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I am so grateful to David Little for devoting so much time and
effort into his beautifully written and argued article in this issue.
I have been in crisis, troubled by the new approaches that do not
attract me but left me wondering whether I was being a fuddy-duddy
and failing to do the best for my patients. The article is so lucid,
clear and convincing that I can confidently go back to basics and
to practicing the way I love.
(He is so right that we don't study the originals enough and rely
on what our teachers tell us!)
Thank you so much for an incontrovertible exposition of the fundamentals
of Homeopathy consists.
Isabella Wallerstein
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When I read D.Little I often think I am reading JW.
This ought to be in a pamphlet form.
Jean
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Hello,
I have no suggestions, however I’d like to know, in your
country (or personally), how do you give the K potencies. Here in
Belgium we have little information. Some give a 200 K and let it
work for 3 years. I can’t believe in that.
I use to give 10 “granules” ( I don’t know the
name in English) for a dose because it’s cheaper. Recently
I tried Phos-ac 10M K, 50M K and CM K at 10 days interval, just
to see if there was any aggravation or even improvement. Just improvement
succeeded as this remedy is my similimum.
So I’d like to know the frequency to give K and if it’s
equal to give 10 “granules” (the ones you give for 30
K) for a dose. Kent repeated high potencies at 6 hour interval,
so I apply the same principal but with ascending potencies.
Thank you in advance,
Serge Sortino
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Tips and Secrets are invaluable. They're easy to memorize. I already
see that I'm using them in my clinical practice. Thank you.
Dr. Ellen Feingold, M.D.
Homeopathy Center of Delaware
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Dear Dr B
I was very disappointed not to see another of your excellent talks
on the Aphorisms of the Organon. The first thing that I looked for
was your contribution. More please!!
Excellent article as always by David Little
Regards
Kerry
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Article on gastritis
What a wonderful informative article! Thankyou so much for taking
the time to write this, I found it to be extremely clear and very
helpful in understanding the many considerations when treating gastritis.
kind regards
Cathy Elkins RSHom
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I have observed electrodermal testing for many years. I believe
that in the hands of a knowledgeable and honest practitioner it
can be a help in running a homeopathy practice. Electrodermal testing,
however, is not homeopathy, and should not be presented as homeopathy
to the public.
Unfortunately, many practitioners of electrodermal testing are people
ignorant of the essentials of homeopathy. The people who manufacture
and sell the devices sell them to anyone, including untrained, ignorant
people who proceed to "pick remedies" with the machine,
including herbal medicines, homeopathic single or multiple remedies,
etc. This practice gives a bad name to anyone using electrodermal
testing, unfair in some instances.
Often, the electrodermal devices pick the wrong remedies and/or
dilutions, as well as the correct ones. Poorly trained practitioners
can't tell the difference, and well trained practitioners do not
need the EDS devices, except to impress patients with electronic
gadgetry, which enhances placebo effects.
Having said that, there are some honest, well trained, homeopathy
practitoners who use EDS machines.
No new homeopath should use electrodermal screening. If they do,
they will never learn the art of homeopathic prescribing.
Miltfried
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I am afraid mrs.Fuller is a bit confused in this matter.
The issue is whether we can give a hom.remedy and protect the people
even if the epidemic comes after a year or two. If we give the remedy
during the epidemic is another matter and I explain it in the DVD
talk.
As for the “explanation” she gives why the hom.remedy
acts even if the symptoms will come after a year or two it is better
I do not comment!
You may publish this short comment
Best regards,
George Vithoulkas
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Disappointment
Respected Sir,
In the current issue of June2007, I could not find Dr. Bhatia's
Audio MP3 lecture on Organon of medicine. We are egarly waiting
for further lectures after # Understanding 'Aphorism Five' - I.
Sir everything - voice quality, recording, explaination is excellent
and unique. Please contineue the same contribution to the cause
of Homoeopathy and all. We expect further lectures as soon as possible.
Waiting for your fevourable reply soon. With regards!
Dr. Manoj Kumar
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David Little is the one that have fully understood how the work
of the predecesors can be continued and improved without changing
anything at the level of principles.
With David Little's work we have a full level where the Materia
Medica becomes multidimensional and intelligible, which is exactly
what we need to heal the planet.
I have no doubts that I know what I am saying. His system can catch
any disease movement without the fear that it can escape through
unknown masked variables. The only thing to be done further is just
putting things on computer, go ahead and see which is the result
in a geographical area.
Great day,
Remus
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Thank you for another great ezine!
I have a bone to pick with an oft-repeated statistic that appears
in Julian Winston's article on treatment of epidemics with homeopathy.
It has to do with the mortality rates from the 1918 influenza.
Much is made of the homeopathic survival rate of approximately 1
percent compared to the "24,000 cases of flu treated allopathically
[which] had a mortality rate of 28.2%". The reader should understand
that the mortality rate from the Great Influenza was very high in
some areas, particularly during the second wave, and very low in
others, but that the overall mortality rate was a fraction of 28.2%.
Probably closer to 5%. An accurate number from that period is hard
to come by, but the impact of the Great Influenza in the US (which
is what these numbers represent) was but a blip on national census
numbers which also included World War I casualties. I hope some
day that numbers worthy of comparison are available. It would make
our case in support of homeopathy much stronger.
Regards, Brooks
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Welte article june 07
It was wonderful to read such a substantial interview with Ulriche...I
was blessed to have recently taken a weekend course with him in
Vancouver, he is truly a great homeopath and a wonderful man....am
hoping he'll come back soon!
