This traces the history of Homoeopathy in
the USA. The Homoeopathic Heritage, Vol.
18, No.12/1993 traces the founding of the
Allentown Academy.
The narration says that in
fact there was no institution actually as
Allentown Academy which was the name
adopted for convenience; the actual name was
'The North American Academy of the
Homoeopathic Healing Art'.
More instalments
are to fol low in the subsequent numbers of
the Homoeopathic Heritage.
X. GENERAL
1. Homoeopathie wetenschappelijk bewezen
(Homoeopathy scientifically proven)
DAM K. (Simillima, 2, 3/1993)
A Dutch woman dentist JOSEPHIEN VAN
DEN BERG has done a clinical trial with
whiplash patients. After a dramatic
improvement with diet and Homoeopathy in
one of her own children (who was diagnosed
having a very serious neurological brain
disease), she decided to make this known to the
allopathic profession She started a foundation
(BAB"O"Z), did this trial and then hired the
biggest congress building and invited 35,000 all
doctors and dentists to come and see. The
response was poor.
In the trial two remedies were used.
Cocculus and Camphora in 50M or CM.
Remedy selection was done with the
Omura-
ringtest (Kinesiology).
A statistically significant aggravation in
the experimental group was found. Conclusion :
there is an effect of high potencies.
2.
Carcinosin, Copper and Cancer
MORTELMANS Guido (HL, 7,
1/1993)
The two great desires of Carcinosin are
chocolate and soup. Chocolate contains a lot of
copper and soup is made of many vegetables.
Cancer patients have been observed to be in need
of Copper; and vegetable consumption reduces
cancer risks.
3.
Dose-dependent reverse effects
LANDE Klaus (BHJ, 82, 3/1993)
This is an abstract of the Dissertation on
'Dose-dependent reverse effects - a
differential literature references'
from
the
Walther-straub-lnstitute of
Pharmacology and Toxicology, Munich
University, 1991.
A reverse effect is defined as the opposite to
the usual characteristic effect of an agent. If the
inversion is caused by a change of the applied
dose, the phenomenon is called dose- dependent
reverse effect (DDRE).
There exist 3 basic 'paradigms' on DDRE in
the scientific literature:
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Hormesis: Stimulating effects of low doses
of inhibitors
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Pharmacological : Dose-response
relationships in general.
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Homoeopathic : Effects and inversion
effects of serial dilutions, sometimes free of
molecules of the originally diluted agent.
4.
Non-medically qualified practitioners of
Homoeopathy - a statement from the Faculty
(BHJ, 82, 3/1993)
This paper considers the practice of
Homoeopathy by non-medically qualified
practitioners (NMQP), prepared by the
NMQP Working party of the Faculty of
Homoeopathy. The Working Party's brief was
to consider the issues of safety and clinical
standards of NMQP practice, not the issue of
competence in Homoeopathy.
The Summary of the paper is that there
should be further dialogue and reserch, a process
which part of the NMQP community is actively
pursuing. The conclusion 'for now' is that
patients are being placed at risk by the variable
and unregulated level of medical competence
and professional standards among NMQPs.
5.
Homoeopathy and Physics - a brief history
BERNAL German Guajardo (BHJ, 82,
3/1993)
It has been recognised since the early days
of
Homoeopathy that the very high, ultra-
molecular dilutions employed in
Homoeopathy pose fundamental scientific
problems. HAHNEMANN was the first to
recognize that the solution to these
problems
must be sought in physics, not chemistry. The views of
HAHNEMANN are summarized. The influence of
contemporary developments in physics on
homoeopathic theoreticians in the 19th and 20th
centuries is described. The later part of the 20th
century has seen the advent of experimental studies
using various forms of spectroscopy, particularly
magnetic resonance. Contemporary developments in the
understanding of the physical basis of
ultramolecular dilutions, particularly information
theory, are outlined. 6. Anthropology and Medicine -
the image of
man in different therapeutic approaches
SCHMIDT J.M. (BHJ, 82, 4/1993)
Fundamental reflections on anthropology in
medicine lead on to the image of man on which
modern, science-oriented medicine is based, followed by
that which underlies Homoeopathy.
HAHNEMANN's concept of man is considered before
elucidating the characteristics and differences
between the two approaches and their particular
position in the theory of medicine. The strict positivism
of science essentially reduces the image of man, whilst
the teleological approach, renouncing any claim to be
able to investigate the life itself, permits a
phenomenological recognition of man in all his
dimensions.
7. New Trade Association : Educating physicians
and pharmacists is one of the main areas to be
addressed by a new trade organisation, the
American Homoeopathic Pharmaceutical
Association (AHPA) formed in April 1993 by
representatives of America's major
homoeopathic manufacturers and a group of
community pharmacists. The AHPA has plans
for market development including the funding
of clinical studies and support of educational
institutions. It hopes to maintain the existing
excellent relationship with the Food and Drug
Agency and other regulatory bodies. (Simile, 3,
4/1993 issued with the BHJ, 82, 4/1993)
8. The Wounded Healer
DANCIGER Elizabeth (The Homoeopath,
51/1993)
A driven desire to heal the self is often the
unconscious driving energy behind the initial impulse
to want to 'help the other'. What does this healing say or
imply about their own suffering, and the alleviation of
their own suffering? This is being discussed in the light
of the Greek mythology, etc.
9. A Question of Perception
RICHARDS Veronica (The Homoeopath,
51/1993)
"What follows is an account of my efforts to
resolve what sometimes seems to me to be a conflict
between my spiritual ideals and 'perceiving the centre
of a case'." "When I give a remedy to a patient,
perhaps in a way it is to myself I am giving it. And once
my perception is clear, there will be no more remedy
needed."
10. Master Homoeopaths: CM. BOGER's
Collected Writings
BANNAR Robert (HLK, 2, 3/1993) The author has
proposed to publish a book: the almost complete works
of Dr. CM. BOGER, drawn from the back issues of
the International Hahnemannian Association
Journals, and also many of the Homoeopathic
Recorders. "The book contains many gems of
homoeopathic wisdom and a very solid approach to
philosophy and application notwithstanding the many
subtleties embraced. BOGER's approach can serve to
correct the bearings of any serious homoeopath, student
or practitioner." The book is to be published by
Churchill Livingstone in September 1993 and will be
available from Minerva Books, 6 Bothwell Street,
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11. Man, Microbes and Antibiotics
KOTHARI Manu L. (mfH, 4, 1/1993)
Drs. Manu KOTHARI and Lopa MEHTA are very
well known for their very thought-provoking writings.
Their lectures have been serialised in this journal. The
present one was a lecture delivered by Dr. KOTHARI at
the Andhra Pradesh Chest Diseases Hospital,
Hyderabad on 1 March 1993. Dr. KOTHARI explains
how microbes are not the disease causes and how
antibioties do not really cure. "Therefore I would say
that the fault is one's reaction to the situation and I
would say that microbes are not really bothered about
causing disease and it is our reactivity that is at fault."
The 'discussion' part that follows the lecture is also
interesting. The entire article is well-worth repeated
study.
12. The Darker Side : Blindness - Post Surgical
LAKSHMINARAYANAN D. (mfH, 4, 1/1993)
The learned author narrates how indifferent
eye-surgeries for cataract, etc. cause complications,
callous post-surgical care lead to many
complications. One reads frequently 'eye operations for
cataract' 'fairs' and also 'loss of vision after surgery'.
13. In Search of God
SARADAMBA A. (mfH, 4, 1/1993)
This is a rejoinder to an article in the mfH, 3,
4/1992 which spoke rather disparagingly of
Radionics. The author briefly expalins that Radionics is
a rational practice indeed.
14. Dysis vs Disease
KOTHARI M.L. and MEHTA LA (mfH, 4,
2/1993)
This is an edited version, serialised in this journal.
These are lectures delivered by the learned authors as
Dr. Seshachari Memorial Lectures, delivered at
Hyderabad on 28 Feb. 1993. Dysis is to be defined as
dys = abnormality which is in the eyes of the doctor,
but not necessarily inimical or symptomatic to the
patient and therefore not necessarily meriting an
investigation or treatment. The authors speak of rational
approach to Signs and Symptoms. Very very relevant
to homoeopaths.
XI. BOOKS
1. Homoeopathy for Midwives (& Pregnant
Women). Peter WEBB, British Homoeopathic
Association 1992 ISBN O 946717 01 X. Paperback.
pp.43 E3.50, reviwed by Anita K. DAVIES (BHJ, 82,
3/1993): "This well-produced booklet has an index and
bibliography ... It is easy to read and the mother and
midwife and indeed doctor who is unfamiliar with
homoeopathic practice should be able to follow the
subject with understanding...."
2. Proceedings of the 1992 Professional Case
Conference. Small Remedies and Interesting
Cases. International Foundation for
Homoeopathy, Seattle, USA. Paperback, pp.291
$26.50 from IFH, 2366 Eastlake Avenue, East, 329,
Seattle, WA 98102 USA. reviwed by D.T.H.
WILLIAMS (BHJ, 82, 3/1993): "I like reading case
historieslike these... Asan instrument of self-study the
book is useful... I found the materia medica
representation particularly useful and most especially
those on the Carbons and Argentums... The influence
of George VITHOULKAS is seen and is freely
acknowledged... The paperback is printed with good,
easy- to-read typeface on good paper and
wellbound...."
3. Groups Classification of General Modalities.
Raul IBARRA, MD. Neuva Editorial Medico
Homoeopathica Mexicana 1992. ISBN 968-
6774-05X. Price $26. reviewed by John ENGLISH
(BHJ, 82, 4/1993): "Kent's Repertory is a formidable
stumbling block to any serious student of
Homoeopathy and the concept of modalities one of
the first hurdles the aspirant meets. Most are found in
the 'Generalities' chapter of Kent's Repertory where
they are buried in a mass of seemingly unrelated
material, as KENT used this chapter to house various
sorts of information not easily classified elsewhere...
The book is well-produced and laid out... It is easy to
criticize the choice of material included and yet to wish
for more..."
4. Homoeopathy for the Third age. Keith
SOUTER. Saffron Walden, C.W. Daniel. ISBN
0-85207-268-6. pp.225 £9.95 reviwed by Ronal
LIVINGSTON (BHJ, 82,4/1993): "I should expect this
compact and most readable book to have a special
appeal for those passing through what the author
described as the "third age" i.e. the years of maturity
and decline, people who would naturally be interested
in the University of the Third Age and the Open
University. It fills a niche so far unoccupied in
homoeopathic literature. It is certainly well suited for
readers who are involved in the care of elderly and
fragile people whether they are professionally qualified
or not...."
5. Homoeopathic and Drainage Repertory. A
guide to take care of yourself, your family and your
patients. Michel M. BOUKO-LEVY M.D. Editions
Similia, France 1992. pp.476 ISBN 2-904920-70-7.
590F paperback reviwed by Marianne HARLING
(BHJ, 82, 4/1993): "... In France Homoeopathy has
developed along different lines, still claiming to be
Hahnemannian... it is thought appropriate to prescribe
several medicines for different aspects of the case:
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constitution, aetiological medicines (nosodes),
organ-related medicines to strengthen affected
tissues, satellite or complementary medicines, trace
elements which may be lacking and drainage
remedies to assist elimination. (Of course not all of
these classes of medicines are given in every case)...
Dr. Michael BOUKO-LEVY is founder and Chairman of
the Institute of Homoeopathy of Provence, and has
taught Homoeopathy in several countries. He has
created a clinical repertory which, as well as indicating
the similar homoeopathy medicine, also suggests a
pattern of drainage, using phytotherapy (herbal
medicine), phytogemmotherapy (growing tips of
plants), organotherapy (treatment with potencies of
healthy organs), trace elements and satellite
remedies.
The Repertory itself occupies 408 pages. The
rubrics are arranged alphabetically as in CLARKE'S
Clinical Repertory....
... The Repertory can be recommended as an
excellent and useful addition to modern
homoeopathic literature. It will be of greatest value to
homoeopathic doctors (not necessarily beginners) who
are engaged in busy general practice and want rapid
and durable results...
6. New Model of Health and Disease. George
VITHOULKAS. E 9.95 paperback. ISBN
1-55643-087-6. Published by North Atlantic Books
(USA), reviewed by Alice GREENE (BHJ, 82,
4/1993): "... this book is written (after 28 years of
mature reflection and experience of treating over
150,000 homoeopathic cases), to show that the
paradigm of conventional medicine has not only failed
to prevent or cure disease, but is actually responsible
for a world- wide degeneration of health due to the
excessive use of powerful chemical drugs.
VITHOULKAS aims to show by enumerating the
natural laws which govern the phenomena of health
and disease, that a new paradigm of therapeutic
modalities does exist but is suppressed or neglected
by present day medical authorities ... The author
relates drug overuse with inability of our immune
systems to prevent the appearance of alarming new
diseases. Antibiotic misuse is linked to immune
disability which has allowed the rise of micro-organism
mutations, chronic systemic symptomatology due to
fungal overgrowth and the appearance of newer, more
virulent strains leading to the rise of AIDS.... This book
is well-researched, with an impressive back-up of
statistics, quotations from relevant medical sources
and good diagrams... I recommend it as a thought-
provoking, alarming and inspiring book...."
7. Iscador Therapy of Cancer. Kershasp
KASAD. Publisher Dr. Leo REBELLOW:
Progressive Writers Combine. 28/552 Samata
Nagar, W.E. Highway, Kandivali (East), Bombay
400101. rewiewed by Geoffrey DOUCH (BHJ, 82,
4/1993): "This book must be the most comprehensive
account of Iscador therapy so far to appear in
English. It is well researched and clearly written. The
author has the advantage of personal experience in
the use of Iscador.. Undoubtedly a work of reference
rather than for general reading...."
8. Homootherapie der Atemwegserkran-
kungen bei Kindern von V.G.GLAZ Ubers. und
hrsg. v.A. BETTELS. Johannes Sonntag.
Verlagsbuchh., Stuttgart, 1992. 337 S., geb., DM
88, - (Homoeotherapy of Respiratory diseases in
children) reviewed by APPELL (AHZ, 238, 4/1993):
Full of errors.
9. Homoopathie mit der Hahnemann Medical
Klinik (Homoeopathy in the Hahnemann Medical
Clinic) GRAY, B.; HERRICK, N.; MORRISON,
R.;
SHORE, J.: Kai Kroger Verlag fur homoopathische
Literatur, Rendsburg 1991 625 S.Ln., DM 129,: "...
All in all this book is an exceptionally interesting,
exciting and easy to read book, which opens many
new paths to the experienced homoeopathic
physicians..."
10. Homoopathie fur jeden Tag.
Alltagsbeschwerden, Frauen- und
Kinderkrankheiten, Notfalle (Homoeopathy for the
day-to-day ailments, women and childrens
diseases, Emergencies). GEMMELL, D.M.,
Trias-Thieme, Hippokrates, Enke, Stuttgart 1992
250 S., geb.39, DM 80.: "The book is for non-medical
persons ... The book is conceived for those in
Germany who belong to the STIEGELE school of
clinical homoeopathy or the so-called scientific
school."
11. Homootherapie neurologischer
Erkrankungen. (Homoeotherapy of neurological
diseases) GAISBAUER, M., Biologische
Fachbuchreihe Bd. 10.2 uberarb. Aufl.
Sonntag-Verlags-buchhandlung, Regensburg
1992. 165 S., kart. DM 29, 80. reviwed by
GEBHARDT. (AHZ, 238, 6/1993): "... The author has
revised an earlier writing of ZWEIG which was later
reviwed by STAUFFER, particularly the clinical part, in
which the definition of disease or the Symptoms,
Aetiology, Clinical, Diagonostics and
Differential-diagnostics, have been put in modem
terms. In the homoeopathic part fresh information
mostly from ZIMMERMAN have been included.... the
book will be of use to the beginner as also for the
experieneced...."
