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CONTINUING HOMŒOPATHIC MEDICAL EDUCATION SERVICES

QUARTERLY HOMŒOPATHIC DIGEST

VOL. XXX1, 3 & 4, 2014

Part I Current Literature Listing

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Part I of the journal lists the current literature in Homœopathy drawn from the well-known

homœopathic journals published world-over - India, England, Germany, France, Brazil, USA,

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. Part II contains selected essays/articles/extracts, while Part III carries

original articles for this journal, Book Reviews, etc.

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I. PHILOSOPHY

1. A brief introduction to Polarity Analysis

COOK, Daniel (AJHM. 105, 4/2012)

Polarity Analysis is a way of adding power to

Bӧnninghausen’s Therapeutic Pocket Book. Polarity

Analysis examines the fact that many remedies produce

polar opposite symptoms – such as aggravation and

amelioration from warmth; motion; thirst and

thirstlessness – but that only one of this pair is

characteristic of the remedy, while the other shows the

remedy’s breadth of action but not its character.

Polarity Analysis makes an additional search for all

existing repertory symptoms opposite to those chosen

for the analysis and shows whether the remedies

showing high in the repertorisation are better known for

this patient symptoms or instead of their opposites.

Using Polarity Analysis we distinguish character

from mere coverage.

For a remedy to be selected or strongly considered

in the case, its proven experience to produce symptoms

opposite to the patient’s symptoms should be low.

2. Organon §3 and Bӧnninghausen’s Method of

Generalization

FISCHER, Ulrich D. (AJHM. 105, 4/2012)

In the Organon 6th Edition, § 3 states the

importance of perceiving what is sick (morbid) in the

patient, and matching this to what is curative in

medicines. A safe and successful way to accomplish

this is the process of generalization. Generalization

brings together (inductive logic) similar and related

phenomena into groups, deduces their general

characteristics and states them in simple, comprehensive

forms. The generals, which include and are derived

from the particulars, are the most reliable basis of a

curative prescription. Most of the modalities of

Bӧnninghausen are general in their relations, i.e.,

characteristics deduced by a critical study of

particulars and verified in practice. A clinical case

demonstrates the advantages of Bӧnninghausen’s

method.

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II. MATERIA MEDICA

1. The Genius of the Remedy

SANKARAN, Rajan (AH. 18/2012)

C.M. Boger in his synoptic key has endeavoured to

make clear the general expression of each remedy

through an understanding of the essential points of the

“Symptom images”.

The Genius includes: Location, Pathology type,

Pace, General traits, Type of person, Exciting factors,

Body type, Personal and Family History, General

modalities, General sensation. These traits are not

separate, they are all expressions of the same core state.

They are fully inter-related.

Genius is a pattern of qualities that is unique to a

remedy.

In studying a case (or a remedy), you will find three

parallel and intertwining lines. These are symptoms

(characteristics), System (the Sensation and Miasm),

Genius (the general nature of the patient/remedy)

In trying to understand a patient we should pick up

the line which is most obvious in that case. It may be

any of these three if we follow this lead, the other two

lines will also become evident, we could

diagrammatically depict than as three points or sides of

a triangle.

To understand the genius, one has to go behind the

symptoms and see the nature of the complaints.

A case of anger and depression in a teenage girl is

analysed briefly into the rubrics –

 Fear of moral obliquity alternating with sexual

excitement

 Despair, religious, alternating with sexual

excitement

 Delusions, wrong, she has done

 Desires beautiful things, finery

 Ennui, boredom: entertainment ameliorates

 Finery, luxurious clothing, wants during sadness

A month after Lilium tigrinum she has been doing

well.

2. Disconnection: A Proving of Didelphis virginiana

(Blood of the North American opossum)

HUENECKE, Jason-Aeric (AH. 18/2012)

The blood of the Didelphis virginiana was

extracted from a male opossum that met an untimely

death. HUENECKE prepared upto 3c and then Helios

Homœopathy, Kent, UK prepared a range of potencies.

15 provers. All females, 30c potency, double blind

format.

3. Moral Panic: The British case and Its implications

for Homœopathy

FRIEDENFELS, Roxanne (AH. 18/2012)

An excellent and well researched article explaining

the reasons for recent attacks on Homœopathy.

Full article in Part II.

4. Rhythm, Flow and Unification: A Proving of

Samarium Cobaltum Magneticum

HUENECKE, Jasan-Aeric (AH. 18/2012)

The proving was done in North Western Academy

of Homœopathy in 2011. 17 Provers; 14 females and 3

males. 30c potency. Double blind. At the end a long

list of ‘rubrics’ to be added to the Repertory. [How can

we ‘add’ rubrics unless there has been

confirmation/verification of the symptoms in actual

cases? How dependable are these additions? Are they

are not arbitrary? = KSS].

5. The challenges of Diet in Modern Provings

HUENECKE, Jason-Aeric (AH. 18/2012)

The various guidelines of diet during the proving

are discussed.

The author asks the provers to pay attention to

those substances to which they are particularly sensitive.

It is interesting when those substances used with

regularity in daily life are altered or experienced as a

change of habit during the proving.

Our challenge is to see clearly how the

domestication of diet in our breakneck culture affects

us.

6. A Project to Perfect our Materia Medica

GYPSER, Klaus-Henning (AJHM. 105, 2/2012)

Homœopathic practitioners worldwide cannot make

use of all the proving and clinical symptoms of our

remedies because there is no complete collection of

them. Constantin Hering was the first to suggest

making such a compilation but did not realize his goal.

The daunting task has been taken up by the Glees

academy of Homœopathic Physicians under the

editorship of K.-H. Gypser, which began publishing the

first volumes of the “Materia Medica Revisa

Homœopathiae” (MMRH) in 2007 after 25 years of

preparation. The literature sources come from the

Academy’s library of about 9,000 volumes of

international homœopathic books and periodicals.

7. Aethusa cyanapium – Bestӓtigung zweier

Teilsymptome und einer ausgezeichneten

klinischen Beobachtung

(Aethusa cyanapium – Confirmation of a two part

Symptom and an excellent clinical observation)

ZWEMKE, Hans (ZKH. 55, 2/2011)

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Case Report of a 11 year-old boy, cured three times

by Aethusa of acute, partly febrile, gastrointestinal

complaints. The guiding symptom was sensation “as if

the stomach turned over”, as well as a “serious”

expression, a kind of “resignation”. VITHOULKAS

was the first to report exactly this state of disposition

clinically. We discuss the relevance of this disposition

against the psychological setting of the patient:

emotional distress after the separation of his parents

without being able to talk about it. We compare this

state of mind to that of SOCRATES and his chalice of

Hemlock, who recognized his paralysis fully

consciously. [Only in JAHR’s Symptomen Kodex, I

found this “something in the stomach turned over”; not

found in the GS, CLARKE = KSS.]

8. Hahnemanns Prüfungs protokolle

(Hahnemann’s Protocols for Proving)

LUCAE, Christian (ZKH. 56, 1/2012)

The Institute for history of medicine of Robert

Bosch Foundation, Stuttgart contains almost all the

records of HAHNEMANN, almost all the manuscripts.

There are manuscripts which are yet to be published

among these are some original proving protocols from

his time in Leipsic:

Richard HAEHL the HAHNEMANN biographer

has in 1920s mentioned of these unpublished Proving

Protocols.

A study of the bundle of manuscripts give

interesting material. The material in the Robert Bosch

in bundles is titled The Bound Manuscripts of Samuel

Hahnemann, pertaining to the years 1781-1833:

G1: Contained: Notes, letters sketches and

drawings and other contributions like a College

Note.

G2: Period presumably between 1785 and 1805. 78

pages both sides, contains the early – the first order

– excerpts of Symptoms from ‘Other sources’,

which are noted in Latin predominantly but

containing German and English observations.

Additional papers are also there in certain pages.

The medicines are in alphabetical order from

Anacardium ending with Zingiber. Then there are

entries under “ego” meaning symptoms observed

by Hahnemann himself in his Provings.

G3: Probably related to period from 1811 contains

42 (two sides) pages in German. These contain

notes on medicine Provings of Hahnemann and his

students. As in G2 here also there are “ego”, in

German “I”. Other Prover’s names are mentioned

(e.g. FRANZ, LANGHAMMER, etc.) probably

these are original Proving-Protocols which contain

HAHNEMANN’s additions obtained from his

interrogation of the Prover or dialogue with.

G4: File is titled Index of medicines in globules in

my homœopathic medicine case: 298 medicines

are in it some double, in different potencies. There

are medicines like Aristolochia, Filix mas, Lachesis

and others which until now have not been

associated with HAHNEMANN.

There are about 70 remedies whose Provings have

not been published according to Richard Haehl.

It will be seen that HAHNEMANN carefully

noticed and noted the symptoms throughout his life and

put it in his book properly edited in the light of his

experience. It will also be seen from these papers how

some symptoms found their place in the Materia Medica

after lapse of decades.

9. Der Wert klinischer Symptome für die Charektrist

einer Arzneimittels – Nach einem franzӧsischen

Artikel vom G.H.G. Jahr aus dem Journal de la-

societe Gallicane de medicine homêopathique von

1858/59

(The value of clinical symptoms for the

characteristic of a remedy – according to an article

of G.H.G. JAHR in a French Journal de la Société

Gallicane of Homœopathic Medicine 1858/59)

SOMMER, Illa (ZKH. 56, 1/2012)

There are different interpretations of Hahnemann’s

terms ‘Characteristics’ of a remedy GHG. JAHR

through his several years of close contact with

HAHNEMANN and understood him well gave notes on

this term. In a series of articles in the journal de la

société Gallicane he pointed out, that clinical experience

does not replace remedy proving, but helps completing

the knowledge of the remedies. He shows how analysis

of a Proving can contribute to a cleaner view of the

characteristic symptom of a remedy.

[Attention is drawn to the article “What does

Characteristic mean”? by Joseph ATTOMYR in QHD.

31, 1&2/2014]

10. “Wie oft hast du schon Laurocerases

Verordnet…?”

(How often have you prescribed Laurosersus?)

MINDER, Peter (ZKH. 56, 1/2012)

Laurocerasus is a rarely used medicine. This

article is in the light of a study of this remedy by a

group who were preparing a revised, reliable Materia

Medica.

Characteristics:

(Genius)

SUDDEN: Periodic, absetzend: recurring.

Localization: Inner head

Larynx

Chest

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Modalities

< afternoon, < AFTERNOON 14hrs.

< EVENING

<Motion, Walking

< stooping

>rubbing

> midday meal

> IN OPEN AIR

> scratching

Complaints/Sensations/Finding

PRESSURE

STITCHING, fine stitches, blunted senses

Burning

COLD, COLD FEELING

Itching

Itching, > scratching; after scratching burning

Special Characteristic

Peculiar Symptoms

Thinks, heart must be held in place by hand

Feel as if ice on the head; on the side; in the nape upto

the hip; wings of nose

Feel, as if wind blew over the forehead

Feel as if left head would as if something (brain) would

fall.

Sensation of Vermin; moving or flying off from the

forehead, spiders or flies on face, Crawling in face,

sensation of hair on cheeks, as if worm on bones

feet, ankle, movements as from flies and Vermin.

As if the tendons, sinews, too short, sensation, on the

back of head, in the shoulders

Sensation of being enlarged: as if the head was

widened, as if the eyeball was too large for the

space, as if a band was on the eyeball, everything

appears unusually large, as when the head of the

joint of the upper arms were too large, drinks

rolled, swallowing over the guellet noisy, into the

stomach.

SENSATION AS IF SOMETHING LARGE.

HEAVY IN THE STOMACH WOULD FALL

INTO BACK.

SUDDEN FAINTNESS, SUDDEN FALL BACK

Peculiar, localized modalities/Itching, Scratching

< midday meal, > after midday meal

<OPEN AIR, > IN OPEN AIR

<, movement, walking, > MOVEMENT,

WALKING

Peculiar localized, sides relationship:

Dynamic/Development: Direction/Extension:

Cause.

Right: abdomen; left, Head, Eyes, Mouth, Female

Genital; inside out (Head)

Peculiar parts/Organs

Frontal head

Chest bone

Peculiar localized complaints/Sensations/Findings

HEAVY

Tickling in Larynx

Peculiar localized accompanying complaints/specific

combined indications in different parts

Extending pressure – Pressure outward (K)

EXTENDING STITCHES – FORWARDS,

BACKWARDS

Pinching

Note: (e.g. unconnected a range)

Less symptoms of menses

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III. THERAPEUTICS

1. Kasuistik einer sehr schnell geheilten Tetraplegie

(Case of a rapidly cured Tetraplagia)

SRINIVASAN, K.S. (ZKH. 55, 3/2011)

A 55 year old, male, doctor in medicine was struck

with Quadraplegia evidently. He was a restless person,

known tippler and had quarrel with his wife the

previous day and got suddenly struck with paralysis of

his legs then arms and unable to move. Physicians who

attended confirmed Guillain-Baare-Syndrome. The

patient was also homœopathy practitioner.

He was prescribed Nux vomica XM one dose. By

next day he began to improve. Later was put on Nux

vomica 6 for few days.

Remains well – review 2 years remains well. This

case indicate Hahnemann’s Law of direction Cure.

Even though thousands and thousands patients have

been cured over the past 200 years, the Hegemony

Medicine asks for ‘evidence’. The new slogan since last

few years is ‘evidence based’ medicine. There stands

before you the cured patient and he is well and remains

well. That is the most ‘telling evidence’ superior to

‘laboratory evidence’.

2. Lebererkrankungen (Liver Diseases)

HAGGENMÜLLER, George (ZKH. 55, 3/2011)

Homœopathy has its own rules in respect of clinical

conditions. For one, those who suffer from serious

disease demand rapid evaluation. We have also to treat

multi pharmacological cases and cases with paucity of

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symptoms. There are other constraints also like the fact

that Homœopathy has not been established in hospitals.

Under these circumstances the affected organs have to

be taken into consideration. BOGER’s and PHATAK’s

repertories are of great use in this case.

3. Was Hahnemann a True Scientist?

MORRELL, Peter (AH. 18/2012)

In this article, the author discusses the definition of

science and its components and reiterates that

Hahnemann proceeded to develop Homœopathy in a

completely scientific manner. [There have been several

articles in the past trying to label HAHNEMANN as a

‘scientist’. Where is the need to confirm it? And why a

‘true’? Why should we fight the so-called ‘scientific’

world to anoint HAHNEMANN as a scientist? When

we attempt to convince the ‘scientific’ world, it throws

out the claim blindly! They simply refuse. = KSS].

4. Obsessed with Death

SPERLING, Vatsala (AH. 18/2012)

Susan, 62 years with family history of Cancer and

Liver diseases. Shocked easily, oversensitive, with

thoughts of death most of the times. Fears of crowded

streets and to cross streets. Nightmares. Palpitations in

daytime; when agitated, afraid and shocked. Thirsty for

cold water. History of intense fevers in the past. The

case was analysed with Mac Repertory software and

complete 2008 Repertory. Aconitum napellus 1M.

Over the next few months she improved and became

alright with another dose six months later.

5. A case of Crohn’s Disease and Its Etiology

SPENCLEY, Samantha (AH. 18/2012)

38 year-old male with Crohn’s disease since 2005.

Appendisectomy did not relieve. Bowel resection in

2006, relieved pain for 2 years. Because of immerse

pain, he was advised immune suppressant drug.

The abdominal pain started after a car accident in

2005. In 2007, he lost his first child at 27 weeks

gestation and not able to get over it. Hay fever in the

past; Chicken pox at 5 years of age and Tonsillectomy

at 8 years. Offended easily severe pain. Vomiting

during pain. Agg. eating. Anger and guilt about the

accident. Bruxism.

Natrum muriaticum 200, one pellet dry, one dose.

A month later, no cramping, no vomiting,

No signs of being sick for the first time in years.

Complete evacuation of stool.

He took himself off his medications.

He took another dose due to the stress of exams and

miscarriage of wife.

Over the next 15 months, he took one dose,

whenever symptoms relapsed. The Hay fever

reappeared and subsided.

Another 7 months later daughter was born. Later

he lost his mother to a chronic disease and he needed

medicine. Natrum muriaticum has enabled him to make

great strides in his ability to deal with his losses.

6. Exploring Psychology and Forgiveness in

Homœopathic Treatment

SILVESTRI, Kenneth (AH. 18/2012)

The use of Psychology when integrated with

Homœopathy offers a larger framework to ascertain the

sensations and modalities that contextualize presenting

symptoms. Empathic dialogue and gentle probing take

the adage of the prejudiced observer to a new and

contemporary level given the modern stressors we

encounter each day. Illustrative case.