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I so loving reading articles by Julian - his precision and readability
is always superb. Please keep running his articles whenever you
can...actually why not make a history segment in the journal? I'm
sure few of us know enough history!
thanks
IndigoMoon
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I read most of the ezine each month. I enjoy mostly the articles
that hilight a remedy and talk about it, especially the newer remedies
that are not in the older MMs. I don't have anyone to talk to about
Homeopathy. I don't have access to that info, not having the more
expensive books and computer programs,( sigh) so that is of most
interest to me. I feel like I have missed so much. But the prices
of the new books are prohibitive so I depend on you for this new
info. I enjoyed the article about Scholtens theories the most and
it prompted me to take down my book and take some notes in it. I
got alot from that review. I also enjoyed the tips and the info
on gastritis, it was well done, encompassing all parts of the treatment.
I skim the ones by David Little, but I find him so far beyond my
level that I just don't get much out of it. All in all without this
I would have no contact with the Homeopathic world. I had to cancel
all of my magazines and even my membership in NCH. Of late we are
living on disability and just making it, we have all we need but
since I don't practice, my need for this info gets swept away into
more immediate necessities. Maybe I will go back to work someday
and then I will have the means to get back into the swing of things;
get all the magazines again. Right now, you are IT for me and without
you, I would have no other stimulation. Please know that I really
appreciate all the articles and all the information that is available
here. Keep up the good work.
Debi
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Curare
Wonder if it would be of any help in dispossessed people living
in squalor with no hope. Communities self harming and abusive. Thinking
of the potentially beautiful aborigines of Australia,
Jean Doherty
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I fully agree with the excellent article of D.Little as I think
there are now interesting developments, but great care should be
taken to teach the new methods to students before they have fully
acquired the basis of classical homeopathy. I begged tfrom him he
permission to quote some extracts of his article, if the book I
am writing in french on the new visage of homeopathy will be published.
He agreed.
Adiel Caspi
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I took David Little's course some years ago and it made basic
principles clear ( as does Dr. Luc's work ). The article on Classical
Homeopathy should be a must read for students, and unfortunately
for many practitioners. Sensitivity matters, modalities must be
considered, and above all the individual essence has to be appreciated.
Listen to the patient, don't make up your mind too quickly and do
the necessary consultation of materia medica and the repertory.
Eileen Klinck
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As a retired Homeopath of 35 years I have alot to say about Homeopathy...some
good somebad ....Bad first...Leadership is a joke I called it Cement
without a form hard but a big mess that is hard to rectify later....and
we keep building on this bad leadership over and over again...Leadership
has let us down not Homeopathy....as far as the different approaches
big deal you keep trying to find the right remedy until you get
the desired results....the patient tells us both the remedy and
potency period.
If you cannot see this after the first week as a practicioner go
back to selling shoes at the Mall.
Like I said I am retired so I will stop here....thanks for the soapbox.....
dr thom sonnenberg
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Another wonderful article by David Little. I am studying Homoeopathy
at an undergraduate degree level in Australia. I love the course
and the tutors but unlike David's talk on Classical Homoeopathy
we do not study Hahnemann's Chronic Diseases or his Lesser writings
and I wonder whether we can call ourselves classically trained without
studying such classics. Instead we study the works of Sankaran,
Scholten & Vithoulkas; all wonderful homoeopaths, but without
the grounding in the classical teachings I wonder whether our depth
of knowledge allows insight into these other teachers.
Thanks David for keeping to fly the classical teachings of the
master himself.
Geof Spalding
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Just two words for David Little’s article:
Brilliant & Elegant.
Many thanks,
Frans Vermeulen
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Recibí con mucho agrado su artículo del Dr. Little.
Me pareció muy interesante e ilustrativo y completísimo.
Me he curado de algunas dolencias exclusivamente con homeopatía;
y como decía Hanneman: Potencias LM (en la mayoría
de los casos), en agua, medicamento único. Siempre agitando
el remedio.
La homeopatía es la medicina de ahora y del futuro. Perdón
por escribir en español, en inglés me tardo mucho.
Les agradezco su gentileza y atención. Atte. F.Robles
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Me pareció sumamente ilustrativo e interesante el artículo
que amablemente me enviaron, De antemano, les ofrezco mil disculpas
por escribirles en español, pues me es dificil en inglés.
Soy un ferviente seguidor de la medicina homeopática; con
ella he salido adelante cuando he sufrido de algunas dolencias.
Por ejemplo, en alguna ocasión, aparecieron 2 manchas oscuras
en mi rostro, ningun tratamiento fue eficaz, excepto con homeopatía:
SEPIA 0/6 resolvió el problema en 15 días.
Para mí, me queda muy claro que las enfermedades mentales
o psiquismo se emplean potencias altas o muy altas (LM).
Los trastornos funcionales operan bien con potencias medias (6c,
30c, 200c). Y en los lesionales, las potencias .
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Of course I completely agree with David Little as I have followed
for many years exactly the same course as one can see in my published
books. The danger of these new methods in my opinion is even greater
as I see schools now who only teach Sankaran and Scholten: they
don't even know how to use a repertory! And some tell me proudly
how they received this "unproven" (sic) remedy ad got
so much better! Such actions will only destroy homeopathy as Hering
has warned us before. The management part cannot be enough stressed.