12. Hombopathisch behandelte Scharlachfalle
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(Scarlet fever treated homoeopathically)
UNGERN-STERNBERG, M.v. Editio Astrmonte,
Detmold 1992. 160 S. brosch. reviewed by
GEBHARDT (AHZ, 238, 6/1993):
13. Homoopathie in der Klinik-eine erlebte
Heilmethode. (Homoeopathy in the Clinic - a
Therapy of experience). Ouintessenz Verlag.
Miinchen 1990. 296 S., 99 z.gr.T. farb. Abb. Ln.,
DM 98 - reviewed by GEBHARDT (AHZ, 238,
6/1993): "The clinician has not come across any book
so much relevant as this since STIEGELE's. As the
Chief Physician of the Munich homoeopathic Hospital,
ZIMMERMANN is fully qualified as no one else, with
his long experience... Such a book has been a long-felt
need. It should be made obligatory book for every
homoeopathic physician, since it is unlike the many
modern speculative works in Homoeopathy.
14. Core Elements of the Materia Medica of the
Mind. Vol. I. Ananda ZAREN. Ulrich-Burgdorf
Publishing. Hardback. 254 pages, reviwed by
Victor JENNI (HL, 6, 3/1993): "Visiting her seminars
and watching her interview patients on video there was
always a kind of mystery about how ANANDA
focussed the case. For me, and I think for most of the
other students it remained unclear until the end of the
interviews, which of the many symptoms of a patient
were the ones she would choose to prescribe upon...
In the first volume of her Materia Medica she presents
her approach as follows: In any case of deep
pathology there is supposed to be a Wound (physical
abuse, emotional abuse, sexual abuse, violence, etc.)
The wound induces the Vital force to react in a way
that is specific for every individual, depending on the
constitutional factors and personal characteristics,
creating a Wall to protect the wound from further
injury. Therefore the symptoms of the Wall are the
guiding symptoms we have to focus, they are the
symptoms we have to choose for repertorisation and
prescribing. As a consequence, with every symptom
we have to decide whether it belongs to the Wall or the
Mask. The mask being the image of the patient, he or
she would like to appear, the "persona" of the Greek
theatre ... We have to learn to diffrentiate between the
different layers of the pathology... The set of our
questions in the interview will start to be completely
different if we adopt this point of view and so will be
the prescription... For all homoeopaths who would
like to refine their skills in the direction of the
understanding and feeling the patients suffering and
learn to prescribe on a deeper level, this Matera
Medica approach will be'of greater help.
ANANDA describes the wound, the wall and the
mask in the light of the Materia Medica of six
remedies: Calcarea phosphorica, Cannabis indica,
Causticum, Hyoscyamus, Medorrhinum and
Silicea.... There is a spiritual as well as a practical
element in this book which should appease even those
who tend to shy away from the so-called "spiritual"
element in Homoeopathy..."
15. L' homeopathie au chevet de la medecine?.
Essai pour un nouveau debat. (Homoeopathy to
bolster medicine? Essay for a new debate)
Francois CHOFFAT. Les Editions du Cerf. Paris.
Paperback, 336 pages, reviwed by Pablo
FRISHCENECHT (HL, 6, 3/1993): "This essay whose
title is rather provocative, proposes a current and well
researched reflection on modern medical practice.
The author analyses the relationship between classical
medicine and the socio-cultural environment as well
as the relationship between medical practice and its
epistemological basis, as well as the relationship
between Homoeopathy and classical medicine.
It is really rare to meet a practitioner who is gifted
with both a natural inclination for critical analysis and
the necessary ability to deal with such a complex
subject... The book shows that for Homoeopathy and
allopathic medicine to be really complementary, the
concepts of both systems have to be thoroughly
studied... This critical and exciting book has the merit
of reminding us that the so-called scientific reference is
something quite relative and changeable depending on
socio-cultural and economic factors...."
16. Practical Materia Medica for the consulting
room by Tinus SMITS. Available from Tinus Smits,
Vincent van Goghlan 6, NL-JM Waalre, Hardback
451 pages. Price Hfl. 160 (Hfl. 175 outside Europe)
postage included, reviewed by Beat SPRING. (HL,
6, 3/1993): "... Practical Material Medica for the
consulting room is a result of his thorough and
painstaking investigation of the remedies. This is a
practical and reliable source for any homoeopath's
desk covering 102 remedies... It is a practical book
for every day use in the practice and I would
recommend that the second edition be presented in
smaller print..."
17. Desktop Guide to Keynotes and
Confirmatory Symptoms. Roger MORRISON,
Hahnemann Clinic Publishing. USA. Hardback 433
pages. $68.50 ($77 abroad) reviewed by Beat
SPRING (HL, 6, 3/1993): "This excellent Desktop
guide is a summary of MORRISON'S vast experience
of the Materia Medica. Well laid-out and presented
this is an easy to use reference guide for the consulting
room.... The source of these symptoms originate from
MORRISON'S own practice or from the centre in
Athens where he studied with VITHOULKAS... The
book is a great help in learning the remedies as it
focuses the remedy and it is a quick reference to
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confirm a prescription during consultation... A highly
recommendable book for homoeopaths at all stages
of study and practice and very likely to become a more
modern standard textbook of Materia Medica."
18. Analysis and Evaluation of Rubrics /
Symptoms of Dr. KENT'S Repertory of
Homoeopathic Materia Medica. Ramanlal PATEL.
Sai Homoeopathic Book Corporation Hardback,
1339 pages. Price $30 (plus $25 pp.) reviewed in
(HL, 6, 3/1993): "This mammoth work undertaken by
PATEL is certainly a great aid to KENT'S Repertory
especially for those not working with a compute'r. It
helps to place symtoms in a hierarchical order and to
define a portrait of the patient consulting us There
are practical chapters on case taking and analysis...
PATEL is to be congratulated on his tremendous work
and dedication to Homoeopathy."
19. The Healing Power of Illness by Thorwald
DETHEFSEN and Rudiger DAHLKE, published by
Element Books, Shaftesbury, Dorset, Paperback, 273
pages £ 7.99 (The Homoeopath, 50/1993): Although
this is not a book written for homoeopaths yet it is
relevant to homoeopathic practice. "Illness goes with
health as does death with life... Life, indeed, is a
constant path of disillusionment, in that one illusion
after the other is stripped away from us until we can
finally bear the truth. So it is, then, that those of us who
are prepared to risk and tolerate the realisation that
illness, morbidity and death are essential and
ever-faithful life-companions eventually discover that
this realisation ends not in hopelessness, but rather in
the revelation that they are wise and helpful friends
who will constantly help us find our true nature, our
healing path... Illness always puts its finger on our
impotence and insignificance precisely at the moment
when we think we can change the course of
world-events through sheer personal authority. A
tooth-ache, lumbago, flu or diarrhoea are quite
sufficient to transform the conquering hero into a
miserable worm. That, above all, is what we most hate
about illness... We have to ... learn to hear and see
what illness has to tell us. As patients we have to listen
to our inner selves and enter into communication with
our symptoms if we are to learn what they have to tell
us.... The symptom makes us honest by making visible
that which we have repressed."
20. 24 Chapters in Homoeopathy with
Introduction to Systems by Joseph REEVES 256
pages, hardback, published by Homoeopress Ltd.
(The Homoeopath, 50/1993): The author is the
originator of the concept of 'the circle' as a means of
case analysis. The five levels of service: The First Level
- Love. The Second Level - Understanding. The Third
Level - Fluids. The Fourth Level - Internal organs. The
Fifth Level - External organs. "Every level stands in the
service of the higher o ne... Every time the
homoeopath takes care of the Man and helps him to
be cured in the homoeopathic way, and the sick
person is cured, the Homoeopath will become wiser.
One who does not work in this way, after every effort
to cure, will be more foolish than before."
XII. NEWS & NOTES
1.
The British Faculty of Homoeopathy,
London,
has adopted a
"Mission Statement:
To bring an awareness of Homoeopathy to
every statutorily registered health
professional in the United Kingdom".
As a
first step, the Council will discuss relevant
issues in workshops of small groups.
(Simile,
3,
3/1993 issued with the BHJ, 82, 3/1993)
2.
Boots
held a Press Seminar on 5 May 1993
to publicise the launch of their 'own brand'
ranges of homoeopathic and herbal medicines
in the near future. In each of their branches
Boots
will have at least one Pharmacist trained
in Homoeopathy and clients will be referred to
Faculty Members where necessary. Recent
Market Survey in Europe results revealed that:
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Over-the-counter (OTC) Homoeopathy
accounts for £ 210m in Germany, £ 230m
in France and £ 12m in the UK.
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in Holland £ 5.42 per head is spent on
homoeopathic medicine each year as
against 21 pin the UK
-
the leading OTC treatment for colds and flu
in France is a homoeopathic medicine
-
in the UK herbal and homoeopathic
medicines are the fastest growing
sections of the pharmaceutical industry
over the past five years. The market is
worth £40m today and continues to
increase. Other European countries
boast an OTC annual spending of around 1
billion.
Looking at the user profile, from a sample
of 2000 in the UK,
Boots
found the following
reactions to Homoeopathy:
-
7% positively inclined
-
19% were interested
-
15% uninterested
-
52% unaware
-
only 3% did not believe it worked.
Boots Homoeopathic Medicines are being
made for them by Weleda (UK) and include 20
of the most commonly used homoeopathic
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medicines in a 6c potency.
(Simile,
3,3/1993
issued with the BHJ, 82, 3/1993)
3. Michael BATE, Head Gardener, of
Weleda,
UK says
(Simile,
3, 3 & 4/1993) that the
cultivation of plants used in Homoeopathy is
fascinating because of the very wide ranging
species involved. It has become necessary to
cultivate the plants used in making medicines
because truly wild habitats are becoming more
uncommon and many species are now
protected. The way medicinal plants grow is
often unusual and striking and they sometimes
exhibit some of the symptoms of their drug
pictures. Bryonia crelia, Symphytum officinale,
Chelidonium majus, Thuja occidentalis,
Pulsatilla pratensis, Chamomilla matricaria,
Hypericum perforation, Arnica montana,
Atropa belladonna, Hyoscyamus niger,
Aconitum napellus, Ledum palustre, Rhus
toxicodendron, Allium cepa are all briefly but
beautifully discussed with nice drawings of
some plants.
4.
Faculty of Homoeopathy, Midlands
Branch, 18th Annual Symposium on
Homoeopathic Medicine, 14 November 1992
- Report by Geoffrey M.GOODYEAR (BHJ,
82, 3/1993)
Dr. Brian KAPLAN began the day with a
talk on 'Case Analysis': the many options
available. He emphasized the importance of
history taking as the basis for a flexible
approach to case analysis. He outlined and
discussed 16 ways to find a medicine.
-
Specifics such as Arnica for bruising or
Chamomilla for teething may be applicable
in a few cases.
-
Repertorizing the totality of symptoms (with
or without computer) is the classical
approcah.
-
Keynotes using rare, peculiar or
paradoxical symptoms may lead tothe
indicated medicine.
-
Epidemic remedies may apply to
particular outbreaks of e.g. influenza.
-
The constitutional medicine may be found
by studying not just the symptoms but also
the physical and psychological
characteristics of the patient.
-
Prescribing from causation may apply,
e.g. from grief, using medicines such as
Ignatia,
Natrum muriaticum,
Staphysagria or Phosphoric acid.
-
Miasmatic prescribing may be applicable
on occasions.
-
Drainage remedies can be given with the
consitutional medicine, to treat
particular organ related symptoms, e.g.
Sabal serrulata in low potency for prostatic
hypertrophy.
-
A past successful prescription may well
be repeated if it has worked well.
-
Rare and peculiar symptoms may give
strong indications for a medicine, e.g. a
painful scaly rash on the soles of the feet
treated with Mancinella.
-
Complementary e.g. Natrum muriaticum
after Apis, and related remedies, e.g.
Causticum and Phosphorus, may be
appropriate if a further medicine is
required.
-
Patients reporting that they have 'never
been well since' a particular illness may
indicate the medicine, e.g. Carcinosin or
the nosode following glandular fever.
-
Combinations of medicines as specifics can
be used and are popular in other countries.
-
The
bowel nosodes
may prove helpful at
times.
- Prescribing on
Essence
may lead to the
medicine, e.g. Pulsatilla for changeability
or
Sepia for stasis.
Dr. KAPLAN mentioned in passing
Psionic
meidcine, Vega testing,
Anthroposophical
medicine
and external
applications.
Next Gynaecological and obstetric case
histories. Dr. Valeries KLEIN presented two
cases of uterine fibroids. The first patient also
had PMS; she was treated with Nux vomica with
Calcarea fluarica 6 weekly for her fibroids
which greatly reduced in size. The second
patient had PMS, recurrent thrush and had been
advised hysterectomy for her fibroids. She was
treated with Nux vomica and Candida nosode and
followed by Natrum muriaticum. Her fibriods
were treated with Calcarea fluorica with benefit.
Dr. Elaine SELWYN presented a case of
premenstrual pain, fatigue and depression treated
with Sepia at ovulation with great benefit.
Dr. Molly HUNTON presented 3 cases.
Solidago caused the disappearance of the first
patient's fibroids which were pressing on her
bladder. A patient with post-pill amenorrhoea
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responded to Folliculinum and Oophorinum but
required Pulsatilla for the ensuing PMS. A third
patient with vulval lichen sclerosus was treated
with Acid nitricum, Sulphur and later
Thiosinaminum and Calendula with considerable
improvement.
Dr. CO. KENNEDY described the bowel
nosodes originated by Drs. BACH,
DISHINGTON and PATERSON. Their use is
solely for chronic diseases. Dys.co. was found
in the stool of children with congenital pyloric
stenosis. Treatment with Dys. co. cured some of
these children. After the last war, patients
presenting with sudden onset of peptic ulcer
symptoms or complications were found to
have proteus in the stool. This appears to result
from prolonged stress but only presents after it is
all over. Associated with this is oedema and
arterial spasm producing e.g. angina and
claudication. The nosode Bacillus No. 7 is
associated with prostration of sudden onset at the
thought of an event. Dr. KENNEDY
emphasized that the bowel nosodes should not
be given to patients who were already improving
and that a course should not be repeated within
three months. One bowel nosode should not be
mixed with another. He suggested that we should
use the bowel nosodes when stuck with a case
and in chronic cases only.
Dr. Cyril SMITH, Senior Lecturer at the
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Department of the University of Salford, talked
about recent research and development in physics
in relation to Homoeopathy. Since it appears
that Homoeopathy will be better understood
from the viewpoint of Physics rather than that of
Chemistry perhaps his book
Electromagnetic
Man
should be required reading for all
homoeopaths. 5.
EIZAYAGA Symposium,
London, 17-18 April 1993
reported by Dr.
Victoria BLACKSTONE (Simile 3, 3/1993
issued with the BHJ, 82, 3/1993)
The Symposium organised by the
British
Institute of Homoeopathy
and the
Hahnemann College of Homoeopathy.
Dr.
EIZAYAGA said that the disease, not the
psychological symptoms, should be considered
first in acute cases, i.e. the Asthma or infarction
should be taken rather than the fear of the dark.