Leo, in mid twenties with extreme headache over 3

years since having a stomach virus. Anticipation.

Vomiting before or after eating. He was withdrawn,

compulsive and depressed. Had suicidal ideations and

was impatient. His presenting temperament was one of

suppressed anger which was strikingly different from

the sanguine artistic person that he had been prior to his

constant vomiting.

The first thing is to know what you feel so you can

allow empathy to produce a ‘non-denial’ of feelings.

Widening your lens creates perspective as to what is the

‘wrong’ that hurts you. This helps to avoid having your

persona being overtaken by your shadow side.

Within few psychotherapy sessions, he began to see

a wider perspective. He was given Bryonia 6c as a four-

ounce bottle of medicinal solution. After 8 succussions,

one teaspoon was to be diluted into four ounces of

water. One teaspoon twice a day for 5 days. His

headache subsided and vomiting lessened. Also felt a

strong sense of peace of mind.

He still had some compulsive tendencies and had

the fear of recurring. Natrum sulph. 6c. Within a week,

the vomiting totally subsided. Began to eat regularly

and more importantly felt that he had found his old self

and could be more social.

Indications for Aurum group, Ignatia, Nitricum

acidum, Natrum muriaticum, Phosphoric acid,

Staphysagria, Bryonia, Natrum sulphuricum are

discussed.

7. Kinderkonstitution (Children’s Constitution)

DORCSI, Matthias (ZKH. 55, 2/2011)

This article is based on a lecture of the late Dr.

Mathias DORCSI (1923 – 2001), on 26 Oct. 1995.

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Dr. DORCSI said that when he was in the

Children’s Hospital in Vienna in 1950 as assistant

physician he was allotted a ward of small children

wherein children will be admitted and later discharged

and soon again admitted, so on. Almost all of them

suffered similar complaints: sicknesses of the nose-

throat region, with Tonsillitis, complaints of Lymph

system, catarrh of the upper respiratory tract down to

the stomach, intestinal disturbances, kidney and urinary

tract infection. These were all the disease states, not life

threatening, but were transitory and got out of. After 4-

6 weeks the children will again be brought in. These

diseases are reckoned only as constitutional.

The children whose parent had suffered from

similar complaint when young and more so if both

parents (father and mother) were so. In those days the

skin eruptions in those children were considered

“forties” which meant that the disease will be there for

40 days, 40 weeks or 40 years. The doctors knew they

could not do much, and the parents particularly the

grand parents had the patience with the child.

Nowadays Neurodermatitis is spoken about and

consequently the doctor become neurotic, the parents

neurotic and the children are neurotic!

Constitutional Therapy was planned in ailment like

these.

Constitution is a person’s inborn and acquired

mental-emotional – physical condition. Diathesis is the

inborn and acquired deficiencies of organs and system.

These have been discussed thoroughly.

An experienced, attentive, observant, gifted

physician will observe as the mother brings in the child,

see or note how ill or well the child is, angry or

pleasant, whether too ill or only very less ill, then find

whether hot or cold, well developed or not so, thin or

fat, etc., understand whether it is lithaemic lymphatic,

destructive etc.

8. A case of Parkinson-Plus Syndrome Resolved

Using the ‘Lost Art’ of Keynote Prescribing

WADHWANI, Gyandas,G. (AJHM. 105, 2/2012)

A 75 year-old man, diagnosed with Parkinson-plus

Syndrome was seen on 11th Oct. 2009. He was restless

and would not let go of someone’s hand, whether

sitting, standing or lying.

On this basis, Bismuthum in LM potencies starting

from LM1 was given and recorded over a period of 10

months. In Dec. 2009, (after LM3) he was able to speak

better and could stand with minimal support. Tremors

also decreased. After LM5 in Jan. 2010, he could stand

and sit straight, his speech clearer and further reduction

in tremors.

In July 2010, he sang an entire devotional song and

could even sing high notes. Tremors disappeared.

In August 2010, he passed away in sleep.

Dr. WADHWANI demonstrated the advantage of

Key-note prescribing, through this case.

9. Eye diseases from a Homœopathic Perspective

KONDROT, Edward (AJHM. 105, 3/2012)

There has been a dramatic increase in the incidence

of eye disease worldwide. Homœopathic principles not

only help us understand the reason for this increase but

also help us provide effective treatment. Homœopathic

practitioners should not avoid the treatment of chronic

eye disease but use homœopathic principles with

confidence.

This article is an important one as written by a

doctor practicing ophthalmology since 1977 and

Homœopathy since 1990.

10. Endometrial Polyp: A Case Cured by Homœopathy

ARORA, Saurav (AJHM. 105, 4/2012)

Endometrial polyps (EP) are masses of

endometrium in the uterine lumen which can appear

with differing morphology and size. A case of EP

treated with Lachesis, Sepia, and Sulphur in succession

and followed up for one year became asymptomatic and

radiographically normal. While a single case is not

sufficient to establish the effectiveness of Homœopathy

in EP, it is suggestive. Further studies are needed,

especially randomized trials.

11. A Cure of Psoriasis Using Frequent Homœopathic

Doses in Solution

DABHADE, Vijay (AJHM. 105, 4/2012)

Placing centesimal potencies in solution and

prescribing them frequently for chronic conditions is not

widely practiced. It can be superior to dry doses in

many cases, especially in certain skin diseases where a

persistent mild medicinal action is preferred to a strong

aggravation. By prescribing dissolved doses of

Staphysagria 200c, later Staphysagria LM 2, a long

standing case of Psoriasis was cured. This suggests that

centesimal potencies given frequently in solution,

followed by LM potencies, may be more efficacious,

prompt and gentle than treatment with dry doses.

12. Treating Metastatic Prostate Cancer with a

Combined Approach – Case Report

KURIAN, PJ. and PINTO, Roshan

(AJHM. 105, 4/2012)

Back ground: Prostatic carcinoma is considered to be

the second most common cancer in men and fifth most

common in the world. A novel observation was made

during the treatment of a patient with advanced

metastatic disease.

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Methods & Observation: A patient suffering from

carcinoma of the prostate with distant metastases was

treated with several homœopathic remedies in addition

to conventional anti-cancer drugs. The course of the

disease was monitored by bone scans which showed

marked improvement.

Conclusion: This methodology i.e. integrative approach

appears to be promising in treatment of advanced

metastasized cancer. Further studies need to be

conducted to validate this approach.

13. Two G.I. Cases

COOK, Daniel (AJHM. 105, 4/2012)

Case 1: 22 year-old female awoke at 2.30a.m. and

vomited. Vomiting of clear fluid every 45-60 minutes

until 7.30 a.m. Arsenicum album 200 and no more

vomiting, but fever started in the evening. Sluggish, no

appetite, weak, nausea from sitting and better on

moving about. Analyzing with both Kent and

Bӧnninghausen repertories, Pulsatilla appeared in first

position with Rhus toxicodendron second. Pulsatilla

had higher polarity differential and six hours after a

dose of Pulsatilla 200, she had more energy, no nausea

and eating well.

Case 2: 6 year-old healthy girl on vacation ate fresh

rasp berries and blue berries without washing. Since

that night painless brown watery stools. 6 – 7 times per

day for nine days. Podophylum 200 one dose and no

diarrhea since stool pattern and form entirely back to

normal.

14. Die Wiener Schule der Homӧopathie: gestern,

heute und Morgen (The Vienna School of

Homœopathy: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow)

(ZKH. 55, 2/2011)

The Vienna School of Homœopathy according to

Dr. Mathias DORCSI presents a synthetic-

phenomenologic approach as a medicine focused on the

whole human being. Essential aspects are constitution

and diathesis as well as reliable indication and complete

local symptom. The Vienna School of Homœopathy is

easy to teach and to learn and most suitable for the

integration into modern medicine. The paper deals with

its history in Austria until 1989 and its practice in

Munich to the present. The history of a baby with

several handicaps with a following over more than 20

year demonstrates how Vienna School can be

successful, e.g. with the constitutional remedy Plumbum

metallicum and the reliable remedy Comocladi dentata.

15. Mӧglichkeiten und Grenzen der Homӧopathie in

der Behandlung Cerebraler Anfallsleiden – Drei

Kasuistiken mit Juvemiler myoklonischer Epilepsie

(Possibilities and limits in the treatment of Seizures

– Three cases with juvenile myoclonic Epilepsy)

RICHER, Day and HADULLA, Michael

(ZKH. 55, 3/2011)

Three cases, each different, of Juvenile myoclonic

cerebral seizures are presented.

All the three were treated taking into consideration

the Cause, the Constitution and Miasm.

16. Finding Balance – Homœopathy and the body-mind

connection

Answers for ulcers

BATRA, Mukesh (HT. 33, 1/2013)

For a long time, most conventional physicians

thought that stomach ulcers were psychosomatic

disorders, primarily triggered by stress. Then two

Australian physicians, Barry Marshall and Robin

Warren discovered Helicobacter pylori in 1982 and won

Nobel prize in 2005 for its role in gastritis and peptic

ulcer disease. Then antibiotics began to be used and

many became hale and hearty sooner than expected.

A new research found that 8 out of 10 infected

never get ulcers. This led some to investigate emotional

factors as the root of ulcer distress.

The Journal of the American Medical Association

featured studies showing that people who faced intense

life stresses were more prone to develop peptic ulcers in

the next two decades.

The Archives of Internal Medicine also reported

that the incidence of ulcers in people who were severely

stressed was twice that of those who did not have such

stress.

Epidemiological studies show that the incidence of

ulcers seemed to rise after natural disasters.

The American Journal of Gastroenterology

substantiates that a noticeable rise in bleeding gastric

ulcers were seen following natural calamities such as

earthquakes.

Though antibiotic therapy works for many, they

relapse down the road. So perhaps there is more to the

story of ulcers than a bacteria.

Two cases of painful ulcers, one treated by

Phosphorus and other by Nux vomica are given.

Indications for Arsenicum album, Kali

bichromicum, Mercurius corrosives, Mercurius

solubilis, Natrum phosphoricum, Nux vomica,

Pulsatilla, Arsenicum album and Arundo are given.

17. The Skinny on Sunburn

Natural remedies to soothe sizzled skin

LENNIHAN, Begabati (HT. 33, 2/2013)

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Calendula, Urtica urens, Belladonna, Cantharis are

homœopathic Sunburn soothers.

Sol is a remedy made from Sunlight that can

sometimes reverse Sun damage.

Aloe vera gel will soothe the pain. Antioxidants

such as Vitamin C and E plus the carotenoid lycopene

can protect against Sunburns.

18. That Bites!

A Tale of Wilderness Survival

FALKNER, Douglas (HT. 33, 2/2013)

FALKNER, has years of experience as an

emergency medicine physician and now a homœopath

in private practice. In Aug. 2012, he was camping in

the remote Steen’s Mountain area in Oregon. His

neighbouring Camper’s dog was bitten by a rattle snake.

The dog was lying quiet, right side of face swollen

much, right eye completely shut, heavy drool hanging

from the side of his mouth. Exquisitely tender at the site

of the bite.

There was no antivenom available. Lachesis 30

and Cedron 30, dissolved in separate cups of water and

one spoon from each alternated at 5 mins. interval.

(Four doses in all). 30 minutes later, signs of

improvement. Waging his tail, right eye beginning to

open. Now alternating doses at 15 minutes interval.

One hour later, he stood up to greet me. Eye was half

visible. More animated. Pain significantly less – No

yelp when touched. Few more doses at night. Next

morning, no signs of sickness. Eyes wide open,

wagging tail. Eaten breakfast, drunk amounts of water

and was clearly well and thriving. The dosing

frequency was reduced and to stop in next 2 - 3 days.

19. Snakebite Survival Guide

First-aid and Homœopathy basics

FALKNER, Douglas (HT. 33, 2/2013)

The remedies to be considered for Snake bite

injuries: Aconite, Lachesis, Cedron, Ledum, Echinacea,

Arsenicum album, Hypericum perforatum, Carbo

vegetabilis.

20. Energy and Endurance for Marathons and Beyond

Secrets of the Super-athletes; a homœopath and

Veterans of 50 marathons tells all

LENNIHAN, Begabeti (HT. 33, 2/2013)

LENNIHAN ran her first Marathon at the age of 25

and completed 50 Marathons. Along with her father, a

Vascular Surgeon, who also ran Marathon, she explored

the world of homœopathic remedies, herbs and

supplements to help Marathon runners.

Homœopathy holds sway in trackside medical tents

of Marathons and Ultra-marathons. The whole medical

team – including conventional doctors and nurses,

Chiropractors, naturopaths and massage therapists use

Homœopathy as their first line of treatment for acute

illnesses.

A couple of pellets of Arnica 30c before a

Marathon or other intense workout can help prevent

muscle soreness and fatigue.

Sarcolactic acid seems to drive lactic acid out of

the muscles, protecting runners from that stiff and sore

feeling.

Ruta graveolens heals connective tissue such as

injury to a torn Achilles tendon or cruciate ligament

around the knee, Shin splints – tiny tears in the

protective covering of the shin bone, Plantar fascitis.

Calcarea flourica strengthens elastic tissue

anywhere in the body. Also has the ability to dissolve

calcaneal spurs. (Also Hekla lava)

Magnesia phosphorica for cramps during

prolonged exercise.

Silica to prevent sweating between toes causing

chafing.

Calendula helps to heal blisters after race.

Natrum mur. 6x can help to keep sodium in

balance. (If you can see white traces of salt where the

sweat has dried, you are losing lot of salt)

Carbo vegetabilis helps promote oxygenation.

Suprabha BECKJORD has run the Sri Chinmoy

Self – Transcendence 3100 mile race – 13 times. She

likes Homœopathy and Bryonia for joint pains worse

from jarring (like pounding the pavement) and also for

dryness of mucous membranes.

Arpan De ANGELO has run more than 300

Marathons. He used Thuja to get rid of a painful plantar

wart.

21. Personal Best

First time Marathoner meets her goal. Thanks,

Homœopathy!

RHO, Jacqueline (HT. 33, 2/2013)

Kay, in mid 40s, mother of two, was overweight

and wanted to run a Marathon with race 6 months away

she began her training, diet and nutrition. During long

runs she felt lonely and sad that centered on her

childhood. Natrum muriaticum 12c for a month and

then ‘as needed’. She felt lighter. Would weep for

hours and started eating rich foods. Pulsatilla 200

helped her.

Arnica 200, a dose before race day, on race day and

immediately after. She completed the race, injury free

and pain free.

22. Hospital Stay? Let Homœopathy ease your way

ROTHENBERG, Amy (HT. 33, 2/2013)

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Diana was scheduled for hip replacement surgery

due to degeneration. High anxiety and terrified of the

upcoming procedure and stay in rehabilitation facility.

Chilly, sweaty and constipated. She wanted to take

control of the situation. Calcarea carbonica was her

constitutional remedy and helped her earlier. Another

dose lifted her fear and anxiety. She began to put things

in order at home, leave notes, pre-pay bills and pack for

her time away in an organized fashion.

Homœopathy is a helpful tool to use alongside

other medical and healing modalities. Homœopathy

treats whether at the first breath of life or the last, during

acute ailments and when the ravages of chronic disease

take their toll.

The author has used Homœopathy in the five

categories of hospital – related situations.

1. Adverse events of

diagnostic

work-ups – Veratrum album after

Lumbar puncture

Ignatia for bad news after Biopsy.

2. Severe trauma – Arnica in general and many other

remedies depending on their

moods/temperaments

3. Acute illness – Appendicitis, Pneumonia, sudden

Cardiac event

4. Elective or Planned procedures – Arnica 200 or 1M

an hour after the

patient is awake

from surgery and

again once a day

for 3 days.

5. Care for caregivers – Care givers easily succumb to

impact of worry,

stress of hospital

setting, disruption

of diet, and

exercise and sleep

habits. Cocculus

helps them.

23. Heart Trouble Lands 88 year-old in Hospital.

Homœopathy and Fibonacci dosing method helps

get my mother back on track

MOSS, Dale (HT. 33, 2/2013)

88 year-old mother of Dale MOSS with shortness

of breath for a good week or more was admitted in

hospital. Investigations revealed series of Pulmonary

emboli. After two days they discovered heart rate was

only 39 beats p.m. and finally diagnosed heart block.

Doctors wanted to implant a pacemaker. She had

headache after eating and drowsiness. Confusion.