I receive too many patients who have been to ten homeopaths without
any result. In general the education of homeopathy is mediocre worldwide
and bad in many parts. And it is not only the beginners who don't
recognize a Calc-c when there is one in front of them (see my conversation
with Elaine Lewis April issue). I am not optimistic regarding homeopathy's
future, there are enough people out there catering to optimistic
forecasts. I do hope I am wrong in this but money plays too big
a role in this issue. Even in China, as patients, when they have
money they abandon their TCM and rather pay money for allopathic
intervention since that looks prestigious and a sign that they made
it in life. And this is no better in India. And in the modern world,
the power of modern medicine (politics ands money) will always suffocate
the true healing art of Homeopathy but that will never stop me from
swimming upstreams.I rather be the individual than be part of the
masses who act like everyone act or do what the masses expect them
to do.
Luc De Schepper, MD, PhD, Lic Ac
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Reading this article that David Little wrote is in line with my
thoughts about homeopathy. I have graduated from my course 18 months
ago and during my time I have studied many facets of Homeopathy
from the old to the new. I tried to use the new methods and I felt
that I didn't have the fall back of the extensive experience of
traditional methods in case taking and prescribing. I couldn't get
a clear picture of the patient from using for example Sankaran or
Scholtens' method. Although these methods look progressive, and
they are, if you don't have the clinical and theoretical knowledge
of the backbone fundamentals of homeopathy this will invariably
be a short coming in practice.
David seems to me to be a practitioner with a great insights into
homoepathic practice.
Regards,
Adam Temple
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I read David Little’s article with interest, and would like
to raise only a couple of points with him since the length of the
article precludes an equally lengthy reply.
But as he says ‘I have taken the time to write this rather
lengthy discourse because I really care about Homoeopathy’,
so do I and would therefore like to reply from a ‘post-modern’
or ‘neoclassical’ perspective. (see my article Homeopathy
& Multiple Skills by C.J.Wansbrough published Homeopathic Links
Volume17, Summer 2004 or website www.biolumanetics.net/tantalus)
My approach to homeopathy has always been empirical but I have
spent time in research. David Little states and I quote him, ‘Every
established classical system is associated with certain maxims that
express its core values. The four cardinal aphorisms of traditional
Homoeopathy are Similars Cure Similars, the single remedy, the minimum
dose and the application of the potentized remedy. These cardinal
principles are then applied a number of ways that can be tailored
to suit a wide variety of clinical situations.’
I have no trouble or arguments with these maxims, they are strictly
speaking the essential core of homeopathic practice. But I have
no need to apply or even value Hahnemann’s perspective on
how energy medicine works , we have quantum theory and physics for
this. I personally apply the principle of similars by assuming it
to be a number of frequencies the closer it is the more effective
the medicine will be and surely this works solely on the principle
of resonance (physics pure and simple),and I do not need to access
except for purely historical reasons Samuel’s own views on
this principle.
My own research using Potentised Sound , remedies which I made
some 7 years ago and have led me to experiment with the effects
of potentised sound leads to the simple conclusion that remedies
represent complex frequencies and the closer the match to the individual
the faster the effects of the remedy on that individual.
In other words individuals vary in terms of their band width (like
broad band and narrow band on the internet) and some individuals
have a narrow band of engagement and therefore need precise remedies,
others have a broader band and therefore polycrests will work well
on such individuals.
Single or complex remedies make little difference because the action
of the remedy still acts as a single remedy as the wave forms of
the complex remedy just create a new remedy, this has been observed
using again single sonic remedies and combining in various ways.
The minimum dose just represents just enough of the correct resonance
for that remedy to act on that individual.
The point I am making is that I do not need to value except for
historical reasons Hahnemann’s complex views on how the vital
force works etc they can be superseded very simply by physics.
The other aspect about his article is his discussion of the various
methods of finding the remedy which is only covered by his first
cardinal aphorism. Similar Cures similar ! This aspect or perspective
ultimately involves the study of hermeneutics which can be quoted
from the Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermeneutics) as
denoting the study of theories and methods of the interpretation
of all texts and systems of meaning. In other words the investigation
and interpretation of a diseased state is an extraordinary complex
multi-textual exercise which can be taken from a multitude of perspectives.
Yet the reason why I care about homeopathy is that all such interpretations
must still be judged by the criteria of effectiveness and speed
of action and recovery. So there are ethical criteria by which you
can judge a good or bad prescription and these empirical criteria
are first and foremost how I judge the effects of a remedy. The
closer the frequency match to the diseased individual the better
the speed of recovery of that individual (I think as homeopaths
we can all agree on this maxim ) which again entails only one approach
to homeopathy !! finding the simillimum. In searching for this we
have little option except to use the kingdom approach and this is
not because it is fashionable but surely the only way to access
the overwhelming amount of material which one has to play with if
one wishes to find that frequency. It is an exercise and I quote
from my article mentioned above
In this endless search for the best remedy we are now overwhelmed
with the rapidly increasing pace of information which can be accessed
at our fingertips through the internet.
Repertories are being endlessly updated
Computer programs are being perpetually changed
Countless new ‘provings’ are added to our repertoire
every month
Welcome to the 21st Century, a century menaced by ‘information’.
Our problems do not lie in accessing information, we have already
lost that battle, but in processing information.
It is in processing information that we now need to study how to
practice homeopathy which why I had no option except to pursue ‘The
Kingdom Approach’ or why I have called that approach the ‘Neoclassical
approach’ it was this or complete insanity!!
I would also like to make one further point because David Little
obviously has a profound grasp of Samuel Hahnemann’s writings
and other historical figures, I again do not have any problems studying
them for historical purposes but we live in the 21 Century and so
we must change and evolve with the present ‘zeitgeist’.