The most important thing to cover with the
remedy is the disease. Dr. ElZAYAGA's
treatment regimes are very different from those
of KENTian classicists and he claims cure rates
of 90% by using this regime. At the Symposium
David WARKENTIN from the US and Roger
VAN ZANDVOORT from Holland helped with
the use of
MacRepertory
for several case
analyses.
In considering the disease, Dr.
EIZAYAGA examined:
a)
the local symptoms in terms of healing,
the modalities, the sensations of the symptoms
and the concomitants:
b)
the general symptoms associated with the
disease, such as anorexia or lethargy; and
c)
the acute psychological symptoms
associated with the disease, such as headaches
with
indifference, or asthmatic crisis with fear of
death.
In considering the
patient
EIZAYAGA
described symptoms belonging to the patient not
the disease, including patho-biographical
symptoms such as hatred and jealousy;
emotional symptoms such as anxiety and fear;
affective symptoms especially those releated to
love such as disappointed love and indifference;
volitional symptoms related to the will; dreams;
and finally the general symptoms of desires and
aversions, thirst, sleep, temperature.
Dr. EIZAYAGA recommended
repertorisation of the patient and the disease
separately. Initially he gives the remedy for the
disease in low potency (6c) as a repeated (qds)
dose until a response is reached. At a later date
he follows this with what he calls the
fundamental remedy, which is based on the
patient.
Three live cases were demonstrated:
1.
A man in his 30s presented with
gastro-oesophageal reflux and headache.
Dr. EIZAYAGA repertorized, with the
help of
MacRepertory,
the disease, the
patient and then combined the two analyses. He
prescribed Spigelia as the local medicine and
Pulsatilla as the fundamental medicine, with the
nosode Syphilinum added in a 200
or 1M dose, monthly, because of a syphilitic
miasm demonstrated by his father's suicide and
the patient's inconsolable depression. Calcarea
carbonicum was prescribed as the constitutional
medicine.
2.
A man in his 60s with a bladder polyp
and haematuria, was given Phosphorus
against the general feeling of the audience
that the medicine should have been
Lycopodium.
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3.
A man aged 61, presented with very severe
asthma. Here everyone seemed happier with both
the
case-taking and the choice of Sulphur as the
medicine.
Other conditions discussed fully by Dr.
EIZAYAGA at the Symposium were depression,
asthma, bronchitis, bronchopneumonia and fever.
These were covered both clinically and with the
comparative materia medica of their most commonly
needed homoeopathic medicines.
6. Rajan SANKARAN Seminar at Regents
College, London, 1-2 May 1993 reported by Dr.
Tessa KATZ (Simile 3,3/1993 issued with the BHJ, 82,
3,3/1993)
This Seminar focussed on the idea that an Indian
Raga, each individual has a specific music playing all
the time, which can be matched to a remedy with a similar
remedy. Video presentations were made. In a practical
demonstration it was seen that the raga themes that
arose from members of the London audience was
similar to those from an audience in India.
Methods of case analysis, with respect to the
relationship between the mental and physical
symptoms were discussed. The Speaker presented a
clear view of how conflicts between inner and outer
reality lead to symptoms and of how mental and
physical symptoms may vary during the process of
cure.
Mercury, Alumina, Manganum, Kali arsenicum,
Drosera and Lac caninum were all discussed. The
video cases covered different disorders treated
sucessfully with Homoeopathy, including personality
disorders, Eczema, Psoriasis, Ankylosing spondylitis
and menstrual disorders.
He also discussed repetition of the remedy and
changes in potency relevant to the shifting state of the
patient's symptoms.
7. Jonathan SHORE Seminar, Glasgow, 8-11,
May 1993, reported by Dr. Christina
SCOTT-MONCRIEFF (Simile 3,3/1993 issued with the
BHJ, 82, 3/1993)
"It is one thing to find the remedy and another
thing to keep the patient well", Dr.Jonathan SHORE
told delegates. Taking long-term case management as his
theme, Dr.SHORE discussed miasms and choice of
potency as well as expanding on his previous teaching
on case evaluation. As usual his teaching was
illustrated by videos, many of which showed
consultations with the same patient over a number of
years.
Dr.SHORE discussed self-control, the influence of
chaos and its effect on the psyche of contemporary
people. Delegates agreed that fear of loss of self
control is frequently presented by patients as a
symptom and Dr. SHORE described how he had
created a new rubric: Fear, loss of control. He started by
using his computer database of case histories of cured
patients. From the 200 stored cases, he searched for
cases in which fear of loss of control had been used. He
added two further remedies from other cases. To
complete his rubric, Dr. SHORE selected groups of two
or more related rubrics and extracted the remedies that
were common to each group of rubrics. Many of the
delegates expressed interest in this method of generating
a new rubric designed to be of practical use for a
symptom often described today but for which there is no
single relevant rubric in Kent. 8 Paul HERSCU
Seminar, Edinburgh, Scotland, 22-23 May, 1993,
reported by Dr. Gabriela RIEBERER (Simile 3, 4/1993
issued with the BHJ, 82, 4/1993):
The Seminar focused on constitutional
prescribing for children. He began with the ambitious
attempt to present over 40 cases in the course of the
weekend and started by showing brief video- clips
highlighting polycrest remedies. Many participants
found this rather confusing, since there was little time to
discuss the remedies and explore the
differentiation, and PAUL took our wishes for more
discussion into consideration.
PAUL sees very complicated cases and showed
longer videos of several children with deep emotional
disturbances and autistic traits. He has found Veratrum
album to be particularly useful for these ailments and
he provided a new and deeper insight into this remedy.
Other remeides that he presented in more detail
were: Lycopodium, Medorrhinum, Tuberculinum and
Stramonium.
Differentiation between a polycrest and a
nosode: the more there is missing in symptoms
relating to the polycrest, the more likely the patient will
need the corresponding nosode. This is actually
bending the rules of Homoeopathy, by prescribing on
what is not present. When asked if this can also apply in
differentiaing between two polycrests, PAUL was not
able to give a clear answer. Nevertheless, he had
provided an interesting thought to bear in mind.
He demonstrated case-taking and
management as well as discussing potencies. Usually he
opens a case with a single dose of 200. If there is any
chance of the patient antidoting the remedy, a deep
pathology or much suppression, PAUL will start with a
6 for 1 -2 weeks, move on to a 12 and then 30 before
prescribing a 200. In these cases the 200 usually needs
to be repeated at shorter intervals than expected
(approximately over 2-3 months), then followed by M
if the remedy lasts less than a few months.
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Overall the Seminar was informative and
stimulating. It gave insight and guidance in the
treatment and management of particularly difficult
paediatric cases, as well as enriching our knowledge of
Materia Medica. PAUL presented his material with
humour, often in anecdotal form, revealing his interest in
and love for children.
9. Homoeopathia internationalis: 48 Kongres der
LMHI, Wien, 24-28 April 1993 (48th Congress of
the LMHI, Vienna, 24-28 April 1993)
Summaries of the Transactions:
1. Gedanken zur homoopathischen
Anamnese (Thoughts on the homoeopathic
Anamnesis) byGiinterMATTITSCH: For ascertaining
what is curable in disease in accordnace with p.3,
HAHNEMANN has said in p.6 that the homoeopathic
physician should be an "unprejudiced observer"of the
disease indications. It is assumed that the physician
has mature knowledge obtained firsthand through
provings on himself. If we let our patients be ruined
and thereby stub out our basic attitude or if we are
aware of the charm and singulari ty of our
homoeopathic anamnesis which in the light of future
perceives light and darkness, health and sickness,
competent and agitated. Do we relate our medical
performance with the prescription of a good medicine
and leave out the mortification gripping the man or we
have the courage of the heart, interest and also
curiosity in the connection and also bear the
responsibility with the love of the individual. In this Art
of Perception we are required to elevate anew our view
according to our conscientious observation to
perceive the precious which this world points to us:
ecce homme: the question, who is this person in his
individual lot and his sickness. This art of perception
includes the demand of PARACELSUS of art and love
in equal measure, and in the flow of love, opposition,
resistance and callousness which the sick person
continues to suffer in what he considers himself to be
in a pain from without, are all dissolved. Devotion, faith
and confidence are values, the patient and the doctor
manage the healing field and the highest good of a
person is brought about by the remedy prescribed
from a deep insight and view of the heart. So will the
gift, the patient and the physician inimitably bound in
relationship, grants the meeting of feeling and depth.
An example of a case anamnesis shows that behind
the concept of an unprejudiced observer there is room
for qualities of treatment and relationship which a
homoeopathic anamnesis allows to be the centre of
our Art.
2. Die Geschichte der Homoopathie in
Osterriech (The history of Homoeopathy in
Austria) by Leopold DREXLER: Homoeopathy in
Austria began with HAHNEMANN himself who was a
student in 1777. In 1816 Mathias MARENZELLER was
treating in Prague and later in Vienna. However,
Homoeopathy was banned from 1817 to 1837, but at
the middle of last century many remedies were proved
but Homoeopathy was losing its influence since 1870.
Homoeopathy suffered another blow when in 1938
several leading Austrian homoeopaths fled to the USA
in the wake of Nazi Anschluss. Austria's loss was
America's gain for several of these homoeopaths
became leading figures in the US and were
responsible for sustaining Homoeopathy during its
lean years. The best of these was the late Dr. William
GUTMANN. Today there are about 700 doctors who
practise Homoeopathy in Austria. A brief description of
the Vienna School of Homoeopathy with its dialectics
and aim is put forth. The aim is to integrate
Homoeopathy as a 'medicine of a person'
(individualistic medicine) in a wider field of medicine.
3. Ein grosser wilder Mann, der Cocain im
Leib hat - Sigmund FREUDs Cocain-Versuche und
ihr Beitrag zur Homoopathie (Sigmund FREUD'S
Cocaine experiments and its contribution to
Homoeopathy) by Rainer APPELL: About 100 years
after HAHNEMANN's experiments with Cinchona bark
which were a break-through for the birth and
development of Homoeopathy, Sigmund FREUD
undertook extensive Cocaine studies and
experiments which became important for the birth of
Psychoanalysis. Firstly the comparisons in the
lifestyles of HAHNEMANN and FREUD are shown.
FREUD's Cocaine experiments are described and the
symptoms are compared to those listed in the
homoeopathic Materia Medica. At this point not only
FREUD's deep insights into Cocaine becomes
obvious, but the drug picture is completed by some
hints in FREUD's "interpretation of dreams". In this
final discussion the question as to why Cocaine, as an
important drug of our time, plays no relevant role in
the homoeopathic Materia Medica is posed and, and
also how moral prejudices influence Homoeopathy.
4. Hombopathische Behandlung
behinderter Kinder - Bericht uber Erfahrungen an
40 Patienten. (Homoeopathic treatment of
handicapped children - report on the experiences
with 40 Patients) by Max HAIDVOGI, E.LEHNER,
Doris-Maria RESCH:
In a Kindergarten and in a School for
handicapped children 40 children underwent 52
homoeopathic treatments totally till now. Careful and
thorough anamnesis was taken in every case with the
parents and guardians and it was analysed by
computer repertorisation. The remedy so found was
studied with reference to the constitution type of the
patient. The result was evaluated with the already
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targeted symptoms. Out of the 52 cases 24 were totally
sucessful in all aspects, in 10 children improvements
were observed in some particular symptoms, in 13
children there was no success and in 4 the results were
not measurable. Children with organically conditioned
handicaps, Autism or malformation syndromes
reacted often with good results while most of the
malformations in children were observed in those who
suffered a social deprivation as the cause. The
important improvements were of the drive and
restlessness or aggressive states, so that the children
could make progress in their education. The
symptoms such as Enuresis nocturna, stuttering or
masturbation were positively improved. The most
successful remedies were Agar., Ant-c, Ars., Calc,
Cham., Caust., Coff., Graph., Hyos., Ign., Lye, Nat-m.,
Phos., Sil., Sulph., latent, and Tub., mostly in D30 or
D200.
5. Case-taking which is my personal
approach to the patient by Lucia GASPARINI: The
possibility to restore patients to health is strictly bound
with the physician's ability to grasp the most peculiar,
strange and rare symptoms, capability to understand
the patient's personality and his existential dynamic:
knowledge of provings and individualisation of the
most similar remedy. The complete study of the
patient's personality involves the examination of all the
characteristics concerning Will, intellectual faculties
and affectivity. If symptoms are classified according
to these fields of inquiry it will be easier to individualise
the patient, his existential dynamic, his miasmatic
dynamic and therefore, his most similar remedy.
6. Different diagnostic strategies in the
homoeopathic medical prescription, through the
analysis of a Pulsatllla case by Carla
BIADER-CEIPIDOR: The homoeopathic reality in the
world shows us the existence of several medical
schools whose system of clinical researches has
different ways of evaluation for singling out symptoms.
All of us agree in declaring that the only way to give
the right cure is to examine the symptoms the patient
presents. The problem appears when they have to
single out the useful one to find the 'simillimum of that
moment.
There are many homoeopathic schools of thought
on this and each of them brings explanation of the
patient's symptomatology. I intend to show you how the
application of each method can be effective and just
how this can get always the same therapeutic result. In
any case it is to be considered that on the clinical
ground the homoeopathic doctor has before him he
must choose every time which way of research of
symptoms to follow. The same system of research is
not valid to examine all cases and so the several
homoeopathic thought schools can separately or
together bring the homoeopathic doctor on different
ways to the same point of arrival.
The case of a Pulsatilla with Pericarditis paitent is
presented in this connection.
7. Behandlung akuter Erkrankungen durch
i.v.lnjektion von Tiefpotenzen (Treatment of acute
diseases with i.v.injections in low potenies) by
Dagmar RADKE:
Independent of the current constitutional
therapy quite often the homoeopathic doctor has to
take care of an acute case that needs to be treated
immediatley. In such a situation the seldom used
intravenous injection of lower potencies can be useful to
resolve the problem. On condition that the chosen
remedy is correct it only takes a few minutes for the
symptoms to be improved or even removed.
The advantage of this intravenous application of
homoeopathic remedies is the immediate
improvement of the acute symptoms and the
immediate knowledge about correct choice of the
homoeopathic remedy. Furthermore the single
intravenous dose works for 24 hours and a possibility to
avoid higher potencies which may interfere with a
current constitutional therapy. This is discussed with
the help of 3 cases.
8. Die Bedeutung des p. 152 des Organon
fur die akute Verschreibung (The significance of
p. 152 of the Organon for acute Prescription) by
Klaus PAYRHUBER: Often we do not see a clear picute
of symptoms in the beginning of an acute disease. At
this stage the patient is frequently treated either
allopathically, or based on less prominent and partly
pathognomonic symptoms, homoeopathically. If the
defence mechanism is strong enough, the patient
nevertheless subsquently produces symptoms which
point to a fitting remedy clearly.This can even happen
if the level of disease is shifted by suppressive
treatment. The more threatening the symptoms are the
more definite the picture of the remedy appears,
whereby the initially or at an earlier stage indicated
remedy comes up more distinctly.
Four acute cases illuminate the principle of the
Organon in practice.
The conclusions of these experiences are:
1)that we should wait with courage and patience until
individual symptoms appear;
2)that, if vitality is sufficient a clear cut picture would
emrge pointing to the remedy, in spite of superficial
and suppressive treatment.
9. Die C-3 Trituration bei Samuel
HAHNEMANN (The C-3 trituration of Samuel
HAHNEMANN) by Friedrich DELLMOUR: If we
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study
chronologically the original literature itwill be seen that
there was a characteristic development of the
potentization method adopted by Samuel
HAHNEMANN. First water solutions and later alcohol
solutions were used for preparing the mother-
tinctures. By 1835 HAHNEMANN kept away
completely with these methods and instead laid down
the trituration upto C3 as the first step of potentising.