Aversion to strangers. Fainting momentarily from

simple exertion. Indecisiveness. Baryta carbonica 5c.

Headache disappeared. 7c on next 2 days, 9c on next 3

days. Gained in strength and spirit and lost much

confusion. Each day she could walk little farther, faster,

and with more sureness of foot. Each day she became

more engaged with the world around her. Within five

days, she was strong enough to withstand implantation

of pacemaker and after ten days of hospital stay, she

returned home to recuperate.

After few weeks, she had fatigue, dizziness.

Exertion wore her out. She felt she could not get

enough oxygen and oppression in chest. Carbo veg. 6c

gave her temporary relief. On close analysis her

medication was the cause. Then change of and

reduction of her Blood pressure medication helped her a

lot. Phosphorus brought her back to normalcy, based

on exertion aggravation, weakened voice and slow

speech.

24. Fibonacci and the Golden Ratio

Harnessing natural laws to improve homœopathic

dosing

MOSS, Dale C. (HT. 33, 2/2013)

Dr. Joseph ROZENCWAIJ, a New Zealand

homœopath and natural medicine Doctor (Formerly a

Conventional MD and Specialist Surgeon) was curious

about the logic behind the various potency scales in

which homœopathic remedies are available and given.

He argues this is in linear fashion and yet straight lines

are rarely found in nature. Golden Ratio is an

expression of the most harmonious proportion between

width and length which is stated mathematically as

1:1.618. Golden ratio is found throughout nature and

has a special relationship with the Fibonacci sequence

of numbers (in which you add a number to its

predecessor to form the next number in the series – 0, 1,

1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34 ….). The ratio between any two

successive Fibonacci numbers will be close to Golden

ratio.

Dr. ROZ found that homœopathic potencies when

given in Fibonacci sequence, built exponentially upon

each other to achieve excellent results. At the moment,

a true Fibonacci series of homœopathic potencies is

available only from Simillimum Pharmacy in

Wellington, NZ.

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IV. PHARMACOLOGY

1. Causticum Hahnemanni – Welches Causticum?

(Causticum Hahnemanni – which Causticum?

HOLZAPFEL, Klaus (ZKH. 56, 1/2012)

The Proving of Causticum in Hahnemann’s

Chronic Diseases contains symptoms of two

chemically completely different primary substances.

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One could be identified as a weak Caustic Potash

solution, whereas the other one, called Tincture Acris

Sine Kali, has upto nowadays not been investigated.

Yet it seems to be an antimonium-containing substance,

free of Potassium ions.

The proving symptoms of Tinctura acris are to be

found attached; a second attachment contains the

instruction to formulate the remedy.

Homœopathic laboratories are called upons to make

tincture acris s.k. available for homœopathic practice.

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V. RESEARCH

1. Evidence Based Clinical Study of Homœopathic

Medicines in Patients with Benign Prostatic

Hyperplasia

GUPTA, Girish, et al. (AJHM. 105, 2/2012)

Background and Objectives: Benign Prostatic

Hyperplasia (BPH) is the most common condition in

elderly men and its incidence is age related. Although

clinical evidence of disease occurs less commonly,

symptoms of prostatic obstruction are also age related

and if untreated affect quality of life. No data

measuring clinical as well as laboratory, diagnostic

parameters in the treatment of BPH using homœopathic

medicine is yet available. This observational study on

BPH was conducted for this purpose, using twenty pre-

selected medicines.

Methods: A collaborative research study between

Central Council for Research in Homœopathy (CCRH),

New Delhi and Homœopathic Research Foundation,

Lucknow was planned. A total of 121 patients enrolled,

out of which 43 completed the study according to

protocol. Trial medicines selected on the basis of

principles of Homœopathy were prescribed and

International Prostate Symptom Score (IPSS),

Ultrasonography, Uroflowmetry and Prostate Specific

Antigen (PSA) were assessed before and after

homœopathic treatment.

Results: After comparing pre and post treatment

results, the difference in mean values of IPSS, Prostate

weight, PSA and Average flow rates were found

statistically significant. Maximum Flow Rate and Post

Void Residual Urine (PVRU) were found improving but

statistically not significant. Lycopodium(n=15),

Pulsatilla (n=11), Sulphur (n=8) and Calcarea carb.

(n=3) were found to be most useful among twenty trial

medicines.

Conclusion: Results obtained from the study are

encouraging with findings that 93.0% of patients

improved clinically, and evidence of positive changes in

diagnostic parameters. A randomized controlled trial is

needed to further validate the usefulness of

homœopathic medicines. [There will be no end to the

RCTs. When 93% are positive, what more. Has there

been 100% in any test? = KSS].

2. Evaluation of Antiplasmodial Efficacy and safety

of Cinchona officinalis Against lethal Murine

Malaria Parasite

RAJAN, A. and BAGAI, U. (AJHM. 105, 2/2012)

Background: Homœopathic drugs have been acclaimed

for their efficacy, safety and low cost. Moreover, they

are already used by humans. Thus they could be

evaluated for their suitable candidature as potent

antimalarials. The present study has been designed to

evaluate the antiplasmodial efficacy of mother tincture

(ɸ) and different potencies (6c, 30c and 200c) of

Cinchona officinalis (China) in combating lethal murine

malaria

Method: Eight groups consisting of twelve BALB/c

mice each were administered oral doses of different

drugs and their antiplasmodial efficacies were evaluated

by Peter’s-4day test. The safety of drugs to the host was

monitored by biochemical and histological analysis of

liver and kidney for up to 4 weeks.

Results: Significant reduction in parasitaemika was

observed in experimental mice receiving China ɸ and

China 30c with 97.5% and 100% chemo suppression on

day 28 as compared to the infected control and placebo

control groups. The mean survival time (MST) of mice

was increased to 25.6±5.2.4 days (p<0.0005) and

26.8±1.2 days (p<0.0005) respectively compared to the

infected control group (8.8±5.2 days). However, the

mice treated with China 6c and China 200 c died

within 21 days die to infection. The safety of China ɸ

and China 30c to the host has also been confirmed by

liver (ALP and bilirubin) and kidney (blood urea

nitrogen and creatinine) function tests in serum of

treated mice and by histopathological studies.

Conclusion: The present study points towards safety

and antiplasmodial efficacy of China 30c against lethal

murine malaria in vivo.

3. Homœopathy as Systemic Adaptational

Nanomedicine: The Nanoparticle-Cross-

Adaptation-Sensitization Model

BELL, R. Iris (AJHM. 105, 3/2012)

This paper presents an overview of the

nanoparticle-cross-adaptation-sensitization (NPCAS)

model for homœopathic remedy actions in living

systems. The model builds upon an extensive

interdisciplinary scientific literature outside

conventional biomedicine. The way in which

homœopathic remedies are made, involving trituration

with or without succussion, is a type of top-down

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mechanical manufacturing process for nanoparticles

(NPs, measuring <100 nanometers in diameter) of

source material. Chikramane et al (2010) documented

the presence of source nanoparticles in commercial

homœopathic remedies. NPs acquire unique biological,

chemical, electromagnetic, and quantum properties as a

function of their high ratio of surface area to volume.

Their ability to cross cell membranes and absorb other

materials onto their highly reactive surfaces makes them

excellent herb, nutriceutical drug, and vaccine delivery

vehicles with enhanced bio-availability. Nanoforms of

materials lower the dose needed even for conventional

medical applications. For homœopathic dosing, very

low doses of NPs can mobilize hermetic adaptational

mechanisms in complex living systems by serving as

novel, foreign stressors to stimulate beneficial

compensatory responses in the organism as a whole.

The organism’s adaptive responses grow and evolve

over time via nonlinear metaplastic and plastic

sensitization mechanisms in bodily cells across the

endogenous, self-organized network of the dynamical

living system. The primary pathways involve adaptive

reactions rather than direct pharmacological actions.

Taken together, the evidence-based NPCAS model

offers a testable, scientifically-grounded foundation for

advancing homœopathic clinical care and research.

4. Asthma on the Rise …

Evidence: Children with asthma breathe easier with

Homœopathy

JOHNSON, Christopher (HT. 33, 1/2013)

WHO estimates that 235 million people suffer

worldwide. Urban environments are strongly associated

with risk of Asthma and people are moving into these

areas in increasing numbers worldwide.

A survey on patients on asthma medications in the

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology found that

64% of adults experienced tachycardia, 60% had

jitteriness, 43% experienced shaky hands and 42% were

bothered by restlessness, children experienced similar

symptoms.

In an observational study, 30 children, aged 7 to 15

yrs, were diagnosed with asthma by a pulmonologist

and referred to paediatricians at the homœopathic clinic

of the National Research Centre in Cairo, part of the

Egyptian National Ministry of Scientific Research and

Technology Institutes.

Here they were treated with individualized

Homœopathy for 6 months – as an adjunct to their

conventional treatment. All children had been using

standard asthma medications regularly in the year

before the study, without any change in their asthma

severity.

Before treatment 53% had symptoms either daily or

throughout the day.

After treatment only 7% did.

Before treatment53% headed to use inhalers at least

once per day.

After treatment only 6% did. 90% of children

reduced their inhaler use.

90% of children were using rounds of

corticosteroids more than twice a year. After

homœopathic treatment only 10% used more than twice

a year.

The researches also ranked the overall severity of

each child’s asthma. Prior to Homœopathy 62% of

children had the most severe asthma; After 6 months of

Homœopathy only 7% did.

After homœopathic treatment, statistically

significant improvements in 5 or 6 lung function tests

were found as measured by a pediatric chest specialist.

The magnitude of these improvements was equal to

that observed with use of inhaled corticosteroids in

randomized, controlled trials.

After 6 months of homœopathic treatment, all

children were able to sleep normally, 90% of children

had no attacks of cough.

Homœopathic remedies used were all common

polychrests such as Phosphorus, Lycopodium,

Arsenicum album, etc. Most prescribed were Calcarea

carbonicum and Natrum muriaticum. Remedies were

administered as single doses in the 200c potency.

Additionally ‘respiratory remedies’ such as Antimonium

tartaricum, Drosera and Kali bichromicum were given

intermittently (in lower potencies up to 30c, daily) for

coughing episodes.

All told, 90% of children reduced their inhaler use.

Only a single adeverse event was observed during the

course of study: “The appearance of transient skin

papules which disappeared in 24 hrs…….after

improvement of asthma symptoms.”

5. How does Homœopathy work in the body?

New Model says, “electromagnetic resonance”

between remedy and Nervous System

JOHNSON, Christopher (HT. 33, 2/2013)

Researcher Iris BELL, MD and colleagues at the

University of Arizona propose that the interaction of

remedy nanoparticles with various systems in the body

initiate a cascade of events that move the body in the

direction of increased resilience and homeostasis.

Immunologist/researcher SHAHRAM SHAHABI

and his team at Urmia University in Iran also propose a

systemic, body-wide response to the remedy, but they

suggest the action is triggered instead by

electromagnetic signals from the remedy, which are

detected by the sensory nerves and then transmitted

from the brain through the body’s neural network.

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VI. HISTORY

1. Die Medikation in der Praxis Friedricks von

Bӧnninghausen (The medication in the Practice of

Friedrich von Boenninghausen)

BASCHIN, Marion (ZKH. 55, 3/2011)

Friedrich von BOENNINGHAUSEN (1828 – 1910)

was the fourth son of the famous Clemens Maria Franz

von BOENNINGHAUSEN (1785 – 1864).

FRIEDRICH also like his father studied jurisprudence

first and then studied medicine. In 1862 he took up

practice in Münster and took up the Practice of his

father after he passed away. The Case Register of both

– Father and Son – are in the Institute for history of

medicine in the Robert Bosch Institute.

The history of Homœopathy does not mention

FRIEDRICH. However his Case Registers in the

Robert Bosch Institute History of Medicine has got

these Registers as well as those of his father Clemens

Maria FRANZ BOENNINGHAUSEN. There is a

wealth of knowledge.

Looking into the documents available, it is seen that

Friedrich used the 200th potency like his father, more

often. He followed a thorough Case taking.

Some further information like medicines frequently

used, etc. have been found. Further studies are required

and appear well worth.

2. Die Geschichte der Homӧopathie in der

Sovietisches Besatzungszone und der DDR

(The History of Homœopathy in the Soviet

occupied zone and the German Democratic

Republic)

NIERADE, Anne (ZKH. 56, 1/2012)

Hitherto Homœopathy in the GDR was unknown;

information on this was prohibited. As an

individualizing method, it was contradictory to the

GDR-immanent endeavours to control and influence

human development.

In contrast Homœopathy was historically anchored

in the population. Homœopaths worked as long as

possible, homœopathic self-medication and layman

therapy had a growing significance.

The feeling that the Health policy Homœopathy

would die away was belied. It was accepted as a

psycho-therapeutically effective and economical

placebo method (!)

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VII. EDUCATION

1. Ten Immediate Challenges Facing Homœopathic

Education in the 21st Century

GRAY, Alastair; BAHONS (AJHM. 105, 3/2012)

Attracting students to Homœopathy and employing

teaching methods attuned to modern ways of learning

are crucial issues for our time. What tomorrow’s

homœopath needs, and what our teaching institutions

need to address, are discussed.

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VIII. GENERAL

1. Hammerschlag und Eselsqurke – Herings

Reiseanekdote (Hammerblow and Squirting

Cucumber – Hering’s Travel Anecdote)

SOMMER, Ilka (ZKH. 55, 2/2011)

In his article “Reflections on Hypothesis and

Experiment, Miasms and Contagium, Pathogenesis and

Pathoexodus ….” In the Archiv für Homӧopathische

Heilkunst, 1833: 13 (2), HERING gave an anecdote.

This lengthy contribution was given several

misinterpretations and HERING had to remind the

readers that his satires, allegories are not to be taken

literally. A well known anecdote is to make it clear

with regard to its context and historical context; the

correct meaning has to be comprehended.

2. Forschende Praktiker? Fall documentation in der

homӧopathischen Praxis

(Researching Practitioner? Case documenting in

Homœopathy Practice)

KESSLER, Ulrike (ZKH. 55, 4/2011)

A small-scale, qualitative empiric study of case

documentation, was carried out with interview of twelve

experienced Practitioners. It was observed that

electronic patient record was not the standard with these

Practitioners. These Practitioners were also not

interested in quality improvement with these case

documentation or clinical audit. At the same time, it

became apparent how much importance the respondents

attached to the therapeutic relationship, at the expense

of structure and validity of the documentation. This left

questions as to how theories in Homœopathy are

developed and reassessed.

3. Public Speaking? Yes You Can!

Tips, tricks and advice for giving a good talk on

Homœopathy (or any important topic)

ROTHENBERG, Amy (HT. 33, 1/2013)

Anyone who practices or loves natural medicine

(including Homœopathy!) needs to stand up and

advocate for it.

Eighteen tips are given below how to both prepare

best for a talk and reduce anxiety before and during the

event.

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The indications for Gelsemium, Argentum nitricum,

Lycopodium and Silica are given to ease anxiety.

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XI. BOOKS

1. The Homœopathic Treatment of Depression and

anxiety and other mental and emotional

Problems, REICHENBERG-ULLMAN Judyth

and ULLMAN Robert. 2012. Hard cover 270

pages $32/- . ISBN: 978-3-943309-02-7,

Narayana Publishers German. Review by Laura

SHOLTZ. (AH. 18/2012).

“…. One should not be fooled by the simplicity of

the Ullmans’ writing. So much information is offered in

such an easy, palatable way that the reader, without any

inkling or forewarning that they are reading textbook

material on genetic disorders or chromosome

correlation, suddenly can understand explanations of the

serotonin connection to mental illness, or specific uses

of “Antidepressants, Anti-Anxiety Medications,

Antipsychotics and Mood stabilizer.”

“The Ullman have a sense of humor, ….

“The cases read like mini-mysteries ….

“The Homœopathic Treatment of Depression and

Anxiety is a delight to read. It fills a gap in

homœopathic literature and reflects the gentle wish of

its authors…”

2. Classical Homœopathy Evidence Based

Medicine, Vol.1: Case Studies, Long Term

Treatment, Theory; Erik van WOENSEL, 373

pages. $50. ISBN: 978-9-0787-4201-2 published

by Educated Centrum voor Homeopathie,

Netherlands. Review by Jay YASGUR (AH.

18/2012).

