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This is another of those self-help books on Homeopathy meant for
lay-people. But it's different in many ways. To begin with it's
title 'Poisons That Heal' is very deceptive. No! it's not a book
on snake-remedies and also it has nothing specific to do with the
'poisons' that heal. It's an introductory self-help book on Homeopathy
with the potential to get someone hooked.
The focus of the book is not in making the reader understand all
the basics of Homeopathy but it's focus is on making people use
homeopathic remedies for different conditions. The theme is 'Use
it and you will see it works!'.
Eileen Nauman is not a Homeopath. Sorry, she is not 'just a homeopath'!
She is a homeopath, a researcher, Bach-flower and natural essence
user, and a medical astrologer too! To sum up, she is a 'healer'
who uses every possible way to help her patients. And her diversity
is visible in her book too. The book has three very interesting
sections that make it different.
The first one is 'Killer epidemics and How to survive them'. This
chapter deals with the use of homeopathic medicines in modern epidemics
of Ebola virus, Hanta virus, Streptococcus-A etc. Eileen and some
of her friends have done some research on what homeopathy medicines
can prove useful in such epidemics. This section due to it's technical
nature would prove more useful for homeopaths.
The second section is about natural essences. Eileen uses Bach-flower
remedies and other natural essences frequently and has described
the use of various essences in this section. The method of 'proving'
an essence described by Eileen is very interesting.
The third interesting section is on medical astrology. Eileen uses
astrology to predict the onset of epidemics and here she has dealt
with the technicalities of it. This is something different but not
easily comprehensible by everyone.
Apart from these three sections, the rest of the book deals with
various diseases and conditions ranging from cuts, wounds, cold,
other infectious diseases to psychological problems. A full chapter
has been dedicated to the homeopathic management of menopause. With
every condition, useful medicines have been listed and described
in a very lucid manner, keeping in mind the target audience. A small
reference materia-medica and a therapeutic index of medicines has
also been provided. A very useful homeopathy resource index has
also been provided which contains links and addresses of places
from where more information and help regarding Homeopathy can be
obtained.
Overall, a very useful book!
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