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© Centre For Excellence In Homœopathy 

VOL. XXII, 2005 

Lead me from Untruth to Truth 

Lead me from Darkness to Light 

Lead me from Death to Immortality 

Adyaya I Brahmana 3 Mantra 28 

(This service is only for private circulation. 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, Belgium, Brazil, USA, etc., disciplinewise, 

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.) 

Compilation, translation, publication by 

Dr.K.S.Srinivasan, 

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VOL. XXII, 1, 2005 

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. The Role of JUNG’s Concept of Shadow in 

Homœopathic Treatment 

CICCHETTI, Jane (AJHM. 97, 1/2004) 

Using Carl JUNG’s concept of the shadow, the 

author describes its relevance to homœopathic case 

analysis and prescribing. This darker, repressed 

side of an individual is often revealed in dreams. 

The proper analysis of dreams, which should be 

based primarily upon the dreamer’s own sense of 

their meaning, often reveal core psychological 

issues that can be critical to identifying the 

homœopathic simillimum. 

2. The Fundamentalist Controversy: 

An issue That won’t Go Away 

MOSKOWITZ, Richard (AJHM. 97, 1/2004) 

The author provides a comprehensive overview 

of the current controversy between what Dr. 

MOSKOWITZ terms the “Fundamentalists” and 

the “Innovators” in Homœopathy, flavored with his 

own viewpoint on the matter, one acknowledges 

much of the recent innovations for their value in 

effective case analysis and remedy selection. 

Clearly, in Dr. MOSKOWITZ’s view, the 

arguments of both sides have merit; thus, rather 

than attack each other and further divide 

homœopaths, he recommends that everyone 

respectfully agree to disagree. 

[This article is very interesting and scholarly. 

However, it says ‘live’ and ‘let live’ to so-called 

“Fundamentalists” and the “Innovators”. We agree. 

It is not a quarrel that anyone should mediate. It is 

only about ‘what is right’ = KSS]. 

3. The Evolution of Homœopathy 

PITT, Richard (AJHM. 97, 1/2004) 

Homœopathy, like all living things, is in a 

constant state of evolution. This evolutionary 

impulse is part of the natural development of all 

systems and it requires the ability to evaluate the 

impact of these changes on the philosophy and 

practice of Homœopathy. The very boundaries of 

the definitions of homœopathic practice will 

inevitably be challenged as part of this evolutionary 

shift, one that requires both flexibility and rigidity. 

This article seeks to explore some of the 

underlying dynamics and patterns of this 

evolutionary change and at the same time to put 

Homœopathy into a broader philosophical, social 

and cultural framework. The premise of the article 

is that Homœopathy is but one system of thinking, 

which is connected to and impacted by much 

broader evolutionary dynamics, and which, through 

their exploration, can help us understand our own 

struggles and debates within Homœopathy. 

The article seeks to put forward a proposition 

that as part of the evolution of Homœopathy itself 

the onus is on those practicing the homœopathic art, 

that the consciousness of Homœopathy will evolve 

through those practicing it. It seeks to put 

Homœopathy into a wider framework of thinking, 

one that can reveal the implications of the holistic 

philosophy and practice of Homœopathy and 

identify it with other similar modes of thinking. 

4. Health: An Integral Approach 

SHARMA, Arati (CCR. 11, 1/2004) 

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This brief article puts succinctly the ideas of 

The Mother which is totally in agreement with the 

homœopathic Philosophy. 

The ‘integral’ healing is the ideal. “An illness 

of the body is always the outer expression and 

translation of a disorder, a disharmony in the inner 

being; unless this inner disorder is healed, the outer 

cure cannot be total and permanent.” Healing 

means to rediscover and restore communication 

with our inner self. 

5. Linear versus non-linear systems 

WANSBROUGH, Charles (HL. 16, 2/2003) 

This is a thought-provoking essay. In the 

opening paragraphs Paul DAVIES is quoted 

extensively to explain the expressions ‘linear’, 

‘non-linear’. The author goes on to explain that 

homœopathic principles and philosophy fall under 

‘non-linear System’. 

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II. MATERIA MEDICA 

1. A Proving of Larrea tridentata 

MESSER, Stephen; CAGE, Arlan; OKSMAN, 

Linda; BEDELL, Sarah; ELLER, Dawn and 

AUSTIN, Jane (SIM. XVII, 1/2004) 

The Proving was conducted at The Southwest 

College of Naturopathic Medicine and Health 

Sciences, Tempe, AZ in October 2002, using 30 

potency, t.d.s. for 7 days or until valid symptoms 

appear, by 11 provers in a double blind study. 

The most common medicinal uses include: 

G.I.Complaints, Genito-Urinary tract conditions, 

PMS, Dysmenorrhoea, Arthritis, Auto Immune 

conditions, Wounds and Skin Infections and 

possibly as both an abortifacient and to promote 

fertility. 

The Proving symptoms are given and 

concluded that reproving will verify the symptoms 

as well as generate new ones and will help to speed 

up the introduction of this remedy into clinical use. 

2. Arzneimittelselbsterfahrung mit Taxus baccata 

(Remedy Proving on self with Taxus baccata) 

ABERMANN, Christoph and 

PUSCHKAREKI, Mathias (ZKH. 48, 1/2004) 

Taxus baccata was selected for the Proving 

because it was a known remedy but with a poor 

record of provings. This Proving was conducted in 

1998 in a double-blind, placebo-controlled trial, in 

which 19 persons participated. The central themes 

that emerged were symptoms of Depression in 

combination with feelings of Forsakenness; 

awareness of social responsibility with a desire to 


help where help is needed, as well as a feeling of 

helplessness when helping was not possible. The 

most salient physical symptoms were localized 

sensations of heat and redness, fatigue and throat 

symptoms. 

3. Bryonia 

LAPY, Benoit (RBH. XXXVIIIb, 3/2003) 

A thorough study of the remedy Bryonia with 

reference to the Repertory, Provings. Although it 

was Bryonia alba which was proved, recently 

Bryonia dioica is being sold by the Pharmacies. 

This study includes Bryonia dioica. 

4. Pulsatilla 

FLOUR, Agnès (RBH. XXXVIIIb, 3/2003) 

This is an extensive study of Pulsatilla 

pratensis, including the miasmatic aspects. 

5. Juglans regia 

(CCRH. 26, 1/2004) 

The first Proving of Walnut – Juglans regia 

was by Cloter MÜLLER in association with his 

father Moritz MÜLLER, in 1846 and 155 

symptoms were reported. 

The CCRH has carried out ‘Clinical 

verification’ of this remedy and tabulated the 

results. It is seen from this that it has been 

prescribed in much more cases of skin eruptions, 

with good results. Seven females with leucorrhoea 

were prescribed this remedy and all of them were 

relieved. 

A ‘drug picture’ and ‘Prescribing Symptoms’ 

on the basis of the ‘Clinical verifications’ have 

been drawn, which we may note for further 

verification. 

Drug picture: 

• Occipital sharp headache < in evening and 

after dinner 

• Pain above the eyes < motion, shaking head, 

moving eyes 

• Otorrhoea, yellowish pus like discharge with 

pain 

• Pustular eruptions behind the ear with sticky 

discharge 

• Stye with redness and swelling, recurrent 

• Pimples over face with itching, with redness, 

recurrent in nature 

• Acne or pimples on forehead, face 

• Small red with suppuration with itching and 

pain oozing, pus like discharge 

• Face oily 

• Face dry with black pigmentation, cracks on 

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• Acne on face with itching 

• Pimples with itching < cold application 

• Dryness of mouth after dinner with excessive 

thirst 

• White coated tongue 

• Pain in hollow teeth < in bed 

• Appetite diminished 

• Desire for sweet 

• Constipation – hard, difficult, scanty stool 

• Bleeding piles 

• Obstinate constipation, soreness in anus with 

itching after stool 

• Vesicular eruptions on upper part of chest with 

itching < night 

• Frequent micturition day and night, yellowish 

urine 

• Small reddish papular eruption with itching 

< changing clothes 

• Eczematous eruptions with itching 

• Small reddish papular eruptions, with itching 

on scalp 

• Axillary glands swollen, painful, indurated, 

suppurated. 

Conclusion 

Clinical conditions: Headache, Sty, Acne, 

Toothache, Constipation, Bleeding piles, Eczema. 

Prescribing Symptoms: 

• Occipital sharp headache, agg. in evening and 

after dinner 

• Pain above the eyes, agg. motion, shaking 

head, moving eyes 

• Pustular eruptions behind the ear with sticky 

discharge 

• Sty with redness and swelling, recurrent in 

nature 

• Ache on face with itching 

• Pimples on forehead and face with itching, agg. 

cold application 

• Axillary glands swollen, painful, indurated, 

suppurated 

• Small reddish papular eruptions with itching on 

scalp, agg. changing clothes 

• Vesicular eruption on upper part of chest with 

itching, agg. night 

• Eczematous eruption with itching 

6. The Toxicology of Latrodectus 

tredecimguttatus: the Mediterranean Black 

Widow Spider 

BONNET M.S. (HOMEOPATHY, 93, 1/2004) 

The symptomatology of envenomation by the 

Mediterranean Black Widow Spider, Latrodectus 

tredecimguttatus, is reviewed. The results confirm 


the hypothesis that the homœopathic remedy, 

Tarentula hispanica, is derived from this Spider, 

not from the Wolf Spider, Lycosa tarentula. 

Mind 

Agitation, psychomotor: incidence 17-33% 

Amnesia/disturbance of memory. 

Anxiety and agitation: 26% of cases, about 

death (child). 

Confusional state, acute disorientation in time, 

person and place with desperation. 

Aphonia. 

Consciousness normal; mental clarity; lucid 

with anxiety sensation regarding gravity of illness. 

Delirium. With hallucinations, visual. 

Psychotic state of mind. 

Mental disturbances with dyspnea and a 

precordial oppression and anxiety; patient 

repeatedly putting hand onto chest. 

Depression and deep sadness with sighing and 

crying, even grown men, terrified by feelings of 

their impending death. 

Obnubilation 8.33% of cases, persistent for 

days with intermittent lucid periods, gradually 

increasing in frequency. 

Pavor mortis and pronounced restlessness. 

Psychic picture, dramatic. 

Restlessness, impulsive, with desire to get up 

and go away, to leave (more rarely, to jump out of 

window). 

Rolling in bed, pulling and tearing bed sheet. 

Shouting, yelling, screaming, rolling on floor 

with haphazard convulsive movements, uttering 

incomprehensible words and terrorized by anybody 

approaching, reacting with desire to stand up, to run 

away, to escape. 

Speak, incapable of, using gestures to 

communicate. 

Torpor, general, profound, with all movements 

becoming slow, almost fatigued, with intense 

asthenia, early symptom. Weep, desire to, 

inexplicable, sudden, abandoning activity before 

crying desperately without apparent reason and 

without answering questions, even from close 

relatives. 

Worry, anxiety, concern; psychomotor: 50% of 

cases. 

Central nervous system 

Clonic movements. 

Convulsions, worsening on second day, with 

tremors of whole body. 

Fainting; coma. 

Meningism: negative on first day; slight, with 

headache and vomiting on second. 

Motor incoordination. 

Paraesthesia. 

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Paralysis, flaccid: rarely. 

Psychomotor excitation, mornings. 

CSF pressure increased, clear. 

Abdominal reflexes feeble. 

Hyperreflexia particularly upper limbs. 

Patellar pseudoclonus, bilateral. 

Tendon reflexes increased, brisk (child), 

constant symptom. 

Sensation to touch, pinprick, vibration and 

position. 

Hyperaesthesia. 

Pinprick sensation diminished, local. 

Head pain 

Cephalgia: 33% of cases, frontal, intense in child. 

Eye 

Blepharoconjunctivitis. 

Conjunctivitis, with congestion, more or less 

pronounced in all patients. 

Lachrymation. 

Miosis moderate. 

Mydriasis, some cases. 

Pupils constricted and not reacting to light. 

Changes in the fundus of the eye, some cases, 

marked. 

Fundal veins full. 

Vision 

Accommodation difficulties with blurred, hazy 

vision. 

Nose 

Rhinitis. 

Face 

Angioedema, facial; congested facies, fixed (child) 

and swollen, with facial hyperhidrosis and flushing. 

Eyelids oedematous and loose tissue below the 

eyes, hyperaemic. 

Facial expression of indescribable terror with 

facial congestion and eyelids oedematous with pink 

edges. 

Pale, anxious. 

‘Facies Latrodectismica’: facial congestion, 

trismus, rhinitis, blepharoconjunctivitis, mydriasis 

and cheilitis: 6.6% of cases. 

Hyperaemia of skin in face and head, giving 

characteristic appearance. 

Mouth 

Salivation, excessive profuse (up to 1.51 in 24h) or 

dry mouth. 

Sialorrhoea: 41.67% of cases. 

Thirst, intense. 

Tongue, oedematous. 

Paraesthesia, dental. 

Stomach 

Anorexia and constipation. 


Heartburn despite normal gastric acidity or 

even hypoacidic on gastric juice analysis. 

Dysphagia. 

Nausea and vomiting: of 13-25% of cases, after 

about 1h after start of illness. 

Vomiting, very frequent. 

Abdomen 

Abdomen distended, slightly. 

Abdominal contractions; 83.33% of cases, 

marked for several hours, guarding 50% of cases; 

tense, very tender and tympanitic. 

Abdominal musculature rigid disappearance of 

abdominal reflexes. 

Abdominal pains, colicky, with abdomen tight 

and sensitive to touch and pains radiating to lower 

limbs: 93.3% of cases 

Abdominal pains with contractures in spasms: 

66% of cases. 

Liver, pronounced increase in size, liver edge 

palpable and sensitive to pressure. Subicterus: 

15.38% of cases. 

Abdominal X-ray: normal. 

Rectum 

Diarrhoea. 

Urinary system 

Dysuria. 

Oliguria even with full bladder, sometimes 

deteriorating to anuria and retention. 

Albuminuria. 

Increased urobilinogen. 

Erythrocytes and leucocytes in urine. 

Glycosuria, rare (child). 

Granular and cylindrical casts. 

Proteinuria: 25% of cases. 

Male genitalia 

Priapism with involuntary ejaculation, occasionally. 

Chest and respiration. 

Dyspnea (child): 13% of cases. 

Tachypnea (25/min): 33.33% of cases and 

superficial breathing. 

Heartburn and violent precordialgia, violent. 

Sensation of heaviness/oppression/pressure in 

the chest (with fear of death) and thoracic pains. 

Chest X-ray: normal. 

Cardio-vascular system 

Tachycardia 33.33% of cases, with extrasystoly; 

moderate, early, frequently followed by bradycardia 

(adrenergic). 

Blood vessles spasm. 

Arterial hypertension: 41.67% of cases; usually 

transitory. 

Hypotension 7%. 

Blood pressure rise to 200/125 (adult); 150/110 

(child). 

Pulse: 72-130 beats/min ‘small’ and slow. 

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ECG: Abnormalities in 36% of patients. 

Bradycardia, sinus: 42/min, P-wave high in 

lead II& III. QT-interval prolonged: 0.48s, STsegment 

depressed. 

Tachycardia, sinus in 33%; initial and 

subsequent ECG’s (day 1). Tall T-waves in leads 

V2-V5 with ST-segment depression in leads V3- 

V5; initial ECG (day 1). Subsequent ECG (3h 

later) shows negative T-waves in leads V1-V6 with 

elevation of ST-segment. T-wave very low in lead 

I; flattened in lead II; negative in lead III. 

Echocardiography. Initially: dyskinesia of 

interventricular septum and reduced systolic 

function. On day 5: antero-septal hypokinesia with 

ejection fraction of 0.45. On day 8: septum and left 

ventricular anterior wall normokinetic with ejection 

fraction of 0.54. 

Musculo-skeletal system 

Local erythematous oedema is followed in a few 

minutes by muscular spasms in the trunk and the 

face, accompanied by violent abdominal pains and 

neuropsychic signs. 

Affected limb, unable to use. 

Arthralgias. 

Hypertonia with muscular contractions. 

Contractions, spastic with diffuse pains. 

Myalgia, paroxysmal, becoming diffuse and 

intolerable, particularly abdominal, thoracic and 

lumbar. 

Rigidity of the musculature, tetany with 

tremors and contractures. 

Back 

Dorso-lumbar pains/contractions, violent: 40% of 

cases, may radiate to lower limbs. 

Upper back pain, along scapular line. 

Extremities 

Contractures in extremities: 50% of cases. 

Extremities cold and cyanosed. 

Pain in extremities radiating first from knee to 

groin; followed by increased intensity involving 

abdomen and chest. 

Paraesthesia of extremities. 

Lymphadenopathy, painful. 

Stiffness of small joints, especially wrists. 

Hyperthermia and paraesthesia (formication) in 

upper limbs. 33.3-50% 

Palmar numbing. 

Heaviness, sudden, throughout legs (first 

sensation). 

Marbling of the knees. 

Moving legs, irregular choreiform. 

Pains in lower extremities and plantar 

burning/stinging sensation. 


Paraesthesia and burning in feet especially in 

the soles. 

Unable to stand upright, incapable, frozen as if 

had lumbago. 

Walking difficulties; tabetic gait, ataxic, 

hypotonia. 

Sleep 

Insomnia, night after night consecutively, with 

intermittent weeping bouts. 

Insomnia, with sensation of being cold all 

night. 

Fever 

Shivers accompanied by profuse sweats: 100% of 

cases. 

Afebrile (child). 

Fever oscillating between 37 0 C and 37.8 0 C, 

‘anarchic’: 23% of cases. 

Fever, slight: 33% of cases; warmth and 

feeling ‘as if he could burst’. 

Perspiration 

Hyperhidrosis: 23-67% of cases, local with 

excitation of erectores pilorum. 

Sweating, profuse, cold, diffuse. 

Skin 

The bite site may be erythematous with oedema or 

flat urticoidal, warm and hypoaesthetic, or 

hyperaesthetic. 

Anaesthesia dolorosa. 

Cyanosis. 

Erythema, local: 83% of cases with urticaria. 

Erythema, generalized, diffuse (child), 

appearing at 24-48 h: 17% of cases. 

Necrosis: 20% of cases. 

Oedema, local: 43% of cases, soon spreading 

regionally. 

Urticaria, generalized/diffuse, erupting on 

second day; ceased progressively 2 days later. 

Scarlatinoid, morbiliform, papular, or vesicular 

rash, may be generalized, or localized on abdomen, 

chest or regional, commonly followed by pruritus. 

Maculopapular rash on thorax and abdomen, 

third day. 

Plaques, red, surrounded by urticarial halo, 

extending rapidly and extensively. 

Purpura involving the trunk and lower limbs: 

17% of cases. 

Tumefaction, or slight swelling, reddish, with a 

tiny hard and blackish tip and intense pruritus. 

Pain 

The whole syndrome starts with pain, at first 

regionally, rapidly spreading to resemble an acute 

abdomen; evolving into spasms, involving the 

lumbar region and legs with plantar burning 

paraesthesia and ‘formication’ in the upper limbs. 

At start of illness, pains in abdomen and lumbar 

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egion; on second and third days, the pains are 

greater in lower extremities affecting mostly soles 

of feet with sharp burning sensations. 

Pain: burning, local, soon radiating to regional 

lymph nodes with swelling. 

Pain: acute, severe, especially in the loins, 

abdomen, and extremities. 

Pain: mostly in muscles and bones; as if 

‘somebody was tearing the flesh with tongs’. 

Pain: constrictive; compressive. 

Pain: lancinating initially, diminishing 

gradually over a few hours, reappearing at later 

intervals. Progressively encompassing whole body. 

Pain: local in 37-67% of cases. 

Pain: loins especially, pressing and cutting. 

Pain: lumbar, violent, exacerbated by pressure 

on vertebral spines (especially L2-L3), radiating 

into lower limbs. 

Pain: radiating to groin, abdomen, lumbar 

region and thorax, becoming paroxysmal. 

Haematology 

Usually fall in eosinophil and lymphocyte count, 

with a neutrophil leucocytosis. 

Haematocrit (Hct): (normal: m-0.41-0.50; f- 

0.35-0.46) 

Haemoconcentration with a haemoglobin of 

19.7 g/dl (normal: m-13-16g/dl; f-12-15g/dl). 

Leucocytosis: 14,600-24,100/µl in 33.33% of 

cases (normal: 4,000-10,800/µl). 

White blood cell count (WBC): 15,700- 

39,200/mm 3 (93% neutrophils) initially, rising to 

41,800/mm 3 (73% neutrophils) (normal: 4800- 

10,000/mm 3 ). 

Lymphopenia. 

BioChemistry 

Amylase (serum): 254 U/l (normal: 30-170 U/l). 

Aspartate aminotransferase (AST): 100 U/l 

(normal: ≤ 42 U/l). 

Lactate dehydrogenase (LDH): 395-828 U/l 

(normal: ≤ 270 U/l). 

Blood urea nitrogen (BUN): 72mg/dl (normal: 

7-30 mg/dl). 

Cardiac enzymes initially normal. 

Creatinine phosphokinase (CPK): 590-999 IU/l 

(adult); child: 201IU/l (normal

vision, retinoscopy study, ophthalmoscopic 

examination of the fundus and slit-lamp 

examination of fundus stereoscopically under high 

magnification. 

Physostigma venenosum is a climbing plant 

found near the bank of Niger river of South Africa. 

It belongs to the family Leguminosae. Common 

name Calabar bean. The alcoholic tincture is 

prepared from pulverized bean and triturations are 

made from whole bean. 

Physostigma was prescribed on the basis of 

homœopathic philosophy only to those patients 

who had the symptomatology. 

Placebo group 20 patients. 

Physostigma group 55 patients. 

Much improvement of vision in 74.5%. 

Slight improvement of vision in 19.05%. 

No improvement of vision in 6.3%. 

In placebo group, no improvement observed in 

12.5%. Gradual loss in vision in 87.5% cases. 

Dr. BASU has shown a relation of Myopia 

with Glaucoma in his paper ‘Role of Physostigma 

in Simple Myopia’. The Progressive Myopia was 

due to long-continued over-use with symptoms of 

irritability, dull pain after using the eyes, muscae 

volitantes, flashes of light, twitching of lids, etc., 

and Physostigma venenosum is one of the important 

drugs which can give good and favorable result. 

8. Variolinum, Vaccininum and Malandrinum – 

The Powerful Smallpox Nosodes and their 

therapeutic use 

SCHEIWILLER-MURALT, Erika 

(HL. 16, 2/2003) 

Ten years ago, Dr.Erika SCHEIWILLER- 

MURALT found that Smallpox Nosodes such as 

Variolinum, Vaccininum and Malandrinum are able 

to cure deep-rooted disorders in cases where wellchosen 

homœopathic remedies have failed. These 

Nosodes are most powerful, and their effects are 

deep, long lasting and surprisingly fast. 

The whole of mankind has been in contact with 

Smallpox, leaving a deep-rooted disorder in later 

generations. The powerful healing effects of the 

Smallpox Nosodes are demonstrated in a case study 

with 120 patients, taking Variolinum as an example. 

The differentiation between Variolinum, 

Vaccininum and Malandrinum are mentioned. As 

the symptoms and modalities of the three Nosodes 

are very similar to each other, it is the intensity and 

frequency of a complaint that makes the difference 

between them. 

Finally, the author presents, on the basis of her 

practical experience, a table she has developed over 

ten years of research. This table is easy to 


comprehend and will help a great deal in choosing 

the Nosode which will be most beneficial. 

9. The Toxicology of Psilocybe semilanceata – 

The Liberty Cap 

BONNET M.S.; DAWSON & BONNET D.L. 

(HL. 16, 2/2003) 

Dr. M.S. BONNET has, in the past, contributed 

‘toxicology’ of several creatures. In this paper, he 

examines the biological, medical and toxicological 

aspects of the mushroom, Psilocybe semilanceata, 

the Liberty Cap. It is placed taxonomically and 

examined in regard to its structure, distribution and 

toxic/hallucinogenic components, for which this 

fungus has been used in social rites for thousands of 

years. The Materia Medica based on human and 

animal intoxication is enumerated in detail, 

following the order of classical homœopathic 

repertories. Laboratory values of affected victims 

are compared to normal values. 

The Synthesis Repertory refers to ‘Psil.’ for 

‘Psilocybe caerulescens’ which is a different 

species with several varieties. 

All experimental signs and symptoms are from 

mammal experiments only; apes, cats, dogs, guinea 

pigs, mice, monkeys, rabbits, rats, etc. 

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III. THERAPEUTICS 

1. Lyssin: A Rabid remedy for Rage 

ULLMAN, Robert (SIM. XVII, 1/2004) 

Case 1: Kevin, 11, since 3 years of age began 

his assaultive tantrums. After the tantrum, he felt 

bad and would often apologize. He was also 

destructive. He did not like being teased. Scared of 

dark. Loved dogs and hated cats. Threatened 

people with knives. He had history of 

Streptococcal Tonsillitis, Otitis Media and 

Enuresis. 

First dose was Lyssin M and 12 daily. Had an 

initial aggravation for 2 weeks and then began to 

improve. He was less destructive and calmed 

down. Now he was intensely afraid of the dark and 

being alone at night. Stramonium 200. After 5 

months another dose of Lyssin M and 12 daily – 

because of relapse. 

Mother thought he was better when he took 

Lyssin 12c regularly. He hated swimming and 

would not get in the pool for anything. Followed 

up for 18 months. His teacher said “he’s not the 

same boy.” 

Case 2: Todd, 6, would go into a blind rage 

when angry or frustrated. His anger was often 

turned inward (self-torture) and was also 

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destructive. Sensitive to loud noises. Had facial 

tics and involuntary jerking movements of his arms 

and legs. He drooled and spat constantly. 

Lyssin 200 single dose. 3 weeks of 

aggravation and then began to improve. Relapse 

after 6 weeks Lyssin 200. He was worse. Lyssin 

1M. Improved. Lyssin 10M. A month later relapse 

with another dose improved for 3 months. The next 

dose held for 10 months without any rage. 

Case 3: Christopher, 5, was aggressive since 

weaning. Scratching, biting, kicking, spitting and 

hitting. Very sensitive to teasing and liked 

chocolates. Had URI in winter followed by 

asthmatic cough and increased aggression. 

Lyssin 200 and 12 daily. 2 months later better. 

Another dose improved his ability to handle 

frustration. His mother felt the action of medicine 

was shorter and weaker than the earlier ones. So 

Lyssin 1M was given, followed by an aggravation 

for a month and then much better. 

2. Help for hot flashes 

DOOLEY, Timothy R. (HT. 23, 3/2003) 

Indications of Lachesis, Sulphur, Sepia, 

Glonoine and Sanguinaria in this common 

menopausal complaint is discussed. 

3. Three different experiences of Menopause 

ALLEN, Karen (HT. 23, 3/2003) 

Case 1: Caroline, 52, developed high Blood 

Pressure through menopause and hot flashes. 

Feeling of pressure in ears, pain above right eye, 

symptoms worse in mid afternoon and aversion to 

company. 

Belladonna 12 daily. As her symptoms 

improved, she took less and less frequent and after 

8 weeks back to her usual life. 

Case 2: Nancy, 49, started having anxiety 

attacks on waking, could not remember what she 

has read, perspiration on face with hot flashes and 

rumbling of gas in abdomen, as if there were snakes 

inside her. After several doses of Lachesis 30. She 

made it comfortably through the transition. 

Case 3: Barbara, 56, copious menstrual flow 

with hot flashes and recurrent pain in right shoulder 

and to smell things no one else could smell. 

Sanguinaria 200 one dose. Menstrual cycle 

stopped completely. Pain right shoulder gradually 

faded over 6 weeks and imaginary smell 

disappeared. 

4. Menopause: A terrible/terrific transition 

CASTRO, Miranda (HT. 23, 3/2003) 

The emotional symptoms, hot flashes, and 

general symptoms of fifteen remedies indicated in 


Menopause are presented in a tabular format and 

prescribing guidelines are given. 

5. Six remedies and rubrics used in Menopause: 

Psychological profiles 

MASTER, Farokh (HT. 23, 3/2003) 

Indifference, apathy – Cyclamen 

Estranged – Asterias rubens 

Anxiety with fear – Androctonus 

Anxiety – Amylenum nitrosum and Trillium. 

Fear of insanity - Cimicifuga 

Other mental symptoms of the above remedies 

in Menopause are also discussed. 

6. Pain-free after Surgery 

ROTENBERG, Bonnie (HT. 23, 3/2003) 

The author was diagnosed with Uterine Cancer 

in June 2002. Advised by Catherine COULTER, 

she began a course of Carcinosin 200 and Aurum 

muriaticum natronatum 200. After few months 

neither increase nor decrease in the size of tumor 

and so agreed for hysterectomy. She took Arnica 

30 a day before the surgery and gave instructions 

for Arnica 200 to be given after the surgery at 

frequent intervals and a dose of Phosphorus 30 for 

nausea. 

On day two, Staphysagria 200, as pain 

transitioned from soreness to slight stabbing pain. 

The level of pain never exceeded a ‘2’ on a scale of 

1 to 10. No painkillers were used. Insomnia and 

extreme restlessness each night after the surgery 

disappeared with Bellis perennis 30. 

7. What to expect when old symptoms return 

HYDE, Rosemary C. (HT. 23, 3/2003) 

A series of old symptoms can occur at different 

times during a longer course of homœopathic 

treatment. These symptoms are generally shortlived 

and significantly less uncomfortable than one 

might expect. Knowing what to expect can 

reassure people that a return of old symptoms can 

be a good sign, especially if it is accompanied with 

general feeling of improvement. Two case 

examples are given. 

8. Accident: Three remedies to use 


The use of Aconite, Arnica and Calendula in 

skating accident involving his son is described. 

9. An epidemic of Autism 

How Homœopathy can help? 

REICHENBERG-ULLMAN, Judyth 

(HT. 23, 4/2003) 

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The various presentations of Autism are 

discussed and the increase of the cases is suspected 

with large number of vaccines being administered. 

The progress under homœopathic care depends 

on where the child falls on the autistic spectrum to 

begin with, how clear an understanding the 

homœopath can attain of the child and how well the 

homœopathic remedy fits the child. 

The author has discussed his approach and how 

parents can support the treatment. 

10. A beautiful mind 

ULLMAN, Robert (HT. 23, 4/2003) 

Sam, 5 years diagnosed with Semantic 

Pragmatic Disorder, a serious deficit in thought and 

language processing, poor social skills and 

behavioral problems. He had special aptitude for 

Mathematics and could calculate cube roots in the 

head. He started talking late. Inclined to make 

noises. Sam had history of a severe reaction to 

Amoxycillin and later, a high fever induced by the 

MMR vaccine potentially correlated with his 

Autism. Very reserved. 

Many homœopathic prescriptions given and no 

lasting benefit. With the experience of treating 2 

other cases of similar nature, Silica 200 was given 

which also covered the totality. 

After a month, he was doing considerably 

better. He enjoyed playing with other children. 

Over 18 months he was given 3 doses of Silica 200 

and a dose of 1M. He is more interactive, language 

is now age-appropriate. He has calmed down. No 

echolalia. 

11. A case of Attention Deficit Disorder 

MESSER, Stephen (HT. 23, 4/2003) 

Michael’s main problem is an inability to focus 

his attention. This delays his homework. Always 

hungry. He is happy when getting attention from 

others. Perspires easily and profusely. His joints 

are hyperflexible. Gets restless in tight clothing. 

He is very concerned about his reputation so that he 

can be very popular. 

Veratrum album 6 once a day. 2 months later 

improved in all aspects. Veratrum album 30, once 

a week. 6 months later, relapse and so Veratrum 

album 200, once a day for a week. Since then 

improving. 

12. Using Homœopathy to heal after circumcision 

FEDER, Lauren (HT. 23, 4/2003) 

Indications of Arnica, Hypericum and 

Calendula are given. For healing the inflammation 

Apis and Cinnabaris. 


Aconite to be given if the baby is in shock after 

surgery. Staphysagria for babies who look 

resentful. Stramonium for shock when Aconite did 

not help. 

13. Three cases of Chicken pox 

GRILL, Yolande (HT. 23, 4/2003) 

Case 1: Eruption first appeared on Monica’s 

genitals. Vesicles, inflamed, itchy and burning. 

Bathing gives temporary relief. Refused to eat. 

Much worse at night. Mercurius 30. 3 doses in 24 

hours. Improvement was immediate. 

Case 2: Paul, 8 years, ran a high fever, soon 

after the appearance of eruptions. Restless and 

delirious. Intense itching. Aconite 200. He calmed 

down, fever and delirium disappeared. 

Case 3: Alan, 6 years, complained pain in his 

back, joints of arms and hands at the onset of 

eruptions. Refused to take baths. Photophobia, 

severe itching and restlessness. Rhus tox 30 and his 

pains never returned. 

Indications of Aconite, Antimonium crudum, 

Antimonium tartaricum, Belladonna, Mercurius, 

Pulsatilla, Rhus tox and Sulphur in the treatment of 

Chicken pox are given. 

14. A case of Chronic fatigue and Fibromyalgia 

FLEISHER, Mitchell A. (HT. 23, 4/2003) 

The author describes Dr. Divya CHHABRA’s 

‘free association’ and ‘circle analysis’ method of 

case taking, which enables the homœopath to reach 

through the subconscious level of dreams to the 

deep seated core delusion, which manifests as the 

symptoms of imbalance and illness. 

This is illustrated with a case of a 56-year-old 

female with Chronic fatigue and Fibromyalgia. 

Translating her symptoms into rubrics of mind: 

Ambition, increased; Competitive; Loquacity; 

Jealousy; Suspicious; Malicious; Censorius; 

Mocking; Sarcasm. Dream rubrics: Falling and 

Spiders, hairy. Clairvoyance and External throat, 

Clothing aggravates. 

Crotalus cascavella 1M. 3 months later, 80% 

better. Feeling less annoyed by women and feeling 

relaxed. 

15. The Restoration of Health: a Physician’s High 

and Only Mission – Evaluation of a Patient 

Presenting with a Diagnosis of Schizophrenia 

HOOVER, Todd A. (AJHM. 97, 1/2004) 

35-year-old man, with long history of 

Schizophrenia. Intense guilt as if he had done 

something that is unforgivable. Delusion he was 

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persecuted by devils; deserving of divine 

retribution. Agitated, restless legs, tremulous, 

anxiety from reprimands. Violence, striking 

himself, striking walls. Waking 2-4 a.m. 

Kali bromatum 200, single dose. 

Two months later, significantly better. Had 

developed very itchy groin rash. Two months later, 

rash worse and it cleared only after antifungal 

medication. Ten months later, picture changed. 

Now fright, hypervigilance, impulse for violence 

and childish hiding. Stramonium 200, single dose. 

Two months later, significantly better, with 

more energy and less anxiety. Relapse seven 

months later and no response to repetition of the 

remedy. 

A thorough re-examination was made: 

1. Fear of reprimand; of something happening, 

catastrophes. 

2. General detachment from others; living in a 

world of his own creation practicing pure 

mathematics. 

3. Unique ability for dates. 

4. Childish quality, unable to care for himself. 

5. Guilty feelings, delusion he was a failure. 

6. Picking at himself, striking himself, biting his 

nails, reproaching himself, eccentricity. 

Bufo rana was given and seven year follow-up, 

with repetition in high potency about 6 times with 

decreasing frequency. 

This led to an increasing restoration of health. 

The author opines the first two remedies acted 

palliatively. They definitely halted the decline and 

deterioration of the case, but did not restore health. 

16. A Case of Tourette’s Syndrome 

LEVATIN, Janet (AJHM. 97, 1/2004) 

BC, ten-year-old girl had some vocal sounds 

and some motor tics from three year age. Dislike of 

school and homework and showing an undercurrent 

of anger that’s never been there before. Fears dark 

room. Tics and vocal sound became worse. 

History of Psoriasis on head. Cradle cap as infant. 

Occasional Otitis Media. Mild to moderate hearing 

loss diagnosed at 3 years. 

Agaricus 200. 

Over the next 16 months, potency was raised to 

1M and 10M after relapses, and no further 

improvement. So Coca 200 was given based on the 

fact that her father was a cocaine addict. 

Over the next year, she improved gradually and 

having hard time with Psoriasis on her scalp. 

She would need one more remedy, probably 

Cocaine. 

17. Die begleitende Behandlung von Karies und 

Mineralisationsstörungen 


(The treatment of Consequences of Caries and 

affections due to mineralisation) 

FELDHAUS, Heinz-Werner 

(AHZ. 249, 1/2004) 

Caries is not only the result of sugar 

consumption and the infestation by bacteria, but has 

to be considered rather as a disorder of the whole 

organism. Therefore it can only be regarded as a 

local symptom, which can be used by the 

homœopathic practitioner and dental practitioner in 

the process of finding the simile. This article 

presents the holistic approach and some main 

remedies on the basis of their local symptoms. 

(Kreosotum, Staphysagria, Thuja occidentalis, 

Silicea - Acidum silicicum, Sepia, Natrum 

muriaticum, Natrum carbonicum, Calcium 

carbonicum/phosphoricum/fluoratum). 

18. Zahnmedizinische Problematik in der 

Homöopathie (Dental Medicine problems in 

Homœopathy) 

HÖR, Klaus Roman (AHZ. 249, 1/2004) 

Homœopathic treatment of problems during 

dentition in the background of hereditary taint are 

described with Syphilinum, Medorrhinum and 

Tuberculinum and their following remedies. 

Frequently indicated remedies as well as acute 

remedies are described. 

The morphological peculiarities are classified: 

1. Teeth, stunted, in children: Syph., Staph., Med., 

Calc-f. 

2. Teeth, notched, indented: Bac., Lach., Med., 

Plb., Syph., Tub. 

3. Eruption of Teeth, distorted: Syph. 

4. Irregular form: Bac., Chlorpr., Phenob., Phos., 

Syph., Tub. 

5. V-formed teeth: Kreos., Syph. 

19. Homöopathie bei Infektionen im Zahn- und 

Kieferbereich (Homœopathy in infections of 

Teeth and mandibular region) 

KREBS, Johannes (AHZ. 249, 1/2004) 

This article describes the often used 

homœopathic remedies in cases of dental and 

mandibular/maxillary infections. As far as they are 

caused dentally, gingival infections are discussed as 

well. 

20. Homöopathie bei Infektionskrankheiten im 

Mund und Rachen (Homœopathy in Infectious 

Diseases of Mouth and Throat) 

FRIESE, Karl-Heinz (AHZ. 249, 1/2004) 

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All infectious diseases of the mouth and throat 

can be well treated by Homœopathy because this 

part of the body is easy to be observed and 

remedies can be given by the colour of the mucous 

membranes. Regularly the diseases are treated 

quicker by homœopathic remedies than by 

conventional medicine which is able to treat viral 

diseases only symptomatically not causally. This is 

the difference of Homœopathy. The most common 

remedies in mouth and throat diseases are 

Belladonna, Apis, Mercurius solubilis, Hepar 

sulphuris, Borax, Kali bichromicum and Kali 

iodatum. 

21. Zahnungsbeschwerden – Klinisches Stichwort 

(Dental complaints – Clinical Keywords) 

BLEUL, Gerhard (AHZ. 249, 1/2004) 

The tenth section of this series gives the rubrics 

from different repertories for affections during 

dentition. The main remedies are briefly described. 

22. Chorea minor und rezidivierende 

Atemwegsinfekte (Chorea minor and recurring 

airway region) 

LORZ, Thomas (AHZ. 249, 2/2004) 

Course of treatment of a six-year-old boy with 

Sydenham’s Chorea after a Streptococcal infection. 

With daily Penicillin prophylaxis, infections of the 

upper respiratory system with increased choreic 

movements recurring several times per month came 

on. A substantial improvement of hyperkinetic 

movements disorder was reached with 

homœopathic treatment. Also recurrent infections 

lessened and general state improved. 

23. Homöopathische Behandlung an der 

Kinderonkologie in LKH Klagenfurt 

(Homœopathic treatment in Children’s 

Oncology Department of the Klagenfurt 

Hospital, Austria) 

PICHLER, Erfried (AHZ. 249, 2/2004) 

Establishing Homœopathy in public hospitals 

of Austria is difficult because acknowledgement is 

lacking. Nevertheless some homœopathic 

outpatient departments have been founded in the 

last years. 

Since last 5 years, it has been possible to treat 

children in the Children’s Oncologic Department of 

Klagenfurt’s Hospital, with Homœopathy in 

addition to conventional therapy. Radar Computer 

Programme or the Synthesis in book form is used. 

Generally one remedy is given and in exceptional 

cases two and in very rare circumstances three in a 


day. Potencies D12, C12, LM6 are mostly used in 

the beginning. 

Two cases show the homœopathic course of 

treatment. 

24. Akute diffuse nummuläre Ekzeme (Acute 

diffuse nummular Eczema) 

EICHLER, Roland (AHZ. 249, 2/2004) 

13-year-old boy with an acute nummular 

Eczema. During mid 1990 he had been treated by 

me successfully with Tuberculinum koch for 

Neurodermatitis. He was free from the disease upto 

now (2003). In 1998 he came to me for an acute 

Condylomata in anus, treated with Syphilinum, 

successfully. He has not been seen again for 5 

years until now. 

In the face, arms, right leg and in the upper left 

half of the buttock as also on the knuckles, palm, 

coin-like vesiculo-papular, very red Eczema spots. 

Sporadic itching, lesser in open air, worse if 

sitting long in closed room. 

Tuberculinum XM. 

25. Homöopathische Behandlung von Notfällen – 

Anaphylaktischer Schock (Homœopathic 

Treatment of Emergencies) 

BÜNDNER, Martin (AHZ. 249, 2/2004) 

There is, in the mind of som, that Homœopathy 

can be applied only in Chronic or harmless acute 

diseases. Homœopathic treatment also can show 

best results in very acute and life-threatening 

diseases. In this case a baby got an anaphylactic 

shock after eating chicken protein and is treated 

with Belladonna. 

26. Mercurius solubulis und die Beweglichkeit 

(Mercurius solubulis and mobility) 

MEYER-KÖNIG, Peter (AHZ. 249, 2/2004) 

In 1994, the parent of a twin children reported 

that the cough of his two children who had been 

given Mercurius solubilis had slowly gone away. 

But there was also a surprising effect. The children 

could crawl better after the Mercurius solubilis. 

A group of 25 infants in robbing age between 

11 upto 18 months gained a perfect ability for 

crawling within a few days after Mercurius 

solubulis. 

The pathology of this disorder is also 

explained. 

In regard to this article Dr. Heinz PSCHEIDL 

writes in the Letter to the Editor, AHZ. 249, 

4/2004: All symptoms which Mercurius can heal, 

Quicksilver (e.g. Amalgam) must be able to 

produce. I have the mothers to do away with 

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Amalgam fillings, in appropriate cases – at time of 

becoming pregnant (ref § 7, 67 FN). Many 

Quicksilver intoxicated patient react to Mercurius 

with severe aggravation. Others develop follow-up 

ailments. 

In further response Dr. MEYER-KÖNIG 

discusses the aggravations and other adverse effects 

of Mercury-dental Amalgam. 

27. Warzen – eine Chronische Erkrankung (Warts 

– a Chronic Disease) 

TOST, Katharina (ZKH. 48, 1/2004) 

The importance of Warts as a sign of a Chronic 

Disease as well as the therapeutic instructions of 

HAHNEMANN are presented by means of the 

Organon. The therapy of Warts is described in 

three cases in which homœopathic remedies are 

chosen according to the totality of the symptoms. 

28. Akuter Myokardinfarkt (Acute Myocardial 

Infarction) 

BÜNDNER, Martin (ZKH. 48, 1/2004) 

An acute Myocardial Infarction is diagnosed 

by laboratory and electrocardiography. An 

echocardiography confirms Hypokinesia which is 

associated with infarction of heart muscle. After 

homœopathic treatment a coronary angiography 

was carried out in the following but there was no 

Coronary Stenosis or other indications for 

Myocardial Lesion. 

29. Uterine Fibroids: A Clinical Study with USG 

Follow-up 

GUPTA, Girish; GUPTA, Naveen; SINGH, 

Vijay and BISHT, Deepa (NJH. 5, 3/2003) 

A total of 217 cases of Uterine Fibroids (Single 

and Multiple) were registered and available for 

proper follow-up treatment. Analysis was made to 

assess the percent response in each case following 

treatment with homœopathic remedies at Gaurang 

Clinic and Centre for Homœopathic Research, 

Lucknow till December 31, 2002. Timely 

diagnosis by Ultrasonography followed by 

homœopathic treatment showed excellent response 

in significant number of cases avoiding surgery 

which has been the lone option in Allopathy. 

After homœopathic treatment, 74 patients were 

cured, 21 were best improving showing more than 

50% reduction in the size of fibroid, 64 patients 

showed significant improvement, 31 maintained 

status quo and 21 patients did not improve, 4 cases 

could not be reliably evaluated due to confusing 

Ultrasonography reports. Two cases were 


Nabothian Cysts and both were cured. The overall 

results of this study is encouraging. 

30. Knowing the Mind in Homœopathic Practice 

DHAWALE K.M. (NJH. 5, 3/2003) 

This is a brief extract from Dr. DHAWALE’s 

article in the Journal of the Institute of Clinical 

Research, Vol.1, 3/1991. The mental symptom, 

mental state and disposition are differentiated. 

31. Cancer 

DHAR, Bansi and BHATNAGAR, Pankaj 

(NJH. 5, 3/2003) 

The authors have written with much feeling 

that despite a good record in palliation/cure of 

Cancer by Homœopathy, the general medical world 

tend to criticize adversely. 

Cases have been mentioned briefly. 

The ‘Seven Warning Signals’ of Cancer: 

1. Change in bowel or bladder habits. 

2. A sore that does not heal. 

3. Unusual bleeding or discharge. 

4. Thickening or lump in breast or elsewhere. 

5. Indigestion or difficulty in swallowing. 

6. Obvious change in Wart or Mole. 

7. Nagging cough or hoarseness. 

Trauma as a causative factor is also 

highlighted. 

Copious quotes from different authors are 

given. 

32. Leucoderma – Vitiligo 

PATEL, Mukesh (NJH. 5, 3/2003) 

A brief write-up on this subject. 

33. Miasm and its Therapeutic Implications 

PUROHIT, Hitesh G. (NJH. 5, 3/2003) 

Three cases treated with particular attention to 

the underlying Miasm, are given. 

34. A Case of Inferior and Right Ventricular 

Infarction 

CHIMTHANAWALA, Adil (NJH. 5, 3/2003) 

This is a very interesting case treated 

homœopathically through and through. The patient 

is 22-year-old with sudden onset on chest painretrosternal, 

prostration, cold sweat, anxious, 

restless, averse to being covered even though hands 

and feet cold. 

Camphora was the remedy. 

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35. A Case of Osteosarcoma 

KHAN L.M. (NJH. 5, 3/2003) 

14-year-old girl, thin, limping gait with pain 

and swelling right leg just below the knee since 2½ 

years. Diagnosed Osteosarcoma of right upper 

Tibia. Pain was constant, worse exertion. Very 

fond of dancing, fast paced music. Very irritable 

and rude behavior, dominating. Craving sweets. 

Mother suffered throughout the nine months of 

pregnancy, nausea and vomiting until delivery time. 

X-ray: multiple fractures in the affected bone. 

Thyroidinum 30 t.d.s, for three days, followed 

by placebo. 

36. Quick Short Cases 

KANOJIA, Satish (NJH. 5, 3/2003) 

Case 1: 20-year-old man bent double with pain 

abdomen, diarrhoea, vomiting. Colocynth 200 and 

in 15 minutes pain subsided. Two more doses 

given to be taken same evening and next morning. 

Remains well. [When one dose Colocynth 200 

relieved why two more doses, same potency? = 

KSS] 

Case 2: 25-year-old man with diarrhoea, 

undigested particles. Oleander 30. 

Case 3: 47-year-old female, obese, burning 

micturition, frequent. Cantharis 200. 

Case 4: 28-year-old man, epigastric pain and 

heaviness chest; had drank beer previous day. 

Green discharge from right eye, thready. Kali 

bichromicum 200. Next day passed 3-4 loose 

stools, felt better. Discharge from right eye also 

relieved. 

Case 5: 25-year-old female, vomiting since 

night after eating ‘Pulao’. Pulsatilla 200. 

Case 6: 25-year-old man vomiting since night. 

5-6 bouts of vomiting. Previous night alcohol. Nux 

vomica 200. 

Case 7: 13-year-old girl, throat pain. Feared 

glands. Anxious look. Aconite 200. 

Case 8: 11-month-old, fever; body cold except 

head, which was very hot. Belladonna 200. 

Case 9: 18-year-old man, fever since 7-8 days, 

urine yellow, desired salted rice. Natrum 

muriaticum 200. 

Case 10: 35-year-old female. Vomited since 2 

days. D &C done two days ago under anaesthesia. 

Phosphorus 200. 

37. Multiple Personality Disorder Syndrome? 

BAIG, Mirza Anwar (NJH. 5, 3/2003) 

This is an interesting article on the mental 

disease ‘Multiple Personality Disorder Syndrome’. 

Two cases treated by the author are narrated. 


38. Mixed Cases 

MISHRA S.C. (NJH. 5, 3/2003) 

Case 1: 54-year-old man lost his wife in road 

accident after which he suffered from sleeplessness, 

severe body jerks when falling asleep. Ignatia 200, 

without relief. Then Arsenicum album M also 

without relief. Again Ignatia M, without benefit. 

Repertorization (Mental shock, jerking head during 

sleep, flatulence) Arnica M gave good relief. 

Case 2: 2-year-old boy, passes stool, soils his 

underwear, involuntarily, itching of penis, lying on 

abdomen and rubs his penis by body movement. 

Dominating. Stands only by leaning on someone. 

Thuja 200 did not >. Repertorisation .. Lachesis M 

(4 doses one daily) with some improvement; 

Lachesis XM (4 doses one daily); marked 

improvement. Thuja XM (4 doses b.d.); some pale 

spots on face. No further relief. Lachesis XM (3 

doses o.d.) [June 2001 to August 2001: M, four 

doses; XM, eleven doses – whatever medicine – to 

2-year-old child is baffling. This is an 

assault=KSS] 

Case 3: 70-year-old male, pain of many years, 

right knee. Big hard tumor in the popliteal fossa of 

the right knee causing pain when rising and sitting 

down. Attacks of sneezing morning and evening. 

Thirstless, Insomnia whole night. Irritable, very 

short-tempered. Nux vomica 30/1 dr., t.d.s. 

Growth of popliteal fossa reduced, pain has 

gone down to leg. Overall better. Nux vomica 30 

for a month more. The tumor has become very soft 

and reduced in size. Pain leg still. Sleep well, 

appetite good, no irritability. Medicine continued 

until the tumor vanished. 

Case 4: 30-year-old female with two children; 

severe persistent nausea early morning after getting 

up. Sight of food also brings on nausea. Total 

anorexia. Thirstless. Horripilation when she thinks 

that she will get the disease which the other person 

whom she saw, has. Delusion of being mad. 

Hopelessness of cure. History of recurrent coryza. 

Natrum muriaticum 200/4 o.d. No>. Sepia M four 

doses o.d. S.L. 10 o.d. Sepia XM two o.d. No 

depression. 

Case 5: 28-year-old male, a Trade Union 

leader and Social Worker. Since sometime feeling 

sick with crawling sensation on scalp and heaviness 

in head with Vertigo. Palpitation before sleep. 

Tension and restlessness in the brain. Tongue gets 

stiff making difficult to talk. Bloated abdomen 

with loud eructations. Better in general when 

occupied. Sensation of heat emanating from palm. 

Quick and hasty, impatient. History of Jaundice. 

History of Multiple injury in legs and forehead. 

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Nux vomica 200 for six days o.d. No change 

Nux vomica M/2o.d. Slightly better. Repeat Nux 

vomica M/4 o.d. , then Sac Lac 7 o.d. and then 

Sulphur 200/4 doses o.d. 

Case 6: 53-year-old Electrical Engineer, 

sedentary job. Pain heel, Hypertension, Piles and 

sexual weakness. Zingiberis 30/one dram pills 

t.d.s. for 7 days. Same repeated for another 7 days. 

Heel pain better. During this period he got chest 

pain. Zincum metallicum 30 b.d. Repeated 8 doses 

b.d. 

75% relief heel pain. For high cholesterol 

Allium sativa Q1oz 10 gtt. b.d. 

He developed some ulceration in cheek. 

Natrum muriaticum 200, three powders as his 

cheek was sensitive to hot food/drink. A week later 

cheek ulcer slight relief. Repeat Natrum 

muriaticum 200/3 o.d. 

A week later, no improvement: Lycopodium 

200/4 b.d. 

12 days later: erection still poor, early 

ejaculation ++, Nitric acid 30/1dram pills t.d.s. 

Three weeks later: No > in any respect. 

Graphites 200/4 doses. Only ulcer amel. after 8 

days. Allium sativa Q again. About two weeks 

later cheek ulcer again flared up. To stop Allium 

sativa and Graphites M/4 doses. About 20 days 

after, Graphites XM/3 powders at 15 minute 

interval. 

Cheek ulceration much improved. All other 

complaints remained. 

It is interesting to note that Allium sativa 

caused cheek ulcer in him. But his Cholesterol 

came down. 

[I feel bewildered; 30 potency repeated for 

days together; 200, 1M, 10M too repeated. What is 

the justification for Natrum muriaticum 200–three 

powders? And Lycopodium 200-four powders! 

Graphites M four doses and XM every 15 minutes 

three doses!! Why 15 minutes? Why not 10 

minutes or 20 minutes or for that matter every 5 

minutes. What are the rules for these games? Or 

are there no rules? And it is all a rule of the thumb? 

Pardon me please=KSS] 

39. My Learning Curve 

SHAH, Bhavani (NJH. 5, 3/2003) 

20-year-old student of Engineering with 

complaints of frontal headache since 1984, after vomiting, agg. 2-4 p.m., 6-7 

p.m. 4 stones, obese, nail biting, desires sweets, 

salt, meat. 

Thuja occidentalis 200/7 doses (!) at intervals 

of about two weeks, then Thuja M/10 doses (!!!) at 

intervals of 15-20 days. Cured. USG confirmed. 

[We see no reason or rationale for so many doses of 

high potency Thuja. Has not HAHNEMANN said 

that the same potency should not be repeated? = 

KSS] 

41. A Case of Prolapse of Inter-vertebral Discs 

KAPSE, Anand (NJH. 5, 4/2003) 

70-year-old female, three children. Pain left 

lumbo-sacral joint, sudden onset, amel. traction, 

raising the leg up. Burning soles, fingers, since 7-8 

years; amel. cold water, left thigh, right thigh 

occasional pains > cold application on head, agg. 

night. Throbbing pain, knees since 20 years. No 

swelling, agg. sitting/flexing knees, amel. hot 

fomentations. Maculo-Papular eruptions, watery 

discharge, exertional dyspnoea. X-ray: mild to 

moderate Osteoarthritis of the left knee joint. 

Sepia 200 repeated daily for 10 days. Then 

Thuja 200 and Sepia 200 again for six days. Frozen 

shoulder also relieved. 

42. Homœopathic Approach to Osteoarthritis 

KAPSE, Anand; PHANSE, Anagha & 

DATEY, Sonali (NJH. 5, 4/2003) 

5 cases of Osteoarthritis successfully treated 

homœopathically. Most of the cases needed Thuja 

as intercurrent. In some patients Osteoarthritic 

Nosode 30 was also used. 

43. Homœopathic Management of Disorders of 

Lumbar Inter-vertebral Discs 

RASAL, Prasad (NJH. 5, 4/2003) 

Degenerative disc disease wide spread, severe 

lumbar canal stenosis. Was on traction for long. 

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Homœopathic treatment: Lachesis 200 one dose, on 

next day Bryonia XM t.d.s. for ten days. Also 

Calcarea fluorica 6x t.d.s. for ten days. Patient 

improved and could walk a km. Continued with 

Calcarea fluorica 6x b.d. for a month and then o.d. 

for two months. One dose Tuberculinum M 

(antimiasmatic). [Such prescriptions are really 

bewildering. It would appear that Calcarea 

fluorica really did more benefit than the Bryonia 

XM t.d.s. for 10 days=KSS] 

44. The Man who slipped on every occasion 

PARTHASARATHY V. (NJH. 5, 4/2003) 

A man 42 years, with complaints of calf pain 

and numbness after slipped disc L4-5 an year ago. 

Cervical spondylosis. D12-L1 stiff as hardboard. 

MRI showed mild degenerative changes D9-10, 

D10-11 and D11-12 facet joints. 

Nux vomica 30, 200, Kali carbonicum 200, 10 

doses over a period. Thuja 200, M as ‘intercurrent.’ 

45. Homœopathy handles Pneumonitis 

JUNAGADE, Sachin and PAWASKAR, Navin 

(NJH. 5, 4/2003) 

25-year-old lady with complaints of cough and 

high grade fever. Couldn’t walk by herself. Her 

complaints began 12 days ago after drinking cold 

water. Developed coryza. 5 days later wetted and 

in two hours high grade fever with chilliness. 

Needed blanket in the peak summer. On 7 th day 

cough, chest pain < coughing, deep breathing. 

Thirst increased, one glass every 10 minutes. 

Loose stools since 2-3 days. Urine albumin ++++, 

X-ray: Right upper lobar Pneumonia with loculated 

effusion. 

Bryonia M – 4 hourly and afebrile in 24 hours. 

In 72 hours normal. Bryonia M continued to 

‘restore’ pathology. Complete radiological 

clearance on day 10. Calcarea carbonica 200, 1 

dose ‘Constitutional follow-through’. 

46. Cancer 

BHATNAGAR, Pankaj (NJH. 5, 4/2003) 

Dr. BHATNAGAR lists the ‘Indian’ Drugs and 

their indications used by him in homœopathic 

potencies, and also as mother tinctures – 38 herbs. 

He also lists over 100 remedies from the 

homœopathic Pharmacopoeia. 

47. Post-vaccination Syndrome 

SMITS, Tinus (NAMAH. 11, 4/2004) 


Homœopathic practice has recognized that 

chronic complaints can develop following 

vaccination, ever since general introduction of the 

Smallpox vaccination in the 19 th century. For many 

years, Thuja was acknowledged by homœopaths as 

proven remedy for these complaints, whose 

treatment appeared to be less than satisfactory. 

Vaccines appear to have more side-effects than has 

hitherto been accepted. These vaccinations can be 

responsible for both acute and chronic health 

problems. 

A large number of these symptom are 

frequently cited in the literature as post-vaccination 

symptoms: other symptoms are own observations. 

In this context any symptom that manifests itself 

after treatment with potentised vaccine is deduced 

as caused by the vaccine concerned. It must be 

accepted that each vaccine can be responsible for 

several symptoms like loss of eye contact, 

squinting, inflammation of the middle ear, 

Bronchitis, etc., Diabetes, etc., lack of 

concentration, etc., behavioral problems etc. If a 

vaccine is the cause of an ailment, the same vaccine 

in a homœopathic potentised dilution is the 

perfectly corresponding remedy. Basic description 

of the ‘post vaccination syndrome’: 

The homœopathic method, general principle 

and treatment, prevention, injury to the general 

defence mechanism, misconduct, changes in mood, 

implied obstacles to the acceptance of the postvaccination 

syndrome, Research, 

Recommendations are cited by Dr. Tinus SMITS. 

48. Genèse du Cancer – La Cellule Cancéreuse: 

Son Origine, sa signification (Genesis of 

Cancer – The Cancer Cells, their Origin, its 

significance) 

FLOUR, Agnès (RBH. XXXVIIIb, 3/2003) 

Summary: 

1 – Introduction 

2 – Cancer and the remedy Carcinosinum 

2-1 Etymology and significance of the word 

‘Cancer’ 

2-2 Cancerisation and Cancerogenesis 

2-3 Characteristics of the Cancer cells 

2-4 The homœopathic remedy Carcinosinum 

2-4-1 Recall of doctrine of HAHNEMANN’s 

Homœopathy 

2-4-2 Nature and origin of the remedy 

Carcinosinum 

2-4-3 Mental and Physical symptomatology of 

Carcinosinum 

2-4-4 Themes and Words key to the 

symptomatology of Carcinosinum 

2-5 Common elements of Cancerology and the 

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emedy Carcinosinum 

3 – Homœopathic concept of Primary Psora 

3-1 Theory of Dr. MASI 

3-2 Example: Phosphorus 

4 – Hypothesis of Primary Psora for Carcinosinum 

5 – The Force 

5-1 Etymology and definitions of the word ‘Force’ 

5-2 The symbols of the ‘Force’ 

5-3 The ‘Virtue of Force’. 

6 – Study of Relations between the two Elements 

Analysis, one part the Cancer/Carcinosinum, 

the other part – the Force 

6-1 Study of the relation between the words 

‘Cancer’ and ‘Force’ a level etymology and 

symbolism 

6-2 Relations between the words – Carcinosinum 

and the word ‘Force’ 

6-3 Relations between the words – Carcinosinum 

and the different aspects of the ‘Force’ 

7 – Psora primary of Carcinosinum 

7-1 Exposition of details of Psora primary of 

Carcinosinum 

7-2 Consequences of Psora primary of 

Carcinosinum 

8 – Contribution of Psora primary in 

comprehension of the Carcinogenesis 

9 – Laws no longer general 

10 – Conclusion 

49. A Case of Hyperprolactinaemia 

GUPTA, Girish (CCRH. 26, 1/2004) 

40-year-old lady with pain both breasts 

especially before menses with dark-colored 

discharge from both nipples for six months but 

previously similar pain for 16-17 years. Occasional 

vaginal discharge before menses. Suffered 

Depression in 1997 treated with allopathic drugs. 

Serum Prolactin level raised. 

Fear of ghost, fear of misfortune, consolation 

amel., anxious about health, fastidiousness, tearful 

mood, desire for sweet, etc. Pulsatilla M. Two 

months later repeated. 

No pain, almost no discharge from nipples. 

Prolactin level within normal limits. 

50. Homœopathy in Children’s Ailments 

PATWARDHAN, Prabha (CCR. 11, 1/2004) 

The author is a Paediatrician. She says that 

children are usually brought to the Paediatrician 

for: 

i. Mental ailments, e.g.: 

Excessive crying 

Hyperactivity 

Mental dullness/retardation 

School phobia 


Examination phobia 

Phobia in general 

Dyslexia 

Aggressive behavior 

Excessive timidity 

Stammering 

Convulsion 

Tics 

Behavior disorders 

Bed wetting 

Masturbation 

ii. Physical ailments, e.g.: 

Respiratory problems 

Gastrointestinal tract/diarrhoea, constipation, 

worms 

Skin and hair 

Teeth problems 

Urinary infections, etc. 

However, in Homœopathy these divisions do 

not matter much. 

Twelve cases are discussed, all interesting and 

instructive. 

Dr. PATWARDHAN appends a ‘Note’ on 

DPT Vaccine. 

“It contains Formaldehyde, Mercury 

derivative, Alum phosphate and damages the 

immune and nervous system. Linked to Sudden 

Infant Death Syndrome (SID), Brain damage, 

Autism, Blindness, Epilepsy, Learning disability, 

Hyperactivity and Dyslexia. Useful in delicate, 

sensitive children with weak, damaged or underdeveloped 

immune system. Children have frequent 

colds, cough and long continued coughing spells 

like Whooping cough, Asthma, Visual perception 

problems, Auditory processing deficit, Fine motor 

delay, Attention span deficit, Insomnia. 

Children are nervous, trembly and fearful, 

show sudden fear while playing. Hyperactive, 

explosive, out of control, unable to sit for more than 

a few minutes. Arch back while crying. Milk 

aggravation, Loss of appetite, Projectile vomiting, 

Chronic diarrhoea, sleep walking at night 

frequently, Scream for long periods for no apparent 

reason. 

When the parents link a particular ailment as 

having started after a shot of DPT vaccine, it is 

worthwhile giving a dose of DPT in potency, 

particularly if the child cried for a very long time 

and the site of injection was swollen, painful and 

inflamed for long time. 

Dr. Prabha PATWARDHAN has contributed 

32 case studies covering different disease states, 

both acute and chronic. Very interesting in all. 

51. A Case Report 

MISTRY D.E. (CCR. 11, 1/2004) 

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84-year-old lady with Numbness in the lower 

limbs, hearing loud noises in the head on waking in 

the morning, occasional vertigo with tendency to 

fall on right side, stickiness in mouth on waking at 

1 a.m. 

Ignatia XM because she had been treated of a 

toxic thyroid state many years ago, by her late 

husband Dr. NAGAVANSHI, a pioneer 

homœopath of Solapur. 

The patient was treated for nearly 2½ years at 

her home; various complications intervened 

including a fracture of the left hip, very anaemic, 

etc. Treatments according to the symptoms were 

continued until she passed away peacefully. 

52. Operated Case of Medulloblastoma 

MISTRY D.E. (CCR. 11, 1/2004) 

11-year-old girl operated for Medulloblastoma 

in March 2003. After operation she developed 

squint; vision good, mild bouts of vertigo and 

vomiting. 

She had ear discharges from both ears since 

childhood. 

Vertigo and vomiting began 1½ years ago, 9- 

12 in forenoon. Vertigo better after vomiting. 

CT scan revealed hypodense mass involving 

the vermis of the Cerebellum compressing the 4 th 

ventricle and dilatation of the 3 rd ventricle and the 

lateral ventricles with enhancement of brain sulci. 

Diagnosis Medullablastoma with dissemination of 

the pathology in the rest of the brain. 

Surgery was done on 26 March 2003. 

Radiotherapy was not done since prognosis was 

poor. 

She was averse to milk, eggs. Perspiration on 

head and neck only in summer while playing. 

Dreamt of death daily before her illness started; 

also dreamt of robbers. Eyes pain in sunlight, liked 

loose clothes always, liked to be alone, silent fears 

if scolded, better consolation, fastidious. 

Treatment was according to the method of Dr. 

A.U. RAMAKRISHNAN for Brain Cancer. 

Plumbum iodatum, Baryta carbonica, Aethusa 

cynapium, Baryta iodata and Zincum sulphuricum 

were given earlier. 

Baryta carbonica 30 by plussing and next 

week Carcinosin 30 plussing. 

Between 11 June 2003 and 10 January 2004 

several remedies were given. However, she went 

down and on 10 January 2004, she passed away 

peacefully. 

53. Trifolium pratense for breast disease: A case 

series 


PARVU E. (HOMEOPATHY, 93, 1/2004) 

Modern studies confirm the antitumoral, antiinflammatory 

and oestrogenic effects of Trifolium 

pratense. A series of cases in which the remedy 

was used in breast disease with hyper-oestrogenic 

symptoms is reported. Several patients with Cystic 

Mastosis and Breast Cancer appeared to do well. 

Case 1: BG age 48. Female presented with 

general twitching, muscular cramps, persistent 

fatigue, memory impairment. Sluggish cognition 

and emotional lability, chilly and thin. Past history 

of Hepatitis B, Hypothyroidism, 

Hypoparathyroidism, Hyper-oestrogenaemia, 

Precocious puberty. Breast examination revealed a 

congested, painful left breast with palpable mass. 

Trifolium pratense 200. Within 24 hrs 

reduction in breast symptoms especially pain and 

tension. Lump smaller and in a few days no lump. 

Two months later Mammography normal and no 

relapse. 

Case 2: 80-year female, operated for Invasive 

Ductal Breast Carcinoma, optimistic and fastidious. 

Father and son died of Cancer. Visible retraction of 

left nipple. 

Trifolium pratense 12 daily for one month. 

She was sleeping well with good appetite and no 

pain. Lump reduced in size. Medicine continued 

again for a month and then 30 twice weekly for a 

month and followed up for nine more months. 

Case 3: 24-year female, operated for Invasive 

Papillary Carcinoma, axillary node invasion, large 

areas of necrosis with calcification. Emotional 

shock after the surgery. Father died of Multiple 

Sclerosis two years ago. In addition to her ongoing 

grief, she was worried about Oophorectomy and 

subsequent infertility. 

Arnica montana 7 for 2 weeks. Wound healed 

and pain alleviated. Trifolium pratense 200 

repetition after a month. 

Looking better and optimistic. Continuing 

conventional treatment. No relapse of breast 

symptoms after Chemotherapy. Twelve doses of 

Trifolium pratense over a period of 8 months. 

Case 4: 66-year-old female with the diagnosis 

of left Mammary Neoplasm stage III with 

lymphoedema of the left arm following Radical 

Mastectomy. 

Left arm hard with oedema of two months 

duration and discolored purplish-blue. 

Chemotherapy and Radiotherapy done. Easy 

emotional upsets. Sometimes hot flushes. Weepy, 

depressed, hopeless, yawning frequently. 

3 doses of Trifolium pratense 200 at 12 hour 

intervals. She felt better, more energetic and 

oedema less, and less weepy in the next two 

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months. Apis mellifica 7 daily one dose for a 

month. No change. Trifolium pratense 200 and 

Ignatia 30. Better sleep, more cheerful. No 

improvement of lymphoedema. 

Case 5: 45-year-old female treated by Radical 

Mammectomy, Chemotherapy and Radiotherapy 

after a relapse. It has spread further. Mother died 

of Breast Cancer, father of Cerebro-vascular 

accident. She associated the recent lump with 

injury from an elbow blow. Trifolium pratense 200 

once monthly. Conium maculatum 7 daily once for 

a month and Sepia officinalis 30 once weekly. 

A month later, mammography shows no 

evidence of lump and no sign of inflammation. 

There was no further homœopathic follow-up. 

Case 6: BC 35-year-old female with Cystic 

Mastopathy and Uterine Fibroma. Pulmonary 

Tuberculosis seven years ago. Acne with facial 

hirsutes. Uraemic with intense itching, breast 

tension and pain before menses. Menses painful, 

irregular. Unmarried, emotionally vulnerable. 

Unhappy love affair. 

Trifolium pratense 200 on the basis that it 

appears to be indicated in hyperoestrogenaemic 

states. No pain or tension in the breast. Cyst seems 

to be smaller. Acne >. No hair on her chin. 

Relapse with severe pain and milky secretion. 

Dose repeated and Tuberculinum 10M. Inspite of 

the symptomatology cyst size reduced. 

Case 7: 48-year-old female with Fibrocystic 

Mastitis and left ovarian cyst. Sensation of lump in 

stomach, bloated abdomen and heart burn after 

meals. 

2 years ago, Hysterectomy. Chilly, pessimistic 

and anxious. Aversion to milk. Strong fear of 

Cancer. 

Sepia officinalis 30, two doses, 200 single 

dose, Oophorinum 7 daily one dose. Two months 

later, ovarian cyst decreased in size. 

Mammography – homogenous lump. Trifolium 

pratense 200. 5 months later, amelioration of pain 

and breast tension. No important problems. 

Case 8: GE 25-year-old female with three 

months of amenorrhoea, anovulatory periods, 

hirsutism, cystic breasts. Strong sensation of heat 

with perspiration, headache after emotional stress. 

Frequent urinary infections. Irregular menses 

without pain. Thin, sensitive, introverted, serious, 

dislikes sympathy. Likes salt, dislikes fat, seaside. 

Natrum muriaticum 30, two doses, 200, single dose 

at 12h interval. Folliculinum 30, 3 doses at 24h 

interval, then Progesterone 7, daily for 7 days. 

Trifolium pratense 200 after 7 weeks. 

Menstruated on the second day, with great 

amelioration of the heat sensation and headache. 


54. Elaps in advanced pathology – a case study 

ROSENBAUM P.; WAISSE-PRIVEN S.I. and 

SCHUNEMANN C. (HOMEOPATHY, 93, 

1/2004) 

IPGA, female 70-years, operated for Rectal 

Adenocarcinoma with several post-surgical 

complications. MRI- Multiple Uterine fibroids, 

bilateral renal cysts - pleural densities at the base of 

right lung. 

Minimum syndrome of maximum value: 

- Dreams of falling, fear of falling, falling into a pit 

- Desire of oranges. 

- Dreams/fear of snakes 

- General – Food and Drinks: Oranges - aversion, 

Oranges – desire 

Elaps corallinus 31K, 1 drop daily. Gradually 

increased to 35 then 60, then 90%, all 1 drop daily. 

The patient was followed up for one year. 

- Subjective feeling of well-being 

- More active life 

- Amelioration of anticipation 

- Improvement of sleep pattern 

Referred to a dietician for dietary advice. 

55. Heart and Homœopathy 

CHANDRAN A.P. (HH. 28, 10/2003) 

The moment we get a small pain in the chest 

area we fear about some heart disease and become 

panicky. Illustrates a case of 73-year-old man 

cured with Nux vomica M. This was repeated twice 

because he took Aspirin. Patient remains well. 

56. The successful homœopathic treatment of 

HIV/AIDS 

CHAPPELL, Peter (HL. 16, 2/2003) 

The author discusses his experience with 

treating HIV/AIDS in Africa in 2002, with 

Homœopathy. This work, he says, became the 

biggest experience in his life. “I had little support, 

financial or otherwise, and enormous challenges to 

face seemingly daily. I had to work intimately in 

the consulting room under trying circumstances and 

to think globally all the time. I also had to rethink 

Homœopathy. It was also harrowing. I had to 

attend funerals and the desperately sick in hospitals. 

I had to refuse dying patients where there was no 

alternative to offer. I had to be very compassionate 

and highly reflective. I had no mentors within 

reach by phone or in person. …. I ran out of money 

twice, down to the wire, the last $100, and my 

friends rescued me ….. My first observation is that 

if you are deeply inspired you can move mountains. 

My next observation is that when you really need 

funds for something that’s radical, incredibly 

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uncertain, amazing in potential, yet unbelievable, 

and Homœopathy, you don’t get it except from 

your own bank account and that of friends.” The 

author prepared his own HIV/AIDS medicine, after 

long observation. The method is as follows: 

Select the disease process, 

Reduce it to its essential core process, 

Create a magnetic analogue a fractal similarity 

to the disease process. 

Potentise this. [This is Homœopathy?! = KSS] 

57. My son needs Consciousness – A case of 

ADHD. 

FONTAINE, Pierre (HL. 16, 2/2003) 

An 8-year-old boy with Attention Deficit 

Hypertensive Disorder (ADHD). History of ear 

infections. Can’t stay on tasks or follow directions. 

A loner; usually hot. Has a cracked lower lip. 

Absolute inability to focus any kind of attention. 

Dreamt that he was “on a boat, the whole family 

gets off the boat and I go home but my parents are 

not at home. I pound on the door but the door is 

locked. I watch T.V., when it is almost time to go 

to bed a T-rex crashed through the ceiling. A 

helicopter chases me trying to kill me with water. 

The T-rex swats the helicopter and saves me. We 

then go to sleep.” Likes meat and sour. 

The mother’s state during pregnancy and her 

dreams are enquired into. 

Using Jan SCHOLTEN’s thematics the remedy 

Natrum iodatum 30 is given. Improvement. To 

clear an intervening cough, sneezing, sore throat, 

Phytolacca 30 given. The Natrum iodatum 30 is 

repeated. Two year follow-up. The boy is well. 

58. A Ditsy girl 

FONTAINE, Pierre (HL. 16, 2/2003) 

25-year-old woman with anxieties for the past 

two years. They started at the beginning of a 

relationship. Playing with fingers a lot. Wanted 

something for the anxiety and depression. Her 

story revealed that she lived superficially and for all 

that glitters. 

Using Jan SCHOLTEN’s thematics, Natrum 

fluoratum M is administered. 

One-year follow-up during which time this 

remedy is repeated four times. 

59. I am untouchable 

MANGIALAVORI, Massimo (HL. 16, 

2/2003) 

A 20-year-old young cadet of the Military 

Academy of Modena who had severe injuries while 


horse-riding and developed backache and many 

other pains. His case is taken in detail and 

repertorized on the symptoms chosen from the 

totality. Arnica XM, repeated, then 50M. Followup 

one year. Well. 

This is a very interesting case and teaches 

choice of the rubrics from the whole story. 

60. A Case of Diabetes Mellitus, Type-II 

HOLIDA, Robert (HH. 29, 3/2004) 

A 52-year-old male high school teacher 

presents with polydipsia and polyuria. Glonoine 

200 was prescribed for Blood Pressure which had 

come down from 160/110 to 140/90 an year ago. 

Glonoine was alternated with Crataegus D1. On 

the basis Diabetes being preceded and being 

concomitant dyspepsia Uranium nitricum 6c was 

given. It was alternated with Olea europea D1, 20 

drops t.d.s. One week later improvement in 

micturition and polydipsia. The glycosuria was still 

evident. Olea europea 50 drops t.d.s., p.c. One 

month later improvement was so great that he did 

not feel he had disease anymore. 

3 months later Uranium nitricum 6c b.d. and 

Olea europea D1 b.d. Then his B.P. was stable at 

125/80 mm Hg. 

During the first consultation he was taken off 

his favourite foods like cakes, all sweet foods, his 

favourite juice etc. On the last two visits he had 

taken some cakes and concentrated drinks a day 

before. After a month B.P. was normal. He is still 

on Uranium nitricum. 

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IV. REPERTORY 

1. Korrektur einer Rubrik in Synthetischen 

Repertorium (Correction of a Rubric in the 

Synthetic Repertory) 

HOLZAPFEL, Klaus (ZKH. 48, 1/2004) 

The Rubric “Speech affected” has been 

translated incorrectly into German and French and 

therefore classed as a pure “Mind” Rubric. 

Correction and reference to the Repertories 

Synthesis and Complete also are mentioned. 

2. Korrekturen in Kents Repertorium und in 

Bönninghausens Therapeutishcen 

Taschenbuch (TBG) (Corrections in KENT’s 

Repertory and BŒNNINGHAUSEN’s 

Therapeutic Pocket Book) 

SEIPEL, Jürgen (ZKH. 48, 1/2004) 

Some corrections in the German Editions of 

KÜNZLI and KELLER’s Kent Repertory are 

pointed out with reference to the ‘source’. 

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The revised Therapeutic Pocket Book – in 

German – edited by GYPSER in 2000 (second 

edition in 2002) also has error which is pointed out. 

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V. PHARMACOLOGY 

1. Drug Classifications 

FRYE, Joyce (AJHM. 97, 1/2004) 

The 7 criteriae for a drug to be included in The 

Homœopathic Pharmacopœia of the United 

States are given. 

Criteria: To be eligible for inclusion in the HPUS, 

the drug must meet criteria 1, 2, 3, and at least one 

of 4, 5, 6, or 6 as set forth below: 

1. The HPCUS has determined that the drug is 

safe and effective. 

2. The drug must be prepared according to the 

specifications of the General Pharmacy and relevant 

sections of the Homœopathic Pharmacopœia of the 

United States. 

3. The submitted documentation must be in an 

approved format as set forth in the relevant sections 

of the Homœopathic Pharmacopœia of the United 

States, and must include any date relevant to 

toxicity. 

4. The therapeutic use of a new and non-official 

homœopathic drug is established by a homœopathic 

drug proving and clinical verification acceptable to 

the HPCUS. During the period of clinical 

verification the drug will be accepted for 

provisional review and should be available on a 

monitored basis. Refer to the guideline for 

Homœopathic Drug Provings and the guideline for 

Clinical Verification for further information. 

5. The therapeutic use of the drug is established 

through published documentation that the substance 

was in use prior to 1962. This documentation must 

include the symptom picture, including subjective 

and any available objective symptoms. Such use 

and documentation may include but are not limited 

to the medical literature of the following 

homœopathic authors: S. HAHNEMANN, C. 

HERING, T.F. ALLEN, H.C. ALLEN, J.H. 

CLARKE and J.T. KENT. 


by at least two adequately controlled double blind 

clinical studies using the drug as the single 

intervention; the study is to be accompanied by 

adequate statistical analysis and adequate 

description of the symptom picture acceptable to 

the HPCUS which includes the subjective 

symptoms and, where appropriate, the objective 

symptomatology. 



by a) data gathered from clinical experience 

encompassing the symptom picture, pre- and posttreatment, 

including subjective and any available 

objective symptoms or b) data documented in the 

medical literature (all sources of medical literature 

may be considered on a case by case basis) 

subjected to further verification (statistical and/or 

other forms of verification). 

2. Remedia Homöopathie 

MÜNTZ, Robert (ZKH. 48, 1/2004) 

Remedia does not only manufacture remedies 

according to the German Homœopathic 

Pharmacopaeia but also special preparations 

according to Organon 5 and 6. The procedures of 

manual trituration, shaking and impregnating are 

illustrated. Q-potencies according to 

HAHNEMANN are compared to LM-potencies and 

differences regarding methodology and effects are 

pointed out. Moreover, Remedia’s fluxion and 

Korsakoff-potentisation facilities are described in 

detail and a list of the available series of potencies 

is provided. 

3. Standardisation of Homœopathic Drug: 

“Plumbago zeylanica linn.”: Physico- 

Chemical Perspective 

SUBRAMANIAN P. (CCRH. 26, 1/2004) 

This describes the methodology of 

standardization of the drug Plumbago for preparing 

the mother tincture for further use of potentisation. 

4. Provings – Planning and Protocol 

NAGPAUL V.M. (CCRH. 26, 1/2004) 

This is a reprint from the British 

Homœopathic Journal, 1987. 

Much of the cautions and double-blind 

techniques recommended are the ‘drug’ testing 

methodologies adopted by the allopathic discipline. 

HAHNEMANN’s directions are relevant for 

Homœopathy. 

5. Search for potential Anticancer Agents 

Characterization of some Anticancer 

Homœopathic Medicines 

DEBNATH, Bikash, TARAFDAR P.K., JHA 

T. & DE A.U. (HH. 29, 3/2004) 

In an attempt to search potential anticancer 

agents in traditional medicines, some homœopathic 

medicines like Thuja occidentalis, Apis mellifica, 

Lycopodium clavatum and Hydrastis canadensis 

were investigated and characterized. It was found 

that there was a discrepancy between the 

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specifications reported in Homœopathic 

Pharmacopoeia of India and practical observations 

in the laboratory. 

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VI. VETERINARY 

1. Cottontail rabbit survives a dog mauling 

CASEY, Shirley J. (HT. 23, 3/2003) 

Two-week-old rabbits were examined shortly 

after an attack by a dog. Their breathing were 

extremely rapid and eyes wide open. While one 

was alert, other seemed less responsive. He was 

cool to touch and seemed in shock. Aconitum 1M 

in water and a drop in the rabbits’ mouths. 

Within 15 minutes, they were placed in small 

warm cage. To address the trauma Arnica 1M 

diluted in water and given to both. After one hour, 

the second rabbit died and the remaining one 

seemed stronger and more alert. He refused to 

drink. The mind rubrics considered were 

Anxiety, fear with; Eating, refuses; and startled 

easily. Ignatia 1M dissolved in water was given. 

An hour later, he seemed much calmer and 

willingly ate. Over the next several weeks, he 

improved and was let into the wild again. 

As the rabbit was separated from his litter, a 

grief component, seemed possible and so Ignatia 

was given. 

2. Teething pets 

LAMPE, Kristy (HT. 23, 4/2003) 

The most common signs of teething distress 

include tenderness or soreness of the gums, fussing 

or irritability, loss of appetite, fever and possibly 

diarrhoea. 

Usually occurs around 5-9 weeks of age and 

again about 7 months of age. 

Indications of Chamomilla, Calcarea 

carbonica, Calcarea phosphorica, Rheum and 

Silica are given. 

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VII. RESEARCH 

1. Homœopathy: Science on the Brink of 

Revolution 

SAXENA R.K.; UPADHYAY R.P. & GUPTA 

V.K. 

(CCRH. 26, 1/2004) 

The authors refer to several researches over the 

years beginning with W. BOYD’s to Louis REY’s 

in 2003, and express hope that “The present Laws” 

(of Homœopathy) “seeming contradictory to a 


natural phenomenon, observed as Homœopathy, 

will come out one day to be only rough 

approximations of some larger truth.” [Would that 

be a ‘salvation’ for Homœopathy? Would it make a 

difference in Practice of Homœopathy? Why 

should keep looking for acceptance. None of the 

researches referred to – there are 22 ‘references’ – 

have been of any use in the day to day practice of a 

homœopath nor a wee bit to homœopathic 

principles, Materia Medica, Therapeutics, or 

Repertory. I am afraid that our ‘researches’ have 

been of no relevance to Homœopathy as 

such=KSS] 

2. An Observational Study of Patients Receiving 


WASSENHOVEN, Van and IVES G. 

(HOMEOPATHY, 93, 1/2004) 

There is increasing interest in data collection as 

a valid research method. Part of the impetus arises 

form the need to demonstrate to decision-makers 

the economic advantages and benefits to patients, 

rather than the more traditional research motive of 

demonstrating the validity of Homœopathy to 

skeptical scientists. 

Background: Observational studies have 

recently contributed useful information to the 

debate about the utility of homœopathic treatment 

in everyday practice. 

Aim: To gather data about routine 

homœopathic general practice. 

Setting: Eighty general medical practices in 

Belgium where physicians were members of the 

Unio Homœopathica Belgica. 

Methods: All patients and their physicians 

visiting the practices on a specified day completed 

a questionnaire. 

Results: A total of 782 patients presented with 

diseases of all major organ systems which were of 

sufficient severity to interfere with daily living in 

78% of cases. Compared to previous conventional 

treatment, patients reported that consultations were 

much longer but costed less. One or more 

conventional drug treatments were discontinued in 

over half (52%) of the patients: CNS (including 

psychotropic) drugs (21%), drugs for respiratory 

conditions (16%) and antibiotics (16%). 

Conventional drugs were prescribed to about a 

quarter of patients (27%), mostly antibiotics and 

cardiovascular medication. The antibiotics were 

almost exclusively (95%) used to treat respiratory 

infections. Prescription costs (including 

conventional medicines) were one-third of the 

general practice average. Patients’ satisfaction with 

their homœopathic treatment was very high (95% 

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fairly or very satisfied), and ratings of their 

previous treatment was much lower (20%). The 

great majority (89%) said that Homœopathy had 

improved their physical condition; 8.5% said that it 

had made no difference, 2.4% said that 

Homœopathy had worsened their condition. 

Physicians’ ratings of improvement were similar. 

Previous conventional treatment had improved 13% 

of patients, made no difference to 32%, and had 

worsened the condition of over half (55%). A 

similar pattern was seen for psychological 

symptoms. 

Conclusions: Patients were very satisfied with 

their homœopathic treatment, both they and their 

physicians recorded significant improvement. 

Costs of homœopathic treatment were significantly 

lower than conventional treatment, and many 

previously prescribed drugs were discontinued. 

3. Action of Causticum in inflammatory models 

NETO, de Araújo Prado J.; PERAZZO F.F.; 

CARDOSO L.G.V.; BONAMIN L.V. and 

CARVALHO, Tavares J.C. 


The anti-inflammatory effect of Causticum was 

evaluated using acute and chronic inflammatory 

models in vivo. The administration of concentrated 

Causticum solution into the hind paw of rats 

produced an inflammatory reaction with oedema 

formation within the first hour, showing that 

Causticum acts as an oedematogenic agent. 

Carrageenin induced rat paw oedema was 

significantly inhibited (P

176 patients suffering from discolored patches 

on oral mucous membrane were registered for 

treatment. 

Oral mucous swabs of all the patients suffering 

from lesions of oral mucosa were examined under 

microscope in 10% KOH wet mount and cultured 

for the presence of pathogenic fungus, if any, in 

Medical Mycology laboratory of GCCHR. 

For isolation of the pathogenic fungi, the 

clinical material was cultured sabouraud’s Dextrose 

Agar with Chloramphenicol and incubated at 37 + 

1ºC for (15) days. Cream colored, smooth and 

pasty colonies appeared after (4) days of incubation 

Lacto-phenol cotton blue wet mount showed yeast 

cells and pseudohyphae. 

On examining a drop of suspension of Candida 

albicans in normal human serum under microscope 

the germ tubes were seen as long tube like 

projections extending from yeast cells for 

Chlamydospore formation. The isolated strain 

grown on corn meal and rice starch agar showed the 

formation of large, highly retractile, thick – walled, 

terminal Chlamydospores. This phenomenon was 

seen in about 60% of the clinical isolates of 

Candida albicans. 

All cases of oral mucosal lesions (oral 

candidiasis) were repertorised. 

4 Cases are shown 

Recurrent Oral Candidiasis is common in HIV 

patients. The most important method of prevention 

of Oral Candidiasis is strengthening the immune 

system. 

Candidiasis is among the commonest 

conditions in HIV positive patients. It is often the 

first illness and signals that HIV disease is 

progressing. 

Preventing and treating Oral Candidiasis, like 

forms of the infection, is important not only 

because it decreases discomfort caused by the 

condition, but it also prevents further damage to the 

immune system. 

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VIII. GENERAL 

1. Land of the ‘free’? 

The Drug Industry, Homeland security, and 

Vaccine-related injury 


The parents of Autistic children contend that 

the mercury injected into their children through 

multiple vaccines far exceeded the levels allowed 

by the Environmental Protection Agency and 

caused damage in the children’s developing 

nervous systems resulting in Autism. 


The December 16, 2002 edition of The New 

Republic headlined an article by Arnold S. 

RELMAN and Marcia ANGELL, which explains 

how the drug industry distorts medicine and 

politics; how through their economic clout they 

garner favorable government policies, manipulate 

FDA regulations and ‘guide’ medical research. 

And with the complicity of the medical profession, 

this same drug industry exercises considerable 

influence over both the professional associations 

and educational institutions. 

2. Patient-Practitioner-Remedy (PPR) 

entanglement Part 4. Towards classification 

and unification of the different entanglement 

models for Homœopathy. 

MILOGRAM L. M. (HOMEOPATHY, 93, 

1/2004) 

The possibility of classifying and unifying 

some of the recent entanglement models for 

Homœopathy is discussed. Unification involves 

combining the previous GHZ/WQT-based 

entanglement model, itself a fusion of Greenberger- 

Horne-Zeilinger (GHZ) three-particle entanglement 

and generalised version of quantum theory, called 

Weak Quantum Theory (WQT), with Walach”s 

semiotic model involving double entanglement. 

The new combined model invokes a ‘geometry’ of 

Patient- Practitioner-Remedy (PPR) entanglement 

embedded in a therapeutic state space. 

3. A Tale of Three Brothers 

RESNICK, Vera (HL. 16, 2/2003) 

This section in the HL., is titled ‘Materia 

Ludicra’. Some medicines in the homœopathic 

Materia Medica are pictured as laughable persons, 

e.g. King Aurum, Queen Pulsatilla, Lady Hyos etc. 

[Five pages wasted; probably there were no 

worthwhile contributions available to fill 

pages!=KSS] 

4. The Euglycaemic Status and Infections – A 

step to real Immunity 

MÉNDEZ, Juan Manuel Martínez (HL. 16, 

2/2003) 

This very interesting article discusses the 

disease states caused by wrong foods, and lack of 

nutrition. The tragedy of a rich few in contrast to 

the majority who do not have daily food is pointed 

out. This is the real cause for low immunity. Also 

food additives, the various vaccinations are a major 

cause. 

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Prof. Antoine BECHAMP (1816-1908) made 

landmark contribution with microzymes which 

started a real understanding of the symbiotic 

relationship between so-called germs and 

organisms, in this case, human beings. 

BECHAMP’s work also meant that a nonpathological 

activity becomes a pathogenic 

changing of form, but not function, into bacterias 

and fungi’. This is opposed to the dogma of 

monomorphism of unchangeable micro-organisms 

by PASTEUR. 

The process of Polio and various trigger factors 

for this disease is discussed. 

Proper nutrition, the avoidance of excessive 

sugar and smooth food, carbonated drinks and the 

need for physical movement, the follows of 

vaccinations etc. are also briefly but well pointed 

out. 

The Polio vaccine comes in for severe 

criticism. It is also pointed out that iatrogenics 

could be considered as one of the real causes of the 

degeneration of the human race. 

Looking into our past, we can find the answers 

for a better present and future. 

‘The best vaccine against common infectious 

diseases is an adequate diet.’ (WHO). 

Finally a quote from HIPPOCRATES: “Foods 

must be in the condition in which they are found in 

nature, or at least in a condition as close as possible 

to that found in Nature.” 

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XI. BOOKS 

1. Signatures, Miasms, AIDS: Spiritual 

Aspects of Homœopathy by NORLAND, Misha 

(with ROBINSON, Claire). Published by 

Yondercott press. 25.00 USD 2003. Review by 

Jay YASGUR (SIM. XVII, 1/2004): 

“There are 4 parts to this well produced 

monograph: Signature, Miasm and the Eternal 

Philosophy, Signature and Miasm in Polycrest 

Remedies, AIDS and Developmental Model of 

Miasms…..” 

“The Signature cuts through a remedy’s many 

seemingly disconnected physical and mental 

symptoms to reveal the main themes and essence. 

Even if we don’t accept the concept, they make 

excellent mnemonics to help us remember the 

‘shape’ of a remedy….” 

“…Viewing a case through a miasmatic 

looking glass reveals the overall trend of 

pathology”. 

“….This book is not for everyone, especially 

the beginner, as his points are deep, requiring 

reflection and penetrating thought. It is a book to 

be dipped into again and again…” [Going long way 


with ‘Signatures’ will only go into more and more 

‘speculation’ contrary to HAHNEMANN’s 

teaching of depending on ‘facts’=KSS] 

2. Emotional Healing with Homœopathy: 

Treating the effect of Trauma by CHAPPELL, 

Peter. North Atlantic Books, Berkeley, CA. 

2003. (Paper back 315 pages) $19.95. Review by 

Neil TESSLER. (SIM. XVII, 1/2004) 

“Emotional Healing with Homœopathy, though 

full of interesting snippets of Peter’s thoughts, is 

less a book for the professional and more a book of 

pop-Homœopathy. It is in the anecdotal tradition 

and has lots of those digestible remedy bits that 

invite a more casual approach to Homœopathy. 

The actual trauma information is interesting but full 

of arguable assertions presented as established 

facts. The Materia Medica and reportorial sections 

are developed in a number of different formats and 

offer many keynotes. In some remedies, reliability 

is a question.” 

3. Clinical Observations of Children’s 

Remedies by Farokh J. MASTER. Second 

revised edition. Lutra, The Netherlands, 2003 

(Hard back, 724 pages) Review by Neil 

TESSLER. (SIM. XVII, 1/2004) 

“…There is a very useful discussion of normal 

childhood developmental stages as well as the 

indicators of abnormalities in development. There 

is a system survey detailing points to observe on 

physical examination, along with remedy 

considerations.” 

“As usual these days, we are left at the mercy 

of the writer in terms of the reliability of his 

information.” 

“I appreciated his compilation on the milk 

remedies, particularly for the fact that such a 

collection has been lacking. Similarly, a pediatric 

text of depth and breadth has been long overdue 

and will likely prove to be of immense value to 

clinicians.” 

4. Getting at the Root: Treating the Deepest 

Source of Disease by Andrew LANGE, ND. 

North Atlantic Books: Berkeley, CA, 2002, 

Paperback, 137 pages $ 16.95. ISBN 1-55643- 

395-6. Review by Francis TREUHERZ (HT. 23, 

4/2004) 

“This is an EXTRAORDINARY BOOK, 

which I find impossible to classify. It is a creative 

intellectual tome, written from the heart with a 

personal approach. It is what homœopaths term 

philosophy, but it is also biography, history and 

Materia Medica. 

I really enjoyed this book, but I had to 

consume it slowly, like a rich fruitcake, to avoid 

indigestion of the brain. It is a book of theories: of 

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health and disease, of Vitalism and the immune 

systems. The language is complex but very 

rewarding once I grasped the style. 

The book is generously proportioned with 

luxuriously artistic font and some well-chosen 

black and white illustrations and portraits. 

LANGE guides the reader away from so-called 

“New Age” myths and back into true healing based 

on evidence that should be recognized as going 

beyond the anecdotal. This book could usefully be 

read by any reader of this journal, lay or 

professional.” 

5. Colors in Homœopathy by Ulrich WELTE. 

Narayana Verlag: Kandern, Germany. 68 

pages. 58. ISBN 3-921383-90-0. www.narayanaverlag.de) 

Review by Markus KUNTOSCH. 

(AJHM. 97, 1/2004) 

“… The idea to use color preference of a 

patient in Homœopathy was first detected by the 

German homœopath Dr.H.V. MÜLLER from 

Cologne (1921-2001). Through comparing the 

color preference of successfully treated cases he 

defined about 450 remedies and their corresponding 

colors in a sort of Color Repertory. The book 

contains the essence of eighteen years of working 

with the color preferences obtained from cured 

cases ….” 