With this method he potentised not only the
insoluble dry substances, but also watersoluble
materials, fresh plants, Phosphorus, Petroleum and
Mercury. HAHNEMANN's practical experiences are
confirmed by the modern scientific thoughts that this is
the best way of obtaining homoeopathic medicines of
highest quality.
10. Die Qualitat der homoopathischen
Arznei - Erfahrungen (The quality of the
homoeopathic medicine - experiences) by Heidi
DIAMENTI: In a homoeopathic practice of 10 years the
author has used the Decimal (D), Centesimal (C) and
the fifty millesimal (O) potencies, all manufactured
according to the German Homoeopathic
Pharmacopaeia, and found that they were as effective
as expected. There were not rapid healing nor first
aggravations.
But with better remedies, especially Q
potencies of Pe quality and by observing the
instructions of HAHNEHMANN in the Organon VI
edition with regard to dosing quick and expected
healing actions were observed.
11. A case solved by relating the patient's
symptoms to the Materia Medica: by Frederik
SCHROYENS: A 56 year-old woman seen in
September 1987 for pain in the right knee, gradually
increasing for a few months. There was swelling and
heat, no modalities. The right leg was very tired. She
was worried a lot because her husband was
developing a dementia syndrome since July 1987.
This affected her. Several prescriptions were given on
the besis of her local and more general symptoms
including Lye, Verat., Gels., Sep., Nux-m. All these
remedies, given between September 1987 and May
1988 had no effect.
She came again in December 1988 to tell that she
had finally decided to be operated to correct the
Arthrosis of her joint, because she could not walk
normal distances, could not ascend stairs, ride her bike
etc. However, after the initial post- operation pains
subsided, all returned to the same painful situation as
before.
Her case was taken again with focus to the local
symptoms and a Materia Medica search was made to
find the peculiar symptom "sensation of a band
underthe knee". Thiswasfound in Tilia (ALLEN) which
cured the case completely with the application of the
Law of Hering (follow-up of cure: four years).
12. The case-taking according to
HAHNEMANN reported by Dr. Albert de
SCHOENBERG in the first book on Homoeopathy
published in Italy, Naples, in 1822 by Francesco
CHIANSE: The case-taking in accordance with
HAHNEMANN reported by Dr. Albert de
SCHOENBERG in the first book on Homoeopathy
published in Italy, Naples, in 1822, with some
considerations on the practice of the first Neapolitan
homoeopathic doctors.
13. Die Bedeutung der Atiologie fur die
Anamnese und die Arzneifindung (The
significance of the aetiology for the anamnesis and
the remedy selection) by Susanne DIEZ: The
question of the aetiology of an ailment ("When did
your illness start?") is often the direct entry into the
basic conflicts of a patient. At this time of the life of the
patient the organism could not any more compensate
and the compensating mechanism begins to fail. It
could be on any plane (mental, spiritual, physical).
Here two essential characteristics of the patient are
simultaneously concerned: (a) his vulnerable spot as
an important constutional mark (an insult for example
could hurt exclusively a person susceptiable to be
offended) (b) the processing modus of this trauma by
him which is dependant upon his essential dogma
(delusion). Often a series of such traumas in his life
can be traced back upto his childhood.
In this way an anamnesis focussing on the
aetiology would lead rapidly to very valuable
symptoms. The cathartic effect of such a discussion
with the patient should not also be overlooked or
understimated which presupposes the physician's
ability of understanding in meeting with his patients.
Four case reports are presented as examples (Panic
attacks, Hypertension, Depression, Abdominal colics)
14.Similtud, individualidad, geometria
fractal: reglas de la naturaleza paraentender la
homoeopatia (Similitude, individuality, Fractal
Geometry for understanding Homoeopathy) by
Riccardo TOMASSINI: Fractal Geometry describes
the shape of irregular objects and demonstrtes that
nature responds to precise formulae of fractal order.
Fractal figures have the characteristic of being always
similar to themselves; they look like themselves.
Fractal Geometry gives a mathematical
demonstration of similitude and fractal figures consent
to maintain a precise connection between something
infinitely large and something infinitely small: one can
thus give a mathematical sense to the passage from
matter to beyond-matter maintaining the logic of
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similitude; a starting point for considerations, to
understand the connecting ring between matter and
energy and to understand homooepathic remedies.
Similitude, finally, becomes essential to understand
the conservation of the individuality of the remedy,
also beyond its change of state (from material to
purely energetic)
15. "Mi acercamiento al paciente" - El caso
de un pastorcillo ('My approach concering a
patient" - a case of a shepherd boy) by Processo
Sanchez ORTEGA: A twelve-and-a-half year old boy
presented the following symptoms: Six months ago he
complained of a stitching pain in the lower limbs and
in the upper left side of the chest. He is worse from
cold and by becoming wet. He has become irritable,
impatient to the point of desperation and pulls his hair
when things don't come out right, as when he cannot
confine the sheep in their corral. When he gets angry,
which is very often, he locks himself in his room and
will not speak to anyone. He doesn't like to answer;
not even in school and if he is compelled to he does
so very low. When guests come he cannot stand it and
he leaves. He doesn't make friends.
He eats little and only what he likes even if he's
hungry and also he will not eat even if something very
insignificant annoys him. He lost 5kg. in those six
months. This coincides with the fact that he started to
work as a domestic worker and they made him carry
water and sand which tired him out, he tires easily. He
also had his pains when he was smaller and he was
always worse from cold and humidity.
All this is reported by his mother and older sister and he
admits what has been said and that people bore him;
that he is bothered by everything and that
he has
a
resentment with his father and some of his
brothers.
Before he was calm and apparently healthy
according to his mother. But she suffered a lot
when she was pregnant with him. He didn't
breathe immediately although delivery was
natural. Dentition began at four months and he
started to walk when he was a year and half. Had
all his vaccinations. Measles at three and
Hepatitis at five.
His father is 50 years old and is deaf after
an illness he can't define. He is a calm person. His
mother is 44 years old, has had Gastritis, Colitis,
Vesicular and Renal calculus. She is irritable,
shouts a lot, and during the pregnancy had an
achy eruption which made her scratch till she
bled. Paternal grandmother: she is 74 years old
and has suffered from rheumatism some twenty
years and stomach problems. She has a
disagreeable character, very nervous and
abusive. Maternal grandfather: he is 66 years
old, has pulmonary tuberculosis. He is violent,
wrathful and coarse. Maternal grandmother: died
when she was 53 years old of Dropsy, was an
alcoholic, had a very violent character and
would beat her children.
We observe an intricacy or in other words a
mixture of active miasmas which make difficult
to classify symptoms according to the miasmas -
difficult to make orfind the symptomatic clarity.
This produces a diversity of judgements and
attempts to define the symptoms and difficulties
in reaching the remedy.
If we take the four characteristic general
symptoms (not mental) we arrive at the
recognition and verification of the dominant
miasm, the eligible symptoms and the remedy
which
was the same
at which we arrived after
much speculation with the list of mental
symptoms from the same predominant miasm.
With all this it is demonstarted that the best
approach tothe patient is by observation,
intuition and verifying his miasmatic condition.
Which we will see in the explanation of this
case.
The best approach to the patient is
observation, intuition and verification of
his miasmatic condition.
My approach to the patient: The clinical
moments should include:
1.
Predisposing myself and attempting to
bring about the patient to do the same,
adequately or well, stimulating him to do so.
2.
Achieving empathy is fundamental and
essential.
3.
Observe all the patient's expression:
a)
His confessed pathology
b)
The evident pathology in all his being
c)
Perceiving intuitively through his words
and actions, his hidden pathology.
4.
Underscoring his significant
expressions, and more so the ones we perceive
as genuine.
5.
Attempting to comprehend him gradually
and especially in his psycho-somatic (or not)
relationship.
6.
Formulate the diagnostic presumptions.
Immediately:
7.
End the interrogation translating the
symptoms from the language used by the patinet
to the one we use: "symptomatic clarity". And
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form the picture so that we can define the patient.
8.
Having probably thus obtained the
presumptual diagnosis, continue to interrogate
as long as necessary:
a)
with his family
b)
with all necessary exploration and
indispensable laboratory tests.
9.
Arriving at the possible diagnosis:
i. syndromic or nosotoxic
ii. Miasmatic
iii. Integral (the patient's yesterday with his
today. The psychological with the physical) iv.
Individual v. Therapeutic.
16.
Fraktale in der Hombopathis (Fractals
in Homoeopathy) by Therese
SCHWARZENBERG.
Herhert KLIMA:
Fractals are, according
to B.MANDELROT, the real forms of nature.
Fractals are generated by sucessive repetition
of an algorithm (iteration). Homoeopathic
remedies achieve a self-similar (fractal)
structure while they undergo their very special
production procedure: dynamisation and
dilution of homoeopathic, drugs. Fractals have
a self-similar structure, their wholeness can be
found in every detail. The principle of self-
similarity is as fundamental to the theory of
deterministic Chaos as the principle of
similarity itself is to Homoeopathy.
Fractals are found in the human body as
anatomical structures (kidney, intestines, blood
vessels, etc.) or as dynamical fractals (strange
attractors) concerned with the optional
regulation of the heart beat, brain activity, etc.
Dynamical fractals are highly sensitive towards
small changes in the initial conditions
(butterfly effect). In Homoeopathic Medicine
this is represented by the concept of individual
sensitivity of homoeopathic drugs which allows
their non-linear coupling to resonant field of
an open dissipative system.
A hypothesis on how the homoeopathic
remedies react with the organism and
how pathological symptoms arise using the
"new" physics theories by Alexandra
DELINICK:
To explain how homoeopathic
remedies work on the organism one must have
a model of the organism that is conducive to
holistic thought. One such model deals
with Quantum Physics theories - in particular the
wave dynamics and particle or cluster concepts.
To further understand the organism one must
also deal with Thermodyanmics - since it is
discipline along with the theory of dissipative
structures that can explain
pathology and the
evolution of the organism from one steady state to
another.
In accordance with these theories it is also
possible to explain why the homoeopathic remedy gets
stronger the more it is diluted and succussed.
Experimental evidence got from experiments carried
out at the University of Athens helps us in elucidating
this phenomenon.
It is unfortunate that up till now this information
was not available to us. There are also other
experiments set up in testing homoeopathic remedies on
epileptic patients and from these experiments there are
certain analogies that can be made between the modes
of mechanism used in the two different methods of
therapy. These two different methods are
electromagnetic stimulation of a certain frequency and
the homoeopathic method of treatment.
18. China und der Geist der Hombopathie
(China and the Spirit of Homoeopathy) by Jlirgen
BECKER: China is the remedy for the situation of the
nursing mother, who has all the responsibility for her
child and gives out all her enrgy. There is the danger
for her to become the slave of the child, whom in turn
she is making despotic by esteeming him higher than
herself. This again is a problem for her husband too,
who feels sexually frustrated, not getting enough,
and will escape into work or start forcing her. The
result will be fight for power, which will harm all.
HAHNEMANN has lived very long in this
situation and has developed Homoeopathy in it. The
Spirit of Homoeopathy will be imprinted by this
situation, the life of HAHNEMANN is a picture of ups
and downs of the remedy picture of China.
In this legacy the homoeopaths of today are
living. Easily we can get into a similar situation with our
patients as mothers with their nurslings: the patients
only have to cry and we will be in full responsibility, not
looking for ourselves and more, get nerved and give out
all our energy.
The healing potential of China will be to help
develop consciousness for this situation, for
nursing mothers, despotic children, fathers,
homoeopaths and patients. They all have one thing in
common, they do not take care enough for
themselves but feel too much responsible for the one
dependent on them.
19. China repertorisation by Eugenio
Frederico CANDEGABE:
Minimum Syndrome of Maximum Value:
1. Forsaken feeling
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2.Anxiety after midnight
3.Excitement after hearing horrible things
4.Fear of dogs
5.Reproaches others
6.Theorising
7. Suicidal disposition
8.Anxiety with fear
9.Touched, aversion to being
10. Sensitive to noise
11. Fear, killing of
12. Dwells on past
13. Inconsolable
14. Dictatorial
15. Kill, desire to
16. Occupation ameliorates
17. Mistakes speaking, wrong words, using
18. Answer, refuse to
19. Dullness on waking
20. Ideas abundant, night
21. Thoughts, rush flow of, night
22. Company, aversion to
23. Sadness after eating
24. Cheerful alternating with sadness
25. Loathing of life
26. Suicidal disposition, but lacks courage.
Key-note symptoms: "fear of being pitied":
"Delusions, is hindered at work"
20.Principes generaux de la consultations
homoeopathique (General Principles of the
homoeopathic consultation) by Jacques BAUR:
This is a thorough and detailed paper on the subject
21.HIV patients and high potencies of DNA
coding for a protein of the capsid of the virus -
Results on 21 patients by Bernard MARICHAL,
M.JENAR: Target: increase of the T4 count in HIV
positive patients at stage III or IV of the disease.
Material and methods: 40 patients HIV
positive (ELISA+ and WB + ) at stage III or IV (CDC
classification). Middle range of follow- up 6 (4-11)
months. Remedy: High potency of DNA codingfor one
protein of the capsid of the HIV. 5 drops of the potency, at
bed- time every day.
Results: 38 of the 40 patients raised their T4 count,
doubling the rate every two months. One patient did
not respond since he didn't take remedy longer than two
weeks. After retaking correctly for two months, he
doubled his T4 count. Another patient did not respond
since he is not seropositive for the protein in his infection.
Calculations are made on the effect of the remedy upon
the opportunistic diseases of the patients. No toxic
effect nor pathogenesy have been noted.
22. A randomized Clinical Trial in Nicaragua:
Treatment of acute Childhood Diarrhoea with
Homoeopathy by Jennifer JACOBS, L.Ma rgarita
JIMENEZ, and Dean CROTHERS: A randomized
double-blind clinical trial comparing homoeopathic
medicine with placebo in the treatment of acute
childhood diarrhoea was carried out in Leon,
Nicaragua, in July,1991. (Report on this has already
appeared in our journal - see QHD Vol.X. No. 2/93,
p.29)
23. Therapeutische Erfahrungen mit der
Methode der klassischen Homoopathie bei
Erkrankungen mit hamorrhagisher Diathese.
(Therapeutic experiences with the classical
homoeopathic method in patients with
haemorrhagic diathesis) by Christoph THOMAS,
Dario SPINEDI: This is about diseases with
haemorrhagic diathesis. Three cases of acute and
chronic immune thrombocytopaenic purpura (ITP,
WERLHOF's disease) and a case of aplastic
anaemia are described. Instead of treatment with
conventional medicine (allopathic treatment) or after
such allopathic treatment was found to be
unsatisfactory, classical homoeopathic treatment
was applied. Homoeopathic therapy was successful,
not only in the life-threatening situation but also in
situations in which the allopathic medicine did not
know of any pharmocological therapy which would be
curative. Some cases had been treated with Cortisone
or Immunoglobulin (i.v.igG) and therefore allowed
intraindividual comparison. In these cases classical
homoeopathic treatment was shown to be more
effective. Between 3 and 12 years of observations have
confirmed either partial remission (1 case) or
complete recovery (3 cases).
24. 20 Anos despues (20 years after) by
Cesar LUIS CREMONINI: In 1976 in the First
Congress of the Escuela Medica Homoeopatica
Argentina which was held in Carlos Paz, Cordoba, a
case of a child with a tumour glioma of cerebellum,
was presented by the author. Today, 20 years after the
beginning of the disease we can present clear
evidence of his cure clinically with tomographical
studies. This was the first case of many with tumoral
processes in which we did administer multiples and
repeated doses of high korsakoff attenuations that had
demonstrated throughout the past 20 years in the
School of the Centro de Estudios Medicos
Homoeopaticos Hahnemanniano de Cordoba the
excellence of this method of administering the
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well-selected homoeopathic remedy in cases of
tumoral patients with a great lack of energy and
profound organical lesions.
