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| Hpathy Ezine - August, 2004 | November, 2007 | |||||||
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During the past two decades, hundreds of new Materia medicas have flooded the market. Still, there are very few, which stand out as original works. Sherr's new book is an exception. The book revolves around the study of eleven syphilitic medicines - Androctonus, Aurum met, Haliaeetus, Guaicum, Hepar sulph. calc., Mercurius, Phytolacca, Platina, Stillingia, Syphilinum, and Thallium. This is a beautiful group of homeopathic medicines: on one hand, the author has picked up well-known medicines like Aurum met and Syphilinum, and on the other hand there are lesser known medicines like Stillinigia and Guaicum. The newer remedies like Haliaeetus and Thallium complete the spectrum. "The purpose of this book," says Sherr in the Introduction, "is to amalgamate a number of parallel concepts into a unified and holistic composition that reflects the intrinsic nature of homeopathy." Sherr has been very successful in creating a harmony out of the different approaches towards studying the Materia Medica. Every medicine in this work has been presented in a different manner. Some have been presented as toxicological information, some as original provings, some as reprovings and still others as remedy portraits. These various aspects of studying a remedy have been used very beautifully to bring out the essence of each medicine, while at the same time drilling the importance of every approach into the reader's mind. Materia medicas are not supposed to be read from cover to cover. And even if you try to do that, you get bored easily. Not with this book! Sherr's novel and beautiful presentation makes this book and interesting read - from cover to cover! In the study of all these medicines, Jeremy has tried to use a new approach to synthesize the core of each medicine. He calls it "The Verb". The "Verb" stands for its literal meaning, i.e.; "action". Actions are reflections of the underlying sensation or feeling. In Natrum mur, for instance, there is a sensation that there are thieves in the house or under the bed. The sensation leads to the action of looking under the bed, searching the whole house or double checking the doors and windows.
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