“..a stellar book of over fifty cases treated in the

classical manner. Van WOENSEL and George

VITHOULKAS are professional colleagues and

together wrote Levels of Health (2010) which is

considered Volume 2 of Vithoulkas’ seminal 1980

treatise, The Science of Homœopathy. His work is

divided into three sections: theoretical part, Case studies

and analysis of the cases “Many Chronic and acute

complaints are described:

….. This well-produced text is printed on buff-

colored paper, is sewn and wrapped (for durability) and

is set in a sans-serif font. ..It contains an eleven page

index…. If your preference is to sit with a master of

classical Homœopathy, Van Woensel’s book should be

added to your library.”

3. Concordant Reference – Complete Classic

Materia Medica by Frans Vermeulen 2011,

hardcover, 2074 pages $ 140.40. ISBN 978-2-

87491-020-3. B. Jain Archibel, SPRL. Belgium.

Review by Laura SHOLTZ. (AH. 18/2012):

“Frans Vermeulen’s original Concordant Materia

Medica, first published in 1994, has been one of my

favorite and most used Materia Medica for over

seventeen years. This new Concordant Reference, at

2074 pages is more than twice as long as Vermeulen’s

first, and is filled with updated information that every

Professional homœopath should have at his/her

fingertips. This is a mammoth work, covering 1209

remedies in depth, of which “…297…….had been

buried ….. virtually hidden ……. Rarely, if ever, used.”

What Frans Vermeulen has provided in this single book

is the compilation of 32 volumes of Materia Medica.

This is an astounding piece of work!

….. I definitely recommend buying Frans

Vermeulen’s Concordant, and hope that all professional

homœopaths are as delighted with it as I am ….”

4. Homœopathy for Plants. A practical guide for

Indoor, Balcony and Garden Plants with tips on

Dosage, use and choice of Potency by Christine

MAUTE. 2011, Hardcover, 158 pages, $34/-.

ISBN: 978-3-943309-21-8. Narayana Publishers.

Review by Laura SHOLTZ (AH. 18/2012):

“This is a beautiful book, worthy of being displayed

on anyone’s coffee table. ….. I had thought of treating

my plants with remedies many years ago, but I did it

haphazardly and never actually wrote down what

remedies I gave, how often I gave them or how the

plants responded; Christine Maute did exactly that, and

this book is the fine result.

…. This is a very useful, thoughtful, absolutely

gorgeous book, one that any gardener or homœopath

should be happy to own. My plants and I are grateful to

Christiane MAUTE. …..The knowledge of

Homœopathy is spreading out, growing wider and

reaching farther each day, just like healthy plants”.

5. Compass: a clearer Direction for Your Practice?

Homœopathic Practice Management Software

from Miranda CASTRO. www.compass4us.com .

Review by Kathy ZIMMERMAN. (AH.18/2012):

“An exciting find for me at the 2011 Joint

Homœopathic Conference in Alexandria, Virginia was

the Compass Homœopathic Software program.

Compass is a fully integrated practice management

software program designed for use on both Macs and

PCs. …. The intuitive nature of the program allows the

provider to choose from a preselected set of drop down

menus, thus maintaining detailed charting with the

ability to track and measure results. Compass is also

designed for ease and effectiveness of communication

with clients through letters and emails. …….. A

financial and business management system is built in,

with the ability to generate invoices, statements, and

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keep track of expenses. ….. After using the program for

three months, I am defining my private practice much

more clearly as a business. …….”

6. Homӧopathie in der Krebstherapie

(Homœopathy in Cancer therapy), R. KӦDEL

Stuttgart: Hippokrates; 2009. 275S. €59.95

(German). Review Julia ALTSTAEDT. (ZKH. 55,

1/2011).

“Robert KӦDEL presents a thorough work on

Homœopathy in reference to Cancer Therapy. Much

essential and correct material required in Cancer

Therapy has been given and also the instructions and

hints from reliable sources. Practitioner with less

experience does not get much help. … but if we treat

Cancer we can learn much from it.”

7. Arzneifindung in der Homӧopathie

(Remedy selection in Homœopathy), LUCAE,

C.: Essen; KVC; 2010 106S. € 7.50 (German).

Review Julia ALTSTAEDT (ZKH. 55, 1/2011):

The book is brief and thorough on the technique of

finding remedy with reference to the three frequently

followed method of repertorisation in Homœopathy and

is addressed to the beginners and less experienced. The

Central point is Kent’s method which is clearly and well

dealt with examples of cases.”

8. Geschichte der Homӧopathie in Indien von ihrer

Einführung bei zur ersten offiziellen

Anerkennung 1937. Quellen und Studien zur

Homӧopathie-geschichte. Band 13

(History of Homœopathy in India from its

introduction to its first official recognition 1937.

Origin and Studies in history of Homœopathy –

Vol.13) DOLDAS, SVB, Stuttgart, Haug 2010.

Geb.253 S. Preis €69.95 (German) review

Christian LUCAE (ZKH. 55, 1/2011):

“….. A carefully researched work, in the

background of actual situation and the high value for

Homœopathy in India. Quite readable work. Many

chapters and appendixes are given a detail. A useful

book for anyone interested in research in history of

Homœopathy.”

9. Heilmittel für Tonsillitis, eitrige Angina,

Diphtherie, Boger C.M., (Cure of Tonsillitis,

septic sore throat, Diphtheria), Hamburg. Bernd

von der lieth Verlag für Homӧopathie; 2005. 2.

Aufl 34 S. kart. € 12. – (German) review Matthias

WISCHNER. (ZKH. 55, 1/2011):

Boger’s Text appeared first in 1920 in the

Homœopathie Rework under the title “Therapeutics of

Diphtheria, Tonsillitis and Septic Sore Throat, etc. Jens

Ahlbrecht has translated this in English; it is given in its

2nd revised edition by Bernd von der Lieth publisher ….

It is divided as a Repertory – and a Materia Medica part.

Modality with regard to swallowing has a high role. …

The Materia Medica contains 77 medicines with lesser

known remedies like Kalium permanganatum, Plumbum

iodatum . …The concept of the book is very interesting.

… The book makes it possible to got oriented easily

regarding therapy of inflammatory throat swellings

according to Homœopathy, quick… There are several

disagreements between the Materia Medica and

Repertory. These make its application difficult.”

10. Homӧopathie alles Gute für ihr Kind. Was Sie

und die Nature für ihr Kind tun kӧnnen

(Homœopathy – all good for your child. What

you and nature can do for your child),

SPARENBORG-NOLTE, A., NOLTE, S.H.,

Düsseldorf: Oberstebrink: 2011 geb. 309S.

€24.90. (Review by Christian LUCAE (German).

(ZKH. 55, 2/2011):

“Coming from Paediatric Psychiatrist for children

and a foreword by George VITHOULKAS, we thought

that it will be of great use. … However it is more of

basic theories in Paediatrics and Homœopathy and the

book may suit well as a introduction to homœopathic

Paediatrics. … Makes an interesting study and

Paediatricians will gain in studying this book.”

11. Homӧopathie bei ADHS Ein integrative

Therapiekonzept (Homœopathy in ADHS. An

integrated Therapy Concept), BONATH, T.

2. Erweitere Ausgabe. Buchendorf: Irl. 2010.

338S. geb. 46€(German) review Matthias

WISCHNER (ZKH. 55, 2/2011):

“This book is fantastic. Thomas BONATH

homœopathic Physician and Psychotherapist who has in

private Practice specialized in ADHS – Therapy

presenting in this book his integrative concept in

treating the concerned children and grown up. The

author depicts, differentiates, practice related,

sympathetic and humorously what are relevant to

ADHS: Criteria of diagnosis, differential diagnosis,

diagnostic materials, conservative treatment, excellently

readable tips for handling the patients – and naturally

homœopathic Therapy.

15 cases are described in the above mentioned 5

groups, Motor hyperactivity, Lack of concentration,

retardation, …. Every case is presented in engaging

manner. Selection of the remedy, differential diagnosis

are very instructive. That the book is in demand is no

wonder.

The Materia Medica covers 37 remedies; lesser

known remedies like Aranea ixobola, Musca domestica,

Saccharum album/raffinatum are also given. A

repertory brief, with the important modalities are added.

The rubrics has taken into consideration the work of the

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well known Dr. Heiner FREI who has done much work

in regard to ADHS and its homœopathic treatment.

A fantastic book, recommended for every

practitioner who treats ADHS patients particularly”.

12. Der Neue Farrington – Klinische Materia

Medica – Vorlesungen zur Arzneimittellehre

und Differenzial diagnosen (The new

Farrington - Clinical Materia Medica –

Lectures on Materia Medica and differential

diagnosis), FARRINGTON, E.A., Neu bearbeitet

und übersetzt von Armin SEIDENDER.

Buchendorf: enl. 2010. 2, unverӓnderte Auflage,

100€ Seiten, geb 79.00 €. Review Mathias

WISCHNER. (ZKH. 55, 2/2011):

“The Clinical Materia Medica by Ernest Alber

FARRINGTON (1847 – 1885) was a standard literature

in Homœopathy ever since it was published. The book

contains 72 lectures the author gave in the Hahnemann

Medical College, divided into Chapters animal, nosode,

Plant and mineral substances. These divisions were

followed by Otto LEESER, and recently Rajan

SANKARAN and Jan SCHOLTEN.

This monumental work was translated and revised

by Armin SEIDENDER in 2007 and published it anew

in a 2nd edition in 2010. The translation is excellent.

Errors were corrected with reference to the primary

literature and has unusually provided a small glossary

also. Particularly of value is the newly made up indices

at the end of the book: 115 pages, remedies and their

themes; and further an index of the keywords and their

remedies (131 pages). Layout and binding very good.

Two volumes for a comfortable handling.

“…. To sum up a classic in homœopathic literature,

well translated and solidly done. With new terminology

and altered disease spectrums in many places in modern

term…… well recommended.”

13. Tier, Pflanze oder Mineral – wer lӧst den Fall?:

Wege zum homӧopathischen Simillimum

anhand von 50 Fallbeispielen. Ein Lern – und

Arbeitsbuch (Animal, Plants or mineral – which

helps the case? Path to homœopathic

Simillimum with regard to 50 case Examples. A

learning and workbook) LANG E. :

Buchendorf: Irl. 2009. 38, S., kart: 39€ review

by Mathias WISCHNER (ZKH. 55, 2/2011):

“The title is misleading. This has nothing to do

with Rajan SANKARAN’s “Kingdoms” methodology

Eva LANG has written on VITHOULKAS’ teaching,

also SCHOLTEN, CANDEGABE. SANKARAN’s

Case Analysis methods. ……. A learn and workbook

which follows more the methods VITHOULKAS and

experienced homœopaths.”

14. Homӧopathische Behandlung Multimorbider

Patienten. Sichere Arzneiwahl durch Polaritӓts

analyse und BӦNNINGHAUSEN-Method.

(Homœopathic Treatment of patients with multi

morbid states. Sure selection of the remedy by

polarity analysis by the Boenninghausen

method) FREI, H. Stuttgart: Haug 2011. 180S.

17 alb. 62 Tab. €59.9S. (German) review

Matthias WISCHNER (ZKH. 55, 2/2011):

“Heiner FREI in this book proceeds to teach how

his Polarity analysis will lead to a sure and certain

finding of the curative homœopathic remedy. The book

is rich with practical instructions and scales to measure

the results. Recommended strongly to everyone who is

keen to obtain sure successes in a workable manner.”

15. The Synergy in Homœopathy: An Integrated

Approach to Case-Taking and Analysis – Rajan

SANKARAN. Homeopathic Medical Publishers,

Mumbai – 2012, 297 pp., with Index of Remedies

ISBN: 978-93-80355-84-9. $70(US). Reviewed by

MOSKOWITZ, Richard (AJHM. 105, 3/2012)

“Reason for welcoming the book is its stated

intention of healing the old controversy that still

fractures our movement into two seemingly

irreconcilable camps, those who adhere to the time-

honored practices of HAHNEMANN and the great

master homœopaths of the past, and believe that

anything beyond the letter of what they taught must be

rejected as mere speculation, against those who provide

and make use of detailed information about groupings

of plant, animal, and mineral remedies that go well

beyond the traditional emphasis on individual remedies,

and about six additional miasms that Hahnemann

himself did not identify or recognize. In no small part,

this book is explicitly intended to reassure and even

appease his fundamentalist critics, even to the extent of

quoting from Andre Saine and George Vithoulkas

perhaps the fiercest of them, and thus acknowledging

them to be the great and dedicated homœopaths that

they have always been.

It is organized into six sections, each with

illustrative case material.

I have no doubt that Sankaran’s book will prove to

be of considerable practical value to classical

prescribers at every level of experience. To begin with,

I daresay it will persuade many unprejudiced readers

that his insights as to kingdoms, families, miasms, and

sensations are valid and useful additions to

understanding both their patients and the remedies that

can best help them. Beyond that, it offers an attractive

menu of techniques for using that depth to explore their

patients’ inner lives, and to recognize the unifying

features of their distress, rather than settle for a mere list

of symptoms having no apparent connection at all.

These are worthy goals that we all share,

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fundamentalists and innovators alike; and as a beacon to

point the way, the book gives me good reason to expect

that it will help me and those of my colleagues who will

take the trouble to read it to achieve more consistent

results in the future.”

16. Dental Homœopathy, Vols. I – VII; Acute and

Chronic cases with limited Materia Medica.

PARSONS, Philip K. Review by YASGUR,

Jay(AJHM. 105, 4/2012).

“Dental Practitioner Philip K. PARSONS has

summarized his homœopathic practice in his seven

volumes book of cases. The format: 8.5 by 11 inch

Spiral soft-bound volumes. Each volume contains

a table of contents. A bibliography and Glossary is

included in each volume. Each Chapter is devoted

to a homœopathic medicine. In volume 6 there are

39 Chapters.

The cases and remedies in this book are arranged

alphabetically and represent actual cases that he has

treated over 27 years.

Orthodontic cases illustrate how homœopathic

medicines can actually improve the developing bone

structure of the mouth”.

Case 1: Aug. 10, 1990: Chief Complaint: Class 2

anterior open bite with tongue thrust.

Physical/General symptom: Freckles across nose; pain

right side of abdomen on waking, worse after eating and

at the seaside and from stool. Desires salads; fruits.

Stools smell sour. Anemia. Better from being outside.

Magnesia muriatica 200.

Sept. 11, 1994: He now has Class 1 normal bite with

no tongue thrust which was cured with Magnesia

muriatica.

Chief complaint: Involuntary urination at night which

usually occurs in the first part of sleep. Sepia 200.

(This follows Mag-mur.).

Case 4: Eleven year old female. Feb. 9, 1981, came for

dental fillings. She was whimpering and crying in a

mild manner and had a great deal of fear. She has

curvature of dorsal spine. Pulsatilla 30c. She stopped

crying instantly and allowed to place fillings in six

teeth. She had class 2, division 1 (back teeth are not

hitting right; the lower front teeth are behind the upper

front teeth and make contact with the soft tissue of the

hard palate) and advised her to consult an orthodontist.

Aug. 27, 1981: Patient came for Prophylaxis. Her bite

was normal and occlusion perfect. Curvature of the

spine also is better.

17. BӦNNINGHAUSEN, Cv: Das erste

Krankenjournal (1829 – 1830) Bearbeitet von Luise

Kunkle. Quellen und Studien zur

Homӧopathiegeschichte, Band 14, Herausgegeben

vom Institut für Geschichte der Medizin der Robert

Bosch Stiftung. Leiter: Prof. Dr. Robert Jütte.

Essen: KVC, 2011;€ 29, 80. (The first Case Register

(1829 – 1830) of Cv. Bœnninghausen) (German):

Review Klaus HOLZAPFEL (ZKH. 56, 1/2012).

“Herewith the 1st Case Register of Clemens von

Bœnninghausen, ….. noted for his thorough case

recording …. For one an essential reading and another

for an enjoyable to read book on Homœopathy

Anamnesis and treatment in the early period of Psora

theory.

It was two years after this Case Record that

Bœnninghausen published his first Repertory

(Systematic-Alphabetic Repertorium) of antipsoric

medicines in 1882 containing symptoms verified by

Bœnninghausen in his practice…..”

18. STEFANOVIC, A.: Didaktische Materia

Medica. Homӧopathische Arzneimittellehre unter

Herausstellung der Leit-und Kern-symptome

(Didactic Materia Medica of leading and Core

Symptoms)

Rupichteroth: Simillimum Verlag Homӧopathische

Literatur, Alexandar Stefanovic; 2011, geb., 1566 S.,

Preis € 125, - (German) review Christian Lucae.