25. The treatment of a paediatric patient by
Pilaka KRISHNAMURTI:
1. The HAHNEMANNian exhortation of the
principle of 'observation' in the management of the
paediatric patient and its relevance in Homoeopathy.
2.The chief symptom of weeping in an infant of
three weeks age.
3.The chief symptom of intractable diarrhoea
in a child of three years. How observation helped the
author to treat successfully.
4. The supreme value of 'observation' at every
stage of the homoeopathic edifice, like case-taking,
selection of the similimum, potency and the miasmatic
evaluation of the patient.
26. Phosphorus remedy and specificity of
the H.L.A. system (Human Leucocyte Antigen) by
Michel van WASSENHOVEN: Our knowledge of
Immunology is constantly evolving. In this context,
patients responding favourably to the same diluted
and dynamised medication could have a common
H.L.A. base. This hypothesis is born out of - the
confirmation of the auto antibodies
- the existence of auto antibodies
- the brain's control of the Immune system
- the correlation between certain H.A.L. patterns
and the risk of developing specific illnesses
- the repeated therapeutic success of
Homoeopathy in the field of Immune system
diseases such as Allergies (over-sensitivity),
recurrent infections (under-activity),
psychosomatic illnesses (misdirection) and
auto-immune diseases (such as rheumatic
disease).
This hypothesis has been the object of a
preliminary study, patients responding favourably to
the remedy Phosphorus were compared to those found
in the general Caucasian population by the study by
Prof. Jean DAUSSET. Phosphorus Caucasians were
found to form a significantly different sub-group to the
general population. These results lead us to believe that
Phosphorus patients have a common H.L.A. base
which could explain the therapeutic success of this
remedy for them.
If such experiments could be repeated and
confirmed, one could affirm that the Materia Medica
constitute valuable acquired knowledge and also
declare that a whole new concept in homoeopathic
research is born.
27.Dreams come to the rescue by Prakash
D. VAKIL: Dreams are considered as 'General
symptoms" and are useful for selecting a
homoeopathic remedy. Sometimes they are found to
be more important than the mental symptoms
obtained from the case-history of the patient. They
represent the "unconscious" self of the individual. As
Carl Gustav JUNG says our life is spent in struggles
for the realization of our wishes. These wishes are
quite often repressed because of their painful
character during the waking state and float up
indirectly in dreams. The dreams are difficult to
interpret as the situations are not represented in the
same way as in the waking life. This paper is the study
of dreams - how best they can be utilized for
prescribing. They indeed come to the rescue of the
patient as well as the homoeopathic prescriber.
Heilung eines Basalioms an der Wange
(Cure of a Basalioma on the Cheek) by Dario
SPINEDI: With the help of a case of Basalioma of the
cheek in a 70 years-old woman the author
demonstrates (1) the importance of symptoms from the
past in the finding of the simillimum: (2) the
importance of the objective symptoms to judge the
follow-up.
In this case which was healed by Sulphur, the
author repeated the remedy whenever he found the state
of the tumor worsened irrespective of whether the
psychic symptoms of the patient were worser or better,
(see p. 210 footnote - Organon VI edn.)
29. Plumbum metallicum by Anton ROHRER
Plumbum is presented in its physical and chemical
qualities: it has paralytic properties. In chemical
reactions it is like Barium or Calcium. The ancient
Romans used lead a lot. A Latin aphorism says: if you
want peace you should mobilise for war. This has a
connection to some Plb.- delusions - there were
conspiracies against him - there is danger for his life.
Lead is toxic: 1. for the blood. 2. for the nerves (a)
peripheral motoric neurone (paralysis of extensor
muscles), (b) encephalopathy; tremors, epileptic fits,
cramps, delirium (c) neurovegetative system: spasms of
arterioles, hypertension, sclerosis of the kidneys,
spasms of intestines (modality: amelioration from hard
pressure).
The three cases presented show: Plumbum is rare
in acutes but is frequently indicated in sclerotic
conditions. An important chronic remedy. Differential
diagnosis (DD): Aurum metallicum - Life strategy of
ability, to be competent, power, but not from a
background of responsibility but to master the feeling
of a threatening environment.
30. Der Weg liber Calcarea (The way of
Ca/carea) by Werner BUCHMANN: The opening in
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the Anamnesis leading to the patient lies in the enquiry
about the chilhood of the patient. Here often are
sorrowful loads to find. The perception of these which
lie covered as memories is possible only by purposeful
questioning. Medication of Calcium carbonicum then
required in the child ii given now - decades later -
works as drainage therapy. Two patients report about
the results.
31. Die Strategie der Wiener Schule (The
strategy of the Vienna School) by Mathias
DORCSI: Constitutional Medicine dates back to
ancient times. The experiences were seized upon in
the West and in the modern times with the enriched
knowledge. Our homoeopathic constitutional
medicine is rooted in HAHNEMANN's ingenious
doctrine of the Miasms (according to the knowledge
of his times) and in the works of the well-known
homoeopathic physicians. Since 1950 we have been
in the process of developing a constitutional medicine
which can be applied as a medicine of the individual
person.
32. Wege zur Arznei (The Path to the
Medicine) by Helga LESIGANG: After extensive
anamnesis and through examination of the patients,
one has to choose from the numerous observations
and symptoms noted down, those symptoms and
observations which would guide to the remedy. If we
regard HAHNEMANN and consider disease as a
disturbance of the inner equilibrium of the person
which produces the symptoms in all the dimensions of
the person, one must then assume that it is possible to find
the right remedy. In which level in the momentary
situation of the homoeopathic case-taking and
exploration this individual appeared very clearly in any
one or more dimensions is important. The "nature of
the disturbance", that is to say, the association of the
disease processes to specific dimensions of human
personality signifies the conclusion, where, in which
level, over which symptoms should the choice of the
remedy should be based. One has to choose the "entry
gate" into the disease process in the particular individual
patient.
33. Approach to the case and my dosage
procedure by A.U. RAMAKRISHNAN: Every
homoeopath's aim should be to arrive at the
simillimum for a given case. For this the totality is the
fundamental basis. To this you have to add the '"life
situtation". The life situation adds yet another
dimension to the case, and can alter the so-called
simillimum, too. Yet another factor that can influence is
the pace of the disease. We all know the acute and the
chronic: what about the chronic but rapidly
devastating disease like Cancer? What is the
approach? That is yet another dimension. And here I
have found an altered dosage technique being very
effective. The dosage that can keep pace with the
disease.
33. Homoopathische Therapie im
Krankenhaus (Homoeopathic therapy in Hospital)
by Helga RICHTER: This is a report by the author who
was working in the Gynaecological and Obstetrics
Ward of a district hospital in Vienna; in this hospital she
was working as a member of the Ludwig Boltzmann
Institute of Homoeopathy. The author encountered
many situations: Preterm labour, Dystrophy, risky
pregnancies, Cervical insufficiency, Hyperemesis,
Pre-eclampsia. Also discussed are the therapy in the
last weeks before date of delivery; accompanying
therapy during labour; nursing problems;
accompanying therapy with Cancer; Menopausal
problems; etc.
This report should prove the efficacy of
homoeopathic therapy applied in a hospital.
34. Die Bedeutung der sechsten Auflage des
"Organon der Heilkunst " (1842) fur die
Pharmakotherapie (The signaficance of the sixth
edition of "Organon of the Art of Medicine" (1842)
for the Pharmacotherapy) by Josef M.SCHMIDT:
Like any artist, the practitioner of the healing art should
exactly know his tools, i.e. his medicines and the
directions for their application. In addition, he should
be able to rely on their genuineness. Regarding the
tool "Organon", considerable uncertainty has been
expressed by some physicians about the authenticity
of HAHNEMANN's instructions for preparing and
applying Q-potencies, as described in the sixth edition of
the Organon ol Medicine published by Richard
HAEHL in 1921. Since 1992, however, the first text-
critical edition of the sixth edition of the Organon is
available. Unlike HAEHL's edition this one is
exclusively based on HAHNEMANN's original
manuscript and, precisely transcribing all its
handwriting vouches for its authenticity. Hence there is
no reason left to ignore HAHNEMANN's instructions
concerning Q-potencies.
This paper presents the history of the reception of
Q-potencies as well as their prerequisites and
evolution up to HAHNEMANN's solution of the
following therapeutic dilemma; on the one side
physicians are inclined to repeat the dose of a high
potency as often as possible in order to accelerate the
process of healing; on the other side they should
refrain from repeating the dose to avoid violent
aggravations of the state of the patient.
35.Las voces de fuera (The cry outside) by
Carlo DOMENICO: Discusses the dynamis and the
outer reflection of the disturbed vital force.
36.Les symptoms concomitants - Reflexion
a propos des symptoms concomitants chez les
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medecine homoeopathes du groupe IBET a Namur
-Belgium (The concomitant symptoms -
Reflections on the concomitant symptoms of the
homoeopathic medicine group IBET of Namur -
Belgium) by Guy COQUILLART: During the year
1992, the homoeopathic physician members of IBET
(Namur, Belgium) took part in several seminars about
concomitant symptoms. The purpose of this study
consists of how quickly finding the simillimum
concerning chronic cases and treating acute cases
without making suppressions.
This lecture develops five clinical cases, a short
theoretical study on the subject of complete and
incomplete symptoms, several questions about the
effectiveness of the concomitant symptoms as
specific symptoms and about their occurrence in the
Materia Medica.
37. An investigation into the homoeopathic
treatment of patients with irritable bowel syndrome
by LECOYTE T., OWEN D., SHEPHERD H.,
LETCHWORTH A., MULLEE M. :
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) is a common
complaint for which a number of different
complementary approaches have been advocated. The
investigation compared a group of 20 patients
stratified and randomized to receive either
conventional or homoeopathic treatment over a 12
week period. Information on patients symptoms was
obtained by repeat questionnaire at 0, 2,6, and 12
weeks from the start of treatment.
Results showed that both treatment groups
responded sigificantly and that homoeopathic
medicines and conventional medicines were as
effective in the treatment of IBS over the trial period.
38. Akute Erkrankungen als Hilfen in der
chronischen homoopathischen Therapie (Acute
diseases as helps in the homoeopathic treatment
of chronic diseases) by Karin BANDELIN: Acute
diseases as steps of develpment during chronic
treatment. Acute diseases often create an obstaclefor
the cure of chronic diseases and are discussed
accordingly by most authors (HAHNEMANN,
VITHOULKAS, etc.)
A theoretical essay is presented along with short
case examples that interpret acute diseases as steps
towards cure.
39.Development of a new method for
improving clinical Homoeopathy by Peter FISHER,
Robert A.VAN HASELEN: Most prescribing
indications in Homoeopathy are derived from clinical
experience. There is need to revise and update them.
A new method known as systematic outcome
correlation, which completes outcome as measured
by a standard clinical assessment, with prescription,
is described. The method uses information
technology and the Read Clinical Classification.
Preliminary results in Rheumatoid Arthritis are
presented. The method and results are critically with
recommendations for future developments.
40.European programme of basic teaching
standards in Homoeopathy by Jacques
IMBERECHTS: A programme for basic teaching
standards in Homoeopathy. Proposals for a common
European basic programme.
41. Das Vermachtnis Hahnemanns - Die
Qualitat der homoopathischen Arznei (The legacy
of HAHNEAMNN - The quality of the homoeopathic
remedies) by Peter BARTHEL: On the basis of more
than 50 years of reasearch, HAHNEMANN introduced
improvements for the manufacture of the
homoeopathic medicines to raise quality standards.
In the case of the 50000 potencies (LM or Q
potencies), this related to freshness of raw materials, the
principle of triturating all substances as far as the 3CH,
maintaining a regular batch size, the number of
sucussion strokes and impregnation. Later
manufacturers ignored these practies ordiscontinued
them without giving valid reasons.
Consistent high-level quality can only be
achieved by following precisely laid down methods
like those established for Q potencies of Pe quality.
42. HAHNEMANN ohne Denkmodell?
(HAHNEMANN without an ideal model?) by Walter
KOSTER: HAHNEMANN is known as pragmatic.
Therefore it is often denied that he has a theory.
Analysing this carefully, the example of the Dynamis
shows, however, that HAHNEMANN not at all
dismissed theories generally as transcendental
pondering but dissociated himself from those which
were not based on data gained through experience.
On the other hand he developed himself gained by the
data of his experience which we today would call
scientificallya brain model. He explained that Dynamis
should correspond in all probability to the physical
brain model of the field.
43. HAHNEMANN y las enfermedades
agudas (HAHNEMANN and the acute diseases) by
Francois F.Fernando: In the course of history
Homoeopathy had lot of proofs. Since the beginning
HAHNEMANN was confronted with a lot of obstacles
during the course of development of his doctrine.
From poverty to verbal and physical attacks. However,
this new art of healing remains over almost 200 years
against all odds. Always, the results will gain respect
from everyone. It was exactly during the big epidemics
in Eurpoe in the 18th and 19th century that
Homoeopathy showed forcefully her effectiveness. In
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his masterpiece, Organon, HAHNEMANN left his
doctrinary base of his new medicine and in his Lesser
Writings the practical application. His doctorine is still
in force. The hahnemannian considerations of
genesis, case-taking and prescription are the same
now as in 1810. The master left constancy of the
epidemics of Scarlet fever (Kbnigslutter, 1799),
Typhus (Leipzig, 1814), and Cholera (Kothen, 1831)
as well as for his results. His teachings were verified
again in the Cholera epidemics in Peru now.
HAHNEMANN's legacy is one, an immutable science.
44. Der Prozess der Anamnese (The process
of Anamnesis) by Klaus CONNERT: With the
anamnesis begins a solution and healing process in
patients and an inter-personal process begins
between physician and patient. To observe this
process, to comprehend and to steer should be a part
of the training building of a homoeopathic physician.
45. Homoeopathy as an informing
process-The rational pattern of communication by
Agnes LAGACHE: Each kind of inter-action has its
own logical modalities. Just as the mechanistic
paradigm seizes the material interactions between
objects and the symbolic paradigm assumes linguistic
facts, we can also present the paradigm of signifiers
in the same way (BASTIDE and LAGACHE. The
paradigm of signifiers, Atelier Aifa-Bleue, Paris) living
beings communicate with their world in a non-verbal
way, whether on a somatic or psycholgical level; it
takes place within the framework of the logic of
analogy. The signifier is the semantic object which
materially designates information to be transmitted
and dealt with: the homoeopathic remedy is the
mimetic representation of the disease. Different levels
of information organise the spread of signifiers, each
level is the regulation and integration of the previous
one. The living self is the never-ending process
whereby levels of information are synthesised, in the
face of the informing environment. Such structures
meet each other in the communication between the
patient and the physician-remedy system. The
medical device has to re-inform the patient and make
his moving on towards a higher level of intergration.
The dilution of the remedy permits to read it as
information about disease. Symptoms can be
recognised as an erroneous adaptation and the
organism is engaged in a process of paradoxical
negation. The action of the remedies consists of a
dynamic analogy between pieces of information
(LAGACHE, Echoes de Sensible, Atelier Alpha-Bleue,
Paris). The paradigm of signifiers gives therefore a new
possibility in the exploration of information
therapeutics.
