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world-over — English, American, German, French, etc., discipline wise, with brief

abstracts/extracts. Readers may refer to the original articles for detailed study. The

full names and addresses of the journals covered by this compilation are given at

the end of Part I of this journal and readers are requested to refer to them for full

articles.

Compilation, translation, publication by Dr. K.S. Srinivasan, 1253, 66th Street,

Korattur, Madras - 600 080, India.)

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PART I - CURRENT LITERATURE LISTING

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I. HHIUJSUHHY

1. Chaos Theory: Implications for

Homoeopathy

SHEPPERD Joel (JAIH, 87, 1/1994) The new science of

Chaos Theory contains ideas that help to

communicate homoeopathic processes in a way that

researchers can understand. Chaos refers to the irregular,

unpredictable behavior of deterministic, non-linear

dynamic systems. Dynamics is the study of change

observed in natural phenomena. A system is the object

of observation from which variables are measured. The

language of the mathematics of non-linear dynamics

contains concepts that describe homoeopathic

observations. The basic terms of this mathematical

language are presented. Applications in physiology and

medicine are noted from current literature. Homeo-

dynamics is proposed as an update for homeostasis.

Examples of how Chaos theory language can

model homoeopathic mechanisms are described.

(Please refer Philosophy section of QHD, X, 1 and

4/1993 for earlier references to Chaos theory = KSS.)

2. Das Symptom - ein Grundbegriff der

Hombopathie (Symptom - a basic idea in

Homoeopathy)

KLUNKER W. (ZKH. 38, 1/1994)

The important task of laying adequate base of

Homoeopathy implied, amongst other things, the

determination of its fundamental concept. The

understanding of the idea of Symptom is one of these.

This is different from what is understood in the

traditional medicine. Within the frame-work of the

phenomenological foundation of Homoeopathy the

analysis of its own concept of Symptom vis-a-vis

Symptom as understood in the traditional medicine has

be differentiated. Whereas the latter is understood as a

mere indicator of the real disease, the

homoeopathic concepit is that the symptom is the

disease itself, i.e. as privative existential phenomenon of

the Dasein. The author discusses the subject

thoroughly.

3. Was heisst "Ahnlich"? Gedanken zu

HAHNEMANNs Fundamentalsatz Similia

Similibus (What is "Similar"? Thoughts on

HAHNEMANN's Fundamental tenet Similia

Similibus)

FURLENMEIER M. (ZKH. 38, 1/1994)

in i /yo nMniNciviMiNiN spun UUL IUI uiw nisi

Lime "... Similia Similibus" in his essay 'On a New

Principle for ascertaining the healing powers of

medicinal substances, with a few glances at those

hitherto employed' (Versuch iiber ein neues Princip

zur Auffindung der Heilkrafte der Arzneisubstanzen,

nebst einigen Blicken auf die bisherigen). The

fundamental tenet of Homoeopathy was thus laid. What

exactly is "similar" is not clear although there have

been disputes whether the law is "Similia similibus

curantur" or "... curentur". The author discusses the

"similar"; what exactly is it? Where does the similarity

begin and where does it end? He concludes that

similarity can never be clearly defined, it is not

possible to define. When we search for a similar

remedy, the similarity should be quantitative ('totality'

of the symptoms, the number of symptoms) and

qualitative ('characteristic', 'essence'). "Similia

similibus" is indispensable for homoeopathic practice.

II. MATERIA MEDICA

1. Zincum metallicum

GHEGAS Vassilis (NEJH, 2, 2/1993)

This is an 'up-date' on Zincum metallicum by one

of the foremost teachers currently. This is a beautiful

exposition of this remedy. "Zincum metallicum

produces mostly 'noises' with very few symptoms,

which hinders us greally. And so we are in despairfrom

having given Nitricum acidum; kilograms olArsenicum

and Nitricum acidum, the person comes again and again

and complains and complains and complains, and all

the people in the family are suffering. That is the

reason that it is written in capital in the repertory,

"Torments everyone with his complaints." The only

remedy is Zincum metallicum.

So go to your practice to see how many cases

torment you, blame you that you have never given the

correct remedy, you have given the whole Materia

Medica with no results. The cause of the

misdiagnosis is due to the central Idea of this

remedy-the lack of productivity on all levels,

leading to scant production of symptoms." The

author goes on to explain this theme.

The following hint is valuable: "After giving Zincum

metallicum the case may not appear to be going well-

with the patient developing trembling, jerking,

vomiting, confusion, perspiration or weakness. If

these symptoms develop you can be certain that the

remedy acted. Do not repeat the remedy and, of

course, do not change the remedy. Give the remedy

time to act and improvement will follow."

2. Materia Medica of Rhus diversiloba

ALBIN Steve, (NEJH, 2, 2/1993)

There is very little written about this remedy. The

Materia Medica of this remedy has been compiled by

the author from information contained in CLARKE,

BOERICKE and symptoms taken from his own cases.

3. A Brief Clinical Materia Medica of Cocculus

indicus

HERSCU Paul (NEJH, 2, 2/1993)

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Key-symptoms: Vertigo, Nausea, Weakness,

Vomiting, aggravation from missed sleep, constant

worries, and especially nervous system disorders.

Clinical conditions: Strokes, Head and Neck

injuries, Nausea and vomiting of pregnancy, Vertigo

with any disorder, aggravation by motion (ifthe patient is

actually in the driver's seat, in control of the driving the

dizziness and motion sickness may not occur),

incredible sleepiness when travelling in car, Anxiety

that takes the form of constant worry about some

family member or person near to one's heart, missed

sleep.

4. Piper methysticum

GHEGAS Vassilis (NEJH, 2, 3/1993)

This is an extract from a seminar given by

Vassilis GHEGAS.

Piper methysticum has this modality:

"amelioration of pains for a time by diverting

attention." This modality can be found in the following

rubrics (KENT):

Amusement, desire for (K.2) Ennui,

entertainment amel. (K.39) Excitement

ameliorates (K.40) Occupation amel.

(K.69) Thinking of complaints, agg. (K.87)

5. Zincum metallicum a walk through the

Repertory

HERSCU Paul (NEJH, 2, 3/1993)

This is an understanding of the remedy

Zincum's theme, by studying the repertory rubrics; a

beautiful, brief study. A valuable hint: "Some parents

will describe the following scenario: 'my child was

healthy, bright and lovely. It seemed as if she had a

light within her that draw others to her. She was the

center of her class and social life. Then something

happened which seemed to take the best part of my

child's ability from her,' The event could be an acute

infection, or a treatment that supressed a portion of the

case. I would like to state categorically that

inappropriate homoeopathic treatment fits this

description. From that point on, the light was blown out

of the child. The child may be either dull or be hyper and

inattentive. The child may be friendly, yet not sensing

an appropriate border, may stand only two inches away

from you joyfully asking you questions, oblivious of the

fact that you are conversing with her parents."

6. lodum & lodum children

GHEGAS Vassilis (NEJH, 2, 3/1993)

These two are information gathered from

Vassilis GHEGAS' books. Needless to say they are very

valuable.

7. Cina

GHEGAS Vassilis (NEJH, 3, 1/1994)

Dr. GHEGAS says that it is dangerous to start a

child with a remedy like Stramonium and perhaps the

child needed Cina. Cina has many similarities with

remedies like Stramonium, Tuberculinum. Cina may not

touch the soul of the patient; so it is better to start with

Cina and after calming the case one can go further

with a deep polychrest.

The central idea of Cina - in the mental sphere - is

itching, itching on the emotional sphere and itching on

the physical level, itching without relief even after

scratching.

The author goes on to briefly discuss the remedy

schematically. Valuable study.

8. Stramonium The Suppressed Basic Instinct.

LASCHKOLNIG Christine (NEJH, 3, 1/1994)

Fear of the dark, which is one of the main

themes of Stramonium, confronts us with our fear of

coming into contact with our basic instincts. We

should not overlook Stramonium in eroticism and

sensuality. Suppression of basic instincts may need this

remedy.

An interesting study.

9. Perceiving Rejection: Psychological

Philosophical Perspective

BARVALIA Praful (IJHM, 29, 1/1994)

Rejection, i.e. Forsaken feeling is the central

theme taken up for study and perceiving differential

Materia Medica.

The author says "unless you establish similarity with

the state of disposition which is in centre, you can never

find curative medicine (Aphorism 211)"

Case of Magnesium muriaticum, Lac caninum,

Pulsatilla (all 'Forsaken' remedies) are cited. 10.

Perceiving Rejection through Repertorial

Perspective

MEHTATejal and DALVI Alpana (IJHM, 29,

1/1994)

Following words are used to classify various

'rejection's: Forsaken, Deserted, Abandoned,

Isolation, Repudiated, Neglected, Slight, Ignored (all

'direct relationship' to 'rejection') and Despised,

Loathed, Insulted, Degraded, Wronged (all 'indirect

relationship' to 'rejection').

The authors discuss these terms in the light of

Dictionary meanings and follow it with a study of the

relevant rubrics in the Synthetic Repertory. Rubrics

from Dreams Chapter like 'Dreams, desert'; 'Dreams

forest, going astray in a forest' are also linked in this.

11. Portrait of Platina

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SANKARAN Rajan (IJHM, 29, 1/1994)

Three cases are narrated briefly. The author says

"to me, main feeling of Platina is 'she must be

something special, super special, a great performer,

then only she will be loved or accepted by others.

Otherwise she will be cast aside, thrown, no one will

value her.' This high performance, high status calls for

some amount of 'cold bloodedness', cruelty.

Achievement and ambition are the central points and for

that they could do anything e.g. kill or be really cruel.

The author goes on to make a fine study of Platina.

This article also under 'Perceiving Rejection'

12. Lady who has suffered wrong.

BARVALIA Praful (IJHM, 29, 1/1994)

A 49 year-old married lady, who had a paralytic

stroke. Past history revealed jealousy, forsaken

feeling, excitability, anger, etc. She had dreams of a

hooded cobra. She felt that she had suffered wrong.

Naja was her medicine.

13. The Child who was'slighted'

MATHUR Vanitha (IJHM, 29, 1/1994)

A11 year-old girl with Urticaria. Her mother had

'mania for cleanliness', washed hands frequently and

insisted her child also clean frequently. The girl felt that

mother never had time to even plait her hair. The girl

was mild, wept easily. Pulsatilla was her remedy.

14. Remedies of Rejections - Some Reflections

through a Clinical Experience

MOHAN Vijaya and KASAD Kershasp N.

(IJHM, 29, 1/1994)

The natural desire for love, acceptance, respect,

honor, dignity etc. when thwarted leads to 'rejection'.

A 40 year-old male, born poor, grew up in

poverty, later in the home for the poor, then had to lead a

life of humiliation in his sister's home, became a

rickshaw-puller and suffered various ailments

including joint diseases, impotence and became

disabled even before 40 years, was very much

improved with Pulsatilla and he could resume his

rickshaw-pulling. The mental status also improved

considerably; only the impotence remained.

15. Sensitive, Strict, Stoic Lady -Aurum

metallicum

MATHUR Vanitha (IJHM, 29,1/1994)

A 72 year-old widow; recurrent attacks of

bronchitis since about 30 years; these date back to her last

pregnancy when she was diagnosed to be suffering

from Pulmonary Tuberculosis. She also had

Hypertensin; indigestion; Constipated (takes large

quantities of laxatives daily).

After her husband's death in an accident her sons

fought among themselves and separated, while she kept

neutral; her middle son is an alcoholic. All the family

tensions made her 'stoic'; very religious; although she

felt forsaken, outwardly she bore everything quietly,

kept herself always occupied with household work; felt

that her sufferings were due to her 'karma'.

Aurum metallicum improved her very much.

16. Belladonna als Mittel bei chronischen

Sehstorungen (Belladonna as medicine in

chronic visual defects)

WEGENER A. (ZKH, 37, 1/1993)

Belladonna is considered an 'acute' remedy. This

is not true. HAHNEMANN has said in his

Introduction to Belladonna "Belladonna, in the small

dose just described is, ifthecaseishomoeopathically

adapted, capable of curing the most acute disease (in

which it acts with a rapidity proportionate to the nature of

the disorder). On the other hand, it is not less

serviceable in the most chronic ailments, to which its

duration of action, even in the smallest dose, amounts to

three weeks and more."

A 25 year-old man with visual problems since four

years: dark circles, and flakes appear before him during

daylight; these are worse in sun-light inspite of his

wearing very tinted glasses. Sometimes he becomes

enraged due to this that he would knock his head against

the wall or hit his head with his fists; restless; he

himself thought that a ski accident was the cause.

Belladonna XM brought about a steady

improvement and complete cure. An year later it was

repeated for headaches without the visual

disturbances.

The changed state of mind of the patient (paras 210

and 211) was the decisive criteria.

17. Clematis und der Zustand unserer Materia

Medica (Clematis and the status of our

Materia Medica)

v. KELLER G. (ZKH, 37, 1/1993)

Generally what we mostly learn about

Homoeopathy is through "secondary" literature i.e.

other than the original sources, namely the Provings.

Over the years many errors have been added to the

Materia Medica, including the Encyclopaedia of TF.

ALLEN due to imperfect translations from the original

German Provings. Especially after the publication of

KENT'S Lectures it was thought that whatever

essential was contained in such condensed articles and

the study of the original Provings was abandoned.

The author attempts to show that such

knowledge is not sufficient to select the correct

homoeopathic remedy. One should not restrict

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oneself to 'standard' pictures of the remedies, but

should intensively study the Provings and find the

remedy which most similarly matches the symptoms

expressed by the patient.

With the help of a Clematis case the author

demonstrates this point.

18. Phytolacca- Organon. VI, paras210-212

(Phytolacca - Organon VI, Paragraphs 210 -

212)

WEGENER A. (ZKH, 37, 2/1993)

The importance of the 'Mind' symptoms in the

choice of the similar remedy is shown by a Phytolacca

case. The relevant paragraphs of the Organon are

cited.

In para 21 Oof the Organon HAHNEMANN says

"... even in every so-called physical disease... the

emotional and mental state is always altered..." And in

respect of the medicines in para 212 he says "... there is

no potent medicinal substance in the world which does

not very markedly alter the emotional and mental state

of a healthy man testing it, and each medicine does this

in its own distinctive way."

Since every disease alters the emotional and

mental state and every medicine during its proving

produces alteration of the emotional and mental state,

one must while comparing the symptoms of the

disease with the remedy under consideration always

look for the emotional and mental state in the remedy.

A correct interpretation of these paragraphs must

be made.

19. "Cancerinum" und seine Beziehung zur

Unterdruckung ("Cancerinum" and its

relationship to suppression)

MEYER-KONIG P. (AHZ, 239, 1/1994)

An important aetiological aspect indicating

Cancerinum is physical and emotional suppression. The

author describes a case in which events in the life of a

person arouses the latent cancerine miasm. This

manifests when emotional and physical suppression

takes place. In such cases Cancerinum helps self-

realisation. The author also lists 21 questions which

would help verify indications for Cancerinum:

1. Do you have stage-fright?

2. Is it very important for you for keeping

appointments very punctually?

3. Do you experience Nature inwardly?

4. Must you adjust yourself to external

compulsions from parents, teachers, employer

or other fellow-men?

5. Have you observed in yourself a tendency to

adaptation to others' expectations so that you

should not disappoint others?

6. Was your self-realisation obstructed thereby?

7. Were you during school days socially

integrated or were only a marginalised person?

8. Have you fear of being disapproved?

9. Do you avoid altercations?

10. Can you repulse desires?

11. For this reason do you do your best to do right

by everyone?

12. Has this development in you gone so far as to

make you tired in fulfilling your duties?

13. Can you concede your own wishes?

14. Do you have a bad conscience when you fulfill

your own wish?

15. Can you turn away your own right to live or do

you have the feeling that you must gain your

own right to live through accomplishments and

good deeds?

16. Do you suppose yourself to be under pressure

and thereby settle yourself under pressure?

17. Are you always dominated by the feeling that

you must Justify and vindicate yourself?

18. Does the saying that a friend in need goes all

out to help suit you? You help all, none helps

you?

19. Do you feel uncertain when you make demands

- also when you are entitled to it?

20. Do you have the feeling that others come to you

and seek your friendship or must you go after

others to make friends?

21. Have you determined that your children should

not follow you and quarrel much with each

other?

* * *

20. Homoopathie in der Betriebsarztpraxis -

Kasuistik Vegetative Regulationsstorung,

Schwindel (Homoepathy in Industrial medical

practice - Case - Vegetative Regulation,

Vertigo)

GLUCK W. (AHZ, 239, 1/1994) The author demonstates

the relevance of a General (Modality) Symptom in

finding the curative remedy as well as the importance of

referring to the Materia Medica through a case. This

Rauwolfia case should stimulate further provings of the

remedy. The author is consultant to the Austrian

Society for Homoeopathic Medicinal Provings.

A 24 year-old man with circulatory disturbances

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consulted the author. His disease was diagnosed as

Vegetative regulations disturbance, Vertigo with

chronic Obstipation. A suitable medicine could not be

found with the aid of the presenting symptoms.

Therefore the General Symptom "Physical exertion

amel." and "Physical exertion, in open, amel."

indicated Rauwolfia as the only remedy. (SR. Vol. II

p.177) The remedy was studied in VOISIN's Materia

Medica and found to fit the case. Rauwolfia 12 daily,

cured.

Computer Analysis from

Mac Repertory

David Kent WARKENTIN, gives a complete

picture of this remedy, which is listed below:

Mind; ABRUPT

Mind; ANGUISH

Mind; ANXIETY

Mind; CATATONIA

Mind; COMPANY; aversion to; alone;

amel. when alone

Mind; CONCENTRATION; difficult

Mind; CONFUSION

Mind; DEATH; thoughts of

Mind; DELUSIONS; unreal, everything

seems

10.

Mind; EXCITEMENT, excitable

11.

Mind; EXCITEMENT, excitable;

alternates with; sadness

12.

Mind; EXERTION; mental agg.

13.

Mind; EXERTION; mental amel.

14.

Mind; FEAR

15.

Mind; FEAR; evil, of

16.

Mind; INDIFFERENCE

17.

Mind; IRRESOLUTION; indecision

18.

Mind; IRRITABILITY

19.

Mind; KILL, desire; herself, sudden

impulse to

20.

Mind; MEMORY; weakness of

21.

Mind; MEMORY; weakness of; done, for

what he has just

22.

Mind; MISTAKES; speaking; spelling, in

23.

Mind; MISTAKES; writing, in

24.

Mind; MOROSE, cross

25.

Mind; PROSTRATION of mind

26.

Mind; RESTLESSNESS

27.

Mind; RESTLESSNESS, night

28.

Mind; RESTLESSNESS; bed, in

29.

Mind; RUDENESS

30.

Mind; SADNESS; mental depression

31.

Mind; SCHIZOPHRENIA; catatonic

32.

Mind; SCHIZOPHRENIA; paranoid

33.

Mind; SUICIDAL disposition

34.

Mind; THOUGHTS wandering

35.

External Throat; GOITRE

36.

External Throat; GOITRE;

exophthalmic;

Basedows disease

37.

Stomach; AVERSION to; sugar

38.

Stomach; AVERSION to; sweets

39.

Stomach; DESIRES; cold drinks

40.

Stomach; DESIRES; delicacies

41.

Stomach; desires; sour, acids

42.

Male; PASSION, sexual, diminished

43.

Female; DESIRE, sexual, diminished

44.

Female; MENSES; frequent, too early, too

oon

45.

Female; MENSES; painful, dysmenorrhoea

46.

Sleep; DISTURBED; dreams, by

47.

Sleep; DREAMS; accidents, drowning

48.

Sleep; DREAMS; accidents; drowning;

mother

is, his

49.

Sleep; DREAMS; anxious

50.

Sleep; Body ; parts of; jaw broken

51.

Sleep; DREAMS; body; parts of; teeth;

breaking of

52.

Sleep; DREAMS; dead; people of

53.

Sleep; DREAMS; death of

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54.

Sleep; DREAMS; death, of, dying, of

55.

Sleep; DREAMS; disease; fracture of; jaw

56.

Sleep; DREAMS; disease; teeth; breaking

off

57.

Sleep; DREAMS; drowning

58.

Sleep; DREAMS; drowning; mother had

been drowned, that her

59.

Sleep; DREAMS; journey

60.

Sleep; DREAMS; teeth; breaking of

61.

Sleep; DREAMS; wasps

62.

Sleep; SLEEPINESS

63.

Sleep; SLEEPINESS; overpowering

64.

Sleep; SLEEPLESSNESS

65.

Sleep; WAKING; midnight; after; 1a.m.-

5a.m.

66.

Sleep; WAKING; midnight; after; 3a.m.

67.

Sleep; WAKING; midnight; after; 3a.m.-

4a.m.

68.

Sleep; WAKING; early

69.

Perspiration; CLAMMY, sticky, viscid

70.

Perspiration; HOT

71.

Generalities; EVENING; 6p.m.-8p.m.

72.

Generalities; AIR; open; amel.

73.

Generalities; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS

74.

Generalities; COLD; amel.; air

75.

Generalities; CONVULSIONS

76.

Generalities; CONVULSIONS; epileptic

77.

Generalities; CONVULSIONS;

epileptiform

78.

Generalities; DROPSY; external

79.

Generalities; DROPSY; heart disease, from

80.

Generalities; DROPSY; kidney disease,

from

81.

Generalities; EATING; while

82.

Generalities; EXERTION; physical; amel.

83.

Generalities; EXERTION; physical; amel.;

air,

open in

84.

Generalities; FOOD; cold; drinks, water;

agg.

85.

Generalities; HEAT; flushes of

86.

Generalities; HEAT; sensation of

87.

Generalities; HYPERTENSION

88.

Generalities; HYPOTENSION

89.

Generalities; MOTION; amel.; continued

90. Generalities; OBESITY

91. Generalities; PAIN; amputation, after

92. Generalities; PAIN; muscles, of

93. Generalities; PAIN, burning; externally

94. Generalities; PAIN; stitching

95. Generalities; PARALYSIS agitans

96. Generalities; PLETHORA

97. Generalities; PRESSURE; amel.; hard

98. Generalities; PSORA

99. Generalities; PULSE; hard

100. Generalities; PULSE; hard; climbing, after

101. Generalities; PULSE; hard; exertion, after

sudden

102. Generalities; PULSE; irregular

103. Generalities; PULSE; slow

104. Generalities; ROOM; agg; closed

105. Generalities; STOOL; amel.

106. Generalities; SWELLING; in general

107. Generalities; SYCOSIS

108. Generalities; TENSION; internally

109. Generalities; TREMBLING; externally

110. Generalities; WAKING; on

111. Generalities; WALKING; amel.; air, in open

112. Generalities; WARM; agg.

113. Generalities; WEARINESS

114. Generalities; WEATHER; wet; agg.

21. Scorpion the Creature and the Remedy

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HYETT Sue (HLK, 3, 1/1994)

This study and comparison of the Creature and the

Remedy - Scorpion - is based on the provings recently

made by Jeremy SHERR. It includes material drawn

from the Provingsas well as Repertory rubrics.

In some works Scorpion is entered as

Androctonus Amurreuxi Hebraeus (as in the

Complete Repertory).

"The main areas of the Repertory where

correlations between remedy and creature occur are

Mind, Generalities, Sleep and Eyes. It is interesting to

note some of the thoughts and language used by the

provers, which I have listed here as 'scorpion

language':

"Tried to squeeze a laugh from anything."

"He felt it was a game of who was cleverer and

tried to lie and outwit his friend."

"Irritable, snappy."

"Felt like tearing offenders to pieces with his

bare hands."

"Felt everyone were creeps."

"Fretful biting at times."

"Wanted to kill husband and children."

"Lashed out at everyone."

"Impatient, snappy."

"In the street felt aggressive and very strong, that

his umbrella was a knife."

"Desire to smash people up."

"Desire to pick an argument or fight."

"Great hostility to those around him."

"Stinging observations and comments

directed at his friends."

There is no guilt or remorse in Scorpion, like the

female scorpion who eats her mate after copulation, or

her own young.

"Pushed kids out of bed with no compassion."

"Things she would normally feel guilty about

don't bother her."

"Cancelled an appointment without any

remorse."

"I feel much more self-centred."

"Very changeable moods, one minute

extremely friendly, nice, amiable, then irritable."

"Incredible upsurge of energy - laughing, felt very

high, then low, then high again."

"Great swings of mood, better for eating."

The author compares the rubrics and

symptoms as reflected in the study of the creature and the

attitude towards it.

There are many similarities between the remedy and

the zodiac image of Scorpio, and the polarity that is

fundamental to any remedy is also present.

There are many similarities between Scorpion and

Anacardium and they can easily be mistaken for each

other.

(Attention is drawn to QHD, X, 1/1993, Section II.

Materia Medica. wherein information on the

Proving by Jeremy SHERR and others before him, may

be found = KSS)

22. An Inadvertent Proving of Ammonium

Hydroxide

WILLIAMS Henry (JAIH, 87, 1/1994) A 53 year-old

jeweller suffered hypertension, chest pain, dizziness,

dyspnoea, abdominal bloating, and Diabetes mellitus.

His high diastolic pressure was controlled by Equisetum

6x t.i.d. Diabetic diet and Insulin controlled his

Diabetes. The patient ultimately found out that all his

ailments could be attributed to Ammonium hydroxide

toxicity. Household Ammonia was in an open vat in his

shop and he found that when he covered the vat his

troubles became less, and in about 5 years he became

completely well and without Insulin or oral medicines.

23. Pyrite - A Proving

WILLIAMS Henry (JAIH, 87, 1/1994) Having found in

practice that Pyrite is useful in the persistent dry cough

that has recently followed many cases of viral

bronchitis, the author carried out a Proving of the drug

on himself. For 7 days one grain of Pyrite 3x was taken

twice a day.

The Symptoms that appeared are given below:

On the second day I became conscious of a

tendency to cough which seemed to arise just below the

Adam's Apple and be relieved by a slight cough, but

returned in full force one-half to one hour later.

On the fifth day I became conscious of a degree of

constipation without any change in diet or change in

the size, volume, consistency or color of the stool.

A week after stopping the 3x all symptoms

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subsided and Pyrite 6x was started four times a day.

After the first day the tendency to cough

returned, this time becoming more frequent, worse on

expiration, and relieved by inspiration, By the seventh

day the cough was suffocating and produced a small

amount of thick, mottled, yellow-buff and greenish

sputum that came with little effort in globs that were

not tenacious.

There was the need for more sleep.

A clarity of thought developed enabling me to see

the solution of problems in logical steps.

The dosage was stopped after a week. After a week

without medication, Pyrite 12xwas started twice a day.

No new symptoms developed, and the cough was never

as frequent as with the lower potency, and no

expectoration in relation to time of day, weather, or

circumstance was noted.

The clarity of thought returned.

The medication was continued for a week and then

stopped.

After three weeks Pyrite 30x was started twice a

day.

Again, the day oough returned with the same

characteristics as with Pyrite 6x

Constipation wa:s again noted.

The need for sleep to feel refreshed was also noted.

The clarity of thought and ability to plan was not

noticeable greater than with the Pyrite 6x.

Six cases treated with Pyrite have been

reported.

24. Anhalonium lewinii

TARKAS P.I. (NJH, 3, 1/1994)

A brief Materia Medica of the remedy

25. Anacardium orientale

KASI VISWANATHAN T.K. (NJH, 3, 1/1994) A

brief Materia Medica of the remedy.

26. Ginkgo biloba

GHOSH Jyoti (NJH, 3, 1/1994)

A brief Materia Medica of the remedy.

27. Vanity: Thy name is Platina

SONAWALA Sarla (NJH, 3, 1/1994)

A beautiful poem on the characteristics of the

remedy.

28. Ein kleiner Indiumfall (A small case of

Indium)

KLUNKER W. (ZKH, 38, 2/1994)

A 63-year-old woman was suffering since

months with leftsided Peri-arthritis hurneroscapularis.

The condition did not respond favourably to certain

medicines administered. However, the patient said that

the shoulder pain radiated to the elbow. The KENT

rubrics of "Shoulder pains radiating to elbow" was

added to the rubric "Shoulder pains left" and the only

remedy that came up was Indium metallicum. The

symptoms were verified in the Guiding Symptoms and

found similar to the patient's complaint. A dose of

Indium metallicum XM relieved the pains; however,

three months later another dose was given for

recurrence of the pains and since then the patient is free

from the pains. The characteristic shoulder pains of

Indium is thus confirmed.

29. Unusual Aspects of Remedies

GRAY Bill (The Homoeopath, 52/1994)

The article is based on a paper presented at the

Society of Homoeopaths 1993 Conference at Keele

University.

Remedies are understood from their Provings, the

Key-Notes are discerned, then their 'essence' as one

proceeds to gather personal experiences and when the

remeedy acts deeply in a patient some of the 'edges' of the

remedy is understood. Three remedies are discussed in

this regard: Cannabis indica, Nitric acid and Ledum,

each with a case.

A 28-year-old young man, powerful,

unbounded energy, rage; he could single-handedly

assault and injure many persons when enraged. In the

course of the interview when he actually exhibited

such a rage, it was also observed that he had a quality of

ecstasy. He felt 'high'; his eyes were unfocused as if he

were stoned and in an etheric state; laughing in an

irrational manner in the midst of the rage he was

describing. Cannabis indica cured his condition

completely including the Hypoglycaemia for which he

had originally seen the physician.

Two cases to illustrate the ability of Nitric acid to

read others' minds. One 35-year-old female in business

of antique pottery. She was a hard, hostile person,

involved in numerous lawsuits. She did astral travel in

the night and in these astral travels to the Mid East she

searched for old ruins for pottery. During her waking life,

she physically travelled to these sites and dug for the

pottery and this was so successful. She could read

minds readily. Nitric acid was her remedy. Interesting

changes came about her.

Another female 44 year-old psychotherapist with

complaints of hair falling (in fact she had a very large

amount of hair). Nitric acid brought about interesting

changes in her; she could read the minds of others. All

the thoughts she picked from other minds were negative.

Ledum is normally used for insect-bites. A 45-

year-old male, Gay: loner, very fastidious, orderly and

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irritated when anything happened out of

expectation. The peculiar symptom was that he went to

bed in the night with burning in his legs

necessitating large applications of ice. After Ledum his

arthritis symptoms dramatically disappeared and he

calmed down considerably.

A 40-year-old Chiropracter with Lyme disease.

This patient too was very orderly, etc. He was

systemically chilly yet his joint pains were better by

plunging into a swimming pool. Ledum single dose

cured the Lyme disease completely and his

personality also became soft and generous.

The author points out that he found

fastidiousness as an element in Ledum.

The article is woith reading in full.

30. Ca/carea muriaticum and Group Analysis

SCHOLTEN Jan (The Homoeopath, 52/1994)

This article explains a method of case analysis

called 'Group Analysis'. With this method it is possible

to solve many difficult cases with little known remedies

like Calcarea muriaticum and Baryta nitrica. This

method is explained extensively in Jan SCHOLTEN's

book 'Homoeopathy and Minerals'.

31. Opium

DEEKS Stewart (The Homoeopath, 52/1994) Opium is

perhaps under-used in homoeopathic practice currently.

This article is derived from various writings about the

uses and abuses of Opium. A very interesting and

educative one.

32. Remedy Masquerades

THOMPSON Michael

(The Homoeopath, 52/1994)

This brief article shows Aristolochia clematitis

masquerading as Pulsatilia. Edward WHITMONT's

Psyche and Substance has a chapter on

Aristolochia, in which one could find many symptoms

from his clinical experience.

33. Key-Notes of Uterine Haemorrhage - lesser

known haemostats

Compiled by the Editor

(The Homoeopath 52/1994)

Erigeron canadense:

Affinities: UTERUS, BLADDER, stomach

Type: Bright red profuse

Modalities: agg. exertion

Concomitants: violent irritation of the rectum,

bladder or urethra. Congestion of the head.

Peculiarities: epistaxis instead of menses.

Lochia agg. motion

Ustilago maydis

Affinities: UTERUS - climacteric and

Type: mainly passive. Dark red with clots or dark

stringy blood oozing or paroxysmal.

Concomitants: alopecia, recurring tonsilitis,

FIBROIDS

Peculiarities: pain in ovaries during

haemorrhage. Knotted sensations.

Trillium pendulum: all the mucous

membranes

Type: active and passive

Modalities: agg. motion, amel. TIGHT

BANDAGING

Concomitants: faintness, vertigo, bearing down

sensations, fibroids

Peculiarities: as if back and hips would fall to

pieces. Menses every two weeks lasting one week.

Other symptoms: bleeding after tooth

extraction

Millefoliurn.

Affinities: capillaries of lungs, nose and uterus

Type: bright red, fluid

Concomitants: HIGH FEVER. Piercing pains

Haemorrage after falls and injuries if Arnica fails

Mitchells:

Uterine haemorrhage with concomitant bladder or

kidney complaints where no other remedy is indicated.

Thlaspi Bursa Pastoris:

Affinities: UTERUS

Type: very prolonged metrorrhagia and

menorrhagia. Blood stains indelibly.

Concomitants. Fibroids. Aching and bruised

soreness in uterus and back, cramps and neuralgic

pains.

Vertigo, Chronic cystitis.

Other important haemorrhage remedies worth

studying: Crocus sativa, Hamamelis, Sabina, Secale

cornutum, Ipecacuanha, and the characteristic

symptoms of polychrests such as Phosphorus,

Aconite, China and the 'snake' remedies. 34. Two

Opium Cases

McNEIL Russell (The Homoeopath 52/1994)

Case 1: A cat which was attacked by either

another cat or dog and suffered from the fright

although the mauled marks healed. Opium 30 relieved the

fright; a strange symptom however remained, viz., it

crept under the carpet and slept for hours under the

carpet and this too gradually wore off. A black letter

symptom of Opium is "people want to hurt him,

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creeps under covers".

Case 2: A diabetic male with a sore on base of big

toe, which was not painful. Opium 30. (Absence of

sensation indicated Opium)

III. THERAPEUTICS

1. Rarely used...

KANSAL Kamal (NJH, 2, 6/1993)

Case 1: 36 year-old school teacher, with

right-sided hemiplegia from cerebral infarction. He

was afraid of rain. Elaps corallinus 200 one dose daily

for 3 days and he improved.

Case 2: 60 year-old lady, with hemiplegia,

(

complete left side. She was an old diabetic and ,

hypertensive. Felt as if her whole left side was in ice.

(

Extensive feeling of coldness in left side; hands and

feet as if frozen. Heloderma 200 three doses brought ,

about improvement.

Case 3: A lady with allergic rhinitis, with itching

nose, as if ants creeping with violent sneezing and

running nose. Arundc mauritanica 30 t.d.s. for a

fortnight improved.

2. A Case of Epilepsy

SINHA Jayant Kumar (NJH, 2, 6/1993) Case 1: A 25

year-old man, with epilepsy since 20 years.

Convulsions more in the evening and with

consciousness. On the basis of the totality Sulphur

200 one dose daily for 6 days and he did not get

attacks over 6 months.

Case 2: A 10 year-old boy, with convulsions

since last three months, 12 to 14 times a day. He was

always drowsy. Oenanthe crocata mother tincture 3

drops t.d.s. and improvement began immediately.

Follow-up for over a month and no convulsions.

3. Angina? Homoeopathy wins

KRISHNAN Ranga (NJH, 2, 6/1993)

Case 1: Chest pain, restlessness in a man.

Angina pectoris. While arrangements were being

made, Arnica montana M every minute was given,

three doses and when he reached the hospital he was

calmer and pain was less.

Case 2: Author's husband with loud belching,

with pain in chest, sweat running down his legs. Carbo

vegetabilis M every 15 minutes relieved him.

Case 3: An executive suffered from recurrent

non stop dry cough at 11 p.m. since 12 years. It would

come annually, start suddenly, last for many days and

stop suddenly (after 5 to 7 days). He had a car accident

12 years ago; he was jammed behind the wheel for

some time and was pulled out some time after. Ruta

graveolens 200 cured. The cough never recurred.

4. An Anxious Patient-III

ELMORE Durr (NEJH, 2, 2/1993)

In the previous issue of the journal NEJH Roger

MORRISON'S Materia Medica of Cooculus indicus

was given as also illustrative cases. In this article Durr

ELMORE presents a case of Cocculus. The case is

given in first person. The case stresses the importance

of waiting, says the author, instead of interfering. A

/ery interesting and educative case.

5. An Anxious Patient - IV

HERSCU Paul (NEJH, 2, 2/1993)

What happens to the top layer if one does not

recognize it as distinct from an underlying layer and

nadvertently prescribes for that underlying layer? One Df

several possibilities is that the pattern of symptoms Dn

the top layer can become accentuated, making it sasier to

perceive the symptoms which will guide you to the

simillimum. In the case presented, Silicea 200 brought

severe aggravation. On re-examination it was Dlear that

whereas Silicea was the remedy for the underlying layer

of the disease, it brought fuller immage of the top

active layer. Now, Cocculus 6 was prescribed t.d.s. and

after a month a single dose of the 200 cured rapidly.

6. One Euphoric Patient

SHERR Jeremy (NEJH, 2, 2/1993)

A 34 year-old woman whose main problem is

obesity; eats a lot to suppress her emotions.

Clairvoyant. Confused identity - am I tall and thin or

fat? am I masculine or feminine? etc. Felt as if there is a

very bright light in the head as if more more sun in my

head than outside. Felt everything big, bigger than big".

Hydrogen 30 improved her.

Hydrogen has been proved by Jeremy SHERR and

the Materia Medica of the remedy has been published

by The Dynamis School.

7. Ovarian Cysts

FASSUER Kristy (NEJH, 3, 1/1994)

A 38 year-old woman with chest pain

corresponding with ovulation, ovarian cysts, and

eczema. Also recurrent urinary infections. Her

predominant emotion was shame. Concerned about what

others will feel. Strong need to please people.

Ovarian cyst right side, urinary tract infection, love

of approbation:

Palladium.

8. Fear of vomiting

SALTZMAN Susanne (NEJH, 3,1/1994) A 9 year-old

girl. Childish and silly sometimes; sudden tantrums;

unmotivated to do any school work; inattentive at

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school; constantly distracted; dislikes music; feels like

vomiting when she sings. Extremely clingy to mother.

Fear of sleeping alone, fear of dark. Lots of energy at

night and doesn't settle down to sleep. Sleeps curled up

like a ball on her belly. Loves to chew on ice.

Medorrhinum 200.

9. Dermoid Cysts

ADAMS Suzanne C. (NEJH, 3, 1/1994) 44 year-old

woman with dermoid cysts on right ovary. Her parents

were alcoholics. She was always on guard to handle

volatile situations. Forsaken feeling. Nightmares.

Walked in her sleep and broke things near her bed.

Tense. Fearful of closed places. Fear of being raped

expressed in her dreams. Stramonium M.

10. The Way to the Beast of Prey

LASCHKOLNIG Christine (NEJH, 3, 1/1994)

A woman with pains in her hands and feet; nodes

on her fingers and she also had pains in her Achilles

tendon. Worse when she moved, when it was cold and

during the night. Knees hurt especially when bent down.

Her skin was dry, flaky, unclean, very sensitive and

irritated.

Stramonium selected on the Mental symptoms and

Dreams cured. The analysis of the case is interesting.

11. Acute versus Chronic - An Unusual Otitis

Prescription

HERSCU Paul (NEJH, 3, 1/1994)

A 44 year-old female with complaint of bleeding

and pain in her right ear. A week before she had been

given Staphysagria M. Her acute symptoms were

repertorizeed but none of the remedies that came up

seemed to fit the acute state well. However, since the

patient had responded deeply to Staphysagria, the

remedy was given ir 200 potency and the pain

resolved within few hours.

Lesson: The otitis was a return of an old

symptom, and it returned two months after taking the

remedy. After deep action at the emotional level the

physical illness came up and since patient was still in the

Staphysagria state responded well to the same remedy

in a different potency, although the remedy did not

cover the pathology well.

12. A Seizure Disordered Child

MITTMAN Paul (NEJH, 2, 1/1993)

An eight year-old boy with tonic-clonic seizure,

characterised by an up-and-down movement of the

mandible. The 'characteristics' of the patient indicated

Stramonium and there was no seizure. His over-all

behaviour etc. also were normal.

13. Aversion to Nursing in an Infant

CLARKE Savitri (NEJH, 2, 1/1993)

A six month-old Doy with history of Otitis media,

and refusing breast feed. The remedy characterised by

his other symptoms (Calcarea carbonica) acted very

swiftly and he nursed within two hours of the remedy,

his mood improved and he slept through the night. The

remedy also highlights the lesser-known aspects of the

remedy: aversion to certain family members.

14. A Case of Being Accident-prone

JONAS Julian (NEJH, 2,1/1993)

This brief case is interesting because of an unusual

chief complaint (tendency to have accidents) and the

relationship of this symptom with the curative remedy

(Natrum sulphuricum). It also makes one wonder

whether anything ever really happens by chance in our

lives.

15. Asthma in a child

CROCKER Pamela (NEJH, 2,1/1993) A two year-old

boy with asthma and allergies. Homoeopathic remedy

and naturopathic life style (dietary advices) brought

about very quick recovery.

16. A Case of Panic Disorder

VAUGHTERS Lucy (NEJH, 2, 1/1993)

Patients who are very anxious may call up the

physician very often and keep demanding,

complaining that their progress is not appropriate and

their pressure may be so that the physician may be

persuaded to change the prescription when it is not

required to. The physician must be careful and

evaluate appropriately if he does not wish to spoil the

case. A case report.

17. The Sunshine Woman

HERSCU Paul (NEJH, 2, 3/1993)

A 45 year-old woman who works as a nurse;

below average height and obese. Problem with

adrenal gland, nervous break-down, tonsils removed as

a child, mild hayfever, trouble sleeping, difficulty

concentrating at work, difficult to do work on a timely

fashion, depression with light menses.

Zincum metallicum

18. Common Complaints of Old Age

AMEJA Manmohan Singh (mfH, 4, 3/1994)

This is a collection of repertory rubrics

pertaining to 'old age', from Mind to Generalities.

Baryta carbonica covers almost all the rubrics.

19. Hiatus Hernia

MALHOTRA V.D. (mfH, 4, 3/1994) In a brief article

the author says that Lycopodium 6 is a 'specific' for

Hiatus Hernia; the author asserts that in his 50 years

practice he never got a failure but that he saved many

people from surgery. He also asserts that no other

potency of the medicine (Lycopodium) will do good in

these cases.

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20. Therapeutic Pointers

LAKSHMINARAYANAN D. (mfH, 4, 3/1994)

This journal proposes to publish 'Seasonal Remedies'

and begins with the winter (cold) season, and discusses

the leading remedies for this season. For 'frozen

shoulder' it is suggested that Leuticum M - three doses

once a day morning on waking and placebo 4 doses

and if no relief give Sulphur 30 - 3 doses once a day

and placebo for two weeks and if necessary then to

repeat Leuticum M at longer intervals and if necessary

higher potency.

21. Paralysis - Rectum - Involuntary stools after

enema

LAKSHMINARAYANAN D. (mfH, 4, 3/1994) The

author makes a very interesting observation in

the opening paragraph thus: "This case is cited to

illustrate my assertion that even in a comparatively

small practice, the homoeopath can expect almost

everyday something to interest and excite and there

is no reason why veteran homoeopaths with

sumptuous practice should go on repeating stale old

cases of 20 or 30 years vintage when writing articles to

journals."

A 72 year-old woman with paralysis and in

hospital suffered from invountary urination and stools.

The involuntary stool came on after 'stretching' of the

rectum sphincter for removal of impacted stools.

Staphysagria not only stopped the involuntary stool but

also the urination and later other homoeopathic

remedies improved the paralysis also.

22. A Case of Persistent Nephrotic Syndrome

WADIA S.R. (CCR, 3, 1/1994)

A 2 year-old boy with Persistent Nephrotic

Syndrome. Treatment lasted two years and the main

remedy was Natrum muriaticum from the 6 to CM

potencies with intervening doses of Sulphur whenever

the boy developed rashes during the course.

Follow-up 20 years.

23. Mumps with Pancreatitis

MISTRYD.E. (CCR, 3, 1/1994)

An 8 year-old girl with Mumps with Pancreatitis.

This case shows how such serious diseases can be

managed. This child was put on i.v. fluid, Gelsemium

because of its listlessness and thirstlessness with

Sulphur intercurrently. There is an interesting question

raised by the author, vi;:. although the child was given

Pulsatilla at the commencement for Mumps the

diseases metastasised to the Pancreas.

24. Case of Chronic Rhinitis with Lower Limb

Myalgic pains

MISTRY D.E. (CCR, 3, 1/1994)

A 42 year-old male. In this case the myalgic pains

of the legs were the most troublesome and the remedies

used in order of sequence were Arsenicum album

(without any effect), Penicillin (to drain the earlier

Penicillin injections), then Sulphur and lastly Thuja

which was the most effective and led to the cure. The

whole treatment lasted for about six months.

25. A Case of Recurrent Bell's Palsy

MISTRYD.E. (CCR, 3, 1/1994)

This is a very interesting case of a 32 year-old

woman with Bell's Palsy of the left side. The remedy

that cured her rapidly (within two weeks) was

Cadmium sulphuratum The patient had suffered Bell's

Palsy four years ago. "he author remarks that in his

exprience that was the first case of a recurrent Bell's

Palsy. It is also interesting that the patient did not have

the other symptoms of Cadmium like extreme

chilliness, coldness and prostration.

26. Case of Gall Bladder dysfunction with

Calculus

MISTRY D.E. (CCR, 3, 1/1994)

Repeated doses of Sepia (constitutional

remedy) with Colocynth (SOS) relieved the ailments of

this 36 year-old female.

27. Case of Haemophilia

MISTRY D.E. (CCR, 3, 1/1994)

A six month-old boy, haemophilia This child was

well taken care of by homoeopathic medicines, mostly

by post, for a period of three years. Unfortunately at

three years age he again suffered a trauma the child

was operated for sub-dural haematoma and

Homoeopathy was discontinued and Eptoin was

substituted and within a few days the child suffered a

second cerebral haemorrhage and died on the way to

hospital.

28. Case of Oligospermia

MISTRYD.E. (CCR, 3, 1/1994)

A 36 year-old male with Oligospermia; semen

count 13.6 millions /m. Sulphur based on his totality,

followed by Tuberculinum. Sperm count 40

millions/m.

29. A Case of Anal Fistula

MISTRYD.E. (CCR, 3, 1/1994)

This 52 year-old male with multiple fistulae, and

history of repeated vaccinations was given Thuja

which improved him very much but before a cure

could be had he went abroad. Vaccinosis and doubtful

gonococcus led to the prescription.

30. Jaundice and Mumps

MISTRY D.E. (CCR, 3, 1/1994)

Such diseases as Hepatitis and Mumps in children

are a matter of daily practice in India, with almost

always success. While in many potentised remedies are

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used, in some mother tinctures of Chelidonium, or

Carduus marianus are given with equally good result.

31. A Case of Sciatica

MISTRYD.E. (CCR, 3, 1/1994)

Left-sided Sciatica in a 46 year-old male; besides

the sciatic pains, he had chronic coryza, sneezing,

asthmatic attacks once or twice a year, history of

eczema treated homoeopathically 20 years ago, history

of dog bite and anti-rabies inoculations: father T.B.

spine.

Lachesis, Sulphur, Tuberculinum (in that order);

with the return of coryza Tuberculinum aware and the

sciatica was relieved and the coryza also much

improved.

32. A Case of Enteric Fever

MISTRY D.E. & AGRAWAL H.

(CCR, 3, 1/1994)

A 16 year-old male, with family history of

Tuberculosis. History of repeated coryza, coughs and

blocked nose. A dose of Tuberculinum was given two

days after which he developed fever which was

confirmed as Typhoid. There was his brother also with

Typhoid and admitted in the hospital. However,

patient also was admitted in the hospital and

continued with homoeopathic rerredies,

Bryonia, Natrum sulphuricum as indicated.

Blood tests showed positive for Typhoid and

Paratyphoid. Typhoidinum and then Baptisia,

later Thuja; after about a week, the symptoms

indicated i.ycopodium which brought about

the cure. About 5 months later this patient came

with fever which tested positive for plasmodium

vivax; alternate day, 10.30-11.00 hours; Natrum

muriaticum on days he had the fever (after the

paroxysm) and on the apyrexial days China.

Within a week patient became normal and

remains well.

33.

A Case of CSF Rhinorrhoea due to

cerebrospinal leakage

SHINDE Prakash (CCR, 3, 1/1994)

This is a 'strange' case in more than one

way. An army-retired male was suffering from

rhinorrhoea since about five months; it was

dropping only from the left nostril, worse 1700

hrs. - 1100 hrs. No history of allergic rhinitis,

etc. No relief despite consulting ENT surgeons

and Neurophysician and Neurosurgeon.

Teucricum Marum verum 30 t.d.s. for 7 days

brought about 50% relief and when the relief did

not proceed further after stopping the medicine, it

was given in 200 and the symptoms began to

become aggravated, and Teucrium M also did

not improve. Now Teucrium 30 was again given

t.d.s. for a month and there was progressive

improvement, leading to complete relief.

The nasal discharge was tested and it was

confirmed to be CS

Puid.

There was no history

of trauma, no headaches, etc. Perhaps the patient

had a concussion without his knowledge.

It is also interesting to note that the remedy

acted curatively

only in 30 potency whereas

the higher ones did not.

(Perhaps the many

failures, or lack of reaction etc. which we

attribute to Homoeopathy, may actually be due

to the fact that one has not, besides choosing

the

remedy, chosen the right potency and the

repetition as may be needed =

KSS)

34.

Case of Nasal Polyp

SHINDE Prakash (CCR, 3, 1/1994)

This case is also interesting because the

medicine was chosen on the basis of confirmed

pathology but the symptoms nevertheless

matched the remedy.

Author's father with history of chronic

catarrh for which he was on allopathic

medicines which kept him temporarily palliated.

His rhinitis persisted and he was always on some

drug or other (allopathic). After retirement also

the trouble persisted. Decongestants and Nux

vomica all did not give relief.

Consultation with an ENT Surgeon;

diagnosed as bilateral nasal polyps obliterating

the post-nasal region and advised surgery.

Consultation with another senior ENT Surgeon

was arranged and in the meantime the patient

was put on Teucrium 30 (K.349; BOERICKE,

p.638; CLARKE Vol. Ill p.1402-all pointed

clearly to Teucrium).

Within an hour of administration of

Teucrium 30 sense of well-being developed,

slept better. He went on improving and in the

next week when he consulted the senior ENT

Surgeon the Surgeon was surprised at much

smaller polyps. In 3-4 months complete cure.

Teucrium was used upto XM.

35.

Case of Pulmonary Koch's

IRANI S.H. (CCR, 3, 1/1994)

A 40 year-old married female with cough,

high temperature, greenish rusty expectoration,

shortness of breath, anorexia, tremendous

weakness.

Past history of bilateral pulmonary Koch's

treated homoeopathically. The patient's

condition deteriorated, probably due to too

frequent repetition of high potencies. All

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medicines were stopped and put on dried figs

soaked overnight and taken in the morning,

white onion juice one teaspoonful with honey.

Acupressure thrice daily, some points every two

hours and in 15 days she felt better. X-ray after a

month later showed regression in the lung

lesions. Acupressure was continued which went

on improving her and she put on weight too.

After three months X-ray revealed further

regression in the lung lesions. After eight

months of Acupressure treatment the patient is

on the road to total recovery and is leading

normal happy life.

Simple home remedies and Acupressure

cured this case totally.

36.

Case of Cracks on Finger tips

AMBADAKAR Mrs. (CCR, 3, 1/1994)

A 38 year-old male with deep cracks on

fingertips worse on thumbs, severe burning,

occasional itching in cracks worse from contact

with spices, salt, etc. slight bleeding from deep

cracks. He was obese, dirty, not bathing daily.

History of right-sided Bronchiectasis treated

allopathically.

Sulphur followed by Graphites and in 7

days after Graphites there was rapid

improvement; but his nails became painful,

black with fungal type horny growths under the

nails. Antimonium crudum 200 b.d. for 10 days

and lastly one dose Nux vomica.

He now puts on clean dress, bathes every

day.

37.

Cyst - A Case Report

MISHRA S.C. (CCR, 3, 1/1994)

A 51 year-old unmarried man with

Meibomian cysts left eye. Over a period of three

years he was given Nitric acid, Hepar and

Conium, and the cysts completely cured.

38.

Case of Urinary Infection

KOTHARI Santosh R. (CCR, 3,1/1994)

A 21 year-old female, married. Recurrent

attacks of urinary infections; began after the

second child.

Pain abdomen 3 hours after eating, amel. stools.

Dreams of black ghosts, snakes. Menses irregular.

Family history of Diabetes, Hypertension, Cancer

cervix, Cancer.

Pyrogen M and Mercurius corrosivus and then Lac

caninum (in 50 millesimal) all remedies repeated over a

period of about 10 months relieved the patient.

39. Short Cases

KEMKAR S.D. (CCR, 3, 1/1994)

37 year-old male with chronic Sinusitis since

about 4 years; running nose, yellow watery discharge.

Allopathic treatment produced gastric upset. Present

complaint hoarseness of voice, burning in chest,

bilious headache, nausea, headache worse morning and

evening. Generally worse rainy weather. Aversion to

company, to work, :o talk. Natrum sulphuricum cured.

17 year-old male with corn in the right sole;

painful, worse touch. Corns recurring which when cut

grow. Sweat on forehead, arm-pits malodorous, stain

yellowish. Offensive breath. Silica from 6x to 200 once

daily for 15 days cured.

40. Avascular Necrosis: Homoeopathic

Management

SHAH Pravin M. (IJHM, 29, 1/1994)

Case 1: 28 year-old man, mountaineer, suffered

accident at a height of 21,000 ft. on June 13, 1974. He

was hospitalised with dislocation of left hip-joint.

After 6 weeks x-ray showed Avascular Necrosis of

left head of femur. Advised total hip replacement

surgery.

Calcarea carbonica 30 to M brought about

remarkable improvement in about three months and in

six months he recovered completely. Follow-up 20

years.

Case 2:22 year-old female with severe pain left hip

joint Diagnosed Avascular Neecrosis, of both femoral

heads.

Calcarea phosphorica 30 t.d.s., then 200,

Tuberculinum M; this cycle repeated again and cured.

Physiotherapy and non-weight bearing

exercises like swimming go a long way in the treatment

of Avascular Necrosis.

41. Sensitive 'jealous' child: Case of Mucocele

BARVALIA Praful (IJHM, 29, 1/1994)

A 9V2 year-old boy with frontal Sinusitis and

Mucocele. Brought up by a mother who was very

strict and punished him for every minor 'mis-

behaviour', jealous of his sibling and his mother's

attention to other children who came to her for 'tuition'

fear of dark, fear of being alone.

Silicea, Tubercuiinum bovinum. Borax again

Tuberculinum bovinum, Hepar sulphuris were the

remedies given to him over a period of about 5

months.

42. Abdominal Emergencies in Practice

MADHOK P. (IJHM, 29, 1/1994)

This is a brief write-up on Scrotal and Testicular

diseases emergencies.

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43. A Case of Oesophageal Diverticulum

KAPSE A.R. (IJHM, 29, 1/1994)

A 72 year-old woman, widow, complained of

Dysphagia. Diagnosed to have traction diverticulum of

the middle third of oesophagus following a barium

swallow, since 2 years. Pain back, hypertension;

history of fainting on contradiction. Diminished

hearing. Plumbum was chosen on the basis of the

particulars (Can swallow fluids only, but solid foods

gag; stool balls like, black.) Plumbum repeated doses 30

to XM. Cured in about six months.

44. Diabetic Gangrene

SHETTY Prabhakar (IJHM, 29,1/1994)

Two Cases are narrated to point out that a

Diabetologist, A Vascular Surgeon and a Homoeopath

together can cure many cases of Diabetic Gangrene. In

both cases Insulin was continued and homoeopathic

remedies were repeated (Arsenicum album M t.d.s. in

the first case; Sulphuric acid 200 every hour for 10

days, then Arsenicum album M three hourly).

45. A Case of Fistula in Ano

NIMESH Shukla (IJHM, 29, 1/1994)

This case very well points to the common error

which almost every homoeopath commits, viz.,

prejudiced, biased judgement of the patient. In this case

of a 64 year old writer Director, the physician was led to

prescribe because he thought that the patient's

description of himself was boasting. Sulphur was

given which indeed gave palliation; later

Tuberculinum given on the basis of family history

brought about cure. The author learnt in due course that

whatever the patient had said of himself was true and it

was not boasting.

46. A Case from the hospital

GESOTA Beena (IJHM, 29, 1/1994)

A 25 year-old lady with pain, discharge from left

ear; as a child of 3 years underwent right side

tympanoplasty.

She had suffered a severe emotional trauma

during her adolescence and took to alcohol;

attempted suicide many times. Chronic nasal blockfor

which uses decongestants. Being a sportswoman she

suffered injuries and severe back pain. Averse to men.

Sepia M relieved her. ENT Surgeon confirmed that the

Cholesteatoma had indeed been cured.

47. Homoo-Quiz Herzneurose (Homoeo-Quiz -

Heart Neurosis)

MULLER H.V. (AHZ, 239, 1 and 2/1994)

Dr. MULLER contributes a 'quiz' (a Case) in each

issue of the AHZ and the solution i.e. the medicine

chosen and the repertory analysis, in the next number

of the journal. In this issue he has narrateed verbatim

the patient's report.

He has mad anxiety of heart infarct and fear of

death and the complaints that develop due to this make

him panicky. Because of this he is restless. When he

feels confined as in the Church he feels constriction

and breathless. Pain in the elbows. Recurring pain in

the left knee particularly when beginning to move but

beginning to improve when moving, again worsening

when resting; worse when ascending stairs. Very

sensitive to everything. He becomes sleepless whein in

anticipation. He prefers sky-blue color.

Psychoanamnesis follows in the patient's

words. In the next number of the journal the repertory

analysis (20 rubrics) and the remedy (Plumbum

aceticum) is given and discussed.

An interesting exercise.

48. Der interessante Fall - Dermatomyositis (An

interesting case - Dermatomyositis)

KOHLER G. (AH2:, 23, 2/1994)

This article describes the long-term treatment of a

patient with the clinical diagnosis of

Dermatomyositis. The patient had undergone

immuno-suppressive treatment and therefore there was

lack of individualizing symptoms, and it was very

difficult to select the remedy. The therapy was begun

very carefully; first Ignatia (paralysis after emotions)

was given and then the polemized blood of the patient

(because of the previous immuno-suppressive

treatment); followed by Kali muriaticum as indicated

by the toxicological picture (muscular paralysis and

spasms). After this last remedy a significant

amelioration of the disease took place. The dysphagia

which was part of the disease was not ameliorated until

Causticum was prescribed. Plumbum was then given for

increase of spasms. Nux moschata was the last remedy;

the indication was the return of the sensation of

dysphagia after anger and grief.

49. Erkrankungen bei HIV-lnfektion (Diseases

from HIV-lnfections)

SCHWARZ Erik {ACD, 3, 1/1994)

Two cases are presented; both are women with HIV

positive. Both were treated with (50 millesimal)

Potencies. Whether they have got over the AIDS

infection is uncertain, since differential serological

tests are not available. It is, however, certain that they are

now in a stable state. This is quite remarkable that they

both have been HIV positive since long.

50. Dokumentation einer Langzeitbehandlung

(Documentation of long term treatment)

MULLER Karl-Josef (ACD, 3,1/1994)

A large percentage of published cases have

generally been stating that the patient received the

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suitable medicine and a rapid permanent relief and cure

followed. In day-to-day practice howeveer, it would

appear otherwise. A case report is presented here in

which an elderly woman (66 years) underwent treatment

for five years; the course of the treatment is reported.

Interestingly the action of Tuberculinum Koch in an

acute situation has been verified with a headache

symptom. It also shows how important it is to improve

the Materia Medica with reliable symptoms and

link it to the Repertory. It is also interesting to observe

the action of an unknown "small" remedy in a specific

situation.

51. Chronische Pankreatitis (Chronic

Pancreatitis)

RECKERS Winfried (ACD, 3, 1/1994) A clinically

confirmed chronic Pancreatitis in a 69 year-old woman.

She complained of abdominal colic, loss of appetite.

She has been on allopathic medication. She also

suffered from rheumatic pains. She had lost much blood

due to a surgical operation for removal of cysts. It took

her long to recoup. She suffered until four years ago,

severe occipital pains almost every day and one day it

simply vanished. Since the disease began and since her

husband's death 14 years ago she has been taking daily

Praxiten to go to sleep. Since some years she is worried

about one of her sons who had given up a secure job

and now works as a 'casual worker' without intention to

obtain a regular good job. This has caused anxiety to the

patient who is a widow of an Officer with a very keen

sense of order. She took to heart even small matters;

kept her house very clean and orderly. In spite of all these

cares and worries she did not show it outwardly and

moved about cheerfully. In autumn she always suffered

depression and takes long walks and that made it better.

Fear of thunder.

Natrum muriaticum Q6 and then Q12, Sulphur Q6

and then again Natrum muriaticum Q12 restored health.

Follow- up: five years - remains well.

52. Fakta om HIV och AIDS (Facts about HIV and

AIDS)

ANDERSSON Magnus & LUNDBORG

Annette (HLK, 3,1/1994)

The information in this article was first compiled as

part of a study course for alternative health

practitioners. It includes information about the virus

and how it is transmitted, the first stages of AIDS, the

symptom picture, tests available to the Swedish public

and a chronology of the disease. An appendix gives

statistical information about the spread of HIV and

AIDS in Sweden.

53. Case Report

ALMQUIST Lena (HLK, 3, 1/1994) This is a case

of a 10 year-old boy who was suffering from recurrent

infections of ears, nose and throat and who was treated

successfully with Silica.

54. An audit of prescribing Natrum muriaticum

BLACKSTONE Victoria (BHJ, 83,1/1994)

The author says that out of 274 cases seen by her in

private practice 73 have at some point been

prescribed Natrum Muriaticum (26%) All

these patients had chronic diseases. While this

comprised of persons of all ages, 15 to 90 years

age, 31.5% were between 31-40 yrs. 21.9%

between 21-30 yrs., 20.5% between 41 and 50

yrs. and the lowest % were at both ends of life i.e.

15 and 20 yrs. and 71 and 80 yrs. 72.6% were

female and 27.4% male. M was most frequently

used potency and 200 the next. 20.9% showed

no improvement. Interestingly Natrum

muriaticum was very helpful in cases of

musculoskeletal diseases; also menopausal

vasomotor instability responded well to this

remedy. The reputed indication of Natrum

muriaticum in acne, depression, headache and

oedema linked with salt and water metabolism,

was confirmed in this audit. Prescribing was

mostly on the mental picture of the remedy with

consideration of the physical generals.

Overemphasis on the pathology

was

possibly

linked to treatment failure.

Two cases have been reported in detail.

55.

Three 'anecdotes' - Food for Thought

SOMPER Dennis (BHJ, 83, 1/1994)

Sixteen years from onset, a patient with

motor neurone disease lives a normal life. A lady

presenting with chronic myeloid leukaemia,

the diagnosis confirmed by bone marrow

studies, was treated with Busuiphan for a total of

5 weeks. 14 years later, bone marrow

examination was normal and the condition

could only be diagnosed from the Philadelphia

chromosome. The course of treatment is indeed

'food for thought'.

56.

Commentary - Clinical Pearls or Quackery?

HOAGLAND Guy (JAIH, 87,1/1994)

The author discusses the application of

'unproven' treatments when experience, safety,

and indications warrant. Such treatments

constitute the 'art' and take into consideration the

individual patient, as the situation may demand.

It is also stressed that Acupuncture,

Homoeopathy, Manipulative techniques are

gaining popularity and primary care physicians

are being called more and more to exercise this

type of clinical judgement in order to provide

most appropriate treatment to the patients. How

should one decide on the appropriate technique?

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The author proposes a systematic consideration

and has put it into a diagram which is a

breakdown of a medical decision process that

allows for the integration of unproven

treatments with a known record of safety. (It is

unfortunate that Dr. Guy HOAGLAND has

lumped Homoeopathy with 'complementary

medicine', 'unproven medicine' etc. = KSS.)

57.

Results of a Stud/ of the Homoeopathic

Treatment of PMS

CHAPMAN Edward H, ANGELICA Jade,

SPITALNY Gloria, STRAUSS Milinda

(JAIH, 87, 1/1994)

The treatment of Pre-Menstural Syndrome

by homoeopathic medicine was tested using a

placebo washout, double-blind, placebo

controlled trial. The low percentage of women

recruited who were able to participate (5%), and

a very high response to placebo (57%) were

unexpected findings. These factors led to

inconclusive results with regard to the efficacy

of homoeopathic treatment of PMS. A high

correlation between PMS and a history of abuse

was discovered in participating women. The

implications of these factors for homoeopathic

practice and research are discussed.

58.

Clinical Snapshots

JACOBS Jennifer (JAIH, 87, 1/1994)

Case 1:

Coryza with Headache: 43 year-old

male, small business owner, with a bad cold

since a day before. Sneezing paroxysms (1).

Stuffy nose with watery discharge(1) Sore throat

in a small area, worse swallowing, better warm

drinks(2). Headache during the night -

throbbing(1) in forehead and temples; better

today than the preceding night. Chilly during

the evening(2), until about 11 p.m. with slight

fever.

Sabadilla 200

Case 2:

Conjunctivitis: 33 year-old female

with a "pink eye" since the day before with a lot

of pus in the right eye(2), redness(2) and

tenderness of the eyeball(1). Agglutinated on

waking in morning(1). Burning and pulsating(1).

Blurry vision. Has had a cold with swollen neck

glands(1) for the past 4 days. Slight cough. Quiet

mood.

Belladonna 30 3 doses, 4-6 hours.

Case 3:

Viral Syndrome: 38 year-old

female. Chief complaint of a bad cold for the past

2 days. Neck glands ache while swallowing or

touching them(2). Ears ache. Dull frontal

headache(1). Stuffy nose; sinuses congestion.

Very little discharge. Eyes hurt(1) and feel

dull(2), heavy. Wants to close the eyes;

difficult to think or focus; feels dull. Slightly

warm, thirsty for cold drinks; aching back and

neck.

Gelsemium 200.

59.

The History of Schizophrenia

VANKAR G.K. (NJH, 3, 1/1994)

A brief exposition of Schizophrenia, the

disease.

60.

Schizophrenia - A Brief Outline

GOBINDA SEN (NJH, 3, 1/1994)

This is also a brief exposition of

Schizophrenia. Schizophrenia is classified and

then sub-classified into ten. The causative factors

are (i) Biological - Genetic disposition

Metabolic disturbances; Infectious disorders;

(ii) Social factors - Maternal deprivation;

Reversal of parental roles; Repeated exposure to

stress and strain. The primary symptoms of

Schizophrenia are under 4 heads: (i) Affective

disturbance; (ii) Associative disturbance; (iii)

Autism; (iv) Ambivalence.

Prognosis of Schizophrenia is generally

good.

61. Schizophrenia - A Sane Reaction to an Insane

Society

KOTHARI Manu (NJH, 3, 1/1994)

This is a brief but very enlightening article. In his

characteristic way the author puts things succintly.

Symptoms of Schizophrenia are such that clinical

diagnosis differs from clinician to clinician, continent

to continent. The medicalese, the jargon used in texts

and journals needs special lexicons to compound the

confusion. The lay or learned reader is guaranteed a

sense of schizophrenia while perusing any writing.

"Schizophrenia has a life time prevalence rate of 1%

across all cultures." If one lives in a placid and self-

contained manner, believing that "what is, is right",

there will be no dissatisfaction and no dementia.

LAING described Schizophrenia as a sane reaction to an

insane society.

62. Split Personality Disorders

BARVER. (NJH, 3, 1/1994)

While the Allopathic medicine offers limited

pharmacological support in such states,

Homoeopathy thinks that it can play a significant role in

removing the symptom complex.

63. Understanding Schizophrenia

SHAW Jawahar (NJH, 3, 1/1994)

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64. Isn't each one of us schizophrenic...?

SONAWALA Sarla (NJH, 3,1/1994)

A small and beautiful poem of four stanzas by this

well-known homoeopath, who unfortunately is not

amidst us anymore.

65. Nol Saddam No!

CHOKSI Mukul (NJH, 3, 1/1994) An imaginary story

of the development of Schizophrenia.

66. Help! Help!! Help!!!

HUMRANWALA

arinaz (NJH, 3, 1/1994)

A 15 year-old boy with Anxiety, Fear, Paranoia, etc.

was improved with Anacardium orientate

67. The Son caused it.

SONI P.K. (NJH, 3, 1/1994)

A 35 year-old woman with discomfort and

burning in epigastric region. Her son, 6 years, who

said that he was accused and punished unjustly by the

school, instead of his friend, came down with fever

same day and since then feared going to school and

slided down in school studies. The father said the

mother was responsible for this sliding down and since

then she developed the gastric problems. The boy was

given Opium M and the mother placebo. Soon both

became well.

68. Mamma -1 wanna be married

PARTHASARATHY V. (NJH, 3, 1/1994)

A 30 year-old girl who developed relationship

with a man many years older and also not suitable for

her (in her parent's opinion), developed severe

Schizophrenia, after this relationship was stopped by her

parents. She was improved with Veratrum album, though

she is yet to be 'cured'.

69. A Case of Schizophrenia with Renal Failure

KONDEKAR Prakash (NJH, 3, 1/1994)

A 17 year-old girl who had contested and won

beauty contests, self conscious, artistic, fun-loving and

easy-going developed delusions, heard voices. She also

suffered right kidneyfailure. Thuja and Platina were her

remedies.

70. The injured Innocent

GANDHI Mahesh (NJH, 3,1/1994) A 29 year-old man,

engineering graduate became mentally ill after his

marriage. Does not like his wife talk to any male other

than himself; suspicious of all males; no courage to face

reality. Mania for cleanliness. Obsessed with particular

association of names. He had categorized everything

and had so many categories that they got mixed up in

his mind. He does not like anyone telling him to do this

and do that. He opposed whatever his father said.

Sensitive and distant from his parents. Appeared to

be absorbed. Becomes angry when obliged to answer.

Very much dependent on his wife. Feels he is a big

man. Undergone treatment from many psychiatrists

without result; also had undergone homoeopathic

treatment. There was history of concussion to head at 22

years age. Arnica XM brought about dramatic

improvement.

Keeps distance, as if injured and hence wishes to

keep off persons approaching him, was the state of mind

which in essencee indicated Arnica.

71. Ssh! I am hearing voices

SEHGAL M.K. (NJH, 3, 1/1994)

This interesting case of a 25 year-old girl in

London, suffering from Schizophrenia, was cured with

Helleborus 30, then Gelsemium 30 and lastly

Belladonna 30, one dose each at long intervals. The

treatment was on the famous Dr. Sehgal's method of

'mind' alone. The consultations were over the

telephone.

72. The Dumb-struck Girl

GUNAWANTE S.M. (NJH, 3, 1/1994)

A 12 year-old girl, suddenly lost her speech. A

cousin of hers, a boy of 14 years age, was to be brought

to her house, which the girl stoutly opposed. She refused

to say why and behaved angrily. Inferring that the

opposition was due to possible misbehavior with her

earlier and her anger, etc. Natrum muriaticum XM was

given and next day she spoke!

73. The Girl who soiled her Linen

SONAWALA Sarla (NJH, 3, 1/1994)

Case 1: A16 year-old girl lost her mother when she was

12 years age; she took charge of the house after mother's

death. Her father remarried (his wife's sister) and all

was well, when one day the girl was

pulled up by step

mother for breaking a precious glass. Since then the girl

sat in a corner, did not move from there and soiled her

clothes too! Hyoscyamus 200 once daily for 15 days

made her clean but she still held the corner. The

medicine was repeated for another fortnight and

nothing further was heard.

Case 2:

A widow with 3 sons, one of whom was

well-settled, died leaving a widow and 2 children. The

second son lived in Canada and refused to return home.

The third son was; more or less a vagabond. He spoke of

his interest in a married woman near his house; he

showed temper tantrums, breaking things etc.

Staphysagria M one dose daily and in a week he stopped

throwing and breaking things. Natrum muriaticum M

one dose daily for three days followed. This prescription

of Staphysagria and then Natrum muriaticum in

ascending potencies was continued for a long time with

intercurrent doses of Tuberculinum and the patient began

to help his mother in household work. He however

remained a parasite on his mother.

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74.

Living in her own angry World

ROY Sosi (NJH, 3, 1/1994)

A girl (age?) who has been ill (Schizophrenia) for

past ten years; she did not respond to anyone but went on

chastising someone before her; she had an angry look;

did not bother to eat, excrete, etc. The elder sister of the

patient was requested to give details about her own life

which revealed that she was very meticulous,

fastidious, etc.; also that her schizophrenic sister too

was same. The ailment began one day when the patient

and her brother had been to the market where they met a

friend of her brother and as they were conversing, some

persons came and began to mercilessly stab this friend;

the girl ran back home crying "the police are coming".

The mania for cleanliness and fear of police coming

indicated Arsenicum album. A 50m was dissolved in

water and administered every 15 minutes, everytime the

solution to be given ten succussions. Three days later

the patient came and declared that she was well and she

did behave well!

75.

The Resurrection

BALAKRISHNAM E. (NJH, 3, 1/1994)

Case 1:

22 year-old young man suddenly ran away

from home; when traced after three days in another city

and brought back home, he was in a state of disinterest

in studies, uncleanliness about surroundings and his

own self; he remained closeted in his room without

mixing with anyone; sleepless nights. After two months

treatment with Psychiatrists, he was brought for

homoeopathic treatment. The patient confided to the

homoeopath that he was constantly preoccupied with

sexual thoughts with great desire to masturbate.

Staphysagria did not help. He was then given Ustilago 6

b.d. and in a week recovery began. He graduated and is

working well as an Engineer.

Case 2:

A 57 year-old man was assaulted and

robbed while travelling in train; was hospitalised and

developed prolapse of rectum and an abscess; he was dazed

and couldn't recognise his people. After failure of

treatment at the Govt. hospital (including

psychiatric) he was brought for homoeopathic

treatment. Arnica, followed by Calcarea carbonica and

then Ruta relieved the prolapse and abscess. He now

began to be violent, keeping on chanting mantras,

talking of Vedanta, etc., praying; spoke as if in

communication with God. Stramonium M t.d.s. for 3

days and Passiflora 20 drops t.d.s. for 3 days cured.

76.

The Soft-hearted Professor

PAUL Subash Chandra (NJH, 3,1/1994) A 49 year-old

man, Professor of History, with mental depression,

sinking feeling on hearing any bad news, fear of death,

fear of disease, irritable, angry when contradicted,

indignation about his political career, sad but could not

weep, soft-hearted; weak digestion, appetite wanting.

After his father's death, he felt very sad, but could not

shed even a drop of tear. Nux vomica 200 two doses one

per day followed by Thuja 30 (history of vaccination in

childhood) four doses, one every week and then Natrum

muriaticum M two doses 12 hourly, repeated after about a

month and half (had tooth extraction for which took

allopathic medicine). Doing well. Occasional doses of

Rauwolfia serpentina 3x when blood pressure is high.

77.

Am I a Fool?

UPADHYA Sameer (NJH, 3, 1/1994) A 23 year-old

muslim young man, developed vertigo, with tinnitus; the

vertigo was worse when he stooped and bent during

prayers. Irritable, angry, denying all religions, but

believing in God, violent for least cause, obstinate. When

angry would throw things at persons and break them.

Quarrelled and abused at every minor incident at home

and the office. He instigated people to riots, communal

tensions, etc. However, he repented to every act of anti-

religious nature. Indolent and feeling of being unfit for

every work.

Crocus sativus M two doses on one day brought

about improvement (after Anacardium, Lyssin and

Mercurius failed) after aggravation of the tinnitus for

week. After four months the remedy was repeated when

he complained of vertigo. Remains well.

78.

Homoeopathy; The healing touch

RANGA KRISHNAN (NJH, 3, 1/1994)

Case 1:

A young female doctor, wife of an Air Force

Pilot, suffered from remnants of extensive burns of third

degree in the left leg and thigh with thick keloids of

various thicknesses. Although an allopathic physician she

refused hospitalisation and allopathic treatment

(grafting). She also suffered from Dysmenorrhoea,

Dysuria and Anal itching worse nights. History of

fracture of L2-L3 transverse process

after a fall in 1988.

Chicken Pox in 1991. Family history of Breast Cancer

and suspected Hodgkin's disease. Nightmares in which

she saw her near and dear ones burning. Intense

depression.

Radium bromatum 200 was given. Over an year it

was repeated six times. The healing was steady and

remarkable all round. Her mental state improved and the

keloid went on thinning. Tuberculinum M one dose and

Calendula 30 and Bellis perennis 200 were also given

later as required. Healing was total.

Case 2: 23 year-old research scholar with

epigastric burning pains since 3 months, which lasted 1 -

3 hours. Pain better lying prone, bread and cold milk.

Worse in morning between 5-6 a.m. Desire for spicy

and oilyfood which aggravated. Loved Music, reading

History and Philosophy. Tendency to sprain ankles.

History of Measles, Chicken Pox and Mumps prior to

puberty. Family history of Gout, Diabetes and Cancer of

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stomach. Frightened of small insects, darkness and cats.

Has an ugly thick scar on face, neck, upper shoulder,

and forearm on the right from third degree burn at

about 5 years age, from a cracker accident. In spite of

plastic surgery there was keloid formation. She said that

every wound would invariably heal with keloid.

Radium bromatum 200 one dose and her

epigastric pains vanished and her skin improved.

79. Schizophrenia: Homoeopathic Approach

DHARI Dushyant Kumar (NJH, 3, 1/1994)

The author discusses 12 remedis: Anhalonium

lewinii, Chlorpromazine, Haloperidol, Kresol,

Levomepromazine, Psilocybe caerulescens,

Rauwolfia serpentina, Reserpine, Sulfonilamide,

Thalamus, Thioproperazine, Thuja lobii.

80. Behandlung eines chronischen Falles unter

Beriicksichtigung der Gesamtheit der

Symptome (Treatment of a chronic case

considering the totality of the symptoms)

FURLENMEIER M. and STAHLKOPF A.

(ZKH, 38, 1/1994)

In actual practice much difficulties are

experienced when cases present with poor number of

symptoms or poor in characteristic symptoms. In the

latter case we have to find the suitable remedy by

considering the totality of symptoms for which we

must have efficient instruments and the user must also

know how to use these instruments.

The authors report a case of Psoriasis which was

eluding improvement for over an year. The case was

worked out with the aid of Repertory Cards (based on

BOENNINGHAUSEN and BOGER) which carry the

Genius symptoms. Graphites came up as the similar

remedy; this was verified with the help of KENT'S

Repertory. Graphites cured. The case highlights the use

of BOENNINGHAUSEN Cards.

81. Casuistic: Apis (Case: Apis)

KELLER G.v. (ZKH, 38, 1/1994)

This is an interesting case in which the author has

verified a 'peculiar' symptom. A female patient 26 year-

old, was earlier prescribed Sulphur tor eczema of the

palm, itching nightly, worse warmth. Every drop of

water on the part caused burning like fire. Although Apis

was thought of it was not given because of the

aggravation from water. The patient when she came

again said that the eczema which now was interdigital

was worse from perspiration, and itching and

scratching and that now the itching was better from

cold bathing. The earlier prescription of Sulphur was not

correct and Apis should have been given; in 'American

Provings' (HERING) of Apis the following symptom

is mentioned: Never before has she experienced such

a rapidly appearing and such rapidly disappearing

swelling, as after taking the tincture. Cold water on

the affected part could not be tolerated, she said: it

burnt like nitric acid.