“…. Every homœopath can benefit from this 

work, if he is open minded enough to try it patiently 

and without prejudice.” 

6. Classical Homœopathy by Michael 

CARLSTON. Churchill Livingstone. 2003. The 

Curtis Center, Independence Square West. 

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. ISBN: 0-443-06565- 

9. $49.95. Review by Timothy FIOR. (AJHM. 97, 

1/2004) 

“…. The target audience for this book is 

students in the health professions, health care 

providers with little understanding of Homœopathy 

and academicians.” 

7. Sacred Plants, Human Voices by Nancy 

HERRICK. Hahnemann Clinic Publishing. 

Grass Valley, CA. 551 Pages; Paperback. 

$39.95. ISBN 0-9635368-3-4. Review by George 

GUESS. (AJHM. 97, 1/2004) 

“…. In her introduction, Ms. HERRICK, lays 

out precisely the methodology employed in these 

provings as well as her procedure to identify the 

themes she ascribes to these new remedies….” 

“…. It’s my impression that the rubrics 

selected or created based upon the provings are 

accurate and valuable additions to our repertory. 

Additionally, Ms. HERRICK, endeavored to keep 


the creation of new rubrics to a minimum. For each 

remedy she also identifies a corresponding Miasm, 

but offers no explanation….” 

“…. Despite its few flaws, it provides the 

homœopathic community with quite a large volume 

of valuable information about interesting new and 

some existing homœopathic remedies……” 

8. Compendium of Human Diseases and their 

Cure by Homœopathic Treatment by Shaik 

RAHMATHULLAH. 24, Garquhar Road, 

London SW 19 8DA, UK Hardbound. 1532 

pages. £64.95/$119. 2003. Review by George 

GUESS. (AJHM. 97, 1/2004) 

“…The book is a testament to the author’s 

industry and scholarship. It is a well-referenced, 

attractive volume that can serve a useful, though 

limited function for the homœopathic practitioner. 

It can afford the practitioner an immediate 

description of a remedy’s symptomatology as it 

pertains to a specific, isolated condition, although 

much of the information that makes a remedy 

recognizable is lacking”. 

9. Schlank und Suchtfrei durch Homöopathie 

Ursachenbehandlung für Körper, Geist und 

Seele. (Slim and addiction-free through 

Homœopathy. Treatment of the causes for 

Body, Mind and Soul) Peter RABA, 471 S. geb., 

Andromeda-Verlag, Murnan, 2. Auflage 2002, Є 

75. (German) Review by Martin BÜNDNER 

(ZKH. 48, 1/2004) 

“…The author writes about the treatment of the 

fundamental problems of our society. Accordingly 

it is in chapters titled “Food”, “Fasting”, 

“Drinking”, “Smoking” as also the psychedelic and 

entheogene drugs and much other hallucinogenic 

effects. References are from KENT Repertory. 

The book has first class quality pictures, print 

and get up. The author’s writing is lyrical 

particular in a dry subject …. The book does not 

say anything new. In all it is an absorbingly and 

interestingly written book to read.” 

10. Hautkrankheiten homöopathisch behandelt 

(Skin diseases treated homœopathically) by 

Gabriele BENDAU, 135 S. geb., Sun-rise Verlag, 

Kirchzarten, verbesserte, New auflage 2003. 

Є105 (German) Review by Martin BÜNDNER 

(ZKH. 48, 1/2004): 

“… The book is adapted to very well impress 

in the mind the different characteristic skin 

conditions with its typical causative and healing 

remedies. An index is given remedy wise and 

catchword/keyword-wise… A very highly 

recommended book. 

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11. Warnings and Advices of J.T. KENT by 

S.K. RANA, pub. S.K. RANA, Amritsar Road, 

Facing Tehsil Office, Kapurthala (Pb). 121pp. 

Rs.200/- Review by Ajit KULKARNI (NJH. 5, 

4/2003): 

“… We now see Homœopathy blossoming in 

all dimensions ranging from intricate philosophy to 

complex practice. …a reader can tremendously 

benefit from the perusal of this book. The 

warnings, suggestions, brief teachings, some useful 

clinical tips, etc. amounting to 250 in number 

covering almost all aspects of homœopathic science 

and art under important headings. …. Full with 

suggestions, clinical guidelines and warnings, the 

book fulfills the need of every serious student of 

Homœopathy…” 

12. Tuesdays with Morrie – An old man, a 

young man and life’s greatest lesson by Mitch 

ALBOM, published by Doubleday Dell 

Publishing Group, inc. ISBN: 0-385-49649-4 

Review by D.E. MISTRY (CCR. 11, 1/2004): 

“This book is a deeply moving account of 

courage and wisdom shared by an inveterate 

teacher with one of his most favorite ex-student 

during the last year of his own life. …. Morrie was 

always more in touch with his insights than the rest 

of us … He was weary all the time, had trouble 

sleeping and dreamt that he was dying … Finally 

biopsy revealed he had ALS-amyotrophic lateral 

sclerosis, also called Lou Gehrig’s disease, a brutal, 

unforgiving illness of the neurological system. 

Morrie knew that there was no known cure and the 

rest of his life was quite short. Inspite of all these 

Morrie continued all his regular routine including 

his regular swims .. Morrie’s doctors gave him at 

best 2 years of his life. .. After the author left his 

graduation class he didn’t have any contact with his 

teacher, he took a degree in journalism and became 

a sports writer. His first encounter with death was 

when he saw his favorite uncle die of pancreatic 

Cancer at a very early age. To avoid facing this 

issue, Mitch buried himself in accomplishments 

thinking he would be in control of the things. 

Whatever Morrie had taught him in the class about 

“being human” and “relating to others” seemed to 

be so far in distance as from another life. .. Morrie 

passed away on a Saturday morning after being in 

Coma for two days. .. But when he passed away it 

was a time, where those whom he had loved, had 

just left the room for a moment and Morrie stopped 

breathing. Mitch believes Morrie died this way on 

purpose, with no witness to his last breath and that 

he wanted to go serenely and that is how he went. 

.. In the concluding chapters of his book Mitch 

rediscovered what his Professor had taught him… 


there is no such thing as “too late” in life. Morrie 

was changing all the time until the day he said 

goodbye. ………. This is a beautifully written 

book of great clarity and wisdom … It is a book of 

a deeply moving account of courage and wisdom, 

and an incredible treasure of an experience by a 

great teacher that provides us with profound 

wisdom and insight. ….” 

13. First Aid with Homœopathy, S.M. 

GUNAVANTE, B. Jain Publishers (P) Ltd., 

ISBN 81-8056-159-5. Rs. 75/- Review by D.E. 

MISTRY (CCR. 11, 1/2004) 

“In a book of 122 pages Dr. GUNAVANTE 

has given a wonderful book on first aid especially 

directed towards a health worker working in a rural 

set up. … It is his contention that any village level 

health worker could be selected and trained for 2-3 

weeks in the use of this book in treating common 

ailments. This could lead to tremendous saving of 

cost to the Government, …. Having gone through 

this book very carefully, I feel its usefulness would 

be to all especially students preparing for their 

exams and also the busy practitioner who may need 

it as a ready reference in a day-to-day work….” 

14. Dynamic Materia Medica – Syphilis – A 

study of the Syphilitic Miasm through Remedies, 

by Jeremy Yaakov SHERR, Dynamis Books, 

Great Malvern, U.K. 2002, 280 pages ISBN: 1- 

901147-04-5. £26 or $45. Review by Francis 

TREUHERZ, U.K.:, also another Review by 

Andreas BJORNDAL, Norway (HL. 16, 2/2003): 

“Here is an exciting, challenging, essential and 

original book on one of the three traditional yet 

misunderstood Miasms. Take a look at your 

shelves … Ortega’s Notes on the Miasms 

translated from the Spanish by Harris COULTER 

… but few have ever finished it from cover to 

cover. We have grappled with HAHNEMANN’s 

‘Chronic Diseases’ in the 1896 Tafel translation 

and never seen the 1845 HEMPEL version, and we 

have been forced into studying dry Textbooks by 

ALLEN, KENT, CLOSE, ROBERTS or 

VITHOULKAS. ….. there has been nothing as 

deeply and firmly rooted in own history and in our 

classic methodologies as this. I was really absorbed 

while reading this book. ….. Another feature is 

clean artistic and symbolic diagrams. There are 

many more subtle and even hidden aspects, as 

subtle as our Materia Medica. .. Then there are 

Materia Medica chapters, relying on every 

homœopathic source imaginable from Provings 

through cases and toxicology, and always with blue 

pages and a dynamic summary. … Some of our 

Materia Medica books read like a railway 

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timetable; this one is a contribution to our literature. 

.. This is a work of maturity. JEREMY has 

transcended the more prosaic yet necessary 

methodology of Provings and the arduous work 

involved in creating published provings. He has 

begun a synthesis of the deeper possibilities of 

homœopathic healing. … this book will be the 

roots of the tree of life and knowledge.” 

Review by Andreas BJORNDAL: “.. within 

few minutes, I found myself reading the book from 

the first page. …. I enjoyed it. .. If somebody was 

not calling me back to this world I might have read 

the whole book that night. .. This is a ‘Proving’ or 

a voyage through the syphilitic Miasm. …. 

JEREMY writes about his way of perceiving the 

dynamic aspects of remedies. He parallels the 

static noun and the dynamic verb with the process 

of understanding the remedy on a more dynamic 

level. …. The last chapter, the conclusion, 

synthesizes all the information into the essentials of 

Syphilis. The two appendixes cover the syphilitic 

disease and a detailed bibliography. … This book is 

not just another Materia Medica but an example of 

Aude Sapere. …” 

15. Theory of Suppression, Prafull 

VIJAYAKAR. 143 pp. Theory of ACUTES, 160 

PP. Review by Alexander KOTOK, Russia (HL. 

16, 2/2003): 

“It has always been both a great pleasure and a 

rare success to write reviews on the books that are 

supposed to be no more and no less than a 

breakthrough in our understanding of homœopathic 

theory. … The author introduces the reader into his 

well-based theory of how diseases ‘behave’ in the 

human organism in their natural course, and 

consequently, how they should ‘behave’ under the 

right homœopathic treatment. …… I believe that 

the new theory proposed by Dr. VIJAYAKAR may 

be well added to the armory of all classical 

homœopaths who wish more clarity and more 

success in their practice. ….. The second book by 

the same author, “Theory of Acutes’ can also be 

considered as a beautiful assistant to the 

homœopathic practitioner but in another way. …. 

In fact Dr. VIJAYAKAR proposes here nothing 

revolutionary but tries to reflect his huge 

experience with thousands of acute patients seen 

through his practice and thus introduce more order 

and simplicity in managing acute cases. He 

suggests that three main peculiarities of every acute 

patient have to be taken into consideration in order 

to base the treatment upon them: activity (decreased 

or increased), thermal (hot or chilly) and thirst 

(thirsty or thirstless). …… The book also contains 

various especially helpful hints that are supposed to 


warn homœopathic brethren from doing the wrong 

steps in managing acutes.” 

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XII. NEWS & NOTES 

I. Editorial: TESSLER, Neil. (SIM. XVII, 

1/2004) Paul HERSCU’s two volume Provings is a 

thorough and systematic presentation. The 

Anthology of essays on Provings comprises parts of 

first volume and the majority of the second. He 

goes on to discuss problems and requirements for 

effective Provings. Highlights include the errors 

that can arise from heightened introspection, the 

importance of first establishing a baseline of the 

individual prover’s symptoms, the need to identify 

the provers who are truly sensitive to the remedy, 

the dangers of including symptoms from provers 

who do not really show much overall sensitivity. 

HERSCU points out that each symptom must 

be understood fully by the homœopath supervising 

the prover. In fact, this should be a case taking 

process. Just as we delve deeply to understand the 

expressions of the clinical patient, so it should be in 

a proving. 

…… Dr.HERSCU is very critical of modern 

Doctrine of Signature proponents. He states that 

reference to Doctrine of Signatures “is a refutation 

and a rejection of the Sprit of Homœopathy”. 

Quoting 2 nd Aphorism, the Editor writes that 

the perception of the “shortest” may vary, the 

understanding of “whole extent” may vary, the 

level at which practitioners are working varies, so it 

is sure that our criteria for evaluating cure also 

varies. Symptoms, analysis and results can exist at 

differing levels of depth and value. 

In defence of Provings with too many 

mental/emotional symptoms, Editor quotes 

BŒNNINGHAUSEN’s “Characteristic Value of 

Symptoms” (Lesser Writings p.107). “As a matter 

of course, the personality, the individuality of the 

patient, must stand at the head of the image of the 

disease, for the natural disposition rest on it… we 

have all the more cause to fathom these states with 

all possible exactness, as in them frequently the 

bodily ailments recede to the background, and for 

this very reason offer but few point for our 

grasp…” “…Every man presents an individual 

nature different from every other one, and …every 

medicine must be exactly adapted to this 

individuality, in agreement with the symptoms, 

which it able to produce in the total man ...A great 

many medicines are thrust aside, just because they 

do not correspond to the personality of the patient”. 

II. BŒNNINGHAUSEN’s inductive method. 

Interview with Karl ROBINSON by Neil 

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TESSLER. (SIM. XVII, 1/2004) Karl ROBINSON 

expresses his concern about the current trend in 

giving importance to mental/emotional symptoms. 

The rubrics of Mind overlap each other. Primal 

emotional states such as anger, fear, grief each lies 

on a continuum, makes the task of fathoming the 

‘State’ of the patient complicated. In the 

determination of this, the prejudice of the 

homœopath plays a greater role. 

He is of the opinion that more than one 

medicine can be effective in any given case. i.e. 

Few use unusual remedies and others use mostly 

Polycrests, as different homœopaths use different 

criteriae as they evaluate their patient’s outcome. 

He is using The BÖNNINGHAUSEN 

Repertory (TBR) with great success. 

He comments about the very high percentages 

of mental and emotional symptoms in the Provings 

of the last 15 years. 

Mental and emotional symptoms can provide a 

clue to the remedy when chosen judiciously. 

III. From the president. Shadow remedies and 

hero remedies. ROWE, Todd (HT. 23, 3/2003). 

Often a prejudice influences a practitioner so subtly 

that they may not even be aware of it. Carl JUNG 

describes that our ‘shadow’ aspects are those that 

we strongly dislike and do not see, but see these 

qualities that we don’t like in others. Through 

careful self-observation, it is possible to reduce 

errors of judgement and prejudice. 

IV. Council for Homœopathic Certification 

(CHC) revises exam. CROCE, Ann Jerome (HT. 

23, 3/2003) The CHC process reflects an 

appropriately high standard in knowledge, skills 

and ethical behavior. Candidates for certification 

submit their own cases, take an objective exam and 

an essay exam and have a personal interview. 

V. New project to train health professionals in 

Homœopathy. (HT. 23, 3/2003) Members of the 

American Institute of Homœopathy (AIH), the 

nation’s oldest medical organization, have put into 

a motion a project to train licensed health care 

professionals in Primary Care Homœopathy (PCH). 

So far, two 30-hour certification courses have 

been held. 

VI. Effectiveness of Smallpox vaccine 

questioned (HT. 23, 3/2003) Citing Todd 

HOOVER’s article on Smallpox in January 2003 

issue, Randall NEUSTAEDTER opines that the 

effectiveness of Smallpox vaccination has never 

been proven. There is abundant evidence that 

vaccination does not prevent Smallpox. 


To this Todd HOOVER replies: Studies 

suggest that Vaccination given earlier after 

exposure and revaccination have the greatest effect 

in decreasing the likelihood of contracting 

Smallpox. 

He agrees to the point that overall effect of 

Smallpox vaccine is of limited duration. 

VII. Homœopathic clinic in Sarajevo needs 

support. BENNETT, Margaret. (HT. 23, 3/2003) 5 

years ago, the London International School for 

Classical Homœopathy conducted homœopathic 

training in Sarajevo, for the people affected by the 

war. Funds are lacking for the clinic. Donations 

are sought, payable to Julian JONAS, with memo 

of “Sarajevo clinic” and sent to: Saxton’s River 

Natural Health Care, POB 515, 26 Main Street 

Saxton’s River, VT 05156. 

VIII. A homœopathic practice laboratory. 

SACHETTI, Dor. (HT. 23, 4/2003). William 

SHEVIN is a director of Homœopathic 

Pharmacopœia Convention of the U.S. He 

conducts seminar with the aim to help practitioners 

move toward more effective prescribing. He 

stresses the importance of recognizing the mistakes 

and understand the case, when the prescription was 

in error. Philosophy and repertorization are not 

taught but rather applied during the practice work 

on cases. 

IX. The Zeitschrift für klassische Homöopathie 

(German) has opened a new series of articles on 

Pharmacology/Pharmaceutical subject. 

Manufacturers of homœopathic remedies will 

furnish all information about their sources, 

methodology of preparation of different potencies, 

hand made potencies availability, etc. There will 

be thus transparency in the manufacture of 

homœopathic pharmaceutical products. (ZKH. 48, 

1/2004) 

X. Of late there has been great resurgence in 

the works of von BŒNNINGHAUSEN. In 2000 

Dr. K-H. GYPSER edited a thoroughly revised 

version of the Therapeutic Pocket Book (PB). 

Various sources available in certain Archives like 

the Robert Bosch Institute for History of Medicine, 

have been carefully gone through for this 

publication. For colleagues who study the PB 

carefully and discuss amongst themselves a 

consistent Nomenclature of the different editions 

has been proposed. 

In so far as the English language version is 

concerned these are: 

1. ‘Anonymous’ Publication in 1846 (Münster: 

Coppenrath) TPi 

2. Publication Hempel of 1847 (New York: Radde 

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& London: Bailliere) TPH 

3. Publication Okie of 1847 (Boston: Clapp.) TPO 

4. Publication Laurie of 1847 (London: Leath) 

TPL 

5. Publication Allen of 1891 (Philadelphia: 

Hahnemann Publ.) TPA 

6. The Bœnninghausen Repertoy - Therapeutic 

Pocket Book Me thou by Dimitriadis, 2000 

(Sydney: Hahnemann Institute) TBR 

(ZKH. 48, 1/2004) 

XI. The ZKH has brought out ‘Special Edition’ 

– a supplement to – of their journal – ZKH. 48, 

S-1/2004. This special edition introduces a 

selection of important and interesting homœopathic 

webpages. Pages from the German speaking 

countries have been investigated in more detail and 

structured into several parts (e.g. Institutions, 

Education, Research, Free and Commercial 

information, Manufacturers, Hospitals). Some 

important and/or interesting International sites in 

English are also portrayed. 

We have 65 pages covering all these and we 

have before us such a treasure of information – a 

comprehensive Library. 

XII. Penta-C Agnosis: Fivefold Blindness in 

Clinicians: Manu KOTHARI and Lopa MEHTA 

(NJH. 5, 3/2003) say that “akin to the six blind men 

of Hindusthan we are clinicians grouping with 

unrecognized handicaps in five major areas of the 

day to day grind of medical practice, be it 

Homœopathy, Allopathy or any other pathy.” The 

five ‘C’s are the Concept (definition of the disease), 

Cause of the Disease, Course of it, Cure for it and 

the Complications of the disease as well as the 

therapy. Our continuing ignorance in these five 

areas has been abbreviated by us as Penta-C- 

Agnosis. The ignorance is more of the so-called 

‘killer diseases’. How many of us know of the fact 

that the magical figure of 120/80 as the ideal BP 

has been foisted on medical world and hence on 

mankind by American Insurance Companies with 

the sole idea of reaping huge profits? Sir George 

PICKERING, a leading British Authority on BP 

cried hoarse all his life that nobody has defined 

until today, normality of BP. CAD, Cancer, CVD 

have not been defined as yet and so are Diabetes 

Mellitus or Arthritis. This should teach humility. 

XIII. In the Question & Answer Section of 

NJH. 5, 3/2003, a reader asks “What do you mean 

by Polka Dot? What is its clinical significance?” 

and Dr. Kasim CHIMTHANAWALA answers 

“Polka Dot is an erythematous papule, usually 

single, without any itching or burning on the chest 

or abdomen. According to Dr. J.H. ALLEN it is “a 


surest sign of malignancy.” Even Dr. FOUBISTER 

has referred this peculiar clinical expression in the 

Chapter to Carcinosin.” 

XIV. VIJAYAKAR Seminar: August 2003, 

Mumbai. Treating Incurable Cases with 

Homœopathy: The Seminar was attended by 1000 

students and homœopaths. 

First day focussed on importance of Miasms. 

Illustrated with audio-visual case presentations, 

VIJAYAKAR says that Miasm is the defense an 

individual adopts in a particular illness. There are 

only three Miasms – Psora, Sycosis, Syphilis. 

Psora is manifested as Irritability, Sensitivity, 

Anxiety at the mental level and as inflammatory 

process at physical. 

Sycosis: Sycosis excess, Sycosis shallow. 

Excess: Extravagance, display, facade, 

haughtiness at the mental level and induration, 

accumulation, hyper pigmentation at physical level. 

Sycosis shallow: Timid, bashful and 

unintelligent at mental level and hypo functioning, 

hypo pigmentation at physical level. 

Syphilic Miasm: “Out of control” – emotions 

out of control. Distorted, perverted and ugly. All 

destructive processes. Two types of Syphilitic 

Miasm – Apolysis, Necrosis 

The first one auto-immune diseases; anxiety of 

conscience, as if guilty of crime. The latter one 

destruction of a particular part. Violent towards 

others. 

Cancer belongs to syphilitic Miasm where 

there is no control over cell division and growth. 

Even so-called incurable diseases when treated 

with Homœopathy show (a) HERING’s Law or (b) 

Compensatory cure, that is Cancer goes away and 

Diabetes comes. 

Reasons for failure: not finding the right 

simillimum, not understanding HERING’s Law. 

Eleven cases are narrated. Very educative and 

interesting. (NJH. 5, 4/2003) 

XV. Mandragora. COHN P. 20-year-old had 

worked in a humanitarian mission in a Sub-saharan 

Africa, where she had encountered a lot of poverty 

and death. Nightmares of murders. 

Mandragora 30 cured. (L’ Homeopathie 

Europeenne 2003; in HOMEOPATHY, 93, 

1/2004) 

XVI. Rajan SANKARAN on the Umbelliferae 

and Compositae families: a review by 

BURLEY V. Ms. BURLEY, who writes a 

Homœopathy column for The Daily Mirror and is 

a registered member of the Society of 

Homœopaths (SOH), reviews a Seminar given by 

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SANKARAN. This seminar presented his 

philosophy and latest insights – that of ‘sensation’ – 

which links the remedies within a particular plant 

family. Previously he had concentrated on delusion 

as a focal point. 

‘Consider the Loganiaceae family, where the 

main sensation is shock. The way in which this 

shock is perceived and experienced will determine 

which member of the family is indicated. Nux 

vomica perceives the shock as something that must 

be recovered from as quickly as possible (hence 

symptoms such as ‘Anger from interruption’). This 

attitude represents the Typhoid Miasm. So we find 

that Nux vomica is the typhoid remedy of the 

Loganiaceae. Gelsemium, on the other hand, 

perceives shock as something that must be avoided, 

so we have symptoms such as ‘Ailments from 

anticipation’. In this case, the qualities of 

avoidance and acceptance belong to the Sycotic 

Miasm. Whereas Ignatia perceives shock as 

something that must be controlled – a reaction 

typical of the Cancer Miasm. This is an example of 

how the various plant families can be differentiated 

according to the quality of sensation (level 5), 

rather than according to their delusion.’ 

Four cases are presented and Case 3 is 

summarized as follows: 

‘She talked repeatedly of accident and injury, 

which suggests the Compositae family. The 

sensation for the family is of being injured, hurt or 

insulted, with a fear of being touched, hurt or 

approached. The remedy of the acute Miasm in the 

Compositae family is Arnica. Her experience was 

at level 4 (delusion), so the potency given was 1M.’ 

A fascinating article which provides insight 

into a great homœopath’s mind. See also ‘The 

Depth of HOMŒOPATHY’. (R. SANKARAN, 

Homoeopathic Links, 16:3, pp 165-167) in which 

SANKARAN explains his thought. (The 

Homeopath 2003; in HOMEOPATHY, 93, 

1/2004) 

XVII. Zirconium sulphuricum: a case by ALEX 

P. The author, who has recently been working in 

Torgau in the very building in which 

HAHNEMANN lived and worked from 1805 to 

1811, presents a case handled by a synthetic 

remedy based on SCHOLTEN’s work. 

This article is noteworthy because the patient is 

profusely quoted and because of ALEX’s thoughts 

on the chosen remedy, Zirconium sulphur. This 

remedy is presented in Homœopathy and the 

Elements (SCHOLTEN) but only as a short Dream 

Proving. ALEX nicely justifies his thought and 

remedy selection. (The Homeopath 2003; in 

HOMEOPATHY, 93, 1/2004) 


XVIII. Bluebell: a proving DEEKS S. The 

British homeopath presents a proving of Agraphis 

nutans 30 and 200 (Bluebell) on eight volunteers. 

Though certainly incomplete the Proving: ‘…. 

Seemed to bring out images of sadness and grief, 

along with a strong sense of fear and foreboding. 

There was also an identification of trust as an 

important theme in Agraphis nutans. In terms of 

opposition or polarity, we can see a tension 

between fear and trust; also between agitation and a 

sense of calmness.’ ‘The general state of the 

remedy is indicated by a desire to withdraw, and to 

hide (Cooper’s amelioration from shelter). There is 

a dislike of consolation or attention.’ (The 

Homeopath 2003; in HOMEOPATHY 93, 1/2004) 

XIX. Homœopathy and the quantum world – 

why bother? MILGROM L. Some will argue 

‘Why Bother?’, but the author shows us why he 

does by creating associations between 

Homœopathy and quantum models. He discusses 

the memory of water linking it to cellular memory. 

He helps in understanding the concept of nonlocality; 

‘….everything in the universe is 

inextricably and instantaneously linked to 

everything else in a vast matter-energy network that 

transcends ordinary notions of space and time. This 

fundamentally new view of the world is called 

‘entanglement’ or, more simply, ‘non-locality’.’ 

He talks of ‘complementarity’, mathematical 

operations, weak quantum theory and suggests a 

number of quantum metaphors for homeopathy: 

‘By replacing the two entangled particles with the 

patient and practitioner, the ‘handshake’ between 

them results in the remedy. Through this metaphor, 

I was able to develop quantum-theroretical 

interpretations of such homœopathic phenomena as 

aggravation (as incomplete entanglement), the 

treatment of animals (as being ‘entangled’ with 

their owners), and a concept of Miasms as 

atemporal entities initiating and affecting dis-ease 

processes in time. Thus, the concept of treating 

Miasms could involve the strange notion of healing 

in the past and the future, as well as in the present.’ 

Several of the 22 reference citings are 

noteworthy, eg The Interpretation of Nature and 

the Psyche (Jung and Pauli), The Non-Local 

Universe: The New Physics and Matters of the 

Mind (1999, Nadeau and Kafatos), and The 

Emerging Science at the Edge of Order and Chaos 

(1994, Waldrop). (The Homeopath 2003; in 

HOMEOPATHY 93, 1/2004) 

XX. The Fluorine Civilisation DAMONTE J. 

This short treat is reprinted from a 1979 issue of 

The Homeopath in which the influential British 

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lay practitioner and teacher notes the theme of 

Fluorine to be one of instability and representative 

of the times. ‘This pathology, which is really only 

the modern extension of the syphilitic Miasm, 

especially deserves the name of Fluorism …’ He 

covers the keynotes and constitution of Fluorine as 

well as the salient points of the Syphilitic Miasm. 

‘Owing to aggravations of all kinds – vaccinations, 

medicaments, operations, food and atmosphere – 

there is a rapid transformation to a Sycosis which is 

very often different from the well-known carbonic 

Sycosis of Natrum sulphuricum and Thuja. The 

latter is a dry, thin, nervous Sycosis which is 

difficult to detect and to treat, and which generally 

justifies Silica and Causticum.’ 

There are many delightful quotes leaving the 

reader with much to chew on. (The Homeopath 

2003; in HOMEOPATHY, 93, 1/2004). 

XXI. Alternative vaccine methods 

NEUSTAEDTER R. This article is extracted from 

the author’s book The Vaccine Guide: Risks and 

Benefits for Adults and Children (2002). In four 

brief pages much information is presented 

including: Belladonna as a Scarlet fever 

preventative, prevention during epidemics, longterm 

prevention, the Schick test, GRIMMER’s 

protocol for Polio prevention, PATERSON and 

BOYD, etc. ‘Unlike conventional vaccines, the 

homœopathic alternative does not rely on antibody 

formation.’ He postulates that ‘Homœopathic 

remedies reduce the patient’s sensitivity to the 

dynamic stimulus of the virus or bacteria, thus 

lessening the patient’s predisposition to being 

overcome by this stimulus.’ (Golden, 1998) 

It is quite interesting reading but citations are 

not referenced nor explained as footnotes. This is 

not helpful to the reader and references should, of 

course, be included even though this is a direct 

excerpt from the book. Nevertheless, this article 

contains fascinating information and should help to 

increase sales of NEUSTAEDTER’s important 

work. (The Homeopath 2003; 90: in 

HOMEOPATHY, 93, 1/2004). 

XXII. A Correspondant, BARBARA, from 

Sarajevo in Bosnia writes (HL. 16, 2/2003) about 

the state of Homœopathy in that country. She has 

been in projects for children and adults. 

Homœopathy was introduced in Bosnia only four 

years (report dt. 2002-2003) ago by Colleges of 

Homœopathy in Britain and Netherlands. There is 

a Sarajevan Homœopathic Society, which is 

working to place homœopaths into law. Most 

Bosnians do not have money for homœopathic 

treatment. Dina Manko, is one of the seven full 

time practicing homœopaths in Bosnia. This is 


seven out of forty who were trained in Bosnia. 

Nearly 60% of her patients Dina treats free. There 

is severe shortage of funds. She works with people 

who suffer in greater or lesser degree the 

consequences of the war. Contributions for helping 

Dina are urgently called for. 

XXIII. Another correspondant from Zagreb in 

Croatia writes (HL. 16, 2/2003) giving a brief 

history of Homœopathy in Croatia. The most well 

known homœopaths of Croatia are Lord Josip 

ZLATAROVIC (1807-1874), and Joseph 

ATTOMYR (1807-1856). ATTOMYR suffered 

from Consumption and he cured himself with 

Sepia. [“In this situation his good genius led him in 

reading the ‘Chronic Diseases’, to Sepia. It was 

especially symptom 717 which led him to select 

this especial remedy. He took one dose, and this 

gradually effected his cure. ….” Pioneers of 

Homœopathy, T.L. BRADFORD, Boericke & 

Tafel, 1897, =KSS] 

Today Croatia has more than a hundred 

qualified homœopaths who acquired their knowhow 

at many European and World Schools of 

Homœopathy. Approximately half of them are 

physicians. 

XXIV. Dr. Joel SHEPPERD, USA criticizes 

(HL. 16, 2/2003) the trend since nearly a decade to 

bring in ‘innovations’ in homœopathic therapeutics. 

These ‘innovations’ or ‘new trends’ include study 

of remedies according to their ‘signatures’, or 

‘periodic table’, weave themes. We also have been 

reading of ‘depth psychology’, ‘Jungian 

Archetypes’, ‘Kingdoms’ ‘Dream Provings’, ‘Paper 

remedies’, etc. We also read of ‘Core’ of the 

disease state ‘deep healing’, etc. None of these 

words could be found in the works of our Masters 

whose books alone have been our ‘sources’ and 

with which homœopaths have carried out great 

cures. 

Additions to the Repertories are many fold; 

most of the references for these are unavailable to 

the user of the Repertory for verification. 

Joel SHEPPERD therefore calls for ‘cessation’ 

of all such activities in the name Homœopathy. 

The Editors have responded by recalling the 

‘slogan’ aude sapere which the neo-homœopaths 

claim to follow. 

XXV. Second dose to keep pox at bay. (The 

Hindu, Chennai, Thursday, August 12/2004). 

“In an ever-changing world of medical 

developments the micro-organisms seem to have 

the last laugh. Almost. There is mounting evidence 

that Vaccination against Chicken pox is no longer 

foolproof and that children and adults are still 

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vulnerable to fresh attacks. Many medical journals 

now reveal an ever-increasing trend in Chicken pox 

reinfection. A recent issue of the Journal of 

Infectious Diseases reports a whopping 25% of 

vaccinated children getting reinfected during the 

Chickenpox outbreak in Minnesota, U.S. in the fall 

of 2002. Another recent paper in the Journal of 

American Medical Association cites a study that 

showed that 15.1% of the vaccinated got reinfected. 

The effectiveness of Chicken pox vaccine is 56%. 

The journal Pediatrics clearly states that 

reinfections from varicella virus may occur more 

commonly than previously thought. A booster 

vaccination deserves additional consideration. The 

company (Biologicals Worldwide Medical, Glaxo 

Smithkline Biologicals, Belgium) is already on the 

job and come next year, it plans to launch the twodose 

schedule as a combination vaccine by 

combining it with the already prevailing MMR 

vaccine. Both doses will be given in the second 

year of life of the baby.” [After few years we may 

need three doses, later four like the Polio vaccines 

with its boosters, Pulse Polio drops etc. The virus 

sustains ultimately! = KSS] 

XXVI. Clinical case of Sulphuric acid GODET 

P. 35-year-old woman with diarrhoea for 23 years. 

Exhausted, wanted to work quickly and was always 

anxious, as if anticipating a disaster. Sulphuricum 

acidum was prescribed with success. 

Previous history of accidents, hurrying. (Les 

Echos du Centre Liegeois d’Homeopathie 2003; 

in HOMEOPATHY, 93, 1/2004) 

XXVII. Clinical case of Conium LOUVEAU F. A 

Young girl had recurrent urinary infections. 

Belonged to a family with lot of sexual secrets and 

indiscretions. Repertorization led to Conium, 

which cured this girl. (Les Echos du Centre 

Liegeois d’Homeopathie 2003; in 


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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. AHZ: Allgemeine Homöopathische Zeitung, Karl F. Haug 

Verlag, Hüthig GmbH, im Weiher 10, 69121, 

HEIDELBERG, GERMANY. 

2. AJHM: American Journal of Homeopathic Medicine, 

formerly Journal of the American Institute of Homeopathy 

(JAIH). 801 N. Fairfax Street, Suite 306 Alexandria, VA 

22314. 

3. CCR: Homoeopathic Clinical Case Recorder, Dr. Subhash 

Meher, Near Hotel Chanakya, Anandrishiji Marg, 

Burudgaon Road, AHMEDNAGAR-414001. 

4. CCRH: Central Council for Research in Homœopathy, 

JLN Bhartiya Chikitsa avum Homœopathic Anusandhan 

Bhawan, 61-65, Institutional Area, Opp. D-Block, 

Janakpuri, New Delhi – 110 058. 

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

6. HH: Homœopathic Heritage, B. Jain Publishers Overseas, 

1920, Street No.10, Chuna Mandi, Paharganj, Post Box 

5775, New Delhi - 110 055. 

7. HL: Homœopathic Links, Homœopathic Research & 

Charities, F/s, Saraswat Colony, Linking Road, Santacruz 

(W), Mumbai 400054. 

8. HOMEOPATHY: Formerly British Homeopathic Journal 

(BHJ), Homeopathy, Faculty of Homeopathy, 29 Park 

Street West, Luton, Bedfordshire, LU13BE, UK. 

9. HT: Homeopathy Today, National Center for 

Homeopathy, 801, North Fairfax Street, Suite 306, 

ALEXANDRIA, VA. 22314, USA. 

10. NAMAH: New Approches to Medicine and Health, Sri 

Aurobindo Society, PONDICHERRY – 605 001. 

11. NJH: National Journal of Homœopathy, 71B Saraswati 

Road, Near Gokul Icecream,, Santacruz (W), MUMBAI – 

400 054. 

12. RBH: Revue Belge D’Homœopathie, Avenue Cardinal 

Micara, 7, B-1160, Bruxelles, BELGIUM. 

13. S&C: Science and Culture, Indian Science News 

Association, 92, Acharya Prafulla Chandra Road, 

KOLKATA – 700 009. 

14. SIM: Simillimum, The Journal of the Homeopathic 

Academy of Naturopathic Physicians, P.O. Box 8341, 

Covington, WA 98042, USA. 

15. ZKH: Zeitschrift für Klassische Homöopathie, Karl F. 

Haug Verlag, Hüthig GmbH, Im Weiher 10, D-69121 


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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. Non Inutilis Vixi 

(I have not lived in vain) 

BRADFORD, Thomas Lindsley 

The Torch of Homœopathy (Vol.VIII, No.3, 

July, 1966) 

[This article is republished in celebration of the 250 th 

Birthday of Samuel Hahnemann. Hail Hahnemann] 

Samuel Christian Frederick HAHNEMANN 

was born on the night of April 10, 1755, at 

Meissen, Saxony, the son of a porcelain painter. It 

is related that the father gave his son, when the 

latter was five years old, lessons in thinking, 

devoting a certain time each day to that instruction. 

The good father during these hours would advise 

the boy to prove all things and to hold fast to that 

which was good. Early in life he was placed in the 

village schools, and it was habit of his boyhood to 

wander over the beautiful hills of Meissen. He 

loved to study the plants and made a herbarium; he 

was fond of natural history. So apt was he that 

when twelve years old, the good master MULLER 

entrusted to him to teach the rudiments of Greek to 

the other pupils. About this time the frugal father 

wished to take him from school and, after the way 

of German fathers, set him to work, but Magister 

MULLER, the principal, entreated the father and 

offered to remit the tuition, upon which the bright, 

studious lad was allowed to remain at his books. At 

sixteen he entered the Meissen private school. 

Several times the father took his son from school 

only to be persuaded to allow him to return. Once 

he apprenticed him to a grocer at Leipsic, but the 

lad ran away and returned home, where his mother 

concealed him for several days until the father’s 

heart was softened. It is also related that the father 

objected to the waste of lighting fluid needed for 

midnight study, upon which the son fashioned a 

rude clay lamp and hid himself with his books at 

night in a retired nook in the rambling old Eckhouse 

where he lived. 

There was a wonderful native force within the 

boy impelling him to study, to store his mind with 

useful knowledge, and that despite paternal frowns 

and other difficulties. He had to learn – it was 

destiny – and the father at last began to realize that 

there was something in this country-bred lad of 

twenty years; this eccentric son, who already knew 

somewhat of Latin, Greek, Hebrew, History and 

Physics, and whom nothing in the way of 

opposition could deter from knowing; and that he 

ought no longer attempt to curb. And so when 

Samuel was twenty years old in 1775, and when the 


Easter bells were ringing, HAHNEMANN, the 

student, received from his father about twenty 

dollars, with permission to journey, to Leipsic, the 

University town, and win his own manner. 

He began student life in Leipsic, by attending 

lectures during the day and devoting the nights to 

translations from the English into German, and he 

also taught German and French to a rich young 

Greek. A generous citizen of Meissen had 

presented him with free tickets to the medical 

lectures, but his literary occupations were such as to 

prevent him from attending them regularly; but he 

studied hard and saved his money that he might 

sooner go to the more advantageous schools of 

Vienna. Soon after he went to Leipsic, he was 

defrauded of his savings, and for nine months was 

obliged to live on a little more than sixty-eight 

florins, and then to seek a self-supporting position. 

But the way was provided in the person of Dr. Von 

QUARIN, who was physician to Maria Theresa and 

Emperor Joseph. He assisted this young Saxon 

scholar, who thus spoke of his benefactor many 

years afterwards: “He respected, loved and 

instructed me as if I had been the first of his pupils, 

and even more than this, and he did it all without 

expecting any compensation from me. To him I am 

indebted for my calling as a physician. I had his 

friendship and I may almost say his love, and I was 

the only one of my age whom he took with him to 

visit his private patients.” 

Von QUARIN secured for HAHNEMANN the 

position of private physician and librarian to the 

Baron von BRUCKENTHAL, who was Governor 

of Siebenburgen and lived in the city of 

Hermannstadt. For a year and nine months he 

remained in the delightful seclusion of von 

BRUCKENTHAL’s great library, filled with 

priceless books and manuscripts. He catalogued his 

collections of rare coins and also the books, and 

arranged them. And he studied them. He was 

always studying making ready for the future and 

that as yet he dreamed not of, and was impelled 

always by an unknown inward force to gain new 

and varied knowledge. When HAHNEMANN left 

Hermannstadt he was Master of Greek, Latin, 

English, Hebrew, Italian, Syriac, Arabic, Spanish, 

German, and had besides a little knowledge of 

Chaldaic. And then he was only twenty-four years 

of age. 

This is the man who has been called “that 

ignorant German fanatic.” He bade the good Baron 

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farewell in the Spring of 1779, and went to the 

University of Erlangen to take his degree as Doctor 

of Medicine, choosing Erlangen because the fees 

were less than at Vienna. At this place on August 

10, 1779, he successfully defended his thesis, and 

received his diploma. From the time of graduation 

in August until sometime in the year 1780, it is 

probable that HAHNEMANN travelled about in the 

towns of Lower Hungary. In the summer of 1780 a 

home longing overcame him and he returned to 

Saxony, at his home located in the little town of 

Hettstadt in a copper mining country, where he 

found little to do but study the mining. He 

remained there nine months, going thence in the 

spring-time of 1781 to Dessau, where he first 

turned his attention to Chemistry, of which he 

afterwards became one of the most able exponents 

and experimentalists of the time. Here also he 

gained much knowledge of practical mining and 

smelting, which he afterwards utilized in writing 

upon those subjects; and, as he so quaintly said: “I 

filled the dormer windows of my mind.” 

In Dessau HAHNEMANN met Johanna 

Henrietta Leopoldine KUCHLER, daughter of 

apothecary Kuchler, who became his life 

companion. They were married on December 1, 

1782. He was twenty-seven and she nineteen years 

old. He had a short time previous taken the post of 

parish doctor at Gommern, a small town not far 

from Magdeburg. They went there and he at once 

began regularly to practise his profession. 

HAHNEMANN said that there had previously been 

no physician at this place, and that the inhabitants 

had no desire for any such person. Here he 

remained two years and nine months. While there, 

he made some important translations and published 

his first original book “On the Treatment of Old 

Sores and Ulcers.” In this work he gave the results 

of his experience in Transylvania, and said that the 

patients probably would have done quite as well 

without him. And in writing of his treatment of a 

case of caries of the metatarsal bone he said: “I 

scraped the carious bone clean out and removed all 

the dead part, dressed it with alcohol and watched 

the result,” (not a bad method of treatment for the 

surgery of the present day, and that was in 1784). 

The matter of hygiene was mentioned in his book, 

although at that time it was very little understood. 

Even then the master was teaching in advance of 

his time. 

He now began, as he says, to taste the delights 

of home; he was contented; his books and his 

official position supported him; but the rude and 

barbarous medical methods of the day disturbed his 

logical and educated mind, which was trained to 

expect definite results; and he disliked to give 


compounds whose effects on patient he was 

ignorant of. He could not accept the loose ways 

and methods of the existing medical schools. In the 

celebrated letter to HUFELAND, the Nestor of 

German Medicine, on the “Necessity of a 

Regeneration in Medicine”, published sometime 

afterward, HAHNEMANN fully explained his 

feelings at that period of his life, and his reasons for 

giving up the old practice of medicine hampered by 

dogmas of doubt. He resigned his position at 

Gommern in the autumn of 1784 and entirely gave 

up practice that (in his own words) “I might no 

longer incur the risk of doing injury, and I engaged 

exclusively in Chemistry and in literary 

occupations.” His mind was now reaching out 

toward his ideal. As he once said to HUFELAND, 

he could not understand a God who had not 

provided some certain method of contemplating 

diseases from their own aspect and of curing them 

with certainty. “But why has this method not been 

discovered during the twenty-five or thirty 

centuries in which men have called themselves 

physicians? Because it is too near us, and too easy; 

because to attain it there is no need of brilliant 

sophisms or seducing hypothesis.” Impelled by a 

something within him to seek, HAHNEMANN 

gave up the old practice of medicine and reduced 

himself and family to comparative poverty for 

conscience’s sake, and in the fulfillment of the 

immutable law in his nature that he was powerless 

to overcome. From Gommern he removed to 

brilliant Dresden, then the home of arts and 

sciences and devoted his time to translations and 

the study of Chemistry. He also studied medical 

jurisprudence with Dr. WAGNER, the town 

physician or Health Officer, who became his friend 

and gave him charge of the hospitals of the town 

for a year. At this time HAHNEMANN was well 

known in Germany as a scholarly translator of 

scientific books, and a daring and successful 

experimentalist in Chemistry. He was received 

with warm welcome by the distinguished scholars 

who resided in Dresden - ADELUNG, who had 

made a compilation in five volumes of the history 

of all known languages and dialects and who was 

perhaps the foremost philologist in the world; 

DASDORF, the librarian of the great Electoral 

library – himself a ripe scholar; BLUMENBACH, 

the naturalist; and LAVOSIER, the ill-fated 

chemist, a victim of the reign of terror. Such was 

the company HAHNEMANN enjoyed, scholar in 

scholarly atmosphere and in the companionship of 

men of wisdom. This life continued four pleasant 

years. Up to this time all the translations of 

scientific works and the original books he had 

written were of such a nature as to render more fit 

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for the great discoveries he was soon destined to 

make. 

In September, 1789, HAHNEMANN removed 

to Leipsic and continued his literary work. Before 

this it is probable that he had no idea that he was to 

be a medical reformer. There is nothing in his 

writings to indicate such a thought. 

He was simply a learned physician and 

chemist, too honest to bleed and purge and dose his 

fellow men and vaguely seeking in his own mind 

for some more reasonable and safe method of cure. 

Soon after his arrival at Leipsic and while he was 

translating from the English the Materia Medica of 

the great Scotch physician, William CULLEN, he 

was led by certain statements in the book to make 

some original experiments upon himself regarding 

the effects of Peruvian bark. As a result he added a 

footnote to the second volume of his translation in 

which he said: “I took by way of experiment, twice 

a day, four drachms of good China. My feet, finger 

tips, & c., at first became cold; I grew languid and 

drowsy; then my heart began to palpitate, and my 

pulse grew hard and small; intolerable anxiety, 

trembling (but without cold rigor), prostration 

throughout all my limbs; then pulsation in my head, 

redness of my cheeks, thirst, and in short all those 

symptoms which are ordinarily characteristic of 

Intermittent Fever, made their appearance, one after 

another, yet without the peculiar chilly rigor. This 

paroxysm lasted two or three hours each time, and 

recurred, if I repeated the dose, not otherwise. I 

discontinued it and was in good health”. This 

discovery led to experiment; analysis led to 

synthesis. 

HAHNEMANN passed six years in noting the 

effects of different drugs and poisons on healthy 

persons and in studying old volumes of recorded 

experiments in Materia Medica. His family was 

pressed into the service and friends also assisted 

him. Each was tried in various doses and in every 

possible variety of circumstance, that the real effect 

might be clearly understood. All the time he could 

spare from his translations was devoted to these 

provings and to chemical research. 

He then had several children and was so poor 

that the whole family lived in a single room, while 

the father pursued his work in one corner, separated 

from the others only by curtain. It was his custom 

to sit up every other night translating in order to 

gain more time for his experiments. In 1791 

poverty compelled him to go to the little village of 

Stötteritz, where he could live still more cheaply. 

While there he helped in the work of the house, 

wore the garments and the heavy wooden clogs of 

the poor German, and even kneaded the bread with 

his own hands - sickness befell his family. He had 


lost faith in medicine. Of this period he writes: 

“Where shall I look for aid, sure aid?” sighed the 

disconsolate father on hearing the moaning of his 

dear, inexpressibly sick children. “The darkness of 

the night and the dreariness of the desert all around 

me; no prospect of relief for my oppressed paternal 

heart.” Yet always he had in mind the 

determination to continue his experiments, to 

elaborate the new law that he had begun to make 

practicable. 

Previous to this time HAHNEMANN had no 

opportunity of testing on the sick the result of the 

drug provings on the healthy but now it came. A 

certain influential man, Herr KLOCKENBRING, 

had by ridicule been rendered violently insane, and 

his wife, having heard of HAHNEMANN, was 

induced to request him to attend her husband. 

Through her influence the Duke of Gotha gave up 

to HAHNEMANN for the experiment, a wing in his 

old hunting castle at Georgenthal at the foot of the 

Thuringian mountains, nine miles from his own 

capital of Gotha. He caused it to be properly 

arranged for the reception of the maniac and his 

keepers. He was taken with the madness in the 

winter of the 1791-92. It probably was in the 

spring of 1792 that HAHNEMANN was first called 

to the case, and during that summer went to 

Georgenthal. It was a case of acute mania and 

KLOCKENBRING was very violent, requiring 

several keepers. HAHNEMANN says that for two 

weeks he watched him without giving him any 

medicine. It was the fashion then to treat insane 

person with great severity, chaining, beating and 

placing them in dark dungeons. HAHNEMANN 

did not approve of this and treated his distinguished 

patient with great gentleness. It has been claimed 

that HAHNEMANN was in advance of the 

celebrated scientist PINEL in this plan of treating 

the insane. It was during this same year of 1792 

that PINEL first unchained the maniacs in the 

hospital of Bicetre at Paris. In 1793 

KLOCKENBRING returned to Hanover 

completely cured. 

HAHNEMANN left Georgenthal in May 1793, 

going then to Molschleben, a small village near 

Gotha. From letters written at this time by him to a 

patient and what have been published, we are able 

to determine his whereabouts very correctly. He 

went from Molschleben to Pyrmont, and from there 

in 1796 to Wolfenbüttel, and thence to 

Konigslutter, where he remained until 1799, when 

he went to Hamburg. The life at Konigslutter is 

memorable because while living there he published, 

in 1796 in “The journal for Practising 

Physicians,” edited by his friend HUFELAND, and 

which was the most important medical journal of 

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that time, his celebrated essay on a “New Principle 

for Ascertaining the Curative powers of Drugs.” 

In this he gave to the world for the first time his 

principle – Similia Similibus Curentur, explaining 

how he had experimented and the result. It was 

only after six years of constant trial and study that 

he had shared his wonderful secret with the medical 

world. 

During the last year of the life at Konigslutter 

an epidemic of Scarlet fever occurred, and 

HAHNEMANN found his new found knowledge to 

the proof, and declared that Belladonna, in as much 

as it would produce a similar drug condition would 

cure Scarlet fever, - and it did; and because he first 

tested the cure on the sick and did not reveal its 

name until he was sure of its effect, his enemies 

even to the present day, have accused him of 

dealing in secret remedies and nostrums. 

But in prescribing with his own medicines for 

these patients he had offended against the Law, and 

the jealous apothecaries of Konigslutter hounded 

him forth to fresh wanderings. In the autumn of 

1799 he packed all his goods and his family into a 

large wagon, some sunshine, and started on the 

road to Hamburg. On the journey over a 

precipitous part of the way the wagon was 

overturned; the driver was thrown from the seat; 

HAHNEMANN himself was injured; a daughter’s 

leg was broken; an infant son ERNST was so hurt 

that he soon died, and his property was damaged by 

falling into a stream. At the nearest village of 

Muhlhausen he was obliged to remain six weeks at 

a considerable expense. 

He settled after this at Altona and did not go to 

Hamburg until 1800. It was in this year that 

FLEISCHER, the Leipsic publisher, gave to 

HAHNEMANN to translate an English book 

containing medical prescriptions. He translated the 

text into good German, but added an original 

preface in which he so ridiculed and satirized and 

belittled the compound prescriptions of the great 

lights of the English medical world that it put an 

end to his employment by that publisher. His only 

further translation was the Von HALLER Materia 

Medica from the Latin, which was published in 

1806. At this period he wrote several articles for 

Hufeland’s journal. In 1802 he went from 

Hamburg to Mollen in the Duchy Lauenburg, and 

from there journeyed to Eilenburg in beloved 

Saxony. He was not allowed to remain there 

however, as the Health Officer ordered him away. 

From thence he went to Machern, a village five 

miles from Leipsic, where poverty again distressed 

him. It is related that after toiling all day at 

translating (at the Haller Materia Medica) he often 

assisted his wife to wash the family clothing at 


night, and as they could not purchase soap, they 

employed raw potatoes instead. The portion of 

bread allowed to each was small that he was 

accustomed to weigh it out in equal proportion. 

From Machern he went to Wittenburg, departing 

soon after for Dessau, where he lived for two years. 

HAHNEMANN left Hamburg about the 

beginning of 1802. He could not have remained 

long in one place. He was poor and persecuted, 

driven from town to town. He passed about two 

years at Dessau, and, according to a letter written 

by him, he was in June, 1805 domiciled at Torgau, 

where he remained until 1811, when he went to 

Leipsic. As his essays in the medical journals only 

brought him into condemnation he afterwards 

published his articles in the “General German 

Gazette of Literature and Science.” 

HAHNEMANN’s first collections of provings 

– ‘Fragmenta de Viribus’ was published in Latin 

while he was at Torgau, in 1805. Five years later 

the first edition of the Organon appeared. In this 

he gave to the world a careful explanation of his 

new medical discoveries and beliefs. It contained 

everything relating to the new medical method and 

in it he for the first time mentioned the name 

“HOMŒOPATHY”. [HAHNEMANN has used 

the term ‘Homœopathy’ for the first time in 1807 in 

the penultimate paragraph of his article 

“Indications of the Homœopathic Employment 

of Medicines in Ordinary Practice” = KSS.] The 

work appeared in 1810, from the press of his friend 

and patient, ARNOLD. The book consists of an 

Introduction and the Organon itself. The 

Introduction is entitled “Review of the 

Medication, allopathy and palliative treatments” 

that have prevailed to the present time in the old 

school of medicine and comprise the first one 

hundred pages of the Organon. 

HAHNEMANN here presents the curious story 

of the efforts of mankind to conquer disease…… 

HAHNEMANN devoted about sixty pages to 

quotations from the writings of old physicians from 

HIPPOCRATES to SYDENHAM, describing cures 

effected according to the Dotrine of Similars. Each 

cure is plainly stated with a reference in each case 

to the medical writer responsible for the statement. 

The book itself is devoted to instructions in 

practical Homœopathy. HAHNEMANN never 

claimed to discover the Law of Simili, but he did 

claim that he was the first person to make any 

practical demonstration of that Law. 

It is needless to say that the propositions 

advanced in the Organon brought down upon the 

head of the reformer an avalanche of abuse. He had 

raised his hand against the traditions of years and 

he was attacked by the medical journals of the day. 

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Books and pamphlets were fulminated against him. 

The reviews were so virulent that even the better of 

HAHNEMANN’s enemies condemned them. He 

was called a charlatan, a quack, an ignormus. In 

1811, his son published a refutation, which it is 

believed HAHNEMANN himself wrote. All this 

storm of abuse he answered in no other way. He 

gave his answer in a better way, in 1811, when he 

presented to the world the first volume of the 

“Materia Medica Pura”. 

But the grand impulse was strong within him. 

He felt that he must find a wider platform from 

which to shout his glad tidings to sick and suffering 

humanity, and in the year 1811, he transferred his 

“Lares and Penates” to his old home in Leipsic, the 

place he had first entered as an enthusiastic and 

scholarly lad of twenty. Since then – Vienna, 

Hermanstadt, Erlangen, Dessau, Gommern, 

Dresden, Georgenthal, the wander years, and 

afterwards Torgau, with its literary results. Trials, 

malevolence, privation, and false accusation, all 

had followed him like furies, and yet impelled by a 

strange force, the genius of right and justice, he had 

ever and steadily gone on towards the future of 

whose brightness even yet he did not know. 

It now became impressed upon 

HAHNEMANN’s mind that he must teach this 

Doctrine of Medicine publicly to men; and he went 

to Leipsic and began to lecture on the principles of 

Homœopathy. In December 1811, he inserted a 

notice of his “Medical Institute” in a journal of the 

city. But before he was permitted to lecture he was 

compelled to defend a thesis before the Faculty of 

Medicine. This he did on June 26, 1812. Its title 

was “A Dissertation on the Helleborism of the 

Ancients,” and it was such a marvel of erudition 

that no one attempted to dispute it. In its pages 

containing quotations from the Hebrew, Latin, 

Greek, Arabic, Italian, French, English and German 

there was evidence of profound knowledge. It 

seemed an echo from the great libraries of 

Hermanstadt and Dresden. 

HAHNEMANN now began lecturing 

Wednesday and Saturday afternoons from 2 to 3 

o’clock. The lectures were continued seminally 

during his entire stay at Leipsic, and soon attracted 

hearers from the medical and law students and the 

younger of the Leipsic physicians. The fame of his 

learning and desire to see the man who taught such 

medical “heresies” attracted many to him. Soon 

from the audiences he gathered a circle of young 

men under his direction who began to make 

provings on themselves. The result was the 

“Materia Medica Pura”. These faithful disciples 

lived near HAHNEMANN’s house and were 

almost constantly with him. Each had his duty to 


perform, and HAHNEMANN, after collecting the 

symptoms, verified them, subjecting them to the 

finest scrutiny and with the most scrupulous 

exactitude analyzed them. The plants were 

collected, the preparations according to the formula 

of the master were made, and results noted. They 

who sat at the feet of the teacher, afterwards carried 

the new doctrine into many places. Fortunately, the 

story has been told by some among the number so 

that it is known how the reformer lived at this time. 

He was fully occupied with his lectures and the 

receptions of his patients at his home. He did not 

visit them at their houses. Daily with his wife and 

daughters he walked in one of the public gardens of 

the city. After the day’s labour he was accustomed 

to sit among his students in the evening, and with 

the mug of “ghose” at his side and the long German 

pipe in his hand, he would tell his disciples of the 

curious actions and ways of the older physicians at 

the sick bed, or relate circumstances of his former 

life; and then he would become lost to the 

surroundings, his pipe would go out, and one of his 

daughters would at once be called to relight it. 

But persecution came. The students were 

accustomed to prescribe for patients and 

HAHNEMANN’s reception room was thronged 

daily; both master and students gave medicine. 

This practice was contrary to the law of that time, 

and the apothecaries whose privileges were 

supposed to be encroached upon appealed to the 

courts against HAHNEMANN, and he was cited to 

appear. He did so, and also addressed a letter to the 

authorities in which he argued that he did not give 

compound prescriptions but only simple remedies 

in such minute doses, and of whose preparation the 

apothecaries knew nothing, that they could not put 

up these medicines; that their exclusive right was 

only to make up compound prescriptions and that 

Homœopathy did not compound or dispense. He 

was soon notified that he would be fined twenty 

thalers for every dispensation afterwards. 

In 1820 a celebrated general Prince von 

SCHWARZENBERG, who had been a leader of 

the allied armies against Napoleon, applied to 

HAHNEMANN for treatment, asking that he attend 

him at Vienna. HAHNEMANN replied that if he 

wished his services he must come to Leipsic as he 

was too busy to go to Vienna. So desirous was the 

Prince to consult HAHNEMANN that he came to 

Leipsic and established himself in a suburb of the 

city. His case was incurable, and he died about six 

months afterwards of Apoplexy. His death was the 

cause of renewed attacks on HAHNEMANN, and 

the legal persecutions, that during the treatment had 

been prevented by Saxon government on account of 

his illustrious patient, were resumed with redoubled 

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vigour. HAHNEMANN’s students were arrested, 

fined, and even imprisoned. He himself was so 

persecuted that he must either give up practice or 

resume his journeying in quest of another abiding 

place. Of a truth it may be said: 

“His life was like a battle or a march, 

And like the wind’s blast, never resting, 

homeless, 

He stormed across the war-convulsed earth”. 

Not far from Leipsic was one of the many little 

principalities of which at that time Germany was 

composed. It was the duchy of Anhalt-Coethen. 

One of its notables, the Grand Duke Frederick, had 

heard of HAHNEMANN’s wonderful cures and 

was, besides, a lover of justice. He offered an 

asylum to the persecuted old teacher, appointed him 

his privy physician with the title of Hofrath, and by 

edict gave him permission to dispense and prescribe 

within the limits of his kingdom. Early in May, 

1821, HAHNEMANN shook the dust of 

inhospitable Leipsic with his faithful students 

accompanying him on the road set out for Coethen. 

It was a delightful place, nestled in the valley 

of a small river and in its quiet the master passed 

fifteen years of his eventful life. In a summerhouse 

at the end of a paved garden he studied and wrote 

and meditated, formulating, completing, and 

perfecting his life work. His “Chronic Diseases” 

was written at Coethen, the last four editions of the 

Organon, and the last two editions of Materia 

Medica Pura. 

The year 1829 was memorable because on 

August 10, HAHNEMANN celebrated the fiftieth 

anniversary of his graduation at Erlangen. His 

disciples came to him bringing gifts. The old 

Savant’s portrait was done in oil, his bust was 

modelled. STAPF, his favorite pupil, had collected 

the fugitive essays he had written, and brought the 

first copy from the printer as his token. 

ALBRECHT, the Dresden friend and after-time 

biographer, delivered a poem in his praise. 

RUMMEL presented the honorary diploma from 

his alma mater. The scholarly MUHLENBRING 

made a Latin oration, giving a sketch of his life and 

labors. The good Duke and Duchess remembered 

their beloved physician. Afterwards there was a 

grand dinner. The disciples came from all parts of 

the country, and those who could not come sent 

letters of amity. This occasion resulted in the form 

of the German Central Homœopathic Union. 

Soon afterward, however, a great sorrow came, 

and the wings of ashen gray were unfolded over the 

good housewife. For years she had devoted herself 

to the cares of life that her husband might be free to 

pursue his studies. At the time of her illness 

HAHNEMANN also was ill, but he kept himself at 


her bedside and comforted her. After her death his 

daughters continued to care for the household, and 

there was little real change in his domestic life. 

The Cholera year of 1832 came, and although 

HAHNEMANN never had seen a case of that 

character his knowledge of the effects of medicines 

upon the system enabled him to suggest the 

remedies that would be found useful. His opinion 

proved correct, because it was founded upon a law. 

Now the years passed peacefully and happily; the 

wanderer at last had come home. Homœopathy 

was known and men of ability, physicians and 

laymen journeyed to the little village, to hear the 

old sage talk and to learn more of the new and 

rational method of healing. Coethen became the 

school house of Homœopathy from whence went 

willing disciples to carry the teachings to all parts 

of the world. 

HAHNEMANN always was a very industrious 

man; he never was idle. He proved about ninety 

medicines himself; he wrote about seventy original 

works on Chemistry and Medicine, some of them in 

several volumes; he translated fifteen large medical 

and scientific works from the English, six from the 

French, one from the Italian and one from Latin. 

These translations were not alone on Medicine, but 

Chemistry, Agriculture and general Literature. 

Among them was “History of the Lives of 

Abelard and Heloise” which was considered a 

remarkable work from a literary standpoint. 

Besides this was the labor of attending to a very 

large practice a great part of which was by letters. 

He was not only a physician, reformer and chemist, 

but he was an accomplished classical scholar and 

critic, well versed in Astronomy and Meteorology 

fond of Geography. In the days at Coethen he was 

at seventy-five, interesting himself in the habits of 

spiders, still studying Chemistry, and keeping 

himself by letter en rapport with his followers in 

different parts of the world. 

In stature HAHNEMANN was a small man, 

inclined to stoutness; his carriage was upright and 

his work dignified; his step was firm and all his 

motions active; his forehead was very high, arched, 

and bore the impress of thought. In early life he 

wore a queue; later on he became bald on the top of 

his head, and locks of curling white hair fell over 

each temple. His eyes were particularly piercing 

and brilliant, as though a great soul looked over 

defiantly upon the noisy world. He seldom smiled; 

life had been too real for much laughter, yet he 

enjoyed the pleasure of others. In early life he wore 

small clothes, knee breeches and shoes with 

buckles, and later on the long trousers; his coat was 

dark. In his home life a gaily figured dressing 

gown with long skirts, wadded slippers and always 

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a black velvet cap on his head, completed his attire. 

In Paris it was said that he wore his hair in curl 

paper at night. In food he was abstemious; he was 

fond of sweets and preferred a simple cake to bread. 

His vegetables were cabbage, new beans and 

spinach. He usually took a nap after eating. Daily 

he took exercise in the open air, and worked until 

late at night. His usual companion was a little pet 

dog that lay near his chair. HAHNEMANN had 

eleven children. 

In January, 1833, a fond wish of the great 

teacher was realized. A homœopathic hospital was 

formally opened at Leipsic. He visited it later on 

and had the satisfaction of knowing that there was 

at least one institution pledged to a fair trial of his 

doctrines. There were differences afterward 

between the physicians and himself, but he 

continued his interest in the hospital as long as he 

remained in Germany. 

In 1835 this old man who had for some time 

thought that according to the law of nature he might 

finish his pilgrimage at any time, renewed his lease 

upon life. He married a French lady of thirty-five 

years, one Marie MELANIE D’HERVILLY 

GOHIER, daughter of a painter who had been 

adopted by a prominent Frenchman. She had heard 

of HAHNEMANN, and on visiting him they were 

mutually attracted. He made a will giving his 

children most of his property, and on January 28, 

1835, he married; and on the first day of 

Whitsuntide of the same year he departed from 

Coethen with his bride. His children and 

grandchildren dined with them at Halle, and the 

doctor and his wife went on to Paris. Madame 

HAHNEMANN was a woman of ability, an artist 

and poetess, and she soon became also a physician. 

She was of good family and the life became a gay 

and busy one. They lived in style in a fashionable 

part of the city. Soon HAHNEMANN, though it 

was supposed that he intended to rest from his 

labors at Paris, was engaged in a larger and more 

exacting practice than he ever before had, and 

contrary to the old custom he now made visits, 

driving about in his carriage after the manner of 

other city physicians. His clientage constantly 

increased, and although he had given away most of 

his property on leaving Germany, it is said that 

during the eight years of his life in Paris he earned 

4,000,000 francs. The French Homœopathic 

Society honored him by making him their Honorary 

President, and his every birthday was made the 

occasion of a festival in his honor. Many 

distinguished strangers called on and recognized 

him as the founder of a new and successful school 

of medicine. His home life was happy; he enjoyed 


the opera and public receptions, but he did no more 

literary work. 

Death came at last to take away the great man, 

and calmly, trustingly, uncomplainingly, although 

at the last he suffered much, he passed away early 

in the morning of Sunday, July 2, 1843, gently 

whispering “I have not lived in vain.” 

- The Homœopathic Bulletin, April 1961. 

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2. Mandragora Officinalis E Radice 

Julius MEZGER 

(Torch of Homœopathy, April 1966) 

We made provings on thirty persons. Eight 

were women of whom seven were of a mature age. 

Twenty-two were, disregarding small 

deviations in the physiological balance of their 

functions, adequate to the requirements which were 

necessary for a healthy pharmacological prover. 

Most of the provers began the provings with the 

D4; a smaller group with the D6. These potencies 

were taken for fourteen days, five drops three time 

daily. Then a placebo of 45% alcohol was taken for 

fourteen days and after that the D2 was taken for 

fourteen days. 

Intellect and Emotions: These were 

characterized by apathy, irritability, loss of interest 

in work, mental fatigue, poor concentration and loss 

of memory; or the nervous irritability was 

expressed primarily by hypersensitivity to noises. 

In contrast to this depression, euphoria with a love 

of work occurred before the depression. After the 

depression, enuresis occurred. Some of the provers 

were tired during the day despite a good night’s 

sleep, and also noted vertigo. Some of the provers 

had disturbing dreams and woke between 3.00 and 

5.00 A.M. One prover felt as though he had 

scopalamine and noted numbness of the hands from 

D4. One prover noticed anaesthesia of the mouth, 

and Stomatitis. He also lost tactile sensation. In 

contrast to this feeling of anaesthesia, another 

prover noted hypersensitivity of the skin to touch 

and to pressure. 

Eyes: No changes in the pupils were noted 

with the second potency. However, after placing a 

decoction of Mandragora into the lachrymal sac, 

there occurred a strong, even a maximal, dilation of 

the pupil on that side. One prover who took, in all, 

forty-one drops of the D1 over a period of six days, 

noticed darkening of the visual field and for several 

weeks saw only stripes. On the outer rim of the 

eyes were Styes. Also conjunctival irritation was 

noted. 

Ears: One prover noted noises in the ear 

during the whole proving period and even after it 

was finished. 

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Lungs: Catarrh of the nose occurred with 

frequent sneezing, associated with a dry, raw throat; 

also a cough from tickling in the throat followed by 

frequent mucous expectoration and rales and 

hoarseness. 

Heart and Blood circulation: At least nine 

out of twenty-nine provers noted heart trouble with 

palpitation. The heart pains increased in intensity, 

becoming pinching pains in the chest during the 

day, extending to the left shoulder at night, causing 

wakefulness. Anxiety was associated with the 

anginal pains in the chest, as well as a sensation in 

the heart as though an iron ring were contracting 

around it. Movement and stress aggravated the 

complaints but rest, warmth and lying down 

ameliorated them. The reactive phase was 

recognized by symptoms of collapse, such as 

balancing of the face, loss of the peripheral pulse, 

cold sweat on the forehead and a feeling of pressure 

on the heart. 

In one of the provers one had the impression 

that gastric symptoms underlay the heart symptoms. 

For instance, the heart symptoms improved after 

diarrhoea and the distension associated with the 

heart trouble improved after motion, which caused 

expulsion of gas, with relief. 

The action in the head is characterized by 

congestion of blood in the head causing a facial 

congestion obvious to the observer, similar to that 

of Belladonna but without hallucinations or 

delirium. These effects lasted a long time, even 

several weeks after the proving was finished. One 

prover noticed pains in the head associated with 

noises in the ears during the proving period and for 

several weeks thereafter. The headache was 

characterized by heat and fullness relieved by cold 

applications. It was aggravated by stooping 

forward, from alcohol, tobacco, sunbathing and 

physical activities. A light touch was disagreeable 

but a strong touch brought relief. The site of the 

headache was in the forehead, the temples and the 

occiput radiating forwards. Associated with the 

headache were cold hands and feet, even in a warm 

room, the hands so cold that they became white and 

contracted, the blanching extending up the arms to 

the axilla. This was associated with abdominal 

fullness increased by digestion and by gas. The 

female noted before her period a foul discharge, 

with increased flow during the period. Both men 

and women noted congestion of Haemorrhoids and 

Varices in the legs. 

Digestive system: Some provers noted 

inflammation in the mouth and burns on the tongue 

as if burned with hot water or pepper, as well as 

aphthae on the tongue and on the lining of the 

mouth. Also the tongue has a whitish-yellow coat. 


One of the provers, who was particularly sensitive, 

noted Stomatitis of the mouth with oedematous 

swelling and a fur-like feeling in the whole mouth. 

The feeling of dryness in the mouth was not as 

strong as that experienced under Belladonna, 

Hyoscyamus and Stramonium. Sometimes they 

also noticed excessive salivation. The feeling of 

burning is typical of Mandragora and is similar to 

that of Capsicum. 

In the region of the pharynx one noticed an 

increased tendency to a rasp and to dryness in the 

mouth and throat. Three provers noticed a pain and 

catarrh in the throat. One of the provers had a 

severe angina lacunaris with pus and fever up to 

104 for two days. This prover was susceptible to 

throat infections but in this case it was felt to result 

from the Mandragora. Another prover noticed 

aggravation of a chronic Tonsillitis to such an 

extent that they had to be removed. 

The intestinal symptoms are characterized by 

spasticity, meteorism and fatty-food dyscrasia. 

Seventeen of the twentynine provers noticed 

increased gas with pressure and fullness of the 

stomach, relieved by eating, and also eructations, 

even on an empty stomach. Distention was noticed 

particularly in the right lower quadrant. Some had 

little or no relief from eructations or flatus, and 

some were markedly relieved. The stomach 

discomfort came immediately after eating, reaching 

a peak one to two hours later. In spite of a 

ravenous appetite, because of the stomach 

distention, they were full after two or three bites 

and actually had a dislike for solid food. One 

prover noted more gas dispelled after liquids than 

after solids. Two provers had pains from an empty 

stomach, associated with great emptiness and 

nausea, all relieved after eating. The same provers 

were ameliorated by stretching and bending 

backwards. 

Nausea and burning for thirty minutes, and 

hiccups are noteworthy. These give a picture of the 

disturbing influence of Mandragora on the 

persistalsis – a hint as to the usefulness of the drug 

in motion sickness. 

In connection with the stomach symptoms 

occurred a disturbance in the secretion and 

excretion of gall and in the function of the gall 

bladder. In four provers there was aversion to 

greasy foods, with vomiting followed by diarrhoea. 

Altogether there were seven provers who showed 

marked symptoms of gall-bladder and liver 

disturbance, with piercing pains in the region of the 

gall-bladder. There were light yellow to grey stools 

(in four of these seven provers), showing 

involvement of the gall-bladder and liver system. 

Coffee was not tolerated by two provers, a 

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symptom which can be taken in this connection, 

again, as a symptom of gall-bladder dysfunction. 

Three provers showed a desire for spicy foods such 

as meat, fish and cheese, although one was a 

vegetarian. Two provers noted improvement of a 

hangover from the Mandragora. Intolerance to 

sweets was shown by two provers, in spite of their 

craving for them. 

Other changes in the need for food were as 

follows: Craving for butter and sour milk, for rice 

dishes, and an aversion to solid food in one prover. 

In the intestines there was repeated distention. 

Radish, through its high cellulose content, caused 

distention and colic. Dyskinesis of the intestinal 

movements were seen during excretion. The stool 

was hard and bulky and could only be excreted 

after long sitting and pressure. After the stool was 

passed there was the sensation of incompleteness. 

The stool appeared in little balls, like sheep dung. 

Diarrhoea followed the colicky pains. After 

excretion, tenesmus followed. The stools often had 

a bad odour and were light yellow or whitish, 

indicating poor gall secretion. This appeared 

particularly in the early morning, very often 

associated with severe colicky pains and diarrhoea. 

In the female prover colicky pains with distention 

appeared several times between 12.00P.M. and 2.00 

A.M. Particularly, the right side of the abdomen 

was distended, with pains radiating to the right 

shoulder. There was a painful burning in the gall 

bladder area and a strong urge for defecation. Once 

there was frequent watery diarrhoea. There was a 

complete picture of a gall-bladder colic. The 

hemorrhoids that occurred had an inclination to 

frequent bleedings and the burning sensation 

characteristic of Mandragora. 

To summarize the symptoms of the intestines, 

we can see deep-growing disturbances of the 

neurovegetative distribution of these organs, 

particularly of the parasympathetic parts. You can 

classify them in the following way. 

1. The disturbance of peristalsis with severe 

spasm and other functional disturbances. 

2. Disturbance of secretory and fermentative 

processes. 

3. The inflammation of the mouth with stomatitis, 

gastritis and enteritis. 

4. The abdominal plethora with meteorism, 

hemorrhoids and bloody excretion. 

Urinary Organs: All the functions of the 

bladder present the same difficulties; stranguary of 

the bladder, interference with urinary excretion, so 

that the last portion must be pressed out, and also 

urinary incontinence in bed at night. 

Sexual Organs. One of the provers noted a 

loss of libido which lasted some time after he 


stopped taking the medicine. This is an interesting 

observation because in ancient times the medicine 

was given as an aphrodisiac. 

In women it gave dysmenorrhoea and 

discontinuation of the menses after it had started 

symptoms of the uterine musculature. During the 

congestion in the lower part of the abdomen there 

was a tendency to Hemorrhage. Also, we saw a 

white discharge with a bad odour, before the 

period. 

The Limbs, Muscles and Peripheral Nerves: 

The complaints with regard to the limbs, 

musculature and peripheral nerves show a 

heaviness and aching in the muscles as after 

exercise or after the grippe. At the same time there 

was a clear improvement of the motor function. 

As far as the joints and the muscle segments 

are concerned, all the regions of the body were 

affected – the joints of the arms and the legs as well 

as the joints of the vertebral column. A pain in the 

right shoulder was often noted, connected with 

discomfort in the gall-bladder as well as a 

predilection for the muscles of the thighs, 

particularly the quadriceps femoris of both thighs in 

which the muscle pains were like a “charleyhorse.” 

There were two well pronounced sciatic illness, in 

both cases in the right leg, interfering with the 

movement of the innervation of the sciatic nerve. 

A third prover indicated difficulty in the sciatic 

nerve of the left leg. 

The two first mentioned provers were free of 

pain in the legs. The course was similar in both 

cases; beginning in the morning. There was pain 

from pressure on the nerve where it had been laid 

upon, relieved by motion. Therefore, the provers 

were forced to get up several times and move 

around. After moving around, however, such an 

improvement occurred that pain became tolerable. 

Warm applications were very helpful. In one of the 

provers there was a necessity for treatment in the 

hospital for three weeks, with his legs elevated by 

suspension. It is interesting that this pain was 

induced after an unsuccessful try with Arsenicum 

D12. 

All the pain in the muscles and in the joints 

improved with motion. I think it is correct to 

assume that improvement from motion is typical of 

Mandragora. One of the provers who had a 

sprained ankle believed that after using the drug he 

had a fast improvement. 

Skin: The skin shows an inflammatory 

reaction with vesicular eruptions, itching of face, 

Herpes simples labialis, and Furunculosis with 

Styes. In Furunculosis, again the sensation of 

burning was mentioned. 

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The skin of the face and neck appeared greasy 

and unclean, even the neck of the shirt; and the hair 

was dirty and uncouth. There is a noticeable 

tendency to perspiration which appears after mild 

stress or at night. It very often had a bad odour. 

The perspiration is sometimes cold, for instance, in 

connection with pressure on the heart. On the 

palms of the hands it is sticky. 

Temperature Regulation: There seems to be, 

due to the excitement of the circulatory system, a 

connection with a fever reaction with an increased 

sensation of warmth and very rarely a chilliness. 

Modalities: Colitis in stomach and gallbladder 

system at 12.00 P.M. to 2.00 A.M. and for 

a few hours after. Insomnia occurs between 3.30 

and 5.00 A.M. Pain in the joints and Sciatica at 

7.00 A.M. Hangover is in the morning in 

particular. Most complaints increase from 12.00 

P.M. to the morning with a high point at 5.00 to 

8.00 A.M. Fullness and distention after the first 

bite, most severe one to two hours later. 

- The Journal of the A.I.H., January-February, 

1958. 

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3. Miscellaneous Hits 

Royal E.S. Hayes 

(Homœopathic Bulletin, Jan. 1949) 

Whatever of interest there may be in these few 

reports might come out better in the reading than in 

the reciting. They are simply a few of those rather 

spectacular cures that result occasionally from a 

combination of lucky prescribing and responsive 

patient some of those that remain in the memory 

and encourage us while performing more tedious or 

more ordinary work. 

I Boy æt 10, Chorea; abject and helpless, unable to 

rise from bed six weeks; complete amnesia; head 

lies always to the left; loud mitral murmur, pulse 

60; crack in center of lower lip; gnashing of teeth 

during sleep; craving sweets, marked emaciation 

though eating well: Eczema suppressed when a 

baby. Sepia 10M. Fincke. 

Three weeks later he could talk, threw himself 

on the floor and crept like a baby. From then on he 

improved so well that I did not see him until three 

years later when he needed another administration 

for a slight return of twitching. 

II Woman, æt. 67. Had fallen four years 

previously and hurt her back at the right sacral 

region and had been incapacitated for work since. 

She could not rise alone and could walk but little 

and that with much difficulty and assistance 

because of continued soreness. She complained of 

soreness and a dislocated sensation, hurting with 


every step, ameliorated while lying with the thigh 

flexed, ameliorated by warmth, aggravated by first 

motion and relieved by continued motion but 

aggravated by osteopathy, aggravated by stormy or 

damp weather, severe catching pain when 

attempting to move while lying but relieved by 

change of position. 

After four years of this she was brought to the 

office with a cane on one side and her daughter on 

the other, scarcely able to lift the feet from the 

floor. Calcarea fluorica 12 th was taken every 4 

hours for five weeks. Three months later she could 

do everything and even run when necessary. 

III Boy aged 11; Acute encephalitis lethargica. 

Headache relieved by cold; liked to have the head 

drawn backward; fidgety legs; general tossing from 

12 to 4 or 5 a.m. Talked complainingly of work; 

answers often irrelevant; grateful for cold drinks; 

noise annoyed him. The characteristic facies very 

marked. 

Phosphorus 10M. Skinner’s, was given. His 

countenance was brighter the next day, the 

following day he spoke of his own incentive. As he 

improved copious drooling appeared while asleep. 

He was sitting up in a week and in two weeks 

walked about the house. 

IV Girl æt 4, Throat specialist said Adenoids, the 

writer’s humble digit concurred; also large tonsils, 

nasal intonation, etc. She was pale, blinking, 

always fretty, tiring easily, no appetite; history of 

many colds and bilious vomiting. Psorinum 50M, 

Skinner’s. 

Twelve weeks later she was taken to the 

specialist; Wrong diagnosis; “it must have been 

something else.” 

V Woman aged 49, Gallstones out fifteen years 

previously, malarial chills five years before that. 

Having distressing colic again, always after eating. 

The X-ray showed an adhesive band from the 

stomach to the liver. 

Bryonia relieved enough for two weeks to 

rouse hopes and three meals were digested without 

any pain. The pain is referred to the site of the gall 

bladder, much worse after eating, like a weight 

pulling across the abdomen and stinging aggravated 

by deep inspiration, conscious of ‘motions about 

the gall bladder,’ aggravated in evening; full 

smothered sensation after eating. Sharp pains up 

chest. Chilly sensation inside the stomach and 

empty, gone sensation in stomach. Sensitive to 

cold and dampness. She came to the homœopath 

hoping to escape the needle and operation. 

Four administrations of Carbo veg. during nine 

months cured most of the pain. Then the malaria 

returned and was gone after Natrum muriaticum. 

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Calcarea ost. cleared up the few remaining 

discomforts. Nothing worth mentioning the last 

three years. 

VI Girl of three, Diphtheria; tonsils and adenoids 

cut six months previously; marked stiffness, 

swelling and pain of the neck, so that she had to 

turn the whole body to get the head round; feet and 

hands cold; sopor; craving cold drinks but vomits 

them. Averse to noise or any disturbance but wants 

company. Very restless at night. Transparent 

pinkish pallor (observed clinically in some 

Phosphorus conditions.) 

This cure was not spectacular for having 

noticed BOGER’s admonition as to aggravations 

from the 1000 th of Phosphorus in some patients, it 

was tested and it made a rather exciting case out of 

an apparently simple one. At first she was much 

worse all day and night, then the expected 

improvement came. But it lasted only three days 

when an alarming relapse occurred. Phosphorus 

10M improved at once and for six days, then 

another relapse. The 10M again improved but 

glandular swelling and stiff neck was still present 

four days later when Calcarea carbonica came to 

the rescue two weeks from the first prescription, at 

least a week longer than it should have taken, it 

seemed. Although the culture remained negative 

after the first week some membrane persisted up to 

the end of the third week – in fact I became tired of 

watching it and dismissed myself from the case. 

VII Young married woman, sudden attack of 

grippe. Aching relieved by change of position; 

Headache severe, with some modality. Had had 

chill at 3 a.m. Thirst for cold. Rhus tox. was 

prescribed in the morning, but she continued worse 

and had another chill in the evening, then came an 

urgent call at 11 p.m. 

More symptoms. Intense heat, intense aching. 

Had become decidedly worse at 4 p.m. Lying 

dozing with a peculiar moaning sound interrupted 

by active delirium – men on the wall, some obstacle 

preventing her getting away, screaming and 

fighting to free herself. Throbbing headache 

relieved by cold applications; shivering after cold 

drink. 

A trip to look at the Repertory was necessary to 

select the correct remedy Eupatorium purpureum, 

the 900 th , was used. She was asleep in a half hour 

and very bright indeed the next morning. 

VIII Robust girl æt. 10. Icthyosis nigricans, 

congenital of course, with itching from the middle 

of the torso to the middle of the thighs. Mosquitoes 

poison her more than the average person; large 

tonsils; craving milk; averse to fish; flushed and 

uncomfortable in warm room. 


Ars. iod. 20M, Fincke. As she improved a 

peculiar odor as of fermentation followed her. In 

less than two months the skin has become perfectly 

normal. Whether it will continue so may be a 

question. 

IX High school girl minus tonsils and history of 

Diphtheria. Recently had toxin-antitoxin followed 

immediately by “grippe”. Remained very pale, 

white and exhausted, unable to attend school. The 

exhaustion was especially sensed in hands which 

were also numb. Cramps in the hands when 

washing them or whenever flexing the fingers; 

could not lift anything. Constantly spitting mucus 

from the throat; easy perspiration. 

Anthracinum CM, Fincke, acted exceedingly 

well. 

X Illustrating Echinacea: Farmer of 24, History 

of Meningitis at 14 with three weeks of Coma and 

Strabismus; he remembers the intense headaches; 

never strong since. 

Having impetiginous appearing sores on scalp 

with red crusts, faint stomach and morning 

tiredness. Sulphur 200 th was given without much 

benefit and he went from one doctor to another 

until he landed in the office again three years later. 

The ulcers had spread to the face, neck and arms, 

they still had the red crusts, were rather deep. Very 

irregular in outline, itching, turning blue when in 

water; a red Cellulitis process was spreading across 

the face, not sore but followed up by the steadily 

encroaching ulcers. One wing of his nose was 

already gone. A sister and a visitor of the family 

had also contracted the disease. 

He slept badly, tossing until midnight; 

“nervous pain in the heart as if he had been running 

fast.” 

He acted and walked like an old man, walking 

or standing with knees bent, he turned around 

slowly as if thinking about it, lifted the feet but 

little while walking. Mental processes slow and 

simple, slow to answer. He kept his eye on one as 

though he saw something amusing. He was quite 

sceptical as to the doctor but was always looking 

for one to perform a miracle. He was possessed, in 

addition to all the other qualifications, of a constant 

extension and flexion of the left thigh, day and 

night. 

Dr. Gorton’s “double dosage” was tried, 

Echinacea 200 th one day and the 1000 th the next. 

Three months later the sores were all healing and 

there were no new ones. Did not see him again 

until 11 months from the date of the prescription. 

He was then bright, erect, strong and the wing of 

his nose had grown out; but a concave ulcer was 

now appearing on his neck. The prescription was 

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epeated but we heard some months that he still had 

a few sores and was still searching for a miracle. 

XI A young married woman, with Epilepsy 

gravior since appendectomy five years previous; 

frequent attacks, sometimes three in a day; delayed 

and painful menstruation, no morning appetite, 

faint stomach at 11 a.m. Pounding headaches every 

8-9 days; weeping spells. Fincke’s Sulphur5M. 

A month later, no headaches; hungry but too 

“full” to eat, cannot eat until 10 a.m. Urgent thirst 

for cold and craving for ice cream and sour things 

but aversion to sweets Phos. 200 th , Dunham’s. 

No attacks for a month, then one Phos. 200. 

No attacks for five months, then three. Sulphur 

10M, Skinner’s. No attacks during the last thirteen 

years. But she threw out boils, a rectal abscess and 

had two attacks of Psoriasis, meanwhile having 

Sulphur again, then Calcarea. Eczema then came 

out which was cured with Nitric acid. 

XII Girl, 16. Goitre five years. Obese, moustache; 

much perspiration clammy cold feet, easy 

dyspnoea. Calcarea carb. 200 th cured. 

A year half later a ringworm about the size of a 

fifty cent piece appeared on the face. It was 

surrounded by smaller ones, the whole in strikingly 

circular arrangement. They were much aggravated 

by all the applications that had been attempted. 

We think of Echinacea in very irregular 

eruptions but the 1M of Calc. carb wiped out this 

also. 

XIII Miss of 23, Goitre 2 years. The gland was 

moderately but distressingly enlarged and not hard. 

She was always tired, which was aggravated by 

even moderate exercise, tired expression, always 

sleepy, fantastic dreams, talking and striking during 

sleep. Headaches in left temple beginning in mid 

afternoon and relieved by open air and by cold 

applications. Easily excited and irritable and the 

office nurse says her pulse runs to 133 when 

excited. Cough while asleep only; canine appetite; 

thirstless; prefers cold food; averse to salt; nausea 

and distress in epigastrium; eructations of rotten 

egg flavor; menses five weeks apart and protracted; 

heat is exhausting; palms perspire when excited. 

Calcarea iodata 30 th , one administration. Six 

weeks later the size of the thyroid was normal and 

of course there was striking general improvement; 

but a small cystic lump remains. 

XIV Man fifty-one, Goitre several years; had 

reduced it some with iodine and thought he was 

feeling some better. Continual cough and colds 

several years. Coughs regularly in the morning 

until he has had his hot drink, relieved in the open 

air. Tired easily and sweating easily. General 

amelioration in the open air and after eating; 


aggravated in warm room, canine appetite. 

Drowsiness. Face often flushed. 

Calc. iod. 6x every two hours for five days. In 

three months the Goitre, to all appearances, and the 

accompanying symptoms, were gone. 

-The Homœopathic Recorder 

(Read before the I.H.A. Bureau of Clinical 

Medicine, June, 1939.) 

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4. The Value of Old Symptoms 

BAUR, Jacques (HH. 29, 2/2004) 

(Translated from the Groupement 

Hahnemannien de Lyon, 11 th series, No. 5, 

1974) 

When the Little Prince said goodbye to the Fox 

the latter told him a secret. “The most important 

thing,” he confided, “is invisible to the eyes. Men 

have forgotten this truth.” 

That is a fact. If men have not exactly 

forgotten this truth, many of them accept it more 

than they really know it. And yet, is there any 

domain of human activity, religious, philosophical, 

or scientific, that is not concerned with 

investigating the invisible? 

Medicine, which is the study and the science of 

man, is no exception to this rule. How many times 

haven’t we heard it said that the most important 

thing about man is not what one finds in his coffin! 

Because if we study living man in his illnesses and 

in his physiological balance, it is life itself which 

concerns us, and not the passing form which it 

borrows in order to manifest itself. In that invisible 

side of things which escapes all our efforts to 

understand it, the philosopher seeks the causes of 

all concrete, material, tangible manifestation; the 

mystic sees it as the seat of the soul; the doctor, 

who may be scientifically, mystically, or 

philosophically inclined, seeks in the invisible that 

which is infinitely small, vibrations of the vital 

force, emotions and thoughts. 

More than any other medical doctrine 

Homœopathy pursues this study, this search after 

the invisible in human beings. In the profusion of 

modern medical doctrines which only recognize 

manifestations of life that are accessible to the 

sensory organs of the observer, only Homœopathy 

has established its foundations on principles and 

laws, feeling that these non-visible phenomena are 

in essence nearer to truth than the simple data of the 

sensory world. Perhaps we may accept this 

statement in theory without fully realizing all its 

implications. Although we agree on proclaiming 

the fundamental errors on which the medical 

theories of the Allopathy school are founded, we 

are nevertheless not above using their terminology 

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and their classification of diseases. How can 

Homœopathy, which claims to be an exact medical 

science, fit into artificial structures of disease 

classifications; how can it use a vocabulary which 

was designed to describe disease entities and other 

concepts which we all recognize to be false? 

Since it was discovered and formulated by 

HAHNAMANN, Homœopathy has been 

proclaiming that the mission of the physician is to 

study the patient and not the illness. It tells us to 

cure the patient and to base our medical 

prescription on his symptoms, and not only on 

pathological results. Can we possibly be in 

agreement with these principle if we think in terms 

of particular remedies that correspond to such and 

such a nosological entity described by the official 

school? 

On the one hand we categorically state that the 

human being bears within him from birth that seed 

of imbalance which will take him through the gates 

of death after an evolution of variable length; and in 

our practice we prove every day that the single 

remedy which corresponds to the patient in the 

totality of his symptoms will help him for the rest 

of his life to negotiate all the trials of health which 

he may meet: one being, one patient, one remedy. 

And on the other hand we try to cut this 

individual into slices – when the meaning of that 

word, if nothing else, should tell us that he cannot 

be so divided. Exactly like the allopaths we study 

the child, the adolescent, the adult, and the aged, 

using a three-dimensional system of reference 

which even our materialistic science of today has 

long since discarded! 

During his evolution in space and time the 

human being is objectified by a series of 

manifestations which all have their roots in the 

depths of his most secret being. When the outer 

manifestations disappear these roots continue to 

live, just as much as before. Appearances are no 

longer there, but the essential reality remains the 

same. And HERING’s Law, which states that old 

symptoms return during a cure as a patient retraces 

in the opposite direction all the steps along which 

his illness progressed, shows us how much these 

roots have remained alive and are ready to repeat 

old pathological manifestations which one thought 

were forever extinguished. 

Now if that which is invisible is the most 

important factor in a human being, where are we to 

look for it, what tracks must we follow towards it? 

Since we have to work as doctors we must speak 

the language of symptoms and limit ourselves to 

seeking those manifestations which are useful in 

prescribing the remedy. First of all, we must 

distinguish several degrees which lead 


progressively to the most tangible and material 

manifestations. They are as follows: 

1. The pathological symptoms that the patient has 

never presented, and which are not directly his. We 

will have to pass over this question rapidly but it 

deserves a long development. 

2. The pathological symptoms that the patient 

presented in the past but no longer presents today. 

This is the chapter which will be the object of this 

study. 

3. Present pathological symptoms – physical, 

emotional, and intellectual symptoms. This section 

is sufficiently well-known and we will not concern 

ourselves with it here. 

1. THE SYMPTOMS WHICH THE 

PATIENT HAS NEVER PRESENTED 

The manifestations which most escape our 

efforts to understand them, pathological symptoms 

which seem most deeply imbedded in the intimate 

life of our patient, are without any doubt those 

symptoms which he never had himself, those which 

existed even before he was conceived and which 

nevertheless have profoundly left their mark on 

him. We are speaking of hereditary tendencies, 

deep morbid impregnations of forebears. And we 

have all proved to ourselves in our practice that 

prescribing Nosode – Tuberculinum, for example, 

simply because there has been some Tuberculosis 

in the family, can prove to be extremely beneficial 

to our patient. 

We also know that hereditary symptoms 

generally cross over, so that those of the father can 

help us to find the remedy of his daughter; for boys 

it can be good to know the symptoms and the 

remedy of their mother. Is there any greater 

mystery than these bonds which invisibly unite 

successive generations? 

There is a great deal one could say about this 

aspect of homœopathic medicine. One could also 

write at length about the symptoms that the mother 

may have presented during her pregnancy – for 

instance, emotions which may have shaken her so 

much that they left a deep pathological imprint on 

her child, and could therefore indicate the saving 

remedy to restore the balance of his health. In the 

same way we must take into accountancy 

therapeutic influences which she may have been 

subjected to. For instance, there are hormonal 

treatments which are more and more common and 

are used to terminate pregnancies that are in any 

way threatened. Such treatments are also used 

preventively for women who have a tendency to 

abort. We must also note any irradiation which 

may have been suffered by the foetus in utero when 

the mother underwent abdominal radiography: we 

know for a fact that the incidence of Leukemia is 

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twice as high in these infants. We have to unearth 

all these things as much as we can, not merely 

because they are interesting to speculate about, but 

because they throw light on the means of cure. 

2. OLD SYMPTOMS 

We do not wish to dwell upon the preceding 

matters, but simply to insist that it is necessary to 

seek out, study, and evaluate all the symptoms of an 

adult, and particularly those which he had at the 

beginning of his life. Of course it is true that 

present symptoms are most frequently the ones 

which lead us to the right remedy. But the 

simillimum remedy exists throughout the life of the 

patient, and in certain cases it is the study of his old 

symptoms which can help us find it. 

ETIOLOGICAL SYMPTOMS 

We will mention first of all the etiological 

symptoms, that is the totality of outer influence 

which may have been determining factors in a 

health crisis. These are the symptoms which 

HAHNEMANN mention in paragraph 93 of his 

Organon. 

The most simple case, and the one we find 

most often, is that of an old infection which deeply 

marked the patient’s organism. There are cases of 

measles, mumps, whooping cough and scarlet fever 

which developed later into real chronic sicknesses, 

as HAHNEMANN defines them in paragraph 73 of 

the Organon. And even if these developments 

seem through the years to have diminished to the 

point of disappearance, it remains true that our 

patient presented a disturbance which left a deep 

imprint on him. We are often surprised to find 

patients who have obstinate symptoms many years 

after such illness-symptoms that refuse to respond 

to well-chosen remedies-but instantly recover as 

soon as we prescribe the correct Nosode. After one 

dose of the 200 th potency the constitutional remedy 

which didn’t act before can play its role. If the 

Nosode gives a very good result it will be a good 

idea to repeat the dose at intervals until its action 

has ceased and there is no more result. One should 

read the masterly pages written by Margaret 

TYLER on this subject, in a chapter devoted to 

Morbillinum in her Homœopathic Drug Pictures. 