46. Homoeopathy as an informing process -
The action of the remedies by Madeline BASTIDE:
The application of the paradigm of signifers to the
homoeopathic model is determined by the
relationship between several parameters due to the
informative ability of the remedy.
1. The power of the homoeopathic remedy is
related to its capacity to be recognised as a signifier
by the receiver in a mimetic function; an exogenous
remedy needs to be evaluated by a pathogenesy
(effects of ponderal doses on a helathy subject) in
order to establish the mimetic function of the remedy.
However an endogenous remedy (which belongs to
the self molecules) will be automatically recognised by
the receiver.
2.The dilutions which contain less and less
molecules increase the informative ability by
transforming the "object-remedy" into an informing
preparation which can be understood by the receiver
as a signifier.
3.The organisation of the receiver is linked to
its capacity to perceive the information of the remedy;
the higher the mimetic function, the stronger the effect
as in the "sensitive types"; regarding the self
molecules, the higher their function in the hierarchy of
the living system, the stronger the effect.
4.The regulating effect of the homoeopathic
remedy prescribed according to the Law of Similars is
linked to an information transfer whose efficiency
depends on the difference between the informative
ability of the physician compared to the patient.
5.The patient evolution is determined by his
personal interpretation of the external world in various
pathologies and also stresses and aggressions;
chronic diseases are related to the presence in the
organism of the anti-idiotype anti-biotic antibodies,
semantic objects of the non-self world (BASTIDE and
LAGACHE. The paradigm of signifiers; models of
information and immunology, Atelier Alpha-Bleue
Paris).
47. The information-energy status of the
water "memory" in Homoeopathy by Andre
A.LITVIN: Water, usually known as H2O, exists in
nature in more complete forms. It builds three-
dimensional structures as fluid and even more
sophisticated structures during its phase transitions
into ice or snow. However, water undergoes this way
of re-structuring in any biological active system, like
humans, animals and even "living" water as found in
melted snow etc., as well as in potentised
homoeopathic remedies. Thus, this paper presents a
different approach of explaining the efficacy of
homoeopathic remedies even in high potencies (1000,
10000), ratified with studies on dilutions ofAegentum
nitricum, Avena sativa, arsenicum album, Sulphur and
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other remedies.
48.Phase transitions, attractive iterations
and how they relate to the homoeopathic remedies
by Alexandra DELINICK: This paper is a sequel to
"hypothesis on how the homoeopathic remedies react
with the organism" earlier in this Volume. It is shown
that, using a differential scanning calorimeter, thermic
characteristics of homoeopathic remedies can be
visualised. The effect is demonstrated on a sample of
Chamomilla in <I>, 1,6, 12, and 30 both diluted and
potentised as well as double distilled water. The
presented graphs show "fingerprints" of the remedies,
even beyond the 30.
49.Considerations au sujet de I'influence
des remedes homeopathiques Gelsemium,
Hypericuin et Apis sur I'activite electrique dans le
nerf sciatique isole (The influence of the
homoeopathic remedies Gelsemium, Hypericum
and Apis upon the electrical activity in the sciatic
nerve by Monica Anisora NECHITA: The action of
the homoeopathic rememdies Gelsemium, and
Hypericum on the sciatic nerve of the frog has been
studied. The values of the active potential for the nerve
immersed in RINGER solution has also been studied;
the same value for the nerve immersed in Gelsemium
and Hypericum dilutions (C30) have been measured.
Higher values of the action potential has been
observed in the case of the nerve immersed in
homoeopathic dilution when compared with the
witness (RINGER solution) in the same condition of
stimulation.
50.An exposition of clinical trials on T.N.T.
inhaematologybyR.S PAREEK:T.N.T. traditionally
an emblem of destruction, has proved itself
homoeopathically as a great remedy. There cannot be
a greater example of HAHNEMANNian Philosophy:
one that destroys in cruder and large forms is a great
healer in minute potentised forms".
A detailed clinical research of T.N.T. has
evolved an interesting symptomatic study. It has a
special affinity for R.B.C. and affects to a great extent
the oxygen-carrying capacity of haemoglobin
resulting into various haemolytic haematological
disorders.
The paper presents an interesting clinical study of
cases of Thalassaemia major treated at our hospital
with T.N.T. from July 1978 to October 1990. In these
cases T.N.T. has been found to effectively increase the
time period of successive blood transfusion therapy.
51. Placebo et medicaments
homoeopathique: Evolution Clinique (Placebo
and homoeopathic medicine - Clinical evolution) by
Maria Regina GALANTE NASIF: A study of 45
males and 35 female patients with gynaecological
problems proving the efficacy of homoeopathic
medicines.
52. Centenario del hospital del ninos dios,
antiguo hospital homoeopatico de Barcelona
(Centenary of the homoeoathic hospital at
Barcelona "del ninos dios") by Alberto SOLER
MEDINA: The Barcelona "Hospital dei Nino Dios"
founded by the Countess del Valle de MARLES,
celebrated its centenary on 30 May 1992. Its first
medical director was Dr. Jaime Guerra ESTAPE. As
from 1 April 1901, under the chairmanship of the
Countess of MOY and the directorship of Dr.Jose Giro
SAVALL, the practice of Homoeopathy became
exclusive in the hospital. On 13 November 1923 the
hospital moved to its current premises at Calle
Mallorca, 509. In 1925, allopathic dispensaries were
opened, as there were two homoeopathic
dispensaries (Dr. Miguel Ramis MATA and Dr. Enrique
Peiro RANDO). In 1980 Dr.Enrique Peiro RANDO
retired and was replaced by Dr.Alberto SOLER
MEDINA, the present Head of Medical Services in the
hospital.
53. Die homoopathische Behandlung der
dysmetabolischen Nephropathien bei Kindern
(The homoeopathic treatment of dysmetabolic
nephropathies in children) by Alexander
S.KRAMEROF: 48 children were treated
homoeopathically. The treatment lasted an year. The
follow-up (6-12 years) showed that in 42 patients there
was no recurrence and remained well; in 6 patients
there were more or less crystals in the urine. In no case
was there tubular-interstitial nephritis or
nephrolithiasis.
54. Medical Gastroenterology - a
homoeopathic perception of peptic ulcer by Alok
PAREEK: The study and treatment of gastrointestinal
diseases has been profoundly modified by recent
technological developments. Diagnostic imaging
coupled with the continued development of theflexible
fiber optic endoscopes allows an amazing precision
in diagnosis and therapeutics.
None of these advances however can replace a
sound understanding of symptoms and signs and the
ways in which they may be presented to the physician.
Only when the alert physician is buttressed with the
knowledge of the patho-physiology and
individualized history of the diseased individual can
new technology be applied. Here comes the
homoeopathic influence in right earnest. The
physician has got to see the patient in his totality and
the results are always marvellous.The clinical cases
presented herewith are just a few of the large numbers
studied at Pareek Hospital and which exhibited
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excellent results to HAHNEMANNian approach of
management.
55. The homoeopathic approach for the
treatment of cancer patients by Randeria
JAMSHED: The treatment of the cancer patient in
Homoeopathy is the same as for any other disease,
based on the totality of the peculiar symptoms. Tumor
is the end result of the diseased vital force. Various
causative factors are discussed. The posology
depends on the quantum theory of MAX PLANCK
(1910). He suggested that energy is released in little
driblets or bundles known as quanta. This frequency
of radiation varies with different potencies of the same
remedy if the frequency of radiation of the protoplasm
of the individual corresponds with that of the given
potency, we can expect a response to the remedy on
the dynamic plane.
Heredity and past history play an important part and
thus deep acting medicines like the nosodes, Cadmium
salts, snake venoms etc. are of great help. The
symptomatology of various medicines is outlined.
Drainage remedies and diet play an important part in
the treatment.
56. The HIV carrier research in
Homoeopathy by Pilaka Sri KRISHNAMURTHY:
1. The HIV carrier research in Homoeopathy
under the auspices of the Medwin Hospitals,
Hyderabad, India.
2.The personal experience.
3.The difficulties of the scientific model in the
homoeopathic research.
4. The author's experience of the BHsAG
(Hepatitis) healthy carriers, research, on a large scale
and the leading remedies.
5. The supreme value of the homoeopathic
research for the scientific evaluation of the modes
operandi of the action of the homoeopathic drug; the
varieties of homoeopathic research on this subject.
6. The author's experience in homoeopathic
research.
57. Evaluation of homoeopathic treatment in
HIV positive cases by Dinesh F.RASTOGI: No
detailed clinical trials of homoeopathic drugs in latent
phase of HIV infection, other than the one conducted
by the Central Council of Reasearch in Homoeopathy
(CCRH) in India are reported. The CCRH reports a
study on 129 HIV positive cases. The homoeopathic
drugs were prescribed in potentised form on the basis
of constitutional (mental, emotional and physical)
attributes of the individuals. Twelve (12) of these
individuals have reverted back to sero-negative status
after treatment with homoeopathic drugs for a varying
period of 3-16 months.
Spontanous saro-conversion has been
reported in a cohort o
:
homosexuals who were not
receiving any anti-retroviral therapy. The percentage of
0.4 which reported spontaneous sero-conversion is not
very significant in numerical terms. However, CCRH
reports sero-conversion in nearly 10 percent of cases
receiving homoeopathic treatment while continuing
to be symptom free suggests various possibilities
which are discussed in this paper.
58.First outcome of the computerised
analysis of homoeopathic clinical practice by
Valerio GRANDI: Using CHIP (Computerised
Homoeopathic Investigation Program) you can not
only verify the effectiveness of homoeopathic drugs in
the cure of diseases, but also check the whole
sequence of diagnostic therapeutic and prognostic
procedure, taking into account and comparing the
different methodological approaches. It will be
possible, with the help of the homoeopathic
community, to store enough clinical cases to verify
and enrich our Philosophy, Materia Medica and
Repertory.
59.A tool for clinical research - The
Computerised Homoeopathic Investigation
Program by Carlo REZZAN: This paper also presents
the advantages of the CHIP.
60.Historia de la dosis en medicina
homoeopatica (History of the homoeopathic
medicine dose) by Jose MATUK: The development
of the dosage of homoeopathic medicine by
HAHNEMANN is discussed. HAHNEMANN made
several important changes in arriving at the minimum
dose required for the patient to produce a curative
effect. This has not been easy. HAHNEMANN made
changes in his methods at least eight times to come
to a conclusive method. There are, however, only few
homoeopaths who prescribe medicine as enjoined by
HAHNEMANN.
61. Bufo tana by Micaela MOIZE: This is an
audio-visual presentation of Bufo rana
62.China by Sadina POPESCU: China is the
remedy with which HAHNEMANN began his famous
provings on himself and so he laid the basis of
Homoeopathy. It acts on all the tissues by the
decrease of the oxidation. China type is characterized
by debility with nervous erethism (irritable weakness)
and flatulent distension with no relief by belching. The
fields of China's use in Paediatrics are frequent and
various (in all the periods of chilhood)! The author
presents four successful clinical cases:
Case 1: New-born child. Icterus of the skin and
sclera. Liver and spleen of normal size. Stool and urine of
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normal colour. Normal corporal temperature. China 9,15
ad 30 every fourth day ameliorated the condition. The
infant grew normally.
Case 2: Six-year-old girl with essential features of
China suffers often from digestive troubles. China 4
every day during the attacks and between these China
9,15 and 30 at increasingly longer intervals. The girl
recovered in an year-and-half.
Case 3: a 131/2 year old girl with menorrhagia.
China 4 daily during the menstruation and Calc-c.
(consitutional). Cured in three months.
Case 4: 20 year-old girl. Amenorrhoea
following a mental overwork. Four doses of China
caused the menses to reappear.
63. Arzneimittelbeziehungen in der
Hombopathie (Remedy relationships in
Homoeopathy) by Gisela KING: Generally one has to
differentiate between chemical and therapeutic
interaction in Homoeopathy. Therapeutical
interactions may be divided according to several
criteria. In general, there are drug relationships which are
positive or negative regarding therapeutic effects.
Relationships which may be used to increase
therapeutic effects are those among
- related remedies
- concordant (analogus) remedies
- complementary remedies
On the other hand, therapeutically hazardous
relationship do exist among
- antidotes and
- incompatibles
10. European Committee for Homoeopathy
Research Forum (ECHRF) held a two-day meeting
in Oberlaa in the out skirts of Vienna, immediately after
the LIGA Congress. There was valuable debate around
several proposed controlled clinical trials of
Homoeopathy, in Rheumatoid Arthritis (Herald
WALACH) Acute Otitis Media (Jennifer JACOBS) and
chilhood Asthma (John ENGLISH). There were two
contributions on proving. From Romania there were
contributions on a pathgenesis of Chlorine based on
83 workers exposed to chlorine compared with
workers unexposed. "he classical pathogenesis is
respiratory. Several other features like decreased
alcohol tolerance, arthralagia affected by the weather,
and irritability were observed by the Romanian group.
Other contributions from Romania included work on
Arnica and Chelidonium and the effects of Betula alba
on human granulocytes.
Christian ENDLER presented further results of his
work on the effects of potentised Thyroxine on the
metamorphosis of amphibia with a remarkable new
finding; the effect still occurs even if the active agent is
sealed in a phial suspended in the tank but dose not come
into direct contact with the water in which the
experimental animals live! In a somewhat similar vein
Jacques BENVENISTE described an experiment,
based on a Langendoitf isolated heart preparation, in
which activity was apparently transferred from an
active potentized preparation to another test tube by a
system of coils and an amplifier, (reported by Peter
FISHER in the BHJ, 82, 4/1993)
11. Round Table Discussion on Posology -
Report of the Teachers meeting in Oberhafen,
Switzerland on 26-28 June 1992. Report by Dietmar
PAYRHUBER, Beat SPRING (HL, 6, 4/1993):
HAHNEMANN tested potencies upto C30. The
general rules of potency selection are:
- in deep pathological, morphological changes,
the lower potencies.
- in desperate cases where in an acute disease
the patient struggles to survive, high potencies
are still indicated.
- in terminal cases of an incurable disease the
high potencies lead to euthanasia.
Apart from the generally accepted rules the
selection of the correct potency lies pretty much in the
realm of the intuition and non-systematic experiences of
the individual homoeopath; the state of the organism,
the nature of the disease and the remedy have to be
taken into consideration (p.247, footnote).
It is possible that if our remedies would be
produced the way HAHNEMANN's were we would
see much stronger actions as well as aggravations.
Today we face two problems in the manufacture of
remedies: 1) frequently the remedies are not produced
according to the original instrucations, and 2) the
original substances are often not the ones which have
been proved in the first place. Because of these
problems KUNZLI and SCHMIDT produced their own
Q potencies. For the Q potencies the manufacturing
seems to play a major role.
The idea to produce '"exactly to
HAHNEMANN's instructions" is often not realisable.
Also the exact method according to HAHNEMANN is
not reproducible. We also face problem of the original
substances and the method of potentiation. If the
original substance is not identical with the one used in the
original provings, the new substnaces have to be proven
again and the provings be compared with the old
provings. The way of potentisation mainly affects the
power of the remedy action Exact research on the power
of action of differently produced potencies are lacking.
On repetition of the dose: According to
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VITHOULKAS slow prescription means about two
remeides in 5 years and fast prescription two remedies in
one year. Others like GEUKENS state that the correct
and still indicated remedy can be repeated more often,
and also to speed up the healing after a more severe
aggravation. BORLAND recommends more frequent
repetitions, the early repetition he says to support the
development of the child.