“With the publication of this book the author has

bridged the gap between the brief, handy books and the

large several volume Encyclopaedia and covers all that

will be required for a regular use. We may compare

with Phatak, Boericke or Cowperthwaite …. In 1200

pages, and 180 remedies, weighing 800gm in Bible

paper and stable full open binding the book can be

carried comfortably. … The remaining 300 pages

cover Repertory.

… The book fulfils the need for a practice

convenient Materia Medica.”

19. GREGG, RR: Illustriertes Repertorium der

Schmerzerstreckungen in Brust, Seiten und Rücken,

Quellenorientiert ins Deutsche übertragen von Jens

Ahlbrecht

(Illustrated Repertory of Pain extensions in chest,

sides and back, according to source).

Polheim: Verlag Ahlbrecht – Homӧopathische

Literatur; 2011, kart., €34,50 (ZKH. 56, 2/2012)

(German) review Christian LUCAE: “In so far as we

know, this is the first in the history of Medicine, that the

application of Medicine is taught with illustration”

wrote Rolin R. GREGG (1828 – 1886), The American

Homœopath in the Foreword to the original English

version of this booklet in 1879. This work appears to be

based on the Keynote method of H.N. GUERNSEY, ….

GREGG has written in the light of his experience in

treating lung diseases, giving the high importance to the

characteristic. ‘extending symptoms’. …There are 5

illustrated tables. …. Relevant to the illustrations,

Materia Medica of 135 remedies, are also given in

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alphabetic order. … For this German Edition original

sources have been referred to …. Few cases are also

given…..”

20. BASCHIN, M.: Wer lӓsst sich von einem

Homӧopathen behandeln? Die Patientenes

Clemens Maria Franz von Bӧnninghausen (1785

– 1864)

(Who goes to a homœopath for treatment? The

patients of Clemens Maria Franz von

Bœnninghausen)

Medizin, Gesellschaft und Geschichte 37.

Stuttgart: Franz Steiner; 2010, 495 S., ISBN

978-3-515-09772-7, 68, 00 EUR, (German).

Review Mathias WISCHNER (ZKH. 56, 2/2012).

“This is a revised work of the author, of her

dissertation which places the patients at the centre:

Who and for what did one consult Boenninghausen?

Marion BASCHIN evaluated the Case Register

(110 Registers, 14,000 patients, concentrating on 57

Registers in time frames of 5 years, so that the total

collected medical work of the Baron from 1829 – 1864

are properly represented) … A good part of the work

pertain to social and Medicine-History …. Interesting

part with regard to Homœopathy practiced by

Boenninghausen. Between 5 – 11 patients consulted

Boenninghausen who were patients of Allopathy. It is

seen that 34% patients visited only once, 22.3% twice.

Only a third of the patients (31.3%) came for 4 or more

number of consultations….”

XII. News and Notes

I. ‘Doctors get lakhs to pose as faculty at MCI

CHECKS; Medical College knew about ‘surprise

inspection’ (Times of India, Chennai, dated 30 Nov.

2014). The above is the head line: “A senior doctor can

reportedly earn as much as Rs.5.6 lakh within a couple

of days just for a medical college inspection, and posing

as a faculty member. Inspections by teams from the

Medical Council of India (MCI) for increasing the

number of seats in a medical college, recurring its

recognition or establishing a new one have been the

subject of several court cases and CBI investigations for

more than a decade. Yet nothing seems to have

changed. A senior doctor narrated how he was recently

approached by a private medical college in Uttar

Pradesh and offered several lakhs to be on its faculty list

during an inspection.” Information leaks about the so-

called surprise inspection visit of the MCI to a particular

college, ‘fixing’ inspectors by selecting inspectors who

will write the find report to buying faculty residents and

patients to fulfill the criteria for getting recognition have

been resorted.

There are senior residents, Professors who are

willing to join these ‘gangs’ and ‘earn’ sumptuous

money.

[Personally, I have heard all these even ten years

ago. These are not ‘secrets’. Then came the arrest of

the ‘case’ of Dr. Ketan Desai, in 2010. The Case is still

on. Some colleges were also proceeded against in 2010

and what became of those ‘cases’ we do not know.

What sort of ‘doctors’ will come out of of these

spurious, deception in medical education, is any body’s

guess. = KSS]

II. Objective Monitoring of Response of

Homœopathic Medicines using Medical Analyser by

G.D. JINDAL, T.S. ANANTHAKRISHNAN, S.K.

KATARIA, VINEET SINHA, RAJESH KUMAR

JAIN, MOUSAMI A. NAIK Electronics Division,

BARC and ALAKA K. DESHPANDE Department

of Medicine, J.J. Hospital, MUMBAI.

This is a Report by a team of Scientists on the

experiment conducted in the Bhabha Atomic Research

Centre, Mumbai during 2004.

(The BARC report BARC/2004/E/021, Government of

India, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai – 400

085, 2004. India.)

Abstract: Electronics Division, Bhabha Atomic

Research Centre has developed a novel instrument,

called Medical Analyzer, for studying the time domain

variations in the physiological parameters such as heart

rate, respiration rate, stroke volume, cardiac output and

peripheral blood flow in upper extremities, in a quietly

lying down subject. In the past, heart rate and Blood

pressure variations have been studied all over the world

and it has been known that these variations are largely

contributed by the activity of autonomic nervous

system. The variations in the very low frequency

domain (0.001 to 0.04 Hz) have been attributed to the

activity of thermo-regulation, baro-reflex, rennin-

angiotensin, sympathetic nervous system or a

combination of these. The variations in the very low

frequency domain (0.04 Hz to 0.15Hz) are mainly

contributed by the sympathetic nervous system and

those in the high frequency range (0.15 Hz to 0.4 Hz) by

the para-sympathetic nervous system. These

observations have been verified by selective blockade of

para-sympathetic stimulation with the help of Glyco-

pyrrolate and complete autonomic blockade with the

help of propranolol as well as Glyco-pyrrolate, in

addition to several autonomic tests such as valsalva

manoeuvre, slow deep breathing, tilt table testing etc.

The Medical Analyzer developed at BARC is novel

in many respects such as (1) giving variations in large

number of physiological parameters instead of heart rate

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or blood pressure alone, (2) deriving variability in four

parameters from just one signal i.e. thoracic impedance

cardiogram and so on. In addition the same hardware

with the help of different software packages can be used

to diagnose peripheral vascular occlusive diseases in out

patient departments and to monitor cardiac output

continuously in the intensive care units. We have used

this system to explore the possibility of disease

characterization in human subjects from variability of

heart rate, peripheral blood flow etc. in limited number

of subjects as a feasibility study, which has been

reported earlier. Encouraged by this study we wanted to

see whether homœopathic medicines in higher dilution

cause any significant change in the autonomic response

of the body.

As we know that homœopathic medicine of 12th or

higher potency does not contain even one atom or

molecule of the medicinal substance and still they are

being used with reasonable success to cure curable and

incurable diseases for the past 200 years or more. No

scientific study has conclusively evidenced significant

difference between the homœopathic medicines and the

pure solvent till today. Furthermore the efforts to record

changes caused by these medicines in physiological

parameters are also highly specific in nature and cannot

be reproduced on demand. Considering these

limitations we have recorded variability in heart rate and

peripheral blood flow in twenty-four unbiased control

subjects before and after the administration of

homœopathic medicine in 30, 1000 or 10000 potency.

It is observed that significant changes occur in

variability spectrum after the administration of the

homœopathic medicine. Also the changes observed are

different for different medicines.

These observations are important from the point of

view that they are recordable and reproducible and no

specificity is required in choosing the control subject or

the medicine. Secondly these changes are brought

about by the homœopathic preparation having no

material existence even at atomic or molecular level.

Lastly there is a scope to document specific autonomic

responses during systematic proving of the drug to act

as template during patient management. Thus the

Medical Analyzer system has a potential to act as a tool

for unfolding mystery of action of materialless

medicine, which is described in this report.

(From the BARC report BARC/2004/E/021,

Government of India, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre,

Mumbai – 400 085, 2004. India.)

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III. A Message from the President. A Profession of

Common Right. MUELLER, Manfred (AH.

18/2012).

Manfred MUELLER is a fourth generation lay

homœopath. His great grandfather was the president of

Swabian Homœopathic Layperson’s League in the

region of Swabia in Southwest Germany. In his tenth

year of practice, his mother presented him with a 1908

edition of Hering’s Domestic Physician, which she

herself had consulted often and was inherited from her

father.

Lay homœopaths – Non-physician practitioners

have prescribed for themselves, their families and

friends. Ever since the attorney Clemens MF von

BOENNINGHAUSEN, the priest GHG JAHR and the

artist Melanie D’HERVILY took up the practice of

Homœopathy, non-physician practitioners have left a

permanent Mark on Homœopathy.

Throughout history, “lay practitioners” gave up

their previous professions to dedicate their lives to

Homœopathy even if they did not receive a formal

medical education. [In so far as India is concerned – and

in several European Countries too, (I am told, like

Poland, Ukraine and others, Homœopathy has been

nurtured carefully during difficult days) - and there

were very good prescribers among the lay. But for

these dedicated lovers of Homœopathy who made no

money in that, later colleges could not have been

founded. This is fact.

In fact Dr. Mahendralal Sircar, the pioneer ‘doctor

Homœopath’ has spoken very highly of the so-called

‘lay homœopaths’. In fact Dr. Sircar’s teacher in

Homœopathy, was a ‘lay’. Give the lay their due =

KSS].

In North America today many of those who wish to

become full time professional homœopaths voluntarily

submit to independent peer evaluation of their

competency and of their adeherence to recognized

standards of homœopathic practice.

IV. NASH was created for those special individuals

(AH. 18/2012)

It is part of an age-old tradition since time

immemorial of healing by non-physicians – a Profession

of common right as opposed to one created by

privileges derived from statutes.

V. The Facts cannot be Denied” – A conversation

with Dr. Luc MONTAGNIER, HAYES, Deborah.

(AH. 18/2012).

The homœopathic community was honored to have

Dr. Luc MONTAGNIER as a speaker in the 2012 Joint

Annual Homœopathic Conference in Reston, VA. Dr.

MONTAGNIER was awarded the Nobel Prize in 2008

for his work in Physiology and Medicine. His recent

researches have shown that certain dilutions of bacterial

and Viral DNA sequences can emit low frequency

electromagnetic waves, which carry information about

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DNA. Homœopaths will find it particularly interesting

that in order to produce the electromagnetic signal, the

diluted sample had to be succussed.

In his interaction with the author, he told that

Jacques BENVENISTE had difficulty as he was

working with biological systems. On the contrary we

are starting with measuring the signals of chemical

structures, which are developed in water, so we don’t

have difficulty in reproducing these structures. [The

inquisition which BENVENISTE suffered is due to

nothing but unscientific blind hatred of Homœopathy by

MADDO and other ‘scientists’. = KSS].

VI. Adoptational Nanomedicine and Hormesis

Homœopathic remedies as Nanoparticles and Low

Intensity systemic stressors

BELL, Iris; SCHWARTZ, Gary E; KOITHAN,

Mary (AH. 18/2012): The single largest scientific

challenge for Homœopathy is to provide a testable

model for the nature of homœopathic remedies and the

organism vide treatment responses that practitioners

routinely report.

This paper summarises an emerging model that

explains how homœopathic medicines act in living

systems. The core features of the model, which we have

termed adaptional or “hormetic” nanomedicine are that

(a) Homœopathic remedies are low dose of

nanoparticles (NP) of source material, not bulk

form drugs;

(b) The ways in which remedies interface with a living

human being, animal or plant involve activating

and modulating multiple interactive mechanisms of

adaptation to environmental stressors not direct

specific pharmacological actions on end organs of

the body; and

(c) The network nature of the complex living organism

under treatment, not the medicine itself, mediates

the pattern of remedy responses over time. [The

learned authors have given 161 references sources.

Even if we give a thousand ‘proofs’ those who are

prejudiced blindly will never accept. Over the past

years hundreds of proofs have been published.

They are all open, but the ‘scientific’ refuse to see.

Our colleagues are spending their valuable time in

producing ‘evidences’ instead of enriching further

the homœopathic therapeutics = KSS].

VII. Raising the Bar: Joint American Homœopathic

Conference 2012. BIRCH, Kate; DeMARAIS, Lisa.

(AH. 18/2012).

The conference was held at the Hyatt Regency

Reston Hotel, Reston, VA. The highlight was the

amazing presentation of Nobel Laureate Dr. Luc

MONTAGNIER, about high dilutions of HIV DNA

emit electromagnetic signals, which can be transmitted

to remote computers. These signals can then produce a

duplicate of the original viral DNA sequences using the

chemicals of polymerase chain Reaction.

Andre SAINE, presented numerous examples of

Homœopathy lowering morbidity and mortality in

epidemic diseases over the past two centuries.

Amy ROTHENBERG discussed Attention Disorder

related issues and the use of adjunctive therapies such as

cranial Osteopathy and the Feingold and GAPS diets.

Overview of two documentaries. Ananda

MOORE’s In Search of Evidence, on his work with

AIDS and his quest for Genus epidemicus in Tanzania.

Karen ALLEN talked on morning sickness.

Liz LALOR talked on five Psychological strategies

a person may take with respect to their illness: denial,

forsakenness, causation, depression and resignation.

Todd ROWE outlined the work done by the North

American Network of Homœopathic Educators in

creating standards for homœopathic proving.

Dr. Russel MALCOM, described the history,

development and nature of bowel nosodes. He

impressed their importance as both intercurrent and

stand alone remedies.

Rajan SANKARAN discussed Homœopathy’s

laboratory – using the right and left brain together: facts

and feelings, an unbeatable combination. He

emphasized the use of the “three legged stool” – the

genius of the remedy, the symptoms and the system.

VIII. It’s all in the Mind, really: The Theory of

Everything, which releases in India on January 16, is as

much about triumph over disability, as a defiant love

story: The Theory of Everything is a wonderful,

inspirational biopic on Stephen HAWKING, the

brilliant theoretical physicist, and Jane, his wife. The

film is as much a triumph over disability, as a defiant

love story that conquers debilitating Motor Neuron

disease. Struck by the disease at 21 years age and given

two years to live HAWKING goes on to become

Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at the University of

Cambridge and author of several books, including A

Brief History of Time. The Film is due to release in

India in early January 2015.

Above all, The Theory of Everything underlines

the jaw-dropping personal self-confidence of a severely-

disabled man, who communicated mainly by blinking

his eyes. HAWKING divorces his devoted first wife,

Jane after 26 years of marriage and three children,

marries his nurse, and divorces again, as a senior citizen

at 64 – he is now 72! This extraordinary self-esteem

and courage is something most able-bodied people lack.

……. JANE’s love is unwavering, strongly buttressed

by religious faith. HAWKING is an atheist, seeking to

find a universal theory that explains everything in

existence, reconciling Quantum Mechanics with

EINSTEIN’s general relativity theory. HAWKING is

invited to be knighted by the Queen, he invites ex-wife

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JANE to accompany him. …. [Several years ago, I

read HAWKING’s biography and I have never got over

the courage of the man. I have recommended to several

people when they felt down and out with some illnesses

and lack of confidences to read it. STEPHEN

HAWKING’s life one in millions. = KSS].

IX. Dr. Tarakeshwar JAIN illustrated the

importance of observation during case taking. It is

crucial to note the client’s gestures, the way s/he talks,

how s/he expresses feelings/ideas, how s/he behaves.

Presented several video cases of serious pathology

where the patient was unable to communicate and he

had only his observations upon which to prescribe. The

results and accuracy of the prescriptions were truly

amazing. (AH. 18/2012).

X. Beyond the Disaster – Homœopaths Without

Borders, NA 2012. SMITH, Suzanne. (AH. 18/2012).

Two years after a devastating earthquake in Haiti,

half a million victims still linger in 707 camps scattered

across the capital. Homœopaths without Borders

(HWB) provided critical care to thousands of affected

Haitians.

In Feb. 2012, Doug BROWN, Alyssa WOSTREL,

along with Holly MANOOGIAN held the first session

of a year – long “Homœopathy Fundamental Program

for Haiti”. Students include doctors, medical students,

nurses, midwives, pharmacists and community leaders.

Teaching methods are designed to be simple, clear,

precise and logical with particular protocols to include

local clinical needs such as Fever, respiratory infections,

diarrhea, endemic and epidemic diseases, etc.

Karen ALLEN, joined HOLLY in April and taught

students. Students work in study clubs to sharpen their

skills between seminars.

A 36 year old pregnant woman had been anemic

since giving birth. Also dizziness when walking and

felt weakness in legs. Sepia 30 and a bottle of Hyland’s

Bioplasma to support her and her nursing baby.