This brings me to my final point in studying Hahnemann, we have
inherited an enormous amount of baggage from his time especially
the theory of miasms to which David refers to on many occasions
but do we need them!!!
Samuel Hahnemann had and prescribed sixty remedies when they did
not work he used miasmatic theory, the Neoclassical homeopaths do
not seem to refer very much to miasmatic prescribing and in my own
practice a remedy is a frequency, that remedy works why do we even
need miasmatic theory !!!
Charles Wansbrough
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I found David Littles discourse thought provoking and informative.
I can only concur with regard to the one sided dichotomies and the
abandonmet of some to any concrete structure. It seems sometimes
the Emperors new clothes must be worn to be accepted as worthy of
the title Homeopath??
J Everett
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Thank you for this well thought out, humbly written article by
David Little. As a professional homeopath I deeply appreciate and
agree with his viewpoint. I believe that the key to the "crisis"
he is addressing lies in the phrase he uses several times: Well-trained
homeopath. I also believe that the key to the "crisis"
he is addressing lies in his attitude: Humble.
Well trained homeopaths seem to be somewhat hard to come by these
days. In my quest to become the practitioner that I believed I could
and should be in order to fully embody all that homeopathy has to
offer I attended 3 schools and was a, sometimes the, top ranked
student. I share the level at which I was assessed so that it will
be understood that I didn't attend 3 schools due to a lack of ability
but rather in a quest to be a truly effective homeopath.
At my first school, under the brilliant tutelage of Misha Norland,
I received the classical foundation that is the bedrock of my practice
to this day. However I didn't feel that I quite had the knowledge
that I needed to fully bring forth all that I knew homeopathy promised.
I was getting average results which did not live up to my idea of
the potential of homeopathy. I view this as my lack, not a lack
in this training. At the same time I watched in dismay as friends
and relatives who had been patients of very popular homeopaths for
many years were being diagnosed with serious cancers, heart disease,,
etc. while still using homeopathy and AFTER years of active treatment.
Surely something was amiss in the world of homeopathy.
At the second school I attended, an advanced study course, taught
by a leading homeopath, I received a good basic review and learned
what arrogance can lead to in prescribing. I was surprised by the
number of fellow students who had, like myself, graduated from basic
homeopathy trainings and yet, fortunately unlike myself, were learning
some of the basics for the very first time.
The third school I attended, a small new school, gave me the access
to the "tricks of the trade" I had been seeking - hormone
balancing, cancer prevention and treatment, addiction withdrawal
protocols, etc. I attended this school as a regular student, with
students that were new and receiving their first and possibly only
homeopathic training. While extremely helpful to me, given my background,
I was aghast at the lack of classical training offered. The Organon
was never spoken of. Law of Cure, all of the foundational knowledge
of homeopathy was given short shrift compared to the "sexy"
and exciting new ideas of our time, as presented by Scholten, Sankaran,
etc. Never was it explained that these techniques are possible tools,
to be used when and if needed by a practitioner who already has
a solid ground in homeopathic principles.
It is my hope that we in the homeopathy community will not lose
ourselves, as can so easily happen in these times, to the glitter
and seductiveness of fame and shortcuts. While I have great respect
for the new insights being brought forth during this time they,
like all things, are a double-edged sword. These newer methods may
be used appropriately to further the effectiveness of homeopathy
and deepen our ability to assist is the removal of humanity's suffering.
Or, they may be used as shortcuts and student/client attractors
which may make us money and appear to empower us in the short term
but which will ultimately undermine the popular perception and the
effectiveness of our profession.
Thank you for you time and for your work for the betterment of
homeopathy.
ELD
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I cannot think of a better teacher (than David Little) of homeopathy
who treads carefully,
evaluating every old principle and new idea with an unbiased approach
and
without whimsically dismissing any innovation.
Hafeez
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I have read the David Little article, which is according to Hahnemann
and his accessible literature.
But how many homeopaths practice according to the Organon.
Is David Little's article a museum piece or a practical reference,
followed by a group of homeopaths?
In the States the Original Organon is now a museum piece, not a
practical manual, a lot of the valuable books have been ditched.
Let's hear a more vociferous applause for what David Little is
bringing or is the applause so muted because there is little enthusiasm
for it?
All the best from
Jamie
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Thanks for the David Little article, very thoughtful and reassuring.
A breath of common sense to counter some of the nonsense being circulated
these days.
Mel Montgomery
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Thank you for sending me Dr. Little's article. I read it a couple
of times. I liked the article very much. Homeopathy has always been
a family divided. This time round it is a little different with
communication being so easy and boundary free the differences are
in our faces.
I liked the article because the emphasis is on studying Hahnemann's
works, mastering the repertory, building a strong foundation first,
then going on to incorporate the new ideas as and when found applicable
or necessary.
syamala
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I enjoyed the interview very much, although I tried the link and
it took me to a German site which is not helpful as I do not read
this language. The other article was also interesting but difficult
to follow at times due to it's abbreviated nature and the appearance
that English is not the writer's first language.
Regards,
Deborah Colville
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I am always highly grateful to you for your kind attention to me
in sending and advising the most valuable articles. I really studied
Dr Little's Artcile which was of immense knowledge and I will also
read Dr. Ulrich and Dr. Paryhuber's articles. I must thank you very
much for your kindness and sincere services to homoeopathy to reach
this valuable knowledge in every nook and corner of the world. God
bless you and your staff members for their great services and efforts.