82. Eine typische "Placeboheilung" (A typical

"Placebo cure")

KLUNKER W. (ZKH, 38, 1/1994)

Through this case the author impresses that the high

potency, single dose cures are not placebo action but

pure homoeopathic remedial action. A female patient

reported that her husband, an inconspicuous political

worker, drank every evening beer and brandy, became

aggressive, violent, abusive, chased her with a knife

threatening to kill her, etc. All his symptoms fitted Nux

vomica and a XM powder was given to her directing

her to give it to her husband in his drink. The result was

as expected. No more violence, no more agressiveness

and no more drunkenness.

The case is reported only to point out that neither

the wife, nor her husband knew anything about the

remedy; the remedy was given unknown to the patient.

The effect cannot therefore be attributed to "placebo".

83. Werden Krankheitserreger durch

hombopathische Erstverschlimmerung

vermehrt? (Do the disease-causing organisms

increase during the homoeopathic preliminary

aggravation?)

SRINIVASAN K.S. (ZKH, 38, 2/1994) The author

observed that in three different patients - all the three

girls in their teens - who were being treated with

Psorinum for eruptions on the scalp and lice, the lice

population also increased dramatically during the

period of aggravation of the lesions on the scalp. The

question raised is whether the homoeopathic remedy

could cause increase of organisms and when the

aggravation is over the organism also decline?

84. Case of the "Cool" Man

MANKANI MeenaT. (HH, 19, 1/1994)

A 37 year-old man, tall, dark and well-built, married

with two children, with complaints of urticaria,

dyspepsia

and recurrent left-sided headaches since four years.

Although he spoke softly and very politely he seemed to

be having much rage inwardly. He described himself as

being always cool, never wept or felt anxious at any time

of his life, not got ever depressed or highly elated. He

said that he never got involved with any members of the

family, was not sentimental, etc. Although cool, when

he becomes angry he became very bad. He gets attacks

of dyspepsia and then he becomes panicky and rushes to

his cardiologist. No abnormality was found by the

cardiologist.

Anacardium orientate XM (Contrariness;

Unfeeling, hard hearted; Egotism; self-esteem; violent,

rage leading to deeds of violence)

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85.

A Case of G-6-P-D deficiency

DEY S.P. (HH, 19, 1/1994)

A 6 year-old boy with Glucose 6-phosphate

dehydrogenase deficient syndrome on allopathic

treatment in the hospital. In spite of two years of

treatment no satisfactory progress was found and hence

came to Homoeopathy. He had: susceptibility to colds,

chronic dry cough worse in the summer and rainy seasons

and in the morning after waking and in the evening;

cough better in winter; extreme anorexia with progressive

weight loss; urine occasionally mixed with blood; allergy

to Sulpha group of drugs; itching anus in evenings.

History of Ophthalmia neonatorum, haemoglobinuria at

4 years age. A number of homoeopathic remedies as

indicated from time to time from lodum to Nitric acid,

Pulsatilla, Morbillinum, syphilinum - during the period

from March 1987 to August 1993, until the G-6-P-D

deficiency was no more.

86.

Cure of a Haemorrhagic Papilloma within

Thirty seven Days

CHATTERJEE Ardhendhu Sekhar

(HH, 19,2/1994)

A boy of 13 years, with a haemorrhagic

papilloma under the tip of tongue for which surgery has

been proposed. The papilloma has been there since

three months, repeated bleeding when it got bitten

accidentally. He had urinary problems, strong smelling

urine, irresistible urge since circumcision; frontal

headache since 5 years age, agg. in sun; amel. pressure;

sleep; rheumatic pain of legs agg. at new moon and full

moon; amel. on tight binding.

Acidum nitricum 200 and 28 days later M

completed the cure.

87.

Keloid cure

RAMANATHAN A.N. (HH, 19, 3/1994) The author

draws attention to a study by the Swedish Medical

Council which revealed that application of ordinary

Zink tape on the scars reduced the keloids to the level of

the skin and also reduced the itching and redness.

Possibly Zinc. 6 may be applied externally in Oil of

Olay base and the results watched.

88.

Medorrhinum

in Management of

Schizophrenia

RAPHEL SUSHIL (QHQ, 3, 1/1994) Schizophrenia is a

difficult condition to be cured totally. The author reports

six cases of Schizophrenia from his practice; in the first

two cases he was not successful; however, the next four

cases in which Medorrhinum was given in high potency,

the results were satisfactory. The author feels that

Medorrhinum is a very important remedy in this disease.

89.

Asphyxia due to suppression of eruptions

cured with Cina

MISHRAS.C. (QHQ, 3, 1/1994)

A 9 year-old girl was prescribed Pulsatilla 30 three

doses, one pill per dose, for clustered pimple-like

eruptions on the cheeks and the next day she

developed Asphyxia-like breathing difficulties.

Treatment in the hospital and later by a Psychiatrist did

not cure. She was again brought to the author who had

given her earlier Pulsatilla 30 which being

unhomoeopathic to the patient's condition,

suppressed the eruptions and brought on the

respiratory distress. Cina 200 (Constant disposition to

swallow, during sleep) which brought out the

eruptions on the cheeks on the next afternoon and then

faded away. The Asphyxia also disappeared.

90.

A New Research Field

JAMES K.J. (QHQ, 3, 1/1994)

The author says that following the theory of

Tridosha expounded by Dr. BHATTACHARYA, he has

found great success with 'septanate mixtures' and other

mixtures; these are mixtures of homoeopathic potencies

of different remedies.

IV. VETERINARY

1. Chronic Heamaturia in a Dog: Finding the

Small Remedy

LEVY Jeffrey (NEJH, 2, 1/1993)

Veterinary Homoeopathy provides a unique

opportunity to treat end-stage pathology, because

veterianarians frequently encounter seriously ill and

dying animals. In Veterinary cases we can see the direct

effect of the homoeopathic remedies without the doubt of

a placebo effect.

Prescribing for animals is a challenge because there

is no 'Sensation as if, or 'Mind', 'Dreams', 'sleep position'

etc. The article describes one way of finding a small

remedy in a veterinary case. The patient is a five year-old

spayed female German Shepherd cross. Haematuria was

her main symptom. After studying all the symptoms she

was prescribed remedies such as Pulsatilla, Phosphoric

acid, Hepar sulphuris, etc. which all helped, but it was

Terebinthina which ultimately brought about full

restoration of health.

2. Hyperkitty and Lumpy

LEVY Jeffrey (NEJH, 2, 3/1993)

"As is the case for nearly every remedy, the

pictures of lodum and lodum salts in dogs and cats are

essentially the same as in humans, but a canine or feline

version. The remedy essence is the same."

A 15 year-old male cat with elevated Thyroid

hormone (T4), rapid weight loss and lethargy,

tachycardia, profound hypokalemia. External throat:

Goitre. All symptoms including Generals, behaviour,

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etc. and Sulphur iodatum in ascending potencies

brought about remarkable improvement.

A5 V2 year-old dog (male) with sebaceous cysts

two years earlier. Six months ago impacted glands and

in 1992 suddenly developed several cysts. Alopecia,

itching, treated with steroids. Developed immediately

two scapular masses, right sided, and enlargement of

the prescapular lymph node, these were surgically

removed, and histopathology said Basal Cell

Carcinoma.

Past history, the totality of presenting

symptoms, all considered and Calcarea iodata was

given and he became "his old self".

In the first case the Sulphur symptoms as well as

lodum ones in part came up and in the second

Calcarea carbonica and lodum; hence the

prescription of Sulphur iodatum and Calcarea

iodatum.

3. That Old Gray Mare: She Ain't What She used

to be

GRAY Bill (NEJH, 2, 3/1993)

A horse that was given injections of Iodine for

lameness of knee developed lodum state, glands

swollen, dry skin, appetite big but becoming

emaciated, lodum brought back the knee pains;

Chamomilla cured the lameness.

V. PHARMACOLOGY

1. Importance of the 3c trituration in the

manufacture of Homoeopathic Medicines.

DELLMOUR F. (BHJ, 83, 1/1994)

Based on the original trituration of gold made in

1818, HAHNEMANN introudced the trituration to the

3c as a general method for use in homoeopathic

pharmacy from 1835 onwards, thus distancing himself

from the use of solutions and mother tinctures. He

found that 3c triturated medicines were more effective,

with constituents retained to a much higher degree and

improved storage qualities.

This article is a revised version of a paper read in

the LMHI Congress held at Vienna (see p.93 of QHD, XI,

3&4/1994). (Are our pharmacies manufacturing

homoeopathic medicines in this manner? = KSS)

VI. RESEARCH

1. Ways to enhance the quality and acceptance

of Clinical and Laboratory studies in

Homoeopathy

LINDE W., MELCHART D., JONAS W.B.,

HORNUNG J. (BHJ, 83, 1/1994)

Three ways to enhance acceptance and

publication of clinical trials in Homoeopathy and

confirmatory laboratory studies on serially agitated

dilutions proposed. First: the use of methodology and

presentation check-lists to increase the quality of

original papers on research. Second: to prepare an

extensive report available to interested persons if a

published report does not include all relevant details.

Third : establishing a pre- registration data-base for all

confirmators projects of research in Homoeopathy.

VII. HISTORY

1. Epjsodale Homoopathie - Erinnerungen an Karl

KOTSCHAU (1892 - 1982) (Episodal

Homoeopathy- reflections on Karl KOTSCHAU

(1892-1982)

SCHMEER E.H. (AHZ, 239, 1/1994) This is a brief

history of the so-called 'Scientific Homoeopathy'

School in Germany which dealt with low potencies,

animal experiments, etc. and attempted to integrate

with the Allopathic School of Medicine.

The experiments and role of Dr. Karl

KOTSCHAU in this regard are recalled.

2. History and relevance of the 6th edition of the

Organon of Medicine (1842)

SCHMIDT Josef M. (BHJ, 83, 1/1994) For the first time,

150 years after HAHNEMANN completed his VI

Edition mss. of Organon a 'text-critical' edition of

this valuable work has been made available to critical

readers, thanks to Dr. Josef SCHMIDT. In 1992 he

published (Haug Verlag, Heidelberg, Germany) the

text-critical edition, exactly as found in the

HAHNEMANN hand-corrected copy, i.e. the

manuscript of the VI edition. The most important

deviation in the VI edition, viz. the LM potencies can

now be verified to be HAHNEMANN's own and need

not anymore be doubted.

The author traces the history of the manuscript of

Organon changing hands, preserved carefully by

devoted homoeopaths and its current safe-custody with

UCSF Library, USA. The course of development of

potentisation culminating in the LM potencies are

discussed.

VIII. GENERAL

1. Dysis VS. Disease

KOTHARI M.L and MEHTA LA. (mfH, 4, 3/94)

The authors are well-known for breaking a bold

path and breaking many medical myths, including

many unnecessary EKG, ECG, heart surgeries, etc. A

highly stimulating, thought-provoking article.

2. "Cure for T.B." Myth or Mystery?

VIJAY KUMAR R. (mfH, 4, 3/1994)

The author traces briefly the history of the

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discovery of the Mycobacterium Tuberculosis in 1882

by Robert KOCH, the BCG and the subsequent

attemtps to cure and prevent Tuberculosis and

concludes that "though man has become clever, the

bacteria has become cleverer and the issue of

treatment of Tuberculosis appears more a mystery than

a myth."

3. Zum Verhaltnis von Hombopathie und

Psychoanalyse/Psychotherapie (Relation of

Homoeopathy and Psychoanalysis/

Psychotherapy)

APPELL R.G. (AHZ, 239, 2/1994)

Homoeopathy and Psychoanalysis show

interesting similarities in their essential aspects. These

begin with the life of their founders HAHNEMANN and

FREUD, the development of the theory and practice,

and extends to their respective case-taking

techniques and Mela-theory. As theory of the

Individual Homoeopathy as well as Psychoanalysis

represent an opposite pole to the Social and Scientific

mainstream-ideas, an opposite pole which should be

insisted upon.

4. Klinische Symptome and Verbffentlichtungen

von Kasuistiken (Clinical Symptoms and

publication of Cases)

REIS Stefan (ACD, 3, 1/1994)

The development, evaluation and usefulness of

clinical symptoms are discussed in this article. The

"Guiding Symptoms of our Materia Medica" is

critically examined. Attention is invited to the Foreward

of HERING to his "Guiding Symptoms" wherein it

has been pointed thai a cured symptom is not as

valuable as a symptom that has been produced and

cured. The author points out that HERING edited only

the first two volumes and a part of the third volume of

the Guiding Symptoms and the subsequent volumes

were, after HERING's death, edited by C.G. RAUE,

C.B. KNERR, and C. MOHR, who did not follow

HERING exactly. The symptoms of Palladium are

examined in this reference. Some guiding principles for

publication of case reports are proposed.

5. The Semantics of Homoeopathy

GUAJARDO German, SEARCY Roberto,

REYES Oscar (BHJ, 83, 1/1994)

Homoeopathy is receiving more attention from

the Print Media; it is often referred to as a form of

'alternative' or 'complementary' medicine. This results in

the marginalisation of Homoeopathy and tends to

equate Allopathy with Medicine. In fact Homoeopathy is

a medical speciality and our semantics should reflect

this. The authors quote the following from the

Homoeopathic Research Reports, Winter 1991: "...

Dutch physicians, 45% of whom think that

homoeopathic medicines are efficacious in treating

upper respiratory tract infections or hayfever. It may no

longer be appropriate to consider Homoeopathy a part of

'alternative medicine', especially when you consider that

surveys have determined that 32% of French family

physicians and approximately 25% of German

physicians prescribe homoeopathic medicines and

42% of British physicians refer to homoeopathic

physicians."

There is need to improve our courses and

incorporate inter-disciplinary topics. The use of the

terms 'dilutions' and 'potency' is also discussed.

6. Respecting the Patient

CASTRO Miranda (JAIH, 87, 1/1994) This paper was

presented at the 1992 AIH Conference, Falls Church,

VA, USA. It deeply explores many issues relevant to

clinical practice today; among them, the imperative that

we respect the patient; power in the consulting room -

imploring us to utilize the power our patients bestow

upon us in a wise and conscientious manner; the

value of clinical supervision to clarify our perspectives

and defuse our emotional reactions to some of the

stories we hear; the flaws of the practitioner, - how our

blind spots for patients may reflect blind spots within

ourselves; the perils of projection (transference and

counter-transference) and the many benefits gained

from recognizing it; sexual abuse in the clinic - its

inappropriateness and how to recognize the more

subtle forms of it; the value of practitioner-patient

communication and the importance of simplifying it.

(Please refer to 'General' section of QHD, XI,

1&2/1994also = KSS.)

7. Deutsche Hochschulschriften zum Thema

Hombopathie aus den Jahren 1986-1992

(Articles on Homoeopathy in the German

Scientific journals)

VOLZ, P.D. (ZKH, 38, 1/1994)

This is a bibliography of articles on

Homoeopathy that appeared during the period 1986-

1992 in German Scientific journals. 43 articles have

been listed.

8. "Hydrohombopathie"? - Die Kaltwasserthera-

pie (Hydrotherapie) in der hombopathischen

Literatur um die Mitte des 19. Jahrhunderts

("Hydrohomoeopathy" - The Cold water

therapy (Hydrotherapy) in the homoeopathic

literature of the mid-Nineteenth Century)

WILLFAHRT J. (ZKH, 38, 2&3/1994)

Already before the middle of the Nineteenth

Century, notable homoeopathists tried to unite "cold

water cures" (Hydrotherapy) with

Homoeopathy. Their intention was to heal

signs of diseases, which should have been

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more difficult to manage with Homoeopathy

alone. This medical endeavour was doomed to

failure. No compelling approach to the way, in

which this procedures should be combined,

could be formed. Though both are based on the

support of the "self healing" powers of nature,

they are not at all dependent on each other.

The conceptions of humoral pathology

were not compatible with classical

Homoeopathy. Nevertheless many

homoeopathic physicians and lay healers under

the influence of the "the Nature Cure"

movement applied hydro-therapeutical methods

in their practice till the 20th century -

incidentally within or beyond their proper

homoeopathic therapy. 9. Why our daughter

will not be having the

Measles, Mumps and Rubella vaccinations.

THOMPSON Trevor (The Homoeopath,

52/1994)

Much has been written over the years on

the adverse effects of the vaccinations and also

the question whether they are essential. In this

article the author, an allopathic doctor studying

Homoeopathy with the Homoeopathic

Physicians Training Group, discusses the

advantages and disadvantages and decides that

his daughter will not have the MMR vaccine.

IX. BOOKS

Provings and Clinical Symptoms of

New, Old and Forgotton Remedies by Dr.

Prakash VAKIL

reviewed by Dr. D.E.

MISTRY (CCR, 3, 1/1994).

"In this small booklet of about 76 pages

Dr. VAKIL has described his findings on

provings of 10 remedies. Most of the subjects

have been presented as papers in All India

homoeopathic Congresses or International

Homoeopathic Congresses. Some of the

remedies proved are entirely new and are food

products like

Citrullus lanalus

... Recently in a

Seminar at Solapur Dr. VAKIL demonstrated the

use of a single dose of

Leprominium

in a case of

AIDS from USA which caused a remarkable

return to normal energy levels and an active life

for over one year.

This booklet will prove useful to many

practitioners in treating difficult cases by these

newer remedies which still need further

extensive provings and clinical applications.."

Vergleichende Arzneimittellehre

(Comparative Materia Medica),

CANDEGABE, E.F., Burgdorf-

Verlag, Gbttingen 1990. 426 S. Ln., M

130

- review

by GEBHARDT (AHZ, 239,

1/1994)

This German translation from the original

Spanish by Dr. SABEL, Dr. HEE, Irmtraud

ROTH and Birgit PAROSSEL has been

very warmly recommended by the learned

reviewer.

The miasmatic views, the pathogenesis of

the remedies, the insights of CANDEGABE's

teacher Dr. PASCHERO are all well laid.

Die "hombopathische" Frau. Ein esebuch

Liber die Leiden der Frau - auch fur

anner (The "homoeopathic" woman. A

textbook on the diseases of Women - also

for Men) N. ENDERS. Karl F. HAUG

Verlag, Heidelberg 1992. 339 S., geb.

DM 48/-

reviewed by BERGHOF (AHZ,

239, 1/1994)

While the idea of writing this book is noble,

the book itself is basically miscarried.

Bach-Blutentherapie fiir Hombopathen

(Bach's Flower Therapy for omoeopaths),

HACKL, M. Johannes Sonntag

Verlagsbuchhandlung Regensburg 1990.

199 S., geb., DM 29,80

reviewed by

GABLER (AHZ, 239, 1/1994)

This book is on BACH Flower Remedies. It

is wrong to call BACH's Flower Therapy

homoeopathic.

Methoden der Hombopathischen

Fallanalyse. Materia Medica

hombopathica Teil I (Methods of

homoeopathic Case Analysis.

Homoeopathic Materia Medica Part I)

MORRISON R. Aus d. Amerik. libers.

von K. KROGER. Kai KrogerVerlag

fur homoopathische Literatur, Rendsburg

1989, 447 S., geb., DM 86,50.

review by

GEBAHRDT (AHZ, 239, 1/1994)

This is a German translation from the

American. The book doubtless opens many new

aspects of homoeopathic theory. The book

is warmly recommended.

Die Farbe als Mittel zur

Simillimumfindung in der Hombopathie

(Color as means of

finding the Simillimum in Homoeopathy)

Bd. II. H.V. MULLER Karl F. Haug

Verlag, Heidelberg 1992. 280 S., geb.,

DM 70,

review byZEEDEN (AHZ,

239,1/1994)

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The author has, in Vol. I of his book

already established that the color which a patient

loves, may be reckoned for the finding of the

Simillimum just as the Mind and General

Symptoms are. This Vol. II contains 27 cases

analysed in detail (Psycho-anamnesis).

Reine Arzneimittellehre, C.G.

HARTLAUB/C.F.TRINKS: Nachdruck

der Ausgabe Leipzig 1828-31, drei

Bande in einem Band, erganzt um die

Arzneimittel priifungen aus

Annalen der Homoopathischen Klinik,

zusammen 1093 Seiten,

Bibliotheksleinen, Bernd von der

Leith Verlag fur homoopathische

Literatur, Hamburg o.J., DM 198,-.

review by Stefan

REIS(ACD, 3, 1/1994):

HARTLAUB and TRINKS were contemporaries of

HAHNEMANN. HAHNEMANN considered TRINKS

as his mortal enemy. Nevertheless symptoms from the

"Pure Materia Medica" of HARTLAUB and TRINKS

were integrated in his Materia Medica by

HAHNEMANN, some in abbreviated form, some in full.

This Materia Medica contains provings of many

remedies like Bovista, Castoreum, Indigo, Magnesia

sulphurica, Natrium sulphuricum, Niccolum,

Plumbum, Secale, Strontium, Tabacum. Besides new

provings the work contains reprovings of some earlier

provings. With this publication a rare source material is

once again available for the profession.

8. Samuel Hahnemann: Krankenjournal D2

(1801-1802) - Nach der Edition von H.

Henne, bearbeitet von A. Michalowski,

herausgeben von R. JUTTE (Institut fur

Geschichte der Medizin der Robert Bosch

Stiftung Stuttgart). 136 Seiten, Haug-Verlag,

Heidelberg 1993, DM 68,-. review by Stefan

REIS(ACD, 3, 1/1994)

With this edition the earliest Case Register of

HAHNEMANN (the first Register has been lost) is now

available for the homoeopathic fraternity. This edition

is based on the earlier 1963 commentary by Heinz

HENNE. The Register pertains to the years 1801 -1802

when HAHNEMANN lived in Eilenburg.

HAHNEMANN had started to use medicines according

to his Simile principle and in dilutions. Although there

is not much to be learnt in so far as homoeopathic

therapy is concerned, it is of great historic interest

since the social milieu, the patients, nature of diseases,

and the remedies used by HAHNEMANN, etc. can all

be gathered.

9. British Homoeopathic Journal, Index

1911-1990, The Faculty of Homoeopathy,

London 1993, 168 pages, Spiral binding,

£40, - review by Stefan REIS. (ACD, 3, 1/1994).

Contains the list of articles that appeared in the

BHJ during the years 1911-1990. One comes across

names such as: M.G. BLACKIE, D.M. BORLAND, J.H.

CLARKE, D.M. FOUBISTER, D.M. GIBSON, W.

GUTMAN, E. WRIGHT-HUBBARD, O.A. JULIAN,

O. LESSER, T.P. PASCHERO, J. PATERSON, P.

SANKARAN, P. SCHMIDT, M.L TYLER, L

VANNIER, J. WEIR, C.E. WHEELER, E.C.

WHITMONT. The listing is under four heads. 10.

Methodik der Homoopathie. Artur BARUN, 4

erw. u. verb. Aufl. Sonntag Verlag, Stuttgart

1992 234 S., Kart., DM 44-. reviewed by

GENNEPER (ZKH, 38, 2/1994)

This book came first in 1975 and has since then

gone into 4 editions. It did not obtain the

"Alfons-Stiegele" Price unjustly... The book has been

written by an experienced practitioner who has also

written in such way that it can be learnt quickly and

practically without in anyway sacrificing the

fundamental concepts of Homoeopathy.

11. A Textbook of the Principles of

Homoeopathic Practice by Ernest

ROBERTS, Winter Press, 29, Horniman

Drive, London SE23 3BJ. ISBN 1 874581010.

12. The Principles of Homoeopathic Philosophy

- A self-directed Learning Text by Margaret

ROY, published Churchill Livingstone, 1994,

ISBN 0 443 04821 5. both reviewed by Ian

TOWNSEND (The Homoepath, 52/1994)

"Not since KENT in 1900 and VITHOULKAS in

1980 have we seen an attempt to unfold the

complexities of our philosophy... Now we have two

books available to us... Both are written by well-

established practitioners with a wealth of practical

experience behind them and both are designed as the

starting points for a proposed series."

13. Treatise on Homoeopathic Medicine,

EIZAYAGA, F.X., Ediciones Marecel, Buenos

Aires 1991.315 S. geb. reviewed by KLUNKER

(ZKH, 38, 2/1994)

This systematic presentation of Homoeopathy

appears for the first time in the English language

translated from the original Spanish third edition. The

entire work is in six chapters... The book contains more

in terms of practical Homoepathy and it would

stimulate the experienced practitioner also. The

beginners also could find it useful; particularly in the

present context of New Age Homoeopathy without any

basis. The book has a very useful introduction to

KENT'S Repertory and its use in the Clinic. New points

could be found in every chapter...

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14. Die philosophischen Vorstellungen Samuel

Hahnemanns bei der Begrlindung der

Homoopathie. Johannes Sonntag

Verlagsbuchhandlung, Munchen 1990. 520

S. Leinen, geb. DM 132,-. (The philosophical

ideas of Samuel Hahnemann at the foundation

of Homoeopathy) Josef M. SCHMIDT, review

by KLUNKER (ZKH, 38, 2/1994).

"The philosophical ideas of HAHNEMANN with

reference to his unique experiment has not been studied

in detail so far. Neither Richard HAEHL nor

TISCHNER, the authors of the two large biographies of

HAHNEMANN filled this gap. Now after 150 years of

HAHNEMANN's demise Josef M. SCHMIDT has done

this. His research work has been accepted by the

Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Munich.

HAHNEMANN has not only laid a new foundation for

Medicine and every new foundation has its

philosophic basis and to that extent this is relevant...

The author of this study required access to the

complete literature of HAHNEMANN for which

purpose he had to draw a list of the complete works of

HAHNEMANN. Although the literature relevant to his

research referred to the period upto 1810 (the first

edition of the Organon) SCHMIDT prepared a

complete list of works of HAHNEMANN upto the

end. (This list is appended to the book)... The book is

divided into three main parts: i) The writings of

HAHNEMANN studied in relation to his philosophic

content; ii) Reconstruction of the important concepts of

HAHNEMANN; iiii Philosophical-systematic

reconstruction of the foundation of Homoeopathy...

The book contains besides an introduction and a large

reference index, an index of subject and object

(names of persons etc. and subjects)... It is hoped that

this publication which is an important one for

Homoeopathy gets the attention due and that readers

will be interested to learn. Get-up and price

appropriate."

X. NEWS & NOTES

1. The AHZ, 239, 1/1994 furnishes some

information from the Annual report of History of

Homoeopathy in the Robert Bosch Foundation, for the

year 1993.

The Institute fur Geschichte der Medizin (IGM)

der Robert Bosch Stiftung (RBSG) contains 4176

volumes (an increase of 347 volumes); this is the

largest special library of the history of Homoeopathy.

More have been purchased from the market for

antiques from the Hans Walz Stiftung. The number of

users of the Library ha& increased; from 1990 there is

also the arrangement for borrowing books from

outstations and the number of such borrowers has also

increased.

Restoration of the stores is also on hand. 529

letters of HAHNEMANN have been restored by Mrs. S.

HAHNER-ROMBACH. BONNINGHAUSEN holdings

have also been listed, indexed afresh.

The volumes in the Library of IGM have been

added to. Manuscripts of Dr. O.A. JULIAN have been

acquired and added (the first overseas addition). The

Archiv is interested to make further additions from

Physicians, Heilpraktikersand other Associations and

institutions so that its function as the centre for

homoeopathic history is truly fulfilled.

The most important project is the publication of the

HAHNEMANN Case Registers by Karl F. Haug

Verlag. Already D2, D5 and DF5 have been published

and nine volumes are under preparation.

There have boen increasing number of

enquiries, (both within and outside the country -

doctors, students and nurses, etc.); editors and

scholars have also been using the IGM more in

numbers.

A far-sighted work is the preparation for the

Deutschen Hygiene Museum in 1996 in Dresden in

which the homoeopathic theme is "Die Aktualitat der

Homoopathie". All the objects .in the IGM are being

photographed and protected properly. The Institute for

Pharmacy of the University of Regensburg has begun a

pharmacological analysis of the material in the Home

remedies chest and the Traveller's chest of homoeopathic

remedies in the HAHNEMANN house.

Many research projects have also been planned.

2. Report of the Second International

Hainsteintagung, 25-28 August 1993 (AHZ, 239,

1/1994): Different Schools and Orientations in

Homoeopathy took part in the Meeting under the

theme "Homoeopathy 150 years after HAHNEMANN

& Points of view and Perspectives". The delegates not

only affirmed their viewpoints but also the

comparisons and contrasts, and also discussed

Psychoanalysis, Depth psychology, Anthroposophy and

Constitutions theory, all from the clinical medicine and

the modern Physics.

Edward C. WHITMONT began. He spoke of

fusion of the principles and ideas of Depth

psychology, Dreams, modern Physics and Asian

Thoughts with Homoepathy so as to enrich thereby.

For WHITMONT Transmaterial-Forms-field as

archetypal information store are the foundation of the

material universe. The Spiritual mental and the

Material correspond, as different condensation forms of

these trans-material form-fields, the basis of our

experience of our Self and the World. A granule of a

medicine is, for him, a concretised, condensed,

Energy-field of Behavioural-, Emotional- and

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Biological Functional form.

The Pharmacist Heide BRUNNER's lecture was

very lively; afresh insight into the intermediate function

between the Physician and Patient which the

manufacturer reaches through the potentisation

process, was explained. BRUNNER spoke of the

spiritual material which is met with in the potentisation

process whereby the intensive unfoldment of the

medicine in its many-layered emotions are brought

about.

That the similarity of men in their lives is

deterministic in laying their future relatively in that a

repetition of the life occurs in the death, is a thought

which Franz SWOBODA attempted to seek in the

homoeopathic sense in the life of SOCRATES.

SWOBDA did not go about the symptoms of the

Hemlock in death, but he looked for the elements of

Conium picture in the life of SOCRATES. Further he

spoke with case reports how deterministic it was for

him a "anamnesis in the hall of mirrors", an

introspection of the physician for discovering the

opposite state by the choice of the medicine.

Rainer APPELL in his "Trials on the Similarity"

described it as the source-phenomena which in Art and

Philosphy strives to take in totality and health.

Although the Similie principle and Cure through

Homoeopathy eludes the understanding by the

modern science, there is always attempts to explain. The

model proposed by the Viennese Physicist Karl-

Wilhelm KRATKY is to be considered so.

Roland BAUR spoke on the verifiability and

claim of factuality. The work of BAUR and WILLICH in

which they documented situation of patients in an

epidemiological heart infarct study clearly showed the

connection with the leading symptoms of the

homoepathic remedies. This could be a plane of

understanding between Homoeopathy and Allopathy.

Dario SPINEDI spoke on the strict experiments of

HAHNEMANN, his continuous experiments and

search for new solutions; a case of HAHNEMANN

cited. As against this a chronic case of KUNZLI in

which an exact exegesis of the homoeopathic writings

were borne out.

Ulrich FISCHER spoke on the Latin-american

School, particularly ORTEGA and the theory of the

Miasms.

Matthias GIRKE spoke on the understanding of

disease and healing in the light of Anthroposophy

which could belp.

Michael HADULLA spoke as SWOBODA earlier;

with extracts from "Agamemnon" by AISCHYLOS and

the matching of the symptoms and the rubrics.

The crucial points in the dream analysis was the

subject of Uta AANTOS and Peter KONIG.

3. A Cola Case. Dr. Ch. SANDEN, Munchen

communicates (AHZ, 239,1/1994): A 27 year-old man

with watery-splattering diarrhoea since three months

with flatus, 2-3 times a day, the stool is bright brown,

pasty, very tired after the stool. He was very tired, dull.

Clinical examination and microbiological tests did not

point any pathological find. The patient was given Co/a

vera 6x daily morning and within one week the

diarrhoea was cured as also the general condition of

the patient clearly improved.

4. 54th Pan-American Congress of Homoeopathy

held in the City of Ribeiraro Preto, 350 km from San

Pablo, Brazil, on 25-29 July 1993. The Congress was

organized by the Instituto Homoeopatico Francois

Lamasson' (IHFL), which works for the investigation

and teaching of Homoeopathy under the presidency

of Dr. Izao SOARES. Representatives of different

institutions from Venezuela, Columbia, Chile,

Argentina, Cuba and Mexico gave the event an

international character. The need for a methodology

in doing research was stressed from the first day of the

Congress. The search for solutions within

homoeopathic medicine for regional endemic

parasitic pathologies led to clinical and experimental

studies in animals using bio-therapeutic Trypanosoma

cruzi. A paper presented by the authors Albuquerque

RIBEIRO, LOPES, et.al. of the College of Pharmacy of

Ribeiraro Preto. Using Trypanosoma cruzi 3c, 6c, 12c

and 100c in rats previously infected with strains of T.

cruzi, they achieved a decrease in parasitaemia,

reduced mortality and higher cure rate. Control

groups were used. Dilutions 30c and 100c proved to

be more efficient at rates of 68% and 75% respectively.

Among the clinical papers, one by BORGO,

LIMA, PITARELO, et. al. stood out. They demonstrated

the therapeutic action of Thuja (mother tincture) on

vaginal ovules and Thuja 12c and 30c per os on

gynaecological lesions induced by human papilloma

virus (HPV). 198 patients were treated, obtaining

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positive results in 84% of cases after 90 days of

treatment.

Considerable attention was given to the need for

strict quality control in homoeopathic

pharmaceutics. A picturesque detail of the Congress was

the adoption of Esperanto as one of the official

languages, the others being Spanish and Portuguese. The

IHFL publishes a bilingual journal of

homoeopathic medicine in Esperanto and

Portuguese.

The Congress was a good starting point to help

homoeopaths of Latin American countries become

aware of the need to face the problems of

Homoeopathy in a practical way, using scientific

methodology instead of theoretical speculations

which have divided homoeopaths.

The next congress will take place in Cuba in 2

years. In Cuba there are groups of doctors interested in

Homoeopathy. Cuba has an excellent welfare system

which would make the diffusion of Homoeopathy

easy once it has received the necessary support.

(Abstract from a report in the BHJ, 83, 1/1994)

5. In a letter to the Editor of the BHJ (BHJ, 83,

1/1994) with reference to his article on 'Evaluation of

homoeopathic therapy in 129 asymptomatic HIV

carriers' published in the BHJ January 1993 Dr. D.P.

RASTOGI says: "Sera of 9 of the 12 sero-reverted HIV

carriers were subjected to Western Blot assay at the

National Institute of Communicable Diseases, New

Delhi, in June 1993. All of these were found to be

non-reactive. The remaining 3 have since changed

residence and are not traceable. Since publication of

our report, 2 more individuals have sero-reverted to

HIV negative status on ELISA and Western Blot

assays..."

6. Dr. Edward CHAPMAN, President of the

American Inst. of Homoeopathy, writes (JAIH, 87,

1/1994) that the commitment of the AIH in

homoeopathic education, "Dedicated to Advancing

Health Care through Homoeotherapeutics" is to be

achieved through continuing homoeopathic

education of practicing homoeopaths, the

introduction of new physicians to Homoeopathy and

the assurance of quality. These are all important areas

to which the AIH has committed resources. Teaching

on the model of Dr. David TAYLOR REILLY is

proposed. The AIH has created a public foundation to

receive charitable donations and administer these

funds for the educational and research projects of the

AIH.

7. Responding to the warm review by Dr.

MOSKOWITZ of his Materia Medica Viva George

VITHOULKAS says (Letter to the Editor, JAIH, 87,

1/1994) that he hoped that the subsequent volumes

(four are ready for publication) may appear in 1995.

He also assures that the binding and paper will be of

excellent quality and these volumes will be much less

expensive than the first volume; in subsequent

volumes he had decided that sections such as

Toxicology, Provings, etc. would be deleted.

8. Recent changes in the leadership of the

American Association of Homoeopathic Pharmacists

(AAHP) have served to energize and revitalize the

trade organisation which has been representing the

interests of homoeopathic manufacturers for the past

70 years. The AAHP has created an atmosphere of

open cooperation and mutual trust among

homoeopathic manufacturers. The AAHP is strongly

committed to making safe and legal homoeopathic

products available to the American public. They are

committed to increasing the quality of homoeopathic

products and ensuring the long-term viability of

Homoepathy. The AAHP has represented the

homoeopathic industry for over 100 years. Currently,

the AAHP members represent 75% of the

homoeopathic industry and employ over 500 people

in America. (Extract from a Report from Frank RUFFIN,

President AAHP, JAIH, 87, 1/1994)

9. The simple problem of nocturnal leg cramps

remains unexplained medically and poorly treated

with conventional medication. It is estimated that

50-70% of adults over the age of 50 experience

nocturnal leg cramps. While there are many

hypotheses, no theory has gained general

acceptance. The mainstay of conventional treatment

is Quinine, which has no consistent proof of benefit in

controlled studies. (From Internal Medicine, Vol. 14,

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9/1993 quoted in the JAIH, 87, 1/1994)

10. George VITHOULKAS' Seminar was arranged by

the Foundation for Homoepathic Research, Bombay,

on 20-22 January 1994. VITHOULKAS said that there

are four important ways for the selection of remedy: i)

Totality of symptoms; ii) Essence (psycho-

pathology); iii) Key-notes; and iv) Causation. He cited

examples. A case of Astacus fluviatilis was discussed.

Paris quadnfolia was also discussed. Case taking was

demonstrated alive. A 9-year-old girl was interviewed

and Argentum nitricum (impulsiveness) was

prescribed. VITHOULKAS also presented the case of

a man who recovered from coma with renal failure

after an open-heart surgery. Stramonium cured (the

patient started talking in French which was not his

regular language of communication). The use of

repertory was shown live while narrating the case of an

epilepsy with aura of a boy who would lose vision

before fits. Causticum was selected on the basis of the

actual observation of the patient during the fit.

VITHOULKAS also spoke on the Miasms theory. He

cited the case of a 30-year-old woman, an introvert and

inhibited, with desire for sweets and alcohol,

perspiration at night, vertigo from high places. A

sycotic remedy, Medorrhinum produced very good

result.

While streassing the mental symptoms he said that

the cerebral symptoms should be taken and not

imaginary ones, i.e. the patient symptoms should not be

imagined by the physician.

The flower of Agnus castus is eaten by monks so

that their sexual energies are kept down and they remain

chaste. Agnus castus is given to create purity in impure

people. VITHOULKAS stated this to explain the

Doctrine of Signatures. He advocated the use of

potencies from reliable pharmacies. He rejected the

doctrine of Constitutional remedy and single remdyfor a

patient in the patient's entire life span. (NJH, 3,

1/1994).

11. A 'Symposium' titled 'Opening Avenues' was

organized by the Foundation for Homoeopathic

Research and Charities on the 22 January 1994. The

Speakers were: Dr. Rajesh SHAH, Dr. KUMAR

DHAWALE, Dr. K.H. MATANI and Dr. Kasim

CHIMTHANAWALA. Dr. MATANI spoke about

selection of rubrics on the basis of objective findings

in emergency cases. Dr. CHIMTHANAWALA spoke on

the 'Calcutta School' approach. Dr. Rajesh SHAH

spoke on the 'Phenomenological approach'. He said

that empty speculation of a cause which cannot be

explained is useless, but only the effect of the cause

should be studied and remedy selected. In a case of

Fissure in Ano the striking symptom was sadness

better by telling to someone and Alumina silicata

cured. In a case of Asthma there was indolence,

irritability and despondency, weeping with discontent;

Zizia was the remedy. Dr. Kumar DHAWALE spoke on

the approach taught in the ICR, Bombay (Institute of

Clinical Research). In this the treatment is planned in

advance and an intercurrent remedy and consitutional

remedy are selected. The physician must understand

the how and why of the disease, what are the

complaints and what is the suffering. The case of a

26 year-old lady was narrated.

The common factor that came out at the end was

the importance of observation. All paths lead to the

same goal and one must choose one's way. (NJH,

3,1/1994)

12. Homoeopathy is the art of transformation. A

crude substance is taken and energized and divided

to the extent that only its spirit shines through: this is

given to a person whose being is asking for it, and the

crude in the person is altered. Homoeopathy shows

that everything is light - existing as a wave

(information) or particle (matter) and becoming

whichever is asked of it. This is the heart of Alchemy.

Homoeopathy makes resurgence whenever the

culture prepares foraprofound change. Our remedies

are only archetypes. A girl had iritis and Uric acid was

her remedy. The remedy was written on a slip of paper

and she put this slip in her bra, and the iritis completley

cleared the same night! The slip of paper has worked for

months except when she has not worn it. This was

placebo effect. In placebo effect the person is

somehow able to activate his own healing powers.

Symptoms are a major way that our subconsicious uses

to get our attention. Cure is at various levels; some of

our patients much more than the rest - they are

transformed; real cure is only as insightful as our level

of wisdom. Curing is done by our patients. We learn to

heal by learning our tools, our remedies and also our

patients. (Extract from 'Opening Address' of David

WARKENTIN, in The Homoeopath, 52/1994)

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13. In Discussion wiih Harris COULTER by Maria

McMANUS: Harris COULTER explains as to how he

came to Homoeopathy, his views about

Pluralist/Unicist medicine in Homoeopathy, the writing

of the books 'Aids and Syphilis - The Hidden Link' and

'Vaccinations and Criminality', the reasons why in USA

the medical practitioners do not accept or even

consider the link between Aids and Syphilis "because

Syphilis and VD are a backwater of medicine... the

patients are poor and black or do not speak English'...

'It is low prestige. And there is no money in it, so when

I try and assimilate AIDS to this area of medical

practice, there is a lot of resistance... Syphilis is one of

the big failures of modern medical practice... The

medical establishment has been trying to force down

our throats that AIDS affects everyone in the whole

world... They try to make out we will all be victims of

this new plague. In fact it is not true. The people who

are getting AIDS after 15 years or so are drug addicts

and homosexuals in 95% of cases, therefore it is their

own behaviour that is creating it. No one wants to

blame the AIDS sufferer, but present them as victims.

The final reason is over-prescribing of drugs...' About

massive vaccination programme in the US Dr.

COULTER says that there is lot of money in the

vaccination programme. Three quarters of the income

of the paediatricians; come from vaccinations.

Research done in Germany in the 1980s showed that

antibiotics affect every element of the body and very

likely the suppression of the microbes is the

secondary effect that antibiotics have on the body,

rather than a direct effect on the microbe. COULTER

says that Homoeopathy is becoming mainstream in

the US and its spread is very encouraging. There has

been an enormous increase in Homoeopathic

awareness. Dr. COULTER proposed starting an office

of Alternative Medicine at the National Institute of

Health in Washington. [The Homoeopath 52,1994).

14. All India Seminar on June 4th and 5th 1994 at

IMA Auditorium, New Delhi; Kent Memorial Lectures'

94: Dr. Parimal BANERJI: Dr. BANERJI felt that there

has been no real research in Homoeopathy after

HAHNEMANN. He claims to have observed some

anamolies and fallaces in the proving methods,

recording systems of provers symptoms and building

up of our Materia Medica. Dr. BANERJI said that each

prover had a composite group of symptoms produced by

a drug; he also said that similar symptom-group in a

composition can be manifested exactly in many provers

which meant that there was similarity of reaction to a

drug by many provers. He claimed that the similarity of

a composite group of symptoms of a particular drug

produced in a prover can be matched with the

composite group of symptoms of a specific disease. Dr.

BANERJI also claimed to have discovered the energy

source of life force in every living organism which

animates it. He also said that different potencies of the

same remedy produced different actions and the

curable symptoms of each drug has been segregated

according to the constitutionally based composite

group of symptoms of the disease that can be found in

various persons. Every drug in different potencies

behaved like a different drug. (From a Report in the

QHQ, 3, 1/1994)

15. Dana ULLMAN on the "Clinton's Plan" for

health care (HT, 14, 1/1994): Proposals are generally

efforts to change how health care should be financed,

not how the type of care that is being provided should

be improved. Until these plans actively integrate

homoeopathic and various other natural therapies it is

unlikely that health care will be accessible, effective,

safe, and economically viable. One of the important

features of the Clinton plan is its emphasis on primary

care and its de-emphasis on highly specialized

medical care. It also takes forthright position in

advocating for increased use of non-medical doctor

providers of primary care, including nurse

practitioners, nurse midwives, and physician

assistants. It is difficult for homoeopaths to support the

Clinton health care plan due to lack of its specificity in

regard to homoeopathic medicine and natural health

care. However as there are enough elements within

the plan for these natural therapies, the plan can be

considered as a reasonable step toward health care

reform.

A correspondant (Dr. Mark GOREN, MD) writes in

the same issue: He is very much concerned since the

Clinton plan is (i) a complete and clever attempt to

provide allopathic care to everyone; (ii) a political

document subject to lobbying and pressure from

powerful interest groups; For non-MD practitioners,

the Clinton plan doesn't even address the legitimate

existence of Homoeopathy or alternative methods.

16. Carol BEGIN's Report on Richard

MOSKOWITZ's lectures on homoeopathic philosophy

(Summer School 1993): MOSKOWITZ first spoke on

the philosophy of the conventional Medicine. He said

that there was a series of beliefs behind the

conventional Medicine. It is based on the notion of

various disease "entities" - that these entities have

their particular clinical signs and symptoms which act

independently from the individual patients who

happen to exhibit them. The concern is to know these

"entities" and their "abnormalities" and to find ways

to "control" them. The goal of treatment is to "control"

the "abnormality" of a disease and to try to learn of its

origin or necessary conditions, in a sense to become its

master. The whole idea grew from Claude

BERNARD'S statement in the late 1800s. What

BERNARD envisioned and what modern medicine

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now routinely seeks to accomplish, is essentially to

acquire the knowledge and to devise the means to

regulate biological phenomena artificially and more or

less at will. On the next two days the speaker taught the

Organon. The speaker's multi-dimensional view of

health and healing and his love for Homoepathy

emanates from his entire being. (HT, 14,1/1994) 17.

Marsha MEEHAN reports on the Veterinary

Homoeopathy Course (Summer School 1993): The

teacher Christina CHAMBREAU's lectures and

practical information were excellent. She spoke on the

differences and similarities of using Homoeopathy for

animals and people. Repertory is gone through

section by section and in some parts page by page, for

(a) a clear picture of each section's place within the

whole; (b) tips for using the repertory more easily and

effectively; and (c) symptoms and remedy information

specific to animals (primarily cats and dogs, but also a

smattering of horses), interspersed with philosophy. The

class performs several elimination analyses and

additional case discussions. She uses a standard

repertory (for humans), Bearing in mind the occasional

differences. In addition to KENT or KUNZLI's

repertories HERING's Guiding Symptoms is useful for

animals, because it is so physically specific. The food

preference section in the Synthetic Repertory is broader.

For prescribing for animals rely more on the

"modalities" and ask about behaviour. Successful

treatment for animals occurs more quickly because

their life spans are so much shorter. But animals are

more suppressed than people, so cure is a long-term

process. Remedies are rarely antidoted in animals.

Young animals pass through some phases that may

call for remedies different than the progression for

young humans. Before the bony- growth remedies,

animals often need remedies for grief afflictions, from

whelping, weaning and going to different homes.

Then, while the stresses of bony growth are occurring,

there are also stresses due to training, household

adaptations, and vaccination.

In animals, the polychrest remedies are very often

the most useful, rather than the small remedies, even for

acute situations. The following are most frequently

called for in animals: Arseniucm, Aurum, Calcarea,

Carbo vegetablis, Hepar sulphuris, lodum,

Lycopodium, Mercurius, Nitric acid, Phosphorus,

Sepia, Silica, Staphysagria and Sulphur.

Some rubrics: for an animal that continuously

turns in circles, use the rubric "vertigo". For coughs

note the type of cough, (dry and hacking would

correlate to kennel cough). Wounds that won't heal,

Cicatrices for new scars that break open are some

important rubrics. Also an important symptom in

animals: Mouth, gums, redness, margins, bright red

(this is a red line where the gums meet the teeth) and the

following remedies should be added to the rubric:

Arsenicum, Kali phosphoricum, Lachesis, Nitric acid,

Phosphorus, Sulphur. (HT, 14,1/1994)

Full addresses of the journals covered by this

Quarterly Homoeopathic DIGEST (QHD) are given

below:

1. ACD: Archiv fur Homoopathik,

DYNAMIS-VERLAG, AM Vogelherd 18, 4200

OBERHAUSEN 11, GERMANY.

2. AHZ: Allgemeine Homoopathische Zeitung,

Karl F. Haug Verlag, 6900 HEIDELBERG 1,

GERMANY.

3. BHJ: British Homoeopathic Journal, Royal

London, Homoeopathic Hospital, Great

Ormond Street, LONDON, WC 1N 3HR, U.K.

4. CCR: Homoeopathic Clinical Case Recorder,

Dr. Subhash Meher, Phule Road, Maliwada,

AHMEDNAGAR -414 001, INDIA.

5. HH: Homoeopathic Heritage, B. Jain Publishers

(P) Ltd., 1920 Street, 10th Chuna Mandi,

Pahargnj, Post Box 5775, NEW DELHI -110 055

INDIA.

6. HLK: Forum for Homeopatisk Lakekonst

Svenska Akademin for Klasisk Homeopati,

Folkungagatan 84 (Itr), 116 22 STOCKHOLM.

7. THE HOMOEOPATH: The Journal of the

Society of Homoeopath, 2, Artizan Road,

NORTHAMPTON NN1 4HU, U.K.

8. H.T.: Homoeopathy Today, National Center for

Homoeopathy, 500, Massachusetts Avenue,

N.W. Suite 42, WASHINGTON D.C. 20005,

U.S.A.

9. IJHM: Indian Journal of Homoeopathic

Medicine, CMP Homoeopathic Medical

College, N.R. Gadkari Marg, Irla, Vile Parle

(West), BOMBAY - 400 056, INDIA.

10. JAIH: The Journal of the American Institute of

Homoeopathy, 1585, Glencoe, DENVER,

Colorado 80220, U.S.A.

11. mfH: Medicina futura Homoeopathy, 1 -2-217/7,

Gaganmahal Road, HYDERABAD - 500 029,

INDIA.

12. NEJH: New England Journal of Homoeopathy,

356, Middle Street, AMHERST, MA 01002,

U.S.A.

13. NJH: National Journal of Homoeopathy, Milan

Clinic, Saraswati Road, Santa Cruz (W),

BOMBAY - 400 054, INDIA.

14. QHQ: Quinquina Homoeopathic Quarterly, Sri

Sathya Sai Publications, Main Road,

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Taliparamba, KANNUR - 670 141, INDIA.

15. ZKH: Zeitschrift fur Klassische Homoopathie,

Karl F. Haug Verlag, 6900 HEIDELBERG 1,

GERMANY.

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PART II

1. Palladium

REIS Stefan (ACO, 2, 4/1993)

Palladium was proved by Constantine HERING in 1850 but was published in 1878 (North American Journal of

Homoeopathy, Vol. IX, 1878, Chicago).

A comparison of the first publication of the proving symptoms (this

publication is now in the Institute for History of Medicine, Stuttgart) with the Encyclopaedia of Pure Materia

Medica (EN) byT.F. ALLEN revealed that ALLEN'S does not give the complete material inthe first publication; besides

there are some errors. HERING's Guiding Symptoms (GS) contain errors in the names of the provers and

bibliographical errors with regard to the clinical symptoms.

In the following work the correct and complete proving symptoms as far as traceable have been given. New

Clinical symptoms which HERING could not have given, have been integrated in so far as they are relevant to the proving

symptoms verified.

A. PROVERS

1. C. HERING. Effects of trituration (5 April 1850

first day);

took at 11.30 hours a teaspoon of the dark water obtained by washing the mortar after the first trituration was made (7

April 1850, third day); a sip of the rinsed water at 9.00 hours (9 April 1850, fifth day)

2. Mrs. MARGARET C, an intelligent young lady

with clear head and calm mind, took three

drops of the fou -th potency at 6.30 hours (16

June 1850, first cay),

samedose at 5.45 hours (17 June 1850, second day),

four drops at 5.30 hours (18 June 1850, third day);

after all the symptoms had gone away, she took six globules of the fifth potency,

then the seventh on three mornings, without anything noticeaole.

(A large number of the symptoms observed by this prover and reported in the North American Journal of

Homoeopathy has not been published by T.F.ALLEN (EN), the reasons for which could not oe found)

2a. The same prover took further four drops at 6.00 hours and further dose before retiring to bed (on 12 July 1850).

3. Dr.C.G. RAUEtookadoseofthethirdtrituration

in the morning (8 April 1850, first day), the second dose on the fourth day (11 April 1850 a third dose on the

evening of the eighth day (15 April 1850).

4. Mr. OSCAR TIETZE took the third trituration at

9.30 hours, three hours after breakfast (10 April

1850)

5. Dr. PEHRSON, Philadelphia, took a drop of the

third trituration at 9.00 hours (25 April 1850).

(Testimony from this prover has been taken in

the Symptoms compilation, which however are

not to be found in the proving records; this

peculiar situation has not been explained in the

Original.)

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The provings 6 to 11 were from Dr. J.R. COXE with the third trituration on six different provers.

6. A.S.C.S. a 20 year-old woman, took a dose of

the third trituration at 22.00 hours (16 November

1850, first day),

further doses at 7.00 hours and at 22.00 hours (on 17 and 18 November 1850, second and third day),

the sixth dose at 6.00 hours (19 November 1850, fourth day), (the seventh dose on the same day evening),

the eighth powder on the morning of the fifth day (20 November 1850).

7. M.I.C. took two grains of the third trituration

daily for six days.

8. S.A.C. 10 year-old took two grains of the third

trituration daily for five days.

9. D.C. 15 year-old, took the same daily over four

days.

10. L.C.C. 13 year-old took eight grains of the third

trituration within a period of four days, without

noticing any symptom.

11. I.R.C. took a grain of the third trituration daily

for eight days.

12. Dr. C. NEIDHARD, Mrs. N., a nursing mother,

took one grain of the third trituration between

3.00 hours and 7.00 hours, two days before the

expected menses, which appeared during her

nursing period, she took on the second day a

cold bath which she had not done for a long

time.

13. Dr. GEIST.Boston. (This prover was of course

cited by HERING

, his name however does not

appear in the proving proceedings. T.F. ALLEN

(EN)

and R. HUGHES

have therefore

overlooked these symptoms. In the Guiding

Symptoms although the name of this prover is

not mentioned, the symptoms are

B. Cases and therapeutic observations

Only the relevant bibliographical details have been listed in the following; to give the complete cases would involve a

journal publication. However, the symptoms have been integrated in the symptoms listed below. For those interested

the individual references and complete cases will be available with the author.

References requiring discussion have been given in relevant footnotes.

Important Note: The listing of clinical symptoms which have been observed in isolated cases and singular

cases only, should not be taken unreservedly as "certain". On the contrary -they must go through further verifications, so

that they can be classified as clearly belonging to Palladium. For the same reason they have been integrated: namely, to

enable verification altogether.

- WILLIAMSON, Ovarian complaints, cured with

Pa//.C4 in one case, in another with Pall.

without indication of the potency; in: NAJ.

- C. HERING, More cases of Uterus - and

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Ovarian complaints, without indication of the

potencies; in: NAJ.

- A. LIPPE, right-sided Ovaritis, with

Leucorrhoea in a 30 year-old woman patient,

without indication of the potency used; in: NAJ.

(The remarks 'second day, third day, etc." in

the clinical symptoms reported by LIPPE refer

to the day after taking Palladium, not the

Proving but to the Curative action. Symptoms

without indication of the day comes generally

from this patient's case.)

- KIMBALL, Right-sided sciatica cured by Pall.

30 and 200; from the Homoeopathic Times

(NYJ), 1879, cited in: The Organon (ORG),

Vol.II, 1879, p. 113.

- D.S.R. Sciatica of the right leg, cured by Pall.

30 and 200; cited in: ORG, Vol.ll, 1879, p.236.

- B.H. CHENEY, Chronic Ovaritis, with ovaralgia

and Menstruation ailments, Pall. 200; in: United

States Medical Investigator (USI), 2nd Series,

Vol.V.1877, p.586-588. (In this case before the

use of Pall, come Apis, Ip. and China, and the

last two remedies exercise their influence in a

genuine and required manner)

- H.P. HOLMES, Palladium (Lecture on the

remedy with dinical experiences); in: The

Homoeopathic Physician (HPH), Vol. XVII,

Philadelphia 1897, p.27-30.

- A. VOEGELI, Enuresis, Pall. C.200; in: Warum

so krank? p.17Sf., Bochum 1980.

- O. EICHELBERGER, Warze (Warts) Pall. D.30;

in: Klassische Hombopathie: Lehre und Praxis,

case 280, p.486, 2. edn. Heidelberg 1979

- H. LEERS, Adnexitis bei einer 22 jahrigen

Patientin, Pa//.D.2OO; (Adnexitis in a 22

year-old female patient), in: Einfache

Hombopathie in Fallbeispielen, Fall 162, p.204,

Heidelberg 1990.

- P. DRANSART, Verhaltensauffalligkeiten bei

einem 13 jahrigen jungen, (Behavioral

peculiarities in a 13 year-old boy) Pa//.3O; in:

Cahiers du Groupement Hahnemannien, 26

(1989), p.352-357 cited in: Zeitschrift fur

Klassische Hombopathie ZKH, 34, (1989),

p. 179.

- In the NAJ, H.N. GUERNSEY in the first

publication gives indications from therapeutic

observations; however, no bibliographical

sources have been mentioned. The brief MM

which comes alongside also does not clarify.

- The current literature contain a case of H.V.

MULLER who however does not present new

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symptoms (see References)

Explanation of the Signs, Numbers and Abbreviations used

(GS) = Symptoms from HERING's "Guiding Symptoms", which are not found in the first publication and for which

no source could be traced. Not all the Symptoms listed in the GS could be taken down here; the choice of the

symptoms was in the first instance dependent upon whether the symptom was already confirmed.

11 = Frequently confirmed Symptoms

| = Cured Symptoms

11 = Repeatedly confirmed Symptoms

Ө - Therapeutic observations

These four signs have been adopted as in the GS and used in respect of new symptoms taken from the later new

literature.

1-13= the respective Provers.

COMPILATION OF THE REMEDY SYMPTOMS

I n the Proving as also in the Case Reports there are symptoms which besides the main ailment which sets apart the point

of entry within the symptom-range, concomitant symptoms which may have been mentioned with a different catchword.

In this respect HERING has in his "Guiding Symptoms" placed these symptoms separately as if they have occurred

separately and put them under the catchwords as such. To avoid repetition of the already large volume of work, in the

following work the symptoms are mentioned only once and under the main ailment of course.

MIND

Extraordinarily tired in evening, feels mentally gone; is |

averse to speaking a foreign language, which he

otherwise spoke fluently; it is too much of an

exertion to him, he is tired of it (4th day) 3

Time seems to him longer, whenever he looked at the

time only less time has gone by than what he had

expected (fifth day). 1

In the evening while walking in the street it seemed to \ him, as if he has become very tall; the feeling returns again; he

had not thought of Platina and the similarity to Platina struck him only later. This < symptom did not anymore arise,

whether while walking or while lying (third day). 1

11 Great inclination to weep. 9 Uterus prolapse (GS)

| They set great store on other people's opinion and consider it as very important, what others think, and therefore they

are very excitable while in company and on the next day their ailments are ^ worser. (HERING)

| Anxious apprehension as if something horrible would happen. (GS)

11 Imagined herself neglected;

11 Wounded pride. 6 H>steria (GUERNSEY)

]

The child was irritable (first day). 12

Bad temper in the evening (fifth day). 1

She is in an annoyed mood; felt she cannot bear anything or brook anything, without anything having occurred

before. The child is the only [ person with whom she is not impatient (second day). 6

| Everything she says or does makes her annoyed, she trembles, her facial expression is changed, even her eyes, as if

she is going crazy. (WILLIAMSON)

| Greatly inclined to use strong and violent

expressions, (first day). 1 (confirmed by

CHENEY) !

| She tries to appear aslovable as possible, but is very obstinate. (GS)

| Depressive news worsens all her symptoms (HERING)

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| Mental excitement, especially in company, also walking aggravates her complaints in the right ovary and in the

groin; she is particularly worse after a musical evening or party. (WILLIAMSON)

| Feels best in company and desires to be flattered. (GS)

| Arrogant. (CHENEY)

| Changing mental disposition: sometimes amiable and cordial so that the child constantly hugs the mother, but then

devastating rage and so aggressive that he lits her. (DRANSART)

| Fear of insects and spiders. (DRANSART)

| Cursing. (DRANSART)

Jealous of own sister. (DRANSART) Unusual carefulness regarding his dress and personal things; Desire for

orderliness. (DRANSART)

The mental symptoms guide me; when it is in agreement the remedy has accomplished much good. (LIPPE)

NTERNAL HEAD

'ery painful dullness in head, stitches go in- and out-wards in the left side of the head (after half an hour, third day). 1

Slight headache. 8

Headache in morning (sixth day). 6

Jnbearable headache, (seventh day) 6

Sequent headache, as before, within, in spots the size of an apple or a fist, or dull, crooked stitches (eighth to eleventh day).

Headache which makes her irritable and impatient; she feels that it would do her good if "she could knock the head

against something", but she is able to bring it under control. Disposed to be unabashed, makes face like a savage

(fourth day) 6

"he headache is better from lying down and from sleep, which indicates his neurasthenic character. Epiphegus has

the same amelioration from lying down and sleep (HOLMES) Headache only after taking coffee. (LIPPE)

Dullnes in the forehead as if a heavy weight was lying in the brain, every expiration

is accompanied by the sensation as if

this weight were pushed from the occiput to the forehead. (This affects more the central portion of the brain, the temples

are not affected), this state began an hour after the medicine was taken and reached its peak half an hour after, and

began to go down gradually and after three hours it was gone. 5

Slight fullness in the forehead and a sensation as if the brain would be shaken; lasted 36 hours but was not troublesome. 7

| The symptom "Sensation as if the brain was pushed from the back to the front, as if the brain was shaken", has been

verified by me on my own with the 200 potency. (HOLMES)

Dull pain in the afternoon and heavyfeeling diagonally over the forehead and over the eyes (first day). On the next morning

again heaviness over the eyes and in the forehead. 12

During and shortly after the trituration a pressure on the right forehead was felt, also on the hair borders in a finger-point

spot which lasted for half to an hour; the sensation is of cooling or slightly burning pressure and is totally new. 1

A pain moving back and forth, on the right side, between stitching and burning, disappearing from touching or when

mind is fixed on it. (first day). 3

Very marked tension in the temples (after four hours).

Pain in the temples and on the top of the head, lasting some hours (four hours after). 2a

A dull pain in the temples and in the eye sockets while

walking in the open air (after one and half hours).

Light fleeting pain left of vertex (after some minutes).

Pain the right temple and in the right arm, after a walk T in the noon (third day). 2

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Most often the pain returns to the temple and remains It

there for longer time than at any other place (third

day). 2

At mid-day meal (six hours after) pain in vertex, a s

severe pressure, which caused a numbness as g

from severe heat or cold. Between 14.00 hrs. and

15.00 hrs. the headache was worse, she must lie

down. She had a feeling as if the head were swung

back and forth, fron back to forward, not from B

one side to another. She slept an hour after the

headache was better (second day). 6

She has a dreamy headache, more in the upper and

back part of the head, differentfromthe headache P

which she suffered in the last few days (second

day). 6

Sensation of constriction in the right side of the head,

at 12.00 hrs. mid-day, at 13.00 hrs. a different pain -j

in the left side of the head, which extended to the

entire inner head (fourth day). 1

In the evening severe, sharp pains and neuralgia, left sided. Took Nitricum acidum without . amelioration

(seventh day). 6

Headache across over the vertex, from one ear to the other; the pain is worst in the right parietal protuberance; giddy

while lying (Pall. 20M)

| Headache from one ear over the vertex to the other. M.M. (It has not been mentioned who or what is indicated by this

initials)

Headache directly over and behind the top of the right

ear. (Pall. 20M)

Dullness in the occiput, lasts the whole evening

(third

day).

EXTERNAL HEAD

For some days two pimples on the scalp behind the left ear, which developed slowly (fifth day). 1

Feeling of roughness on the forehead and slight | itching, now and again, for two days.

EYES

A dull, heavy pain in the left eye and in the back part h of the eye orbit, after a walk, which lasted an hour; the pain was

worse in that it extended over the forehead and vertex, then disappeared; after 12 p hours, at 18.00 hrs. (first day). 2

Pain in the right eye, in the right temple and ear region, at 8.00 hrs., after a walk; after she had taken a

dose at 5.45 hrs. During the mid-day meal at 13.00

hrs. Pain in the right temple near the eye; at the

same time an unpleasant sensation in the left eye

(second day). 2 ain around the left eye, extending behind the right

eye-brow, while walking (after four hours). 2a he eyes are dry and itching, almost every evening,

rubs them but without any relief (fifth day). 1 he eye-lids feel heavy, afternoon (first day). 12 he edges of the eye-lids feel

dry (fourth and fifth day).

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1 ching of the lids, must be rubbed, more the left than

the right side (first day). 4

OSE

light cold (third day). 1 urning in the nose, as from horseradish, followed by

watery secretion, evening (third day). 1

ACE

urning pain in a small spot on the right cheek bone

compelling rubbing; after 15 minutes. 13 le thought, there was a marked slowness of the

growth of the beard (sixth day). 1 ain in the back part of the left lower jaw near the

articulation; in the first 25 minutes. 13 Jonstricting pain in the left articulation of Jaw, with

slight pain in the epigastrium; in the first hours. 13 he right corner of mouth pains as if sore (fourth day).

1 Facial color pallid, blue semi-circle under the eyes.

8 Ovarian complaints

(LIPPE) 1OUTH, TONGUE AND TEETH

i burning sensation on the tongue surface near tip,

also in the left ear in different spots in face, in the

first 30 minutes. 13 lince some days, and particularly today perceptible,

a sensation as if the second left upper incisor was

elongated and a feeling as if this is a dull foreign

body, (seventh day). 1 iensation as if the upper incisors were elongated and

projecting and interfering in an unpleasant

manner with the lower lip, while touching it; lasted

24 hours. 5 fluch tough mucus in mouth, and a slimy taste which

recurs again after thoroughly rinsing the mouth

(second day). 5

Accumulation of mucus in throat and mouth.

(CHENEY)

NTERNAL THROAT

He frequently hawks up small solid mucous lumps, which he is obliged to swallow (eighth to twelfth day). 1

Peculiar pain in throat while swallowing as if something was hanging near the hyoid bone, as if bread-crumb

had lodged there; the pain

disappears for some minutes, then suddenly returns, while the throat muscle was in a

passive state, an unpleasant, tickling sensation as awn has lodged in throat (first day). 4

Dryness of throat and the tongue; the tongue appears red in the middle; no thirst in the morning (fifth day). 1

Slight throat pains, (after Pall. 20M)

Egg-white like mucus from the throat.

STOMACH

Complaints of dyspepsia after food. (LIPPE)

No longer any desire for beer (eighth to twelfth day).

Tasteless eructations some number of times between 10.00 hrs. and 11.00 hrs. (after half an hour). 4

Few eructations, the last one leaving an acid taste in mouth (immediately after taking the medicine). 5

| Acid eructations with spasmodic pains in chest, back and abdomen, at 18.00 hrs. (fifth day). (LIPPE)

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| Acid eructations, pain and soreness in abdomen with downward pressure, at 19.00 hrs. (eighth day). (LIPPE)

| Vomiting of undigested food, evening (eighth day). (LIPPE)

Severe pain, as if poking with the end of a stick, in the right side two or three inches to the right of the epigastrium where

the eighth and the ninth ribs jointhesternum; then pressing pain underthe ribs left side (third day) 1

Pressing pain in epigastrium; in the first 30 minutes. 13

| Nausea in the evening (fourth day). (LIPPE)

ABDOMEN

Pain and soreness in the liver (seventh day). 6

| Flatulence. (CHENEY)

Stitches in the abdomen (second day). 4

Abdomen pain before rising in the morning, then pain in the right temple (third day). 2

Pain in abdomen particulalry in the region of the spleen (third day). 6

Soon after rising, between 6 and 7 o'clock, violent, sharp, cutting in the lower part of the abdomen; never had such pains

before. It was so bad that she could not carry the child, disappeared after passing stool. Two light attacks after the

breakfast, with urging for stool; however only air was passed, no stool (seventh day). 6

(The Prover) was afflicted sometimes with tapeworms. Palladium appeared to be having a particular action on that.

Sensation as if the abdomen became enlarged, very soon (after taking the medicine).

Some stitches in the left side in the region of the hip bones, but more internal; in the intervals a peculiar pain, as if air

bubbles were pressed upward through the intestines forcibly. The stitches and the peculiar sensation in the

intestines recur again and extends to the right side. After 11 o'clock a transient pain in the lower intestines, on the right

side, as if the testicles would be crushed. About an hour later, after a meal, the above mentioned stitching pains

appear again, but lasted only for a short time. It recurs few times more, first on the left side, then with lesser pain on the

right side. Often only single stitches, or better, as if bites, an animal is snapping and tearing off bits from the inside.

Swelling and distension of the abdomen.

Sensation as if the intestines are strangulated and twisted in different directions, more in the upper part than in the lower.

Frequent flatus discharged.

Painful stitches in the left side, like cutting, more right than left, more or less unendurable, lasts some minutes; these recur

after a brief pause again and lasts longer then (first day).

Stitches in abdomen.

Copious urination (second day)

Unpleasant sensation in the region of groins, painful from pressure.

Sensation as if the intestines were not any more in the abdomen

(third day).

The prover did not have tape-worm symptoms after this for longer than an year. 4

Pain in the left groin with every step (seventh day). 3

| Swelling, induration and pain in lower abdomen, right side. Sensation as if struck and sometimes from umbilicus to

pelvis shooting pains. (LIPPE)

| The entire right side of the lower abdomen is very painful from touch. (LIPPE)

| Soreness in abdomen and downwards pressure. Ovarian ailments. (LIPPE)

| Swelling and induration of the lower abdominal region, right side. Ovarian pains. (LIPPE)

| Severe pains in the morning on rising in the right side of abdomen which is much distended; lasts upto 17.00 hours (second

day). (LIPPE)

| Cramping, colicky pains in right lower abdomen with constant eructations; she could hold it on if she quietly lies on her

right side. Sneezing, cough and urination worsens the pains very much; at 17.00 hrs (second day). (LIPPE)

| Colic at 15.00 hrs., lying quietly on the right ameliorates (third day). (LIPPE)

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| Severe pains in the abdomen and cramps in the lower legs after going to bed; it was impossible to turn in the bed; this

lasted for over an hour and was worser than at any time before; better from hot, wet cloth (fourth day). (LIPPE)

I In the right groin a feeling of inner soreness; she must

keep the thigh drawn up, otherwise it felt as

something torn. (WILLIAMSON) | Soreness in the abdomen, particularly in the right

side; pain shoots from the right groin downwards

in the right thigh. (CHENEY) | Sensation of a heavy weight and pressure deep in

pelvis. (LIPPE)

| Pain in the liver and in the spleen. (CHENEY) RECTUM AND ANUS Frequent small quantity of odorless flatus (third

day).

1 Frequent, unusually small and short flatus discharged

(sixth day). 1 By the approach of a stool dull stitches or dull, painful

twitches in the left side of the rectum. The dull

stitches recur in the evening (tenth day). 3 Pain in the rectum from stool retained, without urge;

the pain increased upto 13.00 hrs. shortly before

the lunch as a soft stool was passed and the pain

disappeared (third day). 1 After stool with much pressing, sensation of fullness

in the anus, evening (fifth day). 1 | Constipation (CHENEY) STOOL Was rather constipated for an year, now the

stools

were soft and remained so upto after the proving,

after which again constipation came on as before.

7 First a hard, then a pappy, thin stool, with anal

prolapse, at 22.00 hrs. (first day). 1 Slight urge for stool, as if a diarrhoea would set in,

while going on the road, towards the evening

(third day). 1 Thin stool, with rapid and heavy urge, as if diarrhoea

would set in (fourth day). 1 Since the beginning of the proving all the stools came

on, except on the fourth day, in the afternoon or

evening (fifth day). 1 Frequent stools, after which a slight colic follows (first

day). 12 Stool often and soft. Stops two days after the end (of

the proving). 9 Diarrhoea with very little pain, day and night; cured by

China. No daily stool anymore, but every second day (eighth

day). 3

| Obstipation, stools often whitish (LIPPE) | Constipation from cold feet. Adnexitis. (LEERS) URINARY ORGANS

Pressing pain in the region of the left kidney, as if the urine has been retained for long; worse from sitting; pressure

does not aggravate, but feels better much more, although subsequently it would be worser.

Pain the bladder.

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Pain in the kidneys towards evening very markedly

(fourth day). While sitting it was also somewhat painful in the left

kidney (fifth day). 3 Pressing in the bladder as if it was full of urine (first

day). 4 Stitches through the bladder and painful weakness

(tenth day). 3 Stitches through the urethra to the glans (first day). 4

Increased urge for urine, he voids more, but not frequently, evenings (third day). 1

Frequent urination; the bladder feels full, but actually only small quantity will be voided (thirteenth day). 3

Frequent urination during the day; frequent urging for urination and scanty (first day). The urge and scanty urination

remained long (third day). 4

| Frequent urination with stitching in the urethra. (CHENEY)

| Urine dark, with a sediment which appears like red sand or the chamber pot is stained red. (LIPPE)

| Urine cloudy, but not dark (second day). (LIPPE)

| The urine appears as if blood and water (third day) (LIPPE)

| Milky sediment in the urine (fifth day, eighth day). (LIPPE)

| Urine cloudy, with a milky sediment (tenth day). (LIPPE)

| Bed-wetting (in children). (VOEGELI)

SEXUAL ORGANS - MALE

Erections every morning, but nothing in the evening and in the night, not even with stimulation (eighth to the eleventh day).

SEXUAL ORGANS - FEMALE

| Throughout the day an unpleasant sensation in the genitals (fourth day). (LIPPE)

Pain in uterus and in the region of bladder, in the evening after exertion (fifth day). 6

In the evening while she was in the church had to rush suddenly to the house as menses appeared as it occured frequently

after exertion; it was the seventh day since the beginning of the menses, and since 36 hours it was not anymore. The

appearence of the menstrual bleeding could be ascribed to the medicine because it was of a different character than the

usual which appeared after exertion, it apeared more as pure blood (second day). Menses continued although not

copious and watery (fourth day). 6

The proving began a day after the menses stopped, the next menses came some days earlier. 2

The menses came without the usual pain (thirteenth day).

The subsequent menstruations came promptly and were painless (curative action) (LIPPE)

The menstruation appeared late, by full moon instead of new moon, it was accompanied by headache and other

symptoms, which were relieved with Glonoinum and Belladonna. (HERING)

11 Acts preferably on the right ovary.

| Swelling and hardening of the right ovary, with soreness and tearing pain from navel to pelvis. (LIPPE)

| The right ovary is swollen, sore when pressed, with downward- pressing pains. Ovaritis. (GUERNSEY)

| In the right ovarian region, a drawing down and forward, better rubbing (in two cases). (WILLIAMSON)

| Tormenting pain in the right ovary with downward drawing. The pain is more or less constant, particularly worse

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however, before, during and after the menstruation. It is aggravated from standing and from motion; somewhat

better from rubbing and warmtn as also from lying down. It is accompanied by a feeling of downwards pressure, as

from a weight in the pelvis or as from a prolapsed uterus (CHENEY)

| Pains in both ovaries, worse in the morning and evening in bed and from walking fast. The pains were wandering and

were accompanied by a sensation of swelling. During the periods the pains were worser. It was better lying on the

abdomen. The pains radiatetothe hips. Adnexitis; sonographically confirmed strong thickening of the right ovary.

(LEERS)

| Downwards pressing. (HERING and others)

| Weakness and pain with sensation of sinking in the region of the lower abdomen, all movements were painful, she could

not at all stand or walk. (HERING)

| Symptoms of uterus sagging, with weepy disposition. (HERING)

| Sore sensation in the abdomen after menses, with fear and anxious apprehension that something terrible would happen.

(GS)

| Thin, yellow leucorrhoea, became (after Pall.CA), whiter and thicker, then disappeared. (WILLIAMSON)

| Transparent, jelly-like leucorrhoea, worse before and after the menses. (LIPPE)

| Egg-white like leucorrhoea. (CHENEY)

Egg-white like Leucorrhoea, before and during the menses.

| Profuse yellowy-milky leucorrhoea. (LEERS)

In a nursing woman, who almost regularly again menstruates, the menses did not appear during the proving. 12

| Every month the menstruation appeared during lactation. The cycle ran to five weeks once, and the next time three

weeks, regularly alternating in this manner. The menstruation which came in the five weeks cycle manifests as

menorrhagia, copious and prolonged bleeding; the period that came in three weeks was normal. (CHENEY)

(Pall.) is indicated in the gynaecological ailments, in which the disease begins in the right overy and uterus prolapsed and

retroversion, sub-acute peritonitis of the pelvis and the accompanying symptoms are secondary. (Dr. AGUILAR)

1. North American Journal of Homoeopathy (NAJ), New Series, Vol. IX, S.129-169, Chicago -1878.

2. C. HERING, Amerikanische Anzneipriifungen, Erster Theil, Leipzig und Heidelberg, 1857, S. XI.

3. NAJ. P. 148

4. T.F. ALLEN, Encyclopaedia of pure Materia Medica, Vol. X. p.610-616, Reprint, New Delhi, 1988.

5. R. HUGHES, A Cyclopaedia of Drug Pathogenesy, Vol. Ill, p.543- 545, Reprint, New Delhi, 1988.

6. GS VII, p.247-263.

7. Compare H.N. GUERNSEY, The application of the principles and practice of Homoeopathy to Obstetrics,

Reprint New Delhi, 1988, p. 161.

8. Original : expiration. In ALLEN (EN) it is wrongly given as "experiment" instead of "expiration".

9. HPH, Vol. XIII, Philadelphia 1893, p.297. In the Kent Repertory Palladium is the only remedy in the

relevant rubric, however Nitricumacidum should be compared here for similar symptom:

"sensation, as if head is clamped by a vice from one ear to the other over the vertex." (EN VII. 13)

10. HPH. Vol. XII, Philadelphia 1892, p.60.

11. HPH, Vol. XIII, Philadelphia 1893, p.435

12. Cyrus Maxwell BOGER, A Synoptic Key to the Materia Medica, Reprint New Delhi 1988, p.269

13. Original: "No longer any desire for beer." Taken exactly it would mean that there was a desire for beer

earlier. In this sense

the symptom is to be understood only as a curative symptom, in which the appropriate Palladium-

symptom must be "Desire for

beer". A lack of desire (consequently the absence of a pathologic sign) is not the same with an Aversion.

This same mistake occurs in T.F. ALLEN'S ("Encyclopaedia" has it as "Aversion") and J.T.

KENT'S Repertory has it against the rubric "aversion for beer" and not under "Desire for beer"

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14. an inch = 25.4 mm.

15. This symptom clearly presents an example of the sometimes distortion of the entry in the Repertory. The

publisher of the Synthetic Repertory, for example, has taken the rubric "Delusions,

whole body is hollow": pall, (with the source indicated as EN, ALLEN) Among the Symptoms quoted

from ALLEN there is no other symptom further which in the least shows any connection with this. That

the inclusion in the SR is erroneous is clear from comparison.

16. CM. BOGER, A synoptic Key to the Materia Medica. Reprint, New Delhi 1988, p.269.

17. Cited from W. BOERICKE, Handbuch der homdopathischen Materia Medica, Heidelberg 1992, p.583.

BOOK SHELF (Reviews of books recently published)

1. A Proving of Aegle Marmelos (incorporating

Clinically Verified Symptoms) Central Council

for Research in Homoeopathy (CCRH), Ministry

of Health and Family Welfare, Govt. of India,

D-Block Institutional Area, Janakpuri, New

Delhi-110 058. pp.45, Rs.15/-.

The Central Council for Research in Homoeopathy, New Delhi have published Monographs on

Ab/oma Augusta Folia, Kali muriaticum, Cassia sophera, Cynodon dactylon and Aegle folia. This Monograph is the

6th in the series.

Aegle marmelos is a tree indigenous to India. The leaves of the tree are used for worship of Shiva. It is also valued in

indigenous medicine.