Yesterday two out-patients appeared 

opportunely to emphasize the above last words. 

For each the prescription had been 

Streptococcinum, and the report was 

“No better, worse!” 

“In what way?” 

“I’ve been having pains again in my fingers.” 

“But how are you yourself?” 

“Oh I’m better! My heart” (in the one case) 

“My stomach” (in the other) “is much better.” 


It is well to ask in what way are you worse? 

Because here the Homœopathic Philosophy comes 

in. “Parts worse yet patient better” or again the 

direction of cure “from within, out,” demand 

always that we keep our hands off, and give the 

patient a chance. 

Etiological symptoms are a very vast field and 

include such things as the result of vaccinations. 

Since BURNETT’s wonderful writing on the 

indications of Thuja for the result of vaccination, 

we often use this remedy successfully many long 

years after the initial vaccination. 

In the same way a former traumatism or a 

series of traumatism can be an etiological symptom 

justifying the use of Cicuta, Arnica, Natrium 

sulfuricum, or other remedies. Our homœopathic 

repertories are very rich in indications on this 

subject, and the locality of a traumatism, or the 

results it leaves behind it, correspond to different 

remedies. That is why we would be wrong to 

neglect these indications. 

We must also look for etiological factors of an 

emotional order-the results of fear, sadness, 

jealousy, anger, or indignation…for which we have 

a rich spectrum of remedies. 

Looking for the etiological factor can be very 

rewarding, yet we must always remember that the 

etiological factor we are looking for is not the real 

cause of our patient’s trouble. In reality it is only 

the opportunity which the patient uses to reveal to 

us his initial disorder which, deeply hidden, existed 

before any exterior etiological factor triggered it 

off-his own inborn predisposition. 

In his Aphorisms and Precepts KENT says, 

“Susceptibility is prior to all contagion. If an 

individual is not susceptible to Smallpox he cannot 

take it and will not receive it though he goes near 

the worst cases or eats a Smallpox curst.” 

What KENT says about Smallpox can also be 

said about a traumatic shock, or any emotional 

shock. The original idiosyncrasy is really the 

trouble throughout life and will express itself by 

various pathological manifestations. One can find 

its exact image in the symptoms which it 

exteriorizes throughout life, and particularly in the 

first years of life. Of course it is true that other 

manifestations appear later on, and analyzing them 

will lead us to the right remedy which is the same 

as the remedy indicated by the symptoms in youth. 

But there are cases where the analysis of present 

symptoms in an adult does not succeed in leading 

us to a clear image of the remedy, and sometimes in 

these cases old symptoms which are more precise 

will make it possible for us to find the simillimum. 

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CASE HISTORY NO. 1 

Madam Camille C., 68, came for a consultation 

in June 1960 with Glossitis and Gingivitis which 

had troubled her for the last four years 

intermittently. She complained especially of the left 

side of her tongue, which was purple and looked 

varnished and had stabbing pains. The present 

aggravation had been going on for more than a 

month. She also had stitches in the left lower side 

of her gums when she ate and sometimes when she 

spoke. These pains were attributed to an irritation 

caused by her dentures which she had been using 

since the age of 50, but nobody told her why they 

should hurt her on the left side and not on the right 

side. 

Her medical history was quite extensive. 

There was a congenital atrophy of the left upper 

extremity. There were the usual infectious illness 

of infancy-measles, scarlet fever, whooping coughwhich 

had no after-effects and evolved in the 

normal period of time; and in addition she had 

Ascariasis when she was 12, and at 13, paratyphoid 

that left headaches several months later. At 22 she 

had an acute bronchitis and since then caught cold 

every winter; these colds lasted the whole of the 

cold season and manifested as a copious green 

discharge especially from the left nostril. At 26 she 

had the Spanish flue without complications; at 35 

cystitis; at 40 double-pneumonia which kept her in 

bed for a month. 

She was naturally expansive, confident, loved 

sympathy and consolation. She remembered that 

she had had terrible attacks of anxiety accompanied 

by a feeling of suffocation in the dark, especially 

when she went through tunnels, from the time of 

her infancy until she was 40. During her 

adolescence, at about 13 or 14, every night for 

about a year, she was afraid to go to bed because 

she had such a strong impression at that moment 

that she would die during the night! She had lost 

her husband three years before her visit and since 

then had been unable to weep any more. 

She suffered from an excess of body heat, 

couldn’t stand the heat of summer, of the sun, or 

artificial heat. She loved the open air but avoided 

drafts which she didn’t like. She didn’t like 

standing and if she had to she felt as if she would 

be overcome by weakness. 

Her puberty came at the age of 12 and the 

menopause at 45. Her periods were regular, from 

26 to 27 days, lasted 8 days, were abundant, 

especially every second month. When she was 

upset her periods became black, had clots, and felt 

weight in the hypogastric region. She had pain in 

the breasts which were hard, and she felt chilly and 

irritable. 


Married at 25, she remained sterile. At 45, at 

the time of the menopause, she had a large 

carbuncle in the right nostril, and hot flushes which 

had continued; flushes without sweat, which started 

in the back and came up to her face. Since the 

menopause she had suffered from varicose veins 

which had already started a few years before that in 

the left leg. 

She slept well, from 10:30 to 5’oclock in the 

morning, and got out of bed feeling rested at 7’0 

clock. She slept on the right side, because if she 

slept on the left side she felt palpitations. She often 

felt pains in her big toes, which made her uncover 

her feet at night, and cramps in the calves, which 

would wake her up. She had nightmares if she fell 

asleep again after waking in the morning, and often 

she used to talk in her sleep. 

She perspired easily, especially on the head, as 

a result of effort or heat and had photophobia-light 

made her eyes burn. 

Excellent appetite, could eat even when she 

had fever, and digested everything except milk, 

which always gave her diarrhea. She drank a lot 

half a litre of liquid or more at every meal to make 

the food go down! 

In winter, she caught cold frequently in the left 

nostril, and the cold made her voice hoarse. 

For years now she was suffering from 

rheumatic pains in the big toes which were worse in 

the heat of the bed and worse before the snow. 

Every winter she suffered from cracks in the ends 

of her fingers, and her skin was chapped on the 

back of the hands. 

On examining her, one saw that the patient was 

robust, weighed 65 kilos, was 1 meter 65 in height, 

had a blood pressure of 17/9. She had big varicose 

veins on the whole of the left lower extremity. 

Sharp pain on pressure in the right hypochondrium, 

but the liver could not be felt. On the left side of 

the tongue, and on the lower edge of the gum, the 

mucous membrane was violent and looked 

varnished. 

This was a case in which the symptoms seemed 

over-abundant, and one could feel perplexed in the 

beginning, trying to choose the leading one, but we 

were struck by two former symptoms: 

- The fear of never waking up once she fell asleep. 

- Anxiety and respiratory trouble when she was in 

the dark. 

These two symptoms, which are to be found in 

KENT’s Repertory on pp. 47, 6, and 769, pointed 

to Aethusa, which made us study this remedy in 

HERING’s Guiding Symptoms. A rapid 

inspection of the Materia Medica revealed that this 

remedy felt worse in the heat - the heat of summer, 

the heat of the bed: and that standing made this 

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patient feel weak. And the Repertory also indicated 

it for diarrhea after milk. We concluded that there 

were enough symptoms to indicate this remedy, 

which was not extensively developed in any 

Materia Medica. Our patient had mental 

symptoms, general symptoms, and local symptoms; 

therefore, we prescribed a dose of Aethusa 10M, 

accompanied by different kinds of Placebo. 

We saw this patient again 8 weeks later. She 

came to tell us that everything had improved 

rapidly; her stomatitis, the pains in her tongue, her 

hot flushes, her nightly muscular cramps. And 

interestingly enough, for the last eight days, she had 

pains in her left knee, a tearing pain when she got 

up from a sitting position or when she sat...and this 

was the same pain which she had felt after a fall 

sustained several months earlier. Since she had a 

return of the trouble in her tongue the last ten days 

before her visit we advised a second dose of 

Aethusa 10M, and have never again seen her! 

CASE HISTORY NO. 2 

Madame Agate G. was a stout, red-faced 

loquacious woman-fat dark red lips-who smelt 

strongly of alcohol when she came to consult me in 

December of 1954. She told me with passion a 

story that I found confused. Finally, I understood 

that she thought her stomach was too big and she 

suffered from nervous crises which brought on 

weeping attacks without any reason. In addition, 

she complained of digestive trouble at night, which 

came on when she went back to bed after getting 

up, and she felt a sensation of suffocation and 

dislocation in the region of the stomach; this had 

been going on for the last 2 years, and these attacks 

made such an impression on her that she thought 

she might be going to die, and kept the light on all 

night! For the last twenty years she had been 

suffering from pains in the lumbar region-it was 

like dogs gnawing away at her flesh or like a knife 

cutting between the skin and the flesh! 

It was hard to take her case history. I learned 

that after an emotion when she was 7, she had 

Chorea (St. Vitus’ Dance) and that she had a son 

when she was 31. 

She was a laundry-woman by profession, had 

always loved wine, and didn’t deprive herself of it. 

In fact, she used to get up at night to drink because 

she always was thirsty, and at present, she said, she 

was limiting herself to 2 litres of liquid a day, water 

wine or beer, and at least one of these two was a 

litre of wine, and before that, it was much worse 

still! She had an excellent appetite, was very fond 

of food, accustomed to good cooking and 

particularly liked anything that was difficult to 

digest: fatty foods, brains, sweat-breads, anything 

greasy, cold milk without sugar, salt and meat. 


Very constipated, she had to take at least 5 or 6 

Carter’s pills every evening in order to go to stool! 

Her puberty came at 11, and the menopause at 52 

without any trouble. She had her period every 21 days, 

they lasted 3 days, of normal quantity. Before the 

periods, there was itching and swelling of the breasts, and 

especially there was an increase in her desire for wine, 

which never seemed to her as good at any other time of 

the month! It was only during her pregnancy that she 

didn’t drink, because wine disgusted her then. 

She went to bed at 9, got up at 7, in spite of 

difficulty getting up. She slept on the right side and 

uncovered the top of her body, window open. She 

had dreadful dreams, dreams of animals that 

frightened her and even made her cry out! At night, 

when she undressed, or at night in bed, general 

itching without eruption. 

Breatheless going up the stairs. 

Medical examination in addition to obvious 

signs of ethylic impregnation revealed obesity. She 

weighted 71 kilos, was 1 meter 60 tall and had high 

blood pressure at 22/12. 

When we saw this set of symptoms, we 

thought that alcoholism was the dominant 

symptom, and that it had a very particular modality 

which was an increased desire for alcoholic drinks 

before her periods. This symptom to be found in 

KENT’s Repertory on page 484, and only one 

remedy indicated: Selenium, and this symptom is 

indicated in the 3 rd degree. 

Of course it is always dangerous to prescribe 

on only one symptom; you do that, it can soon turn 

into a bad habit. So we studied the case again and 

looked up her symptoms is ALLEN’s 

Encyclopedia on one hand, and KENT’s 

Repertory on the other hand. In fact, our patient 

had several symptoms that were clearly indicated in 

Selenium: 

- loquacity 

- aversion to salt 

- increased appetite 

- sleep that is not restful 

- constipation 

So we were much more confident of the future 

of our prescription and advised one dose of 

Selenium 10M. 

A month later the woman who came back to 

see us was transformed. She spoke of a miracle, 

and couldn’t stop covering us with praises. The 

improvement came in a few days, almost 

immediately. She didn’t feel in any way the same. 

She felt much more energetic, had no more pains in 

her kidneys, no more epigastric troubles at night, no 

more crying fits! Her head was more orderlypreviously 

she was always mixing up the linen 

which she washed for her clients, until finally she 

didn’t know what was what as she surrounded by 

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her dirty linen. . . . She slept well, no longer needed 

a light at night and had no more nightmares. She 

was much less thirsty and had less desire for wine. 

She reduced her ration without difficulty whilst six 

years before had been very unhappy when her 

doctor had forbidden her to drink wine. 

On the fifteenth day of treatment, and for the 

next fifteen days, she noticed every night, from 11 

to 3 the next morning, a generalized eruption with 

small red very itchy spots. Her face had become a 

normal color, but she was still very constipated and 

her blood pressure was 20/12. We gave her one 

dose of Sacch lac. In March 1955, and again in 

January 1957. Since then, we haven’t seen her 

again. 

3. COUNTER-INDICATIONS IN CHOOSING 

OLD SYMPTOMS 

The homoeopathic doctor should not neglect 

anything in seeking out symptoms. All his efforts 

must go towards obtaining the most precise image 

of his patient in the expression of his symptoms. If 

it is true that in acute conditions the doctor can take 

the over-all symptoms of the moment-we mean the 

most recent-in chronic cases on the other hand he 

must seek out the totality, that is, all the symptoms 

present and past. In this numerical totality of the 

symptoms the doctor will choose the symptom 

complex which truly gives a picture of the patient 

and forms the base on which to prescribe. This 

symptoms complex doesn’t only represent the 

numerical totality of symptoms, but is the small 

number of symptoms that have maximum 

importance, and finding them, choosing them, 

grouping them in their order of importance needs a 

particular technique. 

ACUTE ILLNESS 

But, there are cases in which we must not base 

our remedy on symptoms, but, in conformity with 

the advice in paragraphs 221 and 243 of the 

Organon, make a “symptomatic disjunction.” 

Whilst in chronic illnesses we must try to prescribe 

antipsoric remedies and base them on the symptoms 

complex, in acute illness on the other hand we must 

prescribe apsoric remedies and base our 

prescription instead on the totality of the 

symptoms of the moment. In this case there is no 

need to note that the patient walked only when he 

was three or had a bad whooping cough during his 

childhood. When you have a patient with toothache 

or Pneumonia, for the moment you must put aside 

the fact that his father or mother was syphilitic. 

You must give him the remedy of the moment, 

which is indicated by the present symptoms, and 

which is an apsoric remedy. 


IRREVERSIBLE CHRONIC LESIONS 

In the same way we must take into account any 

lesions which the patient may have. A patient who 

has many lesions, who has cavities or is in an 

advanced stage of cancer, must not receive 

remedies which act too deeply and strongly. The 

depth at which a remedy acts partly depends on the 

nature of the symptoms which have guided the 

physician to its choice. The patient’s reactions must 

proceed along natural lines: if the way is free, if 

there is no obstruction, everything will be 

according to plan, but if there are congestive 

conditions, fibroses, scleroses, tumors, any remedy 

which acts too deeply could cause real revolutions 

in the patient’s economy. In such cases one had to 

prescribe remedies that have a superficial action in 

low potencies or medium potencies, and above all 

one must not repeat them too often. 

In a note at the bottom of page 562 of his 

translation of Kent’s Lectures on Homoeopathic 

Philosophy Dr.Pierre SCHMIDT tells us that 

“KENT and his disciples always repeated a dose 

only in terminal incurable cases. We must study the 

image of the moment and base the remedy on that. 

We must particularly seek out the most personal 

symptoms of the patient, and above all give 

preference to nonpathognomonic symptoms if we 

can find them because these reveal the patient 

himself better than any others.” 

These are the considerations which inspired us to 

study old symptoms. Whatever our inner attitude to such 

problems, we must admit that they belong to a domain 

which is hidden from us and which we call “ the extra 

ordinary”. To see old symptoms returning according to 

the Law of HERING to see the return of manifestations 

that our every-day logic told us were long since cured, 

and to base a prescription on symptoms that the patient 

himself never had, or symptoms which appear to be long 

since cured, seems behavior which cannot be objectively 

and materially justified. And yet experience speaks for 

itself and tells us that such an attitude is based on, and 

leads to, tangible results, that nothing in man dies as long 

as he lives. Truly “ there are more things in heaven and 

earth than the human spirit can dream of.” 

COMMENTARIES OF DR. SCHMIDT 

First of all my congratulations to my colleague 

for this masterly presentation of a subject which is 

far from being common or easy and which demands 

study and reflection. 

May the rising generation know how to apply 

the recommendations and principles in this chapter 

because it is an essential subject in Homœopathy. 

The success of every practitioner depends on this 

knowledge. “Read it, read it once again, and polish 

it.” You will never come to the end of its benefits! 

Homoeotherapy, October 1974 

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PART III 

(While Part II features articles from other journals, Part III contains the editor’s own contributions and 

other original articles.) 

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 

BOOK SHELF: 

1. Medicinal Plants in Tropical Countries – 

Traditional use – Experience – Facts, by Markus 

S. MUELLER, M.D. and Ernst MECHLER, Ph. 

D., Thieme, Stuttgart, 2005. pages VIII, 168. 

Nearly 80% of the World population is 

primarily reliant on traditional methods of healing 

which use empirical knowledge based on the use of 

medicinal plants. In the words of ‘Native Healers’ 

there are no weeds; all are medicinal plants; only 

we should know their healing powers. Most of 

these plants grow in road borders, fences. These 

are not cultivated as such unless one does grow for 

business purposes. 

To bring these hundreds of plants under code 

and ensure that the correct plant in any 

family/species is used, 

pharmaceutical/pharmacological studies have been 

undertaken. Monographs of the like of the book 

under review will, it is hoped, satisfy the ‘evidencebased’ 

medical world. 

The present book covers 25 plants, most of 

them used in Africa. However, several of them e.g. 

Allium sativum, Aloe, Capsicum, Carica papaya, 

Cassia senna, Curcuma longa, Eucalyptus, Jatropha 

curcas, Mangifera indica, Punica granatum, 

Rauwolfia serpentina, Ricinus communis, Zea, 

Zingiber – are all plants in India too and are well 

known in the Indian Folk Medicine as also in 

Ayurveda. More important, all these have been 

‘proved’ and are used in homœopathic medicine 

in day to day practice. 

The advantage in ‘traditional’ Medicine is that 

they can be procured locally and prepared and 

administered by ordinary people at low cost. It 

would be very advantageous if medically qualified 

physicians shed their white coats and reservations 

and accept the role of ‘traditional’ Medicine and 

encourage it. 

The first chapter in the book calls for 

colloboration between ‘Traditional Medicine’ and 

the so-called ‘Scientific Medicine’. However, since 

the pharmaceutical industry is behind the ‘medical 

doctors’ and profiteering is the only goal, the wish 

for colloboration may remain only as a wish. 

In the Chapter I the authors rightly say that the 

‘traditional’ healers are often specialists, e.g. 

bonesetters, obstetricians, and acute emergency 

handlers, etc. 

In SIEGERIST’s ‘History of Medicine’ he 

writes about a Jesuit priest witnessing a ‘caesarean’ 

delivery of a fully pregnant woman in the deep 

Congo! This was done by a tribal medicine man! 

The period sometime in the 1700s! 

The Second Chapter discusses the possibility 

of integrating the ‘traditional’ medicine with the 

mainstream medicine. Whereas traditional 

medicine is ‘empirical’ the mainstream medicine is 

laboratory based. There is also the fear, justifiably, 

that ‘integration’ will erase totally the ‘traditional’ 

medicine. 

From next Chapter “monographs” begin in 

alphabetical order beginning with Adansonia 

digitata, then Allium sativum, Aloe barbadensis and 

so on ending with Zingiber – 25 medicinal plants. 

Each monograph contains details of traditional 

uses, constitutional results of experimental studies, 

dosages etc., cautions and adverse effects and at the 

end a long list of reference literature. 

The monographs are succinct. 

There is a useful ‘subject index’ at the end. 

Well printed, hardbound with pictures – either 

photographs in black and white or line drawings – 

of each plant. 

A useful book for all healers and physicians. 

- K.S. SRINIVASAN 

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COMING EVENTS: 

1. April 6-12, 2005, National Center for Homeopathy 

Celebrates 31 st Annual Meeting and Conference with special 

pre-and Post-Conference Seminars & Celebrating the 250 th 

Birthday of the Founder of Homeopathy – Samuel 

Hahnemann, MD at Wyndham Orlando Resort, Orlando, 

Florida 

For further details: National Center for Homeopathy, 801 

North Fairfax Street, Suite 306 Alexandria, VA 22314-1757 

2. A two day International Conference on 19-20 May 

2005. IMPROVING THE SUCCESS OF HOMEOPATHY 

5. A Global Perspective. Venue: Institute of Child Health, 

30 Guildford Street, London WC1N 1EH. For further details 

from: 

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The Royal London Homœopathic Hospital 

Greenwell Street, London W1W 5BP United Kingdom 

Tel: +44 [0] 20 7391 8823 

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I. PHILOSOPHY 

It is a quest into what is uniquely and 

holistically characteristic in each individual case 

1. The Mind in Homœopathy: Rhetoric vs Reality and a valuable aid in the homœopathic cure of 

TESSLER, Neil (SIM. XVII, 2/2004) 

many patients who might otherwise have never 

received help. [As long ago as 1832 both 

HAHNEMANN and BŒNNINGHAUSEN have 

agreed that the ‘spirit’ of the ailment and the ‘spirit’ 

of the remedy must match for a quick, gentle cure: 

See HAHNEMANN’s letter dated 21/8/1832 to 

BŒNNINGHAUSEN. The quest of every 

homœopath is to ascertain the information – 

symptoms and signs – facts – which would point to 

the individual characteristics. It is not necessary 

that we must keep digging for ‘mental’ information: 

if we have other data which are clear and properly 

qualified with their modalities, aggravations and 

ameliorations we can certainly prescribe rightly. 

To say that HAHNEMANN, BŒNNINGHAUSEN, 

KENT, BOGER, were not ‘holistic’ compared to 

Rajan SANKARAN, Divya CHABRA and their 

followers is, to say the least, not right. About 

KENT’s observations of BŒNNINGHAUSEN’s 

concomitants, etc, that such ideas were “dangerous 

to Homœopathy”, we should remember that KENT 

himself did use Bœnninghausen’s Pocket Book 

before he compiled his Repertory = KSS]. 

The intention of this presentation concerns 

with the characteristic symptoms coming through 

the mental/emotional sphere. As long as we lack 

full and complete understanding of each remedy or 

a sufficiently accurate knowledge of what is 

characteristic of the patient, there can be no straight 

path to the simillimum in every case. 

The author quotes § 211 of the Organon and 

the Essay “A Contribution to the Judgement 

Concerning the Characteristic Value of 

Symptoms” from Lesser Writings of 

Bœnninghausen to stress the value of mental 

symptoms. Neil TESSLER says that even though 

BŒNNINGHAUSEN and HAHNEMANN referred 

to the mental state strongly, this was not reflected 

in their cases. 

There is little evidence that these wonderful 

ideas translated into practice. 

KENT philosophized wonderfully about the 

innermost of man and wrote eloquently on the 

mental and emotional aspects of remedy and 

patient. Yet in his cases too, emotional points that 

come up are left with little development or context. 

Many teachers are delving more deeply into the 

fundamental characteristics of patient and remedy. 

The ability of homœopaths to access the inner 

world of the patient has certainly seen great 

advance. This also reflects in our ability to 

understand our remedies in new ways. Evolution in 

understanding and utilizing the mental, emotional 

realm was an inevitable natural development. 

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2. Miasm 

MORRISON, Roger (SIM. XVII, 2/2004) 

The author discusses about Miasm, which is 

staging a comeback. 

The author discusses briefly the history of 

Miasm that there has been almost no general 

agreement about the need for the miasmatic concept 

nor the characteristics of various Miasms. Relevant 

‘quotes’ from BŒNNINGHAUSEN, KENT and 

others are given. 

He refers to the Repertories of KENT, 

BŒNNINGHAUSEN and KNERR under the

ubrics Psora, Syphilis and Sycosis. The three 

concur only in about four antipsoric, four 

antisycotic and eight antisyphilitic remedies, and 

differ widely over other remedies. 

VITHOULKAS’ justification for Tubercular 

Miasm is also referred. 

The author finally speaks of the understanding 

of Miasms by Rajan SANKARAN. 

Brief descriptions about the ten Miasms of 

Rajan SANKARAN are given and the ‘known’ 

remedies for that Miasm and the relevant Nosode 

are mentioned. [In the HL. 16, 2/2003, Erika 

SCHEIWILLER-MURALT has in a lengthy article 

suggests a ‘Small Pox Miasm’ = KSS] 

3. Symptoms : Totality :: Parts : Whole 

Sketch : Picture :: Phenomena : Gestalt 

SHEPPERD, Joel (AJHM. 97, 2/2004) 

Several different words and phrases in the 

Organon have been translated as “totality.” Each 

different word reveals a different perspective that is 

needed in the practical application of the 

homœopathic method. Some prescribers bring 

unstated assumptions to the meaning of Totality. 

One example is the wrong definition of Gestalt. In 

addition, there is a clash of meaning between the 

original definition of “symptoms” and modern 

usage of the word. The homœopathic definition of 

disease as untunement is contrasted with disease 

names and hyperphysical explanations of disease. 

A shared understanding of the phrase “totality of 

symptoms of the disease” no longer exists in the 

homœopathic community. [The title of the article 

makes it all clear. There can be no 

misunderstanding if that is understood = KSS]. 

The study is interesting, scholarly. 

4. Chronic Diseases: What are they? How are 

they inherited? 

MONTFORT-CABELLO H. 


Background: Chronic Diseases (CD), Miasms 

or reactional modes, remain one of the darkest 

concepts of Homœopathy. They are supposed to be 

heritable and originate after suppression of other 

diseases. Besides this nothing is known about how 

they might produce the large number of diseases 

mentioned in homœopathic books. They have been 

described in a variety of terms, ranging from KENT 

and GATAK’s spiritual or metaphysic conception; 

the biological-allergic by PASCHERO, and, 

ROBERT’s materialist-nutritional point of view. 

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Chronic Diseases from a cellular and bioenergetic 

point of view. 

Results: Cellular pathology has led to an 

understanding of the basic repair mechanisms of 

every cell and tissue. These mechanisms exist in 

order to avoid necrosis or cell death. The main 

mechanisms are molecular repair, apoptosis and 

cell proliferation. 

Failure of these mechanisms leads to 

‘dysrepair’. Consequences of these ‘dysrepair’ 

mechanisms resemble the homœopathic reactional 

modes or Miasms. These abnormal or ‘dysrepair’ 

mechanisms are probably the basis of Miasms or 

reactional modes. 

A new interpretation of Miasms is proposed: 

Psora corresponds to the dysmolecular 

reactional mode. 

Syphilis corresponds to dysapoptotic reactional 

mode. 

Sycosis corresponds to dysproliferative 

reactional mode. [What is the role, if any, of the 

Vital force in this model? Does this throw out the 

concept of Vital Force? = KSS] 

5. Übertragungs – und Gegenübertragungs – 

phänomene in der homöopathischen Praxis 

(Transference and Counter-transference in 

homœopathic Practice) 

FOERSTER, Gisela (AHZ. 249, 3/2004) 

The concept of transference and countertransference 

as emotional access within the 

relationship between physician and patient is first 

of all discussed against the background of 

psychoanalytic thinking. The development from 

FREUD via Melanie KLEIN up to recent authors as 

well as the relationship between physician and 

patient in homœopathic literature, as it can be seen 

with HAHNEMANN, BŒNNINGHAUSEN and 

KENT, are reconstructed. The article concludes 

with reflections from the homœopathic practice of 

the author, which are intended as an encouragement 

to ask questions about the value of transference and 

counter-transference feelings for the choice of 

remedies. 

6. Die Rolle des vorurteilslosen (objektiven) 

Beobachters in der Homöopathie oder: Wie 

soll man die Technik der Sehgal-Methode 

beurtielen? (The role of the unprejudiced 

(objective) observer in Homœopathy or: How 

should one judge the technique of Sehgal 

method?) 

LANG, Gerhardus (AHZ. 249, 3/2004)

In the Sehgal-Method only the Mind is taken 

for treatment. Will the method suffer mistakes if 

the so called “objective symptoms” also are taken 

by the Sehgal method physician due to his own 

state of mind? What is the Art of Healing? 

7. Subjekt, Begehren, Synergie (Subject, Wish, 

Synergie) – Wider die Sehnsucht nach 

homöopathischer Monokultur (Against the 

longing for a homœopathic monoculture) 

GALLASCH, von Christian 

(AHZ. 249, 3/2004) 

Homœopathy is based on speaking, its inner 

rules and the structure of language itself. This will, 

within Homœopathy, exclude the paradigmata of 

Natural Science. “Similarity” as a historically yet 

newborn paradigm of perception and existence has 

to be developed and assimilated. Therefore 

homœopathic methodology has to be kept open 

critically. A result of this, the radical turn to the 

“Subject Patient”, is outlined. This leads to a 

concept of Homœopathy as a “subversive 

discourse” 

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1. Another View of Spider Remedies: 

Overachievers and the Olympian Archetype 

ALLEN, Karen (AJHM. 97, 2/2004) 

The author feels that the Spider remedies have 

a range as well. Most often we are prescribing for 

the more advanced end of the continuum, as the 

softer beginning of the state, the ‘healthier’ spider 

state, has not been documented in our Materia 

Medica. 

In her ten years of practice, she is able to add 

the features of relationship and sexual difficulties, 

lack of perception of fatigue, adventurous or risktaking 

behavior, competition, communication, 

pursuit of education, lack of play or joy, awareness 

of suffering and service work. 

The author presents this information as still 

somewhat theoretical and feels will certainly evolve 

further as our understanding deepens. 

These concepts are illustrated with cases. 

A table of Spiders of class Arachnida and their 

suborders and which are used in Homœopathy are 

given. [There is much of ‘signature’ in this article 

= KSS]. 

2. A Case of Ginseng: Habitat in Homœopathy 


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UNGER, Kathrin (AJHM. 97, 2/2004) 

The author illustrates the central ‘themes’ of 

Ginseng by reporting the correlations between 

Ginseng’s characteristics and her own. 

Many of the Mind rubrics of Ginseng reported 

by Nancy HERRICK which suited the author are 

given. 

She also likes to ask the patients about their 

favorite environments and to note whether they 

match the natural habitats of their constitutional 

remedies. [Surely Homœopathic Materia Medica is 

not to be built with these information. I am afraid 

we are going too far from the basics = KSS.] 

3. The Toxicology of the Dermacentor 

Andersoni: The Rocky Mountain Wood Tick 

BONNET, Michael S. (AJHM. 97, 2/2004) 

Some aspects of the biology of this Tick, 

including its taxonomy, life cycle and its behavior 

are presented in order to familiarize the reader with 

the source of the toxin. 

Materia Medica based on Human 

envenomation is presented. 

Outline Review 

Flaccid, symmetrical paralysis of the ascending 

type, affecting the lower extremities first and the 

upper extremities next, progressing to a bulbar 

paralysis. Respiratory distress and difficulty 

swallowing and speaking. 

Mind 

Alert and active (humans & dogs) 

Anxious. 

Apprehension. 

“Cranky”, cross tempered, crotchety (child). 

Fully conscious and able to answer all questions 

(child). 

Intellectual performance unimpaired. 

Irritability, vague. 

Irritable (adult & child), more pronounced in 

mornings, vague initial symptom. 

“Just not himself.” (child). 

Restlessness: extreme, vague initial symptom. 

Sensorium: clear. 

Vertigo 

Vertigo.

Central Nervous System 

Amplitude of muscle-action potential reduced (0.8 

mV vs. normal 6.0-14.0). 

Ascending paralysis with bulbar involvement. 

Ascending quadriparesis, progressive. 

Balance loss. 

Clumsy (child). 

Cranial nerve function intact. 

Falls when trying to walk (child). 

Flaccid symmetrical paralysis (humans & dogs) 

within hours 

Feed self (child): unable, because of weakness and 

loss of coordination of arms and hands. 

Incoordination. 

Jerky movements of arms and head (child). 

Lower cranial nerves are paralyzed first, followed 

by involvement of the face and extraocular muscles 

and finally the respiratory muscles. 

Motor-nerve conduction velocity slowed (43.3 

M/sec. vs. normal 47.0-64.0). 

Myoclonic jerks, generalized. 

Numbness. 

Paresthesia. 

Paresis precedes paralysis. 

Staggering, bumping against obstacles and falling 

occasionally (child). 

Unable to get out of bed unassisted (child) 

Unable to move about in bed. 

Unable to support own weight at all. (dogs). 

Unable to stand unsupported (child & dog). 

Unsteady on feet (child): very. 

Cerebro-Spinal Fluid 

CSF pressure: normal. 

Reflexes 

Abdominal reflex absent. 

Areflexic quadriparesis, flaccid and marked. 

Cremasteric reflex absent. 

Deep tendon reflexes in upper and lower limbs 

markedly diminished or absent. 

Diminished or absent reflexes. 

Lower limb reflexes gone. 

Sensations to touch, pinprick & vibration, position 

unaltered. 

Head & Neck 

Alopecia. “Moth eaten” appearance with oval areas 

completely devoid of hair and follicles, affecting 

principally the occiput, without inflammation or 


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scales and superficially resembling alopecia of 

secondary syphilis. 

Nuchal rigidity. 

Eye 

Nystagmus to the right: transient. 

Reflexes normal. 

Wide-eyed look. 

Fundoscopy 

Small white area about left disk, but no 

papilledema, hemorrhage or exudates. 

Vision 

Photophobia. 

Face 

Flushed (adult & child). 

Mild weakness in upper & lower facial muscles. 

Mouth 

Drooling. 

Opening mouth voluntarily: considerable difficulty. 

Throat & Pharynx 

Difficulty with mucus in pharynx. 

Megaesophagus (dogs). 

Paralysis of muscles of deglutition. 

Paralysis of throat and tongue muscles resulting in 

difficulty swallowing and speaking. 

Posterior pharynx: signs of irritation and trauma. 

Swallowing: considerable difficulty. 

Stomach 

Anorexia. 

Appetite poor or none (child). 

Nausea. 

Vomiting. 

Abdomen 

Lower right quadrant abdominal pain. 

Tenderness just lateral to McBurney’s point. 

Rectum 

Diarrhea. 

Sphincter may or may not be involved in the 

ascending paralysis.

Bladder 

Sphincter may or may not be involved in the 

ascending paralysis. 

Urine 

Albuminuria. (normal: negative) 

Hyaline casts: many. 

Respiratory System 

Cyanosis not responding to Oxygen therapy. 

Larynx 

Speech indistinct. 

Respiration 

Respiratory distress: sudden and unexpected. 

Tachypnea. 

Cardio-Vascular System 

Tachycardia > 100bpm. 

Musculoskeletal System 

Ataxia, truncal, mild. 

Motor paralysis, flaccid, ascending and acute. 

Weakness throughout body (severe), especially 

legs. 

Neck 

Nuchal rigidity and tenderness. 

Pain on anteflexion of neck. 

Back 

Sudden onset of pain in lower back, persistent for 

days, then subsiding. 

Extremities 

Ataxia, marked. 

Incoordination and partial paralysis starting in 

lower extremities, and later involving upper limbs. 

Ascending flaccid paralysis. 

Numbness in hands and feet, early symptom, 

progressing to paralysis, initially of the legs, then 

moving up the body. 


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Jerky, involuntary movements. 

Paralysis of all four limbs (dogs). 

Upper limbs 

Coordination loss (child). 

Lift arms, cannot. 

Numbness of hands and arms usually following that 

of feet and legs. 

Paresis of arms: marked. 

Tone decreased. 

Weakness in both arms. 

Lower limbs 

Ankle jerks absent. 

Coordination loss. 

Flaccid paralysis. 

Knees buckle under patient (child). 

Knee jerks absent. 

Legs lift, cannot. 

Loss of use/control of legs (child). 

Muscle tone and strength diminished in both legs. 

Muscle tone normal. 

Numbness in feet and legs causing difficulty 

walking and standing. 

Paresthesia. 

Paralyzed. 

Stand, cannot, or only briefly before requiring 

assistance. 

Weakness in legs, severe, with progressive loss of 

locomotion. 

Gait 

Reluctant to walk. 

Staggering. 

Stumbling as if drunk. 

Stumbling walk before becoming fully paralyzed 

(dogs). 

Unsteady gait. 

Posture 

Difficulty standing. 

Reticuloendothelial System 

Regional adenopathy, but without systemic 

symptoms. 

Fever 

Afebrile. 

Little or no fever. 

Mild fever but near end of illness.

Perspiration 

Sweaty. 

Skin 

Cutaneous anesthesia: rare. 

Scarlet, irritable local patch. 

Paresthesia. 

Prickling, tingling, or creeping sensation on skin. 

Pain 

Pain, local, severe without signs of inflammation. 

Pain, little. 

Recovery & convalescence 

During recovery, the paralysis disappears in a 

descending order. 

Hematology 

Bleeding tendencies, local. 

Eosinophils: 1%. (normal:2-5% of total WBC 

count) 

Lymphocytes: 12%. (normal: 25-33% of total WBC 

count) 

Monocytes: 4% (normal: 3-7% of total WBC count) 

Polymorphonuclear cells: in 83% of WBC count. 

(normal: 25-33% of WBC count) 

White Blood Cells: 15,000/cu.mm. (normal: 4,800- 

10,000/cu.mm) 

Generals 

Acutely ill. 

Sudden onset. 

Tiredness. 

Weakness, lasting for days. 

Post-Mortem 

CNS: Congestion of brain and cord. 

Skin: Subcutaneous hemorrhage. 

Folklore 

Shoshone American Indians are said to have sent 

the women into tick infested areas to test the ‘evil 

spirits’ associated with the Rocky Mountain 

foothills. Otherwise men avoided these areas that 

were inhabited by evil spirits. When large numbers 

of domesticated animals were brought in by the 

European settlers, ticks and their diseases affected 

them and their settlements much more than they 

ever had the native nomadic population. 


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Differential Diagnosis 

Acute appendicitis. 

Anterior poliomyelitis. 

Botulism. 

Epidural ascending spinal paralysis. 

Infectious polyneuritis (Guillain-Barré syndrome). 

Myasthenia gravis. 

Syringomyelia. 

Toxicity due to organic and inorganic poisons. 

4. Abgezählte Sepia - Modalitäten – darf’s etwas 

mehr sein? (Enumerated Sepia – modalities – 

may be more?) 

WACKER, Andreas (ZKH. 48, 2/2004) 

In some earlier numbers of the ZKH Dr. 

HOLZAPFEL has pointed out several deviations 

and incongruences in the work of von 

BŒNNINGHAUSEN. 

In this essay Dr. Andreas WACKER points out 

further variations and discrepancies. 

The complete modalities of Sepia was drawn 

from HAHNEMANN’s Materia Medica Pura and 

compared with von BŒNNINGHAUSEN’s 

Therapeutic Pocket Book and many discrepancies 

were found. This raises the question whether von 

BŒNNINGHAUSEN integrated systematically 

HAHNEMANN’s Materia Medica. 

Many such discrepancies are listed. It is 

possible that such discrepancies were taken on in 

repertories which came later and drew liberally 

from the Therapeutic Pocket Book. 

The author has analysed Sulphur and Silicea 

also similarly and found the discrepancies as much 

as in the case of Sepia. This will appear in 

subsequent number of the ZKH. 

Jüngen SEIDEL, gives a detailed response to 

this article, in his letter to the Editor in the ZKH. 

48, 4/2004. 

5. Hura brasiliensis 

BAHEMANN, Alois (ZKH. 48, 2/2004) 

Hura brasiliensis is not prescribed often. 

Mrs. G.M. 47 years. Her main complaint: a 

chronic pain in the back almost the whole vertebral 

column. Also, considerable headaches since 

cerebral injury in 1971 extending to pelvis and also 

thrombosis of right leg. Since 1992 a Tinnitus, 

both sides, of a constant frequency. In the right 

knee there was a Baker cyst diagnosed some years 

ago, but it did not cause her any pain. In 1978 she 

had intervertebral prolapse in the L5-S1; the right

leg has been numb. Craving for sweets before 

menses. 

She worked as a paramedical helper. Her 

father was an autocrat. Her mother died of 

Intestinal Cancer and her father blamed her for it. 

She could not weep during her mother’s funeral. 

She used to bite her fingernails earlier and now 

she bites the skin around the nail. 

In 1993 her husband deserted her for another 

but he returned to her in 1995. She suffered deep 

grief and mortification and this is remembered by 

her often. Her husband does not give her any 

security. She felt that there was none who cared for 

her. Upto 2002 she had already had homœopathic 

medicines: Ignatia, Natrum muriaticum, Thuja, 

Aurum muriaticum, Calcium phosphoricum and 

Lycopodium – all these gave temporary relief. 

Rubrics: 

1. Mind, ailments from grief 

2. Mind, bites, nails 

3. Mind, reproaches herself 

4. Mind, death, thoughts of death 

5. Mind, unlucky, feels herself 

6. Mind, abandoned 

7. Delusion, she is alone, alone in the world 

8. Back, pain, lumbar region, lifting a weight, 

from 

Her feelings matched well what Rajan 

SANKARAN has written in his book The Soul of 

Remedies. 

The Encyclopaedia of T.F. ALLEN gives the 

words of the original Proving by Benoit MURE. 

Hura brasiliensis 200; after two months 1000, 

repeated once. 

Hura brasiliensis should be thought of in cases 

where Ignatia, Natrum muriaticum have not been 

helpful. 

6. Busy, Healing bees 

Amazing Apis mellifica 


The general, emotional and physical symptoms 

of the remedy Apis mellifica are discussed. 

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1. Psychosomatism in Homœopathy 

PASCHERO, Tomás Pablo 

(SIM. XVII, 2/2004) 

A lady, presented with dyspeptic disorders that 

persisted inspite of innumerable treatments and 

which she could endure no more. Careful analysis 


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revealed it was a simple case of Flatulent 

Dyspepsia with acid eructations, constipation and 

especially a painful sensation of fullness in the 

stomach shortly after the beginning of every meal. 

The author concluded that an underlying factor 

which she either ignored or tried to conceal was 

responsible for the alteration of her normal gastric 

functions. 

Direct and adequate enquiries as to her 

personal situation and private life, revealed the 

following facts. 

She is confronted with the impossibility of 

bearing a child and considering her incapacity as a 

sign of immaturity, due to the lack of normal 

psycho-hormonal development, for which her own 

thwarted childhood and dependence on her mother 

were responsible, reacted by developing an anxiety 

conflict. 

Rubrics selected: 

MIND; ANXIETY; salvation, about 

MIND; ANXIETY; walking; while; air; open, in; 

agg. 

GENERALITIES; HEATED, becoming; agg.; 

walking while. 

GENERALITIES; CLOTHING; intolerance of 

STOMACH; FULLNESS; eating; agg.; after; ever 

so little. 

Lycopodium. 

2. A Case of Internal Rage 


This is a case of 48-year-old female being seen 

by the author for 10 years. He was able to help in 

her very deep fatigue and chronic chest problem, 

but could not fundamentally offset her chronic 

pattern of anger, being scattered, mental fogginess 

and recurring bouts of deep fatigue. 

So SANKARAN’s method is followed. 

“Constantly suppressing anger” is the 

fundamental and central theme. She is absolutely 

feeling based and closely matched SANKARAN’s 

attributions of the plant family which show 

sensitivity and reactivity, emotional, sentimental 

and disorganized. 

The plant family characterized by rage, 

violence, panic and sluggishness is the Solanacea 

family. 

Her intense and incessant struggle with a 

desperate, chaotic feeling, the continual effort to 

exert control over her emotions, as well as Cancer 

in both parents indicates the Cancer Miasm as 

defined by SANKARAN and So Tabacum 1M is 

given. 

In nine months she was 90% better.

The author concludes that this remedy hardly 

would have been arrived at by ‘traditional’ means. 

Careful use of Dr. Rajan SANKARAN’s methods 

of analysis succeeded over traditional methods. 

[Where is the question of ‘insufficiency’ of the 

‘traditional’ method and the ‘superiority’ of ‘new 

method’. Perhaps the ‘traditional’ method might 

have indicated another remedy and it could have 

succeeded, and may be in a lesser time! How can 

any one say for certainity? There have been and 

still there are more cases of more severe nature 

being treated successfully by the ‘traditional’ 

method = KSS] 

3. The Story of Connor: An Excerpt from a 

forthcoming book 


(SIM. XVII, 2/2004) 

Connor, a seven-year-old, with his temper out 

of control. Suddenly he’s screaming, clawing, 

biting. He hates being held down. He will bite if 

restrained. Rude and insolent, he just did not know 

when to stop. 

At 19 months, he was dehydrated and given IV 

in the neck. He was strapped down and screaming 

for 24 hours. 

Connor became frightened during the stillborn 

delivery of his sister. He never got over that 

trauma. 

The first medicine given was Stramonium, for 

violent behavior coupled with fears of dark and 

water. Later Lyssin made a big difference. 

Five weeks after Stramonium, his fears were 

less intense and no nightmares. Fear of dogs 

lessened. Biting diminished. 

Not satisfied with the improvement after eight 

months, case was restudied and based on rage, fear 

of water, animal like behavior and terror of dogs, 

prescribed Lyssin. 

After this, biting was gone, better with water, 

significant improvement socially. At this point, he 

was diagnosed as having Asperger’s Syndrome. 

A new technique to explore his attitude 

towards the animal kingdom. His favorite animal 

was Peregrine Falcons. The theme of Falcon is a 

strong feeling of being restrained, confined or 

trapped. A homœopathic medicine made from a 

drop of blood of the Peregrine Falcon was 

prescribed. 

The improvement was remarkable and better 

than ever. He had reached another stage of 

development and maturity and appropriate social 

awareness. Nine months after changing to Falcon, 

all positive changes have continued and his sense of 

smell which was lost since he was four is back. 


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[This case is again is based on ‘signature’. The 

theme of Falcon is a strong feeling of being 

restrained, confined or trapped. The main feeling 

of those needing this animal is of being trapped and 

restrained. Which animal including human, would 

docilely agree to be trapped and restrained? A 

mouse caught in a trap overnight would be gnawing 

at the thin iron bars, the wooden door the whole 

night, to escape. In the morning as the trapdoor is 

opened even a little, the mouse would dart out 

lightning-like and escape into the bushes. Anyway, 

what could we, who do not know the ‘Proving’ of 

Falcon and its symptoms, or have the remedy in 

any of the pharmacies here do, if we get a case like 

Connor? Are there no ‘Plant’ remedies which have 

these symptoms? The search for a suitable remedy 

in the available armamentarium is equally 

fascinating and challenging. This is not to deny the 

successful application of Falcon, in the case. It is 

there, for all to see. The idea of Falcon came up 

only because the boy’s favourite animal was 

Falcon. A signature? In his book ‘Medicine in the 

Veda - Religious Healing in the Veda’ by 

Kenneth G. ZYSK, we read the following: “From 

this, we notice that the frog, whose nature is cool 

and wet, served as the receptacle for the hot fever. 

Bloomfield and Henry consider that such a practice 

is an example of allopathic, as opposed to 

homœopathic medicine which is exemplified at 

KauśS 26. 14-21 (AVŚ 1.22), where yellow birds 

are used to carry away the yellowness (jaundice) of 

a patient. This is, indeed, one explanation. 

Filliozat, however, has proposed a different, equally 

valid, interpretation: …… In this way, Filliozat 

understands both the yellow birds and the frog to be 

used homœopathically ….” Perhaps this kind of 

‘Homœopathy’ (in ancient India) is not far from 

the ‘themes’ of the present day! = KSS] 

4. A Case of Chronic Fatigue and Fibromyalgia 

FLEISHER, Mitchell (AJHM. 97, 2/2004) 

56-year-old female businesswoman with severe 

Chronic Fatigue and Fibromyalgia. Fatigue began 

after she lost a major business to a female 

competitor. She harbored profound resentment, 

anger, disgust and distrust toward most women. 

She vehemently denied of having jealousy, envy 

and any fears. 

Using free associative techniques promulgated 

by Dr. Divya CHHABRA, her core qualities like 

Dreams of spiders and falling, Fear of hairy spiders 

attacking, and Rage and pure malice were elicited; 

and also clairvoyance. 

She could not stand anything against her neck.

Crotalus cascavella 1M dry on tongue. Three 

months later, fatigue and muscle pains were more 

than 80% better. She also noted that her sinus 

problems which she did not mention were also 

better. She has continued to do progressively well 

at subsequent follow-up visits. [Many of the cases, 

like the one given here, gives the Repertory 

‘rubrics’ and whatever the repertory directs is 

chosen. What is the Materia Medica’s role? We 

have very little information in the available Materia 

Medica: VERMEULEN’s Concordant, Roger 

MORRISON’s Desk top, Robin MURPHY’s 

Lotus. These confirm the Clairvoyance, hairy 

spiders, but not the ‘Sarcasm’, ‘Loquacity’, 

‘Ambition’. Is Repertory the final authority? = 

KSS.] 

5. Clinical Snapshots 


Case 1: Headache after Viral Illness. 

PR - 60-year-old patient with an Upper 

Respiratory Infection. Clear nasal discharge, 

exhaustion, chilliness without fever and sore throat 

relieved by warm beverages. Arsenicum album 200 

several doses in water. After 3 days better except 

for fatigue and dull headache. Self medicated with 

Gelsemium 200 no avail. Upon further questioning, 

headache as similar to a helmet. Crotalus 

cascavella 200. Three daily doses brought relief 

until the headache was completely gone in three 

days and his energy returned normal by the fifth 

day. 

Case 2: Right Remedy, Wrong Outcome 

A man in 30’s with haggard look and ill at ease 

in ill-fitting clothes. He had quit his job and 

socialising. Not interested in food or beer which he 

enjoyed previously. His apathy had resulted from 

an excess of drugs, alcohol and sex. 

Phosphoric acid 200. A month later, he was 

nicely dressed and animated. Restarted his job, 

began partying and frequenting bars again. 

Two months later, he died of drug overdose. 

[Amen = KSS] 

6. Acute Intercurrent or Intermediate 

Remedies in Chronic Diseases 

SCHEPPER, Luc De (AJHM. 97, 2/2004) 

Dr. De SCHEPPER, using the Organon as a 

guide, details the appropriate management of 

various acute disorders. He advocates the treatment 

of significant acute illnesses, and asserts that most 

often an acute remedy other than the chronic 

remedy will be required. As sources he cites 

HAHNEMANN, KENT and von 


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BŒNNINGHAUSEN. Acutes are grouped as 

follows: IA. Acutes caused by lifestyle or diet 

habits, for which no homœopathic treatment is 

indicated; IB. Acutes with clear exciting factors and 

strong symptoms, for which an intercurrent acute 

remedy will be required; IC. Acute exacerbations of 

the Chronic Miasm, which, if not extreme, can be 

tempered by a repetition of the chronic remedy, but 

which, if severe, usually require an intercurrent 

emergency remedy; II. Sporadic acutes due either to 

1) meteorological or telluric influences, the 

susceptibility to which reflects a constitutional 

sensitivity; hence the treatment is the chronic 

remedy, unless the situation is severe and urgent, 

when an acute intercurrent remedy might be given, 

or 2) epidemic diseases, for which either the 

chronic or an acute remedy could be indicated 

depending upon the severity of the illness; and, 

lastly, III. Acute Miasms of well-known, readily 

diagnosable diseases; such as, Smallpox, Measles, 

Mumps, etc, which are treated only with acute 

intercurrent remedies, and after which follow-up 

treatment with the indicated chronic remedy is 

important. [The full article is given in Part II] 

7. Homœopathy as a supportive therapy in Cancer 

RAJENDRAN E.S. 


Case 1: 64-year-old male. Adenocarcinoma 

Rectum. Metastasis to Liver and regional LN. 

Bloody stool 10-12 per day for 5 months. 

Distension in abdomen. Oedema less. B/L inguinal 

hernia repairs. Craving for sweets and non-veg. 

Thirst increased. 

Abdominal pain > after stool and urination. 

Hurried. Breathless after exertion. Tongue dry, 

coated. Sigmoidoscopy: Neoplasm 10cm. from 

anal margin. Biopsy: moderately differentiated 

Adenocarcinoma. Metastasis in Liver and regional 

lymph nodes. Colectomy refused. 

Lycopodium 30. t.d.s. for 4 days. Ruta Q 5 gtt 

t.d.s. for rectal bleeding. 

12 days later: Generally well. Stools 4-6 

times/day. Ruta not required. 

45 days later: Some recurrence. 

Lycopodium 30 b.d. for 2 weeks. A month 

later Lycopodium 30 every 3 days for 5 months. 

Severe cough and wheezing. Antimonium tarticum 

30 hourly until improvement. Then resume 

Lycopodium 30 and Ruta 30. 

Thuja 1M 2 doses intercurrent. 

2 months later recurrence. Mer.sol.30 q.i.d. for 

a week then b.d. 6 weeks later exhausting 

diarrhoea for 2 days with thirst for warm water. 

Ars. alb 30 q.i.d. for a week then b.d.

5 weeks later died peacefully. 

Case 2: 77-year-old female. Terminal 

Squamous Carcinoma of face. 

Squamous Cell Carcinoma right cheek since 9 

months. Radiotherapy. Ulceration spreading 

rapidly since 3 months. Unable to open mouth. 

Offensive pus mixed with blood. Excruciating pain. 

Flabby, fair, chilly, perspiration on head. 

Calc. carb 30, 2 pills q.i.d. No pain after first 

2 doses. Calc. carb 30 to be taken as required. 

5 weeks later, able to drink milk and fruit juice. 

2 months later stable with increased weakness 

and emaciation. Calc. carb used 3 times. 

A week later died. 

Case 3: 70-year-old male. Carcinoma of 

Larynx. 

Hoarseness after public speaking since 2 years. 

Advised immediate Surgery and Radiotherapy. 

Then homœopathic treatment started. 

Sensitive, sympathetic, chilly, thirstless, 

craving sugar and salt, ailments from milk, egg. 

Carcinoma Larynx; Fistula in Ano; bleeding 

Haemorrhoids; Dermatitis; Chronic Pharyngitis; 

Chronic Suppurative Otitis Media; Ferrum phos 

LM 3, 15 drops t.d.s. for a week and then daily. 

10 weeks later – No throat pain and Sinusitis. 

Patient advised to undergo Ayurvedic treatment for 

Fistula in Ano. 

Ferrum phos. LM 3, 15 drops every 3 days. 

4 months later: stable except slight increase in 

Throat pain and Eczema. 

One year later: 80% better. 

Ferrum phos LM 4, 15 drops every 4 days. 

4 months later: Free from all complaints except 

Haemorrhoids. 

5 months later: Ferrum phos. LM 6. 15 drops 

daily for a week then every 2 days for 2 weeks. 

He was on placebo for a year and advised to 

discontinue medication. 

[How was Lycopodium 30 and Ruta 30 given? 

Simultaneously or one after another? 

HAHNEMANN’s instructions are that the same 

potency cannot be repeated but every time the 

potency should be different by way of succussions. 

The author of these cases has repeated 30 potency 

several times a day (b.d., t.d.s., q.i.d.) and for many 

weeks! LM potencies in ‘drops’ for days together 

without succussing? = KSS.] 

8. Curing Constipation 


Factors such as diet, habit, genetics, hydration, 

personality and environmental toxins all interact to 

determine how a person’s elimination functions. 


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Indications of Nux vomica, Bryonia, Silica, 

Alumina, Plumbum and Aesculus are discussed. 

Drink plenty of water, eat whole grain foods, 

fruits and vegetables; avoid processed foods, white 

sugar. 

9. Sticks and stones and broken bones. 


Maria, 91, had fallen and had hairline fractures 

of two of the metatarsals of left foot more or less in 

the middle of the foot. She was confused, 

frightened, exhausted and in lot of pain. She had 

been taking Arnica 30 sporadically throughout the 

day. 

Swelling was less but pain was bothering. 

Symphytum 1M, and next morning foot was sore 

but not painful. Arnica 1M b.d. The ace bandage 

was replaced with a comforting sock. 15 minute 

ice bath gave her a tremendous relief. Cream 

containing Arnica, Ruta and Symphytum rubbed 2-3 

times daily. Ledum for a couple of days in a row. 

On the 5 th day she sank into an apathetic 

depression. Phosphoric acid single dose. She had 

a peaceful sleep and woke her old spunky self. 

She was doing exercises from her sick bed and 

after 17 days, she is walking carefully without pain. 

On days when she became anxious, she had 

diarrhoea and talk about death. Sips of water and 

covering with quilt. A dose of Arsenicum and she 

bounced back from despair. 

Instructions about caring for bed-bound, 

elderly folk are given. 

10. Homœopathic First aid for Fractures 


Immediately after the injury : Arnica, Ledum 

Healing the pain : Symphytum, Bryonia, 

Ruta 

Healing the emotional body : Conium, Phosphoric 

acid, Staphysagria 

Other remedies : Hypericum, Arnica 

Helping bones that are slow 

to heal : Calcarea phos. 6x 

Silica 6x 

Prescribing guidelines are given.

11. Homœopathy for a Healthy 

Retirement. 


Homœopathy offers a holistic solution to a 

senior’s health problems, with remedies that are 

gentle, safe and inexpensive. 

Larry, 68, had Pneumonia an year ago and not 

well since then. Tired much more easily, sleeps 

longer and wakes up groggy. Tonsils are larger 

now, swell up with a cold more often. Despair of 

recovery. Funny smoky feeling inside the lungs. 

Repertorised using Mac Repertory. Baryta 

carbonica 6c b.d. for next 6 weeks. Within a week, 

noticed a change in his level of energy, with less 

fatigue and more enthusiasm about life and within 

three months back to his old self. 

12. Managing Stress and Loss as we Age 

MULLIS, Nancy (HT. 23, 5/2003) 

Homœopathy gives us excellent opportunities 

to maximize health in the aging process. One of the 

greatest predictors of living to a healthy old age is 

one’s ability to adapt to stress and loss of loved 

ones. 

Jim, 68, with severe foot pain. Persistent 

hoarseness after being on the phone for a while, 

dryness of throat not eliminated by drinking, 

photophobia, painful haemorrhoids, incomplete 

emptying of bladder and BPH. Majority of the 

problems started after the death of his wife 3 years 

ago. He was still caring and concerned about his 

adult children. 

After treatment with Causticum, foot pain, 

Hoarseness and Photophobia resolved and his other 

complaints improved greatly. 

13. A Septugenarian with Emphysema 


ELIZA, in her late 70’s sought help for 

Emphysema. Her respiratory symptoms included a 

spasmodic sensation and aggravation from walking. 

She had a strong contempt for others, and no 

interactions with family members. As she spoke, 

the color of the face changed from pale to sallow to 

yellow to red in varying degrees. 

Platina 12 daily. 7 weeks later, facial color 

stable, looked healthier. She was more pleasant 

and less condemning. No need of Oxygen tank 

now and need of inhaler only once. She still had a 

long way to go. 


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Homœopathy can be successful in helping to 

increase functionality within the limitations that 

exist. 

14. Top ten remedies for Seniors 


The indications of ten remedies most often 

required for the elderly people are given in brief. 

The remedies are Alumina, Ambra grisea, 

Arsenicum album, Baryta carbonica, Carbo 

vegetabilis, Conium maculatum, Ignatia amara, 

Lycopodium, Phosphoric acid and Rhus 

toxicodendron. The indications are tabulated. 

15. Easing the Suffering of a Loved One 

WYCKOFF, Valeria (HT. 23, 5/2003) 

95-year-old grandmother of the author had a 

Stroke and was dying. She never wanted tube 

feeding or other measures to prolong her life. 

There was agitation in her hands: They moved 

constantly as she lay there, body still and eyes 

closed. Arsenicum album 30, 4 pellets were placed 

inside her lower lip. Her hands had stopped 

moving. She remained serene till next day when 

she seemed to get agitated again. Arsenicum 

repeated and she calmed down. She died later that 

day. 

16. Vertigo makes the World go round …, and 

round, … 

HOOVER, Todd A. (HT. 23, 5/2003) 

Vertigo is a whirling, spinning sensation 

produced by a malfunctioning of the balance 

apparatus of the inner-ear. 

Faintness (or pre-syncope) is a light-headed 

sensation caused by a fluctuation in blood pressure. 

For Labyrinthitis/Vestibular Neuronitis, the 

indications for Gelsemium, Cocculus, Nux vomica, 

Belladonna, Bryonia alba and Pulsatilla are 

discussed. 

For Motion sickness, the indications for 

Tabacum, Conium, Theridion, Calcarea carbonica 

and Petroleum are discussed. 

17. Help for Hay Fever and Allergy Season 

ULLMAN, Dana (HT. 23, 5/2003) 

Indications for Allium cepa, Euphrasia, 

Arsenicum album, Nux vomica, Pulsatilla, Natrum 

muriaticum, Ambrosia, Sabadilla, Solidago, House 

dust mite, Arum triphyllum, Kali bichromicum, 

Wyethia and Histaminum are discussed in brief.

(This is an excerpt form Dana ULLMANN’s book 

Homœopathic Family Medicine, an e Book.) 

18. Quick Recovery from Surgery – Homœopathic 

healing for accidents and injuries 


The indications for Ledum palustre, 

Hypericum, Hamamelis, Bellis perennis, Ruta 

graveolens, Symphytum and Arnica are discussed in 

brief. 

19. “Wow! It’s a miracle!” 

The healing power of Calendula 

BABICKE, Dee (HT. 23, 6/2003) 

Christopher, 10 years, had a very bad fall from 

bike with blood streaming from each knee, side of 

his left leg, left elbow and top of his nose. In 

addition a ‘burn mark’ across the top of his left foot 

along where the sandal strap lay. 

The wounds were dressed with Calendula 

ointment and Arnica 30. 

Next morning everything had scabbed over. 

The ‘burn mark’ was swollen, red and full of 

yellowish pus. A red streak extending toward 

ankle. Calendula 30 thrice within the hour. 

Redness and Swelling began to subside. Pus over 

scab was beginning to dry. 

Next morning scabs and pus reduced in size 

and the scab began to detach. Calendula 1M. 

Within one hour, on wiping the scab came off and 

wound was completely clean. [The point one 

would like to make here is the rapidity with which 

the complete healing occurred under the 

homœopathic remedy = KSS]. 

20. Homœopathy works for Women 


(HT. 23, 6/2003) 

The author discusses about clinical conditions 

where one can treat oneself and when to find a 

professional homœopath, for many ailments 

peculiar to women. 

21. Homœopathy for Menstrual Pain 


(HT. 23, 6/2003) 

The indications for the following 8 great 

remedies for menstrual cramps are tabulated. 

Belladonna, Cactus, Chamomilla, Cimicifuga, 

Colocynthis, Lachesis, Magnesia phosphorica and 

Nux vomica. 


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Naturopathic self-care tips for menstrual 

cramps are given. 

22. Redefining Fertility: Choosing to be Fertile in 

the whole of your life 


Fertility implies abundant production that is 

inherent in the power of Nature, so full of life that it 

keeps bursting forth. It is an odd tendency of 

human nature that pain and discomfort have a way 

of narrowing our focus and narrowing our 

definitions. As our worlds shrink to hold only this 

one reproductive agenda, we do indeed become 

infertile – putting careers on hold, withdrawing 

from social events, ceasing to create and 

productively use all of the resources at our 

command. 

With infertile couples, there is obsession with 

child-bearing. The author emphasizes the 

importance of a fertile life with the broadest 

definitions of the word. For them, this is a new 

concept, a new way of thinking about their 

parenting possibilities and their own lives. 

Case: Mary consulted after many months of 

Infertility treatment. She was depressed and 

joyless. She felt guilty and regretful about her past. 

Chilly, very irregular menstrual cycles, pain in her 

heels, aversion to meat and a strong desire for 

lemonade. 

Cyclamen 1M. Six weeks later refreshed, 

depression and worried affect gone. Periods 

regular. No more burdened feeling. Heels hurt less 

often. She no longer has an unreasonable focus on 

becoming pregnant. Over the next 9 months, the 

remedy was repeated twice when her menstrual 

period did not start as expected. No heel pain and 

stopped lemonade. Within a year, she was 

pregnant, and delivered a girl child and later she got 

another child. 

23. The atypical Pap test – What it means and what 

to do about it 


Pap test is a screening test for Cervical Cancer 

– not a diagnostic test. 

The risk factors and the outcome of the test are 

discussed in detail. These are interesting. 

Indications for Aconite, Arnica, Gelsemium, 

Magnesium phosphoricum, Millefolium, 

Staphysagria are given – to heal after a Pap test or 

surgical intervention.

24. Homœopathic approaches to Urinary Tract 

Infections 


Urinary Tract Infections can be a serious 

medical problem. The commonest causes are 

discussed. The role of conventional treatment and 

preventive strategies mentioned. 

Indications for Cantharis, Sulphur, 

Sarsaparilla, Mercurius corrosivus, Arsenicum 

album, Chimaphila umbellata, Pulsatilla and 

Staphysagria are given. 

25. Healing stiff and painful joints with 

Homœopathy 

ULLMAN, Dana (HT. 23, 6/2003) 

To provide relief of the acute phase of arthritic 

inflammation, the indications of the following 

remedies are given. 

Rhus toxicodendron, Bryonia, Apis, 

Belladonna, Ruta, Rhododendron, Kalmia, 

Caulophyllum and Pulsatilla. 

26. Eight remedies for indigestion 


Environmental conditions involved in the onset 

of disease often help determine which 

homœopathic medicine will help that individual 

patient. 

Indications for Nux vomica, Pulsatilla, 

Antimonium crudum, Arsenicum album, China, 

Carbo vegetabilis, Lycopodium and Bryonia are 

given. 

27. A young girl with Epilepsy 

SHANNON, Tim (HT. 23, 7/2003) 

This again is an experience in Kenya, when the 

author visited Nairobi in 2000. 10-year-old girl 

with Epilepsy since one year of age. She gets the 

feeling as if her knees are tied with a chain and then 

she gets ‘fits’. 

She thinks touching things could be poisonous. 

So avoids eating outside home. She gets 

Convulsions 3-4 times a day. She washes atleast 

three times a day. 

Syphilinum 200. 5 days later, no convulsions, 

washing once a day. Not scared of being poisoned. 

Several months later, it was reported that she 

was well with fewer Convulsions. 

These people in Africa were living in slums, 

with no health care at all. Patients with Epilepsy, 

AIDS, Sickle Cell Anaemia, TB, were all suffering. 


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Homœopathy worked in these serious diseases as 

the only medicine. 

28. Lyme Disease: A summertime Danger 


Lyme disease is an extremely complex, 

invasive disease caused by Borrelia burgdorferi 

bacterium – a Spirochete, and infected by deer 

ticks. 

The symptoms of the three stages of disease, 

the difficulty in diagnosis and testing and 

prevention are discussed. 

Indications for Ledum palustre, Arnica 

montana, Belladonna, Mercurius solubilis are 

given. 

Case: Mary, 30, with chronic and recurring 

Lyme disease. 

Tremendous anxiety about her health and fear 

of dying from the disease. Despite deep fatigue and 

depression, she was hurried and excitable. 

Wandering pain in joints. Dizzy feeling and 

confusion of mind. 

Argentum nitricum 200. Six weeks later, her 

anxiety, depression, confusion and insomnia had 

improved significantly. 

3 months later, fatigue resolved and no joint or 

muscle pains. Mary had no further signs of Lyme 

Disease. Six years later, remains free of any Lyme 

Disease symptoms. 

29. Giant hives “like Dozens of Fried Eggs” 


Mary was suffering from terrible Urticaria, 

with huge hives covering her whole body. She had 

been to ER thrice in 2 days. Diagnosed as 

Angioedema. 

The hives felt burning hot and stung, itching, 

better from cold applications. She kept on saying 

she was OK. 

Taken Apis 6 for 2 days. Apis 200 was taken 

and within hours the swelling went right down and 

the itching and burning dramatically improved. 

30. Glowing in the hot Arizona sun 


Ted, had driven around all day with the top 

down enjoying 100+degree desert temperature. His 

head was pounding and glowing. Skin on his head 

and face stung and lips burning. Belladonna 30 

repeated with minimal results. Apis 30. Stinging in 

lips stopped immediately and he felt overall relief. 

Swelling of lips started to subside soon.

Apis 30 at 2 hour intervals while his symptoms 

persisted. ‘Glazed’ appearance accompanying the 

burning, stinging and swelling is the characteristic 

of Apis. 

31. Nearly delirious and horribly swollen 

WINSTON, Julian (HT. 23, 7/2003) 

A counselor was just stung by numerous 

wasps. He was nearly delirious and arm horribly 

swollen and red. Burning and stinging pain. Apis 

200. Within a minute redness lessened and burning 

decreased. One minute later arm burning again. 

Another dose, 5 minutes later, burning again. 

Another dose. This continued with the lengths of 

time between doses increasing to 8, then 12 and 

then 15 minutes. He took a shower and came 2 

hours later. The swelling, burning, stinging 

returning. Another dose and symptoms abated 

permanently. 

32. Fallaufnahme und Analyse (A Case Report and 

Analysis) 

SHAH, Nandita (AHZ. 249, 3/2004) 

A Case is given in detail and analysed 

according to Rajan SANKARAN’s methodology. 

The Kingdom’s method is detailed. 

33. Homöopathische Behandlung eines 

Bewusstlosen Pastienten (Homœopathic 

Treatment of an Unconscious Patient) 


M.H. suffered in 2001 a right-sided frontotemporal 

intercerebral massive Haemorrhage in a 

Hypertension crisis, which was cleared on 

5/12/2001 by a Craniotomy. Since then he suffered 

a left-sided Hemiparesis as also a right facial 

Paresis. In the course of the treatment he 

developed a recurring Pneumonia. Because of a 

swallowing difficulty, a percutanic endoscopically 

controlled Gastrotomy was done. 

He was again suddenly unconscious on 

25/1/2002. The Computer Tomography of the head 

showed a fresh intracerebral bleeding. The Hb. was 

8.5 g/dl. Since his unconsciousness was unaltered 

he was put in intensive care. 

M.H. was 63-year-old had a complete Paresis 

left-sided as also a right-sided facial paresis. 

Bilateral bronchitis. In the Glasgow-Coma-Scale 

he had 10 points. Hb. 8.6 g/dl. Urea 55.6 mg/dl. 

Creatinine 1.60 mg/dl. TSH-basal

Materia Medica of G.H.G. JAHR was 

consulted for confirmation, as well as HERING’s 

Guiding Symptoms. 

Two globules of Pulsatilla 200 (Spagyros) was 

given. There was rapid relief. Subsequent follow 

up: she remained free from pain. [In the allopathic 

medicine Pulpitis would call for ‘root canal’ 

treatment and other expensive measures = KSS] 

35. Rheumatoide Beschwerden der Hände – 

Streptococcinum (Rheumatic ailments of the 

Hand – Sreptococcinum) 

SOCHA, Martin (ZKH. 48, 2/2004) 

28-year-old female, a nurse complained of pain 

in both hands since 14 days. Felt while rising in the 

morning. Finger joints red and swollen. During the 

day while moving about and working with hands 

the pains are ameliorated. Stitching, hot hands, 

particularly the fingers. When the fingers are 

moved the pains are better. Cold < and warmth >. 

Cold and humid weather

Thirst, night; Appetite, wanting; Generalities, left 

side. 

A globule of Antimonium crudum in half a 

glass of water, from which half teaspoonful, three 

times a day. The child had a good night almost 

without itching, the crusts dried up and in 48 hours 

the eruptions had all healed. 

Materia Medica sources: Chronic Diseases, 

Guiding Symptoms. 

Case 3: Prolonged Fever: 27 February 1961: 9 

year-old girl with prolonged fever. Since eight 

days, every evening between 16 and 17 hours she 

had fever from 38° to 39°, which continued into the 

night. She also complained of weakness and felt ill 

without any particular pain. (Pierre SCHMIDT’s 

comment: The fever in the evening time is a 

common symptom). The child was somewhat pale 

and had blue rings around the eyes (Pierre 

SCHMIDT: This is striking in a child and it is also 

characteristic of the remedy which has cured it). 

The lower-eyelids are much swollen. 

The parents considered this as symptoms of a 

liver disorder since the child was always treated by 

the family physician as such, although the digestive 

system has never been affected. From the 

beginning an eruption, pustular, suppurative 

appeared and 4 days after fever, eruptions appeared 

on the hands and feet. She was very thin and it was 

considered due to the liver. He was always thin. 

The eruption on the face was a true inflammatory 

Acne with considerable black heads. The borders 

were inflamed. It appeared that at first there was 

only one black point which increased during this 

illness. On the hands and feet were found Measle 

like small eruption which were violet-coloured. On 

closer examination it was observed that such 

eruptions were all over the body. There were 

palpable painless lymph nodes in neck and submaxillary 

areas. In the throat there was uglylooking 

Angina tonsillaris, which the patient had 

not told. The mucous membranes were purple red 

and dark. The uvula was long and appeared 

inflamed. The tonsils and posterior throat were 

coated with a slimy mucous. 

The calmness of the family appeared to Dr. 

BOURGARIT as very strange. Dr. BOURGARIT 

thought of Infective Mononucleosis but doubted 

whether it could be an acute leukaemic state. He 

asked for a blood test which revealed nothing but 

lymphocytosis. He ordered a dose of Kali iodatum 

7 and next day the child felt very much better. 

After four days the child was looking still better. 

Physical examination also showed alround 

improvement. 

Comments of Dr. Pierre SCHMIDT: That is an 

interesting case. The remedy is not found under 


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Acne. We have Iodum, Kalium bromatum and 

others for inflammatory acne. The elongated uvula 

in this child was a striking symptom. Acne at this 

age is also very rare. The swollen eyelids also are 

indicative. 

Repertorisation: Throat: elongated uvula; 

Discoloration, redness, dark red; Suppuration, 

tonsils; Face: eruptions, pustules; Discoloration, 

bluish, eyes, circles around; Eyes: swollen, lids; 

skin: purpura haemorrhagica. 

Ref. to Materia Medica: Encyclopaedia, 

Guiding Symptoms, CLARKE, LIPPE, KENT. 

[All the three cases clearly on ‘facts’; no 

speculations; no long list of mental symptoms; no 

themes. All symptoms verifiable in the source 

books. This is ‘Homœopathy’ = KSS] 

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IV. REPERTORY 

1. Towards an evidence - based 

repertory: clinical evaluation of 

Veratrum album 

WASSENHOVEN, Van M. 


The analysis of data collected by 

applying information technology in 

daily practice opens the possibility 

of validating homœopathic 

prescribing symptoms. The author 

has collected data on Repertory 

rubrics, homœopathic medicines 

prescribed, and clinical outcomes, 

for 16 years. As an example of 

clinical verification the outcomes of 

patients prescribed Veratrum album 

are correlated against rubrics. 

Remarkable results were obtained 

when Verat-a was presented to 24 

patients, 52 rubrics were used. The

data were analysed using the 

classical method and the likelihood 

ratios method. There is good 

correlation in the results given by 

these methods. Among the most 

important symptoms of Verat-a are: 

ailments from mortification, 

vomiting and cough in Spring. 

This study confirms the essence of Veratrum 

album and opens new perspectives for a future 

Repertory. The use of Winchip software in daily 

practice does not take time and by using it, you 

contribute to the improvement of Homœopathy. 

Computerized daily practice gives the opportunity 

to open the black box, to be confronted with the 

real world of Homœopathy. Evidence-based 

Homœopathy is an approach specific to 

Homœopathy seeking to validate different 

homœopathic concepts, methodologies and 

strategies. [Homœopathy was born on the basis of 

practical evidence. HAHNEMANN called it 

Practical therapeutics – Heilkunde der Enfahrung. 

Every homœopath experiences the evidence every 

day. Who is calling for evidence? = KSS]. 

2. Furcht vor Extravaganz – die Übertragung und 

Interpretation von Gemütsrubriken (Fear of 

Extravagance – The transference and 

interpretation of Mental rubrics) 

HOLZAPFEL, Klaus (ZKH. 48, 2/2004) 

‘Rediscovery of Homœopathy’ by Dr. M.L. 

SEHGAL, translated into German has been taken 

up for study particularly. Dr. HOLZAPFEL has 

taken up six ‘rubrics’, which have been interpreted 

for clinical applications by Dr. SEHGAL, and 

applied extensively by the followers of the method. 

These rubrics are: 

1. Fear of extravagance: Remedy Opium. 

2. Will, muscles refuse to obey the will, when 

attention is turned away: Remedy Gelsemium. 

3. Recognizes everything but cannot move: 

Remedy Cocculus. 

4. Longing, for repose and tranquility: Remedy Nux 

vomica. 

5. Asks for nothing: Remedy many. 

6. Embarrassed, ailments after: Remedy many and 

Sulphur among them. 

The first: [The interpretation of SEHGAL may 

be seen in his books=KSS]. The source of this 

symptom is verified from EN. Vol. VII, No. 182. 

When the source of this symptom No. 10 is verified 


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(Source No. 160) we find it a “self experiment” and 

in relation to a travel report made by Maden – 

‘Travels in Turkey’ – published in 1829 in Boston 

Medical and Surgical Journal. Can the fear of 

extravagance during a journey be an analogous to a 

sick person fearing whether he will be able to avoid 

a mass or cannot bear it anymore? 

The second: See sources EN. IV, 397, No. 422, 

GS. V, 366, 367, 387, 388. 

This symptom in the Repertory SR. is via 

BOGER, who gave it briefly “Will, muscles refuse 

to obey”. Gelsemium and Lilium tigrinum have 

been wrongly included in “Will, muscles refuse to 

obey when attention is turned away”. 

The third: SEHGAL has given a new meaning 

to this rubric “recognizes the reality and accepts it”. 

The symptom in the GS reads: “Puerperal 

Eclampsia; …spells cause mental terror at the 

time; is conscious during paroxysms, but cannot 

move, eyes open and immovable.” (GS. IV, 278). 

The case was published in the Annual Record of 

Homœopathic Literature, in 1874. 

This rubric “Recognizes everything but cannot 

move” has to be removed and an appropriate rubric 

must be worked out. A more appropriate remedy 

for this rubric “Recognizes everything but cannot 

move” would be Gelsemium. Refer to: EN. IV, 

400, No. 512: “Complete loss of muscular power; 

was unable to move the limbs or even raise the 

eyelids, although he could hear and was cognizant 

of all transpiring around him”. Unfortunately 

Gelsemium is not in this rubric. 

“Longing for repose and tranquility”, has been 

analysed well by SEHGAL. 

“Asks for nothing”. SEHGAL’s interpretation 

is far from the rubric. 

“Ailments from Embarrasment”. The original 

symptom from HAHNEMANN is, “She finds her 

state very distressing and she is afraid of future”. 

(Chronic Diseases, Symptom No. 11). The rubric 

in SR I must be corrected suitably at least in respect 

of Sulphur. 

The observations of Dr. HOLZAPFEL has 

been commented upon by Dr. Gerhardus LANG in 

his ‘Letter to the Editor’ (ZKH. 48, 3/2004). Dr. 

LANG practices Sehgal-method. 

Dr. LANG explains SEHGAL’s interpretation 

and justifies it by the results in practice. 

Dr. HOLZAPFEL (ZKH. 48, 4/2004) again 

points out the inconsistencies in the methodology. 

[There are so many points involved in these 

methodologies which depends upon the Repertory 

only, and ignores the Materia Medica, the Provings. 

Whether clinical symptom, or Proved and verified 

symptom, is irrelevant to this method. We have 

also observed that there are many errors in the

translations of the Symptoms – particularly the 

Proving symptoms. We cite the Encyclopaedia of 

T.F. ALLEN wherein such errors had crept in. The 

jumbling of Dreams with Delusions, ‘as-if’ 

symptoms as ‘Delusions’ - the ‘as-if’ symptom is a 

way of the Prover/patient explaining his symptom. 

Many women have said that their pains were so 

severe as ‘labour-pain’. Can we interpret 

‘Delusion, she is in labour’? We have to contend 

with many aspects: there is the error in translation; 

there is the error in transferring the symptom into a 

‘rubric’ in the Repertory; and there is the further 

imagination playing in the interpretation of the 

rubric in practice. Unfortunately there is no place 

for the Materia Medica in these. Are not these 

‘whims and fancies’. Of course everyone claims 

grand results! And that justifies everything!=KSS]. 

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V. PHARMACOLOGY 

1. Anti-inflammatory activity of Arnica montana 

6cH: preclinical study in animals 

MACÊDO S.B.; FERREIRA L.R.; PERAZZO 

F.F. and CARVALHO, Tavares J.C. 

(HOMEOPATHY 93, 2/2004) 

The anti-inflammatory effect of Arnica 

montana 6cH was evaluated using acute and 

chronic inflammation models. In the acute model, 

carrageenin-induced rat paw oedema, the group 

treated with Arnica montana 6cH showed 30% 

inhibition compared to control (P

initial homœopathic consultation and via postal 

questionnaire at a mean follow-up time of 134 days. 

Primary symptoms improved by a mean of 

2.49 points (95% confidence interval (CI) 2.08- 

2.90; P

continuous. Body changes were reported by 

38.5%, followed by mental changes in 35% and 

general symptoms in 26.5%. Sleepiness was 

reported by 89% of respondents, anxiety in 53%, 

pain muscles in 50%, headache in 44% and 

irritability in 43%. Women presented more 

headache than men but they had more difficult 

concentration than women. These results suggest 

the need to use appropriate controls in 

homœopathic pathogenetic trials, basic 

experimental source of information about the 

effects of homœopathic medicines in healthy 

human beings. 

6. Saúde e Sofrimento – Pesquisa qualitativa 

sobre as implicações do tratamento 

homeopático na saúde de uma criança com 

retardo mental) 

(Health and Suffering – Qualitative research on 

the implications of homœopathic treatment in 

the health of a child with mental retardation) 

SOLON, Luiz Ricardo (RH. 69, 1-4/2004) 

The research introduces a discussion on the 

necessity of a qualitative epistemology for 

Homœopathy, founded on subjectivity theory, 

transposing empirism and organicism that in it 

predominate. During the study of a case of a 7 

year-old child, diagnosed with serious mental 

retardation and subnormal vision, submitted to 

homœopathic treatment, a hypothesis of concurrent 

relationship between advance in health and social 

interaction efforts was constructed, allowing him to 

come closer to a new zone of subjective senses for 

his life. Such hypothesis revealed congruity with 

the homœopathic qualitative approach that 

understood the subjective pathology as the 

Causticum way to suffer. The study points to 

continuity of theoretical construction of the 

homœopathic physician, to contribute to the real 

development of that citizen in new ways to live and 

to signify reality. 

7. Efeito Antioxidante in vitro dos Medicamentos 

Homeopáticos Arsenicum album, Cuprum 

metallicum Manganum and Zincum 

metallicum. 

(In vitro antioxidant effects of homœopathic 

medicines Arsenicum album, Cuprum 

metallicum, Manganum and Zincum 

metallicum) 

BATELLO, Celso (RH. 69, 1-4/2004) 

This dissertation with the support of a 

theoretical and practical foundation, presents the 

scenario that fits into the proposal: The antioxidant 

effects in vitro of homœopathic medicines, 


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Arsenicum album, Cuprum metallicum, Manganum 

and Zincum metallicum. 

In the first chapters is demonstrated the 

theoretical bibliographical substantation, the 

Homœopathy and Oligotherapy as therapeutic 

techniques, as well as the importance of oxidation 

phenomena for a better comprehension of the 

organic phenomena, mainly in the genesis of many 

diseases. It is also experimentally demonstrated the 

homœopathic medicines antioxidant action in 

different dilutions in comparison with Melatonin in 

various concentrations over the lipidic peroxidation 

in homogenate of mice brains measured through 

malondialdehyde dosage obtained through 

absorbancy technique. 

For the analysis of the results, the Kruskat 

Wallis and Dunn’s Multiple Comparisons tests 

were realized, that revealed significant differences 

among the experimented groups. 

It was verified a greater lipidic peroxidation 

inhibiting effect with Melatonin 1M, followed by 

Melatonin 0.5 M, Cuprum metallicum C12, 

Cuprum metallicum C80, Arsenicum album C30, 

Melatonine 0.24M, Manganum C30 and Arsenicum 

album C12. 

It was proved that Melatonin has an in vitro 

lipidic peroxidation inhibiting effect, and so being 

adopted as reference. However, a new fact arises 

from the observation of the significant lipid 

peroxidation inhibition obtained with the usage of 

homœopathic medicines, sometimes with dilutions 

that surpass the Avogadro number, as in the cases 

of Cuprum metallicum C30, Arsenicum album C30 

and Manganum C30 in decreasing order. 

This work emphasizes the possibility of the 

existence of a different antioxidant mechanism of 

homœopathic medicine from the known dose-effect 

relationship. 

8. Avaliação Dos Resultados Do Tratamento 

Homeopático De Crianças Da Comunidade Do 

Morro Dos Cabritos - RJ (Evaluating the 

results of homœopthic treatment in children of 

the “Morro Dos Cabritos” Community – Rio 

de Janeiro) 

FONSECA, Ademar, et. cols. (RH. 69, 1- 

4/2004) 

The development of evaluation models 

compatible with homœopathic medical rationality is 

still a challenge and a necessity. 

The author presents his contribution to 

establish an evaluation model compatible with the 

homœopathic concepts. The criteria used to 

evaluate effectiveness and efficiency are presented, 

as well as the partial results of the individual

homœopathic treatment in 93 children from the 

Morro Dos Cabritos community, from April 2000 

to September 2002, and evaluated until December 

2002 by the Society Homeopatia Ação pelo 

Semelhant from Rio de Janeiro. 

The results are discussed, as well as the 

difficulties faced during the process, the limitations 

in the presented methodology, and some 

suggestions for future models. 

The author concludes that the indexes used in 

this model point out to the efficiency and 

effectiveness of Homœopathy, with even better 

results in time, specially after 20 months of 

treatment, although they do not solve all the 

methodological problems discussed. 

The author makes several suggestions specially 

the need to develop a general and individual index 

that contemplate all the criteria used in the 

evaluation of the cases with an objective point of 

view. 

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VIII. EDUCATION 

1. Ambulatõrio Diadático Homeopático Relato de 

Experiẽncia (Didactical Homœopathic 

Ambulatory: Experience Report) 

BERINGHS-BUENO L.A.; BIREPINTE C.P.; 

HEREDIA M.S.; MONTES H.; 

PUSTGLIONE M.; QUEVEDO R.; ZILLIG 

P.V. (RH. 69, 1-4/2004) 

This is a description of the authors’ clinical 

experience during four months in the second group 

of master degree program in homœopathic 

didactical ambulatory in the Faculdade de 

Ciências da Saúde São Paulo. They present their 

experience with the classic tripod: Science, 

Assistance and Teaching. All patients had classical 

homœopathic anamnesis and had the prescription 

according to the similitude principle with new 

appointments each 30 days. 

2. Experimentação Patogenética Homeopática 

Breve Como Método Didático (Brief 

Homœopathic Pathogenetic Experimentation as 

a Didactic Method) 

TEIXEIRA, Marcus Zulian (RH. 69, 1-4/2004) 

Introduction: Everyone devoted to 

Homœopathy teaching is aware of the difficulties of 

the apprentices concerning the theoretical 

understanding of the homœopthic presuppositions, 

as they are inserted in Paradigms that are different 

from those of the hegemonic Science. 

Objective: Based on this, it was suggested to 

include brief homœopathic pathogenetic 


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experimentation as a curricular subject and teaching 

method to the Homœopathy disciples taught in 

medical school, so that the theoretical knowledge of 

the homœopathic presuppositions is supported by 

practical experience. 

Method: Following the instructions in the 

Organon, the pathogenetic experimentation was 

offered as a voluntary activity, including only the 

students who are free of chronic diseases and who 

had not used the regularly used medicines in the 

last three months. It was suggested that the 

experimental medicine given once a week in one 

single dose in the 30CH potency, should be a 

polychrest with symptom already described in 

various homœopathic Materia Medica, so that at the 

end of the self-observation period the 

experimentor’s symptoms could be compared with 

the previous pathogenesis. 

Results: Twenty one of the thirty students of 

Homœopathy as elective discipline of the Medical 

School of the University of Sāo Paulo (FMUSP) 

participated in the experimentation in 2003, 

describing the several classes of symptoms 

according to the specific methodology and daily 

report, many of them with peculiar characteristics 

and notable idiosyncrasy. The whole group of 

students were favourable to the didactic proposal, 

experiencing as a personal experience, or via their 

friends’ experience, the dynamized substances’ 

property of arousing symptoms in healthy 

individuals, as well as arousing a healing reaction 

in pre-existent symptoms, according to the 

principles of therapeutic similarity. 

Conclusion: As a didactic method, the brief 

homœopathic pathogenetic experimentation is 

extremely effective regarding the sedimentation of 

the homœopathic foundations, enabling the 

observation of idiosyncratic manifestations of the 

human individuality based on a qualitative 

methodology. Nothing impedes that, with a larger 

number of participants, we can even apply the 

randomized, double-blind and placebo-controlled 

method, increasing the scientific rigidity in the 

valorization of the emergence of pathogenetic 

symptoms. [Double blind, randomized, etc., 

experiment is only useful for academic purposes, if 

at all. Empiric application is more certain =KSS] 

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IX. GENERAL 

1. Pragmatism: The Heart of Homœopathy 

Interview with Will TAYLOR by TESSLER, 

Neil. (SIM. XVII, 2/2004)

Author shares his perspectives on some of the 

modern controversies in Homœopathy. 

Tension and conflict is where growth starts. 

‘Classic’ is not fixed, its an organic reality, it 

evolves and moves. The error we follow is to 

proclaim one is right and aligning ourselves with a 

dogmatic position and creating alliances. We need 

to be adaptable, look at our case and apply the tools 

that case will yield to. 

He gives an example of how staying locked 

into one way of finding a remedy can get us into 

trouble. 

Understand Chronic Miasms by understanding 

that larger image of disease which helps in treating 

the individual affected by it. 

He has taken the common and frequent 

symptoms of Lyme disease, and some of the 

oddities that occasionally happen and repertorised 

all of them. Kalmia latifolia, came first, Ledum 

second, Rhododendron sixth or seventh. 

What was interesting was all these belong to 

the family of Ericacea. Another remedy Gaultheria 

procumbens has almost all the symptoms. 

His current speculation is Lyme is an Ericacea 

disease. His bent is to use the family relationships 

within a classical analysis which can help us may 

be recognize patterns and find some small 

remedies, we might not be able to find otherwise. 

[See No. 28 in Section III – Therapeutics – in 

which Todd HOOVER has given a case of Lyme 

Disease cured with Argentum nitricum 200, one 

dose. How can we limit Lyme disease to ‘Ericacea’ 

family and put it in the box of ‘Plant’ only? We 

should beware of these ‘new Masters’ = KSS] 

When this extends into poorly proven or 

unproven remedies, we enter into that area with that 

knowledge, with some trepidation and some 

caution. It’s a trial, it’s an experiment we can do at 

this moment. 

We have to do our best with the tools at hand, 

which sometimes are inadequate. This is where he 

struggles with those who promote rigidity in the 

methodology. [The tools are sufficient. Keep them 

honed and apply = KSS] 

He points out that BŒNNINGHAUSEN’s 

method was really designed to make up for the 

inadequacies of the Materia Medica. 

Regarding the modern provings his biggest 

concern is the separation of pre-existing symptoms 

of the individual from the symptoms of the proving. 

Regarding the new Miasms, he keeps an eye 

open to see if they are useful in practice. He is very 

clear that Sycosis is Human Papilloma Virus. 

HEMPEL mistranslated the word for urethral 

discharge as Gonorrhoea and he feels it nothing to 

do with Sycosis. 


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2. Nutrition does count in Homœopathic Healing 

WYCKOFF, Valeria (HT. 23, 5/2003) 

Nutritional deficiencies can limit the success of 

homœopathic treatment (i.e. becoming “obstacles to 

cure”). 

Deficits may result from the aging process, 

poor eating habits or conventional drugs. 

Absorption of vitamin B12 slows down with 

age. So they are energized by a B12 shot. 

Studies show Aspirin therapy increases the loss 

of Folic acid, vitamin C and Zinc. 

By changing one’s eating habits, changes in 

health do happen. Plenty of fruits and vegetables 

are advised. With homœopathic treatment and 

lifestyle changes, we can reap healthy rewards at 

any age. 

3. A Homœopathic Physician in Kenya 

SCHEPPER, Luc De (HT. 23, 7/2003) 

Dr. Luc De SCHEPPER, writes briefly about 

his experience in Kenya, in January 2003. He spent 

his first 7 days in a small village called Lusi, where 

there was no doctor, nurse or clinic or electricity or 

running water. Two-day course in acute 

homœopathic prescribing was given to 15 nurses; 

each one of them received a homœopathic kit of 48 

remedies and a copy of the book The People’s 

Repertory. 

Next two days were spent in treating children 

in a nearby orphanage. 

A ‘homœopathic vaccination’ against Malaria 

for the whole village was organized using the 

Nosode Malaria officinalis. 

Series of lectures were scheduled in Nairobi for 

4 days. 

10-year-old son of one of the most popular 

doctors in Nairobi had been ill for 14 days with a 

continuous, suffocating cough, with no relief. He 

had been seen by the best doctors, X-rayed, liver 

scan, cortisone, etc. etc. – all to no avail. After two 

doses of Ipecac 1M, he slept through the night. 

35 difficult cases were also referred. 

He had 5 Radio interviews on Capitol FM in 

Nairobi. 

The author wishes that every homœopath could 

have a chance to offer his services to a country, so 

greatly in need of our wonderful, inexpensive and 

effective science, Homœopathy. 

4. Homœopathy below the Poverty Line 

A teaching clinic in Nairobi, Kenya. 

RUCHIRA, Didi Ananda (HT. 23, 7/2003) 

Abha light is a service project whose goal is to 

bring affordable medicine to the people of Africa

through Homœopathy. Kenyans are trained for two 

years and clinics set up. 

36-year-old, WANJERU, came to the clinic 

with gasping and panting for each breath and could 

hardly talk. In the past treated for TB and 

Pneumonia. Pains in lower left chest and sensation 

of water in that area. Phosphorus 30 b.d. A week 

later, no cough, breathing eased. Vomiting 

improved. “Succussion splash” was heard now. So 

probable diagnosis of Pyloric stenosis. In 

Murphy’s Repertory only Aethusa and 

Ornithogalum are listed. On further examination of 

WANJERU, Aethusa was seen as the remedy. 

Aethusa 30 b.d. for 3 days. She was 70% 

better. No vomiting or no nausea. Succussion 

splash reduced. 

The scope of the problems that Homœopathy 

can address for the people in Kenya and Africa is 

tremendous. [As it indeed is in India. In fact 

Homœopathy is ‘people’s medicine’ and must 

address itself to the needy, i.e. those who need 

medicinal attention most who may, in the majority, 

be the poor. A ‘boxed’ item in this on the same 

page of HT mentions of the role of Homœopathy in 

Africa in 1930s, 1940s. If healing the sick is the 

calling of the physician, Homœopathy must be 

protected from being hijacked by the high-tech 

medical hands = KSS]. 

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X. BOOKS 

1. Clinical Observations of Children’s 

Remedies by Farokh J. MASTER. Lutra 

Services: Eindhoven, The Netherlands. ISBN: 

90-74456-11-1. 2003 (Second edition) 724 pages. 

Hardbound $70.00 (US) Review by George 

GUESS. (AJHM. 97, 2/2004) 

“The book provides detailed and highly 

accessible information on 76 remedies, all 

emphasizing how these remedies present in 

children. … There is even frequent inclusion of 

relevant physical examination findings. ... The 

volume is replete with differential diagnosis charts. 

… The book is extensively indexed….” 

“This is an excellent text which any 

professional homœopath treating children would 

benefit from by reading…” 

2. Clinical Focus Guide to Homœopathic 

Remedies, Volume 1 by Louis KLEIN. Luminos 

Homœopathic Courses Ltd. Canada 2003. 

Paperback. 259 pages. ISBN 0-9731843-1-0. $ 


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39.95 (US). Review by George GUESS. (AJHM. 

97, 2/2004) 

“… The material presented is novel and fresh. 

It is culled from Mr. KLEIN’s extensive clinical 

experience..” 

“Each chapter begins with essential portrait of 

the remedy, then its classification, then detailed 

outline of central characteristics and lastly pertinent 

quotes…” 

3. Dreams, Symbols and Homœopathy: 

Archetypal Dimensions of Healing by Jane 

CICCHETTI. North Atlantic Books and 

Homœopathic Educational Services, Berkeley, 

California. 2003. ISBN 1-55643-436-7. 257 pages, 

Soft cover $ 16.95 (US) Review by Nicholas 

NOSSAMAN. (AJHM. 97, 2/2004) 

“…The book is well-indexed and contains 

chapter-by-chapter bibliography…” 

“This book is a unique and comprehensive 

explication of the fruitful marriage of Homœopathy 

and Depth Psychology. It is thick with 

understanding and imagery, is written in a readable 

style and is a valuable trail-breaker for the 

understanding of human health and disease. …” 

4. Impossible cure: The promise of 

Homœopathy by Amy L. LANSKY Ph.D., R.L. 