With best regards
Sincerely yours
Dr Sayeed Ahmad
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All these systems make sense and each one is correct in their own
way. But there is only one that is complete and such a system does
integrate more than one area of qualitative set of characteristics.If
we speak about multidimensional, then it must be multidimensional.
Remus
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Hello, I am please to inform you that you are my best source of
information, I have not time to read all the articles, however when
i need information I check in my files i usually get the information
I need, thanks so much.
in this month issue you published Crisis in Classical and Contemporary
Thought which I consider a very good overview on homoeopathy today,
we can not close to new ideas, that's part of the whole thing, even
dr. kent has some discrepacies with dr. hanneman. therefore I appreciate
new ideas as long as the philosophy and
principals are not altered, they can be new or some arguments about
discrepancies but at the end the similimun is the core of homoeopathy,
one observation, i find that the old paper are very long and repetitive
as well, it will be more clear and precise if the paper were shorter
and to the point, sometimes the redundancy of some articles disturbed
the concentration as well the comprehension. i use gto work in a
place where we have to produce many reports i never manage to read
the very long ones. I liked the article but find it very long. it
is easy to remember when this kind of papers are less periphrastic.
all the best, and thanks again, Hilda Jacobsen
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All I know is that I have been getting much better results since
using Sankaran's system, have finally gotten my own health concerns
on a good track since being treated using his method and am very
greatful for his inspirational work. We can go around and around
in intellectual and linguistic circles till we bore even ourselves,
Homeopathy can be good exercise for that. When we get results that
bring more love and healing to our patients and the world, when
we become excited and enlivened as Homeopaths, when we see and feel
shifts we always knew could happen, words pale. So I'll stop now.
Sincerely, Rowan Jackson DOM, RSHom[NA], CCH Santa
Fe, NM USA
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I have read with much attention Dr. Little's exposé
on the classics and the fashion even homoeopathy cannot keep outside
its range since all characteristics of human beings are part and
parcel also of this debate.
In order to understand from which angle I look at the issues here
are my coordinates:
I am an agronomist with a veterinary background and came to homoeopathy
through the preoccupation with my own health and the health of my
six children. I am not a practitionner of human medicine and will
maybe never become one. I am an autodidact who has all the information
one can get, except the one trial and error and patients' contacts
can provide. I assure you this is a great handicap. I do this for
myself, my wider (clan type) family and some friends or people that
ask for advice.
I dispose of most of the repertories and materia medicas either
directly or through RADAR. My expectation pattern is:
Interest in healing rather than any topical application as allopaths
usually provide, in prevention rather than treatment and most important
in as much of self-management of homoeopathy rather than depending
on whatever quality of medical service one may get.
I am also running farm in Nicaragua full of naturally growing medicinal
plants and do apply integrated pest control through bioproducts
such as Neem extracts etc.
I found extremely interesting Isaac Golden's experience on homoeoprophylaxis
and would be extremely happy if I could get for my children his
proven "vaccination" calendar and methodology. I have
a hypersensitive child (5000 IgE) plagued with dermatitis atopica
I have not yet got to grips with, possibly caused in hospital by
an unwanted antibiotic treatment on what they called an impetigo.
The consequence was a Staphylococcus Aureus infection which in exchange
seemed to have triggered
the hypersensitivity.
In conclusion I have not only tried to get through the classics
and the modern but I have tried to train my children to help themselves
in the day to day cases they experience or come across. I have of
course tried to sort out where a combined medicine is a real construction
of addressing a complex symptomatic pattern not fitting into one
single remedy or where the medicine compositum goes over a range
of components of which one could be the adequate one (allopathic
medication in homoeopathy). I have had great difficulties to understand
dosage and potencies and when they should be applied. I have managed
to solve most of the acute questions, I have come across and I am
now deeply involved sounding out chronic diseases (through the classics)
such as inflamatory processes and lifestyle related health decadence
both on myself at the age of sixty as with our children that seem
to go down that road much more quickly than we did.
In all that Dr. Little's hints are very welcome and very sane helping
to distinguish between the permanent renewers, without any purpose
except their own promotion, and those like Isaac Golden that respond
to a society demand and a home grown problem and really address
a chapter not so much developed so far but in the minds of many
of us.
I can assure you that for somebody just getting into this field
choosing the right track in homoeopathy is extremely difficult.
When you read the classics you are confronted daily with those that
say that our natural environment has changed so much that the proven
remedies are no longer valid or have changed in character (e.g.Bryonia).
Or in repertories, reading through Schroyen' synthesis is frustrating
because you cannot distinguish much of the features, if you are
not trained to read it, looking at others in incomplete. Reading
Kent one has to go back to Allen's provings in order to fully understand.
On dosage the Germans keep D2-D4 while in the French speaking world
little is below 30 CH or rather 30K because technically Hahnemann's
pure method is said to be too complicated. By the way here even
pharmacist's believe that 30K corresponds to 5 CH (sic!).
From the angle of one who has and wants to learn, all the sectarian
choices that Dr. Little has pointed out as the ones opposed to Hahnemann's
principles are tremendously confusing. My impression of his arguing
is that he seriously tries to separate the real progress from the
fashion.
I look therefore forward to his complete 6 volume 4000 page textbook
called the Homoeopathic Compendium. If one could only start sharing
these chapters even before it is all finalised and perfected. Homoeopathy
is a daily challenge and an neverending new intellectual puzzle
since even in my very limited pratice all cases are very different
and new.
I do not know whether a plea to Dr. Little could make him come forward
with his Compendium in order to help us homoeopathy promotors to
get closer to the substance in whatever form of publication or individual
electronic file providing be it paid or as a Hpathy service, all
would be fine.