Fresh pulp of the fruit has been used in this proving. The remedy was obtained from Hahnemann Publishing Co.,

Calcutta in the 6, 30 and 200 potencies, and mother tincture was prepared by the Central Drug Proving-cum-Data

Processing Cell (CDPC)oftheCCRH.

Double-blind method was followed during the entire course of the Proving. One-third of the provers were given

placebo (control group). At the end of the proving data was sifted and compiled. As far as possible the expression used

by the prover (ipsissima verba) has been retained. The symptoms have been arranged a la KENT Repertory. The

symptoms clinically verified have been compiled and reported in this monograph.

2. A Proving of Aegle folia (incorporating

Clinically Verified Symptoms) Central Council

of Research in Homoeopathy (CCRH), Ministry

of Health and Family Welfare, Govt. of India,

D-Block Institutional Area, Janakpuri, New

Delhi -110 058. pp.39. Rs.15/-

Aegle folia is the leaves of the tree Aegle marmelos (Linn). Dr. Pramada Prasanna BISWAS of Calcutta had made a

short proving of this and it has been included in the Drugs of Hindoosthan by Dr. S.C. GHOSE.

Proving methods have been as stated above in the case of Aegle marmelos.

While there are many common symptoms between the fruit and the leaves, there are also distinguishing

symptoms as among them.

It is very important that these remedies which are indigenous are used in the clinic and the results reported to the

CCRH.

Both the monographs deserve to be carefully read and tested at least in the homoeopathic colleges in India wherein it

is possible to make systematic studies.

Printing, paper etc. good.

3. Chapter Eye and Vision - Additions from

BOERICKE's Repertory, Central Council for

Research in Homoeopathy (CCRH), New Delhi,

pp.66, Rs.20/-

The CCRH has been systematically reviewing the KENT Repertory for revision in relation to other sources and

suggesting additions particularly with reference to Oscar BOERICKE's Repertory. So far the Chapters Teeth, Mouth

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have been done and published. Now the Chapters Eye and Vision has been published.

Whereas in the earlier two works on Mouth and Teeth the KENT Repertory has been kept as the basic in this work on

Eye and Vision, the KUNZLI's Repertorium Generale (which is KENT plus additions from many sources). For this

purpose besides the sources cited in the KUNZLI few other sources have been added, viz. TF ALLEN (Handbook of

Materia Medica), FARRINGTON EA (Clinical Materia Medica), NORTON AB (Ophthalmic Diseases), GHOSE SC

(Drugs of Hindoosthan) and the CCRH's own. All these surely enhance the value of this book-let.

This work is richer with additional rubrics not found even in the Synthesis of Frederick SCHROYENS, for

example: Neuralgia, Cellulitis, Edema of retina, etc. Similarly remedies not included in the Synthesis have been included

in this work.

The book-let will surely be of great use in day-to-day practice.

4. New Comprehensive Homoeopathic Materia

Medica of Mind by H.L. CHITKARA, B. Jain

Publishers Pvt. Ltd., Delhi. Second Edition

1995. pp.692. Rs.200/-

The First Edition was reviewed in the QHD, Vol. XI, No.3&4/1994. That a second edition has been called for so soon

signifies the reception this work has from the Profession.

As mentioned in the earlier review the book is of great relevance and use for the practitioner. Printing, paper, get-

up, very good.

An important revision in this work is that the rubric 'Ailments from embarrassment' as in the Synthetic Repertory

has been corrected to read as 'Embarrassed after ailments'. This 'correction' does not seem to be right as may be seen from

verifying the source, e.g. KENT on Gelsemium says "Complaints from fear, from embarrassment..." and CLARKE on

Kali bromatrum "worry. Business losses and embarassments" as causation.

Under Tabacum we find an addition 'Anger waking, on'. This symptom belongs to Tuberculinum and a few other

remedies, but not in Tabacum. Obviously the obbreviation Tub. in phatak's repertory under the above rubric has been read

as Tab. and the symptom put under Tabacum.

We find a new 'mental' symptoms ' smooth" under three remedies, viz. Alumina, Phosphorus and Terebenum addition

from Phatak's repertory. The rubric "smooth" in Phatak is not a mental symptom the above remedies have 'smooth

tongue' 'teeth as if smooth' etc. Whereas Phatak has given Tereblnthina under 'Smooth', it has been added under Terebenum

in the present work.

K.S. SRINIVASAN

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with a flair for writing and poetry - possessing an immense knowledge of homoeopathic Medicine, a lover of

music, and adored by all who came in contact with her.

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refer to the original articles for detailed study. The full names and

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PART I - CURRENT LITERATURE LISTING

I. PHILOSOPHY

1. Can there be a rational basis for the

classification of doses into large, small, minute

etc. in the case of well-potentised

homoeopathic drugs?

RAVINDRAN T.G. (QHQ.3,2 & 3/1994) The subject

discussed will be evident from the title of the article. The

author has quoted profusely from the Organon. He has

also pointed out that there is some difference between what

HAHNEMANN has said and KENT'S. The article is

rather confusing.

2. From the Heart

GHEGAS Vassilis (NEJH, 3, 2/1994)

This is the condensation of the beginning of the

Vassilis GHEGAS Seminar, part of the Level 3 Course of

the New England School of Homoeopathy. Vassilis is

unique in never repeating material he has covered in past

seminars. This Seminar focussed on how one goes about

the identifying of cases where we do not prescribe on the

totality of symptoms, where we focus only on the major

themes of the disorder. To do this we must get away from

the simplistic view of taking every symptom as equal,

and instead emphasize the patient within the context of

their whole life. To help us along in this transition,

Vassilis's opening remarks opened our eyes to the

potential of what we are doing when we prescribe these

remedies. From there, the rest of the Seminar was a

mixture of down home therapeutics, with remedies for

earaches and bladder infections on the one hand and very

philosophically complex discussions on the other. The

Editor sums up the Abstract of the article: I just finished

reading A Brief History of Time by Stephen HAWKING,

a book that goes into great detail in physics trying to

explain to the public the structure of the universe. Aside

from some different terminology the explanation is

extremely similar to the remarks that follow.

Guidelines to Practising Homoeopathy:

1. Our unique goal is to give thereapy to sick

patients. This therapy comes from the love of

humanity.

2. We must believe in this, Homoeopathy, as our

mission in our early life

3. We have to be spiritually alert, and to

continuously seek the truth in our therapeutic art.

4. We must be able to distinguish this truth so it will be

parallel to the universal truth. Love is the way. We

must not practice for our spiritual ambition, but

rather for the love of our patients.

5. We must be disappointed by the

materialistic (allopathic) therapy and not mix

Homoeopathy with Allopathy.

6. Within ourselves, we must overcome the

subconscious vibrations from technological

achievements. We must not be enslaved by them. We

should not try to impose our opinion through them.

Let the smile of your patient prove that our therapy is

successful.

7. We should not care about what is currently

accepted as the standard medical therapeutic art, but

must courageously practise our unique therapeutic

art, Homoeopathy.

8. We should be humble and unselfish. We

should strongly believe we are not the therapists, but

we are a tool of the omniscient creator, who uses us,

at the right moment, to offer positivity in a situation

where negativity has no further reason to exist.

9. We must be unprejudiced. We should be

present during the interview. This interview time must

be a kind of presence, with love for humanity.

10. We should know very well the means with which

the creator himself has given positivity to replace

negativity i.e., we must know our remedies.

3. Homoeopathy and Morphic Resonance

Van GALEN E. (BHJ, 83, 2/1994)

The author discusses Rupert SHELDRAKE'S theory of

'morphic resonance'and its possible contribution to

establishing Homoeopathy in a scientific frame.

SHELDRAKE'S theory is that evolutionary forming

and learning bring about a collective kind of memory

which may manifest infuture generations. This kind of

memory transforms itself into a morphogenetic energetic

unit which exists outside the species and which may

influence the form of future processes, and this is called

'morphogenetic field'. SHELDRAKE says that the idea of a

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process whereby the forms of previous systems

influence the morphogenesis of subsequent similar

systems is difficult to express in terms of existing

concepts. The only way to proceed is by means of analogy

and the physical analogy which seems most appropriate

is that of resonance. Morphic resonance takes place

through morphogenetic fields and indeed gives rise to their

characteristic structures. Not only does a specific

morphogenetic field influence the form of a system but also

the form of this system influences the morphogenetic

field and through it becomes present to subsequent

similar systems. SHELDRAKE'S hypotheses on

'formative causation' and 'morphic resonance'have been

verified by psychological experiments.

The theoretical background of SHELDRAKE'S may

also be relevant to forming hypotheses on a yet unknown

physical principle, which are to explain the working of

homoeopathic potencies.

4. Psychiatry and Homoeopathy - Basis for a

Dialogue

DAVIDSON Jonathan (BHJ.83, 2/1994) A comparison is

nade between Psychiatry and Homoeopathy, with

reference to five homoeopathic principles. Therapeutic

principle, Self-healing principle, Microdose effect,

Sequencing of symptoms and Diagnostic process. All

these have been incorporated into contemporary

psychiatry. Recent neurological research provides a

measure of validation of these age-old teachings.

The following 'testable' questions are proposed:

- Does Homoeopathy produce health or remove

disease?

- Does Homoeopathy produce cure?

- What is the effect of combined homoeopathic

and allopathic treatment?

The author also speaks of the 'compelling need to

undertake double blind clinical trials which evaluate

Homoeopathy', Homoeopathy as preventive

treatment. Further he feels that a new round of provings

is needed to which psychiatric insights can be applied.

5. Mind your matter.

RASOOL Jazz (The Homoeopath, 53/1994) This article,

the first of two investigating the physical nature of the

Vital Force, the healing agent of Homoeopathy, will

discuss the background of the theory in which

conventional science describes an equivalent, Quantum

Supergravity. It looks into Quantum Physics and uses it to

investigate the nature of bizarre predictions physicists say

it makes for the behaviour of matter and mind.

The author teaches Physics at the London College of

Classical Homoeopathy and is a researcher at Birkbeck

College, University of London.

II MATERIA MEDICA

Ginkgo biloba

GHOSH Jyoti (AHJ, 4, 1/1994)

Gingkgo biloba was proved in 1933 BY E.A.

MAURY, first in the mother tincture on seven provers (5

men and 2 women) and then in 6 potency (Korsakoff)

on two males. The following important symptoms were

obtained in these provings:

- Irrational fears, with rapid speech

- Suppressed anger, critical nature

- Heaviness in the frontal region of the head

- Pain above the left orbital nerve

- Vertigo

- Buzzing in the ears

- Excessive sweating on the nape of the neck

- Pallor, general weakness with shivering

- Colic followed by diarrhoea-like stools

- Sensation of heat in the digestive tract

- Parotid congestion

- Laryngeal irritation with cough

- Sensation of impaired vision

- Oliguria

- Weak legs (legs feel like jelly)

- Cold feet

LEESER and VOISIN in another proving stated the

following symptoms as being frequently noticed:

- Paraesthesias: pricking, tickling, and tingling

of the fingers, forearms, shoulders and face

- Cold extremities

- Pallor

- Auditory dysfunction

- Nausea and vomiting

- Tendency toward capillary haemorrhage

- Itching

- Tendency toward right-sided cardiac

insufficiency

- Blood coagulation dysfuntion

- Muscular weakness and debility

2. Ferrurn magneticum

REIS Stefan (ACD, 3, 2&3/1994)

Ferrum magneticum was introduced into the

homoeopathic Materia Medica by Carl G. CASPARI

(1798-1828). The results of his provings of the Magnet stone

(Lapus magneticus) was published in the third volume of

his work "Bibliothek fur die hombopathische

Medizin und Materia Medica". Thereare two reasons for

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republication of this proving:

I. This was not republished after its first publication and

therefore not accessible. G.H.G.JAHR has of course

published it in condensed form in his "Ausfiihrlicher

Symptomen-kodex der hombopathischen

Arzneimittellehre, Erster Teil, Erster Band". In this

many important symptoms have been left out and there

were errors too. For example, the modality "worse from

descending stairs" wrongly put as "worse from ascending

stairs". T.F. ALLEN has also in his Encyclopaedia taken

the symptoms from JAHR's Manual of Homoeopathic

Medicine translated by HERING (Allentown, 1836, Part

I.) and therefore whatever errors were there in the JAHR

entered into the Encyclopaedia. Ferrum magneticum is not

dealt with thoroughly in other works and there are also

only very few cases published.

ii. By publishing this the mineral magnet and its

employment in Homoeopathy is portrayed.

A deficiency in the CASPARI proving is that neither

the number of provers nor their sex have been mentioned,

also the size of the dose. 3. Klapperschlangen (Rattle

snakes)

MULLER Karl-Josef (ACD.3. 2/1994)

Three kinds ol rattlesnakes have been introduced

into Homoeopathy:

- Crotalus horridus, the most often known kind

of rattlesnake, mainly living in North America.

- Crotalus cascavella which is seen in South

America. Now it is known as Crotalus terrificus

terrificus.

- Crotalus durissus, which is spread in Florida,

Central- and South America. Its full name is

Crotalus durissus terrificus.

The author points out the errors in the different

Materia Medicas in identifying the rattlesnakes. The

medicine procured from the DHU indicated that

Crotalus cascavella was same as Crotalus durissus

terrificus. MEZGER in his Materia Medica gives

Crotalus horridus (^Crotalus cascavella). CLARKE also

has confused. The repertory Synthesis also identifies

Crotalus durissus with Crotalus horridus!

Two case reports have been given to point out that

the three snakes and their venoms produce and cure

symptoms peculiar to them.

4. Remedies and their Characteristic Symptoms

in Prostate Gland Problems

GHEGAS Vassilis (NEJH, 3, 2/1994)

This article is an excerpt from the book of Vassilis

GHEGAS, M.D.

The learned author gives the differentials of the

remedies that have specific action on the Prostate gland;

in hierarchial order these remedies are:

Conium maculatum, Clematis erecta, Selenium,

Digitalis purpurea, Chimaphila umbellata, Baryta

carbonica, Pulsatilla nigricans, Thuja occidentalis, '

Sepia, Zincum metallicum, Staphysagria, Causticum,

Nitricum acidum, Sabal serrulata, Cannabis sativa, Prunus

spinosa.

5. A Comparative Study of Remedies with

offensive Discharges

BANERJEE U.S. (IJHM, 29, 2/1994)

Comparisons of Arsenicum album and Pyrogen - their

similarities and differences - are brought out in this article.

This is followed by three 'illustrative cases' of

Arsenicum album, Pyrogen and Carbo vegetabilis, by Dr.

N.V. MEHTA and Dr. Gokul GANDHI.

6. Les pathogenesis hahnemanniennen oubilees

(The Forgotten Hahnemannian

Pathogeneses)

BAURJ. (CGH, 1/1994)

In this article Dr. BAUR mentions the medicines

proved by HAHNEMANN and his collaborators but

which are not found either in the Materia Medica Pura

and/or the Chronic Diseases. These are found in the

different works: (See detailed article in Part II of this

QHD.)

7. Remedy Masquerade: Caladium

THOMPSON Michael (The Homoeopath, 53,

1994)

In each issue of The Homoeopath, the salient features

of a remedy which looks like another remedy but the

'masquerade'could be seen through from the finer

characteristics of the remedy, is potrayed. In this article the

remedy Caladium which may look like Lycopodium, is

studied in the light of the distinguishing symptoms in

the Complete Repertory. Sexual Desire:

Erections, incomplete, painful. Impotence.

Tobacco agg. Amorous. Lascivious. Lust. Violent

desire. Ejaculation, premature. Skin & Asthma:

Alternating. Suppression. Concomitant.

Urticaria. Tobacco, Smoking:

Forgetful, and restless from

Desires, and Agg.

Modifies the desire for.

Headache from smoking, forehead, pressing.

Eye pain from, pressing. Noise:

Anger, fear, waking from slightest noise. Fish:

Fish agg. especially pickled fish. Causes

irritability. Injuries:

Eye injuries.

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Itching after mosquito bites.

Bites of dogs, mosquitoes, poisonous animals, snakes.

Sweat:

Sweetish. Attracts flies.

Here are a few unique symptoms to muse on:

ANXIETY; shaving, while

COURAGEOUS; foolish

DREAMS; events; long past, forgotten; after

awaking falls to sleep again and continues same dream

DREAMS; people, of, seen for years, not; twenty years

FEAR; cutting himself when shaving

FEAR; shadows, of; his own

FORGETFUL; sleep, during, he remembers all he had

forgotten 8. Angustura vera - in the shadow of a

polychrest

WARD Andrew (The Homoeopath, 53, 1994)

The close similarity between Nux vomica and

Angustura vera makes us overlook the latter remedy often.

Two case reports are presented to highlightthis.

The summary of confirmatory symptoms of

Angustura:

- Timidity of character

- Lack of self-confidence and self-worth

- Oversensitive

- Slightest offense irritates.

- Irritated at trifles

- Sensitive to noise

- Embitterment

- Cowardice -i.e. courage in self and also in a

squeamish sense in facing operations, the

sight of blood and needles

- + + + + Coffee (a desire for real and strong

coffee)

- + + savoury food/ spices

- meat especially oork

- Lack of vital hea;

- Restles sleep and unrefreshed in mornings

- h/o injury and falls

- Peculiar bitter taste especially after smoking

tobacco

- Caries of teeth i.e. many fillings/poor teeth

- Stomach/bowel pain agg. after milk especially

warm (only 7 other remedies)

- Diarrhoea, night and day, with crampy colic

and nausea in mornings

- Rheumatoid/arthritic Joint pains especially

fingers, agg. when moved

- Cracking of joints

- Numbness and tingling in lower limbs severe

agg. when crossed

- Heaviness of extremities - especially thighs

- Hip joint disease

- Stiffness and inflammation of joints

- weakness of lower limbs

- Back stiffness and pain

- Pain in sacral region amel. walking around

Angustura will often look like Nux vomica - they are

very closely related. Also compare Bryonia, Ruta, Rhus

toxicodendron, Lycopodium.

Antidote: Coffee

9. Datura stramonium L

BHARATAN Vilma (The Homoeopath, 53,

1994)

This is a brief study of Stramonium and its

hallucinogenic symptoms. 1 o. Nicotinamide Adenine

Dinucleotide (NAD)

- A Proving.

RILEY David S. (JAIH. 87, 2/1994)

Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide (NAD) is a

pyridine dinucleotide that serves as a coenzyme for a variety

of oxidation/reductions. NAD was first isolated in 1935 by

Dr. WARBURG from the red blood cells of a horse.

12C potency was used for the proving; 17 provers

(11 women and 6 men) took part in the proving. The

results are given in the schematic form;

Mind

Difficulty concentrating. Sudden prostration of the

mind accompanied by weakness of the memory;

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particularly for dates and places. Mental irritability.

Delusions that the world is artificial or made of man-made

objects. Heightened mental sensitivity, particularly for

noises. Head Tingling of the head. PAIN, in the

temples. Pain, worse on the left side. Pain extending to the

jaw. A fleeting sensation of pain, heat or hotness of the

head.

Ears

SHARP, STABBING PAIN IN THE EAR, at

random moments throughout the day or night. Ear pain

worse on the left side.

Nose

Coryza (Clear and not irritating) occurring

throughout the day, but worse in the evening. Face

Tingling in the lower jaw and chin. Tingling

extending from the right lower jaw to the chin.

Mouth

Small painless bumps all over the tongue, but worse

on the left side.

Throat

PAINFUL, SORE THROAT. Throat pain worse on the

right side. Throat pain is worse from swallowing.

Stomach

NAUSEA, sometimes strong, sometimes mild. Loss

of appetite. Loss of desire for foods that she used to crave.

Desire for alcohol.

Abdomen

ABDOMINAL PAIN. Gas pains, usually worse

during the night after going to bed. Sharp, intermittent,

fleeting pains in the abdomen.

Rectum/Stool

Constipation with ineffectual urging and

straining. Stool comes out hard and size of marbles. Loose

stools accompanied byflatus. Flatus increased. Female

Increased sexuai desire. Intermittent vaginal

itching, sometimes worse in the morning and

sometimes worse at night.

Bladder

Decreased frequency of urination.

Chest

Sharp pains in the left ribs. Chest pains that is

worse on inspiration. Sensation as if there was

something bubbling inside the chest (that she later

realized was her heart).

Back

Stiffness. Extremities

Cramping pain in the thighs on both sides. Pain in the

upper limbs, particularly in the left shoulder.

Sleep

Deep heavy sleep. Slept through her normal waking

hour (Which she had not done in years). Restless sleep,

tossing and turning. Dreams of bizarre and unusual things,

sexual dreams, anxious dreams.

Generalities

Aggravated by hot, humid weather.

Repertory Rubrics have been drawn from the above

Materia Medica. It now remains for the Profession to

verify the symptoms. The remedy for the proving was

prepared by Simile GmbH. 11. Baptisia tinctoria -

Wild Indigo

WOOD Matthew (HT, 14, 4/1994)

Baptisia - Wild Indigo - was adopted from the Native

Americans by the pioneer "root doctors" and its earliest

uses were as a remedy for infected and gangrenous

wounds. It is easy to see how the application arose: the

leaves and pods, upon injury or maturity, immediately

change from a lively green to a dark black. The injured

leaf looks necrotic. By extension, Baptisia came into use

as a remedy for low-grade, septic fever, where there

were deteriorating materials in the blood and putrid

discharges. The homoeopathic provings in 1857

validated the traditional uses and enriched the

symptomatology. Allopathic doctors undertook

research which proved that the plant possessed an

ingredient which was toxic to the typhoid bacteria. All

these schools utilised the remedy on essentially the same

indications. Baptisia is one of the most important

among a class of remedies suited to "septic infecttion", as it

would have been described in the 19th century. Septic

fever with deterioration and putrefaction. The putrid

element is what distinguishes Baptisia from similar septic

fever remedies like Echinacea. Pulse and tongue

indications were widely observed by allopathic, eclectic

and homoeopathic practitioners in the 19th century.

12. Thyroidinum: Discovering a Treasure

GHOSE S.K. (HTIMES, 1, 1/1994)

This is an extract from a book titled 'Clinical

Experiences with some Rare Nosodes' by Dr. S.K.

GHOSE, which is out of print now. The following is

abstracted: Thyroidinum is one of our best remedies for the

new-born babies and very useful in all cases of convulsions

when it is not due to any trauma during delivery or when it

is not attended with a rise of temperature. For

convulsions of babies born of mothers suffering from

Eclampsia or of parents suffering from various nervous

and metabolic disorders or when the cause is obscure

and it is difficult to ascribe or locate the cause and also in

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convulsions of children during dentition without fever this

remedy holds a unique position with its modality

'aggravation from cold water as against Opium where hot

water aggravates'.

Vomiting and nausea with any disease

particularly when it is chronic is a key-note symptom of

Thyroidinum. In cases where after the second and the third

day of delivery a vicious type of toxic vomiting starts

without any apparent or tangible cause and brings on a

deathly pallor and extreme prostration. In desperate cases

of jaundice in newborn babies, Thyroidinum will bring

back the patient almost from the jaws of death. It is also

efficacious in various obscure troubles of new-born

babies when there is reason to think that both the growth of

the organs and the general vital force are not keeping pace

with the general growth of the baby.

In chronic and obstinate diarrhoea of under-

nourished children during dentition and also in other

metabolic disorders. Puffiness of the face, oedema of legs

or general anasarca are very very suggestive indicating

symptoms in cases of obstinate diarrhoea of under-

nourished children. Vomiting with chronic diarrhoea in

children should always remind a physician of

Thyroidinum. In Insanity when it is connected with

menstrual disorders in young girls. Any constitution

showing an abnormal aggravation of various troubles

during menstruation should be considered as a very

good field for the action of Thyroidinum.

It is one of our pre-eminent medicines in cases of

early abortion and tendency to premature labour when the

cause is not of mechanical origin; when due to retroverted

uterus Thyroidinum 30 in repeated doses from the early

months will prevent abortion which takes place generally

in the third month.

In very severe cases of nasal oedema and with

obstructed respiration it is one of our sheet anchors.

It is almost a specific for Urticaria and

Angioneurotic oedema. It is one of the most important

remedies in Homoeopathy for Diabetes mellitus when

symptoms appear with great rapidity and extreme

weakness. Also in cases with history of allergy in the

patient or his family and also when diabetes appears after

the cessation of allergic manifestations.

Some more Symptoms: Mind

Homicidal tendencies

Suspicious

Ideas of persecution

Rage over trifles; worse opposition

Grumbling

Obesity with Rheumatoid Arthritis, puffiness

Easy fatigue, wants to lie down

Rapid emaciation, goitre

Hypo and Hyperthyroidism, Cretinism,

Acromegaly

Tetany, hypotension

Craving: Sugar, Sweets

Palpitation worse least exertion

Enuresis in weak children

Uterine and breast tumours, Agalactea

Skin: Psoriasis with obesity, Eczema, Icthyosis

Symmetrical, bilateral.

13. Some light on the (mis)/understanding of

Aurum metallicum

SHAH Rupal (HTIMES, 1, 2/1994) Symptoms not

supported by provings would lead to distortion of

Homoeopathy. This is highlighted by study of the remedy

Aurum metallicum.

14. Astacus fluviatilis - Some Notes appended

SHAH Rupal (HTIMES, 1, 1/1994)

George VITHOULKAS described a case cured by

Astacus fluviatilis in his Seminar at Bombay on 20-22

January 1994. Here are some further notes:

Some guiding features:

- Sphere of action: Liver, Skin, Lymphatic

glands

- Skin: Urticaria with liver complaints (jaundice),

Crusta lactea with lymphadenopathy;

Erysipelas

- Stinging pains

- Fever with red, glowing face

- G.I.T.: constriction of duodenum, especially at

the site of the opening of gall duct into the

duodenum

Mind:

- Apprehension with anxiety in chest

- Delirium with nettlerash

- Anger with redness.

III. THERAPEUTICS

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1. Promising Role of Homoeopathy in

De-addiction

BHARGAVA Aneesh (AHJ, 4, 1/1994)

This is a brief study of Drug addiction and its

de-addiction. The author has undertaken study of this

problem in Lucknow, New Delhi, Bombay and Madras.

The advantages of homoeopathic treatment of

de-addiction has been outlined.

2. Bilateral Ovarian Cysts - A Case Report

KRISHNAN Sanjay (AHJ, 4,1/1994)

A 32-years-old female with bilateral ovarian cysts

was treated with Thuja, Conium, Lapis alba, Phytolacca,

Aurum muriaticum natronatum over a period of nine

months and the Cysts dissolved completely.

3. Headache - its Signs and Symptoms

(Differential diagnosis & Aetiology)

BANSALV.P. (AHJ, 4, 2/1994)

Headache is one of the commonest ailments.

Although common sometimes it is of grave

significance. The author discusses in brief the

pathology, the causes and the different types -

Neuralgia, Referred pain, Meningeal, Vascular,

Traumatic, etc.

4. Preventive Homoeopathy - An Unfathomed

Facet

NARASIMHA RAO, K. (AHJ, 4, 2/1994)

This is a detailed study of various diseases which can

be prevented by homoeopathic medicines. Our repertories

are replete with rubrics such as 'Coryza, aborting

remedies', 'Sensation as if diarrhoea would set in',

'Abortion, tendency to', 'Predisposed to lung troubles', etc.

Knowledge of common causes or precursors of such

ailments as Myocardial infarction, Diabetes, etc. Would

help prevent their occurrence by the appropriate

homoeopathic remedies. A well-researched article.

5. Measles - The Strategy of its Treatment

BANERJI Parimal and MUKHERJEE

Santwana (AHJ, 4, 2/1994)

The authors aver, on the basis of their experience

that Bryonia 30 is the best medicine for Measles! Other

remedies like Antimonium crudum, Hyoscyamus, Rhus

toxicodendron may be required in some cases.

6. Tuberkulosebehandlung heute (Current

treatment of Tuberculosis)

BANDELIN K. (AHZ, 239, 3/1994)

In the AHZ, 237, 2/1992, Dr.R.ROMER reported the

treatment of three cases of lung diseases (a case of bilateral

cavernous pulmonary tuberculosis, one case of right-

sided Seropneumothorax and a case of bilateral infiltrafive

pulmonary tuberculosis right sided Pyopneumothorax)

with Homoeopathy. On the basis of these cures the author

affirmed that the exact homoeopathic remedy cures even

the severest disease.

In this article of BANDELIN a case of successful treatment

of Pulmonary Tuberculosis is reported. The cure is

confirmed by X- ray. The author rightly argues that

keeping in mind the economics homoeopathic therapy is

the most suitable in this serious disease. 7. Kurzer

Uberblick iiber die Entwicklung von Hahnemanns

Behandlungstechnik mit praktischen Beispielen (A

brief survey on the development of Hahnemann's

treatment technique with practical examples) SEILER H.

(AHZ, 239, 3/1994) Hans-Peter SEILER is the author of the

book (in German) published in 1988 in which with help of

case reports spanning the whole medical practice of

HAHNEMANN he shows the development of

HAHNEMANN's practice - from the drop doses of

mother tincture to C and then Q potencies.

In this article Dr. SEILER shows with three selected

cases from the original records of HAHNEMANN

and partly from the existing literature how

HAHNEMANN actually practiced.

The following four stages in the development can be

differentiated:

1. At the beginning HAHNEMANN uses

unpotentised medicine according to the Law of

Similars in daily or even more frequent doses, even in

chronic cases.

2. On account of the severe reactions of his

patients to the treatment, HAHNEMANN increasingly

changes to higher potencies in increasingly larger

intervals until finally a mere smelling-doses in the 30th

centesimal potency is given.

3. To accelerate the therapy HAHNEMANN

afterwards returns to repeated doses of the same

medicine in decreasing C-potency scale. The single

doses are now dissolved as glouble in diluted alcohol

and are usually taken daily over a period of 7 to 20

days.

4. Finally to reach an optimal effect of the

homoeopathic potency the LM or Q-potencies are

introduced. The LM-potencies are applied in the same

manner, but in increasing potency scale.

8. Rajan Sankaran und die Situtational Materia

Medica - Eine Einf'uhrung (Rajan Sankaran and the

Situtational Materia Medica - An Introduction)

RETZEK H. (AHZ, 239, 3-5/1994)

QUARTERLY HOMOEPATHIC DIGEST Year 1995, Vol.XII

RETZEK's article on the Situtational Materia

Medica of Rajan SANKARAN has been published in

three issues of this journal, 3 to 5/1994. The author writes

of some insights into the Situtational Materia Medica

(SMM), a theoretical-philosophical concept of

understanding disease and remedies, as developed by Dr.

Rajan SANKARAN.

The basis of the SMM is examined for consistency

with HAHNEMANN's findings as well as factual medical

knowledge. Then a theoretical and practical method to

approach the primarily 'unmeasurable' state of

disposition is presented as well as a method to deduce

from the hard facts of a remedy - the rubrics - its

underlying state of disposition. Finally the core of the

SMM, disease as an altered state of perception (delusion),

is presented. Lastly, a comprehensive review of the entire

concept as well as some open questions. 9. AIDS and

Homoeopathy, is there a cure?

LEWIS Joe A. (QHQ, 3, 3&4/1994)

This article, like many others, is only a

theoretical one. 10. The Role of Nosodes

TIWARI Sashi Kant (QHQ, 3, 3&4/1994)

Nosodes can be used as (i) indicated remedy (ii)

intercurrent remedy (iii) anti-miasmatic remedy, (iv)

Constitutional, and (v) empirical remedy. Cases have been

discussed under the above five divisions.

Case 1: 51-year-old man with gastro-intestinal

complaints (acidity, flatulence) skin eruptions (large bullae

on the left thigh with fever; skin had a bluish appearance

all over). Complained of severe burning, pulling sensation,

dryness of mouth with thirst, chilly patient. Arsencium 30

given after which the eruptions broke and discharged and

the whole area looked like raw flesh. Slow healing of the

ulcers and burning pains continued. Anthracinum 30 b.d.

(Burning ulcers, itching, discharge - ichorous and

offensive pus) and from the next day the ulcer started

healing and burning came down. In a week healed

completely. HIV investigation (Sot and Elisa test)

positive. Anthracinum the indicated remedy cured even

though the patient had an incurable disease (Was he not

treated further for the HIV? = KSS)

Case 2: An 80-year-old nun with herpes zoster on the

chest and back; burning and offensive discharge.

Anthracinum 30 b.d. cured in one week.

Case 3: Two-year-old male child with low-grade

temperature ranging from 99-100T since 7 months of age;

temperature has never touched normal; two episodes of

febrile convulsions with high temperature, hospitalised.

Wants to lie down on cold floor. Irritable, peevish, cranky,

hyperactivity followed by dullness and inactivity. Taking

into consideration these and other symptoms, Bryonia M

q.d.s. for 4 days Tuberculinum bovinum M.

Tuberculinum M was repeated twice at intervals of about

a week. The child became normal in all respects.

Case 4:22-years-old man with constant cough since a

month; dry, spasmodic. Singer by profession but couldn't

pursue due to this cough. Aggravation at night, Company,

Warm drinks. Ambra grisea 30 b.d.

completely cured in 4 days.

Case 5: Unmarried 31-year-old female with

irregular bleeding since puberty at 13 years age. E

Bleeding lasts many days, profuse and mixed with

clots. Sometimes the cycle is short and sometimes r

late. In this case Tuberculinum was given as an [

'intercurrent' remedy while Calcarea carbonica was t

her 'constitutional.

Case 6: Two-year-old male child with

Thalassemia major and was on regular blood F

transfusion. Calcarea carbonica was given repeatedly ^

(30 potency) with an intercurrent dose of Syphillnum.

Whereas he needed transfusion every 15 days now it

was required only once in two months.

Case 7: In this case the Nosode is used as

'anti-miasmatic' remedy. A 61-year-old female, '

insulin-dependent diabetic, with pain in the major

joints of upper and lower extremities. Osteo- arthritis t

confirmed by X-ray knee. Thuja 30Ca/carea fluroica t

30,Sylvestra gyrnnema <J>, Rauwolfia <J>. After

about 6 months Medorrhinum M gave much relief of the

joint I pains.

Case 8: In this case Nosode is used as

'constitutional' remedy on the basis of 'Mental and

Physical make up'. A 3-year-old female child with

chronic coughs, colds; enlarged tonsils, cervical

glands, white spots on nails. While remedies like

Antimonium tartaricum, Ipecacuanha were given for

'acute' stages, Tuberculinum M was given at month

intervals as 'constitutional' and the child improved

steadily

Case 9: This is also a case of Tuberculinum in a 7

year- old boy with recurrent coughs and colds.

Case 10: In malignant cases like Carcinoma,

Carcinosin, 200/M were given which helped the cases.

In a case of gastro-intestinal disorder after

Typhoid, the remedy Lycopodium worked more

efficiently after a dose of Typhoidinum.

I n a 13-year-old boy who suffered with sneezing

and coryza every day in the morning since 6 months,

although Natrum muriaticum was indicated, the

remedy worked better after a dose of Influenzinum M;

there was history of Influenza after which these

complaints came up.

These cases snow the 'empirical' use of Nosodes.

11. Vertraglichkeit Zahnarztlicher Werkstoffe aus

homoopathischer Sicht (The Compatibility of

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Dental materials (Amalgam) in the

homoeopathic view)

BARTAK Jan (ACD, 3, 2/1994)

Pierre SCHMIDT has advised that the

troublesome teeth must be removed. Amalgam, and all

other metals and other materials used in dental work

including synthetic ones can affect those sensitive to

them. This is not well-known. In dental fork we come

across more persons who are allergic D this or that

material. All dental alloys contain more natal. Even pure

gold has to be critically viewed, example:

56-year-old woman had all the Amalgam fillings

emoved after reading in a newspaper media, and had )egulor

(70% Au) put in instead. Whereas she was well lefore the

gold filling, she became after this lepressive, feared

death, BP 250/110, headaches and ertigo, all symptoms

worse in warm room, ihotophobic, diplopia. Her

Dentist removed the Jegulor fillings and she was given

Aurum LM 12 1 x laily 5 drops and she became well since

then.

Just as in the homoeopathic provings not all irovers

react exactly, and some don't react, it will be dear as to why

some luckily don't surfer with any unalgam or metal-

containing fillings.

Patients complain of a metallic taste often, like jitter,

sour or say that such and such thing does not aste anymore.

Leading symptoms that may rise as a esult of dental fillings

with incompatible material, are isted below: Jlercurius

- sweaty type with soft muscles; sthenic or

asthenic

- delayed psyche; arithmetical errors

- copious sweat, which does not relieve

- large, flabby tongue with imprint of the teeth;

Thirst - despite profuse saliva

- catarrhal headach; Vertigo

- characteristic foul odor

- Salivation

- Tremor

- worse from cold and also from warmth

- worse nights and from humid weather

- worse from lying on the right side

Argentum metallicum:

- lean and old appearance

- weakness of memory, restlessness, vertigo,

neuralgias of the head

- loquacious or taciturn in company

- hoarseness; thin sputum, like boiled starch

- Backache, must walk bent

- worse travelling on car; from touch or

pressure; by talking or singing

Hurum:

- Full-blooded, hypo-manic persons, often

successful; cannot wait and would like to talk

with the chief straightaway and complain

- Severe melancholy, with thoughts of suicide

- violent headahces; high blood-pressure;

palpitations

- photophobia, sparks before the eyes, diplopia

- worse cold, in winter, daytime

- better air, summer, morning, cold bathing

Cuprum:

- cerebral irritation, headaches, vertigo,

salivation

- Spasms, spasmodic coughs, dyspnoea,

cyanosis, gastrointestinal colic

- Grinding teeth, Angina pectoris, Cramps of

calves at nights

- Thumbs clenched down into the palm of the

hand

- Worse cold air, night, suppressed eruptions or

footsweat

- nausea, vomiting and cough better from a

swallow of cold water

Palladium:

- loves approval, easily offended

- headaches from ear to ear

- shooting pain from navel to back

- pain and swelling in the right ovarian region

- itching

Platina:

- extravagant personality, dresses in finery.

Proud, arrogant, scorns others. Delusion that

everything around is small, all persons are

physically and mentally below

- pressing headache limited to a small spot

- Nymphomania, menses too early, too heavy,

too long; with dark clumps

- worse sexual excitement, caress, touch, sitting

and standing; evening

- better walking in cold air, sunshine

Stannum:

- hollow face with sunken eyes, much weakness

in the chest; chronic bronchitis with sweet

expectoration; so weak that she cannot even

speak; that she would like to fall into a chair

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- extreme weakness of mind and body

Titanium:

- Vertigo with Vertical Hemianopsie

- poor vision; can see only one half of the object

- Rhinitis. Nausea; loss of appetite

- Bright's disease

- sexual weakness with premature ejaculation

during coition

- Eczema; Tuberculosis cutis luposa

- the patient generally feels and looks very sick

Zincum:

- general weakness and tiredness, weakness of

memory; grinding teeth

- headaches and vertigo; muscle twitchings,

palpitation

- sleeplessness and restlessness of the legs

- worse alcohol

Two case reports are given to show that the medicine

(Lac caninum) selected on the basis of the Generals and

Mind cured the joint pains etc. in one patient - these pains

were clearly traced to the dental Amalgam fillings and in

another the sufferings were due to dental fillings and the

patient became well after removal of the metal.

12. Allergisches Asthma bronchiale und

Heuschnupfen (Allergic Bronchial Asthma and

Hayfever)

RECKERS Winfried (ACD, 3, 2/1994)

A 33-year-old woman with Bronchial asthma since

her sixteenth year. It began after her parents acquired a

dog; contacts of animals like cats, horses also caused the

dyspnoea. From 19th year of age she developed Hayfever

symptoms during the period March-September. Apples,

Cherries and Plums caused itching mouth. Since years

she used inhaler spray, and other medicines. If she reduces

the doses of these medicaments asthma symptoms would set

in. If she enters a room in which any of the pet animals

like dog had been in, then too the asthmatic symptoms

would recur. She was also taking L-Thyroxin 150 since 15

years for a Struma. Tonsillectomy was performed in 1978.

After further examination the following

symptoms were chosen for repertorization: Jealousy;

Laughs involuntarily over serious matters; Irritable on

waking; Salivation night; Menarche late.

Lycopodium and Pulsatilla came through in all the

rubrics. Careful comparison with the Materia Medica

decided for Pulsatilla which was given in Q 18 potency

once a day three drops. Improvement set in very rapidly

and the medicine was continued according to

requirement and soon the patient became free from the

ailments. The treatment began in March 1992 and the

follow-up has continued upto the time of the reporting of

the case.

13. Stamper

KAY Dennis (NEJH, 3, 2/1994)

A 34-year-old man with complaint of recurrently

being ill since a flu; had been "worn down" and stressed

before the onset, mostly due to a job change and move.

Very high vitality; slightly "hyperactive" and restless

as a child. Had great rages with greatly increased strength.

Even in his twenties these rages would "surge up" like a

"superadrenalin-thing". He was always looking for

positive ways to channel this energy, be it in sports, karate,

or playing in a rock and roll band. After an explosion he

would feel weak and drained but his mind would be "very

clear". He felt then that he had "drained the monster". His

family called him a "Stamper". Driven by achievements

and challenges; "the harder the better". He is particular

and organized and "needs to be under control".

Everything he does he "goes for it totally". Fears

heights, narrow spaces. Stramonium 200

14. A case of Intractable Constipation

ACKERLEY Sarah (NEJH, 3, 2/1994)

45-year-old woman with chronic constipation of

over twelve years drug rehabilitation for abuse of Heroin.

No urge at all. Stools extremely hard, small, and dark

colored. Burning pain when there is bowel movement.

Abdominal examination and X-ray revealed gas and

fecal material throughout the entire colon. History of

Hepatitis A at 22 years age and three months ago Hepatitis

B. Depressed since last 7 years and started Desipramine.

Thirsty with dry mouth.

Opium 30 and improvement began promptly. Five

months follow-up: Opium was never repeated and she has

been having bowel movements on her own and depression

has decreased.

15. Remedies and their Characteristics/Symptoms

in Prostate Gland Problems

GHEGAS Vassilis (NEJH, 3, 2/1994)

This is an extract from Vassilis GHEGAS' book. The

differentials of the remedies most often indicated in

Prostate Gland problems have been discussed. As 'follow-

up for Prostate gland problems' the author advices:

If it concerns an enlargement of the Prostate gland, it

is good to send the patient - after a successful homoeopathic

treatment of three to six months - for a new ultrasound scan

to see whether the enlargement has lessened.

If the allopathic specialist puts the patient under

pressure and wants him to undergo surgery, I give the

following advice: under the age of 65, there are often

psychological problems by which the patient does not feel

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like a "real" man anymore, and for this reason, I don't

easily allow the patient to undergo surgery. Above the

age of 65, there are usually less problems.

If there is a malignant evolution, I advise to always

have the patient undergo surgery. After the operation,

homoeopathic treatment can be continued with good

results.

16. Some Reminiscences of the Use of

Homoeopathic Remedies in Surgery

MISTRY D.E. (IJHM 29, 2/1994)

A Surgeon by training and profession, turned

homoeopath and records some of his about 30 years

experience with Homoeopathy. Cases which came to the

hospital for surgery but were cured with

Homoeopathy, surgeries in which Homoeopathy was used

as an adjuvant - pre-operative anxiety, stresses during

operation, and postoperative problems, Burns, stitch

abscesses, such emergencies as Appendicitis, Prostate

troubles, Piles, Head injuries, Fractures, Tubercular

cases, etc. all were helped by Homoeopathy. A

rich field of homoeo-therapeutic excellence was

demonstrated.

17. Abdominal Emergencies-II

MADHOK P. (IJHM, 29, 2/1994)

Diagnosis of common colics.

18. The Amorous Saint: A Case of Osteomyelitis

GOKULGANDHI Vanraj (IJHM, 29, 2/1994)

58-year-old man, married with three children, Insulin-

dependent diabetic, with Osteomyelitis of the little toe.

Besides diabetes the patient had other complications also

like blood-pressure, etc. Much financial strains. Since last

30 years he was involved with spiritual mission and worked

for the mission. He was capable of good preaching. The

one thing that came through the interview was that there was

a very strong sex-drive all through his life and it was

predominating although the patient of late tried to subdue

it. Fluoric acid improved this patient.

19. Perceiving Rejection - Psychological

Philosophical Perspective - II

BARVALIA Praful (IJHM, 29, 2/1994)

Infancy and childhood experiences leave their

impressions and determine the personality and reactive

patterns of persons. To select the similar remedy,

therefore, one must enquire for these early life experiences

and their reaction. Two Cases as example:

Case 1:48-year-old man came for consultation for

Herpes genitalis. He also had STD. Born in an affluent

family, he was sent to boarding school and he felt rejected;

he could never relate with his siblings even later. While he

went to London for higher studies he developed

relationship with a Czech girl who however did not want

to leave her country whereas the patient longed to come

back to India. This relationship broke and it took him long

to overcome the trauma. He loved to move with Gypsies;

had multiple sex encounters, mostly with commercial sex

workers. He smoked and drank.

Magnesium carbonicum 200

Case 2: 28-year-old man, unmarried with

complaints of chronic colds, coughs and frontal

headaches. Episodes are worse in summer and associated

with giddiness and much weakness. Perspiration stains

yellow fast; Chilly. His father left the family and went with

another woman and hence the family had to live with

relatives where they were not treated well. Patient excelled

in studies and qualified professionally and employed.

Forsaken feeling, Resentment, Reserved, Repression and

Denial = Magnesium muriaticum.

20. A Sensitive, Conscientious Lad: Cyclamen

PATWARDHAN Prabha, GANDHI Priya

(IJHM, 29, 2/1994)

35-year-old housewife with three children. Chief

complaints: Recurrent coughs and congestions with fever

and occassional attacks of wheezing since two years (since

death of cousin). Worse in summer, better by steam

inhalations. Associated complaints: Acidity, fullness and

burning sensation in right hypochondrium worse

eating even small quantities, worse spices and mental

tensions; depression and mood swings worse before

menses; disturbed sleep. Past history revealed much

mental trauma (alcoholic father beating mother, mother

abandoned family but returned for the sake of the children)

patient felt guilty, reproached herself, conscientious

about trifles, Forsaken feeling, Sadness before

menses = Cyclamen 30.

21. Fastidious old Lady with Gangrene

MENON CM. (IJHM, 29, 2/1994)

85-year-old woman: left foot ankle down jet

black, cold to touch, appeared shrivelled; no

pulsations. A month ago had developed severe bronchitis

with high fever, became delirious and was hospitalised. In

this state she turned violent and had to be physically

restrained to the bed. Her son felt that she developed this

gangrene because of this. She was got discharged against

medical advise. Consultant Surgeon opined amputation

urgently.

Arsenicum album 200 in deviated doses in water

was given and in about 3-4 days the foot felt warmer and

small blister developed at the end of the big toe and

gradually pulsations could be felt and she began to

complain of the big toe. The tip of the toe started

sloughing. The medicine was continued for three weeks,

and then in ascending potencies upto CM.

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Healing was complete.

22. A Case of Vocal Cord Noduie

SHUKLE N.P.flJHM, 29, 2/1994)

67-year old lady, stage artist, short and stout, unable

to give performance due to hoarseness since last four years.

Loses control over timbre of voice while talking. She was

diagnosed as suffering from nodule in the vocal chord.

The nodule was considered as a Polyp.

Thuja 50M cured.

23. A Clinical Case of Lichen Planus

MEER Amina (IJHM, 29, 2/1994)

A 4-year-old boy with Lichen Planus on arms and

legs. Dulcamara 50M cured while the lower potencies

(M, 200) did not have any action.

24. A Case of Baker's Cyst

WADIAS.R. (CCR, 3, 2/1994)

52-year-old man with a 'Maran Baker's Cyst' behind

the right knee. Surgery was proposed. There was also pain

in the right knee joint. X-ray showed early degenerative

patellar spurs. History of fall two years ago. Arnica 200

for a week followed by Rhus toxicodendron 200 for

another week did not have any influence over the Cyst.

Now Magnesium carbonicum 30 (KR. 1200) for one month

completely cured.

25. A Chronic Skin Case

KLUNKER W. (CCR, 3, 2/1994)

4-year-old girl with complaint of chronic

eczema and herpes simplex of the lips since 6 months.

Plaques of eczema on the face, elbows, nates, knees and

feet, but not in the bends of the joints.

Tendency to frequent colds, coryza, cough and otitis.

Fear of dogs, Sensation of heat, Desires eggs, Perpiration

occiput: Sulphur 30 and four months later Tuberculinum

200 and after about four months Calcarea, and again three

months later Tuberculinum 200 and later Calcarea XM,

50M, followed by Herpes 200 and lastly Calcarea CM.

Cured.

26. Paroxysmal Spasmodic Left Paretic Affection

SHINDE Prakash (CCR, 3, 2/1994)

58 year-old man; hypertensive since 10 years, Pain

lateral aspect of left leg since 4 years, agg. by

sleeplessness, vocal cords too weak whenever he raises

the voice, occasional swelling of the upper eye-lid (which

eye?) Pains shifting; painful part warm. Worse left side.

Cocculus indicus 30 b.d. for 5 days, then b.d. for 10 days,

then 200, seven doses alternate day, and then 1M weekly

for four weeks.

15-year-old girl developed convulsions suddenly

and on the same day she was menstruating. The convulsions

were followed by paralysis of the left upper limb.

Admitted to the Hospital where the condition

deteriorated.

The patient was now put on Homoeopathy. The

peculiar feature was the left upper extremity paralysis with

convulsions; convulsions during menses. Artemisia

vulgaris 30, then Cocculus 30, Belladonna.

45-year-old woman; with brownish red allergic rashes

at different places with intense itching and occasional

oozing all over the body some two years ago. This

problem has been with her since 25 years and despite

many remedies has not been relieved. It was observed that

the patient being dictatorial, ambitious, strong-willed,

was also very hopeful despite the fact that she has not

been in any way relieved by the many medicines so far.

'Hopeful' has Ferr., Hydr., Senega, Tub. Ferr. 30 brought

sound sleep within two days (such sleep she has not had for

well over 20 years) and the entire case came under control

with Ferr. 30 and then 200. (Ferr.: iron-willed, strong,

swords & dictators).

25-year-old woman, married and with a child 2 yrs.;

allergic dermatitis. Itching and swelling all over the body

with restlessness, worse 12 noon, awakened frequently at

night due to the itching and scratching until raw and relief

in morning until 12 noon. Has been prescribed earlier Apis,

with no relief; then Arsenicum album with slight relief. She

had an IUCD (Copper T) after which her problems

began, including painful swelling of knee and ankle

joints and when the IUCD was removed these swellings

cleared.

Cuprum arsenicosum 30, 200 brought about good

improvement but the 1M aggravated; hence Cuprum

arsenicosum 6 totally relieved.

35-year-old woman with skin eruptions on contact

with ornaments except pure gold. Eruptions red at the sites

where the ornaments came into contact simulating

Telangiectasia, burning, worse from perspiration, warm

room. Itching severe. Patient was dictatorial.

Ferrum metallicum 6, 30, 200M and 50 M, over a

period of six months completely cured.

27. A case of Primary Sterility

PACHEGAONKAR U.S. (CCR, 3, 2/1994)

22-year-old lady with complaint of sterility.

Remedies used: Sepia, Phosphorus, Ferrum

picricum, Ferrum phosphoricum, Natrum

carbonicum, Tuberculinum, Petroleum.

28. Cases of Tuberculosis

SHINDE Prakasn (CCR, 3, 2/1994)

65-year-old lady with fevers with rigor since a

month. Fever agg. evenings; Chill with external

coldness; Profuse perspiration with transient amel. of

temperature; General malaise. Tubercular or

malignant effusion from study of X-ray chest.

Remedies used; Tuberculinum, Bryonia, Calcarea

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phosphoricum (in that order) cured.

44-year-old male with complaints of fever daily

evening since 3 months; fever worse 2 a.m. - 4.a.m.

Stitching pains in chest; hypersensitivity to pain; nose

stuffs up in warm room; lying on painful side agg.;

Better by moving about the room; Warmth amel.;

Flatulent dyspepsia. Closed personality; did not want his

disease to be disclosed even to his wife. X-ray: Patch of

consolidation seen at right apex, pneumonic tubercular?

Kalium carbonicum 30 repeated doses and in two

months X- rays revealed complete resolution of

pneumonic patches.

25-year-old lady with pain in cervical region,

lumbar region; the cervical pain and lumbar pain

alternate. Rhus toxicodendron amel. the lumbar pain.

Arsenicum album amel. the cervical pain, but mental

depression came up for which Natrum sulphurlcum was

given, but lumbar pain returned. The case went up and

down and prescriptions were based not merely on the

physical but on the constitutional (Mental and General)

symptoms. She had right ovarian cyst and Tuberculin test

was positive. Arsenicum iodide 30 and her improvement

was rapid.

(The three cases of Dr. SHINDE show the very

effective role of Homoeopathy in the treatment of

Tuberclosis. =K.S.S.)

29. Cases

KRISHNA DAS Jiban (CCR, 3, 2/1994)

An 8-year-old girl with septic tensils for which

surgery was suggested. There was also an

erysipelatous ulcer with vesicles covering right cheek upto

behind the ear. Hepar sulphuris 200 single dose cured in 3

days.

A woman with bleeding piles, myopia. The piles came

on after child-birth. Physostigma 200 single dose cured

the piles rapidly.

Same woman, 15 years later suffered bleeding piles

(too much of pungent food). Keeping in mind the sycotic

background (her father had several warts), a single dose of

Medorrhinum M cured.

30. Cases

VOHRA D.S. (CCR, 3, 2/1994)

Four cases treated with mixtures of BACH Flower

Remedies.

31. A Case of Pulmonary Tuberculosis

VENKATESWARAN (CCR, 3, 2/1994)

A Male with diagnosed Pulmonary Tuberculosis and

was on allopathic medications from 1982 to 1993 after

which Homoeopathy. Many remedies as required at the

specific times were given, beginning from Thuja,

Bacillinum. Homoeopathic treatment from July 1993 to 15

Jan. 1994; after this X-ray showed 'old cavity lesion but no

active lesion'. In May 1994 the patient wrote to the author

that he had no problems.

A Case of Asthma: 52-year-old male with Asthma.

Anti-sycotic remedies Natrum sulphuricum and Thuja

were the main remedies which improved this patient.

Towards the end he developed oedema of feet (the Editor

has rightly remarked that in cases where anal fistula has

been closed surgically feet oedema occurs at the end and

perhaps further use of anti-sycotic remedies may be

required to completethe cure.)

32. Child Psychiatry and Homoeopathy

KULKARNI Ajit (CCR, 3, 2/1994)

An 8-year-old boy with frontal headaches. He was a

much-pampered, over-protected child of rich father.

Various investigations revealed no patholoty; antibiotics

and psychiatrist's treatment also did not help.

Homoeopathic investigation revealed that the boy

suffered punishment at school and couldn't retaliate; he

was also destructive and irritable. Staphysagria 200

single dose relieved the headache.

The case is followed by detailed study of 'child

psychiatry' and two more cases are given:

An 8-year-old girl with nocturnal Enuresis and

asthma. Irritable, weepy, worse from consolation;

continual tension in the family; masculine constitution.

Sepia was her remedy.

12-year-old boy; gradual decline of performance at

school; frequent sleep disturbances; nightmares. Father a

vagabond and drunkard who beat his wife frequently.

Mother was calm, quiet, submissive. After one such

behavior of the father the

mother and boy came away,

lived separately and the boy's poor performance at

school began after this. Natrum muriaticum

(Desire for salt, hot patient, desire meat) was his

remedy.

33.

How I Treat Seasonal Allergies

SHORE Jonathan (BHJ, 83, 2/1994)

Under 'Education and Debate' the BHJ has

been publishing articles wherein the authors say

'how I treat'. In this article Dr. Jonathan SHORE

(USA) explains his methodology of treatment of

'seasonal allergies'.

SHORE says that the question to be asked in

this (allergy) as in any other condition is whether

the prescription would reach the deepest level at

this time. "That is to say, the symptoms of the

past, the presenting or main complaint, should

supply additional information which confirms the

pattern of the whole rather than supplants or

substitutes for it. In any case, where the

underlying constitutional medicine can be clearly

perceived, even if the allergic symptoms are not

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well covered by that medicine, it is more likely to

be curative than a medicine chosen on allergic

symptoms alone. This presupposes that the

consitutionai medicine is clear, and that the pattern

of the local symptomatology does not reflect a

clear and complete drug picture."If the allergic

symptoms overwhelm and obscure the underlying

constitutional image, then he suggests the 'main

symptom technique'. In this, Sabadilla, Nux

vomica, Aralia racemosa, Euphrasia, Dulcamara,

Allium cepa, Arum triphyllum, Bromium, Kali

iodatum, Arsenicum album, Arsenicum iodatum,

Sticta, Psorinum, Kali bichromicum, Sinapis

nigra, Arundo, Wyethia, Ranunculus bulbosus,

Silicea, Agaricus muscarius, Pulsatilla,

Ambrosia, Apis, Rhus toxicodendron,

Gelsemium and Carbo vegetabilis, come in

mainly; the specificity of these remedies to the

Nose, Ears, Palate, Mouth and generalities are

briefly discussed.

Five cases are giv/en.

34.

Gratiola

Case

BIANCHINI Roberto (The Homoeopath,

53/1994)

A 25-year-old female with history of drug

abuse, (alcohol, LSD); Anorexia, depression, guilt

feelings, low working of mind, difficult

concentration, as if dazed.

Gratiola was her remedy. (Confusion, dream as

if in; Answers, reflects long; Fear of eating)

The author also points out that the KENT

Repertory

has a sub-rubric "Fear, eating of,

hungry, when" which seems to be incorrect,

especially in the light of the case reported.

35.

Hell hath no fury

MARTANDA Adam (The Homoeopath,

53/1994)

The many facets of the remedy Platina are

presented in this article with illustrations from

stories, films, own cases. Some states of the mind

of those who feel scorned by the ones they love

are studied.

36.

The Case of Pat

LEVY David (The Homoeopath, 53/1994) A 62-

year-old lady, divorced, one child, suffered from

severe neuralgia of the left side of face after (two)

operations. She was loquacious, rather garrulous,

demanding, dreamt of being in a strange place,

also waking thinking that she was not in her own

home.

Pan's quadrifolia, removed the neuralgia and

also her excessive loquacity.

37.

Hysteria

MEYER Sarah (The Homoeopath, 53/1994)

According to FREUD hysteria is derived from

injuries or traumata whose imprint persists

unconsciously for years. According to JUNG,

apart from the traumata, another special class

of disturbance in the province of love, with a

disturbance in the erotic sphere was responsible.

Hysteria being a cry for love and for the 'listen to

me', or 'they never listen to me' is often

ameliorated by magnetism and consolation. It

can also be recognized by the attention-seeking-

rubrics or escapist-rubrics.

38.

Pulmonary Tuberculosis - A Case Report

GOYAL K.K. (Simile, 4, 2/1994 issued with

the BHJ, 83, 2/1994)

25-year-old male: loss of appetite, could not

sleep on left side, cough, left-sided chest pain,

dyspnoea on cough and continuous low grade

fever for the last two months.

He came to the clinic alone remarking

'nobody never helps the other'.

Phosphorus 30 and clinical investigations

ordered.

Sputum highly positive for AFB, ESR raised,

chest X-rays: left- sided tubercular lesion with

effusion, right lung showed infiltration in upper

and middle zones.

Phosphorus 30 one dose repeated after three

days. He was also given Arsenicum album 30

which he was to take if fever did not come down.

However, the patient took the Arsenicum also for

a week.

X-ray taken about 7 months later showed very

good improvement and another X-ray about 8

months later showed complete normal state. The

tuberculosis healed without fibrosis.

39.

Berger's Disease cured by Homoeopathy

SURYAMANI (HH, 19, 4/1994)

Berger's Disease of the left big toe in a man who

sustained a trauma to the toe developed after 8

months inflammation, pus, corroding ulcer.

Lycopodium 200 prescribed on the totality (2 doses

at 20 days interval) cured.

40.

Rheumatoid Arthritis

KARMAKAR A.C. (HH, 19, 4/1994)

Briefly describes the disease and mentions names of

some medicines as being 'generally used'. No cases cited.

41. A Case Report

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SINHA Jayant Kumar (HH, 19, 5/1994) 45-year-old man

with headache of 4 years duration; pain left temporal

region extending to the frontal. History of head injury 5

years ago. Natrum sulphuricum 200.

42. Case Report

DEYS.P. (HH, 19, 5/1994)

A case of chronic Osteomyelitis of lumbar vertebrae

cured within one year with homoeopathic treatment.

Carcinosin 200, then M, XM in view of mixed miasm with

predominance of syphilis; tendency to bone destruction at

an early age without history of trauma. After Carcinosin,

Fluoric acid M, XM cured. Carcinosin was given for:

Mixed miasmatic patient; Tidy; Causeless insomnia;

Desire for salt, fish, meat; aversion sweets and milk; Fear

of dogs and snakes; Fear of Cancer; Multiple warts and

moles.

43. Myristica sebifera - Some Clinical Cases

SHAH Sandesh S. (HH, 19, 6/1994)

A young student of Homoeopathy was bitten by a

rabid dog and underwent anti-rabies injections around

umbilicus; abscesses developed in the spots of injections,

with severe pain. Allopathic medicines did not give the

result expected. Myristica sebifera 200 in repeated doses

cured in 3 days.

Recurrent whitlows in a 30-year-old dairy worker.

Belladonna and Hepar sulphuris did not help and he

continued to suffer from severe agonising pains.

Myristica sebifera 200 two hourly for 3 days gave relief;

repeated the medicine t.d.s. for three more days. No

recurrence of whitlows.

12-year-old boy, both legs amputated, suffered from

electric burns three years ago. Had a deep wound and

bed sores of the whole back; wound non-healing;

antibiotics without relief. Hepar sulphuris 200 q.i.d. 15 days,

then M once a day for 7 days without benefit; Anthracinum

200 q.i.d. 15 days, then M alternate days for 15 days

without much change. Carcinosin M and then Silica 200

t.d.s. 15 days and all superficial wounds started drying

but the deep wounds remained same. Myristica sebifera

200 q.i.d. produced remarkable improvement and healing

took place.

Injection abscess over left gluteal region of a baby of

three years age Myristica sebifera 200 cured.

44. Clinical Verification - Belladonna in Bladder

Weakness

MISHRA S.C. (HH, 19, 6/1994)

5-year-old boy with dribbling urine involuntary;

when asked his name the boy spat on the face of the

physician; angry and irritable; obstinate. Belladonna 30

three doses in one day cured.

45. A Case Report - Diabetes Mellitus

BHATTACHARYA Kalyan (HH, 19, 5/1994)

47-year-old lady, with DM; her PP blood

glucose was 471 mg% while the fasting was 337 mg%!

Polyuria, cramps legs during sleep, etc. She was

nonchalant about her ailments. This nonchalance in the

face of alarming pathological state pointed to Phosphoric

acid Q5 (50 millesimal) then Q10, Q15, Q18; blood sugar

remained 205 fasting. Causticum Q3 (she prayed for relief

so that she can pursue her spiritual sittings),

Q5,Q8,Q10,Q12 and within one month of beginning

Causticum her blood sugar came to 142 mg%,PP. She

continues to be under treatment.

46. Using Homoeopathy during Pregnancy

COOK Yvonne (HLK, 3, 2/1994)

Discusses the advantages of homoeopathic

treatment during pregnancy. It takes a look at

conventional ante-natal care and also lists common

ailments during pregnancy together with the most

commonly indicated remedies for each ailment. A

questionnaire was sent to 18 homoeopaths and 10 were

returned for evaluation. The consistent approach seemed to

be constitutional homoeopathic treatment and diet; also that

pregnancy not being an illness there should be no

interference unless necessary.

47. Mum, What else can I do?

LASOW Yvonne and DAM Kees

(The Homoeopath, 53/1994)

This is a case of a 23-year-old man with loss of blood

during bowel movements, two or three times a day. He

seemed to be always dependent on his mother, uncertain

of succeeding, becoming very much concerned over

small losses or misfortunes, upset by the smallest thing,

always wanted to go out. On the basis of his life history

and totality, remedies like Calcarea carbonica, Graphites,

Baryta carbonica, Staphysagria and Argentum nitricum

were given but he still had not got over his timidity,

sulked, tense, depressed and negative about everything and

he ever more frequently asked "Mum, what else can I do?"

Was very much discouraged. Muriatic acid cured.

48. Homoeopathic Cardiac Medicines and Cases

HILTNET Richard E. (JAIH, 87, 2/1994)

Over the last 200 years of its history

Homoeopathy has offered medicines for a variety of

cardiac problems including vascular disease,

arteriosclerosis and high cholesterol levels. In this article

some major cardiac and vascular medicines in

Homoeopathy are highlighted. Cases also are given.

Crataegus oxyacantha: A German Shepherd dog with what

the Veterinarian had diagnosed as terminal heart problem

and he was unable to help. The dog was a few hundred miles

away and its symptoms were listed on which he was

prescribed Crataegus D30 t.d.s. which improved the

dog but cough persisted for which Spongia D30 was given;

the cough became better but the dyspnoea and listlessness

of the dog again became worse. Now Crataegus and

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Spongia morning and night respectively were given and

there was marked improvement. The dog survived for two

more years.

Strophanthus hispidus: 30-year-old man with labile

hypertension and mitral valve prolapse; Strophanthus

D6 t.d.s. which was gradually lowered to once a day as the

patient improved and then PRN. A repeat Echocardiogram

done after this a few years later revealed that there was no

mitral valve prolapse. No heart murmur. Patient remained

active.

Cactus grandiflorus: 75-year-old woman with history

of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Had

Tuberculosis at 20 years and she received treatment of

bilateral pneumothorax. X- rays revealed severe pleural

parenchymal fibrosis and calcification with thickening of

the apices. Shortness of breath and feeling of "band"

around her lower rib cage. B.P. was 90/70. Haemoptysis,

mild edema, and frequent insomnia. Cactus grandillorus

tincture 7 drops before meals and bedtime. The favorable

effect came the very next day. She received later Psorinum.

Digitalis purpurea: 86-year-old moderately obese

woman with history of intermittent palpitations for ten

years. Intermittent ankle edema and general weak feeling

in chest with occasional difficult breathing. Her

periodical constrictions chest and knees quickly

responded to doses of Cactus.

Digitalis D6 t.d.s. and improvement soon

followed.

49. Asthma: Case Study

RUDICK Carey (JAIH, 87, 2/1994) A case of Asthma is

presented in which the principal prescribing symptoms

consisted of visible heart palpitations, neglected

lung- pleura inflammation, hydrocele, aggravation from

heat and cold, etc. Arsenicum iodatum was curative.

50. A Case of Arthritis

CHASE Sandra (JAIH, 87, 2/1994) 40-year-old woman

with Rheumatoid Arthritis which was cured over a period

of about 5 years with Naturm muriaticum, Lachesis, Rhus

toxicodendron, Pulsatilla - each remedy given singly

except Rhus toxicodendron which was supplement to

Lachesis.

The whole case and its response to the medicines,

the reasoning forthe medicine prescribed, etc. have all been

described in detail. Forthis one must congratulate the

author. In the analysis of the case report Drs. Karl

ROBINSON, Ed. CHAPMAN, Michael CARLSTON and

George GUESS, have given their comments. Quite

interesting over-all.

51. Clinical Snapshots

Ross ANTONOFF and George GUESS ' (JAIH,

87,2/1994)

Case 1: Interstitial Cystitis: 31-year-old woman with

"interstitial cystitis", of 2½ years duration. Burning

pain of the bladder with no modalities except occasional

mild frequency and "panic" during exacerbations.

Detailed examination however revealed characteristics

of "carcinoma" miasm. Carcinosin 200 one dose daily for

4 days and then 6c b.d. and gradual improvement

proceeded. Yet to be completely cured.

Case 2: Acute Pharyngitis: 30-year-old male with

"sore throat" which he described "like an open sore".

Other symptoms all clearly pointed to Mercurius and

Mercurius corrosivus 6x t.d.s. relieved in 24 hours.

52. Two Clinical Cases

GURDIAL SINGH (mfH, 4, 4/1994) Pancreatic cyst in a

woman was cured by Bryonia, followed by Sulphur and

then Tuberculinum. A young and well-educated girl

suffered from pain in the chest with palpitations

periodically; these began after her brother left for studies

abroad and shortly after that her sister-in-law died

suddenly. This patient was very much attached to these two

persons and their absence gave her great grief. Ignatia M

(6 doses, 3 on first day, then 2 next day and 1 last)

followed by Kalmia 200 b.d. for 10 days cured her pains

and palpitation. (What is the excuse for a M potency 6

doses? And why Kalmia 200 b.d. for 10 days! = KSS)

53. In Sorrow shalt Thou Bring Forth Children -

Not when Homoeopathy is used properly

LAKSHMINARAYANAN D. (mfH, 4, 4/1994)

This article discusses as the title rightly speaks

that bringing forth children need not be sorrowful. He

points out that Pulsatilla in high potency has repeatedly

made imminent caesareans into normal deliveries.

54. Pain - Homoeopathy's Promise and

Supremacy

LAKSHMINARAYANAN D. (mfH, 4, 4/1994) This

article clearly discusses how

Homoeopathy relieves pains quickly and safely.

55. A Pot of Boiling Tea

BRILLANT Amita (HTIMES, 1, 2/1994) 23-year-old

female with chief complaint of dysmenorrhoea right

since the menarche and leucorrhoea which is sticky

thick white in colour. Menses scanty++, duration three

days. Other complaints include: hair falling + +,

Dandruff + +, Recurrent painful ulcers in mouth, Tall and

well-built. The following symptoms were taken for

repertorization: Fear of sudden death; Activity with

sleeplessness; Fear something will happen; Jumping from

window; Suicidal, throwing herself from window;

impulsive; Kill herself, sudden impulse to;

Quarrelsome; Restless at night on waking; Thoughts:

frightful; Tormenting; Senses acute.

Thea M one dose.

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56. Haemangiomas of Tongue - its

homoeopathic cure

TIWARI R.N. (HTIMES, 1, 1/1994)

Haemangioma of tongue is one sort of blood tumour,

rare in occurrence, very painful and seldom responding to

medication. Surgical measures are frequently

recommended.

7-year-old boy: Dorsal and ventral side of tongue

with blood tumours with oozing of blood from the base of

the tumours. Had undergone Cryosurgery 12 times within a

span of 6 years.

After detailed case taking and reference to the

Repertory (DOUGLAS' Repertory of Tongue),

MercuriuscorrosivisQI (millesimalpotency) 10doses for 5

days and observed that the remedy was acting curatively.

It was repeated for 10 more days and Q2 once a day for 10

days. After this, Crotalus horrldus Q1,10 doses once a day

repeated in Q2 potency b.d. for 10 days and the

improvement proceeded. Placebo for 20 days and then

Baryta carbonica 200 two doses (swelling of sub-

mandibular gland on left side). Very much improved, but

yet to be totally cured.

57. Some interesting Cases

UDOROK Enobong R. (HTIMES, 1, 2/1994)

Case: Acute Abdomen: 1 year-4 month-old male

child crying much with lower limbs adducted against the

abdomen with inability to urinate or defecate; a palpable

hard mass in the left groin with great sensitivity to touch.

Plumbum 50 M was given and within 5 minutes the child

was quiet, calm and slept normally. No relapse.

Case: Post-operative pain: A 24 year-old lady

underwent Appendiceciomy on January 6, 1993 and

discharged on 10th Jan. 1993 and was on a course of

Antibiotics but 5 days later she had enteralgia. Pain

concentrated around the navel, could hardly drink or eat,

profound restlessness, anxiety and fear of death, no

position relieved the pain. Abdomen very sensitive to

touch. She urged me to do something quickly. Plumbum

50001 ml injected intramuscularly made her peacefully

sleep and there was no further complaint. (Why injectin?

Doesn't the remedy powder work with same speed? : KSS)

Case: Poisoning: 21-year-old man drank rat poison

accidentally and was admitted to the hospital but the

treatment did not bring about relief, and the attending

physician said that the case was proceeding to be fatal; the

patient was pale, collapsed and was discharged same day.

He was found to be restless, prostrated and very weak and

there were no other details. Arsenicum album 30, three

globules every 15 minutes. Recovery began with the

second dose and he came out of the coma and demanded

water to drink. After the third dose he slept soundly and

woke up after 6 hours to ask for food. There was no need

for further medicine.

Case: Most memorable case: 11 year-old boy who

was born at 45 weeks and one day gestation by caesarean

section. At 6 months age he suffered tetanic spasms. At 9

years he could neither count or differentiate numbers nor

colors; looked silly, could not look at people on face,

attention deficit, talk incoherent, muttering, all like a 2

year-old. Always quarrelled, scolded, cursed, swore,

destroyed things when angry; depression, fear,

xenophobia, laughs and smiles foolishly even at serious

matters, ate voraciously. Diagnosis; Hebephrenia.

Baryta carbonica 200x once a day for 3 days; then

Hyoscyamus 200 2 ml. i.v. once a day for 3 days; then 4

weeks later Lycopodium M, 2ml. i.v. once daily for 5 days

and lastly Anacardium M 2ml. i.v. once daily for 4 days. He

has remained healthy both physically and mentally since

then. 58. Dyslexia: A Case of Reversed Polarity

WEISS Shandor (Simillimum, 7, 2/1994)

A12-year-old girl with slurred nasal speech; she has

also other symptoms of Dyslexia. She is restless, moves

quickly and speaks quickly.

When one year of age she had high fever with seizures

and loss of consciousness. Spinal meningitis was the

positive diagnosis. She recovered after a spinal tap

procedure. There was no other treatment. She became

aggressive after this and bit other babies and adults and

developed fear of the dark. All these symptoms were

mostly gone by the time she was two and a half years age

and she remained normal until 4 years age. Her speech

began to be garbled at this stage. She began seeing speech

therapist regularly.

Her voice is nasal and difficult to understand unless

one is used to her. It is worse when she is excited or upset.

She had difficulty in reading and writing in her class.

Made mistakes in writing by reversing words, letters and

numbers, like b and d, p and q, 2 and 5, or for example,

writing 7 backward or confusing it with 3. She preferred to

print her letters rather than use script. She draws them

slowly and carefully. Her writing is neat. She wrote

slowly. She made mistakes in spelling too.

She also had problem with balance; also with

learning to tell time with an analog (dial) clock, to learn

right-and left- handedness; and to learn directions.

She is extremely neat and tidy.

After full case-taking, she was given Magnetis polus

arcticus 12 b.i.d. Review after about two months revealed

that she has made improvement. Her speech has not

noticeably improved. Her physical coordination

seems slightly better. Magnetis polus arcticus M. q.d. for

3 days.

Review after about 4 months: she is a new person.

Her speech therapist is amazed. (The remedy was repeated

several times since the last prescription). No further

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remedy given.

Review after 5 months: Further improvement.

Speech is 75-80% better according to the speech-

therapist. From being classified as learning

impaired she became one invited into the gifted

programme.

The rubric that was used to find the remedy was 'Mind,

Slowness, work, in: Cactus, Magnetis polus arcticus were

the only remedies listed.

A very interesting article. The full case should be

read in detail.

59. An Acute Case of Lyssin

KIRK Joan (Slmillimum, 7, 2/1994)

42-year-old woman bitten in the crotch by a

Doberman dog. The injuries were on the pubic bone, labia

and inner thigh. The labia swelled quickly and bruised

almost immediately, turning a dark blue, purple. In front

of the pubic bone there was a painful bump. Arnica

montana, Ledum palustre, and finally

Hypericumperforatum over a one week period and the the

contusions improved, the puncture wounds healing well

and pains decreased.

She now developed symptoms: Anxious, scattered

feeling; feared that something terrible would happen; did

not feel safe in the world; afraid that people would yell at

her; afraid to drive her car; snow distracted her and made

her crazy; felt homeless, isolated, and overwhelmed; felt

sick in pit of stomach, appetite was decreased; hot bathing

soothed her; fear of dogs.

Lyssin 200 one dose, cured. It is interesting that her

mental symptoms >:ook over a week to develop after the

acute symptoms were relieved.

60. An Acute Case of Otitis Media

IMMELWm.Mark (Simillimum, 7, 2/1994)

Otitis media in a 5-year-old girl for which first

Phosphorus was given and then Hepar sulphuris. The pain

had gone but now she had cough which was worse at

night when first lying down. She was impatient, taking

the toys from her brother and hitting him, grinding her

teeth at night, fear of dark and when asked a question she

would whisper the answer loudly in her mother's ear, a loud

hissing sound. Hyoscyamus 200 cured.

61. The Case of the Irreversible History.

TREUHERZ Francis (Simillimum, 7, 2/1994)

A Woman with menopausal hot flushes, cyclical fluid

retention. On the basis of the totality Sulphur 6, then 12

and then 30 (repeated) over a period of 5 months and

lastly Ratanhia 6 (for bleeding piles).

This patient was referred to the author after

irreversible gynaecological surgery, while taking an anti-

depressant and after an apparently irreversible surgery on

anti-coagulant treatment. Despite the irreversible

changes, and up to a certain limit of curability,

Homoeopathy had done its work.

62. Two More from Elangalore

BALAKRISHNAN N. (Simillimum, 7, 2/1994)

A 40-year-old woman after her ovarian cancer (left

sided) had been operated on and subjected to

chemotherapy. She had cell Carcinoma mixed with

Endometrial Adenocarcinoma. Chemotherapy was of no

avail; the suffering increased.

First prescription: Tuberculinum CM

A week later Medorrhinum CM

Five days later Lapis albus 3 q.i.d. 10 days

Very good improvement; almost all the symptoms

disappeared.

Fourth prescription: Carcinosin 30, There was very

severe aggravation, same day.

Carbo vegetabilis 200 and Arnica 30 to be alternated

at half hourly intervals, two to three times each. She got

over the crisis.

Sixth prescription: Lapis albus 200 t.d.s. for 3 days.

All tests including Ultrasound showed that there was

no free fluid or abnormal mass.

A Case of Bulky Uterus with Multiple fibroids:

Enlarged, retroverted uterus with multiple fibroids, the

largest being 4.8 sq.cm. Hysterectomy proposed but

refused and chose Homoeopathy.

16 Jan. 1991: Since the trouble seemed to have begun

after the suppression of the pruritis vulvae, Penicillin 30

(tautopathic) one dose.

5 Feb. 1991: feels much improved in all

symptoms. Medorrhinum 200.

18. Feb. 1991: Pregnancy test: positive; treatment

of the fibroids was therefore postponed till after delivery.

4 Mar. 1991: Tuberculinum 200

During the pregnancy remedies as required from

time to time were given (Arnica, Ledum, Hypericum,

etc.) On October 1 she delivered a girl.

14Jan. 1992: Lapis albus 200

15Feb. 1992: very much better.

4 June 1992: Ultrasound scan: normal; no mass present.

28 July 1992: Scan repeated: normal

10 Aug. 1992: Blood and urine tests: normal.

(Let those who want 'proofs' of homoeopathic cures

of Cancers read these = KSS) 63. A Case of Chronic Low

Back Pain

HUDSON Tori (Simillimum, 7, 2/1994)

41-year-old male, with chronic low back pain.

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Suffered a Sacroiliac joint tear and subsequent

separation of the joint in 1985. Although the totality

seemed to be similar to Lycopodium, the severity of the

chief complaint - back pain - demanded that a remedy for

that should be given. Aesculus hippocastanum 6 for a

month.

The patient continued to do hard labor. The third day

after starting the medicine, he awoke without any pain. The

remedy was discontinued.

Eight months later pain in the exact same spot and of

the same character and he started the remedy again, on his

own, and the pain disaappeared.

One year later: no recurrence.