Ranch Press: Portola Valley, CA, 2003, 

paperback, 302 pages $18.95. Review by Lia 

BELLO. (HT. 23, 7/2003). 

“… Impossible cure succeeds in demystifying 

Homœopathy’s approach to healing and will help 

people understand what embarking on 

homœopathic treatment is all about. The facts and 

history are accurate and well documented …” 

Review by Julian WINSTON. 

“….. It is the finest general introduction to 

Homœopathy I’ve yet read. … She weaves 

together a seamless exposition about Homœopathy 

– what it is, how it developed, what research exists 

– and with it gives us her personal journey of 

discovery. … It has something new in it for 

everyone – no matter what their level….” 

5. Homöopathische Psychiatrie, Wolfgang 

BARCK, (Homœopathic Psychiatry), 310 S., 

geb., Grundlagen und Praxis, Leer 2003, Є. 48/- 

Review by Rainer APPELL (AHZ. 249, 3/2004): 

“A true surprise: while the homœopathic mode 

market is increasing with younger authors with the 

motto, “as much younger, so much Guru” and the 

time to let an idea ripe does not seem to be the 

practice – now four years after the death of the 

author – a noteworthy new edition comes which is 

not such a ‘fashion’ book.

This book is about homœopathic Psychiatry by 

the late Wolfgang BARCK, who worked so much 

in the background … BARCK who studied first 

Psychology with the theme Gestalt Psychology and 

Epistomology, and after the end of his study of 

Medicine in different psychiatric university clinics 

and absolved it with Prof. BENDETTI. Besides 

Psychiatry and Psycho-therapeutic, his interest 

extended to Homœopathy which fascinated him so 

that in his practice he began to use Homœopathy 

more. In his book besides giving the principles of 

Homœopathy in very readable manner, also gives 

very clear cases. … Four remedies – Lachesis, 

Natrum muriaticum, Nux vomica, Phosphorus are 

thoroughly explained and with cases very clearly 

presented. . The book should be – ‘Homœopathy as 

psychotherapy’. 

6. Vergleichende Arzneimittellehre 

homöopathischer Polychreste (Comparative 

Materia Medica of Homœopathic Polychrests), 

FOERSTER, Gisela; HEÉ, Hansjörg, 628 S., 

geb., Karl F. Haug Verlag, Stuttgart 2002, Є 

79.95 (German) Review by Leopold DREXLER 

(AHZ. 249, 3/2004): “A big praise for the authors 

for this book which has been written with much 

exactness. Eight remedies, two compared with 

each other … This book puts in an impressive way 

not just the symptoms of the remedy, but also the 

psychoanalytical connections but remains strictly 

with the symptoms. … This well done work can be 

well recommended to those who work deeply...” 

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XI. NEWS AND NOTES 

I. The Homœopathic Symposium SMITH, 

Malcolm. (SIM. XVII, 2/2004) The Homœopathic 

Symposium is a project that has the potential to 

grow the study of Homœopathy exponentially, and 

to rally our community into working together for 

the common cause of furthering our medicine. 

It is an encrypted, private site on the Internet 

that is an archive of interactive cured patient videos 

for use in teaching of Homœopathy. It is a hightech 

fully interactive venue in which both students 

and practitioners of Homœopathy can exchange 

information and share in patient video cases from 

skilled practitioners in the field. 

Each case is interspersed with commentary 

most often from the practitioner who solved the 

case. The themes together with discussion of what 

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“Team effort” series was created to share 

difficult uncured cases on-line. The case is open to 

the community and analysis invited. Each month 

follow-up on-line is posted to track the progress. 

Homœopathy is not easy to practice, there’s no 

way around it and this project is designed as an 

adjunct to teaching. Internal dissertions about 

methodologies must be kept by and an honest 

attempt to apply new methodologies should be 

made; the results will speak. It is also good 

experience to the homœopaths. [It is these 

‘innovators’ of ‘themes’ and speculations who 

make it more difficult to practice. Results do not 

always justify the means = KSS] 

info@homeopathicsymposium.com 

www.homeopathicsymposium.com 

II. White paper on the homœopathic 

profession: How can we create a widely 

accepted and thriving homœopathic profession? 

SWOPE, Harry. (SIM. XVII, 2/2004) The author 

was a founder of the Council for Homœopathic 

Certification in 1991. 

In order for a homœopathic profession to have 

any credibility and for the public to put any trust in 

it, there must be standards that define what it means 

to be a professional homœopath. 

He has discussed various options to achieve 

this. 

III. In a Letter to the Editor, (SIM. XVII, 

2/2004) the Librarian, Homœopathic Library 

Information Service writes that the British 

Homœopathic Library holds a pre-eminent 

collection of homœopathic literature, right from 

HAHNEMANN’s first article on Homœopathy and 

many 19 th and 20 th century British Homœopathic 

Literatures. Users can request articles directly from 

the library or by searching the online database 

which is free and requesting article copies online. 

E-mail www.hom-inform.org . 

hom-inform@dial.pipex.com 

IV. Our Homœopathic Heritage. WINSTON, 

Julian. (AJHM. 97, 2/2004) “Chris ELLITHORP 

died on March 17, 2004. He toiled for 

Homœopathy so far behind the scenes that few 

knew him. Few are interested in the rich heritage 

we have. [Very few are interested. It is a sad 

situation = KSS] Most of those only want to “find 

the remedy”. 

Only some few understand the treasures of the 

books. Fewer understand the richness upon which 

the whole edifice is built – the paper trail of letters 

from homœopaths, invoices written in a flowing 

script from Boericke and Tafel from the 1870’s,

photographs of old homœopaths never seen before 

… all that “stuff”. 

Chris’s wish was to keep his whole collection 

intact. 

Can our community rise to this? Or do we just 

not care, being willing to stand by as more of our 

history disappears?” 

V. Hahnemann Monument Update CHASE, 

Sandra M. (AJHM. 97, 2/2004) Work is on for 

repair of the famous and largest monument for 

HAHNEMANN, in Washington, D.C., USA. 

As of October 2003, $ 30,000 for the purpose 

of underwriting the renovation of the exquisite 

bronze and granite monument to Dr. C.F. Samuel 

HAHNEMANN at Scott circle in Washington D.C. 

was amassed (or raised). 

Senior Conservator Judith JACOBS will be 

performing the actual repair, with particular regard 

to the mosaic in arch above Hahnemann’s head. 

The additional challenge is that it is actually 

fashioned of pieces of colored glass, rather than of 

ceramic tiles. 

Items to be addressed in the restoration include 

the following: 

- the brick paving 

- the bronze entablatures 

- the granite paving 

- the bronze statue 

- the tree replacement 

- the granite structure 

- the grounds improvement 

VI. Interview with Francis TREUHERZ by 

GRIMES, Melanie. (AJHM. 97, 2/2004) Francis 

TREUHERZ pursued a career in Social Services of 

the Jewish Community in France, Israel and 

England before moving to academic teaching. 

After his homœopathic studies he entered private 

practice and from 1986 to 1993 he edited the 

Journal, The Homeopath. He has taught in many 

Homœopathy schools. He has helped development 

of Mac Repertory Programme. His only book so 

far, Homœopathy in the Irish Potato famine 

(1995 – the 150 th anniversary of the Potato Famine) 

has been very well received. He has one of the 

largest libraries, with 6250 volumes on 

Homœopathy. 

TREUHERZ recalls that it was Pyrogen and 

later China which saved him from an essential 

Surgery (Peritonitis), in 1991 and once two three 

years ago again Calcarea carbonica and then 

Calcarea renalis saved him from the surgeons knife 

(kidney stones). 

TREUHERZ traces the history of the Society 

of Homœopaths and the Colleges. He gave a 


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historical paper on KENT and Swedenborgianism. 

He was in India and studied with Drs. S.P. DEY, S. 

DUBEY. 

He feels that the problems facing us are the 

same as they were. There are many who are 

attempting to destabilize Homœopathy. [and many 

of them are homœopaths themselves = KSS] 

TREUHERZ says that BURNETT is his hero. 

About Repertories coming out now-a-days he feels 

“there are too may symptoms in the repertories 

from over mentalized provers…” 

VII. Cough. CHOFFRUT, Franck. The different 

causes of this symptom are set out: Asthma, 

Bronchitis, Pneumonia, Sinusitis, Rhinopharyngitis, 

Allergic rhinitis, Nasal polyps, etc. 

Some medicines are recalled with their main 

symptoms. The author stresses the lack of 

auscultatory symptoms in the Materia Medica. (L’ 

Homéopathie Européenne 2003; 6 in 


VIII. Comparison between Naja and Aurum. 

COLIN, Philippe. Both may be indicated for 

depressive and cardiovascular symptoms. They can 

be suicidal, they like alcohol but do not tolerate it. 

They can have alternations of depression and 

excitement. Aurum has symptoms we do not find 

in Naja. Aurum has anger, sense of responsibility, 

religious concerns. Naja more self-centred, shy and 

gentle and feeling of duality. On the physical level, 

Aurum has infectious symptoms and Naja 

pollinosis. 

Pustular eruptions, Testicular diseases, pain 

long bone, Diplopia, Hemiopia, Hypertension seen 

only in Aurum; Oedema, chilblains, left ovarian 

pains and flatulence only in Naja. 

Aurum more chronic, whereas Naja’s action is 

acute or subacute. (L’ Homéopathie Européenne 

2003; 6 in HOMEOPATHY, 93, 2/2004) 

IX. Dengue CARVALLO N.S. This paper is a 

clinical and therapeutic review of Dengue fever. 

The classical symptoms of the disease are 

repertorised. The following useful remedies are 

discussed in detail: Eupat., Gels., Acon., Bry., Ferrp., 

Cad-s., Chin-ars., Bapt., Rhus-t., Sulph., and 

Phos. (Gaceta Homeopáthica de Caracas 2002; 

10 in HOMEOPATHY, 93, 2/2004) 

X. The Hyperactive Child. ROJAS, Vahlis de 

F.M. Definition, Diagnosis, Prognosis and 

Treatment of Attention Deficit Disorder are 

discussed. The following categories are presented 

for guidance: 

• Predominance of hyperactivity and 

psychomotor agitation: Kali-br., Zinc., Merc. 

sol., Tarent., Coff., Nux-v.

• Miasmatic remedies in ADHD: Calc-p., Calcf., 

Iod., Med, 

• Predominance of sleep disturbance: Ars., 

Hyos., Stram., Cina. 

• Predominance of inattention and 

comprehension problems: Aeth., Bar-c., Sil., 

Caust. 

(Gaceta Homeopática de Caracas 2002; 10 in 


XI. Symptoms in Alzheimer’s disease. 

“Homœopathic Evaluation of Symptoms presented 

in Patients with Alzheimer’s Disease.” This is a 

study of 23 patients from Venezuela. Each case 

was analysed, repertorised and results discussed. A 

differentiation was made between premorbid 

personality and the symptoms of the disease. In the 

former Lach., Nux-v., Sulph., Ars., Nat-m., and Lyc. 

were prominent. In the latter group Sulph., Bell., 

Nux-v., Lach., Phos., Sep., Ign., Bry., and Con. 

(Gaceta Homeopática de Caracas 2002; 10 in 


XII. Parasites in rabbits treated with Cina. 

LÓPEZ, R.J.L. et al. This study evaluates the 

effectiveness of Cina 30 in the treatment of 

Intestinal Coccidiosis in rabbits. The rabbits are 

bred for their meat and fur. Thirty rabbit breeders 

and 1455 rabbits were involved. There is high 

mortality and morbidity rate from the disease. 

Faecal analysis for the presence of eggs by a 

flotation method was carried out before and after 

treatment. Cina 30 was administered in the rabbit’s 

drinking water for 5 days. 

There was a marked reduction in the levels of 

infestation by faecal analysis, reduction in 

mortality, marked increase in weight and physical 

condition in treated group, which resulted in 

significant economic benefit. (Gaceta 

Homeopática de Caracas 2002; 10/2 in 


XIII. Silica in the treatment of Chronic Skin 

Ulcers. FERNÁNDEZ I.M. After general 

discussion on causes and grading of ulcers, three 

cases of different aetiology are presented. 

Case 1: 21-year-old male with plantar ulcer 

refractory to antibiotics since a year. 3 cm in 

diameter, clean base, painless, yellow fetid 

discharge. He had Charcot’s joint. Sepia reduced 

the ulcer, Silica 30 brought about complete 

resolution in one month. 

Case 2: 37-year-old woman with umbilical Ulcer 

following a Hernia repair. Initially 11.2 cm in 

diameter, reduced to 1 cm with Ignatia which was 

given because she lost her son. Silica 30, because 


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of abundant yellow fetid discharge. Complete 

healing in a fortnight. 

Case 3: 62-year-old man with Diabetes. His ulcer 

of vascular origin was 1.2 cm in diameter under left 

big toe. Painless, yellow fetid discharge. Silica 30 

healed it in 15 days. (Gaceta Homeopática de 

Caracas 2002; 10/2, in HOMEOPATHY, 93, 

2/2004) 

XIV. Unusual resolution of Parauterine Tumour 

RODRÍGUEZ G.D. 36-year-old woman had a right 

parauterine mass as well as a uterine Myoma. She 

had been treated constitutionally a month ago with 

Lycopodium 200. So Lycopodium 200 was 

repeated in Plussing method for 3 days. 

On third day she had vaginal bleeding, with 

dark odorless blood containing some tissue, and 

severe right-sided abdominal pain which resolved 

uneventfully. Few days later, Ultrasound showed a 

complete disappearance of the Ovarian tumor, 

while Myoma remained. (Gaceta Homeopática de 

Caracas 2002; 10/2 in HOMEOPATHY, 93, 

2/2004) 

XV. The four elements and the selection of 

potencies. NORLAND M. Misha NORLAND 

offers a variety of thought on these two topics (this 

article is an excerpt from his new book, 

Signatures, Miasms, AIDS: Spiritual Aspects in 

Homœopathy, (www.yondercottpress.com). In the 

area of potency he suggests: “Go high (200c-MM): 

When the path to exteriorisation of the disease is 

unblocked”. “Stay low (6c-30c and LM1-3): 

When the path to exteriorisation of the disease is 

blocked”. 

NORLAND brings MAUGHAM and 

DAMONTE into his discussion. These two 

homœopathic contemporaries were responsible for 

a ‘new wave’ of thinking which touched a large 

number of homœopaths: ‘Of relevance here was 

their understanding of the analogous relationship of 

potency to planes of consciousness. The scheme 

relates mind, emotions and body to the three planes 

of potency: high, medium and low.’ 

The author examines the four elements in detail 

weaving in Tantra, the Bhagavad-Gita and Jung: 

‘The four psychological functions described by 

C.G. JUNG, namely intuition, thinking, feeling and 

sensation, correspond to fire, air, water and earth. 

JUNG described how these functions operate in the 

human psyche (here in the order of earth, water, air 

and fire) as follows: ‘There are four aspects of 

psychological orientation, beyond which nothing 

fundamental remains to be said…’ 

And: ‘Patients who operate in an elemental 

“fire” mode also do best on high potencies: 10M

and above. Elemental fire communicates in 

images; intuition is the primary modus operandi 

and as in the case of ether, the person experiences 

the world spontaneously. When questioning about 

a thing, they want to ascertain, “Where did it come 

from? Where it is going?” They often see things in 

terms of connections. In health they are passionate, 

ardent and motivated. “Hot” is the key-concept. 

This expression may correspond to SANKARAN’s 

5 th level of vital sensation.’ (The Homeopath 

2003; 91 in HOMEOPATHY, 93, 2/2004) 

XVI. Two cases of Mimosa pudica. LINNANE K. 

and WANSBROUGH C. The prescription is based 

on applying principles of imaginative Materia 

Medica where understanding is derived through 

applying a subtle use of Doctrine of Signatures. 

‘Oversensitive, mild and yielding disposition, 

with dislike of confrontation, and fear of dark’ are 

mentioned as common features of this remedy. 

(The Homeopath 2003; 91 in HOMEOPATHY, 

93, 2/2004) 

[Only by Hahnemannian Proving Pure symptoms, 

indications are obtainable; these are ‘facts’ with no 

speculations. Weaving symptom is not 

Homœopathy = KSS]. 

XVII. My nightmare patient. TREE J. A case of 

Polycystic ovaries in a 32-year-old woman, Apis 

mellifica 1M followed by Lycopodium 30. Six 

months later further information emerged and Lac 

caninum helped profoundly. 

“The deeper feeling is, patient’s self disgust, 

guilt, inability to follow things through and her 

need to be dominated, controlled and told what to 

do. This reminds us of how a dog might feel, a 

correspondence which of course points to Lac 

caninum.” (The Homeopath 2003; 91 in 

HOMEOPATHY, 93, 2/2004) [How does any one 

know for certain what a dog ‘feels’? If only man 

would really ‘know’ what a dog, or for that matter a 

chicken, a cow, or any other animal feels he 

wouldn’t be so cruel as he/she now is. 

Once the ‘signature’ is accepted as a “safe, 

sure, rapid” method, the symptoms would be as 

good as one’s imagination could conjure up. 

Homœopaths should beware of this ‘trap’, and not 

fall into fascinating pits = KSS]. 

XVIII. Lapis lazuli: a proving. Proving of Lapis 

lazuli by 10 provers in Sao Paulo, Brazil in 2000/1. 

90CK potency was used. It was double blind and 

the provers were instructed to take one dose per day 

until symptoms commenced and to record those 

symptoms for 30 days. (The Homeopath 2003; 91 

in HOMEOPATHY, 93, 2/2004) 


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XIX. The Korsakovian potencies OLINGTON V. 

The author reviews the history and technical details 

of the Korsakovian potencies. ‘Comparison 

between Korsakovian and Hahnemannian 

potentisations’ in which she brings up the fact that 

Korsakovian potencies could be viewed as multidynamisations 

(the solution is a mixture of all 

previous potencies). (The Homeopath, 2003; 91 in 

HOMEOPATHY 93, 2/2004) 

XX. Treatment of experimental stroke with lowdose 

Glutamate and homœopathic Arnica 

montana. JONAS W. et al. This article concludes 

that Arnica 200 reduces the long-term damage and 

death rates from brain injuries in experimental 

animals. It also seems to suggest that the remedy 

may exacerbate Ischaemia in the initial stages of 

brain injury. (Perfusion 1999; 12 in 


XXI. The nature and origin of Calcium 

compounds DAEMS W. This brief article by an 

anthroposphically trained pharmacist provides an 

interesting perspective on calcium metabolism and 

provides a rationale for why the anthroposphical 

products Calcon AM and Calcon PM should be 

administered according to the time of the day. 

(Lilipoh 2003; 8 in HOMEOPATHY, 93, 2/2004) 

XXII. Efficacy of Arnica in Varicose Vein 

Surgery WOLF M.; TAMASCHKE C.; MAYER 

W. and HEGER M. The results of this pilot study 

showed a trend towards a beneficial effect of 

Arnica D12 with regard to reduction of Haematoma 

and pain during the post-operative course. (Forsch 

Komplementarmed Klass Naturheilkd 2003; 10 

in HOMEOPATHY, 93, 2/2004). 

XXIII. Homœopathy for SARS. WINSTON, 

Julian (Editorial). (HT. 23, 5/2003) The common 

symptoms of SARS – Sudden Acute Respiratory 

Syndrome – Sudden onset of symptoms, High fever 

with shaking, Malaise to the point of feeling faint, 

Violent cough with Pneumonia – are repertorised. 

The remedies which have all these symptoms 

are Arsenicum, Belladonna, Eupatorium 

perfoliatum and Phosphorus. Indications to 

differentiate these remedies are discussed in brief. 

XXIV. The Martha Oelman Community Service 

Award was presented to Janice A. WENGER. The 

Henry N. Williams Professional Service Award 

was presented to Roger MORRISON. (HT. 23, 

6/2003) 

XXV. The Editor (Julian WINSTON, HT. 23, 

6/2003) narrates his personal experience with

egard to the power of Arnica in potency to relieve 

pains from dental work. It is not just relieving pain 

but the speed with which the pain goes away. He 

comments on some ‘researches’ published in the 

Media which dub Arnica as no more effective than 

placebo! He also quotes Dr. Jennifer JACOBS 

extensively from the AJHM. 2003 – Homœopathy 

is not a ‘Complementary’, or ‘Alternative’ or even 

worse ‘Integrative’ medicine. Homœopathy is not 

an adjunct to Conventional Medicine. The 

homœopaths must realize that Homœopathy is 

complete in itself. [I have been reading the British 

Homœopathic Journal – now ‘Homœopathy’ – for 

over 35 years now and over the years it is devoting 

almost the entire journal for ‘scientific’ – whatever 

it means – researches which more often are helpful 

in damning Homœopathy = KSS] 

XXVI. Is knitting oil-painting? WINSTON, 

Julian. (HT. 23, 7/2003) The author knew of no 

other field of endeavor where people involved 

persist in calling their art something that it is not. 

The definition of Homœopathy is very clear. 

Calling any other technique which rests not on 

similarity as Homœopathy muddies the water and 

confuses the consumer. 

XXVII. A Native American remedy. (HT. 23, 

7/2003) The first cure of Dropsy by Apis ever 

reported was in 1847. This article appeared in 1866 

in The Elements of New Materia Medica and 

Therapeutics, based upon an Entirely New 

Collection of Drug-provings and Clinical 

Experience, by E.E. Marcy, J.C. Peters And Otto 

Fullgraff. [For the full text of this story see Apis in 

Margaret TYLER’s book Drug Pictures… = KSS] 

XXVIII. Valuable Hahnemann Manuscript 

acquired: The Institute for History of Medicine 

of the Robert Bosch Foundation in Stuttgart, has 

recently acquired the second improved and 

corrected edition of Vol. VI of the Pure Materia 

Medica (Printed in 1827). The valuable 

Manuscript came up in the springtime auction of 

Reiss & Sohn. Hahnemann Manuscripts are rarely 

available and are as costly as GOETHE’s. With 

this acquisition the Institute for History of 

Medicine now possesses almost all important 

HAHNEMANN works (Prof. Dr. Martin DINGES 

in ZKH. 48, 2/2004) 

XXIX. Sinnvoller Fortschritt – Oder 

Rückschritt in die Zeit vor HAHNEMANN? 

(Significant Progress or regress to the pre- 

HAHNEMANN time?) by Klaus HABICH, Curt 

KÖSTERS and Joachim ROHWER (ZKH. 48, 

2/2004). This is a criticism of the new wave of 

methodologies in regard to Homœopathy – like the 


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‘Mind only’, the ‘signature’ theory, the ‘periodic 

table’ theory, the ‘speculative’, etc. These are 

claimed to heal the sick ‘deeply’. They are also 

claimed to be ‘innovative’, new ideas, etc. and 

hence a big progress. Sometimes it is also said 

Homœopathy has been ‘re-discovered’ and new 

‘insights’ are claimed. After reading and listening 

to them it would seem as if the entire galaxy of 

such personalities as LIPPE, GUERNSEY, 

ALLEN, BOGER, CLOSE, FARRINGTON, 

KENT were all superficial, they did not do the 

‘deep healing’. [How deep is deep? Generally man 

takes his ‘deep’ with him without letting anyone – 

be it wife/husband – fathom the depths of Mind. If 

there are readers who disagree, please let me know 

= KSS]. 

The signatories to this paper carrying the three 

names – Klaus HABICH, Curt KÖSTERS, Joachen 

ROHWER – include many from different countries. 

Attention is drawn to HAHNEMANN: 

“Appreciable, distinctly appreciable to our senses 

must that be, which is to be removed in each 

disease in order to transform it into health, and right 

clearly must each remedy express what it can 

positively cure, if medical art shall cease to be a 

wanton game of hazard with human life, and shall 

commence to be the sure deliverer from diseases”. 

(Spirit of the Homœopathic doctrine, 1813. – tr. 

R.E. DUDGEON in Lesser Writings of Samuel 

Hahnemann). 

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Full addresses of the Journals covered by this Quarterly Homœopathic 

Digest are given below: 

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1. AHZ: Allgemeine Homöopathische Zeitung, Karl F. Haug Verlag, 

Hüthig GmbH, im Weiher 10, 69121, HEIDELBERG, 

GERMANY. 

2. AJHM: American Journal of Homeopathic Medicine, formerly 

Journal of the American Institute of Homeopathy (JAIH). 801 N. 

Fairfax Street, Suite 306 Alexandria, VA 22314. 

3. HOMEOPATHY: Formerly British Homeopathic Journal (BHJ), 

Homeopathy, Faculty of Homeopathy, 29 Park Street West, Luton, 

Bedfordshire, LU13BE, UK. 

4. HT: Homeopathy Today, National Center for Homeopathy, 801, 

North Fairfax Street, Suite 306, ALEXANDRIA, VA. 22314, USA. 

5. RH: : Revista De Homeopatia, Rua Estado de Israel, 639 Cep 

04022-001 – SÃO Paulo Brazil 

6. SIM: Simillimum, The Journal of the Homeopathic Academy of 

Naturopathic Physicians, P.O. Box 8341, Covington, WA 98042, 

USA. 

7. ZKH: Zeitschrift für Klassische Homöopathie, Karl F. Haug 

Verlag, Hüthig GmbH, Im Weiher 10, D-69121 HEIDELBERG, 

GERMANY. 

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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. The Debt We Owe To Homœopathy 

PULFORD, A. 

(Editorial, Homœopathic Recorder, December, 

1929) 

Perhaps none of us, who have experienced 

unbounded success with Homœopathy, have ever 

stopped to ask ourselves if we fully realize the 

magnitude of the debt that we each and all owe to 

Homœopathy and what we are doing to help toward 

discharging that enormous debt. Is it just either to 

Homœopathy or to those to whom, as we pass on, 

we are to leave this rich legacy, to go into seclusion 

and take with us the store of riches that we have 

garnered by the wayside during a busy and 

prosperous career? What of us, if those who had 

preceded us had done this? Are we not in duty 

bound to continually keep on nurturing and 

supporting the coming generation of rising young 

homœopaths, helping them through the years of 

lean competency, trials, heartaches and 

discouragements? What if those who preceded us 

had done as we are doing now? What would have 

happened to us if they had permanently withdrawn 

from all professional activity as soon as they had 

financially succeeded and found they could get 

along without us? Is it not meet that we should 

remain and aid those who are to take up the banner 

and carry it on to victory! Should we desert and 

forsake them? 

Why are not all the great and splendid 

homœopaths attending the I.H.A. meetings, giving 

the very best of what is within them, helping to 

keep out politics, lending encouragement to the 

younger men and helping educate the older men 

into the straight and narrow path? This would tend 

not only to the fulfillment of the above but would 

give power and prestige to Homœopathy and help 

in part to discharge the enormous debt which we all 

owe to that fine art which had been the means of 

our success. Every true homœopath has every 

reason to be proud of his calling. 

Thus, in the interest of humanity, let us all, 

until our last breath, give of our stores of wealth 

and lore and time in an effort to discharge our 

honest debt to Homœopathy, to the rising 

generation of homœopaths and to suffering 

humanity. Let those who have given up in 

despair because things have not gone right, 

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and those who have come to the conclusion that 

they can get along without us come back into the 

camp for the sake of that rising younger generation 

of homœopathic physicians. The paying of the debt 

cannot be evaded. Let us all be proud to be listed in 

the category of active workers for the advancement 

of Homœopathy. 

So we appeal with all the manhood within us 

for such great and good men as have temporarily 

held themselves aloof to come back and help us to 

show the world that America can yet stage a REAL 

RENAISSANCE of Hahnemannian Homœopathy, 

and that America has the brain and the stamina to 

produce one. 

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2. Post-vaccination Syndrome 

SMITS, Tinus (NAMAH. 11, 4/2004) 

Editor’s note 

This article only explores the negative effects 

of vaccinations. This does not negate the positive 

effects of vaccination namely, protection against 

the concerned disease. Written from Netherlands, 

the terminology may be a little different, and is 

explained by the author. 

Preface: 

‘Post-vaccination * syndrome * ’ has for several 

years now been an increasingly common diagnosis 

in my daily practice. By degrees, I have established 

an effective method for treating this syndrome. I 

now publicise my findings: for doctors, parents and 

any other persons interested in or concerned with 

this matter. 

Purpose: The recognition of the ‘post-vaccination 

syndrome’ – its diagnosis, method of treatment and 

prevention. 

Scope: The findings are a consolidation of accurate 

observations over a number of years based on 

discussion with children’s parents and patients and 

experience acquired from the treatment and 

prevention of this disorder. 

Method: Homœopathic techniques, including the 

use of carefully potentised and diluted vaccines for 

the confirmation of diagnosis, therapy and 

prevention. 

* 

Post-vaccination: After vaccination. 

* 

Syndrome: The collective symptoms of a 

particular ailment.

Results: The results achieved by the use of 

potentised vaccines in the diagnosis and at the same 

time the treatment of PVS (post-vaccination 

syndrome) appear so consistent and successful that 

the method can be used to provide a conclusive 

answer to the sometimes vexed question of the 

presence or absence of post-vaccination syndrome 

in a patient. 

Recommendations: The insights obtained from 

careful observation and the use of potentised 

vaccines have led to a number of recommendations 

with respect to Dutch vaccination policy, as 

formulated in the chapter recommendations. 

Conclusions: The ‘post-vaccination syndrome’ 

diagnosis has unquestionably earned a prominent 

place in paediatrics. The condition can at the same 

time be treated successfully by the use of potentised 

vaccines as described. 

Introduction: 

My interest in vaccination and its adverse 

effects dates from the time, some 20 years ago, that 

my own children were small. Throughout the 

intervening period I have collated information and 

mainly, during the last ten years, have recorded the 

testimony of my own practice. 

Homœopathic practice has recognized that 

chronic complaints can develop following 

vaccination, ever since the general introduction of 

the Smallpox vaccination in the 19 th century. For 

many years Thuja was acknowledged by 

homœopaths as the proven remedy for these 

complaints, whose treatment by homœopathic 

means however appeared to me to be less than 

satisfactory. About ten years ago, I acquired the 

book La medicine retrouvée (1) by my colleague 

Jean Elmiger, which caused me to change my 

methods of treating post-vaccination disorders and 

my feelings of helplessness began gradually to 

disappear. The method he described was simple 

and easy to use, both for treatment and prevention. 

I made a habit of enquiring about each child’s 

vaccination history and a grateful mother would 

frequently exclaim: 

“It’s just what I’ve always said, but nobody 

would believe me; they said those complaints 

couldn’t have anything to do with the 

vaccinations.” 

Vaccines appear to have more side-effects than 

has hitherto been accepted. It must be recalled that 

vaccines are composed of weakened, dead or 

divided germs or toxins with their additives, to 

which impurities (aluminum phosphate, aluminum 

hydroxide, neomycin, thiomersal – a mercury 

compound, formaldehyde, 2-phenoxyethanol, 

chicken protein) always cling. 


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These vaccinations can be responsible for both 

acute and chronic health problems. 

Basic description of the ‘post-vaccination 

syndrome’ (PVS) 

The symptoms of this syndrome originate from 

two sources. On the one hand a large number of 

these symptoms are frequently cited in the literature 

as post-vaccination symptoms; other symptoms are 

my own observations. It must be stressed in this 

context that any symptom that manifests itself 

following vaccination and only disappears after 

treatment with the potentised vaccine is deduced as 

caused by the vaccine concerned. The PVS can be 

divided into an acute and chronic syndrome. The 

following are the main symptoms of the acute 

syndrome: fever, convulsions, absentmindedness, 

encephalitis and/or meningitis, limbs swollen 

around the point of inoculation, whooping-type 

cough, bronchitis, diarrhoea, excessive somnolence, 

frequent and inconsolable crying, penetrating and 

heart-rending shrieking (cri-encephalique), 

fainting/shock, pneumonia, death, cot death – since 

the Japanese delayed the whooping cough 

vaccination to the age of two years, cot-deaths has 

been practically obliterated in Japan (2). 

By carefully studying and recording the cases, 

we arrived at the following catalogue of chronic 

post-vaccination symptoms: colds, amber or green 

phlegm, inflamed eyes, loss of eye contact, 

squinting, inflammation of the middle ear, 

bronchitis, expectoration, coughing, asthma, 

eczema, allergies, inflamed joints, tiredness and 

lack of vigour, excessive thirst, diabetes, diarrhoea, 

constipation, headaches, disturbed sleep with 

periods of waking and crying, epilepsy, rigidity of 

the back, muscle cramps, light headedness, lack of 

concentration, loss of memory, growth 

disturbances, lack of coordination, disturbed 

development, behavioral problems such as 

fidgeting, aggressiveness, irritation, moodiness, 

emotional imbalance, confusion, loss of will power, 

mental torpidity. 

This list must needs be incomplete as the 

symptoms of post-vaccination illness can be 

extremely varied. The diagnosis is based not so 

much on the actual symptom as on the point of time 

of its appearance and disappearance after treatment 

with potentised vaccines. To add to the 

complication, it is not possible to attribute certain 

individual symptoms of the PVS specifically to the 

DKTP * or DTP * vaccination, others to the MMR * 

* DKTP: vaccine against Diptheria, Whooping 

cough, Tetanus, Polio. 

*DTP: vaccine against Diptheria, Tetanus, Polio

vaccination and yet others to the HIB * vaccination. 

In practice it must be accepted that each vaccine 

can be responsible for several of the symptoms 

named and also for additional symptoms that have 

not been mentioned. There is also no clear 

demarcation between acute and chronic complaints 

as the acute conditions are often the beginning of 

chronic suffering. 

The fact that someone has displayed no direct 

or acute reaction to a vaccination does not 

necessarily exclude the possibility of the vaccine 

being the cause of chronic complaints. These 

complaints usually become clear only after one, 

two or even more weeks have passed and 

dismissing a diagnosis of PVS in chronic cases 

because of the time-lapse between the cause 

(vaccination) and the appearance of the condition is 

fundamentally wrong. Ellen demonstrates this. 

Ellen was eleven months old when I first saw 

her in the middle of February and had constantly 

had colds ‘since birth’. She cried continually at 

night for the first few weeks, probably as a result of 

stomach cramps. At five months she suffered 

terribly for two weeks from fluid, squirting 

diarrhoea. At eight months she was first bothered 

by a suppurating inflammation of the middle ear 

and a temperature of above 40º. She was then 

given her first antibiotic treatment. After this she 

had four further attacks of middle ear inflammation, 

the last accompanied by vomiting, watery diarrhoea 

and a temperature between 37.5 and 38.6C. She 

was otherwise a bright child, quite well-developed, 

she ate and slept without difficulty. She smelt sour 

when she was unwell. She has had three DKTP’s, 

to which she showed no direct reaction. Middle-ear 

inflammation and digestive disturbances are 

prevalent on the mother’s side of the family. I 

began applying a common homœopathic treatment, 

without success. On April 15 th , she was given the 

fourth DKTP and 14 days later she again had a 

cold, brought up mucus, developed purulent eyes, 

ate less, cried at night and got another inflammation 

of the middle ear. When I saw her at the beginning 

of June with both ears discharging, a dirty nose and 

purulent eyes, it was clear to me that she had PVS. 

I prescribed a DKTP 30K * , 200K * , MK * and XMK * 

on four consecutive days. [Why such aggressive 

*MMR: Vaccine against Mumps, Measles, Rubella 

(German measles). 

*HIB: Vaccine against Haemophilus influenzal B 

virus that can cause meningitis. 

* NB the author uses K-potencies, so you will find 

30K, 200K, MK and XMK corresponding with 

30C, 200C, 1M and 10M. 


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prescription 30, 200, M, XM – on four consecutive 

days? What would have happened if he had given 

one potency, whether 200 or M on one day only? 

Or, why did he stop with XM and not go to 50M on 

the 5 th day, CM on the 6 th day? Is there no law or it 

all one’s whims? Does his experience, teaches us 

to follow same methodology in our patients? The 

‘orthodox’ teaching is to give one dose of one 

medicine and wait and watch. Has that teaching 

been dumped into the trash can and replaced by 

‘modern’ aggressive method? = KSS] On July 20 th , 

the mother rang me to tell me that the child ‘had 

never been so well’. Everything has finished and it 

surprised everyone that the child looks so healthy. 

There was no relapse. 

Also, often only the second, third or fourth 

administration of the vaccine creates problems. A 

good example of this is Jurgen. He was exactly one 

year old when his mother first appeared at my 

practice. When he was three weeks old he 

contracted a cold that had still not disappeared. Up 

to six months he was lovable and quiet, but this 

suddenly changed: he became restless and noisy 

and often had one-day fevers, ten times in that year. 

It was as if he was a different child, said his mother. 

Nothing pleased him anymore, he refused to sit on 

his mother’s lap, even for a game or nursery-rhyme. 

He had his vaccinations exactly on time ‘with 

absolutely no problems’ according to the mother, 

except that after the fourth DKTP/HIB, a month 

ago, he had a one-day fever. His colds were 

characterised by a watery running nose, 

expectoration and noisy breathing: “you can always 

hear something,” his mother said. From six months 

he was given vegetables and fruit juice as well as 

the bottle. 

“What is the matter with him? He has suffered 

colds since he was three weeks old so he very 

probably has an innate tendency to infection and 

weak defences.” 

But the enormous change in Jurgen’s character 

at six months is the most noticeable part of this tale. 

Theoretically this could be caused by the change in 

diet, but it is most unlikely that this could cause the 

change in character. These changes can however 

easily be explained by a post-vaccination 

syndrome. His total lack of reaction to the various 

vaccines is more likely to be a sign of his poor 

general defences than of the harmlessness of the 

vaccinations. We gave him a series of potentised 

DKTP/HIB. His weak defences (which are shown 

by his constant colds) will remain to be treated 

later, as this was present before the vaccination 

period. After the DKTP/HIB 30K, which he was 

given in the evening before going to bed, he cried at 

night incessantly for four hours, after which he was

noticeably more content. He also had diarrhoea 

that day. The 30K was therefore repeated a few 

days later, after which the series was completed. 

After three weeks I saw Jurgen again. His mother 

said that his behaviour had improved beyond 

measure. He was now much more content and 

remained on her lap, and expressed real pleasure 

(for example when his parents came home). He 

played more happily, and no longer ran from one 

thing to another. He had become calmer. Since the 

treatment he often had diarrhoea and he slept 

fitfully, waking at night and wanting to play as if to 

make up for lost time. He yelled whenever his 

mother went away. I prescribed a repeat series of 

potentised DKTP/HIB, to which he reacted with 

three days of fever of up to 40º, a runny nose, 

coughing and inflamed eyes. This was followed by 

almost constant diarrhoea, rejection of his food and 

continuing colds. Then came a period with bodily 

disturbances: teething difficulties, expectoration 

and squeaky breathing. It seemed as if he was 

bothered by something other than his vaccinations, 

so I decided on the basis of his symptoms to treat 

him with Cuprum metallicum after which he finally 

recovered. He sleeps peacefully, no longer has 

diarrhoea, the colds and inflammation of the eyes 

have disappeared and Jurgen is fully recovered. 

The homœopathic method 

Diagnosis, treatment and prevention are all 

carried out according to the homœopathic method. 

[Where is ‘homœopathic method’ in giving a series 

on consecutive days, to a baby? = KSS] A basic 

knowledge of Homœopathiy is therefore necessary. 

[Yes, indeed = KSS] Homœopathy was discovered 

200 years ago by the German Samuel 

HAHNEMANN. 

The principles of Homœopathy are based on 

the Law of Similars, which is to say that patients 

should be treated with medicaments that produce in 

healthy individuals symptoms that are similar to 

those present in the patient. Such properties of 

medicaments are published in a Materia Medica. 

The homœopathic remedy acts on the deeply seated 

energetic disturbance that is cause of the disorder. 

It will be clear that complaints can only become 

chronic if the injected substance – I am limiting my 

arguments here to problems associated with 

vaccination – has brought about such an energetic 

disturbance or directly caused this damage. The 

injected substance is quickly excreted from the 

body and can only be the cause of continuing 

disorders when tissue has been damaged. Chronic 

conditions associated with PVS are therefore 

mainly based on energy disorders. 

If a vaccine is the cause of an ailment, the same 

vaccine in a homœopathic dilution (for example 


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DKTP 30K) is the perfectly correspondent remedy 

(similimum) and has the power to antidote its 

effects. It can therefore be applied both as remedy 

and as diagnostic agent. [This is ‘Tautopathy’ 

according to Dr. R.P. PATEL = KSS] 

General principle 

How can it be claimed that homœopathic 

dilutions of a vaccine can cure an ailment that has 

itself been caused by that same vaccine? In reality 

the vaccine propagates the ailment. Homœopathy 

has ever since its beginning used agents which 

cause disease, after dilution and potentisation, as 

remedies. Remedies such as Tuberculinum 

(Tuberculosis), Syphilinum (Syphilis) and 

Medorrhinum (Gonorrhoea) were successfully 

applied in the 19 th century and today are still 

frequently used homœopathic remedies. [Yes, We 

have these remedies but they – Medorrhinum, 

Syphilinum etc., have been ‘proved’ in the genuine 

manner of homœopathic Provings and applied to 

disease with such similar symptoms = KSS] 

Once a complaint has penetrated to the 

energetic level – we are considering chronic 

ailments – it is possible to use the potentised cause 

of the complaint (the homœopathic remedy) [This 

is not Homœopathy = KSS] to cure the ailment. 

Such ailments are not only caused by vaccines but 

also by other medicines. The course of Peter’s 

illness, is a clear example of this. Peter, 10 months 

old, was suffering from colic and stone-hard stools 

and could scream dreadfully for hours on end 

following his first DKTP. His mother, who is a 

‘DES-daughter * , has Crohn’s disease and took 

Salazopyrine * during and after pregnancy so could 

not breast-feed her child. Peter has had hard stools 

from his sixth week and always needed two days to 

expel his faeces. He turned red, perspired over his 

whole body, got cross, shrieked and kicked. After 

his first DKTP/HIB he had fever for a day and his 

whole thigh became swollen ‘like a sausage’. He 

screamed incessantly for nearly five hours. After 

the second DKTP/HIB, he again developed a fever 

with a swollen, red leg. Growth disorders were also 

observed. The third vaccine was injected into his 

arm, after which he again developed a fever, with a 

swollen arm. 

The following potentised vaccines were 

administered: DKTP/HIB 30K, 200K, MK and 

XMK on four consecutive days; after the MK Peter 

cried all day and then started to recover. After two 

weeks he fell back into his old pattern of ailments. 

* DES-daughter: Daughter of a mother who used 

DIETHYLSTIBESTEROL during pregnancy. 

* Salazopyrine: Infection inhibiting medicine 

against enteritis.

The DKTP/HIB 30K and 200K were then repeated 

and again he recovered. His mother speaks of a 

miracle; Peter is happier and no longer screams. 

The drop in his weight curve started to rectify itself. 

He still suffered from hard stools, which was to be 

expected as this was the case before vaccination. 

Two possibilities can be considered: he either 

has a predisposition to intestinal problems or these 

manifested themselves before birth as a result of his 

mother’s use of Salazopyrine during pregnancy. If 

the latter is the case, the problem could relatively 

easily be solved. My initial tentative diagnosis was 

chronic constipation caused by the mother’s use of 

Salazopyrine during pregnancy. If this diagnosis is 

correct, the ailment should be cured and eventually 

entirely disappear after treatment with potentised 

Salazopyrine. I prescribed Salazopyrine 30K once 

a week. After two months the constipation was 

fully cured. [This again is Tautopathy = KSS] 

Naturally occurring diseases such as chickenpox, 

influenza, glandular fever and 

cytomegalovirus etc. can equally cause chronic 

symptoms long after the actual ailment has 

disappeared. 

Luuk was born in early November 1994 and 

received his first DKTP/HIB on 15 th February 

1995. A few days later he first became ill; he had 

shortage of breath accom-panied by noisy 

breathing. The GP prescribed Bricanyl * and 

Clamoxyl * but this appeared unsatisfactory and 

Luuk was given a second course of Clamoxyl. On 

11 th April his lungs were finally completely clear 

and he was given the second DKTP/HIB. Two days 

later he contracted diarrhoea which lasted a week, 

for which the doctor prescribed Diar-olyte * . On 

11 th May followed the third DKTP/HIB and on 16 th 

May Luuk was again short of breath and the doctor 

represcribed Clamoxyl, this time together with 

Depropine * . However, Luuk’s condition did not 

improve and halfway through June he was given 

Atrovent * and Erythrocine * . On 23 rd June he was 

given Erythrocine again with Zaditen * and on 13 th 

July (four months after the beginning of his 

complaints) he visited the paediatrician, who did 

not offer a diagnosis but suggested stopping the 

treatment. Luuk’s condition improved gradually. 

* Bricanyl: A bronchodilator. 

* Clamoxyl: An antibiotic. 

* Diarolyte: A medicine for the prevention of 

dehydration. 

* Depropine: A remedy against allergy and a 

bronchodilator. 

* Atrovent: A bronchodilator. 

* Erythrocine: An antibiotic. 

* Zaditen: A medicine against allergy. 


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On 21 st November the fourth DKTP/HIB was 

given. On 26 th November his nose started running, 

he began to cough and he had trouble breathing. 

Luuk was visiting his grandparents in a different 

town at the time. The mother consulted the local 

GP on duty, who suggested PVS and referred Luuk 

to me. The following Monday I saw Luuk, who 

had breathing difficulties and was heavily 

congested. I prescribed a solution of DKTP/HIB 

30K. Within 24 hours the breathing problems were 

noticeably improved. For several days he 

continued to cough and expectorate and in the 

following week the phlegm was completely cleared. 

To complete elimination of the disturbance by the 

vaccines, he was given a further series of potentised 

vaccines from 30K to XMK on four consecutive 

days. Since then (a period of nine months) Luuk 

has no longer been ill. Because of its high degree 

of reliability and efficacy, this method offers an 

excellent opportunity for establishing the cause of 

certain illnesses. One can trace step by step the 

vaccine, medicine or illness that has caused the 

complaint. This scheme also allows us to find the 

cause of the often discussed ‘Jungle syndrome’, a 

syndrome which has claimed so many young 

soldiers as victims; as was also the case of Johan, a 

19-year-old seaman. Johan reported for duty with 

the Marines in August 1993 and was given a 

Mantoux injection on 13 th August. On 20 th August 

a DTP and Typhoid jab was given and on 16 th 

September a booster Typhoid vaccination. He 

gradually deteriorated, as he says himself. He was 

overtired, had serious difficulty concentrating, 

became very forgetful and had a strained left knee. 

At night particularly, he had bellyache, a burning 

feeling in his stomach and palpitations. After three 

months he was discharged from service. He went 

back to his former employer, but could hardly 

work. For a year and a half he was very poorly, 

then he ended up in the summer of ’95 on social 

security. A rheumatologist declared him ‘in perfect 

health’. After that he sought help in the alternative 

medicine circuit and ended up visiting me. He told 

me that he felt fluey all day, perspired heavily, had 

to drink a lot and urinate very frequently. At night 

he was thoroughly exhausted. He felt too weak to 

ride his motor-bike. He got stomach cramps and 

felt ill from two glasses of beer. His problems were 

almost certainly due to one of the vaccinations. 

Any other explanation seemed simply untenable. 

Treatment with Typhus 30K up to XMK on four 

consecutive days was started without any success. 

Three weeks later, the DTP series 30K to XMK 

was given, again without any improvement being 

recorded. As suspicion still fell heavily on one of 

the vaccinations, I repeated both series, again

without result. What was left is the Mantoux. 

Immediately following the potentised Mantoux 

series he felt better and was again able to work 

whole days. Although he felt a lot better he was 

still a long way from being what he was. The 

Mantoux series was therefore repeated several 

times, each time after an interval of three weeks. 

He now anticipates a full recovery from this. 

And what must we think about all the children 

worldwide who are given a BCG * , which is many 

times stronger than Mantoux, in the first few days 

of their life! In the Netherlands, BCG is never 

given to children. Nevertheless, the incidence of 

Tuberculosis in the Netherlands is the lowest in the 

world. 

Treatment 

Treatment is with potentised vaccine. Usually 

the best method for chronic PVS is to administer 

this remedy at four different potencies on four 

consecutive days; the first day 30C, the second day 

200C, the third day 1M and the fourth day 10M. In 

each case about 10 globules are introduced directly 

into the mouth without any fluid to be drunk. [Why 

ten globules? Good Lord? What is the sense? = 

KSS] The granules dissolve completely within one 

minute. It is advisable not to eat or drink or brush 

the teeth for half an hour before or after this 

administration so that the medicament can act 

without interference. If the symptoms are 

aggravated after one of the four potencies, it is 

always necessary to wait until the reaction is over 

before continuing treatment. In such cases the 

same potency is then repeated. This procedure is 

continued as long as necessary for the patient’s 

reaction to cease, normally after one or two repeat 

doses. The series is then completed. It is also 

possible to treat a severe reaction with a solution of 

the 30C. For this, ten globules are dissolved in half 

a glass of water which is administered, a sip or 

teaspoonful at a time, for one or two days. The 

most common reaction is fever, which does not 

require further treatment. If the child is vulnerable, 

as for example as a result of serious vaccine-related 

complications or if oversensitivity is anticipated, 

each potency can be administered weekly. Severe 

reactions can similarly be treated by weekly repeats 

of the same potency until no reaction is clearly 

discernible. If the disorder has not completely 

cleared up after three weeks, the whole series can 

be repeated. One to three series is usually 

sufficient. 

In acute cases the treatment is largely similar, 

differing only in that the preference in acute cases 

* BCG: Vaccine against Tuberculosis. 


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is given to aqueous solutions of a 30C or 200C as 

described above. This solution is administered at 

the rate of sip or a teaspoonful an hour for a number 

of days; three doses are usually sufficient as is seen 

in the following case. Ragma was a one-year-oldgirl. 

In the early morning on 4 th May, 1992, a 

worried father rang me because his daughter was 

quite seriously ill. Both of Ragma’s parents were 

homœopathic doctors and knew the dangers of 

vaccination. They had chosen to have their 

daughter only partially inoculated at a later date to 

avoid vaccination risks as far as possible. As they 

both enjoyed long-distance travel, they decided to 

give Ragma a DTP at 13 months. Up to then she 

had been a healthy child. She had occasionally had 

coughing fits but these had spontaneously 

disappeared. The day following the vaccination 

Ragma became very listless. After a week she 

began coughing and vomiting with a temperature of 

38-39°. She did not want any food or drink beyond 

her single daily breast feed. She woke frequently 

and only began to sleep properly at about 5 o’clock 

in the morning. She was prone to frequent crying 

fits, especially at night. Her parents gave her Thuja 

1M after she had been coughing and had a fever for 

four days. She did not react to this. Her condition 

worsened and five days after the beginning of her 

illness she clearly had an infiltration in the lower 

lobe of her left lung. Her temperature was 39.5°. 

she would neither eat nor drink and vomited as a 

result of her coughing fits. Her parents were 

worried about dehydration and feared 

hospitalization. The family doctor involved pressed 

for an immediate course of antibiotics. When the 

father rang me on that May morning, I advised him 

to start immediately with the administration once an 

hour of a teaspoonful of a solution of DTP 200K. I 

arranged to see Ragma at the end of the afternoon. 

Her condition was then essentially unchanged. 

Crepitations were clearly audible in the lower left 

lung; there was (as yet) no sign of dehydration but 

we clearly had a seriously ill child. We agreed to 

continue with the treatment and to postpone further 

decisions until the next morning. The next morning 

I received an enthusiastic telephone-call from the 

parents. Ragma had slept better, her temperature 

was 37.9°, she was coughing a lot less, had stopped 

vomiting and was more active. The treatment (a sip 

of DTP 200k every hour) was continued. [Same 

potency in solution every hour (every waking hour 

I believe) which means 10-12 doses, without 

succussing, stirring the solution? Why this every 

hour panic prescription? = KSS] 

The next morning Ragma was full of beans. 

The fever had abated completely, her appetite was 

first-rate and she was drinking normally. Her facial

colour was back to normal. Medication was 

stopped and the lungs healed without problems. 

I dared to tackle Ragma’s case because I had 

ample experience of treating PVS-complaints with 

potentised vaccine and had built up my faith in the 

efficacy of this method. Antibiotics would almost 

certainly have worked too slowly to prevent 

dehydration and hospitalization, whilst the DTP 

200K not only very effectively cured the postvaccination 

syndrome but also restored the general 

defences. 

Even where the post-vaccination syndrome is 

of several years’ standing, it can still be treated 

successfully. 

Prevention 

Homœopaths used to recommend, and 

sometimes still do, Thuja 30C before vaccination. 

Personally I have had unfortunate experiences with 

this and have never been able to confirm its 

efficacy. Paediatrician Yvonne Pernet has 

recommended Thuja 30C to the parents of all the 

children she has vaccinated for several years. 

When she stepped over to the preventive use of 

potentised vaccines, the difference in the results 

was indisputable. There were patently fewer sideeffects 

to vaccination with this novel method. In 

fact, the energetic level becomes safeguarded so it 

can no longer be disturbed by the vaccine. It is as if 

the organism is warned of the approaching 

‘artificial’ illnesses and can therefore better 

maintain its balance. It must be remembered that 

chronic complaints can only occur because the 

deeper levels of our energy have been disturbed. 

The procedure is as follows: two days before 

vaccination, give the potentised vaccine (e.g. 

DKTP) at 200C, about 10 small granules 

(globules), and repeat after vaccination, on the 

same day. If there is to be no further vaccination 

for time being, it is a good idea to administer the 

potentised vaccine a month later in increasing 

potencies of 30C, 200C, 1M and 10M on four 

consecutive days in order to correct any possible 

disturbance to the deeper energy levels. If, as can 

never be completely excluded, complications still 

occur despite these preventive measures, it is 

recommended that a solution in water of the 200C 

be given for three days at the acute stage and to 

repeat the whole series several weeks later as is 

seen in Lisette’s case. 

Following the DTP-jab at four years, Lisette 

showed an enormous decline in her developoment 

despite the preventive measure of DTP 200K two 

days before the vaccination and later on the same 

day: she started eating badly again, was very tired 

and reverted to baby behaviour: she talked 

gibberish, wanted to be fed and to revert to bottle- 


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feeding. She became listless, spent a lot of time 

lying on the ground and wanted to be cuddled a lot 

as well as developing oversensitivity to pain. I 

gave her a complete series of DTP 30K, 200K, MK 

and XMK over four days, after which the 

complaints completely disappeared and her 

development continued normally. 

Injury to the general defence mechanism 

Whereas the body’s specific defences against 

certain diseases can be increased by means of 

vaccination, which is obviously the effect intended, 

practice shows that the defences as a whole can also 

be significantly broken down. 

We see a group of children previously in good 

health suddenly develop all manner of infections 

after vaccination, or children in whom existing 

complaints worsen. The case of Ragma’s 

pneumonia is an example of this. Weakened 

natural defences often manifest themselves in 

chronic colds, ear infections and bronchial 

infections. Generally speaking, the family doctor 

and, at a later stage, the paediatrician will prescribe 

antibiotics. In such cases, the weakened defences 

are already discernible: antibiotics suddenly appear 

to be less effective and several courses need to be 

given consecutively. Even then, infections often 

linger for weeks or even months. Moreover, the 

general defence mechanisms can deteriorate further 

after this repeated treatment. This weakening of the 

defences can possibly be ascribed to a shift from a 

defensive system at the cellular level (aided by 

white blood corpuscles) to an essentially humoral 

defence (brought about by antibodies). Vaccination 

strengthens humoral defence and weakens cellular 

defence. If this happens while children are but a 

few months old and their cellular defences are still 

being built up, a serious loss of natural defenses 

with consequent sensitivity to infection can be the 

result. 

Johan E. Sprietsma (3) is of the opinion that 

the body’s immune system, by shifting form a 

cellular to a more humoral defence mechanism, 

becomes a lot less effective and diseases 

consequently take on a chronic character. 

The WHO (Geneva, April 1977), has 

confirmed an enormous increase in the incidence of 

infectious diseases (4). This is explained as a result 

of the self-sufficiency of rich countries and the 

deplorable conditions in poor countries. But are the 

conditions in poor countries any more deplorable 

now than they always have been? Malaria and 

Tuberculosis are becoming increasingly difficult to 

combat and are returning to many parts of the 

world. Also plague, yellow fever, diphtheria and 

cholera are on the increase. The WHO considers 

this to be a consequence of mankind’s penetration

into previously uninhabited areas and of urban 

overpopulation. The collapse of the former Sovietbloc 

countries and the enormous increase in air 

traffic (more than 50 million people annually) are 

also given as causes. However, living conditions in 

many countries cannot be seen to have led to 

reduced sensitivity to infection; on the contrary, 

infectious disease is on the increase in these areas. 

The WHO can also explain this: aging, migration 

and tourism, industrial food production. This last 

cause must certainly not be underestimated. It has 

gradually been established that we in the opulent 

West are becoming under-nourished owing to the 

structure of our whole food-production chain of 

cultivation, reaping, preservation, production and 

preparation. The belief that a varied diet ensures 

adequate nutrition has long been questioned and has 

now been overthrown by the results of scientific 

research. But the WHO disregards the fact that the 

populations of rich and poor countries alike display 

poor defences and have therefore become 

increasingly susceptible. A person with good 

defences need scarcely worry about infectious 

diseases. Medicine attributes the incidence of 

infection to external contamination, whereas in 

reality the individual’s general defence plays the 

leading part. The only cause that really affects the 

whole world population is the multiplicity of 

vaccines that are administered to the new-born, 

often within a few days of birth. [The BCG is given 

within 24 hours after birth = KSS] I have for many 

years been able to substantiate that it is precisely 

these vaccines that cause the drop-off in resistance 

to all sorts of infectious disease. I have observed 

this both in the Netherlands and in Nepal, where I 

worked for several months as a homœopathic 

doctor. Newly born Nepalese are given a BCG 

injection and so infected with Tuberculosis, before 

they are a day old, while as long ago as 1979 the 

WHO itself published the results of a very 

extensive parallel research project into the 

effectiveness of the BCG vaccination in southern 

India, in which 260,000 people were involved and 

which had a seven and a half year follow-up (5). 

The results demonstrated that the BCG was entirely 

without protective value. 

“The distribution of new cases of bacillary 

Tuberculosis among those not infected at intake did 

not show any evidence of a protective effect of the 

BCG vaccines”. 

A year later, in an article: Does BCG 

vaccination protect the newborn and young 

infants against Tuberculosis? H.G. Tendam and 

K.L. Hitze assert that there is little direct evidence 

of BCG vaccination against infant Tuberculosis 

(6). It is incomprehensible that in Nepal, and also 


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in many other countries, children are given a BCG 

vaccination at birth: it is certainly not in the child’s 

interest to be infected with Tuberculosis at such a 

tender age, which serves to injure his general 

defence mechanism. If exposure to a genuine 

Tuberculosis infection does not provide resistance 

against later Tuberculosis infections, how can a 

weakened form be expected to? 

It is high time for serious consideration to be 

given to the effects of vaccination on immunity by 

those whose interest in, or dependence on, 

vaccination is not financial. Hans Rumke, for 

example, paediatrician at the RIVM * , Bilthoven, the 

Netherlands, who is responsible for the quality and 

production of vaccines in the Netherlands – and is 

also a member of the side-effects committee! – 

speaks of the present publication about the postvaccination 

syndrome as ‘dangerous rubbish’ 

because he is seriously concerned about what could 

happen if the post-vaccination syndrome were to 

receive wider recognition (7). Here, too, we see 

this confusion of interests. The time is ripe for an 

independent side-effects committee which is in no 

way involved with vaccination policy as such. At 

present, the side-effects of vaccination are seen as a 

threat to a specific vaccination policy and critical 

approach, even one based entirely on practical 

experience, is laughed out of court as ‘dangerous 

rubbish’ without any attempt on the part of those 

responsible at serious research. One researcher, 

Viera Schneibner, who has conducted a colossal 

amount of research into the consequences of 

vaccination based exclusively on orthodox medical 

research material, makes her conclusion 

immediately clear in the title of her book: 

Vaccination, 100 years of orthodox research 

shows that vaccines represent a medical assault on 

the immune system (8). I have arrived at the same 

conclusion in my own practice entirely 

independently of her investigations. 

The following example demonstrates how a 

small child’s resistance can be almost 

imperceptibly weakened as well as the high level of 

competence necessary to recognize and treat this 

process as post-vaccination syndrome. 

Sabina was nearly two when I saw her halfway 

through March 1997. Her disorder began in 

November ’96 when she started attending daynursery. 

She was subject to nasal catarrh, 

* RIVM: Rijks Institute Volksgezondhei & 

Milieuhygiene; Government Institute for Public 

Health and Environmental Protection responsible 

for the development of new vaccines and for the 

introduction ad execution of the vaccination 

programme.

coughing, fits, vomiting and diarrhoea. She had 

been given three courses of antibiotics (November, 

December, January). She contracted Chicken-pox 

at the end of November. Before this, her life had 

been unproblematical. The pregnancy ran its 

course without much trouble and she was born by 

Caesarean section. She was breastfed for seven 

months. She received her vaccinations at the 

normal time. Following the first DKTP/HIB, she 

had her first cold and her last vaccination (MMR), 

to which she showed no noticeable reaction, was in 

July ’96. The problems did not start until three 

months later, when she was attending day-nursery 

three times a week. Her mother described her as ‘a 

real nuisance’, a pusher who quickly got cross 

when things went wrong and then started throwing 

things. She was eager to learn, happy, boisterous, 

she had trouble eating and sleeping. She was a 

chatterbox, reacted violently to pain and could not 

leave things alone. She loved being cuddled and 

liked sucking her dummy. She was pale, ate hot 

meals with difficulty but would eat bread without 

trouble. She drank a lot, and still more when she 

was not well. She needed to eat a lot between 

meals. There is a history of Cancer in the family 

(PM/MPM/MMM) and diabetes mellitus (MP). 

The father’s side tends to obesity. Expressed in 

homœopathic terms, this child clearly displayed a 

Saccharum-pattern and I therefore prescribed 

Saccharum officinale 200K, once every two weeks. 

The child’s defences had clearly been 

undermined. She is an only child and had had little 

contact with other children. That is why the trouble 

revealed itself at the day-nursery. Ten days after 

the treatment had been started, the mother rang 

because the ailments had worsened and Sabina was 

running a temperature of 40C. I prescribed 

Saccharum officinale 30K in water, a sip an hour, 

but the next day she was worse and the mother was 

in a panic. We made an appointment for Sabina to 

see me and it appeared that she had an infection in 

both ears. Her lungs were clear. I concluded that 

another layer was blocking the efficacy of the 

constitutional remedy (Saccharum officinale), a 

layer that was screening her Saccharum layer. The 

Saccharum was not able to improve her defences 

and their weakened state must have had its origin in 

something other than a constitutional cause. 

Experience has taught me that vaccines are the 

most common source of such problems, and there 

had been little else in her short life that could so 

clearly have weakened her defences. I therefore 

started immediately to combat the MMR 

administered three months before the illness started. 

I prescribed a sip every hour of MMR 30K and the 

next day Sabina was free of fever, had had a good 


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night’s sleep and was visibly improving. The 

neutralization of the MMR was continued with 

higher potencies in the following weeks, after 

which the DKTP and HIB were counteracted. This 

way Sabina was completely cured of her PVS and it 

was only then that her mother realized that Sabina 

had actually been unsettled before attending 

nursery, but that had not come out in the form of 

infections. Her enjoyment of life has greatly 

increased, she is once again a delightful and 

contented child liked by everybody. 

Sanne’s case is also interesting. She is 

seriously handicapped and is especially prone to 

epileptic attacks and Pneumonia. I have been 

treating her for seven years and in all that time she 

has not once been hospitalized, though it was 

sometimes a near thing and a large share of the 

credit for this must go to her parents, whose 

courage and competence have greatly influenced 

her wellbeing. I have only seen her occasionally 

during recent years and number of consultations by 

telephone together with a good collaboration with 

the GP, who has kept an eye on the medical 

background, have been sufficient to control the 

Pneumonia and prevent aggravation of the epilepsy, 

using Opium or Cuprum metallicum. And so she 

reached her ninth birthday and at the instigation of 

her parents was given a DTP and an MMR, not on 

the same day, but still…. At the end of February, 

the mother rang me because Pneumonia was 

imminent so I prescribed for Sanne the usual 

Opium but this time it did not help and even with 

increased potencies there was no improvement to 

be seen. The new GP wanted to hospitalize her, but 

the mother refused: she set up a drip-feed for the 

child herself and at her wit’s end, we decided to 

give a course of antibiotics even though this had 

never really helped her in the past. She showed 

some improvement but three days after the ten-day 

course she was in the same state again with obvious 

Pneumonia. We conferred with the previous GP. I 

then prescribed Cuprum metalicum and Cuprum 

sulphuricum, without success. And so a further 

course of antibiotics followed, again without 

success. Nothing seemed to help. Then I 

personally made a thorough examination of Sanne 

and discovered that she had had an MMR in 

October and a DTP half a year before that. I started 

immediately with a sip of MMR 30K hourly, and 

the next day Sanne had a splendid Opium-pattern 

back. She slept all day, could not be woken and 

rolled her eyes back up. Sanne was reacting and 

could therefore be treated. Then she recuperated 

fully within one week, first thanks to Opium, 

followed by Cuprum metallicum. The reactivity

was restored once the DTP had been further 

deactivated. 

This shows clearly how a ‘constitutional’ 

remedy that for seven years had given outstanding 

results can fail when the patient has been 

inoculated, and how antibiotics then also fail to 

help. It is necessary to restore the immune system 

by counteracting the PVS, so that both 

homœopathic remedies and possibly antibiotics can 

function effectively. The following case is also a 

clear example of such diminished general defences: 

Patrick was nine months old when I first saw him. 

He constantly had a cold with green mucus. His 

breathing had been erratic since birth, but was now 

heavy and accompanied by phlegm. His mother 

stopped breast-feeding him after four and a half 

months. At this time he also developed Eczema in 

the elbows and behind the knees, which was treated 

with cortisone ointment. He had been inoculated 

according to the normal scheme (i.e. at 3,4 and 5 

months). Eight to ten days after the first 

DKTP/HIB, he contracted bronchitis with coughing 

fits, for which he was given antibiotics by the 

family doctor. Since then his breathing had been 

attended by expectoration. He caught a heavy cold 

following the second DKTP/HIB. Only the third 

vaccination was given in stages, first the DKTP and 

fourteen days later the HIB, which resulted in fewer 

reactions. In the spring, his right eye became 

inflamed and produced green pus and at the time I 

saw him he had an infection of the left inner ear. 

He had in total three courses of penicillin and 

reacted each time with a rash. At the time he was 

taking two puffs of Becotide * three times a day. He 

was perspiring heavily. I started treatment with a 

series of HIB, followed a week later by a series of 

DKTP and again two weeks later by a series of 

DKTP/HIB. When I next saw him five weeks later 

there had been no clear improvement; of the last 

series he had only taken the 30K and had just had 

an ear infection with a fever of 40.6°, which the 

family doctor treated with penicillin. It still seemed 

that the injections were the only explanation for his 

complaints. Apparently one disorder was masking 

another. Homœopathy recognizes that multiple 

disorders must always be treated in the correct 

sequence, that is to say in the reverse order to that 

in which they appeared. It appeared that the 

antibiotics had caused their own problems, which 

prevented him from benefiting from the given 

therapy. I therefore started treatment with a series 

of Penicillinum 30K, 200K, MK and XMK; after 

* Becotide: A powder of Beclamethasone for 

inhalation. 


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the MK he reacted with amber phlegm and a dry 

cough. Then the XMK was administered and the 

amber phlegm disappeared entirely. Two weeks 

later he had the series DKTP/ HIB, after which his 

improvement continued. One month later he was 

fully recovered: his colds have disappeared and he 

no longer expectorates. 

Misconduct, changes in mood 

It is to be expected that a child with a cold has 

some irritation or whose hearing has become 

impaired will be abnormally peevish, difficult or 

tearful. We still see a number of children who 

display behavioural disorders after vaccination, 

which cannot be characterised as restlessness or 

‘the fidgets’. Up to the present, nobody has paid 

any serious attention to disturbances of this kind 

and nobody, apart from a handful of ‘initiates’ 

suspects that vaccination can completely interfere 

with the character of children, let alone adults. 

Parents regularly say to me after vaccines have 

been neutralized: 

“It is unbelievable, but my son/daughter is just 

as he/she used to be, he/she now enjoys life as 

much as before the inoculations. My child has 

stopped complaining and it is now a pleasure to 

spend time with him/her, where it had become a 

heavy chore”. 

It is significant that in most cases the parents 

had not complained particularly about the child’s 

behaviour; they had come because of a physical 

complaint. People do not generally complain to the 

doctor about their children’s behavior; in those 

serious cases where they do the cause of the 

problem has never been associated with 

vaccination. This is seen in the case of Jurgen, 

cited above. 

Implied obstacles to the acceptance of the postvaccination 

syndrome 

To accept that a connection between 

vaccination and its consequences can only be 

verified if the malady becomes apparent within 

three days is to disavow the reality of the PVS. 

This period of three times 24 hours would only 

allow for the possibility of an acute PVS so that the 

most pronounced and at the same time most 

important manifestation of the PVS, the chronic 

cases, would necessarily be excluded from 

consideration. This acceptance shuts out what 

should in reality be the fundamental subject-matter 

of the study. The available statistics about the sideeffects 

of vaccination (9, 10, 11, 12, 13) then 

become completely meaningless, especially when 

(as is the case in the Netherlands) those responsible 

for the implementation of the vaccination policy are 

included in the side-effects committee and 

disorders have to be explained by word of mouth.

A large part of the damage goes almost unnoticed 

and can only be established at a later date when the 

symptoms only appear weeks or even months after 

vaccination. 

This situation is well exemplified in the case of 

Sabina. The damage only became evident when, 

three months later, a demand was made on her 

immune system at the day-nursery. Only then did it 

emerge that her natural defences had been 

weakened by the MMR vaccination, which up to 

then had given no discernible problems. But it is 

typically instances of this sort that are seized by 

opponents to the recognition of the PVS to suggest 

that the culprit is the contact with other children 

rather than the vaccine. No consideration is given 

to the fact that good defences were originally 

present or that a child needs to be able to rely on 

these defences in order not to become ill as a matter 

of course at each infectious contact, once he starts 

attending a creche, day-nursery, school or some 

other social meeting-place where bacteria and other 

germs can be passed on. Administration of 

potentised vaccines has shown that in the majority 

of cases such weakened defences can be restored, 

so such social contacts are merely the provocation, 

not the cause, of the malady. We must ask 

ourselves – and accurate independent research is 

needed to answer the question satisfactorily – if we 

are not actively destroying an indispensable 

mechanism that is of vital importance to our 

survival in a world where germs are part and parcel 

of the environment. For a long time we have 

effectively attempted to counteract atrophied 

general defences by antibiotics, but it seems that a 

satisfactory natural immune system is becoming 

increasingly important. However good medical 

remedies may seem at first, they always exhibit 

inadequacies. 

It is therefore essential to see what happens, 

not in the first three days following vaccination, but 

after. The use of potentised vaccines can play an 

essential part here. This method provides excellent 

opportunities for confirming or rejecting a 

diagnosis. This is invaluable and can help achieve 

a clear insight into the real extent of the problem. 

The following case demonstrates how lightly 

and irresponsibly acute cases can at present be 

regarded. Anita received her third combined 

DKTP/HIB vaccination at five months. The same 

evening, her temperature had risen to 40C, she 

cried incessantly and appeared to have stomach 

cramps. Her mother was concerned and consulted 

the doctor next day, who examined the child and 

advised waiting to see what happened. He did not 

actually exclude the possibility of an acute postvaccination 

syndrome, but was not able to treat this. 


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Anita did not improve and a second visit to the 

doctor produced neither new opinions nor 

treatment. When the mother on the third day 

approached the clinic where her daughter had been 

inoculated for advice about these post-vaccination 

disorders, a nurse told her that the vaccinations 

could not be the cause as any effects would wear 

out within 24 hours. Then the mother rang me, 

where-upon I immediately prescribed a solution of 

DKTP/HIB 30K, after which Anita fully recovered 

in 12 hours. When I later contacted the doctor 

responsible at the health-care centre to complain 

about the advice given, I was treated to a 

meaningless albeit diplomatic answer “Most 

complications do not last longer than 24 hours”. 

And once again reality is denied and attributed to 

coincidence… 

Research 

The next step in relation to the above should be 

to initiate a thorough large-scale parallel research * 

project in which one group of children is given a 

preventive 200C dose of vaccine two days before 

vaccination, as described above, and another group 

a placebo. Immediately following vaccination the 

same procedure (200C or placebo) would be 

repeated. A carefully tabulated record of the 

child’s state of health before the commencement of 

vaccination and its reaction to the inoculation 

should be kept: Fever, crying, sleeplessness, 

Convulsions, Epilepsy, growth-pattern 

disturbances, behavioural disturbances, infections 

such as inflamed ears, Bronchitis, Bronchial 

asthma, Eczema, along with motor development 

and mental development. The project should cover 

the age group from three months to eighteen 

months. This way the differences in reaction 

between children treated and those not treated with 

a homœopathic dilution of the vaccine can be 

charted. This work would gain an extra dimension 

as a similar comparison between vaccinated and 

unvaccinated children has never been made 

anywhere in the world despite the massive scale on 

which vaccination is carried out. No other 

medication would be allowed on the market under 

these conditions. 

Recommendations 

Besides the preventive measures using 

potentised vaccine in the 200c dilution as described 

above, other means of prevention can lessen the 

* Parallel research: A research project in which one 

group (the experimental group) is given the 

medicine to be tested while the other group (the 

control group) is merely given a placebo and during 

which neither the experimental subject nor the 

researcher knows who is given what.

isks from vaccination. In the first place this means 

being alert to signals from the child following 

vaccination. All too frequently it is assumed that 

all will be well and a following vaccine is 

administered unadvisedly. 

In the Tijdschrift voor Jaugdgeondhoidszorg 

for 1994 (14) is an interesting illustration. 

“The commission considered the case of a girl 

who is now two years old whose mental and 

physical development was very seriously retarded. 

She had undergone a normal development since her 

full-term birth at normal weight. She became 

seriously ill following the second DKTP, with a 

temperature of 41C and symptoms that clearly 

suggested Whooping cough: six weeks later it was 

obvious that her mental development was retarded. 

Following the first DKTP she had also been ill with 

a temperature of 40C, coughing bouts with 

tightness in the chest and vomiting, but less 

seriously than after the second inoculation. 

“The committee recognizes that whereas a 

causal connection with both inoculations cannot be 

ruled out, this must be considered unlikely owing to 

the particularity of the course of the illness and 

against the background of the corpus of scientific 

literature relating to such a connexion.” 

The commission’s opinion is in fact not very 

interesting here, although it does underline how 

such problems are generally tackled. What is much 

more relevant is the question as to the grounds on 

which it was considered that the responsible person 

or organization should go ahead with the second 

DKTP. At the very least it should have been 

decided to leave out the Whooping cough 

vaccination because of the coughing and oppression 

and 40C, temperature following the first DKTP. 

It would be unjust to conclude from the above 

that the various organizations responsible do not 

seriously consider reports of ailments. The 

problem is double-edged. First, most cases of PVS 

do not reach the commission because doctors and 

paediatricians are not trained to recognize a postvaccination 

syndrome, so the parents are told that 

the vaccination has nothing to do with the ailment. 

Secondly, the commission does not possess the 

means of establishing a definite relationship to the 

vaccine when a post-vaccination syndrome is 

reported, which leads to parents being fobbed off 

with unsatisfactory conclusions characterised by 

such phrases as “It is unlikely that….” It is after all 

only possible from a scientific viewpoint to confirm 

something on the basis of a definitely established 

relationship, which up to the present has not been 

possible. However, the method described here 

provides an excellent possibility for doing that, 

which can mean the end of the annoying 


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uncertainty while at the same time offering some 

prospect of recovery for the patient. 

Dr. Jean Elminger declares in his book La 

medicine retrouvée (1) that: 

1. Vaccination is carried out too early; 

2. too many vaccines are administered together; 

3. vaccination is carried out too frequently; and 

4. vaccines cultivated on animal proteins are used, 

which 

also contain chemical additives that can excite 

allergies. 

It is clear that some sort of preventive action 

can be undertaken against these situations: 

Point 1 

Vaccination is carried out too early in the sense 

that the new-born baby is building up his own 

cellular (general) defence and will pay for a shift 

towards humoral defence with a weakening of its 

immune system as a whole. It is interesting to note 

in this context that cot deaths have practically been 

eradicated in Japan, where the Whooping cough 

vaccine is not given before two years of age. 

Point 2 

Marieke is a good example of too many 

vaccines being administered together. Her fourth 

DKTP and HIB were postponed and at 15 months 

she had to receive another DKTP, HIB and MMR. 

She was given these at the same time, a total of 

eight vaccines. Her mother’s anxious question 

whether that was all right was answered in the 

affirmative: the child was strong enough. 

Nevertheless she reacted to the first three DKTP’s 

and HIB’s with a temperature above 30C and by 

shrieking inconsolably (especially the first time). 

The ninth day after this massive inoculation, she 

had a seizure with rattling respiration accompanied 

by slimy expectoration and her right side became 

completely rigid. Her temperature rose to 41.2C. 

She was admitted to hospital where she was given a 

lumbar puncture and further blood tests, but no 

infection was diagnosed. After two days she 

appeared completely recovered, but at eight o’clock 

on the third morning she had a serious epileptic 

attack which lasted until the evening. Marieke was 

no longer Marieke. Her speech was reduced to 

hmm, hmm.. She constantly rocked backwards and 

forwards and up and down. There was no longer 

any eye contact; it was ‘as if she’s looking straight 

through you’. All warmth, joy and feeling of 

happiness and sorrow had disappeared. She had 

become an invalid baby that needed help feeding, 

could not crawl, walk or talk. Her growth 

practically ceased. 

Marieke appeared to have lost her sense of 

balance; she waved her arms when walking and by 

now had had two months of physio-therapy and

speech therapy. She only said ‘mummy’ and 

‘daddy’. But there was no repeat of the epileptic 

attacks and the medication was reduced after three 

months. Now two and a half, her condition had 

never been diagnosed as a post-vaccination 

syndrome. Her paediatrician repeatedly enquired if 

her mother still believed it came from the 

vaccinations, and the mother replied that she was 

99% certain it did. Actual proof of a casual 

connection would also in this case have to come 

from the potentised vaccine, however. We started 

the treatment carefully with just a MMR in 

homœopathic dilution with a week between each 

administration. It was not certain that Marieke 

would still be able to recover fully. This misery 

could probably have been avoided if such vaccinecocktails 

had been a thing of the past. 

Treatment was started on April 22 nd and I saw 

her again on 14 th August, nearly four months later. 

She had been given each potency of the MMR 

twice because her condition worsened each time. 

The last dose (XMK) was given three weeks 

previously. 

Marieke had changed enormously. She 

immediately got a runny nose and went through a 

highly emotional period during which she cried 

about literally everything and held on to her 

mother, just like when she was in hospital. But by 

now she feels safe again with her father and mother 

and she can safely be left with people she knows. 

Her mother describes her as radiant; she is freer, 

approaches people, is decided in what she wants. 

Her coordination has improved beyond measure. 

Her bearing is no longer that of a baby, her 

muscular control and balance have improved by 

leaps and bounds. She can walk normally again 

without waving her arms. Her pupils are no longer 

dilated and function normally and her 

oversensitivity to light is much reduced. Her 

digestion has improved; there is no undigested food 

in her faeces, which smell more normal. Her 

speech has improved; she uses some new words but 

in this is still backward for her age. Generally 

speaking she is about half a year behind her actual 

age which means she has caught up about one-anda-half 

year in four months. A consultation with the 

welfare-centre doctor who gave her all the vaccines 

together has not proved very satisfactory. She 

maintains that she acted correctly and says that she 

would do the same in similar cases in the future. 

I decide to eliminate the disturbances from the 

other vaccines (DKTP and HIB) after one treatment 

as Marieke is far healthier. If necessary the whole 

procedure can be repeated. It looks as if Marieke, 

too, can recover completely from her postvaccination 

syndrome. This treatment has at the 


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same time definitively shown the cause of the 

bodily and mental retardation to be postvaccination 

syndrome. 

Economic considerations have dictated for 

several years now that an increasing number of 

vaccinations be given at the same time, e.g. MMR- 

D(K)TP or DKTP-HIB. Six or seven different 

vaccines at one time brings added risks; after all, 

one would not naturally contract six or seven 

diseases at the same time. The original notion was 

to give the HIB separately from the DKTP as a 

combination of the two would overburden the child. 

In practice this created organisational difficulties so 

it was decided to give DKTP and HIB together. 

Three month old babies are therefore given fifteen 

vaccinations in two months. The child’s defence 

mechanism at this age is undeveloped and 

vulnerable. The defences passed from mother to 

child are slowly breaking down and the child has to 

develop its own defences. It is therefore not 

surprising that the child experiences difficulty in 

coping with the heavy stimulation of its specific 

defensive mechanism caused by the combined 

disease germs, foreign proteins, chemical pollutants 

and additives all being pumped into its body within 

a short period. Consequently all sorts of chronic 

complaints stemming from weakened general 

defences occur at this time. This way the child is 

forced to concentrate on the specific defence 

against the administered diseases and is not given 

the chance to develop its own more general defence 

mechanism. The general defences can even be 

seriously broken down, as is shown in the cases 

described. 

The necessity for vaccinating so young and so 

frequently in a period of vulnerability has never 

been demonstrated. Generally speaking, two 

D(K)TP vaccinations and one booster six months 

later should be sufficient for the first four years of 

life. 

Point 3 

The case of Saskia shows that owing to an 

unnecessary repeat of the Whooping cough vaccine 

Saskia has adverse reactions after each vaccination. 

At three months she was given her fist 

DKTP/HIB and fourteen days later she contracted 

Whooping cough from an infected child. The 

paediatrician diagnosed Whooping cough which 

lasted nearly five months. But even after that she 

was constantly unwell: Colds, Flu, Diarrhoea and 

any other illness she came into contact with. 

Nevertheless, at eight months she was given a 

DKTP/HIB despite the parents’ direct query about 

the necessity. She developed a high temperature 

and was very ill for two days.

A month later the third DKTP followed, after 

which she was ill for a week with a high 

temperature. Only then was it decided to drop the 

superfluous Whooping cough vaccine at the next 

inoculation. She hardly showed any reaction to the 

DTP/HIB vaccination, but her further development 

had clearly been disturbed. At nearly two, Saskia 

still did not talk and would only take minced food. 

Her back and neck were strained and she crawled 

with her body to one side. She hardly walked and 

constantly supported herself on whatever was to 

hand. Now, three months after starting on the 

recovery programme with DKTP/HIB 30K, 200K, 

MK and XMK and with Pertussin (Whooping 

cough) 30K, 200K, MK (she did not have the 

XMK), Saskia is a different child. The 

improvement started slowly, but it became 

increasingly obvious that she was recovering. The 

results can now be called spectacular. She has 

completely made up lost time. She can now walk 

normally and even run, jog, climb stairs and walk 

backwards. She crawls symmetrically. Her speech 

is satisfactory and her articulation has much 

improved. She is energetic, less dependent on her 

mother and no longer panics if she cannot see her. 

She needs less sleep and no longer takes 

medication. A cold with green phlegm cleared up 

for the first time without going on to her lungs and 

without any wheezing. She is content and is a joy 

every day, reports the mother. Saskia is practically 

cured of the detrimental effects of the DKTP/HIB 

and the Whooping cough. 

Point 4 

The preparation of safer vaccines without 

animal proteins or chemical additives is no easy 

matter. One possibility would be the fully synthetic 

preparation of vaccines. The first fully synthetic 

vaccine (against Malaria), originating in Bolivia, is 

already being used on a small scale. 

Summing up, I should like to make the 

recommendations concerning vaccination policy: 

1. To implement vaccination later. Hold back 

vaccination until the child has built up its cellular 

defences (general defences) sufficiently. 

There are enough variations worldwide in the 

age at which children receive their first vaccination 

for a preliminary balance-sheet of the advantages 

and disadvantages to be made up. A useful 

example is the Whooping cough vaccination in 

Japan, which is not given before two years. A 

comparative study could be made by, for example, 

not vaccinating children from a particular region 

before ten months and following their progress 

compared with a control group of children 

vaccinated from their third month. 


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2. To administer vaccines separately where 

possible. In the first place the HIB can be given by 

itself again, as in the USA. Moreover the DKTP or 

DTP should never be combines with the MMR, as 

now happens with nine-year-olds. Vulnerable 

children who displayed strong reactions to an 

earlier vaccination should as a matter of course be 

given a DTP instead of a DKTP. Research shows 

that DKTP gives more cause for complaint than 

DTP. 

3. Increase the intervals between vaccines: two 

months instead of one month. This is less 

troublesome to the child and is more efficacious. 

4. Reducing the total number of vaccinations to 

three from four for the D(K)TP and HIB, the first 

two with an interval of two months and the third 

after six months, as is already the case for children 

of foreign origin. 

5. Keeping a careful record of the child’s 

reactions to the previous vaccine before further 

vaccinating the child. A more stringent and 

cautious policy than the present one towards 

complications needs implementing. 

6. No further vaccinations before complete 

recovery from post-vaccination symptoms. 

Children with a suspected post-vaccination 

syndrome require treatment and cure with the 

potentised vaccine. Following this, full or partial 

vaccination should be abandoned and preventive 

measures with the vaccine at 200K need to be 

taken. 

7. Systematic protection with potentised vaccine 

at every vaccination if the comparative study yields 

positive results. 

8. Specific instruction concerning PVS to doctors, 

nurses and parents. 

Conclusions 

Armed with potentised vaccines, we have an 

efficient weapon in the fight against post – 

vaccination syndromes. It is a proviso that doctors 

recognize these conditions for what they are. We 

are confronted by an ailment that has almost never 

been diagnosed up to the present. Nevertheless, a 

correct diagnosis can lead to a simple treatment. 

For this reason it is important for the parents to be 

able to report to the doctor or at the welfare centre 

on the reactions of their child. Their diligence can 

mean the finding of an effective treatment. 

The treatment of PVS with potentised vaccine 

confirms or disproves the diagnosis. If a doctor 

believes he has a case of PVS, he can check his 

diagnosis with the potentised vaccine. If his 

diagnosis is correct, the complaint will disappear or 

improve with this therapy. Where no improvement 

is observed it will be necessary to check that there 

is no more recent cause for the complaint or its

aggravation. The most recent disturbance must 

always be treated first. If, for instance, the 

complaint started after the fourth DKTP but the 

child has had MMR in the meantime, it can be 

advisable, even necessary, to eliminate the MMR 

disturbance before the DKTP. If this does not 

effect a cure, a different diagnosis must be sought. 

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1. Dr.Jean ELMINGER: La medicine retrouvée 

ou les ambitions nouvelle de l’homeopathie. 

BRON S.A.; LAUSANNE, 1985. 

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Pertussis + Pertussis immunization. Pediatrics 

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3. Dr.Johan E.SPRIETSMA. Ortho nummer 1, 

Februari, 1995, p.30. 

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committee, Division of Health Promotion and 

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events associated with childhood vaccines; 

evidence bearing on causality. National Academy 

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Summertown, Oxford, UK OX2 7EW. 

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al. Nature and rates of adverse reactions 

associated with DTP and DT immunizations in 

infants and children. Pediatrics 1981; 68: 650-660. 

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Primal Health Centre, London. Pertussis 

vaccination and asthma: is there a link? JAMA, 

1994; 272/8:592-3. 

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Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, C.P. 

HOWSON, C.J. HOWE, H.V. FINEBERG, 

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13. PETER FOKKENS. Gevonden en gewraakt: 

het postvaccinaal syndroom. Care 40, Febr/Mrt 

1997. 

14. Tijdschrift voor Jeugdgezongdheidzorg. 

Jaargang 26, juni 1994, nr.3, p.41. 

[When Lancet published in its Editorial about the 

adverse effects including Autism from the MMR 

vaccination, “as many as 30 Fellows of the Royal 

Society, which included two Nobel Laureates,” 

charged the Lancet with “desperate head-line 

seeking”, “sensationalism”, “scare mongering”, etc. 

Scientists claimed that the incidence of Measles 

went up as panicked families refused to give MMR 

vaccine to their children. Similarly about Hormone 

Replacement Therapy (HRT) about which Lancet 

said that it made risks of breast Cancer almost 

double. The “Scientists” called it “inflammatory”. 

– News from The Hindu News Paper of June 24, 

2005. The experience of Tinus SMITS is 

confirmed in the experience of many of us. We 

have our experience of not vaccinating our children 

for any ‘feared’ disease – because of our confidence 

of treating successfully cases of Measles, Mumps 

and even Rubella, etc. None of the children be it a 

handful – because the majority of the population 

are frightened by the exaggerated dinning by the 

media supported by the ‘scientists’ of fatal results if 

the children are not vaccinated. Over the years we 

have seen cases of Autism increasing, be it ever so 

subtle. Whatever may be the view of the 

‘scientists’ who refuse to accept the evidence 

available, we are convinced that vaccinations are 

not a blessing = KSS]. 

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3. Acute Intercurrent or Intermediate Remedies in 

Chronic Diseases 

SCHEPPER, Luc De (AJHM. 97, 2/2004) 

(A61): Organon Aphorism by HAHNEMANN 

Reference. This symbol represents the paragraph 

from HAHNEMANN’s Organon, specifically the 

Aphorism number from where the reference 

originated. 

CD: Chronic Diseases by HAHNEMANN 

Reference. This symbol represents the thought 

taken form HAHNEMANN’s Chronic Diseases 

book. 

Using Acute Intercurrent Remedies. 

Many homœopaths seem to lack an understanding 

of how to use an acute intercurrent remedy. Often 

acute remedies have been called everything from 

drainage remedies and tandem remedies to support 

and lesional remedies. Some homœopathic 

teachers, who claim to be constitutional prescribers 

(homœopaths who say they do chronic “layer” 

prescribing), totally forbid the use of acute

intercurrent remedies and misinform others by 

saying that the use of acute remedies during the 

administration of a chronic remedy is suppressive. 

These individuals always try to find one remedy 

that goes throughout the chronic case history, no 

matter what the patient’s present acute disease state 

may be. They use this “constitutional” remedy for 

everything, no matter what disease state arises! 

This limited view is too extreme for the general 

practitioner of homœopathic healing. 

Why does this approach very rarely work? 

We only have to refer to Aphorisms 36-40 of the 

Organon on similar and dissimilar diseases. In 

Aphorism 38, HAHNEMANN tells us that the 

stronger and dissimilar acute disease will postpone 

or suspend the older chronic and weaker disease. 

Thus, administering the constitutional/chronic 

remedy during emergencies such as dangerous 

pathological crises, severe traumas, overexposure, 

serious injuries, and virulent acute Miasms, is a 

serious mistake as it runs the risk of disrupting the 

natural symptom pattern and causing unproductive 

aggravations as well as accessory symptoms of 

the chronic remedy! 

During an acute crisis the remedy of choice is 

the acute intercurrent. This acute illness shows a 

different clinical picture from the chronic natural 

disease. How could a dissimilar remedy correct 

this situation? That would fly in the face of our 

most sacred principle: Like cures like. A 

homœopath must have the tools to prevent and cure 

dangerous epidemic diseases, treat emergencies, 

crises, and acute virulent Miasms. The acute 

remedy must be chosen according to the causal or 

exciting factor and its active symptoms (von 

BŒNNINGHAUSEN [VB] method), not according 

to the chronic case history. The desired middle 

path is the class of homœopaths who find a balance 

between those who treat in layers and those who 

use the grand constitutional remedy for everything. 

No doubt, the closer the remedy is to the 

simillimum the deeper and more all-encompassing 

its action will be on the Vital Force (VF). This is a 

very subtle aspect of the single remedy and 

minimal dose and is a wonder to perceive. The 

goal is always to use the minimum number of 

remedies, the smallest amount of medicine, and the 

fewest repetitions. Since the simillimum addresses 

the soil on which acute and chronic diseases grow, 

it can sometimes cure both acute and chronic 

manifestations as well as act as a prophylactic. 

Especially with the use of HAHNEMANN’s 

medicinal solutions (5 th and 6 th Edition of the 

Organon), we often find that the adjustment of the 

succussions or size of the dose will keep the 

remedy working. 


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The skillful use of intercurrents is an essential 

method in Classical Homœopathy, an aspect of 

complete case management. Acute intercurrent 

remedies are used during temporary disruptions of 

the chronic treatment. For example, “taking cold 

in the stomach by eating fruit, [cured] by smelling 

of Arsenicum” (Hahnemann, 1997, p.131). These 

remedies are chosen because of the exciting cause 

and the active acute symptoms so that they do not 

disrupt the deeper layer associated with a different 

fundamental cause and with the constitution. These 

intercurrents mainly act superficially; thus they will 

not interfere with the complementary constitutional 

treatment. They are specialized specifics, which 

deal with the disruption of the chronic treatment by 

occasional exciting causes that would delay the 

cure. 

The practitioner might be temporarily 

successful with his “chronic remedy for all 

situations” (especially a practitioner who runs a 

sheltered psychosomatic clinic), but this method 

will not work when strong acute emotional and 

physical factors surface. Emotional shock (fright, 

grief which causes the menses to cease, etc.), Head 

trauma, Sun stroke, Food poisoning, Worm and 

Parasite infestations, Meningitis, Cholera, Typhoid 

– these are just a few examples that require acute 

intercurrent remedies. 

Because of the continued suppression of 

miasmatic chronic diseases in modern countries, we 

must know when to use acute intercurrents. If one 

reads the old masters (see von 

BŒNNINGHAUSEN’s Lesser Writings), one will 

see that they dealt with horrendous acute situations, 

which are still present today. Nothing has really 

changed except that we have some new acute 

diseases: SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory 

Syndrome), West Nile virus, the Four Corner’s 

disease (hantavirus), etc. 

The reason some homœopaths speak about 

disrupting their chronic cases with acute remedies 

is that they do not know the strategy behind using 

acute intercurrents. As mentioned above, if one 

uses the exciting cause and active symptoms of the 

acute syndrome as a basis for selecting a remedy 

(VB method), then the intercurrent will not disturb 

the chronic condition. But if, during an acute 

attack, the homœopath continues to administer a 

deeper-acting chronic remedy which envelopes the 

previous deeper and often different fundamental 

causes, this may disrupt the natural symptom 

layers. Simply put, one-dimensional constitutional 

prescribers are wary of treating acute diseases 

because they do not know how to do it.

HAHNEMANN and Acute Intercurrents 

What does HAHNEMANN have to say about 

acute intercurrents? He introduced the idea in 1828 

by presenting the following examples in Chronic 

Diseases: (CD) 

“Among the mishaps which disturb the 

treatment only in temporary way, I enumerate: 

overloading the stomach (this may be remedied by 

hunger …; disorder of the stomach from fat meat, 

especially from eating pork (to be cured by fasting 

and Pulsatilla); a disorder of the stomach which 

causes rising from the stomach after eating and 

especially nausea and inclination to vomit (by 

highly potentized Antimonium crudum); taking 

cold in the stomach by eating fruit (by smelling of 

Arsenicum); troubles from spirituous liquors (Nux 

vomica); when vexation is joined with fright, by 

Aconite; but if sadness is caused by fright give 

Ignatia seed; ….. unhappy love with jealousy 

(Hyoscyamus); …. Burning of the skin by 

Arsenicum; … homesickness with redness of 

cheeks by Capsicum, etc.” (1997, pp. 131-132). 

After talking about this first class of acute 

illnesses, HAHNEMANN tells us not to continue 

the chronic antipsoric treatment in cases of 

epidemic diseases or intermediary diseases, so as 

not to mix the symptoms of the acute crisis with 

those of the chronic disease. If one needs to 

administer a first aid, crisis or genus epidemicus 

remedy, the constitutional chronic remedy should 

be withheld until after the crisis subsides. 