Another client, 70 years old women had pain at the

close of urination, frequent urge and takes long time for

the urine to start was cured with Sarasaparilla 30.

In Feb. and April, the HWB team travelled to a

clinic in the mountainside community of Lespinasse.

An elderly man in 70s, hit by a motorcycle with

bruising on right calf and infected lacerations of right

hand. He was given Arnica 30 and Pyrogenium 30.

Calendula cream topically.

The need is great, the work rewarding and the

results gratifying.

When you open your heart to what is beyond your

comfort zone, you become a better stronger person.

HWB, NA would like to thank all of the volunteers,

past present and future for contributing to the work of

HWB in Haiti and throughout the Americas. Special

thanks also to the homœopathic pharmacies that have

generously contributed to the effort. Visit:

homeopathswithoutborders-na.org.

XI. Reflections: Homœopathy Around the World.

EVANS, Gwyneth (AH. 18/2012).

In October 2012, a homœopathic conference titled

2012 and beyond: A Homœopathic odyssey held in

Brisbane, Australia.

The author presented a paper titled “Patient and

Practitioner – the Homœopathic odyssey”.

An odyssey is defined as “a long wandering, a

series of adventurous journeys usually marked by many

changes of fortune”.

Homœopathy has had its own journey over the past

two centuries and this article is a reflection on

Homœopathy around the world, viewed from the

privileged position as chairperson of the International

council for Homœopathy (ICH)

The ICH is an international organization created to

represent professional homœopaths and the practice of

Homœopathy around the world. The goal is to improve

the status of Homœopathy in every part of the world.

Recent survey covered the information about the

numbers of practicing members, student members and

schools or courses operating in each country. Other

questions covered the legality of practice, the

availability of remedies, whether the practice of

Homœopathy is covered by insurers and whether

Homœopathy is reimbursed by a national health care

system.

If we look into the future of Homœopathy, while

there is much to be done to educate ourselves, the public

and governments, we can know that we have in our

hands, hearts and minds an invaluable resource for

making a healthier world, one patient at a time.

[I searched this article for name Julian WINSTON who

did so much for Homœopathy – only next to HERING

in some ways, but did not find any mention. According

to the Homœopathy Today p.8, July/Aug. 2005, Julian

Winston “passed at home in the arms of his wife

Gwyneth Evans” (the author of this article) = KSS]

XII. Derailing the Vaccination Machine. GILRUTH,

Charlotte (AH. 18/2012).

Vermonters who believe in parent’s right to choose

or refuse vaccination for their children fought and

negated a bill S199 in Senate which eliminated the

philosophical exemption to vaccines.

The article explains in detail about the relentless

marketing plan of pharmaceutical industries in USA.

XIII. Expanding Awareness Through Study in India

TAEGAR, Oonagh (AH. 18/2012).

The author writes about her learning and

experience during a month-long advanced course with

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The Other Song Academy in Mumbai with Dr. Rajan

SANKARAN.

The other song is purpose-designed to meet the

need for a quantum leap forward in homœopathic

awareness. Central to the purpose is the clinical set-up

of the academy. For the first half of each day Live

cases are beamed to a large screen, direct from the

Other Song Clinic three floors above the academy.

Then the case would be discussed. First our ideas, then

his understanding and answering questions.

Now Rajan SANKARAN teaches analysis of cases

using “the triangle”

 Symptoms: Traditional repertory, Materia

Medica and Provings

 System: Sensation data revealing Kingdom,

Family and Miasm

 Genius: The apex of the triangle. It includes a

broad range of solid data including

pathological general tendencies and sphere of

action

Dr. SANKARAN allows the case to unfold gently

and organically, following the patient, rather than

coaching or pushing.

Dr. Jayesh SHAH describes the Vital Force as a

torsion field with two polarities: one dark, contracting

and distressing; the other light, expanding and joyful.

He coaches the patient to focus more fully on their state,

which results in experiencing both the polarities, which

in many cases heals.

Dr. Ashok BORKAR focused on healing advanced

pathologies. He stresses the importance of using a

remedy that covers the location of the disease and the

type of pathology, as well as general state.

Shekar ALGUNDGI makes special use of

meditation with the patient prior to case taking which

almost invariably prepares the way for the sensation to

emerge in the case, regardless of the normal level of

experience of the patient [! = KSS].

Dinesh CHAUHAN gave deep insights into process

of case taking and the signposts along the way – the

phenomena that occur as one nears the centre of the case

and how best to respond to each stage.

XIV. Validated – The Swiss Government Report

on Homœopathy in Health Care SMITH, Suzanne J.

(AH. 18/2012).

In January 2011, the Swiss Federal Department of

Home Affairs ruled that as of 1st Jan. 2012,

Homœopathy will among others, be included in the

Swiss statutory health insurance and reimbursed for a

minimum of 6 years.

In 1998 Homœopathy was included in the Swiss

statutory health insurance and withdrawn in 2009. This

led to a referendum vote in 2009 when the great

majority of Swiss spoke out and voted in support of

integrating complementary medicines including

Homœopathy into the national health system.

XV. Patty Smith. In Memoriam VERSPOOR, Rudi

(AH. 18/2012).

PATTY born on 17 May 1954 in Plainfield, New

Jersey. The life long interest in Homœopathy began

when her husband was saved by Arnica and Hypericum.

As a co-ordinator for NCH she hosted many

conferences and seminars left for Canada in 1995. Ran

Canadian program of The British Institute of

Homœopathy. She always challenged her students to do

the best they could, often seeing potential that they

couldn’t yet see in themselves. The Hahnemann center

for Heilkunst opened in 1998, followed by the

Hahnemann College for Heilkunst (HCH) in 2001. Her

hobbies were photography and searching for the best

foods, desserts and cupcakes in the world.

XVI. In Memoriam: Diwan Harish Chand,

MBBS. YASGUR, Jay (AH. 18/2012).

Diwan Harish Chand (7.3.1924 to 13.12.2011) was

the doyen of Indian Homœopathy. A fellow of the

Faculty of Homœopathy since 1946 (from Royal

London Homœopathic Hospital). He has been president

of the LIGA from 1979 – 82. For some 50 years, he

was a member of every homœopathic committee of the

Indian Government.

It was due to the personal efforts of Dr. DIWAN

that the Govt. of India, brought about a postage stamp of

the Indian Pioneer in Homœopathy, Dr. Mahendralal

SIRCAR.

Dr. DIWAN was author of following books:

1. Iconography of Hahnemann – a Pilgrimage –

Indian Books & Periodicals, N. Delhi – 110

005, 2005.

2. Homœopathy in Geriatrics, National

Homœopathic Pharmacy, N. Delhi – 110 001,

1991.

3. A Compendium of Lectures on Homœopathy,

1950 – 1995 National Homœopathic

Pharmacy, N. Delhi – 110 001, 1995.

4. History of Homœopathy in India in the 19th

Century B. Jain Publishers, N. Delhi – 110

005, 2007.

XVII. In Memoriam: Dr. Abdur REHMAN.

YASGUR, Jay (AH. 18/2012).

Pakistani homœopathic physician Abdur REHMAN

died on April 4th 2012. He served as a professor at the

Homœopathic Medical Centre in Lahore, Pakistan and

became fluent in German (and French) so that he could

read Hahnemann in the original. This no doubt took his

writings to a higher level. His opus was the

Encyclopaedia of Remedy Relationships in

Homœopathy, first published in 1997, second edition in

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2002, French edition in 1999 and German edition in

2002.

This very useful work puts together an incredible

amount of information from many sources and well

produced. [Personally, I was acquainted with Dr.

REHMANN, through my Quarterly Homœopathic

Digest of which he was a regular reader and liked it

very much. I have reviewed, his books mentioned

above in my QHD. He had also sent me a manuscript of

his next work on Trauma as a aetiology, asking for

further ideas and changes, additions, etc. Unfortunately

he passed away before it could be brought out. I fully

endorse YASGUR. Those like REHMAN appear very

rarely. May he rest in peace = KSS]

XVIII. In Memoriam: Glen Dupree DVM (July 21,

1956 – Feb. 27, 2013) LEBENSORGER, Mitzi (HT.

33, 2/2013).

Veterinarian Glen DUPREE of St. Francisville,

Louisiana was a passionate proponent of Homœopathy

and organic agriculture. Many farmers now use

Homœopathy as their first-line treatment for large

animal herds, thanks to Dr. DUPREE’s sharing wisdom,

via his website, webinars, teaching, mentorship and

writing.

In 2010, Dr. DUPREE wrote Homœopathy in

organic Livestock production.

“By encouraging sustainable organic agriculture

homœopaths set the stage for better therapeutic

responses in our patients”. He noted that 25 million

pounds of “preventive” antibiotics used annually in

conventional livestock production end up in our food

and water. He therefore urged homœopaths to get

involved in treating animals on organic farms. “We

have only to take advantage of what is being placed

before us to show the unequivocal power of

Homœopathy. I can see no greater opportunity for

Homœopathy today than the untapped potential within

the field of organic agriculture,” said Glen.

Let Dr. Dupree’s life inspire us to make this world

a better place – for all its creatures.

XIX. A bitter Pill for Docs, Pharma Companies,

Pradeep S. Mehta (Deccan Chronicle, Chennai, 6 Jan.

2015): Much has been in the recent past about much

unethical practices of doctors. Here one more: Many

doctors prescribe a particular brand of medicine for

personal gains. The Uniform Code of Pharmaceutical

Marketing Practice (UCPMP) does not cover

unnecessary diagnostic tests and surgeries. Medicines

constitute 72% of the healthcare costs in India. … The

most common and probably the most damaging

unethical practice by Pharma Companies from a

consumer’s point of view is the unholy nexus between

the Pharma industry and medical professionals that has

been debated world over for several years. [Recall the

arrest of Dr. K. DESAI of Indian Medical Council who

had made literally tons of money by unethical practices.

He is yet to be punished = KSS.] Last year the giant

Glaxo SmithKline (GSK) was fined by China for

bribing doctors, hospitals and government officers.

They were accused of spending $490 million! (Imagine

if this was spent by the GSK for bribing, the amount of

illegal profits they get. Pfizer was fined $2.3 billion in

2009. Pfizer pleaded guilty. In 2011 Merck agreed to

pay a five of $950 mn. for illegal promotion of the drug

VIOXX. Johnson & Johnson was fined $2.2 bn. This

was to promote prescription of Risperdal to elderly

people with Dementia.

In India the Scenario is worse. One Survey found

60% of the prescriptions were irrational.

Here we find a large proportion of patients are

diagnosed with hyper- hypo-thyroidism and

consequently much of tablets which are to be used for

‘life-time’. We understand that lab tests results also are

as ‘desired’ by the doctor.

[No wonder that the dominant Medicine is annoyed

with Homœopathy which has no place for mal practices.

With Homœopathy Lab tests are required to minimal,

and medicines cost are neglible; and it gives quicker,

safer, cheaper results = KSS].

XX. President’s Message. SEBASTIAN, Irene

(AJHM. 105, 2/2012).

Irene SEBASTIAN worked part time in a Federally

Qualified Health Center for 3 years in the aftermath of

Hurricane Katrina. The Medical Director was open

minded and allowed the use of homœopathic medicines

in the clinic. The stumbling block in the discussions

with the physicians was the lack of statistically

significant research studies.

[How does it matter – the so-called research studies.?

Homœopathy did good work in the clinic and it was

open for all to see. People got well. Where is the

block.? It is in the mind. = KSS].

An Indian website www.audesapere.in – gives

homœopathic research articles dividing into basic

categories. Each reference is linked to its abstract as

well. It is time to read it, understand and organize it.

So that we can share its value.

Basic Science Research

 Measurable physical effects of homœopathic

medicines (including differences between

medicines and between potencies)

 Measurable biological effects of homœopathic

medicines

 Theories about the mechanism of action

Clinical Research

 Meta-analyses of clinical research studies

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 Clinical trials of one specific homœopathic

medicine (e.g., Arnica)-using an allopathic model

(all subjects receive the same remedy)

 Clinical trials of one particular diagnosis (e.g., mild

traumatic brain injury)-using a homœopathic model

(remedy selection is individualized)

 Epidemiological studies

 Preventive medicine clinical trials

 Longitudinal outcomes research

 Case Series

 Clinical research on animals

 Clinical research on plants

The above categories represent some, not

necessarily all, of the categories of research to be

considered. This first step of categorizing the studies

would be relatively easy. It would also be of great value

to link the references to their abstract and/or the

publication (as aude sapere has done). The second step

is to develop a slide-show presentation for each

casegroup. In the presentation, the highlights of the

studies with critical comments can be presented with

appropriate conclusions. Ultimately, it is this kind of

presentation to which our colleagues in the medical-

scientific community will be exposed, whether at a

Grand Rounds or at a conference. If AIH, as an

organization, can develop these presentations, all of our

members can make the presentations in their own

locale. If all of us can become familiar with these

research studies and learn to become comfortable with

these presentations, we can make a tremendous

difference.

An ongoing task would be to construct an annotated

bibliography of all these references. If each of the

references in our bibliography had an annotation

indicating the value of the research along with critical

comments, it would assist other readers in determining

quickly if this reference is one that he/she should read.

Each of us could contribute to this step. When you read

a research study, send some brief comments to the list

serve or to me directly (Sebastian.Irene@gmail.com).

With time, we will have annotations for many

references.

XXI. Report of the 66th Congress of the Liga

Medicorum Homeopathica Internationalis. New

Delhi, India 1-4 Dec. 2011. HILTNER, Richard and

CHASE, Sandra M. (AJHM. 105, 2/2012).

2300 delegates from around the world participated

and 318 papers presented brief summary of the contents

of 66th Congress composed. Expansive description at

www.lmhint.net

The business meetings of the Liga Executive

Committee and of the International council preceded the

actual congress.

XXII. Notes on my visit to Dr. Vijayakar’s

Predictive Homœopathy Clinic in Mumbai.

SEBASTIAN, Irene (AJHM. 105, 3/2012).

Observing the work of Dr. Vijayakar has changed

my ideas about what is possible not only with

homœopathic medicine, but with medicine in general.

Significant changes in the facial features of children

with Down Syndrome along with improvement in

intelligence and behavior. Skull growth in a

microcephalic child, communicating his needs and

developed bladder and bowel control.

A case of Ankylosing Spondylitis, cured of his

disease and his HLA-B27 becoming negative. So many

cases of dramatic cures. He also cures cases of

hypertension, hyperlipidemia, diabetes and heart

diseases and explains the exact nature of the changes

taking place in laboratory values during the course of

their cure (in terms of Miasm moving from Syphilis or

Sycosis to Psora).

The second change in my perspective was an

increasing awareness of the possibility of the true

integration of homœopathic medicine with

contemporary medical science.

In tumors, his lectures on different types along with

their embryological origins and implications of case

taking. Meningioma, for examples derives from

connective tissue and thus he would inquire about an

injury to the neck or back rather than a mental –

emotional etiology.

In case of chronic Pancreatitis, the changes of

lipase of amylase values explained. Initially lipase was

36,000 and amylase 8000. Syco-syphilitic (due to

increase of lipase). With treatment lipase 111 and

amylase 155. (Higher amylase indicates an acute

inflammatory process) which indicates return to Psoric

Miasm.

Comparable explanations about expected changes

in the lab values for leukemia, systolic and diastolic

pressure and other diseases were given.

XXIII. Case Conference: 147th Annual Meeting of

the Homœopathic Medical Society of the State of

Pennsylvania (HMSSP) – March 17, 2012. CHASE,

Sandra. (AJHM. 105, 3/2012).

HMSSP, established in 1865, is the longest

continually meeting homœopathic medical society in the

United States.

The southern Homœopathic Medical Association

(SHMA) established in 1885 in New Orleans, LA and

officially incorporated in 1985 as a nonstock

corporation in Virginia, is a professional organization to

promote homœopathic medicine, advance homœopathic

education and safeguard homœopathic practice in the

Southern states. Since 2001, both SHMA and HMSSP

have joint meetings. 147th Annual Meeting was held in

Pennsylvania.

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Joseph A.S. Mc Cahon, presented the case of

torsion of the uterus in the parturition of the mature

bovine. This case illustrated the importance of doing an

examination on the animal, not just relying on history.

Upon mechanical reduction, the progression of calving

was further facilitated by the use of Caulophylum 30.

Joyce HARMAN, expounded the topic “Laminitis,

The Equine Insulin Resistant Version of Cardio

Vascular Disease”.