IV. RESEARCH

1. Scientific Evaluation and Explanation of

Homoeopathy

SHARMA R.R. (AHJ, 4, 1/1994)

Double-blind drug trials are not applicable to

Homoeopathy. Other appropriate controlled

treatments of human diseases and of Alloxan induced

diabetes in rats establish that homoeopathically

dynamized medicines do cure even when the

probability of finding a molecule of the drug in the dose is 1

in 10

, 10

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2011

' but undynamized simple dilutionsto the

same extent are ineffective. Mechanical dynamizations i.e.

forceful agitations of every step of dilutions and the

presence of -OH group(s) in diluant molecules are

necessary for potentization effect. Chemically

exchangeable energy is basic to the chemical specificity

and positive recognition of a molecule. The diluant

medium, via resonant promotions of lone pair electrons

of oxygen atom in its -OH group(s) acquires chemically

exchangeable energy to mimic the chemical specificity of

sol ute drug and thereby act as therapeutic agent, the dose is

not 'micro' but contains plenty of medicinally active

diluant molecules. Thus, Avogadro's Law becomes

irrelevant. According to the law of similars that

potentized medicine is given to cure a natural disease

whose material doses in healthy persons produce

symptoms similar to those of the disease. The pathogen,

the drug and the dynamized medicine produce similar

symptoms because they all have similar chemical

specificity and affect same biomolecules. The cure is

effected by stimulating defence mechanisms and by

dislodging pathogen molecules from the affected

biomolecules via competitive chemical exchanges. Theory

is supported by experiments at crucial stages and is

internally consistent. Three naw sciences of inductive

Chemistry, Xenobiology and Inductoxenopathy are

proposed to elucidate scientific bases of

Homoeopathy.

2. A working hypothesis to explain the Mechanism

of Action of Potentized Homoeopathic Drugs in

Vivo

BUKHSH Khuda A.R. (AHJ, 4, 2/1994) A working

hypothesis to explain the mechanism of action of

potentized homoeopathic drugs in vivo has been proposed.

The model is partly substantiated from own research daia

on repair of chromosomal damages in X-irradiated or

toxic-chemical treated mice by the oral administration of

some potentized homoeopathic drugs, and partly

from some unpublished works and also some of the

published works of other researchers in Homoeopathy. In

this model strong scientific arguments have been made to

hypothesize that the potentized homoeopathic drugs act

through regulation of gene expression, presumably

through hormone-hormone-protein complex-sensor

genes-integrator genes-receptor genes-producer genes-

pathway of BRITTEN and DAVIDSON model or else,

through regulator/mutator genes-operator genes-structural

genes pathway of JACOB and MONOD Model among

some other independent mechanisms. Some

pathways admittedly speculative for some steps, have also

been provided.

3. Research studies in HIV infection with

Homoeopathic Treatment

RASTOGI, D.P.; SINGH Vikram; DEY S.K.

(CCRH, 15,38.4/1993)

Latest estimates released by the WHO estimate that 14

million people have been infected with HIV worldwide

and by 2000 A.D. it will be between 30 and 40 million. In

India the number is estimated to be between 0.44 to 0.61

million.

Regional Research Institute (RRI) for

Homoeopathy, Bombay under the Central Council for

Research in Homoeopathy has undertaken the project of

research studies in HIV infection with homoeopathic

treatment.

The conclusion on the basis of 4 years' study is that

homoeopathic treatment in HIV+ subjects helps in

improvement of the immune status and relief in HIV

related complaints, besides maintaining the

haematological status.

The report is supported by Tables; two case reports

have also been given.

4. Research studies in Malaria and Role of Malaria

officinalis

RASTOGI D.P.; PAL Girinder; SINHA M.N.;

PODDAR A.

(CCRH, 15, 3&4/1993)

The studies were carried out in the

Homoeopathic Research Institute for Malaria, Jaipur

(Rajasthan). From the study it is concluded that Malaria

officinalis can be considered in cases of chronic malaria

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or malarial cachexia; this remedy has given good response

either as the main prescription or as intercurrent. This

remedy may also be tried as preventive in areas where the

disease is endemic.

5. Sickle Cell Haemoglobinopathy and

Homoeopathic Research

SARKAR D.B.;JHA D.K. (CCRH, 15, 3&4/1993) Sickle

cell gene was identified in the tribal population of the

Nilgiri Hills in Southern India. Later it was found that

Western Orissa has relatively greater prevalence of Sickle

Cell patients, and indeed all over the country.

The research study was carried out by

Homoeopathic Research Institute, Sambalpur

(Orissa).

Homoeopathic medicines were prescribed on the

totality of the symptoms and the remedies Biyonia, Rhus

toxicodendron, Arsenicum album, Belladonna, Kalmegh,

Ceanothus americanus, Magnesium Phosphoricum etc.

were used for the acute states and for the chronic states

Calcarea carbonica, Natrum muriaticum, Lycopodiurn.

Syphilinum, Tuberculinum, Lycopodium, Natrum

muriaticum were used as intercurrents. In acute

Splenomegaly and Hepatomegaly Kalmegh <p and

Ceanothus americanus <p were found to be very effective.

6. Allergic Manifestations and Homoeopathy

SINGH S.M.;ANSARIK.U.

(CCRH, 15, 3&4/1993)

Brief discussion on the types of allergy, diagnosis

and homoeopathic treatment. While it is stressed that the

homoeopathic treatment is on the basis of the similarity

with the individual patient yet it is possible to identify

certain homoeopathic remedies as more often indicated

symptom vis-a-vis patient (individual) type (e.g.

apprehensive = Argentum nitricum, irritable = Nux

vomica)

7. Psoriasis and Homoeopathic Management

FAVEENDER Ch. (CCRH, 15, 3&4/1993)

Homoeopathy has a definite scope in the

treatment of Psoriasis.

The relevant rubrics in the KENT Repertory and

PHATAK Repertory are given and the homoeopathic

remedies that come up against these rubrics also

tabulated. Two cases have also been cited.

V. GENERAL

1. Hydrotherapy

SHARMA S.C. (AHJ, 4, 2/1994)

This short article highlights the advantages of

Hydrotherapy. With its properties of buoyancy,

cohesion, viscosity, turbulence and friction water is of great

therapeutic use. Hydrotherapy is an adjuvant of other main

therapy.

2. Transformation and Social Dynamics in

Homoeopathy

KREISBERG Joei H. (NEJH, 3, 2/1994) Homoeopathy

offers a profound means for transforming our lives. Not

only does the simillimum offer this transformative

potential, but the process itself stimulates deep healing.

As the patient and the homoeopath interact, they engage

many levels of transformation within themselves and the

greater community. This paper examines the social

dynamics of these homoeopathic interactions. An

exploration of Homoeopathy as a ritual for transformation

reveals tremendous potential for homoeopathic practice

as well as many shortcomings homoeopaths may

experience.

This article draws its inspiration from the work of

Richard KATZ, an anthropologist/educator, formerly

of Harvard U niversity. Throughout the course of his work

Dr. KATZ spent much time studying natural healers. The

observations and conclusions drawn from this

exploration are directly relevant to our subject.

3. Immunization: A Pharmacist's View

SEVERYN Kristine M. (JAIH, 87, 2/1994)

Dr.SEVERYN discusses the efficacy and safety

of vaccines. A number of examples are given which bring

into question the purported effectiveness of many of our

common vaccines: e.g., measles, pertussis. There is

undoubtedly a far higher incidence of vaccine adverse

reactions than commonly believed; for example, only

10% of physicians reported adverse reactions to the

Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting Service (VAERS). She

highlights a number of problems relating to the

manufacture and regulation of vaccinations and

litigation of vaccine-related injuries. Now that

vaccines are mandated and the Government compensates

those injured, drug companies have no incentive to improve

the safety of their vaccines; additionally a false sense of

safety has been created. Drug companies are effectively

avoiding legal accountability for vaccine reactions by

publishing product inserts detailing the host of reactions

possible; of course, these inserts are not immediately

available to parents. Those who write the laws mandating

vaccination are not accountable. In essence, the current

situation surrounding vaccination, denial of parental

prerogative, inaccessibility to timely information about

vaccine safety amounts to denial of informed consent. An

alarming number of new vaccines, some against diseases

to which children in this country are unlikely to ever be

exposed, are about to be introduced and mandated for our

children. In addition, legislation is expected to be

introduced which would establish a national tracking

system which would maintain surveillance of children's

vaccine using their social security numbers. (This situation

in the USA)

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4. Suppressions in Homoeopathy

GARN Michael (JAIH, 87, 2/1994)

This is directed primarily towards laypersons; it may prove

useful as a model for hand-out literature for our patients.

Definitions of disease suppression are provided. A full

array of suppressive influences, medical and non-

medical, is described. Virtually any therapeutic technique

(meaning any agent which is capable of affecting us

psychologically or physiologically) can be

suppressive. Whether a particular therapy is acting

curatively, suppressively, or merely holding symptoms "at

bay" depends on the knowledge and skill of the

practitioner as well as the patient, which makes it

extremely important for all of us to remain vigilant about

the results of specific therapies. We also must not

ignore the disease-producing capabilities of the human

psyche, since many authorities attribute up to 80% of

human illness as having its origin in the imbalance of the

psyche. The possible consequences of suppression are

discussed. Finally a guide for how to avoid suppression,

both as a lifestyle choice and medical strategy, is

provided.

VI. BOOKS

1. Hombopathie in der Sportmedizin,

CONNERT, P.J.: 70 S., kart., Institut fur

hombopathische Heilweisen, Newmarkt

1992, bS 220,- (in German) (Homoeopathy in

Sports medicine) reviewed by APPELL (AHZ,

239, 3/1994)

"...A book-let that can be recommended sincerely

to non- qualified homoeopaths and interested patients

for study"

2. Empowerment through REIKI, by Paula

HORN, Lotus Light Shangrila, USA 1990

reviewed by Dr.D.E.MISTRY (CCR, 3, 2/1994):

"This slender book of about 100 pages covers

the principles and brief outline of the art of healing by

doing REIKI which is a form of healing in the holistic

tradition. Reiki is a word n Japanese for Universal Life

Force Energy.... In various chapters the book also gives

much valuable information and precepts in which one

finds many echoes of resemblances to homoeopathic

principle."

3. Bach flower remedies for Women by Judy

HOWARD, Indian Books and Periodicals,

New Delhi, reviewed by D.E. MISTRY, (CCR, 3,

2/1994):

"This book extensively covers in eight chapters the

topics of menstruation, fertility, pregnancy and

childbirth, and advancing age. ... The book also contains

a useful bibliography at the end..."

4. The Healing Power of Illness, - The Meaning

of Symptoms, how to Interpret them by

Thorwald DETHLETSEN and Rudger

DHALKE - translated by P. LEMESURIER,

published by Element, Rockport,

^ Massachusetts, 1990. reviewed by

D.E.MISTRY (CCR, 3, 2/94)

"This book is written by a spiritual psychologist, a

person who has trained himself as a Psychologist with

deep insight of many spiritual traditions, particularly

Zen, Tao and the Indian ones. His co-author is a doctor,

together they have written this book, the like of which

comes out once in a decade... Basically the book stresses the

fact that people cannot take illness as an alibi for their

unresolved problems. The patient is no longer the innocent

victim of some malevolent bacteria, viruses or quirks of

fate and destiny, but actually "authors" his or her own

sicknesses. It refuses to credit the ills of civilization to

convenient scapegoats like environmental pollution,

tension and stress of modern living, etc., but proceeds to

reveal symptoms as bodily expressions of

psychological conflicts,. -... one must understand the

language of symptoms which is dealt exhaustively in the

second part of the book. This demands a degree of honesty

that is not at all easy for after all, they add, it is always

easy to be dishonest to ourselves. Essentially therefore it

is knowing the difference between fighting illness and

transmuting illness. Healing arises exclusively from the

transmutator of illness never from conquering

symptoms..."

5. Peace, Love & Healing - The Path to Self

healing, by Bernie S.SIEGEL Arrow Books

Ltd. Rs.100/- reviewed by D.E, MISTRY (CCR,

3,2/1994):

"This book by Dr. SIEGEL - a Surgeon cum healer is

a sequel to his earlier best-seller Love, Medicine and

Miracles. The main thrust of both these books has been the

author's efforts of making the American medical education

more humanising and making the doctors there more

aware of the intricate unity of the Mind-Body connection.

Dr.SIEGEL's latest book is a moving masterpiece giving

innumerable examples of patients who had achieved

remarkable remissions and even cures from serious

terminal illnesses... This book offers a challenge to doctors

of both orthodox and homoeopathic medicines and

provides refreshing insight into the lives of many heroic

unknown and unsung warriors-patients condemned,

and doomed by their Oncologists, Pathologists and other

doctors quoting statistics of doom and despair and who

have survived both the dire statistics and the equally

confused treating doctors."

6. The Homoeopathic Proving of 'Chocolate',

published by Jeremy SHERR, Dynamis,

1993, 195 pages, paperback £9.95 reviewed

by Andreas N. BJORNDAL (The Homoeopath,

53, 1994):

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"....I have enjoyed reading the book. I am waiting

for my first case to turn up and for the experiende of

homoeopathic community of this new remedy. We can see

that the dichotomy between animal instinct and over

civilised behaviour which is obvious through the proving,

is a theme prevalent in our modern society both in the

most civilised parts of it and in the lower end of the

socio- economic spectrum."

7. Vaccinations - The Rest of the Story. A

selection of Articles, Letters and Resources

1979--92, publishd by Mothering ISBN

0.914257.10.2. Available from Mothering,

P.O.Box 1690, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87504

USA. 240 pages, $14.95 + p&p. reviewed by

Sue ASQUITH (The Homoeopath, 53, 1994):

"In the emotionally vulnerable early period of

parenthood, the question of vaccination arises... I have

found this book to be an excellent introduction to the

complex issue of vaccination - it is accessible, helpful and

informative without being overwhelming... As a tool in

empowering patients to make their own health choices, I

can highly recommend this book."

8. Homoeopathy: An introduction for Skeptics

and Beginners, by Richard GROSSINGER,

North Atlantic Books, 1993, paperback, 162

pages, reviewed by Alison MARSLAND (The

Homoeopath, 53, 1994):

"... For the beginner, this book will provide a more

interesting and contextual introduction to the subject than

one based solely upon homoeopathic principles and

methodology..."

9. The Manual of Conventional Medicine for

Alternative Practitioners Volume I. by

Stephen GASCOIGNE. Jigme Press, 1993,

231 pages, soft cover.$22. (The Homoeopath,

53, 1994):

"...This is a book that has been begging to be

written for a long time and could become a standard

textbook at homoeopathic colleges."

10. Dirty Medicine by Martin WALKER,

Slingshot Publications, 1993, 729 pages,

paperback, £15. (The Homoeopath, 53,1994):

"...It will reinforce everything you always

suspected and feared about our antagonists.

Disturbing stuff, not for the faint- hearted."

VII. NEWS & NOTES

I. The 6th Congress of the Asian Homoeopathic

Medical League was held in Dhaka City, Bangla Desh,

on 15-17 January 1994. The Congress was

inaugurated by Bangla Desh Minister for Information,

Mr. Nazmul Huds. Delegates from India, Pakistan,

Bangla Desh, Malaysia, Singapore, Hongkong and

Australia took part. Scientific sessions were held on

Family Planning, Geriatrics, Child Health, Open

subjects (AHJ, 4,1/1994)

II. Proving of Latrodectus mactans by H.

LESIGANG, Documenta Homoeopathica, 1992, 12:

271-82. (Austrain Journal annual in German): Two

Austrian provings in 1989, yielded 11 records suitable

for evaluation. Another 16 records come from a

proving done by 16 physicians using the Becker

method in 1992.

General symptoms were of no particular interest.

Headache and dryness took various forms. The most

remarkable symptoms related to the whole of the

musculature, skeletal muscle, smooth muscle and

myocardium. Spasms and colics were dominant and also

feelings of constriction. With reference to the heart, provers

described feelings of tension, feeling as if the heart was

leaping out through the throat, with variable degrees of

fear. The proving yielded no symptoms relating to

bronchial musculature (known from the toxicology).

Effects on the digestive tract were powerful, with colic

predominating. Stools were sometimes soft, even

explosive, but more characteristically small, hard

nodules difficult to pass. The symptom 'painful stool', as if

lower part of intestine were contracting! describes the

contractive, spastic effect in this area extremely well and is

a valuable 'as if'symptom. Two provers reported aversion

to, or intolerance of nicotine and alcohol.

Spasm and colic were also reported in the genital

region. Muscle stiffness was a feature relating to skeletal

muscle, and the symptom was also reported in the

tongue. No distinct laterality emerged, though the right

side was more frequently affected. Modalities were 'better

in the evening and at night' and 'pain better from pressure'.

(BHJ, 83, 1/1994) (See excellent study of this remedy

By Edward C. WHITMONT in his book Psyche and

Substance = KSS.)

III. Modification of Korsakoff's method of

producing high potencies by hand by H. BRUNNER,

Documenta Homoeopathica, 1992: 271-82 (Austrian

annual Journal in German): The author uses the multi-

vial method of the homoeopathic pharmacopaeia up

to the 200c. He then puts 1 drop of the dilution into a

5 ml. vial, adding 99 drops of 43% ethanol. Succussion

is by Hahnemann's method, using 20.succussion

strokes, but instead of striking the vial against an

elastic base he makes a lemniscate (figure of 8) motion

in the air. The vial is emptied with a vigorous downward

shake, which leaves 1 drop inside. 99 drops of ethanol

are added and the process is repeated 800 times to

obtain the 1M. A careful record is kept of every

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potentizing stage.

The 300c, 400c, 500c etc. are kept for later use to

produce the higher potencies. They are succussed 50 times

to improve stability.

Advantages of the method are reduced risk of

introducing impurities and a reduction in time and

materials required. Homoeopathic physicians have

reported that medicines produced by this method show

particularly good efficacy. The author has clearly given

much thought to potentization methods and careful

consideration to the literature. (BHJ, 83, 1/1994)

IV. The growing demand for Homoeopathy in

veterinary practice is reflected by the increasing

number of articles appearing in the journals. The

British and the Germans have made most progress,

with the French not far behind as a result of their work

in proving medicines on animals. FARRE, the French

veterinarian, is reported to have tested around 90

medicines on a variety of animal species. His results

reveal that the drug pictures are similar to those

obtained in humans as far as objective symptoms are

concerned. In this reprinted introductory paper some of the

advantages of veterinary Homoeopathy are discussed and

a few examples of treatment given. (P. HAMLICK in

Biol.Ther. 1993; 1:15-17. BHJ, 83,1/1994)

V. In the NEJH, 2, 3/1993, Dr. Vassilis GHEGAS

has reported a case of arthritis deformans. The only

clear physical modality in the whole case was the fact

that the pain was aggravated by change of weather

and ameliorated by thinking of anything but his pains

(Thinking, complaints of, agg.) and Piper methysticum

gave relief. Inthe NEJH, 3,1/1994, Dr. D. P. RASTOGI

reports (Letter to the Editor) his experience in which a

11-year-old boy with frequent episodes of Asthma was

cured with this remedy on the same modality (he got

the attacks when he realized that it was quite some

time since the last time he had had an attack).

VI. Dr. Bill GRAY spoke in the Level III Course of

the New England School of Hooeopathy on August

14, 1993 in Northampton, Massachussetts (USA). It

was divided in three parts: evaluation and discussion

of a single case with follow-up that covered seven

years ("the long-term case"), an extensive

introduction to the Materia Medica and essential

nature of Thujaand a differential into various types of

anger with relevant Materia Medica.

Paul HERSCU made atwo hour presentation on

various models with which practitioners can perceive

complete cases.

VII. Representatives of twelve American

organizations which teach Homoeopathy met in

Minneapolis (USA) during the week-end of March

11 -13 to discuss the present and future of American

homoeopathic education. The meeting was

sponsored by the Homoeopathic Community Council

and was largely organized by Edward CHAPMAN M.D.

The two main points which was agreed to were: the

need to increase the total number of seats for

homoeopathic students and the glaring need at all the

educational institutions lor increased clinical training.

Without the latter, all of our programmes fall short.

(NEJH, 3,2/1994)

VIII. Auroville Healing Centre, Pondicherry, India: A

collective, spiritual experiment was started with the

name of Auroville, "City of Dawn" a town project with

the ideal of realizing human unity as envisioned by SRI

AUROBINDO and THE MOTHER of Sri Aurobindo

Ashram, Pondicherry. The Auroville community

comprises of over 800 members from more than 25

nations. The main work of health care for the native

and immigrant population has been taken up by the

Auroville Health Centre at Auroville-Aspiration, which

has been functioning since 1972.

It is proposed to integrate the most extremes of the

entire field of medical care and healing, where the monism

of modern Physics meets the monism of timeless

spirituality, where the knowledge of scientific medicine

meets the knowledge in detail of occult sciences, where

physico-chemical approaches and psychosomatic

approaches will be seen as complementary and where

the knife and the healing by silent psycho-spiritual means

can cooperate for the sake of health and well-being. There

should be a place for the latest scientific developments, for

systems of energy healing like Homoeopathy and

Acupunctre,for knowledge of various occult and Yoga

schools, and for new methods not yet known.

The project envisages besides hospital facilities,

research and education also. (CCR, 3, 2/1994)

IX. International Research Group on Very Low Doses

and High Dilution Effects, Vllth GIRI Meeting 20-21

November 1993, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of

Montpellier, 34060 Montpellier, France: (BHJ, 83,2/1994)

The Annual meeting of GIRI consists of invited

lectures and presentation of scientific papers. The aim of the

Society is to stimulate research in the particlar field of

very low dose and high dilution effects, including

Homoeopathy. This kind of research requires the co-

operation of many scientists -physicists, biologists,

mathematicians, physicians, philosophers and

pharmacologists amongst others. Year by year the

number of presentations on high dilutions increased

while the dose has decreased!

The following questions are posed:

How can high dilutions act efficiently when they

theoretically contain no molecules?

Why do some in-vitro or in-vivo experiments using

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high dilutions not show consistent results?

A whole new paradigm has been proposed and built

around these unanswered questions. A new theory of

Physics which explains the effect of high dilutions which

is supported by new statistics which enable us to

comprehend the inconsistency of the experimental

findings. The theory and the new statistics inevitably lead

us to a new paradigm distinct from the mechanistic one--a

paradigm of information. We must now take into account

the receiver and his ability to deal with the information of

our high dilutions.

1. Radiation hormesis: LUCKEYT.D.: A recent review of

current literature on radiation hormesis considers cancer

mortality in humans following whole-body exposures to

ionizing radiation. Other physiological functions show

radiation hormesis. Studies of chronic exposure to

ambient levels of ionizing radiation show an inverse

relationship between dose rate and cancer mortality.

The decreased cancer mortality rates in exposed nuclear

workers confirm the biopositive effect of low-dose

irradiation. Acute exposure to ionizing radiation is

exemplified by the ageing Japanese survivors of atomic

explosions. The total cancer mortality and leukaemia

mortality rates of lightly exposed survivors is consistently

less than that of the control population. The evidence

provides a new and scientifically valid concept. Cancer

mortality rates are lowered by exposure to low dose of

ionizing radiation. This invalidates the zero thesis that all

radiation is harmful. The use of linear, no-threshold models

should cease. New concepts raise new questions. Questions

like the optimum level of radon, alpha, beta, gamma and

X-rays for babies, children, old, etc. whether whole

populations should be supplemented, the relationship of

radiation hormesis to other medical treatments,

particularly to Homoeopathy are raised.

2.Mechanistic approach to the effect of high

dilutions of cadmium to protect from cytotoxic

cadmium doses in renal tubular cell cultures:

DELBANCUT A., BARROUILLET M.A.,

MARY-BRACHET R., BOUDO A., DORFMAN P.,

CAMBAR J.: Cadmium and Cisplatin both have strong

toxic effects on renal tubules. A study to assess the

protective effect of very high dilutions of Cadmium and

Cisplantin was carried out. The study has shown that

very high dilutions of heavy metals have a protective

effect in cells exposed 10 cytotoxic concentrations of

the same metals after a 5-day pre-treatment. This

study opens the way to further investigation in order

for us to clearly understand the mechanism of the

protective effect of very high dilutions against

nephro-toxic agents so that we may reduce their side

effects in clinical use.

3.Mild stepdown arsenite treatment causes

increased levels of heat-shock proteins and

enhances development of tolerance: WIEGANT

F.A.C., OVELGONNE J H., SOUREN JEM, VAN WIJK

R.: Do pathological conditions as a result of

stress-damage regress on exposure to a low-dose of

the stressor, as in Homoeopathy? Do biological

systems in pathological conditions show enhanced

sensitivity? Does low-dose treatment improve the

regulatory ability of biological systems in pathological

conditions? The experiments give a positive answer.

4. Biological effects of low-dose radiation

from a TV set on embryos and chicks: Study of a

protective material: BODARD B.J., YOBICIER-SIMO

B.J., BAYLE J.D., BASTIDE M.: The study was

performed to evaluate the effects of radiation from a

TV set on fertilized eggs and chicks for 47 days after

hatching. The protective material was TECNO AO

antenna.

5. Preventive effects of monoclonal

anti-idiotypic antibody compared to a hormetic

model on rat sarcomas: FAIDERBS S., CHAGNAUD

J.L, BASTIDE M., DORFMANN F., GEFFARD M. : A

chemically induced malignant tumour model was

obtained by subcutaneous administration of a single

dose of benzo (a) pyrene (B(a)P) diluted in sesame oil.

The results suggested possible relationships between

carcinogen ligand/receptor interactions and Ptdlns

turnover. To examine tne possible vaccine effects of

AIBI Ab, this was administered to rats prior to

carcinogen administration, another group was given

B(a)P and the control group an equivalent volume of

solvent. Eight days later all SD female rats were given a

sub-cutaneous injection of 2 mg. of B(a)P diluted in sesame

oil. Anti-Ptdlns autoAB levels observed in AIBI Ab-treated

rats sera were around 70% weaker than those observed in

rats treated with 1 /jg of B(a)P or control animals.

6. Perennial challenge of anomalies at the

frontiers of science: RUBIK B.: Anomalies are of

critical importance to science. The history of science

is full of some very notable rejections of novel

discoveries that challenged the status quo. Always

unacceptable at first, anomalies promote continuous

scientific innovation. Many of the too challenging

anomalies are from 'frontier sciences' i.e. whole areas

of scientific inquiry that lie outside conventional

science. Despite its failure to explain many

phenomena science maintains a facade of unity and

of being nearly complete. Frontier scientists

apparently have a higher tolerance for ambiguity and

cognitive dissonance, which in psychological testing

highly correlates with creativity. Whereas

conventional science maintains that biological

information is stored and transferred via biomolecular

structures such as DNA, the findings from the four

frontier areas (1. Epigenetics, 2. Acupuncture,

3. Bioelectromagnetics, and 4. Homoeopathy and

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infinitesimal doses) suggest that other informational

signals not stored in chemical structures may elicit

biological effects by altering the subtle signals

involved in biological regulation of the whole

organism. It is crucial for scientists working in various

unconventional areas to come together and explore

how their anomalous discoveries fit together to form

the rudiments of an emerging theory or paradigm.

7. Certain specific functional responses of

human neutrophil exhibit different

dose-dependence on formyl peptides:

BELLAVITE P., CHIRMBOLO S.,

SOANTONASTASO C, GUZZO P., SIGNORINI A.

8. Experimental Pharmacology: action of

Chamomilla in homoeopathic dilutions on the

CNS: CRISTEA A., TEODORESCU, S.,

PARASCHiV, L: The effects of Chamomilla as a

homoeopathic medicine on the central nervous

system were studied in mice and rats using the blind

screening methodology known in conventional

Pharmacology. Low-3 and 5-and high—15 and 30

dilutions were prepared by the Hahnemannian

technique, and these were used. Comparison was

made to untreated control and placebo groups

(treated either with the corresponding undynamized

Chamomila dilution or with the solvent).

The results indicate that in 'sensitive' healthy animal

organisms with hypomotility, low dilutions of

Chamomilla had a stimulating effect on the central

nervous system. The results also showed high dilutions

to have some effects in the opposite sense, namely

inhibition of the central nervous system (calming,

anticonvulsant, analgesic) in 'sensitive' healthy animal

organisms (with hypermotility, hyperexcitability and

hypersensitivity) or in animal organisms with

experimentally induced morbid syndromes

(convulsions, pain). These pharmacotherapeutic

effects experimentally prove the validity of the

homoeopathic principle Similia Similibus Curentur.

The results also confirm the concept of organisms

'sensitive' related to certain homoeopathic medicines that

is implied and used in homoeopathic treatment.

9. Effect of potentised interferon alpha on

tumour cell growth: MARTHEL, M.: The study was

carried out in the Department of Applied Microbiology,

University of Lublin, Poland, by Martina KANDEFER,

Esbieta MALARCYZK and Michael BARTHEL.

Interferon can stimulate and inhibit the antiviral

resistance of cells as was shown in the experiments with

dilutions upto 1 : 1080. The results also show the

importance of vigorous shaking for the activity of very

high dilutions in comparison with merely using a pipette

without shaking, in which case no activity was observed

with higher dilutions than 1 : 104.

10. Effect of Arnica montana and

Symphytum officinalis on bone healing in guinea

pigs: OBERBAUM M., YAKOVLEV E, KAUFMAN D.,

SHOSHAN S.: The present preliminary study was

designed to test our working hypothesis according to

which the administration of both Arnica and

Symphytum to guinea pigs, following experimentally

induced bone fractures, would both accelerate and

improve healing.

The results showed that by X-ray criteria none of the

untreated controls or saline-treated fractures were

completely mineralized. Histological examination

revealed there was still conspicuous presence of cartilage

and also some fibrous tissue at the fracture site. In the

animals which received either of the two dilutions of

Arnica and Symphytum, and irrespective of the mode of

administration, both X-rays and histology showed

completely mineralized new bone through the entire

fracture site in 33% of the fractures. The experiments were

repeated three times, with the same result.

11. Effect of in-ovo administration of high

dilutions of bursin in bursectomized chicks:

YOUBICHER-SIMO B.J., BOUDARD F.. GUELLATI M.,

BAYLE J.D., BASTIDE M.: Chicks bursectomized as

early embryos can produce different classes of

immunoglobulins (IgM, IgG and IgA) but are unable to

generate specific antibodies in response to antigenic

stimulation. The aim was to study the effect of high

dilutions of bursin, a tripeptide synthesized by the

bursectomized chickens.

12. Arsenicum album and neurotoxic

poisoning in dogs and cats: BLOSTIN R.: Veterinary

surgeons have to give emergency treatment to dogs

and cats with acute poisoning by neurotoxic agents,

without knowing the toxic agent and the doses

absorbed. For more than 6 years, we have been

systematically and solely using Arsenicum album (AA) with

remarkable success. AA is only prescribed when 3

symptoms appear together:

- muscular hyperexcitability,

- aggravation through visual, auditory and

tactile stimuli,

- anguish

AA in 15 c potency was used, per os, in repeated doses,

half-hourly at first, then less frequently following

improvement. A bibliographical study of the toxic agents

responsible for neurointoxication in dogs and cats shows

that the 3 above symptoms are present in poisoning

with arsenic, strychnine, organophosphorus compounds

and carbamates, but not with methaldehyde which is

confirmed by the clinical results. The results are much more

satisfactory than those obtained from the classic

conventional treatment. In 6 years, only 4 out of 50

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animals died, 80% returned home within 12 hours and

100% within 24 hours. No side effects were noted.

13. Climbing activity of frogs: Recalculation

and further discussion: ENDLER P.C., PONGRATZ

W., HILLGERS H., MALTI K., GEHRER M.,

BRANDMAIER R.: In previous communications it was

claimed that homoeopathically prepared highly

diluted Thyroxine (aqueous 30th diultion) is able to

accelerate development from the two-legged tadpole

to the air-borne juvenile in highland frogs, under the

condition that the dilutions of Thyroxine 30x (Water

30x for control) are sealed in glass vials placed in the

aquaria and remain in the aquaria during

metamorphosis. High statistically significant levels

were observed and these were communicated earlier.

Further critical discussions and recalculations of the

data have confirmed the earlier findings, thus

confirming what have been observed in Homoeopathy

for about 200 years. (See also BHJ 80, 4/1991. QHD

IX, 4/92 p.68).

14. Effects of Ocimum basilicum 5x in

workers chronically exposed to Chlorine: CHIRILA

M., LAZAR T., BADULICI S.: The hypothesis was that

Ocimum basilicum may help prevention of

occupational diseases in workers exposed to various

agents. Its effects on the clearance activity of

oxygen-free radicals were investigated in 31 workers

chronically exposed to Chlorine for an average period

of 10 years. These were compared to 9 non-exposed

workers. Ocimum basilicum 5x was chosen for study.

Its direct action on on Polymorphonuclear cells (PMN)

and its effects in comparison with various stimulants

such as Zymosan (Zo), Phytohemaglutinin (PHA),

concanavalin A (Con A) were followed up in order to

assess its mechanism of action.

Our data demonstrate the plant action of clearing the

oxygen-free radicals, which could account for the anti-

inflammatory effect of Ocimum basilicum that was

already observed by HIPPOCRATES. The anti-

inflammatory and antitoxic activity of Ocimum basilicum

demonstrated in this paper recommends it as a widely

available means for the prevention of occupational

diseases in workers chronically exposed to chemical

noxious agents.

15. Zinc: immunoglobulin relationship to

patients with cirrhosis of the liver before and after

treatment with Zincum metallicum 5cH.: BADULICI

S., CHIRULESCU Z., CHIRILA P., ROSCA A.: Zinc

deficiency in patients showed substantial

improvements after treatment with homoeopathic

Zincum metallicum; the study also supported the

conclusion that Zincum metallicum is effective in the

treatment of liver cirrhosis.

16. AIDS and integral medicine: A controlled

time-serial design: BRANDS M., BALLIEUX R.,

WAGENAAR R, GODEART G., VORST H, GARSSEN

B., MULDER C: With a network of researchers from

different disciplines, such as

psycho-physio-immunology, psychology,

bio-psycho-social medicine, movement sciences

protocol has been designed for 1993 and 1994 to be

carried out. This research is the first part, or pilot-study

of a study to assess efficacy of Homoeopathy,

Detoxification and Imagination therapy in AIDS

patients. The common denominator of the three

therapies is that they are supposed to stimulate the

immune system. Homoeopathy does so by releasing

an energy stimulus which is highly specific for the

person and his reaction to the disease; detoxification

purified by dynamized solutions and symbiotic

therapy the intestines, liver and kidneys, while

Imagination therapy relieves stress by bringing fears

and pain into consciousness.

17. Electromagnetic bio-information and

water: SMITH Cyril W.: The phenomena of

bio-information and water are considered in relation

to electromagnetic phsnomena involved in treating

electromagnetically hypersensitive patients, and the

therapeutic use of water imprinted with an alternate

magnetic field. Frequency information can be written

into water by magnetic fields or by succussion

(mechanical shock waives) and it can be read out

subjectively. Under suitable conditions it may be

detectable with a low-noise, narrow-band high-gain

amplifier or a signal analyser. It is suggested that the

frequency information is carried on the magnetic

vector potential and that the magnetic field or

succussion 'formats' the water. The dimensions of the

container used in potentization are also significant.

Patient's body frequencies can be imprinted into a

glass tube of water if held in a hand and preferably

succussed. This has been used for surrogate

diagnosis and subsequent therapy. A close similarity

exists between the potentization of homoeopathic

preparation and the production of neutralizing

dilutions of allergens by serial dilutions as used for the

treatment of allergy oy provocation neutralization

therapy. This reflects the fundamental duality between

coherent frequencies and the chemical bond.

18. Properties of water in relation to

homoeopathic preparations: ANTONCHENKO V.,

DELINICK A.N., ILYIN V.: Water has special physical

properties that allow it to carry information through

specific conformations or clusters via proton transfer

solitori mechanism. This is also specified by the

'impurity' or homoeopathic substance dissolved in the

water since there is a specific hydratic shell (cluster)

structure for each particle of a dissolved substance.

Statements concerning relationships between the

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characteristic processes occurring in water systems

and in homoeopathic preparations have been

prepared. Substances dissolved in water form

hydration shells. For certain substances these shells

have specific internal structures. There exist

substances which dictate specific internal structure of

hydration shells. Like human fingerprints, such a

structure is distinct for each substance. The internal

structure consists of closed chains of water

molecules. Protons can move along these chains

allowing for the earth's electromagnetic field. But only

internal structures possessing 'radiant' characteristics

are responsible for the homoeopathic effect. The

cellular water (aqua citi) in fact consists of such

electrically active clusters.

19.Potency measurement of homoeopathic

preparations: DELINICK A.N., BOURKAS P.,

KARAGIANOPOULOS C. : We are endeavouring to

qualify or standardize homoeopathic preparations by

basing them on measurement of the electrical

properties of different potencies and have developed

an electrical device for this purpose.

20.The Chamomilla experiment: DELINICK

A.N.: The aim of the study was to try and discern a

difference between double distilled water, potentized

Chamomilla (1 cH, 6cH, 12cH and 30cH) and

non-potentized Chamomilla by means of differential

scanning calorimetry, which measures changes in

enthalpy or integral heats of dilutions.

The experiment showed a difference between the

potentized and non-potentized Chamomilla and double

distilled water, as well as differences between potencies

and that everything holds, even past Avogadro's

number.

21. Physico-mathematical interpretation of

the pharmacological effect of high dilutions:

BERLIOCCHI, H., CONTE R.R.: In order to interpret

hormesis curves, we have introduced a new statistic:

the contonian statistic. The underlying mathematical

theory of this statistic is the theory of Ethers. This

theory is not prob abili st ic but is based on

indecidability. The physical frame which we are in is

related to the quantum theory of fields, in which the

central problem lies in the construction of a field. This

is solved by using the Ethers theory.

Examples of the method will be presented for different

types of contonian appearance outside hormesis and also

for the absorption of infrared in various products

(N03Na, hydrazine and acetic acid) at different decimal

dilution levels in water (1 to 30).

22. Physico-chemical approach to

homoeopathic drugs: LASNE Y.: Theoretically the

homoeopathic medicines are devoid of any molecule

of the substance used. How then do they work? This

prompted me to look for a method potentially allowing

us to differentiate between a homoeopathic solution

and the solvent used for its preparation. Nuclear

Magnetic Resonance (NMR) and Infrared

Spectrometry were used with these two method sets

of dilutions were investigated and the results about the

homoeopathic solution showed:

- They were different from those arising from the

water used for their preparation.

- There was a difference between highly diluted

Natrum sulphuricum and Kalium iodatum.

- There is a difference between the different

dilutions inside one set corresponding to a

given substance (5 to 30cH for instance).

Indeed the two parameters measured in NMR

investigations which reflect of the structure and

molecular dynamics of the tested solution, showed great

variations between successive dilutions of one set within

one substance.

23. Validation of a contonian process on a

biological model: Antifungal substance high

dilution effects on Candida albicans: JOUVERT S.,

CONTE R.R., HERLIOCCHI H. BASTIDE M. : This

experiment has been proposed according to a new

physico-mathematical model called 'contonian

statistics' applied to the study of a hormetic effect

using high dilutions of toxin. The hormetic effect is

obtained with pretreatrnent of a pathogenic yeast,

Candida albicans, with high dilutions of an antifungal

substance, 5-fluro-cytosin (5-FC).

The results demonstrate the utility of contonian

statistics to assess the activity of hahnemannian dilutions

with in-vitro models. Using these new statistics, we

have demonstrated that the pathogenic yeast Candida

albicans is able to recognize high dilutions of an

antifungai substance like 5-FC, in order to present a higher

resistance to that substance: this phenomenon indicates an

information process in hormesis.

24. Study of dynamizations and

homoeopathic mother tinctures using Kirlian

spectrography: STELLING N.: Experiments were

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conducted with the aim of explaining the concept of

dynamization, its various forms and quality control,

and to estimate the dynamic quality of mother

tinctures. It seems that the Kirlian spectrography

method is simple and reliable to be put forward as a

routine method of quality control both for the

manufacturing laboratory and for the practitioner

issuing the prescription.

The Kirlian method enables the differentiation

through its vibrating energy of one product from

another, and to understand that information so provided

will be different depending on quality of the

dynamizations.

25. The concept of information: LAGACHE A.:

Until now, classical science has always used the same

fruitful pattern: the mechanistic paradigmwhere reality

is considered as a substantial piece of matter, with

mass and resistance, whatever the place or the time.

Something new has, however, happened in the

process. The refinement of observational capacities

has provided new objects. The new information as a

result of refinement of observational capacities have

become new objects of science. They have escaped

from the explanatory power of the mechanistic

paradigm. The new paradigm is paradigm of

information. Information is the result of the encounter

between two structures. The paradigm of information

is wholly applicable to living structures. They build

themselves by interacting with the world, and by

dealing with information from their surroundings.

Organisms can be described as informed- informing

structures.

26. Homoeopathic treatment of URI:

SCHUPPEL R. : Highly potentized medicines can

greatly influence the migration and phagocytosis of

macrophages and granulocytes. The stimulation of

lymphocytes has also been observed. These drugs

may also alter the humoral immune system. In fact, no

specific antibody-titre may be detected after the

prophylactic administration of diluted

influenza-vaccine, but a change in the pattern of

immunoglobulins has been observed. There is

evidence of some success in the treatment of upper

respiratory infections of Homoeopathy. Some clinical

data point to immunomodulation as a working

mechanism, but future research work shall have to be

carried out in order to clarify numerous unanswered

questions.

27. Cancer probability and remission:

QUERINJEAN P.: Chaodynamic theoretical

considerations and availability of immunoenzymatic

predictive tests allow to draw some models explaining

the predictability and the so-called 'spontaneous'

remission of cancers. Scientists need to build up a

multidisciplinary network where general practitioners

and voluntary citizens will participate in the

evaluations. Such a call has been launched through a

medical weekly in Belgium. The network is open to

any

scientist and doctor ready to share the feasibility of

preventive and predictive medicine.

28. Change-to-open label (COLA) design: A

modification of the conventional parallel group

design: WALACH H.: Research in alternative

medicine is sometimes hampered by the restraint

imposed on the researcher by conventional

methodology. A new design is introduced which

overcomes some of the ethical and organizational

problems of the traditional double-blind or controlled

parallel-group design, while preserving its scientific

rigour: the 'change-to-open-label (COLA) design'.

29. Long-term efficacy of combined classical

Homoeopathy, fasting and whole-food diet in atopic

dermatitis: A retrospective questionnaire study:

WALACH H., REISENEGER I., LINSENMANN E.:

Atopic dermatitis (AD) is a chronic skin condition. The

pathogenesis is only partly understood. Classical

Homoeopathy is purported to be an effective form of

treatment. We evaluated the long-term efficacy of a

combined treatment of AD, conducted under inpatient

conditions for 4-6 weeks. The treatment consisted of

classical Homoeopathy, fasting, and a whole-food diet,

together with radical termination of any conventional

treatment, including ointments. The data seem to suggest

that this type of treatment can be effective for AD, even

in the long-term, and warrants closer scrutiny of this type

of treatment, possibly by controlled trials.

X. The following abstract from the Revista

Homeopatica (Barcelona, Spain) 1991; 16: (BHJ, 83,

2/1994): The sensitive type and the essential points of

Causticum by Dr. Jacques LAMOTHE: LAMOTHE,

a french Paediatrician, gives an interesting account of the

Causticum child, stressing that this polychrest is generally

only used for the elderly or handicapped children. After 6

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years of investigation he places Causticum in 12th

position among the important paediatric medicines. He

describes 3 levels:

- The genius of Causticum

- The sensitive type of Causticum child

- The essence of Causticum in paediatrics

summarized in 15 characteristic symptoms.

He draws attention to the fact that the sensitive type,

although important, has no great value for prescribing,

but the patnogenetic symptoms, on the other hand, are

important. Such characteristics as large abdomen, thin,

hypotonia, flat feet, halluxvalgus, hernias, sweetness of

nature, generosity, tolerance and happiness indicate the

sensitive type of Causticum child but are not important

for prescription.

Finally, Dr. LAMOTHE describes the 15 essential

symptoms of Causticum in Paediatrics:

- Physical and mental constitution

- Frightened of real/imaginary dangers

- Alternate good humour and irritability

- Although happy and gentle, offers frequent

opposition

- Late walking

- Stammering

- Dysphonia

- Incontinence of sphincters

- Uncoordinated in sports, clumsy

- Chronic constipation

- Chronic productive cough, otitis with serous

discharges, associated with warts

- Hypersensitive to cold baths

- Desires salt, aversion to sugar

- Thin but good appetite

(See also 'The Causticum child': QHD VIII, 4/91, p.68)

XI, Second International Congress on Ultra Low

Doses, Bordeux, October 1-2, 1993: (Report in the

BHJ, 83, 2/1994): Except for a few contributions from

Moscow and one from the USA all speakers (and the

audience) were natives. The Scientific Committee

used very strict criteria for the selection of papers and

60% of contributions were refused. For

methodological reasons all clinical studies had been

rejected. This is why it became a Congress on high

scientific level, but without bridging the gap between

theory and its concrete relevance to Homoeopathy.

Christian DOUTREMEPUICH, Professor of

Haematology demonstrated the clear influence of high

dilutions of Acetylsalicylic acid in ultramolecular range

(upto10-6mol) on bleeding time and thrombus formation.

Benjamin BONAVIDA, Professor of

Immunology in Los Angeles, spoke about his in vitro

experiments on anti-tumour cytotoxicity of Ultra Low

Doses with potential to overcome the problems of

treatment resistance.

Ms BURLAKOVA from the Academy of Sciences

in Moscow showed the bimodal nature of dose-effect

dependence, using many examples.

Prof. ASHMARIN was an exception among the

Russian speakers. His study on the reduction in the

convulsion threshold of rats given thyroxine-releasing

hormone in ultra low dose produce a cascade effect in the

neuronal system with far-reaching consequences.

Dr.JONAS from Washington in co-operation with

Dr.LINDE from Munich, carried out a meta-

analysis of serially agitated dilutions in experimental

toxicology.

A.REBER, Neurophysiologist in Rouen,

demonstrated the clear influence of Cocculine (a mixture

of 4 substances in 10-8 mol) on motion sickness in rats.

BELON and SAINTE-ALUDY discussed the current

status of their experiments with Histamine in ultra low

dose on the activation of basophils and continued with a

study on the influence of an H2-antagonist (Cimetidine)

in this model.

TESSIER et.al. were not able to prove that Cuprum

4cH and 15cH stimulates intestinal transit in mice,

because numbers were insufficient and the statistical

method did not suit the purpose.

The Congress closed with an interesting

discussion.

XII. The Editorial by Dr.D.T. REILLY (BHJ, 83,

2/1994) reveals a proposal by the Faculty of

Homoeopathy, London, for Certificate of Primary Care

Homoeopathy: "The Academic Department of Glasgow

Homoeopathic Hospital is about to pilot a Certificate of

Primary Care Homoeopathy. This experiment on behalf

of tne Faculty of Homoeopathy, is scheduled for Spring

1994. We believe it is timely, and this editorial is asking

you to contribute to refining its aims and scope."

"In the future, primary cares will use what are

now seen as complementary therapies as first-line

treatments. The more costly and risky conventional

interventions will become second-line alternatives.

You may think this exaggerated: 10 years ago it

seemed untenable. Interest in so-called alternative

medicine lay hidden underapparently smooth medical

waters, visible only through the imaging technique of

an anonymous questionnaire. The interest has since

surfaced, and the medical Titanic may not yet have

grasped the significance

XIII.

In a communication Dr.Jennifer JACOBS writes

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(Homoeopathy and Paediatrics: Our responsibility for

the Future, BHJ, 83, 2/1994): The best way to the

advancement of the planet is the raising of healthy

children and there is no better way for that than

Homoeopathy; children who are emotionally and

physically healthy. The medical problems of the

developing world and the technologically advanced

world are different. The rise in mental and emotional

problems is due to the suppressive treatment and the

excessive medication. Mental diseases in children

such as hyperactivity, Attention Deficit Disorder and

minimal brain dysfunction are all increasing. Similarly

emotional disorders like depression and violence,

suicide, children murdering children, guns and knives

carried by 11 year-olds to the schools etc. are all

experienced in the advanced countries.

A typical suppressive treatment is seen in the asthma

of children. The result is that over the years of suppressive

treatment by strong drugs the child develops emotional

and mental disorders. By treating the children from early

age through Homoeopathy these mental and behavioural

disorders can be prevented and sound health maintained.

In the developing world Homoeopathy is a safe cost-

effective treatment modality for the many common

childhood illnesses that claim lives.

Several research and educational initiatives must take

place and Homoeopathy must step out into the world of

Public Health.

XIV.

The British Homoeopathic Society,

incorporated by an Act of Parliament in 1950 to

become the Faculty, completed 150 years in 1994.

(BHJ, 83,2/1994)

XV.

The British Labour Party has called for

'complementary therapies' to be made more readily

available under the NHS The Faculty has proposed

for making high-quality Homoeopathy fully integrated in

the NHS structure, readily available to all sections of the

British people. (BHJ, 83, 2/1994) XVI. The Midlands

Branch 19th Annual Symposium was held in Selly Oak PGC

on 13th November 1993. (BHJ, 83, 2/1994) Paediatrics in

Homoeopathy was the theme for the forenoon session.

Dr.GOODYEAR described five cases he had

diagnosed using Psionic medicine and which all needed

nosodes.

Dr.V.KLEIN: 6-year-old boy with soiling; small, thin

child with offensive stools and wet trousers. Serious

person affected by music. Phosphorus and a month later

Natrum muriaticum followed by Carcinosin.

4-year-old boy with behaviour problems, Asthma,

cough and catarrh, Sulphur 30, then Drosera 30 and

Antimonium tartrate made him a different boy.

Dr.D.LEWIS: 11-year-old boy: Asthma,

anticipatory fears especially of dying, sweaty and musical.

Lycopodium 30 tds for 3 days helped to stop Becotide and

reduce Ventolin.

11 year-old boy: having needed a heart transplant,

presented with bilateral discharging ears, unresponsive to

antibiotics. After a dose each of the Nosodes E.Coli, Proteus

and Staphylococcinum, the ears dried up in 24 hours.

3-year-old girl was admitted agitated and confused;

developed a le f t hemiplegia; all investigations negative.

She had chickenpox a month before and a dose of Varicella

followed by Arsenicum album had her up and walking after

four weeks.

Dr.Mollie HUNTON: 4-year-old boyxhest

infections, wheeze, sweating, loss of weight and clubbing.

Diagnosis of Hodgkin's lymphoma, stage ivB and a

quadruple chemotherapy was started immediately.

Severe reaction to the second triple-vaccine was

elicited and later he suffered a severe thrombocytopaenic

reaction to Chickenpox. Thuja 30, Variolinum XM and

Carcinosin 30 brought about a dramatic improvement.

3-year-old boy: Chest infection after

Chickenpox. Given Amoxil and next day worse.

Belladonna and then Variolinum brought

improvement.

3-month-old girl, with a strawberry naevus on her

occiput and neck. Phosphorus 6 t.d.s. and in two months the

naevus disappeared.

Dr.June BURGER: 3-year-old boy diagnosed

Duchenne muscular dystrophy

in 1983. Never been well

since measles an year before. Morbillinum followed by

Silica 6 (muscular spasms). Muscle tone gradually

improved.

13-year-old boy with

Myalgic Encephalitis.

Never been

well since a flu-like illness with nausea, headaches,

lethargy and insomnia. Sulphur, Lycopodium, Natrum

sulphuricum 6 and Echinacea 6 all b.d. for three months at

the end of which he was 70% on the ME scale (from 30%).

Dr. R. LIVINGSTON (post-lunch session) on 'The

intuitive in Medicine': Instinct and Intuition are very

important in medicine and show as empathy, timing,

silence, chance remarks, strange, rare and peculiar

symptoms and moderation in the degree of involvement

with the patient. The doctor's intuition may help to decide

to visit the child who turns out to have meningococcal

meningitis. Touch is the most sensitive sense. Intuition is

difficult to define as it is intangible but George

VITHOULKAS defines it as an overall view from facts

unconsciously or consciously founded.

Dr. D. CURTIN: on 'The Totality of Symptoms': ref.

paragraphs 15, 18 153, 210 of the

Organon,

KENT'S

Lecture (hierarchy of symptoms)

(Simile,

4, 2/1994 issued

with the BHJ, 83, 2/1994)

XVII.

Dr. Steven KAYNE of the British Faculty reports

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(Simile,

4, 2/1994 issued with the BHJ 83, 2/1994): a

total of 59 pharmacists enrolled for the 1993 Basic

Homoeopathic Pharmacy Courses in London and

Glasgow with 53 completing the assessment

satisfactorily and gaining the Faculty certificate.

Teresa CATHERALL said that since neither

Homoeopathy nor Allopathy is able to explain itself

fully nor is always able to provide a cure, both should

enterthe 21 st century in a complementary mode. John

LENZAN outlined how the development of new

concepts and theories; in Physics had influenced

homoeopaths in their quest for a rational explanation

of the mode of action of homoeopathic remedies.

Hilary PEARMAIN and Alison KEANE dealt with the

difficult subject of homoeopathic legislation. The

standard of the students who took part was high.

XVIII.

This news must cheer the heart of every

homoeopath. In November 1993 an M.Sc. programme

in homoeopathic medicine was successfully validated

at Liverpool John Moores University. It may well be the

first ever M.Sc. award in homoeopathic medicine, and

is certainly the first in the European Union. The M.Sc.

programme will run frcm October 1994 and will be

based in the Centre for Health Studies. The course has

three levels: Postgraduate Certificate, Postgraduate

Diploma and M.Sc.

(Simile,

4, 2/1994 issued with the

BHJ, 83,2/1994).

XIX.

Edward CHAPMAN and Guy HOAGLAND's

views of the American Institute Homoeopathy's

positions regarding MD homoeopaths and allopaths,

has been commented upon by Randall

NEUSTAEDTER in th e JAIH, 87, 2/1994.

NEUSTAEDTER calls the attitude of the above two as

"courting the allopaths"; he forcefully argues that it

was such a desire which led to the downfall of

Homoeopathy in the USA; he also points out that it is

the non-medically qualified homoeopaths -

VITHOULKAS, CATHERINE COULTER, Paul

HERSCU, et al, all well-known classical homoeopaths - who

have not only trained good homoeopaths but also written

such books and repertories as to be considered highly useful.

He asserts that allopaths can never absorb, integrate, or

accept Homoeopathy.

Edward CHAPMAN replies that it is time we stopped

speaking of "we and they", and that the divisiveness has

deterred Homoeopathy in the past and "continues to

threaten to do so again". He feels that the allopaths - our

colleagues - and ourselves must attune to each other.

XX.

The Homoeopathic Links (Indian Edition) Vol.7,

2&3/1994 was a 'compilation' of the Homoeopathic

Links Vol.1-3. The

Materia Medica

Section has some

nice pictures. Some extracts:

Nux Vomica: Ambitious, hard, sexual people. One of

the most sexually aggressive remedies like Tarentula,

especially in men.

Natrum muriaticum: Impossible for them to go into

detail about emotional traumas, they replace sexual needs

by internal fantasies. Dependency is a humiliating state for

them. Presents a face to the world that they think is right

regardless of how they feel. Alternating headaches with

stomach problems.

Magnesium muriaticum: Unusual personality, cannot

accept the way things are. These are the people that fight

for the minorities in society. Cannot tolerate injustice but

won't use violence of any kind. Peace-makers, cannot bear

conflict.

Sulphur: The egocentrism of Sulphur is sometimes

unbelievable to see! lives for self, not really caring for

others. "Playing comedy" full of self-importance and

haugtiness. Think of Sulphur when you see the over made-

up woman or the man with too much perfume or after-shave.

Sulphur is very sensitive to smell, even the smell of their

own body. 30% of Sulphur cases can be chilly. Frequent

waking after midnight; Vertigo: water, crossing, running;

Walking over water; cannot look down from a bridge at

running water below. Motion of tongue lapping to and fro.

Phosphorus: Give themselves totally, they become

overwhelmed by their feelings. Easily angry but also

sensitive and sentimental and regret their action

immediately. They cannot hold in theirfeelings, bad or good

they have to come out, may even stutter because they can't

articulate at same speed as their feelings. Great storytellers,

say everything with such enthusiasm and richness.

XXI.

Remedy Pictures: Notes from

GEUKENS-Seminar by Victor JENNI: (HL, 7, 3&4/94)

Bufo: It is to GEUKENS' credit that he has shed new

light on this remedy, showing that it is more applicable

to our modern age than we imagine. This remedy is

not limited to the feeble minded and senile.

Summary

of the remedy

Bufo:

Epilepsy with skin symptoms or inflammations.

Sensuous people, may have a sexual look in eye,

slightest touch arouses instinct.

Sleeps with finger in vagina.

Handles genitals

Rage when alone. Rage comes from irritation of brain

whereas in Stramonium it comes from unconscious

fears.

Foolish expression, childish behaviour, thick lips,

protruding or lapping tongue.

Prograthy.

Bites tongue during convulsion.

Biting tongue in spasm.

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Weeping at trifles

Hurried, restless and impatient.

Think of this remedy in autistic children.

Although BOERICKE says music is unbearable,

GEUKENS cases show that most like or have a special

affinity to music.

Comparison of Baryta carbonica and Bufo

Baryta carbonica Bufo

Feeble-minded Single minded; bright in one

specific subject

Timid - hides behind No timidity; does not take

mother notice of surrounding.

Sensual approach to others.

Slowness Impatient

Inactivity Restless; easily angry.

Sexually active.

Slow to learn Abnormal development

Focus: Glands Focus: Nervous system

and skin.

XXII. Nancy HERRICK in Berne Seminar: (HL, 7,

3S4/94)

Aurum: Importan: Key-notes: Moaning in sleep,

praying/meditating, talking a lot about business, suicidal

thoughts with rage or revenge, cryptorchism.

Modalities: better warmth, music.

GEUKENS in Berne Seminar:

Mercury: The cause comes from: Anger that is held

inside. (Colocynthis - cramp; Staphysagria -

hypersensitive; Causticum - fight). Inflexibility. Very

correct (Kali), with strong feelings towards traditions.

Mercury has a strong sense of national socialism, he reacts

to what he feels is unjust and can kill. Doesn't react

immediately bui boils inside and when the control goes it

all bursts out. Quiet on the outside but seething inside,

given away by the tremulous voice. Has the impulse to

kill but may not admit this.

XXIII. The Homoeopathic Links, 7.2&3/1994, carries

interesting articles from the first four years of the

journal. Many 'Seminar Reports' have been published

in these pages. Some extracts:

Roger MORRISON & Nancy HERRICK Seminar in

Berne in Sept. 1987.

Case Analysis: Seventeen ways to look at the case,

listed in hierarchical order:

1. Essence. Totality and Keynotes.

(Frequency approx. 1%, Results 100%)

2. Essence confirmed by Keynotes (F.15%,

R.95%)

3. Totality plus Keynotes (F.25%, R.85%)

4. Essence alone. (F.20%, R.70/80%)

5. Totality alone. (F.35%,R.50/60%)

6. Confirmatory Symptoms, (e.g.3

underlines, intensive)

7. Main Pathology. (Distinctive features of

Pathology)

8. Recent Pathology (repertorise as a layer)

9. 3 keynotes for 1 remedy (3 legged stool)

10. Keynote-essence, (essential point for

remedy usually a small remedy)

11. Combination of Symptoms.*

(Doublet/triplet)

12.3 Keynotes from one area.** (Mostly in

desires and aversions)

13.Combination of remedies (Keynotes for 2

remedies + at least one good symptom for the

combined remedies (e.g. Nats.)

14.2 strong Keynotes.

15.Nosode. (corresponding family history plus

at least 1 keynote)

16.1 very strong keynote.***

17.To open the case.

(When none of above are possible, try Sulphur when

the patient is hot, Nux vomica when patient is cold or

Sepia when the patient has no energy).

Essence is 3 dimensional including: Causation (grief),

Tempo (Sudden, gradual) Centre of pathology (headache),

it also includes the physical appearance and the

personality; Sometimes the essence can be described in a

word or a phrase e.g.- cowardice; soft and yielding.

Totality is 2 dimensional, i.e. rep.ertorisation. Keynote is

a particular symptom which points to a specific remedy.

'Diabetes, kidney problems and desires ham =

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Uranium Sciatica agg. cough, bearing down at stool and

sneezing — Tellurium

** Desires chicken, Averse sweet, fish = Graphites ***

Nocturnal emission is strong Keynote for Natrum

phosphoricum. Numbness of hands in morning is strong

Keynote for Phosphorus

Ananda ZAREN Seminar in Berne - Obstetrics and

Gynaecology: She gave a useful list of what she considers

to be the main hormonal remedies and introduced unusual

remedies like:

Viburnum opulus a major remedy for cramping pains

Aletris farinosa a polycrest in pregnancy for anaemia

and weakness

Symphoricarpus racemosa an important remedy

for nausea in pregnancy.

Hormonal remedies: i.e. anything to do with a

hormonal situation e..g headache since birth, menses

problems, etc. Arnica, Belladonna, Caulophyllum,

Cimicifuga, Gelsemium, Lachesis, Medorrhinum, Nux

vomica, Sabina, Secalu, Sepia, Sulphur.

Placenta praevia: important remedies: Calcarea

carbonica, Ipecacuanha, Kali carbonicum, Natrum

muriaticum, Nux vomica, Phosphorus, Sabina, Sepia,

Silicea, Veratrum album. To prevent perineal tears prepare

the perineum 5 weeks before the birth with regular

Calendula hot-packs, i.e. put 2 tablespoons of Calendula

on a wet flannel, place on the perineum with a heated

pad on top. This encourages softness and flexibility in

the perineal tissue. For healing of tears: Calendula30 plus

hot packs and sit-baths. Consider also Arnica,

Staphysagria, and BelHs perennis.

John HICKS and Angela BARRON gave a Seminar

in Neuro-linguistic programming (NLP) and how to

interpret the vast amount of non-verbal communication

that goes on during a consultation.

Often we unconsciously match our patients to put

them and ourselves at ease; if this is done consciously we

can elicit more information from our patients. It is difficult

to get information from a Mercury patient until they feel

really understood, i.e matched. If you lay back in a sloppy

Sulphur way with an Arsenicum patient you will get more

vital information. The more experience we have with

patients and the deeper understanding of Materia Medica,

the easier it becomes to elicit what lies behind the patient's

mask.

Some Notes from the Seminar of George

VITHOULKAS: We must be careful to discriminate the

real symptoms from those produced by the wrong remedy

given earlier. A case of a 6 year-old-child was heart-

rending. The case had developed due to the child being in

a state of grief when he contracted chicken pox. The

weakened organism thus developed a cerebellitis as a

response to the chicken-pox virus. Despite the paralysis

VITHOULKAS pointed out that the most important

symptom was the child's inability to keep down the food

and the remedy, to be correct, must change this life-

threatening symptom first. The overwhelming aura of

sadness, unusual in a child of 6, led to the prescription

oflgnatia. 3 days later he walked into the consultation.

"How are you?" VITHOULKAS asks "GOOD" was the

loud, definite reply. "And how were you before?" "SAD"

the reply, equally loud and definite! In acute cases it is

vital that the most life-threatening symptom must

show signs of improvement first.

VITHOULKAS' Seminar in Edipsos, Greece,

September 1988: Aurum: is an introverted character,

closed, responsible, refined and serious, they avoid

superficial contacts. They want to be the best and show

their capabilities by always working hard and keeping

busy. However, their tendency to self reproach, self

criticism and self distraction can lead to a suicidal

disposition. Two types of Aurum: the successful,

workaholic manager, and the anarchist or terrorist. Aurum

types have the impulse to jump from a high place to be free

from the inner suffering. This is a syphilitic remedy with

aggravation at night and general amelioration from cool

bathing, from music -especially classical music - from

walking in the open air + moonlight.

A patient with Crohn's disease began with gastric

problems 7 years ago, and later devloped severe

haemorrhage. The key to the case was shown when

VITHOULKAS brought out the tremendous sympathetic

character and intolerance to injustice in this patient. The

problems began after he witnssed the difficult labor of his

wife where he was unable to help. Following this he was

unable to have sexual contact for one year. This was a

Causticum case.

The second Causticum case was a follow-up of an

AIDS patient. He was sympathetic, a moralist and had a

fear to be alone. The follow-ups showed a decrease of the

cervical lymph nodes and the patient had also matured in

himself.

GEUKENS Seminar, Berne, April 1988:

Kali bromatum: may have general Kali picture with

swollen eye lids, bloated face, etc. Remedy has tendency

for apoplexy. Note unusual rubrics: Delusions, God, is

object of God's vengeance K.26; Restlessness, hands,

K.1187 Patient may be constantly wringing hands.

Cimicifuga: Loquacious, similartoLaches/s but chilly.

Stiffness in cervical region, amel. riding in a car, agg. draft

of air. Feels as if enveloped by a cloud when driving a car.

Neuralgic pains in ovary, false contractions. Sighs like

Ignatia XXIV. Rubric definitions from ElZAYAGA

Seminar: (HL, 7, 3&4/94) Fever:

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Body temperature: normal low point is 3 a.m.,

highest point between 5-6 p.m.

Intense heat = above 39°C

Continued fever = continuous fever, variation not

more than 1°C.

Hectic fever = consuming fever causing great

weakness.

Insidious = slightly raised temperature.

Intermittent = malaria-like, temperature returns to

normal for some hours

Long-lasting = chronic fever without a clear reason.

Relapsing = Long periods with normal

temperature but fever keeps returning.

Remittent = Variation more than 1 degree C but never

normal.

Heat = Patient teels hot inside or on body. Patient or

single parts are hot.

Fever = Raised temprature as measured by

thermometer but patient can feel subjectively cold. Fever

with chill is possible but not heat with chill.

Fever, burning heat = one can feel the radiating heat.

Fever, delirium and cramp can be found under fever,

intense heat

Weakness fever = physical weakness on motion.

Weariness = weak and tired on slightest exertion.

Mind:

Despair of recovery = hopeless mood (feeling)

Doubtful of recovery = intellectual doubts about

recovery.

Vertigo = dizziness, but can also mean insecure

feeling on standing or walking.

Timid = feelsheisoflessworthwhen in contact with

others.

Lack of self-conf dence = feeling of insecurity and

worthlessness also when alone.

Introspection = absorbed with self and own

problems, self-analysis.

Reserved = does not outwardly show feelings.

Mind speech = refers to content of speech. (Mouth

speech = to dc with articulation of the words; lesion of

nerves). Multiple Sclerosis symptoms:

Awkwardness = clumsy in movements.

Vertigo reeling = almost falls while standing

(Romberg +). Swaying of upper body while standing.

Walking infirm = insecure walking

Incoordination = disturbance in fi ner

movements, e.g. tying shoe laces.

Ataxia = more pronounced and more general loss of

control over body movements.

Scotoma = loss of vision due to nerve damage.

Twitching = involuntary muscle-fasciculations

without movement of extremity.

Jerking = sudden movement of part of body in one

direction.

Trembling = movement of extremity which does

not change position.

Convulsion = uncontrolled movement of whole body

in all directions.

Tonic = small, I mited attacks.

Clonic = whole body affected.

Tetanic = Stiffness and rigor of affected muscles.

XXV. Report from the Ohio Meeting, Dayton,

November 1993 (HT, 14, 3/1994)

Osteoporosis: A Homoeopathic Feminist

Perspective: Jacquelyn WILSON: For those who fear that

they are going to die from a broken hip - the biggest risk

factor is not Osteoporosis - it is a lack of balance. She

suggested testing your balance when you arise each

morning. Stand on one foot and stretch out your arms. Then

close your eyes and hold for 5 seconds. If you can do that,

you're fine. If not you need balance treatment-six weeks of

Tai chi will improve your balance, "The less you move,

the closer you are to death," If you are at high risk for

broken bones, use garments with padding the hips to

protect in the case of fall. Vitamin K increasesthe healing

rate of fractures, and Vitamin D is also helpful, but what

keepsthe bones strong is weight bearing--you must stand

up. Walking, dancing, Tai chi, and even bouncing on a

trampoline will help the bones stay healthy.

Fluoride results in stronger looking but weaker bones.

Estrogen replacement will increase bone density but it

might cause breast cancer, and definitely can cause uterine

cancer.

Chaos Theory: Implications for

Homoeopathy: Joel SHEPPERD: Chaos theory

describes non-linear dynamic systems. One of the

implications for health is that from the standpoint of

chaos theory, all crucial body functions oscillate. When

the oscillations become unstable, illnss results. These

complex oscillations are chaos—which is healthy. "The

word homeostasis has outlived its usefulness. We should

now think of homeodynamics" said SHEPPERD. To show

the meaning of this in very real terms Dr. SHEPPERD

showed a graph of several heart rates. The normal heartbeat

is seen as a very complex wave, whereas the wave form of

diseased heart has lost all its complexity. Regular rhythms

signify problems. When brain waves lose their

complexity and variability, the result is seizure. Chaos

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theory describes whole behavior. Double-blind testing,

with its emphasis on a single variable and one outcome

point, could make Homoeopathy disappear, said

SHEPPERD. "You can't judge health by one variable."

Can Anthroposophical Medicine offer

something to Homoeopathy? Mark EISEN:

Anthroposophical Medicine founded by the

German mystic Rudolph STEINER is recognized as a

medical specialty in Europe and in South America.

Anthroposophy is a path of knowledge of the spirit

through rational thinking and clear perception. The

speaker gave a fascinating talk which is available in

audiotape.

The State of Homoeopathic Clinical Research by

Michael CARLSTON: Research in Homoeopathy is

needed inthreeareas: 1) randomized

controlled trials, 2)

outcomes research, 3) basic science research. And research

should not only be used to show that Homoeopathy works,

but also to have us improve how we do what we do.

Research tells us about absolute truth in the world. Dr.

CARLSTON spoke of the formation of the

Homoeopathic Research Network, a loose grouping of like-

minded people, who are working to develop academic and

community concerns. There should be discussions about the

methodology of the trials. It is important to do classical

homoeopathic trials. The research needs to be done so our

science can grow to its full potential as quickly as possible.

Results of the study of the Homoeopathic

Treatment of Premenstrual Syndrome and its

Implications for Homoeopathic Practice: by Ted

CHAPMAN:

Dr.CHAPMAN's presentation brought up all

the factors and problems that Michael CARLSTON had

mentioned in the previous talk. Although 7 million (in the

USA alone?) are affected the "disease diagnosis" has been

contested. In CHAPMAN'S trials none of the data was

statistically significant. And none showed the efficacy of

Homoeopathy in treating PMS.

Panel Discussion - Health Care Reform:

This pertains

to the reforms required in the USA.

Suppression

Homeopathy: by Michael GARN:

Suppression in Homoeopathy can be seen as the local

symptoms improving while the person in general worsens.

Dr. Elizabeth WRIGHT-HUBBARD said "The disease

manifestations go before the disease is cured. H.A.

ROBERTS said "The manifestation is cut off, forcing it

to express itself nearer the center of Vitality." The

effects of suppression may go beyond the individual, and

be passed on to future generations.

A Case of Rheumatoid Arthritis: by Sandra

M.CHASE:

A difficult case of arthritis of 32 years

duration. (The case has been publised in full in the JAIH,

87, 2/1994. Please see Therapeutics, No.49. of this issue of

QHD)

Case study: A Classical Approach by Carey

RUDICK:

The speaker stressed the importance of strange,

rare and peculiar symptoms in the analysis of

case. A 42-

year-old male with a five year history of Asthma. History of

hay fever and allergies. He was worse from fresh-cut grass

(hay). Has had visible chest palpitations. Born with

undescended testicle. History of Pneumonia with two

occurrences by age five, and several more between age 20

and 30. Had an inguinal hernia. Arsenicum iodatum 200

was the remedy. (Dr.Julian WINSTON says that when he

analysed the case with

Mac Repertory

in his Computer

Arsenicum iodatum came only in the 9th place, and with

the

KEiNT Repertory

it came only in the 21st place and

when Hay asthma was added the remedy reached 7th place.)

Immunization: Publich Health, Private Choice,

and Homoopathy: by Dennis CHERNIN:

The question of immunization is a very emotional topic.

The relevant points are discussed and the homoeopathic

medicines generally used in the infectious diseases for

which the immunizations are mandated are mentioned.

Immunization: A Pharmacist's View by Kristine

SEVERYN:

The speaker pointed out that many of the

epidemic cases are happening in vaccinated population.

37% of the children who had whooping cough in the latest

epidemic in Ohio had been vaccinated against the

illness. It is now recommended that babies get the

pertussis vaccine at one month old. There are more vaccines

coming. Ms. SEVERYN pointed that the insert which is

packaged with the DPT vaccine describes it as

"unavoidably unsafe." Yet parents are not shown the

package insert, nor do the doctors tell you what it says, (see

No.3,

General

section in this QHD)

Making inroads into Orthodox Medicine: by

Michael CARLSTON:

An academic foothold for

teaching Homoeopathy has been established by

Dr.Michael CARLSTON teaching Homoeopathy at the

University of California in San Francisco within the

residency programme at the Community Hospital of

Sonoma County in Santa Rosa, CA. It is the only

homoeopathic training within an academic institution. Dr.

CARLSTON has also given some 'tips' howto open inroads in

the conventional medicine.

Homoeopathy and High Altitude Sickness by EOS

Nancy:

Coca is the medicine for high altitude sickness. The

speaker described the work she did as the Physician for a

1993 Sierra ClubTripouting to high altitudes in the Uintas

Mountains in Utah. She prepared her own potency of Coca

from a single drop of Cocaine hydrochloride 4%

XXVI.

A new Masters degree in Homoeopathy has

been launched by the Liverpool John Moores

University. The course has been aimed at doctors and

has been developed with the Department of

Homoeopathic Medicine at Mossley Hill Hospital in

Liverpool. Post graduate certificates and diplomas will

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also be available for nurses, midwives, pharmacists,

dentists and vets. (HT, 14, 4/1994).

XXVII.

Some extracts from the interesting 'discussion'

on the lecture

Dysis vs Disease

by Drs.Manu L

KOTHARI and Lopa A. MEHTA (mfH, 4, 4/1994): The

so-called 'routine check-up' flaunted about by many

of the Hospitals and Doctors are only 'commercial'.

Doctors suffer from what may be called the

'l-told-you-so' syndrome. It became fashionable for

many women in the US to undergo mastectomy. 33%

of the breast cancers were diagnosed pragmatically.

It was Prof.RAEBURN who in an article wrote in 1972

"immunodeficiency in children because of antibiotics"

stated 'microbes come as friends for a dialogue but are

suppressed by the doctor and as a result th e child goes

in for a life-long immuno-deficiency. At the moment it

would seem that the AIDS virus is the gift of antibiotics. It

will not depart until we change our antibiotic policy.

Prof.RAEBURN said "future generations will see antibiotics

as nature's most malicious trick played on mankind".

It is only in 10% of illnesses resulting from extrinsic

factors as traumas and such other physiological

disturbances that are reversible, replacement of fluids,

maintaining electrolytic balance, surgical repairs etc. that

Allopathy is called for. In the remaining 90% Allopathy is

ineffective.

Even homoeopathic medicine has its

limitations. All medicines are only temporary

measures. Fever has to be considered as the best friend.

About pain, it has to be borne patiently.

A prescription is a tie that binds a doctor to a patient.

A drug is a symbol that the doctor has done something. In

every pathy, the physician is paid for doing something

assertwe and positive and will not be paid for not doing

something. That is why most of us are forced to do at least

something. This is where we lack the humility to admit that

this is an area where we are ignorant.

The ICC unit may be called the Intensive Cardiac

Scare Unit because it scares the patient out of his wits and

now global studies have shown that mortality is least when

a heart patient is nursed at home, greater in the general

ward and highest in the ICCUs. We should not be blinded

by technical gadgetry.

A significant remark by Swami RAJNEESH was cited,

that it was not the fall itself that hurts as much as the

attempt to save oneself while falling. This is very apt in the

context of disease and healing. The disease

Full addresses of the journals covered by this

Quarterly Homoeopathic DIGEST (QHD) are given below:

ACD:

Archiv fur Homoopathik, DYNAMIS-

VERLAG, AM

Vogelherd 18, 4200 OBERHAUSEN 11,

GERMANY.

AHJ:

Asian Homoeopathic Journal, 37, South

Anarkali

Extension, DELHI-■ 10 051.

AHZ:

Allgemeine Hombopathische Zeitung,

Karl F. Haug

Verlag, 6900 HEIDELBERG 1, GERMANY.

BHJ:

British Homoeopathic Journal, Royal

London

Homoeopathic Hospital, Great Ormond Street,

LONDON,

WC1N3HR, U.K.

CCR:

Homoeopathic Clinical Case Recorder,

Dr. Subhash

Meher, Phule Road, Maliwada,

AHM6DNAGAR • 414 001,

INDIA.

CCRH:

Quarterly Bulletin, Central Council for

Research in

Homoeopathy, B-l/6, Community Centre,

Janakpuri,

NEW DELHI -110 055, INDIA.

CGH:

Cahiers du Groupement

Hahnemannien,

MEDECINE ET HYGIENE, 78, avenue de la

Roseraie, Case

456, CH-1211 Geneva 4.

HH:

Homoeopathic Heritage, B. Jain

Publishers (P) Ltd.,

1920 Street, 10th Chuna Mandi, Pahargnj, Post

Box 5775,

NEW DELHI • 110 055 INDIA.

itself does not hurt as much as when we try to interfere, we

interfere with the body's healing powers. XXVIII. In the

SimiHimum, 7, 1/1994, Stephen KING had reported of ear

pain in a eight-year old girl during the night; she was

walking around the room when in pain, wept because of the

pain. Remedies

Ferrum phosphoricum, Chamomilla,

Pulsatilla, Arnica

(pain was described as if a blow to the

ear). At last

Rhus toxicodendron

(She was also coughing

during the pain) gave quick relief.

In Simillimum, 7,2/1994 Dr.Dennis H.KAY writes that

the most likely source of the ear pain was from the

temporomandibular joint. In adults with either acute or

chronic ear pain, over 90% are f r o m the

temporomandibular joint. The TMJ pain presenting as ear

pain, although not common is not rare in children. 90% of

all ear pain originates from three sources:

inflammation of middle ear,

inflammation of the ear canal, and

the temporomandibular joint.

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Except in very young children, you can ask the parent

or the patient to do three simple things during a phone

consultation to help determine the source of the ear pain.

First, middle ear infections will almost always be

accompanied by decreased hearing in the affected ear. A

simple whisper test will tell if the hearing is affected.

Second, pulling gently on the auricle will cause increased

pain if the pain is from external otitis. Third, gentle finger

pressure over the TMJ (just in front of the ear) and having

the patient open and close the jaw and move the jaw side to

side will elicit pain if the TMJ is the problem.

HL: Homoeopathic Links, Homoeopathic

Research & Charities, "Dinar", 20 Station

Road, Santacruz (West), BOMBAY - 400 054.

10.

HLK:

Forum fbr Homeopatisk La'kekonst

Svenska

Akademin fbr Kiasisk Homeopati,

Folkungagatan 84 (Itr),

116 22 STOCKHOLM.

11.

H.TIMES:

Homoeopathy Times, 805-Giriraj,

Neelkanth

Valley, Ghatkopar, Bombay ■ 400 077,

INDIA.

12.

H.T.: Homoeopathy Today, National

Center for

Homoeopathy, 500, Massachusells Avenue,

N.W. Suite 42,

WASHINGTON D.C. 20005, U.S.A.

13.

THE HOMOEOPATH:

The Journal of the

Society of

Homoeopath, 2, Artizan Road,

NORTHAMPTON NN1

4HU, U.K.

14.

IJHM:

Indian Journal of Homoeopathic

Medicine, CMP

Homoeopathic Medical College, N.R. Gadkari

Marg, Irla,

Vile Parle (West), BOMBAY - 400 056,

INDIA.

15.

JAIH: The Journal of the American Institute of

Homoeo

pathy, 1585, Glencoe, DENVER, Colorado

80220, U.S.A.