(CD) “But during the treatment of chronic 

diseases by antipsoric remedies we often need the 

other non-antipsoric store of medicines in cases 

where epidemic diseases or intermediate diseases 

(morbi intercurrentes) arising usually from 

meteoric and telluric causes attack our chronic 

patients, and so not only temporarily disturb the 

treatment, but even interrupt it for a longer time. 

Here the other homœopathic remedies will have to 

be used, wherefore I shall not enter upon this here, 

except to say that the antipsoric treatment will have 

for the time to be totally discontinued, so long as 

the treatment of the epidemic disease which has 

also seized our (chronic) patient may last, even if a 

few weeks in the worst cases may thus be lost. But 

here also, if the disease is not too severe, the above 

mentioned method of applying the medicine by 

smelling a moistened pellet (olfactory method) is 

often sufficient to help, and the cure of the acute 

disease may thus be extraordinarily shortened.” 

(1997, p.132) (Author’s emphasis and words 

added.) 


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The same idea – not taking into account the 

active miasmatic state in acute events – is reflected 

in the Organon, 

(A221) “If, however, insanity or mania 

(precipitated by fright, vexation, alcohol, etc.) 

suddenly bursts forth as an acute disease from the 

patient’s usually calm condition, although it almost 

always arises from internal Psora (like a flame 

flaring up from it), at this initial, acute stage it 

should immediately be treated, not with antipsoric 

remedies, but with medicines such as Aconite, 

Belladonna, Stramonium, Hyoscyamus, Mercury, 

etc., chosen from the other group of proved 

remedies and given in highly potentized subtle 

homœopathic doses, so as to overcome it to the 

point where the Psora returns for the time being to 

its former, almost latent condition, in which the 

patient appears to be well.” 

In such acute flare-ups, HAHNEMANN tells 

us to use those very specific acute remedies without 

taking into account the dominant miasmatic state as 

we would for chronic cases. This is one of the few 

exceptions – together with the one-sided diseases, 

which can be regarded as severe acute situations 

suspending the chronic miasmatic natural illness – 

in which we use the VB method. With this method 

you select the remedy according to modalities, 

location, sensation and concomitant symptoms. 

The Vital Force needs an intercurrent remedy in 

high potency and subtle or minute dose to subdue a 

threatening acute flare-up. 

In Chronic Diseases, HAHNEMANN makes 

an interesting point about Malaria, which presently 

kills about three million people per year worldwide 

and is a tubercular miasmatic expression. 

(CD) “China is only appropriate to the 

endemic intermittent fever in marshy regions ... 

Even at the beginning of the treatment of an 

epidemic intermittent fever, the homœopathic 

physician is most safe in giving every time an 

attenuated dose of Sulphur or, in appropriate cases, 

Hepar sulphuris in a fine little pellet or by means of 

smelling and in waiting its effects for a few days, 

until the improvement resulting from it ceases, then 

only he will give, in one or two attenuated doses, 

the non-antipsoric remedy which has been found 

homœopathically appropriate to the epidemy of this 

year. These doses should however only be given at 

the end of the attack. With all patients in 

intermittent fever, Psora is essentially involved 

in every epidemy, therefore an attenuated dose of 

Sulphur or Hepar sulphuris is necessary at the 

beginning of every treatment of epidemic 

intermittent fever, and makes the restoration of the 

patient more sure and easy.” (1997, p. 133, 

footnote)

KENT and Acute Intercurrents 

KENT continued this discussion in his 

Lectures on Homœopathic Philosophy in Lecture 

XXVI titled, “The Examination of the Patient.” 

“It is important to avoid getting confused by 

two disease images that may exist in the body at the 

same time (that does not mean both are equally 

active). A chronic patient, for instance, may be 

suffering from an acute disease and the physician 

on being called may think that it is necessary to 

take the totality of the symptoms; but if he should 

do that in an acute disease, mixing both chronic and 

acute symptoms together, he will become confused 

and will not find the right remedy. The two things 

must be separated. The group of symptoms that 

constitutes the image and appearance of the acute 

Miasm must now be prescribed for. The chronic 

symptoms will not, of course, be present when the 

acute Miasm is running, because the latter 

suppresses or suspends the chronic symptoms…. 

This illustrates the doctrine of not prescribing for 

an acute and chronic trouble together… The acute 

disease is never complicated with the chronic; the 

acute suppresses the chronic and they never become 

complex…. Prescribe first for the acute attack, and 

the symptoms that belong to it. It is well, however, 

for the physician to know all the symptoms that the 

patient has of a chronic character, that he may know 

what to expect, that he may look at the close of the 

acute attack for the coming out of the old 

manifestations of psora, although often an entirely 

new group of symptoms will appear.” (KENT, 

1979, pp. 174-176) (Author’s note added.) 

As you can see, here KENT follows 

HAHNEMANN and lays to rest those “modern 

myths” of not treating acutes while you are treating 

a chronic disorder. He speaks here of true virulent 

acute Miasms, not sporadic befallments or nonthreatening 

exacerbations of chronic Miasms. After 

the acute crisis is over, the homœopath can resume 

the chronic treatment. 

Von BŒNNINGHAUSEN and Acute 

Intercurrents 

Von BŒNNINGHAUSEN was another 

homœopath who talked about acute intercurrents in 

the first published homœopathic Repertory (1832), 

A Systematic Alphabetical Repertory of 

Homœopathic Remedies. Within a sub-chapter 

titled “Interruption of the Antipsoric Cure” is the 

section, “Intercurrent Remedies in Chronic 

Disease”. This section includes a list of acute 

intercurrents and their symptoms in crisis during 

chronic treatments. These therapeutic hints are 

characteristic keynotes of the acute intercurrent 

remedies and the homœopath must refer to the 

Materia Medica for confirmation and differential 


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diagnosis with other remedies. Some examples 

include: 

“Stomach, overloading of (main rubric) with 

subrubrics: 

• Deranged with gastric fever, chills and 

coldness with eructations, Bry. 

• And inclination to it, Ant. crud. 

• By fatty foods, Puls. 

• Chilled as from fruit, Ars.” 

Among the remedies listed by the Baron are 

non-miasmatic remedies like Aconite, Antimonium 

crudum, Arnica, Bryonia, Chamomilla, Coffea, 

Ignatia, Ipecacuanha, Rhus toxicodendron, etc. 

These are used for acute emotional crises, 

accidents, vomiting, diarrhea, weakness from loss 

of fluids, and acute Miasms such as colds and flus. 

Why would a deep-acting remedy such as 

Arsenicum be found among these acute 

intercurrents? It is in the acute list of 

HAHNEMANN and von BŒNNINGHAUSEN for 

use in an upset stomach – in other words an acute 

local complaint. If Arsenicum had a deeper 

relationship to the individual’s case history 

(anxiety, fear of death, fear of contamination, 

obsessive compulsive behavior, etc.), it should not 

be used during a serious acute crisis as it might 

interrupt the chronic treatment and delay the cure. 

Another more superficial simillimum must be 

chosen at that point. Most intercurrents are nonmiasmatic 

remedies that have no relationship to the 

deeper aspects of the case. They are chosen 

according to the location, sensation, modalities, and 

concomitants (a complete von 

BŒNNINGHAUSEN case). These acute 

intercurrents act as superficial remedies that suit the 

acute layer of symptoms one wishes to remove, but 

are not directed toward the underlying Miasm or 

constitution. This also means that we should 

choose these intercurrents only for serious acute 

events, only if the crisis needs special attention, and 

not for every trifling situation as often happens. A 

homœopath should treat strong acute Miasms, 

painful exacerbations of chronic states, and 

dangerous crises whenever necessary, because it is 

preferable to administering allopathic dissimilar 

drugs. 

As an example, let me describe choosing the 

right intercurrent for myself when I was plagued by 

an annoying, lingering cough and while I was 

taking a chronic constitutional remedy. After 

waiting for fourteen days and finding that the cough 

was getting worse, I decided to take an intercurrent. 

The rubrics included: 

• Cough, dry 

• Cough, with convulsions

• Cough, constriction in larynx 

• Cough, irritation in larynx 

• Larynx/trachea, irritation in throat-pit 

• Chest, sensation as a band 

• Chest, constriction 

• Larynx, tickling, in throat-pit 

• Irritability, wants to be left alone 

• Very thirsty, usually thirstless except with 

meals 

Far stronger than the rest of the remedies 

which appeared were Phosphorus (first), and 

Cuprum (second). Because Phosphorus is a deepworking 

anti-miasmatic remedy, which would have 

interrupted my chronic treatment, I decided on 

Bryonia 200, (the acute of Phosphorus), split dose 

in bottle, 12 succussions, 1 tsp. PRN. After one 

dose my cough was already much better, and it 

disappeared completely the next day. Later, 

chronic treatment was resumed. 

This leads me to the following question: 

“What changes are important in acute 

diseases?” 

All the symptoms that have changed since the 

onset of the cough belong to the cough. For 

example: being very thirsty now that the cough 

started where usually I am not thirsty. This 

becomes very important. It would not be important 

if I were always thirsty, even before the onset of 

this cough. 

Another very important facet of change in 

acute diseases is the change in disposition and 

mental/emotional symptoms: the disposition during 

the acute disease as compared to the usual 

disposition will be a key factor. This absolutely 

must be investigated and plays an important role in 

finding the remedy. The more drastic this change 

is, the more important it is. The “feeling of 

wanting to be left alone” is very unusual for me, 

and Bryonia, the indicated remedy, has certainly 

this symptom as well as the great thirst mentioned 

in this case. This resembles of course the VB 

method, where von BŒNNINGHAUSEN takes 

only into account the mental/emotional symptoms 

as a tool to differentiate between several remedies 

close to the case. 

HAHNEMANN stresses the importance of 

emotional changes even in acute diseases in, 

(A213) “Therefore one will never cure 

according to nature – that is, homœopathically – 

unless one considers the mental and emotional 

changes along with the other symptoms in all cases 

of disease, even acute ones, and unless for 

treatment one chooses from among the remedies a 

disease agent that can produce an emotional or 

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as well as other symptoms similar to those of the 

disease. Thus Aconitum napellus will seldom or 

never cure either quickly or permanently if the 

disposition is calm and undisturbed; nor will Nux 

vomica if it is mild or phlegmatic; nor will 

Pulsatilla if it is glad, cheerful and willful; nor will 

Ignatia if it is steady and without fearfulness or 

irritability.” 

There is one good thing about acute versus 

chronic disease. In (A82), HAHNEMANN tells us, 

“In acute diseases the principal symptoms become 

prominent and recognizable to the senses more 

quickly, so the taking of the case requires far less 

time and there are far fewer questions to ask 

because most of the questions are self-evident; 

whereas in chronic diseases that have been evolving 

gradually for a number of years, it is far more 

troublesome to obtain the symptoms.” 

And, (A99) “On the whole it will be easier for 

the physician to take the case in diseases that are 

acute or that have arisen recently, because all the 

symptoms and deviations from the healthy 

condition, which was only recently lost, are to 

patient and relatives still fresh in memory, still new 

and striking. The physician must of course know 

everything here also, but he needs to probe far less, 

because everything he needs to know is told to him, 

most of it spontaneously.” 

Proceeding with Treatment After Using an 

Acute Intercurrent 

Again HAHNEMANN guides us very clearly 

in Chronic Diseases. 

(CD) “The intelligent homœopathic physician 

will soon note the point of time when his remedies 

have completed the cure of the epidemic 

intermediate disease (usually they appear in the 

form of a fever) and when the peculiar course of the 

chronic (psoric) malady is continued. 

“The symptoms of the original chronic disease 

will, however, always be found somewhat varied 

(altered) after the cure of such a prevailing 

intermediate disease. … The homœopathic 

physician will then choose his antipsoric remedy 

according to the totality of the remaining 

symptoms, and not simply give the one he 

intended to give before the intermediate disease 

appeared.” (1997, p. 132-133). (Author’s 

emphasis and words added.) 

Therefore, after the acute event (a strong one, 

that is), one must retake the case with special 

emphasis on any newly appeared symptoms. The 

most recent and permanent symptoms point to the 

next remedy. Some of the chronic symptoms also 

persist during an acute crisis and thus obtain a 

higher value for the selection of the simillimum. 

If the same remedy that was serviceable before the

acute crisis is still indicated, it may be repeated. If 

the symptom picture has changed, the new 

symptoms must be investigated in relationship to all 

the data associated with the chronic strategies 

before. This tells you how disruptive it is to 

continue administering the chronic remedy during 

acute crises! It is also wise, after the acute episode, 

to see whether the constitutional state improves 

greatly without the administration of any remedy. 

Better to wait and watch and give a placebo to 

please the patient until the VF has been able to 

produce all the symptoms you must prescribe on. 

HAHNEMANN further reminds us in Chronic 

Diseases to pay attention to another event, which 

can occur at this point, after treating the acute 

event, even when the acute has been properly 

treated: 

(CD) “Here is a fitting opportunity to note that 

the great epidemic diseases…. when they complete 

their course especially without a judicious 

homœopathic treatment, leave the organism so 

shaken and irritated, that with many who seem 

restored, the Psora, which was before slumbering 

(dormant) and latent now awakes quickly, either 

into itch-like eruptions or into chronic disorders, 

which then reach a high degree in a short time, if 

they are not treated properly in an antipsoric 

manner. … The allopathic physician, when such a 

patient…. dies after all his unsuitable treatment, 

declares that he has died from the sequelae of 

Whooping cough, Measles, etc. 

“These sequelae are, however, the innumerable 

chronic diseases in numberless forms of developed 

Psora which (were) unknown and consequently 

remained uncured.” (1997, pp. 133-134) (Author’s 

words added.) 

How often do we see a patient in the clinic who 

comes to us and says, “I had this simple cough (or 

flu, or small trauma, or small upset), and I have 

never been well since then”. These statements are 

explained by the above quote: this “innocentappearing 

event” has activated the dormant, often 

psoric Miasm, leaving the patient in a state worse 

than he ever was before. This is incomprehensible 

to the patient and his allopathic physician, but 

easily managed by a well-trained homœopath. 

Allopathic Recourse 

In a footnote to Aphorism 67, HAHNEMANN 

elaborates on situations where allopathic 

intervention is justified. 

(A67) “Only in the most urgent cases, where 

danger to life and imminent death do not allow time 

for a homoeopathic remedy to act – neither hours, 

nor often quarter hours, nor even minutes – in 

sudden accidents to healthy individuals, such as 

asphyxiation, apparent death from lightning, 


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choking, freezing, drowning, etc., only in such 

cases may we and should we as a first measure at 

least bring back irritability and sensitivity (physical 

life) by using a palliative ...” 

Apart from the previous examples, if an acute 

situation becomes dangerously uncontrollable, we 

can use allopathic palliative treatment to give us a 

second chance to find the curative homœopathic 

treatment. This situation is an exception – for 

example, severe bleeding spells in a patient with 

chronic Ulcerative Colitis – and not at all the same 

as preferring to give your patients OTC drugs or 

antibiotics as acute interventions for fear of 

disrupting the chronic treatment. Obviously those 

homœopaths do not know the basic principles of 

Homœopathy. They should know that OTC drugs 

(just like other allopathic drugs) cause a dissimilar 

disease, thus creating a more complex disease 

which is more difficult to treat. They do a 

disservice to the patient as well as to other 

homœopaths who inherit such cases. And, of 

course, they have passed up a chance to show how 

well Homœopathy works on acute diseases. The 

use of allopathic drugs might be an easy way out 

for the incompetent or lazy homœopath, but it will 

make the management of that patient’s case a lot 

more difficult. And even though antibiotics might 

overcome the infection, they do not favorably affect 

the susceptibility of the human organism. After 

antibiotics, the person is to a certain degree even 

more susceptible to micro-organisms, not to 

mention side-effects such as overgrowth of yeast 

and destruction of the normal flora. The foregoing 

are notwithstanding the fact that Homœopathy is 

superior to anything that exists for the treatment of 

infectious diseases. 

What Acute Events Need an Intercurrent 

Remedy? 

Not treating a serious acute event at all is a 

mistake. Due to its nature, an acute disease evolves 

in four possible directions. The patient can 

succumb to it; it will suspend the chronic disease 

and can become an independent chronic state; or it 

will combine with the existing chronic disease and 

create a complex chronic disease, which will be 

much more difficult to treat. The best outcome is 

that the strong Vital Force might overcome this 

acute Miasm without causing further sequelae. 

“The physician amuses that patient while Nature 

cures,” Voltaire said – but this is not a reason to 

refrain from treating acutes! 

Margaret TYLER wrote in her book 

Homœopathic Drug Pictures (in the lecture on 

Natrum muriaticum Nat-m.) about a crisis situation 

where she treated a chronic Nat-m. patient with a 

severe acute headache. She advises against the use

of the chronic constitutional remedy at this time 

because it may produce severe aggravations. 

Instead, she suggests using the acute of Nat-m., 

Bryonia, to deal with the acute crisis. Afterwards 

she resumes the chronic remedy to remove the 

underlying cause. This advice comes from years of 

clinical experience and should not be ignored. It 

also means that you do not continue Bryonia once 

the acute stage is over, as I have seen some 

homœopaths do! 

Which acute crisis needs an acute intercurrent 

remedy rather than a continuation with the chronic 

constitutional remedy? As usual, HAHNEMANN 

gives us definite guidelines. In Aphorism 73 of the 

sixth edition Organon, HAHNEMANN describes 

three kinds of acute diseases. Group 1 combines 

those relating to lifestyle/diet and miasmatic 

predisposition; Group 2 includes epidemic and 

acutes belonging to idiosyncrasy; and Group 3 

includes acute Miasms such as those belonging to 

childhood diseases. 

Group One Acute Diseases 

Group One is subdivided into three different 

categories. 

A. Acute situations caused by lifestyle or dietary 

mistakes 

(A73) “…Exciting causes of such acute febrile 

conditions are: excesses or privation in eating, 

traumatisms, chilling or overheating, fatigue (from 

poor lifestyle choices), strains from lifting, etc., or 

else psychic agitation and upsets.” (Our modern 

TV, video games, magazines, and now Internet 

exposure) (Author’s notes added.) 

These issues are also discussed in Aphorism 77 

(see remarks on the aphorism in Chapter 9). 

(A77) “Diseases engendered by prolonged 

exposure to avoidable noxious influences should 

not be called chronic. The include diseases brought 

about by: 

• The habitual indulgence in harmful food or 

drink; 

• All kinds of excesses that undermine health; 

• Prolonged deprivation of things necessary to 

life; 

• Unhealthy places, especially swampy regions; 

• Dwelling only in cellars, damp workplaces, or 

other closed quarters; 

• Lack of exercise or fresh air; 

• Physical or mental overexertion; 

• Continuing emotional stress; etc….” 

HAHNEMANN refers to these situations also 

as “false chronic diseases”, since they can become 

chronic through continued abuse, but all they will 

require to be cured is a sensible change to diet 

and/or lifestyle. He continues: 


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(A77) “These self-inflicted disturbances go 

away on their own with improved living conditions 

if no chronic Miasm is present, and they cannot be 

called chronic diseases.” 

In al these cases no remedy is required except 

placebo (if called for) to temper the demands of the 

drug-oriented or hypochondriacal patient. The best 

treatment is rest, sleep, appropriate diet, and good 

care. 

B. Acute situations with a clear exciting factor 

and strong symptoms 

If the exacerbation is moderate to strong, and 

a clear causality is manifested, an intercurrent 

remedy, which acts superficially on the chronic 

Miasm, may be chosen according to the VB 

method, rather than giving a deep-acting 

polychrest. This will calm the symptoms for the 

moment without acting too deeply on the case. 

After the crisis has subsided, complementary 

constitutional treatment is needed to remove the 

underlying cause. 

Examples: 

Acute physical trauma: in this case the etiology 

and the organ or tissue affected will be of 

importance to identify the remedy. In other words, 

if the injury is a puncture wound compared to a 

blow (e.g. to the eye) it will correspond to a 

different remedy – Ledum and Hypericum versus 

Arnica and Ruta). 

Emotional trauma: we must look at the kind of 

trauma as well as the reaction of the patient to the 

trauma, which will be determined by the active 

miasmatic condition of the patient. And the trauma 

can of course wake up the Miasm! The first ninety 

pages of KENT are full of examples and the 

miasmatic reaction will help us in selecting the 

appropriate remedy; e.g., we have the tubercular 

jealousy of Pulsatilla, the psoric variety of Nux 

vomica, the syphilitic variety of Hyoscyamus and 

the sycotic variety of Lachesis. 

Poisons and vaccinations: we are talking here 

of street drugs, allopathic drugs, food poisoning, 

etc. The best antidote again is not the same or 

isopathic substance, but the most similar remedy. 

Sometimes one finds effects of poisonings when 

one looks into the “relationship of remedies;” 

specifically looking at the “antidoted by…” section 

will point to the group of remedies that should be 

looked at. 

C. Acute exacerbation of a Chronic Miasm 

This situation can also be an acute 

exacerbation of a Chronic Miasm (like catching 

the flu through lack of sleep or partying too much). 

In this case we do not always want to interrupt the 

action of the constitutional remedy with an

intercurrent remedy. If there is no obvious exciting 

cause, it may be a healing crisis brought on by the 

constitutional chronic remedy. Rest, massage, and 

hot and cold water treatments (hydrotherapy) might 

be sufficient to render the patient comfortable until 

this acute exacerbation subsides. 

In Third World countries like Kenya, I have 

found myself exposed to situations like those 

European and American homœopaths faced at the 

turn of the twentieth century. Many people came to 

us in an “acute” stage, excited by physical strain 

(all the women in the village where I worked in 

Kenya had at least four children and eight was not 

uncommon), by becoming chilled or overheated, by 

eating unsuitable food, mental stress, etc. How 

many of these cases are really acute? 

As you can see in Aphorism 73, 

HAHNEMANN suggests, and experience confirms, 

that most of these cases are acute exacerbations of 

fundamental chronic states and Miasms, activated 

by exciting causes. When the symptoms do not 

represent an extreme crisis, the simillimum, which 

suit their constitutional nature, often clears the 

acute exacerbations and then addresses the 

fundamental chronic states. That is the majesty of 

the grand simillimum. This may account for 

statements by homœopaths, such as Massimo 

Manglialavori, who state that it is possible to find a 

single remedy to successfully treat both chronic and 

acute situations. However, when the same author 

claims that “he does not believe in Miasms and 

knows nothing about them,” I wonder about the 

veracity of his statement. Don’t we all owe it to 

our patients to investigate before we reject the 

concept of Miasms – or worse still, we fail to 

investigate at all because of our knee-jerk negative 

feelings about Miasms? Let’s not fall into 

allopathic reasoning, which borders on fear of and 

hostility towards one of the greatest discoveries of 

Homœopathy. 

HAHNEMANN says: 

(A73) “In reality most of these acute diseases 

are only passing flare-ups of Latent Psora, which 

returns by itself to a dormant state if the flare-ups 

are not too violent and if they are quickly 

eliminated.” 

Only if the exacerbation is moderate to severe 

do we want to intervene with intercurrent remedies 

as an emergency measure. Again, the VB method 

will help you choose the intercurrent remedy. 

In his Lesser Writings, KENT expresses the 

same scenario: 

“The acute expressions of a chronic disease 

have a different management from the acute 

diseases; e.g., a child suffers from Bronchitis at 

every change of weather. It may grow worse if 


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treated with the remedy for the acute symptoms. 

The Miasm that predisposes the child to 

recurrent attacks must be considered.” (KENT, 

1994, p.419) (Author’s emphasis added.) 

Group Two Acute Diseases 

(A73) “Then there are sporadic acute diseases, 

which affect a few individuals at a time here and 

there, acute diseases brought on by harmful 

meteorological or telluric influences to which only 

a few people are susceptible at any one time.” 

This was long recognized in Traditional 

Chinese Medicine: certain climate factors are 

known to influence specific organs which have an 

affinity for those conditions; e.g., cold to kidneys or 

dampness to spleen-stomach, though only certain 

people seem to have a high susceptibility to that 

particular climate factor. Sometimes, but not 

always, these diseases form acute layers, which 

repress the constitutional picture until they have run 

their course or are removed by homœopathic 

remedies. These acute disorders are so closely 

linked to the patient’s chronic susceptibility that 

they can often be treated with their constitutional 

simillimum. It is only in emergencies such as 

sunstroke, dehydration, severe exposure to cold, 

anaphylactic reactions, poisoning, and severe 

physical or mental trauma that these cases are truly 

an acute crisis. In such an exigency, the symptoms 

will indicate a crisis remedy. Acute Miasms 

present a different situation from sporadic diseases 

because they involve infectious etiologies. 

HAHNEMANN discusses a second type of 

sporadic diseases. 

(A73) “Bordering on these are the epidemic 

diseases, in which many individuals are affected 

very similarly from a similar cause. In crowded 

areas they tend to become contagious. These 

epidemics cause fevers, each with its own 

characteristics; and because each case of disease in 

the same epidemic has the same origin, those 

affected manifest a similar disease process, which, 

left to itself, ends either in death or in recovery 

within a limited time. Wars, floods, and famine are 

often the exciting causes or the breeders of such 

diseases.” 

In acute Miasms, the susceptibility factor is 

closely related to acquired and inherited Miasms 

and family disorders. For this reason, the remedy 

for the acute Miasm may also be the remedy for the 

patient’s constitutional condition. This is especially 

common to acute Miasms that run a nonthreatening 

natural course with few or no 

complications. This may not be the case, however, 

when the acute disease is of a very virulent nature. 

Because of their intensity, these acute diseases will 

suspend the chronic disease and an intercurrent

acute remedy is needed to deal with this new acute 

natural disease. It will display a new symptom 

image that will either run its course or be removed 

by homœopathic remedies. 

In these circumstances an acute intercurrent is 

the remedy of choice. We’ve all seen patients who 

have been never well since (NWS) a certain illness. 

The NWS acute disease has now become a chronic 

disease, stronger and dissimilar to the previously 

treated chronic disease, which is now suspended. 

SARS is a good example. 

Deep-acting complementary remedies 

(constitutional and anti-miasmatic treatment) must 

remove the chronic underlying causes after the 

acute crisis is ameliorated. Let the constitutional 

factors, the nature of the disease, and the totality of 

the symptoms (Organon, Aphorisms 5,6 and 7) be 

your guide to the homœopathic remedy, and you 

will have success. Follow the revelations of the VF 

and it will demonstrate, through causation, signs 

and symptoms, which remedy it needs. Trust your 

recuperated VF to tell you what to do! 

Group Three Acute Diseases 

HAHNEMANN also alludes to the third kind 

of acute diseases. 

(A73) “Then there are those acute Miasms that 

always recur in their own particular form, which is 

why they are known by an established name. Some 

of them are contracted only once in a lifetime, like 

Smallpox, Measles, Whooping cough, …Scarlatina 

…Mumps, etc., while others recur frequently in 

fairly similar ways, like… the Yellow fever of 

coastal regions, Asiatic cholera, etc.” 

We see the same in modern times: Bubonic 

Plague in India; Tuberculosis (TB) and Cholera 

epidemics in South Africa; Malaria and TB in 

Kenya; epidemics during the war between the Tutsi 

and Hutu in Rwanda and Burundi or the civil wars 

in Zaire; Flu epidemics worldwide, etc. These 

acute Miasms are caused by microorganisms and 

are self-limiting but tend to form a quick crisis and 

end either with complications, perhaps even death, 

or convalescence (a person can fall prey to these 

illnesses more than once). By contrast, the once-ina-lifetime 

illnesses provide permanent immunity 

after only one attack. 

All these acute diseases should be treated with 

remedies reflecting the picture of the acute 

Miasmatic state alone – the acute genus 

epidemicus. A follow-up with constitutional and 

anti-miasmatic remedies to remove the underlying 

susceptibility is then necessary. 

HAHNEMANN warns us to not pay attention 

to the name attached to the epidemic disease, like 

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(A100) “In investigating the totality of 

symptoms of epidemics and sporadic diseases, it 

makes no difference at all whether something 

similar, by the same or a different name, has ever 

appeared in the world before. Whether or not such 

an epidemic is new or unusual makes no difference 

either in the examination or in the cure, since in any 

case the physician must presume the true picture of 

every epidemic to be new and unknown and must 

thoroughly examine it as it is in all of its details if 

he wants to be a true and thorough physician who 

never replaces observation with guess work, who 

never lets himself assume that the treatment of any 

given case in his care is wholly or partly known in 

advance and that he need not carefully seek out all 

its expressions. This is all the more necessary 

because every epidemic is in many ways unique 

and upon careful examination if found to be very 

different from all previous ones falsely bearing the 

same name, the only exceptions being those caused 

by the same unvarying infectious agent, such as 

Smallpox…” 

What a scathing condemnation of present 

allopathic practices where the severe flu strain of 

this year was treated, of course unsuccessfully, with 

a vaccination of the previous flu variety! 

Conclusion 

We can emphasize that the proper use of an 

acute intercurrent in the treatment of a patient is 

essential for a speedy cure of a chronic illness. 

When and where to use these acute remedies are 

equally important issues as when to continue the 

chronic treatment, especially when the homœopath 

should recognize where the acute manifestation is 

nothing more than an expression of a chronic 

miasmatic state. Homœopaths throwing one acute 

remedy after another to the unsuspecting patient for 

trifling matters are just as guilty of misconduct as 

those homœopaths who refuse to use acute 

intercurrents under any circumstances. Knowledge 

of HAHNEMANN’s teachings is the only guide! 

Bibliography-References 

1. HAHNEMANN, S. 1997. The Chronic 

Diseases: Their Peculiar Nature and Their 

Homœopathic Cure. Translated by L. TAFEL, 

edited by P. Dudley. New Delhi: B. Jain Publishers 

Pvt. Ltd. 

2. HAHNEMANN, S. 1982. Organon of 

Medicine. Sixth Edition. Translated by J. KUNZLI, 

A. NAUDÉ and P. PENDLETON. Washington: 

Cooper Publishing. 

3. KENT, J.T. 1979. Lectures on Homœopathic 

Philosophy. California: North Atlantic Books. 

4. KENT, J.T., 1994. New Remedies, Clinical 

Cases, Lesser Writings, Aphorisms & Precepts. 

New Delhi: B. Jain Publishers Pvt. Ltd. 

5. von BŒNNINGHAUSEN, C.M.F. 1991. 

Lesser Writings. New Delhi: B. Jain Publishers 

Pvt. Ltd. 

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PART III 

(While Part II features articles from other journals, Part III contains the editor’s own contribution and other 

original articles.) 

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BOOK SHELF: 

1. What is Tautopathy? by Dr. R.P. PATEL, 

Dr. R.P. PATEL Institute of Homœopathy for 

Research and Education in Homœopathy, 

Baroda – 390023. Seventh Edition 2005. Rs. 

150/- US $ 5. 

“Tautopathy is a method of curing or removing 

bad or side effects of drugs by means of the 

identical harmful agent in potentised form.” 

Many of the modern ‘wonder drugs’ of 

allopathic medicine cause many adverse ill effects, 

making one wonder whether the medicine had 

made the health worser than it was before the 

‘wonder medicine’. These are very clearly 

discussed in the Chapter “What is Tautopathy?” 

The sure and quick way of removing the ill 

effects of such drugs is by administering the same 

drug in potentised form. So simple and sure. 

Dr. PATEL has potentised 112 such drugs 

which are available to the profession for therapeutic 

use. 

In Chapter 2 the ‘process’ of preparing 

medicines is explained. 

In Chapter 3 the ‘side-effects’ of various drugs 

from Aspirin, Adrenaline, Atropine to Vitamin (A, 

B, D, K) are listed. This we may take as the 

Materia Medica of these drugs. 

However, in Chapter 4 there is a truly 

homœopathic Materia Medica of 7 drugs, based on 

‘Provings’. 

Chapter 5 presents ‘a few cases’. 

At the end ‘Bibliography’ covers 49 sources. 

The book is well produced, sturdily bound and 

is a must for every Homœopathy Practitioner. 

Almost everyday we get patients who have had 

already lot of drugging by Allopathy. This book 

will help in recognizing the iatrogenic from the 

natural disease symptoms. The homœopath will 

thus be able to get the true picture of the natural 

disease and make a true cure. 

The long chapter on ‘What is Tautopathy?’ 

citing many sources pointing to iatrogenesis is very 

interesting and useful. There are strong arguments 

in the chapter on the serious ill effects of 

vaccinations. There is the warning that “humanity 

today is drug ridden as never before in history.” 

Dr. PATEL has said, “… Proving according to 

Homœopathy requires men and money and it is my 

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experience that homœopaths won’t allow me to 

prove these drugs on them to save money 

for Homœopathy….”. It is only for allopathic 

experiments that money is required. What money 

is required for a few homœopaths to take some 

homœopathic pills and just record changes in a 

notebook? Nothing. There is only one requirement 

– that is willing homœopath volunteers. Neither 

HAHNEMANN nor his fellow provers were 

moneyed. In fact HAHNEMANN was poor. They 

were sincere homœopaths and devoted. 

Unfortunately, none of us today are so. This is the 

curse. With 180 homœopathic colleges in India we 

have not one proving (published) in one year. That 

speaks for the quality of education. 

To come back to the book under review, the 

book is strongly recommended to every 

Homœopathy Practitioner. 

-K.S. SRINIVASAN 

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2. Biophysical Therapy of Allergies, Peter 

SCHUMACHER, M.D., George Thieme Verlag, 

Stuttgart, 2005. 264 pages. 

The author is an experienced Paediatrician who 

disillusioned with the Allopathic Medicine sought 

out for something better. His disillusionment is 

succinctly said: “I was an expert in medical 

Philosophy, which in fact seemed to serve only the 

scientific process (whatever that means) – to help 

the ill – no longer seemed that important.” 

Dr.SCHUMACHER therefore left the University 

Hospital and opened up his own Practice with the 

hope that he would thus be directly in contact with 

the patients and would realize his ideals of a 

medical practitioner. But still he felt unsettled. He 

felt that the “conventional medical training” was 

more a “mastering the implementation of the list of 

medicines sold by the pharmaceutical Industry.” 

He despaired that “many patients he treated 

according to allopathic medicine were not able to 

truly regain and/or maintain their health. Instead, 

many children developed a deceptive state of health 

(it might be better to say ‘visibly free from 

symptoms’). They would suffer recurring illness, 

often with different symptoms to those initially 

treated. These symptoms then required additional 

treatment.” [HAHNEMANN has said similarly 

over 200 years ago = KSS]. SCHUMACHER

eflected and recalled PARACELSUS. He then 

turned towards ‘naturopathic approach’. 

SCHUMACHER saw impressive healing 

results using high potency homœopathic 

preparations; the oscillating balance between the 

opposing forces Yin and Yang according to 

Chinese Acupuncture; regulatory Thermography 

offering deep insights into an organism’s regulatory 

processes; electro-acupuncture bringing about 

fascinating phenomena; and finally the almost 

implausible possibility, electro-magnetic 

oscillations as used by the bio-resonance modality 

to cure illnesses. 

SCHUMACHER specialized in Allergies and 

their subsequent problems. He thanks three 

personalities who were instrumental in his change: 

First “Samuel HAHNEMANN, who discovered 

not only 200 years ago the Law of Similars, but 

also showed that information containing no 

actual matter (in the form of homœopathic high 

potencies) can indeed have an effect on an 

organism. He showed that even if the principle is 

initially incomprehensible, it is possible to learn 

how to implement it in practice.” 

Second “Reinhold VOLL. Using a discovery 

made in the 1950s to identify functional processes 

and energetic conditions in an organism by means 

of electrical measurements conducted upon the 

epidermal layer of the skin, he created the 

impressive therapy modality of 

Electroacupunture.” 

Third “Franz MORELL. Based on the 

principles of Electro-acupuncture, he had the 

ingenious idea to use the body’s information 

directly for therapy. In this way he created a link 

between the Homœopathy by HAHNEMANN and 

the latest finding by VOLL. Thus Bioresonance 

therapy, also known as MORA Therapy, based on 

the patient’s own oscillation was born.” 

“Without these practical men and of course, the 

fundamental knowledge of the ‘Great Sages’ like 

PLANCK, EINSTEIN and all those erudite 

Professors of Physics, Quantum mechanics, and 

Biophysics, the biophysics, the biophysical aspect 

of medicine as expressed in this book would be 

unthinkable as during HAHNEMANN’s days.” 

I have quoted extensively from the Preface of 

the book so that the reader will have a clear idea as 

to what the book is about and relevance to 

Homœopathy. 

The book is in two parts – Part I has chapters 

on Foundation and Basic Terminology, with subheads 

as the Physics Aspects in Medicine, Allergy: 

A Medical Phenomenon, Allergy from a Physics, 

Point of view, Symptoms of Allergic Reactions, 

Classification of Allergies, Biophysical Allergy 


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diagnosis, Biophysical Allergy Therapy. Part II has 

Chapter of Allergies – Clinical Studies with subheads 

on Hay Fever, Inhalation Allergies, 

Bronchial Asthma, Ingestion Allergies, 

Neurodermatitis, Ulcerative Colitis and Crohn’s 

Disease, Celiac Disease, Allergies to Insect Venom, 

Urticaria. 

Each of these is well discussed. 

An Appendix follows: This Chapter contains 

1. Cow’s Milk Allergy, 2. Wheat Allergy, 3. 

Hyperergy, 4. Intestinal Mycosis. 

A fairly long list of references (Bibliography) 

is given at the end. 

The book is well produced and has much 

useful information and can be recommended 

without hesitation for all practitioners. 


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3. Carcinosin – A Classical Study by Ajay 

Kumar Babu, 123 pp. Thavarakkattil 

Publishers, Modakalloor P.O. Kozhikode 

673721, Kerala, India. Rs. 120/- 

Carcinosin is a Polychrest. It has become a 

remedy of such importance that an ‘international’ 

teacher giving many Seminars in Europe and USA, 

etc., particularly on Cancer, recommends this 

remedy to be applied in all Cancers. 

Dr. Ajay Kumar BABU says that this book is 

the fruit of many years research and practical 

clinical experience with Carcinosin. 

The book is in two parts 1. Lectures on 

Carcinosin and 2. Clinical Repertory. 

Carcinosin is more often required in children 

and Dr. BABU gives a brief chapter on this. The 

characteristic of the remedy is also well brought 

out. 

The Materia Medica of Carcinosin in presented 

in narrative form, and this makes interesting 

reading. 

List of related remedies, Clinical Indications 

are given at the end of Part I. 

Clinical Repertory in ‘Schema’ form makes 

Part II. 

The book will certainly be useful for all 

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OBITUARY 

It is with great sadness that I learned of the demise of my dear and longtime friend 

and well-known homœopathic physician Dr. H.L. CHITKARA, at New Delhi on 29 April 

2005. 

He was suffering from Parkinson’s Disease since few years and was slowly declining. 

Dr. Harbans Lal CHITKARA was born on 12 August 1924 in Village Vallah (now in 

Pakistan) in a family practicing Unani Medicine. He was B.A. (Hons) in English. After 

partition he came to India and joined Govt. service. He passed the D.H.S. Examination in 

Homœopathy and became a regular practitioner of Homœopathy and soon became wellknown. 

He mastered the Science, took part in scientific meetings and wrote in journals. 

He was Editor of the Journal Homœopathic Sandesh. As internal bickerings began in 

the Homœopathic Association, he distanced himself from groups and was a no-party 

man. 

Dr. CHITKARA was closely associated with Dr. S.P. KOPPIKAR in editing for 

nearly a decade and half the Journal Homœopathic Heritage. He regularly authored a 

column ‘Pill Box’, in the journal. 

Dr. CHITKARA took great interest in the Quarterly Homœopathic Digest which I 

began to bring out in 1984 (and still going on, in its 22 nd year) and he was sad at the 

apathy of the younger generations towards homœopathic journals. 

He authored/edited books which were all well received all over including abroad: the 

major works are – Quick Reference Guide to Repertory of Mind, The Best of 

Burnett, New Comprehensive Homœopathic Materia Medica of Mind. The latter 

book has seen four editions and has been translated into German. 

Dr. CHITKARA, during his later years was a dedicated supporter of the ‘Sehgal 

Method’ which he practiced with some slight alterations. He called this 

‘PROMISALONE’ (Prescribing on Mental Symptoms Alone). He trained many younger 

homœopaths; there were regular periodic meetings of his group and the discussions were 

recorded on tapes. I have a few of them. 

He was very much interested in Philosophy. He avidly read the books of 

Nisargadutta Maharaj and also Ramesh Balsekhar. Whenever he came across a good 

book, he used to send it on to me or a copy of it. Of course I too would send some books 

from my side. 

It is unfortunate and strange fate that such a man as he was – a teetotaller – was 

disabled with Parkinson’s disease during the last few years and he declined slowly. He 

was stoic and took all his sufferings with faith in God. 

To me it is great personal loss. I have a fairly large file of our correspondance 

covering a period of over 20 years. I cannot express my sense of grief in words. May his 

soul rest in peace. 

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A BREAK THROUGH FOR MIASMATIC TREATMENT IN HOMŒOPATHY 

NO BODY HAS DONE IT. NO BODY SHALL DO IT. BUT WE HAVE DONE IT. 

NOW IT HAS COME TO YOUR DOOR. 

OPEN THE DOOR AND THE SUN GOD WILL ENTER INTO YOUR HOUSE AND 

YOU CAN HAVE A LIGHT AND BRIGHTNESS. 

WHY DO YOU WANT TO BE IN DARKNESS? 

DR.R.P.PATEL PRESENTS 

AFTER 55 YEARS OF RESEARCH AND EXPERIENCES IN HOMŒOPATHY 

KENTIAN 

WHAT IT DOES AND OFFERS IF YOU HAVE FAITH IN DR. HAHNEMANN’S 

HOMŒOPATHY? LOOK OUT. 

1. MIASMS ARE CORNER STONES OF HOMŒOPATHY. 

2. “That the original malady that I was looking for had to be of a miasmic-chronic 

nature, was obvious to me, because it was never conquered by the force of a robust 

constitution, never beaten by the healthiest diet or regimen of life, never died down of 

its own accord, but, with the passing of the years, becomes worse and shows more 

and more alarming symptoms, till the end of life, as in every chronic, miasmatic 

disease”. 

3. Dr. Hahnemann writes, “In communicating to the world this great discovery, I am 

sorry that I must doubt whether my contemporaries will comprehend the logical 

sequence of these teachings of mine, and will follow them carefully and gain thereby 

the infinite benefits for suffering humanity which must inevitably spring from a 

faithful and accurate observance of the same; or whether frightened away by the 

unheard of nature of many of these disclosures, they will not rather leave them 

untried and uninitiated and therefore useless.” (Ch. Diseases-p.7.) Is it true with 

present day HOMŒOPATHS? 

4. “Dr. Hahnemann’s Striking, singular, extraordinary, and peculiar symptoms are 

basic miasmatic ones, always: hence the wonderful curative effects produced by 

remedies selected upon such symptoms, they are capable of reaching down deep 

enough to extinguish or what is a better term, to separate their miasmatic bond 

from the life force.” (Dr.J.H. Allen, Chronic Miasms, p.101.) 

ONLY YOU HAVE TO DECIDE WHAT YOU WANT – FAILURES OR SUCCESSES? 

Write for further informations to: 

DR.R.P.PATEL INSTITUTE OF HOMŒOPATHY 

FOR 

RESEARCH AND EDUCATION IN HOMŒOPATHY 

HAHNEMANN HOUSE-MEISSEN 

ATMAJYOTI ASHRAM ROAD, SUBHANPURA, VADODARA – 390023. 

GUJARAT, INDIA. 

Note: DO VISIT By Appointment HOMŒOPATHY HISTORY MUSEUM the only 

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PHILOSOPHY 

1. Analyzing a Case: Kingdoms, Remedies and 

Insights 

SHAH, Nandita (AH. 10/2004) 

If Homœopathy is to succeed as a Science, it is 

very important that we come to a common or 

similar group of remedies for a given case, no 

matter which methods we choose to use. [We will 

not reach this state in the existing condition – with 

speculative Materia Medica, individual ‘insights’ 

etc. If we wish a ‘scientific’ Homœopathy we must 

follow the method laid down by the old Masters. 

We cannot lay our own roads and expect it take us 

aright = KSS] 

No one method is better than the other, but all 

methods demand a high degree of sincerity and 

concentration. [These soothing words will serve 

the ‘politics’ of Homœopathy. There cannot be 

several methods. Recently a long case was narrated 

and the remedy was Eagle. The author avers that 

the patient could not have been cured, if this 

remedy–Eagle-had not been introduced. A similar 

assertion about a case of Rat’s blood. Wouldn’t 

another homœopath cure these cases without 

‘Eagle’ and Rat’s blood? He/She would. Tolerance 

of many methods will make Homœopathic 

Therapeutics a caricature = KSS.] 

The patient expresses his state in every sphere 

of his life – words, postures, gestures, emotions, 

interests, and of course by his physical disease. It 

would be better to confirm the same remedy 

through several facts, than through only one. 

A recent development in the method of case 

taking is to take the physical complaint in all 

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details, and then go into the state of mind, which 

helps to make the connection between two. 

Another approach is to understand in detail the 

way in which the physical complaint stresses the 

patient. 

A useful step in narrowing down the choice of 

the remedy is to decide to which kingdom the 

patient belongs to. In brief, structure is the 

keyword of a mineral case, sensitivity – plant case 

and competition or survival – animal case [These 

are the ideas of Dr. Rajan SANKARAN = KSS] 

The next step is to understand the Miasm of the 

patient. 

The Miasm, as defined here, is the depth to 

which the patient perceives his problem or 

situation. 

The Miasms – Acute, Psora, Sycosis, Syphilis, 

Typhoid, Malarial, Ringworm, Cancer, Tubercular 

and Leprosy are discussed in brief and their 

respective remedies mentioned. 

Case: A young woman, 34, with complaints of 

stomach upset from change in food and 

susceptibility to worms. Her stomach was hard, as 

if the intestines were in a knot. She was critical of 

herself and felt she wasn’t loved enough. Afraid of 

closed spaces, being trapped, claustrophobic. She 

liked freedom and didn’t like to be bound. 

Kali carbonicum 200, based on her 

conscientiousness and family relationship. Two 

weeks later, felt hungry, which had been rare. Six 

weeks later Carcinosin 200 because of her need for 

perfection, cleanliness, improving herself and 

sensitivity to criticism. 

Two weeks later better emotionally. 20 weeks 

later, feeling of tightening of guts, like a knot. 

This sensation and the opposite feeling of 

openness, freedom and lightness is the central 

sensation of Cactaceae [Who decides this fixed

‘central sensation’? = KSS] and the Cancer Miasm 

remedy in that family is Anhalonium. 

Anhalonium 200. Over the next 24 weeks she 

improved and then another dose, when there was a 

relapse. 

2. The Structure of the Organon 

SINGER S.R. and OBERBAUM M. 


The Organon of Medicine is the seminal text 

of Homœopathy. However, its grammar and 

structure make it obtuse and remote to both new 

students and veterans. We propose a demarcation 

of the Organon into sections, exposing the didactic 

structure of the Organon, and display this 

demarcation in concise graphic form. It is hoped 

that this representation will improve accessibility 

and understanding of the Organon for readers at all 

levels. 

3. Patient-Practitioner-Remedy (PPR) 

entanglement. Part 6. Miasms revisited: nonlinear 

quantum theory as a model for the 

homœopathic process 

MILGROM L.R. 


The possibility that non-linear quantum theory 

could be used to model PPR entanglement is 

discussed in relation to the treatment of Miasms. In 

this model, Miasms are imagined as disease entities 

behaving like solitary waves, or ‘solitons’ which, 

when trapped in a therapeutic state space, requiring 

equally soliton-like (miasmatic or high potency) 

remedies to effectively ‘annihilate’ them. 

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MATERIA MEDICA 

1. Carbolic acid 

KLEIN, Lou (AH. 10/2004) 

Carbolic acid should be considered a remedy 

for someone who is suffering from effects of 

allergy shots or who has a personal or familial 

history of allergy injections. 

One constituent in the allergy shot is Phenol 

from which this remedy is made. 

This is highly indicated in “environmental 

allergies”. 

It is also to be considered in severe Asthma 

where it is life threatening and triggered by 

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The symptoms of this remedy from few 

Materia Medicas are given. 

2. Flying under water. Serum anguillae case 

SHARFSTEIN, Catherine (AH. 10/2004) 

A 65-year-old woman, bald, with complaints of 

‘Bladder problem’. She runs to the bathroom with 

diarrhoea-like symptoms. Eel serum (Serum 

anguillae), helped her all through. [Lot of story in 

the manner of Dr. Rajan SANKARAN’s teachings 

and perhaps also Dr. Divya CHABRA’s . May be 

this kind of case-taking suits some persons (both 

patient and physician) and they could spend all the 

time in extended investigations. Most of the 

‘signature’ cases seem to be fascinating fancies. 

But people get cured! = KSS] 

3. Clarity and intoxication – The proving of 

Amethyst 

SEIDENECK, Barbara; GREGORICH, Jim 

and LOCKWOOD, Amy E. (AH. 10/2004) 

The Homœopathy School of Colorado 

conducted this Proving over a period of five years 

with five different groups of students (1996-1998 

and 2000-2001). 

The Proving was conducted according to the 

directions given in the Organon. Helios 

Pharmacy in England prepared Amethyst in 

potency. 

The ‘themes’, Dreams and Mind and rest of the 

symptomatology and the ‘rubrics’ are given. 

Themes Occurring in Dreams 

• Smallrooms/caves/compartments/underground/ 

tunnel 

• Big buildings/malls/supermarkets 

• Windows, doors, openings Up/down (climbing, 

going down, levels, flying) 

• Water (snow, rain, ocean, wet, ice, boat, 

swimming) 

• Groups of people (classes, schools, teachers) 

• Old (old people, old friends, old buildings) 

• Darkness/light 

• Famous people 

• Weddings 

• Clothes 

• Sick, infection 

• Highways/cars/bikes/travel 

• Colors (red, white) 

• Screaming 

“After the first proving I became fascinated with 

specific themes of the proving, especially 

certain dreams and how they related so closely 

to the nature and structure of the Amethyst.

During the proving one of my own dreams 

reflected similar dream elements experienced 

by a number of provers. Was this because I 

knew the substance or was I just part of a 

group experience? This is when I decided to 

deep proving the remedy to see if certain 

themes and dreams would repeat in unrelated 

groups of people.” – Barbara SEIDENECK C. 

Hom, CCH, RSHom (NA) 

DREAMS 

1. I was in a small room when hands were 

coming at me. I didn’t want hands to touch me. I 

tried to scream so that someone could hear me. 

Couldn’t seem to scream. Then I finally screamed 

out loud. 

2. Had to climb down from boxes; going to a 

wedding. In a warehouse with steel shelving and 

boxes. Climbing down and to the left, toward 

door with light. Boxes filled with juice. Can’t let 

people with horse in to see me. But once to the 

door, don’t care if people see because I’m gone. 

Different day was doing the same thing again. This 

time, I was showing someone else how to do it 

because I was good at it. Realized I was part of a 

group. After second time, realized I wouldn’t have 

to do it anymore. Warehouse was at bottom of 

hill – underground. Woke up and thought it was 

between 1:30 and 3, but it was 6:09. Weird. 

Unusual. I usually know what time it is when I 

wake up. 

3. Dream occurred a.m. I was running through a 

burning wheat/oat field of golden color towards a 

building for shelter. When I got inside the shelter, 

into a dark small wet room, I was locked in. This 

room was stuffy and of concrete walls and floors. 

Aliens came to take me from this room; however, I 

escaped and ran out the back of the barn through 

another golden field. This field was not on fire. 

Then I woke up and was super-tired. Woke 

exhausted from the dream and stayed in bed. Woke 

at 9:30 am. 

4. I had dropped off someone at the airport and 

felt a sense of freedom. I had time for myself to go 

shopping for clothes, some sort of mall, which 

seemed enjoyable at first and then turned chaotic. 

Many people, it seemed dark, dishevelled racks. I 

pick out a few items, but nothing I’m really 

interested in. The shopping seems to turn into more 

of an obligation, or something forced. I 

contemplate leaving, but don’t. Something is 

keeping me there. I look for a dress in a room for 

what seems like a long time, finally I find one. 

There is a waiting line for the dressing room. The 

dressing room area is strange. Cubby holes, no 


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walls between the rooms, no barriers, just small. 

The one I get into, the mirror is set on the floor. 

So I have to squat down to see what I’m wearing. 

Another woman comes into my dressing room, 

which seems a bit threatening at first. She is a 

young, somewhat tough looking woman. The ice is 

broken between us when she asks me for my 

opinion on a vest. It’s dark in the dressing room 

and I can’t see the detail on the vest. 

5. Shopping mall. Homœopathic books. Went 

home was living in a white house. The characters 

were bad guys. A friend appears and says I’ll 

protect you. Stand in front of window, and they’ll 

go away. Bad guys started to mess with car license 

plates. 

6. Top row of seats at a theatre, but steep like 

bleachers in a gym. Taking person there to see if 

could get into dance class; watching person and 

teacher. Three people in red baseball uniforms 

with white numbers and name on back of shirt. 

The person I was watching was wearing a different 

color. Then studying; had just climbed down from 

loft. Same person was asleep on bed with light 

coming in through window. Dreamt had mucus in 

eyes, so wipe eyes and there’s blood on my finger. 

Look in mirror and scratch on sclera horizontal. 

Realized I was dreaming in my dream. Didn’t 

really climb down from loft and scratch eye. Big 

clock above person sleeping by the window. Clock 

said 11:16, numbers really big and really small. 

Felt I had to be a good example and felt I had … 

about falling to sleep because they were watching 

me. Felt good when I woke up. 

7. Water leaking into a building and I am 

playing an imaginary game with children. 

8. Dreams of psychiatric hospital for adolescents, 

a big old building in the country. Full of unhappy 

people. Some locked up in wards; some trying to 

run away. Later I was back at college – big classes, 

lots of people, walking around campus. I also had 

a daughter at the same school. She was unhappy 

about her apartment. It also became her 

classroom and was so overcrowded. All her 

friends had seats up front and she had to sit way in 

back. She thought about quitting because the 

school was so crowded. 

9. Going to the mall because of a famous rock 

band. It was crowded. We were on the upper 

level and on the lower level were guys from the 

band. Some guys from the band were floating on a 

raft in some sort of canal. 

10. Husband and I flying on an airplane, like a toy 

airplane that landed on a beach. We left the hotel 

and went back. The maid was angry because we 

came back after checking out. The maid squirted 

us with a hose. Then I was shopping with my

mother in a department store, where all the 

dresses were too short or too tight. 

11. Went to work with husband and 5-year-old 

son. Worked in a huge old Victorian mansion 

with elevators and big stairways. Husband works 

in the basement and my office is upstairs. 

Chinese restaurant and bar with lots of people in 

the building. The son gets lost in the building. I 

try to drive him to the children’s center in the van. 

But we had to sit on the van like we were riding on 

a big animal. Couldn’t steer or reach the pedals, 

kept sliding on icy rocks. Went the wrong way on 

the highway ramps. 

12. Dreamt of being in a supermarket buying 

chicken. Got only half a container, which was 

upsetting. It was a nasty, dirty run down 

supermarket, like in Mexico. 

13. Was in a supermarket with a friend who 

wasn’t feeling well. Made an appointment with 

homœopath and visited them at a booth in the 

store. Told her not to worry about money. Got 

hungry, sat down in an aisle and ate spaghetti. 

Worried about it being messy. While eating saw 

the friend’s grandmother walk down the aisle. 

She used some lotion and didn’t pay for it. I 

thought that was inconsiderate. 

14. Dreams of whole bunch of people in engineer 

training. Big classroom, big cafeteria, big 

shopping mall. Went on a bike trip up and down 

hills on a big highway. Get to someone’s big 

house with big yard and big kitchen. I’m trying to 

water the big lawns. 

15. Dreams about fast running water. 

16. Son went swimming in John Elway’s pool. I 

went to talk to John Elway (famous football player 

in the United States.) 

17. Dreamt of snow falling. 

18. I was with the Russian army in the winter on a 

frozen lake covered with snow with lots of people 

and vehicles. I was riding a little convertible 

sports car with the top down. 

19. Dreams of ice hockey. About to play. This 

theme came up two to three times this month. 

20. Flying over water and saw the words “Ben 

Eon” on a piece of nearby land. I was with mom. 

It looked like a map. I swooped down into the 

water and swam freely. No fear. Some flamingos 

appeared and started snapping at my ankles. 

21. On an island in the ocean that had been used 

for weapons testing or training troops. Families 

had died there, falling down in front of their homes 

as if poisoned. Pictures of documentation like 

newspaper articles in a scrapbook. My husband 

and son were excited about being in a movie. We 

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collapsed into the ocean. We swam in the ocean 

and then were riding on a big rubber raft. 

22. Dreams of old friends, I haven’t seen in an 

long time. 

23. Dreamt of an old friend and son and they 

looked older. 

24. Went to visit an artist friend, not a real person. 

I had to go through large dark room, which had a 

bar in the middle. I had to go through and out back 

door. I had to go through a door and a window 

well. I never got to this person. I went to visit him 

again at a festival at an artwork booth. 

25. At old piano teacher’s house, in bed in a dark 

room and the teacher was playing the piano for 

me. Other people in the house. 

26. Last night dreamed of Princess Diana, alive. I 

wanted to assure her that things would be OK. 

27. Watching a wedding of no one she knew. 

There is a big leafy vine growing out of the 

building. The vine went and grabbed my new 

mother-in-law and dragged her out of church 

toward the bride. Laughing in the dream. 

28. Vivid, colorful. Best friend came before our 

class (student clinic), was deathly sick. She only 

wore a t-shirt and underwear. I felt sick to see 

her, but couldn’t do anything for her. 

29. A dream of spiritual nature, speaking to my 

teacher. 

30. Dreams of being with lots of people in a 

crowd or a party. 

31. Had to do a presentation about a subject she 

didn’t know in front of a lot of people. Drove coworkers 

home, couldn’t see, got lost in the dark. 

Unusual for her to dream about groups of people. 

32. I was at my old piano teacher’s house with a 

lot of other people. It was raining and dark 

outside. I was washing windows and closed one 

window where the rain was pounding in onto the 

floor. My sister was there. I was with a guru or 

teacher with a lot of others, and we were 

pondering questions. Image of a very large rough 

featured man, like a giant cowboy. 

33. Girlfriend, daughter and I go around town. 

The vehicle you drove dictated what tasks you did. 

I was in charge of deciding who got which car, 

keeping this in order. There was light coming 

through a door. 

34. Dreams without much emotion. My family 

went to the moon. Traveled in space shuttle-like 

vehicle homemade. Told son not to go out. He 

went anyway but it was OK. We were out on the 

moon’s surface jumping around. 

35. I rode a bike out to the highway, going west to 

look for an address that I would go to later. I was 

very big. Could look into second floor windows. 

But riding on the highway was scary. Cars going

fast around me, I didn’t know where to turn off. 

Dizzy and afraid to fall. Big trucks almost push me 

off the road. I was on a very small bike and I was 

regular size with some people from class. We 

stopped at a rest stop under an underpass that was 

like a cave with rooms in it. I found something 

that I had left there that wouldn’t fit into my bike 

basket. Then there was a big flea market inside the 

cave/house, very musty and dusty. Other rooms in 

there like an old house. Dark bedrooms. 

Wandered around in it. Old painted dressers – 

pink with scenes from the Hobbit and fairy tales. 

Thought of calla lilies; was looking for a vase. 

36. Being in a VW bus and looking out of the 

window. 

37. Taking out insides. Three red bloody balls. 

38. Dreams of being stung by a bee. 

39. Dreams of sexual relations with the same sex. 

Very disturbing. 

40. Between 6-8 AM dreamt that my husband had 

a carbuncle. Husband was worried about it. I was 

worried about infection. The carbuncle was on the 

thigh. 

41. Dreamt of skin peeling off. 

“And they did – many dreams of buildings, 

small spaces, upper and lower levels as well as 

dreams of groups and crowded spaces were 

experienced by all four proving groups. If you look 

at a segment of the geode, this is what you see – 

many pink to purple crystals large and small, high 

and low compressed into a confined space.” – 

Barbara SEIDENECK C Hom, CCH, RSHom (NA) 

Affinities 

Interestingly, the proving of Amethyst bore a 

resemblance to some of the traditional thought of 

healing crystals. The mental and emotional realms 

yielded the most significant symptoms. The remedy 

affected relationships, as well as mental calm and 

clarity. This sense of well-being and positive 

energy was countered by themes of confusion, 

dullness, and poor concentration. Some provers 

even experienced the intoxication theme from 

Greek legend – drinkers did not feel the effects of 

alcohol, while others felt “buzzed” without 

drinking. The dreams had some of the same themes 

of relationship (old friends, teachers, weddings). 

Other dreams were reminiscent of the Amethyst 

crystal itself (small rooms, caves, underground). 

In the physical realm, the head, eyes, nose, 

throat, and stomach as well as female issues 

produced significant symptomatology. 

MIND – Mental Themes 

The symptoms below were derived from 

journals of all the provers who actually received 

doses of the remedy in potency. The symptoms 


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have been aggregated into common themes. The 

text of the proving in its entirety will be available at 

the website of Homeopathy School of Colorado at 

www.homeopathyschool.org. 

Irritability/impatience/quarrelling 

1. Snapping at people. 

2. Cranky, irritable. It’s awful. 

3. People are more aggressive with me. Argued 

with boyfriend. 

4. Fighting with husband. Never has done this. 

Ran away for 10 hours without letting anyone 

know where she was going. 

5. In the afternoon a little more irritable. For 30 

minutes very irritated. 

6. Irritability and impatience. 

7. A little more patient than usual. 

8. Very impatient with my son. Quick and tense. 

9. Irritable with daughter and myself. 

10. Irritable at every little thing. 

11. Irritated. I have harsh language. 

12. I speak loudly and create havoc with it. 

13. Sharp tongue; got into bad fight with husband. 

I say whatever I want to. 

14. No hysterical or irritated state before menses. 

My husband can usually tell when my periods 

begin because of my bad temper. 

(symptom free after remedy for the first time in 

10 years – cured symptom) 

Clarity/energy/well-being/industrious 

1. People react with abruptness. Feel more awake. 

Nervous energy. Not sleepy after meals as 

usual. Getting a lot of things done. 

2. Thinking more clearly. 

3. The remedy seems to help with decision 

making. 

4. I seem really clear mentally. Really busy. 

Lots going on. Lots of room to handle it and 

figure things out. Felt able. (Normally I feel 

pulled in different directions and get frustrated 

when my mind doesn’t function. Usually can 

only figure out one thing at a time.) 

5. Mentally very active, calm and clear. 

6. Thinking more clearly, even the emotions are 

more clear. 

7. Unusually busy all day. 

8. More aware of myself. More mental clarity. 

Not quite clairvoyant. But aware of higher self. 

9. Feeling open and clear in the evening. 

10. Feeling much clarity and positive energy at 

moments. Vacillation of mental and emotional 

symptoms, feeling self-conscious at times, and 

at other times feeling spiritually connected 

with others. 

11. Waking in the morning with good energy.

Feeling very happy. Feeling really good. 

12. Woke up feeling really good, tons of energy. 

Good energy, feel good, very active. 

13. Was very busy at work, very focused, lots of 

energy, feel good. 

14. Felt focused all day. 

15. Fast/restlessness/”buzzy”/hyperawareness 

16. Something is about to happen to me, like male 

energy. Like a premonition. 

17. Feeling that something dramatic was going to 

happen. 

18. Pacing on the phone. Wound up. 

19. Restless at bedtime. Couldn’t sleep at first. 

20. Quick to answer. Fast talk. 

21. Sense of acceleration – moving faster, thinking 

faster, but not anxious. 

22. Feeling as if he had been poisoned before. 

Now mental awareness has returned. 

23. Heightened sense of awareness. 

24. Moments of buzzy, high energy. Occurred two 

hours after taking second dose of remedy. 

25. Feels hyper aware of body and mental 

capacities. 

Confusion/dullness/slowness 

1. Since the remedy less in touch with emotions. 

Feels unemotional 

2. During call to supervisor, mental confusion. 

Couldn’t readily remember previous day’s 

ailments. 

3. Couldn’t remember what he did the previous 

day. 

4. Thinking feels slow, sluggish and dull. 

5. Concentration difficult. Loss of mental focus. 

Mentally dull. 

6. Had trouble counting while playing dominos. 

Something unusual for me. 

7. Forget where I parked, felt disconnected. 

Unusual. I didn’t know which way to go. I 

found the car pretty quickly; stumbled upon it. 

8. Strange feeling of being tired and bored. 

Weak memory/poor 

concentration/spacey/mistakes 

1. Noticed difficulty concentrating, not wanting 

to focus on paperwork. 

2. I’m writing things on the wrong pages! 

3. Spaced out two phone calls. 

4. Spaced out feeling and irritability. Forgot to 

call supervisor for proving. 

5. Mentally not as sharp. “Floating through the 

day.” Feels more mellow. Talking more slowly. 

6. Seems a little difficult to concentrate because 

of fatigue and mental cloudiness. Difficulty 

focusing on calendar dates. 

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8. I do everything wrong. Constantly making 

mistakes as if my head is cloudy. I’m not smooth 

in my daily operations. My handwriting is terrible. 

I speak very “matter of factly” to everyone; I don’t 

care if I hurt their feelings. 

9. I’m very spacey; starring out of the window. 

Calm/Anxiety 

1. Problems at work, owner uptight. Stay very 

calm with this (unusually calm). 

2. Feel patient and calm. 

3. Feeling anxious. Wanted to eat. Huge 

appetite. 

4. I’ve become more negative towards others. 

Anxious feeling. Too much energy. 

5. The remedy seems to intensify the fears and 

anxieties; makes me more aware of them. 

6. Increasing agitation and some anxiousness. I 

feel a little out of sorts. 

7. Anxiety about taking the remedy. 

Sensitivity 

1. More sensitive to odors, which seem to give 

me a feeling of pressure in the top of my head. The 

smell from books and a down comforter give 

instant headache. Usually sensitive but not this 

sensitive. Car exhaust and dirty air have been more 

intolerable than usual and have caused the same 

head pressure reaction in varying degrees. The 

headache was worse and was accompanied by an 

anxious, speedy feeling that lasts for sometime 

beyond exposure. 

2. Every noise seems to be amplified. Own voice 

sounds very loud. 

3. Own voice seems violent. 

4. I felt like I was turning into a wolf. I hear 

every little sound in or out of the house as if 

amplified a thousand times. 

5. I can smell everything. 

Intoxication/sobriety 

1. Drank 1 quart of 3.2 beer. No intoxicating 

effect. (This is something unusual for prover.) 

2. Drank Fosters beer (one 25-ounce can). No 

intoxicating effect. (He usually doesn’t drink beer.) 

3. Buzzed feeling, light headed, like being drunk. 

Mentally disconnected to what’s going on around 

me. I’m separate. 

4. Supervisor remarks that the prover sounds 

intoxicated. 

5. Feeling buzzed. 

Sadness/depression/weeping 

1. Depressed while talking to supervisor on the 

phone. Don’t feel normal joviality.

2. Depression set in. Overwhelmed feeling. 

Wanted to escape. 

3. Depression all day. A gloom over me. 

4. Unusual intensity with depression and sadness 

regarding issues with daughter. 

5. Emotionally very sensitive. Crying over an 

animal on an environmental show on TV; not 

something that I normally do. 

6. Weeping easily. 

Unusual sensations 

1. In the evening a creepy feeling like someone is 

watching me, or someone is behind me. I looked 

around and no one was there. 

2. One hour after taking the remedy, I felt a 

sensation of something moving inside while I was 

driving. It moved upward; had a brief image of a 

spirit inside unfolding. 

3. In the morning, sensation of being in an empty 

tube or tunnel scooping up light and colors. The 

world is coming in at one end and going out the 

other. 

4. Images of “largeness.” 

Miscellaneous 

1. Feels sick when thinking about taking more of 

the remedy. 

2. I don’t want to look anyone in the eye. My 

eyes feel like they’re looking downward. 

3. Desires to be held quietly. 

4. Persistent erotic feeling throughout the nap; 

felt aroused. Feeling center mostly around breasts 

feeling warm and full. 

VERTIGO 

1. Bent down, on rising from stooping sense that I 

could black out. Vertigo action momentary. 

2. Sort of dizzy, light-headed, shaky feeling for 

about 15 minutes, like I’ve lost too much blood. 

HEAD 

1. Pain dull across top of eyes. Dull headache 

with pain in eyes. Headache all day but gone by 

the morning. 

2. Headache over right eyeball. Dull pain. Not 

relieved by nap. Continues through the afternoon. 

3. Despite chiropractic adjustment got a headache 

over right eye and eye socket. Sharp pain. 

4. Pain in right temple. Piercing. Continues until 

evening. 

5. Waking with headache above right eye. Dull 

pain. The next day, drifting in and out of sleep. 

Headache worsening as the day goes on. Headache 

dull, slight and steady. Across front forehead and 

in right eye. On the fourth day, still has headache. 

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the eyes. Dull ache. Mild continuous, steady. Not 

distressing. 

6. Strong headache. Aching pain above and 

behind eyes. 

7. Headache banded. Over forehead. Minor pain 

around the head from side to side. 

8. Sensation of heat. Left side of head. 

9. Lots of hair fell out in shower (unusual). 

10. Sinus pressure. Dull aching pain. Feels like 

first stage of migraine. Started previous day on and 

off < night < right side above eye. 

11. Had sharp pain over left eye like a knife above 

left eyebrow. Dull headache. (Not irritable with 

headache, which would be usual for this prover.) 

12. Shortly after taking third dose of remedy 

experienced flash of pain in left side of head. The 

next day, five minutes after taking a dose of remedy 

experienced a headache in the left side of scalp. 

Flash – front to back. Stitching, sharp. 

13. Feeling funny. Sensing headache on top to the 

right front to back. Feeling buzzed; like after 

alcohol. 

14. Light-headed. Mentally disconnected to 

what’s going on around me. I’m separate. Buzzed; 

could feel it down my body to arms and legs. 

Headache moving around. Stabilized, dull pain on 

top of head toward the front. Sense of nausea, 

subtle. Headache continues and moves to left side 

of head; temporal. Dull. Tension kind of 

headache. Headache stronger in left temple. 

Headache moving all around. Stabilized as dull 

pain in the top of head, towards the front. Subtle 

sense of nausea with the headache. Headache 

continues and moves to left side of head; temporal. 

Dull. Sensation of pulsation in the head. Energy is 

moving. Headache continues, mostly on top front 

to mid-point. 

15. Burning pain in temples (this prover never has 

headaches). 

16. Mild headache in temples (this prover never 

has headaches). 

17. Headache all over with neck involvement. 

Took Advil. The next day, headache again with 

stiffness in back of neck and shoulder. Occipital 

headache that went up to the forehead. I usually get 

headaches at the beginning of my period but not 

after, and they usually occur in the morning on 

waking and not in the afternoon. The third day, 

feeling pressure mostly on top part of my head. 

The third day, slight headache in temples and 

forehead. Pressure feeling continues. Head not 

clear. Headache (?) comes and goes in intensity; 

symptoms last 8 days. 

18. Sensation as if I’m inside my head listening. 

While drying my face and bending over, I hear a

hollow sound inside my head, caused by the friction 

of rubbing the towel back and forth. 

19. A hollow sensation in the head while bending 

over and scrunching my hair. I am hearing the 

sound from inside my head, like my head is hollow. 

20. Have noticed minor head and sinus congestion 

since I had the headaches on Day 5 and 6 of the 

provings. 

21. Brief, sharp pains in upper head. The next day, 

brief, sharp pains on right side of head. 

22. Headache behind eyes, forehead and temples; 

occurring in the late morning. 

23. Headache starts in the back of head and neck, 

goes up in the head on the right side to above the 

eyebrows, extends to whole right side; > with 

rubbing the neck, > with cold applications, > 

pressure, > lying down. Dull ache; > when keeping 

head up while lying down. 

24. After taking remedy, low-grade, very dull 

headache starting in forehead region and extending 

into crown of head. Headache moved to top of 

head and towards the back. Experienced a sharp 

twinge on the left side that lasted a few seconds. 

Headache continues but only in the forehead area 

above the eyes. Dull ache. 

25. Dull headache in forehead area, especially over 

eyes. Feeling foggy and tired. Headache 

worsening. The weather is clear. The storm moved 

through last night. Low-grade headache lasts all 

day and continues in the forehead area. 

EYES 

1. Eyes itching dramatically. Like a stick right in 

the socket. 

2. Itching right eye. 

3. Twitch in left eyebrow where the socket meets 

the skull. 

4. Burning, a little gritty, a bit irritated. Itchiness 

of the eye, especially right corner of right eye. 

Look congested, and vision feels a bit tired and 

blurry. 

5. Eyes feeling dry and a little gritty. 

6. Eyes burning. 

7. Eyes sensitive to light. 

8. Right eye itchy. The next day both eyes itchy. 

9. Both eyes are itchy this morning. Eyes very 

itchy. Feels better to rub them. My eyes are 

REALLY red. Symptoms last for about 15 

minutes. Eyes got better after a hot shower. 

10. Eyes feel very heavy. 

11. Vision foggy. Sensation of film across eye. 

EAR 

1. Hot right ear. 

2. Tingling in left ear. 


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3. Piercing pain in both ears like dull pencils 

being driven in. 

4. Pressure on ears and congestion. Three days 

later slight congestion with more fluid in ears. 

5. Pain in right ear like an insect; seconds of pain. 

Milder in left ear. Boring pain. Pain behind both 

ears. First right then left. The next day, brief, 

sharp pains in right ear. Pain in right ear continues 

to third day, it vibrates. 

6. Brief throbbing in both ears, worse on the 

right. Noticeable sensation, but not a bad pain. 

7. Woke up with shooting pain in my left ear. 

Pain in left ear continues intermittently. 

8. Lobes of ears dry. 

HEARING 

1. Heightened sense of hearing, on and off during 

first four days of proving. While listening to music 

I can hear the high-pitched percussion sounds 

extremely well, especially the triangle; it stands out 

much more than usual. Sitting quietly in car 

hearing white noise very intensely, as if I could 

hear the vibration of electrical wires and everything 

around me (like the plastic in the car, the concrete 

outside). I feel like screaming because there is no 

way to escape this crazy buzzing. Acute awareness 

of high-pitched constant sound from down the 

street coming through an open window. 

2. My ear feels very open to the sound coming 

in, as if there is no filter. Heightened hearing 

awareness for sounds coming in through the 

window. Someone in the distance is pushing a 

shopping cart and it sounds very sharp. 

3. Heightened hearing upon drying hair with a 

towel; rubbing. 

NOSE 

1. Noticeable smell of manure. 

2. Pressure from sinus headache. Lots of watery 

discharge. Sinuses so full that passage feels 

narrow. 

3. Frequent sneezing in morning. 

4. Constant post-nasal drip though don’t have a 

cold. Spitting all day. Not feeling sick. 

5. Stuffy when waking up. 

6. Twitch at root of nose on the left side. 

7. Running nose: clear, watery drips from end of 

nose, lasting one hour. Two days later, nose runny 

with nausea. 

8. A general feeling that my acute sense of smell 

is increasing. 

9. Heightened sense of smell, on and off. The 

next day, sense of smell heightened at times. 

Smells, not pleasant or agreeable, ranging from 

mildly pungent to intolerable: neighbors’ barbeque, 

smell from clothes dryer, car exhaust, fast food, etc.

10. Three huge sneezes. Sniffly, itchy nose; drips 

into the back of the throat. An hour later, sneezes 

again. Eyes itchy. Nose very itchy. Post-nasal 

drip down back of throat. Another hour later, nose 

not sniffly, just draining into throat. Symptom 

lasted until 11 am. Then the symptom returned at 

16:30 when I took the second dose. 

11. Nose sniffly again, followed the next day by 

post-nasal drip, scratchy throat, >while in the steam 

room. On the third day after sneezing, out came 

yellowish thick green mucus. Lots of post-nasal 

drip. On the fourth day post-nasal drip; have to 

swallow. < in am, > in pm. 

12. Driving to work, big globs of mucus, postnasal 

in the throat and couldn’t get it out. Then ate 

at 9:15 and the mucus cleared out. 

13. Nose stuffy in am and worse pm. The next 

day, nose dry, inside nostrils, as though I’d inhaled 

a bunch of dust. 

FACE 

1. Two small pimples on right forehead and left 

cheek bone. They were gone the next day. 

2. Small pimple on right jaw. It was gone the 

next day. 

3. Heat sensation in face. 

4. Sensation of flush in face, but it wasn’t 

discolored. Forehead around to temple. Tingling 

in face; in general, like after dentist over most of 

body. 

5. Pain/pressure in the face just below the eyes. 

6. In the morning, pressure in forehead about 

nose; passed quickly. 

MOUTH 

1. Wine didn’t taste sweet. Salsa tasted terrible, 

normally craves spicy. Tasted too spicy, didn’t like 

that taste. 

2. Food didn’t taste quite as flavorful. 

3. Spit felt thicker. 

4. Saliva acrid and burning. 

5. Gums swollen, left side, top, lasting to 

following day. 

6. Burning sensation, right side of lower lips, as if 

I’d eaten something spicy. An hour later, 

numbness at mouth, both lips and top of tongue. 

7. Bitter taste, tip of tongue. Lots of saliva. 

8. Dry mouth but thirstless during cold 

symptoms. 

9. One hour after taking remedy, increased saliva 

in the mouth; swallowing a lot. 

TEETH 

1. Teeth hurt all day; both sides; upper and lower. 

Feels like there is a coating on teeth, especially 

with sweets and even with fruit. Makes me want to 


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brush my teeth. > rinsing. >vegetables. >toast. >hot 

water. Teeth very sensitive even without sweet. 

2. While eating suddenly a metallic taste. Feeling 

like I can taste the fillings in my teeth. 

3. Tight molars, achy. 

THROAT 

1. Swelling in esophagus after eating cookies. 

2. Throat feels swollen. Hard to swallow. 

3. Began to notice something in my throat, as if 

the glands were swollen. The next day, still 

noticing my throat in the same way. It’s very 

unusual for me to get throat symptoms. 

4. Swollen glands. The next day throat is slightly 

sore. Two day later, dry, tickling throat. 

5. Throat sore and scratchy. Better warm drink. 

Better lying down. 

6. Scratchy throat; has to clear a lot and that 

makes it feel better. Symptom lasted until 11 am. 

Then the symptoms return at 16:30 when she took 

the second dose. One half hour after taking the 

remedy, the scratchy throat returns; must clear 

throat all day. Woke from nap with a scratchy 

throat (remedy taken at 15:15). The next day, woke 

in the morning with dry throat, scratchy, feeling 

dusty. Better with clearing and swallowing. Better 

drinking hot tea. Better moving about. Better in 

general. The throat symptoms were gone by the 

sixth day. 

7. Feels like the swallowing mechanism is not 

working; feels like food is staying in her throat after 

swallowing. 

8. Small tickle in throat that made me cough 

once; it never came back. 

9. Having to clear throat. 

10. Slight symptoms of sore throat. 

11. Sore throat around 4 PM > drinking cool 

fluids; > massaging neck. At the same time has 

greenish mucus in the nose. The next day, wakes 

with sore, dry throat, not painful, just irritating. 

Lots of yellow mucus. Spitting out the mucus. > 

cool drinks, > massaging throat, > 10:30 AM. 

12. Dry throat, really thirsty, on waking and 

retiring. Spit out mucus 6-7 times today. Two days 

later, dry throat and have been drinking quite a lot 

of water. Did not urinate frequently today. The 

dryness continues for two more days. 

EXTERNAL THROAT 

Spot on neck with weak twinge of pain on left 

side. Spot sore for a short time. 

STOMACH 

1. Sudden nausea. 

2. Nervous stomach. Burning, turned sour. 

Acidic feeling. The next morning, nervous rushing 

to center of stomach. 

3. Thirsty all day. Drank 3.5 liters.

4. Very mild nausea almost immediately after 

taking first dose of the remedy. Took 3 rd dose of 

remedy and again experienced mild nausea, like a 

bubbling or churning in stomach. 

5. Empty, little nauseous, and pressure at center 

of sternum. 

6. Appetite diminished. Not hungry. 

7. Mild sense of having to vomit, a passing thing. 

8. Mild nausea (prover has never had stomach 

problems) during the first three days of the proving. 

Nausea started 15 minutes after taking the remedy. 

Nausea better after eating a bowl of chicken soup 

(normally doesn’t eat this time of day; went to great 

effort to get the soup). Has aversion to eat the soup 

but does so anyway. 

9. Thirstlessness and appetite decreased during 

first six days of proving. 

10. Nausea during yoga with muscle shaking and 

weakness. 

11. Mild acidic feeling located below the sternum. 

12. Thirst increased. 

ABDOMEN 

1. Gas in the afternoon. The next day more gas. 

2. Woke with gurgling in the lower left abdomen, 

lasting 30 minutes. 

3. Sour smelling gas; haven’t eaten any foods that 

usually give me gas. 

RECTUM 

1. More bowel movements. Going to the 

bathroom a lot. 

2. Spasms in rectum. Felt like having ball in butt. 

Lasted two minutes. Incapacitating pain. Felt 

nauseous during it. After lying on floor in pain, 

gone in two minutes. 

3. Constipation. Passes only hard balls. Stool 

like sheep dung. Little pellets. Symptoms last two 

days. 

BLADDER 

Urination decreased by 50%, lasting two days. 

MALE GENITALIA 

1. Sexual desire increased since taking remedy; 

lasting 3 days. 

2. Sex drive completely gone. 

FEMALE GENITALIA 

1. Sex on back burner; so irritable. 

2. Severe cramps in uterus. Sudden onset. On a 

scale of 1-10, these cramps were a 10 in severity. 

(This prover usually has extremely painful periods, 

and after the remedy she had her first painless 

period ever.) 

3. Menstruation – not as irritated as usual. 


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4. Vaginal discharge – stringy like cloudy egg 

white. 

5. Bleeding during menses increased. 

6. Very mild contraction of uterus during menses. 

7. Pelvic floor feels warm, somewhat burning; 

lasts for about 10 minutes. 

8. Sensation on right side of labia: has a 

tightening, rubbed feeling. Like I’m going to get 

herpes. 

9. Increasing sexual energy, arousal in genital 

area. Pulsating sensation in vulva and clitoral area, 

on and off for 10 minutes. 

10. I have a very itchy spot on my pubic bone. 

Red spots on pubic bone, under hair, itching; better 

with scratching. This lasts 4 days. 

11. Relaxation of vagina with bubbly feeling 

inside. Sexual desire is low. 

12. There is a feeling of swelling under the hair. 

Sensation as if I can feel every hair. High sexual 

desire. 

13. Period started 3 days late. No cramping in 

lower abdomen or lower back, which she usually 

gets. 

14. Period starts one day early. Cramps worse than 

usual. 

RESPIRATION 

1. Constriction and tightness with breathing. 

Pressure on inhalation. Need to make an effort to 

inhale. 

2. Lungs dry when walking up hill, breathing 

difficult, has to stop to breath. 

COUGH 

1. Cough while lying in bed in the morning, 

lasted 10-15 minutes. 

2. A little cough from tickle in throat. Woke 

from nap with a dry cough and tickle in throat. The 

next day, dry cough; makes throat raw. Cough like 

choking on the third day. Went out in the cold 

weather and coughed a lot. Dry, choking cough. 

Tried to cough deeply but throat would close. The 

cough lasts 5 days. 

CHEST 

1. Empty sensation, little nausea, and pressure at 

center of sternum. The next day, minute amount of 

pressure on the chest, lower than armpit level. 

Lower end of sternum; upper epigastrium. 

2. Empty feeling extending to abdomen. 

3. Brief, slight fluttering feeling in the heart. 

Breasts feeling tender, slightly swollen, lasting 

about a week (usually happens before menses, but 

this isn’t the right time). The third day, a short 

period of uneasiness in my heart. Aware of it 

beating harder than usual.

4. Occasionally shooting pain right breast, 

shooting from outside toward nipple. Has occurred 

about six times today, very quickly. The next day, 

same quick shooting pain of right breast as 

yesterday. Feel it about every 10 minutes. 

5. Congested tight feeling in upper abdominal and 

lower chest and below the sternum. 

6. My heart is pounding. Felt it the next day also. 

7. Not time for menses, breasts feeling thick. 

Husband noticed that they were swollen. This 

continues to next day. 

8. Heaviness in the chest, followed by a sharp, 

stitching pain like a needle; 3 inches down from the 

collar bone. First the left side then the right, then 

back to left. Lasted until 6 pm. Worse pressure. 

Later, chest pain again, size of tennis ball. Better 

erect, but worse on rising. 

BACK 

1. Spine stiff. 

2. Back pain, lasting six days. 

3. Tingling on each side of spine, mid-back, 

between shoulder blades. Sensation comes and 

goes. Two or three hours later, muscles on left 

side, mid-back, contracting and warm. Neck tight. 

Then, two days later, tingling sensation on both 

sides of mid-back. 

4. I feel tense in the middle of my back (unusual 

for me). 

5. On waking have back pain between spine and 

shoulder blade on right side. Very tight, stabbing, 

hurting very bad. Can’t go to work. Occasionally 

gets this, but never this bad and usually on both 

sides. Cold applications helped a little. 

6. Stiffness, discomfort of low back; followed by 

coolness running up my back. Upper back stiff 

three days later. 

EXTREMITIES 

1. Weakness and tiredness in shoulders and arms; 

weak and slightly painful. 

2. Sensation on top of right foot. Felt weak. 

3. Clumsiness. Dropped cap while screwing on 

laundry detergent bottle. Five days later, dropped 

toilet seat. Usually careful. 

4. Numbness in left arm, left thumb, and fingers. 

5. Buzzed, could feel it down the body, arms and 

legs. 

6. Light numbness in hands and fingers. The next 

day, numbness in hands and fingers. < left side. 

7. Feet feeling burning, dry, uncomfortable and 

full. 

8. A pin-point of burning pain that comes up from 

time to time for a few days. It occurs on the top of 

my right ankle where it bends into my right foot. 


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There’s nothing showing. I’ve never had this 

before. 

9. Bright red patches, streaks on inside of knees. 

Starting at bend, going outwards toward the front. 

Slightly raised, about one inch wide. Itching and 

burning. Six days later, red patches on knees 

almost gone, but now slowly returning. 

10. Shortly after taking remedy, brief tingling, pins 

and needles in right arm. Later, brief sharp pains in 

right leg – knee and above. Feet itch. The next 

day, brief, sharp pain on right side. 

11. At midnight, noticed swelling of the feet from 

the base of the toes up to the bend in the foot. Feet 

look fat and stubby. I’ve never had anything like 

this. The swelling lasts two days. 

12. Ankles and feet feel thick and swollen. 

SLEEP 

1. More groggy than usual upon rising. 

2. Sleeplessness between 2:30 and 5:30 am. 

3. Sleep disturbed. Difficult to go to sleep. 

Needed to take naps. 

4. Couldn’t sleep (unusual). Took over two hours 

to fall asleep not because of thoughts. The body 

was tired; the mind was awake. 

5. Still awake, can’t fall asleep. It’s windy 

outside and that’s agitating me. It’s hard to stay still 

or find a comfortable position. I’m not going to 

repeat the remedy. 

6. Took a nap one hour after taking remedy. 

Usually can’t nap. 

7. Can’t fall asleep; it’s windy outside and that’s 

agitating me. It’s hard to stay still or find a 

comfortable position. I’m not going to repeat the 

remedy. 

SKIN 

1. Burning rash on shoulders and on both sides of 

breasts. Spots on left side of neck. 

2. Rash on neck. Bumps on arms. Rash all over 

neck and back. Rash blotchy, raised, brownish-pin, 

spreading onto shoulder. 

3. Itch on right arm near elbow. 

4. Skin became drier, itchy (skin normally very 

oily). 

5. Rash on neck. 

6. Dry nose, lips and skin. 

GENERALS 

Food desires 

1. Craves lemonade and orange juice. 

2. Strong desire for chocolate, like it is obsessive, 

can’t stop. Ate lots of M & Ms. 

3. Ate lots of chocolate, obsessive for the entire 

week. (This is an entirely new symptom.)

4. Crave watermelon. 

5. I only enjoy things that are soothing and gentle. 

Don’t like sharp tastes in my food. 

Heat/cold 

1. Wave of heat – torso and arms. 

2. Hot, cold, and tingling sensation all at the same 

time. > walking. 

3. Felt very chilled. Needed sweater. Felt very 

sleepy. Lay down and didn’t sleep. Later on got 

very warm. 

4. Felt hot, but puts on socks and wool sweater. 

5. Felt cold and desired salt. 

6. Very cold in the evening before going to bed. 

Needed to use two blankets. 

Energy/weakness 

1. Unusually good energy with her periods. 

2. Felt fine in the sun, which was strange. 

3. Tons of energy, anxious and jittery. 

4. Have more physical energy. Going and going 

and not feeling tired. 

5. Light-headed, weak, like I hadn’t had any food, 

but had eaten two hours before. Almost dizzy and 

some nausea. > exercising. 

6. Felt good but expected otherwise because there 

was a change in the weather (cured symptom). 

7. Tiredness; came and went quickly. 

8. Stirring quietly in car hearing white nose very 

intensely as if I could hear the vibration of 

electrical wires and everything around me (like the 

plastic in the car, the concrete outside). I feel like 

screaming because there is no way to escape this 

crazy buzzing. [that exact sx is higher, under 

HEARING.] 

9. Moments of buzzy, high energy. Occurred two 

hours after taking second dose of remedy. 

10. After the remedy first felt more energetic, then 

starting on day 6 I felt exhausted. 

11. Have energy. Wants to walk to places instead 

of driving. 

12. High energy; wants to do lots of projects. 

13. Energy low all day. Feels quiet. 

14. Tired all day; yawned all day. Wife had to 

drive. Fell asleep in the car. Woke up exhausted 

from the nap. Never felt like this before. 

15. Woke up exhausted as if I had taken sleeping 

pills. 

16. Waking at 7 am feeling refreshed, which is 

unusual for me. 

Side 

Right-sided sharp pain. 

Tingling/tremor 

1. Tingling sensation throughout body. 


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2. Shakiness after lunch. Felt shaky all over: 

stomach, legs, arms; heart rate is also increased. 

3. Tremors inside whole body, like an engine 

reviving in neutral. Lasted for one hour; whole 

body shaking. 

4. Calypte anna – a homœopathic proving of 

Anna’s Humming bird 

SHEPARD, Cynthia A. (AH. 10/2004) 

Proving took place in British Columbia, 

Canada in 2003. Two male and six female provers. 

The author has chosen to present his proving 

data with comparisons to humming bird anatomy, 

physiology, biology and behaviour. The 

correlations are strong and help provide a clearer 

image of the remedy. 

Swing of energy levels, internal coldness and 

sluggishness, absence of digestive problems, strong 

aggravations from chocolate and alcohol, stiffness 

of hips, a feeling of calmness, inability to 

communicate the thoughts are some of the 

symptoms. 

5. Vincetoxicum Proving 

GLUECK, Walter (AH. 10/2004) 

In Folk medicine, this is used as a “poison 

conqueror”. Proved in 1986 in 30C in seven 

provers. 

Symptoms of Vincetoxicum officinale (sym. 

Cynandricum vincetoxicum) in schematic manner 

and some of the confirmed symptoms are given. 

Four ‘Flu’ cases helped by the remedy are 

presented. 

Schematic Head – Foot Survey 

Mind: Apathetic 

Dizziness: Dizziness with headache, dazed 

Head: Funny feeling, as if dazed, heavy, 

dull 

Headache: From nape of the neck continuing 

to crown of the head, 

Headache: Oppressive dull, heavy 

Headache: Head dull, hammering, 

exploding, better when lying 

down 

Headache: Crown of the head dull, as if 

exploding 

Eyes: Feeling of pressure in the eyes 

Nose: Watery nasal catarrh, from time 

to time, blocked nose 

Nose: Secretion watery, white-yellow, 

green 

Neck: Feeling of stiffness, lateral 

dragging feeling

Throat: Sore throat, worse when 

swallowing, feeling of enlarged 

tonsils 

Stomach: Nausea from swallowing of 

sputum 

Bladder: Urinary incontinence when 

coughing 

Cough: Dry, during daytime, spasmodic 

Cough: Expectoration viscous, white 

Cough: Cough painful, leaving burning in 

chest 

Cough: Coughing at night, walking 

through coughing not clear 

Back: Cervical pain. As if gripped in a 

bench-vice; stiffness in back of 

head 

Back: Stiffness in back of head 

Extremities: Aching limbs, all bones aching 

Sleep: Nightmares, bad sleep; dreams of 

day’s occurrences 

Temperature: Feeling hot (objective: slightly 

raised temperature) 

Temperature: Hot feeling in the morning, 

alternating hot and cold 

General: Weakness, worse in the morning, 

exhaustion, with apathy, lack of 

drive 

Confirmed symptoms and Differential 

Diagnoses: 

More or less rapid onset of illness (within 1-6 

hours), with weakness, leaden tiredness, aching 

bones and shivers (Eup. per.) 

Numb headache, beginning mostly in crown of 

head or entire head, worse for movement; with 

stupor, incapacity to think clearly; sometimes with 

dizziness and/or pain in eyes or sensitivity to light. 

Aching limbs, pain throughout body, or pain in 

spinal column, in region of cervical and/or lumbar 

spine. 

Possibly beginning with runny cold and/or 

slight sore throat, caused by cold (Quill.) 

Better for resting, lying down, warmth, hot 

bath. 

Possibly increased appetite during shivers 

(Eup. per. Phos., China, Veratr. etc.); thirst normal. 

After shivery stage (Pyrogen.), within 6 – 12 

hours: sensation of heat and/or fever (with or 

without sweating); with strong dull headache, 

mostly on top of head (differential diagnosis Gels.), 

thirst mostly normal, little appetite. 

Worsening of sensation of heat mostly 

afternoon, evening or night; asks for more cover, 

possibly alternating feeling of hot and cold during 

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Possibly dry, spasmodic cough with burning in 

chest, headache worse for coughing (Bry.) 

During feverish stage, sometimes slight feeling 

of nausea and unspecific abdominal discomfort. 

Similarity to Bell., Ferr., Phos., Gels. 

6. Comparison of Provings of Larrea tridentata 

(Creosote) 

ROWE, Todd (SIM. XVII, 3/2004) 

This article is a comparison between two 

provings done on Larrea tridentata by Dr. Stephen 

MESSER et al and Todd ROWE. 

It is remarkable that both groups chose the 

same substance to be proven at the same time and 

were done completely independently. 

Repetition of provings provides an opportunity 

to deepen our understanding of our medicines. 

The proving methodologies, rubrics and 

themes are compared. 

The concordance of symptoms between the 

two provings was approximately 50%. 80-90% 

concordance would ultimately prove ideal. 

7. Brown Pelican: An excerpt from: Birds 

Homœopathic Remedies from the Avian 

Realm 

SHORE, Jonathan; SCHRIEBMAN, Judy and 

HOGELAND, Anneke (SIM. XVII, 3/2004) 

Proving done in September 2001. 

Core idea: Freedom to be. Freedom from 

judgement. They suffer from the opinions of others 

as to how they should be in the world. 

Key aspects: Connection versus separation 

Instinct versus reason 

Mental confusion versus 

conscientiousness over details 

Calm versus Anxiety/fear 

Leadership 

Solemnity, Joy, Purity 

Right sidedness 

Hypersensitivity 

Prominent rubrics are given. [This is in tune 

with the time, i.e. data collection more on ‘mind’ = 

KSS] 

8. Magnesia carbonica and Sulphur: 

Compatibility in Relationship 

LALOR, Liz (AJHM. 97, 3/2004) 

Ms. LALOR authored the book “A 

Homeopathic Guide to Partnership and 

Compatibility” as a means to introduce the public 

to Homœopathy, specifically in the context of how 

differing constitutional remedy types might interact

when in relationship with one another. Here we 

have excerpted the chapter on Magnesia carbonica 

and Sulphur. The two remedies – Magnesia 

carbonica, with its great need for security within a 

relationship and peaceful harmony, and Sulphur, 

with its need for recognition and egotism – create 

an interesting relationship dynamic, which is 

thoroughly explored in this article/chapter. 

[Here again is a 12 pages article. Lot of 

speculations. The basis for the findings “Healthy 

Sulphurs are intensely passionate, intensely 

creative, and intensely inspirational! How come 

these? And the ‘Unhealthy Sulphurs’ are the 

opposite. Do we have ‘healthy Sulphurs’, healthy 

Lycopodiums’ and so on? = KSS] 

9. The Toxicology of Claviceps purpurea: Ergot 

of Rye 

BONNET M.S. and BASSON P.W. 