Thank you anyway, Dr. Little, for such a clear analysis.
Rüdiger Altpeter
Principal Administrator
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Thank you so much for interviewing Ulrich Welte. It is, to date,the
best article I have read in your ezine.
I find his balanced yet progressive approach refreshing and inspiring.
I have been using his book on Colours for most of the last year
and have found it very helpful in both understanding my patients
differently and in prescribing accurately. It is now an essential
part of my homeopathic tool box.
I have recently purchased his Handwriting book - and have just
begun to use it as well.
Very exciting stuff!!
Pat Deacon, RSHom,HMC
B.C.Canada
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Dear Dr. Manish – Namasste:
I hope that this will find you in the best of health and cheers.
I feel myself proud to be associated with you and I am always thankful
to you for giving me an apportunity to read the best articles of
the best authors from time to time.
As desired by you, I wish to comment regarding Dr. David Little’s
article “Crisis in Classical and Contemporary Thought”
as under:
I have greatest regards for Dr David Little, who is genious in
the field of homoeopathy packed with the most valuable knowledge
in greatest depth. I learn many things from his various other articles
too which are the pillars of true Hahnemanian’s homoeopathy.
God bless Dr. David Little for providing his articles and sharing
his experience and knowledge which shows us the right path in the
right direction and Dr. David Little is the true follower of the
Father of Homoeopathy, Dr. Samuel Hahnemann. I pray to God for his
long, healthy and prosperous life. Like Dr David Little only few
people come to this world to help others with their experience and
knowledge.
His abovementioned article is the best and the true lover of homoeopathy
should follow his advice and take the full advantage of his great
knowledge.
With best regards
Sincerely yours
Dr. Sayeed Ahmad
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aLWAYS EXCELLENT ARTICLES - MUCH FOOD FOR THOUGHT. I really appreciate
ending my day with reading something from your ezine. It encourages
me to strive even further to become a better homeopath.
regards
Dawn Golten
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Dear Sir:
Every single word of what Dr. Little says is true as far as my
experience goes. I am a homeopathic enthusiast and been practising
on a limited scale for family and friends and others who believe
in it. I do not do it for money. I have had some very spectacular
successes in treating the following with minimal doses of homeopathic
remedies:
1. Hypertension. A case where the patient was being advised for
replacement of heart!
2. Non-Hodgkins lymphoma. Not the original attack but a recurrence
after aggresive chemotherapy leading to edema which the doctors
could not control or treat.
3. Skin cancer
4. Diabetes of a 67 year old man suffering for 3-5 years.
5. Shingles in a 83 year old female
6. Psuedomonas infection in a 66 year old male acquired in the hospital
after being admitted for pneumonia infection.
7. Chronic backache of a 55 year old.
I have acheived all the above with the minium dose of the remedy
in question and used 200 C potency in most of the cases.
I have found it more difficult to treat successfully the day to
day colds etc.
Sincerely,
Gopal Pandey
Matthews, NC 28105
USA
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Dear Editor and David Little
Cordial greetings!!
I just jave read David' s article, congratulations to both of you!!
It is a masterpiece for everyone involved in Homeopathy..
Thanks a lot!!
All the best
Juan Manuel
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hello...........
it was just fantastic!
now plz send the details of some medicines like, kali phos sulphur
about kali group n its symptoms n about phosphorus substans as according
2 classical hpthy
thnks.........
Vaishali Thakkar
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First of all i thank to Hpathy family whose internal effort towards
spreading Homeopath all over the world is really appriciable.
Today i go through the Artical - "Crisis in classical and
contemporary thought by Davil Little", and am getting inexpressible
delight. It's really UP TO THE MARK. I'm agree with his thought.
With expectation like this,
Sincerely,
Ranjan singh
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I have gone through the interview of UW.
In my opinion this is not a big contribution to Homoeopathy. Color
therapy is used in Naturecure methods since centuries. One of its
kind is GEM THERAPY, in which the gems are used for preparation
of medicine and therapeutics. There are so many Phototherapist,
who treat the patient by using colors and in colorways, in which
they find themselves experts.
UW have not mentioned his failures in treating patients. He always
accepting the cure side and not the falure side. In my opinion failure
side will be much more.
I have found that most of the Homoeopathic practitioners are going
away from teachings of Hahnemann. These practitioners posing themselves
that they have discovered such a foolproof way, which will, if,
adopted revolutionise the Homoeopathy.
On Globle level, scientific comunity laughs on us, I mean here
"we Homoeopaths", claiming this type of discovery which
have no scientific evidence and base to proove its efficiency, which
require strict and controlled observations.
Unless and until, we Homoeopaths, will not able to show the discovery
or discoveries competentively on very strict scientific observations
properly conducted by the team of experts of different fields, there
is no place for such discoveries.
Dr. D B Bajpai
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Dear Editor,
Just some brief feedback to congratulate you on your papers in
the July issue of Hpathy4Everyone Ezine.
These are three really well written and well considered papers by
three very respected and obviously very competent colleagues.
Each of the writters holds a somewhat different position regards
historical versus current trends in homeopathy and each writes eloquently
about their ideas and experiences. However what I'd like to congratulate
you for is putting together an issue in which different perspectives
present themselves in the context of other persectives both respectfully
and in the spirit of togetherness and evolution of our school.
Such voices need to be heard more and voices of dissent and regression
given less voice and heed by the community.