16.

mfH:

Medicina futura Homoeopathy, 1-2-

217/7,

Gaganmahal Road, HYDERABAD - 500 029,

INDIA.

17.

NEJH:

New England Journal of

Homoeopathy, 356,

Middle Street, AMHEBST, MA 01002, U.S.A.

18.

QHQ:

Quinquina Homoeopathic Quarterly, Sri

Sathya Sai

Publications, Main Road, Taliparamba,

KANNUR - 670

141, INDIA.

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PART II

Les Pathogenesies hahnemanniennes oubliees

(The forgotten Hahnemannian Pathogeneses)

BY Dr. J. BAUR (CGH, 1/1994)

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A certain number of pathogeneses carried out by HAHNEMANN and his collaborators does neither figure in

his

'Chronic Diseases'

nor in his

'Materia Medica Pura'.

One finds their mention in the little work of G.O.

KLEINERT

"Sources des experimentations physiologiques des medicaments"

and in the

"Index of

Provings"

of Thomas L BRADFORD. One is astonished that in the 150 years which have followed their

publication in Germany, not one author has thought of reassembling them in a work which followed the

Materia

Medica Pura.

These pathogeneses have been published in

the

different works as follows:

STAPF's Archivs

They were published between 1822 and 1843 and consist of numerous pathogeneses of

HAHNEMANN. In particular:

Antimonium tartaricum - 1824 Viola tricolor -1829

Sabadilla

- 1825 Agnus castus -1831

Sabina

-1826 Lamium album -1832

Colchicum

-1826 Cantharis -1833

Paris quadrifolia

-1829

STAPF's Addition to the Materia Medica

Under the ti t l e

"Bei tra ge zu r Arzneimittellehre"

STAPF published at Leipzig in 1836 a volume

containing other pathogeneses. Certain entries have been made with the participation of HAHNEMANN in

particular:

Agnus castus - a first pathogenesis of which has been published in Volume X of

"Archivs"

Senega &

Valeriana officinalis (or V.minor)

Fragmenta de Viribus Medicamentorum (1805)

This work constit jtes the first publication of the

Materia Medica

of HAHNEMANN. It was published in two

volumes, the first containing the pathogeneses of 27 substances, and ihe second consisting of a reportary of

symptoms: 23 of these medicines entered the

Materia Medica Pura

published subsequently. The four

others which have not been included are

Cantharis - which was published in 1833 in the

STAPF's Archivs.

Copaiva, Cuprum sulph.

Valeriana officinalis - which was published in

1836 in the 'Beitrage' of STAPF.

The Lesser Writings of HAHNEMANN

Underthe title

"Kleine Medizinische Schriften von Samuel HAHNEMANN"

STAPF reassembled

certain

number of studies and minor writings which were published in two volumes in 1829. There we find the indications

for

Coffea arabica (essay on the effects of Coffee).

Taxus baccata.

The Pharmacopaeia (Apotheker lexicon):

Apotheker Lexicon

was published in two volumes in 1793 & 1798-

99. This work is interesting for it constitutes the sum of knowledge of pharmacology possessed by HAHNEMANN at

that epoch. Furthermore one finds theintroductionofcertainobservationswhichhavebeen included in the doctrine of

Homoeopathy.

This work has been elicited by T.L BRADFORD with regard to

Cetraria islandica

Millefolium

Oenanthe crocata.

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Other Medicines introduced by HAHNEMANN.

Cuprum ammoniae sulphuricum: in the

Journal of HUFELAND; Vol.V.2, 274, cited by

BRADFORD.

Jalapa

the

Organon

5th edition, cited by

G.O. KLEINERT. This citation of Jalapa is really

found in the 4 edition -1829.

_____________________________________________

Dr. Frederik SCHROYENS

Synthesis has replaced Kent Repertory which has been used for decades.

Synthesis is an advance of KENT.

I have been using the Synthesis exclusively in my practice for the last few months. Certain 'errors' and

confusions noted are given here. Further would follow:

1. ANGUISH: Clothes

TOO

tight when walking in open air; as if: (p. 10) arg-met.

EN I, p.448, No 417: "Lassitude and heat all over when walking in the open air; he has no sweat, and feels

a sort of anguish, as if his clothes were too tight. ALLEN gives this under Generalities. This is obviously a

physical sensation and not a mental anguish (evidently a sensation of heat giving the feeling of the clothes

being too tight). Many relevant rubrics exist in the Synthesis: e.g.

LASSITUDE: Walking in open air (p.1624) (there is only amel. mentioned in the rubric); HEAT: Sensation

of: Walking (p.1613) (there is no sub-rubric for walking in open air); HEAT: Flushes: Perspiration:

without (p. 1613) None of the above has arg- met CLOTHES: (p. 1562) does not have a sub-rubric 'tight; as

One would not iook for this symptom in the Mind section, and should therefore be added in the relevant

Generals rubrics.

2. ANXIETY: Faintness; after: (p. 16) ars-s-f.

FA1NTNESS: Anxiety, after: (p. 1587) cench. It is suggested that the rubrics be rewritten as: ANXIETY:

Fainting; after: ars-s-f. (GS II, p.145: "... greatest apprehension after a swoon.");

ANXIETY: Faintness; anxiety causes: cench.

3. ANXIETY: Sexual excess, from suppressed

(p. 19)

This rubric may read: ANXIETY: Sexual desire, from suppressed.

4. CONFUSION: Walking amel. (p.36): agar.

Search in EN and GS under agaricus muscarius was negative. Under Asarum europeum (EN I, p.583,

Nr.14): "Confusion of the head, less perceptible when walking than when sitting." Confirmed in GS also.

Hence agar. should be corrected as asar. Same error appears in SR I also.

5. HOMESICKNESS (P.116): eup-per.

This is an addition from the Index to EN, to SR I and Synthesis. EN has no mind symptoms at all under

Eupatorium perfoliatum, but under Eupatorium purpureum homesickness is mentioned (which is already listed

in Kent, SR I and Synthesis. Hence eup-per. should be deleted from SR I and Synthesis.

6. TOUCHED: Aversion to being (p.198):

lachn. This is an addition from the Index to EN (Vol.XI,

p.133)

Search under lachnanthes was negative, but under lachesis we fine: "Slight touch is intolerable, almost puts

him into a rage." (EN V, p.463, Nr.1308). Hence lachn. should be corrected as lach. in SR I, Synthesis and the

Index to EN.

7. VERTIGO: LYING, While: sinking down

through or with the bed; as if: (p.218) benz-ac.

EN and GS do not list this under benzoic acid; but under benzenum: "Sensation of falling through bed and

floor."

(EN II, p.130, Nr.33). Hence benz-ac. should be corrected as ben. both in Kent and Synthesis.

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8. HEAD: CONGESTION: Suppressed: from:

(p.229) verat-v. This rubric does not convey any

meaning; Materia medica confirms that after

suppressions, for example, of menses, congestion to

head may result, in Veratrum viride. CLARKE mentions

under Causations: Suppression of menses

(Dictionary of Materia medica III, p..1322):

HEAD: CONGESTION: Menses: suppressed, from (p.229) already lists verat-v. Does Veratrum viride

include congestion to head after any suppression, for example discharges or eruptions? In which case, the rubric

may read: HEAD: CONGESTION: Suppressions; from

9. HEAD: PAIN: agg.: (p.267) phyt.

This rubric should read: HEAD: PAIN: Rain agg. (Source: Boger- Boenninghausen)

10. HEAD: PAIN: Forehead, in: diversion:

(p.277) pip-m. Source verification: "Pains, (especially

of the head) relieved temporarily by turning the mind

to another topic." (EN VII, p.543, Nr.16). Kent as well

as Synthesis have omitted the modality amel. in the

rubric, which should be added. (KUNZLI has

corrected this in his Repertorium Generale.)

Whereas EN does not specify pain in forehead amel.

by diversion, Kent (and Synthesis) has included the

remedy only under pain - forehead, and not in the

rubric Head - pain in general, with the specific

modality. Should be added.

11. HEAD: PAIN: Forehead: Nasal discharge (p.278) appears as a sub-rubric under

HEAD: PAIN: Forehead: Motion; whereas it should be placed as the next rubric. The complete rubric

should read:

HEAD: PAIN: Forehead: Nasal discharge amel.

12. HEAD: PAIN: Bursting, Temples,

alternating: (p.301) ip. Does it mean 'alternating

sides?' This could not be traced in Boger's

Boenninghausen.

13. APPETITE: Increased: Fever: during:

(p.618) eup-pur. after: (p.618) eup-per,

Source verification: "Canine hunger with or before ague." (Eupatorium perfoliatum: GS V, p.222);

"Loss of appetite with fever; desire to eat immediately after." (Eupatorium purpureum: GS V, p.237)

Hence eup-pur. and eup-per. in the above rubrics should be interchanged.

14.KIDNEYS: PAIN: Sore, bruised, region of:

(p.820) mang. Verification in GS negative. But under

Mancinella: "Sensation of weakness, as if bruised, in

region of kidneys." (GS VII, p.266) Hence mang.

should be corrected as mane.

15.CHEST: PAIN: Heart, extending to leg,

right: (p.1029) alumn. "Fromthe hearta pain shooting

to the lower part of the right lung." (EN I, p.200, NR.

288) Hence in the above rubric, leg should be

corrected as lung.

The same error appears in GS I, p. 143, as well as Knerr's Repertory, lung is given wrongly as leg. J.H.

CLARKE has corrected this error in the 'Errata' in his Materia Medica.

16. EXTREMITIES: PAIN: Lower limbs:

Sciatica, right: (p.1234) graph. Verification in GS

negative. But under Gnaphalium: "Pain dull or darting

or cutting from right hip joint posteriorly downward to

foot." "Intense pain along sciatic nerve." (GS V,

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p.434). Wrongly mentioned as graph, in Boger's Boenninghausen and added as it is in Synthesis. Should

be corrected as gnaph. in both the repertories.

17. BATHING: Feet: Cold water, in: (p. 1554)

led.

The modality amel. has been omitted in the rubric, and it should be added.

18.FOOD & DRINKS: Beer agg. intoxicated

easily: (p. 1594) chim. Verification in GS negative for

Chimaphila. Under China: "Beer intoxicates easily."

(GS IV, p.178). Hence chim. should be corrected as

chin.

19. GROWTH in length too fast: Young people,

in: (p. 1611) hippoz. Addition from Knerr'sto SRII and

Synthesis. Verification in GS for Hippozaenium

negative. Under Hippomanes: Stages of life,

Constitution: "After growing too fast (Chorea)" (GS VI,

p.46). Hence hippoz. should be corrected as hipp. in

Knerr, SR II and Synthesis.

20. SYNONYMOUS RUBRICS: inconsisten

cies:

i) ANGER: Trembling, with (p.9)

TREMBLING: Anger, from (p. 1693)

TREMBLING: Anger, with (p.1693)

All three rubrics mean the same and in fact list the same remedies: one rubric with cross references is

enough.

ii) ANGER: alternating with: repentance (p.7)

IRRITABLE: alternating with remorse (p.132)

These should naturally list the same remedies.

Both mean the same, but different remedies listed.

iii) ANGER: Jaundice, from (p.8)

SKIN: DISCOLORATION: Yellow, anger, after (p. 1508)

Different remedies listed.

iv) ANGER: Talking of others; from (p.9)

ANGER: Voices of people (p.9)

Different remedies listed.

v) CONFUSION: Identity, as to his: head separated from body, as if (p.34)

DELUSION: Head separated from body (p.61)

Remedies differ in the rubrics.

21. CREATION OF NEW RUBRICS:

i) ARTISTIC: (p.21) care. Is not phos. artistic?

ii) LOOKING BACKWARDS: as if followed (p.140) (New rubric)

DELUSION: People behind him (p.69) and FEAR: Behind him, some one is (p.100) also mean the

same.

iii) NATURE: Loves: (p.154) care. We find also under Coffea cruda:". .contrary to his custom is very

much charmed by the beauties of nature, descriptions ofwhich are related to Mm." (EN III, p.435,Nr.1). Study of

the provings could reveal more of this kind!

iv) SPEECH: Nasal (p.182) This rubric does not belong to Mind. The right place is LARYNX

TRACHEA: VOICE: Nasal (p.941)

Remedies that are in this Mind rubric should be carried to p.941 (bar-i. bar-m. sul-i. teucr.) as additions.

v) TIDY: (p.197) care. Are not any of the other Fastidious remedies Tidy?

22. ADDITIONS from other sources:

Omissions

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HEAD: PAIN: Chewing, while (p.257) Additions to this rubric have been made from Boger's

Boenninghausen, but two remedies are left out, viz. thuj. and verb.

(We have also noticed a few other inconsistencies in additions made to Synthesis from Boger's

Boenninghausen. These will be communicated later.)

23. DELUSIONS:

Many 'Sensations as if from ROBERTS, H.A. which are not delusions, inaginations, hallucinations have

been put into the Delusions section. One may ultimately arrive at the remedy, knowing that the sensations have

to be looked for in the Delusions section, in the Synthesis. But,

(i) a real sensation as expressed by the patient to explain or make clear his symptom cannot be called a

'delusion'; Kent lists many 'Sensations as if in the appropriate chapters, and any additions to the Repertory

should be only in a similar way.

(ii) Many a time, a sensation expressed by the patient is not a sensation by itself, but only a manner of

speaking; for example, one migjit express heaviness of head as 'a boulder placed on top of the head' or as 'as if

someone sitting on head'. The patient uses whatever expression comes to mind, to make the symptom clear to the

physician. These cannot always be taken as delusions. A few examples from Synthesis:

i) DELUSION: Ball, sitting on: (p.47) cann-i. chim. Verification of source: "Sensation in the anus as if he

were sitting on a ball." {Cannabis indica: EN II, p.461, Nr.557); "Sensation of swelling in perineum on sitting

down, as if a ball were pressing against it." (Urinary troubles) (Chimaphila umbellate: GS IV, p.56)

Obviously, then, in both remedies this is a real sensation expressed to explain the kind of discomfort the

patient was suffering from and not a 'delusion'. Chimaphila has enlargement of the prostate, which probably

produces the 'ball' or lump' sensation in the perineum; in Cannabis indica the sensation is in the anus.

ii) DELUSION: Beside oneself, being, trifles, with: (p.48) carl. Source verification: "Very excited and

peevish, and often as if beside himself with trifles..." {Carlsbad: EN III, p.1, Nr.1) The proper rubric is

IRRITABILITY: Trifles, from (p. 134) where carl. should be added.

iii) DELUSION: Brain: Looseness: (p.49); This is a 'sensation'. HEAD: LOOSENESS of the brain;

sensation of (p.250) lists many remedies, and is the right place to add phos. found in p.49.

iv) DELUSION: Climbing up: mountain; climbing up a steep:(p.51) prun. Source verification:

"Shortness of breath, while walking; sighing, as if he were climbing a high and steep mountain." (Prunus

spinosa: EN VIM, p.161, Nr.154). This is a respiratory symptom and no delusion, as confirmed also in the GS

VIII; this expresses onl/ the degree of shortness of breath by an example of 'climbing up a mountain'. Such

dyspnoea Is usually found with emphysema or cardiac disease etc., where walking even on level ground is as

difficult as climbing up an elevation.

v) DELUSION: Creep into his own body; he would crouch together as much as he could and:

(p.51)c/mx. (Originally the remedy listed was cimic. In the Synthesis, later corrected as cimx.) Source

reference in the EN and GS clearly shows that sensation of shortness of hamstrings (during chill) causes pain

while extending the leg; to avoid pain, crouches as much as he could, 'almost creeps into himself.' This is only

an expression of a feeling that extreme crouching is needed to avoid pain, and no delusion.

vi) HARD BED sensation (p.1611) LYING: Bed, in: hard bed sensation (p.1628) The latter rubric is cross

referenced to DELUSION: Bed, hard, too (p.47). and not to HARD BED sensation (p.1611) ! In my opinion,

DELUSION, Bed hard, too (p.47) is neither complete nor appropriate, canth. morph. and san/c. should

be added from p.47 to HARDBED sensation (p. 1611)

- K.S. SRINIVASAN

BOOK SHELF

(There is tremendous interest from the people to learn Homoeopathy properly and thoroughly and this

interest is observed all over the world. Many teaching institutions have come up in Europe and the USA and a

'model' of the course of studies has been drawn and certification standards have also been set. There are many

who are unable to attend such courses but wish to study at home. In the light of such interest books which will

help the ardent student have also been published and the following two books are directed towards such self-

learners.) 1. The Principles of Homoeopathic Philosophy

- a self-directed learning text by Margaret

ROY, Churchill Livingstone, 1994. pages

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150. Price £19.95.

Homoeopathy is unlike every other Medicine. It insists on the administration of only one remedy at a time

and that too in a 'potentised' form; it also insists that the sick 'person' as a whole must be the target and not an

arbitrarily diagnosed disease name. The potentised homoeopathic remedy transcends the hitherto known

molecular sciences and acts in a way which is still not clear, but that it does act and transforms a sick person

into a healthy one has been seen to occur daily. Homoeopathy speaks of a 'Vital Force' within every being. It

would be evident that such a science would have principles and philosophy and that these must be thoroughly

grasped before one attempts to study the Materia Medica and Therapeutics.

Many books hav'e appeared in this regard but not many of them have served the purpose. It is to the credit of

Margaret ROY that such a difficult subject has been explained in a lucid, easily understandable form.

In 14 'lessons' each of which has at its end 'Activity' exercises - thinking, writing, observing etc. which the

learner should do before proceeding further on - the entire subject has been ably covered. At the end there are

'Hints to study', 'Guidelines for Proving', 'Some Model Answers to Activities',

Fromthe beginningthe book is directed straight at the self- learner.

ROY makes difficult-to-understand principles easy to understand. The homoeopath should understand

that it is the disturbed Vital Force which produces the perceptible symptoms. Therefore the question is asked

'what is happening to the Vital Force...' (to the overall harmonious balance)? What has so disturbed this person

(the patient) as a whole that the Vital Force has had to produce this group of symptoms to overcome it? Like

Sherlock HOLMES searching for the point of the original disturbance, the homoeopath should search about. Like

for example in The Hound of Baskervilles HOLMES asks 'why did the dog bark at night'? Thus, the inexplainable,

peculiar, rare, symptoms should be searched for, which would lead to the homoeopathic remedy.

Lessons have: 'Headings'; 'Aims'; 'objectives', For example, Lesson 4: The Symptoms: Headings;

Definition of a symptom, Types of Symptom, Hierarchy of Symptoms. How to construct a Hierarchy, A

complete symptom. Grades of symptom in the Repertory. Aims: To understand the role of symptoms.

Objectives: By the end of this lesson you should be able to recognize the type of symptoms; recognize if a

symptom is complete; construct a hierarchy of symptoms; recognize a grade of symptoms in a repertory.

This lesson has 'Activities'; Activity 1: Give at least five examples of prescribing, presenting and

concomitant symptoms. Go back and check your examples with those in the text. Activity 2: From your own

experience, give five examples each of objective and subjective symptoms. Activity 3: Give at least ten examples

of characteristic symptoms from the remedies you have studied...

Specific readings are suggested at the end of the Lessons.

The aims of the text "to guide the student step-by-step through a learning programme on homoeopathic

philosophy" has been well achieved.

The book can be warmly recommended without any hesitation to every student, even those who already

have some knowledge; group learners also will be immensely benefited.

2. A first Materia Medica for Homoeopathy - a

self-directed learning text by Margaret ROY,

Foreword by Vassilis GHEGAS, Churchill

Livingstone, pages 261.

Since Homoeopathy employs only one remedy at a time for a given patient, it is absolutely essential that the

homoeopath must master the essences and peculiarities of the leading remedies to begin with and proceed to the

lesser used remedies.

Many books by fading authors have appeared in the past which have been and still are the basic texts in this

regard viz, NASH, H.C. ALLEN- to name only two of the most well-known.

The question arises as to the need for this book when well-known ones like the two cited above and indeed

cited by the author of this book also as 'Recommended further reading

are already there.

Well, Margaret ROY's book is different, Since it is for 'self-learners', the 'essence' is given first, followed

by the Key-Notes/Characteristics and then Activities (i.e. Exercises) for the student. These exercises are

devised so as to make the student think, observe, do further researches of his/her own and put self-test questions;

all just as if one is attending classroom regularly The learner is advised to memorize the characteristics of

the remedies and work them out in different ways like building up typical acute symptom pictures, personality

pictures, note exciting causes, etc. etc.

The Materia Medica portion is preceded by an Introduction which briefly but clearly introduces the

remedy source and provings, the essential character of a remedy, the homoeopathic approach to disease, the

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minimum dose to arouse a reaction, the hierarchy of symptoms and ends with 'recommended further reading'.

(There is an error in this list of recommended further reading, viz. the author of 'Keynotes and

Characteristics with comparisons' is H.C. ALLEN and not J.H.ALLEN. J.H.ALLEN wrote 'Diseases of the Skin'

and 'The Chronic Miasms').

45 remedies are studied in 14 lessons. In the manner of E.B. NASH, the remedies are studied in groups,

mostly three in a group: The ABC remedies; The First Aid remedies; The Solonaceae remedies; Four irritable

remedies; Three remedies of suppressed anger; and so on. At the end are 'Answers to Activities', 'Answers to Self-

test Questions', 'Some test cases to try to solve', 'Answers to test Cases', 'Modality tests'. There is Bibliography,

Glossary of Terms and at the end a full index.

Beautiful small drawings of the remedies are given alongside the lessons at the beginning.

This is a good text book and it can be recommended to anyone who is genuinely interested to learn the

homoeopathic Materia Medica.

Both the above books are very well printed, on good, thick paper, clear print, 30cm x 21cm size format

with sufficient margin to note down additional notes.

The publishers may consider marketing these two books in India at a price affordable to the student

here. 3. Collected Writings of CM. BOGER edited by

Robert BANNAN, foreword by Jeremy

SHERR, Churchill Livingstone, 1994, pp.365

paperback, £19.95. Available in India from

B.I. Publications.

Works of Cyrus Maxwell BOGER (1861-1935) are most welcome. We already have the very useful and

well-known 'Synoptic Key and Repertory', 'BOGER's BOENNINGHAUSEN's Characteristics and

Repertory', 'General Analysis', 'Times of Remedies and Moon Phases', 'Additions to Kent's Repertory'

and 'Studies in the Philosophy of Healing'; The last one is a small collection of 28 articles culled from the

Homoeopathic Recorder, and "other writings", published in 1952 by Roy and Co., Bombay. One who has read

BOGER will certainly look about for more from him, Robert BANNAN has done a great service to

Homoeopathy by collecting most of the writings of BOGER and making them available culled from

Transactions of the International Hahnemannian Association and the Homoeopathic Recorder spanning

the years 1902 -1938.

The writings cover Philosophy, Materia Medica, Repertory, Therapeutics and there are quite a number of

cases.

Many 'gems' are scattered throughout the work. Let me extract a few:

"GROSS tells us in the first volume of the AHZ, p. 15, that HAHNEMANN obtained his antipsoric

symptoms only from doses of the primary sort almost exclusively and as primary symptoms stand in the front

rank for curative purposes far outclassing the secondary ones, the way is plain and it only remains for us to

follow it".

"It has been my fortune through reading and otherwise to observe quite a few as pathogenetic symptoms

which were formerly classed as exclusively clinical. Such observations should be carefully collected and

added to our general fund of observations; among others the following are deserving of special mention:

1. Nails ridged transversely: Arsenicum.

2. Seems to be endeavouring to get pieces of

body together: Baptisla.

3. Gums tender, blue and inflamed: Borax.

4. Yellow vision: Calendula."

Twentythree such symptoms of different

remedies have been cited.

"The getting of mental expression is greatly facilitated by allowing the mind the greatest possible play and

watching the effect. It will then reveal itself to the careful observer more fully than in any other manner,

particularly mo'e so than if we try to force it, for the soul speaks the same language, clearly and simply in every

race and every clime." Since the clear picture of the remedy is revealed only when the disease progresses to a

considerable degree and the remedy must be found ahead of such worsening of the disease we should be "thorough

enough in our first examination."

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"The larger part of sickness is composed of morbid feelings and sensations, which necessarily bear the

impress of the sufferer, which also holds true of drug symptoms."

Proving of remedies like Xanthoxylum fraxineum, Polymnia uvedalia, Actaea spicata, Thlaspi bursa

pastoris, etc. Since most of the articles are Dr. BOGER's presentation before the members of the International

Hahnemannian Association there were 'discussions' in which such stalwarts as H.C. ALLEN, J.H. ALLEN, W.P.

WESSELHOEFT, G.B. STEARNS, STUART CLOSE, E.B. NASH, OLDS, PULFORD, FARRINGTON,

UNDERHILL, GRIMMER, ROBERTS, R.E.S. HAYES, E.E. CASE, took part. All these enhance the value of

the book.

Many valuable additions can be made to the repertories currently in use (eg. Synthesis of Dr. Fr.

SCHROYENS) and also certain errors corrected with the help of these papers of Dr. BOGER.

Incidentally there are 10 articles in Roy & Co., Bombay Publication (1064) which are not found in this

collection.

Such recent Publications as Kent's Minor Writings (HAUG, 1987) have been published in India (B.Jain

Publishers, 1988) at a price affordable by readers in India. It is suggested that the Publishers of the work

under review may consider similar publication.

Printing, paper, good. Price reasonable. The book deserves to be hard bound'.

The book will oe a very useful addition to every practitioner's library.

4. Perceiving Crucial symptoms by S.M.

GUNAWANTE, B.Jain publishers (P) Ltd.,

New Delhi - 110 055. Pages 162 paperback

Rs.25/-.

It has always been a pleasure to see a book by Sri GUNAWANTE. He has, in his book-lets "Probing the

Mind and Guiding Symptoms" and other articles in the journals (the NJH, HH and JAIH) focussed attention

on the essentials of practical Homoeopathy.

The book under review is also of great value and well worth being read and fully digested by all

homoeopaths including the experienced ones. There are always certain points, at least in so far as

Homoeopathy is concerned which can bear repetitions any number of times.

With the great resurgence of interest in Homoeopathy world-over (new editions of the Organon are

being reprinted in all the European languages and soon sold out) many 'teachers' have evolved their own

techniques of case analysis and symptoms-evaluation; the Repertory rather than the Materia Medica has

become the most often consulted book of reference. In all these the ordinary practitioner loses his way about

and becomes confused. It is therefore essential that the practical methodologies enunciated and practised by the

great homoeopaths of the past are reiterated; at the same time the newtechniques that are taught like SEHGAL's

and Rajan SANKARAN's are also highlighted appropriately by Sri GUNAWANTE.

In 17 brief chapters the teachings of BOENNINGHAUSEN, LIPPE, BOGER, ROBERTS, CASE,

ALLEN, GUERNSEY, KENT, RAJAN SANKARAN, SEHGAL besides others are succinctly discussed, with

plenty of cases to illustrate the points.

Sri GUNAWANTE has very thoughtfully given three Appendices at the end including important

Aphorisms from the Organon.

The book can be recommended for all levels of students and practitioners. Unfortunately the publishers do

not seem to have bestowed appropriate care in avoiding so many printing errors. In the next edition, which I

hope will be soon called or, these errors may be corrected. 5. Homoeopathic Gems by Dr.D.P. RASTOGI,

B. Jain Publishers (P)_ Ltd., 7. Wazirpur,

Ring Road, Wazirpur, Delhi-110 052. Paper

back 222 pages. Rs.60/-.

It is quite long since we have come across a whole book which is filled with practical statements; tips,

hints etc. which can be profitably used in the day-to-day practice by the busy practitioner. Sincethe collections

are from the classroom lectures of eminent British homoeopaths connected with the Royal London

Homoeopathic Hospital, much of it can be used in the out-patient hours.

The book has been prepared from the classroom lectures and observations; Dr. RASTOGI was a

student in London.

The article s cover Materia Medica, Therapeutics, including the Bowel Nosodes and a beautiful one on

Some Characteristic Features of KENT'S Repertory, by Dr. T. Fergus STEWART.

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During the middle years of this century, before the names of VITHOULKAS and the stream of renowned

teachers after him upto Rajan SANKARAN and SEHGAL now, Homoeopathy was poor in the USA although

great persons such as Elizabeth Wright HUBBARD, BELLOKOSSY, GRIMMER, etc. were there; and in the

U.K. it was Sir John WEIR, FOUBISTER, TEMPI-ETON, GIBSON, ROSS, RAESIDE, BLACKIE et al.

It is these people who kept the torch of KENT alight in both the countries across the ocean.

On 18 June 1972 a great disaster struck British Homoeopathy when no less than 15 persons died in an air-

crash at the Heathrow air- port; those 15 persons were leaving for Brussels to attend the International

Homoeopathic Congress. How much this affected the British Homoeopathy is hard to say now, but the

Faculty's Journal - the British Homoeopathic Journal - soon thinned and became quite small in size and

contents. However, in the recent years there has been a tremendous renaissance and the Journal has once again

become great.

Dr. RASTOGI's compilation recalls to memory such great names as Kathleen PRIESTMAN, Margery

BLACKIE, GIBSON, ROSS, FOUBISTER, RAESIDE, KENNEDY, Fergus STEWART, Sir John WEIR, etc. It

is therefore with nostalgia that I read these pages, full of practical gems.

The book is full of hints, tips etc. and everyone who reads it will definitely profit. I will urge everyone to

buy it.

Printing errors very rare, (page 163; Cicuta niger should be Cicuta virosa) The 25 different types of pain

mentioned in page 217 should actually come under the heading, in page 216, "25 different types of pain".

Print, paper very good.

6. The Celestine Prophecy, by James REDFIELD, Bantam Books, pp.282, Rs. 195/-.

This is indeed an extraordinary book. It was first published in 1994, reprinted thrice in the same year, and

already thrice in 1995!

The story begins, with a heightened perception of the way our lives move forward. It moves on to unfolding

the mystery Df the happenings and how to engage this process and maximize its occurrence in our lives so that

human society will take a quantum leap into a whole new way of life. The book indicates, as certain other books

already have the paradigm shift that is occurring in our time.

The story is the discovery of an ancient Manuscript in the forests of Peru. This Manuscript contains nine

"insights". The hero of the story goes in quest of this Manuscript and makes startling discoveries. The Nine

Insights are:

1. A Critical Mass: A new spiritual awakening is occurring in human culture, an awakening brought about

by a critical mass of individuals who experience their lives as a spiritual unfolding, a journey in which we are led

forward by mysterious coincidences.

2. The Longer Now: This awakening

represents the creation of a new, more complete

worldview, which replaces a five-hundred-year-old

preoccupation with secular survival and comfort.

While the technological preoccupation was an

important step, our awakening to life coincidences is

opening us up to the real purpose of human life on this

planet and the real nature of our universe.

3. Matter of Energy: We now experience that

we live not in a material universe, but in a universe of

dynamic energy. Everything extant is a field of sacred

energy that we can sense and intuit. Moreover, we

humans can project our energy by focusing our

attention in the desired direction ("where attention

goes, energy flows"), influencing other energy

systems and increasing the pace of coincidences in

our lives.

4. The Struggle for power: Too often humans

cut themselves off from the greater source of this

energy and so feel weak and insecure. To gain energy

we tend to manipulate or force others to give us

attention and thus energy. When we successfully

dominate others in this way, we feel more powerful,

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but they are left weakened and often fight back.

Competition for scarce human energy is the cause of

all conflict between people.

5. The Message of the Mystics: Insecurity and

violence end when we experience an inner connection

with divine energy within, a connection described by

the mystics of all traditions. A sense of

lightness-buoyancy—and the constant sensastion

of love are measures of this connection. If these

measures are present, the connection is real. If not, it

is only pretended.

6. Clearing The Past: The more we stay

connected, the more we are acutely aware of those

times when we lose connection, usually when we are

under stress. In these times, we can see our own

particular way of stealing energy from others. Once

our manipulations are brought to personal awareness,

our connection becomes more constant and then we

can discover our own growth path in life, and our

spiritual mission, the personal way we can contribute

to the world.

7. Engaging the Flow: Knowing our personal

mission further enhances the flow of mysterious

coincidences as we are guided toward our destinies.

First we have a question, then dreams, day-dreams,

and intuitions lead us toward the answers, which

usually are synchronistically provided by the wisdom

of another human being.

The Interpersonal Ethic: We can increase

the frequency of guiding coincidences by uplifting

every person that comes into our lives. Care must be

taken not to lose our inner connection in romantic relationships. Uplifting others is especially effective in

groups where each member can feel the energy of all the others. With children it is extremely important to their

early security and growth. By seeing the beauty in every face we lift others into their wisest self and increase

the chances of hearing a synchronistic message.

9. The Emerging Culture: As we all evolve toward the best completion of our spiritual missions, the

technological means of survival will be fully automated as humans focus instead on synchronistic growth.

Such growth will move humans into ever-

higher energy states, ultimately transforming our bodies into spiritual form and uniting this dimension of

existence with the after-life dimension, ending the cycle of birth and death.

There is also a tenth 'insight'; the author is writing a book on this.

A companion to the 'Celestine Prophecy' is an 'Experiential guide to the Celestine Prophecy' which has

already come out (available in Bantam Paper Back). This 'guide' is to help Individuals and groups who practice

the 'insights'.

- K.S. SRINIVASAN

COMING EVENTS

1. DHONDUMAMA SATHE HOMOEOPATHIC

MEDICAL COLLEGE, Final Plot No. 23, Karve Road,

Pune-411 004.

DR. M.P. ARYA, Principal intimates that the College is celebrating its SILVER JUBILEE YEAR From July

1995 to Dec. 1996. Various functions for past students of this College have been arranged. All are requested to

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contact the college office with their latest mailing address so that individual invitation can be sent to every one.

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PUNE 1995 ON 25, 26th Nov. '95 at Balgandharva,

Rangamandir, Pune.

Registration fee:

Upto 20th Sept. '95 Rs.500/-

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For the Students Rs.400/- and Rs.500/- upto respective dates. LAST DATE FOR REGISTRATION IS 20th

OCTOBER, 1995 - ADMISSIONS ARE LIMITED -SPOT REGISTRATION WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.

For details contact DR. PRAHLAD WADGANKAR, Pralhad Homeo Pharmacy, 537, Sadashiv Peth,

Jonghale Chowk, Laxmi Road, PUNE -411 030. (Ph.No.457881).

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Registration Fees: Reception Committee Member Rs.1000/- Delegate Fee Rs.500/-Accompanies

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All payments are to be made by D.D. before30th November 1995 on "National Homoeopathic

Conference-96 Bangalore".

For details contact: BANGALORE HOMOEOPATHIC MEDICAL CENTRE 10 RajaRam MohanRoy

Road, Richmond Plaza, Richmond Circle, BANGALORE-560 025.

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5. "INDIAN INSTITUTE OF HOMOEOPATHIC PHYSICIANS" intend to conduct All Maharastra

"Seminar-cum-Conference" on 14th & 15th October 1995 at Chinchwad, Pune.

"Scientific Seminar" has been organized on the 14th Oct.95 on MY APPROACH TO CASE TAKING AND

PRESCRIBING.

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The foundation for Homoeopathic Research presents International Journal:

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(This Service is only for private circulation. The Journal lists the current literature in

Homoeopathy drawn from the well-known homoeopathic journals world-over -English, American,

German, French, etc., discipline wise, with brief abstracts/extracts. Readers may refer to the

original articles for detailed study. The full names and addresses of the journals covered by this

compilation are given at the end of Part I of this journal and readers are requested to refer to

them for full articles.

Compilation, translation, publication by Dr. K.S. Srinivasan, 1253, 66th Street, Korattur,

Madras – 600 080, India.)

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I. PHILOSOPHY

1. Der Wissenschaftscharakter der

Homoopathie (The Scientific Character

of Homoeopathy)

BRAUN, A. (A HZ, 239, 4/1994)

The repeated negation of the scientific

character of Homoeopathy by the so-called

Scientific Medicine, is rejected. The Scientific

Medicine cannot at all, is not competent enough

to, judge the scientific character of

Homoeopathy. Such judgement is reserved only

to the meditative thoughts in the sense of the

primary philosophy. Indeed Homoeopathy is

undoubtedly science -according to the German

Grundgesetz as well as to the modern concept

of science stated by KANT in 1781. A decisive

scale of the scientific character of medicinal-

therapeutic methods can be only their

methodological adequacy in respect to their

scientific object (the suffering individual). You

cannot cure collectively; you can cure the

individual patient. Scientific object of

Homoeopathy is the individual patient.

2. Connaissance de soi et homoeopathi

(Self-knowledge and Homoeopathy)

IMBERECHTS, J. (CGH, 31 16/1994)

Disease symptoms, like Fever with or

without thirst, sweat, etc. -such common

symptoms by being certain and specific are of

value for choice of the medicine, they become

pointers. The patient should learn to observe

himself and reveal these in the interview with the

physician. It is not necessary to know why there

is or is not thirst, sweat, etc. Such theoretic

clarifications are not required. The modalities

considered useful may be marked in 10 groups:

1. Circumstances under which it

appears;

2. The kind of sensation which

should be noted only by careful observation;

(warmth or burning, cutting or stitching, bruise or

dislocation, etc.);

3. Exact location and side

involved;

4. Change of place, Change of

organ, Radiation;

5. Times of day and Periodicity,

including occurrences before, during or after a

symptom;

6. The grade of intensity (e.g.

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slowly or suddenly occurring);

7. Alternation of Symptoms;

8. Symptom accompanying another

symptom;

9. Aggravation and Amelioration,

with by far significant modalities, in which the

aggravation appears to be more valuable than

the amelioration, with the exception when the

latter is particularly striking;

10. Chronological, i.e. the

pathobiographic commencement and d

isappearance of the symptoms.

The author finally thanks Or. REZZANI

and the Group Lycopodium in Mailand for the

Computerisation of the Homoeopathic

Investigation Program (CHIP) made possible by

the work of the Homoeopathia Europae over

the period of 20 years.

3. Franz von BAAOER und die

Homoopathie

(Franz von BMOER and Homoeopathy)

PIETSCH, R. (A HZ, 239, 5/1994)

Franz von BMOER (1765-1841) belongs

to the great German philosophers. In his works

there are certain observations on Homoeopathy

which are significant to the extent that these

endeavour to show at). inner connection

between the teachings of Jakob BOHME (1575-

1624) and Samuel HAHNEMANN's

Homoeopathy. This connection is the multi-

layered concept of spiritual-corporeality.

4. Aspekte der Ahnlichkeit -Vorstellungen

und Erfahrungen des Alfonso MASI-

ELIZALOE (Aspects of Similarity -

Concepts and experiences of Alfonso

MASI-ELIZALOE)

PREIS, S. (ZKH, 38,3/1994)

An overview of the theory of the South

American homoeopath MASI- ELIZALOE, which

is increasingly accepted in Germany is

presented. MASI differentiates the pure doctrine

of HAHNEMANN from the interpretations of his

followers. He also elaborates the conditions for

obtaining exceptional healing-results, quantum

leaps in healing. MASI draws attention to

HAHNEMANN's concept of unity of Spirit and

Body, with reference to the Organon and

various other writings of HAHNEMANN.

The inner conceptual world, MASI

observes, may be classified into five major core

points: Loss or bereavement, Guilt or wrong,

Yearning or longing, Punishment and

Justification or vindication.

Loss: the feeling that man has lost

something - a perfection, a competence.

Guilt: the awareness, a conscience that

he himself was responsible for this loss.

Longing: A yearning for a state of

fulfilment, perfection in which the specific loss is

not encountered.

Punishment: Fear of punishment in

connection with the specific guilt.

Justification: the man concedes a

wrong or guilt, he refers to another who has

tricked him, enticed or compelled him to commit

the offence.

The description of the inner experience

of the man with the help of these "five cores"

reminds of the 'existentialism' which describes it

similarly: He is thrown into the world without

knowledge and understanding, his origin, his

goal, his environment, constantly threatened by

dangers and caprice -his loss. Against this

uncertainty he reacts with guilt feelings and

yearns for peace and security. Anxiety and

justification are the further ubiquitous

connections and experiences. This existential

drama which is lived through byall men is

experienced in an individual manner. In the

provings of the individual medicines symptoms

are experienced which in each case affect a

particular aspect of the existence. In a particular

domain the loss which will be experienced by all

may become particularly painful. The guilt, the

fear of punishment, the yearning and justification

are related with this particular aspect of

existence. These are grouped in a leading or

guiding motive. Every medicine has the imprint

of a leading, guiding motive. Every medicine

shows loss, guilt, punishment, yearning and

justification, in relation with this aspect of human

existence.

This is MASI's basic line of thought. The

criterion and aspects of similarity are

determined. The similarity is to be searched in

the domain of power of imagination. When one

succeeds in recognising a guiding motive in a

patient and when the appropriate medicine with

similar leading motive is also recognised, one

can then with high certainty expect a quantum

leap in healing.

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5. Why do We Get Sick and what Do We

Do About it?

I.WILLIAMS Henry (JAIH, 87,3/1994)

Dr.WILLIAMS, with profound insight

discusses the true nature and significance of

illness, as well as preferred approaches to

achieving cure. He begins by quoting PLATO.ln

PLATO's "Atlantis", TIMAEUS says "Now

everyone can see whence diseases arise. There

are four natures out of which the body is

compacted- -earth and fire and water and air--

and the unnatural excess or defect of these or

the change in any of them from its own natural

place into another, or --the assumption of any of

these of a wrong kind, or any similar irregularity,

produces disorders and disease". Further on he

quotes Virginia WOLFF "Considering how

common illness is, how tremendous the spiritual

change that it brings--it becomes strange indeed

that illness has not taken its place with love and

battle and jealousy among the prime themes of

literature." Perhaps the reason, recalls Kate

DUFF, is that "Memories of illness fade quickly

under the glare and hubris of health, dropping

into the background of life, only to rise to the

forefront with the onset of yet another illness."

Many of us as homoeopaths, in allowing illness

in children to run its course, have seen the leap

in development, physical, mental, or emotional,

that comes after we allow a child to have a

fever, a cough, diarrhoea, without prescribing

suppressive or palliative measures. There is a

remarkable report from Africa of a German

mission hospital, that found itself, because of

blockade during the World War II, without drugs.

The mortality rate for measles was reduced from

47% to 7% when antibiotics, antitussives, and

antipyretics were not given, only good nursing

care. In a nearby British mission hospital the

mortality rate remained at 47% using the usual

drugs. This gives the homoeopath reason for not

embracing superficial palliation and challenges

us about the true nature of illness. (I remember

to have read a few years ago, in the British

Medical Journal about a doctors' strike in Israel

for a few weeks when the mortality rate came

down! = KSS). Dr. WILLIAMS states that we

must actively cooperate with illness and disease.

The causes of illness go further back than we

are taught. It is not what the healer is rather than

what she or he does that helps."

6. The Mythology of Modern Medicine -

Part I "Scienstition". Part II "Cocoon of

Causalism"

KOTHARI Manu L. and MEHTA Lopa

A. (HH, 19, 12/1994)

In this two-part thought-provoking article

the authors examine the so-called 'Modern

Medicine'and its obsession with 'science' and

'causation'.

7. On Pseudo-classical Homoeopathy

SHAH Rajesh (HTIMES, 1,3/1994)

With so many 'teachers' within the

country and from abroad, teaching their own

methods -Essence, Delusions and Dreams,

Fairy Tales, Central Disturbance, etc. etc. -quite

a good number especially the younger,

homoeopaths, feel bewildered and by adopting

whatever they hear from a teacher soon falter

and express dejection; while the experienced

homoeopath knows how to adapt these different

teachings into his practice and benefit. It is

therefore essential that the teachers take care

as to whom they teach. While everyone speaks

of 'Hahnemannian Homoeopathy' (where is the

need to strees 'Hahnemannian'? Homoeopathy

is what HAHNEMANN taught -not what

exactly he himself practised) each one differs!

The intelligent homoeopath will follow what

HERING did: "put everything to test and follow

what stands that test".

II. MATERIA MEDICA

1. Thyroidinum bei Morbus Basedow

(Thyroidinum in Basedow's Disease)

WEGENER A. (ZKH, 38, 3/1994)

Thyroidinum was proved only after

KENT's Repertory was published; the proving

was by H.P. GILLINGHAM and published in The

Homoeopathic Recorder (1922) .This remedy

comes up in the Synthetic Repertory only in a

few places. It should not therefore be excluded

in daily practice. The remedy is indicated in

many kinds of thyroid gland diseases, Psoriasis,

arrested development in children, undescended

testes, mammary tumours, rheumatoid arthritis,

diabetes, epilepsy, acromegaly.

With two cases the author shows the

efficacy of Thyroidinum in Basedow's disease

and verifies some of the symptoms obtained in

the proving. (See also OHD, xii, 2/1995, p.42-

43)

2. Casuistik: Jatropha curcas, die

schwarze Purgiernub (Case: Jatropha

curcas, the black Physic nut)

von KELLER G. (ZKH, 38, 3/1994)

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This is very interesting although the

case report is brief. It draws one's attention to

the important fact that although small books

containing only the so-called Key-notes are very

helpful, one should always study the complete

proving symptoms. It is also wrong to fix certain

disease-syndromes to certain medicines viz.

diarrhoea that drains a patient = Jatropha

curcas. Since most of the symptoms collected

by HERING in respect of Jatropha were from

cholera patients or heroic provings, it is

generally restricted to such serious diarrhoeas. It

is surprising that this remedy can work as well in

other conditions.

64-year-old woman complained of sleep

disturbances; restlessness with constant turning

about causes sleeplessness; Palpitation about

15 mts. after going to bed; cannot sleep

because of the palpitation feel must kick about

with the arms and legs and then weep. The

patient had many other symptoms of Jatropha

and the remedy in O potencies cured.

3. Casuistik: Selbstbehandlung mit

Allium cepa (Case: Self- treatment with

Allium cepa)

von KELLER G. (ZKH, 38, 4/1994)

The author suffered from pruritus in the

face while sleeping, in the dorsal back and in the

waistline. After Apis the character of the pruritus

changed and now it was more diffuse and the

itching was so that he couldn't know where to

scratch; there was also fleeting heat alternating

with cold mostly leftsided of face, trunk and legs;

the heat and cold seemed to come from within.

The symptoms were similar to Allium cepa which

cured. (See Symptoms No.475, 476; 155; 493.

EN)

4. Uber Veratrum album (Veratrum

album)

BAUER E.A. (ZKH, 38, 4/1994)

Veratrum album is one of the three

remedies recommended highly by

HAHNEMANN during the Cholera epidemic of

his time. However, the remedy is of great use in

chronic diseases. The author narrates five cases

in which Veratrum album was the curative

medicine prescribed on the characteristic mind

symptoms.

5. Parasthesie - Onosmodium

(Paresthesia - Onosmodium)

EICHLER E. (ZKH, 38, 4/1994)

A 49-year-old patient complained of

numbness of calves; he was a teacher and the

numbness was felt more during the teaching

hours better in the evening when he removed

the rather narrow trousers. This was since 6

months and it had begun suddenly and there

was no cause he could recall; there was nothing

more to say either .

Onosmodium 200 one dose cured.

("Tired, weary, and numb feeling in the legs and

popliteal space."; Feeling of numbness, mostly

below the knees"; "Sensation as though the legs

were partially anaesthetized" -Provings of

Onosmodium virginicum, The Hahnemannian

Monthly 1885).

6. Pulsatilla und Steisslage (Pulsatilla

and Breech presentation)

MEYER-KONIG, P. (A HZ, 239, 6/1994)

It is said that Pulsatilla can turn a breech

presentation to a vertex presentation. Since this

is difficult to prove because of spontaneous

rotations, the author records a case, where a

foetus turned during treatment with Pulsatilla 03

and 04 from breech presentation to normal

position. When the treatment was interrupted the

child turned back to breech presentation and

when further treated with Pulsatilla 05 the foetus

again changed to normal (vertex) position and

was born without complication.

7. Beitrag zur Kenntnis der

homoopathischen Mil tel aus spinnen:

Aranea species - Kreuzspinne (On the

knowledge about the homoeopathic

remedy from Spiders: Aranea species-

cross spiders)

SCHOBER, u. (ZKH,39,6/1994)

Some spider remedies are prepared out

of cross-spiders -Aranea species. There is

sufficient documentation about Aranea diadema

and Aranea ixobola. But about Aranearum tela

and Aranea scinencia there is not. Aranearum

tela is spider web triturated. No proving

symptoms available. HERING has mentioned

that spider web was an important medicine.

HERING'S communications to ERNST STAFF,

vide GYPSER: Herings Medizinische

Schriften, Vol. II, 1988 = K.S.S.

8. Migrane - Aranea diadema (Migraine-

Aranea diadema)

WEGENER, A. (ZKH, 38, 6/1994)

A 26-year-old woman who was suffering

from Miqraine since her 11th year (onset of

menses) was cured with Aranea diadema. The

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leading symptoms were flickering before eyes,

numbness of the leg during the headache and

the characteristic modalities of the cross spider:

periodicity of the ailments and aggravation from

cold wet weather. The origin of the proving

symptoms is presented and discussed.

The leading modalities and some

characteristic symptoms of this till now not well-

known but great remedy are shown:

- Aggravation from cold-wet weather,

from change of weather, damp houses, inland

lakes, swamps.

- Better in fresh air, from pressure, in

summer, headache is better from smoking.

- Chilliness and general feeling of

coldness.

- Periodicity of the ailments.

- Numbness -, itching - and enlarged

sensations.

- Periodical bleedings from nose, uterus

and lungs.

- Neuralgic pains, sudden toothache in

the upper jaw on going to bed.

- Menses too early, too long and too

heavy.

- Intermittent fever, enlarged spleen.

- Bone pains with cold sensation, heel

bone pains.

Compare with Cedron, Natrum

sulphuricum, Thuja, China and Arsenicum

album.

9. Magnet - Arzneimittelprufungen und

klinishe Symptome (Magnet - Remedy

Provings and Clinical Symptoms)

REIS Stefan (ACD, 3, 4/1994 and 4,

1&2/1995)

"The homoeopathic literature has only a

few cases of cure with Magnet although the

Proving symptoms indicate many opportunities

for its use..." This assessment of BECKER (in

Hygea, Band 21, 1846) holds good now 150

years later.

The first extensive observations on the

therapeutic possibilities of Magnet comes from

PARACELSUS. Also Anton MESMER, the

discoverer of animal magnetism (Mesmerism)

employed it. However, as in many remedies it

remained for Samuel HAHNEMANN to

systematically describe its pure action and lay

down a reliable basis for its therapeutic use -the

Provings have been given in Vol.2 of the Pure

Materia Medica. (see also § 287 Organon VI)

Samuel SWAN seems to have been the

first to potentize Magnet with milk sugar (or with

water); cases of potentized Magnet used as

remedy were reported by him. That Magnet has

therapeutic values is doubtless; the reason why

it has not been used as often as it should be is

for two reasons: neither T. F . ALLEN nor C.

HERING have detailed anything about this

'imponderable'. HERING has said why he has

left out these (see Preface to the GS). Only H.C.

ALLEN published (Materia Medica of the

Nosodes, 1910)

Collecting the verified symptoms and

clinical symptoms and going through the

"Provings" and the Repertories, it is now

possible to furnish the complete

symptomatology of the Magnet.

Magnetis polus australis (The South

pole) and Magnetis polus arcticus (The North

Pole) have been verified and the complete

Materia Medica of these have been furnished in

this article. A very valuable work.

10. A Case of Anxiety in an elderly woman

ZAREN, Ananda (NEJH, 3,4/1994)

This is from the recording in Ananda

ZAREN's Seminar in Munich in February, 1994

by Karen COHEN.

In this case of an elderly woman with

fear and anxiety and goitre, the remedy was Kali

bromatum.

The Materia Medica of Kali bromatum

(Extracts):

Properness and rigidity.

Anxiety ridden and hysterical because

they have lost the ability to control their anxiety.

Become suspicious and paranoid when they

imagine the thoughts of other people. Chronic

state of intensity and crisis.

A state of Monomania or persistent

thoughts. In their compulsion, many wring their

hands or repeatedly sigh.

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Irrational fears -looking for reasons to be

afraid. They live under a cloud of dread,

absolutely certain that something horrible is

about to happen to them. The smallest of

incidents are blown completely out of proportion

until they become reason for add itional fear or

paranoia.

Paranoia that grows out of their low self-

esteem. They feel conspiracies everywhere, feel

that others are plotting against them, and feel

persecuted by others, especially those in

authority. They are convinced that other people

are trying to punish them for their past failures.

Two types of Kali bromatum patients:

The Active type is hysterical, with uncontrolled

weeping where everything pours out. Extreme

anxiety. Hypochondriasis. Anxiety experienced

in the solar plexus. Suspicious and fear they are

being taken advantage of by others. Inside they

feel defeated and this results in a form of self-

destruction. They can exhibit compulsive

behavior to ward off the persistent thoughts.

There is an element of mania. Compulsive

quality to their moods.

The passive type are inward, paralyzed,

with melancholy, wordless grief. Insecure,

clingingly dependent, very poor self-esteem.

Sense of hopelessness, despair of recovery.

The sighing of Kali bromatum is often heavier

and harder than that of lgnatia.

Lamenting, complaining, and whining.

Constantly reproach themselves and

feel they are inferior to other people.

Restless and manic.

Absent-minded, memory loss, and

tendency to make mistakes.

Unstable in both their behavior and their

moods.

Many delusions.

They are self-defeating people who

often become their own worst enemies.

11. The Movers and Shakers; Notes on the

Female Sulphur

DELANEY Susan (NEJH, 3,4/1994)

It is not enough to know that Sulphur is

a 'ragged- philosopher', etc. but one should

comprehend the remedy fully. The original

understanding of our remedies is gender-based,

e.g. Sepia, Pulsatilla as female, Sulphur as male

with skin eruptions and diarrhoea. Although

KENT gives several indications for Sulphur in

women throughout the article he uses only 'he'.

The constitutional female Sulphur hardly

emerges from KENT's article.

Case 1: 52-year-old female with Colitis,

which began 4 years ago with spastic colon.

Tests revealed Crohn's disease, and was on

allopathic medicine; in spite of medicines she

had 4-5 loose gassy bowel movements a day.

She had hot flushes and post-

menopausal. Hot-natured and easily fatigued in

the heat. Sweats a lot and becomes flushed with

exertion. Uncovers her feet.

Sulphur 200 repeated once after six

months (on the totality of her symptoms) cured.

Case 2: 54-year-old woman, a film

director. Chief complaints were: menopausal

symptoms and uterine fibroids. Small ovarian

cysts. Sweated at night. Worse at 5 a.m.

Restless sleep.

She moves around a lot; fast mover;

always driven; passionate about her work. She

wilted in the hot weather. U ncovered her feet

although she covered otherwise. Sulphur 200

was given.

Very interesting picture of the Sulphur

has been depicted by Nancy HERRICK, Amy

ROTHENBERG, Judyth REICHENBERG-

ULLMAN. Sulphur women are 'movers and

shakers'.

12. The Kali Group

HERSCU, Paul (Simillimum, 7,3/1994)

The Kali group is an illusive set of

remedies to grasp. As a group they tend to be

more withdrawn in symptamatology and harder

to understand. (see KENT on Kali carbonicum).

Each of the remedies in this group resembles

other remedies that we prescribe more

commonly, and so we prescribe them when the

patient needs a Kali. Another problem in

learning the Kalis is that the cases that have

been written to illustrate these remedies are

often described too little, not giving enough to

grasp the idea of the remedy.

Four cases are presented and

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discussed by the author: Kali arsenicum, Kali

bichromicum, Kali carbonicum, Kali sulphuricum.

13. Jealousy, the Green-eyed Monster

ASSILEM Melissa (Simillimum,7,3/1994)

This is a differential of 7 ' Jealousy'

remedies: Lachesis, Hyoscyamus, Nux vomica,

Anacardium, Apis mellifica, Ignatia and

Pulsatilla.

In summing up: The Lachesis jealousy

manifests as suspicion based on hurt and guilt;

Nux vomica can never accept limitations. They

are overly conscious, fast moving and come

across as bossy; the jealousy of Nux vomica

manifests in possessiveness; The jealousy of

Hyoscyamus is built around the fear of being

forsaken; Anacardium jealousy is because of a

sense of inferiority; Apis jealousy comes out of a

constant campaign waged against a loneliness

which is countered by the quest for perfection;

the jealousy that Ignatia feels, is about betrayal;

Pulsatilla is so very needy, and the needs are

immediate. Need physical and emotional

cuddling and it is a major remedy for healing the

needy and hurt child within us as adults. It is

often a remedy filled with jealousy.

14. A Homoeopathic Proving of Sequia

sempervirens (Redwood)

BIRCH Kate and ROCKWELL Jennifer

(Simillimum,7,4/1994)

The tree Sequia semperviens grows to

incredible heights and girth. It is native to

California (USA) .Like the chipko movement in

the western Ut tar Pradesh in India protesting

against the indiscriminate felling of trees (the

protesting volunteers hugged the trees daring

the lumber contractors to cut them alongwith the

trees, (hence the name of the movement

Chipko) there is a movement in California

protesting against the cutting of these great

trees.

The Sequia (Redwood) came prior to the

Ice Age, over 200 million years ago. Now there

are only two species of the Sequia left -Sequia

sempervirens and the Sequia gigantum. The

Sequia live to very old age - some 2200 years

and one has been recorded to be 5000 years!

The Sequias are the oldest plant on earth. They

grow fery fast.

There were 11 provers (7 male and 4

female). The Mother Tincture was prepared from

60 g of fresh shoots, bark and that which lies

just under the bark from a burl growing on the

side of a 200 to 300 year old tree.

This remedy affects the lungs, heart,

eyes, gastrointestinal system, musculoskeletal

system, the mind and emotions. It seems to

affect some people in one way, while in others

the effects are opposite. In the lungs there is

either ease of breath or there is difficulty of

breath. In the heart we find pressure, shooting

pains and symptoms from grief, or an absence

of symptoms except for complete happiness.

Blurry vision or clarity of vision. There is nausea.

Pains all over the body which are gripping,

constrictive, aching. The body feels stiff and

tight. Over all, there is either great exhaustion or

well-being. The fluid balance is affected either

by an absence of fluid collecting or more fluid

being retained. In the mind there is difficult

concentration or clarity of thoughts, emotional

sensitivity, especially as to feelings of love, grief,

rage and calmness.

The authors have given the proving in

the Schema form, in detail.

15. The DPT Picture

MARLOW Len (The Homoeopath,

54/1994)

The author has collected and collated a

picture of DPT from symptoms before and after

the administration of DPT in potency to persons

who were 'never well since' the vaccination by

DPT. This is given in the Schema form.

He also collated and drew up a Materia

Medica picture of DPT from Harris COULTER's

book Vaccination, Social Violence and

Criminality. These symptoms are also given in

the Schema form.

Concluding this very interesting and

educative study the author reports a case: A

child who had only the first DPT and Polio

vaccination and subsequently had no other

vaccine or medical treatment (no antibiotics etc.)

and had a sugar-free healthy diet.

She had glue ear, was deaf to both ears

and the doctor referred her to a specialist.

Personal history: Nappy rash + + after

vaccine, high temperature once a month for six

months, chest infections, no thirst.

Mood swings, temper tantrums, 'drifts

off' in company, likes travel, not car sick, happy

staying at friend's.

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Hot person, kicks covers off, sleeps

long, screws up sheet and holds on to it.

Prescribed DPT 30.

Five weeks later: confidence + + ,energy

+ + , awake more hours, tantrums gone, not

confrontational any more. Hearing much

improved, writing and learning improved. No

physical aggravation at all (sister had cold in this

period). Report from cranial osteopath -very

good progress. No prescription

Two months later Tuberculinum M. No

further treatment from specialist.

16. Melilotus Revisited

GRINNEY Tony (The homoeopath

54/1994)

In The Homoeopath, 53/1994 the

author reported a case of Melilotus. In this issue

the author continues the follow-up. An important

point that Melilotus has craving sugar and in this

patient's case this craving is going away.

17. Remedy Masquerade

(The Homoeopath, 54/1994)

A reserved nature, a tendency to weep

when listening to music, dreams of falling,

consolation aggravates, condylomata on the

penis, benign cystic tumours, a sensitivity to

tobacco and a craving for refreshing things. The

remedy appears to be Thuja. However, the

patient is very warm-blooded and has a strong

desire for open air. The remedy is Sabina.

18. A Mercurius case

GOODWIN Diane (The Homoeopath,

55/1994)

Woman (DOB 8/10/1950). Occupation:

Political activist. Two children. Presenting

complaints: Persistent sinusitis.

Although she presented a number of

physical disorders nothing was characteristic.

She has been ill from an early age. History of

tonsill itis and sore throats. Glandular fever. As

she grew up Fibroids, Thrush and Warts.

Asthma develops when she is pregnant. Her

family is a battle ground and she was in the

middle of it, as a judge and she was railed for

her decision. Her father is a brute and physically

and mentally abused her. Her mother is an

international class athelete and an alcoholic. All

her life she has been unable to satisfy the

expectations of her family. She is discontented

with her own life, unhappy with her marriage, her

children. the world she lives in is a haphazard

place. There are environmental dangers,

political threats and she actively tries to do her

part to change it. She wants to ramble through

hills and explore the world. Yet she hates being

aimless.

Mercurius LM1 and then LM3, 4,

brought about the expected improvement.

Mercury in nature gives us clues to its healing

properties. The metal has a very narrow

boundary between freezing and building.

Compared with other metals it operates on a

very narrow band of existence. Extreme

sensitivity to both heat and cold is only one of its

manifestations. When mercury is dropped, it

scatters into droplets, it is a lively, volatile

substance and it bounces around because it is

ready to boil, to evaporate, it is very reactive but

it will not combine. It has an uneasy relationship

chemically, it forms an alloy but it does not

combine. When it meets with other metals what

happens is not a chemical change but a physical

change. Mercury slips into relationships, it is not

a conscious relationship.

19. A Magnesia muriatica case

BIANCHINI Roberto (The Homoeopath,

55/1994)

15-year-old girl. The mother says that

she is puny, not growing up, too short for her

age. Her personality is immature. Does not mix

with her peers, let alone other children. Frequent

colds, suffers from cirrhosis of liver with chronic

active low grade hepatitis. She goes to a special

school, has difficulty in comprehension, learns

poorly and is reluctant and unwilling to learn

anything. Very sensitive to criticism. Obstinate.

Poor sleep but needs little sleep. Averse to

talking, and answering. Morose. Miserable. Her

temperament can be colloquially summed as

being sour. According to VITHOULKAS this is a

general feature of the Magnesias, of which the

physical reflection is found in the sour

discharges. Magnesia muriatica 6, then 30, 200.

Interesting discussion.

12. Some thoughts about Mercurius.

NORLAND Misha (The Homoeopath,

55/1994)

This is a very interesting article. It is an

attempt to tie this into an appreciation of its

principles or essence.

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The article is summed up by the author:

The patient for whom Mercurius is the remedy is

eaten away within, as is a corpse, auto-digested

from the rotting gut outwards towards the

periphery, as is a guilty criminal; as is the

excrement eater who is filled with disgust and

self-loathing, who is in Hell, who is surrounded

by enemies or who flees, who is mentioned in 55

general rubrics of aggravation or - if they are

compensated and functioning - do so by

adhering to a dogma or a fixed form (I would

suggest that Mercurius be added to the rubric

Monomania). Everything in nature may be

viewed from two sides. In the case of Mercurius

these two aspects are symbolised by the black

and white, snake entwining Caduceus of

Hermes, the staff which is symbolic of healing.

The portrait of Mercurius, received from

toxicological and proving evidence, is the

pathological down side of the messenger of the

Gods, the carrier of pure light of truth and life,

the Vivus principle. Just as Mercury corrupts, so

it may also elevate, raising the spirit of humanity

out of filth into purity -this it can do because of

its essentially fluid and amalgamating nature, its

ability to experience by entering into the

opposing qualities, the two sides of things.

Therefore, Mercurius people may rise to act out

the life of the messenger of the Gods of the tribe

and be a communicator of life and death

principles. As we know from the evidence of

practice, Mercurius persons may be filled with

bubbly enthusiasm for life, desiring to make

deep and intimate connections with people and

society. They often retain childlike qualities.

Hermes is portrayed as a young man with wings

upon his heels, whereas other Gods are older

and wiser. In KENT's repertory Mercurius is the

single remedy in the rubric, Precocity. Such

people show great receptivity to all stimuli. Their

antennae are always out. They often find a place

in the family or in society as entertainers,

performers and mimics, taking on many

personae with greatest dexterity. These aspects

of the Mercurius personality are most clearly

seen in children (of course, they may also live

out the down side, and most especially so in

adolescence!)

21. How Strange, Rare and Peculiar

Symptoms may be Emblematic of the

Theme of A Remedy

-DELUSIONS, neck is too large: Kali

carbonicum (the only remedy)

NORLAND Misha (The Homoeopath,

55/1994)

This symptom is explained in the light of

VITHOULKAS' exposition of the distinctive

personality of Kali carbonicum.

22. Occupational Pathogenesis of Chlorine

CHIRlLA M., BADULICI S., FRElLICH

A, BICA N. (BHJ, 83,3/1994)

The occupational pathogenesis of

Chlorine in exposed workers are described and

compared with the classical pathogenesis. The

exposed group consisted of 82 men with

occupational exposure to Chlorine. The control

group consisted of 46 men who were not

exposed, all of them working in the same

cellulose processing factory. The exposed group

had the symptoms of the classical pathogenesis

to a highly significant degree (p. 0.001)

compared to the unexposed control group.

We found a number of symptoms, signs,

disorders and syndromes which are not

described in the classical pathogenesis,

including diminished tolerance to alcohol, back

pain, pains in the joints dependent on weather

conditions, dependent oedema, diminished taste

sensitivity, persistent chronic hepatitis, hepatic

steatofibrosis, chronic obstructive airways

disease, polycythaemia with haemosiderosis

and chronic conjunctivitis.

The intensity of symptoms and signs

was in direct proportion to the duration of

exposure to Chlorine.

23. Calcarea carbonica

SHORE Jonathan (BHJ, 83,3/1994)

This very interesting article has been

summarised at the end as follows:

The things you need to know by heart,

the good confirmations are: chilly people, worse

for cold, worse for cold damp, worse for

exertion, worse for ascending, worse at the full

moon. Frequent colds, sleeps on left side, strong

desire for sweets, eggs, salt, cheese, icecream.

Fear of heights, insanity, cancer, mice,

infections. Despair of recovery. Vertigo

especially turning quickly or from heights. Low

back pain. Lumbago. Nails break easily. Feet icy

cold and then warm up later. Leg cramps

especially at night during sleep.

These are symptoms which you must

know, not just individually but as a pattern. We

are pattern recognizers and if you know these

symptoms as a coherent whole when you take

your case you have all this information. You

spend hours with a patient and collect this

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volume of inforamtion and then do not know

where to begin. But look at your case and see

first one symptom, then another-- overweight,

chilly, worse damp weather, desires sweets and

salt-- and you can forget anything else and give

Calcarea carbonica for this is a Calcarea case.

You have these things as a pattern. It is actually

a fairly simple medicine and you will mostly miss

it because it is a very big one. The patients will

give you many symptoms and you will get lost in

them, missing the simple pattern that makes

Calcarea. Most of the Calcareas I miss, which

are then pointed out to me by my colleagues,

are of that nature.

24. Carbo vegetabilis

WOOD Mathew (HT, 14, 7/1994)

This is a beautiful article. It is based on

the provings and on certain ideas 'which unite

our traditional applications and homoeopathic

experiences'. -"Congealed blood" is a syndrome

in Chinese medicine. Carbo vegetabilis is the

archetypal remedy for this. The characteristic

symptoms are a bluish complexion and tongue,

choppy pulse, (irregular in power and beat, but

not intermittent) and sharp, shooting, non-mobile

pains emanating from what is taken to be a lump

of "stagnant blood".

-Blood stasis

Arnica is suited to conditions where

symptoms of blood stasis and inflammation are

combined, while Carbo vegetabilis is suited to

conditions where there is only stagnation, not

inflammation. Arnica when the bruise is new and

there is still inflammatory process at work; Carbo

vegetabilis when the inflammatory process has

died down and blood has remained behind.

Carbo vegetabilis for patients where blood forms

into adhesion which resists reabsorption even

morlths or years after the initial formation.

The characteristic symptoms calling for

Carbo vegetabilis are the cyanotic complexion,

darkish or bluish tongue and the choppy pulse.

The pulse is the most reliable indication. The

beats are irregular in frequency and direction.

They hit the artery in a different place each time,

and at a different rate, but do not actually

intermit. It feels as if the pulse was wobbling on

its axis, or like the patient had been hit by a big

stick and knocked off its fulcrum. This is called

the choppy pulse in Chinese medicine.

Three cases are cited in which trauma

was the cause.

25. A Peculiar Symptom

MIDGLEY James (HT, 14, 8/1994)

The author who suffered from kidney

pain due to infection. The 'peculiar symptoms'

that led to the curative remedy, Berberis

vulgaris, were: "sensation of coldness in various

parts as if splattered with cold water"; "sudden

sharp pains occuring first in one place, then in

another, so sharp that the patient cries out".

Although the peculiar sensation of "spattered

with water" is given under 'Fever' in PHATAK

and BOERICKE in this case this sensation was

not connected with fever. Lesson: the key to the

case may come from symptom which has no

direct relationship to the chief complaint. Also

that a "peculiar sensation"

mentioned under a particular part may be taken

as a 'general'.

26. Phosphorus: A Peculiar Symptom

CAMPBELL J.B. (HT, 14,8/1994)

"Muscular motion centered in the hips,

which were jerked up and down, having exactly

the same appearance as at the completion of

the sexual orgasm" was the peculiar symptom

that led to the successful prescription of

Phosphorus in a case of convulsion in a 48-

year-old man.

27. Dioscorea villosa Wild yam

WOOD Matthew (HT, 14,9/1994)

The portrait of this remedy is drawn by

the author from his own experience. For women

in their early forties, suffering from spasmodic

affections or hip-joint pain. Characteristic of this

is: pain, sometimes dull, sometimes sharp, in the

hip joint, worse in the night, sleep disturbed and

the pain is dramatically aggravated by lying on

the joint the wrong way while tossing and

turning. Sometimes worse before the period.

The affinity this remedy has to hormonal

production, spasm, and hip-joint disease was

demonstrated bya case of a woman in her mid-

forties, whose gall-bladder had been removed

some years ago suffered suddenly from severe

spasm in the right kidney area through to the

liver. Remedies like Ipecacuanha, Berberis,

Arsenicum etc. did not give relief. Re-

examination: mild deterioration of the right hip-

joint which was putting stress on muscles in the

abdominal area. Because of the scar tissue

(after the gall-bladder surgery), the muscles

went into spasm. Dioscorea promptly removed

the pains.

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Mental: The name Dioscorea comes

from a Greek root which means "the point along

the circumference of a circle which stands in no

relationship geometrically to any other point".

This is often what the patient feels like; she was

falling apart, has lost the thread holding

everything together, has poor judgments, and

doesn't understand herself, but senses that

something is wrong. This results in a degree of

hysteria or despair and irrational activity. "Calls

things by the wrong name" (CLARKE's

Dictionary of Materia Medica). Wild Yam was

being used by a herbalist for "birth control" and

in three cases of women, the women developed

aversion to sexual relations -or even any

relations at all -with their husbands.

Physical symptoms: Mouth dry, taste

bitter. Heartburn, hiccough, belching. Sinking at

the pit of stomach. Sharp pain in the epigastrium

relieved by standing up. Pains in the abdomen.

Pains shift suddenly. Rumbling, flatus. Colic,

better walking, standing up, bending backwards.

Pains radiate from the abdomen. Sharp pains in

the region of liver, gall bladder. Pain in chest,

tightness along sternum. Oppression of

breathing; Angina pectoris. Feeble action of

heart. Flatulence and pain through the chest.

Hemorrhoids, with pains darting to the liver.

Exhausting diarrhoea. Relaxation and coldness

of male sexual organs. Pains from the kidneys to

the testicles. Emissions during sleep, sexual

debility, weak knees. Weak lower back, worse

bending over. Menstrual pain, uterine colic. Vivid

dreams. Aching and stiffness in joints. Pain in

the hip-joint, especially the right--sharp or dull,

aggravated at night, or changing position in bed,

but accompanied by restlessness. Nails brittle.

Cramps in fingers and toes, worse on flexors.

Worse at night, after sleeping, lying down, and

doubling up. Better standing erect, bending

backwards, moving around in the open air, and

from pressure.

28. Thuja - A Great Antidote of Sera,

Vaccines and Many Other Modern

Remedies

WADIA S.R. (HH,19,9/1994)

Thuja, in the author's experience, was

needed in all cases where many vaccinations as

in the case of military personnel and their

families, have been done. Many children who

have been given BCG and other vaccines

become restless especially at night, scream or

go off their feeds following these vaccinations

and Thuja in 30 (repeated doses) or 200 (few

doses) restore them. There are some people

who have taken not only the routine vaccinations

but also some 'fancy' ones like Catarrh

vaccination or Auto vaccine, etc., and Thuja is

very helpful in such cases. Two mental

symptoms have often been noted: (1) as if body

and soul are separated (2) sensation of

something alive moving in the abdomen. While

Thuja is the great 'wart' remedy, it is not the only

one. Dr. WADIA writes about a man with about

200 warts onthe face which did not disappear

despite Thuja M b.d. for 6 months given by a

homoeopath but which disappearedd with Nitric

acid and this patient's son who too had many

warts on the face received Belladonna

curatively.

Dreams are the fascinating aspect of

Thuja. Dreams, of falling; anxious; of dead; of

misfortune; dead bodies or dying; teeth falling.

29. Why we need a new Proving on

Parthenium Hysterophorus

SOLAIYAPPAN N. (HH, 19,10/1994)

In the recent years Parthenium has

produced many allergic disorders, particularly

skin itching and, and hay-fever like symptoms.

The earlier provings of this remedy have no

reference to these. Hence the great need for a

proving now.

30. KENT's First Grade Symptomatology

of Thuja GHOSH Madan, THAKUR P.

(HH, 19,11/1994)

The authors have picked out the highest

marks (bold letters) rubrics from the KENT and

formed into a Materia Medica.

31. Oscillococcinum

PIETERS G (HH, 19,12/1994)

Oscillococcinum is spoken of as being a

specific for 'flu. In the case of the author's wife

who had 'flu it worked while in his own case it

didn't and Nux vomica cured. There can be no

specific in Homoeopathy.

32. Oscillococcinum

MISRA P.C. (HH, 19, 12/1994)

The author says that this medicine may

heighten the immune response to many

common viral infections.

33. A Discussion of Arnica

SINHA Amitabh Kr. (HH, 19, 12/1994)

There was a report in the HH, 18 by

Prof. VEROUX of Italy that in his experiments he

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found that Arnica increased platelet aggregation

and in Arnica cases Factor XII and Prekallikrein

factor initiatiorfactor of blood coagulation were

higher. The author raises the question as to how

then Arnica used in bruises etc. in which it helps

blood coagulation.

34. Vanadium metallicum

SCHOLTEN JAN (HL, 7, 4/1994)

Apart from what has been given in

CLARKE, BOERICKE and BURNETT not much

is known about this remedy. Through two cases

the author offers new insights into this little-

known remedy. The concluding picture of

Vanadium that he gives:

Essence: The idea that they have to be

successful but they are not allowed or they are

incapable. They feel obliged to live up to many

tasks, but they are confused as to what tasks

and why.

Mind: They don't really know what they

want. They make plans, but they think "I won't

succeed anyway". Feel they have to achieve a

lot, but are not sure what. Doubtful and unable

to make choice. The doubt is a result of their

failure. "I can't succeed anyway". In their dreams

of missing the train, of not getting to the

telephone on time, etc. this theme comes up.

They tend to suffer from anorexia or bulimia.

They are always kind and gentle. They feel the

need for warmth and company and they always

try to please others. They cry easily. They would

like to remain a little child. Often a bit anxious,

with restless and itching legs.

General, Characteristics:

Location: Right-sided

Physique: Blond

Temperature: Cold, cold hands and

feet. Raynauds.

Time : Agg. 7h.

Desires: Sweet, liquorice.

Menses: little, or absent. Pre-menstrual

complaints. Agg. Ovulation.

Complaints: Eye problems. Pain in

throat, coughing up little lumps of yellow and

green, bitter mucus. Stomach and bowel

problems. Degeneration of liver, Cancer,

Constipation. Pain in the ovaries. Sciatica.

DD: Anac., Bar-c., Carc., Hyp-ant., Ign.,

Lyc., Mang., PuIs., Thuj.

35. Tarentula hispanica

RIGHETTI Marco (HL, 7,4/1994)

Starting with a Case illustration from his

psychiatric practice, RIGHETTI evolves the

picture of Tarentula. He points to the necessity

to differentiate between 'local symptoms' and

Singular, Rare, Peculiar-Symptoms within the

mind.

36. Dream Proving of Berberis

SANTOS Uta & KONIG Peter (HL, 7,

4/1994)

Dreams are windows to the patient's

unconscious and unlived life. If accurately

understood they reflect much of the essence of

the person and his struggles. In this proving

emphasis is made on evaluating the dreams

objectively, on avoiding 'slipping off into fairy

tales'. New and interesting symptoms of

Berberis vulgaris have emerged from this

proving which are waiting to be confirmed in our

daily prescriptions.

37. Fumaria officinalis

RILES David S. (HL, 7,4/1994)

Fumaria officina/is is a plant with the

common English name of "Earth smoke". Its

herbal usage is for jaundice, bowel obstruction,

and general debility of the digestive system.

There were 17 provers, -12 women and 5 men,

15 provers receved Verum and 2 Placebo. Age

range of the provers was 23 to 59. The results

are given in Schema format. This is compared

with repertory rubrics.

38. Cimicifuga

LlDCHI Maggi (HL, 7,4/1994)

A seven-year-old girl who suffered from

chest pains, hand pains, vomiting blood,

headaches, etc. all very severely, after the death

of her sister was given lgnatia, Natrum

muriaticum, Sepia, etc. but nothing helped her.

Vassilis GHEGAS says that when you give

lgnatia, Natrum muriaticum, Sepia and nothing

helps give Cimicifuga. Accordingly Cimicifuga

brought about a rapid improvement in this girl.

An intercurrent dose of Sulphur was needed in

between after which again Cimicifuga gave

lasting improvement.

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39. X-ray

TARKAS P.I. (NJH, 3,2/1994)

Materia Medica of x-ray. Unfortunately

the author does not furnish the sources of the

information.

40. Bowel Nosodes -An Introduction

LAKSHMINARAYANAN D. (mfH,

5,2/1994)

This is an interesting brief history of the

Bowel Nosodes and their important role in

Homoeopathy. In his Repertorum Generale Dr.

KUNZLI left out these remedies and when Dr.

LAKSHMINARAYANAN wrote to him for

reasons, Dr. KUNZLI replied that "the Bowel

Nosodes in my opinon should not be included; in

many countries you cannot get them and as with

allopathic drugs, nobody will prepare them in the

year 2020", He also argues that the Bowel

Nosodes are not Nosodes in the sense that they

are not disease products. Two cases of temper

tantrums successfully treated with Proteus are

narrated.

III. THERAPEUTICS

1. Therapie einer epidemischen Krankheit

(Therapy of an epidemic disease)

EICHLER, R. (ZKH, 38, 3/1994)

Paragraphs 100-102 of the Organon

are referred to; it is possible to find an epidemic

remedy by taking all the symptoms into

consideration. However, even in cases of

epidemic diseases it is necessary to

individualize so that different remedies can be

revealed.

Three cases of Scarlet Fever in one

family are reported; in two Apis was the remedy

while in the third it was Lachesis.

2. Alumina

SRINIVASAN, K.S. (ZKH, 38, 3/1994)

Because the full range and depth of a

homoeopathic remedy can never be known and

the basis of selection of a remedy is also

similarly varying, one should not fault a

colleague, who adopts different methods as the

circumstances may require without however

deviating from the basic principles. A case of

aluminium intoxication, treated with Alumina and

Spigelia is reported.