(AJHM. 97, 3/2004) 

The signs and symptoms of poisoning by 

Claviceps purpurea (Secale cornutum) has been 

gathered from medical, hospital and veterinary 

reports and presented in a classical homœopathic 

repertory fashion in order to supplement the 

homœopathic Materia Medica. 

Materia Medica Based on the Human 

Envenomation by Claviceps purpurea, Ergot of 

Rye. Its Toxicology. 

Outline review 

Ergot, in most cases, will be limited to digestive 

disorders, insomnia and slight disturbances of the 

autonomic nervous system. Less frequently, severe 

delirium, muscular spasms and cardiovascular 

collapse are encountered. Peripheral arterial 

constriction progresses slowly but persistently. 

Ergot disorder develops more quickly in children 

but, equally, leaves them more rapidly. The 

condition is more noticeable during winter when it 

resembles frostbite or freezing of the extremities. 

Pregnancy and lactation are adversely affected. 

Mind 

Aggressiveness (cattle & occasionally swine). 

Agitation, worse for attempt at restraining patient 

(severe phase). 

Belligerence (animal symptom). 

Confusion, mental. 

Crying loudly, shrieking, complaining that a 

devouring fire is burning their feet and hands. 

Delirium, confusional but can be interrupted 

momentarily by strong external stimuli (severe 

phase); duration of delirium variable (humans & 

livestock). 


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Delirium and hallucinations; seized with a fearful 

and dangerous disorder. 

Depressive state of mind initially, with anguish and 

slight agitation. 

Dullness and depression (livestock). 

Coldness, complaining of. 

Confusional state of mind. 

Consciousness level disturbances. 

Delirium, systematized, with animal hallucinations 

and self-accusation; sometimes mystical or 

macabre; at other times terrifying visions followed 

by fugues, leading some patients to throw 

themselves out of windows (severe phase). 

Delusion of being consumed by flames. 

Depressive state with anguish and slight agitation, 

generalized, early first symptom becoming clearly 

defined a few hours later at start of digestive 

disturbance (first phase). 

Disturbances of Autonomic Nervous System 

accompany digestive disorders (first phase). 

Dull and depressed (humans & animals) (long 

term). 

Frantic running in the streets. 

Hallucinations, visual, appearing towards evening; 

recalling those of alcoholism, with particular 

themes of visions of animals and of flames (severe 

phase). 

Hallucinations, visual, all fleeting and variable, 

often followed by dreamy delirium (severe phase). 

Hyperexcitability (animal symptom). 

Logorrhoea, psychomotor agitation and absolute 

insomnia always presage appearance of mental 

disorders (severe phase) which can include mania 

or psychosis with hallucinations. 

Memory loss. 

Mood alterations from ‘maniacal’ for some, to 

‘melancholic’ for other, or still others seem to 

plunge into a comatose sleep’. 

Nervousness. 

Restlessness, hyperactivity of short duration, 

followed by depression, early symptoms (100% of 

experimental mice). 

Stamping of feet (may be due to pain) (animal 

symptom). 

Stupor (cattle & occasionally swine). 

Writhing and screaming in bed. 

Vertigo 

Dizziness and Vertigo. 

Drowsiness. 

Fainting attacks, severe, with imperceptible pulse, 

low and feeble arterial tension and a feeling of 

anguish (severe phase); spontaneous remission. 

Giddiness, persistent, accompanying abundant 

sweating and a disagreeable (striking) odor (first 

phase).

Central Nervous System 

Ataxia or staggering (animal symptom). 

Autonomic nervous system disturbances 

accompany digestive disorders such as gusts of 

warmth, followed by impressions of cold waves, 

with intense sweating crises (first phase). 

Convulsions (acute) (human, rarely, & animal 

symptom, including livestock, cattle & horses; 

occasionally swine); intermittent (28.6% of 

experimental mice) beginning with muscular 

tremors and subsiding within four minutes, to start 

again repeatedly, followed by complete exhaustion 

and loss of movement. (experimental mice). 

Cranial nerves intact (infant). 

Discoordination (acute). 

Hemiplegia (rarely). 

Hypotonic (infant). 

Incoordination (livestock). 

Lameness (livestock, cattle & occasionally swine). 

Neurological examination most often shows the 

following signs during the severe phase: 

intensional tremor, nearly always present; 

accompanied by fibrillary twitching, sometimes; 

and myoclonus, suggestions of. 

cerebellar syndrome (unusual); 

Romberg’s sign never seen. 

Paralysis (experimental mice). 

Paralysis, never (severe phase). 

Paralyis, temporary (cattle). 

Tremblings and twitchings. 

Unconscious but reacting sluggishly to painful 

stimuli (infant). 

Unconsciousness, possible. 

Cerebro-Spinal Fluid 

Cerebro-spinal fluid: normal (infant). 

Reflexes 

Babinski’s reflex, transient (severe phase). 

Lower limbs reflexes present and equal. 

Reflexes slightly exaggerated, especially the 

patellar reflex (severe phase). 

Tendon reflexes (all) present, sluggish, and equal 

on both sides. (infant). 

Gait 

Claudication distance reducing from 1,600 metres 

down to 23 metres within 18 months, but worsening 

and deteriorating rapidly in final month. 

Intermittent claudication affecting left calf initially, 

but both calves involved eventually. 

Tottering, wobbling, staggering, faltering on 

walking, as if drunk. 

Walking in a stiff-legged gait, falling in unusual 

and awkward positions (cattle). 


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Sensation to touch, pinprick, vibration & position 

sensations reduced over soles of feet; loss of 

peripheral sensation in poorly vascularized distal 

structure. 

Skin sensitivity variable (cattle). 

Head & Neck 

Cephalgias follows hand symptoms. 

Headaches, daily with nausea, relieved only by 

further doses of causative ergotamine. 

Headaches, well marked; for several years, more 

frequent under stress, characterized by pain in the 

back of the neck, radiating over the left temple; 

occasional blurring of vision and vomiting, but no 

warning aura. 

Headaches with a sensation of heaviness or 

weightiness, usually following the pains in the 

extremities. 

Nape of the neck pain and more rarely, true 

headaches (first phase). 

Eye 

Mydriasis, very frequent, with diminution of the 

light reflex (first phase). 

Mydriasis disappearing during severe phase but 

accommodation remaining difficult. 

Pupils dilated and reacting to light (infant). 

Pupils pin-point and not reacting to light (infant). 

Fundoscopy 

Fundi normal (infant). 

Vision 

Blindness, total (humans), intermittent (cattle). 

Double vision. 

Vision as if eyes were covered by thick fog. 

Ear 

Deafness, intermittent (cattle). 

Gangrenous extremity (animal symptom). 

Nose 


Face 

Facial muscles contractions. 

Pale. 

Mouth & Tongue 

Mucous membranes (oral) inflamed or display 

shallow superficial erosions (cattle). 

Salivation, excessive, frequent (first phase) 

(humans, livestock & sheep). 

Thirst. 

Tongue necrosis. 

Throat & Pharynx

Sensation of pharyngeal constriction, often, 

distressing (first phase). 

Gastrointestinal System 

Bleeding internally within digestive tract (sheep). 

Digestive disturbances/disorders quickly becoming 

worse (first phase). 

Gastrointestinal catarrh (livestock). 

Stomach 

Gastric disturbances. 

Appetite 

Feed intake reduced (livestock & swine); refuses 

food. 

Weight gain reduced (livestock & swine). 

Nausea & Vomiting 

Nausea, particularly notable, with diffuse 

abdominal pains (first phase). 

Nausea, retching or vomiting in 46% of patients. 

Vomiting. 

Vomiting with diarrhea, less often noted, in about 

30% of patients (first phase). 

Vomiting, blood-stained material, suddenly 

unexpectedly, following a rigor which itself 

followed an initial improvement (infant). 

Abdomen 

Abdominal pains colicky and frequent (first phase) 

(humans & livestock). 

Abdominal pains diffuse or subhepatic, with 

burning sensations throughout the whole of the 

digestive tract (first phase). 

Abdominal pains frequently complained of. 

Abdominal pains increasing for the duration of one 

week. 

Intestines 

Gut lesions (swine). 

Rectum 

Burning sensations at the anus with the colicky 

abdominal pains (first phase). 

Stools 

Diarrhea (acute & chronic) (humans, livestock, 

cattle, sheep & occasionally swine) or constipation. 

Urinary System 

Renal artery spasm, reversible. 

Renal failure. 

Urinary Output: 3L/24 hrs. 

Urine output remaining high. 

Intravenous Urography (IVU) 

Instant dense persistent nephrogram with normalsized 

kidneys. 

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Creatinine (urinary): 6.8 µmol/L. 

Creatinine clearance (urinary): 3ml/min. (normal: 

m: 97-137ml/min; f: 88-128ml/min). 

Creatinine clearance at recovery: 54-59 ml/min. 

(normal: m: 97-137 ml/min; f:88-128 ml/min). 

Potassium (urinary): 25 mmol/L. 

Sodium (urinary): 48 mmol/L. 

Urea (urinary): 140 mmol/L. (normal: 250-500 

mmol/L). 

Female Genitalia 

Premature menstruations (severe phase). 

Pregnancy & Post-Natal 

Abortion in early pregnancy. (human & animal 

symptom; livestock, sheep & swine but not cattle). 

Abortion within three days in 100% of 

experimental mice, but within 10 days in cows in 

late pregnancy. 

Agalactia (cattle, cows & sows). 

Contractions, relatively fast (compared to 

oxytocin), and superimposed on sustained tonic 

contraction. 

Foal death in mares, early. 

Frank hemorrhages in pregnant women (severe 

phase). 

Gestations prolonged (cattle). 

Lactation reduced, depressed (livestock & swine 

but not cattle). 

Mammary gland nondevelopment (cattle). 

Neonatal mortality, high (livestock, sheep & 

swine). 

Postpartum headaches. 

Postpartum hypertension. 

Tendency to abort. 

Uterine contractions in gravid uterus. 

Uterine motor activity increased, with contractions 

increased in force or frequency or both; followed 

by a normal degree of relaxation in mild conditions. 

In more severe cases, contractions become more 

forceful, prolonged with resting tonus markedly 

increased and markedly sustained contractures. 

Respiratory System 

Chest clinically clear. (infant). 

Dyspnea, progressive (humans, livestock, cattle, 

sheep & occasionally swine). 

Dyspnea, severe (infant). 

Respiratory depression. 

Respiration 

Respiration rate:32-70 per minute, shallow (infant). 

Cough 

Coughing in spasms (infant). 

Chest

Angina pectoris due to coronary vasoconstriction, 

reduced coronary microcirculatory blood flow and 

associated ischemic changes. 

Angina pectoris due to a rise in central venous 

pressure that will increase the size of the heart and 

so augment the metabolic needs of the left ventricle 

thus facilitating the development of angina pectoris 

in response to exercise or other stress. 

Crepitations right base and middle lobe (infant). 

Pulmonary edema (especially in patient with 

impaired cardiac function) due to decreased 

capacity of vascular reservoir. 

Thoracic pains; cardialgia (violent) rapidly follows 

feet formication as an early symptom. 

Chest X-Ray (Chest Roentgenogram) : normal. 

Cardiovascular System 

Arteriolar vasoconstriction and spasms (long lasting 

and persistent). 

Bradycardia or tachycardia. 

Bradycardia of 40 to 50 beats per minute, regular 

(patient pale), even without an increase in blood 

pressure (first phase) (predominantly due to 

increased vagal activity, but also due to reduction in 

sympathetic tone and direct myocardial 

depression). 

Cyanosis, peripheral, marked (infant), gradually 

increasing. 

Heart sounds rather muffled (first phase). 

Mitral stenosis, severe. 

Peripheral arterial insufficiency. 

Peripheral blood flow reduced. 

Sinus tachycardia of 180 per minute in 

semicomatose state (infant). 

Veins rapid constriction, resulting in rise in central 

venous pressure. 

Venous pressure, central: +3.5 cm H2O. 

Blood Pressure (BP) 

Arterial tension generally rather low with a 

disquieting fall during fainting attacks (first phase). 

BP ranging from 95/50 to 145/75 mm Hg. 

Blood pressure may rise (hypertension) and/or fall 

(hypotension), usually in that order. 

Hypertension. 

Hypertensive attacks (190/100 mm Hg) in between 

fainting attacks, representing generalized 

vasomotor crises (severe phase). 

Normotensive with BP ranging from 140-145 

systolic over 75-80 diastolic in adult in both arms. 

Systolic blood pressure: 50mm Hg (infant) 

Pulse 

Pulse rapid and weak. 

Pulse rate: 120 per minute, regular and of fair 

volume (infant). 

Weak pulse (with the bradycardia) (first phase) and 

weak peripheral pulses. 


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Electrocardiogram (ECG) 

ECG: normal. 

Angiography 

Angiogram of upper limbs: 

Aorta (ascending, arch, descending & 

abdominal): no abnormalities found. 

Axillary arteries: normal, with multiple 

collaterals originating from Axillary arteries 

and reconstituting distally to form the Ulna and 

Radial arteries. 

Brachial arteries: long stenotic segments. 

Common Iliac arteries: normal. 

Radial arteries: short, multiple, stenoses. 

Subclavian arteries: normal. 

Ulnar arteries: short, multiple, stenoses. 

Angiogram of lower limbs: 

Femoral arteries, superficial, proximally: 

normal. 

Femoral arteries, superficial, distal: diffuse 

narrowing. 

Popliteal arteries: diffuse narrowing. 

Profunda & Geniculate artery collaterals 

supplying legs, mainly. 

Tibial arteries: not well visualized and mainly 

supplied by small vessels from Profunda & 

Geniculate collaterals. 

Arteriography 

Bilateral femoral arteriograms: Superficial femoral 

arteries: severe narrowing throughout their lengths. 

Calf vessels very narrow. 

Smoothness of arterial walls seen at all levels. 

Atheroma or occlusion not demonstrated. 

Plethysmography 

Calf and foot blood flow show bilateral peripheral 

arterial insufficiency with narrowing of superficial 

femoral arteries extending throughout both thighs. 

Hyperemic flow present. 

Vasoconstriction in the distal vessel bed present 

and persistent. 

Ultrasound 

Tibial, Dorsalis pedis pulses and indirect ankle 

systolic pressure flow velocity confirmed peripheral 

arterial insufficiency and showed recovery is rather 

slow. 

Thermography 

Hyperemic flow demonstrated after foot pulses 

return (St. Anthony’s Fire). 

Musculoskeletal System

Crippling and loss of movement within ten days 

(71.4% of experimental mice). 

Muscular spasms recalling those of tetanus, but less 

sustained and less painful, with abundant sweating 

and a raised temperature (severe phase). 

Muscular pain. 

Muscular trembling (acute). 

Painful contraction of muscles (acute). 

Paresthesia. 

Smooth muscles stimulation. 

Trembling, muscular (livestock). 

Wasting disease, gradual development (livestock). 

Weakness. 

Extremities 

Acræ (distal parts of extremities) ischemia. 

Burning sensations in the limbs. 

Coldness of the extremities (first symptom) 

combined with numbness. 

Formication, with pallor and cold in the extremities 

recalling Raynaud’s syndrome, with hands and feet 

equally affected (severe phase). 

Gangrene develops in distal extremities (humans & 

animals) (tail, feet, ears, teats) (long term or 

chronic). 

Hands and feet cold, blue and puffy (infant). 

Ischemia of limbs (confirmed by angiography). 

Joint swelling, tenderness and a loss of feeling (this 

may be followed by dry gangrene). 

Nails white, but no edema; may lose nail. 

Numbness and cooling of extremities. 

Pale, cold and pulseless upper and lower limbs. 

Doppler examination showed diffuse arterial 

spasms affecting the aorta and the femoral and 

humeral arteries (ritonavir drug interaction). 

Paresthesias, painful (severe phase). 

Peripheral vasoconstriction damaging capillary 

endothelium, resulting in vascular stasis, 

thrombosis and gangrene. 

Pulses, distal, absent (ritonavir drug interaction). 

Tingling and paresthesia of extremities. 

Trembling of the extremities, inconspicuous, in a 

pale and limp patient complaining especially of 

inability to read due to disorders of visual 

accommodation (first phase). 

Twitching of limbs, trembling (humans & cattle). 

Weakness in front legs and stiff-legged in hind legs 

with general incoordination (cattle). 

Upper Limbs 

Coldness, tingling, numbness and loss or lack of 

sensation in the fingers. 

Difficulty in using fingers in fine movement. 

Finger contractions, so strong as to appear 

disarticulated. 

Finger numbness and tingling, progressive to 

include entire upper limbs, bilaterally. 


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Gangrene in hands. 

Hands cold and painful (can be severe), progressive 

to include entire upper limbs, bilaterally. 

Loss of pricking sensation in fingers. 

Pale and cold upper limbs, but no cyanosis. 

Pulses, brachial and radial, not palpable. 

Pulses, upper limb present and equal. 

Raynaud’s disease (more prevalent in winter). 

Sensations intact. 

Lower Limbs 

Burning feet pain, increasing. 

Burning leg pain (arteriogram showing smooth 

segmental narrowing and bilateral vasospasm 

suggestive of severe, generalized large vessel 

(Femoral arteritis). 

Burning pain, severe, experienced as legs become 

warmer, requiring large doses of analgesia. 

Calf, right, pulling cramp sensation, after short 

(five minutes) walk. 

Capillary return slow. 

Cold and pale lower extremities, bilateral. 

Contraction of legs (livestock). 

Cool, pulseless and painful (right) leg. 

(Arteriogram showing subtotal stenosis and 

pseudoaneurysm of popliteal artery). 

Cramps in calves, following formication, 

aggravated by the weight of the bed sheets (severe 

phase). 

Cyanosis and edema in both legs (initial symptom) 

(ritonavir drug interaction). 

Feet and legs cold and pale. 

Feet uncomfortable, sensation of formication, 

signals start of illness. 

Femoral pulses present bilaterally and of normal 

volume, but no pulses felt below femorals, while 

pulses of upper extremities and carotids normal. 

Fetlocks swelling with pain and eventual loss of 

hooves (cattle & occasionally swine). 

Foot, right, numb and cold sensation. 

Hind feet tenderness (cattle). 

Lameness, particularly in the hind limbs (cattle). 

Legs ‘icy cold and dead’ sensation to touch. 

Moist gangrene of toes (severe phase). 

Necrosis of feet (livestock) as well as tail & ear tips 

(gangrenous phase). 

Paresthesia followed by gangrenous change at 

tendon junction. 

Pulses below the femorals in either legs absent/not 

palpable; no bruits. 

Soles paresthesia, bilateral, aggravated by walking 

and persistent even after recovery, for one or more 

months, though diminished. 

Soles paresthesia, bilateral, severe. 

Symptoms usually start in the hind limbs. (animal 

symptom).

Toes, bilateral gangrene (ritonavir drug interaction). 

Toes numbness and tingling. 

Toes paresthesia, bilateral, severe. 

Toes show cutaneous reactive hyperemia on 

improvement and warming. 

Weakness in legs. 

Tail 


Gait 

Ataxia. 

Staggering gait. 

Posture 

Backward arching of the back (animal symptom). 

Lameness (animal symptom). 

Lying down (animal symptom). 

Reticulo-endothelial System 

Edema localized (initial symptom) and pruritic. 

Sleep 

Insomnia, constant symptom, lasting several days 

(first phase). 

Sleepiness, prolonged. 

Chills 

Coolness of affected area (animal symptom). 

Fever 

Afebrile. 

Hyperthermia, with increased pulse and respiration 

rates, accompany lameness and a greater 

susceptibility to heat stress (livestock & cattle). 

Hyperthermia of 39.5°C (infant). 

Temperature low, both in morning and evening 

(36.5° to 36.8°C) (first phase). 

Temperature subnormal (livestock). 

Perspiration 

Sweats, very abundant, streaming over whole body. 

Skin 

Cold and pale. 

Gangrene, dry (animal symptom). 

Itching, a common symptom. 

Skin excoriation; desquamation edema. (eventually 

death and loss of affected tissues.) 

Skin pigmented. 

Skin paresthesia, exhibiting reactive hyperemia on 

improvement and warming up. 

Pain 

Pain: angina, suggestive of. 


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Pain: Intractable pain in both legs (initial symptom) 

(ritonavir drug interaction). 

Pain: muscular, severe. 

Pain: sensation of pain is lost in the affected areas 

(chronic case) and indented line appears between 

normal tissue and gangrenous tissue (animal 

symptom); eventually all tissue below this line 

sloughs. 

Pain: shooting. 

Hematology 

Erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR): normal. 

Film: normochromic, normocytic. 

Full blood count (FBC): Normal. 

Hemoglobin: 8.4 g/dL. (normal: m: 13.5-18.0 g/dL; 

f: 11.5-16.0 g/dL) 

VDRL: normal. 

White blood cell count: 8.4 x 10 9 L. (normal: 4.0- 

11.0 x 10 9 /L). 

Biochemistry 

Anti-cardiolipin antibodies: negative. 

Antinuclear cytoplasmic antibodies: negative. 

Antinuclear factor: negative. 

Calcium (serum) (Ca++): 2.3 mmol/L. (normal: 

2.12-2.65 mmol/L). 

Creatinine: 2750 µmol/L (normal: d” 150 µmol/L). 

Creatinine clearance (during illness): 3 ml/min. 

(normal: m: 100-125 ml/min; f: 85-125 ml/min). 

Creatinine clearance (at recovery):54-59 ml/min. 

(normal: m: 100-125 ml/min; f: 85-125 ml/min). 

Coagulation profile: normal. 

D-dimer serology: negative. 

Double-stranded DNA antibodies: normal. 

Fibrinogen: normal. 

Liver function tests (LFT): normal. 

Lupus anticoagulant: weakly present at ratio 1:4. 

Phosphate: 4.5 mmol/L. (normal: 0.8-1.45 

mmol/L). 

Platelet count: normal. 

Potassium (K+): 4.8 mmol/L. (normal: 3.5-5.2 

mmol/L). 

Prolactin levels (serum) depression, pronounced, 

accounting for galactia (livestock). 

Protein C and protein S levels: normal. 

Sodium (Na+): 126 mmol/L. (normal: 133-145 

mmol/L). 

Thyroid function test (TFT): normal. 

Urate: 1.02 mmol/L (normal: 0.12-0.42 mmol/L). 

Urea (plasma): 70 mmol/L. (normal: 2.5-7.0 

mmol/L). 

Urea & electrolytes (U&E’s) (renal profile): 

normal. 

Venereal Disease Research Laboratory (VDRL) 

serology: negative.

Histopathology 

GIT: Small intestine: necrotic areas 

Colon, sigmoid: necrotic areas. 

CVS: Arteries, mesenteric: hypertrophic smooth 

muscles, severe (resulting from chronic 

vasospasm). 

Generals 

Affected part is cool and dries up; a small furrow or 

line of separation appears and completely surrounds 

the limb, dividing the living tissue from the dead 

tissue. There is minimal loss of blood or none at 

all. 

Debility (humans & 100% of experimental mice). 

Epidemic madness with chaos and despair. 

Sensations of ‘as if’ 

Sensation ‘as if’ an insect were creeping under or 

over the skin (common symptom). 

Amelioration 

Ability to sleep is a sign of recovery (end of first 

phase). 

Post-Mortem/Autopsy 

CNS: Cerebral edema (infant). 

GIT: Gastritis, hemorrhagic (infant). 

Laryngeal submucous hemorrhages (infant). 

CVS: Pericardial (visceral) petechiae (infant). 

Appendix 

Synthesis Repertory: Claviceps purpurea – ‘sec.,’ 

for Secale cornutum. 

Kent Repertory: ‘Sec.,’ for Secale cornutum. (no 

claviceps mentioned). 

Provings to date: In Bradford (page 248), the 

earliest reference to Secale cornutum is by 

LORINSER in “Versuch u Beobach. u d Wirk. 

Mutterkoens, Berlin, 1824.” Followed by HELBIG 

in “Heraklides, 1833, p. 55”; Glock in “Diss. De 

Secale corn. Dorpat, 1837”; GIBBON in 

“Am.J.Med.Sc., 1844, V.I, p. 244”; Parola in “Gaz. 

Med., 1844” and “Œssterr Zeit., V.3, pt.2, 1847, 

No.19”; ALLEN in “Med.Adv., V.16, p.I” and 

“Tr.Am.Inst.Hom., 1885”, and Mrs.P. in “I.H.A. 

(Trans.), 1890”. 

‘Secale cornutum’ is mentioned together with the 

following synonyms: ‘Secale cereale,’ ‘Acinula 

clavus’, ‘Claviceps purpurea,’ ‘Spermœdia clavus,’ 

‘Ergota’, ‘Sclerotium calvus,’ ‘Secale clavatum’, 

‘Secale corniclatum’, ‘Secale mater’, ‘Secale 

turgidum’. The same author mentions the following 

common names: ‘Cockspur rye,’ ‘Ergot of rye,’ 

‘Horned rye’ and ‘Spurred rye’. 

Mother tincture prepared from dried ergot, C. 

purpurea, cultivated from rye. 


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All experimental signs and symptoms are from 

mammal experiments only: apes, cats, dogs, guinea 

pigs, mice, monkeys, rabbits, rats, etc. 

History 

Ergot was known and used in the medicine of 

Avicenna (980-1037 AD), the Arab physician, and 

by Chinese midwifery at an even earlier date. 

Differential Diagnosis (the determination of which 

one of two or more diseases or conditions a patient 

is suffering from, by systemically comparing and 

contrasting their symptoms (Dorland’s)) 

“Fescue foot” resembles gangrenous ergotism in 

cattle. 

Arterial thrombosis. 

Arteritis. 

Median vessel spasm. 

Thrombo-embolic phenomena. 

Vasculitis. 

10. Nux vomica, the overindulgence remedy 

FULLER, Diane (HT. 23, 11/2003) 

The indications for the remedy Nux vomica 

according to PIERCE W.I., BOERICKE W., 

CHOUDHURI N.M., TYLER M.L., are discussed. 

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THERAPEUTICS 

1. A Diagnosed Case of Cystic Hygroma of Neck 

Beautifully Cured by Calcarea Iodatum 

BANERJEA, Subrata K. (AH. 10/2004) 

17 Nov. 1998. Mast. S.M. three-month-old 

baby was brought with a large lump on right side of 

neck. At birth, there was a nodule which within 

two months attained the size of a grapefruit. 

Paediatric Surgeon advised Surgery and told that 

recurrence was possible and so parents opted for 

Homœopathy. Dry, hard, offensive stool. Kicks 

off covering, left cervical glands enlarged. Sweats 

profusely on head. Miasmatic Analysis: Mixed 

miasmatic case with Syco-Tubercular 

preponderance. 

Calcarea iodata 200, one globule to be 

dissolved in 8 ounces of pure water, shaken and 

sipped slowly throughout the day, save a little at the 

bottom, top it up next morning, keep sipping 

throughout next day. To be continued for 7 days. 

Then for 7 days, no medicine. Followed by another 

dose to be shaken and sipped for 7 days. 

Calcarea iodata gradually ascended up to 50M 

in two years time. Within 3 months mass started

educing and within eight months, it came down to 

the size of a small lime. In two years time, it totally 

disappeared. 

2. I am Anxious and Disconnected 

WALDSTEIN, Steve (AH. 10/2004) 

43-year-old man complained of Depression, 

Glaucoma and Headaches. Fear of going insane. A 

disconnected feeling between him and the world for 

about 8 years after LSD. Fear of poverty and 

selfishness. Delusion that he is repudiated by 

society. 

Hydrogen 30. One month later, felt more solid, 

less fear, better overall. Then relapsed. Another 

dose given. Everything continued to improve over 

the next 4 years. He only needed one more dose of 

Hydrogen 200. [The choice of ‘Hydrogen’ is 

explained in this way: “Again the aloneness, the 

going inward to point of disappearing and the fear 

of making the transition. He talks about aloneness 

all through the case, Hydrogen is right at the border 

between non-existence (energy) and matter. At the 

border between G-d and the physical world. It is 

the first element – the first matter alone and then all 

the other matter comes from it. So feeling quite 

satisfied, I gave one dose of Hydrogen 30.” What a 

reasoning. It is all about the doctor’s feelings! 

What has this to do with homœopathic teachings by 

HAHNEMANN and his true lineage? =KSS] 

3. Cuban Rum with Cuban Cigars 

POPEN, Andre Y. (AH. 10/2004) 

64 year-old woman with irritable colon. 

Terrible abdominal pain, cramping. Heat, pressure 

on abdomen and bending forward help with pain. 

Gluten intolerance. Diarrhoea all the time. Pain 

abdomen if no diarrhoea. Smoking cigars help her 

toilet. Abdomen bloated and very hard. Doesn’t 

like even the smell of food. Losing hair because of 

Menopause. Bright red blood in stool after 

drinking tea. Even the smell of cooking food is 

disliked. Has high Blood Pressure and is taking 

tablets for it. Milk, cream and butter also help with 

the pain. Music relaxes her. Clairvoyant. 

The peculiar symptom of ‘pain abdomen better 

by smoking’ is covered only by Colocynthis. 

GIBSON D.M., DUNHAM and 

BŒNNINGHAUSEN are quoted. 

Colocynthis LM I – one pellet in 4 oz. of water, 

succussed 5 times, from which one teaspoon to be 

stirred in 4 oz. of water. One teaspoon was taken as 

test dose. Rapid improvement. To continue the 

remedy. In 4 days she could do without the cigars. 


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To continue the remedy. Further 15 days later 

gluten test was negative. 

For over a year, she has continued to improve 

on higher potencies, upto LM 15. 

4. A Case of Oleander 

POPEN, Andre Y. (AH. 10/2004) 

M.S. 12 year-old boy with learning disabilities. 

Reading and comprehending difficult. ADHD and 

allergies to tomato and acidic fruits. Dry, itchy 

skin. Eczema on back of his elbows and knees. He 

is more an auditory learner. Learns from science 

experiments. Main problem is with concentration 

while studying. He is dyslexic. 

MM references of N.M. CHOUDHURI, 

HAHNEMANN, ALLEN T.F. and Radar Keynotes 

4.0 are given. 

Oleander LM 1 as per the directions of 

HAHNEMANN. Immediately after the first dose 

his concentration was good as never before. He 

remembered just after one reading. 

Improvement lasted for 48 hrs. 

Another dose with 5 succussions. Not the 

same strong reaction. Third dose worked well and 

is doing well. Wait as long as the improvement 

lasts and another dose when it stops working. 

Two more doses in the next five months and no 

complaints. [What other medicine system in the 

world would give so good and speedy 

improvement, at a negligible cost? The critics 

would still say ‘Placebo effect’? = KSS] 

5. Homœopathic Treatment of Emergencies and 

Terminally Ill Patients 

MASTER, Farokh (AH. 10/2004) 

The indispensable qualities to be possessed by 

a homœopath to treat the emergencies and the 

parameters to be examined are discussed. The 

causative factor (physical/emotional) precipitating 

the present state and objective symptoms and the 

dominant pathology at that time are to be noted. 

Determination of the type of pathology will 

help to study and understand the sphere of action 

and pathogenesis of the remedy. Few examples are 

given. 

Severe gram-negative Septicaemia leading to 

multiple organ failure especially of lungs and 

kidneys – Hydrocyanic acid. 

Extensive sub-arachnoid haemorrhage affecting the 

respiratory center – Opium, Solanum aceticum, 

Carboneum hydrogenisatum and Lobelia 

purpurescens. 

Severe Septicaemia with haemolysis – Crotalus 

horridus and Taipan.

Uncontrolled Hypertension with CVA – 

Hypophysis post. and Toxoplasm gondi. 

Uraemia with uncontrolled Hypertension – 

Melilotus officinalis. 

CVA due to severe damage to mid-brain – Naja, 

Adrenaline and Acetanillidum. 

Severe LVF where the ejection fraction is very poor 

- Caffeinum and Pituitarinum. 

Extensive internal bleeding – Hirudo medicinalis. 

Case 1: 66-year-old female with Septicaemia 

and Cerebro-vascular insult causing hypoxic 

damage to the brain. Hypotension severe and 

metabolic acidosis due to kidney failure. Comatose 

with staring eyes and contracted pupils, swollen 

lips, paralysis of right side. Evidence of paralytic 

ileus. CXR shows Pulmonary Oedema and CT 

Scan – CVA on left side. She had been wrongly 

harassed by Income Tax Department and heavily 

fined. Opium 50M inhalation at 20 minutes 

interval. 

Patient regained consciousness on 4 th day, with 

improvement in the Acidosis and Hypotension. 

Pulmonary Oedema resolved. Patient was weaned 

off Ventilator after 10 days of homœopathic 

treatment and discharged with Hemiplegia after a 

hospital stay of 45 days. 

Case 2: 63-year-old man with Carcinoma 

Larynx with Pulmonary metastasis leading to 

compression of trachea and respiratory distress. He 

refused tracheostomy. 

Respiration was accelerated, especially on 

going to sleep; respiration was difficult and deep, 

with moaning; grasping throat while coughing, 

hands icy cold and slow pulse. 

Hydrocyanic acid 30 every 6 hours. Distress 

under control within 48 hours. Lived for 3 months 

without tracheostomy. 

Case 3: A man of 52 years, with uncontrolled 

Hypertension, leading to massive MCA bleed, 

leading to extensive cerebral edema with shift of 

midline structures with central neurogenic type of 

ventilation with respiratory acidosis. He was in 

I.C.C.U. 

Observations: Comatose; Cheyne-stokes 

respiration, imperceptible pulse; deep tendon 

reflexes lost, Trismus and suppression of urine. 

Morphinum 50M, by inhalation every 3 hours. 

Urine output normal after 48 hours. After 6 

days, recovered from coma. After 15 days, patient 

came out of spinal shock. He was discharged with 

extensive, dense Hemiplegia. [How long was the 

Morphinum 50M continued? = KSS] 

Case 4: 22-year-old man with extensive head 

injuries after a car accident, leading to subdural 

haematoma and extensive cerebral edema. Had 


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respiratory distress, on ventilatory support, 

unconscious with convulsions. 

Observations: Severe Hypertension; eyes 

were staring; intermittent and irregular pulse; 

grinding of teeth; gasping respiration. 

Drainage from suction was bloody and lot of 

gurgling sounds in abdomen. 

Cuprum metallicum CM given every 4 hours. 

Regained consciousness after seven days. [Was 

Cuprum metallicum CM 4 hrly given for 7 days? = 

KSS]. Clinical signs of cerebral edema much better. 

Discharged with residual neurological effects. 

Case 5: Male, 62 years, developed severe 

hypoxic cerebral insult during anesthesia, leading to 

coma, respiratory distress, hypotension and kidney 

failure. 

Observations: Constant hiccough in coma 

vigil; sudden jerking of lower limbs, high urea and 

creatinine. Cold and clammy feet. On attempting 

to wean the patient off the ventilator, Cyanosis 

developed within two to three minutes. 

Laurocerasus 50 M via inhalation every 4 hours. 

After 6 days, responded to painful stimuli. 

After 10 days, responded to verbal stimuli. 

After 15 days, weaned off ventilator. 

After 21 days, fully conscious. 

After 30 days, discharged with residual 

neurological defects and aphasia. 

Case 6: 32-year-old male with gram negative 

Septicaemia with cerebral Malaria due to 

Plasmodium falciparum, leading to coma with 

severe hepato-renal failure and Convulsions. 

Observations: High fever with coma; evidence 

of septicaemic shock; stertorus breathing. Frequent 

and small pulse with the body icy cold to touch, yet 

throwing off the cover involuntarily. Camphor 1M 

every 4 hours. 

Consciousness regained in 48 hours, on 4 th day 

temperature touched 99°F. Hepatorenal functions 

improved by 6 th day. Weaned off Ventilator within 

7 days. 

After each case, the symptoms of the remedy 

which were frequently confirmed in practice are 

given. [All very interesting cases. Scientists 

demanding ‘evidence’ may read these. The best 

evidence is a series of cases of serious nature 

recovering after failure of the Hegemony medicine. 

What more evidence? One point needs 

clarification. In those cases high potencies were 

given every 20-30 mts. or hour-4 hrly and patient 

recovering steadily over a period. It is not clear to 

me whether the remedy was continued at same 

intervals all through the period = KSS] 

6. Akutfälle nach BÖNNINGHAUSEN (Acute 

cases following BŒNNINGHAUSEN)

KLINKENBERG, Carl Rudolf 

(ZKH. 48, 3/2004) 

Two cases are presented. These cases are 

analysed and worked out with the aid of 

BŒNNINGHAUSEN’s Therapeutic Pocket book. 

In the first case, a female patient, 46, with 

Angina and Sinusitis. On 12.11.2003, she 

presented with a cold which began with burning 

and scratchiness in the throat, which then became a 

pain in the forehead, agg. from bending the head 

forward or lifting up some object. Since the 

beginning of the ailment, she is “somewhat feeling 

chilled”, had cold hands and feet. A day before the 

cold, she was exposed to cold wind while at a 

railway station. Yesterday the voice was lost, and 

she had flowing mucous from the sinuses. She 

suffered from a severe Sinusitis 14 years ago after 

catching a bad cold. Since then she was disposed to 

get a Sinusitis easily. 

There was no peculiar characteristic symptom 

(§ 153 Organon) in this case. 

Since the symptoms were not well defined, 

repertorisation with KENT was not possible. 

The following symptoms were selected for 

working out with BŒNNINGHAUSEN’s 

Therapeutic Pocket Book: Frontal sinuses and 

inner throat (Localisation); Chilliness 

(accompanying general symptom); Whitish mucous 

from the sinuses (Condition); Burning pains; Loss 

of voice. 

The rubrics chosen: Face, Forehead; Coryza, 

discharge, mucous; Throat; Burning, inner parts; 

Voice poor; Chilliness, worse from becoming cold. 

Phosphorus 30: one globule under the tongue. 

Two hours later, an aggravation in the forehead. 

Next morning, all the complaints had gone away 

permanently. 

The second case, a female patient, 31 years, in 

her 9 th month of pregnancy was suffering from 

severe throat pain while swallowing. Swallowing 

saliva was particularly painful, as also swallowing 

food was very much so, and it made no difference 

whether it was cold or hot. She felt very weak and 

had to lie down and sleep. She had little sleep in 

the recent days because of her son’s illness. 

Doubtless she was tired particularly as she was 

pregnant and needed much sleep. Sub-febrile 

temperature. Little thirst. Poor appetite. At the 

very earliest the throat felt sore; stitching pains. 

Nights, the complaints are worse. 

Sensation of mucous in the back of throat. 

Slight nausea from the period the complaints began 

which could have some connection to her 

pregnancy. Until three weeks before she had taken 

Natrum muriaticum Q6 for recurrent abortions. 


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Oedematous swelling. Slightly bluish-red lymph 

follicle in the back of the throat and near the tonsils. 

Her tonsils had been removed during her childhood. 

Swollen lymph nodes, bilateral throat. 

HAHNEMANN stresses about the peculiar 

symptoms, the characteristic (§ 153, 154, 178, 209). 

Every symptom is characteristic when it is clearly 

defined (§ 153) by a modality, a concomitant or 

closely characterized. In this is included the 

relative value of disease symptom whether it is 

common or unusual in three criteriae: 

1. Rarity: rarely occurs in diseases in general or 

specific disease forms, elevates the value of a 

symptom for choosing it as an indicator for remedy 

choice. A symptom unusual for a disease, 

unexpected symptoms have, comparatively higher 

value than a pathognomic symptom. 

2. Intensity: the intensity of a symptom becomes 

characteristic by its intensity itself. 

3. Certainty: the way the patient defines his 

symptom has a relatively greater value. Symptoms 

about which the patient is not clear or certain is of 

doubtful value. Certainty is more of the symptom 

spontaneously told. 

In this case Pulsatilla 200, one globule was 

given. Two hours after taking the medicine, she 

had a severe Migraine and nausea. Also fever. 

Next morning no more fever. Nausea gone in a 

week. The throat pain much reduced and gone in 

two days. 

Both the cases tell how acute cases which at 

first seemed unclear with least characteristic 

symptoms, could be solved by repertorizing with 

BŒNNINGHAUSEN method. 

7. Eine Chronische Behandlung – Sulfuricum 

acidum (A Chronic Treatment – Sulphuric 

acid) 

ALTENBACH, Monique (ZKH. 48, 3/2004) 

A Chronic case treated over a period of 16 

years is presented. The treatment began when the 

patient was a 35-year-old man. Sulphur, several 

times brought only partial relief. It took 12 years in 

this case to make the right homœopathic diagnosis 

of Sulphuric acid. After this remedy all round 

improvement began. 

Several acute episodes which occurred during 

the 12-year treatment are described. 

8. Androctonus: A Case 

SHANNON, Tim (AJHM. 97, 3/2004) 

Eight-year-old boy with Asperger’s Syndrome 

presents with angry explosions, hates school, very 

defiant and obstinate in general. Averse, intolerant 

of strangers, privacy around stool, constant

fidgetiness, eating little, temper tantrums, getting 

into fights often. 

Intense mood swings, sensitive to noise. 

The themes pointed to an arachnid, specifically 

Androctonus. 1M dry split dose in two separate 

envelopes, to be taken on clean palate 

approximately 12 hours apart. 

Two months later, mild improvement. 

Androctonus 10M. 

Two months later: Much better, wait. 

Three months later: Still progressing but severe 

backache. 

A month later: Now has long stretches of good 

days. Back pain persists in spite of osteopathic 

treatment. Androctonus 10M, two doses 12 hours 

apart. 

45 days later: Excellent progress. Androctonus 

LM3 daily. 

3 months later: Several things were getting a 

bit worse. Androctonus 10M. 

4 months later: The patient was more 

approachable, less restless. Mother commented 

that he was 80% better overall. Much less angry, 

defiant. Communication better. [Eleven large 

pages for this case giving verbatim ‘transcript’ of 

the Interview! Why report a case that is 80% better. 

Should we not wait for 2 or 3 years after a ‘full 

cure’ before we go to publish as “Cure”? This is 

what von BŒNNINGHAUSEN has warned in his 

‘last’ article = KSS] 

9. The Homœopathic Treatment of Vertigo 

GORDON, Deborah L. (AJHM. 97, 3/2004) 

Vertigo results from the diseases of the inner 

ear or the balance centers of the ear and brain. 

Sensation as if the external world were 

revolving around the patient (objective vertigo) or 

as if he himself were revolving in space (subjective 

vertigo). 

The descriptions of the remedies for the 

treatment of acute vertigo are given: Aconite, 

Arnica, Belladonna, Cocculus, Conium, Natrum 

muriaticum, Natrum sulphuricum, Nux vomica, 

Sepia and Silica. 

In the treatment of chronic vertigo the author 

has found great success by following the method 

developed by Rajan SANKARAN. 

Case 1: SR, 68 year-old woman with a ten year 

history of paroxysmal vertigo. Worse any motion. 

Better from closed eyes, lying down, sleep, holding 

perfectly still. 

Considerably better from vomiting. She had 

wide-eyed wondrous view of the world and 

interested in re-embodiment, finding higher levels. 


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The severity with which she described her 

problems led to the Papaveraceae family and 

Sanguinaria (Sycotic miasm). 

A dose of Sanguinaria 200 and within a month 

similar auras of vertigo but they weren’t frightening 

and never recurred. 

Case 2: WS, 58 year-old woman with paroxysmal 

vertigo for fifteen years. Her attacks threw her 

across the room, vomiting and spinning. The spells 

started after beginning to write a book about her 

son’s life – who was a drug addict and murdered. 

The themes of violence, death alternating with 

“idyllic life” pointed to Papaveraceae and the 

Cancer Miasm to Opium. 

Opium 10M and symptom free since then. 

10. Homœopathy heals bones 

Five remedies for fractures 


For the relief of pain and to promote healing, 

the indications for Arnica, Symphytum, 

Eupatorium, Calcarea phosphoricum and Ruta are 

given. 

11. Treating Teenagers with Homœopathy 

Some thoughts and tips 

ROTHENBERG, Amy (HT. 23, 10/2003) 

The information shared in homœopathic 

interview is kept private, unless the author feels that 

the teen’s behaviour is truly dangerous to 

themselves or others. 

To understand them the author looks for the 

following when they are in the waiting and 

consulting room. 

- Interaction with parents 

- Interaction with siblings 

- Interaction with office staff 

- What they are reading 

- What they are wearing 

- What they are listening to 

- What else they are doing 

Noticing physical appearance: Posture, skin, 

hair, makeup, piercings and tattoos. 

Every symptom, every outward 

manifestation of the person is context dependent. 

There is almost no face value without the 

context. [Stress mine = KSS] 

12. The Eating Habits of Teenagers 

OLENEV, Deborah (HT. 23, 10/2003) 

The author pays very close attention to the 

food preferences which help her in choosing and 

deciding the remedy.

Sarah, 19-year-old girl had sore and swollen 

tonsils on left side, headache, low energy, 102°, 

weepy mood. Pulsatilla 1M did not help. Craving 

something cold to drink with ice, craving for milk 

and aversion to egg and meat. Twilight agg. Tiny 

ulcers on roof of mouth, and tendency to fall asleep 

between 1-2 a.m. Phosphorus 200. Next day the 

blood tested positive for Infectious Mononucleosis. 

Within 4 days all symptoms resolved. (Usually 

the symptoms of Infectious Mononucleosis resolve 

in 3-4 weeks.) 

13. Watch Warts Disappear! 

Insomnia too … with homœopathic treatment 

POWERS, Donna J. (HT. 23, 10/2003) 

Josie, 12-year-old girl with sleeping problem 

and fear of dark and of being alone at night and fear 

something bad will happen to the family. 

Warts on right foot, right knee and left thumb. 

Sweaty palms and soles. Causticum 30, thrice in 24 

hours. 

Three months later, emotionally better, but 

warts and sweat persists. Causticum 12, once a day 

for 3 days. 

Within a week, warts and sweaty hands and 

palms cleared up. 

14. Terrible teens? 

A tale of one teen’s transformation 


(HT. 23, 10/2003) 

Randi, 17-year-old with ADD and easily 

angered and quarrelsome. Talks too much, stringy 

Epistaxis. Having real hard time focusing in 

studies. Likes snakes and hates spiders. Crotalus 

horridus 200. Six weeks later, was reading well, no 

nose-bleeds, not so angry. Mother reported that she 

was cheerful and more communicative. 

Two months later there was a relapse and 

improved with another dose. Two months later, 

Hay fever and Crotalus horridus 30. A dose of 

1M, eleven months later. At the end of this period, 

felt well enough to discontinue treatment. 

15. Two different shoes 

GOLDMAN, Ellen (HT. 23, 10/2003) 

14-year-old boy with two different shoes. One 

shoe had the whole toe area cut off. Painful story 

of chronic ingrown toe nails. Three surgeries and 

myriad of treatments. The felon has been oozing 

pus for months. He could not play because of this 

and had a feeling of being unappreciated by others. 


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He was desperate to wear normal pair of shoes. 

Calcarea sulphurica 200. His ingrown toe-nail 

cleared up nicely over the course of a month and so 

did his acne. 

16. Homœopathic Remedies for Acne 

-from Roger MORRISON’s Desktop 

Companion to Physical Pathology 

(HT. 23, 10/2003) 

Snapshots of 13 remedies are given. 

17. Chronic Fatigue in an Active Teenager 

Never well since Shingles, Mono, Strep and 

Bronchitis 

GAHLES, Nancy (HT. 23, 10/2003) 

Marissa, 14-year-old girl has series of illnesses. 

Shingles across her lower back to her hips, then 

Mononucleosis, then Strep throat and Bronchitis. 

Since then little energy. Pain in temples, irritable 

and tired on returning from school. Irregular 

periods. Difficulty in reading and anticipatory 

anxiety. Recurrent dreams of being kidnapped. 

Iris versicolor. Nine months later, became well; 

experienced a unique awareness of what the healthy 

human state feels like. 

18. A family Affair: Treating Parents and Kids 

ASPINWALL, Mary (HT. 23, 10/2003) 

A Chinese saying: “If the child is sick then 

treat the mother”. Children are like psychic 

sponges mopping up the “dis-ease” their parents 

transmit and then broadcasting it loud and clear. 

A mother with debilitating fears which started 

after being trapped in a car with her children during 

a flood. She was terrified of thunder and lightning. 

Caring, sympathetic disposition. Prescribed 

Phosphorus and she was delighted with the results. 

Her daughter had an operation for a large 

ovarian cyst and intense pain in the other ovary. 

Always had painful periods with ovarian pains 

alternating sides. Low self-esteem. 

A dose of Lac caninum and all issues resolved. 

The author wonders if the daughter would have 

stayed so well had her mother’s anxiety gone 

unresolved. 

19. Blackout in the Northeast 

Homœopathy acts in a State of Emergency 

STRONG, Anna (HT. 23, 10/2003) 

17-year-old Kelly, fell and scraped the front of 

her ankle. Washed with diluted Calendula tincture 

and it began to heal. Two days later, after tubing 

behind a ski boat, she complained of pain in the 

ankle. Next day, a State of Emergency was 

declared after the power, water and gasoline pumps 

went down suddenly. That evening Kelly, could 

not even stand.

On examination, her whole foot and an area six 

inches up her leg was swollen, hot and red, though 

not shining or throbbing. The wound had a black 

center, which was circled by yellowish-green pus 

and angry red margin. The wound was closed and 

had a lot of pressure built up in it. Her foot was 

sensitive to touch, pressure, movement and 

walking. 

Belladonna 30. Within an hour the heat, 

swelling and redness were 95% better. But pus 

remained visible. 

Next day the wound had not got worse. Hepar 

sulph. 6 in hopes that the pus would vent or be 

absorbed. 

In 4 hours, heat, redness, swelling was back in 

all its glory. Belladonna 30 repeated and followed 

by improvement. 

Kelly’s wound was now clearly closed ulcer 

with jagged edges. Mercurius vivus 30. Within an 

hour, the angry red margin changed to a healthylooking 

pink. Pain went away and energy 

improved. The swelling and heat went away 

completely. 

Repeated thrice that day, twice next day and 

once the following day. The wound responded by 

granulating from inside out. 

20. Holiday Travel Season 

Pack these remedies and be prepared 


Travel anxiety: Gelsemium, Argentum 

nitricum, Aconite and Rescue remedy. 

Motion sickness: Cocculus indicus, Tabacum, 

Bryonia, Nux vomica, Petroleum, Ginger root. 

Jet lag: Arnica. 

It appears that homœopathic remedies can pass 

through Security Scanners (X-rays) a few times 

without affecting their efficacy, but after four to six 

passes they seem to diminish in potency. [See item 

No. V, in News & Notes Section of this QHD. = 

KSS] 

21. Home for the Holidays 

Homœopathy can encourage harmony 

ROTHENBERG, Amy (HT. 23, 11/2003) 

The author discusses various scenarios where 

Homœopathy can help before, during and after the 

holidays. 

Along with the homœopathic kit, also 

recommends with supplements and botanical 

medicines. 

22. Cruising through the Holidays 

Nine remedies you should know 


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SCHEPPER, Luc de (HT. 23, 11/2003) 

Nux vomica: Workaholics incapable of 

unwinding themselves; hangovers, overeating and 

eating too much rich food. 

Arsenicum: Traveler’s diarrhea. 

Lycopodium: Traveler’s constipation, often 

with gas, bloating and burping. 

Kali phosphoricum: Worry and nervousness 

bring on mental exhaustion. Over-studying. 

Picric acid: Weakness and tiredness in body 

and mind. 

Argentum nitricum: Anticipation, apprehension 

and fear, be it stage fright or examination nerves. 

Ignatia amara: Emotional turmoil, prevents 

many physical ailments; a stiff neck, painful joints, 

headaches and exhaustion – when linked to 

memories of loss and grief. 

Sepia: Nightmare for the unrewarded woman 

who guides the family ship through rough waters 

throughout the year. 

Gelsemium: Paralysed with shock, numb, dizzy 

and unable to move after bad news. 

23. An acid test for Homœopathy 

How Homœopathy kept this family together 

MALYON, Jenny (HT. 23, 11/2003) 

The author’s partner developed a painful 

earache after swimming in the surf. After referring 

The Complete Homœopathy Handbook by 

Miranda CASTRO, Nitric acid 12 was given. No 

earache and all the long-standing Warts on the 

palms of his hands had also cleared, as also 

emotional improvements. 

She understood that people’s negative traits are 

symptoms of their own “dis-ease” and used Nitric 

acid whenever her husband seemed unduly stressed 

out and angry. 

When her daughter was seven years old, she 

developed filiform Warts all over face and looked 

dreadful. For months many remedies were tried but 

Warts got worse. Then the author remembered that 

at the time of her conception her father was in a 

Nitric acid state. Nitric acid 12 and in a few days 

all Warts disappeared. 

24. Kidney Stones and Other Lumps 

TREUHERZ, Francis (HT. 23, 11/2003) 

This is about the personal experience of the 

author. In March 2002, suddenly he was in extreme 

agony with pain in back. Literally writhing on the 

floor with screaming. As suggested by a colleague, 

Calcarea carbonica 30, every 15 minutes.

Hospitalised. 2-3 hours later pain left as suddenly 

as it had come. 

With a naked eye pieces of stone could be seen 

after passing urine in the glass bottle. 

After few days took Calculus renalis 30 once 

daily for three months. At the end of June 2002, a 

cyst in eyelid became inflamed and blown up 

suddenly. Swollen, painful and red. Apis 30 only 

palliated. Staphysagria 30 did nothing. A local 

surgeon slit the lid and out popped some fragments 

of stone. 

This cyst was there for 25 years and every year 

it would gradually fill up with pus, burst and drain, 

but there was always a small hard lump remaining. 

Some months after this, a couple of calcified 

lumps or arthritic nodules on his knuckles had 

become smaller. 

So he believes that there must be a similarity 

between calcifications wherever they may occur 

and Calculus renalis has the potential to address 

them. [Note this very useful tip = KSS]. 

25. Kidney Stones in the Family 


The author passed his first stone in 1971 and 

the last one in 2002. According to an ultrasound 

three more stones were left. In 1978, needed 

surgery and a general anaesthetic to be removed. 

Number of years later, he was in agony while 

passing a stone. Berberis 200 advised and within a 

half hour he felt relief. He felt Berberis cut the 

pain better than the painkillers. 

26. Look for the Strange, Rare, Peculiar Symptom 


Many years ago, Dr. David WEMBER 

presented a case of renal colic. The pain was felt in 

the ureters on right side and the pain was extending 

to his penis and testes. Pain was better by bending 

backward over a chair. 

A single dose of Dioscorea relieved the pain in 

about 15 minutes and a stone was passed three 

hours later. 

27. “It feels as if …” 

Unique Repertory holds the key 


A friend had a bad cough. The author did not 

observe the fact that she was chilly, exhausted by 

coughing and burning in chest while coughing. 

She had a sensation ‘as if’ she had a ball of 

mucus in her throat. H.A. ROBERT’s Sensations 

As If gave Arsenicum as the remedy. A single dose 

in 30 potency cleared her symptoms within 2 hours. 


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Arsenicum covered all her other symptoms also 

very well. 

28. Kopfschmerz und Migräne aus 

Psychosomatischer Sicht (Headache and 

Migraine in the light of Psychosomatics) 

SCHRAMM, Hans-Jürgen (AHZ. 249, 4/2004) 

The importance of giving priority to mental 

and emotional symptoms when interpreting any 

disease phenomenon for purposes of finding the 

simillimum as HAHNEMANN instructed is 

demonstrated in the four cases presented here; cases 

of headache and Migraine. The value of Depth 

Psychology which has been rarely used in 

Homœopathic Therapeutics is pointed out. 

29. Die homöopathische Behandlung der Migräne 

mit Hilfe der Sehgal-Methode (The 

homœopathic treatment of Migraine with help 

of the Sehgal-method) 

LANG, Gerhardus (AHZ. 249, 4/22004) 

With three cases of Migraine Dr. LANG shows 

that with the Sehgal Method in which only the 

presenting mental symptoms are required to find a 

remedy in the Repertory without taking into 

consideration any physical symptoms, is possible. 

[The author who practices “Sehgal-Method” quotes 

HAHNEMANN. It is strange that while denying 

the very basic of Homœopathy viz. Provings, 

Materia Medica, Miasms, but reckoning only the 

Repertory which consists mostly of clinical 

material and a fair amount of these unreliable, - 

HAHNEMANN is invoked! When I met Dr. M.L. 

SEHGAL first time – I was taken by my good 

friend the late Dr. H.L. CHITKARA - I asked Dr. 

SEHGAL whether, after choosing the remedy 

according to his method of ‘Mind’ only, from the 

first chapter of the KENT Repertory, he verifies the 

suitability of the remedy with the Provings or the 

Materia Medica, and Dr. SEHGAL replied that he 

does not refer to the Materia Medica. He needed 

only the ‘Mind’ Chapter of the Repertory, no need 

at all for Materia Medica! I met him a second time 

later. SEHGAL said that I can use his method and 

the results will prove that it was worth all that “It 

works”. It was my good fortune that I already had 

over 25 years practice then and had learnt 

Homœopathy by dint of hard work, study of 

German, then study of the source books in original; 

I had no need for the ‘revolutionized’ 

Homœopathy. I also felt that if Provings and 

Materia Medica had no value at all for the 

practitioner, then it was not Homœopathy. Today 

we see that speculative Homœopathy based on

‘Periodic Table’, ‘Signatures’, ‘Families’, 

‘Kingdoms’ – all far, far from HAHNEMANN and 

his Homœopathy, are the ‘rage’. All these 

‘innovators’ invoke HAHNEMANN! = KSS] 

30. Erfahrungen in der Behandlung chronischer 

Kopfschmerzen (Experiences in the treatment 

of chronic headaches) 

ELIES, Michael (AHZ. 249, 4/2004) 

According to a recent large-scale 

documentation of classical homœopathic care in 

Germany, headache was among the five most 

frequent diagnoses in adults (Migraine and 

headache even leading in adult females). As a 

contribution to the ongoing discussion therapeutic 

observations of 20-years-homœopathic paintherapy 

in clinic and general practice are reported. 

Especially the importance of former accidents, 

injuries in chronic Migraine is pointed out. The 

reliable use of Bryonia and Natrum muriaticum in 

accompanied Migraine and Natrum sulphuricum in 

headache after spinal anesthesia/lumbar puncture 

are suggested for further studies in this field. In 

chronic headache a trauma before that must be 

looked for. 

A physical examination would reveal scars if 

any and on careful inquiry the injury which caused 

the scar will be revealed. Mostly a connection 

between the injury and the chronic headache is 

seen. KENT rubric “Headache, from injury” gives 

Arnica, Calcium sulphuricum, Hypericum, Natrum 

muriaticum and Natrum sulphuricum. These are 

useful as remedies to begin with when symptoms 

are not clear. (see Table). 

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REPERTORY 

1. Korrektur einer Rubrik im Complete 

Repertory (Correction of a rubric in Complete 

Repertory) 

ZAUNER, Bernhard (ZKH. 48, 3/2004) 

In the Complete Repertory for the Rubric 

“Cough; pain, from; distant parts in, and Offensive 

breath is given Capsicum as the only remedy from 

the source Oscar BOERICKE. There is no such 

rubric in Kent or Synthesis. 

The following sources were examined in 

chronological order with reference to this 

symptom/remedy: 

The ‘Fragmenta de viribus’ of 

HAHNEMANN, 

‘Materia Medica Pura’ of HAHNEMANN, 

‘Guiding Symptoms’ of HERING, 


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‘Encyclopaedia of Pure Materia Medica’ of 

T.F. ALLEN, 

‘Pocket Manual of Homœopathic Materia 

Medica’ – William BOERICKE. 

There is no mention of offensive breath in 

these. 

2. The Homœopathic Repertory 

Not the final answer 


There was a concern over the fact that people 

were using Repertory as a shortcut to finding the 

remedy, without bothering to look further to the 

source material – the Materia Medica – to more 

finely differentiate among remedies. 

In a letter to BÖNNINGHAUSEN on Dec. 26, 

1834, HAHNEMANN implied this. 

The same concern exists today. 

3. Repertories Today and Yesterday 

How are they structured? 

Which are most valuable? 


Brief description about various Repertories are 

given. 

4. A Vision for the homœopathic Repertory 

ALLEN, Karen (HT. 23, 11/2003) 

The inconsistencies in the different Repertories 

currently with us are discussed including the 

‘archaic’ terms. [The ‘archaic’ terms remain so in 

our source books and it is wise to let them be so. 

One may give the modern terminologies alongside 

or give it in a Glossary = KSS] 

The author proposes the following: 

Perhaps there is a better way. Perhaps we are 

coming to a time when the Repertory can be viewed 

as a resource belonging to the profession as a 

whole, best managed and expanded by the 

collaborative consensus of a broad group of 

practitioners from around the world. Perhaps in the 

future, there could be a governing board for the 

Repertory that would review suggested changes and 

additions. Perhaps that board could be comprised 

of dozens of practitioners from various countries, 

and a quorum vote would approve each change. 

Remedies that appear to be inaccurate based on the 

actual content of provings or the result of clinical 

experience could be removed. Suggestions for 

additions of rubrics or remedies could be held as 

possibilities until they have been confirmed by an 

agreed-upon number of practitioners. This

consensus of a larger group would ensure that there 

was a more conservative attitude toward 

management of new Repertory information as a 

resource. The approved recommendations of this 

governing body could be distributed to the various 

Repertory producers to include or ignore as they 

choose. 

If such a governing body has the support of the 

profession as a whole, its recommendations might 

be followed, and the Repertories produced would 

benefit practitioners and patients alike. Of course 

this would take time, money, and collaboration to 

create. 

5. Klinisches Stichwort – Aura vor 

Kopfschmerzen (Clinical Keyword – Aura 

before Headaches) 

BLEUL, Gerhard (AHZ. 249, 4/2004) 

This is the 12 th in the series of specific ailments 

and their keywords in the different repertories. 

The rubrics containing the aura before 

headache and a brief description of the ‘main’ 

remedies are given. 

6. Repertory and likelihood ratio: time for 

structural changes 

RUTTEN A.L.B.; STOLPER C.F.; LUGTEN 

R.F.G. and BARTHELS R.W.J.M. 


Likelihood Ratio (LR) is based on the relation 

between the prevalence of a symptom in the 

population responding to a medicine and the 

prevalence of the same symptom in the rest of the 

population. 

A study concludes that introducing LR to the 

Repertory will not only change its content but also 

its use. Because of the altered use we should 

consider structural updating. Entries must reflect 

the importance of the symptom in relation to the 

remedy, not the occurrence of the symptom in the 

provings and casuistry. 

[Repertory has, in the recent times, been given 

the prime importance in a practitioner’s tools. Lot 

of data (many of them doubtful authenticity) have 

been added, esp. to the ‘Mind’ Section. A ‘mind’boggling 

vast data. The recent addition like 

‘Hydrogen’, etc. have come up in bold CAPITALS 

in some ‘rubrics’ and the ordinary practitioner has 

not got the Materia Medica source to verify it. 

Blessed are those who stick to good old KENT. I 

have seen ‘Provings’ published in (Western) 

journals with a brief write-up, lot of signatures and 

suggesting ‘ rubrics’ to the Repertory! We also see 

the practice of ‘preparing’ a Materia Medica from 


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the reportorial rubrics! Quixotic! There are still 

some who use the Therapeutic Pocket Book of 

BŒNNINGHAUSEN and do well. The Repertory 

is getting fatter and fatter and especially with 

computer it can bloat to any extent, that remedy 

selection is becoming more and more mechanical. 

Repertory can never replace sound knowledge of 

Materia Medica. In my younger days – 50 years 

ago I have come across colleague students ‘reading’ 

the Oxford dictionary and memorizing the different 

meanings in the hope of doing well in Essay writing 

Exams. They fared very poorly. = KSS] 

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PHARMACOLOGY 

1. Homöopathische Arzneimittelherstellung – 

Symbiose von Tradition und Moderne 

(Homœopathic medicine manufacture – 

Symbiosis of Traditional and Modern) 

HAUSCH-HAAG, Petra (ZKH. 48, 3/2004) 

This is in the series ‘Pharmacology’ of this 

journal, a new column, since ZKH. 48, 1/2004. 

In this the homœopathic pharmaceutical 

manufacturer ‘Spagyros’ is detailed. Such articles 

helps gain confidence in the product and ensures 

that the methodology of HAHNEMANN is 

followed exactly. 

2. CERES AG Schweiz und ALCEA GmbH 

Deutschland (CERES AG Switzerland and 

ALCEA GmbH Germany) 

UNDORF, Klaus (ZKH. 48, 4/2004) 

A great deal of care goes into producing 

CERES and ALCEA mother tinctures. Space and 

Time (the most important principles underlying the 

effect) are at the focus of attention in preparing 

medicinal plants. Pharmacological studies have 

shown that the fresh plant tincture most probably 

constitutes the most effective form of preparation of 

medicinal plant medication and the most efficient 

way of taking the medication. This is based on the 

observation that the space between the molecules of 

the active ingredient, which are filled with watery 

alcohol, has a significant effect. The same thing 

applies with respect to the factor time: grinding the 

medicinal plants in a slow, correct rhythm with a 

mortar and pestle leads to a sustained stabilization 

of the fluid structure, thus enhancing the 

effectiveness of the mother tincture. Mother 

tinctures of CERES and ALCEA are probably the 

only mother tinctures in the world which conform 

not only to the currently applicable, simplified

HAB methods – they are also in full conformity 

with the original HAB methods. 

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VETERINARY 

1. Hector, the piglet 

MOWATT, Sue (HT. 23, 10/2003) 

The piglet’s mother had rolled onto her baby 

and injured his foot. This caused the siblings to 

reject and tear the inside of his back leg. The 

animal looked weak, and was sighing repeatedly 

while rolling his eyes. 

Ignatia 200 and a recipe of Calendula oil, sea 

salt and warm water to be used as a wash for his leg 

wound. Next day was running around with 

improved energy. 

2. Stray Cats on the open prairie 

One Cat’s story of Healing 

MEDEA, Dianna (HT. 23, 11/2003) 

A male cat with a large, deep wound on the left 

side of the neck about 2 inches in diameter. A dose 

of Arnica 200 in his food for 4-5 days. 

Then Hypericum 200 – three doses. 

A few days later, Silica 200 for lot of debris 

coming from his wound. 

Later the wound was red, raw and angry. 

Calendula 200 once a day for 4 days. 

The wound almost closed and even his fur was 

growing back. [What more evidence is needed? 

What do those ‘scientists’ mean by term ‘evidencebased’? 

They can’t call this ‘placebo-effect’ or 

‘suggestions’ = KSS] 

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RESEARCH 

1. High Sensitivity NMR Studies of 

Homœopathic Remedies: A Mystery Solved 

and Lessons Learned 

ANICK, David J. (AJHM. 97, 3/2004) 

During 2002, results of high sensitivity NMR 

studies of homœopathic remedies made in water 

were announced, which claimed that the NMR 

spectra of most remedy samples studied contained 

certain signals which were absent from the spectra 

of most control (unprepared water) samples. The 

peaks had not been detected before because they 

were too weak (between 5 and 60 mmol/L of H) to 


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be seen without a special high sensitivity method. 

Most strikingly, the peaks appeared to obey a 

mysterious “D2O effect.” This first person account 

summarizes the story of this research and explains 

how the mystery of both the signals and the D2O 

effect was ultimately solved. Telling the story 

serves three purposes: to explain to the 

homœopathic community and interested others 

what became of the announced results; to provide 

enough details so that other researchers can 

understand how what appeared to be a 

breakthrough turned out to be false; and to reflect 

on lessons that the experience as a whole can teach. 

[Attention is drawn to an article in JAIH, Vol. 

61, 10-12/1968, titled ‘Changes caused by 

succussion on N.M.R patterns and Bio-assay of 

Bradykinin triacetate (BKTA) succussions and 

dilutions.’ See part II of this QHD = KSS] 

2. How do homœopaths make decisions? An 

exploratory study of inter-rater reliability and 

intuition in the decision making process. 

BRIEN S.; PRESCOTT P.; OWEN D and 

LEWITH G. (HOMEOPATHY, 93, 3/2004) 

The validity of clinical decision making in 

Homœopathy is largely unexplored and little is 

understood about the process or its reliability. This 

exploratory study investigated, in the context of a 

questionnaire based re-proving of Belladonna 30, 

the extent to which decisions are based on clinical 

facts or intuition and how reliable decisions are. 

Three experienced, independent homœopathic 

clinicians/proving researchers rated the symptom 

diaries of the 206 subjects taking part. They 

reported their proving decision (i.e. positive 

proving response, no proving response or 

undecided) based on the total symptom profiles and 

rated (on a scale of 0-10) their use of clinical facts 

or intuition. Keynote symptoms and overall 

confidence scores were also reported. The level of 

agreement between raters was generally poor 

(weighted kappa 0.349-0.064). All raters used both 

facts and intuition. The rater’s reliance on the facts 

was significantly associated with classifying those 

subjects who had no proving response [rater 1, 

P

GUEDES J.R.P.; FERREIRA C.M.; 

GUIMARÃES H.M.B.; SALDIVA P.H.N. and 

CAPELOZZI V.L. 


One strand of research on the scientific basis of 

Homœopathy is based on inversion effects of 

dilutions and the biophysical properties of 

information transfer. A model developed by 

Endler, was the basis for the study of the influence 

of high-diluted solution (1:10 26 part by weight) of 

thyroid glands on the rate of metamorphosis of the 

frog Rana catesbeiana from the no legged to fourlegged 

stage. The glands were obtained from 

tadpoles and prepared accordingly (dilution and 

succussion). Similar pure hydroalcoholic solution 

(unsuccussed) was used as control. In order to 

identify significant differences in the frequencies of 

four-legged tadpoles, in homœopathic and control 

group, we used a chi-square goodness-of-fit test 

(P

the chemical composition of the solution is 

identical to that of the solvent. Nine different 

preparations, were studied from the 3cH to 30cH 

(Hanhamannian Centesimal Dilution). Four of 

those were without the active principle (potentized 

water). Two different active principles were used: 

Arsenicum sulphuratum rubrum (ASR), As4S4, 2, 4dichlorophenoxyacetic 

acid (2,4D). The solvents 

were: a solution of sodium bicarbonate and of 

silicic acid at 5x 10 -5 M (mol/l) each, and solutions 

of sodium bicarbonate 5x 10 -5 , 7.5 x 10 -5 and 10 x 

10 -5 M (mol/l) in double distilled water. The 

containers were Pyrex glass to avoid the release of 

alkaline oxide and silica from the walls. 

Conductivity measurements of the solutions were 

carried out as a function of the age of the potencies. 

We found increases of electrical conductivity 

compared to untreated solvent. Successive dilution 

and succussion can permanently alter the physicochemical 

properties of the aqueous solvent. But we 

also detected changes in physico-chemical 

parameters with time. This has not previously been 

reported. The modification of the solvent could 

provide an important support to the validity of 

homeopathic medicine, that employs ‘medicines 

without molecules’. The nature of the phenomena 

here described remains still unexplained, 

nevertheless, some significant experimental results 

were obtained. [This again is a ‘validation’ of the 

‘action’ of homœopathic potencies. It is also 

interesting that Pyrex glass was used. … 

“Successive dilution and succussion can 

permanently alter the physico-chemical properties 

of the aqueous solvent.” BENVENISTE proved 

this. And he was hounded out by the ‘Scientific’ 

men. BENVENISTE is no more with us. = KSS] 

6. A Landmark for Basic Research in 

Homœopathy 

FISHER, Peter (HOMEOPATHY, 93, 3/2004) 

It is now 16 years since the ‘Benveniste Affair’ 

erupted on the pages of the world’s leading 

scientific journal Nature, and the dust has not yet 

settled. About the only thing that many scientists 

remember is the allegations of pseudoscience 

involving Homœopathy. While it is 

BENVENISTE’s counterallegations of witch 

hunting and McCarthyism which stuck in the minds 

of many in the homœopathic world. The 

controversy was renewed by a programme made by 

the BBC TV Horizon programme and broadcast in 

the UK in November 2002, and subsequently in 

many other countries, which alleged that 

experiments related to BENVENISTE’s were 

irreproducible. Similar claims were broadcast by 


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the US ABC Network’s 20/20 programme earlier 

this year. 

Meanwhile, in the background, the real, 

scientific story has been gradually unfolding. 

History may come to view a scientific paper 

published in the journal Inflammation Research in 

May, as a turning point in the scientific controversy 

surrounding Homœopathy. 1 The experimental 

method concerned in all this is the Human Basophil 

Degranulation Test (HBDT), a well-established 

model of immune response. Basophils are 

leucocytes which play an important role in the 

anaphylactic reaction. Their cytoplasm contains 

granules containing histamine and other immune 

mediators which, when released, produce an 

allergic reaction. Degranulation is a manifestation 

of basophil activation. It can be observed in vitro 

and is the basis of the HBDT. 

Basophil activation 

Various stimuli activate basophils, for instance 

the basophils of hay fever sufferers activate when 

mixed with pollen extract in vitro. This is a 

specific allergen – the basophils of insensitive 

individuals do not react. But there are also nonspecific 

stimuli which activate all basophils, 

sensitized or not. These include anti-IgE. IgE is 

the immunoglobulin on the surface of basophils 

which recognizes and binds to allergens. Binding 

to allergens leads to cross-binding between IgE 

molecules which in turn activates the basophil. 

Anti-IgE is an IgG antiserum produced by 

inoculating goats with human IgE, it binds to IgE 

on the basophil surface triggering activation. 

BENVENISTE’s group claimed that 

degranulation can be triggered by anti-IgE at 

dilutions far into the ultramolecular range – up to 

10 -120 . However, two independent groups 2, 3 were 

unable to reproduce these results. 

The more recent work also used the HBDT. 

But instead of measuring degranulation provoked 

by ultramolecular dilutions of anti-IgE, as 

BENVENISTE did, examined the inhibition of 

activation of basophils by ultramolecular dilutions 

of histamine. Substantial doses of histamine inhibit 

activation, the granules themselves contain 

histamine, so this is a negative feedback loop. The 

paper recently published in Inflammation 

Research is a follow-up to a couple of short 

abstracts published in the same journal. 4, 5 But this 

is a full paper including methodological and 

statistical detail and a series of supplementary 

experiments which corroborate the main thesis. 

The authors are: Philippe BELON, Director of 

Research of the homœopathic pharmaceutical 

company Laboratoires Boiron (Lyon, France), 

Marcel ROBERFROID and Jean CUMPS (Catholic

University of Louvain, Belgium) Madeleine ENNIS 

(Queen’s University of Belfast, UK), PF 

MANNAIONI (University of Florence, Italy), Jean 

STE-LAUDY (Paris), Fred WIEGANT (University 

of Utrecht, Netherlands). Four laboratories 

conducted the same main experiment, the 

supporting experiments were done by various of the 

laboratories and the analysis by the Louvain 

researchers. The researchers trained together at the 

Paris lab to ensure consistency of methods. 

Method 

The experiments used ultramolecular dilutions 

of Histamine 10 -30 –10 -38 M (15-19c), prepared in 

steps of 1:100 with vortexing (instead of 

succussion). The main experiment, performed by 

all the labs, was based on inhibition of basophil 

activation as measured by degranulation, using 

Alcian Blue staining. Basophil activation, 

measured by an automated method, flow cytometry, 

was done in three labs. CD63 is a cell surface 

marker expressed by activated basophils, but by 

very few inactivated basophils. CD63 was tagged 

by an antibody and CD63 positive and negative 

cells separated by an electronic gate. Other 

supporting experiments were measurement of 

histamine release, the effects of the histamine 

receptor blocking drugs Cimetidine and Ranitidine 

and of histidine, a structural analogue of histamine. 

Basophils were taken from the blood of healthy 

donors of either sex, who had taken no medication 

in the preceding 4 weeks. They were incubated for 

30 minute at room temperature with or without 

histamine dilutions, then mixed with anti-IgE. 

Control was distilled water, diluted and vortexed in 

the same way. ‘Dud’ experiments (when no 

activation occurred after anti-IgE stimulation) were 

excluded, leaving a total of 2706 data points. 

Results 

The researchers examined various stimulating 

concentrations of anti-IgE: inhibition of activation 

occurred consistently only with the lowest 

concentration (0.04 µg/ml), which is closest to 

physiological concentrations. Nevertheless, the 

overall result, including all stimulatory 

concentrations of anti-IgE and all dilutions of 

histamine showed statistically highly significant 

inhibition from ultramolecular dilutions of 

histamine (p ≤ 0.0001). Flow cytometry 

experiments at three of the labs, using various 

dilutions of histamine, showed compatible results, 

with inhibition of activation as high as 43%. 

Nearly all experiments showed statistically 

significant inhibition of basophil activation. 

Two of the laboratories also looked at the 

effects of H2–receptor blockers Cimetidine and 

Ranitidine. Preincubation of the basophils with 


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Cimetidine partially blocked the effects of 

ultramolecular dilutions of histamine, the effect of 

Ranitidine was not statistically significant. Other 

experiments done in one lab each showed 

significant reduction in the amount of histamine 

released into the supernatant when the basophils 

had been pretreated with ultramolecular dilutions of 

histamine. And that histidine, which is structurally 

similar to histamine but does not have the same 

physiological effects, did not have the same effect 

as ultramolecular dilutions of histamine (both in 

16c). Histidine 16c had the same effect as water 

16c. 

What next? 

In discussing their results, the authors 

comment on the variability between laboratories, 

which they attribute to the differing susceptibility 

of donors. Also on the lack of a dose-response 

curve, as would be expected in classical 

pharmacology and the specificity of the effects as 

shown by the H2-receptor blocker and histidine 

experiments. They refer to other work with 

ultramolecular dilutions notably the work of 

DOUTREMEPUICH’s, JONAS’s and CAZIN’s 

groups. 6-8 They conclude that they are unable to 

explain their results but suggest that it may involve 

biological information from the solvent, a 

hypothesis which is supported by recent physical 

experiments. 9 

Inflammation Research published a 

supportive editorial, saying that ‘More and more 

patients are turning to this form of complementary 

medicine’, and that the paper was published in a 

spirit of openness after rigorous review. 10 Although 

not much used in the UK, histamine (often in the 

form of lung histamine) is widely used in 

homeopathic dilution elsewhere in the world, in the 

treatment of allergy. But clinical relevance is not 

the issue here. Of course further repetition is 

required, but it may be that this represents the 

‘Holy Grail’ of basic research in Homœopathy—a 

method that can be reproduced in any suitably 

skilled and equipped laboratory, and which 

unequivocally demonstrates the effect of an 

ultramolecular dilution. 

The other take home message is perhaps that 

we should rely on trial by science, not on 

pseudoscientific trial by media, which has 

characterised far too much of the history of this 

series of experiments. 

References 

1. BELON P., CUMPS J., ENNIS M., 

MANNAIONI P.F., ROBERFROID M., STE- 

LAUDY J., WIEGANT F.A.C., Histamine dilutions 

modulate basophil activity. Inflamm Res 2004; 53: 

181-188.

2. OVELGONNE J.H., BOL A.W.J.M., HOP 

W.C.J., van WIJK R. Mechanical agitation of very 

dilute antiserum against IgE has no effect on 

basophil staining properties. Experientia 1992; 48: 

504-508. 

3. HIRST S.J., HAYES M.A., BURRIDGE J., 

PEARCE F.L., FOREMAN J.C. Human basophil 

degranulation is not triggered by very dilute 

antiserum against IgE. Nature 1993; 366: 526-527. 

4. BELON P., CUMPS J., ENNIS M., 

MANNAIONI P.F., SAINTE-LAUDY J., 

POBERFROID M. et al. Inhibition of human 

basophil degranulation by successive histamine 

dilutions: results of European multi-centre trial. 

Inflamm res 1999; 48: S17-S18. 

5. BROWN V., ENNIS M. Flow-cytometric 

analysis of basophil activation: inhibition by 

histamine at conventional and homœopathic 

concentrations. Inflamm Res 2001; 50: S47-S48. 

6. AGUEJOUF O., MALFATTI E., BELON P., 

DOUTREMEPUICH C., Time related 

neutralization of two doses acetyl salicylic acid. 

Thrombosis Res 2000; 100: 317-323. 

7. JONAS W.B., LIN Y., TORTELLA F. 

Neuroprotection from glutamate toxicity with ultralow 

dose glutamate. Neuroreport 2001; 12: 335- 

339. 

8. CAZIN J.C., CAZIN M., GABORIT J.L., 

CHAOUI A., BOIRON J., BELON P., et al. A 

study of the effect of decimal and centesimal 

dilutions of arsenic on the retention and 

mobilization of arsenic in the rat. Human Toxicol 

1987; 6: 315-320. 

9. REY L. Thermoluminescence of ultra high 

dilutions of lithiumchloride, sodium chloride. 

Physica A 2003; 323: 67-74. 

10. FALUS A. Homœopathy, high dilutions – is 

there a real effect? Inflamm Res 2004; 53: 179- 

180. 

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HISTORY 

1. Women in Homœopathy 

WINSTON, Julian (AH. 10/2004) 

This article is about the women homœopaths of 

the U.S.A. and about the earliest colleges which 

admitted women. 

Details about Clemence Sophia LOZIER, 

Elizabeth Cady STANTON, Mercy Bisbe 

JACKSON and Mary Florence TAFT are given. 

List of 21 female graduates listed in Egbert 

CLEAVE’s Homœopathic biographies is given. 


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2. Eight Themes of HAHNEMANN Seen 

Through HAEHL 

MORRELL, Peter (AJHM. 97, 3/2004) 

The author, after reviewing the biography of 

HAHNEMANN authored by HAEHL, identifies 

and explores eight themes in HAHNEMANN’s life 

and work – 1. What he condemned, 2. Prevailing 

systems of medical thought in his day, 3. His 

unhappy wanderings, 4. The Miasm theory, 5. His 

religion and philosophy, 6. The subtle realm of 

disease causation, 7. The life force – the core of his 

medical teaching, and 8. His intolerance of 

opposing medical viewpoints. 

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GENERAL 

1. An Interview with Ewald STÖTELER 

TREE, Jenni (AH. 10/2004) 

Ewald STÖTELER is a highly respected 

member of the Dutch homœopathic community and 

is a Hahnemannian practitioner through and 

through. His book “Hahnemann Understood” is 

soon to be available in English. 

He studied in the Stichting Klassieke 

Homeopathie and started practicing in 1980. He 

worked with a group of students and translated the 

sixth edition of Organon into Dutch. 

Whenever he stumbled across a problem in 

practice, he searched in Organon till he found the 

answer. 

The failure in homœopathic education is due to 

teachers who have never read Chronic Diseases. 

HAHNEMANN never talks about treating the 

patient, but about treating the disease. [No, 

HAHNEMANN talks about the sick person in 

many places = KSS] 

The Vital Force can only be disturbed in three 

ways: it can be slowed down (Psora), accelerated 

(Sycosis) or it may be destructive (Syphilis). 

Tubercular or carcinogenic tendency is either 

by infection or inheritance. 

If the symptom cannot be explained from the 

life circumstances of the patient, it must be a 

constitutional (miasmatic) disturbance, and it 

needed a mineral remedy. 

If the disease from without is connected to life 

circumstances, they needed a plant, animal or 

Nosode remedy. 

When a plant remedy gives a curative reaction, 

the complementary mineral remedy will also show 

a curative response.

The Nosodes are used to give direction to the 

powers of the Dynamis and gives it a second 

chance to cure itself from the disease and its 

blocking consequences. [It is unfortunate that such 

decisive statements are made: “Plants for acutes”, 

“minerals for chronic”. Will not Lycopodium be 

indicated in chronic cases, or for that matter 

Staphysagria? STÖTELER says “HAHNEMANN 

knew Psorinum. He refers to it in the last stage of 

Chronic Diseases; but it wasn’t proven enough for 

him to use. At that stage it needed more testing.” 

How does STÖTELER say that HAHNEMANN 

felt that it needed more Proving? Further, to the 

query by the Interviewer “Did he ever know 

Medorrhinum?” STÖTELER answers “I haven’t 

come across any remarks showing this.” 

Medorrhinum was proved by Samuel SWAN and 

published in the Transactions of the International 

Hahnemannian Association in 1889, long after 

HAHNEMANN had left this world. It became a 

remedy in our Materia Medica only after SWAN’s 

Provings. Exact date of Proving by SWAN is not 

known. However, SWAN became an M.D. in 1867 

and so his Provings were after this. About his 

“using two remedies in the same day” STÖTELER 

says “It is all in HAHNEMANN’s teachings!” 

Nothing can be more blasphemous than this 

assertion! To the best of our knowledge 

HAHNEMANN never taught so. He insisted on 

one remedy at a time which should cover the 

‘totality’ and he also taught not to repeat the same 

potency. STÖTELER also says “In relation to the 

subject of potency, HAHNEMANN called the 

centesimal potency a ‘mistake’” Where did he say 

this? He used the centesimal until his last day of 

practice. Was he practicing a ‘mistake’ for years?! 

Neither the Interviewer nor the Interviewee can be 

forgiven these wrong statements = KSS] 

2. Elemental Symbols 

LILLEY, David (AH. 10/2004) 

Correspondences between Nature’s symbols 

and Human Nature is explained through Carbon, 

Magnesium and Iron. 

3. Interview with Dr. Brian KAPLAN: Second 

Prescription and Case Management 

ROSS, Shann (AH. 10/2004) 

The most important aspect of second 

prescription is the assessment of first prescription 

and acting accordingly. The most difficult aspect 

of second prescription is to make an assessment of 

whether someone has genuinely improved. The 

easiest mistake is to prescribe too early. The only 


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reason to go for a higher potency of the same 

remedy in second prescription is when you get a 

response each time but of shorter duration. The 

easy mistake that occurs in case management come 

from the relationship between the homœopath and 

the patient, when the trust is breached. 

One cannot have an intuitive feeling which a 

person needs with an unfamiliar remedy. 

He is more interested in reading new ways of 

getting information about people. More interested 

in understanding people than understanding new 

remedies. 

He feels it is logical to ask about the main 

complaint and then how they feel about having the 

problem, what it has done to their life. 

4. Homeopathy and the Legal Question: 

An Historical Perspective 

STEWART, Robert (AH, 10/2004) 

History is not so much a spectacle of significant 

events and dates, as it is a witness to an evolution 

of Consciousness. And all the outrageous 

misadventures of History give further evidence to 

conflicts between established institutions and the 

inexorable changes that have occurred in Human 

Consciousness over time… Even the adjective, 

“outrageous”, already betrays a bias that has been 

created within this very evolution. 

One of the chief characteristics of 

contemporary humanity is what can be called – the 

‘Social Question’. Never before has the relation of 

one human being to another acquired such 

complexity, nor demanded such conscious 

participation. Even in the not-so-distant past, 

relations were more instinctively determined, and 

the individual was entirely subsumed by the group, 

the tribe, the people… All were bound by blood. 

One was merely a member of a religion, a trade, a 

family. 

Today, this is no longer true. Each of us today 

assumes at least the posture, if not the catchet, of 

individuality. Simply as a matter of course, we 

affirm our own unique pedigree. It is not a 

criticism but a characterization to say that modern 

humanity has become increasingly ego-identified. 

This is especially true in the English-speaking West 

where a self-absorbed feeling of entitlement has 

become almost a way of life. Not only has this 

contributed to the peril of the global eco-system, it 

has sometimes put a strain on the existing systems 

of governance. 

Thus, the Social Question … How are we to 

find ourselves within the social organism so that all 

our capacities have an opportunity to develop 

freely? And how are we to relate so as not to

intrude on these same developmental needs in 

others? Is a community of individuals an 

Oxymoron? What kinds of social institutions 

would best serve the growing needs of an 

increasingly self-conscious humanity? In a Society 

where each claims the freedom of an independent 

Conscience, what, if any, should be the legal 

constraints? 

The relationship of the above thoughts to the 

practice of Medicine in general and of 

Homœopathy in particular is discussed in this 

essay. What is the legal situation of Homœopathy 

in the West. In so far as India is concerned it is 

clear; we have separate course of study, separate 

examination and licence with due protection to both 

Practitioner and Patient. However, once licensed 

clearly the homœopathic profession (as also other 

systems of Medicine like Ayurveda, Siddha, Unani 

each of which has separate courses of study, 

examination and licence) strongly become 

hegemonic and rule denying space to others not 

‘licensed’. STEWART very aptly points out: 

“Medical licensing laws only serve to distort and 

impair healthy social relations. . . . the halls and 

chambers of State and Federal buildings everywhere 

are simply crawling with the maneuvers and 

true outright manipulations of a veritable legion of 

lobbyists. ... by dozens of competing ‘special 

interests,’ a concept that should have no place in a 

realm where rights-awareness should advance. 

A thought-provoking, very relevant essay. 

5. My mind should be out of the way 

Interview with Jonathan SHORE 


Jonathan SHORE talks about how he came into 

Homœopathy and about his training with George 

VITHOULKAS, and his association with Robert 

SCHORE, Roger MORRISON, etc. 

He feels that his mind should be out of the way 

while trying to find the remedy. In 50 percent of 

the cases he thinks “may be it’s this remedy” and 

whole thing comes into line. In rest of the cases 

different symptoms are taken and elimination done 

to see what remedies fit to his feeling of the case. 

To judge what is strange, rare and peculiar, he 

puts himself in the person’s situation and see how 

he would have reacted. If the reaction is way out 

from his, then it becomes peculiar. 

He sticks to his principle of never criticizing 

someone else’s work. 

The idea of the kingdoms and birds as a group 

was in no way theoretical but arose from the 

provings. [How is it that HAHNEMANN did not 

see ‘kingdoms’ in all his decades of extensive 


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practice? And he proved so many remedies and if 

the ‘kingdoms’ came from the Provings did he not 

perceive it? = KSS] 

6. Interview with Louis KLEIN 


Louis KLEIN believes that there need to be 

room in the profession for uniquely artistic 

methodologies that are grounded but still intuitive 

in nature. The profession has to evolve and 

proceed to a new independent level and not just 

derive its juice from HAHNEMANN only. [Then 

whose juice? Louis KLEIN’s? or a mixed juice of 

all the modern ‘innovative’ ‘uniquely artistic’ 

homœopaths? Far superior cures have been 

experienced by those in the past who took the 

HAHNEMANN juice = KSS] 

He believes the new ideas and concepts can 

only strengthen the profession. 

Jan SCHOLTEN’s information is reliable in 

his experience. 

In a well-done and safe proving, not a 

poisoning, the prover should experience a reflection 

of possible pathologies. 

Of late he is distinguishing the difference 

between pathology and disposition. The disposition 

shapes each person’s unique way of responding to 

events. 

Our evaluation of the effectiveness of a 

homœopathic prescription needs to be based on the 

initial change in pathology. [The views of Louis 

KLEIN is in tune with the neo-homœopaths who 

seem to be one-up on HAHNEMANN. References 

to HAHNEMANN, in some places in his Interview, 

are, in my opinion, derisive. For example, he says 

“Homœopathy originally created by 

HAHNEMANN and his friends”. HAHNEMANN 

had some students only and not ‘friends’. 

Homœopathy was “originally created” by 

HAHNEMANN ONLY; just as Isaac NEWTON, 

GALILEO. It is all one great man’s discovery. 

Louis KLEIN says further that those who stick to 

HAHNEMANN only ‘live in little town’. Further 

that Homœopathy was in ‘psychological imbroglio 

in the past’! that he and others like him have their 

own ‘unique ways’; that by applying Jan 

SCHOLTEN’s methodology he has been able to 

cure serious problems of patients which included 

homœopaths, “and not just the Materia Medica 

information.” Louis KLEIN ridicules the very 

basic of Homœopathy which is Materia Medica 

arrived at by Provings. HAHNEMANN insisted on 

‘Pure Materia Medica’, and here is a 

‘homœopath’ who marks it ‘just the Materia 

Medica information’! KLEIN, defending

‘speculation’ says, “well, even HAHNEMANN did 

a lot of speculation”. Did HAHNEMANN 

speculate about a remedy’s curative powers? He 

relied only on facts obtained by Provings only. 

HAHNEMANN even criticized Immanuel KANT’s 

speculative Philosophy. If this is the attitude of the 

‘modern’, ‘innovative’ neo-homœopaths they have 

no basis at all for invoking the name of 

HAHNEMANN. Someone said that Homœopathy 

needed no enemies from outside. We are good at 

Harakiri. =KSS] 

7 Building a homœopathic profession 

ROWE, Todd (SIM. XVII, 3/2004) 

Building a homœopathic profession is a vital 

step toward greater public recognition and 

acceptance and a means to end differences between 

us. 

The need of full time homœopathic medical 

colleges in USA is discussed. 

8. Health Sciences in the 21 st Century. A Preview. 

MAJUMDAR, Sisir R. (S&C. 70, 11-12/2004) 

‘Health Sciences’ are changing. The ‘Health 

Profession’ is also changing. Medico-legal and 

medico-moral principles are already dictating the 

conduct of Medical Profession. Modern medicine 

claiming to be founded on scientific study may also 

be incomplete or erroneous. Alternative forms of 

medicine have made significant inroads into the 

popular perception of treatment strategy of various 

incurable disease of still unknown aetiology. 

[There will always be. In proportion to what is 

known, what is not known will always be many 

times more = KSS]. Alternative Medicines need 

our tolerance and even respect and not disdain. 

These are the realities of the 21 st Century Medicine. 

In Health-Care it is the individual’s well being 

that matter and not machine and statistics. Our 

approach in this millennium should be both 

evidence-based and experience based. 

He quotes Albert EINSTEIN: “Not everything 

that can be counted always counts, and not 

everything that counts can be counted.” 

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BOOKS 

1. Heal Thyself: Nicholas CULPEPER and the 

Seventeeth-Century Struggle to Bring Medicine 

to the People by Benjamin WOOLLEY 

Published UK, Feb. 2004. Harper Collins, in 


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USA and Canada, July 2004. 402 pp. Review by 

Peter MORRELL (AJHM. 97, 3/2004) 

“Although this book does not mention 

Homœopathy and the events it describes occurred 

in the 1600s, a century before HAHNEMANN was 

born; nevertheless it reveals a real struggle, a 

familiar pattern whenever any vulnerable medical 

minority finds itself pitted against a tyrannical 

medical monopoly…….. In 1634, CULPEPER 

began an apprenticeship to an apothecary, but 

abandoned that too in 1640, and set up instead as a 

freelance astrologer and medical practitioner..” 

“CULPEPER’s practice and his published 

works were part of his conscious struggle to bring 

medicine to the people, rescuing it from the 

reactionary institutions which had hitherto 

controlled its use……. One of his main criticisms 

of physicians was that they concentrated on the 

disease rather than the patient …. CULPEPER’s 

chief legacy is the idea that medicine is not 

something that should be controlled and 

administered by the elite, but something belonging 

to everybody – is as important and, perhaps, as 

revolutionary now as it was in the 17 th century. 

This makes this story still very relevant today.” 

2. Dreams, Symbols & Homœopathy Jane 

CICCHETTI, North Atlantic Books, California, 

USA, Price $ 15.95, ISBN: 1 55643 436 7, 1993 

Review by Yubraj SHARMA (HOMEOPATHY, 

93, 3/2004) 

“The book is largely written for the 

homœopathic practitioner, but kept easy enough for 

therapists or physicians of other persuasions. It 

would be of particular interest to Psychotherapists, 

Counsellors and Shamanic healers. … The book is 

divided into four sections. .,. In the fourth section 

there is interesting new proving information 

concerning tree remedies. … The information is 

provided in the context of cultural usage and 

mythology surrounding these trees. … The milk 

remedies are human, cow, cat and dog. Again 

reference is made to the Mythology and cultural 

history surrounding these animals. … Jane 

CICCHETTI has nonetheless brought a range of 

analysis that adds to the richness of homœopathic 

philosophy.” [What has Homœopathy to do with 

Mythology and Folk Tales? We resort to these 

storytelling, collect mythical tit bits because it is 

easier to construct a Materia Medica than to 

conduct ‘Provings’ and obtain factual data? = KSS] 

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NEWS AND NOTES

I. Abha Light Foundation (ALF) has been a 

registered NGO in Kenya since 2001. (AH. 

10/2004) Primary goal is to introduce Homœopathy 

into Kenya and East Africa as an affordable lowcost 

medicine for the populace in the urban slums 

and villages. The students from the villages and 

slums are taught in basic clinical physiology, 

anatomy and pathology in an informal two-year 

course in Homœopathy. They have four 

permanent clinics. ALF is engaged in research of 

effective means in the treatment, management, 

prophylactic or cure of Malaria, TB and HIV/AIDS. 