First case – 19 year-old Appaloosa purebred gelding,

who displayed fat pads, on neck, grumpy

personality and lethargic disposition. It

responded to Thuja 200.

Second case – a 30 year old endurance racehorse Arab

gelding that was fearful and had an

elevated ACTH, which responded to

Arsenicum album in rising potencies from

200 to 10M.

David G. WEMBER presented many cases one of

which is a man with pallindromic rheumatism,

recurrent, with strong urine and history of Gout cured

by Benzoicum acidum. First he became better, then

symptoms shifted to left side and started resolving.

Thereafter episodes at greater intervals and less severe.

Richard Fischer, presented a case of tired, tense,

warm jaw muscles after a marital separation in a 46 year

old woman, Ignatia XM and 3 weeks later, clenching

better and could sleep without her night guard.

Another case of a 50 year-old orthodontist with left

temporal headache radiating to the left eye for 20 years.

After Spigelia 200, pain in eye was rare and no longer

pain in head while chewing.

Homœopathic pediatrician Ioana RAZI, presented a

case of family affected by the suicide of a daughter.

The family restless, unsettled, pacing and fearful.

Aconitum was helpful for all except father who found

her hanging for whom Stramonium helped.

Another situation revolved around the birth of a

baby to a young intellectual couple, the mother, a

professor, father pursuing higher studies. There was a 3

year old sister. Over the Christmas break, the mother

experienced an easy delivery, the three year old became

sick and father left for France and the baby developed

colic, screaming at night Aethusa to both daughter and

mother prompted a quick positive shift. Mother left

teaching to join husband in France.

Todd A. HOOVER discussed Lyme disease and its

stages of rash, large joint involvement and neurologic

and Cardiac symptoms. A case of 15 year-old girl with

a history of Lyme treated by antibiotics for 3 months.

Her acute phase had Rash, severe headache and high

fever. Belladonna 200. The headaches improved.

Another 44 year-old female diagnosed with chronic

Lyme disease. Progressive fatigue, twitching muscles,

urinary frequency and dizziness. Sleepless from

palpitations. Anxiety. Arg. nit. 200. Improved.

XXIV. Michael Reece, presented “LM Potency in

Homœopathic Practice” (AJHM. 105, 3/2012).

LM Potencies are particularly helpful for persons

with weak sensitive constitutions, those suffering with

chronic miasmatic disease as those as well as in

patient’s already using other medication. They act more

deeply and gently. Two cases helped by LM potencies

presented. In one case a 40 year-old female with

Asthma, hairloss, exhaustion and hypercholesterolemia.

Tuberculinum LM1 over a number of months cured. In

the second case an 8 year-old girl, diagnosed as ADHD

was treated with Tarentula hispanica LM1 over several

months, cured.

XXV. A Critique of Ernst’s critique and Request

for Replication of an Arnica study. President’s

Message, Irene SEBASTIAN. (AJHM. 105, 4/2012).

Dr. Edzard ERNST’s latest critique of

homœopathic research was published in skeptical

Inquirer 2012; 36(6):39-42. In all he focused on 11

publications from Berlin researchers. He was reluctant

to make any positive judgements about the three RCT’s

(Brinkhaus et al) which were extremely well designed

and which yielded some statistically significant results.

There is an unpublished study by Dr. Len TOROK,

who practiced as an orthopaedic surgeon for many years

and after his homœopathic study, he used Arnica

montana during surgery. He designed a study in which

he compared two group of patients.

The control group was comprised of patients who

had undergone a primary total knee replacement in the

year (1997) prior to the introduction of homœopathic

medicines into the hospital formularly.

The experimental group was comprised of patients

undergoing primary total knee replacement with the

peri-operative use of Arnica montana in a standard

dosing regimen.

In the experimental group, the average blood re-

infusion volume decreased by 74% when compared to

the control group and had reached a level of statistical

significance. This group also experienced less pain, less

swelling, quicker rehabilitation, shorter hospital stays,

less need for narcotics, and subsequently less nausea

and vomiting and urinary retention associated with

narcotics.

This protocol was used for 10 years by Dr. TOROK

till he retired from orthopedic surgery.

This unpublished work is brought to light with a

hope that Berlin researchers (or any other researchers)

will replicate his work.

XXVI. The Fifth European Congress for Integrative

Medicine (ECIM) 21-22 September 2012, Florence,

Italy. FRYE, Joyce (AJHM. 105, 4/2012).

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The fifth ECIM drew 950 delegates from around

the world. The abstracts are listed in a special edition of

the European Journal of Integrative Medicine (Vol.4,

Supplement Issue, Sept. 2012) which lists 262 oral

presentations, 188 posters and 27 workshops.

XXVII. Reaching for New Horizons. Change and

anticipation. JEROME, Anne (HT. 33, 1/2013)

There are exciting developments at the growing

edge of Homœopathy, and it’s up to us to capture the

opportunities inherent in them.

Laboratory research is showing amazing results

with great promise. Clinical studies are also

demonstrating Homœopathy’s safety and effectiveness

in a variety of contexts. NCH remains active in the

integrative healthcare community and in discussions

about complementary and alternative modalities in the

U.S. healthcare system.

There has been attention from the mainstream

media too. The Dr.OZ show recently produced a very

favorable and accurate segment that NCH helped to

shape.

Sharon Stevenson, Executive Director is leaving

National Center for Homeopathy (NCH). The new

Executive Director is Alison TEITELBAUM.

XXVIII. Meet New NCH Executive Director Alison

TEITELBAUM, MS, MPH. (HT. 33, 1/2013).

Alison TEITELBAUM, MS, MPH, is a lifelong

advocate of improving public health and truly believes

that everyone has the right to a healthy and balanced

life. Over the course of her career, she is involved in

local, regional and national public health and

community education programs.

XXIX. In Gratitude to Sharon Stevenson

25+ years of service, leadership and devotion to

Homœopathy and NCH (HT. 33, 1/2013)

Ann E. JEROME; Dana ULLMAN, Sandra

M.CHASE, Todd ROWE, Gwyneth EVANS, Harry

SWOPE, Amy L. LANSKY, Christina CHAMBREAU,

Stephen MESSER, Roger MORRISON, Andre SAINE,

Lesley HESSELMANN, Amy ROTHENBERG,

Miranda CASTRO, Joe LILLARD, Jean HOAGLAND,

Nancy GAHLES, J.P. BORNEMAN, Mitzi

LEBENSORGER, Richard MOSKOWITZ have

expressed their gratitude to Sharon STEVENSON.

XXX. Homœopathy goes to OZ. GOLD, Peter

(HT. 33, 1/2013)

The Dr.OZ show is a popular TV medical show by

Dr. Mehmet OZ.. A segment on Homœopathy was

filmed on 22 January before a live audience. Dr. Lisa

SAMET was able to convey a rich array of accurate

information in a very short time. After this Dr. OZ

interviewed 3 MDs who urge Homœopathy in their

practice. This made available in their website with a

link to NCH website. Within hours NCH website and

Facebook page received more visits and downloads than

at any other time in its history.

XXXI. The joint American Homœopathic

Conference (JAHC) 2013 to be held in Virginia from

April 19 – 21, hosts the following speakers – Barbara

Lowe FISHER, Henny HEUDENS-MAST, Will

TAYLOR, Joette CALABRESE, Jerry KANTOR

and George DIMITRIADIS.

XXXII. Aging Spines Feel Young Again! Safe

successful homœopathic treatment for painful spinal

stenosis KATCHEN, Debra (HT. 3, 1/2013).

Aches and pains that limit a person’s mobility is

common in people above 60 years of age, due to

degenerative changes in the spine due to “wear and

tear” of Osteoarthritis. Conventional medical treatment

has little to offer.

Pain from spinal stenosis are lightning-like or

toothache like pains in their extremities that are worse

with movement and better with rest. Heaviness,

numbness or weakness in one or both legs. In worst

cases, people may have trouble with overall balance,

coordination, or bladder and bowel control.

This is a debilitating, progressive disease process

that leads to loss of mobility and consequently social

isolation and depression

MRIs of people with Stenosis showed lacey-

looking trabecular like composition of the bone spurs

seen under the microscope. This was in people with

spinal or foraminal stenosis. The author has thus

successfully treated nine cases of spinal stenosis with

Hekla lava 30 twice a day and Calcarea flourica 6x

once a day.

In one case, multiple areas of lumbar stenosis,

clearly visible in previous MRI’s were no longer there.

Two cases are presented. After several months, all

nine patients were pain-free and off all their pain

medications. (Full article in Part II).

XXXIII. Sweet Story. Spirited Schoolgirl saved by

homœopathic sugar. Love and remedies help her

overcomne abuse and ADHD to focus and flourish

LUEPKER, Ian (HT. 33, 1/2013)

7 year-old Loria had behavioural problems like

restlessness, inability to focus and listen in school,

attention seeking behaviours such as poking other

children with a pencil and ruining their ball games,

expressing indignant anger toward her peers. Craving

for sugar and junk food even real food. Loria’s early

childhood lacked security, safety and healthy

attachment, to say the least. Her birth parents used

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alcohol and drugs regularly, and her mother used

amphetamines and alcohol throughout her pregnancy.

Loria was placed in a loving home with devoted

and caring foster parents. Loria craved sweets,

chocolates, and ‘junk’ food for interest in real food. She

has an enormous appetite and it’s amazing how much

she could eat. Yet she is thin.

Tarantula hispanica, Veratrum album, Kali

phosphoricum and Saccharum album were considered

for differentiation and Saccharum album (also

officinalis) LM6 was given.

5 months later: a radical turn around – she was not

bothering other kids. Less irritable with her siblings and

stopped poking. Calmer. No nightmares. To continue

LM6 for next 6 weeks.

6 weeks later: Had candy without ill effects.

Occasionally sucks fingers. Handwriting improved

much. To continue LM6.

6 weeks later: Not putting fingers in mouth. Better

about taking ‘no’ for an answer.

Two months later: LM7 as gluten and dairy seemed to

make her hyperactive.

Two months later: Doing much better and on weekly

twice dosing.

Seven months later: received ‘good citizen’ award at

school. No craving for sweets.

[See CLARKE = KSS.]

XXXIV. Granting of Hans-Walz-Price for research

work on Homœopathy History (ZKH. 56, 1/2012).

The above price of Euro 1500 for 2011 went to Dr.

Anne Neirade of Meissen. The Institute for History of

Medicine of the Robert Bosch Foundation since 2003

has been encouraging this.

Dr. Anne NIERADE, in her work, analysed the

history of Homœopathy in the Soviet Union occupied

GDR (1945 – 1989) [See P.9, in History column in this

QHD = KSS.]

XXXV. ADHD on the Rise? Or over-diagnosed and

over-medicated? (HT. 33, 1/2013) .

Nearly 10% of U.S. school children are diagnosed

with Attention Deficit Disorder/Attention Deficit

Hyperactivity Disorder (ADD/ADHD), and doctor visits

for this condition rose 66% from 2000 to 2010. Why

the increase?

Growing awareness of ADHD is certainly a factor,

but some say the multibillion-dollar industry that has

grown up around the diagnosis has a lot to do with it.

Pharmaceutical companies now heavily market a broad

array of stimulant-based ADHD medications - many

said to be “new and improved” over earlier drugs, such

as Ritalin. Also, the definition of ADHD has been

broadened in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of

Mental Disorders, allowing more children to fit the

diagnosis.

ADHD is usually first noticed in the classroom

setting with kids who have difficulty focusing attention,

staying in their seats, organizing their time, and so on.

Some experts say that today’s schools have higher

expectations of children and lower tolerance for

immaturity or “kids being kids,” leading to more kids

being diagnosed. In fact, ADHD tends to be diagnosed

more often in the youngest children within a grade

level; so immaturity may sometimes be mislabeled as

ADD. Parents can feel pressure from teachers and even

other parents to put their children on conventional

ADHD drugs so the child will be “more manageable,”

perform better in academics, and keep up with their

peers.

Whatever the reasons for the increase in “ADHD

kids,” take heart: homœopathic professionals have a

great success record in helping such children to

flourish—while respecting and supporting their unique

individuality!

XXXVI. Summertime … and the NCH is active.

JEROME, Ann (HT. 33, 2/2013).

NCH is a voice for Homœopathy in an enormous

variety of area from the homœopathic community itself,

all the way out to the wider world. The NCH website is

an essential public face and outreach as well as a

tremendous resource for our members and is being

updated. A new logo will also be more visible. The e-

newsletter will also be more visible. The e-newsletter

will also get a fresh look. NCH will be celebrating its

40th anniversary this year.

XXXVII. Homœopathy in the News. Homœopathy

grows in the Persian Gulf. (HT. 33, 2/2013).

The practice of Homœopathy is growing in the

United Arab Emirates and also in Egypt, Algeria,

Morocco and around the Middle East and North Africa.

- Jan. 20,2013, The Gulf Today.

- Homœopathy helps Pete TOWNSHEND of the

who

Legendary star of The who, 67 year old guitarist

Pete TOWNSHEND, recommended Homœopathy to

David LETTERMAN on CBS TV’s. the late show with

David LETTERMAN, regarding his Tinnitus helped by

Homœopathy. - Nov. 20, 2012, You Tube.

Aetna honors black alternative medical

practitioners.

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Insurance giant Aetna has issued a 2013 calendar

that honors complementary and alternative medicine

practitioners – specifically those of African – American

descent. One honoree is NCH member Ifeoma

IKENZE, M.D. who has incorporated 25 years of

Homœopathy into her medical practice.

- Feb. 14, 2013, Business wire.

www.aetnaafricanamericancalender.com/2013.

- Migraines in children decrease

An observational study conducted in 12 countries had

59 homœopathic physicians treat 168 children with

individualized homœopathic medicines. Migraine

symptoms were monitored for 3 months before and 3

months after treatment. The frequency, severity and

duration of migraine attacks decreased significantly

during the 3 month follow-up period.

- Aubrey, E., et al. The Journal of

Alternative and Complementary

medicine. Feb. 2013, 19(2): 119-

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- Holistic hog farmer honoured.

In 1989, after Missouri hog farmer Russ KREMER

was gored by a boar, an antibiotic resistant infection

raged through his body. After 5 unsuccessful

antibiotics, a new one quelled the infection. Since then

he treats sick pigs with homœopathic remedies. He co-

founded The Ozark Mountain Pork Co-operative

(raising 65,000 pigs annually).

- April 5, 2013, Greenwire

April 18, 2013, Missourie Farmer

Today.

Cat allergy reduced with remedies.

A small study at the University of Johannesburg,

South Africa, found that homœopathically prepared Cat

saliva 9c and Histaminum 9c reduced Cat allergy.

- Naidoo P., Fellow J.

Homeopathy, 2013 Apr. 102 (2)

- Medical School hosts Homœopathy debate

On March 22, 2013, The University of Conneticut

School of Medicine hosted a debate – “Homœopathy:

Great Medicine or Dangerous Pseudoscience? –

between Andre SAINE, ND of Canadian Academy of

Homœopathy and Yale Neurologist Steven NOVELLA.

It lasted 2.5 hours.

XXXVIII. Karen ALLEN received “Defining our

Profession Award” from the Council for Homœopathic

Certification on its 20th Anniversary in 2010.

XXXIX. With the letters of Johannes FRANZ acquired

by the Institute for History of Medicine, the history of

Homœopathy in Greece more light is thrown on

Homœopathy in Greece.

FRANZ wrote the letter in 1832 to his fellow

student Emil BRAUN, before he became translator to

the King OTTOS I (1804 – 1851).

In his luggage he had a pack of Homœopathy

medicines. He was also responsible to spread

Homœopathy in Greece. Earlier only two physician

who worked in Greece during the Cholera epidemic

(1831) in Constantinople treated with Homœopathy,

were known to have been in Greece. FRANZ now

stands as the first who was in close contact with the

King. …until 1960 there were only a small number of

homœopathic doctors in Greece. Only with George

VITHOULKAS Homœopathy came to be wellknown all

over Greece.

(Mitteilungen, ZKH. 56, 2/2012)

XL. Those Yummy delicacies are laced with transfat

study: DC CORRESPONDENT, CHENNAI, JULY

13. (Source: Deccan Chronicle, Chennai, 14 July,

2012).

Traditional sweets like Mysore pak, Halwa and

Thattai, sold even in some popular sweet stalls, have

unimaginable amounts of saturated fat and trans fat

content. Samples of these sweets were picked up by the

consumer association of India (CAI) a voluntary

organization, and tested in the National Accreditation

Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories

(NABL).