Personally I'm of the opinion that the recent developments and evolution
of homeopathy are very important and ought to be incorporated into
the practices of experienced homeopaths. However I also think there
is some danger in teaching this newer material to beginning students
in homeopathy since without a foundation in classical homeopathy
it would be easy for beginners to make more failures without having
some clear and reproducible checks and balances in place with which
to give proper weight to the newer material.
Thankyou for these very nice thought provoking articles.
Robert Bannan LCH LCCH (USA)
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I can not express how grateful I am for the initiatives you have
done for homoeopaths around the world, I am so glad to learn that
you a glad for the response of all of them.
I wish I could write an article, or to contribute in a way, I have
a homoeopath diploma, I practice with my friend and family, but
by no means i am an expert homoeopath, therefore i have benefit
from homoeopathy 4 you, i am a fervent reader of your emagazine,
and has help me so much.
so sorry for not being able to please your request, after all the
effort you put in the publication, thanks so much.
I avail the opportunity to reiterate my appreciation,
Hilda Jacobsen
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We have to realize that homeopathy, as practiced by Samuel Hahnemann,
and like all other forms of clinical therapeutic treatment, is subject
to evolution, change, and advancement. As more information becomes
available, we must remain open to new developments from current
and future researchers and young practitioners. If not, we will
remain stagnant and no progress will be made.
There is no mandate that a classical practitioner has to change
from his or her method of practice just because new philosophies
are proposed. Nevertheless, in the same way that progress in surgery
has been made since the pioneering, innovative work of John Hunter,
who lived from 1728 to 1793 in England, to the present state of
the art of surgery, we have to move forward and take into account
the new ideas of those homeopathic practitioners outside the classical
model.
Do not make the mistake of closing the door to progress or new
thought in homeopathy, or the profession will lose many of the young,
up and coming researchers and practitioners. We should continue
to encourage classical homeopathic education that those entering
the profession can have an understanding of the principles of homeopathy.
We have to remember that Pablo Picasso, the famous painter, had
a traditional training in art before he developed the new style
of cubism. In the same manner, let us learn from our traditional
past and not lose sight of our perspective
George King
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I found Mr. Little's article thoughtful and measured. I am one
of the core teachers at Pacific Academy in San Francisco, and have
for te last 10 years struggled to help students make sense of Sankaran's
and Scholten's ideas. They are fascinating and bewitching to many
students because they offer seemingly facile new methods to simplify
case analysis. And many students who have embraced Sankaran's methods
seem to have a fanatical loyalty and rigidity to this method which
cuts them off from a wider, thoughtful and holistic approach to
understanding cases. I appreciate Mr. Little's balance in presenting
his ideas about the new methods, and his presentation of the roots
of these methods in Hahnemann's ideas. I will ask my students to
read his article. Yours, Iris Ratowsky
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Payrhuber's article
This is well known fact that Hahnemann was the first physician,
who , while arranging symptomatology of Materia Medica, begins from
MIND. At his period, symptomatology was started from Head and no
mention of mind symptoms alone. It is the brilliant mind of Dr Hahnemann
that he collected mental symptoms as a prime feature and placed
in his materia medica the first place. It was a revolutionary step
at his time.
How much time before Psychiatry practice have developed ? Fraud
was the first person who systematically analysed the Psychic anomalies.
After that much have been done and experimented on Phyco related
science.
Modern Western Medicine catagorieses illness in two sections. 1-
Somatopsyhic and 2- Psycosomatic. Psychiatry deals with these two.
Much can not be said, what Dr. DP have observed in the cancer cases.
However his claim for treating such patients should not be denied.
If it is true, this should be seen and observed in other patients,
round about one hundred.
Dr. D. B. Bajpai
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I believe that the discussions that you have stimulated have made
a very positive contribution to broadening the scope of thought
of many homoeopaths, and especially have given students and new
practitioners added perspectives that they may not have received
if educated by people with limited ideas about the development of
classical homoeopathy, or the use of particular systems at the expense
of a true Hahnemannian approach
regards
Dr Isaac Golden
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its really excellent issue.
tips and secrets are marvellous.
thanks to all the participants for sharing their
valuable experiences.
thanks to hpathy.com family.
w/rgds,
mehfooz ahmad
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iam very much thankful to u for sending the articles monthly lournals.it
is very much help ful by which even with little knowledge in homoeopathy
we could be able to cure small ailments.perticularly in rural areas.all
the credits to you also.the homoeopathy tips n secrets too helpful
n very handy.its very infomative n very much use ful for immediate
attending the acute cases.even some times chronic cases.iam very
much thankful to u once again.
i some how missed the homoeopathy tips n secrets 1 .,if possible
kindly mail the first of its issue ,for which iam grateful to u
.
thanking u
yours sincerely ,
p.omprakash.
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Feedback - gastritis
Dear editor, this article is excellent.The background
and related remedies is extrememly useful. I will
forward this to other homeopathy colleagues.
thank you
Prasanna
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Thank you for sending me the article on Gastritis by Dr Rehana Khan
which I have just received and found was very informative and useful.
I was disappointed to note however that no mention was made in
this article of Nat Phos which is my default remedy for patients
presenting with Gastric problems, especially those who present with
problems with digestion, including Heartburn, Puffiness after meals
etc.
I prescribe Nat Phos 6x dose 2-4 tablets taken immediately after
a meal and the results have been very positive. I also use some
of the remedies that are listed in this article to be taken with
the NP and for patients who present with
Acid Reflux symptoms, I prescribe Arnica 30c to be taken tds in
the water dose. I have observed that the NP seems to settle the
acidic condition of the stomach as it seems to prevent the formation
of excess acid by accelerating the passage of food down the gut.