The two-year training is being given on “a 

shoestring” budget. 

II. Scientists take on Science Media: The 

publication of badly conducted and poorly referred 

scare stories has had devastating consequences for 

individual and public health, in the U.K. and 

abroad, and carried a heavy economic cost. 

Since disowned by Lancet – that the triple 

Measles, Mumps and Rubella (MMR) vaccine, for 

children could cause Autism. 

Scientist claim that the incidence of Measles 

went up as panicked families refused to give MMR 

vaccine to the children – The study published in 

Lancet in 1998 had “ruined” the vaccination 

programme and as a result, children had died of 

measles and mumps. 

Another discredited research warned women 

against Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) 

suggested that it could increase – almost double the 

– risks of Breast cancer. 

It is a case of people in glasshouses throwing 

stones at each other. 

The messages they get are often contrary 

creating not only confusion but also panic. 

“There will always be an element of hype, even 

quality newspapers, but the problem would be 

much worse if a serious journal were hyping too”. 

Example a serious journal like Lancet. [The provaccination 

‘Scientists’ also create scare. We know 

many unvaccinated living healthy = KSS] 

(The Hindu, Chennai, June 24, 2005). 

III. Doctoring trials is the name of the game: (R. 

PRASAD, Chennai) How does it matter as long as 

you get cured? The question is simple, the answer 

is not. 

‘There is growing evidence that doctors’ 

prescribing habits are influenced by drug 

companies, either through discussions with medical 

representatives or through sales drives dressed up 

as medical education’ wrote Kamran ABBASI and 

Richard SMITH in the British Medical Journal 

(BMJ) in 2003. 


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Mr. SMITH was the editor of BMJ then. 

Information supplied to doctors by drug companies 

is systematically distorted. It is the doctors who are 

perhaps more to blame in coming to depend on 

drug company largesse. Drug companies have 

managed to deflect the moral compass of the 

doctors. 

Marcia Angell, editor in chief of the New 

England Journal of Medicine has said in her 

recent book “The truth about drug companies” 

highlighted how patients unwittingly become a part 

of phase IV trials have more to do with the way 

companies make doctors prescribe their drugs in 

lieu of even cheaper generic drugs. 

Two chapters in her book have been dedicated 

to highlighting the ways in which companies 

market their products in the guise of education and 

research. 

But many doctors rarely use journals to update 

themselves. Are journals truly unbiased and 

scientifically correct all the time? 

Journals no saints 

A plethora of studies has indicated the nexus 

between drug companies and journals and how 

journals knowingly or unwittingly become a part 

and parcel of the companies’ propaganda 

machinery. 

They have developed strategies to co-opt 

journals in marketing their products. It is a sad 

state one of the last bastions of unbiased 

information has been successfully infiltrated by 

drug companies. 

(Journals) are little more than a marketing tool 

of the drug companies. 

Assured monetary benefits (to the journals) and 

some deft manipulations by the companies have 

made this possible. 

Respected and reputed journals like the British 

Medical Journal, the New England Journal of 

Medicine and the Lancet were caught napping. 

Only results that are favourable to their interest are 

ever published. And they go about doing this very 

meticulously. 

Biased from the start 

The new drug tested against a treatment well 

known to the inferior or against a placebo. Even if 

tested against too well known drug, it is done 

against too low a dose of competitor drug. 

Multicentric trials – trials conducted in many 

places simultaneously – are considered as one of 

the best ways to test the drugs’ safety and efficacy. 

Journals tend to treat results obtained from such 

trials with greater respect. And it is precisely this 

sanctity that companies try to misuse.

Being multicentric in nature, many data sets 

are obtained. And only those that are favourable to 

the company are ever published. At times only 

those parts of the data that are favourable to the 

company get published. The favourable results are 

then published repeatedly in many journals by 

combining data from more than one centre. 

The first author of such papers is always 

different and no mention is made about the first 

time the data was published in a journal. This 

makes it very difficult for journals to do the cross 

checking. These are but some of the strategies 

adopted by the pharmaceutical companies to 

hoodwink the journals. 

Lure of money 

The journals are no saints either. Monetary 

gains are an implicit part of it. Companies tend to 

buy thousands of reprints. The financial gains runs 

to thousands of dollars. If few thousands of dollars 

are sufficient to buy a doctor’s loyalty, nearly a 

million dollars of revenue do the same with 

journals. 

The financial gain runs to thousands of dollars. 

These reprints are in turn used by companies as 

propaganda material to convince doctors of a drug’s 

superiority. So what started as a biased study gets 

published and is used as a marketing tool! 

(The Hindu, Chennai, July 7, 2005) 

IV. Homœopathic Clinic Opened: Another 

homœopathic Clinic was opened in February 2004, 

at Bad Imnau. (ZKH. 48, 3/2004) The Clinic has 

24 beds and has a Day/Night Duty Sisters and 

Doctors, headed by Dr.Uwe FRIEDRICH and 

Heinz HUBER. Treatment is in accordance with 

the rules of Hahnemannian Homœopathy. No other 

therapeutical methods are applied. Essential 

allopathic treatment may be if required. 

Patients of all age groups with Chronic 

Diseases will be taken up. 

Closely connected with homœopathic 

therapeutic concept is a programme in which 

Mindfulness exercises, Energy work, Breathing 

exercises, Relaxation techniques, Meditations, 

Visualisations for activising of self-healing powers, 

Stress management and Development of creativity, 

all are a part. 

V. A question which homœopaths and the laity 

ask is whether the X-ray search made of air 

travelers would affect the action of homœopathic 

remedies. (Uwe FRIEDRICH, ZKH. 48, 3/2004). 

An experimental answer is given by 

W.SCHERER-PONGRATZ, P.C.ENDLER, 

M.HAIDVOGL and M. FRASS, from Ludwig – 


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BOLTZMANN Institute for Homœopathy. They 

used an animal model (Amphibian), in which the 

Amphibians, experience rapid learning with 

Thyroxin. Thyroxin D30 steers along this 

reproducible hyper-stimulation. 

If Thyroxin D30 is passed through X-ray 

radiation as is done in airports, there is no loss of its 

effects. 

Homœopathic home remedies pack need not be 

passed through X-ray search during flights. The 

authors point out that on the other hand household 

gadgets could have an injurious effect. 

VI. SPINEDI-Seminar. Bad Imnau, 25- 

27.6.2004. Report von Sabine KUSE- 

ISINGSHULTE (ZKH. 48, 3/2004): Two main 

points were stressed by SPINEDI in the course of 

his Seminar about two Breast Cancer patients. 

Case 1: 33 year-old female, came in 1989 for 

severe back pains bothering her which began three 

years ago. Had, painkillers for 2 years but Sepia 

healed within few weeks. 

In the year 2000 – 11 years later – she came 

with a diagnosis of Breast Cancer. Already had 

Chemotherapy and Radiation. Parallelly 

homœopathic treatment with Phosphorus, Bryonia, 

Sepia and Conium. Conium at last improved and 

Sepia cured the Miasm finally. 

SPINEDI’s comments: 

• If a medicine has worked well, we have to 

reflect well before changing it, if symptoms of 

another remedy appear which we perhaps 

examine well. 

• In 20% of cases SPINEDI has observed that 

the chronic medicine does not come into 

question if a tumor has developed. 

• Interesting are the symptoms which have not 

improved are the ones which we should further 

work with. When we neglect this, the disease 

goes further on. We should concentrate on 

these symptoms. 

• If old symptoms appear, the remedy, if it is the 

right one, must cover these symptoms. 

• The appearance of dreams, which should suit 

the remedy, which are new, could be a hint of a 

new symptom and the remedy given be wrong 

under the circumstances. 

• New symptoms of the remedy must be 

evaluated according to Organon §§167, 248, 

249. 

Although in case new symptoms came up after 

Phosphorus, pains increased it indicated a good 

response to the Chemotherapy with the further 

progressive administration of Phosphorus and was 

also a confirmation of the specific action of

Phosphorus in Chemo- and Radiation therapy. In 

the course of the treatment luckily the symptoms 

for the first indicated medicine came up again. It 

was the dream of Breast which was forgotten by the 

patient. In the anamnesis in 2000 the patient had 

said when questioned, that the bandage with 

flowers of Camphor which was too tight and very 

painful. “Suppressed Trauma” in this manner are 

many which may not be recalled by patient: 

• Blow on the Breast from small children; with 

its feet while swaddling the infant, or with the 

head when it is carried, or a kick with its feet 

when the child sleeps with the mother. 

• Mammography or painfully tight bandages. 

• Auto or sports injuries (ball hitting the breast: 

Handball, Badminton, Squash) 

SPINEDI commented: with this case we come 

to understand better the §162 of Organon. Cancer 

originates from the Miasm explained it. 

Case2: 35 year-old pregnant woman in the 20 th 

week of pregnancy was diagnosed with axillary 

lymph node metastasis of an occult primary tumor. 

Two years ago after the first pregnancy she suffered 

a papilloma virus constellation of cervix. She was 

conized. 

She has in the meanwhile undergone treatment 

from many homœopaths and taken many remedies 

and in the last two months Carcinosinum LM 120. 

With Phosphorus in C potencies she could be 

without Chemotherapy during her pregnancy. In 

January 2000 a healthy boy was born. In 

November 2000 with Phosphorus CM this 

treatment ended. Further chronic remedies were 

used. In August 2001 a Breast Tumor was 

diagnosed. Further treatment proceeded with 

different Polychrests. 

In Spring 2002 the patient emigrated. She 

received plenty of “reserve remedies” and took 

them one after the other without further 

consultation. Contact with the patient was poor but 

she wrote, however, on 15.1.2004 a letter to Dr. 

SPINEDI that she had contacted a well-known local 

homœopath and with Phytolacca LM6 she 

remained in remission until now. 

SPINEDI’s fundamental thoughts on this case: 

• With Similie therapy the young lady during 

pregnancy could keep off Chemotherapy, for 

mother and child. This should encourage us to 

treat every Cancer case with Homœopathy. 

• The basic error was, the symptoms were not 

exact and strong enough to be evaluated. 

• The symptoms which were not covered by the 

selected remedy would surprise us. 


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• A conisation only leads to shifting of the 

disease to another region. Much better it is to 

take the PAP as marker of the progress. 

• The CM potency brings to light the “reality”. 

If under the CM everything is covered and if it 

has at first improved then that is not the right 

medicine. 

• When the constitutional medicine selected does 

not bring the expected improvement, must 

consider always organotropic medicine. 

• When we make a constitutional prescription, 

the patient is carried further, particularly if the 

Cancer is slowly progressing. If a wrong 

organotropic medicine is prescribed, a 

fulminating exacerbation of the tumor will 

occur. Beware! In doubt we should apply 

always the Chronic remedy, to make the 

patient overall strong and supportive. 

General on Cancer treatment: In general 

SPINEDI spoke in the Seminar the history of 

Breast Cancer. Conium and Phytolacca were 

spoken of as two important remedies in Breast 

Cancer. In respect of Phytolacca much less 

information is known about mental symptoms. 

Besides KENT a valuable Materia Medica is 

available in Homœopathic Drug Pictures of 

Margaret TYLER, which is well worth studying. 

Eli JONES found Phytolacca as most 

important remedy in Breast Cancer. In Breast 

Cancer patients, the suckling anamnesis is of 

greater significance: if pains or other problems 

arise, they must be elevated as the most possible 

complete symptom. Pains in the breast after blow 

(after mammography) pass away with Conium XM. 

Q-Potencies 

About the extensive possibilities of reactions 

and Observations after the administration of Q 

potencies only the essential are given again here: 

• For the early aggravation, SPINEDI opined, 

badly selected or wrongly administered remedy 

is the cause. The different individual reaction 

must be borne in mind. 

• The appearance of a new symptom is, in 50% 

of the cases, mostly an old symptom which the 

patient had “not recalled to memory”. 

• The frequent and a fatal variant of the 

appearance of a new symptom is, that the new 

symptom disappear, although the remedy was 

wrong. Then this new symptom is lost! 

According to SPINEDI, HAHNEMANN’s 

procedures in respect of one-sided diseases, to 

select the best suited medicine and then to treat the 

new symptom is not proven, in every case. He 

does not change the medicine implicitly, but

differentiates very vigorously between the old 

symptoms and symptoms of the medicine. Also old 

symptoms must be covered by medicine or they are 

signs for the following medicine. Symptoms of the 

medicine on the other hand indicate a wrong 

prescribing. 

Again and again it is advised to study these 

paragraphs in Organon thoroughly. 

Effects of Radiation 

The effective antidote to Radiotherapy are, 

according to SPINEDI: Phosphorus, Radium 

bromatum and X-ray. Both Radium bromatum as 

well as X-ray come under consideration for the 

adverse actions of Radiation therapy, they are the 

frequently needed medicine after Phosphorus. 

Radium bromatum is similar to Phosphorus and 

antidotes it also, as peculiar symptom is the “only a 

one day lasting mens.” (Comp. Sepia). A Materia 

Medica for X-ray is to be found in ALLEN’s Book 

on Nosodes. According to SPINEDI, X-ray is fully 

unrepresented in the Repertory (and must be 

added). A Materia Medica of Radium bromatum 

may be found in the “Collected Works” of A. 

GRIMMER. 

SPINEDI has observed that the positive effects 

of radiation remain, when the side effects of 

Radiation therapy begins to be treated by potentised 

medicine. 

There are patients who do not suit the 

Phosphorus schema which however indicated as 

antidote. For patients who are exposed intensively 

to Electricity or Electrosmog, e.g. locomotive 

driver, may have a penetrating effect from 

Phosphorus. For ulcerative areas of Necrosis, 

according to GRIMMER, Cadmium iodatum is the 

only medicine, which has never let him down, for 

burns from radiation, Fluoric acid is the frequently 

indicated medicine. 

VII. Interview with André SAINE. von KARIN 

und Ralf VIGOUREUX (ZKH. 48, 3/2004) Some 

extracts: Dr. André SAINE is a well-known 

homœopath from Canada; he is a fighter for 

genuine Homœopathy. KARIN and Ralf 

VIGOUREUX interviewed him at his place. They 

also spent three weeks with him to actually appraise 

themselves with SAINE’s methodologies. 

André SAINE takes up severe difficult disease 

conditions. Of course he takes up other cases too; 

he may let other colleagues treat routine cases and 

take up himself with the severe cases. 

20 years ago he began to practice with his 

father and has seen patients with severe diseases, 

and therefore saw from beginning on, difficult 

cases. Treating severely ill people is not slow but is 


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challenging. By this one can test one’s ability and 

methodology and the remedies used and the 

possibilities and limits of Homœopathy. 

The limits of homœopathic healing are, as a 

rule, the limits of the inborn healing ability of 

the particular organism. [Bold mine =KSS] 

Healing is faster in Homœopathy. For 

example, injuries heal much more rapidly; Also if 

treated before and after operation the patient 

recovers much faster as observed by Surgeons. 

Similarly griefs are overcome faster. Homœopathic 

healing proceeds para-physiologically or it 

transcends normal physiological processes. I think, 

in this connection, that we are observing a rapid 

increase of the normal healing process and that 

there is no new healing process. There are 

mechanical problems which limits Homœopathy. 

[FN § 7 Organon = KSS]. The real limits of the 

Organism for self-regeneration due to disease 

processes are the limits of Homœopathy. [It is 

inferred that here ‘regeneration’ meant, reactivation 

of the functions. I have however, read of case of an 

actual regeneration of a part of a limb amputated 

earlier! Dr. K. GANAPATHI of Coimbatore 

reported the case of a professor whose phalanx of 

right thumb was lost due to an injury sustained 

from a car door that was being closed. Myristica 

sebifera tincture was used for a long period and a 

small rudimentary thumb grew and the professor 

could again hold a chalk-piece and write on the 

black board = see Homœopathic Heritage, Vol. 

VIII, 8/1982, P. 445. How many of us realize that 

none of the organs howsoever small or trivial like 

the Appendix, are essential and nobody could 

afford to lose it, although Surgeons may feel that 

one would not be a big loser if a small organ 

considered not so important is sliced off austensibly 

to save the patient’s greater suffering. Years ago, I 

remember to have read in the British Medical 

Journal a report wherein it was said that a certain 

number of persons (50 I believe) whose spleens had 

been removed in their childhood had, over the 

years, grown a rudimentary spleen! Not all of those 

who had undergone splenectomy but quite a few of 

them, enough to make one sit up and think. Would 

it be wrong or foolish if one felt that if 

Homœopathy is used in surgical cases there is good 

chance of not only rapid healing of the operated 

part but also the limb getting regenerated speedily, 

in some cases at least? Think it over = KSS]. In 

such cases, for example, as Multiple Sclerosis, 

Rheumatoid Arthritis, Spondylitis, Ankylosis, etc., 

Homœopathy can stop the further progress of these 

processes. In due course further improvement too 

would come about.

Cancer is pure dynamic state but in most of the 

cases the result of a false or undue stress and 

ultimately failure of the defence power of the 

organism. Both the body’s defence powers as well 

as life energy reserves are limited. As much longer 

and intensive the false or undue stress is so much 

more is the risk of the individual Cancer to develop. 

If we take 100 persons and their skin is scratched 

when they are exposed to ultraviolet rays, some of 

them, if not all of them, may develop Skin Cancer. 

In principle every person could develop Cancer 

according to the state appropriate. When a person 

has Cancer we should find out whether it is a 

question of alteration of the reaction and whether 

this person can be restored back to harmony. As 

much younger the person is, as much slow as the 

Cancer develops, so much better is the prognosis 

with Homœopathy. As much visible a tumor, so 

much better the prognosis, since it would be helpful 

about the control the treatment has. Further as 

much less the characteristic symptoms, and only 

few symptoms are present, so much less good is the 

prognosis. Nevertheless older persons with 

metastasis and a rapidly progressing Cancer have 

been seen to react quite satisfactorily to a wellselected 

remedy. As much greater the similarity so 

much better the reaction of the patient to the 

remedy. For all that, we cannot foresay the 

measure of the reaction. Will it be sufficient to 

overcome the Cancer. That remains ultimately 

uncertain. 

An example: a 73-year-old female with 

Multiple Myeloma, which did not show any 

positive result in spite of Chemotherapy. Since 

conventional medicine could not offer anything 

else, she came to Homœopathy. Although she was 

in an advanced developed state and in high degree 

of Cancer state and was 73-years-old she was fully 

restored to health by pure homœopathic treatment. 

The point is that the measure of reaction remains 

unknown when the prescribed medicine is similar 

to a great degree and in this case many factors 

raised the doubt of a good prognosis. 

To declare a patient to have been ‘cured’ the 

patient must be free from every sign of Cancer for 

at least five years following a homœopathic 

treatment. Only a small number of patients can be 

followed up. So it is difficult to say how many 

were ‘cured’. Also many patients who had already 

been treated by conventional medicine come to 

Homœopathy in a very weak state. There are 

patients who simultaneously undergo both 

conventional as well as homœopathic treatment. 

Patients who are in a very advanced stage of the 

disease come and it is too difficult to find a suitable 

remedy. It is always good to carefully select a 


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remedy to suit the symptoms presented. Each time 

if a remedy to suit the symptom is carefully 

selected there will be good reaction. What we do 

not know is, the measure of reaction. 

There is a fine line of demarcation between 

palliation and cure in the treatment of patients with 

Homœopathy. Often the patient would say that he 

felt better with the medicine given, but the Cancer 

spreads further. That is a complicated situation. 

The physician must decide whether the Cancer has 

no more energy and whether with the same 

medicine – in increased dosage – must be 

proceeded with or a complimentary medicine to suit 

the later disease state must be searched for. We can 

see the situation an inexperienced person 

encounters. To treat Cancer patients, one must, in 

the first instance be a good clinician, secondly a 

very good homœopath and thirdly must have had 

some experience in treating Cancer patients. If one 

could combine all these preconditions then his 

results will be high. When I say results I mean that 

he finds a suitable remedy for every altered 

different phases of the disease. When I recall my 

21 years practice, I cannot say exactly how many 

Cancer patients have been followed up for 5 years 

after their cure. I am not sure but perhaps five or 

ten. For many different reasons patients do not stay 

connected to their doctors after they are restored. 

There are some persons who I have accompanied 

until their end. Many of these react well to the 

remedy, but in the course of the treatment 

complications develop, often without reference to 

Cancer, some other disease and die. I recall a 

young man in the mid 20s with recurrence of an 

Acute Lymphatic Leukaemia refused further 

conventional treatment. He came to me (André 

SAINE) in a very bad state. We went through 

severe times. I treated him for about two years. He 

became seemingly much better and soon he took up 

his job again as a long distance lorry driver. Many 

months later one late night in the course of his 

work, he suffered a severe blow on the abdomen. 

Around midnight he rang me. It appeared as if he 

had internal bleeding. I told him that he should go 

to a hospital but he declined. Instead he went to 

bed and died in sleep. No autopsy was done. I had 

a pair of such cases in which the patient, the family, 

friends and I worked very hard and the patients died 

due to other reasons. 

In many other cases a reaction did come about, 

but then a point in which either I was unable to or 

the organism was not possible to recover. I pursue 

to acquire the capability to thoroughly overcome 

this limitation. Homœopaths with less years of 

experience in solid practice should not undertake 

these patients alone by themselves.

What can be said about incurable cases? I do 

not use the word “incurable”. The word often 

indicates again simply our present knowledge of 

what is incurable. History teaches us that the limits 

of Homœopathy have widened. What goes as 

“incurable” is only an opinion and therefore is not 

to be taken at its word. Rather what kinds of 

disease states has been cured gives a reliable mark 

in regard to curability as the opinion of one 

homœopath in his practice as a singular reference 

point. Many patients of whom it was thought as not 

curable by Homœopathy have become healthy. 

Many professional homœopaths have said that 

Cancer patients are not curable by Homœopathy, 

but that is not true. Patients with Cancer can be 

made healthy again with Homœopathy as the only 

mode of treatment. We cannot always know 

apriori as to who is curable who is not. I do not 

assert that I have masterly control over the 

treatment of Cancer patients. But I can predict that 

in future, we will excel. I have seen some unusual 

successes in men with bad prognosis but restored to 

normalcy under homœopathic treatment. We have 

only scratched superficially upto now of what 

happens to those who are treated for Cancer. I have 

seen great potential, but also many failures and 

disappointments. I do not teach beginners about the 

treatment of Cancer patients while not many 

homœopaths are capable to treat Cancer thoroughly 

good. Only experienced homœopaths with 

advanced knowledge should do this. The room for 

errors is too small. To remain successful in such 

cases the physician must, every time, work with 

100% precision. 

With regard to Auto-immune diseases when we 

have favorable circumstances, that means when the 

homœopath find the right remedy, 100% patients 

with severe Auto-immune disease must recover; 

this means that the inflammatory process does not 

go on and a true regeneration of the tissues occur 

within the limits of the recovery limits of the 

organism. Particular tissues could have died 

permanently and even with the best homœopathic 

treatment cannot be renewed. We observe that 

within the curative possibilities of the body, under 

good homœopathic treatment, recovery can be had. 

If the capability of the homœopath is not 

sufficiently rich or if the patient does not cooperate 

or if the symptom of the patient cannot be well 

defined, as a result of allopathic medications, the 

results are affected. There are disease states which 

cannot be restored to health either by Homœopathy 

or Allopathy. Cases of fully developed Lupus or 

obstinate Psoriasis come under this. Only a wellexperienced 

homœopath will know how to go about 

successfully with such cases. For purposes of 


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demonstration we can have a study of Autoimmune 

diseases with regard to homœopathic 

treatment in comparison to other modes. A large 

number of patients will not only be restored to 

healthy state and be free from medicines and their 

side effects, but also the relative low costs and with 

minimal burden upon the Society. 

About the treatment of children with Epilepsy 

and Cerebral Paresis: If these cases are treated with 

suitable homœopathic medicines the chances are 

excellent for restoration of health. Many cases of 

Cerebral Paresis have been followed up for many 

years. Nevertheless there are limitations. The 

chances of the Nervous system to recover their 

efficiency are restricted. But within these limits, 

the recovery of Epilepsy patients is excellent. 

Severe psychiatric diseases: The outcome is 

similar to Cancer patients, not every patient of this 

disease could be treated. You have to improvise in 

cases of severe psychotic patients. An error could 

be severer. One must be a good clinician. Just as 

in any other serious disease state one must be 

thorough in Homœopathy in accordance with the 

rules of this art and with patience get good results. 

Again one must be a good homœopath, and a 

patient who works well with him and the 

appropriate support from the relations and family to 

obtain success; most of us do not get this. There 

are some cases of Autism which have responded 

wonderfully well. On the other side we have idiotic 

or imbecile person with neurological hindrances 

whose prognosis is bad. With neurotic patients it is 

another story. §§ 17 and 208 are very relevant 

here. Such cases need more than Homœopathy. 

How to obtain such very good results as you 

(André SAINE) are getting? A better training and 

learning is the answer. The history of Homœopathy 

teaches us clearly that the successful homœopaths 

were those who studied HAHNEMANN’s work 

thoroughly, understood it and applied it 

scrupulously. History also reveals that the teaching 

and training of Homœopathy is in a very weak 

state. Very small number of homœopaths are well 

taught and done the essential exercises so that 

mastery could be got. It is the nature of men to take 

to fast and easy and short methods to overcome 

laborious methods. These would lead to failures. 

Discipline in thorough learning of 

HAHNEMANN’s works as also of the great 

Hahnemannians would bring forth the best results. 

Many homœopaths have learnt Homœopathy 

through Seminars and much less by study of 

HAHNEMANN’s work. A turn about can come 

about by founding institutions which have teachers 

and practitioners who have well done their home 

work and thus capable of training and building up

good students. High standards can be obtained 

thus. 

Already established homœopaths also must 

follow the same path, if they have not already, of 

learning HAHNEMANN’s work well and work 

rigorously as laid down by HAHNEMANN and his 

genuine followers. With discipline and hard work 

alone this can be achieved. There is no reason why 

one cannot do so. The most useful is the study of 

HAHNEMANN’s works and the works of the past 

masters. 

Regarding use of Nosodes André SAINE uses 

them rarely for the reason that very few of them 

have been well proven. Most of these Nosodes 

give only clinical symptoms, and few of these 

symptoms are clear, complete and give 

characteristic symptom. Take for example 

Carcinosinum. BURNETT’s original proving has 

only few symptoms. But now we have hundreds of 

symptoms and pathological many of them. From 

where do we suddenly get all the whole 

information? It is said “proven Nosodes like 

Tuberculinum”. Strictly speaking SWAN’s 

symptoms are clinical symptoms and not based on 

Tuberculinum Proving. Take for example the wellknown 

symptoms ‘Fear of dogs’ and ‘Desire to 

Travel’. The fear of dog is from BURNETT’s case 

of a two-year-old boy who was easily frightened 

particularly by dogs and many other remedies other 

than Tuberculinum was also used. It has not been 

told whether the symptom was cleared after the 

remedy. Regarding the ‘Desire for Travel’ of 

BURNETT, is an exaggeration. BURNETT wrote 

of a man who went from place to place, to escape 

from cold since he had tendency to catch lung 

inflammation in cold weather. It is clear that the 

Proving of Tuberculinum and most of the Nosodes 

are very scanty and unreliable. 

There are however, some interesting aspects 

about Nosodes. One aspect is that more people 

react to Nosodes than to other remedies, although 

such reactions are not deep often as one would 

expect from ‘similia’ and not from a remedy with 

greater similarity. Great prescribers like LIPPE, 

GUERNSEY or WELLS seldom used Nosodes. 

Once LIPPE who doubted the clinical value of 

Nosodes said that over the years he had treated 

Gonorrhoea and Syphilis without using 

Medorrhinum and Syphilinum, and his cases did 

not, even once, fail. He had predicted that 

SWAN’s Isopathy would not withstand, that it was 

in opposition to every experience. And he was 

right. Likewise, it is interesting to note that 

HAHNEMANN did not publish his proving of 

Psorinum in his Chronic Diseases, since he found 

that it had not been proven thoroughly. In 1834, 


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HAHNEMANN wrote to a physician in Lyon that 

the results which one gets through Nosodes were 

not lasting enough, and that it was premature to put 

up Hydrophobinum for Rabies, since there were 

already useful medicines for that. 

In his experience, said André SAINE best 

results from Nosodes were obtained when it was 

used like every other homœopathic medicine, that 

is, according to symptom similarity with the patient 

and the prover. In the cases published in respect of 

the Nosodes, it has been found that as a rule, it was 

prescribed on keynote symptoms of case history of 

family anamnesis and seldom on the basis of 

comparison with the Provings. Many Nosodes 

have been applied in an inverse way so to say, that 

is on the basis of clinical cases without thorough 

Proving. 

There are cases in which one requires more 

than one remedy; it depends of the intensity in 

which the disease state is at a particular time. At 

the same time there are patients who need the same 

remedy in several altered states. 

In a fully blown AIDS, the patient may have 

several infections at the same time. Typically one 

infection will be dissimilar to another, and the next 

and the next, so on. It may be so that every time a 

different remedy may be called for. 

HAHNEMANN has said, in the light of his 

experience that not only that for the complete cure 

more antipsorics may be indicated, but also for 

acute complaints apsoric medicines were needed. 

What he has observed has not changed until now. 

For some reason Homœopathy is drawn up as 

fanatic, that it is a Faith System, a Religion or a 

Cult and much less as a Science. They look up to 

their teacher as a Guru. Then they relinquish 

themselves to faith rather than to factual 

observations and reason. In reality Homœopathy is 

a Science and it cannot be anything else. 

VIII. AIH member Sandra M. CHASE received 

the prestigious Henry N. Williams Professional 

Service Award on 28 April 2004. (AJHM. 97, 

3/2004) 

IX. Planting Seeds WINSTON, Julian (HT. 23, 

10/2003) In a weekly documentary about the 

Auckland Zoo in New Zealand, a segment was the 

story of a female Gibbon (small ape) who had given 

birth to twins but was refusing to nurse them. It 

was an uphill struggle to keep them alive. 

WINSTON remembered some of his successful 

cases with Sepia, e-mailed the head veterinarian of 

the Zoo and suggested Sepia. The head 

veterinarian thanked and told he would contact 

veterinary homœopath.

WINSTON trusts it was a well-planted seed. 

[Indeed it is. More of us should do = KSS] 

X. From the Editor WINSTON, Julian (HT. 23, 

11/2003) The Repertory is not a Materia Medica 

and should not be used as such. We cannot view 

the context of a symptom in the Repertory. The 

rubric and remedy found in the Repertory should 

always be referenced to the Provings to decide if 

the choice of remedy is appropriate. 

Information from new provings should be 

added with great care and forethought. 

A Repertory is only as reliable as the 

information from which it was gleaned. Examples 

are cited. 

XI. In the Homœopathic Materia Medica 

Salicylicum acidum is mentioned mostly with 

reference to Rheumatic diseases. Respiratory 

symptoms do not find place in the Repertory or 

Materia Medica although it belongs to the drug 

picture. In a review, the works for 1964-2002 have 

been considered, the authors have come to the 

opinion that Aspirin-induced Asthma occur 

frequently. The study mentions that in grown-ups it 

occurs in 21% and children 5% of cases and that 

Aspirin-induced Asthma is the singular syndrome, 

which can become life-threatening. It will be 

worthwhile if this finding is included in the 

appropriate place in the Materia Medica. (From the 

BMJ. 2004: 328: 434-437, by C. JENKINS et al. 

Report by Reiner APPEL in the AHZ. 249, 4/2004) 

Valuable HAHNEMANN Manuscript 

acquired – report by Prof. Dr. Martin 

DINGES: The Institute for History of 

Medicine of the Robert Bosch 

Foundation in Stuttgart acquired the large 

collection of original manuscripts of the 

founder of Homœopathy, Dr. Samuel 

HAHNEMANN. Latest is the acquirement 

of a complete manuscript – the second 

corrected and extended edition of the Vol. 

VI of the Pure Materia Medica (which 

appeared in print in 1827). The 

auctioneers Reiss & Sohn put this to 

auction in the Spring 2004. 

HAHNEMANN manuscripts are rare and 

are priced high. The Institute for History 

of Medicine of the Robert Bosch 

Foundation, Stuttgart has now almost 


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complete works of HAHNEMANN. (AHZ. 

249, 4/2004) 

HAHNEMANN’s Torgau house 

rediscovered: The house in which 

HAHNEMANN lived during the years 

1805-1811 in Torgau, has been 

rediscovered. The Organon (I edition) 

was published during this period. The 

house needs to be repaired extensively 

both internally and outwardly and 

renovated fully so that there can be a Trust 

to use the place suitably, internationally. 

From 24.05.2004 to 10.10.2004 it is open 

for visitors between 10 to 18 hours. (AHZ. 

249, 4/2004) 

XIV. Practice and Limits of mental 

symptoms GUERMONPREZ M. The 

author gives example of acute diseases 

such as sore throat treated with 

Belladonna, Ignatia or Pulsatilla 

according to their typical psychic 

symptoms. In Chronic diseases, the mind 

has to be studied twice: to find psychic 

symptoms which have been changed by, or 

have appeared with the disease; but also 

the constitutional character, and not only 

the current mood: for example a 

Lycopodium patient may have recurrent 

carbuncles requiring Sulphur. (L’ 

Homéopathie Européenne 2004 in 


XV. Staphysagria: an increasingly 

important medicine: GARCIA C. A 

complete description of this medicine is set 

out in this article. A section is devoted to 

the child. Staphysagria is compared with 

many other medicines. Staphysagria is 

more and more useful because of the 

increase of frustration and indignation in 

our modern life styles. (L’ Homéopathie 

Européenne 2004; 2: in HOMEOPATHY, 

93, 3/2004)

XVI. HAHNEMANN and LEIBNIZ: 

COLIN P., POITEVIN B. LEIBNIZ was a 

philosopher and scientist and attached a lot 

of importance to experimentation. Lot of 

concepts were shared by LEIBNIZ and 

HAHNEMANN. The similarities in the 

thought allow us to see how Homœopathy 

can open doors to other fields of Science 

ad Philosophy. 

HAHNEMANN studied medicine in 

Leipzig only 60 years after LEIBNIZ. (L’ 

Homéopathie Européenne 2004; 2: in 


XVII. Samuel HAHNEMANN and 

KANT’s Critique of Pure Reason: 

COLIN P.: The Critique of Pure Reason 

emphasizes the importance of 

individualization, of infinitesimal, of 

simultaneity, of unity, of finality. The two 

men agreed on the dangers of dogmatism, 

on the importance of scientific 

development but also on the limits of 

Science. KANT repeated the concept of 

division ad infinitum, which was already 

developed by LEIBNIZ. 

HAHNEMANN’s knowledge of this 

concept may have contributed to his 

infinitesimal doses. (L’ Homéopathie 

Européenne 2004; 1: in HOMEOPATHY, 

93, 3/2004) 

XVIII. An Osmium Case: PAYEN G. A 

47-year-old woman with oedema legs and 

spondylitis. Treated successfully with 

Osmium metallicum, because she was very 

obstinate. The Materia Medica of this 

remedy is set out. (Les Echos du Centre 

Liegeois d’ Homéopathie, 100, 2004 in 


XIX. The HL. 16, 3/2003 carried two 

‘Letters to the Editors’: one by Dr. A.S. 

MANN from India which has been written 

in a flippant manner. Dr. MANN ridicules 

those who hold HAHNEMANN in 

reverence; he wants the Organon to be 


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rewritten. He says “Homœopathy is 

Similia Similibus Curentur” and leaving 

this basic law “all associated laws can be 

changed from time to time”. He wants “a 

committee must be constituted to rewrite 

the Organon of Homœopathy”. Why 

shouldn’t Dr. MANN and his likes found a 

new medicine? He quotes Otto LEESER 

“had HAHNEMANN lived he might have 

written 600 editions of the Organon, 

considering he wrote six editions in a short 

span of life”. MANN further says that 

bacteriology and virology have fully 

developed and Vital Force, Miasms have 

no place. If Virology, Bacteriology 

displaces Vital Force, Miasm, we can 

simply drop Homœopathy and take to 

allopathy. 

But then who will write the Materia Medica to 

suit the ‘modern’ virology, bacteriology masters. 

MANN wants to displace a Philosophy and 

Therapeutics which was quite useful to render 

excellent cure by von BŒNNINGHAUSEN, 

WELLS, DUNHAM, KENT and a large host of 

others, until recently. 

It is unfortunate that the journal – The 

Homœopathic Links published this and a 

subsequent letter from Gabriella Serban, Sweden. 

This is a lengthy rambling essay – of 

HAHNEMANN’s Pathology and FREUD’s 

Pathology, that HAHNEMANN was an Arsenicum 

while FREUD a Lachesis! I have read of another 

analysis of FREUD in which the conclusion was 

that he was an Arsenic. These speculations are of 

no use whatever. It is none of our business to 

besmear these great personalities. 

Gabriella says that while classical 

Homœopathy worked well for her for sometime and 

then “it did not work anymore”. So she took to 

other methods and her advice is that others also 

understand this and become “creative”. All wise 

people. They would also quote “Aude sapere” to 

justify caricatures of Homœopathy. 

The journal (Homœopathic Links) just 

publishes whatever received without any comment 

by the Editor. Does HL. Support such views? 

If I say that I am a homœopath but that I 

disown HAHNEMANN excepting his “Similia 

Similibus Curantur” am I not a great hypocrite? 

There is another letter to the Editor in the same 

HL. 3/2003 in which Peter BERRYMAN, Australia 

refers to an article in HL. 3/2003 by Walisinghe

PATHIRANA of Sri Lanka about “Summation 

Potencies”. PATHIRANA has said that 

HAHNEMANN introduced the decimal potencies! 

People write such wholly wrong things without 

citing the source of the information. In 

Homœopathy one can write any nonsense and get 

away with it. In actual personal practice many of 

us have found the existing C and LM, as quite 

serviceable. Such mongrel attempts as putting 

different potencies in one vial and claiming success 

is preposterous. BERRYMAN says: “the subject of 

posology is so badly understood”. How can he say 

so? Probably he has understood it so badly. = KSS 

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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. 


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2. AHZ: Allgemeine Homöopathische Zeitung, Karl F. Haug Verlag, 

Hüthig GmbH, im Weiher 10, 69121, HEIDELBERG, 

GERMANY. 

3. AJHM: American Journal of Homeopathic Medicine, formerly 

Journal of the American Institute of Homeopathy (JAIH). 801 N. 

Fairfax Street, Suite 306 Alexandria, VA 22314. 

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

5. HL: Homœopathic Links, Homœopathic Research & Charities, F/s, 

Saraswat Colony, Linking Road, Santacruz (W), MUMBAI – 400 

054. 

6. HOMEOPATHY: Formerly British Homeopathic Journal (BHJ), 

Homeopathy, Faculty of Homeopathy, 29 Park Street West, Luton, 


7. HT: Homeopathy Today, National Center for Homeopathy, 801, 

North Fairfax Street, Suite 306, ALEXANDRIA, VA. 22314, USA. 

8. S & C : Science & Culture, Indian Science News Association, 92, 

Acharya Prafulla Chandra Road, KOLKATA – 700 009. 

9. SIM: Simillimum, The Journal of the Homeopathic Academy of 

Naturopathic Physicians, P.O. Box 8341, Covington, WA 98042, 

USA. 

10. ZKH: Zeitschrift für Klassische Homöopathie, Karl F. Haug 

Verlag, Hüthig GmbH, Im Weiher 10, D-69121 HEIDELBERG, 

GERMANY. 

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

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1. Processionary Caterpillars 

FABRE J.H. (From The Story Book of 

Science, HODDER & STOUGHTON 

PUBLISHERS, Workwick Square, London, 

E.C. 4) 

Beware of caterpillars which have bodies all 

bristly with hairs, sometimes very sharp and 

barbed, which can lodge in the skin, leave their 

points there, and thus produce lively itching or even 

painful swellings. It is well then to mistrust velvety 

caterpillars, particularly those living in companies 

on Oaks and Pines, in large silk nests, and called 

Processionary Caterpillars. 

We frequently see, at the ends of pine 

branches, voluminous bags of white silk intermixed 

with leaves. These bags are, generally, puffed out 

at the top and narrow at the bottom, pear-shaped. 

They are sometimes as large as a person’s head. 

They are nests where live together a kind of very 

velvety Caterpillars with red hairs. A family of 

caterpillars, coming from the eggs laid by one 

butterfly, construct a silk lodging in common. All 

take part in the work, all spin and weave in the 

general interest. The interior of the nest is divided 

by thin silk partitions into a number of 

compartments. At the large end, sometimes 

elsewhere, is seen a wide funnel-shaped opening; it 

is the large door for entering and departing. Other 

doors, smaller, are distributed here and there. The 

caterpillars pass the winter in their nest, well 

sheltered from bad weather. In summer they take 

refuge there at night and during the great heat. 

As soon as it is day, they set out to spread 

themselves on the pine and eat the leaves. After 

eating their fill they re-enter their silk dwelling, 

sheltered from the heat of the sun. Now, when they 

are out on a campaign, be it on the tree that bears 

the nest, or on the ground passing from one pine to 

another, these caterpillars march in a singular 

fashion, which has given them the name of 

processionaries, because, in fact, they defile in a 

procession, one after the other, and in the finest 

order. 

One, the first come – for amongst them there is 

perfect equality – starts on the way and serves as 

head of the expedition. A second follows, without 

a space between; a third follows the second in the 

same way; and always thus, as many as there are 

caterpillars in the nest. The procession, numbering 

several hundreds, is now on the march. It defiles in 

one line, sometimes straight, sometimes winding, 

but always continuous, for each caterpillar that 

follows touches with its head the rear end of the 

preceding caterpillar. The procession describes on 

the ground a long and pleasing garland, which 

undulates to the right and left with unceasing 

variation. When several nests are near together and 

their processions happen to meet, the spectacle 

attains its highest interest. Then the different living 

garlands cross each other, get entangled and

disentangled, knotted up and unknotted, forming 

the most capricious figures. The encounter does 

not lead to confusion. All the caterpillars of the 

same file march with a uniform and almost grave 

step; not one hastens to get before the others, not 

one remains behind, not one makes a mistake in the 

procession. Each one keeps its rank and 

scrupulously regulates its march by the one that 

precedes it. The file-leader of the troop directs the 

evolutions. When it turns to the right, all the 

caterpillars of the same line, one after the other, 

turn to the right; when it turns to the left, all, one 

after the other, turn to the left. If it stops, the whole 

procession stops, but not simultaneously; the 

second caterpillar first, then the third, fourth, fifth, 

and so on until the last. They would be called welltrained 

troops that, when defiling in order, stop at 

the word of command and close their ranks. 

The expedition, simply a promenade, or a 

journey in search of provisions, is now finished. 

They have gone far away from their nest. It is time 

to go home. How can they find it, through the grass 

and underbrush, and over all the obstacles of the 

road they have just travelled? Will they let 

themselves be guided by sight, obstructed though it 

be by every little tuft of grass; by the sense of 

smell, which wafted odours of every sort may put at 

fault? No; processionary caterpillars have for their 

guidance in travelling something better than sight 

or smell. They have instinct, which inspires them 

with infallible resources. Without taking account 

of what they do, they call to their service means 

that seem dictated by reason. Without doubt, they 

do not reason, but they obey the secret impulse of 

the eternal Reason, in whom and through whom all 

live. 

Now, this is what the processionary caterpillars 

do in order not to lose their way home again after a 

distant expedition. We pave our roads with crushed 

stone; caterpillars are more luxurious in their 

highways; they spread on their road a carpet of silk, 

they walk on nothing but silk. They spin 

continually on the journey and glue their silk all 

along the road. In fact, each caterpillar of the 

procession can be seen lowering and raising its 

head alternately. In the first movement, the 

spinneret, situated in the lower lip, glues the thread 

to the road that the procession is following; in the 

second, the spinneret lets the thread run out while 

the caterpillar is taking several steps. Then the 

head is lowered and lifted again, and a second 

length of thread is put in place. Each caterpillar 

that follows walks on the threads left by the 

preceding ones and adds its own thread to the silk, 

so that in all its length the road passed over is 

carpeted with a silky ribbon. It is by following this 


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ribbon conductor that the processionaries get back 

to their home without ever losing their way, 

however tortuous the road may be. 

If one wishes to embarrass the procession, it 

suffices to pass the finger over the track so as to cut 

the silk road. The procession stops before the cut 

with every indication of fear and mistrust. Shall 

they go on? Shall they not go on? The heads rise 

and fall in anxious quest of the conductor threads. 

At last, one caterpillar bolder than the others, or 

perhaps more impatient, crosses the bad place and 

stretches its thread from one end of the cut to the 

other. A second, without hesitating, passes over on 

the thread left by the first, and in passing adds its 

own thread to the bridge. The others in turn all do 

the same. Soon the broken road is repaired and the 

defile of the procession continues. 

The processionary caterpillar of the oak 

marches in another way. It is covered with white 

hairs turned back and very long. One nest contains 

from seven to eight hundred individuals. When an 

expedition is decided on, a caterpillar leaves the 

nest and pauses at a certain distance to give the 

others time to arrange themselves in rank and file 

and form a battalion. This first caterpillar has to 

start the march. Following it, others place 

themselves, not one after another, like the 

processionaries of the pine, but in rows of two, 

three, four, and more. The troop, completed, begins 

to move in obedience to the evolutions of its fileleader, 

which always marches alone at the head of 

the legion, while the other caterpillars advance 

several abreast, dressing their ranks in perfect 

order. The first ranks of the army corps are always 

arranged in wedge formation, because of the 

gradual increase in the number of the caterpillars 

composing it; the remainder are more or less 

expanded in different places. There are sometimes 

rows of from fifteen to twenty caterpillars marching 

in step, like well-trained soldiers so that the head of 

one is never beyond the head of another. Of course 

the troop carpets its road with silk as it marches, so 

as to find its way back to its nest. 

The processionaries, especially those of the 

oak, retire to their nests to slough their skins, and 

these nests finally become filled with a fine dust of 

broken hairs. When you touch them the dust of the 

hairs sticks to your hands and face, causes an 

inflammation that lasts several days if the skin is 

delicate. One has only to stand at the foot of an oak 

where the processionaries have established 

themselves, to receive the irritating dust blown by 

the wind, and to feel a smart itching. 

If owners of pines understood their interests 

better, they would, in the winter, when the 

caterpillars are assembled in their silk bags, have

the nests collected and burn them, in order to 

destroy the detestable breed that will gnaw the 

young shoots, eat the buds, and arrest the tree’s 

development. The harm is much greater in our 

orchards. Various caterpillars live in companies on 

our fruit trees and spin nests in the same way as the 

processionaries. When summer comes, the 

starveling vermin scatter all over the trees, 

destroying leaves, buds, shoots. In a few hours the 

orchard is shorn and the crop is destroyed in its 

budding. So it is necessary to keep a careful 

lookout for caterpillar nests, remove them from the 

tree before spring, and burn them, so that nothing 

can escape; the future of the crop depends on it. It 

is fortunate that several kinds of creatures, little 

birds especially, come to our aid in this war to the 

death between man and the caterpillar; otherwise 

the worm, stronger than man on account of its 

infinite number, would ravage our crops. 

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2. Mothers’ Concepts of Normality, Behavioural 

change and Illness in their Children 

(Sandy IRVINE & Sarah CUNNINGHAM- 

BURLEY, British Journal of General Practice, 

September 1991) 

Summary: Several sociological models have 

been put forward to explain illness behaviour. 

However, little research has examined general 

practitioners’ understanding of mothers’ 

perceptions of their children’s health and illness. 

The aim of this study was to attempt to understand 

the cultural context of children’s illness. Mothers’ 

concerns about their children’s health and illnesses 

were examined by describing the mothers’ own 

perceptions of alterations in their children’s 

behaviour. The mothers’ perceptions of normality 

appeared to underpin their negotiation of illness. 

The concept of normality was found to change over 

time, to be uniquely based on individual 

experience, to be related to health, and to a process 

of normalization. The mothers’ perceived 

importance of children’s behavioural changes are 

discussed: they may be precursors or results of 

illness, causes for concern in their own right, or a 

management problem for the household. 

Identifying and acknowledging the unique way in 

which mothers perceive health and illness in their 

children may lead to enhanced understanding and 

satisfaction for both the general practitioner and 

mother in the consultation process. 

Introduction: It is probably a common 

experience at the end of a consultation for a general 

practitioner to feel that, inexplicably, the patient is 

dissatisfied, despite the general practitioner having 

done all the right things. Recent literature has 


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highlighted the differing perceptions of health 

between professionals and lay people, and about the 

relationship between symptoms and illness 1 , 

Helman 2, 3 outlined the concepts of illness held by 

middle class Londoners, which were at variance 

with conventional medical beliefs. Blaxter 1 

reported that mothers in deprived families ‘may 

have cultural values and definitions of health and 

illness which may differ from those of the medical 

profession’. The Royal College of General 

Practitioners’ report Health and prevention in 

primary care 4 stressed that careful attention 

should be paid to patients’ beliefs about health 

and disease. 

Over the past 50 years several sociological 

models have been advanced to account for illness 

behaviour. 5-7 However, authors such as 

SUCHMAN 8 have assumed that there is an 

established process through which every individual 

passes in becoming ill. In the case of mothers of 

young children, writers have sought to measure 

knowledge of illness and reaction to professionally 

pre-defined symptom categories. 9, 10 They have 

seldom addressed the problems of lay perception or 

definition of illness. Most studies have focused on 

particular medical encounters, 11-13 or interactions 

with services. 14-16 In addition, there has been a 

tendency to study deprived populations 15-17 or to 

focus on symptoms heralding potentially life 

threatening disease. 10-18 This paper is based on a 

Scottish study of the cultural context of childhood 

illness 19-21 and it examines mothers’ perceptions of 

childhood health and illness. A qualitative 

approach is used to examine the process of defining 

health and illness and the concepts and beliefs 

underlying such negotiation. Through this kind of 

intensive data collection and analysis the processes 

that are otherwise implicit or ‘taken for granted’ 

can be explored. 22 

Method: The study sample was drawn from a 

non-deprived predominantly lower middle/working 

class community in a new town in Scotland. Fiftysix 

women with at least one child under five years 

of age were randomly selected for the study from 

one health centre’s register. Each mother was 

initially visited at home and invited to take part in 

the study. Having gained consent, each mother was 

then asked to complete a health diary for her family 

over a four-week period, and be interviewed by one 

of the researchers (SC-B) in the mother’s own 

home. The interviews were tape-recorded. The 

study employed qualitative, sociological techniques 

to explore the mother’s perspective in relation to 

childhood health and illness, and to examine this 

within the context of the family.

After piloting, a broad topic guide for 

interviews was developed, covering a range of 

issues including recognition of illness, self-care, lay 

referral and health maintenance activities. The 

mothers were encouraged to talk about their own 

concerns, and to describe how they went about 

dealing with the various illnesses and health 

problems, however minor, that occurred in their 

children. An informal, unstructured approach to the 

research interviews was used to encourage the 

women to talk freely, and in depth. The health 

diaries were used to examine how the mothers 

recognized and managed symptoms on specific 

occasions. The form of the diaries was relatively 

unstructured. The mothers were asked to make 

daily entries in a booklet over a four-week period, 

and were visited twice during this period by one of 

the researchers (S C-B) to encourage completion of 

the diaries and to discuss any health issues raised. 

The mothers were asked to note down each day 

whether they had noticed any symptoms in their 

children and whether they had taken any action, and 

to comment on the day in general. 

The data were analysed inductively, using 

techniques of coding and indexing with categories 

that were data driven rather than predefined by the 

researcher. Thus professional definitions are 

avoided in the results and the analysis is grounded 

in the point of view of the mothers. Quoted from 

the interviews and diaries are used to illustrate 

points. 

Results: Fifty-four of the 56 mothers contacted 

agreed to take part in the study. The median age of 

the sample was 28 years; 53 of the women were 

married. The families were not necessarily 

involved in any professional encounters, or 

experiencing episodes of illness at the time of 

sampling. Forty-two of the 54 women interviewed 

filled in the diary, although not all managed to do 

so for the whole four-week study period. A total of 

927 days were collected in all. There were 

differences in the amount of data obtained 

depending on the morbidity experience of different 

families. However, the range of concerns was 

consistent across the sample. 

Normality: The recognition of illness and 

symptoms appeared to be embedded in a 

commonsense knowledge about what was normal 

and acceptable, particularly in relation to a child’s 

behaviour. Normality was not a static concept. For 

these mothers it changed over time as the child 

developed from baby, to infant, to school child. 

Thus, for example, a baby not eating was a 

worrying deviation from the normal, and a cause 

for concern: 


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‘When she was a baby … she couldn’t tell 

you that she wasn’t hungry and you used to 

worry because you would think there was 

something wrong with her’. 

A toddler not eating was seen as being part of a 

normal ‘fad’, and not anything to worry about. 

‘He is a wee bit of a picky eater … depends 

on what kind of mood he’s in as to what he 

eats’. 

Thus, normality was related to the 

developmental stage of the child. 

The concept of normality, while having 

similarities across the sample, was embedded in 

everyday experience. The mother’s perception of 

what was normal was closely related to her child’s 

individual behaviour, and to that mother’s unique 

knowledge of her child or children. This element 

of the concept of normality was important in the 

process of recognizing illness. Mothers said they 

could tell if something was wrong because the child 

differed from his or her normal self: 

‘She gets kind of cross if she is getting 

anything. C used to go off his food for a 

whole week and … he was bad with eating 

but he went right off it if he was going to be 

ill. L gets fretty and under the weather, you 

can tell’. 

The mothers’ ideas of normality were related to 

health; a normal child who developed well, ate well 

and slept well, was healthy. The mothers were 

guardians of their children’s well-being and a 

concern for health in a general sense underpinned 

their notion of normality. A healthy child was not 

necessarily one who was never ill since a range of 

minor illnesses were considered normal, and 

unrelated to health as such: 

‘Well, they quite often just get the runny 

nose, but as I say they are quite healthy 

children’. 

‘They’ve never had anything to really worry 

about other than normal childhood illness.’ 

Similarly, some illnesses became normalized, 

even though they were not routine. In the 

following example, M’s croup became normalized, 

and the mother’s overall assessment of her child as 

healthy was left intact: 

‘They have been great. They catch colds 

like every other child. M’s bothered with 

croup, but apart from that, that’s all’. 

One mother described her daughter’s fit as a 

‘one off thing’: 

‘S took a fit, but it was just a one off thing, 

you know, she was in Sick Children’s and 

she has got a wee touch of Eczema just now 

but that’s about all. They get coughs and 

colds and … but they are very healthy’.

Behavioural change: Much of the process of 

recognizing illness was grounded in behavioural 

changes in the child, instead of or in addition to 

physical symptoms such as a runny nose or 

stomach ache. The noting of behavioural changes, 

and the extent to which these were concerns for 

mothers were built on the concept of normality. 

The diaries provided a clear statement of the 

mothers’ concerns, and of how they monitored their 

children. Overall, something was noticed about a 

child on 49% of all the diary days. Often more than 

one change was noted on the same day, and the 

mothers were as alert to behavioural changes as 

they were to traditional physical symptoms. 

Physical symptoms were noted on 311 

occasions, with cough, runny nose, cuts and bruises 

being the most common. Fever/temperature was 

noted occasionally, and was regarded with concern, 

especially in a very young child, Pallor was not 

noted. 

Behavioural changes were recorded 315 times, 

with changes in sleep patterns, either sleepy, tired, 

or wakeful, figuring prominently (124 recordings in 

the diaries). From a doctor’s point of view, 

tiredness may be considered to be a specific 

symptom, but for the mothers it was seen as a 

behavioural change, important because the child 

was not his or her normal self. Concerns about 

eating were particularly important for these 

mothers, and although recorded in the health diaries 

only 39 times, were mentioned by mothers in all of 

the interviews, together with concerns about 

sleeping. Changes in mood were also recorded in 

the diaries, with irritable/grumpy behaviour noted 

88 times, and positive behaviour (indicating 

positive health or recovery) noted 52 times. Other 

behaviours were noted 12 times. Remarks from the 

mothers’ health diaries show the various ways in 

which behavioural changes were related to health, 

illness and everyday experience. (Figure 1) 

_________________________________________ 

Sleep patterns/tiredness (n= 124) 

‘S a bit tired late afternoon. She wanted to lie 

down on the sofa. Bit of a cold starting.’ 

‘I noticed A was very tired and irritable and 

hanging around me all the time. M was his usual 

soft but only slept one hour in the afternoon to his 

usual 2½ hours.’ 

Eating/not eating (n=39) 

‘Slightly sore bottom, not eating much. (She often 

goes off food for a day or two then gets back to 

normal).’ 

‘S’s throat still sore. Still off food and drink.’ 

Irritable/grumpy (n= 88) 


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‘He seemed grumpier than usual, as though he was 

sickening for something, but nothing came of it.’ 

‘P pretty bad tempered today and cried a lot.’ 

Positive behaviour (n=52) 

‘He’s picking up nicely although his appetite is not 

back to normal.’ 

‘L’s cough is slightly worse, but she is otherwise 

just the same, bright and quite cheerful.’ 

Figure 1. Examples of children’s behavioural 

changes recorded in mothers’ health diaries. n = 

total number of times recorded in all of the diaries. 

Deviation from normal behaviour could be 

perceived in any one of the four following ways 

and could be a reason for going to the doctor, if the 

mother was worried enough, as illustrated in these 

quotes from the interviews. 

It could be seen as a precursor to illness: 

‘But you ken when he’s no well when he 

does nae want sweeties and crisps, that’s 

sure sign there is something wrong with 

him’. 

‘If you had a couple of broken nights then 

you knew there was something wrong with 

the wee one and then it would stop because 

they slept very well and quite good through 

the day.’ 

It could be perceived as concomitant or a 

result of illness, as illustrated by statements 

interpreting both positive and negative 

behaviour: 

‘Well she never really went off her 

eating, I think that was why the doctor 

never bothered because she was still 

eating and drinking and running about’. 

‘And I kept on thinking it is not natural 

to have this cough. I mean he couldn’t 

sleep at night for this cough’. 

or as an illness or problem in itself: 

‘He could eat and eat for about three 

days and for the next three days he’ll 

just pick. He just has days off and on 

… it did bother me at first. I used to get 

bothered that he would lose weight and 

they would think I’m no feeding him.’ 

‘She has been really good, I have not 

really had any bother, apart from not 

sleeping. That was a great big problem 

at the time’. 

or as a problem for the family: 

‘It got to the stage that my husband was 

coming out of work at tea time and I 

was going to bed until he was ready for 

bed because it was the only way I was

getting a sleep. She just doesn’t need 

sleep.’ 

‘He’s the kind of child that you’ve got 

to sit with and you’ve got to be with 

him and that puts a strain on you all.’ 

Discussion 

This investigation focused on the meanings 

which the mothers attached to children’s symptoms 

and behaviours seen as relevant to health and 

illness. The strength of the qualitative method 

employed here lay in the researcher’s ability to 

elicit the respondent’s (research subject’s) 

viewpoint. It would have been counter productive 

to begin data collection with a predefined set of 

issues and questions: ‘appropriate or relevant 

questions are seen to emerge from the process of 

interaction that occurs between the interviewer and 

interviewees’. 22 

The limitations of the method lie in its inability 

to test hypotheses, and to produce statistically 

significant results, and the results cannot be 

presented in the traditional scientific manner. 

However, through the use of illustrative quotes 

from both the health diaries and interviews, the way 

in which the mothers in this sample routinely 

negotiated health and illness within the family is 

demonstrated. The identification of the specific 

dimensions of normality, and the development of 

the four categories interpreting behavioural change 

may be useful in practice. 

In common with other studies, 23, 24 the 

mothers’ recognition of illness and symptoms 

appeared to be embedded in a commonsense 

knowledge about what was normal and acceptable. 

The mothers’ perceptions of normality underpinned 

negotiation of their children’s illnesses. Normality 

could be interpreted as a yardstick that operated in a 

variety of ways, as a measure of whether or not the 

child was ‘ill’ with the condition, for example a 

cough, whether the child was sickening for 

something, was experiencing normal illness or was 

experiencing illness normally. It was only through 

understanding the features of their concept of 

normality that deviation in their children’s 

behaviour took on any meaning. Interpreting what 

the women said in this way helped to provide some 

understanding of how they constructed illness, 

other than simply recognizing predefined or 

commonly known conditions. 

As we have reported elsewhere, 21 mothers 

closely monitor their children’s well-being. It is 

important to examine the recorded behavioural 

changes in detail because these are based on the 

mother’s unique knowledge and may not be readily 

perceived by the doctor. These behavioural 

changes, especially regarding eating and sleeping, 


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were found to be problematical concerns for the 

mothers. Given the emphasis which society places 

on the nurturing role of the mother, and on the 

adequate physical and emotional development of 

children, it is not surprising that changes in eating 

and sleeping emerged as major concerns among the 

mothers. A concern for healthy development, and 

the ability to resist disease seemed implicit in their 

concern for good eating and sleeping behaviours. 

However, the relationship between these 

behaviours and illness was found to be varied and 

complex. Unlike previous investigations, 23-25 

behavioural changes were not simply interpreted as 

clues to an underlying problem. Although they 

were sometimes interpreted as a symptom of 

illness, their relationship to health and illness was 

more complicated. In fact, whether or not illness 

was present was not necessarily the primary 

concern for the mother. 

While some illnesses were normalized by the 

mothers, 24 deviation from normal behaviour could 

be recognized as a precursor, concomitant or result 

of illness, as illness itself, or as a problem because 

of its effect on the well being of the child and of 

other family members. Such changes in behaviour 

may be all of these things at different times or some 

of these at the same time. 

Although general practitioners may make a 

rapid global assessment of a child’s state of health, 

they are searching for the presence or absence of 

specific signs and symptoms of high discriminative 

value, for example dysuria or a red eardrum. On 

some occasions this will allow a definite diagnosis 

to be made; on many others the diagnosis will 

remain tentative, but collaboration of whatever 

‘hard’ information is available should allow the 

general practitioner to decide how to act. Mothers, 

on the other hand, recognize illness largely through 

behavioural change, that is, data of low 

discriminative value from a medical diagnostic 

point of view, for example, changes in eating and 

sleeping. This variation in the meaning of a ‘soft’ 

non-specific symptom is not necessarily recognized 

by those professionals to whom the mother goes for 

help. 

What are the consequences of these potentially 

divergent needs and viewpoints? The doctor’s 

response is critically important. If he or she 

operates solely on the basis of signs and symptoms, 

he or she may be perplexed to find a mother 

worrying excessively over a seemingly trivial 

diagnosis such as a cold. If he or she is aware that 

the consultation has been unsatisfactory despite, in 

his or her terms, having done all the right things, 

feelings of anxiety and inadequacy may be 

engendered, particularly in the less experienced

doctor. Alternatively, the doctor may make a 

judgement about the coping skills of mothers who 

seem to bother him with trivia, thus creating and 

sustaining the stereotype of the neurotic or 

inadequate mother. Cartwright recognized that 

general practitioners often respond to perceived 

trivia with a prescription. 26 Children with Upper 

Respiratory Tract Infections form the largest single 

component of general practice workload, and 

consume a vast quantity of prescribed medicines. 19 

Might this cost be reduced if general practitioners 

had a different understanding of the processes 

involved when mothers consult with young 

children? The argument that busy general 

practitioners must prescribe to keep going is not 

valid, as there is evidence that short term gains are 

offset by increased overall workload. 27 It ignores 

the potential within the consultation for education 

and for the enhancement of help seeking 

behaviour, 28 and is not compatible with aspirations 

for a quality service. 29 

What are the consequences for the mother if 

she feels that she has been unable to communicate 

her concerns or that her concerns have not been 

acknowledged? If she has been made to feel that 

she has wasted the general practitioner’s time she 

may be left with doubts and anxieties about her 

own adequacy as a mother. The sense of rejection 

is likely to be felt most keenly by those whose self 

esteem is already vulnerable, such as the depressed 

or the young first-time mother, the more so if she is 

no nearer to resolving the anxieties about her child 

which caused her to consult initially. The more 

experienced and confident mother may feel anger 

that her legitimate status as the expert on her child’s 

behaviour is not being acknowledged. Her 

perception of being fobbed off may be heightened 

if, in addition, she receives an unlooked for 

prescription. In both instances, the process of 

deciding to seek professional help on a subsequent 

occasion will be much more fraught and might 

involve significant delay. Creditability, trust and 

respect will have vanished from the relationship. 

It was possible to test the validity of our 

findings in practice, and one off us (S I) did so 

while working as a general practitioner. This 

consisted of focusing on what the mother presented 

as her major concerns, no matter how ‘soft’ these 

were from a diagnostic point of view. The method 

was not time consuming and is likely to be used 

already by doctors who are good communicators. It 

was in keeping with the observations of 

ILLINGWORTH and ILLINGWORTH, that failure 

to determine the cause of mother’s concern is a 

potent source of further anxiety. 30 After further 

direct questioning and then examination of the 


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child, the findings, diagnosis, advice or treatment 

were discussed in the context of the mother’s 

concerns. On the basis of a subjective and informal 

assessment this appeared to result in successful 

consultations. Eating and sleeping difficulties 

arising during the course of a minor illness, such as 

a cold, were often mentioned by mothers. If 

concerns about these particular issues were not 

volunteered, but their discussion was subsequently 

initiated by the doctor, this also appeared to 

increase the chances of a mutually satisfactory 

consultations. 

Mothers have a unique and intimate knowledge 

of their children, and their concept of normality in 

their children’s behaviour underpins their 

negotiation of illness. Although much illness in 

children is taken for granted, considered normal, 

and treated at home, 21 changes in eating and 

sleeping were of particular concern to mothers, 

even when these behaviours were not overtly 

related to illness. These are important and emotive 

issues, linked to ideas of the mothers’ competence, 

and to their perceptions of the general health and 

development of their children. If health 

professionals can become more sensitive to these 

issues and recognize mothers’ concerns, their 

quality of communication with mothers of small 

children can be enhanced, resulting in more 

effective client-professional relationships, and 

greater satisfaction to both parties. 

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Acknowledgements: 

The study on which this paper is based was 

undertaken at the Department of Community 

Medicine, University of Edinburgh and supported 

by a grant from the Scottish Home and Health 

Department, Health Services Research Committee. 

We would like to thank Una MACLEAN and John 

DAVIES for their support, and Neil McKEGANEY 

and Sally WYKE for helpful comments on an 

earlier draft. 

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3. Changes Caused by Succussion on N.M.R. 

Patterns and Bioassay of Bradykinin Triacetate 

(BKTA) Succussions and Dilutions * 

Rudolph B. SMITH, Jr. M.T. and Garth W. 

BOERICKE, M.D. ** 

Department of Special Therapeutics 

Hahnemann Medical College, Philadelphia, 

Penna. (JAIH. 61, 10-11-12/1968) 

Summary: This paper records continuing work 

using Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (N.M.R.) to 

study succussed serial dilutions and serial dilutions 

to 60x together with bioassays on homœopathicproduced 

Bradykinin Triacetate up to 30x. 

It can be concluded that the act of succussion 

will increase the area of the N.M.R. hydroxyl 

* Supported by a grant from the Harrington Fund 

and the Research Committee of the American 

Institute of Homœopathy. 

** Dr.Boericke died on January 8, 1968. He was 

very active on the early work recorded in this 

paper. 

Presented to the American Institute of 

Homœopathy, 124 th Annual Meeting, Bal Harbour, 

Florida, June 23-27, 1968.

spectrum in 87% EtOH, 13% H2O when compared 

to identical unsuccussed dilutions containing the 

same solute (drug). The hydroxyl areas become 

large and small in cyclic order as the dilution of the 

solute is carried to as high as 60x, and the CH3 and 

CH2 hydrogen spectrum does not change except the 

CH2 area of tincture of Sulphur 1/5000 in absolute 

EtOH. 

The area under the hydroxyl curve (which is 

related to hydrogen) is most probably supplied by 

the water component of the mixed solvent when 

one component is EtOH. How these additional 

hydrogen are coupled or combined 

“These all died in faith, not having received 

the promises, but having seen them afar off, 

and were persuaded of them, and embraced 

them..” 

HEBREWS 11:13 

to produce these changes has not, as yet, been 

determined. There are several probabilities 

possible. One good probability is they may be 

water polymers (1) . 

It is reasonable to suppose that the 

homœopathic act of succussion, which is the 

variable factor in the experiments, does, in some 

way, change the physical structure of the solvent 

(which is always a part of the dose) even when the 

order of dilution is higher than 6.023 x 10 -23 

(approximately 24x). If, therefore, these changes 

are related to drug action, then high potencies can, 

by an accepted scientific method (N.M.R.), be 

proven active therapeutic agents; that is, when the 

additional hydrogen in the succussed hydroxyl 

spectrum is greater than that in the dilutions or 

controls. (These additional hydrogen are related to 

the calculated area under the OH curve of the 

spectrum, see Data Sheets.) [not given here = KSS] 

It was established, during a period of five years 

of research, that there is a definite recurring 

reproducible change in N.M.R. patterns by 

succussion and that these patterns are reproducible 

and may be caused by water polymers. It was then 

decided to begin a series of biological studies that 

might indicate that these structures postulated by 

N.M.R. studies would, by bioassay, begin to prove 

the therapeutic action of homœopathic drugs. The 

first series of these bioassays that was studied was 

BKTA. 

Additional proof of the effect of succussion, 

compared to identical dilution, was carried out by 

studying the effect of serial succussions and 

dilutions of BKTA (2) . The experimental procedure 

of this bioassay was suggested by Dr. M. John 

BOYD of Hahnemann Medical College. The 

results of these bioassays are given later in this 

paper (Graph IV). It should be noted that they are 


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the first of a series of bioassays and although the 

results look favorable, it is far too early to draw 

definite conclusions. It can be noted that the drug, 

Veratrum viride, which was suggested to possess 

some properties of BKTA, did not show any results 

using identical assay procedures. 

It is worth noting, to those of you who are not 

familiar with Nuclear Magnetic Resonance 

(N.M.R.), that in all the chemicals used in these 

experiments which included water, alcohol, 

sulphur, lithium chloride and deuterium oxide, no 

chemical elements in the above can be observed on 

the Varian 60 HR N.M.R. spectrum except 

hydrogen. These resulting N.M.R. spectra are then 

basically fingerprints of hydrogen. The changes 

thus observed in the hydroxyl end of the spectrum, 

which are not like the controls, are probably 

additional hydrogen nuclei attached to or grouped 

around the hydroxyl radical of the spectrum. They, 

in turn, (hydrogen nuclei) are probably bound to 

oxygen, as water or water polymers from the water 

phase of the solution. 

METHODS 

These data which were assembled to produce 

Graph I and II were based upon the following 

experimental values: 

1. A series of dilutions and succussed serial 

dilutions were prepared using throughout the 

experiment the same 100% EtOH (a) , 99.7% D2O (b) , 

Distilled H2O (c) , BKTA (d) , and Tincture of 

Sulphur (e) . 

2. All the dilutions and succussed serial dilutions 

were made using the same volumetric glassware, 

and were made according to U.S.H.P. VII methods, 

that is, 87% EtOH by volume and 13% H2O or D2O 

by volume, and 5% EtOH and 95% H2O. 

3. The basic solutions were all prepared from the 

same alcohol, water, deuterium oxide, and tincture 

of Sulphur and BKTA, so that the only change 

throughout the experiment was imparted to the 

solvent through serial succcussion. 

4. The dilutions and serial succussions were made 

by pipetting 4.5 ml of solution into small bottles 

(from the low to the high x) except the first bottle 

of the series which contained 5.0 ml of solution. 

From this first bottle, 0.5 ml was pipetted into the 

next bottle and so forth until the entire series was 

produced. If the sample was succussed (40 times), 

it was left standing one minute before the next 

transfer; and if diluted, it was left standing three 

minutes before the next transfer. This procedure 

was carried out on the H2O dilutions and 

succussions and on the D2O dilutions and 

succussions and on the BKTA dilutions and 

succussions.

5. The entire series was renumbered and then the 

N.M.R. graphs were produced (at the University of 

Delaware) and matched with their laboratory 

numbers to the corresponding dilutions and 

succussions. The entire series OH spectrums were 

xeroxed (see this paper for Method) and the curves 

were cut and weighed and their weights were 

recorded on Data Sheets Number 1 and Number 2. 

6. After these data were assembled, and the OH 

areas calculated, the Sulphur D2O potency was 

subtracted from the Sulphur H2O potency, and the 

Sulphur D2O dilution was subtracted from the 

Sulphur H2O dilution. Then the entire results of the 

dilutions were subtracted from the potencies (Data 

Sheet Number 3 and 4 and Graph II). 

It was reasoned as follows: The D2O, H2O and 

EtOH, N.M.R. spectrograms would give no 

hydrogen signal except that due to the H in the OH, 

CH2 and CH3 and since the CH2 and CH3 signals 

did not change during the experiments, except in 

one case, any change in the OH would be pertinent 

to the problem. If, on the other hand, a change in 

the OH of the H2O and EtOH, N.M.R. spectrum 

would result, it was due to hydrogen supplied from 

the H2O Graph II shows very vividly this change. 

In the earlier papers, the calculated areas of the 

curves were made by Amsler’s planimeter method; 

although very accurate, this method did not satisfy 

more meticulous work. 

In this paper, the curves used were calculated 

by a new, more rapid, more accurate method which 

is as follows: 

The N.M.R. spectrograms were stapled 

together to form a collage, which was then 

accurately copied on a Xerox copier. The 

individual xeroxed sheets had a one inch square 

ruled on them which was used as a control. The 

curves were then carefully cut and weighed against 

the standard from each sheet and their areas 

calculated by weight (weight of standard: weight of 

curve: 1:x). When a curve, picked at random, had 

its area calculated, this area compared favorably to 

the xeroxed method. 

With the weighing procedure, several 

experimental precautions were observed. As the 

weighing was carried out on an analytical balance, 

the sensitivity of the balance was checked daily. 

The weights used were also checked against 

themselves, and the one high and two low weights 

were checked on a Mettler Balance. The one 

milligram weight was exactly equal to one 

milligram on the Mettler. The ten milligram weight 

was exactly equal to the ten milligram weight on 

the Mettler. The hundred milligram weight was 

equal to 99.9 milligrams on the Mettler. 


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The areas under the curves were then evaluated 

to 0.2 spectrum amplification as standard. The 

calculations appear in the data. 

(We believe this experimental work to be as 

accurate as it is possible to obtained, except if the 

areas were calculated by the Disc Integrator 

method. Several various ways to calculate 

(compute) peak areas are as follows: 1) Length x 

Width at ½ Height; 2) Triangulation; 3) Planimetry; 

4) Cut and Weight; and 5) Disc Integration.) 

DISCUSSION 

The changes caused by succussion are always 

best produced when the original low dilutions 

contain a solute (drug). We have used both an 

ionizing and non-ionizing solute in our 

experiments. 

If these changes in total hydrogen are caused 

by succussion, we would have water polymers 

present as proposed by G.P. BARNARD and James 

H. STEPHENSON (3) , Microdose Paradox: a New 

Biophysical Concept, “…water polymers as 

proposed, then these will be of low mobility as 

compared with free water molecules. They will, 

because of their greater viscosity, stay in the 

vicinity of alcohol molecules for relatively longer 

times and so increase the rate of exchange of the 

hydroxyl group protons between the neighbors.” 

[see JAIH. 58, No. 7-8/1965 = KSS]. This concept 

could account for the changed alcohol OH areas in 

the N.M.R. graphs. 

The physical structure of these water polymers 

is not known. There is an agreement that water 

differs from other liquids in that it has a 

considerable amount of structure; but no agreement 

on what such structure is. Stanley L. MILLER (4) 

states, “Ethyl alcohol forms a clathrate hydrate – it 

is not clear whether the OH of the alcohol is 

bonded into the water lattice or not.” It is my 

theory that since succussed N.M.R. dilutions show 

this OH change (increased hydrogen) that a new 

H2O group, Figure III, is produced and this could 

explain the therapeutic activity of succussed serial 

dilutions. 

This water group shown in Figure III is a 

hexakaidecahedron and is formed by 28 water 

molecules. There are four hexagonal and twelve 

pentagonal faces. This water group could couple 

with the OH of Ethanol and thus show the patterns 

in Graph II. There are, however, other structures 

theoretically possible. 

Succussion and resulting water structure 

appears to be the practical answer to explain 

Homœopathic drug action. 

BRADYKININ TRIACETATE BIOASSAY

A succussed serial dilution and a serial dilution 

of BKTA was produced to the 30x in 5% EtOH and 

95% H2O. Using an assay procedure which 

measured a muscular displacement under 2.0 grams 

tension, the above serial succussion and serial 

dilution were tested. The muscle was the uterine 

horn of a 200 to 250 gram white rat. The muscular 

reaction was measured against 10 µl. * This dose 

gave an average displacement of about 6.1 cm. 

Against this control, the succussed serial dilution 

and the serial dilution were plotted on Graph IV. 

This very definitely shows some reaction above the 

20x potency. The apparatus used in the experiment 

is shown in Figure I and II and the chemical 

structure L-Bradykinin, which is a polypeptide, 

Figure IV. 

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 

1. Research Committee, A.I.H. and Dr. James 

STEPHENSON, its Chairman. 

2. Dr. M. John BOYD, Em. Professor of 

Chemistry, Hahnemann Medical College, for his 

work and advice on the study of BKTA. 

3. Dr. William A. MOSHER, Professor of 

Chemistry and Head of the Department of 

Chemistry, University of Delaware for his constant 

constructive criticism of N.M.R. studies and 

experimental advice. 

4. Mr. Dale M. CROUSE, Graduate Student at the 

University of Delaware for his work on N.M.R. 

5. Dr. Z. Stuart CHANCE for many months of 

valuable help on experimental work and help in 

producing the Homœopathic drugs used in this 

study. 

6. Dr. John C. SCOTT, Professor of Physiology 

and Head of the Department of Physiology, 

Hahnemann Medical College, for supplying 

laboratory space and some apparatus. 

REFERENCES: 

1. JAIH, Sept-Oct. 1963: JAIH, Sept.-Oct. 1966; 

AIH Convention, 1967 (paper not published as of 

this date). 

2. BKTA, Bradykinin Bioassay, British Journal of 

Pharmacy Chemother, 29: 367, (modified by Dr. 

Boyd). 

3. Barnard, G.P., D. Sc., Ph. D., M.I.E.E., F. Isnt. 

P. 53 Woodside Road, New Maiden, Surrey, 

England. 

Stephenson, J.H., M.D., Dir. Res. AIH, 66 East 

83 rd Street, New York City, New York. 

4. Miller, S. L., Effects of Anesthetics on Water 

Structure. Volume 27, No. 3, May-June 1968, Fed. 

Prov., Fed. Of Amer. Soc. Exptl. Biol. 

* 1 µl= 1 manogram = 1 billionth gram = 10 -9 gms. 

10µl = 10 manograms = 10 -8 gms. 


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(a) EtOH, U.S.P., 200 Proof, Publicker Industries, 

Inc., Phila., Pa. DSP-PA-160. 

(b) D2O, Chemi. Standards, Inc., 4027 New Castle 

Ave., New Castle, Del., Lot B-2, 19720. 

(c) Distilled H2O, sterile, nonpyrogenic (water for 

injection). Baxter Laboratories, Inc., Morton Grove, 

Illinois, 14165OB. 

(d) Tincture of Sulphur, Boericke and Tafel, 1011 

Arch Street, Phila., Pa. 

(e) BKTA, Bradykinin Triacetate, Sigma Chemical 

Company, St. Louis, Mo. 

ADDITIONAL LITERATURE REVIEWED 

1. Water H2O or H180O90? Gregory R. Choppin, 

Professor of Chemistry, Florida State University, 

Welch Physics and Chemistry Digest, Volume 16, 

No. 1. 

2. Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, John D. Roberts, 

McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1959. 

3. Lecture Notes in N.M.R. Beach and Vogel, 

Rutgers University, 1953. 

4. Ion-Solvent Interaction, Frank and Wen, 

University of Pittsburgh, Discussions Faraday Soc. 

24: 133-140, 1957. 

5. Soc. Exptl. Biol. Symposium, Federation 

Proceedings (Water, etc.), University of Vermont, 

Volume 25: 951-1002. 

6. N.M.R. Studies of Ions in Pure and Mixed 

Solvents. Hinton and Amis, Chemical Reviews, 

Volume 67: 367, 1967. 

7. High-Resolution N.M.R. Spectroscopy. 

Ferguson and Phillips, Science, Volume 157, No. 

3786, 1967. 

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Following Rudy Smith’s paper. 

Discussion by Professor Mosher of Rudy Smith’s Paper. 

Ladies and Gentlemen: 

This is the second of your conventions I have had 

the rare pleasure of attending; I am getting educated. 

Yesterday someone told me that he was getting 

brainwashed by the chemists. You must remember that 

the great Paracelsus, a chemist, spent his life developing 

his hypothesis of medicine and that Dr. HAHNEMANN, 

whom you greatly revere and whom I know very little 

about was also a chemist. This morning I had the 

pleasure of hearing some of your people talk about drugs 

in chemical terms and this is very good. The chemists 

are not here in the United States or anywhere else in the 

world to prove or disprove HAHNEMANN or anyone 

else. We are here for only one thing: to find the truth in 

the hope that the truth from scientific studies may, in the 

hands of practitioners such as yourselves, be of value in 

man’s life. 

Some years ago, Rudy came down to see me and 

asked if I could have some N.M.R. curves run for him

and I told him that I would be pleased to do so. Then he 

started talking about succussions, potentiations, serial 

dilutions and potencies, and I thought he was a nut and I 

told him so. So we ran the spectra for him; we ran them 

again and again. I want you to know that this work has 

been done completely blind. My operators who did this 

work had no idea what was in the samples, but it wasn’t 

long before they came to me and told me what was in a 

particular sample. They could tell the differences by the 

slight changes in the curves. Because of the small 

differences, I was afraid of artifacts, contaminants from 

the bottles, the pipettes, the alcohol and that sort of thing. 

I think we satisfied ourselves and Rudy satisfied himself 

that we were not dealing with artifacts. Differences exist 

between the materials given us by Mr. Smith, between 

succussed and non-succussed materials. 

After I had seen a few of these results, I was 

reminded of a couple of experiments which had been 

carried out by some of my students a number of years 

ago. Some pepsin-containing material was ground in a 

Waring Blendor and it showed much less enzymatic 

activity than it was supposed to. We ran a few tests and 

we found that the action of this machine was able to 

destroy the activity of the enzyme. Believe it or not, we 

even found that the activity of the enzyme was destroyed 

simply by bubbling an inert gas such as nitrogen through 

the enzyme solution. We have also demonstrated that the 

structure of nucleic acids can be materially effected by 

very gentle mechanical treatment. It is clear that very 

mild treatments may have profound biological or biochemical 

effects. As yet, I do not know what physical or 

chemical changes have been produced by Mr. SMITH’s 

treatments, but changes have been produced. I do 

believe, however, that this proposed studies will shed 

considerable light on this problem as well as on many of 

the things you have been working with. 

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PART III 

(While Part II features articles from other journals, Part III contains the editor’s own contribution and other 

original articles.) 

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BOOK SHELF: 

1. Homœopathy in Cancer Treatment, by Dr. 

Ranjeet K. ROY, B. Jain and Co., I Edition, 

Reprinted 2003, Rs. 85/- ISBN-81-7021-832-2 

The author is a scientist converted to 

Homœopathy and his book is one of the most 

comprehensive texts that I have read so far on 

Cancer. The book is divided into 23 chapters and 

each chapter deals extensively with all aspects of 

this disease. Chapter 1 first deals with the 

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biological mechanism and causation of Cancer 

wherein the role of external carcinogens and the 

role of internal defects in the gene due to intrinsic 

errors and DNA replication have been prominently 

conveyed. The role of DNA tumour virus 

particularly Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) with its 

subtypes are also highlighted in this chapter. 

Majority of the human Cancers according to the 

author are known to be the results of mutations in 

P-53 gene. Secondary factors in this Mutation are a 

high fat, high protein meat diet and cooking food in

aluminium utensils are also factors in the formation 

of some Cancers, particularly Colon Cancer. The 

aspect of metastasis occupies a second. Subchapter 

and the progress of disease from Dysplasia 

to Leukoplakia to obvious Polyp formation and the 

various stages from stage ‘0’ to stage ‘IV’ have 

been satisfactorily explained. The stage ‘III’, ‘IV’ 

malignancies – therapies like Radiotherapy and 

Surgery fail to effect a cure in most cases while 

Chemotherapy can control the disease for a short 

term effect but is very often very toxic to the 

human body producing a million of adverse side 

effects. It is important to not that a particular 

normally functioning nm 23 gene can present 

metastasis by about 90%. 

Chapter 2 deals with warning signals of 

Cancer, the presence of unusual carcinogens and 

the role of electricity, sunlight and electromagnetic 

fields in homes of people that can make them 

vulnerable to the development of Cancer. There are 

some plant carcinogens whose role has not been 

adequately evaluated. Croton tiglium is one such 

plant and may have a curative effect in certain types 

of Cancer. 

Chapter 3 covers the topic in a broad outline of 

modern treatment paradigm of Cancer which are 

namely Radiotherapy, Chemotherapy, 

Immunotherapy, surgical procedures etc. But the 

actual reality of such therapy shows almost 90% of 

such patients die with in 5 years of diagnosis due to 

various causes. The latest field of research known 

as Gene therapy involving insertion of a functional 

gene to correct either hereditary errors or restore 

functions of an inactivated gene. 

Chapter 4 deals with pre-cancer states 

including signs and symptoms of such a state and 

its treatment by homœopathic remedies. Seven 

case reports treated by the author are given in this 

chapter. The case reports however do not reveal a 

long-term follow-up. 

The role of irritation and Cancer is given in 

Chapter 5 and the role of Miasms also has been 

adequately explained. 

Chapter-6 deals with the major type of Cancer 

tumours in various parts of body with its clinical 

symptoms while Chapter-7 gives a broad role of 

vitamins and diet in Cancer. This includes the 

common usage of Vitamin C and E as anti-oxidants 

and the role of selenium as a protective agent along 

with Vitamin C and Vitamin E. Similarly, various 

forms of retinoids in Vitamin A, B-vitamins have 

also been found to be effective. Improper diet and 

what is proper diet is also given in this chapter and 

a special mention has been made of the role of high 

fibre diet, deeply pigmented fruits, plenty of 


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vegetables and consumption of black tea and 

avoidance of tobacco, alcohol, smoked, salty and 

artificially preserved food etc. 

Chapter 8 gives further details of signs and 

symptoms of Cancer in various parts of body. 

Chapter 9 is an exhaustive one giving a total 

concept of present status of homœopathic treatment 

in Cancer. This includes the various lines of 

approach from HAHNEMANN, KENT, 

BŒNNINGHAUSEN, VITHOULKAS and 

SANKARAN and gives the method suggested by 

Dr. J.H. CLARKE, BURNETT, J.H. ALLEN, R.T. 

COOPER, A.H. GRIMMER, FORTIER- 

BERNOVILLE, ELI JONES, Farokh MASTER 

and some others. The specific aspects of each 

one’s method has been adequately explained. The 

role of constitutional medicines has been given and 

20 of these medicines starting from Ars. alb., Calc 

fluor., Carbon group, Caust., etc. to Thuja has been 

mentioned. Some specific Cancer remedies 

according to BERNOVILLE is now given along 

with specific location remedies and drainage and 

canalization remedies. The role of special Cancer 

Nosodes like Carcinosinum, Scirrhinum and the 

non-specific Nosodes like the Bowel Nosodes and 

the Nosodes Medorrhinum, Tuberculinum, 

Syphilinum occupy relevant paragraphs in this 

chapter. Dr. A.H. GRIMMER was one of the 

greatest homœopathic physician who has treated 

Cancers with astounding success of all types and in 

all locations. Some aspects of his observation, the 

author has mentioned in this chapter. 

Chapter 10 deals with the known Cancer 

remedies of Homœopathic Materia Medica 

arranged alphabetically from Acetic acid to Viola 

odorata. 

Chapter 11 deals with the relationship of the 

mental state to the Cancer evolution and genetic 

attributes. 

Chapter 12 deals with two basic types of 

Cancer medicines what is known as Organ specific 

and systemic remedies based on organ sensitivity 

and generalized sensitivity. 

In Chapter 13 the author has given schematised 

strategy of Cancer based on four types of 

categories. 

I Category – Patients whose diagnosis is confirmed 

and who are treated with Radiation or 

Chemotherapy or Surgery. 

II Category – Confirmed diagnosis but have not 

been given the above therapies. 

III Category – Patients who can be diagnosed as 

Cancer clinically but not confirmed by 

histopathological studies. 

IV Category – Patients with pre-cancer states.

For all four categories one important factor is 

the vitality of patient and for the first three 

categories another important variable is the clinical 

stage of the disease. The author has then given the 

further details of the treatment of patients in these 

categories. One important factor that he has 

stressed in the treatment of patients in Category ‘I’ 

is the role of potentised X-ray, Radium brom., 

Okubaka, Cadmium-iod., Phosphorus to minimize 

the side-effects of Category I patients who have had 

Radio and Chemotherapy. He says that, the rest of 

the category II, III and IV patients can be 

successfully and adequately treated with 

Homœopathy. 

Chapter 14 gives out a multi method approach 

for Cancer therapy whether palliative or curative. 

All available methods from HAHNEMANN, 

BŒNNINGHAUSEN to KENT, VITHOULKAS, 

SANKARAN etc can be initiated and the starting 

point often is either the latest symptoms or gravest 

symptoms or those symptoms which the patient 

desires to be relieved of first. So, we then have an 

acute situational treatment, the treatment by 

constitutional remedies and the treatment by 

inducting some Nosodes. These 3 steps are 

elaborated in Chapter 15. 

Chapter 16 seems to be the author’s own 

unique contribution which he calls as ‘Thematic 

Determination of Cancer Remedies’. The themes 

behind the clinical characteristics of malignancy 

and the dynamic behaviour of malignant cells can 

be used to transform into reportorial rubrics of 

mind to give us certain groups of Cancer 

susceptible remedies and their degrees of 

effectiveness. To give an example, a fundamental 

tendency to malignancy is its tendency to hide in 

early stages, deceiving its host. This is translated 

into mental rubrics – Hide, desire to; Deceitful, sly 

and Dishonest. Remedies in these rubrics are then 

selected from such a thematic principle based on 

either a concomitant symptom or an individualising 

symptom. Similarly, the uncontrollable behaviour 

of Cancer cells can be thematically represented by 

rubrics – Defiant, Obstinate and Disobedience and 

11 remedies occur in the rubrics Defiant and 

Obstinate which are useful Cancer remedies. 

Similarly, the rubric Irritability can be utilized for 

the aggressive nature of Cancer cells. There are 

various rubrics like Destructiveness, Violence, 

Rage, Fury, Cruelty, Hatred, Malicious and 

Spiteful, Desire to kill, Threatening and Desire to 

destroy. Also, the wandering behaviour of Cancer 

cells that forms metastasis could have the theme of 

desire to travel giving us remedies under this rubric. 

Elaboration of this particular topic is given in 

Chapter 17 wherein all the rubrics with their 


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remedies have been mentioned. In the terminal 

stage the author has mentioned Tarent., Hep.and 

Ars .as the most often indicated remedies. 

Chapter 18 gives us the degree of susceptibility 

of some good remedies like Graph., Ars., Thuja, 

Belladonna, etc. Some 16 such remedies are 

described. 

Chapter 19 deals with the application of 

medicine in Cancer treatment. The period of 

remedial action, when to repeat or change the 

medicine, the choice of potency, number of doses, 

the management of acute emergency situation, the 

aspect of aggravation, the role of peculiar 

concomitants as symptoms of vital importance and 

clinical behaviour of metastasized Cancer. 

Chapter 20 deals with 7 case reports managed 

by the author though cases no. 4 and 6 obviously 

needed further follow-up on their condition. What 

are the future possibilities in Cancer treatment is 

dealt in Chapter 21. Chapter 22 is a very brief one 

which deals with prognosis in malignancy and 

Chapter 23 is an epilogue on the whole topic of 

Cancer, its Miasms and management. 

An extensive Bibiliography of around 116 

References is given at the end of the book. This 

book is very cheaply priced compared to the wealth 

of information available in it and Dr. Ranjeet K. 

Roy must be congratulated for giving his readers a 

vast amount of information and treatment 

methodology and his own contribution to the 

treatment for all types of Cancers in just 242 pages. 

- Dr. D.E. MISTRY 

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2. Iconography of HAHNEMANN – A 

Pilgrimage by Dr. Diwan HARISHCHAND, Indian 

Books and Periodicals Publishers, New Delhi – 110 

005, 2005. ISBN 81-7467-161-7 price not 

mentioned. 

Samuel HAHNEMANN (1755-1843) was a 

celebrity of his times to such an extent that the 

sculptor Pierre Jean DAVID who sculpted ‘famous’ 

personalities like GOETHE did a bust of 

HAHNEMANN. There have also been several 

paintings, engravings, etc., of HAHNEMANN 

during his life-time itself. Such tributes are rare 

and one can count them on one’s fingers. 

We have HAHNEMANN monuments in 

several parts of the world. To this date, no one 

person has been honored so to the best of our 

knowledge. 

HAHNEMANN founded not just a therapeutic 

technique which is complete in itself but gave a 

totally new concept of health, disease, 

pharmacology and a purpose for being alive,

healthy in body and mind, viz. for higher purpose, 

higher good, of humankind. It is just right and 

proper that one who vows to follow him has great 

reverence for HAHNEMANN. One speaks of him 

with awe and reverence. It is therefore most 

befitting that Dr. Diwan HARISHCHAND has 

titled his travels looking about for HAHNEMANN 

Memorabilia as a ‘pilgrimage’. It indeed is so. 

The ‘frontispiece’ itself is a photograph of Dr. 

Diwan HARISHCHAND touching the feet of the 

Master’s statue in the Monument in Washington 

D.C., U.S.A. Under this picture is written “The 

author touching the Master’s feet, an Indian 

tradition to express reverence …” A very good 

beginning. The ‘dedication’ of the book reads “In 

worshipful homage to the Prime Guru (Master) and 

Founder of Homœopathy …” 

I mention these so that we understand the 

author’s approach to this historical record. 

A ‘Time’ Table of HAHNEMANN’s life – the 

period of his stay at various places, the authoring of 

his great works etc. – is given at the beginning. 

The book has 3 sections covering 

HAHNEMANN’s places of stay and practice: 

Meissen, Köthen, Leipzig to Paris; pictures of the 

houses where the Master lived, memorial busts and 

Plaques erected at these places, some memorabilia 

of Meissen pottery are covered in these three 

sections – 36 pages. The town Meissen on the 

banks of the river Elbe as it now is, is the beautiful 

picture opening this Section. The photograph of the 

narrow road leading to the school where 

HAHNEMANN studied (‘Princes School’) is 

beautifully pictured; also the full view of the 

School, and its entry with the inscription ‘Sapere 

Aude’ at its entrance. 

The next Section titled ‘Koethen’ covers pp. 16 

to 24. The interior of the house where 

HAHNEMANN lived, the small garden where he 

sat and wrote his Chronic Diseases, the monument 

in the grounds of the Lutze Hospital, are all 

represented here. 

The next Section from p. 26 to 36 titled 

‘Leipzig, Gommern, Königslutter, Paris’ gives the 

beautiful statue in Leipzig, HAHNEMANN sitting 

slightly bent in thought. This monument is in a 

Public Square. The house where HAHNEMANN 

lived in Paris has been pictured beautifully. 

Now we come to the Chapter ‘Objects of 

Veneration’ a grand round of medallions, lock of 

HAHNEMANN’s hair, a chair used by him, his 

Cap, Smoking pipes, Stethoscope, Office table, his 

Seal, Pocket medicine case, Medicine Chests. 

The Chapter ‘Monuments, Statues, Busts, 

Profiles’ opens with the grandest HAHNEMANN 

Monument in Washington D.C., USA which has 


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been renovated in the year 2000 – 100 years after it 

was first dedicated to the Nation by the then 

President of USA. The pictures of this Monument 

cover 8 pages. We then have pictures of statues, 

busts at Mexico City, Oaxaca (Mexico), a Park in a 

Square with bust of HAHNEMANN in Sao Paulo, 

Brazil, another in Rio de Janeiro, then the panels, 

and other artistic works in Barcelona, Spain. Then 

we have glimpses of the busts and statuettes in 

other private hands, (Dr. Pierre SCHMIDT; the 

Nelsons Pharmacy, London; Rome, Paris, 

Argentina, Lahore). A grand panorama indeed. 