The study proved that saturated fat content in them

was 20 times higher than the permissible level

prescribed by the international standards of nutrients.

And the total sugar content of the sweets exceeded 15

percent the normal level.

Mr. G. Santhanarajan, director of the foods said that

not only Pizza, Burger and other Western foods are junk

foods, but some traditional items also come under this

category.

Most of the savouries and sweets purchased have

high fat, sugar and trans fat content.

A 100 grams of Mysore pak should contain only 5

percent of saturated fat. But the samples which we

tested proved that almost all sweet shops make Mysore

pak with excess ghee or vanaspathi which contains 20

times excess saturated fat in it.

Regular intake of these sweets would result in

Diabetes, Hypertension and other serious health

problems.

Advertisements of food items for children should

be regulated, they said.

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LIST OF JOURNALS

Full addresses of the Journals covered by this

Quarterly Homœopathic Digest are given below:

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1. AH: The Journal of the North American Society of

Homeopaths, 1122 East Pike Street, #1122, Seattle,

WA 98122, USA.

2. AJHM: American Journal of Homeopathic

Medicine, formerly Journal of the American

Institute of Homeopathy (JAIH). 101 South

Whiting Street, Suite 16, Alexandria, VA 22304.

USA.

3. HH: Homœopathic Heritage, B. Jain Publishers

Overseas, 1920, Street No.10, Chuna Mandi,

Paharganj, Post Box 5775, New Delhi - 110 055.

4. HOMEOPATHY: Formerly British Homeopathic

Journal (BHJ), Homeopathy, Faculty of

Homeopathy, 29 Park Street West, Luton,

Bedfordshire, LU13BE, UK.

5. HT: Homeopathy Today, National Center for

Homeopathy, 101 South Whiting Street, Suite 315,

ALEXANDRIA, VA. 22304, USA.

6. IJHDR: International Journal of High Dilution

Research, Romania.

7. MedGG: Medizin, Gesellschaft und Geschichte,

Institut für Geschichte der Medizin Robert Bosch

F. Haug Verlag, Hüthig GmbH, Im Weiher 10,

D-69121 HEIDELBERG, GERMANY.

8. THE HINDU: Newspaper, Chennai–600 002.

9. ZKH: Zeitschrift für Klassische Homöopathie,

Karl Stiftung, Straussweg 17, 70184

STUTTGART,

GERMANY.

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(TAO TE CHING)

You can readily recognize the highest

virtuousness

because it never places itself on display.

You can readily recognize the lowest

virtuousness

because it is always announcing itself.

The highest virtue quietly serves universal

needs.

The lowest virtue actively strives for personal

success.

The highest morality serves common needs.

The lowest morality is self-serving.

True benevolence

acts without intention.

But when rituals go unheeded,

they are enforced with rolled-up sleeves.

Failing the Great Integrity, we resort to

virtuousness.

Failing virtuousness, we resort to moralizing.

Failing moralizing, we resort to dogma,

the most supercifical form of faith and loyalty,

and the nourishment for confusion.

Natural persons are attracted

to substance rather than form,

to the nutritious fruit rather than the enticing

flower,

to that which dwells deeply within,

rather than to that which clings superficially to

the surface.

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PART II

(This section contains abstracts/extracts from selected articles; even the entire article in some cases)

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1. Homeopathic treatment of malignant melanoma in

a dog

Introduction

Malignant melanoma is a neoplasm of melanocytes,

the cells that produce the skin and mucous membranes

pigment. Almost all oral melanomas in dogs are

malignant (Potter, 1992).

The tumor arises from melanocytes, which are

located between the basal cells of the epidermis at the

junction with or inside the dermis (Potter, 1992).

Melanoma is manifested by a fast-forming local

infiltrate, what frequently recurs, high probability of

metastasis to regional and pulmonary lymphatic nodes

(Potter, 1992; Howard, 1994).

Melanoma is most frequent in dogs older than nine,

especially black-colored ones and particularly Cocker

Spaniel. It is most frequent on lips and gums, palate,

oral mucous membrane and the upper part of the mouth

(Potter, 1992).

Treatment consists of surgical excision, radio and

chemotherapy, yet its efficiency is very low; survival

rates are 10% 1 year later (Potter, 1992; Howard, 1994).

The present article presents the case of a dog affected by

malignant melanoma, which was homeopathically

treated according to Hahnemann’s guidelines after two

suppressive surgical procedures.

Case report

Cocker Spaniel, nine year-old female dog, which

presented melanoma in the mouth and neck, was treated

with Phosphorus LM 6, 2 drops, qd, PO, for 10 days.

Initially, it had presented only one tumor in the mouth,

which was surgically removed. After surgery,

metastases appeared in the neck, which were removed,

as were regional lymphatic nodes. At the first

homeopathic consultation, tumors had come back, even

after a second surgery 3 months earlier. It also suffered

from hypothyroidism, increased appetite, always wanted

to be besides people or other animals and had sebaceous

cysts in several areas.

At age 3½, it had been performed surgery to

remove a breast tumor, no matter that it had already

given birth.

After 10 days of taking Phosphorus LM 6, the oral

melanoma was suppurating and the dog stopped eating.

Silicea CH 6 was prescribed, every 10 minutes, “plus

method”, for 1/2 hour, 2 days. As suppuration

improved, it was prescribed Silicea CH 12, 2 drops, qd,

PO, 7 days.

On the seventh day, suppuration reappeared, and it

was Homeopathic treatment of malignant melanoma in

a dog prescribed Silicea, CH 6, “plus” method, every 10

minutes, for 1 hour, bid, 1 day, followed by Silicea

CH12, 7 days.

Now the dog was itching in the anus, neck, below

anterior limbs; oral suppuration had stopped; yet

melanomas were still present. Silicea was prescribed,

CH 18, 2 drops, qd, PO, 3 days. 30 days later an

abdominal abscess was noticed, but owing to the

animal’s overall good condition, it wasn’t treated.

20 days later, the dog was apparently well,

melanomas were still present, yet smaller in size. Silicea

CH 30 was prescribed, 2 drops, qd, 5 days.

20 days later, the dog still was physically well and

tumors continued to decrease in size. It was prescribed

Silicea CH 12, 2 drops, single dose.

28 days later, the dog had itching eruptions at the

back, its hearing was better, sebaceous cysts were still

present, it was lazy to walk, itching in ears, but

melanomas in mouth and neck had completely

disappeared. It was prescribed Silicea CH 18, “plus”

method”, bid, 2 days.

14 days later, both otitis and skin were worse, it

was prescribed Calcarea carbonica CH12, 2 drops, bid.

40 days later the dog showed no symptoms at all, but for

the sebaceous cysts, it was thinner and more active. It

was prescribed Calcarea carbonica CH18, 2 drops, PO,

bid.

Discussion

Malignant melanoma is the most frequently

diagnosed oral tumor in dogs. Individuals with dark

pigmentation of the oral mucous membrane are at the

highest risk (HOWARD, 1994).

Conventional therapy – surgical excision, radio and

chemotherapy – shows poor results and the prognosis is

very reserved (POTTER, 1992, HOWARD, 1994).

When malignant melanoma recidivates,

conventional medicine offers no alternatives. According

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to HOWARD (1994), malignant melanoma is the most

frequently found oral tumor; homeopathic treatment is

frequently sought after.

Hahnemann states in Organon’s section 80 that

cancer and neoplasms are forms of Psora, thus they

ought to be treated with antipsoric remedies.

In the present case, Phosphorus, Silicea and

Calcarea carbonica were prescribed as they all were

classified as antipsoric by Hahnemann.

Phosphorus was chosen as it covered the following

symptoms: apprehension when alone; sore tumor in the

inner side of the cheek; appetite increased and food

tastes normally; tumors in skin (Hahnemann, 1998b).

When the clinical picture changed 10 days later and a

suppurating process appeared, Silicea was selected as it

covered the following symptoms: swelling of sub

maxillary nodes; excessive hunger; large furuncle with

mild pain in the cheek; severe swelling of lower lip;

swelling of gums (Hahnemann, 1998b). HERING

showed that Silicea produces tumors in the mouth

Hering, 1994).

When Silicea exhausted its effect, Calcarea

carbonica was selected, as it covered the following

symptoms: heat inside ears; swelling of inner ear;

itching in hot, dry skin as if covered by salt and ashes;

eruption of red spots (HAHNEMANN, 1998b). In

Organon’s section 171, Hahnemann states that in Psora,

several different remedies might be needed in sequence,

provided each one is chosen according to the symptoms

that remain after the previous prescription.

In the present case, antipsoric remedies were

changed according to the changes of the symptoms.

This allowed for a full cure, not only of the melanomas,

but also of the skin and ear symptoms that appeared

after the elimination of the tumor.

Conclusion

The treatment of malignant melanoma in dogs may

be healed if performed according to Hahnemann’s

guidelines for the treatment of Psora.

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2. The self-controlled studies in clinical homeopathic

research

GUIMARÃES VANESSA M. VALENTE

(IJHDR. 3, 9/2004)

Introduction

In the past decade, the medical and biological

sciences have experienced a new way of operating their

practice: the use of clinical trials’ outcomes for making

medical decisions and interventions. However, the

current methods of statistical inference are not

‘evidence-based’, but ‘error-based’. The misperception

that randomized clinical trials, preferably double-

blinded and placebo-controlled, give us objective and

scientific results is so widespread, with no questioning,

that has profoundly transformed how we think about the

process of science and the nature of scientific

arguments. The dissemination of the ‘P value fallacy’

(Goodman, 1999) converted a method with its

limitations into a panacea that almost eliminated our

ability to distinguish between statistical results and

scientific conclusions.

The weaknesses of the conventional research

methods, as well as their limitations to find expression

to reality in a binary logic (p<0,05 means that my

association is true, for example), have led to the

development of various alternative methodologies,

yielding new concepts, from the definition of

probability to the meaning of epidemiologic designs

(Struchiner, 2004). In this study, we discuss the use of

controls in Homœopathy and propose the use of the

subjects as their own controls, presenting some aspects

of three designs that already use this approach,

examining their potential for homeopathic clinical

research and reviewing proposals of statistical inference

and analysis.

The use of subjects as their own controls

The causal inference basic problem is the

impossibility of comparing the effect of the exposure

and the nonexposure, simultaneously, at the same

individual. In other words, we cannot determine, at the

same time, what is the effect of a drug or a placebo, at

the same person, since it is impossible to administer the

two interventions. Hence, there are two options:

examining several individuals at the same time, with

analyses of the exposure and the nonexposure in

different individuals (cases and controls); or evaluating

the same individual at two or more points in time. The

analysis of cases and controls at the same moment is the

predominant situation in clinical and epidemiologic

conventional research. We analysed three alternative

models, which follow the case-base paradigm: the case-

crossover and case-time-control studies, and the

selfcontrolled clinical trials. In these designs, each case

is its own control, analyzed at different points in time.

Epidemiologic researches begin with examinations

of cases. The case series often show the queries and

base future studies (Greenland, 1999). The use of

subjects as their own controls has been present in

scientific investigations since the beginning of clinical

studies. Recently, the analysis of the same individuals at

different points in time has been rescued by MacLure

(1991) and Suissa (1995). MacLure has introduced an

innovative epidemiological design (case-crossover), a

variation of the classical case-control strategy, for the

analysis of transient effects on the risk of acute illness

events. Suissa has proposed the case-time-control

design for the study of chronic exposures. In

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Homeopathy, each subject is considered unique, with

peculiar responses and dynamics. The selection of other

people as controls substantially biases the analyses,

once the variables used for matching are insufficient to

express the supposed similarity among individuals.

Gender, age, smoking and physical inactivity, for

example, do not correspond to the measures used for the

prescription of homeopathic medicines. The actual

variables, characteristic and individual, make the cases

to be so distinct from potential controls that the search

for an appropriate control would be formidable, if not

impossible. This way, we have the confounding by

indication, in which the condition that determined that

therapeutics is so peculiar that it is, by itself, an

important predictor of the effect under study. This

makes practically unfeasible the use of other individuals

as controls. At the brink of a new paradigm, the designs

described here intend to coexist with other alternate

methodologies and to be a suitable model for clinical

homeopathic research.

The use of cases as their own controls removes

confounding from many unchangeable characteristics,

that means, uncontrollable and intrinsic properties of

each person, such as intelligence, genetics,

susceptibility. Moreover, the self matching designs are

more powerful from a statistical perspective and offer

savings in the sample size. The case-crossover design

was introduced in 1991 for examining the transient

effects of a brief exposure on the onset of an acute

outcome.

Such analyses can be completed with minimal

ethical worries, at low cost and are usually quick.

Common and rare outcomes can be tested, and the

clinical and statistical significance determined. They are

appropriate to rapidly fluctuating processes, such as

activity, emotion or pain (Redelmeier & Tibshirani,

1997). Each case corresponds to a stratum, and

contributes one case window and one or more control

windows. The case window is defined as the period just

preceding or during the event under study. The control

windows are periods of the same length as, and not

overlapping with, the case window, and provide an

estimate of the expected frequency of exposure for each

case. The case window and the control window derive

from the same person at different times (MacLure,

1991; Hernandéz-Dias et al.

In 1995, the case-time-control design was

proposed, very similar to the case-crossover, used,

however, to the study of chronic exposures. The time

trends in exposure are limitations to the results of self-

matching studies. Thus, the casetime-control design

includes an adjustment for time trend from the controls.

The self-controlled designs have some limitations.

The use of subjects as their own controls already adjusts

for fixed factors, but it does not account for the

variations over time. The adjustment for time trends in

the case-time-control studies is limited to the measured

variables, infrequentist analyses.

This adjustment may be imprecise for time trends

that vary over immeasurable variables. There is a

tendency to overstate the exposures in the current period

and to underestimate in the reference periods. The

model is based on the assumptions that the exposures

are independent and that there is no carryover effect

from one period to the other. There is, also, the selection

and the information bias, as in any case-control study.

The use of the subjects as their own controls has been

limited in clinical trials, for many reasons. One of them

is the ethical worry of allowing patients with placebo,

only, during the reference period (control window). This

is not possible in lots of situations under study (Louis et

al., 1984; Suissa, 1998; Greenland, 1996; Greenland,

1999; MacLure & Mittleman, 2000). This way, the

bidirectional studies may be an option to this limitation.

Statistical approaches

In order to make the self-controlled clinical trials

widespread, there is the urgent need for the

development of effect estimates that are free from bias

caused by time trends. MacLure (1991) proposes the

Mantel-Haenszel estimator of the rate ratio, with

confidence intervals for sparse data. Since that, other

choices have been used, like maximum likelihood

(Marshall & Jackson, 1993) and logistic regression

(Suissa, 1995). Recently, Navidi & Weinhandl (2002)

have compared four sampling schemes for case-

crossover designs, to evaluate which one would better

control for confounders that vary predictably with time.

The best scheme, according to this study, was the semi-

symmetric bi-directional. Other new methods for

achieving control of unmeasured confounding have

been studied, from more elaborate extensions of Poisson

regression to hierarchical modeling. It is also

fundamental the development of methods that can

handle exposures which occur concurrently and non-

independently.

It is also possible to use less orthodox statistical

approaches. The increasing power of computers is

bringing Bayesian methods to the fore. It allows

handling unknown heterogeneity sources or, at least, not

attributable to any specific variable (Struchiner, 2004),

dealing with the uncertainty. The proposal of the self-

controlled studies also allows the review of the

variables, going beyond the simple dichotomies,

searching for a deep understanding of the patient as

human being, once he will be compared only to himself.

The fuzzy logic handles this imprecision at the analysis

and the variables construction.

It works the concept of partial truth, where the

transition between sets is gradual, and not abrupt (Shaw

& Simões, 1999). The fuzzy sets theory is an important

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tool for homeopathy, since it allows a more realistic

expression of events, exploring linguistic variables and

representing thoughts more similar to the human ones.

Ortega says (2004): “...we can group the uncertainties in

two groups: the variability, that comes from the

population heterogeneity or from the stocacity; and the

partial ignorance, from systematic measurement errors

(imprecision) or because we do not know part of the

considered process (subjectivity).” So, uncertainty due

to the future occurrence of some event is treated by

conventional probability. Imprecision occurring because

we do not have enough knowledge about the internal

structure of our object of study is dealt with diffuse

treatment (Oliveira Jr., 1999).

Conclusion

Researches in clinical homeopathy are often

criticized for the quality of their analyses (Jonas et al.,

2001), or for the use of clearly incompatible