The Arnica seems to help the inner lining tissue of the Esophagus
which is usually eroded from acid burn from the reflux of gastric
juice, to rebuild in a short time.
You may like to consider my therapy for your patients as I have
had many patients who have been cured of their chronic gastric problems,
some of whom had consulted many specialists in the medical sector
who have only prescribed the standard drugs listed in your article,
all of which only are palliatives but do not cure the patient.
I note that you can send similar articles every third day and I
would welcome them as they are very useful and I hope that others
too will comment as I have done above on them as we can then all
share with each other, our experience in the treatment of various
human ailments.
Kind Regards
Joe De Livera
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good article: clear and neatly divided into logical sections.
So , yes, please send me more articles like this! Very helpful.
Greetings,
Lewis Bernaldo de Quiros.
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I'm sendig you my feadback about your article on gastritis, It
is very interesting I find that lot of work have been done on this
subject. Has a nurse and homeopath it is a good way to start the
day before de clients guet in the office. Micheline Babin
h.d.
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The article is very nice covering various aspects of the disease
along with the homeopathic therapeutics. I really appreciate all
the hard work that u are doing through this web site. I am interested
in receiving articles that will give a gist of the pathology along
with the theraupitic outlook. Thank you for sending the articles
in advance & Good Luck to all the Hpathy team to bring out such
nice articles in future. This is a very nice online guidance for
practitioners of all categories.
Regds,
Dr.Prabha.
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The articles on any specific problem detailing out the symptoms
and the treatment are always very useful. I would urge you to pick
up some chronic problems nagging large population across the globe
(like irritable bowl syndrome, atopic dermatitis, psoriasis, leucoderma,
chronic fatigue syndrome etc.) and enlighten the homeo practising
fraternity with the treatment methodologies.
Thanks for sending the article on " Gastritis".
Regards,
Rama Sarma.
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I thought this article was excellent! I especially appreciated
the depth of detail of both diagnosis and conventional treatment
as well as the Homeopathic theraputics, which are so helpful for
treating acutes.
I love recieveing the Hpathy Ezine and would like to recieve more
articles like this one.
Many thanks
Suzanna Hobkirk
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I read Gastritis article completely. It is a very good article
in which gastritis explained in detailed and give all information.
Thank you so much for sends me this and other articles. These articles
are increased my knowledge. But plz sends me an article about breast
tumor and cancer, its causes, general management, conventional treatment
and homeopathic therapeutics?
Thank you
Maryum Shakil
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Thank you. I did read and appreciate this article. I also very
much like your tips sections. Still I have too much information
to read daily so I'm interested in having one good thing a week,
perhaps including an article like the one on gastritis. Every three
days sounds too time consuming to me.
Thank you for inquiring and for assembling this material! Kristin
Kreiger
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Thank u 4 a good article on gastrities. The suggested medicines
are very relevant. Many of the citizens in India suffer from gastrities
in some form or other mainly due to their lifestyles
and food habits.
J have used successfully Bryonia & Lycopedium to patients of
chronic gastrities. I also recommend carboveg everytime the patients
attend dinner parties or hotel foods.
Best wishes...raghavan.
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Hello, I'm Dra Mercedes from Brasil , the article "gastritis"
make me happy, becose I have many pacients wich gastrits, thanks
so much
I like to receive more such articles like this
thank
Mercedes
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Thanks for emailing the article on gastritis.
I do find these interesting and useful memory aid and revision and
learning tool.
I would be interested in more articles.
Thanks,
Ruth Sadler
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Thank you for this article and for other information-packed messages
you have sent me. I do find them useful.
Best regards
Tricia St Clair
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Gastritis,
Very good info!! Will make a copy to have on hand and to treat my
patient's stomach symptoms. Do you have info re chronic tinnitis?
I heard today of a lady who was successful in treating her condition.
So far I have failed to find the magic remedy. I know there has
to be a lesional remedy for this condition. I have tried my "constitutional"
remedy Lycopodium with no result. I'm close to 86 years of age and
still practicing every day. I have good results with most of my
patients using LM potencies, but my associate has not yet found
a remedy for my condition as noted above. Would appreciate any ideas
from any of your readers. Thank you, CDH
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Thoroughly enjoyed your site... questions, answers and other informative
issues.
Anything on Fibromyalgia?? Sinus problems(?), which include 4 ear
surgeries and food getting caught in throat.. has to be an ear,
nose and throat situation.. But "DRS" cannot answer..
and guess its just as well, as I do NOT want any of their so called
meds.. all they do is bring on more problems, which leads to more
meds, and more problems.
Told I have arthritis in my eye, left side, and even tho I got the
meds, I read the info on their product, and seems it causes more
problems than I already have. I am 77, soon to be 78, and a HOMEOPATHIC
user, studier and seeker.. Seems I can find the right remedy for
others, even animals, but have a problem diagnosing myself. Guess
I am thinking more of the problem, instead of the overall person.
Appreciate your site.. Wish I could devote more time, but care for
my critically ill son...
Thanks again, and thanks for sharing..
Betty Torrence
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Thanks for publishing the article on gastritis.The information
given here are very useful.I would like to say a few words.Iris
versicolor is also used in gastritis.The leading symptoms are:-
Heartburn and eructations with a feeling like sea-sickness,nausea
and dull,frontal headache,with much burning along he whole alimentary
tract, profuse secretions from salivary,pancreatic and intestinal
glands.
Hope to continue again,
Thanking you,
Dr. R.K.Saha
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