3. Uber das intuitive Verschreiben (On

intuitive prescription)

von KELLER, G. (ZKH, 38, 5/1994)

Some symptoms in the Materia medica

are highly singular which enable the prescriber

to act "intuitively" to be almost sure of success.

4. Rheumatoide Arthritis -Hepar sulphuris

(Rheumatoid Arthritis -Hepar sulphuris)

MAROLIA Z.P. (ZKH, 38, 5/1994)

A case of Rheumatoid Arthritis was

healed with Hepar sulphuris. (Kill, offense,

sudden impulse to, from a slight"; "Kill, desire

to"; "Irritability, trifles, from"; "Impulsive"; "Food,

fat, desire"; "Weather, wet, agg."; "Fasting,

while".)

5. Hyperhidrosis bei einem Kind

(Hyperhidrosis in a Child)

RECKERS Winfried (ACD, 3,3/1994)

A seven-year-old boy with complaints of

excessive perspiration; from least exertion;

sweating whole body, even in sleep. As an infant

droplets of sweat could be observed on his

forehead while nursing. No cause could be

found. Therapies so far, many laboraory

investigations etc. have not given relief. He has

never been ill otherwise and has never had

fever. Teeth grinding at nights. Symptoms

chosen repertorisation:

1. Grinding teeth at night.

2. Sea air amel. (additions from

E.SCHWARZ: arg-n., carc., iris, Iyc., sep., sul-

ac., sulph.)

3. Perspiration from least exertion

completely well.

Aconitum, Sepia and Tuberculinum

appeared in all the rubrics. After a comparative

study of the Materia Medica I chose Sepia after

confirming with the help of WEIHE's Pressure

points (WEIHE's point for Sepia), Sepia 200 was

administered.

During the first week a severe cough

appeared with whistling respiration and on the

next morning this cough passed away; a few

days later his face became red, he felt very

weak, the pulse rose to 140 and a fever above

39° came on, the first in his life. On the next day

everything normal The general perspiration

became less.

27 Oct.19,91. Sepia. The Improvement

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proceeded. His hair (on head) does not become

wet and In between there was another brief

fever after cold. He, continued to be well. Only

the grinding of teeth persisted.

21 Jan 1992: Tuberculinum Koch 200.

Grinding teeth no more. After four weeks further

there was si ight perspiration from little exertion.

Sepia XM.

In May 1992 his mother reported that he

did not need spectacles (which he was

wearning) anymore (Opthalmologist confirmed

this) and also his handwriting became very

good.

March 1994: remains cured.

6. Spastische Bronchitis (Spastic

Bronchitis)

MULLER Karl-Joself (ACD, 3,3/1994)

A 27-year-old female who had earlier

(about an year before) been helped by

Anacardium 30, 200 for Depression, came with

complaints of severe Bronchitis since two

weeks. She was in "panic" since her ex-husband

suffered from Asthma and bronchitis and she

had seen him suffer much. She had certain

anxieties and fears. After complete anamnesis

the following symptoms were chosen for

repertorisation:

- Breathlessness when inspiring

- Desires to hide

- Attempts to run away

Only Ars., and Chlor. came through all

the three rubrics (See Synthesis Rep.) Materia

Medica was consulted (Archiv fur

homoopathische Heilkunst, R.A.D.A.R.

Software Materia Medica Hering) and Chlorum

was found to be similar which was given in 200

potency. In two days there was improvement.

Then Chlorum in 01. Soon she improved further

and was cured. Chlorum also set right her

psychic situation.

7. Drei Sulfur-Falle (Three Sulphur

cases)

SCHWARZ Erik (ACD, 3, 3/1994)

1. A 31-year-old man came (in 1983)

with tonsillitis. He took Sulphur Q 18, over a

period of 9 months and was relieved.

In 1987 he had stomach ailments and

other gastric problems, appearing every

forenoon 11 hrs. Fingernails deformed. Sulphur

200. After a few days completely well.

In 1989: stiffness in hips in mornings,

better movement for sometime. Pain rising from

sitting. Thuja 30 relieved.

2. A woman (born 1923) with 3 children;

hysterectomy in 1960 due to irregular menses.

Since over 10 years nodular fingerjoints which

pain during winter. Sometimes they become red.

Also problems with the veins of the legs,

sometimes pain toe-joints. In summer when it is

warm, the hands and feet swell more. Since 2

years she has allergy: on the ball of the thumb

and in the palm she gets small pustules which

itch much. She put on 25 pounds of weight

additionally after external applications and

injections given by the Dermatologist. After

thorough anamnesis the repertorisation brought

Sulphur as the only medicine. It was given in

012 potency on 21 Nov.1986/5 drops dailyonce.

From 1 Jan. 1986 5 drops every two days and

she went on improving. From 1 Mar. she began

to take 5 drops every 4 days; from April every

week, from June every two weeks until end

1986, when she became completely free of her

ailments although she subsequently had a drop

in the blood pressure.

3. A man (born 1929) .Since 1965

suffering from Boeck's Disease. He had taken

Cortisone and when he came to me he was

taking 32 mg. In spite of this his dyspnoea from

least exertion, walking and climbing stairs.

At 11 years he suffered Psoriasis worse

on head and eyebrows; in 1954 he suffered an

accident with brain concussion; in 1979 hearing

defect; in 1978 an allergy due to a mental stress.

He needed much warmth. Sleepless on full

moon nights. He worried a lot about his ailments

and brooded. He recalled all bad events in his

life. He was pedantic, demanded orderliness;

often nightmares, he laughed now and then.

Sulphur Q 18, 5 drops daily, prescribed

on 26 June 1984. His consumption of Cortisone

came down, he continued on Sulphur 0 18 at

longer inteNals. On 4 Sept. 1984 Calcium

carbonicum 0 18, 5 drops daily, and byand by

the inteNal increased to once in 4 days and from

1 November he did not need anymore

Cortisone. From April 1985 to end June he took

weekly doses and then once in two weeks, of

Calcium carbonicum. Since then remains well.

8. Amalgamvergiftung - Einechronische

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Krankheit und ihre Therapie (Amalgam

poisoning - a chronic disease and its

therapy)

PSCHEIDL Heinz (ACD, 3, 4/1994)

In § 74 and the following paragraphs

HAHNEMANN classifies chronic diseases as:

the artificially created, the not real, and the

natural chronic miasmatic. This brilliant

classification holds good even today as in those

days, and it should be assumed that under

artificial diseases should be included everything

which the Industry have bestowed upon us in

the past decades in the name of scientific

progress (Bhopal, Chernobyl, etc.), the

electrosmog, the ozone problem etc. Everyone

of these is an "artifical disease". HAHNEMANN

considers these as "... the most tragic, the most

incurable, and I regret that when they have

reached a height, no curative remedy appears

available or could be thought of." (Organon VI,

§ 75) This is particularly valid when the person

suffered already from a natural – chronic –

miasmatic disease and then both become

complicated. "One who was simply ill, became

thus doubly sick, that is to say, becomes very ill

and incurable, sometimes makes totally

incurable, often even dies." (Organon VI § 41).

The chronic intoxication with Amalgam is an

"artificial disease". This has not been considered

by many homoeopaths. Only H.C. ALLEN in his

Key Notes writes under Mercurius dulcis

"Deafness and catarrhal complaints of Nose,

Throat and nares from Mercurial fillings".

The author proceeds to mention a few

facts about the Amalgams, the symptoms, the

cause and the differential symptoms of the

different metals, the cost of the health insurance

the removal of the Amalgam and the 'cleaning

and the improvement of the patient, infants and

children, etc. and cites cases from his practice.

A valuable article.

9. Behelfsmassige Homoopathie

(Temporary Homoeopathy)

MULLER Karl-Josef (ACD, 3, 4/1994)

What to do when a troublesome acute

disease occurs in the course of the treatment of

a chronic disease? Every homoeopath would

"interfere" in the course of the treatment of a

chronic disease. Some homoeopaths would

prescribe physical actions and similar measures

or allopathic medicines with least adverse

reactions in the hope that these will least

interfere with the cure of a chronic disease.

Sometimes it helps to prescribe a Q potency if a

C potency had been prescribed for the chronic

disease. There is another method: the

administration of a homoeopathic medicine in

low potency. Nine cases have been reported to

explain this point. One example:

Acute infection with a purulent

Catarrh: Girl child, Laura, has received a few

weeks ago Natrum muriaticum 200 for her

recurrent catarrh, which extended to the ear.

Since two days Laura was again suffering from a

purulent catarrh and feared a terrible week-end.

I advised spoonful table-salt (Natrum

muriaticum) in a half-full glass water to be

potentised upto 3x. This was to be given to

Laura every four hours one spoonful -after

stirring it vigorously -upto the week-end. By that

time the catarrh has improved 95%. Similarly an

acute state after a C- potency of Calcium

carbonicum could be helped with a D3.

10. Zwel Natrium muriaticum Falle (two

Natrum muriaticum cases)

SCHWARl Erik (ACD, 3, 4/1994)

Case 1: 14-year-old Frederic came on

12 April 1985: Warts, on the right hand more on

the thumb; in the left hand on the thumb, middle

and index-finger; left foot more on the toes, a

large one pressing the nail of the big toe up; and

a few on the soles; three warts on the right foot

on three toes. He has had inguinal Hernia, also

scrotal Hernia, Phimosis and his Appendix has

been removed. His tonsils had been removed at

3 years age. Up to his fifth year he had been

receiving iron preparations. His sinuses were

frequently infected, and has taken repeatedly

Penicillin. He had diarrhoea often. He is tired in

the mornings; he is very weepy, drank very cold

and much. Can't stand room full of people. Sleep

disturbances during the ascending moon. Found

Physics and Mathematics difficult. His hands

trembled when he concentrated in his studies.

Had received from a homoeopath Thuja, Zincum

valerianicum, Causticum and from the author

Calcium phosphorium in different Q potencies.

After repertorisation, Natrum muriaticum

30 was dissolved in a glass water one sip was to

be taken thrice a day for three days. On 23 May

most of the warts had gone; 29 May 200

potency was given dry on tongue. Improvement

continued. In September again one dose 200.

Again for lack of concentration he received on 4

November 1986 Natrum muriaticum M and in

December 1987 XM.

Case 2: 35-year-old female has Allergy

since two years, itching under the arms, under

the bosom and the thighs. It was worse after

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undressing. Tests revealed allergy for many

things including things with which she had no

contact. So far external salves and powders.

She suffered from Asthma from the third to the

eleventh year of age; why it did not appear again

she could not say. Her brother had hay-fever

and parents Cancer. Since two years she was

very tired and her feet are swollen. She

appeared to be suppressed. When she had

been to the beach her skin was very well.

Irritable before menses. Leucorrhoea after she

had a copper- T inserted. She desired fresh air.

Natrum muriaticum Q 12 (Lack of self-

confidence; Irritable before menses; Sea-air

amel. ; desire for fresh air) and later XM.

Remains well.

11. Phobies d'impulsion meurtrieres (Fear

of Impulse to Kill)

SUERINCK J. (CGH, 31,6/1994)

A case of compulsory impulse to kill.

Repertorisation gave choice between three

remedies. The third remedy cured. Since three

weeks the patient woke up at middle of night

with the obsession to stab to death his wife and

dog. Repertorisation: Kill, sudden impulse; Fear

of killing with a knife; Censorious, critical;

Fastidious; Cold agg.; Thirst; Desired sweets.

First dose: Nux-v.30. Massive aggravation of the

mental state, without improvement.

Hospitalisation necessary. Would like to do

away with the idea of suicide and the drugs for

the mental illness. Due to an error of the

pharmacist Merc.30 (instead of Ars.30) was

taken. The patient had terrible headaches, and a

powerful analgesic injection had to be given.

Finally Ars.30 (selected on the basis of a

symptom observed - joy at the misfortune of

others) was indicated. Rapid improvement

followed, and the drugs were withdrawn.

Remains cured when followed up over a period

of two years.

12. Condition de 1 'efficactite optimale de la

prescription (Requisites for the optimal

efficacy of remedy prescriptions)

LAMOTHE J. (CGH, 31, 6/1994)

The finding of the simillimum is not

everything; a wrong prescription can hinder

cure. To beware of:

1. The Time of taking the medicine: It

is same whether morning or evening. But

essential is the right moment: (a) at the end of

an acute episode of a chronic disease -is ideal!

(b) Sometimes at the beginning of the episode of

chronic disease where only one medicine is

indicated (both in the acute and chronic stages)

Recommendation: more doses (C9, C15, C30)

in 24 hours and when improved to give after 2- 5

days one dose of the 200. (c) in the apparent

static state of the chronic disease which is

conditioned by external factors (e.g.in Hayfever

six months before the outbreak, in high summer

before the Otitis of children in winter) (d) at any

time you like in the course of a developed

chronic disease when the patient has least of

the symptoms of the chronic disease but not in

the latent situation. Examine always whether an

intercurrent remedy (which is often intelligent)

has to be given after the simillimum in

accordance with the symptoms. If some

symptom of the chronic disease is missing at

times it is best to wait! It may be curative stage?

The wrong times: (a) during an acute

disease without connection to the chronic

disease. The prescription of the simillimum is

strictly forbidden! (b) In the phase of a deeply

based static state of the chronic disease (i.e.

after an effective cure, that or in a curative

process according to HERING perhaps to

please the wishes of the family. This is the worst

point of time! The case is confused or faced with

aggravations for months. One can imagine what

the multiple method prescribers would do in this!

suppressive treatment (i.e. that which has in

view only the symptoms and not the chronic

disease contrary perhaps to desensitizing,

immune stimulation, Gamma globulin etc.), and

also climate and Thermal cures, Surgery,

Behavior- and Rehabilitation therapy, since

these go in the return direction of the

Simillimum and make it at least ineffective, but

worse still is: make the chronic disease

imperceptible or cover it up; that means to treat

with eyes closed (d) during the decisively

changed life style of the patient Gourney,

change of residence, change of school, change

of environment, Psychoanalysis). These are not

indeed suppressive, but they can alter the

chronic disease for the worse deeply. This holds

good if the psychotherapy has worked. In

thinking that the Simillimum had worked

treatment time is lost while the chronic disease

has progressed clandestinely.

2. When to repeat? (a) Once: when the

chronic disease is stable; at the end of an acute

episode; in high potency. (b) More than once: to

take the chronic remedy in 1-2 days interval,

maximum for 6 days, if the energy is very weak,

i.e. in low temperature, inflammatory fevers of

children, in enfeebled children or children who

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suffer from serious complications in ordinary

diseases. Here the Q (50-millesimal) potencies

are indicated (for details see original),

3. Which Potency? (a) C-potencies

upto C30 is good in daily practice, but

insufficient if the patient reacts only to high

potencies. The Simile is then lost and is not

found again. Hence: not the remedy is to be

changed, but the high potency is to be given! (b)

KORSAKOW-potencies with the advantages of

their high and gentle action. With 200 or M to

begin with, XM in reserve. One dose will be

sufficient. (c) Q-potencies (50-millesimal). They

work deep and long in functional diseases in

those with good energy but short and superficial

in those with low energy. Disadvantage:

complicated -in procuring and dispensation.

4. Prescriptions for children and

infants: Dispensation in vials is not

recommended. Give direct in the mouth. Time

not significant but evenings before going to bed

seems to be the best time.

5. Choice between the many methods

indicated: Two methods: (a) according to the

energy-Ievel. If low: the actual medicine and

also when it could "suppress". If high: the earlier

medicine, particularly, if it has deep-acting

indications. (b) According to the Miasm, first

Syphilis, then Sycosis, then Psora.

13. Apropos de coqueluche (About

Whooping Cough)

MILONGO G. (CGH, 31,5/1994)

Report of three cases of Whooping

Cough within a family: two children and the

mother.

1. 4-year-old girl, ill since two weeks,

worse despite treatment with Globulin. Rapidly

following attacks (K800), Worse on going to

sleep (K796), Attacks with vomiting (K532):

Dros. without success. Accompanying symptom:

bloody secretion from the nose during the cough

(K330): Caps. 1 grad. only remedy. Capsicum 7

CH, 9 CH, 15 CH. The attacks became lesser in

intensity and number, no more vomiting.

2. 3 month-old infant, ill for three days.

Attacks in the evening and night (K799),

Abdomen distended (K603), Gurgling before

flatus (K601 ), Rumbling, flatus amel. (K601):

Carb-v. 7CH, 9CH, 15CH. cured in 10 days.

3. Mother: constant attacks, particularly

severe between 3 and 5 hours (K810): Kali-c. 7

CH. Quick amelioration leading to cure.

14. Bilateral & Symmetric

MOREAU Jacques (RBH, 27, 3/1994)

This is a very interesting study of

'bilateral' and 'symmetric' occurring in the

homoeopathic Materia Medica.. Some extracts:

Absin.: WARD. ALLEN Enc. - Very

tranquil, as if brain were rounded and

symmetrical.

Acon.: GIBSON. - These blooms,

shaped like a monk's cowl, are no longer radially

symmetrical like those of the spring

Ranunculaceae, anemones, aquilegia, paeonia,

but are bilateral. They have given up the radiate

flowers form and attained a higher form of

symmetry suggestive of the animal kingdom.

The higher invertebrates as well as all

vertebrates possess bilateral symmetry as

their fundamental morphological concept.

Aethi-a. : ANSHUTZ. -Numerous parts

of her face were literally covered with thick,

elevated fissured scabs. A scrofulent liquid was

oozing out, and the worst were those parts on

the side of the lower lip, the nostrils, and the root

of the nose. On the whole, a certain symmetry

could be observed in the arrangement of these

frightful disease products.

Agav-t.: JULIAN New -Acute bilateral

pain in the ovaries.

Anthr.: ALLEN HC Nosodes. HERING. -

Here and there in all parts of brain small and

large haemorrhages of embolic origin; from

anthrax. Membranes of brain exhibit

circumscribed or symmetrically extended blood

infiltrations.

Arn.: van ZANDVOORT - Symmetrical

complaints (0,5,0) (BOGER)

BOGER - symmetrical eruptions. Very

sore acne or crops of small boils.

GUESS - Symmetrical eruptions.

BOERICKE - Acne indurata,

characterized by symmetry in distribution.

- Acne simplex: symmetrical

distribution, with (0.1.0)

MORRISON - Symmetrical eruptions.

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van ZANDVOORT - Eruptions -

symmetric. (1,5,0) (VOISIN)

Ars-s-f.: HERING - After drinking beer,

pain above occiput in both sides; violent

pressure in two places, right and left side

symmetrical.

KNERR - Occiput: pressing: right and

left, in two places, symmetrical, after beer. (0,

1,0)

Beryl.: JULIAN New -Mid-pulmonary,

bilateral hazy opacities.

Calc-p. : HOYNE, case 1159. - Her

lungs were large and well developed; her chest

was symmetrical, with no apparent signs of

pulmonary disease. Percussion revealed no

abnormal sound. Auscultation detected a

peculiar sound at the apex of the right lung.

BONNINGHAUSEN - Bilateral pains,

on both sides of throat, bladder, uterus, and

chest, all going upward, upward pressure in

many parts.

Cann-i.: HUGHES -In this, my sight was

doubled. Two images of each object were

reflected on my retina and produced a complete

symmetry; but soon the magic paste, being

entirely digested, acted with more powers on my

brain, and I became completely mad for the

space of an hour. All kinds of Pantagruelic

dreams passed through my fancy; goat suckers,

storks, striped geese, unicorns, griffins, night-

mares, all the menageries of monstrous dreams,

trotted, jumped flex, or glided through the room.

The eruption was symmetrical, but yet

more abundantly developed upon the upper than

upon the lower segment of the body.

The patient in this instance had survived

that period of syphilis in which we look for

superficial, symmetrical and short lived

cutaneous manifestations.

ALLEN Enc. - Unblemished in its purity

of whiteness, faultless in the unbroken

symmetry of every line and angle, its pediment

was draped in odorous clouds, whose tints

outshone the rainbow.

Cassia sophera (Cassi-s.): CCRH

Provings - Pricking pains in the throat on right

side, with weakness agg. swallowing, talking

(throat examination revealed bilateral follicular

tonsillitis and congestion of post-pharyngeal

wall); with soreness and hoarseness of voice,

agg.morning, talking, amel. warmth, hot drinks.

Stabbing pain in the throat on right side, amel.

swallowing, cold things.

Cer-b.: Int.Hah.Ass. ALLEN Enc.,

CLARKE, ANSHUTZ - On closing the eyes

perception of cluster of round shaped,

symmetrical orange colored spots.

Cham. : MOSKOWITZ - Examination

revealed bilateral otitis media, which quickly

resolved with the help of Chamomilla 30 every

two hours and did not come back.

Chin-s.: HUGHES - In another case, in

which 1.8 gm. was taken daily for same

purpose, and in which bilateral amblyopia of

high degree appeared, full power of vision

returned spontaneously in left eye, but right

regained only power of reading large print.

Chlorpr. : JULIAN New - Bilateral

cataract.

Colibacillinum: JULIAN New - Bilateral

pains of the ovarian region.

Crot-t. : ALLEN Enc. -Papulous eruption

on the face. Erythema of the face (not

unusually), often symmetrical, lasting for a few

days, with distinct heat; and this when there

could have been no direct application of the

remedy to the face.

DNA (Des-ac.): JULIAN New –

Persistent bilateral conjunctivitis.

Dipht. JULIAN Nosodes - Polyneuritis,

incomplete sensitive - motrice, symmetric, flax,

with distal predominance and loss of deep

sensitivity.

Dulc. : HOYNE, case 1359 - My own

little girl, aged two years. The eruption extended

over the whole thorax and upper arm, except as

much of the chest and arm as comes in contact

when the arm hangs down at the side. The

inferior border in front as well as on the back

was covered. At a distance it appeared as if the

child had a cape on, and my wife would not have

been at a loss for a good cloak pattern. It was

perfectly symmetrical on both sides.

Lophophytum leandri (Flor de piedra):

JULIAN New -Juliette Fourmon reports equal

clinical successes in cases of goitre.

Hyperthyroidism, and in one case of bilateral

degenerative labyrinthitis.

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Hoitzia: JULIAN New - Menses late by

two to three months, then menorrhagia, with

intense bilateral ovarian pains.

Kali-bi.: van ZANDVOORT - Eruptions:

symmetric. (0, 1,5) (817).

Kali chlor. : COWPERTHWAITE -

Symmetrical ulcers on sides of tongue.

HUGHES, ALLEN Enc. - 12.a. A young

man suffering from an acutely inflamed

carbuncle on the nape took the chlorate in 15 gr.

doses every 4 hours for 2 days, and then had 2

symmetrical ulcers form on the side of the

tongue, each being about the size of a four-

penny piece. There was no general stomatitis,

and the sores healed slowly when the remedy

was suspended.

ROYAL, CLARKE - Symmetrical ulcers

on the side of the tongue; mucous surface of

tongue, mouth and lips covered with follicles and

gray based ulcers with the mucocus surface red

and tumid; salivation acid.

Kali-i. : HUGHES - 4. HUTCHINSON

describes an eruption resembling hydroa as

resulting from Kali-i. It is sudden and

symmetrical and prefers the face and forearms.

There are vesicles and small bullae, from the

size of a shot to that of a pea, or even to that of

half a small cherry, and usually surrounded by

an erythematous and sometime inflammatory

swelling of the skin.

:van ZANDVOORT - Symmetrical

complaints. (0,5,0) (BOGER)

:BOGER. PHATAK. - Bilateral

beadache.

:HERIN,G -Man, age 85; bilateral

croupous Pneumonia.

After great bodily exertion, shaking chill;

deep sleep, out of which he could not be roused;

lies upon back, snoring loudly, eyes closed,

injected conjunctiva, hot head, dry tongue,

bluish lips, sunken lower jaw; bluish finger nails;

irregular, intermitting pulse; extremities, when

raised, fell back as if paralysed, dull percussion

sound in both clavicular regions, on right down

to third, on left down to second rib; bronchial

breathing, crepitation; no cough, but on putting

ear to chest, appeared to come out of these

parts as if through a tube; Bilateral croupous

pneumonia.

:KNERR - Lids: closed and closing,

close: pneumonia, closed, in bilateral croupous.

(0, 1,0)

Lips: blue;pneumonia,in bilateral ,

croupous. (0.1.0)

Tongue; dry; pneumonia, in bilateral

croupous, (0, 110)

Lungs: auscultation sounds; crepitation

in bilateral croupous pneumonia. (0, 1,0)

Lungs: percussion sounds; dull, in

clavicular region, on right down to third, on left to

second rib, in bilateral croupous pneumonia (0,

1,0)

Lungs; pneumonia; croupous, bilateral

(0,3, 1)

Kali-m.: KNERR - Lungs: pneumonia;

croupous; bilateral (3,1,0)

Lac-c.: van ZANDVOORT -Eruptions:

Symmetric. (1,5,0) (8, l' 7)

Lac-d.: Hom.Phys. ALLEN HC Nos.(3).

CLARKE, HERING, KNERR. - symmetrical

patch of herpetic eruption on each side of the

neck, itching and burning after scratching.

:van ZANDVOORT: Symmetrical

complaints.(0.8.0)

:PHATAK - Symmetrical patches,

causing itching and burning after scratching.

Lach.: MOSKOWITZ - Bilateral

Asymmetry - Many Crotalid venoms produce

asymmetric or one-sided disturbances of the

bio-energetic field, but none more so than

Lachesis, whose symptoms are markedly

skewed to the left or at least tend to start on the

left and proceed from left to right.

Lept.: New MM. - Involvement, bilateral

of the testes.

Lyc.: MOSKOWITZ - Bilateral

Asymmetry. Many Lycopodium symptoms are

one-sided, and most are predominantly right-

sided or begin on the right side and proceed

from right to left.

Mag-p.: HERING - Twitching allover

body during waking hours, better during sleep;

walked fairly well and could feed herself; speech

very defective, meaning of her utterances a

matter of pure conjecture; heart's action

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accelerated, no abnormal sound, later a

presystolic blowing sound, as if muscular fibres

of heart parucipated in general spasms pupils

symmetricslly dilated scared expression

Mandragora: JULIAN New Bilateral

conjunctivitis

Merc.: HUGHES There is symmetric

wasting of muscles of both arms no anaesthesia

Then the throat became sensitive and

on the tonsils were formed symmetrical ulcers

witha greyish base.

The eruption on the body, though on

both sides, was not strictly symmetrical

(HUTCHINSON. On Syphilis, 1889, Obs.lii.)

Monilia albicans : JULIAN Nosodes -

Symmetrical eczema of the thorax, arms,

forearms.

Nat-m.:GIBSON - Dandruff, alopecia,

acne, boils, pustular eruptions may also call for

the consideration of the remedy, especially if the

lesions are symmetrical.

Nux-v.: Medical Advance (Vol.XLIII.

No.11, Nov.1909) - Chancroids spread around

and make ineffectual efforts to become

symmetrical.

Parotidinum: JULIAN Nosodes -

Bilateral renal pains, spreading towards the

lumbar and sacral regions.

Pexid (Perh.): JULIAN New - Bilateral

papilloedema (T)

Plumbum: BLACKWOOD - The function

of both the sensory and motor nerves, but

especially the latter, is interfered with and wrist

drop, often bilateral from paralysis of the

extensor muscles of the forearm, is observed.

BURT's Physiological - The symmetry

and localization of the paralysis in Lead

poisoning would seem to indicate a spinal origin,

but, so far as I know, no very distinct spinal

lesion has as yet been found out.

ALLEN Enc. - Then followed bilateral

facial spasms, trismus, frequent spasmodic

lerkings of the upper limbs, the flexors of which

were firm and rigid, while the lower limbs were

rigidly extended.

Bacillus Proteus (Prot.) - JULIAN

Nosodes - Finally in the month of December

1966 Mme P., underwent a surgical operation

for glaucoma and bilateral cataract and had a

second relapse.

Psor: JULIAN Nosodes - Bilateral

adenopathy of the neck, painful, radiating

towards the head.

Ran-b.: SOGER, PHATAK -Sharp,

cutting, stitching chest pains, bilateral.

Sec.: HUGHES - The microscope

showed these degenerated parts to be very

advanced atrophy of the nerve fibres, the

degeneration is symmetrical in both posteror

columns, and extends through the whole length

of the cord up to the medulla oblongata.

Sep.: KNERR - Wrists; eruption: bullae,

symmetrical, as large as a hen's eggs. (0,1,0)

HERING Numerous bullae, on face near

moulh on wrists and backs of hands two largest

were on wrisls, symmelrical in posilion and size

Spong.: KNERR - Lungs pneumonia

croupous bilaleral. (0,3,1)

Sulfanilamide (Sulfa) JULIAN New -

Bilaleral diminulion in auditory acuity

Progressive symmelrical muscular alrophy.

beginning in the hands .

Syph.: JULIAN Nosodes - (b) eyes:

Ptosis, unilateral or bilateral, the patient seems

sleepy.

Recorder - Tubercles on lower limbs.

Bilateral exostoses.

van ZANDVOORT - Symmetrical

complaints (0,5,0) (PHATAK) Eruptions;

symmetrical. (1,5,0) (817)

BOGER - Bilateral exostoses

PHATAK - Bilateral exostoses sore and

painful.

Tell. : JULIAN New -Occipital and

temporal, bilateral headache.

Thalamus (Thala): JULIAN New -

Thalamus, or optic layer, belongs to the group of

grey nuclei around the encephalon. It is a large

ganglion, even and symmetrical, situated in

front of and outside the quadrigeminal bodies,

the striped bodies, laterally bordering the third

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ventricle, surrounded on its convexity by the

caudate nucleus. It is egg-shaped, and the distal

end is large.

Thymol: JULIAN New - Bilateral

temporal headache, and at the occiput.

Thyroidinum: van ZANDVOORT -

symmetrical complaints. (0,5,0) (76) Eruptions:

symmetric. (1,5,0) (817)

ALLEN HC Nosodes

CLARKE

Crusts separated, leaving faint red skin;

eruption, not nearly so painful.

(Symmetrical serpiginous eruption;

dark red, edges raised and thickened.)

PHATAK - Symmetrical erpiginous

eruptions.

Tub.: JULIAN Nosodes Bilateral

conjunctivitis.

Bilateral ovarian pain, radiating to the

lumbo-sacral region with difficulty to walk.

ALLEN HC Nosodes - CLARKE -

Pleurisy, for the most part very severe, simple

and tuberculous, frequently hemorrhagic, and

not infrequently bilateral.

Marmorek (Tub-m.): JULIAN Nosodes -

Impetigo; erythematous lupus; symmetric

cyanosis above the malleoli, of young girls.

Ust.: - (The Homoeopathic Physician,

Aug.1888, page 430. "On The Nervous

Disturbances of Pellagra and Ustilago maidis" by

S.L) -The gray substance, Clark's columns, are

nearly always intact. The affection of the white

matter is in all cases bilaterally symmetric.

Variol. : JULIAN Nosodes - (a) Urinary:

Bilateral renal pain always accompanied by a

dorsal pain.

Verat. : KNERA - Lungs: pneumonia:

croupous, bilateral. (0.3.1)

15. Dulcamara - Cas clinique (Dulcamara -

Clinical Case)

COPPE V. (ASH, 27,4/1994)

An interesting case of Pyelonephritis in

a post-climacteric woman The medicine was

chosen on the basis of the development of the

case from the beginning of the acute flare-up of

chronic disease and those symptoms taken up.

The indicative symptoms chosen are: (i)

Dictatorial, domineering (ii) Anxiety for others (iii)

Avarice (iv) Mistakes, speaking (v) Epistaxis

during headache (vi) Skin, Psoriasis. All the six

symptoms are found in Dulcamara; given in 200

potency and there was a spectacular and

wonderful result.

16. A la decouverte du Similimum. Une

autre maniere de prescrire (On the path

to the Similimum. Another method of

prescription)

COQUILLAAT G.(ASH,27,4/1994)

The author selects the medicine

according to SONNINGHAUSEN method. Five

cases are discussed. Paragraphs 153 and 178,

the author says, lead to the way of finding the

simile: the peculiar, characterstic symptoms of

the disease similar to the peculiar, characteristic

symptoms of the remedy. The symptoms chosen

must be complete -location, sensation,

modalities, and concomitants. "The concomitant

symptoms are to the totality of symptoms what

the modality of aggravation and amelioration are

to the single symptom." The symptoms in the

repertory are 'fragmentary' symptoms.

BOENNINGHAUSEN says that if an individual

symptom is found in several conjunctures it will

become a general condition. The danger in

SOENNINGHAUSEN method is also that a

medicine may be prescribed on the basis of the

local common symptom and thus cause

suppression (KENT's Lecture 32).

SOENNINGHAUSEN's method includes the

KENT repertorisation and which bases choice of

the remedy only on the Materia Medica.

17. Au fil des consultations (From the

consulting room)

KEASTEN J. (ASH, 27, 4/1994)

A 36-year-old male with gastric

problems. The remedy was Abies nigra 30.

("Total loss of appetite in morning but great in

the evening for food at noon and night" -

SOEAICKE; KENT rep. "Appetite wanting,

morning, Appetite increased, noon, Appetite

increased, .night"). This was followed with

Phosphorus, the chronic remedy. Comment - is

Abies nigra a small remedy?

38-year-old female who had not got over

the brutal treatment of her stepfather in her

childhood. She still recalls it and revolts.

Somnambulism and cries out in sleep. Travel

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sickness. Crocus sativus was her remedy. (See

F. GLADWIN's Materia Medica Family)

7-year-old boy with Warts: one on the

foot, one on the big toe and one on eye lid. The

symptoms taken up for repertorisation:

Slowness, Concentration difficult while studying,

Strabismus, Reserved. The remedy was

Hel'eborus.

The remedy discussions are quite

interesting.

18. A propos de 15 d'algies faciales (15

cases of facial neuralgia)

GAMBY F. (CGH, 31, 10/1994)

The facial Neuralgias are put in three

groups: Vascular pains (arterial extension range,

relationship with migraine, long duration, often at

nights), locally caused pains (Sinusitis, Pulpitis,

Glaucoma). If definite basic complaints are

excluded, good results can be expected from

Homoeopathy. Cases of Spigelia, including a

case of extension of the pain from brain

metastasis, Kalm., FI-ac., Verb., Chin-s., Urt.,

and PuIs. are presented. The important

indications for the remedy choice are localisation

and laterality, clear modalities, times of the day,

clearly marked quality of pain. Chronic

medicines are not called for. Not more than 3-4

symptoms are considered and verified in the

Materia Medica. Not lost in too many

explanations. If no differentiation is possible, to

reckon on localisation and consult HERING or

BOERICKE. Key-symptoms are: (Principally

from HUI BON HOA) Chel. (Right eye-brow,

Pain wakes up), Chin-s. (Forenoon. in and

around left eye. Chin. Sulf. Coloc. (Upper lip or

lower gums left, "electrical") FI-ac. (behind eye,

eye-tooth, cold amel.), Kalm. (right side, in and

around eye, "electrical"), Nux-v. (severe agg.

from least draft), Sil. (lower branch of trigeminus,

warmth very much amel.), Spig. (left, in and

around eye. come and go with the sun,

palpitation), Stann. (beginning and ending

slowly, lower jaw), Verb. (cheeks, especially left,

crushing, Temperature change agg.).

19. Quelques observations a propos de

nosodes (Observations on Nosodes)

MOUSSIER F. (CGH, 31, 9/1994)

Case 1: 40-ear-old man. A small non-

healing suppurating spot on the tibia, with a

black crust; stitching pains. Discharges blood.

Dark red circle with heat and burning pains.

Anthracinum 9 cured in 24 hours. For recurrence

the 15 potency which cured totally a slowly

developing, chronically recurring infection which

was only palliated by antibiotics.

Case 2: 7-month-old boy was suffering

from Urticaria pigmentosa. Restless sleep, blue

sclera. The dermatosis is characterized by

brown flecks. Carcinoma in the family. Carc. 200

and a progressive improvement. The sleep

became peaceful, the sclera became white.

Case 3: Crohn's disease since years. At

20 years age BCG and since then wasting,

fevers, nocturnal perspiration. Nat- s., and Verat.

gave only partial relief even after 6 more

remedies. Ultimately a fever came on with

Erythema nodosum. The diarrhoea disappeared.

The erythema recalled Tub. Tub-k. 15 improved

and the Erythema disappeared. And diarrhoea

re- appeared. Tub-k. 18, 21, 30, M improved the

Crohn's disease and the patient felt better.

Case 4: 15-year-old girl, daughter of the

above patient; sporty, excellent in school and

equable temperament. She suffered from

Anorexia mentalis. The indicated medicines did

not bring forth the relief. The extreme

weepiness, desire for company and aggravation

from company, desire for salt, back-ache when

resting, better from movement and the other

symptom variables, the loathing of food and the

thinning pointed to Tub. Tub-k. 15 and then 18

brought complete cure.

Case 5: Severe palmo-plantar

Hyperhidrosis in a young man. Sil. with

intervening Tub-k. acted well.

Case 6: Constrictive headaches.

Bulimia, heat in nape of neck, general

formication, nausea on waking, in a 29-year-old

pregnant woman. Clinically n.a.d. Characteristic

symptoms: severe weeping while narrating the

symptoms, time passes too slowly, better at sea-

shore. Medorrhinum healed.

Case 7: 78-year-old woman with life-

threatening heart insufficiency. She strongly

refused hospitalisation, wanted to die

immediately at home. Many symptoms pointed

to Kali-c., which did not work; while Ars., brought

some relief of the Generals, the

Tachyarrhythmia was aggravated. Ultimately

after low potencies of Dig. failed, came to the

mother tincture. After one year slight

Apoplexywith motor weakness and troublesome

itching of the left arm which was cold, worse by

warmth. Sec. 9 and 12 brought a wonderful

amelioration: The consequences of Apoplexy

healed without residue, and the pulse became

strong and regular, voice energetic and the

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mood brightened up considerably. Digitalis could

be put off. The sense of smell which had been

lost years ago was restored. Finally the patient

even decided to visit the Dentist and also go for

a cataract operation. Ultimately death overcame

her at the end of two years of therapy with

Secale when the remedy was stopped when she

was being examined for a cerebral injury.

20. Turning off the Alarm

MITTMAN Paul (NEJH, 3,3/1994)

11-year-old boy with history of Insomnia

and severe Anxiety his entire life. Nervous;

constant Fear and Anxiety; lived constantly in an

"Alarm State". Worried about many things; if his

mother was out at night he could not begin to

even think of going to sleep until she returned.

He would enter an alarm state when in crowd

and in public; would panic. Nightmares. Fear of

animals, dark, violence, abandonment, wolves,

bears, robbers; checked the doors at night.

Desired cold drinks; picky eater. He would not

like the foods in his plates to touch each other,

each item should be separate and mixed foods

were out of question. Pre - occupied with order,

often arranging objects by color, pattern and

size; counting things over and over. His

Insomnia dated back to his birth. A Psychiatrist

made a multiple diagnosis.

The mother summed up the case as

"alarm state". Aconitum napellus M was given

and there was a dramatic response. The remedy

was repeated 2 weeks later. There was marked

amelioration.

Veratrum album 200 followed (Attention

Deficit Disorder, Food desires -sour and ice).

Drastic improvement at school. Four months

later Stramonium M.

At 12-year-age he began to have

nocturnal emissions, began cursing and talking

in the bus about sex. Hyoscyamus M and he

continued to improve further .

21. Grief?

JONAS Julian (NEJH, 3,3/1994)

Telephonic consultation: Three-and-half-

year old boy- acute vomiting at night during the

preceding week; gurgling and motion in the

intestines especially around the umbilical area. 3

to 4 hours after the vomiting he was having

completely liquid diarrhoea. Veratrum album

200. He was doing well. About 4 days later he

again had some diarrhoea and the mother in

panic went to a Gastroenterologist, whose

prescription brought a relapse of the whole case.

Veratrum album 200 and 5 days later

interviewed in person. The boy was

asymptomatic. His mother remarked that

whereas he used to throw terrible temper-

tantrums, he has, after the Veratrum album

become mild. Full interview revealed that

although the remedy was prescribed for the

acute ailment the remedy was also constitutional

and acted so.

22. Daydreamer

JONAS Julian (NEJH, 3, 3/1994)

9-year-old boy with mild environmental

allergies: sneezing and profuse lachrymation

during summer. Also difficulty of concentrating at

school, easily distracted. Became angry when

forced to do homework; whining and

complaining about things that did not please

him; did not like new or pressured situations

feared being beaten up or being hurt;

uncomfortable in the dark; in unknown or new

situtions, in high places, during thunderstorms.

Nightsweats; chilliness; stomach aches, desire

for ham and hot dogs. Calcarea phosphorica

was his remedy.

23. Eruptions I

FLORES Matilde (NEJH, 3,3/1994)

9-year-old girl. Eruption around the

mouth that covers the skin from the upper part of

her mouth to her nose, the sides of her nose, the

sides of her mouth, and her chin; red, dry, and

slightly scaly; corners of the mouth cracked.

Worse in winter, when stressed and better in the

summer and she has long hours of sleep. The

problems began at age three. Psoriasis on

paternal side and Eczema on maternal. Many

warts on both hands. She missed her mother

who is attending school, a lot. Feared dark,

needles, "monsters in the toilet when I flushed

it". Loves animals. Phosphorus 12 t.d.s

Follow-up. Her parents pushing her a lot

expecting her to behave larger than her age.

Phosphorus was not her remedy. Staphysagria

200 was given and she started improving.

Five months later follow-up; Due to

much stressful situation the rash is reappearing.

Staphysagria 200 again and she has been

progressing well in the next follow-up six months

later.

24. Encopresis After Fright

FLORES Matilde (NEJH,3,3/1994)

Rachael born 1988. While her mother

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was delivering the second babyat home, there

was much difficult contractions. The mother sat

on a toilet, as the water broke and labor began.

Rachael saw her mother in this state and in fear

went up and hid in the room. When her father

found her later she lay curled up in a corner.

Since then her bowels moved only once in few

days. She cried a lot and feared going to the

toilet. Afraid to be alone. She complained that

her bottom hurt when she sat on the toilet.

Stubborn and passive; aggressive. Silicea 200

Her behavior was getting worse;

became more possessive, more intense and

crying a lot. Tuberculinum 200 (She had

responded well to this medicine before.) She

improved.

She was put on antibiotics by her

Paediatrician for an ear infection and again her

bowel movement diminished and she feared to

go to the toilet. Irritation in the anus and vagina.

She has been masturbating. The mother said

that the girl thought that she was a princess,

entitled to certain privileges and liked to order

everybody. Although Platina was indicated,

because of physical generals Medorrhinum 200.

The physical symptoms became better but she

became more demanding and acting out. It was

suspected that she was masturbating again. Her

vulva looked swollen and raw. Her display of

sensuality at this age was causing concern. Now

Platina 12 once aday for 3 days. Improved. She

did not masturbate and she moved her bowels

daily, behaving nicely.

25. Attention Sensory Deficit FASSLER

Kristy (NEJH, 3,3/1994)

This very interesting case of a seven-

year-old girl who suffered much due to

abandonment by her parents and then by the

grandparents and then had to move from her

foster family to finally adoption by a loving family

with a sister of her own age. She has suffered

much emotional trauma. She suffered from

Attention Sensory deficit. There were ups and

downs during the course of the homoeopathic

treatment but ultimately got well. The remedies

were Ignatia and Veratrum album.

26. Eruptions II

THOMPSON Gregory (NEJH, 3,3/1994)

This case teaches what 'suppression'

could do to a five-year-boy, who was with foster-

parents. The boy had suffered many ear

infections. He was very violent, broke things,

had no shame, sensitive to cold. He received

many homoeopathic remedies without significant

improvement. AI last when the boy developed a

severe cold with yellow catarrh and was given

Hepar sulphuris calcareum 30 and in two hours

developed a terrible ear pain. He was put on

antibiotics for this and after 10 days when the

ear symptoms were better given Hepar sulphuris

calcareum 12 and in 24 hours again severe ear

pain, but this time antibiotics were not given.

The pain diminished gradually and his behavior

improved. The next week there was a return of

the symptoms and so Hepar sulphuris

calcareum 6 daily was given and over the next 6

weeks he kept improving. He began to regress

after six weeks and so the remedy was given

twice a day and again there was significant ear

infection with behavior improvement. The dose

was increased to 4 times a day. After 3 months

the remedy was discontinued, and he remains

well.

An interesting article which shows the

need of repetition of a low potency.

27. Aging as a State of Mind

REICHENBERG - ULLMAN Judyth

(NEJH, 3,4/1994)

It is not how long one lives but how one

lives, what one makes of one's days, the quality

that is more important. The most important thing

about aging is to be young at heart and to keep

active.

A 41-year-old woman who was married

to a man twelve years younger than her. She felt

very conscious of this difference and thought

she should divorce. Felt unhappy; felt like

commiming suicide. Ignatia M, then Aurum

metallicum, Natrum muriaticum were given but

without appreciable improvement.

The patient said that she doubted who

she was. Identity lost, desired potatoes, bread;

and suffered constipation. Alumina 30. There

was quick response and proceeded to improve

and the dose needed to be repeated only after

six months.

28. Hot Flushes

HEUDENS-MAST Henny (NEJH,

3,4/1994)

47-year-old woman who was under

homoeopathic treatment since 1986; it was for

frozen shoulder, migraine and nervousness and

Lycopodium was the remedy.

She now came for irregular menses and

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hot flushes, which troubled more at nights.

Nausea accompanied the flushes. During the

flushes her nose became clogged. She used to

be very interested in her job but now had no

interest at all.

Kali bichromicum 200 (Perspiration,

upper lip; Clothing agg.; Perspiration, sticky;

Flushes of heat; Indifference to business affairs -

all from KENT, and Nausea with heat of body

from the Complete Repertory.). Remained well.

29. The Rock of Gibraltar - An Older

Woman with Multiple Health Problems

SKINNER Sidney (NEJH, 3,4/1994)

This is a case of a woman with a strong

constitution, but her physical body succumbed to

a lifelong, nutrient-poor, high-fat diet.

69-year-old woman. Gall bladder pain,

felt mainly in the back. Her past medical history

included amputation of the second toe of the

right foot due to gangrene, myocardial infarction

at age 26, reconstructive surgery to the uterus

for injury during delivery, basal cell carcinoma

removed from near the right eye, and a heart

murmur due to childhood Rheumatic Heart

Disease.

She felt anxiety for others; was very

sympathetic; didn't like consolation. Wanted to

be alone when she felt bad. Loved

thunderstorms. Desired soups, tapioca, jelly

pudding, creamy foods, cheese, buttered toast,

eggs, plums, cashews, and pistachios. Gains

weight easily, very thirsty; hates cold drinks.

Sleeps on stomach, arm over head.

Calcarea carbonica 6 three times a day.

The remedy was continued from December

1993 to September 1994 when it was learnt that

she was still on the allopathic medicine besides

the Calcarea carbonica 6

This patient had a rare disease and the

homoeopathic medicine was able to eliminate

most of her allopathic medications; though her

diabetes and cholecystitis improved

dramatically, her cataracts and osteoarthritis

continued to progress.

30. Exuberance

ROVETTI Corinne (NEJH,3,4/1994)

46-year-old woman, hair-dresser;

complaints of hormonal imbalance, mood swings

and severe hot flushes. Also continual

depression, fatigue, and spells of crying. Her

totality of symptoms was diagnosed as

Perimenopausal woman with hot flushes and

mood changes and Lachesis 200 was given.

The remedy brought the expected improvement.

31. Off Kilter

HERSCU Paul (NEJH, 3,4/1994)

49-year-old woman came with the report

that her PAP showed dysplastic cells. She had

five years ago received Natrum muriaticum 200.

She now came for peri-menQpausal state. Her

symptoms indicated that from a confident, self-

assured person, she had become fearful,

insecure and confused. The remedy was

confirmed bv soreness of breasts before

menses - Lac caninum 200 acted well and she

continued to be well when followed up several

years later.

32. Wild Yam

SHEVINSJodyK. (NEJH,3,4/1994)

The lessons that one should draw from

this case are basic ones which however most of

us overlook. Is it right or harmful to use natural

progesterone supplements in women who reach

the age when the progesterone levels become

low and do such supplements produce adverse

effects? In a culture where demands are to

remain young for ever should we not distinguish

between a natural disease and one brought

about by lifestyles and environment, what should

a homoeopath do?

In the instant case of a 46-year-old

woman who suffered from excess 'gas' with pain

in the liver and gall bladder region, better by

extending her back, arching backwards. The

symptoms indicated Dioscorea villosa. It was

learnt that she had been using a natural

progesterone cream, derived from the Wild Yam,

Dioscorea villosa. The cream was discontinued

and Dioscorea villosa 200 given and she

improved.

33. Victims of Sexual Abuse -Two Cases

FLORES Matilde (Simillimum,

7,3/1994)

This was presented originally at the

Homoeopathic Academy of Naturopathic

Physicians Eighth Annual Case Conference,

Seattle, 1994.

Child sex abuse leads to severe

disturbance of the psyche and Homoeopathy

helps heal this trauma and the consequences of

such a trauma. Two cases are cited.

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Case 1: 46-year-old female with Asthma

and Epstein Barr Virus. She has a long history;

underwent surgery at 35 years age for cervical

cancer; Herpes Zoster at 19 years. Chest

problems, severe migrating pains. She was

sexually abused by an uncle at age 5. Taking

into consideration her emotional state,

repressed anger, repressed sex, generalities

and all the other symptoms Kali bromatum 6

q.i.d. was prescribed on May, 19, 1992. And in

August, 1992 the remedy was given in 30

potency one dose, followed by the 200 an hour

later. Next follow-up December 1992:

progressing well. Follow-up in February 1993:

doing well. While repertorizing this case the

author has mentioned following 'additions' to

KENT Repertory:

Fear, losing self-control, K.47 add:

Cann-i., Merc. (H), Kali-br., Anh., Thea (AZ)

Sighing: K. 80 add: Nat-m. (V), Kali-br.

(AZ)

Rage: K. 70 add: Kali-br. (RM)

Delusins, hollow, whole body is: K. 27

add: Aur, Kali-c.

Pall. (all from the SA which has been

added from KENT 1897)

Generalities, Trembling, externally and

internally, K.1408, 1409, add: to Trembling

internally: Kali-br. (AZ)

Key to the additions: H. Paul HERSCU,

AZ. Ananda ZAREN, RM Roger MORRISON, V.

VITHOULKAS, K. KENT.

Case 2: 40-year-old woman with

Multiple Personality Disorder (MPD) and

Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS) and overeating.

Her father is an alcoholic, mother died of Cancer

11 years ago, her brother has Down's Syndrome

and her mother's sister committed suicide. She

suffers from depression but she suppresses it by

being very active. Her MPD episodes occur

generally when in therapy session. All her

complaints get worse 10 days before menses.

She is obsessed about fire. She checks and

rechecks that her door is locked, that the gas

been turned off etc. She grew up in an

environment where chaos, drinking, screaming

and superstition were predominant. The thread

that runs through the whole case is the deep

sense of guilt as if she has committed a crime

for which she is anticipating a punishment.

Although Aurum, Cimicifuga and Asarum

appeared to be the remedies Kali bromatum was

given and it improved her.

Both the cases are very interesting and

need to be read in full.

34. A Case of Distortion

MANKANI Meena T. (Simillimum, 7,

3/1994)

A two-year-old male child with recurrent

attacks of Asthmatic bronchitis since last six

months. Allopathic medicines gave temporary

relief. A month ago he developed sudden

convulsions from high fever and was

hospitalised for 5 days. He was gradually

thinning and losing weight. The child's mother

had a disturbed childhood. Her father was an

alcoholic and beat his wife and daughter. She

therefore developed intense hetred for all men

and much sympathy for all women. She spoke

very harshly of her son (the patient), as stupid,

foolish, devil, etc., and that while he had

convulsion his face was completely distorted

and "looked like the devil". The child had profuse

sweat around his head during sleep.

The child was said to eat raw onions,

raw garlic, raw ginger, shoes, lime off the walls

etc.; he danced with his hands up and down and

on one leg to the tune of a chiming doll.

Cicuta virosa was the remedy for both

the child and later to the mother. The rubrics

were entirely different for the child and the

mother.

Lesson: while Cicuta virosa has

'distortions' at the physical level, it also 'distorts'

at the mental level too, i.e. perception.

35. A Case of Acute ViralEncephalitis

HERDENER Larry (Simillimum,

7,4/1994)

A 31-year-old female with severe viral

encephalitis. Belladonna 200 was her remedy.

(Head felt severely swollen and paJnful; worse

any motion; constant pain; Nausea; Headache

worse bright lights; very weak and dizzy; low

thirst and appetite; alternating chills and heat. )

The remedy was repeated once within 2 days.

She was also given nutritional support and also

immune support. She was given a good

electrolyte replacement sports drink along with a

balanced meal replacement drink to consume

every four hours. Also a botanical immune

support (Echinacea, Hydrastis, Garlic, etc.) and

Thymus glandulars at regular intervals. She was

improved 70% in two days and 90% in four

days.

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36. Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia

JACK R.A.F. (Simile 4,3/1994 issued

with the BHJ, 83, 3/1994)

Congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) is

a metabolic disorder in which, as a result of an

inborn error of metabolism, there is defective

synthesis of corticosteroid hormones by the

adrenal cortex. CAH is inherited by the

autosomal recessive mode and the abnormal

gene is thought to be in chromosome six.

CAH is rare and the synonyms include:

Adrenogenital syndrome, Adrenal vitalism and

Ambiguous genitalia.

Treatment comprises lifelong

replacement of Corisol with Cortisone,

Prednisolone Oi Dexamethasone (DM). The

dose needs to be increased at any stressful

event, at which time salt losers also need urgent

i. v.saline. Treatment is usually regulated to

measuring serum 17-0H.

32-year-old female, married,

complaining of infertility, asthma for 7 years

increasing progressively and for 9 months has

required a nebulizer b.d. besides routine use of

Salbutamol and Becotide inhalers. Allergy to

horses, dogs, cats and parrots. Cramps.

Arthropathy, most joints hurt, requires calipers

for her weak ankles. Stools always loose, which

sometimes precipitated a crisis.

Has had many times hospitalisation for

emergency i.v. saline and steroids. In 1990 she

became pregnant. In 24 weeks she developed

asthma and pre-eclampsic toxaemia, followed

by intrauterine death of the foetus.

She was desperate to conceive. Since

she still had anovulatory infertility the daily dose

of DM was increased. Despite taking

maintenance dose of DM for atleast 9 years, she

had become virtually incapacitated by her

Asthma and allergies and she was worse now.

She couldn't walk farther than across the

farmyard without acute dyspnoea, ; enter the

stable or go close to the horses, or clip poodles

which was her profession. Awoke each morning

at 3 am with Asthma, was chilly like an 'ice box',

perspired profusely and felt very weak.

She was prescribed:

1. AI mixed inhalants 30c weekly.

(Isopathic allergen preparation)

2. Aconite 30 quarter-hourly at Asthma

whilst in distrees and palpitations are excessive.

3. Cuprum metallicum 30 prn. (3

a.m.Asthma & Cramps)

4. Dexamethasone (DM) 30 alternate

days.

5. No change of the conventional

medicine.

She began to improve steadily.

Subsequent remedies according to the progress

of the case: Kali carbonicum 30, Colocynth 30,

Nux vomica 30, Folliculinum 30, Oophorinum.30,

Acid phosphoricum (diarrhoea). Remarkably well

with regard to the Asthma. Could work in the

stable, fields, clip poodles, etc. She now takes

only DM 30. Referred to an Obstetrician for her

anovulatory infertility.

A remarkable case justifying fully the

homoeopathic multiple prescriptions.

37. Arthralgia

HART Michael (Simile, 4,3/1994 issued

with the BHJ, 83,3/1994)

53-year-old female, with flitting joint

pains, recently much worse, especially in the

knees, elbows, hands and back. 'Never- well-

since' German Measles. Stiff in the morning,

better as the day goes on, worse cold, worse

heat. Pains come and go.

Rash raised and sensitive. No itching.

Worse pressure. Rash mainly round neck, waist

and hips. Chilly, worse heat, desires salt,

dislikes sympathy, bottles things up, weepy.

Many problems in life, divorced, problems with

children, emotional and weepy.

Rubella 30 t.d.s. once a week and

Natrum muriaticum 30 t.d.s. on the other days.

The treatment began on 26.10.1985 she

obtained great improvement and on 18.1.1986

she was totally free from pains.

On 8.6.1992: various joint pains

returning over past few months, worse evening,

worse wet weather. Rubella 30 t.d.s. one day a

week and Rhus toxicodendron on the other six

days. In the next two months all the symptoms

settled completely.

38. Alopecia

HART Michael (Simile, 4, 3/1994 issued

with the BHJ, 83, 3/1994)

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5-year-old male child, with Alopecia.

Almost completely bald. Headstrong, very

sensitive, thirsty, sweaty head, unpleasant

breath, sensitive skin, recurrent colds and

coughs, ear infections and tonsillitis. Very large

cervical glands.

The hair-Ioss began an year and half

before, at the time of brother's birth. Developed

ear and throat infections, put on continuous

antibiotics by GP. Hair started to fall again.

Teased at school.

Silicea M t.d.s. on one day a week,

Natrum muriaticum 30 t.d.s. on the other days of

the week. (Silicea was the constitutional and the

Natrum muriaticum for the pathology).

Treatment commenced on 3.5.1991 and on

12.8.1991 less infections, no new hair loss,

some sign of hair growth. 14.10.1991 : happier

child, hair starting to grow. 17.3.1992: has

complete head of hair; has been continuing to

take the medicines regularly, but when try to

reduce them, hair starts to fall again.

39. Ruptured Spleen

MASTER Farokh J. (Simile, 4, 4/1994

issued with the BHJ, 83, 4/1994)

36-year-old male who suffered a car

accident and had severe injuries with

intraperitoneal haematoma, left-sided moderate

pleural effusion. The patient opted for

Homoeopathy. Arnica and Bellis perennis three

hourly in alternation and then Arnica CM and

Ceanothus americanus mother tincture 5 gtt.

t.d.s. were given and in 12 days he improved.

No antibiotics were used.

40. Sub-arachnoid haemorrhage

MASTER Farokh J. (Simile, 4, 4/1994,

issued with the BHJ, 83,4/1994)

45-year-old male with sudden onset of

severe throbbing pain in the occipital and

temporal regions. Cold shower gave him relief,

but afterwards became miserable with pain and

physician was called. Sub-arachnoidal

haemorrhage was diagnosed, and allopathic

treatment began. Despite treatment by the

Neurosurgeon there was not much

improvement. He then opted for Homoeopathy.

Cravings sugar, fish, especially shell-fish.

Aversion spicy foods, pickles. Perspiration

profuse on covered parts, on head after eating

spicy food. Very hot patient, even in winter

required air- conditioning.

Mental: Very good administrator,

aggressive nature, blunt in talk. Always wants to

be occupied. Does everything fast, decisive,

never keeps work pending, very ambitious,

honest, conscientious. Fears snakes, being

dependent, would rather die. Cannot sit idle.

Weeps from sad movies.

16.7.1992: Lycopodium 200 repeated on

17.7.1992,21.7.1992, 11.8.199212.8.1992: No

evidence of aneurysm or arteriovenous

malformation.

41. Childhood Ear Infections: A

Homoeopathic Model for Diagnosis,

Treatment, and Research

MOSKOWITZ Richard (JAIH,

87,3/1994)

Dr.MOSKOWITZ discusses his

experience in treating chronic Otitis Media in

children. Several case histories are provided.

Homoeopathic management has proven very

successful in these cases. Dr.MOSKOWITZ also

suggests that many of such cases will benefit

from simply breaking the repeating infection-

antibiotic- cycle. He implicates both childhood

vaccination and the excessive use of antibiotics

as likely causes forthe pandemic of chronic

Otitis Media we witness today.

42. A Glimpse of the Continent

MARTENS Ruth (JAIH, 87,3/1994)

Some fascinating examples of cases

presented by Dr. Alfons GEUKENS in his

seminars are presented here:

Case 1: 5 weeks-old infant, breast-fed,

with complaints of chronic nasal obstruction,

painful abdominal cramps after eating, thrush in

the mouth, had to be rocked constantly, difficult

eructations, vomits sometimes after nursing,

tongue very thickly coated at the back, rash on

upper body. The mother ate tremendous

amounts of sweets and desserts. Saccharum

lactis brought very prompt improvement. The

child which was plump became much thinner

although it had put on weight.

This remedy had many similarities with

Calcarea. The symptoms that would distinguish

Saccharum lactis are: Aphthae in children;

strong desire for sugar; rocking ameliorates;

mental picture similar to Chamomilla.

Case 2&3: A mother and daughter: Both

seemed to have similar complaints and tastes -

the mother spoke mostly using "we", although

the daughter was 25 years old. A few symptoms

came up in which the daughter was different.

She described her job as 'interior decorator' in a

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hospital operating room, but in fact she was a

cleaning woman! The daughter also had

breathing problems in foggy or wet weather,

abdominal pain with nausea before menses and

irritability before; she was also fastidious. The

mother got Naja and the daughter Nux vomica.

(Naja has delusion of being victimized by

environment, of being injured by their

surrounding, the whole world looks dark and

hostile)

Case 4: 40-year-old woman, with heart

palpitations and obesity. She was abused or

raped by her husband years ago but she would

not talk about it. They never had intercourse

after this. She had aversion to her husband and

was afraid of him although she tolerated his

caresses when they were in company. She did

not know what to do, always asking "What

should I do? Should I leave him? etc." She felt

that she had two characters. Her heart

palpitations made her fear that she would die.

Strong lack of self-confidence.Naja was given

and her heart problems disappeared. The

differential between Naja and Anacardium is that

in Anacardium there is no clear perception of

what the patient ought to do, they are torn

between two equally attractive possibilities, Naja

knows exactly the direction to go but cannot go

there.

Case 5: 22-year-old woman with

headaches. She pointed to a spot where she

had the headache. She had sinusitis associated

with headache for 6 months. The headache

came randomly at any time of day/night; mainly

on right. She couldn't judge distances.

Onosmodium was her remedy.

Onosmodium should also be considered

for the symptom-group: deep sense of

insecurity, forgetfulness and female complaints.

Case 6: 6-year-old girl with eczema and

disorder of muscular coordination and speech.

Eczema very itchy, scratches until it bleeds and

tears the skin with her nails; cannot articulate

well and talks rapidly; inclination to clench her

teeth, she could not drink from a glass because

her mouth would go into a spasm and she would

bitethe glass; inversion of feet; could not walk in

a straight line; could not find her balance when

walking; enuresis nearly every night, in the

beginning of the night. Excitement caused

itching. Desires oranges and spices. Chloralum

brought good and rapid improvement.

43. Small Remedies in Everyday Practice

WEMBER David (JAIH, 87,3/1994)

Dr. WEMBER presents us yet again with

many 'clinical pearls' regarding the utility of

smaller remedies for everyday clinical practice.

44. Clinical Snapshots

(JAIH, 87, 3&4/1994.)

Case 1: An adopted girl child. Generally

in good health. She did have severe temper

tantrums and obstinacy. She often became

easily distracted, often would not do her

homework, and when she did, often did only part

of it, which engendered some friction and fights

with her mother.

At the age of nine she began to have

serious craving for ice cream. Pulsatilla from 6 to

30 brought about the desired improvement.

Evidently the child suffered from a sense of

abandonment by the birth mother and

transferred that feeling to the adoptive mother.

Case 2: 57-year-old woman with a

history of hypoglycaemia since age of 26 years

with symptoms of feeling weak and shaky, better

by eating. By her mid-thirties she was worse

with a sudden feeling of shaking, weakness and

a feeling as if about to cry, not always better by

eating. After a traumatic divorce and 20 pound

weight loss, she became weak, shaky, began

bumping into things and was very forgetful. She

began to have episodes which felt like a horrible

surge of Adrenalin followed by headache,

weakness, blurred vision and anxiety. She

began to get sudden sinking feeling as if a

curtain is coming down over her. Her energy,

vision, emotions and mental functioning all feel

like they are failing. She may feel as if in slow

motion. She may be totally unable to speak. All

this may happen in a space of 10 minutes. She

gets relief from eating Kudo bar. Her life now

revolves around these and she has gained 20

pounds. Family history of Diabetes. Cold

weather agg. Bites nails and cuticles; nails thin

and break easily; recurrent cold sores; recurrent

vaginal infections; Gonorrhoea at age 24 treated

with Penicillin. Infertility, irregular periods.

Hysterectomy in 1972. She always has had a

very strong sex drive. Medorrhinum 200, and

then Phosphorus 200. There were further

adverse developments like Insulinoma, tumor at

the tail of pancreas, benign insulinoma which

was removed surgicallyand since then has had

no more symptoms of hypoglycaemia.

Case 3: 48-year-old male with mild to

moderate hearing impairment which began

approximately 6 years previously. Probably due

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to excessive listening to audio tapes. The

impairment was worse after waking up in the

morning, improved during the day; restless at

night, often moving from room to room; craving

for cold milk (at night). Rhus toxicodendron 6 to

30 in ascending scale was given and he made

50% improvement. Further plan Calcarea

carbonica or Rhus toxicodendron in LM.

Case 4: 43-year-old woman with

complaint of cough for two weeks since a bout of

flu. Cough dry, paroxysmal due to a tickle in

throat pit, worse at night, lying down, lying on

sides, better lying propped up. Yellow nasal

discharge, post-nasal drip; hoarseness. Onset of

pain in the right posterior chest, under the

scapula, and also a stabbing pain in an area

deep in her right breast; as if respiration

incomplete. Sanguinaria canadensis 30.

45. A case of Mastitis SCHAFFER

Rodney (JAIH, 87,4/1994)

This case of acute mastitis

demonstrates one of several courses that an

acute illness may take and the remedies that

may be required for such changed symptoms.

Remedies were given whenever symptoms

changed and thus a rapid cure was obtained.

Croton tiglium 200 was given because

of the key-note: breast pain every time the baby

suckled, the pain in the inflamed breast radiated

directly to the scapula (compare Paris

quadrifolia, Phellandrium, Berberis vulgaris and

Phytolacca). 36 hours later (after two doses of

Croton tiglium) Belladonna (breast bright red

over a wide area covering 1/3 of the breast from

the nipple laterally; sensitive to touch; sensation

as if the skin there is burnt). 24 hours later

Arnica montana (onlya bruised sensation

remained).

46. The Homoeopathic Interview RUSSELL

W.Less (JAIH, 87,4/1994)

The homoeopathic interview is one area

of practice, that perhaps causes more failures in

prescription than any other single area, There

are a number of skills that need to be learned by

the homoeopath that will enable interviews to

become more enlightening and thereby improve

the prescription. The following skills are not the

only answer, but they may prove useful to some

practitioners. (Readers are directed to the

source article: KSS)

47. Ett fall av ta!)dlossning (A Case of

loosening of the teeth) JORGENFEL T

Chris (HLK, 3,4/1994)

The presenting problem in this case is

loosening of the teeth. However, the patient also

suffers from, panic attacks, loss of memory and

palpitations. His problems started after he had

some mercury fillings as a young boy and

Mercury was the curative remedy in this case.

48. Etiologi: vaccination (Aetiology:

Vaccination)

SAWYER Liz (HLK, 3,4/1994)

This is a case of Endometriosis. The

essence appears to be Natrum muriaticum, but

this remedy does not cure the patient. Further

questioning reveals that the problem started

after vaccination and Thuja proves to be

completely curative.

49. Lyme Disease and Homoeopathy

TOBIN Stephen (HT, 14,6/1994)

The author who generally treats

veterinary cases says that he found Ledum M

effective in Lyme disease in animals and also

found the same remedy useful in humans too for

the disease. He has used it in cats, dogs and

horses and it does not seem to matter whether it

is a recent infection, a year old, treated or

untreated and they all respond curatively.

One homoeopathic MD runs titers on all

his Lyme disease patients, both before and after

treatment with Ledum and has found that there

is a constant decline in titer after Ledum.

One pellet Ledum M three times a day

for three days is given. As preventive for Lyme

disease in dogs, Borrellia burgdorferi 60x, a

nosode, is given, one dose daily for one week,

then one dose a week for one month, then one

dose every six weeks. Out of over 500 dogs

given so, only two dogs have contracted Lyme

disease both of which cleared with Ledum.

50. Dreams and a sore throat

SCALES Sally (HT, 14,9/1994)

80-year-old woman with complaint of an

extremely sore throat which began after she

dreamt of her diseased sister-in-Iaw smoking

while talking to her. Although she begged her

sister-in- law not to smoke as the smoke was

giving her a sore throat, it was of no avail. She

awoke with a severe sore throat, a feeling that

her lungs and throat were full of smoke, and dry

mouth. Her nose has been pouring. Voice very

hoarse. After complete case taking, the remedy

was worked out to Baryta carbonica (Dreams of

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the dead; Dreams of dead relatives; Nose, odors

of smoke; Chest as if smoke; Dreams of

disease;) A single dose of the 30 brought relief

within 24 hours although the cough lingered for

a week.

51. Addressing the Needs of the Elderly

with Homoeopathy

SOMERSON Michael (HT, 14, 10/1994)

This presentation was made in the NCH

Conference 1994. Dr. SOMERSON was

practising in rural Ohio which has a rich

homoeopathic heritage where once there were

1000 homoeopathic physicians. He took over

the very busy practice of Dr. PANOS upon her

retirement. He said that while some elder

patients are vibrant, and retain a youthful

appearance, others have vitality which may be

slowly diminishing or rapidly deteriorating. A

carefully chosen remedy for any individual must

take into consideration the potential in that

individual to respond, and the potency of a

remedy must be compatible with the level of

vitality of the patient. There may come a time in

a patient's life when an overwhelming barrier is

met, the obstacle is too great. At this time the

physician must seek to provide palliation, cure

may not be possible. Now the goal of the

thoughtful physician must be to provide comfort

and relieve the distress of the patient by

providing symptomatic relief. Many mental

symptoms which are common to an older

population respond very well to homoeopathic

treatment.

Dr. SOMERSON treats mental and

emotional ailments, vision and hearing changes,

vertigo, digestive problems, prostate problems,

cardiac complaints, stroke, musculoskeletal

problems and last stage of life.

52. A Short Discussion on Depression

SEN Gobinda, SINHA Swagata (HH,

19,7/1994)

A brief and interesting exposition of

Depression which can sometimes mimic

physical illness. Three cases are cited.

53. Meningitis

BANSAL V.P. (HH, 19,7/1994)

A text-book exposition of the disease; a

list of some homoeopathic remedies is also

appended.

54. Homoeopathic Medicine in Sexual

Debility HOSSAIN Md.Azmal (HH,

19,7/1994)

A brief exposition of sexual debility, the

different forms of such debility and the

medicines generally considered in

Homoeopathy.

55. Experience with Bowel Nosodes - Case

Reports

MUKHERJEE Debasis (HH, 19,7/1994)

Two case reports are given:

Case 1: 42-year-old man, married.

Chronic Colitis since 10 years. Losing weight

progressively. Weak, tired feeling, even while

rising from bed. Uneasiness after sleep. Urine

strong smelling. Dysentery compound 200 one

dose given on 2.10.1993. 18.10.1993:

Arsenicum album for cold and coryza with

burning, Pyrexia. 6.11.1993: Placebo.

27.11.1993: Placebo. 27.11.1993: Placebo.

21.12.1993: Sulphur 200

Case 2: 56-year-old widower. Chronic

Dysentery aggravated from night-watching and

mental anxiety while nursing paralysed wife for

2-3 years who died in October 1990. Stool,

sometimes 10-15 times a day. Severe, constant

pain in left lower abdomen. Occasional burning

urination and mild Pyrexia. Very poor appetite.

Craving for spicy food, fish, milk and milk

products, rich food, sweets. Stool foul smelling,

flatus + with stool, cannot control the urge -

passes with great noise and force.

Gaertner (Bach) 200, 2 doses morning

and evening the same day.

In the first case the mental tension and

anticipatory fear about loan repayment lead to

the choice of Dys.co. In the second case the

malnutrition of the body with an overactive brain

and hypersensitivity to external impressions lead

to Gaertner.

56. Acute Respiratory Tract Infection in

Children MUKHERJEE Nirmalendu (HH,

19,7/1994)

This is a brief exposition of this ailment.

57. A Case of Torticollis

CHATTERJEE Ardhendu Sekhar

(HH,19,8/1994)

A 29-year-old, unmarried man suffering

from Torticollis since an year. After treatment in

hospitals (allopathic) did not improve,

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homoeopathic treatment was sought for which

ameliorated for a short time only to relapse. The

case was retaken and anti- miasmatic treatment

cured. Thuja was used to remove the sycotic

block and then Lyssin and Staphysagria brought

about the cure.

58. Common Geriatric Disorders BATRA

Mukesh (HH,19,9/1994)

Common ailments in old age, the

relevant rubrics and a comparative Materia

medica; all in brief.

59. Stubborn Epistaxis

SARAB A.N. (HH, 19,9/1994)

55-year-old woman with bleeding per

nose since that day morning; Crocus sativus

three doses and advised to apply ice packs, but

there was no relief until night. Since she had

surgical menopause she was given Lachesis

500 followed by Crotalus horridus 30 (stringy

blood). Still no relief and so Arnica 200, four

doses every hour. No relief by next day. Two

towels have been soaked with blood and the

smell in the house was like a butcher's shop. No

bleeding point could be located in the nose.

Millefolium tincture ten drops every hour

followed bya biochemic mixture, but still no

relief. Bryonia 200, 6 doses every 15-20 minutes

which too did not relieve. Hamamelis 30, 8

doses, hourly. No relief at 7a.m. next day.

Shewas precarious and smell of blood was

overwhelming. She was not, even at this stage,

prepared for I. V. fluids and blood transfusion.

After further questioning, Tuberculinum

M (anti-miasmatic) was given followed by

Hamamelis, half-hourly. She needed to take only

one dose of the Hamamelis.

Lesson: the miasm should be taken into

consideration even in acute prescribing.

60. Rheumatic Arthritis MISHRA

Nityananda (HH, 19,9/1994)

29-year-old man with pain in all joints -

big and small - since 12 years. For 11 years on

allopathic medicines. Worse in wet weather,

daytime, and warmth in general. Better by

pressure, but lying on the affected side agg.

Desired cold food, aversion to sweets. Twice

vaccinated which did not take. Recurrent

dreams of falling from height till he was 17.

Pulsatilla 200, later Sulphur200.

61. Skin Diseases and Homoeopathy

GHOSE 8.8. (HH, 19,10/1994)

Treating skin diseases on local

symptoms does not give lasting cure. Whereas

prescription on the basis of the totality including

the miasmatic block cures.

62. Malignancies/Cancer

BATRA Mukesh (HH, 19,10/1994)

A brief study of the remedies in the

rubric 'Cancerous affections' in the KENT

Repertory.

63. A Case of Insanity

SARKAR Soumitra (HH, 19, 10/1994)

18-year-old male, malnourished

appearance, with mental illness; history of Tinea

Capitis in infancy treated with topical

applications. Sulphur in different potencies did

not help. It was observed that he kept walking

for hours in sun/rain perspiring profusely, drew

water from the well for hours and bathed, sat up

in bed the entire night and talked to himself.

None of these seemed to tire him. Had ravenous

appetite, eats much quantity at a time. This too

did not tire him. 'No tiredness even after

excessive activities' pointed to Acidum fluoricum

which was prescribed in 200, later repeated. For

a relapse 4 years later this remedy was

repeated. He now engages himself in a

remunerative job. The skin eruption (Tinea

capitis) did not reappear.

64. Finding the Homoeopathic Symptoms

HOSSAIN Azmal (HH, 19, 11/1994)

Case 1: A young housewife came for a

wart on her face. Although she had a host of

other problems - menstrual disturbances,

gastric, psychological, etc. - she only wanted the

wart to go. Many medicines for wart on face

failed. At last Hyoscyamus M (Delusions, crabs

moving around. 2. Fear of being poisoned. 3.

Talked to herself) removed the wart within a

fortnight.

Case 2: 56-year-old man with sedentary

habits. He consulted a Neuro-physician for an

irregular pain in right temporal region with dim

vision. The pain did not go. After CT Scan brain

tumour was diagnosed. Surgery was suggested

as the only therapy, which was rejected by the

patient and Homoeopathy was called for. Thuja

was prescribed (1. Head, pain left side. 2.

Anxiety about salvation. 3. Dream of battles).

The farther peculiar the symptom, the more

valuable for choice of the homoeopathic

medicine.

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Case 3: 28-year-old woman with chronic

piles. Pain so violent that surgery was

suggested. Kali carbonicum M - after four earlier

prescriptions based on the symptoms failed -

based on the peculiar symptom "General relief

when she rode" (see PHATAK Repertory).

Case 4: A young man with excruciating

pain in lower abdomen, aggravated when

voiding urine, sometimes Dysuria. Multiple radio

- opaque calculi in bladder. Calcarea carbonica

relieved (Symptoms for the prescription, far

from the pathology: 1. Fear of mishap. 2.

Obesity. 3. Craving for ink. 4. Palpitation with

coldness in the praecordium. 5. Doesn't like

passing stool (better when constipated).

65. A Case of suspected Multiple Myeloma

BHATTACHARYA Dilip (HH, 19,

11/1994)

75-year-old, bed-ridden man, with

suspected Multiple Myeloma. At the end of

homoeopathic treatment (1 Nov.1992 to 27 June

1994) the patient was standing erect, moved

about well, although a 'cure' cannot be claimed.

Acidum nitricum, Kali iodatum, Lycopodium,

Acidum benzoicum, Sulphur, Guaiacum were

given.

66. A Case of Epilepsy

DEYS.P. (HH,19,11/1994)

7 Year-old boy with repeated seizures,

recurring at 1-2-3 months since the age of 1½

years following a surgery for cleft palate. EEG

report confirmed idiopathic generalised epilepsy.

His symptoms indicated mixed miasmatic state

with syphilitic predominance and he was given

Plumbum metallicum beginning from 0/2. He

was then given Sulphur 200 anticipating psoric

block. He was incident free for three months

after this and then had a major attack. Lyssin

200. There was no further attack for more than

16 months. However he was given one dose

Sulphur 200. The EEG then taken said "interictal

neuronal hyperexcitability" and so he was given

Calcarea carbonica 200 as complementary to

Sulphur. Two months later he had a mild

seizure-Iike episode with high fever which may

not be an epileptic attack.

The patient is still under treatment which

will continue till the EEG tracing becomes

normal.

67. Heredity and Aids

JHA Sushil Kumar (HH, 19, 12, /1994)

Transmission of immunity factor through

mother's milk or placental circulation indicates

that genetic factors might be of extra -

chromosomal nature and be present in the

cytoplasm as well and transmitted like "Kappa

particles" of Paramecium or "sigma particles" of

Drosophila.

68. Plague - Its Homoeopathic

Treatment and Prevention

SARANGI Annada Prasad (HH, 19,

12/1994)

The pathology of Plague is scantily

sketched in a few lines. A small list of

homoeopathic medicines is also appended.

69. A Case of Chocolate

GAY M.A. (HL,7, 4,/1994)

24-year-old female consulted on 16

Dec. 1993. Colds, exhausting, "boring, go on

and on". The analysis of her case: She needed

to be nurtured, hadn't had nurturing as a child.

Has no feelings about her parents or children.

not able to nourish and nurture herself. Has

delusions about time going too fast because she

didn't have a good childhood or is going too

quickly towards death.

Rubrics: Desires Chocolate; dislikes

children; Dreams of people; Time passes too

quickly; Nose - discharge thick; Desires - red

fruit.

Chocolate 30 two doses.

24 March 1994: much better. Had a

minor cold after the remedy, which came and

went in 3 days. Very unusual for her. Stopped

eating Chocolate completely. General

improvement. The remedy was repeated for her

knee problem. Next follow up: O.K.