Duration of action: C potencies 30 - XM work 35
days and longer. If a remedy in this potency works less
than 35 days, it is not the simillimum, it is only the simile
and works only palliatively. This is true for all diseases,
acute as well as chronic, except in Typhus and
Diptheria. KUNZLI was very strict on the point that if a
potency above 30 works less than 35 days it is not the
simillimum.
There is in the opinion of some of the
participants, justification for repetition of the dose in
some cases.
In the discussion of Cases and Q potencies
Dr.PAYRHUBER pointed out that in case 1 Phytolacca
was repeated because of the slow progress and because
of the induration. SPINEDI said that if after one dose of
a high potency there is no improvement in an organic
disease, e.g. a tumour which we are able to see and
measure, or in another pathology in which we can easily
judge the development by measuring and palpation, we
are allowed to repeat, the dose until the pathology is
reduced. We can repeat after 35 days (for 30 - 200 -M-
XM), 3 months (for CM) or 1 year (for MM) If the
remedy is correct the organism will tolerate these
repetitions; if it is not, proving symptoms will occur
and show that the remedy was wrong.
SPINEDI said that in cases of breast cancer he
chose a high potency like M - XM before operation,
after operation a lower potency like 30.
Regarding Case 2 PAYRHUBER said that he used
X-ray 30 in cases of radiation therapy (or in patients
who work in x-ray departments).
Regarding tumours the discussion led to
different views; whether the psychological symptoms
should be given the highest importance if it was very
clear, or the physical symptoms. If the patient shows
symptoms which are rare, strange, peculiar and which are
nearer to the tumour then the remedy chosen on that is
best.
Case 3 - Crohn's disease - Silicea 200 brought
about serious reaction. KENt's observations recalled
(see MM of KENT, Silicea.) HAHNEMANN says that
one should not repeat the same potency; he doesn't say
that it always has to be a higher one. (For more detailed
information on the transactions, please read the
summary in the Homoeopathic Links, 6, 4/1993).
12. Rajan SANKARAN Seminar, Kiisnacht.
Zurich, 22-24, October (HL, 6, 4/1993). This is a
report of Dr. Rajan SANKARAN's "unique and
unpredictable way of presenting Homoeopathy once
again". His approach and way of thinking becoming
"increasingly challenging and holistic".
"Homoeopathy becomes everything and everything
becomes Homoeopathy". RAJAN told of his growing
interest in the connection between music and
Homoeopathy, his "proving" of different Indian chants
and he found that invariably each group reacted with
practically identical feelings and visual impressions,
despite cultural difference. In other words, each mood
of music creates its own specific situation, as each
remedy does. The main theme of this Seminar was
remedy kingdom - Plant -Animal - Mineral. Also
discussed were the Acids, Halogens and Nosodes.
The idea was that the remedy required must have the
spirit of the source. Animal kingdom: Structure; Plant
kingdom: Sensitivity. RAJAN presented video cases to
drive in the points. Acids have the theme of struggle;
constant effort followed by complete exhaustion.
Halogens: theme of relationships. Nosodes; how to
react to the situation.
13. Vassilis GHEGAS Seminar in Augsburg,
October 1993: (HL, 6, 4/1993): Full of new
information aooui nnaieria Meuica ana uase
Management. Alumina, Alumen, Argentum nitricum,
Bovista, Carbolic acid, Cicuta, Cina, Formica rula,
Glonoinum, Laurocerasus, Nux moschata,
Podophyllum, Ranunculus bulbosus. Gist of two
remedies - Glonoinum and Nux moschata - are
summarised in this report.
The central idea of Glonoinum is congestion, no
matter whether it is as a causative factor or as a result
of something else. Congestion in thoughts.
Hypertension, Arteriosclerosis, Menopause,
Hyperaemia. A typical symptom for this remedy is
Fear of Apoplexy.
Nux moschata: everyting is centered around
sleepiness; sleeps when standing, sleeps when
walking, and working. Falls into a dream-like state.
Factual reality is experienced as in a dream. They do
everything automatically and mechanically, without
being really connected to their consciousness.
Aetiology is often after a shock. 14. Commenting upon
Dana ULLMAN's article 'Understanding Nature to
learn Materia Medica' (The Homoeopath, 13,1/1993 -
No. 28 Materia Medica section QHD, XI, 1&2/1993)
Andrew TERRY writes: "I whole-heartedly concur with
his expressed view as to the utility and importance of
knowing something about the substance being
prescribed.... We must seriously pursue all avenues
available towards increasing our direct insight as to the
therapeutic potential of natural substances... It seems
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important that homoeopaths maintain reasonably high
acadmic standards. Incidentally... the originally proven
Anhalonium lewinii was not Peyote at all.
BACKEBURG's 'Kakteenlexicon' of 1976 is
categorical that Lopophora williasii (formerly
Anhalonium lewinii) should be identified with
Epithelantha micromeris v greggii. While
Epithelantha species do have hallucinogenic
properties, they are completely different from
Lopophora... While STEPHENSON's 20th century
provings were almost certainly made with Peyote
(Lopophora) it is equally possible that the earlier
provings of ELLIS and others were with Epithelantha.
It is quite likely that sources in Mexico supplying dried
(and therefore botanically hard to identify) Mescal
buttons made no distinction at all)...
1. Sepia: The fact which (amazingly) seems to
have eluded most homoeopaths to date is that bearing
offspring is generally fatal to the female cuttlefish.
While the natural history of Sepia officinalis is still
imperfectly understood this much is apparent (I have
confirmed this with Dr.WILLIAMSON of the Marine
Biological Association who said; 'It does seem to be
generally true that female cuttlefish die shortly after
reproduction, with most animals living only one or two
years)
Pulsatilla:... Apart from need for calcium
carbonate, Pulsatilla species (including P nigricans =
pratensis) are not very demanding about soil
condition - they certainly do not insist on sand.
Incidentally as CLARKE has clarified, the polychrest
Pulsatilla of our Materia Medica is P.nigricans and not
P.vulgaris....The obvious physical difference between
the two is that P.nigricans is much more demure' -
indeed its flowers are so downturned (away from the
sun) that it is not greatly sought after as a garden plant.
3. Ledum The earliest (European) provings
were certainly conducted using Ledum palustre.
However, the American flora also includes Ledum
groenlandicum which is commonly known as
Labrador Tea. The two species are closely related...
there is a good chance that as with Anhalonium our
Materia Medica comprises the symtpoms of two
distinct speices... Since growing various Ledum
speices myself I have been struck not by the fact that
the flowers are so attractive to bees but that they
appear to be peculiarly attractive to flies.
The big thing about Ledum as with
Rhododendron, Kalmia, Uva ursi, other ericaceous
members of our Materia Medica, is that calcium
carbonate is strongly inimical to their well being as
plants, they need acidic rather than alkaline condition
and simply cannot survive in the presence of
significant amount of chalk or limestone.
4. Chamomilla: Matricaria Chamomilla is an
annual plant. Whilst a fairly close relation of
Chamaemelum is a relatively spindly upright plant
which grows well in the disturbed and relatively dry soil
of the wheatfield.
15. Seminar with Dr. Alfons GEUKENS in Oslo, 23-
25 April 1993. Remedies covered were
Anacardium, Conium and Causticum. Extracts given
below:
Anacardium 1. MENTAL
Basic problem = Lack of self-confidence (K13)
Delusion, right, does nothing (K31) Delusion,
succeed, that he cannot (K 3) Reaction
TRIES TO "PROVE HIMSELF" Anger,
contradiction, from (K2) Anger, Violent (k 3)
Contradict, disposition to (K 16)
Contradiction, is intolerant of (K 16) Cruelty
(K 17) Cursing (K17) Haughty (K 51)
Impatience (K53) Impetuous (54) Obstinate
(K 69) Offended easily (K 69) Plans, making
many (K 69) Quarrelsome (K 70)
Rage (K 70)
Rest, cannot when things are not in proper place
(K72)
Restlessness (K 72) Serious (K 72)
IF NO COMPENSATION
Abusive (K1)
Antagonism with herself (K 4) Will,
contradiction of (K 95) Will, two, feels as if he
had two wills (K 95) Anxiety, pursued when
walking, as if (K 7) Anxiety, future, about (K 8)
Anxiety, trifles, about(K8) Anxiety, walking,
while (K 9) Business, averse to (K 10) Childish
behaviour (K 11) Company, aversion to (K 12)
Concentration difficult (K13) Confusion,
morning (K 14) Cowardice (K17) Defiant (K
17)
Delirium, eating amel. (K 18) Delusions, child, not hers
(K 27) Delusions, husband, thinks he is not her (K 27)
Delusions, double, of being (K 24) Delusions, devils,
sees (K 23) Delusions, enemy, surrounded by (K 24)
Delusions, voices, hears, calling his name (K 34)
Delusions, separated from the world, that he is
(K31)
Dullness, morning (K 37) Estranged, family from her;
society, from (K 39) Excitement alternates with dullness
(K 40) Fear, approaching him, of others (K 43) Fear,
death, of (K 44) Fear, evil, of (K 44) Fear, misfortune, of
(K 46) Forgetful, afternoon amel. (K 48) Forsaken
feeling, sensation of isolation (K 49) Godless, want of
religious feeling (K 50) Unfeeling (K 91) Reverence,
lack of (K 75) Going through Suicidal disposition (K
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85) Suicidal disposition, shooting, by (K 85) Suicidal
disposition, throwing himself from a height
(K85) Decline of mental capacities
- memory, weakness of, names, for proper
(K65)
- memory, weakness of, persons for (K 65)
- memory, weakness of, read, for what has
(K65)
- memory, weakness of, thought, for what has
]ust (K 65)
- memory, weakness of, words, for (K 65)
To idiocy, imbecility and insanity!!!
2. KEY-NOTES.
Plug sensation
Explanation:
HEAD, pain plug, temples, mental exertion, on
(K188)
EYE, pain, pressing, plug, like a (K 257) EAR, pain,
pressing, plug, like a (K312) RECTUM, urging,
effort, great desire passes away
with (K 633) Bandaged sensation: EXTREMITIES,
Bandaged,
sensation as if, knee, sitting, while (K 953)
EXTREMITIES, itching, hand, palm, night (K 1023)
3. MODALITIES
Eating amel. !!!
Hot bathing amel.
4. CAUSATIONS
Ailments from mortification, fright, mental exertion
Conium
TESTE "Lively, quick, sanguine disposition"
KENT "Excitable - Hysterical"
REPERTORY Dictatorial (K 36)
Contradiction, is intolerant of (K 16) - (contrary to
Causticum) TARGETS NERVOUS
SYSTEM Gradual debility -- paralysis
(MS)
upwards (K 1390)
VERTIGO; agg. lying down + moving head
VERTIGO, turning, in bed, on: Con.... (K 105)
VERTIGO, turning, or moving head:... Con....
(K105) VERTIGO, turning, or moving the head,
quickly:...
Con. ... (K105) GLANDS
Mammae Testes Ovary
RESPIRATORY SYSTEM Dryness larynx in
spots causing cough (K 789) CHARACTERISTICS
Hang down limbs amel.!!! Induration! especially
glands (K 1367) KEY-NOTES Pain and swelling of
mammae before menses
Perspiration day or night as soon as he sleeps
(K1301)
Cold; flatus (K 617) Red ear wax
(K 320)
Photophobia without inflammation (K 262) EYE,
ecchymosis, right: Con. (K 238) CAUSATION
Unsatisfied sexual desire! "Emissions on
slightest stimulus" Injury soft parts Grief
Overwork Excitement NOTE! "Psorinum follows
Conium in breast cancer
(ALLEN)" Causticum MENTAL LEVEL
Oversensitive (K 78) (Especially for living beings who
cannot defend
themselves)
To everything which is not honest in their eyes.
Sympathetic (K 86) Cautious anxiously (K 10) Anxiety
(K 4)
Anxiety, others, for (not in Kent) Anxiety
trifles, at (K 8) Cares, full of (k 10)
Dwells, on past disagreeable events, night (K 39) Grief,
ailments from (K 51) Oversensitive to crying of children
(K 78) Serious (K 79)
Weep in sympathy with others (K 94) Weeps,
trifles, at (K 94) +
Over reacting to it = to compensate Contradict,
tendency to (K 16) Abusive (K1) Anger,
ailments from (K 2) Contrary (K 16) Defiant (K
17) Dictatorial (K 36) Disobedience (K 37)
Excitement, debate, during (K 40) Extravagance
(K 41) Fanaticism (K41) Haughty (K 51)
Irritability, menses, before (K 59)
during (k 59) Kleptomania
(K61)
Loquacity (K 63)
Malicious (K 63)
Offended easily (K 69)
Obstiante (K 69)
Positiveness +
IF NOT ABLE TO RESTORE BALANCE
Anxiety and fear (K 6)
Despair (K 35)
Forgotten, as if he had (K 49)
Restless tossing in bed (K 73)
Sadness weeping day and night
Sit, inclination to (K 80)
Indifference (K 54)
Hysteria (K 52)
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Homesickness (K 51)
Introspection (K57)
Irresolution (K 57)
Memory, weakness of (K 64)
Mistakes in speaking (K 66)
EXPRESSIONS ON PHYSICAL LEVEL
Reactions on nervous system
1. Paralyses!
Facialis paralysis (K 390) Ptosis eyelid (K261)
Tongue paralysis (K 414) Paralysis, Bladder (K
650) Extremities, Paralysis, gradual (K 1176)
Laryngitishoarseness (K 749 - 758)
Tracheitis (expectoration difficult) (K 815)
Bronchia (asthma, bronchitis) (K 764, 835)
Slow in learning to walk and talk
2. Contractions
Rheumatic deformans
Full addresses of the journals covered by this
Quarterly Homoeopathic DIGEST (QHD) are given
below:
1.
ACD:
Arohiv fur Homoopathik,
DYNAMIS-VERLAG, AM
Vogelherd 18, 4200 OBERHAUSEN 11,
GERMANY.
2.
ZKH:
Zeitschriftfur Klassische
Homdopalhie, Karl F. Haug
Verlag, 6900 HEIDELBERG 1, GERMANY.
3.
SIMILLIMA:
Van Walbeckstr. 85-3
1058. CM
AMSTERDAM. (HOLLAND)
4.
HL:
Homoeopathic Links, Homoeopathic
Research &
Charities, "Dinar", 20 Station Road,
Santacruz (West),
BOMBAY - 400 054.
5.
HH:
Homoeopathic heritage, B. Jain
Publishers (P) Ltd.,
1920 Street, 10th Chuna Mandi, Pahargnj,
Post Box 5775,
NEW DELHI
-1
10 05E.
6.
THE HOMOEOPATH:
The Journal of
the Society of
Homoeopath, 2, Artizan Road,
NORTHAMPTON NN1
4HU, U.K.
7.
HLK:
Forum for Homeopatisk
Lakekonst Svenska
Akademin for Klasisk Homeopati,
Folkungagatan 84 (Itr),
116 22 STOCKHOLM.
8.
MfH:
Medicina futura Homoeopathy, 1-
2-217/7,
Gaganmahal Road, HYDERABAD - 500
029.
9.
NJH:
National Journal of Homoeopathy,
Milan Clinic, Saraswati Road, Santa Cruz
(W), BOMBAY - 400 054.
10.
BHJ:
British Homoeopathic Journal,
Royal London,
Homoeopathic Hospital, Great Ormond
Street. LONDON,
WC1N3HR, U.K.
11.
AHZ:
Allgemeine Homoopathische
Zeitung, Karl F. Haug
Verlag, 6900 HEIDELBERG 1, GERMANY.
12.
RBH:
Revue Beige d'
Homoeopathie, Editor:
Ch.Schepens, rue Groselnberg, 39, 1130
BRUSSELS,
Belgium.