70. A Case of Calcarea sulphurica going

to Ferrum iodatum

JOSEF-MULLER Karl (HL, 7,4/1994)

31-year-old female teacher. Menses

stopped a complete cycle after she had been on

a holiday. Not pregnant. Problem with the

tendon sheaths. Left arm is worse in motion.

Feels there is something narrow around the

throat. Thyroid gland is enlarged. Very obese.

Pulsation in the heart when lying in bed, is

warm-blooded and can't stand warm room.

Easily irritated, very impatient and nervous.

Aggressive with her three daughters. Craves

sweet and in the summer likes to drink milk. She

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doesn't know why it is always she who has to

suffer disregard. Often feels that she is not

appreciated.

Calcarea sulphurica 30/200 and she

made very good improvement. During the next

11 months she received her "miracle remedy" in

M, XM and LM. Six months later she came with

the complaints: 4 weeks she had influenza with

ear pain. Penicillin was given to her by a doctor.

For 3 weeks now she has violent pain in the

right upper arm extending to the shoulder joint.

Crossing the arms agg. Pain in cervical and in

the middle of the right shoulder blade. Takes

Thyroid hormone. Now she is much

acknowledged in the school, engaged by pupils,

parents and colleagues and therefore she

cannot now allow for any mistakes or failures.

She likes the position. The situation to be the

centre of critical observation and to have not to

fail is a typical Ferrum situation, and the remedy

and the pains disappeared.

71. Revolutionary Homoeopathy - An

Impression VAN TWILLERT Ci (HL,

7,4/1994)

The author came to India to study with

Dr. SEHGAL who teaches and practises a

technique in which the patient's expressions are

converted into 'Mind' rubrics in the repertory and

a remedy selected on that basis. The author

asserts that this method gives quicker and sure

results. He has cited two cases from his and his

colleague's practice.

72. Uncommon Remedies in Some

Common Ailments and Common

Remedies in Some Uncommon Ailments

OUADER S.F. (mfH, 5, 1&21994)

This is a very interesting paper read

before the A.P. Homoeopathic Association

Clinical Meeting on 26 December 1993. Dr.

QUADER presents many cases and remedies,

briefly. The remedies discussed are: Lithium

carbonicum in heart case, Calcarea arsenica in

Epilepsy, Platina in heart disease, Coccus cacti

in Microcephalus, Laurocerasus in Valvular

heart disease, Ammonium muriaticum in

Sciatica, Gnaphalium in back sprain, Squilla in

Measles, Caladium for sleeplessness in heart

disease, Stramonium in speech loss after

convulsions, Hyoscyamus in Paranoid

Schizophrenia, Carbo animalis in injury to

Coccyx, Tuberculinum in Microcephalus in a

child, Aurum metallicum in heart disease,

Euphrasia in stammering in a young man of 18

years, Pulsatilla in Thyroid enlargement,

Belladonna in a hyperactive child, Anacardium in

Paranoid Schizophrenia, Carbo vegetabilis in

Myocardial infarction, Lycopodium in recurrent

Epistaxis in a 9-year- old girl, Arnica montana in

(palliation) of Osteo-sarcoma with metastasis to

lungs.

73. Unusual Clinical Cases

MISHRA S.C. (mfH, 5,1/1994)

Case 1: 40-year-old dumb man with

swollen gland on the right-side of his throat.

Belladonna and then Rhus toxicodendron

(cause: bath at night after attending a

cremation), did not give relief. He now drooled in

sleep. Mercurius relieved.

Case 2: 32-year-old lady suffered an

accident injury (neck). Treated for about three

months by Allopathy without result. She was

given Arnica,Ruta and Rhus toxicodendron with

only partial relief. The pain extended to the

head. She said that she was terribly frightened

as a result of the accident. She also had a

presentiment of death. Aconite 200 gave prompt

relief.

74. Angio-CelVical Spondylosis

MUDALIAR V.P. (mfH,5,1/1994)

This case points to the close

complementary relationship between Rhus

toxicodendron and Calcarea carbonica.

75. Problematic Warts

HARISHCHANDRA B.B (NJH, 3,2/1994)

Brief essay about warts.

76. Warts and Naturopathy

KONDEKAR Prakash (NJH, 3,2/1994)

Besides dietary regulation, neem

enema, cold or contrast shower, fasting are

important in Naturopathy for treatment of warts.

77. The Application of Nosodes in

Homoeopathy PATRO K.K.C. (NJH,

3,2/1994)

The Nosodes are an important part of a

homoeopath's armament. The Nosodes can be

prescribed (i) on symptom-similarity, (ii) as a

second prescription (a Calcarea child with

severe pains in the bones at night -Syphilinum),

(iii) as an intercurrent (iv) where a simillimum is

not clear, (v) To begin the treatment where no

other remedy is clear, (vi) as a complementary,

(vii) for sequelae and complications of acute

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infections, (viii) when the patient "has never

been well since", (ix) in prolonged

convalescence, (x) when a patient does not pick

up health after a particular illness, (xi) when

several past treatments were unsystematic and

hence unsuccessful, (xii) in inherited familly

diathesis including miasmatic consideration (xiii)

the tautopathic use of nosodes and sarcodes,

(xiv) Nosodes as better prophylaxis.

78. Role of Nosodes

BHATNAGAR Padamprakash (NJH,

3,2/1994)

This is a brief run-through of the

Nosodes and their source, including the Bowel

Nosodes.

79. Lycopodium in Warts

GUNE Mohan (NJH, 3,2/1994)

Two cases of warts cured by

Lycopodium prescibed on the 'Generals'.

80. Mummy, I hate Veggies!

MAMGAIN S.K. (NJH, 3,2/1994)]

A 8-year-old girl with lot of warts on her

right hand (after Thuja M t.d.s. for two weeks!

There was only one wart when the prescription

was given first), was cured by Ruta. (Aversion to

vegetables and to antidote Thuja)

A 13-year-old girl with a large pea-size

wart on the back of right hand between the index

and thumb. She also had pain in calves, menses

late, copious and painful, severe hypogastric

pain on the first day. Phosphoric acid 30 t.d.s.

for 5 days. Total cure.

82. Surgery? Not a chance! RANAUT

Kulbir Singh (NJH, 3,2/1994)

Case 1: 40-year-old lady, with small

warts on her breasts, cracked and ulcerated

nipples, dry skin of hands. Castor equi 30 one

dose daily for 10 days.

Case 2: 10-year-old boy with hard warts

covering both his hands; he avoided bathing.

Desired sour. Antimonium crudum 200, three

doses for one day.

Case 3: 20-year-old girl with warts on

the back of hands and feet, face. Past history of

vaccination. Dreams of falling from height. Thuja

Case 4: 50-year-old man, with large

smooth warts on his neck since 6 years age,

chronic coryza, nose block during rains. He used

foul language, "I cannot control it". Dulcamara M

three doses for one day.

82. Now Here, Now Gone

WADIA S.R. (NJH, 3,2/1994)

The octogenerian homoeopath presents

seven cases, briefly, .of warts.

Case 1: An elderly man with over 200

warts on his face. Thuja M b.d. for six months (!)

had been prescribed by a Dermatologist without

benefit. Dr.WADIA gave first Sulphur and when

the detailed history revealed Cancer in the

family Carcinosin 200 and then M and all the

warts disappeared.

Case 2: 40-year-old male with 30-35

warts on the face and neck. Black warts. Some

large, some small; isolated warts on other parts

of body. Has taken lot of local and oral

Corticosteroids. Cortisone 200 three doses; no

improvement. Calcarea carbonica 30 repeated

doses and in 15 days 50% of the warts

disappeared. The remedy was repeated in 200

all warts disappeared.

Case 3: 12-year-old boy, with 20-25

warts on his hands, sides of fingers and legs

since 6 months. Most of them fairly large, hard

and jagged, two orthree were soft. Silver-nitrate

had been applied which had caused burns, and

warts remained as they were. Since he had

been vaccinated every year in his school Thuja

M and no improvement in 15 days. It was

revealed that whenever he was injured while

playing, the warts would bleed. Now Causticum

30 b.d. and in eight days, the warts had gone.

Case 4: 45-year-old female with warts

like corns on the hands, fingers and toes. A corn

on the thumb very painful. Soles and heels

cracked. Dreams of snakes since childhood.

Menses every 3/4 months. Sulphur 200 three

doses and then Lac caninum.

Case 5: 3-year-old girl warts on the face

- Molluscum contagiosum. Thuja.

Case 6: 36-year-old male with callosities

which were hard like rock on the tips of his

fingers and near the nails for several years. Past

history of several vaccinations, suppressed

ringworms and a wart on the forehead. Thuja,

Antimonium crudum, Sulphur and then

Carcinosin (family history of cancer). Causticum

finally cleared.

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Case 7: 45-year-old man with chronic

dysentery. Two warts on face had been

cauterized. Nux vomica and then Sulphur.

83. Warts: The Bane of Homoeopathy

BALAKRISHNAN E. (NJH, 3,2/1994)

Four cases of warts.

84. A Bottle of Warts

PARINAZ HUMRANWALA (NJH,

3,2/1994)

13-year-old boy with plenty of warts on

palm (right). Lycopodium given on the basis of

the Mentals and Generals cured.

85. The Rosary

PARTHASARATHY Vishpala (NJH,

3,2/1994)

13-year-old boy with warts (Molluscum)

on his face and neck; he was obstinate; violent

anger, Fear of thunder and darkness, Craving

for sweets, Enuresis. Tuberculinum bovinum

50M, three doses, cured.

A lady with more than 100 warts on face

was rid of them all with Lachesis then Rhus

toxicodendron and Tuberculinum bovinum.

cleared.

86. Tellurium

SHAH Jawahar (NJH, 3,2/1994)

A man with multiple warts on face and

armpit and ringworm in the groin. Tellurium 6x

t.d.s. for 7 days.

87. A Case of Multiple Warts

UPADHYA Sameer (NJH, 3,2/1994)

Calcarea carbonica M cured a 28-year-

old man of multiple warts (75-100) on face,

88. Warts, Polyp, Molluscum….. and

Homoeopathy

SONAWALA Sarla (NJH, 3,2/1994)

Five interesting cases from this veteran

homoeopath. She also refers to two cases which

did not respond to the homoeopathic medicines

89. Learning from Experience

NAGAR Rashmi (NJH, 3,2/1994)

Ranunculus bulbosus for warts on

palm/fingers, pedunculated and horny.

90. Causticum and not cauterization

PATEL Paresh (NJH, 3,2/1994)

Two Causticum and one Silica, cases

91. Warts: Cases with brief Philosophical

Background

JAISWAL G.D. (NJH, 3,2/1994)

Sycosis and Warts are related in this

brief article.

92. And They All Fell Down

TALATI Farida A. (NJH, 3,2/1994)

40-year-old man with 200 small,

pedunculated warts on his face and neck. He felt

that the warts appeared after he took

homoeopathic treatment for his chronic

dysentery. The dysentery came on after

cauterization of a few warts, and these warts

came on after the homoeopathic treatment.

Sulphur cured.

93. A Smoker's Warts

SHETH Parag (NJH, 3,2/1994)

22-year-old male with 11 clustered warts

on his chin since 2 months. Chronic smoker.

Diabetes in both parents. Warts in mother.

Nitric acid did not help, but after

Caladium not only the warts went away but his

craving for smoking also became less. (Both the

remedies are complementary)

94. World: A Better Place Without Wicked

Warts... ?

SONAWALA Sarla (NJH, 3,2/1994)

Interesting poem.

95. Angio -Cervical Spondylosis

MUDALIAR V.P. (NJH, 3,1/1994)

The author, 72-year-old, with a history of

three heart attacks; chews tobacco regularly,

cataract both eyes. History of inguinal hernia

and eczema in the lower extremities. Left

ventricular failure was diagnosed. He also

developeo cervical pain, and his neck became

paretic. Rhus toxicodendron and Kalmia in

alternation gave good relief. He was also taking

Sorbitrate. He now took Rhus toxicodendron and

Calcarea carbonica in alternation.

96. Gastro-enteritis

LAKSHMINARAYANAN D. (mfH,

5,2/1994)

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The author asserts that Homoeopathy is

the only medicine which will cure this condition.

He narrates his personal experience in this.

Surely, none will disagree.

97. Capsule Cases

LAKSHMINARAYANAN D. (mfH,

5,1&2/1994)

1. T emper tantrums: Proteus again - 6

year - old boy; bed - wetting 2-3 times each

night; temper tantrums - throw things, beats

mother, screams, bangs doors, etc. Proteus M

one dose daily and at the end of the week,

improved. For later symptoms Ignatia and

Natrum muriaticum made him completely well.

2. Naja in a Cardiac patient: 64 year-old

lady with dyspnoea on walking up a slope.

Pressure on upper chest, shoulders and back.

Chest pain extending to left arm down to finger

tips with numbness. Latrodectus mactans 6,

three doses helped her sleep on her right side

and Magnesia Phosphorica 200 palliated acute

pain. Pain on stepping out in cold, open air;

Phosphorus 200 and Magnesia Phosphorica

200 palliated. Subsequently Aurum metallicum

30, Spigelia 30- M. Diagnosed as Coronary

Artery disease and prescribed usual drugs, viz.

Sorbitrate, Tenormin, etc., but she took only

Spigelia and Sorbitrate as and when needed.

Now she reported that she had pain when she

slept on her left side. Naja 30 cleared this.

3.Osteomyelitis(byDr.SURYAPRAKASA

RAO): Osteomyelitis at the head of the tibia in a

woman in her last months of pregnancy.

Calcarea sulphurica followed by Calcarea

fluorica removed the pains and she moved

freely.

4. Temper tantrums - Double quick

change (Dr.LAKSHMINARAYANAN): 6 year-old

boy, peevish, unsmiling, undersized with sub-

acute cough; very irritable, throwing things,

beating people, etc. Proteus 30 b.d. for a

fortnight. After a week he developed an egg-

sized blind abscess on the frontal aspect of the

right axilla. Myristica 30 and Hepar sulphuris

200, followed by Silica 200. So far 14 doses of

Proteus. Lessons from this case: The abscess

appeared within 12 hours of the first dose of

Proteus. The cough subsided. Irritability and

temper tantrums markedly better. Proteus must

be a great Antipsoric to produce a skin abscess

within 12 hrs. and clear the temper tantrums.

5. Ascarides (by Dr.

D.LAKSHMINARAYANAN): Sabadilla cured anal

itching from ascarides in a boy who had craving

for sweets. Desire for sweets is a more

important symptom than aggravation from

sweets, in this case.

98. Erythroblastosis Foetalis (Ah.

Incompatibility - Icterus Neonatarum)

SUAYAPAAKASA AAO B.A. (mfH,

5,2/1994)

In the author's experience Neo-natal

icterus of children born to mothers Ah. negative

can be prevented by Crotalus horridus given to

the mother during pregnancy.

99. A Dejected Case of Bronchitis

SHAH Aupal (HTIMES, 1,3/1994)

33-year-old male with Allergic Bronchitis

since 20 years every winter. His Father was an

allopathic physician. Has been treated by

specialists many times.

Remedies like Arsenicum album,

Antimonium tartaricum, Coccus cacti, Kali

carbonicum were all in vain. The 'totality' again

pointed to Calcarea carbonicum which too did

not bring lasting relief. On reconsideration

Psorinum came through and the remedy

immediately produced expected results; M to

CM was administered and for last four years

when the case was last reviewed no problem

during winter. Dejection, was the guiding

characteristic. Also the remedy in the highest

potency was repeated at more frequent

intervals, to even twice a week towards the end-

phase of the treatment!

100. An Obstinate Case of Urticaria

VORA Mukesh A. (HTIMES l' 3/1994)

55-year-old male; Urticaria of two years

duration; worse sunset, night, 2-4 a.m., cold

drink, cold food, spicy; better by hot application.

Desire for sweets, Anxiety if time is set, Fear of

being late, of high places, narrow places, of

impending disease, etc. Argentum nitricum 200

brought no relief at all. Aurum metallicum 200

given on reconsideration of the whole case also

did not help. Now the patient bitterly complained

of the itching, despaired. Psorinum 30 was

followed by M and then XM, 50M. Then Sulphur

XM followed by Psorinum CM and itching again

became worse. Sulphur 50M and then Psorinum

CM gave lasting relief.

101. Cough: A Repertorial Study

SHAH Rajesh (HTIMES 1,3/1994)

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This is an interesting exercise in the

study of some coughs and their remedies in

accordance to the repertory. Cimicifuga, Arnica

montana, Kreosote, Conium, Collinsonia,

Coccus cacti, Ignatia; etc. are some of the

remedies studied.

102. A Rare Respiratory Remedy

TRIVEDI Bhavana (HTIMES, 113/1994)

47-year-old man with chronic bronchitis

since 15 years. Hydrocyanic acid cured. (Fear,

trouble, of imaginary; Sentimental; Tranquility.)

He had fearwhile walking along the road that the

tall buildings may fall upon him.

103. Cancer of Left Breast -Metastasis to

Liver and Ribs

BANERJEE Sanjay (HTIMES, 1,4/1994)

Treatment of a Cancer of the left breast

in a post-menopausal woman of 61 years age.

The patient has been on Arsenicum album LM3

to LM14 during the period 30 April 1993 to 10

December 1993 and the patient was relieved of

the pains, could do household work, gained

weight. Continuing treatment.

104. Breaking The Delusion

VASANDI Yogesh (HTIMES 1,4/1994)

60 year-old man with anxiety, distension

of abdomen, gases, irregular bowels since 6-7

years. Alcoholic since 35 years but has given it

up since 5 years. Had been hospitalised for

alcoholic liver. Frequent jerking of limbs during

sleep. Recurrent dreams of falling and bad

automobile accidents. Sympathetic to the

suffering people, to those being exploited. Fear

of accident while travelling in fast trains. Vertigo

on rising from squatting position. Nux vomica 30,

200 and M relieved fully. Lesson: remedies

should not be stereo-typed into fixed images.

105. Two Cases with Lesser Used Remedies

SHAH Rupal (HTIMES, 1,4/1994)

Case 1: 5 year-old girl; sudden high rise

of temperature. Woke up at 1500 hrs. With high

fever. Very irritable, cranky, crying and

screaming. Generally kept awake a good part of

the night. Short sleep and waking crying,

restless, tossing about, muttering in sleep.

Tonsils inflamed. Face fiery red. Belladonna

200, then M did not help. Next day: Fever

persists. Threw off the covers at night. Fever

goes up in the afternoon and night after sleep.

Demands things and on offering refuses.

Constantly weeping, whining, screaming and

restless. Jealous of her elder sister. Tonsils:

suppuration. Lips, Face and Skin all red all over.

Apis M t.d.s. for two days rapid improvement.

Case 2: 28 year-old woman. Sudden

spells of dizziness, giddiness, momentary

deafness, clouding of vision and ringing in ears.

Occurs every alternate day since a few months.

Joints, especially fingers, swelling; right sided

Sciatica; Warts on palms and fingers. Sensitive,

easily hurt. Prefers to be alone; Keeps her

feelings to herself and brood over; hates to be

consoled. Quiet, silent and reserved. Goes out

of the way to help people in trouble, financially

and otheriwse. Generally gloomy and

despondent. Chin-sulph. was her remedy.

106. A Case of Wilson's Disease

DEVADIGA P.Y., SARDA Chetna

(IJHM, 29,4/1994)

9 year-old boy: Weakness began in the

lower extremity (left side) six months ago and

now extending to the upper. Abnormal gait and

coldness of the affected parts. Choreo-athetoid

movements. Strabismus. The Totality: Fear of

strangers; of being alone; Dreams of relatives;

Coldness of extremities; Hot patient; Craving

green vegetables; cold drinks; Aversion, sour;

sweets; Grimaces. Cuprum metallicum 200, M,

XM. Improving progressively.

107. The Hyperkinetic Child

BARVALIA Praful (IJHM, 29,4/1994)

5 year-old boy, hyperactivity, mild

mental retardation. Extremely restless; gets cold

very often; school performarlce poor; dull and

moody; gets irritated and scratches his head and

body. Breach caesarian baby. Hospitalised

thrice. Can write only if someone holds his hand.

Sensitive and adamant. Affected by changes of

weather. Enjoys music, travel. Pneumonia at 3

years. Talked at two and half years age.

Attention deficit at school. Desires salty things

and fruits. Mother underwent lot of mental

tensions, vexation, etc.

Natrum muriaticum 200 for three

consecutive days and improvement began.

Suitable counselling was given to the parents

particularly the mother, the school also was

advised and thus a cohesive structure to the

child's environment was provided.

108. Pneumonia Cases

MEHTA Nimish (IJHM, 29,4/1994)

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15 month-old girl; second attack of

Pneumonia. Recurrent Tracheobronchitis; with

Tracheomalacia. This attack of Pneumonia after

a cold drink. Very high fever with deep rattling

cough, desired to be carried and caressed,

clung to mother. Startles in sleep during heat;

thirst small quantity frequently. Inflammation

right lung. Phosphorus 200 four hourly until

positive reaction and in two and half days

complete recovery.

30 year-old female, unmarried with

recurrent chest infections. Currently high fever

for last three weeks with rattling cough. Body

ache, chilly, lot of gas, severe headache,

increased thirst for small, frequent quantity,

weepy, burning sole. Lycopodium 200 without

benefit. Taken off medicine and observed. The

totality pointed to Rhus toxicodendron which

was given in M potency four hourly and in four

days improved.

109. Pneumonitis - Treated with

Arsenicum album

TRIVEDI Bhavana (IJHM, 29, 4/1994)

3 year-old boy with Pneumonitis.

Bryonia 30, then Arsenicum album XM with

Tuberculinum aviare intercurrent.

110. Bronchial Asthma: A case study from

the Research Department

BHATIA Anil, ENGINEER laxmi (IJHM,

29,4/1994)

11 year-old boy with childhood bronchial

Asthma; on large scale steroids and

bronchodilators.

Tubercular miasm; emotional

disturbance was found to be the dominant

provocation; does not express anger; family

history of asthma suppressed by steroids. .

Antimonium arsenicosum for the

episodes; Tuberculinum forthe underlying

miasm; Ignatia forthe inferiority complex, grief,

conflict, etc. The bronchodilators and steroids

were withdrawn and the above remedies

administered according to indications and over a

period of eight months there was very good

improvement.

111. The Superstitious Man

BARVALIA Praful (IJHM, 29,4/1994)

65 year-old man with severe backache

since last ten years, at times paraesthesia.

Severe dyspepsia and poor appetite, slow

digestion; feels lot of gas trapped in the joints,

limbs, etc. with marked Polyuria. Worse after

nocturnal emissions and suppression of sex

desire. Suffered Tuberculosis in 1981 and

treated with anti-tuberculous medicines and

since then tinnitus.

Obsessed with consistency of seminal

discharge and loss of vitality. Sexual desire

increases if he takes meat and fish. Weak after

coition. Feels chilly.

He was brought up by grandparents,

strictly religious; his parents had quarrelled and

separated. Came away from home and worked

in Cloth mills, felt that workers were being

exploited etc. Amorous dreams from age 20

caused him much remorse. Guilty feeling and

being punished by God. Superstitious. Fixed

ideas. Married and did not get along with his

wife. Aggressive and violent outbursts. His

children do not have free communication with

him Zincum phosphoricum 200 at infrequent

intervals. Allround improvement.

112. Concientious Straight-forward

Industrialist: Aurum metallicum

A case of Osteo-myelitis

BARVE Rajesh (IJHM, 29,4/1994)

40-year-old male with non-healing ulcer

in the left tibia after an accident two months ago;

the wound did not heal inspite of secondary

sutures and a course of antibiotics. Offensive

pus oozed from the gaping ulcer. X -ray

confirmed Osteomyelitis of left tibia. Patient is

short, stout, soft-spoken and is an Industrialist.

Loves milk. Aversion to sour food. Sluggish

bowels. Occasional bleeding per rectum. Family

history of Diabetes and Hypertension. Described

as a "simple and straight- forward person"; hates

dirty games in business. Angry if any family

member goes against these principles. Father

came from a village and with his hard work built

up an Industry. Honest in his dealings. Loves

animals and would like to see them in their

natural habitat and not in cages.

Due to certain events he now feels

forsaken; spends his time analysing his past.

Aurum metallicum M, four powders were

prescribed for one day. Ulcer healed, and x-ray

showed sclerotic healed lesions. within a month.

113. A case of Thalassemia

DEVADIGA P.Y., SARDA Chetna

(IJHM, 29,4/1994)

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5 year-old-boy with fever since last 3

years, every two months. He keeps playing even

during fever. No chill or sweat. Bodyache,

fatigue, increased thirst for about half glass of

water every few minutes and intolerance of heat

in any form, during fever.

History of repeated attacks of upper

respiratory tract infection precipitated by

exposure to cold. A mild and reserved child.

Weeps when scolded, better by consolation.

Scared to face people. Craving for biscuits.

Scanty perspiration. Blue discoloration of gums.

Mild Splenomegaly. Both father and mother

showed positive for Thalassemia Screening

Test. Haemoglobin Electroporesis was carried

out for the patient and it revealed Thalassemia

and thus diagnosis confirmed. Plumbum

metallicum M four doses were given and

Mercurius, Cuprum, Bryonia, Pulsatilla

according to symptoms in-between. At the end

of four years he was asymptomatic and was on

placebo.

114. Perceiving Conscience Through

Repertorial Perspective

GORADIA Tarun (IJHM, 29,4/1994)

This is a brief study of the 'Conscience'

(Guilty feeling) rubrics: Anxiety of Conscience (K

6) ; Delusion, that he is a criminal (K 23);

Delusion, that he has neglected his duty (K 30);

Delusion, that he has neglected his duty and

deserves reproach (K 31); Fancies, he has done

wrong (K 45); Remorse (K 71); Conscientious

about trifles (K 16).

IV. REPERTORY

1. Analyse haufig konsultierter

Repertoriums - Rubriken (Analysis of

frequently consulted repertory rubrics)

TERLINDEN Michael (ACD, 2, 4/1993

and 3, 2/1994)

The rubric "External throat, collar,

clothing aggravates" in the KENT Repertory

was taken up for study. Also similar rubrics in

KNERR's Repertory of HERING's Guiding

Symptoms and BOGER's Boenninghausens

Characteristics and Repertory were studied.

The subrubrics were also analysed. There are

many remedies in the latter which are not found

in the former. The source material,

viz.Encyclopaedia, Pure Materia Medica,

Chronic Diseases, etc. were gone through and

many remedies that could be added to the rubric

came up. The gradation of the remedies have

also been examined.

2. Industrious: A Repertorial Journey

SHAH Rajesh (HTIMES, 1, 1/1994)

The study of Repertory is challenging

because every rubric that you study in the

repertory demands that you differentiate the

drugs given in that rubric; thus knowledge of the

Materia Medica improves. The rubric

'Industrious' is taken up for study is this article.

Tarentula, Sepia, Bryonia, Coffea, Drosera,

Stannum, Baryta carbonica have been

differentiated well. Interesting study.

3. Sympathy and Consolation

SHAH Rajesh (HTIMES, 1,2/1994)

In this article the rubrics 'Sympathy' and

'Consolation' are studied and differentiated

between the remedies.

4. Zur Quellenlage des "Therapeutischen

Taschenbuches" von

BONNINGHAUSEN (The source of

BOENNINGHAUSEN's Theapeutic

Pocket-Book)

WEGENER, A. (ZKH. 38, 4/1994)

Although Alumina is represented in

HAHNEMANN's Chronic Diseases with the

symptom 'Sadness', the remedy is not found

under this rubric in the Therapeutic Pocket

Book of BOENNINGHAUSEN. The author

explores the methodologies and rules adopted

by BOENNINGHAUSEN for entering remedies

under specific rubrics. The principle of the

Therapeutic Pocket Book is also explained.

5. Ankundigung einer neuen Bearbeitung

der vorhandenen Repertorien

(Announcement of a new compilation of

the available repertories)

von KELLER, G. (ZKH, 38,3/1994)

The author proposes to publish a 4

volume repertory which will be differently

arranged from the existing repertories. It will

contain the complete symptom - location,

sensation, modalities and concomitants. While

the location and sensation may be to some

extent well represented in the existing

repertories, the modalities and concomitants are

wanting. He has begun his work with 'Modalities'

and hopes in 4 or 5 years to complete the work.

6. Beitrag zu den Rubriken des grundlosen

und unwillkurlichen Weinens im

Repertorium KENTS (On the rubrics

"causeless weeping" and "weeping,

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involuntary" in KENT's repertory)

KLUNKER, W. (ZKH, 38,5/1994)

Analyses KENT's rubrics "Weeping,

causeless" and "Weeping, involuntary". Limiting

the examination to the Encyclopaedia and

Guiding Symptoms the former rubric could

contain only the remedies bell., camph., graph.,

hura, kali-ar., kali- br., kali-c., kreos., Iyc., nat-

m., nit-ac., rhus-t., sep., staph., sulph., tarent.,

viol-o., zinc. The latter rubric (involuntary) is

superfluous, because all weeping is involuntary.

This small rubric with only 8 remedies is

identical with the general rubric "weeping".

7. Ein System fur Abkurzungen

homoopathischer Arzneinamen und

deren Anordnung in Verzeichnissen (A

system for the abbreviation of

homoeopathic remedy names and their

order in the index)

PATEL,R.P. (ZKH, 38,6/1994)

A system of abbreviations of remedy

names and their arrangement in order to these

abbreviations and not to their full names chiefly

in repertories is presented, as there are many

deficiencies.

8. Die Therapeutische Taschenkartei nach

BONNINGHAUSEN/BOGER (The

Therapeutic Pocket Cards following

BOENNINGHAUSEN/ BOGER)

DEUBELIUS Wolfgang & FUNK Elmar

W. (ACD, 3, 3/1994)

According to HAHNEMANN two things

are essential for "true" homoeopathic

physicians: the diligent study of the pure action

of medicines on the healthy persons and the

unprejudiced observation of all altered

symptoms and signs of the sick persons. Both

these required time and long, patient

experience, and there was no short -cut -either

in the form of tables or a system of quick

expositions. In this connection please refer to

HAHNEMANN's preface to Volume IV of his

Materia Medica Pura and also the relevant

paragraphs in the Organon (paras 83-90 as

also the foot-notes to paras 128-134)

.Homoeopathy is practical therapeutics. He also

warned of "theoretical therapeutics" and also

more so about the attempts to speculate about

the nature of the diseases or analysis of d

isease processes. T oday we see that in this

regard there are many homoeopaths who are

unable to keep off from these attempts and we

see books titled "Nature of the Remedies".

"Psyche and Substance" or "Essences of

homoeopathic remedies". How Hahnemannian

is KENT when in his lectures he talks about Will

and Understanding? Surely it is not

HAHNEMANN's spirit that is reflected in this.

And KENT's Repertory and now the Synthesis-

Repertorium with over 220000 additions, over

2000 remedies (the first KENT had 700

remedies). How many of these remedies have

been proved in the Hahnemannian sense? It is

all a question of Quality and not Quantity. The

Computer is a useful one in Quantity.

That homoeopathic repertories would

suffer with such deficiencies was well foreseen

by HAHNEMANN and von BOENNINGHAUSEN

as may be seen from the Preface to the

Therapeutic Pocket Book.

The Publisher Bernd yon der Leith of

Hamburg published a few years ago a Card

Repertory with the works ofvon

BOENNINGHAUSEN and BOGER.lt has two

parts totalling'1117 cards and has 270 remedies

- a very meagre number when compared with

"super repertories". However, after working with

this Card Repertory for three years in the daily

practice we can say that it is a big repertory with

regard to effectiveness.

Five cases worked with this Card

Repertory have been given which shows how

with only 3-5 cards one can reach the required

remedy.

9. How to Study Repertory

TARAFDAR (HH 19,7-12/1994)

A very brief study in each issue, of the

repertories of BOGER- BOENNINGHAUSEN,

KENT, PHATAK, SANKARAN's Pocket

repertory, BOERICKE's, SYNTHETIC

repertories.

10. Repertorisation - The Art of Selecting

RUEDI Hoppler (HL, 7,4/1994)

The Repertory can be used to have a

glimpse of a few rubrics, to just get an idea what

remedy one should consider or to exclude in the

case. One may of course also use it to do a

structured repertorisation. This becomes a must

in cases where Materia Medica knowledge

doesn't bring us any further; but also when we

use the .Gomputer to get one of these nice

outprints. -Dr.Jost KUNZLI has taught this art of

repertorisation, and Ruedi HOPPLER, one of his

students put together the steps and structure of

a proper repertorisation, illustrating it with case

examples.

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THE STEPS OF REPERTORISATION

Suppositions:

1. Medical diagnosis?

2. Acute or chronic ailment?

3. Living circumstances: Age, Social

position, Profession?

The steps:

1. The strange, rare and peculiar

(characteristic) signs and symptoms (§ 153)

relative to the three suppositions mentioned

must be selected (What is most striking? What is

outstanding?)

2. From these SRP-symptoms those are

to be chosen which are definite and clear

without 'its' and 'buts'. Assumptions and

interpretations are dangerous, may mislead.

3. Now weigh and order all these

peculiar, definite symptoms which characterise

and individualise the patient best. (See "Value

of Symptoms")

4. Now search for the corresponding

Rubrics in the Repertory. Always consider

cross-references and combine similar rubrics,

otherwise the remedy might be missed.

5. Study, compare and verify the

remedy in question in the Materia Medica, only

then should the remedy be chosen.

Important:

- The peculiarity of the individual must

be grasped.

- The patient will never show all the

symptoms of the remedy but the

remedy must cover all characteristic

symptoms of the patient.

Value of Symptoms:

1. General Symptoms:

- What influences the over-all condition,

- What concerns the patient as a whole

person, or

- What he experiences subjectively as a

whole person,

- What influences many (more than 3)

symptoms.

1.1 Mind (§ 211 )- often determining):

a. Emotional sphere (i.e.love, hatred,

rage, instincts, fears, imagination, worries,

sorrows, aversions, desires, relation to people,

life, death)

b. less important are intellectual power

and memory.

1.2 Modalities concerning the person

as a whole (temperature, weather, body

movement, body position, touch/pressure, time

of day,etc.)

1.3 Desires and Aversions (Food,

Drinks)

1.4 Sleep and Dreams

1.5 Sexual symptoms, (including

Menses)

1.6 Secretions/Excretions

2. Causation:

The causation and the individual

reaction to it are sometimes of high value.

3. Concomitant Symptoms

4. Local Symptoms:

Pronounced modalities of local

symptoms, which are contrary to the modalities

of general symptoms, can be very important, i.e.

Phosphorus generally asks for warmth but the

stomach does not tolerate warm food or dinks.

5. Pathognomonic Symptoms, Pathology.

Extrenely important §258: The

determining factor is the totality of the

characteristic symptoms.

11. i. Warts - A Repertory

TARKAS, P.I.

ii. Warts & condylomata - a Repertory

from DOUGLAS' Skin Diseases

iii. Rubrics for Warts in Kent's Repertory

WANI, Dyaneshwar R.

(NJH, 3,2/1994)

The titles are self-explanatory.

V. VETERINARY

1. Homeopatisk behandling av kor

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(Hom.oeopathic treatment of cattle)

JORGENFELT Chris (HLK,3,2/1994)

This article is based on a compendium

produced by the author for farmers. It includes

therapeutic treatment of a number of common

bovine ailments.

2. Veterinary, Materia Medica, and more -

Northeast Regional Study Group

Meeting

ISISON Eileen (HT, 14, 7/1994)

Ilse GARRIS spoke on Veterinary tips.

She spoke of the treatment of a cat who had

thrombosis of the femoral artery with Lachesis.

Treating animals is similar to humans, only you

must be more perceptive. Smell is important

because illness changes an animal's odor. Also,

notice changes in the animal's body language

and texture of the fur. Blood studies are also

useful since they can help you know what to

treat since the animal can't tell you the problem.

She also gives such tips as Cantharis

for Cystitis, Argentum nitricum for fears with

diarrhoea, etc.

Some ideas of some general breed

constitutional remedies.

German Shepherd - Lycopodium

Irish Setter - Calcarea

Greyhound - Silica.

Terriers - Nux vomica

Birds - Argentum nit. and Thuja

Horses - Arsenicum and Phosphorus

3. Dennie's Mystery Illness

LOWE Joan Scott (HT, 14,9/1994)

Dennie the 15-month-old cat which was

usually lively, with good thirst and appetite, was

found suddenly to be moping, anorexic and

thirstless; and tom cats suddenly appeared, and

hang around the house; whenever petted in the

behind Dennie arched her behind as if she might

be in heat. Aconite did not help and so she was

taken to a homoeopathic Vet, who gave besides

Aconite, Cantharis and Pyrogen to be

alternated, after tests for everything was found

negative. No improvement. She sat at the open

window and moped and refused all food.Now

Pulsatilla 200 was given and very rapid

improvement set in. The Vet. who had neutered

Dennie said that in his career he had seen two

neutered females go into heat; if even one cell of

the ovary was left behind, it could divide and

produce enough Progesterone. However, before

a blood test could be done on Dennie, she

became her normal self.

The simillimum does so many

wonders!

4. Blue Cross to Pay for Homoeopathic

Services

JACOBS Jennifer (HT, 14, 6/1994)

Blue Cross of Washington and Alaska

has recently announced a programme, that will

cover services from a select group of

homoeopathic and naturopathic physicians, as

well as acupuncturists. It is available to all

residents of Washington state and will be limited

to 1000 subscribers.

VI. PHARMACOLOGY

1. Are we using the Medicines Potentised

according to Hahnemannian Ways?

CHOWDHURY P.G. (NJH, 3,2/1994)

Dynamisation of the drug is one of the

basic principles of Homoeopathy. Is the

dynamisation now being followed according to

the method laid down by HAHNEMANN?

2. Do Biochemic Salts act as Placebos?

BANSAL V.P. (NJH, 3,2/1994)

In the homoeopathic Colleges much is

taught about the Biochemic salts and their

usage in Homoeopathic Practice. Is it right to

consider the Biochemic salts as homoeopathic

medicines? Dr. BANSAL and Dr. RANA qive

their views.

VII. RESEARCH

1. A double-blind randomized placebo

controlled study of Cholera treatment

with highly diluted and succussed

solutions

GAUCHER C., JEULIN D, PEYCRU P.,

AMENGUAI C. (BHJ, 83, 3/1994)

A pilot study of homoeopathic treatment

of Cholera during an epidemic in Peru appeared

to show that it was effective. A subsequent

double blind study showed no difference

between active homoeopathic treatment and

placebo treatment. Various technical problems

were encountered. (This only shows the

purposelessness of 'double blind' studies insofar

as Homoeopathic medicine is concerned = KSS)

2. Critical evaluation of papers reviewing

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controlled clinical trials in Homoeopathy

LlNDE K., MELCHART D.,

BRANDMAIER R., EITEL P. (BHJ, 83,

3/1994)

An analysis was made of papers

reviewing controlled clinical trials designed to

assess the efficacy of homoeopathic treatment

strategies, the aim being to demonstrate

selective and critical assessment of such

papers. The papers were systematically

collected and evaluated for content and quality

using predefined criteria, finally comparing the

results. 9 of 41 papers considered in detail after

screening the literature met the criteria for

inclusion in the analysis. Each considered

between 22 and 107 trials. 7 papers met 2 or

less of the predefined quality criteria, one met 5

and one 8 criteria. Only 1 of the papers allowed

full representation and reproducible evaluation

of treatment strategies for the controlled clinical

studies considered in that paper. The analysis

has shown that review papers must clearly

specify issues, objectives, methods of literature

screening and qualityassessment.

3. A pilot statistical study with

homoeopathic potencies of Arsenicum

album in wheat germination as a simple

model

BETTI L., BRIZZI M., NANI D.,

PERUZZI M. (BHJ,83, 4/1994)

A blind, randomized laboratory trial to

study homoeopathic potencies of Arsenicum

album on wheat germination is proposed as a

simple model which allows a rigorous statistical

analysis. The parametric tests show that the

differences between the treatment groups

cannot be explained as a mere effect of intrinsic

seed variability.

4. Viscum album preparations inhibit DNA

methylation by preventing DNA

methyltransferase-induced methyl group

transfer.

DEFilE J., lWIERS A., PALS G., KIPP

J.B.A. ERIKSSON A. W. (BHJ 83,4/1994)

Interactions between Viscum album

(Iscador) and DNA sera studied by amplification

of specific human pepsinogen A gene promoter

sequences by polymerase chain reaction (PCR).

Gel retardation assays showed no binding of

Viscum album to these promoter sequences. I

ncubation of plasmid constructs consisting of

human pepsigen A promoter fragments coupled

to the chloramphenical acetyltransferase (CAT)

reporter gene with Iscador had no effect on

transcriptional activity. Promoter sequences

incubated with Iscador became insensitive to

methylation by specific DNA methyltransferases

by destruction of DNA methyltransferase activity.

5. Effect of homoeopathic treatment on

Filariasis - A single blind 69 months

follow-up study in an endemic village in

Orissa

KUMAR Anil, MISHRA N. (BHJ, 83,

4/1994)

A single blind follow-up study was

undertaken to assess the effect of homoeopathic

treatment on microfilarial clearance and

frequency of filarial fevers in an endemic village

in India. Homoeopathic treatment effectively

reduced the frequency of filarial fevers by 20%

among amicrofilaraemic cases with a higher

reduction in cases with genital involvement

(36%) and mastitis (57%). However, among

asymptomatic microfilaraemia cases, the

frequency of filarial fever (attack) had doubled

following treatment. There was no additional

effect on microfilaria clearance in asymptomatic

carriers.

6. Enuresis and its homoeopathic

treatment - Study of 20 cases treated

with Ilex paraguensis

CORTINA Jorge (BHJ, 83, 4/1994)

20 children with Enuresis were treated

in an open trial with Ilex paraguensis (mate tea).

The treatment lasted 2 months. The results were

complete disappearance of the Enuresis and

improvement of psychological symptoms in

50%. 10% of the patients improved at the start

of the treatment but relapsed. 40% did not

respond to treatment. The medicine was given in

6x for the first month and then 6c for another

fortnight.

Ilex paraguensis is a tree native to

South America - Paraguay, Uruguay, Brazil and

Argentina.

The tree grows to a height of 6 - 7

metres. The alkaloid mateine has the properties

of Caffeine without its disadvantages. Dr. A.

LANCASTER states that the use of mate as an

alimentary drink should be encouraged since the

chemical analyses show this plant to have

almost twice the Caffeine content of Coffee. The

celebrated novelist Alexander DUMAS was also

a proponent, asserting that he took nothing more

than mate with his meals and his dyspepsia

disappeared.

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In the present investigation the mental

picture of the drug presented the following

important features: Depression, exaggerated

reflexes, anxiety, lack of concentration,

irritability,sleepiness, aggressiveness, mental

and physical restlessness, talkativeness and

taciturnity.

7. Future Directions in Homoeopathic

Research

JACOBS Jennifer (JAIH, 87, 3/1994)

Homoeopathic research is important

both to demonstrate the efficacy of

homoeopathic medicines as well as to improve

the practice of Homoeopathy. Three main areas

of homoeopathic research are discussed: basic

science, clinical, and epidemiological.

Suggestions for research in each of these areas

are made.

VIII. BIOGRAPHY

1. Professor William BOERICKE

LEWIS Joe A. (HH,19,7/1994)

A brief life-sketch of Dr. Wiliam

BOERICKE

2. Great Masters: Dr.M.W.HOLCOMBE

CHAUDHARY Pran Gobind (NJH,

3,2/1994)

A brief article edited from “The Truth

about Homoeopathy and how I became a

Homoeopathl! by Dr.M.W.HOLCOMBE.

3. E.A.FARRINGTON

FARRINGTON Harvey (mfh,

5,1&2/1994)

In this two part article which is an

extension of an earlier article on the life of the

great homoeopath Dr.E.A.FARRINGTON,

extensive quotations from Dr.E.A.FARRINGTON

are given. Very intersting indeed.

4. Dr.N.M.JAISOORYA, M.D.

LAKSHMINARAYANAN D. (mfh,

5,2/1994)

This is a beautiful tribute to the 'many

splendoured life' of Dr.N.M.JAISOORYA,M.D.

(1899-1964). The author writes with first-hand

knowledge of this great personality, Physician,

Parliamentarian, Trade-unionist, and

Homoeopath. From the day he got converted to

Homoeopathy, he never wrote a single

allopathic prescription, but if he failed in a case

he admitted it to his patients and advised them

to try any other therapy of their choice. He never

kept any secrets but allowed even the raw

homoeooath to witness his work and dis~tJSS

with him "It was even said that when he was

paid a four-figure cheque by a VIP family who

had flown him to Madras to visit a terminally ill

patient, he returned the cheque with the

observation, 'I take fees for treating the living

and not the dead'. I was an eye-witness to a

remark he made to another physician whose son

was seen by him in consultation. The physician

offered fees. Dr.JAISOORYA's words still ring in

my ears 'Dog doesn't eat dog, take back the

fees doctor'!"

IX. HISTORY

1. American Medicine: Where We've Been

and Where We're Going.

COUlTER Harris l. (JAIH, 87,3/1994)

This is a paper presented at the 150th

Anniversary celebrations of the AIH, 1994.

In this presentation Dr. COUlTER

contrasts Empirical Medicine, of which

Homoeopathy is a part, with Rationalistic

medicine, the culmination of which is modern

Allopathy. He then details the history of the split

that occurred in American Medicine in the 1830s

which eventually led to the organization of the

AIH in 1844 and the AMA in 1846. The rise and

later decline of Homoeopathy within the United

States is discussed. A most important factor in

the near demise of Homoeopathy in this country

proved to be the desire of Raationalist

homoeopaths--those using Homoeopathy

according to the prevailing allopathic mode--to

join the ranks of the AMA. From 1903 to the

1960s Allopathy flourished, but in the 1960s the

alternative medicine movement began to grow

and has since gained considerable momentum.

Once again the Empiricist-Rationalist dichotomy

is manifest. Dr. COUlTER goes on to identify

examples of Empiricist trends within modern

allopathic Rationalism, specifically in the fields of

Immunology and Pharmacology. Especially

interesting are his illustrations of the

homoeopathic genesis of preventive and

therapeutic immunizations. He closes with the

conclusion that Empiricism and Rationalism

cannot be reconciled. Our task as homoeopaths,

therefore, is to facilitate Homoeopathy's growth.

In the 1 9th century our disastrous error was in

letting the gulf between hahnemannian and non-

hahnemannian practitioners too wide, resulting

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in excessive antagonism between the two

groups. We must be certain that we avoid such

an error in the future. Dr. COUlTER calls on us

to weaken the political and institutional power of

Allopathy by working toward the passage of

more liberal medical practice acts in each State.

2. Endangered Species

PANOS Maesimund (JAIH, 87,3/1994)

Dr.PANOS speaks of her introduction to

medicine and Homoeopathy, of her

apprenticeship with Dr.Julia GREEN, and of her

homoeopathic practice and teaching duties. It is

very intersting to read that she had the privillege

to know stalwarts like Arthur H.GRIMMER, Allen

D.SUTHERLAND, William A.BOYSON, T

.K.MOORE, Wilbur BOND, Juila Minerva

GREEN (with whom she studied), Edward

C.WHITMONT, etc. Dr.PANOS' father and

grand-father, her uncle were all homoeopaths.

She affords us a perspective on what it was like

to practise when there were so very few

homoeopathic physicians holding the fort, and

when doctors engaged in a more personal and

informed style of medicine. She speaks of the

present day"defensive medicine" and that the

family physician is the "Endangered species"

and that may be it is the patient who is now

"endangered"!

3. Reflections on Fifty Years of

Homoeopathy NEISWANDER Allen

(JAIH, 87,3/1994)

Dr.NEISWANDER reviews the

fascinating history of Homoeopathy abroad

and in the United States with Special focus on

the momentous political developments that so

greatly influenced our ability to practise

Homoeopathy now and the staunch

homoeopathic physicians who gave unselfishly

of their time and energy to assure the survival

and growth of Homoeopathy in the USA.

4. Excerpts from the History of

Homoeopathy and its Institutions in

America (HH, 19, 7-12/1994)

The Homoeopathic Heritage has been

publishing "excerpts" under the above title since

last two years and with the December 1994

issue have covered 30 parts.

X. GENERAL

1. Neue wissenschaftliche Erkenntnisse

und ihre Bedeutung fur die Klassische

Homoopathie (New scientific knowledge

and their significance to Homoeopathy)

FURLENMEIER, M. (ZKH, 38, 4/1994)

The author refers to paradigm shift; from

part to the whole, structure to process, objective

to "epistemic" science, discussed by Fritjof

CAPRA in his book The Turning Point. In 1996

it will be 200 years since the Principles of

Homoeopathy was born. In these two hundred

years the principles of Homoeopathy have

proved to be the ideas that point the way ahead.

Nevertheless Homoeopathy must keep itself

open for further progress in accordance with

new facts and findings.

2. Von manuellem zu maschinellem

Potenzieren: Geschichte und

Entwicklung von Potenziermaschinen

(From manual to machine potentization:

History and Development of Potentizing

machines)

GRIMM, A. (ZKH, 38, 5/1994)

The development of potentizing

machines is investigated from the first ideas to

their construction.HAHNEMANN (1755-1843)

has only made a brief reference in one place

about machine potentising (footnote to § 270

Organon VI edn.) The author examines what

HAHNEMANN, BONNINGHAUSEN (1785-1864)

and HERING (1800-1880) opined about

machine potentization. He goes on to detail the

history of machine potentization and deals with

nine inventors of such machines and their

processes (succussion/fluxion). In this Benoit

MURE (1809-1858), Carrol DUNHAM (1828-

1877), Bernhard FINCKE (1821-1893), Henry

C.AllEN (1825-1906), James Tyler KENT (1849-

1916) are mentioned. That machine potentised

remedies were widely used successfully is also

cited.

3. Samuel HAHNEMANN und Beziehung

zwischen Homoopathie und

Mesmerismus (Samuel HAHNEMANN

and the relationship between

Homoeopathy and Mesmerism)

EPPENICH, H. (ZKH, 38,4/1994)

Starting with a hitherto unpublished

manuscript of HAHNEMANN the author shows

that the founder of Homoeopathy considered

Mesmerism as a method of treatment equally

entitled to Homoeopathy, though other

contemporary homoeopaths tried to classify

mesmerism as a homoeopathic remedy. The

combination of Homoeopathy and Mesmerism

was for HAHNEMANN the most accomplished

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way of healing.

4. The Periodic Table, Central Mind

Symptoms, Chemical Properties & Uses

ANDREWS Mike (Homoeopath,

54/1994)

The Periodic Table was originally

formulated in 1869 by MENDElEYEV, according

to the.atomic weights of the elements. Rajan

SANKARN stimulated the interest in the study of

the Periodic Table and understanding the

homoeopathic remedies on that basis. This is

used more in understanding of the compound

remedies. Remedies can be understood in their

relationship to the other elements. Just as

remedies are studied as Plant remedies and the

relationship of the plants, study of remed ies in

groups, etc. the Periodic Table helps

understanding of the Elements in their own state

and in their compound state and their

relationship. (Read Dr.Rajan SANKARAN's The

Substance of Homoeopathy).

5. The Periodic Table

HOl T Helen (The Homoeopath,

54/1994)

This article briefly makes one

acquainted with the 'Periodic Table'. Attention is

drawn to Dr. Rajan SANKARAN and Jan

SCHOlTEN and their work in this regard.

6. Need Homoeopathy be a Science?

CASSAM Amir (The Homoeopath,

54/1994)

There have been several articles in the

past on this subject ('Is Medicine a Science', 'Is

Homoeopathy a Science', 'Is Homoeopathy a

Science or Art', 'The Scientifictiy of

Homoeopathy', etc.) Several writers, very well

qualified in the Sciences, have 'researched' on

the bio-medical models (double-blind, cross -

over, et al.) to prove that Homoeopathy is a

'Science'. Somehow all these authors have been

trying to 'fit' Homoeopathy into 'Science'.

The author in this article therefore rightly

raises the question whether Homoeopathy need

be a Sience. He also brings evidences from

such scholdars as Paul FEYARABEND, Ashis

NANDY, Fritjof CAPRA to understand as to what

'science' actually is.

7. Towards a Research & Development

Strategy for Complementary Medicine

St.GEORGE David (The Homoeopath,

54/1994)

Complementary Medicines cannot fit

into the bio-medical paradigm and therefore

researches in complementary medicines which

transcend the view of life as mere molecules,

have to follow the new paradigm evolved in the

second half of this century. Intra professional

research will improve and strengthen the

complementary medicine's ability to meet the

needs of the patients who consult

complementary practitioners. The time has

come for complementary medicine to turn away

from the need to obtain legitimacy from orthodox

medicine.

8. The Responsibility for Healing: The

Patient and The Practitioner COOPER

Guy (The Homoeopath, 54/1994)

Homoeopathy helps persons to heal

themselves by stimulating the individual's own

Vital Force. This makes the patient responsible

for his/her healthy state.

The author has drawn inspiration from

Dr.Rajan SANKARAN and Edward WHITMONT.

While we help one to heal oneself, the healer

has to heal his wounds also, deal with his own

delusions. The healer may also cause wound.

9. Full of soul SOBOL Serena (The

Homoeopath, 54/1994)

With the help of Depth Psychology, the

author concludes that Homoeopathy Practice is

'full of soul'.

10. Dedication and Professional

Homoeopathy

WHITNEY Jerome (The Homoeopath,

54/1994)

The history of Homoeopathy in the USA

and Britain is mentioned. It was the non-medical

people who spread Homoeopathy in USA until

medically qualified 'doctors' were found. In

Britain the Institute of Homoeopathy was formed

in 1946, of truly professional homoeopaths. I n

1970 a small group of non-doctor homoeopaths

joined together and founded the Society of

Homoeopaths and this has progressed and has

been responsible for the spread of quality

Homoeopathy in the U.K.

Homoeopathy has now to face two

materialistic challenges, from two directions:

From without: the materialism inherent in the

Common Market. Technical directives to control

all aspects of human activity in order to create a

homogenised consumer base. From within: The

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desire for status, as many homoeopaths yearn

to be accepted by and as doctors, by having

letters and degrees after their names.

What is needed is to keep the spirit of

Homoeopathy alive, to keep our vision focussed

on Homoeopathy, as the story of the evolution of

professionalism, not for certification as a medical

technology, but as dedication to the principles of

healing.

The author rightly recalls that it was

dedication that motivated lay homoeopaths to

teach Homoeopathy in homes during the blitz

and to hold classes after the war when all of

society became transfixed by the apparent

miracles of antibiotic medicine. The era of the

doctor-dominated Homoeopathy was

symbolically signalled by the tragic Trident plane

crash in 1972, and non-doctor homoeopaths

rose to provide the growing need for

professional homoeopaths.

As long as we are led by dedication to

the spirit of Homoeopathy, and not the minimum

materialistic needs of performance, then the

golden age will continue.

11. Describing and improving Homoeopathy

- Use of systematic data collection

VAN HASELEN R. (BHJ, 83,3/1994)

Large scale data collection combined

with modern information technology is a

powerful tool to evaluate the efficacy and safety

of Homoeopathy. It also has great potential to

improve homoeopathic practice. Data collection

has not been widely used in Homoeopathy. This

appears to be due to the clumsiness of the

methodology and the perception that it is of little

value to daily practice. 3 protocols addressing

different aspects of this issue are presented.

- A proposal to establish common basic

data collection methodology for homoeopaths

throughout Europe.

- A systematic survey of the results of

homoeopathic treatment of patients with

Rheumatioid Arthritis judging by the

improvement in the quality of life and objective

assessments.

- Verification of a set of the results of

homoeopathic prescribing features for Rhus

toxicodendron.

These proposals are designed to be

'user-friendly' and to provide practical

information relevant to daily homoeopathic

practice.

12. The perennial challenge of anomalies at

the frontiers of science

RUBIK Beverley (BHJ, 83, 3/1994)

The history of science is full of rejections

of novel discoveries that challenged the

dominant paradigm. The reasons for rejection on

the part of the scientific community are

discussed. Nonetheless, scientific anomalies are

crucial to promoting continuous scientific

innovation and breakthroughs. The most

challenging anomalies are recongnized only

after a reasoned explanation has been offered

and accepted. Many of these anomalies come

from the 'frontier sciences', areas of scientific

inquiry that are not yet mainstream. The

extraordinary obstacles that frontier scientists

face are elaborated. In the light of this,

strategies are offered toward progress,

particularly for research in Homoeopathy and

low dose bio-effects.

Several frontier areas of research in

biology and medicine relate to the subtler

features of life that seem to defy explanation by

conventional molecular mechanism. Frontier

scientists working in the areas of consciousness

studies, epigenetic inheritance, certain topics in

bio-electromagnetics, and Homoeopathy and

other low dose bio-effects offer science the gift

of new questions that go beyond the dominant

paradigm of mechanical reductionism. Often

regarded as isolated anomalies by the

mainstream, the results of their investigations

taken collectively show the need for a larger

paradigm to accommodate them. Biology

appears to be entering a crisis. Whereas

conventional science maintains that biological

information is stored and manifested via

biomolecular structures such as DNA, the novel

frontier findings suggest that other informational

signals not attributable to discrete chemical

structures may elicit biological effects. These

signals may be interacting with a more subtle

bioregulatory system that is a property of the

whole organism, such as its endogenous

electromagnetice field.

13. Homeoindex New computerized

bibliographical database of

homoeopathic literature

MESQUITAA., MARTINSC.C.,

CEPEDAL.M.R. (BHJ, 83,4/1994)

Homeoindex is a bibliographic

database in which everything published in the

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field of Homoeopathy is progressively filed. The

methods adopted are those used by major

international medical databases (MEDLINE,

LILACS), allowing data exchange.

Homeoindex radically changes the

situation for dissemination, study, preservation

and research of homoeopathic works. It takes

Homoeopathy out of an archaic phase when

work was inaccessible and fragmented and into

the modern era.

The developmet of this work included

some unique achievements:

Introduction of Homoeopathy as

recognized literature in international institutions

- Adoption of homomopathic terms (key-

words) in official Latin American medical

catalogues

- Creation of a Latin American reference

centre, for cataloguing and

disseminating homoeopathic literature

- The introduction of homoeopathic

papers to international medical

database.(Readers' attention is invited

to the fact that the Quarterly

Homoeopathic Digest -QHD -has been

doing similar service since some years

although not on computer databse; the

QHD has quite a vast 'Index' and what is

more, also abstracts/summaries.

Unfortunately the subscribers for this

unique literature are far too few. = KSS)

14. The Future of Homoeopathy in the

American Health Care System

CHAPMAN Edward (JAIH, 87,3/1994)

In this far-ranging review of the state of

Homoeopathy in the United States, Dr.

CHAPMAN comments upon the impact a

national health care plan could have on us, our

relationship with other homoeopathic

professionals, directions for future homoeopathic

medical education, and the controversial topic of

certification and licensure of non-medically

qualified practitioners. He shares his vision of

the future and the choices we must make.

15. Who Needs the A.I.H. ?/ A Brief Pep

Talk.

MOSKOWITZ Richard (JAIH,

87,4/1994)

Dr. MOSKOWITZ speaks of the role the

medical and Osteopathic physicians in the AI H

can play in facilitating communication with the

non-homoeopathic colleagues and the general

public. By developing a rapport with these

colleagues and establishing a common

language to explain our unique perspective on

health and disease we could eventually

profundly influence the course of medicine and

medical research. He also suggests that all

homoeopaths of whatever stripe disrgard our

philosophical and methodological differences

and unite on the basis of our shared ethics

pertaining to our very special relationship with

our patients.

16. Fads, Trends, and Dogma

Underminining the Quality of The

Practice of Homoeopathy in America

SAINE Andre (JAIH, 87,4/1994)

This is a very interesting presentation.

The development of homoeopathic therapeutics

right from its inception, and in the process the

teachings of the many famous figures are

considered: BOENNINGHAUSEN, KENT,

H.C.ALLEN, LlPPE, HERING, PASCHERO,

PIERRE SCHMIDT, SWAN, SCHUSSLER,

BACH, HUGHES, etc. He differentiates the

'opinions' from 'factual'. He also points out

certain contradictions in HERING's Law, the

Miasms. The importance of understanding the

genuine Provings and the verification by cures,

is stressed. He also says that many Materia

Medicas that have been appearing recently are

non-Hahnemannian. A scholarly presentation.

17. The Tissue Remedies their Minuteness

MANNA P.K. (HH,19,8/1994)

This is a very brief essay on the Tissue

Remedies.

18. Yogic Thought in Homoeopathic

Principles and my Personal Experiences

BIHARI Golok (HH, 19,8/1994)

Both Yoga and homoeopathy target tha

Prana. The author suggests that every Yoga

institution maintain a homoeopathic doctor too.

19. Scope of Surrogate in Homoeopathy

SARKAR Soumitra (HH,19,8/1994)

There can be no 'surrogate' medicine in

Homoeopathy, only the only medicine would be

the similimum.

20. The Mythology of Modern Medicine - IV

KOTHARI Manu V.L., MEHTA Lopa A.

(mfh,5,2/1994)

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The authors, in their characteristic

manner, dispel the myth of HIV virus causing

AIDS. Exhaustive references have been given.

The pun: HIV - Heuristically Important Virus;

AIDS - Advances Induced Deficiency

Syndromes, tell what the article will reveal. To

be read and pondered over, byeveryone

particularly the homoeopaths.

21. Where is Science in the Medical

Establishment?

LAKSHMINARAYANAN D. (mfh,

5,2,/1994)

"This question applies mostly to the

orthodox medical practitioners, their civil, military

and research wings in colleges, laboratories and

includes the individual lone shark intent on

research. It applies with equal validity to the

modern breed of homoeopaths, some of them

messiahs of individualised brand of

homoeopathy, the itinerant preachers spreading

their gospel across the continents. "Some two

years ago xeroxed copies of my article on the

futility of the modern methods of scientific

assessment of the validity of homoeopathic

immunisation were sent by an American friend

to about a dozen leading names in the US

homoeopathic scene with a request to offer

comments. This article proposed the revival of

an earlier aborted study, scientific, approved and

irrefutable…… All that my article elicited was a

thundering collective silence. This bunch of

people selected, included at least one name with

strong anti-immunising views, expressed in

writing in a book, highly priced and reviewed by

many modern homoeopathic journals."

Dr. LAKSHMINARAYANAN proceeds to

quote Dr. Elizabeth Wright HUBBARD regarding

her futile attempts to make the American

Medical establishments carry out some simple

test "of great importance to mankind" i.e., a test

that would help find out as to who is susceptible

to polio and who is not - and thus eliminate the

mass immunisation.

XI. BOOKS

1. Tinnitus -Ganzheitlich behandelt mit

Homoopathie und Akupunktur (Tinnitus -

wholistically treated with Homoeopathy and

Acupuncture), T.ALTROCK, 371 pp. Karl

F.Haug Verlag, Heidelberg 1993, DM 98, -

(German) reviewed by A. WEGENER (ZKH,

38,3/1994): "The authoress has dedicated

herself in the recent years to the treatment of

Tinnitus patients and writes her experiences in

this book. She could heal most of the patients

with a combination of Homoeopathy and

Acupuncture... What is remarkable is that in

more than 50% of the cases dental amalgam

has been found to be the main cause of the

tinnitus The best success seem to have come

from a combination of Ear-acupuncture and

Homoeopathy."

2. Homooquest -- Lernkarten

(Homoeoquest - Study cards), A.HOLLING,

1500 karten. HomooMedia- Verlag, Munster

1994 DM 199,- (German) reviewed by A.

WEGENER (ZKH, 38, 3/1994): "1,500 record

cards in DIN A7 format with a question on one

side and the answer on the other. 1000 cards

sub-divided as beginners and advanced cover

the well- known material from the Materia

Medica of NASH and 500 cards trains for

repertorisation. Warmly recommended as

learning material for learning the Materia Medica

and Repertory."

3. Homoopathische Behandlung Ihres

Kindes (Homoeopathic treatment of your

child), by I. PLATTNER, J. GRATZ.

Fragebogen 16 S. Vertrieb A.Gratz. Starnberg

1993 DM 5, - .(German) reviewed by A.

WEGENER (ZKH, 38,3/1994: "In 16 pages all

the questions required for obtaining information

necessary for treating children have been

thoroughly dealt with..."

4. Die homoopathische Praxis

(Homoeopathic Practice) by W. OUlLISCH. 4.

unverand. Aufl. 192 S., kart., Hippokrates,

Stuttgart 1993, DM 48, (German) reviewed by

A. WEGENER: (ZKH, 38, 3/1994) "In his book

which appeared first in 1955 QUlLISCH helps

the beginner to learn the 'Leaders' for

homoeopathic practice. Alphabetically arranged

the frequently met with diagnoses and their

remedies with differential diagnosis of the

leading symptoms, have been given... The book

can be therefore recommended despite

somewhat high price."

5. Zu Zeiten Hahnemanns (The Times of

Hahnemann), H.SPEISER, 209,S., 16 Abb.,

Kart., Selbstverlag. Goppingen 1993, DM 45,

(German) reviewed by GENNEPER (ZKH, 38,

3/1994): "The development of a man cannot be

dissociated from the historical, political, and

cultural milieu with which he is connected. In the

accompanying factors in the life of S.

HAHNEMANN, the author endeavours to have

glimpses of the beacon lights in the important

developments around the world. ...an interesting

and well written book in which flow of the writing

is marred by countless errors of punctuation

which should not be in a self-publication."

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6. Ischias-Repertorium (Repertory of

Sciatica) by F. WITZIG, 113 S., Barthel &

Barthel Verlag, Sch8ftlarn 1993, DM 38, -

(German) reviewed by A. WEGENER (ZKH, 38

3/1994) "The author has expanded the Kent's

Repertory with reference to the rubrics for

sciatica, from various old and new sources and

made it more complete. It has so much material

that out of one rubric a whole booklet could be

had..."

7. Documenta Homoeopathica, Bd. 13,

DORCSI, M., SWOBODA, F. (Hrsg.) 260 S.,

Verlag Wilhelm Maudrich, Wien 1993, DM

115. -(German) reviewed by GENNEPER

(ZKH, 38, 4/1994): "As in the earlier years, the

editors of the "Documenta Homoeopathica"

have been successful in bringing about a book

with contributions representing different streams

in Homoeopathy. The essay of J. BAUR

"Allgemeine Prinzipien der homoopathischen

Anamnese" (General principles of homoeopathic

anamnesis) and F. DELLMOUR's "Die

Entwicklung der Potenzierung bei Samuel

Hahnemann" (Evolution of Hahnemann's

potentization) may be regarded as the

connecting link; both are very interesting.

Homoeopathic history, Cases and Materia

Medica are the further main articles..."

8. Unsere Katze - gesund durch

Homoopathie (Our Cats - health with

Homoeopathy), H.G. WOLFF, 6 Aufl. 160 S.,

Sonntag Verlag, Stuttgart 1994 DM 29, -

(German), review by KLUNKER (ZKH, 38,

4/1994): Very highly recommended.

9. Homoopathie in der Sportsmedizin

(Homoeopathy in Sports Medicine),

REUTER,H., 184 S., geb., Sonntag Verlag,

Stuttgart 1994, DM 54, - (German) reviewed

by GENNEPER (ZKH, 38, 4/1994): "...In view of

the therapeutically interesting sections this is a

practical book for every homoeopathic

practiitioner."

10. Homoopathie und Schulmedizin. Zur

Soziologie eines Konflikts. (Homoeopathy

and the Orthodox Medicine. On the sociology

of a Conflict, R. TWENHOFEL 102 S., Karl F.

Haug Verlag, Heidelberg 1994, DM 34,80.

(German), review by KLUNKER (ZKH, 38,

4/1994): "The conflict between the Orthodox

medicine and Homoeopathy has been carried on

between the parties since 200 years indeed, but

no attempt has been made to examine it against

a sociological background... Overall the author

appears to have succeeded..."

11. Marihuana - The Forbidden Medicine by

L. GRINSPOON, J.B. BAKALAR, 185,pp. Yale

University Press, New Haven, London 1993 £

15.95 reviewed by APPELL, (A HZ, 239,

4/1994): Upto the 19th century the healing

power of Cannabis indica and Cannabis sativa

was known to be valuable and HAHNEMANN in

his Materia Medica Pura detailed the many

diseases in which the juice of Hemp could be

used with success. For various reasons however

Marihuana was not only incriminated as

hallucinogenic drug but also as a curative

remedy - even as a homoeopathic medicine

although the high potencies do not, according to

the licensing authorities, manifest any action.

When now a reputed American University

publication comes to verify the restrictive status

against Cannabis with the examples selected

well-documented patient protocols and refers to

therapeutic needs, it cannot be without

significance to Homoeopathy... The indications

listed by the authors include among others, the

sicknesses from Chemotherapy, chronic pains,

Migraine, Insomnia, Glaucoma and Epilepsy...

An important book..."

12. Uber die Verborgenheit der

Gesundheit, (On the Secrets of Health) H. - G.

GADAMER, 215 S., geb., Suhrkamp Verlag,

Frankfurt 1993. DM 22, 80 -, (German)

reviewed by APPELL (A HZ, 239, 4/1994):

"...Hans-Georg GADAMER, the nestor of

German Philosophers expounds in many essays

and lectures on the theme of Health and

Disease. Reading his reflections will soon make

us wise that the daily intimate acquaintance with

disease has blocked our view what health could

be, that health is found hiding in the inner

harmony or better again will be achieved. Thus

considered, the question is what proper cure is,

a newdeeperdimension, which every therapist

should apply daily. ..."

13. Zwischen Feuer und Wasser.

Gestalten und Prozesse in Mineralreich.

(Between Fire and Water. Forms and

Processes in Mineral kingdom),

WIMMANAUER, W. 312 S. 144 meist farb.

Abb. 93 Zeichn., Verlag Urachaus, Stuttgart

1992, DM 88, - (German). reviewed by

APPELL (A HZ, 239, 5/1994): "The

understanding of Nature has come closer due to

the researches in recent years. From simple

signature theory, free associations, archetypes,

to literary remedy portraits. Not only for example

from GUTMANN, WHITMONT who found much

which have been added to our knowledge of

remedies. The lack of further knowledge about

mineral remedies could be filled in by this book

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by WOLFGANG WIMMENAUER..."

14. Homoopathische Reisefibel. Ein

Begleiter Fur unbeschwertes Reisen.

(Homoeopathic Primer for Travel. A Guide for

easy travel), N. ENDERS, 138 s., brosch. Karl

F.Haug Verlag, Heidelberg 1992, DM 24, 80.

(German) review by BERGHOF (A HZ, 239,

6/1994) : The author, a homoeopathic physician

from the Vienna School has put together a

complete homoeopathic travel medical

pharmacy. The author has rightly said that the

book cannot be used without knowledge and

understanding of the principles of Homoeopathy.

15. Homoothera pie psychiatrischer und

psychosomatischer Erkrankungern. Ein

klinisch-homoopathisches Kompendium.

(Homoeotherapy of the psychiatricaly and

psychosomatically sick. A Compendium of

clinical Homoeopathy), GAISBAUER, M., 2.

Aufl. 179 S., kart., Sonntag-Verlag, Stuttgart

1992, DM 44, - (German) review by BERGHOF

(A HZ, 239, 6/1994): The author, Chief of

Wholisitic and Nature therapy Clinic in

Hohenkirchen, Munich has placed before us a

compendium on the therapeutic possibilities of

Homoeopathy in the Psychiatric and

Psychosomatic ailments.... A compendium

which can handle in only 173 pages such a

complex and specialty subject can only give

guidelines for the remedy and the authour rightly

says that the choice must be the medicine

indicated on the totality "

16. The Homeopathic Emergency Guide,

Thomas KRUZEL, ND. Berkeley, California,

North Atlantic Books and Homeopathic

Educational Services, 1993 ISBN 1-55643-13-

6. $16.95. reviewed by Andrea J. PEISER

(BHJ, 83,3/1994): "... Conditions are listed in

alphabetical order, and for each there is a brief

description, followed by an indication of what

constitutles an emergency or requires a doctor's

evaluation ...The book, then, is best viewed as a

tool. In the right hands it can be a useful quick

reference guide, a memory jogger rather than

fundamental source, whereas in the wrong

hands harm could be done "

17. Temas de Investigacion en

Homeopatia. Jacques BENVENISTE and

Josefina SANCHEZ RESEINZ. Mexico:

Propulsora de Homeopathia S.A. Pp.151.

Pesetas 3,500. reviewed by Louisa QUERALT

.(BHJ, 83,3/1994) : "This is the only book I have

come across which treats research in

Homoeopathy in modern terms The book views

several scientific investigations of homoeopathic

medicines in animals, provings and clinical trials

Publications of this kind have previously only

appeared in jounals. I recommend this book to

all homoeopathic physiGians, and also members

of the medical profession who are intersted in

the therapeutic method called Homoeopathy but

do not practise it. To sum up, the book is a

useful contribution to be included in the data

base on scientific research in Homoeopathy."

18. Homoeopathy for Pregnagncy and

Nursing Mothers ISBN 0946670 17 X.

Homoeopathy for Babies and Children ISBN

0946670 15 3. Both books by Trevor SMITH.

Worthing: Insight Editions. £6.95 each.

reviewed by Christina SCOTT MONCRIEF

(BHJ, 83, 3/1994): " Both these books can be

safely recommended as guides to self-

medication as the author clearly limits what can

be safely tackled by parents without medical

knowledge " .

19. Mental Symptoms in Homoeopathy,

Luis DETINIS, MD. Clinical Professor at the

Argentine School of Homoeopathic Medicine.

Translated by J.N. CHURCHILL. Beaconsfield

ISBN 0-90584-34-5. reviewed by

J.M.ENGLISH (BHJ, 83,4/1994): "Although

Homoeopathy flourishes in Argentina, translated

publications thence are regrettably rare, so

Beaconsfield Publishers are to be congratulated

on producing this most welcome volume. Let us

hope it is first of many. After asserting, with

Organon support, the prime importance of

mental symptoms, and their relative difficulty in

case taking, Dr. DETINIS seeks to explain and

interpret some of the entries in KENT's or the

Synthetic Repertory, which he annotates I think

this is a book more for the advanced learner

than the beginner."

20. Effects of Homoeopathic medicines

on Children with Recurrent Respiratory

infections. Elly DE LANGE. Amsterdam: Vrije

Universiteit 1993. ISBN 90-9006151-7.

reviewed by J.M.ENGLISH (BHJ, 83,4/1994):"

an excellent book." (A lenQthy and critical

review).

XII. NEWS & NOTES

I. "Is there such a thing as the Nature of

the Remedy?" was the theme of discussion in

the 48th Congress of the LlGA, Vienna, 1993.

Is there a Nature of a remedy and if so how to

recognise it? The following were the participants

in the Round - Table discussion: (i) Dr.Rainer

G.APPELL, Berlin (ii) Dr. Werner BUCHMANN,

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Hamburg (iii) Dr. Alexander DELINICK, Athens

(iv) Prof. Dr.Mathias DORCSI, Vienna now in

Munich (v) Dr.Juan S. SCHAFFER, Buenos

Aires. Following is an extract from the Summary

given in the AHZ, 239, 4/1994 by Dr.Helga

LESIGANG:

Dr.BUCHMANN: Basically the Nature of

the remedy may be defined as the energy.

HAHNEMANN was unswerving in this idea. He

called this energy or power as a "Power to alter

the health of the human". This specific power

which a remedy has is revealed in every remedy

in its different structure and disposition. A

remedy proving shows what remedy-effect will

be produced in me. The physician should ask:

"who am I? , what is it that is deepest in me?"

How difficult the answer is, Friedric NIETZSCHE

tells us in a poem. He uses two words in the

beginning which you should please take note of:

the foe and friend are the words and this can be

extended and said, that is indeed precisely the

situation which we find in Homoeopathy. The

remedy which is my friend in the healing is the

foe in toxicology.

A second aspect is the Energy Field.

Prof.Dr.DORCSI: We speak words

without knowing at all as to what they indicate,

e.g. the word "Nature". Reference to the

Dictionary does not only give the meanings

"actual", "particular", but also "decay",

"disorder". In my opinion the actual nature of the

homoeopathic remedy, that it comes from the

same Nature from the same creation like Man,

that they have kept apace with history and

therefore similar to us. Like Man every remedy

has its name. The name of the remedy is a

source of its Nature. Every remedy has its

name, its origin, history and place and family,

like a Man.

Dr.SCHAFFER: I will attempt to present

a comparative study from which it will be seen

that Nature is expressed in the symptoms, and

also in the language of symbols. As a Spanish

writer said: "When the structure of the soul

collapses, the body manifests the ruins." Let us

consider the physical symptoms of Lycopodium

speaking to us and think of the mental

"synthetic" symptom for which it is the only

remedy: "Fear, that he would not reach his

goal", and study the Symptoms No.580, 622,

1457, 1458, 1411 and 1549 in HAHNEMANN's

Materia Medica; also the stammering speech in

the last word in a sentence and the "dream of

tree". Lycopodium appears only as Moss now

and which thousands of years before was a tree;

cannot attain its destiny (as tree)! That is the

synthesis of the essential thing: cannot reach his

goal.

Dr.APPELL: When we speak of the

Nature of the remedy it means that we accept

this Nature. I do not think that an Orthodox

physician will speak of the Nature of an

Antibiotic or an Antihistamine. We are, as Prof.

DORCSI said, in the presence of a primary

similarity-relationship with a remedy, since we

are part of the evolution and bear in us history,

the present and the potentiality. When we

accept this evolutionary moment, the division as

organised and unorganised substance is purely

arbitrary, since ultimately we have to do with the

so-called inorganic field with congealed

experience. The inorganic field is governed by

form-giving power, think of the multiforms of the

ice crystal. We have to do with the multiform of

the living. This congealed experience, through

the process of potentisation and dynamisation,

recalls the process of life, so as to disengage

itself from human rigidity and entanglement and

constraints as disease. When we obtain

toxicological symptoms by provings on the

healthy and what we obtain as symptoms from

the sick persons, we get an idea of the nature of

the remedy.

We may recall two homoeopaths who

emigrated from Austria - GUTMANN and

WHITMONT, who have written many essays on

the Nature of the remedy (Das Wesen der

Arznei)

Dr.DELINICK: I would like to begin with

a situation: Imagine that an accident occurred on

the road and the Police came and asked the

passers-by who had seen the accident: "What

happened here?" If there .were 5 people who

had seen, there will normally be five different

reports. What does it mean? These 5 individuals

have different view points because they saw the

accident from different places. There is also a

difference in their views. The nature of the

homoeopathic medicine can also be so

considered. There are different opinions, what is

more there is a historic perspective. The Nature

of the remedy is a Dynamism, a Power,

Dr.BUCHMANN said. That is so with

HAHNEMANN. He is also a product of his social

milieu, his experiences. For him Vitalism was an

Idea, the Life Force very important, that was the

historic perspective of that time. Now, 200 years

later we see the homoeopathic medicine as not

merely a plant, an organic substance, but it is

above all a potentised substance. The dilution,

the succussion that actually is the nature of the

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homoeopathic remedy.

Dr.LESIGANG: It is important that we

are all able to get on with this thought process. I

would like to put a question and that is about the

nature of humans. We all work with humans.

The person is better understood by me rather

than the medicine. I am myself a man. I can

think about me myself, and I can also

contemplate on my "you". I request you to

please give your views about this.

Participant from the Congress: I am

from Germany. I think that the remedy by itself

as such has no Nature but only when it acts in

us, it becomes so. Without the partnership

relation no one has Nature because one cannot

as such perceive it.

Pulsatilla cannot itself perceive its

Nature but only by its action on another Nature.