13.
CGH:
Cahiers du Groupement
Hahnemannien,
MEDECINE ET HYGIENE, 78, avenue de la
Roseraie, Case
456, CH-1211 Geneva 4.
Dupuytren
Cicatrices xxxx (after burns)
3. Skin
Warts (K 1339)
Eczema (K 1312)
KEY-NOTES
Fear of dog - animals (K 43, 44)
Anxiety from noise (K 7)
Fear dark (K 43)
Desires: salt, smoked meats, (K 486, 485)
Sweets (not in Kent) Aversion: sweets (K 482)
Disordered stomach from fat (K 487) MODALITIES
Dry weather agg. (K 1357) Wet weather amel. (not in
Kent) Cold drinks amel. (P. 1362)
COMPLEMENTARY REMEDIES Carb-v., Lach.,
Merc, Sep., Stann., Coloc, Staph., Petros.
16. "Leprosy to be eradicated by 2000 A.D. One
wonders when the Canutes of today which includes the
self satisfied WHO, will learn that setting target dates
for eradicating mankind's age-old diseases is an exericse
in futility or the question may well be asked, "Who is
trying to fool Whom?" ... The turn of the century is
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only 7 years away and we can await with bated breath
the new miracle which even Jesus Christ could only cure
and not eradicate... we can still faintly recollect the
'eradication' of malaria in the 60s when medical
students actually graduated without ever getting a
chance to see malarial manifestations in the hospital
wards. The result is the present avatar of malaria where
the parasite has learnt not to manifest itself in the
victim's blood..." (mfH, 4, 2/1993)
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PART II
BOOK REVIEWS
(This column contains books received by the
QHD for review / and those recently read by the
reviewer)
1. New Comprehensive Homoeopathic Materia
Medica of Mind: by H.L CHITKARA, B. Jain
Publishers Pvt. Ltd., 1921, 10th Street, Chuna Mandi,
Paharganj, New Delhi - 110 055 (India), pp.692,
Hardbound Rs. 150/-.
With the current trend in Homoeopathy to give
much greater importance to the 'Mind' symptoms and
particularly with the SEHGAL's method of using the
'Mind' rubrics only for prescription of the curative
remedy, this book is most welcome by all
practitioners. Earlier Dr. M.L AGARWAL had
published Materia Medica of Mind (1985) which is a
compilation of the Mind symptoms in the KENT
Repertory. The current compilation by Dr. CHITKARA
is based mainly on the Synthetic Repertory, IV
Edition, Vol. I with some additions from other sources
including Dr.CHITKARA's own practice. These
additions are distinguished by appropriate marks.
Some errors in the source material have been
corrected. However, there are still certain errors and
these will have to be conveyed by the users in due
course so that in the next edition they will be corrected. It
is humanly impossible for any one author to bring out a
totally-error-free reference work such as the one under
review. This will be evident from the many corrections
which have been detected over the years in the KENT
Repertory - and many still exist - and even in the later
repertories including the Synthesis which has just come
out. It is the duty of every user of these repertories to
mark the corrections and convey them from time to time
to the authors/publishers and in the journals.
The current work of Dr.CHITKARA has been
found of great practical use in the clinic. When one or
more remedies have been worked out with the help of
Dr.CHITKARA's Quick Reference Guide to the
Repertory of Mind (1993), to be more similar to the
instant case, how is one to differentiate them? By
comparing them in the complete Materia Medica.
With the great amount of Materia Medica information
that has been added to in the past few decades, new
remedies, etc. we do not have a single Materia
Medica among those so far published wherein one can
find all the symptoms; whereas the new repertory,
viz., Synthetic Repertory (and now the Synthesis by
Frederick SCHROYENS) contain the up-to-date
clinical information. Since this work of
Dr.CHITKARA is compiled from the SR, it is the most
recent one containing all the information available as of
now pertaining to each remedy. A study of all the
(mental) symptoms covered by the remedies in the
selection of the right remedy. I have been using this
Book in my daily practice and have found it of great
help.
Printing, get-up, binding etc. very good.
Warmly recommended to all practitioners.
2. Some of the causes of failures in
homoeopathic practice: by Dr. Ramanlal P. PATEL
Hahnemann Homoeopathic Pharmacy, College
Road, Kottayam - 686 001 (India), pp.20, Rs.10/-.
(Third Edition).
The Preface to this edition itself is 'telling'. The
author says: "I do not claim anything new in this small
booklet. All mistakes and failures at my hands are put
together to caution The beginners' and to enlighten the
homoeopaths who are full of ego and who claim that
they never fail..."
One learns from one's failures although one may
not accept that one failed. Dr. PATEL has the openness
to say that he did fail and he learnt from those failures.
This is somewhat like Dr.Margaret TYLER'S 'How not
to do it', but the style is different, of course.
What are the causes of the failures? These are
broadly divided into three groups: A) The Physician; B)
The Patient; and C) The Medicine. Dr. PATEL goes on to
briefly write on these three main causes of failures. At
the end some cases to drive home the points covered,
have been given.
The book is a 'must' for young, fresh-from-the-
college homoeopaths and perhaps also for all of us who
tend to, sometime or other in our day-to-day practice
overlook to bear in mind simple admonitions.
Well printed. Warmly recommended.
3. Alternating Symptoms in the Repertory of
the Homoeopathic Materia Medica by Dr. Ramanlal
P. PATEL, Sai Homoeopathic Book Corporation
Hahnemann House, College Road, Kottayam - 686
001. (India) pp.29, Rs.15/-.
This is a compilation of information from KENT'S
Repertory, BOGER, T.F.ALLEN, HAHNEMANN's
Chronic Diseases, Constantine LIPPE, KNERR's
Repertory BOENNINGHAUSEN's Therapeutic
Pocket Book, BOERICKE's Repertory.
Certainly this will be a great reference work in the
clinic and is for that reason welcomed. However,
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certain deficiencies have to be pointed out.
Printing errors are many (e.g.p.2 Delirium
alternating with sopor; Coloncy should be Co/oc,
Dullness, alternating with hilarity: Lab. should be Jab.
Since remedy grades have been indicated as in the
Repertory, 'Excitement alternates with
convulsions: Stram. should be STRAM.
Remedy abbreviations have not been followed
uniformly: e.g. Aur, Aur-met, Ars-alb., Ars. etc.
Where synonymous rubrics do not contain same
remedies: e.g. 'Cheerfulness alternating with
gloomniness: Chin, (p.1) while 'Gloomy alternating
with cheerfulness: Cinch, med.' (in this the
abbreviations also are not uniform e.g. Chin and
Cinch.)
Symptoms like evening alternating morning'
(p.28) is not actually an alternating symptom and
hence has no place in this compilation. Similarly
'alternating sides' (p.21)
Incorrect rubrics: e.g. EAR: 'Noises, alternating
withwhistling, buzzing' (p.10), should actually be EAR:
'Noises, whistling alternating with buzzing'. EAR: 'Pain
alternating with eyes' (p.10) should be EAR: 'Pain,
alternating with pain eyes'.
This is not a complete list of the errors in this
work but are only some examples. Probably a
computer print-out has been used as it is without
correction or editing.
A thoroughly corrected edition will serve the
purpose intended by the publisher.
4 Perceiving Crucial Symptoms by S.M.
GUNAWANTE, B. Jain Publishers Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi
110055. (India), pp.161, Rs.25/-
This book from our able author and devoted
homoeopath Dr.GUNAWANTE is a timely and
welcome addition to the library of every practitioner
particularly to the not-so-experienced.
The author rightly observes that there are many
literature about the comparative value of symptoms.
One of the best so far is Dr.Gibson MILLER'S
"Comparative Value ol Symptoms in the Selection of
the remedy" (Homoeopathician, 1912). There are
other useful works like Dr. Ramanlal PATEL's
"Analysis and evaluation of Rubrics/Symptoms of Dr.
Kent's Repertory", George VITHOULKAS' in his The
Science of Homoeopathy. What is the need for the
present work then?
In the past decade Homoeopathy has been
developing rapidly and there are many 'teachers' who
have developed their individual methods and gained
certain 'insights' particularly in the psychology of the
patients. Since the past few years Dr. Rajan
SANKARAN has been instrumental in arranging
seminars by some of these teachers, prominent among
them being Dr. Rajan SANKARAN himself. This
reviewer who has attended almost all of them can
personally vouch for the great usefulness of these
seminars and much has been learnt from them.
GUNAWANTE has therefore rightly written this book
which includes Dr. Rajan SANKARAN's ideas on the
evaluation of Symptoms and the technique of
selecting the curative remedy. 'There are many roads to
the top of the hill, but from the top all see the same
moon'. We have to be thorough with all the roads since
one road alone may not help us in all the cases; we
have to adapt the technique according to the
presenting case.
There are 19 Chapters (excluding the
Introduction). There is a very important chapter on the
'miasms' and another chapter titled 'Plan for Action'.
The book is 'practical' and will reward the user
richly since GUNAWANTE hasdrawn the material from
rich sources.
Unfortunately the Publishers have not taken care
to properly proof-read and there are therefore many
printing errors. It is hoped that this edition will soon be
sold out and second edition would be called for in
which the Publishers will correct all the errors.
The book is warmly recommended.
5. Mr. Lycopodium Editor-in-Chief Dr. Farokh
MASTER, B. Jain Publishers Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi -110
055 (India), pp.49, Rs.25/-.
This is a 'monograph' by a team of
homoeopaths - Dr. Peter KUBIS, Dr.Kamal KODIA, Dr.
Kamal RUSTOMJEE, Dr.Ronak SHAH and with
Dr.Farokh MASTER as the Editor-in-Chief. The
book-let briefly contains the Pharmacology, Typology
and followed by the remedy picture. The main
'mentals' of the remedy like Fears, Jealousy, Inflated
Ego, Anxieties are briefly picturised followed by the
particulars and the Sexual and Sleep/Dreams.
Comparative study with related remedies come at the
end.
Well-printed and good get-up.
6. Mysterious Thuja Chief Editor Dr. Farokh
MASTER, B. Jain Publishers Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi -110
055 (India) pp.37, Rs.25/-.
This monograph too is by a team of
homoeopaths: Dr. Zubin MAROLIA, Dr. Shahrukh
PAVRI, Dr. Shailen PETIGARA and Dr. Kamal KODIA,
with Dr. Farokh MASTER as the Chief Editor.
This is a brief Materia Medica on Thuja
highlighting its characteristics. Few printing errors.
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This monograph as also the Lycopodium one
reviewed above may be used as quick reference in the
clinic.
7. Bed-Wetting-Enuresis by Farokh MASTER, B.
Jain Publishers Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi-110 055 (India),
pp.37, Rs.6/-.
This book-let on a common complaint met with in
children, carries a Foreword by Dr. Jugal KISHORE.
After the 'definition', 'Epidemiology',
development of sphincter control, mechanisms
involved, aetiology and background of enuresis, the
clinical features are briefly discussed including
Psychotherapy, Hypnosis. The next part contains the
repertory.
It is felt that remedy abbreviations should be
uniform throughout and also preferably as may be
found in the KENT Repertory. Numbers 1,2,3 have
been superscribed to the remedies without explaining
what those numbers denote.
8.
Homoeopathy in Cancer
by Dr. Farokh
J. MASTER, B. Jain Publishers Pvt. Ltd., New
Delhi -110 055 (India), pp.26, Rs.8/-.
This is a small book-let of 26 pages only
within which the author has attempted to
contain Cancer homoeotherapeutics.
9.
Two Hundred Years of Homoeopathy
by
Dr. K.D. KANODIA, Indian Books & Periodicals
Syndicate, P.O. Box No.2524, Karol Bagh, New
Delhi - 110 005, pp.195, Rs.50/-.
In this book of 195 pages the author has
ably covered the entire compass of
Homoeopathy - right from its basic principles,
select aphorisms of the
Organon,
concept of
Chronic Diseases, the Miasms, Homoeopathy as
a Science, as an Art, some excerpts from well-
known masters and in Part II the therapeutic part
which includes some hints from the masters.
Something about the source of the medicines,
some specifics vis-a-vis specific symptoms, a
repertory-like part containing some peculiar
symptoms wherein one or only few remedies are
given. A fairly long list of 'personalities' (drug
personality e.g.
Cuprum
= convulsive,
Gelsemium
tirednes in entire body, etc.) and
lastly a brief chapter on the future work before
us, completes this small but well-rounded book
on Homoeopathy. Good reading. Printing,
paper good. Warmly recommended. 10.
The
concept of Miasms in Homoeopathy and
New Era
by Dr.K.D.KANODIA, Indian Books
and Periodicals Syndicate, P.O. Box 2524,
Karol Bagh, New Delhi -110 005, pp.60, Rs.40/-.
This book-let deals succinctly with the
theory of Miasms in Homoeopathy. The author
has drawn from eminent masters like KENT.
One cannot disagree with the author when he
concludes that study of the miasms is simply a
way to study the disease, and facilitate the
prescriber to reach the counterpart in a remedy;
and Miasms guide us to the acute and chronic
nature of diseases, and help us to use the remedies
of similar nature according to the state of the
patient.
11.
A Table Talk in Homoeopathy,
by
Dr.K.D.KANODIA, Indian Books &
Periodicals Syndinate, P.O. Box 2524, Karol
Bagh, New Delhi -110 005, pp.35, Rs.30/-.
This is a discussion on the state of
Homoeopathy and homoeo-therapeutics.
While speaking of Homoeopathy for the New
Era (meaning for the 21st Century?), the author
has restricted himself to J.T.KENT, NASH,
BURNETT, MLTYLER and such other
stalwarts of the old. Evidently he has not kept
himself in touch with the progress that is being
made all over the world since the last two
decades.
12.
Secrets of sure and Quick Results
by
Dr.K.D.KANODIA, Indian Books &
Periodicals Syndicate, P.O.Box 2524, Karol
Bagh, New Delhi - 110 005. pp.96, Rs.50/-.
This book-let contains 'tips' drawn from the
works of the great masters, of inestimable value
to the practitioners.
Printing, get-up, good.
A general observation of all the five books
by Dr.K.D.KANODIA reviewed above: While
quoting from the masters, like KENT,
FARRINGTON, TYLER, BURNETT, et.al. the
author would have done well if he had indicated
the works from which the material was culled -
bibliographical data, which would enhancethe
value of his work.
COMING EVENTS
All India Homoeopathic Scientific Seminar organised by Father Muller's Homoeopathic Medical
College, Mangalore on 25- 28 April '95. Contact person for Seminar Dr. A.K. Singh, Fr. Muller's
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Homoeopathic Medical College, Mangalore - 575 002. Time : 25-28 April '95.
1.
Scientific Seminar organised by The Tamil Nadu qualified Homoeopathic association at Salem.
Contact person: Dr. N. Subramaniyam, 176, Trichy Main Road, Gugai, Salem - 636 006. Time : 11th &
12th Feb. '95.
3.
Dr. Jawahar SHAH will hold a one-day Seminar - "Why Computers for efficient Homoeopathic
Practice?" - on 26 Feb 1995. in Bombay. Registration Fee Rs.100/-. For details: Dr. Jawahar J. Shah,
10/11, Harish Kunj, 46, Tagore Road, Santacruz West, Bombay - 400 054.
4.
49th Congress of the International Homoeopathic Medical League to be held In New Delhi,
Friday March 3 to Tuesday March 7, 1995.
For Details contact: Dr. Diwan Vijay Chand, Chairman Organisizing Committee, National
Homoeopathic Centre, 1, Hanuman Road, New Delhi -110 001. Ph : 3747127.
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