The question now is: Why in a man a Nature

arises which is without him in another

substance? PARACELSUS says that everything

is poison and it is a question of the dose. And

we are all poisoned by this world. From all

substances that are there, acids, etc. ; it is only

on the dose and our responsibility on which

depends whether we avail of it for ourselves as

toxin or remedy. I would like to say that it is only

in the encounter there is Nature spirit and

without encounter it is not possible to perceive it.

Dr. LESIGANG: Thank you very much

for this very wonderful idea. Let us go a little

further. How is this encounter indicated? Where

do you find it in the homoeopathic medicine?

How do we experience it?

Dr. SCHAFFER: The process of

dynamisation points out the spirit of the remedy.

The physicists also say so. If we are attentive

and observe the Materia Medica exactly we

then see that the character of the remedy is

defined in its characteristic symptoms. Only in

the interaction with man can the remedy

manifest its Nature.

Dr. LESIGANG: The remedy must be

released from the material in which it is held

captive. It must be brought to a form in which it

can speak of itself.

Dr. DELINICK: As humans we are part

of the Universe. We are living organisms and

belong to the laws of physical and

thermodynamic nature. All living organisms die

one day and then they have reached their

ultimate equilibrium where between the energy-

niveau in organism and in the milieu no more

difference prevails. Life can therefore be defined

only by this difference. We are in interaction. We

receive things from the environment:, Mass,

Energy, Information. We give these back in

death and thereby have a static state, the

permanent state. In the process of dynamisation

-the word means: energy, power, life -we vitalise

the Homoeopathikum. We take it out of the

static, the permanent state and inspire it with

life.

Dr. BEHNISCH: To come back to the

problem once again. How will the Nature of the

remedy be clearly perceived? After all the

discussions it is quite clear that it is an

individuality of a plant, a mineral, an animal

secretion, a nosode. To perceive this

individuality HAHNEMANN has already done

provings. The nature of a remedy can be known

only from the provings of a remedy. It is a

difficult work to understand it as a picture, to

make out the mosaic. In our times it was MASI

ELIZALDE who first made the efforts to

understand the nature of the remedy, he harked

back to BOENNINGHAUSEN who spoke of the

"Genius of the remedy". Others like

VITHOULKAS and EICHELBERGER have

enquired in their own way. It is clear that only in

the provings with high potencies it is possible to

decode the remedy. Without proving and without

understanding what has been found in the

proving it is not possible to do this "decoding".

Therefore I call you to do remedy provings from

which the nature of the remedy will be

perceived. Proving itself is only one part of the

work and the other is the penetration of the

proving symptoms by the spirit of man which is

positively essential and perhaps the most

difficult part of the work.

A participant in the Congress from

Venezuela: We try to understand what moves us

all and what we have made of our life: the

understanding of a homoeopathic medicine, that

every remedy may be a real way of life. This

nature is like a microfilm in the medicine. In

Pulsatilla, for example, the timidity, in Plumbum

the kidney disease and the pains connected with

it, in Lycopodium the hindrances, the migraine.

We can track this in repertory. All these are

present in the substance in a manner and way

which we cannot understand since it is outside

of what we indicate as the normal human

understanding. You speak of it as nature and we

call it as genius.

Dr. APPELL: The medicine gives us

proveable positive knowledge of experience and

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is in conformity with the tradition of

enlightenment. The poisons are also the curative

remedies and the potential for our progressive

development. We should be aware that we are

connected with the creation and therefore

ponder how we prescribe these medicines, how

we handle them.

Dr. BAUR (Lyon): I think that what has

been launched here is a kind of brainstorming,

something highly interesting, and I wish that our

discussion here is published. There is a point

which one should not let go. The veterinary

individual nature as in the case of the herds.

There are references, aspects which are very

close to what we here are discussing, when we

speak of humans. In veterinary the language is

not so different. For our examination of the

patient, namely the intimate understanding of

the remedy there are many sources which can

be mentioned:

HAHNEMANN traced back to Latin,

antiquity, the physicians of the middle ages,

irrespective of whether from Italy, Holland or

Germany. HERING referred to the Indian

medicine. GOETHE, PARACELSUS and other

Greek and Latin mythologies are all also

relevant here. Another source of our

understanding of the source is the modern

science. More research in these directions are

required.

Dr.LESIGANG: I think that the

medicines in veterinary practice are used

according to the proving symptoms. No regular

provings on animals have been done.

Prof.Dr.OORCSI: Let us study the inner

substance, the active substance and the toxic

substance of a medicine. Further, when we

know that the inner substance analogical to the

constitution and the toxic substance to the

diathesis. To me, only then comes the medicinal

proving, only then the remedy experience.

Dr.HACKER-STROHBUSCH: Everyone

of us has different possibilities of coming across

the nature of the remedy. HAHNEMANN has

propounded his coming across the way of

remedy proving. The problem arises only when

we communicate our experiences as we should.

P.BARTHEL: I think that the nature of

the remedy comes not only from the remedy

proving. When for example the flower is looked

at, its nature is expressed in its habitus, its color,

its smell. We can also know the nature of the

plant through a photograph and if this

photograph is poorthen we can understand the

nature only poorly. The same, I think, is about

the remedy preparation. HAHNEMANN has

given rules for the remedy preparation which

unfortunately is not followed. So for example, a

plant is better understood in its habitus when it is

fresh. HAHNEMANN has also advised to

process with as much fresh plants as possible. I

think that if we follow this instruction the nature

of the remedy through the remedy proving as

also through its use may be better perceptible.

Dr. LESIGANG: Yesterday I came upon

a picture during the course of discussion with a

colleague. Suppose we are a beam of light,

consequently an energy, power dynamis. This

light comes towards us without hindrance, we

see a clear, colorless light. If now you propose

to send this light through another medium, then

it is broken and we do not see colorless light, but

colors. It then begins to bloom, to live, to display

the most different structures, according to the

density and quality of the medium. This picture

appears to be very much analogus to the

process of a remedy proving. The light is the

power, the nature, which we surmise to be in the

remedy. This power cannot be known further,

we cannot behold the light source. We learn of it

through its passage through a living medium, the

human -in the sick person from the therapy, but

above all from the proving on the healthy.

II. Paul HERSCU on Troubled Children

(Seminar Report -NEJH, 3,3/1994): This was a

three-day Seminar. Four Stages of children - I to

IV - were considered; The stages represented

an ever-decreasing capacity of the patient's

psyche to contain subconscious thoughts and

urgings from breaking into the conscious realm

of daily life.

Stage I children tend to be in a relatively

balanced state in spite of the inherent

vulnerabilities of their consitutional condition.

(Calcarea Carbonica, Natrum muriaticum).

Stage II the boundaries between the

conscious and unconscious mind remain

relatively strong. Naturally, in these remedy

states there is a genetic or miasmatic disposition

or weakness that leads to certain states of mind

and behavior.

Stage III remedies represent the

breaking of the unconscious into the conscious

mind in an uncontrollable fashion (Baryta

carbonica, Stramonium)

Stage IV signifies a further development

and intensification of the tendencies.

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Many remedies have been discussed.

Ill. How safe is the Hormone

Replacement Therapy in Perimenopausal

Women? Christine C.CIAVAAELLA, in a

detailed article, (NEJH, 3,4/1994) holds that the

hormone replacement therapy is inadviseable

since it causes many adverse effects. Hormone

replacement therapy (HAT) is used by allopathic

physicians to treat women symptomatically in

the menopausal years, but more significantly, to

protect them from osteoporosis and coronary

heart disease as they age. Dr. Geborah GAADY

M.D., after extensive research, prepared

comparison charts on the lifetime probabilities of

major diseases of women (on the efects of

hormone therapy) at age 50. Two of these

charts are:

Diseases affected by hormone

therapy - Lifetime probability

Occurence % Death %

Coronary Disease 46 31

Stroke 20 8

Hip fracture 15 5

Breast cancer 10 3

Endometrial cancer 3 0.3

Lifetime probabilities of selected

conditions for a-50 year-old white woman

treated with long-term hormone replacement

No treatment Estrogen Estrogen &

Alone Progestin

Coronary heart 46 34 39

Disease %

Stroke % 20 20 19

Hip fracture% 15 13 12

Breast cancer % 10 13 20

Endometrial 3 20 3

cancer%

Life expectancey 83 84 83

(years)

The author concludes this long and

interesting article "Coronary Artery Disease and

Osteoporosis are serious diseases and are

highly probable risks for women in the second

half of life Hormone replacement therapy seems

now, more than ever, a misguided approach to

the treatment of women. Ongoing homoeopathic

treatment is essential during these years. The

role of natural progesterone may expand the

ability of homoeopaths to offer women a safer

passage through menopause. The time is truly

ripe to pool our energies into a coordinated long-

term study of the use of homoeopathic medicine

in relation to the incidence of Coronary Artery

Disease and Osteoporosis in menopausal

women."

In another article that follows the above,

Susan DELANEY says that Osteoporosis has

become the great dreaded disease of every

ageing woman. She says that Osteoporosis is

not a Calcium deficiency, but rather that several

factors in the western way of I ife contribute to

this disease, like animal protein, high- protein

diet, overuse of salt, fluorinated water, etc.

Osteoporosis is not a necessary consequence of

growing older nor does it require that everyone

be placed on hormone replacement therapy to

prevent it. By living a more active and balanced

life it is a disease syndrome that can be

prevented.

IV. The Advanced Study Group of the

South West branch of the Faculty of

Homoeopathy met on 14 May 1994 and

considered the medicine that would be suitable

for inclusion in a new rubric: Resentment. After

careful study of the Mind Section of the different

repertories and the remedies contained in

rubrics which contained some aspect of

resentment, the new rubric and the remedies

meriting inclusion in it came as follows:

RESENTMENT: Calc-c., IGN., Lyc.,

NAT-C., NAT-M., Plat., SEP., Staph.

slighted/ignored (real or perceived), at

being: PALL.

suppressed resentment, ailments from:

STAPH.

(Simile, 4,3/1994, issued with the BHJ,

83,3/1994)

V. The Pharmacy Section of the Faculty

continues to hold courses for Pharmacists.

Earlier such training courses were held for

Boots' pharmacists and further seminars have

been in progress for others. The aim is that the

staff understand the basic principles and make

clients make informed decisions to the suitability

of homoeopathic treatment. Pharmacists from

New Zealand have attended two week-end

seminars. Homoeopathy is growing in New

Zealand rapidlyand a per capita public spend £ 1

per annum which is about 4 times the UK rate.

(Simile, 4,4/1994, issued with BHJ, 83,4/1994)

VI. American Institute of Homoeopathy:

a Sesquicentennial celebration by Sandra

CHASE with additional comments by

Nicholas NOSSAMAN (JAIH, 87,3/1994): Some

extracts from this article: Senior leaders Drs.

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Maesimund PANOS, Edward C.

WHITMONT,Henry N.WILLIAMS, Allen

NEISWANDER -a fine galaxy -took part in the

Sesquicentennial celebration of the American

Institute of Homoeopathy, April 8-10, 1994, in

New York. Dr. Edward WHITMONT spoke on

"The Interface Between Psychotherapy and

Homoeopathy", representing thoughts

expressed in his new work The Alchemy of

Healing. David WEMBER spoke about his

wealth of experience with little-known "Small

Homoeopathic Remedies in Everyday

Practice", Richard MOSKOWITZ on the

peidatric epidemic of Otitis Media, in which all

allopathic antibiotics (and now myringotomy and

tubes) have been unsuccessful in the final

resolution. Dr. MOSKOWITZ asked that we put

down the Otoscope and look at the patient.

His experience has been particularly cautionary

for universal immunizations. Dr. David RILEY

presented "Contemporary Drug Provings", Dr.

Jennifer JACOBS spoke on "Future Directions

in Homoeopathic Research". "A Glimpse of

the Continent" and "Different Ways of Tuning

in on the Remedy" by Roger MORRISON, Dr.

CHAPMAN on "The Future of Homoeopathy

in the US Health Care System" were

presented. Further were MOSKOWITZ's

"Homoeopathy in the Medical Care Model"

and Harris L. COUL TER's "Medicine's Future:

Low-tech vs. High-tech." and Edward

CHAPMAN's "Perspectives".

A commemorative volume of Anthology

published from the best of the archives of the

Jounal of the American Institute of

Homoeopathy was released. There was also an

interesting exhibition including memorabilia of a

letter from HAHNEMANN.

Most of the papers presented have been

published in the JAIH, 87, 3&4/1994.

VII. Harry T.SWOPE writes of his

'Pilgrimage to HAHNEMANN's Grave' in the

Spring of 1993 (HT, 14, 7/1994). He writes of the

route he took to reach the pere La Chaise

Cemetery and the exact location of the grave.

SWOPE says that the monument was. one of

the most imposing seen on that day, and that

the monument and its setting conveyed a sense

of honor and distinction befitting one Qf the

greatest medical minds of all times.

VIII. Andre SAINE Seminar in October

1993 in Chicago. Some excerpts: A well-taken

case greatly simplifies finding the simillimum.

But a poorly taken case makes it nearly

impossible for even an expert to find it. The

Basics of case-taking: Allowing the patient to

talk with the least amount of interruption

possible, avoiding leading questions, objective

observations, etc. After the spontaneous

description by the patient of their problems, the

information must be supplemented with details

about the onset of condition, the evolution of the

problems, other treatments received and their

outcome, the frequency and duration of the

problem, the modalities, the times associated

with it, and the concomitants. Then the

Generals: the person as a whole and particularly

the temperature sensitivities of the patient.

Oftentimes they will be the key to the case.

SAINE's answers to questions revealed that he

had read the original source material. Next,

Case Analysis: Symptoms are rated and

assigned a numerical value according to three

criteria. 1. intensity of the symptom (0 being not

very frequent or clear and 4 being extraordinarily

intense). 2. how peculiar or characteristic the

symptom is (0 being very common--like a fever

with a flu; while 5 is very uncommon and

characteristic--Iike nausea not relieved by

vomiting, a strong characteristic of Ipecac.). 3.

hierarchy, (i.e., a local symptom rates a 0, a

physical general rates a 1, and a

mental/emotional symptom or a clear etiology

rates a 2). The three numeral values are then

added together. Those totalling seven or above

constitute the genius of the case. It is those

symptoms that will lead you to the simillimum.

[HT, 14,7/1994]

IX. Northeast Regional Study Group

Meeting: Ilse GARRISS gave some nice tips in

Veterinary practice and some 'specifics'.

Pearlyn GOODMAN-HERRICK spoke

on Natrum carbonicum: The Natrum carbonicum

people are generally of a sweet disposition and

warm-blooded. Most self-sacrificing and extend

themselves for others at their expense. History

of silent grief but can be cheerful. They fear

people, men, are frightened easily, fear

thunderstorms and are hypochondriacal.

Sensitive to music, music is important in their

life. Sensitive to the heat of sun; worse from

errors in diet, fat, milk, and rich food; can be

worse around specific people and very

prejudiced and intolerant of certain people.

Compelled to perform anonymous acts of

charity. Overwork themselves and don't know

when to stop. They suffer as outcasts but are

warm, soft, tender and likeable. They can

become quarrelsome when sick. Physically and

emotionally sensitive and have many allergies.

Desire potatoes. (HT, 14, 7/1994)

X. Louis KLEIN Seminar in January 1994

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in Orland, Florida, USA: The conscientious

prescriber must strive to analyze the case with

an open mind, free from attachment to a

particular remedy. Three steps: 1. Identify the

most important components of case. 2.

Translate these components into repertory

language (rubrics). 3. Select the correct

simillimum. Identify two to four rubrics central

to the case and repertorize. Louis KLEIN drew

circles around these main components. Small

and unusual remedies including Kali bromatum,

Oophorinum, Folliculinum, Malandrinum,

Tarentula, Lilium tigrinum, Kali sulphuricum and

Cicuta can be utilized in 50% of the cases. (HT,

14,7/1994)

XI. "The Alternative Medical Practice Act

of 1994, sponsored by Senator Holland and

Assemblyman Coleman, was officially signed

into law by New York Governor Mario Guomo in

late July. New York has become the fourth state

to pass such legislation, following in the

footsteps of Alaska, North Carolina and Arizona.

This effectively prevents a finding of medical

misconduct against a physician based solely

upon the practice of a "non conventional"

medical treatment... This is the latest in a string

of events that bodes well for the future of

Homoeopathy in the United States, and we owe

our deepest thanks to those who have worked

so hard for the freedom of medical choice.

Which lucky state will be next to step up to the

place?" (HT, 14,8/1994)

XII. Mitzi LEBENSORGER writes of her

visit to KENT's home (HT, 14,9/1994). After

NCH Annual meeting in Chicago in May 1994,

the author and three other colleagues visited the

house. They were greeted by the new owners

who had just moved in a week ago; they had

been told that a 'famous doctor' had lived in that

house. One of the new owners was a doctor too

and although not a homoeopath was familiar

with Homoeopathywhen in France. They were

interested to hear of the house's history and

mentioned that they had immediately sensed

a "good feeling" about the house.

(Subsequent news in HT, 15, 10 /1995

informs of plans for purchasing the house and

converting it into a memorial and nice

meeting/teaching center in Homoeopathy =

KSS)

XIII. Dr.J.A. RIVERA writes (HT, 15,9/1994)

that holistic medicine is being incorporated in the

medical services of Cuba. The Cuban authorities

are looking for alternative forms of medicine to

meet the needs of 11 million inhabitants.

Homoeopathy is one of the modalities which will

be taught. The Editor of HT, Mr. Julian

WINSTON adds "It is interesting to note that

between 1856 and 1889, twelve people from

Cuba graduated from the Hahnemann Medical

College of Pennsylvania--with the majority

graduating between 1856-1861. What was their

legacy in Cuba?"

XIV. Letters are received often from a

member who has had a bad action from a

homoeopathic remedy and therefore questioning

the claim that Homoeopathy is "the safer

medicine" In the HT, 14,8/1994 a correspondant

has written a lengthy letter narrating the effects -

deeply positive and deeply adverse - obtained

from single homoeopathic medicines. In HT,

14,9/1994 another correspondant has written

about the adverse or side effects of

homoeopathic medicines. He cautions "The

more one learns about Homoeopathy -the

Philosophy -the more one learns not to "take

anything lightly" - to avoid that urge to take

something for the little symptom-" He also

recalls KENT's advice - when in doubt about

what to give, don't give anything. By way of

an 'editiorial reply' Michael SOMERSON

explains the role of physician in general and the

homoeopathy physician in particular, the

homoeopathic philosophy, etc. He says that at

times even the most skilled practitioner cannot

be absolutely certain whether the symptom

changes are completely due to the remedy or a

manifestation of the progression of the natural

history of the "disease process". Fortunately, our

collective experience and the contributions of

HAHNEMANN and HERING give us much

insight and understanding of this and provide

valuable interpretation of the changes which

may be observed following a homoeopathic

prescription. "In Homoeopathy, the question of

side effect stakes on a different meaning. A

remedy may stimulate responses in different

spheres of the individual. It may attend to many

of these spheres. A complex response by the

individual to include aspects of mental,

emotional, and physical states, these are

certainly not what we mean side effects. In

cases where the situation does not improve, or

continues to decline, the prudent practitioner

must make use of the knowledge of anatomy,

physiology, pathology, and bio-chemistry to best

address the total needs of the patient rather than

persist in employing a therapy which is not

effective in that situation. (But in many cases in

which the case baffles the physician who has

considered the anatomy, physiology, pathology

and bio-chemistry and where despite the anti-

biotics etc. there is a worsening trend of the

disease, what should the prudent practitioner

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do? = KSS) The modern homoeopathic

physician should educate the patient on

homoeopathic aggravation. When the chronic or

progressive problems are under treatment, the

practitioner must be well-trained, knowledgeable

and capable of providing or directing to other

therapy as required. A different form of the

therapy may best meet the individual needs of

the patient. The potential may exist that even

when a remedy is prescribed by a qualified

practitioner there may be an untoward event. In

general, the use of Homoeopathy by skilled

practitioners may provide a safe and effective

therapy for many people in a manner consistent

with the principles and philosophy of those

individuals.

The safety of Homoeopathy depends on

a solid understanding of its principles, on the

judicious use of remedies, and on the judgement

which allows us to know how to evaluate change

and respond appropriately.

XV. In the USA the attack on Homoeopathy

goes on simultaneously with the resurgence of

Homoeopathy! HT, 14, 10/1994, reports of a

petition given bya group of 41 persons, to the

FDA, seeking 'safety' regulations of OTC

homoeopathic remedies; the usual 'no

molecules' etc. arguments.

XVI. It is strange that in this century still mis-

information, pure prejudice etc. hold the

'scientific' community in the USA. The mother of

a 7-year-old girl has to devise surreptitious

methods to provide homoeopathic remedies to

the child when the child goes on camp, because

anything other than old-school medicines are

forbidden! So what did she do? She soaked note

cards of 1 " x 3" size (used for writing notes such

as Thank you, Get well soon, etc.) with

homoeopathic dilutions like Arnica, Hypericum

(first-aid remedies that may be required when

going on camp), and at the bottom of each card

she wrote such words as "Take care of you"

(Arnica), "I love your pretty smiling teeth"

(Hypericum), etc. Each card was kept in a

separate bag. When needed the child (who

knew the basic first-aid homoeopathic remedies)

would tear a small piece and chew it!

Mr. Julian WINSTON says "It has been

said that when Constantine HERING, MD, Was

in South America in the early 1830s, he

constructed a remedy book similarly. He

saturated pieces of blotting papers with liquid

dilution, dried them, and then bound them into a

book with a sheet of waxed paper between each

remedy page. When a remedy was needed, he'd

open the book to the remedy page and tear off a

piece of the blotter paper for the patient to suck

upon." (HT, 14, 10/1994).

XVII. "For the first time in U.S. History, the

Federal Government has funded a clinical

efficacy trial of Homoeopathy. After a one-year

delay, researchers Elaine WOO, Ted

CHAPMAN, MD, DHT, and Richard

WEINTRAUB, MD have been granted funding

from the National Institute of Health, Office of

Alternative Medicine to conduct a study on the

homoeopathic treatment of mild traumatic brain

injury (MTBI). MTBI is a syndrome with a vJide

variety of symptoms including chronic pain,

fatigue, vertigo, visual impairment, deficits of

intellectual functioning and emotional control,

often with secondary depression. The

researchers will follow 70 subjects who

experienced a mild brain injury at least three

months prior to enrollment. Half will be treated

with an individually prescribed homoeopathic

remedy, the other half with placebo. I n addition

all will continue any rehabilitative therapies they

were undergoing. The subjects will be followed

for a four-month period and the study spread out

over a year. (HT, 14, 11/1994)

XVIII. The journal Homoeopathy Today (HT),

14, 11/1 994) has been publishing in each issue

a small case of Dr. Erastus CASE, as "Drills in

Prescribing". These were taken from his book

Clinical Experiences. A reader who has been

very carefully and interestingly following these

'drills' has asked Dr. CASE as to where one

could find the symptoms mentioned in the cases

since they could not be found in the KENT

Repertory! Evidently this reader did not know

that Dr. CASE died in 1917. The Editor of HT

has clarified and said that Dr. CASE gained his

knowledge from reading the Provings, and

not from the Repertory.

XIX. Since January 1994 homoeopathic

education has been officially recognised in

Austria bya Diploma of the Austrian Medical

Association. This is a major step in the process

of recognising Homoeopathy in Austria. (HL,

7,4/1994)

XX. Herbal drugs like Comfrey and Colts

foot containing Pyrrolizidine Alakaloids (PA) are

banned below D6 potencies in Austria. (The

drugs covered by this ban include the plant

genus Cynoglossum L., Petasites Mi"., Seneccio

L., Symphytum L. and the specimen Eupatorium

cannabinum L., and Tussilago farfara L. The

plant Rubia tinctorum L which contains

Anthrachinones is also banned in any form. (HL,

7,4/1994)

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XXI. A doctor reports (HL, 7,4/1994, Readers

Forum) that Osteoporosis is like other diseases

a psychosomatic process and not a normal

concomitant of menopause, but a typical trace of

the life history of many women with severe life

conditions and adverse fates. All the women

with Osteoporosis she treated had been

suffering from at least one of the following

burdening conditions many years before

developing an Osteoporosis:

- some of them were refugees or

emigrants

- some had remarkable financial losses

with the need to sell their own houses;

one of them felt very despised because

of now being poor and being forced to

be on public relief.

- some were married with a dictatorial

husband and had to swallow a great

deal of anger; a couple of them were

financially deceived by their husbands

- some had to bear a combination of the

above mentioned psychic traumata.

All of them had very low self-esteem,

most were depressive or desperate. The right

remedy was found from such rubrics as Ailments

from: suppressed anger; financial losses; grief;

homesickness; mortification; scorn, etc. Deep

acting remedies like Aurum, Lycopodium,

Natrum muriaticum etc. were required.

XXII. Seminar Reports: Some Extracts:

(HL, 7,4/1994)

Jayesh SHAH Seminar in Erlenbach,

Switzerland: Go for what is really peculiar to

find a remedy. Don't think of a remedy while

taking the case, only concentrate on the case

unfolding before you.

Case 1: 18-month-old girl who indicated

all features of Phosphorus which however did

not succeed. She developed acute fever, very

irritable, jealous, very possessive of her mother,

moving her tongue sideways quickly. Her eyes

followed the object which was swung before and

she responded to percussion on the table. Elaps

cured. (PHATAK - Motion, rhythmic and Motion,

oscillatory)

Case 2: Lady, 30-year-old. Painful

varicose veins worse after exertion and coition.

Dreamt a lot about black and white or black and

yellow snakes. She was obsessed with these

colors and she wore dresses with these color

stripes. Bungarus was her remedy. (see

BOERICKE)

Case 3: 9-year-old boy. Asthmatic

attacks with vomiting. He responded to

Lycopodium (Dictatorial, domineering,

competitive, active, mischievous, precocious,

etc.) He got into a crisis when his school was

changed. Severe anxiety state, restlessly

pacing. Hewas completely dependant on his

mother, clinging to her. Fear of losing her.

Bismuth. (Clinging, always holding hand of

mother, Very restless, lots ofvomiting) A good

question to ask when treating a child: When

does he or she get really upset?

Case 4: Two ladies with menstrual

problems. One is a devotee of Sai Baba and the

other a Buddhist. Very compelling personalities,

strong, magnetising the listener. Clairvoyant

dreams. Their remedy was Crotalus cascavella.

This remedy has tremendous fear of being

alone, of being pursued, intense clairvoyance.

Strong need of a spiritual leader. (DD.Crot-c.,

Elaps: both have fear alone, but Elaps

nevertheless wants to get away, into the

country; Crot-c. loves bustle, crowds, activity.

Lachesis has more hidden deceit and overt

jealousy. More intense competition.

Case 5: A lady livingwith her mother-in-

lawwho makes her life difficult. She has a

tremendous sense of duty towards the latter and

her whole family. Naja.

Case 6: A to-be married lady had a

crisis; she was fighting with her fiance, couldn't

keep peace 5 minutes. She was also sweating

profusely on lower lip. She quarrelled because

he wouldn't purchase her a house. Rheum was

her remedy (Vehement desire for one peculiar

thing - PHATAK. Restless. Possessive.

Capricious. Urgent desires)

Case 7: 3-year-old boy with a bad cold.

After antibiotics for this he developed fear of

dogs. Gets annoyed very quickly then scratches

and bites, very acute anger, which disappears

without a trace. Lyssinum.

Case 8: 69-year-old lady. Gas,

distension, bloating, very offensive secretions

from the whole body. Passes gas instead of

stool, "bombardment", few drops of liquid stool.

Smell is decomposed, rotten. Sweat stains linen

dark. Very industrious, a fighter. Had to fight in

the office against an all-male staff who always

tried to put her down. Stood up against them.

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She is very strong, dignified, proud of her family.

Osmium.

Case 9: 60-year-old man, hasn't been

out of his house for months or out of his room for

weeks. Usually stays in bed. Claims he's too

weak and breathless to get up. Hardly eats

anything, fears to get sick. Never washes or gets

dressed, not even when the doctor visits him.

Fears of robbers, electric switches. Doesn't

respond to any drugs. Guilt about neglecting his

family. Wanted to jump from the terrace and kill

himself. He was a clever businessman, enjoyed

his business very much. Loved gambling.

Always very careless about his appearance,

about cleanliness. Aurum arsenicosum. (see

KENT's Lectures).

Case 10: 40-year-old lady. Sinus

problems, joint problems. Talks in a

disconnected way as if she was way above

everyday, ordinary matters. Disconnected from

her body. Very loquacious. Philosophises about

the origins of life and its purpose, eternity. "Life

is a continuation". The vastness of ocean gets

her particularly exalted. Weeps about her

separation from God. Sees herself as a beam of

light travelling through space. Anhalonium.

Case 11: 4-year-old boy. Frequent very

high fever. Doesn't want milk or food. Very

emotional, stammering. Innocent, very cuddly,

hugs strangers, puts his fingers into their

mouths. Goes with anybody. Gives all his things

away or loses them. Doesn't heed traffic. Likes

to dress in women's clothes. Very dependent,

won't go to the toilet alone. Sleeps with eyes

open wide, arms and legs sprawled.

Anhalonium.

Vassilis GHEGAS Seminar, Enschede

(NL) February 1994: Materia Medica

information: Remedies with severe Weakness:

Differentiation:

Stannum weakness is situated in the

chest, the chest feels empty, without any force.

During weakness they perspire in the external

throat. Very slow aggravation/amelioration.

Characteristic -slow aggravation in the forenoon

and slow amelioration in the afternoon.

Helonias dioica - any kind of uterine

problem that is combined with extreme

weakness (with or without fits of warmth).

Diabetes with severe weakness and raging

thirst.

Aletris farinosa -particularly in women

who are always tired. Very often uterine

problems with or without leucorrhoea,

sometimes anaemia. The physical weakness

may show itself on the mental and emotional

level.

Selenium - severe weakness combined

with sadness. There are usually sexual

problems: impotence, prostate gland problems,

AIDS. Weak memory. Cannot bear sun or

warmth. Dislike draft of air, even warm air.

Aggravated by tea, wine, salt and lemonade.

Conium -weakness from suppressed

sexual desire. Profuse perspiration during the

night. Weakness with tumors, vertigo, weakness

and numbness of the legs should make one

think of Conium.

lodum Weakness combined with

emaciation despite increased appetite.

Capsicum Characteristic is strong

aversion to any physical effort. Want to keep

lying down whole day and become very irritable

if this is commented upon. DD-Ferrum. In

addition to their obese and flabby appearance,

they can be very lazy. Hate the least effort and

are also afraid of it. (DD. Sulphur). The most

characteristic point in Capsicum is nostalgia,

this can be like a neurosis in which the patient

lives in the past, occasionally or for a longer

time. This nostalgia can take the shape of a real

delusion in which the patient comes to think that

he is now living in the past. Often wakes up at 3

a.m. (DD. Kali-c) and sleepless with nostalgic

thoughts. Can be irritable from the least thing

(Nux-v.). Characteristic is the strong sensation

of coldness after drinking. It is indicated in acute

tonsillitis or acute pharyngitis with the

characteristic strong burning sensation as if

pepper in the throat; may be together with a

feeling of coldness in the height of the scapulae

or between them. Capsicum follows well after

Med. if there is still discharge from the urethra

(the discharge can look like cream) after Med. or

if a constriction of the urethra remains after a

good reaction to Med. In gonorrhoea Med. may

possibly be complemented with Caps. to

complete the cure. The characteristic symptom

in these cases is the sensation of coldness in

the scrotum.

XXIII. The Editorial of mfH Jan. - April 1994

wrote on 'Enemies of Homoeopathy'. In the mfH,

5, 1/1994 the Editorial proceeds to speak of

'quackery' by qualified and the lay homoeopaths.

A South African MD wrote in 1954 from

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which is quoted "He is really a therapeutic

anarchist, causing rebellion, revolution,

disruption in the vital economy of the body,

destroying all law and making such a hopeless

muddle of the symptoms that it is often difficult

to establish order and make immediately

effective and worthwhile prescriptions. It has

been the misfortune of this writer to deal with

many cases who came to him from----so called

homoeopathic practitioners who are in the habit

of giving at least a dozen different low potency

homoeopathic pilules, herbal extracts and patent

nostrums all to be taken at least once a day, so

that their patients have hardly time for anyting

else except taking medicines from morning till

night. Some of these people claim excellent

results, but the trained physician is not at a loss

to understand such results --".

XXIV. In the 'discussion' part of Drs. Manu

KOTHARI & Lopa MEHTA lecture on Dysis vs.

Disease, (mfH, 5,2/1994) many interesting

points were made. Some excerpts: The idea that

a microscope can diagnose a cancer or a cancer

cell, was given up long ago. Even the people

working on electron microscopy in this field for

decades in a cancer hospital have no

confidence in this method. The pathologists

there confess that many times they could not

make out what is what and throw the

responsibility on God before giving a diagnosis.

If there's one strangulating

phenomenon, it is Johnson's band-aid

…..causes oedema, lack of sweat and extends

the life of the wound. Animal wounds heal on

their own. Every woman wounds herself every

month during menstruation and that large wound

heals invariably.

Allopathy has a word even for gray hair -

canitis -which means it is diseased and we go to

someone for help.

Disease charts its own course.

When we see cancer, heart attack, as a

curse, we are quarrelling with what the body had

decided. Untreated breast cancer has a survival

rate of as much as forty-eight years.

The healthy do not necessarily survive

and the diseased do not necessarily die.

The creator decided to create 'Disease'

so that everybody would condemn it and not

blame 'Death' (parable). Do not tell me hedied

because he had fever, but because he was to

die, had fever (MARCUS AURELIUS). Lord

YAMA comes to us as kala (time) and not as

cancer, diabetes or hypertension.

It is shocking to hear that homoeopaths

are using computers -computerised

Homoeopathy? Computers are an insult to

human mind and will end up destroying it.

There are overwhelming graphs

(statistics) which show that there are no shifts in

mortality rates due to the arrival of antibiotic or

vaccination.

Increased life expectancy is an illusion

because British epidemiologists say that man's

life expectancy has not increased even by six

months in the last 280 years.

Whoever claims cure as a cure of

disease is a quack.

Friendship between microbe and man is

the rule and enmity is the exception.

Anatomy is ana -aatmi, a science of

cadaver in which atma is absent.

From the Common Cold to Cancer

diseases are beyond science.

Cancer temperament is, that we shall

know nothing which will alter the course of

Cancer favourably.

Angioplasty tears the artery, so we shall

have a new slogan 'coronary tear as part of

coronary care'.

XXV. Very interesting and challenging

information and discussion has been made by

Dr.D.Lakshminarayanan (mfH, 5,2/1994). The

author maintains that an ancient scourge like

Small-pox cannot be destroyed although the

WHO has, years ago, celebrated the 'eradication

of Small Pox'. He narrates with first-hand

knowledge that small-pox has not been actually

wiped out and that such 'myths' of eradicating

from the face of the earth Tuberculosis, Malaria

and the current asserting of eradicating Polio are

all 'fiction'. Very interesting arguments,

convincing indeed.

XXVI. Sale of homoeopathic dilutions

containing more than 12% alcohol v/v. in

packings of more than 30ml., was banned by

Government of India (Ministry of Health)

Notification in July 1992. Prevention of

inadvertent consumotion of these as alcohol.

and ensuring quaility of medicines (since the

30ml. packings will be sealed originals from the

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manufacturer) were given as reasons for the

ban. But pharmacists and consumers strongly

felt that this was influenzed by the

pharmaceutical giants' attempts to crush the

small manufacturers. Prices also rose as a

consequence. The decision remains pending at

various courts where pharmacists have filed

suits against the ban. Meanwhile it was

rumoured that the health ministry might also ban

dispensing of medicines by the homoeopaths,

making prescriptions mandatory. (VI, Vol.l, 1/93-

Vol.3, 10/95).

XXVII. Malaria is said to be on the verge of

eradication. But during 1994 the State of

Rajasthan registered 80,000 cases, about 65%

of these falciparum malaria. In an epidemic

between sep.-Nov. 94 more than 400 deaths

were reported from cerebral malaria. The

parasites are resistent to Chloroquine and

Primaquine; the latter causes hamemolytic

jaundice too. Yet prophylaxis and therapy with

these drugs goes on. (VI, 2, 10/94)

XXVIII. Nitro Sodimethyl urea (NDMU), a potent

bio-stimulator, was intended for use in

agriculture and animal husbandry to enhance

'productivity'; while this outcome was hopeful,

the cell-character-changing capacity of NDMU

also could result in carcinogenesis. Ghen

Shangin BEREZOVSKY of Moscow veterinary

academy sought to remove this adverse effect

by diulting NDMU. But tests revealed that cell

multiplication was stimulated more by the

highest dilutions (10-60). For BEREZOVSKY

this was an astonishing discovery in 1979, six

years previous to BENVENISTIE's similar

findings. (from Sputnik, VI, 2, 9/94)

XXIX. More chemothrapy in cancer was

thought by some as the way for better chances

of cure. A clinical study on 2300 breast cancer

patients by Dr. Lawrence WICKERHAM OF

Pittsburg university, randomly grouping them

and giving standard and extra dosages to these,

refuted the above claim; more drug therapy only

resulted in more adverse drug effects, survival

rate remained the same. (VI, 2, 8/94)

Full addresses of the journals covered by

this Quarterly Homoeopathic DIGEST (QHD) are

given below

1. ACD: Archiv fur Homoopathik,

DYNAMIS-VERLAG, AM Vogelherd 18,

4200 OBERHAUSEN 11, GERMANY.

2. AHZ: AIigemeine Homoopathische

Zeitung, Karl F. Haug Verlag, 6900

HEIDELBERG 1 , GERMANY.

3. BHJ: British Homoeopathic Journal,

Royal London Homoeopathic Hospital,

Great Ormond Street, LONDON, WC 1

N 3HR, U.K.

4. CGH: Cahiers du Groupement

Hahnemannien, MEDECINE ET

HYGIENE, 78, avenue de la Roseraie,

Case 456, CH-1211 GENEVA 4.

5. HH: Homoeopathic Heritage, B. Jain

Publishers (P) Ltd., 1920 Street, 10th

Chuna Mandi, Pahargnj, NEW DELHI -

11o 055.

6. HL:Homoeopathic Links, Homoeopathic

Research & Charities, "Dinar", 20

Station Road, Santacruz (West),

BOMBAY -400054.

7. HLK: Forum for Homeopatisk Lakekonst

Svenska Akademin for Klasisk

Homeopati, Folkungagatan 84 (Itr),

11622 STOCKHOLM.

8. THE HOMOEOPATH: The Journal of

the Society of Homoeopaths, 2, Artizan

Road, NORTHAMPTON NN1 4HU, U.K.

9. HT.: Homoeopathy Today, National

Center for Homoeopathy, 500,

Massachusetts Avenue, N. W. Suite 42,

WASHINGTON D.C. 20005, U.S.A.

10. HTIMES: Homoeopathy Times, The

foundation for Homoeopathic Research,

805-Giriraj, Neelkanth Valley,

Ghatkopar, BOMBAY -400 077.

11. IJHM: Indian Journal of Homoeopathic

Medicine, CMP Homoeopathic Medical

College, N.R. Gadkari Marg, Irla, Vile

Parle (West), BOMBAY -400056.

12. JAIH: The Journal of the American

Institute of Homoeopathy, 1585,

Glencoe, DENVER, Colorado 80220,

U.S.A.

13. mfH: Medicina Futura Homoeopathy, 1-

2-217/7, Gaganmahal Road,

HYDERABAD - 500 029.

14. NEJH: New England Journal of

Homoeopathy, 356, Middle Street,

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AMHERST, MA 01002, U.S.A.

15. NJH: National Journal of Homoeopathy,

Milan Clinic, Saraswati Road, Santa

Cruz (W), BOMBAY -400054.

16. RBH: Revue BeIge d' Homoeopathie,

Editor: Ch. Schepens, rue Groselnberg,

39, 1180 BRUSSELS, Belgium.

17. SIMILLIMUM: The Journal of the

Homoeopathic Academy of Naturopathic

Physicians, 11231 SE Market Street,

PORTLAND, OR 97216, U.S.A.

18. VI: Vital Informer: ED-94, Tagore

Garden, NEW DELHI -110027.

19. ZKH: Zeitschrift fur Klassische

Homoopathie, Karl F. Haug Verlag, 6900

HEIDELBERG 1 , GERMANY.

PART II

1. Additions to the Repertory:

Tuberculinum SANNAN, Robert

(HLK, 2, 211993)

(Robert SANNAN has collected from

H.C. ALLEN's Materia Medica of the Nosodes,

and C.M. SOGER and proposed these additions

to KENT's Repertory. A random check reveals

that many of these are not found even in

SCHROYENS' Synthesis. The 'page' column

refers to KENT's Repertory; the numbers in

parentheses following the symptom denote the

symptom number in H.C. ALLEN's Materia

Medica of the Nosodes; letter (S) denotes C.M.

SOGER. = K.S.S.)

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MIND

4 Anxiety (1 )

7 Anxiety, future about (16)

12 Complaining (22)

13 Concentration difficult (15)

14 Confusion (38)

17 Dazed (38)

17 Death, desires (47)

18 Delirium (43)

25 Delusion, enlarged, persons are (B)

33 Delusion, strange, familiar things seem

(B)

43 Fear at night (48)

43 Fear Cats (B)

44 Fear evil, impending, to family (B)

48 Fight, wants to (13)

49 Frightened easily (27)

54 Indifference (B)

56 Insanity (45)

61 Lamenting (26)

63 Loquacity, changing subject quickly (B)

67 Moaning (3)

68 Morose (19)

70 Quarrelsome (22)

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72 Restlessness (26)

72 Restlessness, evening, aroused, when

(29)

74 Restlessness internal (26)

75 Sadness (B)

78 Sensitive, music, to (B)

79 Sensitive noise, to, music agg. (B)

80 Shrieking, convulsions, before (524)

80 Shrieking, dreams, during (491 )

85 Sulky (20)

86 Talking, sleep, in (233)

88 Throws things at persons (13)

89 Unconsciousness (42)

93 Weeping, night (496)

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93 Weeping, causeless (22)

93 Weeping, fear, with (496)

VERTIGO

96 Morning (49)

97 Bending forward (49)

98 Dinner, after (49)

99 Headache, during (54)

102 Nausea, with (49)

103 Rising from stooping (49)

HEAD

107/ Beats strikes, against wall, floor or fists

231 524)

110 Congestion (62)

120 Hair, pulls the (B)

120 Hair sticks together (90)

121 Heat (50)

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121 Heat, evening (50)

122 Heat, flushes of (50)

122 Heat, flushes of, dinner, after (50)

128 Inflammation, meninges (87)

129 Looseness of brain, sensation of (65)

136 Pain, air, open, amel. (69)

139 Pain, epistaxis, with (60)

143 Pain, motion, agg. (63)

150 Pain, vomiting, with (64)

150 Pain, vomiting, amel. (187)

151 Pain, wandering (67)

152 Pain, wrapping (8)

153 Pain, brain, deep in (8)

154 Pain, forehead, deep in (51)

159 Pain frontal eminence, right, ext.

occiput (81 )

165 Pain occiput, ext. to forehead (51 )

167 Pain sides, lying: side lain on (64)

168 Pain side, mastoid, left, ext. right side

(73)

169 Pain, temples, deep in (51)

172 Pain vertex, heat, sense of with (51 )

172 Pain vertex noise, from (8)

181 Pain cutting, forehead, eyes,

above, right (79)

200 Pain, pressing, vertex (52)

201 Pain pressing, vertex, inward (8)

203 Pain, shooting, occiput, ext. spine,

down(66)

222 Perspiration, night (515)

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231 Striking head against wall, etc. (524)

232 Swollen, distended feeling (80)

EYE

238 Dullness (93)

239 Eruptions, lids, on, herpes, conunctivitis,

with (100)

241 Heaviness (93)

243 Inflammation, conjunctiva, right (92)

247 Nodules in lids (98)

247 Opacity, cornea (97)

266 Styes, upper lid, right eye (102)

267 Swollen lids (91 )

270 Vesicles on cornea (99)

VISION

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282 Loss of vision, headache, during (53)

EAR

287 Discharges, painless (111 )

287 Discharges yellow (109)

301 Noises, rushing, heavy head, with (105)

308 Pain, aching, teeth ache, with (108)

NOSE

325 Coryza (113)

327 Coryza fluent (124)

331 Discharge, grey (125)

333 Discharge, viscid (114)

333 Discharge, yellowish green (114)

338 Heat in (126)

349 Sneezing (123)

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FACE

355 Cancer, lupus(467)

356 Chapped lips(158)

357 Convulsions (133)

359 Discoloration, brown patches (459)

365 Dyness, lips (150)

366 Eruption, nose, inside (131)

367 Eruption boils, nose, tip of (122)

368 Eruption crusty, scabby, nose, inside

(128)

373 Eruption, vesicles, black, lips (151)

373 Erysipelas (132)

375 Falling moustache (136)

393 Swelling oedematus (129)

MOUTH

397 Aphthae (148)

397 Aphthae, tongue (148)

402 Discoloration, tongue, white (156)

404 Dryness, thirstless (158)

405 Granulations, palate (152)

406 Inflammation, gums (142)

407 Mucus, blood streaked (154)

412 Pain, burnt, as if, tongue (157)

414 Pain sore, tongue, tip (157)

421 Swelling, gums, sense of (143)

422 Taste, bitter (155)

425 Taste, purulent (147)

425 Taste, saltish (147)

TEETH

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431 Dentition slow (393)

431 Discolored, greenish (581 )

432 Looseness, sensation (139)

432 Many, too; jammed together,

sensation (10)

447 Sordes (141 )

THROAT

448 Choking (169)

453 Hawks cheesy lumps (B)

453 Inflammation (166)

454 Inflammation tonsils (166)

457 Mucus, drawn, posterior nares, from

(174)

457 Mucus, eating, after (127)

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459 Pain, swallowing (172)

460 Pain, burning (168)

461 Pain, burning ext. to ear (106)

461 Pain, burning, oesophagus, eructations,

from (201 )

467 Pain splinter, as from a (175)

467 Pain, splinter, as from, swallowing agg.

(175)

466 Scratching (162)

470 Tumour, in, sensation as of a (165)

STOMACH

479 Appetite, ravenous, eating does not

amel.(184)

480 Aversion, coffee (181 )

485 Desires fat (8)

486 Desires warm water, thrist not

quenched; but (207)

488 Emptiness, eating, after (208)

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489 Emptiness, stool, before (204)

489 Eructations (185)

498 Fullness (185)

501 Heaviness, morning (191 )

505 Nausea (186)

510 Nausea, thirst increased (195)

517 Pain, cramping (193)

522 Pain, pressing, as from a weight (192)

523 Pain Stitching (198)

528 Thirst, vehement, morning (180)

529 Thirst extreme (180)

529 Thirst, small quantities, for (159)

530 Twisting (204)

533 Vomiting, eating, after (190)

533 Vomiting, headache, during (187)

ABDOMEN

541 Clothing, sensitive to (226)

542 Constriction (211 )

545 Distention (226)

547 Eruptions, pustular (218)

547 Eruptions rash (463)

549 Fullness (221 )

561 Pain, thirst, with (213)

565 Pain, ileo-caecal region (216)

568 Pain, liver (214)

573 Pain, bursting (227)

574 Pain, cramping (210)

582 Pain, dragging, bearing down,

hypogastrium (254)

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585 Pain, lancinating, spleen (214)

600 Rumbling (222)

603 Swelling, spleen (230)

RECTUM

606 Cholera infantum (260)

608 Constriction (234)

610 Diarrhoea, morning, 5 a.m. (245)

619 Haemorrhage (261 )

624 Pain. cough, from (243)

630 Pain, tearing, coughing, on (243)

630 Pain, tenesmus (238)

630 Pain. tenesmus, motion agg. (244)

631 Pain, tenesmus, stool, during (240)

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633 Urging, constant (237)

STOOL

637 Dry (232)

637 Forcible (387)

640 Odour, cheese. rotten like (257)

643 Watery (249)

644 Yellow (253)

BLADDER

657 Urination, feeble stream (262)

661 Urination retarded; stool, while pressing

at, urine, can pass, only (262)

URINE

682 Bloody (269)

691 Sediment yellow, reddish (272)

GENITALIA

702 Pains, testes (274)

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702 Pains spermatic cord, left (274)

705 Pains drawing, spermatic cord. left (B)

710 Seminal emissions. dream, without

(275)

710 Seminal emissions. erections, without (

275)

721 Leucorrhoea (282)

721 Leucorrhoea, acrid (288)

721 Leucorrhoea, brownish-yellow (288)

721 Leucorrhoea copious (288)

722 Leucorrhoea offensive (288)

726 Menses dark (286)

727 Menses offensive (286)

728 Menses scanty (286)

732 Pain, ovaries, menses, during (277)

736 Pain burning (281 )

736 Pain, burning, ovaries (284)

737 Pain, cramping, uterus (283)

LARYNX

746 Constriction, larynx (169)

749 inflammation, larynx (291)

756 Swolien larynx (291)

758 Tickiing, throat-pit (163)

758 Ulceration, larynx (291)

RESPIRATION

766 Deep (317)

775 Panting (316)

COUGH

787 Dry, night (308)

804 Sleep, preventing (305)

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808 Tickling, throat-pit, from (163)

811 Whooping cough (307)

EXPECTORATION

814 Copious (314)

818 Puruient (304)

820 Watery (314)

CHEST

823 Anxiety, hean (373)

830 Eruptions, rash (463)

833 Haemorrhage (353)

834 Heal (325)

827 Constriction, iower (327)

836 Inflammation, iungs (360)

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836 Inflammation, pleura (359)

841 Oppression, heart (394)

842 Pain, night (331)

845 Pain, wandering (373)

845 Pain, axiila, elevating arm, on, agg (337)

845 Pain, clavicle, below, coughing, on (341)

845 Pain, clavicle ex1 throat (343)

846 Pain, mammae, evening (276)

846 Pain, mammae, menses, beginning of

276)

846 Pain, sides, ex1 to back (328)

848 Pain, iungs, apex, radiating, axiiia and

arms (344)

852 Pain, aching, heart (397)

853 Pain, burning, air, open, amel (367)

863 Pain, stitching (326)

864 Pain, stitching, motion agg. (345)

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868 Pain, stitching, sides (330)

873 Palpitation, morning (393)

875 Palpitation, cough, during (312)

875 Palpitation, inspiration, deep, during

(340)

876 Palpitation, rising, bed, from (398)

877 Palpitation, vertigo, with (49)

878 Paralysis, heart (400)

BACK

885 Coldness, evening (494)

886 Coldness, up and down back (510)

887 Eruptions, boils, cervical region (414)

889 Eruptions, rash (455)

889 Eruptions, rash, cervical region (470)

889 Heaviness, cervical region, weight on

(B)

895 Pain, coughing, when (312)

901 Pain, cervical region, turning head (418)

909 Pain, lumbo-sacral region, menses,

during (277)

909 Pain, lumbo-sacral region, walking agg.

(278)

910 Pain, sacral region (242)

937 Pain, stitching, scapulae (408)

944 Prickling (406)

945 Shivering, ext. down back (514)

948 Swelling, glands, cervical (110)

948 Tension, cervical region (B)

949 Twitching, scapula (419)

951 Weakness, lumbo-sacral region (407)

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EXTREMITIES

952 Abscess, elbow (423)

955 Chilblains (459)

959 Coldness, hand, damp (288)

963 Coldness, foot, damp (288)

963 Coldness foot, evening in bed (478)

975 Cramps, calf (445)

979 Discoloration, hand, blueness (230)

981 Discoloration, fingers, tips, bronzed

(451)

983 Dislocation, sensation, wrist (424)

992 Eruptions, wrist right, (471 )

993 Eruptions, hand, boils, right hand (464)

997 Eruptions, lower limbs, burning (465)

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997 Eruptions, lower limbs, cold bathing

amel. (465)

997 Eruptions, lower limbs, eczema (465)

997 Eruptions, lower limbs, moist (465)

1001 Eruptions, leg, eczema (465)

1001 Eruptions, leg, itching (465)

1001 Eruptions, leg, moist (465)

1006 Formication (433)

1047 Pain, bones (441)

1066 Pain, bones, leg, walking, after (441 )

1086 Pain, aching, hip (429)

1084 Pain, aching, forearm (422)

1181 Perspiration, hand, cold (512)

1212 Trembling, hands, headache, with (82)

1215 Twitching (440)

1226 Weakness, upper limbs (426)

PAGE RUBRIC

1230 Weakness, knee, morning (517)

1231 Weakness, leg, morning (517)

1232 Weakness, foot, morning (517)

SLEEP

1235 Disturbed, 3AM, after (480)

1235 Disturbed, dreams, by (482)

1236 Dreams, anxious (482)

1239 Dreams, family in danger (488)

1240 Dreams, frightful (482)

1243 Dreams, sad (482)

1243 Dreams, shame, of (482)

1247 Restless (483)

1248 Sleepiness, morning (476)

1252 Sleeplessness (82)

CHILL

1276 Warm room, not amel. in (75)

FEVER

1279 Evening (384)

1280 Alternating with chills (491 )

PERSPIRATION

1294 Night (504)

1297 Exertion, slight (506)

1300 Profuse, walking, while (509)

SKIN

1307 Discoloration, tans unduly in Sun (385)

1307 Discoloration, yellow, jaundice (460)

1310 Eruptions, burning (465)

1312 Eruptions, eczema (465)

PAGE RUBRIC

1312 Eruptions, eczema, cold bathing amel.

(465)

1318 Eruptions, rash, red (448)

1318 Eruptions, scaly (469)

1319 Eruptions, stinging (475)

1326 Indurations, nodules (449)

1327 Itching, evening, in bed (453)

1338 Ulcers, swollen (529)

GENERALITIES

1344 Air, open, desire for (112)

1344 Air, open, draft amel. (B)

1359 Faintness, morning (517)

1366 Heat, flushes of, eating, after (499)

1367 Induration, glands (84)

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1368 Inflammation, glands (526)

1371 Lie down, inclination to (17)

1399 Shocks, electric-like (466)

1400 Shuddering (467)

1407 Touch agg. (75)

1414 Weakness, morning (517)

1417 Weakness, exertion, from slight (519)

1420 Weakness walking, from (519)

1421 Weariness, morning (76)

1422 Wind (B)

2. Small Remedies in Everyday Practice

David WEMBER (JAIH, 87,3/1994)

[David WEMBER's interesting

presentations on small remedies appeared in

OHD VOL.X, No.4/1993 and Vol.XI No.1 &2/94.

A third article is presented here: K.S.S.]

I would like to talk about remedies I

have learned to use in the past several years.

Most of these are small remedies which I have

found quite useful in acute situations. Often

specific rubrics have led me to these remedies.

One of the special qualities of Homoeopathy, for

me, is how a strange, rare, and peculiar

symptom can make a difference in finding

the correct remedy. Obviously, the practitioner

must pay attention to the entire picture, yet

these small differences allow us to experience

the uniqueness in each patient-human being.

Let me begin by talking about several remedies I

have used for asthma.

We all know how disruptive wheezing

can be to someone's life. Sometimes it occurs

only in a specific situation. A patient recently told

me she cured her allergy to dust. She was in a

health food store and told them she became

asthmatic everytime she dusted. The proprietor

looked up his computer program and said that

Pothos foetidus was the only remedy listed for

that condition. She took the remedy and can

now clean house without wheezing. We never

stop learning from our patients. They are often

our best teachers. Remember the keynotes of

Pothos: asthma relieved by stool; a red,

butterfly-type rash across the bridge of the nose,

like that in Lupus; and an overlooked symptom,

severe tension and tympanitis in the abdomen,

often described as "hysterical tympanitis."

Another remedy involves an allergic

sensitivity to horses. I have had several cases of

asthma related to horses that have been cured

by Castor equi

. This remedy comes from the

rudimentary thumb-nail of the horse. I can think

of one particular teenager who very much loved

to ride, yet she was having great difficulty just

being around her horse. She needed an inhaler

everytime she entered the barn. With this

remedy, Castor equi, she was able to continue

her riding without the need of drugs. Sometimes

the sensitivity is due to the mold in the barn. For

this, I can't give you a ready solution.

I often see patients, especially young

patients, with exertional asthma. As in other

asthmatic conditions, it is always important to

identify and eliminate the offending allergens;

most often dust, mites, mold, foods, etc., In the

past I talked about Ichthyotoxin, Eel serum,

which is called the Digitalis of the kidneys.

Aspidosperma, from Quebracho, is called, by

HALE, the Digitalis of the lungs. One of its main

symptoms is exertional dyspnoea, like Lobelia

inflata. I use it in the tincture.

In congestion, the first thing I ask my

patients to do is to stop eating dairy products.

HAHNEMANN was not opposed to proper

nutrition. The high molecular weight proteins,

like casein and whey, are often allergenic and

cause congestion. Some extra Vitamin C acts as

an antihistamine. I use these as adjuncts to the

remedies. If you did nothing else but stop dairy

products, it is my opinion that 50% or more of

these children would cease their recurrent

congestion and otitis media. When a dairy-

sensitive child is doing well and suddenly comes

down with congestion, I question the mother

carefully. Often the child has either gotten

icecream at a school birthday, or the father, who

doesn't believe in this, sabotages the program,

or the grand-parents took care of the children for

the day. It is difficult to change the habits and

attitude of grandparents.

One of the remedies that has cough on

lying down is Sticta pulmonaria. It has a short,

dry, hacking, incessant, annoying cough. It

doesn't necessarily wake the child up. It hurts

the parents more than the child. They hate to

hear the child coughing. A dose of Sticta makes

very appreciative parents. Sticta is listed

for"housemaid's knee". It is useful for chronic

synovitis of the knee, like Calcarea fluorica, and

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can be helpful for rheumatism of the small joints,

like Viola odorata and Caulophyllum. A patient of

mine once took Caulophyllum, herbally, to abort.

She developed severe knee pains while taking

the remedy, which persisted for a long time

thereafter. Add Caulophyllum to the rubric: knee

pain. It has helped me in several other cases.

For chronic knee pain try Niacinamide, Vitamin

B3. I don't know the physiology behind it.

Jonathan WRIGHT suggested it at one of his

nutritional seminars, and it works.

Another cough remedy that I have used

in the past, mostly for hay fever, is Aralia

racemosa. It too has the cough on first lying

down. But more specifically, it is aggravated

after the first sleep. It keeps the parents awake.

Aralia also has asthmatic symptoms, and waking

up with wheezing after first sleep is a good

indication for Aralia. Lachesis has cough and

wheezing at night; the classic sleeping into the

aggravation. It is usually later on at night, and

the cough doesn't necessarily wake the person

up. A sound-alike remedy, Aranea diadema,

from the spider, has been very helpful in heel

pain, pain in the os calcis, as from bone spurs. It

is worse, especially on first motion. Pulsatilla

and Valeriana can also be considered in this

condition.

Patients also talk about a cough excited

by tickling or irritation in the throat, which seems

to be a generic term in this instance. One has to

be more specific. Is it in the pharynx, larynx,

trachea, bronchi, chest, etc? Senega has a very

irritating, scraping sensation high up in the throat

and fauces, and it is often used in elderly people

with chronic coughs. NASH says it's useful in

obstinate coughs of old people with difficult

expectoration. It has peculiar symptoms of

catarrh of the chest alternating with diarrhoea

which once led me to the cure of a case.

I had a patient with a post-influenzal

cough lasting two months. After using many

remedies to no avail, I finally cleared the cough

with Cimicifuga racemosa. This remedy has a

very dry, short, cough, with irritation from a dry

spot in the larynx and marked aggravation from

talking. Spasmodic coughs often yield to

Hyoscyamus, when other remedies fail, as does

frequent urination from bladder irritability.

Hyoscyamus is similar in its nature to

Belladonna, in being able to relieve the spasms

of smooth muscle. Likewise, on an emotional

plane, Ignatia will cure the nervous cough of

globus.

This reminds me of a special use of

Belladonna in the spasm of circular smooth

muscle, like bile ducts, where, as KENT says, in

gallstone colic, it relaxes the muscles of the bile

ducts allowing the stone to pass. DEWEY says

the same of Dioscorea villosa. The patient will

be forever grateful. Cholesterinum has also

been a powerful remedy for me in this regard.

It is most frequent to have a cough that

is loose in the morning and tight in the evening

or at night. Ammonium muriaticum has the

reverse modalities dry in the morning and loose

in the afternoon and/or evening. Ammonium

muriaticum has several keynotes. One is

coldness between the shoulder blades. The

symptom I have used it for most frequently is

Sciatica, better only when lying down. It is

similar to Dioscorea in this respect. Remember

Aesculus hippocastanum for lumbosacral pain,

especially when standing.

Most coughs are worse lying on the left

side. I believe there is a physiologic explanation

for this. I had a patient who complained of a

recurrent severe cough every fall, often

progressing to Pneumonia. His strongest

modality was worse lying on the right. Stannum

metallicum cured the case. Most coughs are

worse lying down. Try Manganum or Manganum

phosphorica when better lying down. It also has

the hoarseness, worse cold and damp like

Dulcamara, and better lying down.

Coughs of gastric origin have been

helped with Sanguinaria, when the cough is

better after eructations or passing flatus.

Veratrum album, from the White Hellebore, has

a cough coming from deep in the abdomen,

better eructations, or with concomitant

diarrhoea. It is similar to Senega in its chest

symptoms, with lots of mucus in the bronchial

tree and difficult expectoration. It is also one of

the few remedies worse in a warm room or on

entering a warm room from the cold, like

Bryonia. I remember Dr. Rood discussing

Veratrum viride, from the White American

Hellebore. It has rapidly progressing lung

congestion, dyspnoea, heaviness of the chest,

livid and bloated fauces, and drop in blood

pressure. I suggest thinking about it for Adult

Respiratory Distress Syndrome.

Remember Castanea vesca for its short,

tight, "ringing," cough; Coccus cacti for its

spasmodic cough, tinuous "minute gun" type

cough during the daytime and whooping-type

cough at night. Corallium has a profuse

postnasal drip which is a good keynote for this

remedy. Recently, a patient of mine had

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bronchitis. She told me she felt as if there were

a long, thick string of mucus hanging down the

back of her throat. Corallium saved the day.

Antimonium sulphuratum and Lemna minor also

should be considered in postnasal drip.

Naphthalinum is another hayfever remedy that is

efficacious in long-contimued paroxysms of

cough, worse at night, with tenacious mucus,

and inability to catch the breath, worse

inspiration, like Bromium, Manganum, and

Rumex. Mephitis has severe, suffocative

coughing spasms at night, with contraction of

the glottis, worse expiration, Cough "till blue in

the face" is BOERICKE's description of Mephitis.

I always ask my rheumatic patients to

refrain from eating the nightshade family of

foods: tomatoes, white potatoes, green peppers,

and eggplant. These foods have been

associated with arthralgic pains, and I have

found this to be true. Solanum Iycopersicum,

from the tomato, has many arthritic-type

symptoms in it. I have successfully used it in

right-sided pains, like Sticta. KENT lists it for

paresthesias in the ulnar distribution. In

fibromyalgia-type symptoms remember

Rhamnus californica and Cascara sagrada,

especially when associated with constipation.ln

a speech I gave several years ago in Ohio, I

talked of Sarcolactic acid as an acute flu

remedy. I suggest you also consider it for

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, the type in which

there is recurrent sore throat, with achy, fiu-type

symptoms and malaise. I also talked of Formic

acid for chronic arthritis. Consider, too, Lactic

acid, in the differential for chronic arthritis.

I had a patient with a long history of

rheumatoid arthritis. She had been on plaquenil

for the past ten years, plus many anti-

inflammatory drugs. It had always flared in the

winter for which she was given steroids. The

most significant part of her past history was

recurrent Strep infections throughout childhood.

I gave her Streptococcinum 1OM, one dose.

She was about thirty percent better from that

single dose, despite the heavy allopathic

medications. She did not need steroids that

winter. I remember a homoeopathic doctor in

Michigan who was very successful in treating

arthritis with homoeopathic bacterial nosodes.

Recent literature has shown positive

identification of bacteria and viruses in the

synovial tissue of arthritic joints. If we could

identify this early in the disease, what benefit

might we bring to mankind!

I am indebted to a patient for helping me

to find a remedy that I now use more frequently

in my practice. She was a thirty-five year-old

woman who came to me for chronic acne since

her teenage years. She worked in a veterinary

clinic and said that sometimes she went home

and her urine smelled like cats' urine. Now may

be that is not unusual for someone who works in

that occupation, but on checking the repertory it

led me to Viola tricolor. This remedy is quite

useful for acne and impetigo-like lesions about

the face, especially in children. When chronic or

recurrent pustular-type lesions do not respond to

the seemingly correct remedies, try a dose of

Arsenicum album. It has been my "sheet-

anchor"in this circumstance.

Anyone who has had children knows the

agony of the colicky baby. I have oft quoted the

old-time. statement that "Homoeopathy can rest

its laurels alone on Arnica." Second-best might

well be Chamomilla. To lower the pain threshold

in any illness, notwithstanding the colicky child,

is surely a blessing. Chamomilla has made

millions of grateful patients. But alas, when it

doesn't work, how can we individualize for the

correct remedy? Certainly Colocynth or

Magnesium phosphorica, with flatulent colic,

when the knees are pulled up and better with

pressure and/or heat on the abdomen. Stannum

metallicum saved me once, when other

remedies failed. It has that strong symptom of

better with hard pressure on the abdomen,

especially better walking with the child on your

shoulder, so as to put pressure on the child's

abdomen. Illicium, from anise, has a wonderful

track record for baby colic. Or Dioscorea, when

the child is worse bending double and is better

arching backwards. I remember Dioscorea

curing a case of renal colic with the two strong

symptoms being pain in the kidney region

radiating to the testicles and better bending

backwards. Have you ever noticed that colic is

usually worse in the evening, just as the father

comes home from work? What remedy has child

good all day and troublesome all night? If you

said Jalapa, then you have probably helped

many a colicky bady and frustrated parent.

Sinusitis seems to be increasing in

recent years. It is now thought to be the culprit

for asthma and even Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.

Two main remedies are Kali iodatum and

Arsenicum iodatum, especially when there are

thick, acrid nasal discharges. Arsenicum

iodatum has more glandular involvement and

night sweats. Kali iodatum has more acrid

discharges and pain at the root of the nose,

pulsating or lancinating in nature, extending to

the frontal sinuses. Sticta has dull pressure in

the forehead and fullness at the root of the nose,

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with dry nasal passages. BOERICKE says

Cochlearia, from the horseradish, has pressing

and boring pains in the forehead ''as if the frontal

bone would fallout". Cinnabaris, from mercuric

sulphide, has pressing pain above the root of the

nose and shooting pains in the bones of the orbit

"running from the inner to the outer canthus."

Several years ago a patient of mine

called to say that for the past week he had been

experiencing chest discomfort while mowing the

lawn. He was a pleasant, mild-mannered, mostly

sedentary sixty six-year-old male. I immediately

sent him to a cardiologist. Two days later he was

recuperating from triple bypass surgery. He has

continued to do well. Last spring, he called to

ask me to send him another bottle of his allergy

medicine, I told him, frankly, that I hadn't

remembered him having allergies. He reminded

me of the severe coryza he would have every

spring and fall, until he started using the

granules I gave him. I told him I would look it up

and send him some more. To my surprise, the

remedy was Bovista. This prescription was

based on the symptom, "nose obstructed, with

watery nasal discharge, only from the left side."

He had neglected to mention his allergies in

recent visits, since he experienced no troubles

while using the remedy. Last month, I treated a

woman for acute sinusitis. Her symptoms were:

pain in the left frontal and maxillary sinuses, with

obstruction of the left nose with fluent discharge

at the same time. I gave her Bovista and

awaited her call. The next day she told my

secretary the pain was all relieved.

3. BOOK SHELF:

1. The "Genius" of Homoeopathic

Remedies by Dr.S.M.Gunawante

B.Jain Publishers, New Delhi. 1995.

pp.Viii+611. Rs.150/-.

One has always been struggling to

grasp the essence of a remedy, expressed in as

few words as possible. The 'Key-notes',

'Essences' etc. were born this way. Gradually

these began to be misconstrued as the all of

that remedy. The fact remains that studying the

proving symptoms only will provide the correctly

matched remedy. Nevertheless, we do need

some basic information which will 'lead' us to

study a particular remedy in the Materia Medica.

Sri GUNAWANTE has been

endeavouring to help students of the Materia

Medica to grasp the essential features. His

latest book is the fruit of his study of years.

Sri GUNAWANTE rightly observes that

the 'Genius' of a remedy cannot lie in 'mentals'or

'generals' alone, but that even particulars,

modalities etc. can form part of the 'genius'.

Each remedy has been described under

the headings: keywords, synopsis, mind,

objective, causation, modalities,

cravings/aversions, male/female, child, peculiar,

uncommon symptoms. The information has

been drawn from a brilliant galaxy of great

authors. Of great interest is also the 129

exercise cases given, which aid the study and

daily practice.

No doubt this is a valuable addition

to the library of students and practitioners

alike. It will serve as well as a Desk Top

guide. The printing is good, but a work of this

type which will serve for years, surely deserves

better quality paper.

Very Warmly recommended.

K.S. SRINIVASAN

2. i. SAMUEL HAHNEMANN -

Krankenjournal D2 (1801 -1802) Nach der

Edition von Heinz HENNE. Bearbeitet von

Arnold MICHALOWSKI, Herausgegeben von

Robert JUTTE, 1993.

ii. Samuel HAHNEMANN -

Krankenjournal D5 (1803 -1806). Nach der

Edition von Helene VARADY, Bearbeitet von

Arnold MICHALOWSKI, 1991

iii. Samuel HAHNEMANN -

Krankenjournal DF5 (1837-1842)

Transkription und Ubersetzung von Arnold

MICHALOWSKI. 1992

Until recently the homoeopathic world

only speculated as to HAHNEMANN's own

practice, how he prescribed, what potencies he

used, how did he repeat, etc. Richard HAEHL

whose indefatiguable work in obtaining the

literary legacies of HAHNEMANN including the

case registers -all of which later found a safe

place in the Robert Bosch Stiftung, Stuttgart -

gave us glimpses into the life of the Master.

However, with regard to the case registers he

said they were a source of homoeopathic

medical knowledge and treasure which would be

quite valuable for many years. HAHNEMANN

had left behind 54 case registers. So far the

interested persons could gain access to them in

the Institute for the History of medicine in the

Robert Bosch Foundation, Stuttgart. Such

persons were quite few. Unless these were

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published the majority of the homoeopathis the

world over will be in the dark about

HAHNEMANN's practice. Personally, I was very

anxious that there was always the chance of

some of these, if not all, being lost due to

violence that seem to be onthe increase all

overtheworld.lfthese records could be published

and made available to homoeopaths they will

not be totally lost. In my personal letters to some

colleagues in Germany I was suggesting this. It

was therefore of immense joy to me, a life-time

fulfilment, when I learnt that the well-known

publishers of homoeopathic literature, Messrs.

Karl F. Haug Verlag, Heidelberg undertook the

work of printing several volumes of this treasure.

Robert Bosch Foundation came forward to

fund the entire project. Then came the problem

of finding competent persons who will be able to

read the manuscript and interpret correctly.

While the entire project.Y"as upon the shoulders

of Prof. Dr. Phil. Robert JUTTE, the

responsibility for transcription and editing was by

Dr. Arnold MICHALOWSKI.

It was resolved that the first of these

publications would be released in the year in

which the 46 LlGA Congress met in Germany, in

May 1991. Accordingly the first publication came

out in 1991. This book -D5 -pertained to the

years 1803-1806), when HAHNEMANN lived in

Wittenberg and Dessau (1803-1804), Torgau

(from 1805).

In 1992 the next volume-DF5 -pertaining

to the period 1837 -1842, when HAHNEMANN

practised in Paris, was published. In this period

the case register was in French; the editors have

therefore given German translation.

In 1993 the register 02 pertaining to the

period 1801 -1802 when HAHNEMANN lived in

Molln, Machern, Eilenburg, was published.

Further volumes are awaited.

Study of these volumes in depth require

long hours to obtain information as to the

remedies used, the potencies, the repetition, the

patients whom HAHNEMANN treated. etc. etc.

Hopefully I will be able to provide some glimpses

of these volumes in the ensuing numbers of the

Quarterly Homoeopathic Digest (QHD)

- K.S. SRINIVASAN

3. Herings Medizinische Schriften - in

drei Banden, Herausgegeben von Dr

.med.Klaus - Henning GYPSER. 1638 pages,

Ulrich Burgdorf, Gottingen, 1988.

Let us now come to the foremost of the

disciples of HAHNEMANN, Constantin HERING.

To this day there has been none who

excelled HERING in every aspect of

Homoeopathy - Propagation, Teaching,

Provings, Organising, Literary works. A full,

detailed biography of this colossus of

Homoeopathy does not appear to have been

published; chronological listing of his works is

also lacking. The slim volume by Calvin

B.KNERR, 'Life of Hering' is too brief. It is also

not clear whether all the letters, notes, etc. of

HERING have been scanned through, and

whether these are still in safe custody and

ifsowhere. We know that a good part of

HERING's library including his collection of

PARACELSUS'works was donated to the

Hahnemann Medical College, Philadelphia.

In this regard, Dr.K.-H.GYPSER's

editing of the complete German Writings of

HERING, is most welcome. GYPSER has

collected all the published articles, arranged

them chronologically and the well - known

German Publishers, Ulrich-Burgdorf, Gottingen,

have published these in three volumes in 1638

pages! (Vol.l, 422 pages, Vol.ll, 508 pages, and

Vol.III, 708 Pages.) Of these 1148 pages are in

Gothic script and it takes time to read this script.

The articles - there are 96 articles in

these 3 Volumes - cover History, Philosophy,

Therapeutics, Materia Medica, Provings,

Repertory, Profession, etc.etc. All these are

very relevant even today, it is a treasure

house. I give below the titles of the articles and

as and when possible, and if colleagues so

demand, intend to translate at least some of

these for the benefit of individual readers in the

future numbers of the QHD.

1. Letter Communications (from

Dr.Constantin HERING to Dr.STAPF. 28 Sept.

1827)

2&3. Communication on the Lepra,

native to Surinam, and its homoeopathic cure

from letters of Dr. Constantin HERING in

Paramaribo, Surinam.

4. Cure of a Haemangioma.

5. Some observations on the quarrel

between the therapists and pathologists.

6. On the Snake Venom.

Lachesis trituration

First experiment -1 grain of 1/100 in half

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a cup of rain water.

Second experiment -1/100 1/2 grain in a

cup of rain water.

Third experiment -1 grain Lachesis

1/1000

Fourth experiment.

7. The story of the bite of

Trigonocephalus lachesis in Surinam, observed

by Dr. KUHN (See "Hippokrates, magazyn door

Sander en Wachter 5 Deel, Rotterdam, 1813".)

8. Additional observations on the Snake

Venom.

9. Fragmentary observations on

Hufeland's latest opinions on Homeopathy and

its founder.

10. The antipsoric medicines in their

relationship to Lepra -a contribution from West

Indies by Dr.Constantin HERING.

11. Fragments from lectures :

i. Some observations on the method of

study of the remedies and a diagnosis.

ii. On the drawing up of a disease

picture.

iii. On the book-keeping of homoepathic

physicians.

iv. On a collected edition of Materia

Medica.

12. On a proof of the drug indications

13. What is wrong with the profession in

practising beneficially the homoeopathic healing

art?

14. A survey of the whole treasury of

medicines - A provisional attempt as guide to

artistic experiments.

15. Casual reflections on the Hypothesis

and Experiment, Miasma and Contagion,

Pathogenesis. patho-erodus, besides different

significantly new ideas.

16. Some observations on Psorinum.

17. About the repetition of the remedies,

and some useful supplements on War and

Peace.

18. Brief notes, extracts from Constantin

HERING's letters to the editor.

19. Supplement to the "Communications

from C.HERING's letters to the editor".

20. Philological annotations to the name

Psorin (Psorinum)

21. Brief remarks, excerpts, from

Constantin HERING's letters to the Editor

(Continuation).

22. The Snake Venom as curative

medicine. Supplement Case reports

Symptoms and indications of the Snake Venom,

a brief survey.

23. To the homoeopathic physicians. On

the advantages of the provings of new remedies.

24.Heat from distance, application for all

poisonous wounds.

25. The influence of mass.

26. Suppurations.

27. Demands.

28. Suppurations.

29. Symbols for indicating the

potentised medicines.

30. Communication with regard to

medicinal provings.

31. Observations on Charcoal.

32. Pointer for judging the Organon.

33. On the study of the homoeopathic

Materia Medica.

34. Introduction to JAHR's Handbook.

English-American edition as also criticism of the

German original.

35. Forward! by Dr.Constantin HERING

IN Philadelphia.

36. Milestones and Signposts for further

development of Homoeopathy. Written between

1833 to 1843

37. Open letter to the Meeting of

Homoeopathic Physicians in Magdeburg on 10

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August 1844, Philadelphia 20 June 1844.

38. The Milestones -Part II. What is

similar?

39. Observations on JENICHEN's high

potencies. Braunschweig, August 1845.

40. Continuation to the debate on

JENICHEN's high potencies.

41 .Correction.

42. Some recollections on the Scarlet

fever epidemics.

43. On the relationship of the plants and

their effects.

44. Remarks on the Citatenvisitation.

45. Proposal for improving the standard

of our medicines.

46. The pathological anatomy from the

viewpoint of uselessness.

47. The new drug provings.

48. Marginal notes to the Materia

Medica.

49. Cures with Fluoric acid.

50. Survey of our drug provings in the

order of the provers -a contribution to this history

by C.HERING.

51. What is Similar? The Milestone, Part

II.

52. Requirements for just judgement of

HAHNEMANN.

53. Introduction to the American

translation of JAHR's Symptomencodex. (an

exact copy of the original German)

54. The Times of the Day of the

Remedies

55. High Potencies.

56. A proposal from Dr.C.HERING.

57.Psorin and its chemical preservation.

58. Annually at the same time.

59. Reply to the "Open letter" in No.17

of the Volume 44 of the AIigemeine horn.

Zeitung, to Constantin HERING.

60. Protest against falsifying history.

61. The pathologising of the Materia

Medica.

62. For Comprehension.

63. Regarding the printing of the

American Drug Provings.

64. The Discovered Secret.

65. JENICHEN and no end!

66. Justifications for the scientific

proving of Snake Venoms.

67. Where is the proof for this

symptom?

68. The Dispute is over - why then the

shibboleth and for that an obscure one. For

discussion of GRAUVOGL's propostion, to strike

off Homoeopathy, in the Vierteljahrschrift XI"

479 by Dr.C.HERING.

69. Moves. Expansion of the studis of

Dr.ROTH in Paris.

70. Warning on the Paris "Lachesis".

71. Anecdotes from Life.

72. On Dr. KLEINERT's "Source Record

of the Physiological Drug Provings".

73. Historical comments on Euphrasia.

74. The Paris "Lachesis" and a proposal

for good.

75. Request for information.

76. LANGHAMMER and no end.

77. The pathological fear of

Hydrophobia.

78. The destruction of Trichnea by

Tellurium.

79. Announcement of a large collected

work of our Materia Medica.

80. The superficial and the intrinsic of

our Materia Medica.

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81. Address at the opening of the

Lectures on Therapy on 13 October 1864.

82. Some well-meaning words for the

beginners about our Materia Medica.

83. The New Editions of our Materia

Medica.

84. The sifting of the remedy indications.

85. Smelling and tasting.

86. The importance of complete

collection of symptoms.

87. The intentional distortion.

88. Our results.

89. Spongia in heart ailments.

90. Skirmishes in our East Coast.

91. To all friends of homoeopathic

medical art.

92. The Ant as medicine.

93. A hotch-potch for criticism.

94. Sulphur in Cholera.

95. VIRCHOW's verdict on "our future" a

textbook for physicians.

96. Dr.X. Y's inaugural address on

taking over as Professor of Homoeopathy in the

University of Strassburg in the year

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