Next section “Books, Registers & Writings of 

Historical Importance”. This is a nice collection - 

right from HAHNEMANN’s writing in 1782, the 

collections of original manuscripts of 

HAHNEMANN’s Case Registers, Materia Medica, 

Chronic Diseases, the Cover pages of the several 

editions of the Organon, some letters of 

HAHNEMANN. These cover 13 pages. 

Next we have ‘Paintings’. This section carries 

the several Paintings, Steel engraving, Embroidery, 

a Photograph, etc. 

‘Stamps and Streets’ is the next – 10 pages. 

We see stamps issued in Germany, Brazil, India, 

Monaco, Greece, etc. There are streets named after 

HAHNEMANN – in Stuttgart, Germany, Buenos 

Aires (Argentina), Sao Paulo (Brazil). There is a 

special chapter on Monuments, Busts, Squares, 

Streets, in India – Delhi, Kolkata, Bhubaneswar, 

Lucknow, Baroda, Gangtok, Eluru (A.P.), 

Tirunelveli (Tamil Nadu), Ludhiana. 

The book ends with pictures of 

HAHNEMANN’s Grave and Monument at the Peré 

Lachaise Cemetery, Paris. 

And so the pilgrimage ends. 

Printed in good moonlight glaze paper, pictures 

clear, inscriptions readable, with very few printing 

errors, sturdily bound. Nothing short of complete 

dedicated devotion to the great Master and his work 

could have produced a book of this kind. 

To the best of my knowledge there has so far 

been no work comparable with this. I frequently go 

through the pages and it tones me up like nothing 

else. I feel that one should go through the 

HAHNEMANN biography (Richard HAEHL, 

Rudolf TISCHNER, Gumpert MARTIN, et al) and 

gaze at these pictures. It is a great feeling. 

The Publishers have done a good job. 

I earnestly wish that all colleagues possess a 

copy. 

Thank you Dr. Diwan, Thank you very much. 

- K.S.SRINIVASAN 

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OBITUARY 

Julian WINSTON (1941-2005) 

The World of Homœopathy has been getting 

poorer and poorer in that that it has lost some of its 

treasured personalities within the last two-three 

years. Some of them were well-known to me; and 

so the sadness is much personal too. 

It came as a bolt from the blue when I learnt of 

the expiry of Julian WINSTON (1941-2005). I sent 

an e-mail and Neil TESSLER, Editor, Simillimum 

confirmed. 

Julian WINSTON was only 64. Silently he 

had been suffering from Prostate Cancer and 

Scleroderma since 1998, for seven years cheerfully 

putting up with this disease, slowing down its 

march. 

I had not recovered from the sense of great loss 

of D.LAKSHMINARAYANAN, Will KLUNKER, 

Jacques BAUR, S.M. GUNAVANTE, H.L. 

CHITKARA – all my very good friends since many 

years and with whom had very frequent exchange 

of correspondance on everything homœopathic, for 

over 20 years. There was lasting bond between us. 

It was genuine Homœopathy which bound us 

together. 

Prof. Dr. LAKSHMINARAYANAN, was truly 

a ‘musketeer’ who never left a challenge to 

Homœopathy go scotfree; he gallantly picked up 

the gauntlet. I miss him sorely now in the 

circumstances of the BBC repeatedly showing in its 

TV programme falsehood about Homœopathy; also 

the ‘ignorance’ of the ‘scientists’ who attempt to 

put Homœopathy on the pillory via the ‘Lancet’. 

LAKSHMINARAYANAN would have surely 

written no less sharply than HAHNEMANN. 

However, age creeps upon everything and the call 

came to him on 23 rd January, 2001. 

Sri GUNAWANTE was quiet and unassuming 

but a very learned person and who wrote such 

books on Homœopathy which could be studied by 

all; for those who found BOGER et al difficult to 

comprehend, his works were very much welcome. 

His books have been translated into German. His 

life of four score and ten years was worthy. 

Dr. H.L. CHITKARA who was ‘resident 

editor’ of the ‘Homœopathic Heritage’, was a 

devoted homœopath and he stoically bore the 

Parkinson’s disease during his last years. He was 

in his 81 st year when he passed on. His books too 

were very welcome. He was spiritually inclined. 

Drs. Will KLUNKER and Jacques BAUR were 

both students of Dr. Pierre SCHMIDT, and they 

wrote and taught and practiced exactly what 

they were taught. In turn they taught their 

students genuine Homœopathy. It was my 


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privilege to have had regular correspondance for 

many years with these two great personalities. 

KLUNKER wrote, in the Zeitschrift für 

klassische Homöopathie whose Editor he was for 

some years, several articles which are all very 

instructive. He fell ill in from which he did not 

recover and passed on 26 March 2002. He was 79. 

Dr. Jacques BAUR was editor of the journal 

‘Cahiers du Groupment Hahnemannien du Dr. 

Pierre SCHMIDT’ for many years. This journal 

carries articles of high quality classical 

Homœopathy. His major works are (1) 

‘L’enseignement du Dr.Pierre Schmidt’ being a 

two volume compilation of Pierre SCHMIDT’s 

teachings, (2) ‘Un livre sans frontiers, - histoire 

et metamorphoses de l’ Organon’, which is about 

the Organon in all the world languages in its 

several editions. (3) ‘Les Manuscrits du Docteur 

Comte Sébastian des Guidi’ – The Case Registers 

of Dr. Sebastian des Guidi –. and (4) 

‘Homéopathie médecine de l’individu’. 

Homœopathy Medicine of the Individual – a 

comprehensive work on the history of Medicine 

and Homœopathy in particular and all its aspects. 

This is his lifetime work. 

Nearing 80-year-age Dr. BAUR was well and 

healthy but suffered the loss of his dear wife. This 

loss was followed within about three weeks by the 

death of his sister. These two calamities shattered 

him. Shortly after, he became ill, suffered a 

cancerous growth in his back which was not in any 

way relieved by Homœopathy or hospitalization 

and he left this world. He was 83. He left behind a 

vast library. 

Apart from the fact that these giants of 

Homœopathy left a great void when they passed on, 

it was a still greater personal loss to me since I 

knew personally all of them well and had many 

years of enlightening communication. I have found 

it very difficult to come off these griefs. 

I have known Julian WINSTON only through 

his writings in the ‘Homœopathy Today’, the 

journal of the National Center for Homœopathy, 

USA. I have been reading Julian for the past 

several years through the Homeopathy Today. In 

these years, I have found no one else who wrote for 

genuine Homœopathy so clearly as Julian. He did 

much to recover homœopathic treasures – works of 

masters, many memorabilias, etc. – and store them 

carefully. Unfortunately much had already been lost 

before Julian came on the scene, “We have lost a 

true Renaissance man”. He became a legend in his 

own time. His devotion to Homœopathy was so 

great. Karl ROBINSON rightly says that Julian 

WINSTON was “the central figure of American 

Homœopathy of the last 40 years. There simply

has been no one of his caliber, his diligence, his 

understanding, his kindness, his all-encompassing 

love of pure Homœopathy. It is a rare event when 

so much talent gets born into one body”. Christian 

KURZ of Austria says “Talking to Julian about 

Homœopathy is akin to drinking water from a fire 

hose. There is so much information and 

knowledge, insight and clarity, that I didn’t want to 

miss a word.” George GUESS sums up the feelings 

of some of us: “He was always the ready and 

available recourse to settle a question on almost any 

topic involving our Science and Art, especially the 

history of Homœopathy and the lives of those who 

populated it. Who will I ask now? I feel adrift…. 

You always feel that if you strayed too far from 

Hahnemannian doctrine, Julian would be there to 

nudge you back on path.” Julian was “hypervigilant 

about the misuse of the word 

“Homœopathy” by those who were advocates for 

Homœopathy”. It was not only Julian’s knowledge 

but that he gave it to whomsoever asked him. “If 

there is a homœopathic paradise, then Julian 

WINSTON is there with the great ones. May his 

soul soar amongst the great homœopaths of all time 

and with his loved ones awaiting him beyond the 

heavens.” 


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II. Dr. B.N. CHAKRABARTY (1925 – 2005). 

One of the great luminaries of Homœopathy in 

India, Dr.Bhola Nath CHAKRABARTY was born 

on 26 August 1925. His father was a reputed 

homœopath and social worker and he was also the 

Principal of the Sankarmath Homœopathic Medical 

College, Howrah, later named as Mahesh 

Bhattacharya Homœopathic Medical College. 

As a student he was good in athletics, sports and 

music. He graduated in Science and joined the 


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Calcutta Homœopathic Medical College and 

obtained his DMS. Soon he handled a problematic 

case of childbirth of his friend’s wife. His friend 

Sailendranath Khan’s father Ray Bahadur 

Panchanan Khan was so pleased that he sent 

Bholanath CHAKRABARTY to England for higher 

education. Bholanath obtained his D.F. (Hom), 

London in 1953, and subsequently M.M. Dublin in 

Gynaecology. However Bholanath was a staunch 

homœopath. After return to his motherland he had 

extensive Practice and teaching. 

Dr.CHAKRABARTY had a very busy practice and 

earned name, fame and wealth. He enjoyed good 

sports and was a supporter of the Mohan Bagan 

Club (Football). His list of VIP patients is long. 

He was Physician to the President of India and also 

the Governor of West Bengal. He was also 

member of the Central Council of Homœopathy 

and the LMHI. 

He was suffering from a lingering illness and 

breathed his last on March 3, 2005, leaving behind 

his wife and son, Dr. Rathin CHAKRABARTY and 

a daughter. His passing away is a great loss. 

- M. DEY 

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Table for page no. 132 

Table: Commencement/Reactive remedy (“Injury medicine”) in Chronic headaches 

Remedy 

Causative/Key 

symptom 

V. Aconitum Sunstroke, 

situation 

remaining before 

eyes 

VI. Arnica Injury with 

extravasation of 

blood 

Calcium sulfuricum Brain 

concussion, 

suppression of 

sweat 

Causticum Burns, 

suppression of 

eruptions 

VII. Hypericum Splitter injury, 

Numbness with 

chill 

Natrum muriaticum Accident, 

herpes, mapped 

tongue 

Spinal/lumbar 

Natrum sulfuricum puncture, 

electric shock 

Opium Fright/shock, 


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Modalities 

> rest, 

excretions 

> rest, 

epistaxis 

> pressure, in 

open air 

> humid 

weather, (Bed) 

warmth 

< light, noise, 

motion 

< shock, 

concussion 

< alcohol, 

motion, 

concussion, 

eating 

< coldness, 

draught, thinking 

of pain 

> stretching < mist, chill, 

touch 

> sweat, sea 

air 

> lying, 

pressure 

sleeplessness 

> chill, 

sweating 

Rhus toxicodendron Exertion, sprain > heat, motion, 

massage, sweat 

< motion, 

warmth 

< 

sitting/standing, 

cold, mist, music 

Observations 

Like boiling 

water, sees as 

through water 

Sportsman with 

risks 

Tension 

headache, 

Scoliosis 

Scars become 

sore, breaks 

open 

Head sweat, 

hairfall 

School 

headache, 

“Mallorca- 

acne” 

Chilly, sensitive 

to cold/chill 

< heat Mouth dryness 

< cold, rest Stiffness of 

nape






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Part I of the journal lists the current literature in Homœopathy drawn from the wellknown 

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. The Importance of HAHNEMANN’s 

Organon 

DIMITRIADIS, George (AJHM. 97, 

4/2004) 

In this article Dr. DIMITRIADIS 

extols the many virtues of a thorough study 

of and familiarity with HAHNEMANN’s 

Organon, as well as his other writings. It 

provides an essential foundation of 

knowledge for the successful practice of 

Homœopathy. 

Organon is the distillation of 

HAHNEMANN’s constant thoughts and 

significant experiences in the practice of 

medicine. It is a highly condensed 

expression of a methodical and practical 

application of his discovery of a single and 

general therapeutic principle (similars) to 

the clinical situation for the specific 

purpose of healing the sick in the simplest, 

most gentle and reliable manner. 

The need to study the Organon 

carefully again and again and throughout 

one’s learning and practice can never be 

overemphasized. 

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2. Homœopathy Serving Spirituality 

Spirituality Serving Homœopathy 

LENNIHAN, Begabati (SIM. XVII, 

4/2004) 

Spirituality is something practical, for 

it refers to a powerful dimension of 

reality, albeit one we cannot see with our 

human eyes. Our healing 

paradigm rests on the workings of Vital 

Force, and we routinely assess its strength 

in our patients without able to see or 

measure it. Objectively quantifiable 

physical symptoms are often the visible, 

palpable manifestation of an inner 

energetic mistunement. To deny the 

spiritual underpinnings of the 

homœopathic paradigm for fear of 

appearing unscientific, is to limit our own 

potential. 

Once we perceive the infinite 

Consciousness, we realize we are on a 

journey towards the awakening of this 

Consciousness within us and we realize we 

have a higher purpose, that life on earth 

does have a meaning and direction as 

mentioned by HAHNEMANN in § 9.

VITHOULKAS uses the word Teleosis 

to the process by which a human being 

becomes more and more organized in his 

spiritual and psychic level. 

LENNIHAN meditates for ten minutes 

in the office to silence busy-day mind, set 

aside ego to fully receive each patient. 

She often asks patients how 

Homœopathy can help them fulfill their 

highest purpose on earth or what they feel 

is the purpose of their illness, what are 

they learning from it. 

She often recommends books 

depending on the patient. 

She meditates briefly between each 

patient and at the end of the day, thanking 

and giving responsibility to the Supreme 

Consciousness who is the real healer. 

3. The Immateriality and Material 

Alchemy of Homœopathy 

GRIMES, Melanie J. (SIM. XVII, 

4/2004) 

HAHNEMANN’s life and philosophy 

echo the dichotomy between material and 

immaterial that we all face as homœopaths 

everyday. HAHNEMANN took 

inspiration from KANT, SCHELLING and 

the School of Natural Philosophy and also 

DESCARTES, SPINOZA, LEIBNITZ and 

HEGEL. 

In potentizing remedies, 

HAHNEMANN spoke of the process as to 

“liberate the medicinal power from its 

material bonds.” 

Homœopathy has an immaterial 

element. To practice Homœopathy is to 

delve into a subterranean realm, a realm of 

great sensitivity, where insight and 

extensive listening on a profound channel 

leading to a remedy correctly selected, can 

bring about physical changes so profound 

as to confound logic. 

The author has seen Homœopathy 

change people’s lives, make decisions to 


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marry, to procreate, to deal with the death 

of a loved one. Certainly these are 

spiritual aspects of human life. 

Homœopathy liberates the deepest 

elements of our being, an essential 

change that effects the person entirely; 

the ability to make amends with the 

family. 

4. Archetype in a Medicine Bottle 

Re-integration of Mind and Brain in 

the Homœopathic Treatment of Mental 

Illness 

BROWN, Doug (HL. 16, 4/2003) 

Modern medicine considers mental and 

emotional illness as a biologically caused, 

chemically treatable illness, expressed by 

neurohumoral imbalances with roots in genetic 

inheritance. 

Depth Psychology describes this as 

mythic power struggles between cosmic 

forces of instinct and Super-Ego, Self and 

Ego, individuation vs. regression. 

Psychopharmacology and Depth 

Psychology operate from two 

fundamentally different paradigms. 

A truly holistic medicine would not act 

by manipulation of brain chemistry to 

suppress end-stage symptoms of clinical 

syndromes, but would rather reflect back 

to the patient an image which resonated 

with his or her own particular way of 

becoming off-balance, thereby helping the 

individual return to a place of 

psychological equilibrium. 

Homœopathy is becoming understood 

as just such a medicine. Many speak of 

Mind-Body Connection – as if they are 

two separables. Suffering is not merely an 

epiphenomenon of organic malfunction. It 

is an expression of consciousness. 

Symptoms form a detailed, descriptive 

statement of the inner condition of the 

organism. Symptoms in their essential 

nature are not haphazard sequella of faulty 

wiring or pathological processes. The

organism is expressing its state, and the 

symptoms are the working materials of its 

expression. 

5. One, Two, Three – Miasms … Light 

SWOBODA, Fransz (HL. 16, 4/2003) 

Three steps in the understanding of the 

concept of Miasms. 

Step one: All the single events of 

disease in one’s life are but one chronic 

disease, sometimes mingled with venereal 

Miasms, Sycosis or Syphilis, but mainly 

one, called Psora. 

Step two: Different diseases of each 

individual patients overlap in one or more 

aspects; for example – A may suffer form 

Asthma, Eczema and Melancholy; B from 

Asthma, Arthritis, Weakness; C from 

Eczema, Asthma and Joint pains. They not 

only suffer from one chronic disease each, 

but altogether from the same disease 

named Psora. By finding antiPsoric 

remedies against the chronic disease the 

Psora is eradicated. 

Step three: From the very beginning 

on, mankind has suffered from Psora. 

The article is in the form of an 

imaginary dialogue between a medical 

(Homœopathy) student and 

HAHNEMANN and Madam 

HAHNEMANN. Interesting indeed! 

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Himmel und Holle - Opium in der 

Literatur und im vorgeburtlichen 

Erleben (Heaven and Hell – Opium in 

the literature and in pre-natal 

experience) 

MICHELS, Hans-Lothar (AHZ. 249, 

6/2004) 


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Opium was formerly described as a 

small remedy for acute conditions such as 

complaints from fright, cramps and 

paralysis. The examination of the drug 

literature and the analysis of the prenatal 

experiences of patients show that a special 

feeling of life is the basis for these human 

suffering: the feeling to be expulsed from 

paradise into hell. 

This study is with particular reference 

to the ideas of MASI ELIZALDE, Rajan 

SANKARAN, VAN DER ZEE. 

2. Lac humanum: der Junge Ödipus auf 

dem Berg Kithainon (Lac humanum: 

the young OEDIPUS on the Kithainon 

mountain) 

HADULLA, Michael and PROKOP, 

Ines 

(AHZ. 249, 6/2004) 

During the last few years, a growing 

number of well-documented cases have 

come up which were treated successfully 

with Lac caninum (or milk of other 

animals) and Lac humanum. It is 

interesting when we consider the great 

antique Greek heroes and their probable 

homœopathic medicines. This article 

attempts to relate one phase of OEDIPUS’ 

life, when he was an abandoned child on 

the mountain of Kithainon, to Lac 

humanum. 

3. Diospyros kaki - Der Weltbaum. Ein 

neues homöopathisches Mittel (Diospyros 

kaki: Tree of the World - A New 

Homœopathic Remedy) 

CREVELD, Marijke (AHZ. 249, 

5/2004) 

A species of the tree Diospyros kaki, 

survived the Plutonium bomb on Nagasaki. 

A new homœopathic remedy was made 

from this tree.

While three Provers took the C200, 20 

persons slept with the remedy under their 

pillows. The ‘dream proving’ in this 

manner was worked out and the author 

treated 30 persons with Diospyros kaki 

Creveld. The results were ‘positive’. 

Some others also used the remedy and 

obtained positive results. The remedy was 

prescribed for patients who had mental and 

physical complaints caused by a trauma on 

account of war, disaster and burning, 

problems caused by Chemotherapy and 

Radiotherapy and by toxic substances. 

[What would have happened if the 

‘Provers’ had simply carried a powder in 

their pocket or put it close to the chest or 

under the bed sheet instead of under the 

pillow?; would there have been similar 

dreams if the powder had been simply kept 

somewhere in the bedroom. Can this be 

considered as ‘homœopathic Proving’ by 

any stretch of imagination? And yet ‘cures’ 

are obtained! = KSS] 

4. Chamomilla – the Parents’ Friend 

FULLER, Diane (HT. 24, 3/2004) 

The characteristic symptoms of the 

remedy are discussed in brief from 

different sources. 

5. The Toxicology of Amanita virosa: 

The Destroying Angel 

BONNET M.S. and BASSON P.W. 


This paper examines the biology and 

medical consequences of ingesting the potentially 

lethal poisonous mushroom, Amanita virosa, the 

Destroying Angel. The fungus, its structure, 

distribution and toxic components are described. 

Symptoms of human poisoning by A. virosa are 

described, following the order of Homœopathic 

Repertories. Laboratory values for comparison 

with normal values of haematology, 

biochemistry and urine analyses are given. 

Materia Medica based on the human poisoning by 

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The symptomatology of A. virosa is similar 

to that of A. phalloides. The symptoms start at 

about 10-12 h after ingestion, initially lasting for 

1 or 2 days. This is followed by a few days of 

apparent remission only to recur with severe, 

sometimes irreversible, hepatic and renal 

damage. After a relatively short gastrointestinal 

presentation of vomiting, diarrhoea and 

abdominal pains, the actions of A. virosa 

concentrates on the liver, blood cells and 

kidneys. 

Mind 

Alert and oriented. 

Distress, mild. 

Drowsiness. 

Lethargic but awake and oriented. 

Drowsy but easily aroused. 

Face 

Pale complexion (adult & child). 

Nausea & vomiting 

Nausea, first symptom. 

Vomiting, 10-12 hours after ingestion. 

Bilious vomiting (early symptom). 

Abdomen 

Abdomen soft with mild tenderness and 

bowel sounds slightly hyperactive. 

Abdomen tender without localizing 

character and diminished bowel sounds. 

Abdomen tender in upper right quadrant 

but soft and liver not enlarged. 

Abdominal cramps/discomfort, severe but 

not tender. 

Abdominal pain, mild, right upperquadrant. 

Abdominal pain, severe, intense, diffuse 

colic with vomiting. 

Epigastric pains; acute, non-radiating 

pains, associated with nausea, bilious 

emesis and frequent watery stools, 

persisting for 8h or more. 

Epigastric tenderness; minimal. 

Liver enlarged (child), tender to pressure, 

together with anuria and disturbances of 

consciousness. 

Rectum 

Diarrhoea, acute, severe, profuse, about 

10-12 h after ingestion. 

Diarrhoea with vomiting.

Persistent bloody diarrhoea with mucous 

(child). 

Stools 

Copious brown liquid diarrhoea, strongly 

positive for occult blood. 

Diarrhoea negative for faecal occult blood 

(FOB). 

Trace positive for blood. 

Urinary system 

Oliguria. 

Bilirubinuria: 1+ (normal: negative). 

Blood (occult): 2 + (normal: negative). 

Colour: deep yellow. 

Microscopy: erythrocytes (adult): 50-100/ 

highpower field. (normal: ≤ 3/ highpower 

field). 

Microscopy: leucocytes (adult & child): 3 

– 15/high-power field. (normal: ≤ 5/ highpower 

field). 

Protein: 3+ (normal: negative). 

Specific gravity: 1.018 – 1.023. (normal: 

1.035). 

Respiration 

Respiration rate 24/ min. 

Cardiovascular 

Hypertension, with a BP of 160/112 

(adult). 

Hypotension, with a BP of 84/60 (adult). 

Pulse rate of 88-150 beats per minute. 

Extremities 

Cold and cyanotic distally. 

Muscular movement in limbs difficult 

(second day of illness). 

Spasm in legs, severe. 

Fever 

Shaking chills. 

Temperature of 36.9-37.5ºC (adult); 

38.1ºC (child). 

Perspiration 

Diaphoresis. 

Skin 

Jaundice, yet no hepatosplenomegaly 

(adult & child). 

Jaundice develops on the 4 th or 5 th day of 

illness. 

Haematology 

Factor V: 11.5% (normal: 50-150%). 


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Haemoglobin (m): 16.2 g/dl (normal: m: 

13.0-18.0 g/dl). 

Haemoglobin (f): 17.8-18.3 g/dl (normal f: 

12.0-15.0 g/dl). 

Haematocrit (m): 47.5% (normal: m: 38.0- 

52.0%). 

Haematocrit (f): 48-55% (normal (f): 37.0- 

47.0%). 

Leucocyte count: 13,320-13,324,100/µl. 

(normal: 4,800-10,800/µl). 5,800- 

17,600/µl. (normal: 4,800-10,800/µl). 

Lymphocytes: 5% of WBC count (adult); 

22% (child). (normal: 20-45% of total 

WBC count). 

Lymphocytes, atypical: 1% of WBC count 

(child). 

Neutrophils: 94% of WBC count (adult); 

77% (child). (normal: 40-75% of total 

WBC count). 

Platelet count: 144,000-421,000/µl. 

(normal: 150,000-450,000/µl). 

Prothrombin time (PT): 22.3s (control: 

12.2s). 

Prothrombin time (PT): 13-30% (normal: 

80-120%) 

Biochemistry 

Biochemical parameters of liver function 

may take 25 days to normalize. 

Alanine amino transferase (ALT): up to 

4,875 IU/l (normal: 7-43 IU/l). 

Alkaline phosphatase: 60 U/l. (normal: 48- 

125 U/l). 

Ammonia (blood): 30-100 µmol/l. 

(normal: 21-51 µmol/l). 

Amylase: 334-532 IU/l (normal: 25-115 

IU/l) 

Aspartate amino transferase (AST): up to 

9360 IU/l (normal: 13-37 IU/l). 

Bilirubin, total: from normal to 22 mg/dl. 

(normal: 0.2-1.3 mg/dl). 

Bilirubin, total: 11 mg/l reaching a peak of 

50 mg/l (85 µmol/l) (normal: 2-12 mg/l). 

Blood urea nitrogen (BUN): 33 mg/dl 

(adult); 5 mg/dl (child) (normal: 8-23 

mg/dl). 

Chloride: 103 mmol/l (adult); 108 mmol/l 

(child). (normal: 95-105 mmol/l).

Creatinine: 11 mg/l (normal: 6-10 mg/l). 

Creatinine: 1.5-6.1 mg/dl (adult); 0.4 mg/dl 

(child) (normal: 0.6-1.2 mg/dl). 

Globulin: 1.7 g/dl (adult); 0.9 g/dl (child). 

(normal IgG: 5.3-16.5 g/dl). 

Glucose: 129-186 mg/dl (adult); 81 mg/dl 

(child). (normal: 70-120 mg/dl). 

Glucose: 2.4 g/l (normal: 0.65-1.1 g/l). 

Lactate dehydrogenase: 322-4,540 IU/l 

normal: 270-560 IU/l). 

Partial thromboplastin time (PTT): 165.7s 

(control: 28-51s) (normal: 19.6-34.0s). 

Partial thromboplastin time, activated 

(aPTT): 51.7s (normal: 29-45 s). 

Potassium (K+): 2.7 mmol/l (adult); 4.4 

mmol/l (child) (normal: 3.5-5.2 mmol/l). 

Protein, total: 4.6 g/dl (child) (normal: 6.3- 

8.2 g/dl). 

Prothrombin time (PT): 45 sec., but can 

exceed 600s (normal: 12-14s). 

Urea nitrogen level (serum): from normal 

to 77-86 mg/dl. (normal: 6-20 mg/dl). 

Uric acid: 15.6 mg/100 ml (normal: 3-7 

mg/100ml). 

Arterial blood gases 

HCO3 – (venous): 17 mmol/l (normal: 22- 

30 mmol/l). 

Lactic acid: 3.09 (normal: 2.0). 

Metabolic acidosis. 

pCO2: 16 mmHg (normal: 35-45 mmHg). 

pH: 7.31 (normal: 7.35-7.05). 

Histopathology 

Liver: bile duct proliferation. 

Liver: hepatocytic vacuolization. 

Liver: massive haemorrhagic necrosis. 

Liver: postnecrotic fibrous accumulation. 

Kidneys: distal convoluted tubules normal 

(generally). 

Kidneys: thin loop of Henle: eosinophilic 

casts. 

US (female): Kidneys: tubules necrosis, 

mild: scattered along inner, border of outer 

stripe of outer medullary zone; severe: 

straight & convoluted tubules: necrosis as 

continuous belt, same zone. 


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1. Hydrophobinum - A miracle that 

brought a child’s life back from fatality 

KUMAR (HH. 29, 12/2004) 

3-year-old child was given by mistake 

a spoonful of acidified liquid (that is 

generally used to clean silver and other 

metals) in place of cough syrup. As soon 

as the liquid was in the mouth, child began 

coughing so loudly that all liquid fell off. 

A small part entered his esophagus and 

made him unconscious. The child was 

hospitalized for a week. Examination 

(from different angles) was done. No 

abnormality was found. The radiology 

showed the stomach was pushed anteriorly 

by a retro-gastric mass and secondly, 

circoesophageal junction was narrowing. 

Constricted state of oesophagus was still 

beyond control of physicians and surgeons. 

However, another surgeon began to 

dilate the oesophagus. The technique of 

dilating the oesophagus had to be repeated 

more than four times. That technique too 

failed due to intolerable condition of the 

child. Last time, while dilating the 

oesophagus began to bleed. 

Many homœopaths were consulted 

without satisfactory result. Then the case 

came to this author. Hydrophobinum M, a 

well-selected remedy expelled a lot of 

saliva from the esophagus. Next morning 

the child longed for milk with a piece of 

bread. Within 2 months much improved. 

At present, he is running 5th year having a 

sound physic and sound mind. 

Hydrophobinum a miraculous remedy that 

brought the child’s life back from fatality. 

Hydrophobinum 1M was given weekly for 

a month and then fortnightly. And in 2 

months he came to normality.

Symptoms that led to Hydrophobia. 

2. Konjunktivitis infolge 

Farbkontamination 

(Conjunctivitis from Contamination of 

Color paint) 


28-year-old lady was painting a picture 

with the ‘window-colors’, on 2.08.2002. 

Small drops of the paint were sprinkled 

accidentally when the color tube was 

squeezed. The drops fell on the left half of 

her hair, face and on the dress. 

Immediately the face and hair were 

cleaned but not the eyes since her eyes had 

not got the color droplets. 

Two days later she felt a foreignparticle 

in the left eye. The troubles began 

slowly. The eye became sensitive to 

touch. Rub was felt when she blinked. 

The eye became red a little but around it 

there was a circular discolored swelling. 

Lachrymation heavy; extreme pain like 

never before. The pain was far more than 

the redness of the eye indicated. The eyeball 

burnt; photophobic; put on sunglasses 

in her room. 

Pulsatilla came out as her remedy after 

repertorisation. (Eyes inflammation after 

injury: Eyes consequences of injuries, 

modalities; alternating states; Eyes, 

swelling, lids; Eye pains, boring). 

Ref. to NASH’s “Leaders in 

Homœopathic Therapeutics”, “There is 

another condition of Pulsatilla which may 

be considered characteristic, and which 

HERING does not mention in his cards, 

viz., changeableness of symptoms (Ignat., 

Nux mosch.). All that HERING said was 

“wandering pains shift rapidly from one 

part to another, also with swelling and 

redness of the joints.” Now if this occurs 

in rheumatism (Manganum acet., Lac 

caninum, Kali bichrom., Kalmia lat.), and 

especially if in the Pulsatilla temperament 

we may perform a miracle of curing with 


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this remedy. But this shifting or 

changeableness is not confined to the 

pains, which may be either rheumatic or 

neuralgic, but is found in the disposition. 

The patient is now irritable, then tearful 

again, or mild and pleasant; but, even with 

the irritableness, is easily made to cry. The 

haemorrhages flow, and stop, and flow 

again; continually changing. The stools in 

diarrhoea constantly change in color; they 

are green, yellow, white, watery or slimy; 

as GUERNSEY expresses it - “no two 

stools alike.” (Sanicula.) This is often 

found in the so-called cholera-infantum or 

entero-colitis of children in hot weather.” 

On 4.08.2002. two globules of 

Pulsatilla 30 dry under the tongue. By 

evening improvement was 

felt alround. On 6.08.2002. there was 

again some setback and two globules of 

Pulsatilla 200 and soon complete cure. 

3. von Fall zu Fall: Falldokumentation 

und Fallredaktion: Clemens von 

BÖNNINGHAUSEN und Annette von 

DROSTE-HÜLSHOFF (From Case to 

Case: Case documentation and Case 

Editing: Clemens von 

BŒNNINGHAUSEN and Annette von 

DROSTE-HÜLSHOFF) 

DINGES, Martin and HOLZAPFEL, 

Klaus (ZKH. 48, 4/2004) 

A manuscript case of 

BŒNNINGHAUSEN is studied 

thoroughly and is presented as a case 

history; the characterization of the person, 

evaluation of contemporary medicine and 

Homœopathy. The course of the disease, 

correction of an error, problematic 

reflections form part of this study. A 

detailed and interesting study. 

4. Ten Remedies for Simple Insomnia 

DOOLEY, Timothy R. (HT. 24, 

1/2004)

Homœopathy can often help by finding 

a similar remedy to the specific type of 

Insomnia to which the patient is suffering 

from. By correcting the underlying state in 

the patient’s nervous system, improved 

sleep will follow at its own pace. 

The indications for Coffea cruda, Nux 

vomica, Aconite, Chamomilla, Arnica, 

Cocculus, Belladonna, Gelsemium, 

Capsicum and Staphysagria are given. 

5. The Flu, the Vaccine, the treatment 

options 

ASPINWALL, Mary (HT. 24, 1/2004) 

It makes sense to seek advise on the 

risks and benefits of Flu shot from 

independent sources that will neither profit 

nor lose from your decision. Flu vaccine is 

relatively ineffective in those patients most 

at risk of Flu complications because of the 

inherent weakness of their immune system. 

Homœopaths can greatly help one 

another by sharing information on 

symptom patterns and remedies they have 

found effective in their patients. “Genus 

epidemicus” has the potential to greatly 

reduce suffering and save lives. 

A Case of Post-vaccination Blues 

Woman, 35, ill since the Flu 

vaccination nine months earlier. Shooting 

pain behind her left breast and pain in right 

breast extending down right arm. 

Developed strong fear of Cancer, anxious 

and bit 

nails. Prone to ‘colds’ and chilly person. 

Silica 30. Initially the pain in breasts 

worsened and some old symptoms 

reappeared briefly. Two months later the 

pains disappeared, mind more focused, 

fear of death diminished and generally less 

anxious. Eighteen months later, continues 

to be well. 

6. The Flu: What you can do 


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Influenzinum as preventive. 

Oscillococcinum at the very beginning 

of feeling ill. 

Aconite in the first few hours of fast 

developing Flu. 

Ferrum phosphoricum if Aconite hasn’t 

helped and no other symptoms yet. 

The indications for Arsenicum album, 

Baptisia, Bryonia, Eupatorium 

perfoliatum, Gelsemium, Mercurius 

solubilis, Nux vomica, Pyrogenium and 

Rhus toxicodendron are given. 

Kali phosphoricum: General 

exhaustion and depressed after Flu. 

China: Debilitated after the Flu. 

Gelsemium: Continue to feel dull, 

apathetic, heavy and trembly even after 

acute flu symptoms have passed. 

7. More than the Sum of our Physical 

Parts 

Understanding Stress: the Key to Good 

Homœopathic Prescribing 


There is almost unlimited help 

available in the homœopathic medicine 

chest for life’s multitude of stresses 

whether the stress is physical, emotional or 

mental. 

It is always important to think about 

the stresses that which preceded the illness 

developing - in yourself or those close to 

you. 

Case 1: David, suffered from mild but 

annoying cough and cold every winter 

from the age of three until seven. He had 

been treated but without relief. Careful 

observation revealed that winter caused it, 

cold, wet weather. He is generally sensitive 

to cold and always needed wrapping. 

Smelly, sweaty feet, shy and sensitive. 

Silica 6 three times daily. By day four, his 

cough and runny nose cleared.

Case 2: 78-year-old female 

complaining of burning pain when she 

urinated; incontinence. She was getting up 

every hour at night to urinate. Recurrent 

UTI in the past but this time the tests were 

clear. She suffered from food poisoning at 

a party and lost control of her bowels and 

was mortified with embarrassment. She 

was forgetful of late. 

After few doses of Baryta carbonica 

30, she slept well, burning and 

incontinence cleared and started enjoying 

her life again. 

8. My top Ten Stressbusters 


The indications are tabulated under 

heads - Remedy, Stress, Summary and 

Keynote symptoms - for Aconite, Arnica, 

Arsenicum, Coffea, Gelsemium, Ignatia, 

Kali phos, Nux vomica, Phosphoric acid, 

Staphysagria and Rescue remedy. 

9. Stress isn’t all bad! 

ROTHENBERG, Amy (HT. 24, 

1/2004) 

How we handle stress and what we do 

to minimize it are important factors in 

many of the illnesses homœopaths treat. 

Understanding the cycle of stress and the 

pathology it generates helps the author to 

the correct remedy. The nature of the 

stress itself is less important than the 

individual response to it. 

Sheila, a 45-year-old lawyer working 

80 hours a week, suffering from severe 

CostoChondritis. Constant sharp pain in a 

small area. Worse in the middle of the 

night. Minimal improvement with 

Chiropractors and Physical Therapists. 

Job expectations causing tremendous 

anxiety and in turn pain worsens. Worried 

about her own death and insomnia. 


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Kali carbonicum 200, one dose. Six 

weeks later, milder episodes and feeling 

much better. Sleep improved dramatically. 

Anxiety reduced. Six months later flare up 

and another dose. For next two years no 

problem. 

Through her own efforts, her work 

with a counselor and her constitutional 

homœopathic treatment, she recognizes her 

early signs of too much stress and acts by 

cutting back at work and doing things that 

help her relax. 

Stress isn’t all bad - it’s what we do 

with it and how we use it that counts! 

10. The Stress of Chronic Illness 

Homœopathy helps a Debilitating Case 

of Crohn’s disease 

PAPSO, Cindy (HT. 24, 1/2004) 

Long-term chronic illness affects all 

aspects of a person’s life - family 

relationships, social life, finances, physical 

activities, sleep, energy and moods. 

David, 32, with Crohn’s disease of 10 

years, with sudden, watery and bloody 

diarrhoea was accompanied by ‘never 

done’ sensation and a feeling of ‘openness’ 

of rectum. Stools 10-30 times a day. < by 

spicy food and fruits. Feverishness and 

chills before stools as well as dry cough. 

Pain, stiffness in joints and muscle 

tightness of back on waking or after 

getting chilled. 

At 19, he coughed up blood and on 

extraction of wisdom teeth, had bleeding 

for 3 days. 

Phosphorus 30. After 4 weeks, 

frequency of diarrhoea began to diminish. 

After 3 months, no back or joint pain, 

occasional episode of diarrhoea with fever 

and at six months rare episodes. 

Phosphorus 30 every 3-4 weeks. 

After nine months, all the symptoms of 

Crohn’s disease abated. He started playing 

and injured hamstring. The author 

recommended the Feldenkrais Method, as

she did not want to interfere with an 

additional homœopathic remedy. 

David, after two years, takes 

Phosphorus 30 whenever he has a bout of 

mild feverishness which in the past was a 

precursor. [Would higher potencies of 

Phosphorus have ‘Cured’ the condition? = 

KSS]. 

11. A Case of Traumatic Emotional stress 

MESSER, Stephen (HT. 24, 1/2004) 

Judy, 45, being treated for life long 

Depression and Bulimia, stemming from 

severe sexual and emotional abuse in her 

childhood. She made great strides over the 

year, significantly with Phosphorus. 

Unfortunately after series of traumatic 

events she looked horrible. She was 

severely dehydrated, given intravenous 

drip and Phosphoric acid as she was 

depleted and emotionally flat. 

Few days later looking better but was 

experiencing intense terror with a feeling 

that she will die in 5 minutes. Sensation of 

blood being cold. Aconite 10M every two 

hours until better and then to take as 

needed. Next day she reported 50% better 

and slept well. She started eating and 

drinking normally. In the next two weeks 

she took Aconite as and when needed. 

Steady improvement. 

12. Top Ten Remedies for Loss and Shock 


For the treatment of acute loss and 

shock, the indications for Aconite, Arnica, 

Aurum metallicum, Causticum, 

Gelsemium, Ignatia, Natrum muriaticum, 

Opium, Phosphoric acid and Pulsatilla are 

given. 

13. Ankle Sprain: Taking the Right Steps 

OWEN, Jonice (HT. 24, 1/2004) 

Jim, 40 twisted right ankle outside his 

mother’s home after visiting her and 


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planning to stay elsewhere for which he 

felt guilty. He thought his injury might 

have been emotionally related. Arnica 30 

several times for 2 days, followed by Rhus 

tox 30 several times for 2 days. They 

helped little and sprain remained. 

Strontium carbonicum 30, three times a 

day for three days or until the swelling 

subsided. Strontium carbonicum covered 

the ‘anxiety of conscience’ (guilt) also. 

Three days later pain and swelling 

completely subsided. If you sprain your 

ankle, remember to: Protect, Rest, Ice, 

Compress and Elevate. 

Inserting shoe cushions take pressure 

off the joint when walking or standing. 

Therapeutic massage can help the joint, 

ligaments and muscles to recover its 

motility and stability. 

Stretching gently before and after 

exercising is mandatory after a sprain to 

avoid re-injury and prevent chronic 

stiffness. 

The indications for six sprain remedies 

- Arnica, Bryonia, Ledum, Rhus 

toxicodendron, Ruta and Strontium 

carbonicum - are given. 

14. Toilet training made easier 

DOOLEY, Timothy R. (HT. 24, 

3/2004) 

There are a lot of factors involved in 

toilet training. The readiness of the child, 

the comfort of the environment and the 

attitude of the caregivers all make a 

difference. Toilet training must be 

tactfully encouraged and never forced. 

Case: Carmen, 3 years old, already 

toilet trained but suddenly regressed and 

was experiencing extreme fear and anxiety 

about using a toilet and fear of actually 

passing the stool. Mother thought it was 

more related to the new baby sitter and not 

getting enough time with her.

She also began to crave salt and startle 

easily from noises. Natrum muriaticum 

brought back normalcy for about a month 

and then regression and not responding to 

subsequent doses. Now she was having 

many fears and anxieties and craving sugar 

and sweets. The Paediatrician opined that 

it was painful, hard stool and aversion to 

this pain was causing everything else and 

recommended stool softeners for at least 

six months to allow Carmen to forget the 

painful experience of passing stool and to 

allow time for her colon to contract so that 

the stool will be smaller. 

The case was reconsidered and 

Argentum nitricum was given and then no 

fears and anxieties and no toilet problem 

for many months [How is this healing vis a 

vis stool softeners for 6 months! 

Homœopathy is placebo therapy? = KSS] 

15. Natural remedies for Colic 

ROTHENBERG, Amy (HT. 24, 

3/2004) 

To treat babies with colic, the 

indication for Chamomilla, Pulsatilla, Nux 

vomica, Lycopodium, Colocynthis, 

Magnesium phosphoricum and Ignatia are 

given. 

Some naturopathic recommendations 

are also given. 

16. Baby boy avoids surgery 

Severe acid reflux healed with 

Homœopathy 


Ethan, five-month-old baby boy with 

Gastro-Esophageal Reflux Disorder since 3 

weeks of age. Vomiting 1-3 hrs after 

every feed. Consultation with many 

paediatricians did not help and he was 

scheduled to have exploratory surgery. 

Sour vomiting. Grunting before 

vomiting and at other times. Hard stools 

once a week. Sleeps on back with his arms 


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and legs spread-eagled. He loves being 

outside in fresh air. 

A single dose of Pulsatilla 30. One 

week later, no vomiting. He was trying to 

crawl for the first time. He didn’t grunt. 

Daily bowel movements and soft stool. 

Two more doses as and when needed 

were given and he was thriving and had 

not needed any further treatment. “There 

is nothing more satisfying than watching a 

baby stop in mid-scream as the pellets 

touch their tongue – or in this case, nothing 

more rewarding than averting surgery on a 

five-month-old baby. When Homœopathy 

works on an infant, it always affirms for 

that our remedies are really not placebo!” 

17. A 7-week-old total fusspot … and his 

mother 

GAHLES, Nancy (HT. 24, 3/2004) 

Infants can communicate only through 

crying and other body language. So the 

cardinal rule is to take the case of the 

mother. Understanding the state of the 

mother at conception and during 

pregnancy and delivery is often crucial to 

find the remedy for the child. 

Nicholas, seven-weeks-old, liked to be 

held over the shoulder and walked around. 

Sleeps little and wakes up screaming. 

Looks angry and fearful all the time. 

Easily startled. Doesn’t like to be touched. 

Mother revealed that he was a surprise 

conception and she was in shock. During 

the pregnancy she was told that she could 

have a Stroke and die. There was lot of 

fear. 

Nicholas was born three-and-a-half 

weeks premature, with low oxygen and 

low blood sugar. 

Chamomilla 30 did not help. The child 

was “cross, almost mean”. Cina 30 and he 

was better immediately – his mood, his 

sleep, everything. He never needed 

another dose.

18. Castle turrets in the gums 

Teething babies 


Case 1: Jacob, a plump nine-month-old 

baby, drooling copiously and screaming 

every now and then in pain. Has 4 teeth 

and several “castle turrets” in his gums: 

big, red, swollen bumps of teeth trying to 

come through for several months now. 

Wants to be carried the whole time and has 

been coughing a lot. Chamomilla given 

many times seemed to help for a short 

time. 

Calcarea carbonica XM, based on 

slow, difficult, painful dentition, cough 

during dentition and salivation. 

A week later, Jacob is sleeping well, 

not coughing and no need of another dose. 

Case 2: Luke, two-year-old, sweaty 

head and feet, loved boiled eggs, and 

taking ages to bring each tooth out and 

producing diarrhoea, coughs and colds all 

the while. 

Calcarea carbonica helped him. At 

age 2 all four back molars trying to erupt at 

the same time. Very painful and could not 

sleep because of pain and cold turning into 

Bronchitis. Many remedies did not help 

and he had been sick for about 10 days. 

Search through Reference Works for 

very painful teething and cough during 

dentition produced 8 remedies and 

Kreosotum fitted Luke’s state. A dose of 

200 and his cough cleared overnight, his 

health stabilized and he returned to his 

former sunny self. All four teeth came 

through within days! 

Indications for Aconite, Belladonna, 

Calcarea carbonica, Calcarea 

phosphorica, Chamomilla, Kreosotum, 

Magnesia muriaticum, Magnesia 

phosphoricum, Phytolacca, Pulsatilla, 

Rheum and Silica are given. 


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19. A toddler with Hand, Foot and Mouth 

disease 

POWERS, Donna (HT. 24, 3/2004) 

Rebecca, 27 months old, having great 

difficulty in nursing because of very painful 

sores inside her mouth. Developed rash on her 

feet, knees and buttocks. Blisters on the inside 

of lower lip and inner cheek, as well as palms 

and back of hands. She is cuddling more and 

desired apples. 

Antimonium tartaricum 30 hourly, 3 

doses. 

Within minutes, her mood changed 

remarkably and fell asleep. Within three 

hours, she was nursing. The symptoms 

disappeared in the opposite order in which 

they appeared. 

A week later, very loose rattly cough, no 

mucus was coming up and infact, this was how 

the whole illness had begun. 

Antimonium tartaricum repeated and 

within 3 hours her cough completely 

disappeared. 

20. Homœopathy and Dreams: Functions 

or Purposes of the Dream 

SCHEPPER, Luc De (AJHM. 97, 

4/2004) 

Dr. De SCHEPPER catalogs a wide 

variety of dreams, describing both their 

psychodynamics and their great utility in 

analyzing clinical cases homœopathically. 

Several options of purposes are 

presented. 

1. Showing repressed and suppressed 

feelings, 

leading mainly to parallel dreams. 

2. Resolving a long-lasting painful issue. 

3. Showing the shadow side of the patient. 

4. Showing the action of the simillimum 

5. The next prescription appears. 

6. Showing the patient’s real-intentions or 

feelings 

7. Showing the active miasmatic state. 

8. Showing the diagnosis and prognosis

9. Showing the etiology 

10. Prospective dreams 

11. Reductive dreams 

12. Reaction dreams 

21. Anxiety and Depression 

SHANNON, Tim (SIM. XVII, 4/2004) 

69 year-old female, a childhood 

survivor of a concentration camp 

presenting with chronic panic attacks. 

Awakened easily by a feeling of being 

scared to death. Tightness and constriction 

at the chest and throat. Panic in closed 

places and small rooms. Shaking and 

suffocating during panic attacks. Bad 

dreams about horses. 

Headaches and sick feeling after milk. 

Always cleaning. 

Lac equinum 200. Five weeks later, 

anxiety better. Sleep better. Intensity of 

panic and tightness less and relapse since 3 

days. Lac equinum 200 weekly once. 

Six weeks later – Still doing well. Lac 

equinum 1M for possible use. 

5 months later, was advised Gall 

bladder surgery for pain and she was 

agitated about the Cancer possibility. Lac 

equinum 1M, one dose a week. 

3 months later, did not undergo surgery 

and no need of medicine since 2 months. 

Note: The author feels that the patient 

clearly had the “signature” of the substance 

she needed and these types of cases are 

thirty per cent in his practice. 

22. Miasms: The I.C.R. View 

VELJANOVSKI, Jim (SIM. XVII, 

4/2004) 

The author explains about the Miasms 

as viewed by I.C.R., Mumbai and from 


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other sources. We can regard the theory of 

Miasms as HAHNEMANN’s scientific 

approach to the classification of Chronic 

Diseases (as illustrated by ROBERTS, 

1942) to facilitate homœopathic 

prescribing. Miasms, from that part of 

view, are just figments of imaginations; 

they are not real, since they cannot be 

demonstrated in a patient; Miasms are 

inferential, they owe their existence to our 

acceptance of a theoretical explanation of a 

certain phenomena, which are observable 

and hence real. The symptoms are real, 

their miasmatic interpretation, theoretical 

(DHAWALE 1994). Using this method; 

Miasm theory becomes an integral part of 

every prescription, a real aid at the 

bedside, not merely a theoretically 

confusing concept. 

23. A Case of Atopic Nummular 

Dermatitis 

MEHER, Subhash (CCR. 11, 2/2004) 

9-year-old girl with Atopic Nummular 

Dermatitis in her extremities and buttocks 

since 3-4 years, not responding to the 

conventional treatment. The eruptions 

were vesiculo-pustular, suppurating, 

bleeding, burning, scaly, cracked, scratchy, 

erythematous, circular lesions. Itching < 

night, > uncovering. Appetite ravenous. 

Bowels constipated. 

The child looked very sad. She was 

irritable, obstinate, intelligent, abusive. 

Fearless, except for 

darkness. Grinding teeth in sleep. Craves 

appreciation. 

Pneumonia at 6-month age, Measles at 

3 years. 

Several remedies were given over a 

period of 20 days without desired result. 

Case retaken. The mother suffered much

forsaken feeling during the pregnancy; fear 

of being deserted or that life will be ruined, 

fear of poverty. 

The child was now very ill but putting 

up without complaining. She was chilly. 

Psorinum 200 followed by Hepar 

sulphur 6, then 200. 

Report a month later. Child 

completely well. 

24. Bronchitis due to Failure of Love 

MAMGAIN (CCR. 11, 2/2004) 

23-year-old young lady with Bronchitis 

since 5 years. No improvement with 

allopathic treatment. 

She was deeply affected when her 

parents did not accept her marriage with a 

boy whom she loved. She became easily 

affected by change of climate. Caught 

cold easily. Sneezings, dyspnoea, craving 

for salt, Vertigo, great weakness. 

Hyoscyamus 200, Natrum muriaticum 

200, Tuberculinum 200, Arsenicum album 

30. 

Fully restored. 

25. A Case of Dysuria 

MAMGAIN (CCR. 11, 2/2004) 

46-year-old lady, Dysuria since 7 

years; very scanty, deep yellow urine. 

Obese, copious sweat, body cold, clammy. 

Cramps in calves < walking, night; 

tenderness right calcaneal bone since two 

years. 

All joints painful. Right-sided 

headaches. Feels puffed up. 

Plumbum 200 repeated at suitable 

intervals made her urination normal. 

Still under treatment for other 

complaints. 

26. Varicose Ulcer 

MAMGAIN (CCR. 11, 2/2004) 


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Case 1: 50-year-old male, Varicose 

Ulcer about 3" above right malleolus. 

Varicose veins +. Copious bleeding from 

the ulcer. Large area around the skin, 

black discoloration. Itching all around the 

ulcer. 

Lachesis 30 t.d.s. for 4 days. Rapid 

improvement. Lachesis 200 at longer 

intervals. Improved. 

Case 2: 33-year-old male with Varicose 

Veins of left leg, swollen. Recurrent 

Varicose Ulcer above left ankle inner side. 

Skin all around dark. Ulcer is painless and 

no profuse bleeding. 

Heavy feeling in abdomen; much flatulence. 

Carbo vegetabilis M followed by 

Lachesis 200 at ‘long-interval’. Lachesis 

continued and in three months there was 

very good improvement. 

27. Retro Calcaneal Bursitis 

MAMGAIN (CCR. 11, 2/2004) 

57-year-old male, pain left heel since 

six months. Diagnosed Retro Calcaneal 

Bursitis. 

No relief with conventional treatment. 

Cyclamen 30, then 200, M followed by 

Mercurius M, Rhus toxicodendron 30. 

Completely cured. (Follow up 18 years, 

remains cured) 

28. Trauma 

MAMGAIN (CCR. 11, 2/2004) 

First case is of a woman, 45, who 

suffered a fracture treated by Surgeon, but 

wound healing was wanting because of 

which skin grafting could not be done. 

Silicea healed rapidly after which the 

grafting also was done successfully. 

A boy of 12 fell from the first floor on 

to the roof of the ground floor (10 feet) and 

suffered head injury. The usual Surgical, 

neurological treatments helped some way

ut did not regain consciousness. He was 

discharged with very poor prognosis. 

Remedies as indicated by the symptom - 

Kali bichromicum (Cough, ropy 

expectoration), Alum. (Constipation), 

Conium, later Arnica made him recover 

over a period, to normalcy. 

Two cases of girls, 8 years age, who 

both had fish bone stuck in the throat, in 

the evening. Silica 30 relieved the pain in 

half an hour. No further troubles at all. 

29. Uterine Fibroids: A Clinical Study with 

USG Follow-up 

GUPTA, Girish et al (NJH. 5, 3/2003) 

217 cases of Uterine Fibroids (single and 

multiple) were registered and treated. These 

were followed up. Timely diagnosis with 

Ultrasonography followed by homœopathic 

treatment showed excellent response in 

significant number of cases avoiding surgery. 74 

patients were cured, 21 were best improving, 

showing more than 50% reduction in the size of 

Fibroid. 64 showed significant improvement, 31 

maintained status quo 

and 21 did not improve. The overall results of 

this study are encouraging. 

149 cases were of single Fibroid, 26 two 

Fibroids and 40 multiple Fibroids. Married 

women were more prone to Fibroids than 

unmarried. Occurrence was maximum between 

age 21-50. Maximum (120) were between 36-50 

year age, 89 between 21-35 year age. 

Nulliparous and multiparous were more 

prone to Fibroids in comparison to those with 

one child. 179 patient were from urban and 27 

from rural. 

30. Cancer 

DHAR, Bansi and BHATNAGAR, 

Pankaj 

(NJH. 5, 3/2003) 

Misuse of homœopathic medicines at 

the hands of untrained, unqualified or illequipped 

homœopaths can equally result 

or bring about adverse effects beyond 


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repair or reversal. Few case reports have 

been given. 

Trauma is an important exciting cause 

of Cancer. Cancer of Gall bladder is due 

to constant irritation by the stones on the 

inner lining of the Gall bladder. 

Cancer of Prostate due to repeated 

trauma to prostatic path of urethra. 

Glans penis gets traumatized if the 

cervix of the female is hard or soft. 

Breast Cancer due to trauma to the 

breast. 

Side effects of Chemotherapy: Nausea 

and vomiting, Alopecia, Depression and 

Anxiety, Altered Growth, Impaired 

fertility, Insomnia, Loss of weight. 

31. Aggravation 

MAMGAIN (CCR. 11, 2/2004) 

Male, with recurring Stye (single Stye 

always). Someone had given him 

Staphysagria 30. The patient took the 

remedy indiscriminately and in two weeks 

he consumed 4 vials of 5ml bottles 

globules. Developed several Styes both 

eyes, the lids were studded fully with 

Styes, some suppurating, some in process 

of developing. Camphora 30 and soon all 

the Styes vanished permanently. [An 

interesting question arises from this. A 

30 th potency has no molecule and far 

beyond the Avogadro number. With 

nothing ‘material’ in the 30 potency is it 

capable of ‘producing’ a ‘pathology’ such 

as Stye? In the ‘Provings’ (ref. 

Encyclopaedia of T.F.ALLEN) there is no 

Stye produced in the course of the 

‘Proving’. There is no indication whether 

the Provers took the mother tinctures or 

low potency etc. If a 30 of Staphysagria 

can produce Stye it would mean that it is 

not placebo effect. That it was 

Staphysagria 30 which produced the crops 

of Styes is beyond doubt since the antidote 

Camphora succeeded in averting the

further aggravation and also cured the 

‘tendency to get Styes’. = KSS] 

Acute Sore Mouth, whole mouth raw 

and painful was given Carbolic acid 30 

t.d.s. Patient reported that he was rid of 

the complaints but insisted for some more 

of the medicines and six more doses were 

sent with two doses of this there was 

recurrence of the complaint and worser 

than it was at first. Placebo given and he 

became well. [In the Staphysagria case 

above, antidoting was done and patient got 

over the aggravation and ‘cure’ of the 

ailments also. In this case of Carbolic acid 

no antidote was given but the aggravation 

came down by itself and patient was free 

from the complaints. Is it that the 

aggravation was not by the pathological 

organisms but only a ‘tendency’ and on 

stopping the medicine, the tendency also 

went away? = KSS] 

32. Allergy to Wood 

MANN (CCR. 11, 2/2004) 

35 year-old Carpenter who suffered 

“allergy” to a particular wood which 

affected his earnings. 

Based on SEHGAL method, Sepia 30 

one dose was given and he rapidly 

improved and he did not suffer “allergy” 

after that even though he worked with the 

same wood. 

33. Vocal Cord Paralysis – Zincum 

metallicum 

MHAMANE, Vaibhav K. (CCR. 11, 

2/2004) 

75 year-old man whose voice was 

hardly a whisper due to paralysis of the 

Vocal Cord. His work in a cloth mill 

involved blowing into a contraption 

constantly. 

He was found constantly moving his 

legs. While Causticum, Kali carbonicum, 


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Zincum metallicum, Phosphorus came up 

in repertorisation, Zincum 200 was given 

and the patient began to improve promptly. 

34. A Case of Dysfunctional Uterine 

Bleeding 

MHAMANE, Maeesha (CCR. 11, 

2/2004) 

42 year-old female; since 8-9 months 

heavy bleeding p.v., profuse. Bright red 

clots, Protracted 10-15 days, intermits 4 

days and again bleeding. Allopaths treated 

4 months; advised hysterectomy. 

Sudden stiffness in any part of body 

with pains. Headache severe; < sour, 

tension, spicy food, vomiting, > tight 

binding. Irritable. Lightning before eyes 

as if sparks. 

Lot of worries, stresses. Anaemic. 

Kali carbonicum 200. Phosphorus 200 

for acute. 

35. Lachesis. 

SINGH, Bhupinder (CCR. 11, 2/2004) 

48 year-old female, became vindictive, 

swore to kill her husband since he was 

having an illegitimate affair with another 

woman and lied to her. She also swore to 

kill the other woman. 

Lachesis. (Remedy Selection on 

‘SEHGAL method’) 

36. Phosphorus 

SINGH, Bhupinder (CCR. 11, 2/2004) 

This is a case of a ‘childless’ couple. 

Phosphorus the woman became pregnant. 

[This case too has been prescribed on 

SEHGAL Method. The ‘rubrics’ selected are 

beyond comprehension of a normal homœopath. 

It seems that one must have a wild and bizarre 

thinking to work with this method. = KSS.] 

37. A Case of Wilson’s Disease 

MISTRY D.E. (NAMAH. 12, 1/2004)

A six-year-old boy diagnosed of Wilson’s 

Disease. Wilson’s Disease is an inherited, 

autosomal recessive disorder that results in 

abnormal copper metabolism, causing excessive 

copper to be deposited in several organs leading 

to damage in their respective functions. The 

predominant clinical features are symptoms of 

serious hepatic disease, neurological damage, 

dementia, haemolysis, osteoporosis and renal 

tubular damage. The observation of Kayser- 

Felischer sign in the eyes is characteristic of this 

particular disease. 

In this case the child was brought in an 

advanced stage and despite the best under the 

circumstances (Nux vomica and then 

Antimonium tartaricum), he passed away. 

38. Homöopathische Behandlung von 

Krebserkrankungen durch der Allgemeinarzt 

(Homœopathic Treatment of Cancer patients 

by General Practitioners) 

MATEU-RATERA, Manuel 

(AHZ. 249, 5/2004) 

This very interesting article discusses 

the experience of 6 General Practitioners in 

the homœopathic treatment of Cancer. 

A retrospective observation study of 72 

patients suffering from Cancer in their own 

consultations. Good effect of 

Homœopathy was observed in Stages I and 

II, in some cases full remission, in Stages 

III and IV, a palliation in about half of the 

cases, especially reduction of pain. The 

significance of family history is exposed. 

The paper ends with 5 exemplary cases. 

The article discusses many aspects – 

the kinds of Cancer, results of 

conventional treatment, the cases that may 

be treated with Homœopathy combined 

with the Conventional Therapy, whether 

there is a pre-cancerous state, whether 

patients under homœopathic treatment for 

some other ailments are not free from 

contracting Cancer, whether there is a 

Cancer Miasm, the beneficial effects of the 

‘Plussing’ method, etc. 


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The relevance of BURNETT, ELI 

JONES, CLARKE, Robert COOPER, 

GRIMMER, RAMAKRISHNAN is also 

discussed. 

39. Erfahrungen bei der Krebsbehandlung in der 

Clinica Santa Croce (Orselina, Schweiz) 

(Experiences in Cancer treatment in the 

Clinic Santa Croce) 

TAKÁCS, Miklós (AHZ. 249, 5/2004) 

This article again documents homœopathic 

treatment of Cancer in Clinic at Santa Croce, in 

Orselina, Switzerland. 

The article says how Dr. Dario 

SPINEDI got the facility in the Santa 

Croce Clinic to treat Cancer patients and 

how Dr. SPINEDI and his team of 

dedicated Homœopathy doctors treat. 

The planning, the methodology, the use 

of the Q potency (50-millesimal potency) 

and its excellent results are detailed. 

The rare application of the D Potency 

(where an ‘Organ remedy’ is considered 

necessary) or still rarer ‘mother tincture’ 

are used in exceptional circumstances; but 

the Q and C Potencies are the normal. 

The treatment of pains, treatment of 

iatrogenous disorders, palliative measures, 

the question of dosage, psychological 

support to the seriously ill, the role of other 

therapeutic methodologies, along with 

Homœopathy, the co-operation with the 

specialist Oncologists are all briefly given. 

The ‘model’ adopted in the St. Croce 

clinic in the treatment of Cancer is well 

worth consideration 

by hospitals where homœopathic treatment 

are proposed. 

40. Homöopathische Behandlung von 

Krebs in der Allgemeinarzt praxis 

(Homœopathic Treatment of Cancer in 

General Medical Practice) 

KUHLMANN-CUSTODIS, Frank

(AHZ. 249, 5/2004) 

This again is a very interesting article on 

homœopathic treatment of Cancer by a General 

Medical Practitioner. 

The author studied with Dr. Alfons 

GEUKENS who taught that irrespective of 

the name of the diagnosis, be it Cancer, 

individualize and treat. Be flexible in that 

that every case is singular and therefore 

take the case and find the appropriate 

medicine for the patient at that time in the 

life of the patient from our Materia 

Medica. 

Few cases of Cancer treated by the 

author explains. 

41. Using Vital Sensations to Connect the 

Disturbed Vital Force and the 

Simillimum 

An Example of the Use of Vital 

Sensations in Practice 

BAKER, Jeff (HL. 16, 4/2003) 

A case to illustrate a somewhat ‘new way’ of 

practising Homœopathy according to Rajan 

SANKARAN’s latest teaching. 

In the new approach the idea is to go 

from the specific to the broad, to build the 

edifice of the case upon the chief or 

presenting complaint. 

The author says that excellent results 

are much more consistently obtainable and 

along with that, confidence in how to 

proceed in the management of cases is 

greatly enhanced, since the correct remedy 

has been mapped from two directions and 

then reconfirmed. 

Case: 56-year-old lady with very 

sharp, stinging, pain in the medial aspect 

of left upper chest. Pain feels like several 

probes of stinging. Feels this could be 

something serious and would have to have 

a different life. Father was very violent. 

Husband a negative person. When he 

yells, it is like an assault. “By living with 

him I feel I am settling some account of 

Karma”. 


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Analysis: Easy movement from one 

complaint to another, from one subject to 

another and expression of complaints using 

sensations indicates plant kingdom. 

The vital sensation of stinging, sharp, 

probes and jabs come under the family of 

Araceae. 

The feeling that she has to live with the 

problems, accept things as they are and 

lead a rather restricted life indicates 

Sycotic Miasm. 

The remedy for the Sycotic Miasm in 

the family of Araceae is Caladium 

seguinum. 

A dose of 200 th potency was given. 

Brief aggravation, followed by an 

extra-ordinary response. Significant 

improvement was obvious in all her 

physical complaints. She was even finding 

it somewhat easier to cope with her 

husband. 

Eight months follow-up is given. 

This method gets its impetus directly from 

dissatisfaction with failures in practice. [This 

seems to be in accordance with Rajan 

SANKARAN’s latest theory. In this case, the 

author ends his report “Although the results, 

thus far, are impressive, I believe my patient has 

still a long way to go, but I do not see another 

remedy in the horizon. In two or three more 

years, she should be much more healthy…” Does 

this mean that the patient is only partly cured? 

There is no reference to the Materia 

Medica or Proving. The Guiding 

Symptoms mentions ‘stinging’, ‘stitching’ 

pains. 

The patient is still as at time of 

reporting the case not completely free of 

her ‘sharp’ feeling in the upper area of the 

chest, not so frequent as when she came to 

the doctor first. = KSS] 

42. Insight into § 84 

Voluntary Detail … its Meaning and 

Importance

SHETYE, Prasad S. & 

KHARIWALA, Falguni K. (HL. 16, 

4/2003) 

A person’s individuality is expressed 

through the language he uses and through it we 

reach to the innermost essence of where the 

individual is stuck … where his ‘state’ is stuck. 

A man aged 49 years, consulted in 

1990 with severe Osteoarthritis of the knee 

joints since 5 years, after his daughter 

eloped with a muslim boy. He was very 

angry as he had a ‘generational’ hatred 

towards muslims. Earlier he was religious, 

now not so as he felt let down by God. 

Angry form contradiction and throws, 

breaks things in anger. “I have a strong 

feeling that I have supported everyone but 

everyone has bitten me like a snake.” 

Crepitations in knee joints. Severe 

acidity and nausea after fatty food and very 

severe cough < 3 a.m. since 8 months. 

Left sub-mandibular lymphadenitis. 

The expression ‘bitten by a snake’ is 

interpreted as Delusions, deceived being 

which is there in Drosera and Ruta in the 

PHATAK’s Repertory. 

Delusions, persecution – for his 

feelings towards his brother. 

Drosera 200 on 25 th March 1990. 

Two weeks later, pain knees better and 

his cough disappeared. 

A month later, No knee pain. No 

crepitations. 

Two months later, cough since 2 days 

as he smoked. Severe Sinusitis with pain 

and tenderness above the eyes and green 

nasal discharge. Drosera 1M and reported 

consistently better. In the next 6 years, 

Drosera 10M and 50M infrequently. Later 

Sulphur as his totality of state changed. 

The case explains what is said in § 84: 

how a case is taken, how to listen without 

interruption, etc. etc. 


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43. Alice 

KOSTER, Dick (HL. 16, 4/2003) 

Alice, 42-year-old woman with 

trembling hands, alternating with pain in 

her hands. Can’t hold anything and drops 

with a feeling of weakness, a diminished 

muscle strength. Feet tremble while 

driving and restless feeling in feet. 

Became gloomy with the trembling. 

Lolium temulentum 200. Five days 

later, the trembling worse for a day or two 

and then hands became more and more 

quiet. No usual Migraine, Vertigo, better 

by closing the eyes and a cold stiffening of 

her arms and legs, both existing before the 

remedy was given. One dose to be taken 

when necessary. 

Seven months later, frequent Migraine 

and trembling of hands. She panics easily, 

is restless and feels powerless on the left 

side of the body. Third dose. 

After 18 months, headache more often. 

Now she tells about her clairvoyance since 

childhood and feels the pain from other 

people and her sympathetic nature and 

about people dependent on her for help. 

Guilt feeling because of leading a dualistic 

life for directing choir at church and using 

her special power to help others, which 

will not be accepted by the church. 

Fourth dose and a month later a dose of 

1M. 

Three months later, no headache. 

Comfortably calm. The details about this 

plant are discussed and other grass 

remedies are mentioned. [The author has 

used 25 rubrics – Mac Repertory and 

Complete Repertory. This is rather a 

mechanical method. = KSS] 

44. Medorrhinum – a Remedy for Modern 

Children Management of Allergic and 

Nervous Children

GNAIGER-RATHMANNER, Jutta & 

BÖHLER, Mirjam (HL. 16, 4/2003) 

This is the lecture at 56 th Congress of 

LIGA in 2001. This is regarding the 

successful prescription of Medorrhinum in 

42 cases during the period 1988 to 2000, 

37 of them children. Various tabular 

columns of the cases regarding distribution 

of age, frequency of prescription, 

diagnoses, birth and infantile development 

and related remedies are given. 

The author concludes Medorrhinum is 

a remedy for wide range of allergic or 

atopic children. 

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IV. PHARMACOLOGY 

1. Homöopathie und Phytotherapie 

(Homœopathy and Phytotherapy) 

GRIMM, Andreas (ZKH. 48, 4/2004) 

2. CERES AG Schweiz und ALCEA 

GmbH Deutschland Die Verbindung von 

Homöopathie und Phytotherapie 

(CERES AG Switzerland and ALCEA 

GmbH Germany. The blending of 

Homœopathy and Phytotherapy) 

UNDORF, Klaus (ZKH. 48, 4/2004) 

A medicinal plant as such is neither 

homœopathic nor phytotherapic, but it depends 

upon its preparation. Similarly the ‘mothertincture’ 

if it is prepared in same manner. In 

the case of phyto-therapeutic application the 

preparation will be from dry plant parts, while 

in respect of homœopathic it will be from fresh 

plant parts. However we cannot obtain fresh 

plant, we will use the dry ones (e.g. Cinchona 

bark). Only when applied in accordance with 

the Laws of Similarity, it becomes homœopathic. 

CERES uses a specially constructed 

apparatus for squeezing out the plants, 

pressing, etc., ethanol extraction and 

trituration. 


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A review of the history of 

homœopathic remedy manufacture shows 

the long path from HAHNEMANN’s in 

the manufacture and dosage of remedy 

from the ‘moderate’ prescribing (1796), to 

the minute-long succussion (1801) to the 

exact preparation of the 50,000 potencies 

in the Organon VI (1842). Between these 

was big time gap of intensive work, the 

remedy preparation and dosage 

instructions continuously improved. 

A great deal of care goes into 

producing CERES and ALCEA mother 

tincture. Space and Time (the most 

important principles underlying the effect) 

are at the focus of attention in preparing 

medicinal plants. Pharmacological studies 

have shown that the fresh plant tincture 

most probably constitutes the most 

effective form of preparation of medicinal 

plant medication and the most efficient 

way of taking the medication. This is 

based on the observation that the space 

between the molecules of the active 

ingredient, which are filled with watery 

alcohol, has a significant effect. The same 

thing applies with respect to the factor 

time: grinding the medicinal plants in a 

slow, correct rhythm with a mortar and 

pestle leads to a sustained stabilization of 

the fluid structure, thus enhancing the 

effectiveness of the mother tincture. 

Mother tinctures of CERES and ALCEA 

are probably the only mother tincture in 

the world, which conform not only to the 

currently applicable, simplified HAB 

(Pharmacopæia) methods - they are also in 

full conformity with the original HAB 

methods. 

V. RESEARCH 

1. Rapid Induction of Protective 

Tolerance to Potential Terrorist

Agents: A Systematic Review of Low- 

and Ultra-low Dose Research 

SZETO A.L.; ROLLWAGEN F. and 

JONAS W.B. (HOMEOPATHY, 93, 

4/2004) 

Objective: To systematically review 

the literature on the ability of low-dose 

(LD) and ultra-low-dose (ULD) toxin 

exposure to prevent and treat biological 

and chemical threats. 

Methods: Laboratory research articles 

on protection or treatment from LD or 

ULD exposure for the 13 high-risk 

chemical and biological warfare threats 

were collected and systematically 

evaluated for quantity and scientific 

quality using pre-defined methodological 

criteria. 

Results: Over 2600 articles were 

screened. Only five studies met the 

inclusion criteria examining stimulation 

and protective effects of LD- or ULD- 

exposures to the 13 pre-identified 

biological and chemical agents. The 

quality evaluation (QE) of these studies 

was above average with a mean QE score 

of 70.6% of maximum. Two articles of 

fair to good quality reported both 

protective and treatment efficacy from 

exposure of 

animals or humans to LD- and ULD- 

exposures to toxins of risk in biochemical 

warfare. 

Conclusion: There is little research on 

agents of biological and chemical warfare 

investigating the possible use of LD- and 

ULD- toxins for protection and treatment. 

The existing literature is generally of good 

quality and indicates that rapid induction 

of protective tolerance is a feasible but 

under-investigated approach to bioterrorist 

or biowarfare defense. In our opinion, 

further research into the role of induced 


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protection with LD- and ULD- toxic agents 

is needed. 

2. Homœopathic Proving Symptoms: 

Result of a Local, Non-local, or 

Placebo Process? A Blinded, Placebocontrolled 

Pilot Study 

WALACH H.; SHERR J.; SCHNEIDER R.; 

SHABI R.; BOND A. and RIEBERER G. 


Background: Homœopathic 

pathogenetic trials (HPTs) (provings) are 

the pillar of Homœopathy. Symptoms 

experienced by healthy volunteers are used 

to find the correct medicine for therapy. It 

is unclear whether these symptoms are 

specific or due to placebo noise. 

Furthermore, it is uncertain whether 

proving effects, if present at all, are due to 

a local or non-local process. 

Objectives: To develop a test model 

which allows for testing if homœopathic 

proving symptoms are caused by placebo 

or causative mechanisms, and if these 

symptoms are due to local or non-local 

processes. 

Design: Randomised, blinded, 

placebo-controlled, parallel-group study, 

with 1-week baseline and 2-weeks proving 

period. 

Subjects: 11 healthy volunteers from 

two different homœopathic schools. 

Proving substance: A homœopathic 

medicine (Cantharis 30), blindly chosen 

from 12 potential medicines, compared to 

placebo. 

Outcome measure: Number of 

symptoms typical for the medicine in the 

experimental and control group during 

baseline and proving period. 

Results: During baseline there was no 

difference in the number of typical or 

atypical symptoms in either group. During 

the proving period, both more typical 

symptoms for Cantharis (P=0.03) and 

more atypical symptoms (P=0.02) were

observed compared to baseline. Betweengroup 

differences were not significant. 

Effect sizes for the difference between the 

proving and control group for typical 

symptoms was d=0.4, and for atypical 

symptoms d=0.6. 

Discussion: This proving model could be 

valuable in studying the validity of proving 

symptoms of homœopathic substances in 

healthy volunteers. 

Conclusion: Homœopathic proving 

symptoms appear to be specific to the 

medicine and do not seem to be due to a 

local process. Since this was a pilot study 

using a small number of provers, rival 

hypotheses cannot be ruled out and the 

study needs replication. 

3. The Placebo-controlled Trial as a Test 

of Complementary and Alternative 

Medicine: Observations from Research 

Experience of Individualised 


WEATHERLEY-JONES E.; 

THOMPSON E.A. & THOMAS K.J. 


The authors’ experience of conducting 

clinical trials in Homœopathy and 

analysing data from these has drawn 

attention to a fundamental problem with 

the interpretation of results from placebo 

controlled trials in Homœopathy: It is not 

reasonable to assume that the specific 

effects of homœopathic medicine and the 

non-specific effects of consultations are 

independent of each other - specific effects 

of the medicine (as manifested by patients’ 

reactions) may influence the nature of 

subsequent consultations and the nonspecific 

effects of the consultation may 

enhance or diminish the effects of the 

medicine. 

For clinical trials of Homœopathy to be 

accurate representations of practice, we 


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need modified designs that take into 

account the complexity of the 

homœopathic intervention. Only with such 

trials will the results be generalisable to 

homœopathic practice in the real world. 

The authors propose that comparative trials 

are a meaningful way of evaluating the 

effectiveness of homœopathic treatment. 

[All the tests for evidence are generally 

modelled after the Hegemony Medicine - 

Allopathy. ‘Medicine’ is taken to 

exclusively mean the Allopathic System. 

All the other time-tested, people-friendly, 

less cumbersome, far less cost, noninvasive 

methodologies are lumped 

together as ‘Complementary Medicine’, 

‘Alternative Medicine’. For two hundred 

years, if not more, Homœopathy has been 

curing, including many so-called 

incurables. As many years since there 

have been enough and more ‘evidences’, 

but they are not accepted. Ever and more 

repeatedly ‘evidence’ is demanded. In this 

very journal there have been, over the 

years, several papers published to 

‘evidence’ yet in this journal again such 

papers are published. = KSS] 

4. Repertory and the Symptom Loquacity: 

Some Results From A Pilot Study on 

Likelihood Ratio 

RUTTEN A.L.B; STOLPER C.F.; 

LUGTEN R.F.G. and BARTHELS 

R.W.J.M. (HOMEOPATHY, 93, 

4/2004) 

Treatment outcome in a pilot study 

indicates that it is possible to assess 

likelihood ratios of homœopathic 

symptoms. Entries in Repertory rubrics 

can be validated, but must still be handled 

carefully. Prospective research is the only 

acceptable way. Software to support this 

research must be carefully designed to 

export correct data.

5. Effect of Atropa belladonna and 

Echinacea angustifolia in 

Homœopathic Dilution on 

Experimental Peritonitis 

PEDALINO C.M.V.; PERAZZO F.F.; 

CARVALHO J.C.T.; MARTINHO 

K.S.; MASSOCO C de O and 

BONAMIN L.V. (HOMEOPATHY, 

93, 4/2004) 

Atropa belladonna and Echinacea 

angustifolia have been used in 

Homœopathy as modulators of 

inflammatory processes, in simple potency 

or ‘accord of potencies’, as recommended 

by homotoxicology. We evaluated their 

effects on leukocyte migration and 

macrophage activity induced by 

experimental Peritonitis in vivo. Mice were 

injected (i.p.) with LPS (1.0mg/kg) and 

treated (0.3ml/10g/day, s.c.) with different 

commercial forms of these medicines. 

Echinacea angustifolia D4 – a simple 

potency preparation – and Belladonna 

homaccord, Belladonna injeel, Belladona 

injeel forte, Echinacea injeel and 

Echinacea injeel forte- all in ‘accord of 

potencies’ – were tested. 

The association of Atropa belladonna 

and Echinacea angustifolia in ‘accord of 

potencies’ produced an increase of 

polymorphonuclear cell migration 

(Kruskal-Wallis, P=0.03) and a decrease 

of mononuclear cell percentages (Kruskal- 

Wallis, P≤ 0.04), when compared with 

control, mainly in preparations containing 

low potencies. The proportion of 

degenerate leukocytes was lower in the 

treated groups, compared to a control 

group (P≤ 0.05). The treated groups 

showed increased phagocytosis (P≤ 0.05), 

mainly in preparations containing high 

potencies. Our results suggest that Atropa 

belladonna and Echinacea angustifolia, 

when prepared in ‘accord of potencies’, 

modulate peritoneal inflammatory reaction 


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and have a cytoprotective action on 

leukocytes. 

6. On the Dynamics of Water Molecules 

at the Protein Solute Interfaces 

BERNINI A.; SPIGA O.; CIUTTI A.; 

CHIELLINI S.; MENCIASSI N.; 

VENDITTI V. and NICCOLAI N. 


Proteins, with the large variety of 

chemical groups they present at their 

molecular surface, are a class of molecules 

which can be very informative on most of 

the possible solute-solvent interactions. 

Hen egg white lysozyme has been used as 

a probe to investigate the complex solvent 

dynamics occurring at the protein surface, 

by analysing the results obtained from 

Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, X-ray 

diffractometry and Molecular Dynamics 

simulations. A consistent overall picture 

for the dynamics of water molecules close 

to the protein is obtained, suggesting that a 

rapid exchange occurs, in a picosecond 

timescale, among all the possible hydration 

surface sites both in solution and the solid 

state, excluding the possibility that solvent 

molecules can form liquid-crystal-like 

supramolecular adducts, which have been 

proposed as a molecular basis of 'memory 

of water'. 

7. A Preliminary Audit Investigating Remedy 

Reactions Including Adverse Events in Routine 

Homœopathic Practice 

THOMPSON E.; BARRON S. and 

SPENCE D. (HOMEOPATHY, 93, 

4/2004) 

Homœopathic medicines are regarded 

as safe but practitioners report several 

types of healing or remedy reactions 

including aggravations, new symptoms and 

recurrence of old symptoms, some of 

which could be regarded as side effects or

unwanted effects. Some remedy reactions 

may be regarded as adverse events. 

Audit Questions: Do such reactions 

occur within our unit, and if so, how 

frequently? Do patients regard these events 

as “adverse”? 

Methods: The audit was carried out in 

the Bristol Homœopathic Hospital 

Outpatient Department. All patients were 

given a questionnaire to complete when at 

their first follow-up consultation approx 6- 

10 weeks after their first appointment. 

One hundred and sixteen patients were 

sampled over a 2-month period. 

Results: Reactions were frequent: 28 

out of the 116 (24%) patients, experienced 

an aggravation. 

Thirteen patients (11%) reported an 

adverse event even though 5 of those were 

patients who also reported an aggravation 

followed by an overall improvement of 

their symptoms. Thirty-one patients 

described new symptoms (27%) and 

21(18%), a return of old symptoms. Those 

experiencing the latter appeared to have 

better outcomes. 

Conclusions: Remedy reactions are 

common in clinical practice; some patients 

experience them as adverse events. 

Systematically recording side effects 

would facilitate our understanding of these 

reactions and would enable standards to be 

set for audit of information and patient 

care. 

8. Homœopathic Treatment of Radiationinduced 

Itching in Breast Cancer 

Patients. A Prospective 

Observational Study 

SCHLAPPACK O. (HOMEOPATHY, 

93, 4/2004) 

Following surgery for Carcinoma of 

the breast, patients receive local 

Radiotherapy. This can cause itching, 


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which may be severe, in the radiation field. 

The affected skin usually is dry, rough and 

red. Twenty-five patients were treated 

homœopathically for radiation-induced 

itching. Fourteen patients developed 

itching during their course of postoperative 

radiation at 27 days median 

(range: 14-40). Eleven patients 

experienced itching in the radiation field 

after completion of treatment (median 21 

days) after the end of their radiation 

treatment. A single dose of an individually 

selected homœopathic medicine in 30 

dilution was given in the clinic, on the 

basis of repertorisation. Patients were 

asked to record a visual analogue scale 

(VAS) before prescription of the 

homœopathic medicine and at follow-up. 

Patients were evaluated at median 3 

days (range: 1-27 days) after 

administration of the homœopathic 

medicine. In total, 14 of 25 patients (56%) 

responded to the first medicine. Nine 

patients had a second medicine, seven 

responded. Altogether 21 of 25 (84%) 

patients were successfully treated. The 

following medicines were employed 

successfully: Fl-ac 9/13, Rhus-t 3/5, Caust 

2/3, Ign 2/2, Psor 2/2, .γ.-ray 2/2 and Kalibi. 

1/1. The VAS measurements before 

and after homœopathic treatment showed a 

reduction of the median value of 64 mm 

(range: 20-100mm) to 34 mm (median; 

range: 0-84mm). Homœopathic treatment 

of radiation-induced itching appears quite 

successful. The most frequently indicated 

and most frequently effective medicine 

was Fluoric acid. An 

approach that allows greater understanding 

of the patient as a whole in the short time 

available in a busy clinic may be required. 

Three cases are presented. 

Case 1: 62-year-old woman with Stage 

1 Breast Cancer and Post-operative

adiation of right breast. The skin is dry, 

hot and itchy 3 . Worse at night because of 

warmth of bed clothes and hot flushes. > 

by cold water. Fagopyrum 30. 4 days 

later, no change. Fluoric acid 30. 3 days 

later, 60% better. 


1 Cancer of right breast, reported itching of 

irradiated skin on the 30 th day. The skin 

was dry, red and itching and better by cold 

application. Fluoric acid 30 and itching 

stopped after 4 hours and has not come 

back. 


0 Cancer of left breast. The nipple of the 

irradiated breast hurt and itched. Skin was 

rough and itching cold shower. 

Fluoric acid 30. Next day no change. 

Rhus tox 30. Three days later, substantial 

improvement. 

9. Research suggests Homœopathy is 

Clinically Effective (HT. 24, 2/2004) 

There is a growing body of research 

demonstrating that Homœopathy does work! 

The following is a compilation of major studies 

from the past two decades. 

Hay Fever and Allergic Asthma 

Results from a group of researchers in 

Scotland have shown homœopathic 

preparations effective in the treatment of 

Allergic Asthma and Hay Fever (Lancet, 

1986 and 1994). Their most recent study 

in the British Medical Journal (2000) 

showed that Hay Fever sufferers given a 

homœopathic preparation had a 28% 

improvement in nasal airflow compared to 

placebo. 

Influenza and Fibrositis 

Homœopathy has also been found 

effective for the treatment of Influenza 

(British Journal of Clinical 

Pharmacology, 1989) and Fibrositis 

(British Medical Journal, 1989). 

Diarrhea 

The May 1994 issue of Paediatrics 

published a randomized double-blind 


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clinical trial showing Homœopathy 

effective in the treatment of acute 

childhood diarrhea. This was the first 

study of Homœopathy published in a 

mainstream peer-reviewed American 

Medical Journal. Since that time, the 

authors have published a second study 

confirming these results in the Journal of 

Alternative and Complementary 

Medicine (March 2000). 

Head injury studies 

A study in an AMA publication, 

Archives of Otolaryngology Head and 

neck Surgery (August 1998), found that a 

homœopathic medicine produced a 

reduction in symptoms that was equivalent 

to conventional medicine in the treatment 

of patients with vertigo. The National 

Institutes of Health Office of Alternative 

Medicine funded a double-blind, placebocontrolled 

study on the homœopathic 

treatment of mild traumatic brain injury 

which found a significant improvement in 

some of the measures used. (Journal of 

Head Trauma Rehabilitation, December 

1999) 

Miscellaneous studies 

More recently, a study of Homœopathy 

for Acute Otitis Media in children found a 

significant decrease in symptoms within 

the first 24 hours of treatment. (Pediatric 

Infectious Disease Journal, February 

2001). There have also been several 

studies showing no difference between 

Homœopathy and placebo in the treatment 

of dental pain (British Medical Journal, 

1995), muscle soreness in long-distance 

runners (Clinical Journal of Pain, 1998), 

and Rheumatoid Arthritis (Rheumatology, 

2001). 

Meta-analyses 

A meta-analysis combining results 

from the two diarrhea studies above and a 

third pilot project found highly significant

esults (Pediatric Infectious Disease 

Journal, 2003). 

The Lancet (1997) published a 

comprehensive review of 89 double-blind 

and placebo-controlled studies on 

Homœopathy. On average, those patients 

who were given a homœopathic medicine 

were 2.45 times more likely to experience 

a therapeutically beneficial result than 

those patients given a placebo. 

The British Medical Journal (1991) 

published a meta-analysis of 107 clinical 

trials of Homœopathy; of the 22 bestquality 

studies, 15 showed positive results 

in conditions such as Hay Fever, Influenza, 

Migraine headache, Trauma, and duration 

of delivery. 

The nature of remedies 

Several different physical-chemistry 

techniques have reproducibly 

demonstrated that, despite the lack of 

source molecules at dilutions beyond 

Avogadro’s number (at potencies higher 

than 12C), homœopathic remedies 

prepared with succussion do possess 

measurable ordered differences in their 

solvent structure compared with plain 

solvent (Journal of Alternative & 

Complementary Medicine, 2003; Annals 

of the New York Academy of Sciences, 

1999; Physica A: Statistical mechanics 

and its applications, 2003). 

200 years of use 

Homœopathy has stood the test of time 

with literally millions of satisfied patients 

world-wide. More research will surely 

further confirm its efficacy. 

10. The General Iteration Theory of 

Homœopathic Potentisation 

The Iterative Paradox of Potentised 

Remedies 

ZOEBL, August (HL. 16, 4/2003) 


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The General Iteration Theory shows the 

(quantum) physical basis of potentising and 

explains how there can be effects when there is 

no substance and why potentised remedies: 

• Get amplified despite dilution 

• Do not follow the Law of Mass Action 

• Are independent of Avogadro’s 

number 

Iteration – is a process where in a 

feedback loop the result of the last step 

becomes the initial condition of the next so 

that at the end of the process all preceding 

steps are contained in the final result. 

Iteration is a well-known process in 

Chaos Theory and Quantum Physics with 

its non-linear equations. 

11. Avogadro’s Number and Homœopathy 

MOROZOV A. (HL. 16, 4/2003) 

Experimental data show that dissolving 

substrate changes a chemical composition 

of impurities in a solvent and these 

changes are specific for dissolving 

substances. Due to this fact, an organism 

can ‘know’ about the appearance of a 

dangerous compound in the environment 

before-hand by changes in impurities in the 

basic component of the environment 

(water, air, food). Homœopathic 

potentisation disrupts the link between 

excess concentration of a dangerous 

substance and changed composition of 

impurities. As it is shown in the 

experiments, the changes in patterns of the 

components of impurities are presented in 

very low concentrations, when even single 

molecules of a primary substance are 

absent. Hence, the reaction of the 

organism on the changed pattern of 

components of impurities in a 

homœopathic remedy is a response to the 

absence of a toxic agent in a remedy. 

12. Improving the Success of Homœopathy – 4 

Or Why is it so difficult to prove how good 

we are?

KOSTER, Dick (HL. 16, 4/2003) 

The author explores the various possibilities 

of why we are not able to prove the effects we see 

in daily practice and suggests that we should be 

looking more for the things we don’t know and 

explore our terra incognita, filling in all the 

white spots instead of proving how good we are. 

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VI. HISTORY 

1. A Sound and Reliable Witness: 

Wilhelm AMEKE 

MORRELL, Peter (AJHM. 97, 

4/2004). 

This short piece brings to the attention 

of others the useful work of Wilhelm 

AMEKE from his little known book A 

History of Homœopathy. Being out of 

print for over a century and hard to obtain, 

this useful text illuminates 

HAHNEMANN’s life in a fresh and 

masterful way. This is an interim piece 

Mr. MORRELL compiled recently for 

some lectures, and which will be extended 

as time permits. In due course, it is hoped 

that the full text of AMEKE might be 

placed online where all can admire its 

many gems. This selection mostly focuses 

upon AMEKE’s description of 

HAHNEMANN’s views on many clinical 

matters and snippets regarding the origin 

of Homœopathy. It also highlights what is 

unusual, important and remarkable in his 

character as a physician. [It would be a 

great service if the work of AMEKE is 

placed ‘on line’ = KSS] 

VII. EDUCATION 

1. Keeping Homœopathy Education 

Relevant 

Searching for Issues 


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HOWDEN, Ian (HL. 16, 4/2003) 

The potentially radical idea floated in 

this paper is that ‘contemporary’ 

Homœopathy students need a broader 

education and include Naturopathy, Herbal 

medicine, Phytotherapy, Massage and 

Nutrition. This can only strengthen our 

understanding and practice of our 

discipline. 

The author encourages students to find 

examples of the principle ‘like cures like’ 

in fields 

beyond the boundaries of Homœopathy as 

found in Biomedicine – Hormesis and in 

Systems Theory – Harmonics. 

The corroboration of the information in 

Materia Medica from the nonhomœopathic 

world is another aspect of 

this paper. Information about each remedy 

gleaned from Science, Mythology, Popular 

culture and many other sources has been 

given in the recent publication of ‘Prisma’ 

(VERMEULEN, 2002). 

The author concludes homœopathic 

education must continue to encourage a 

spirit of enquiry in order that the valuable 

additions to our knowledge from other 

disciplines may be used to enhance our 

field. [HAHNEMANN has said that the 

curative powers of a medicine can be 

known only by proving what that medicine 

is capable of producing in a healthy 

person; and in no other way. Imaginations, 

stories etc. will only be ‘junk’ information 

in so far as homœopathic therapeutics is 

concerned. = KSS] 

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VIII. GENERAL 

1. Fontane und die Homöopathie 

(FONTANE and Homœopathy)

SAUERBECK, Hare Otto (AHZ. 249, 

6/2004) 

In FONTANE’s works Homœopathy 

plays a great part where medical actions 

are described although the author himself 

had not used Homœopathy for himself. He 

does not make any allusion to 

Homœopathy in his verses. But he speaks 

of it in his Novels with exact knowledge 

(FONTANE was an Apothecary) of the 

primitive traditional Homœopathy of 

female herbalists in “Der Stechlin”, and as 

well as HAHNEMANN’s doctrine in 

“Unwiederbringlich” (irremediable). He 

takes into consideration more points of 

view than the other writers of his time. 

The reader is much impressed of his 

discussions and portrayal of the persons 

and discusses them, though all seem, at 

first sight, as small-talk uttered in Society 

for pastime. The present day reader sees 

that Homœopathy occupied the Victorian 

Age. 

2. Stress-proof your daily life 

OWEN, Jonice (HT. 24, 1/2004) 

To help build a strong immune system 

that can deal with everyday stresses more 

easily, the author who is also a Chiropractitioner 

suggests the following 

reminders. 

- Daily exercise is essential to disperse 

Adrenaline 

- Breathing deeply and evenly 

- Eat good food in moderation. Cut out 

refined, processed foods. Cut caffeinated 

and carbonated drinks. 

- Before sleep turn off all phones and 

leave TV and Computer outside the room. 

- Proper posture will decrease stress to 

your muscles and reduce wear and tear on 

your joints. Follow the rule of 90-degree 

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- Worn out shoes cause bio-mechanical 

problems. 

- Build some relaxation time into your 

everyday. 

- Limit TV time before bed. 

3. We need a remedy 

SMITH, Jennifer and JENSEN, Carol 

(SIM. XVII, 4/2004) 

Technology and other discoveries have 

accelerated many aspects of our lives and also 

catapulted us into uncharted territory. The 

practice of Homœopathy has remained steady 

but with different techniques of prescribing. 

What has not held steady is the 

acceptance or non-acceptance of it as a 

legitimate medical practice. 

The authors appeal to the homœopaths 

to prove the legitimacy by offering in what 

they are good at to the profession. 

4. Future Psychology – A New Paradigm 

of Man 

PANDEY, Alok (NAMAH. 11, 

4/2004) 

In the latter part of the 20 th century 

arose new paradigms in many aspect of life 

including and mostly on the health and 

well-being of mankind. Understanding the 

past, the future and the lessons to be learnt 

and further elevation have been subject of 

many thinkers including the great 

physicians from Erwin SCHROEDINGER 

to EINSTEIN and further. 

In India we have great thinkers in this 

area and one of the foremost is Sri 

AUROBINDO. The author of this article 

Dr. Alok PANDEY is a Psychiatrist and 

Editor of the journal NAMAH (New 

Approaches to Medicine and Health). 

In the recent years homœopaths of 

repute have shown great interest in 

Psychology. 

In this interesting article Dr. PANDEY 

says that while in the past Psychology

focused on Man’s atavistic, unconscious 

past, the yogic wisdom of India focuses on 

the Super Conscious that hold’s one’s 

potentialities that are yet to manifest. At 

any moment in Time, man is not only 

propelled by the 

unconscious forces of the nadir but also 

influenced by the superconscient forces of 

the zenith. A Psychology of the future is 

needed to span the hierarchies of 

Consciousness. 

5. The Individuation Process and Care of 

the Self 

JOHNSTON, David (NAMAH. 12, 

1/2004) 

The author is a clinical Psychologist 

practicing Jungian. 

This paper is about the care of Self. It 

is observed that there is an evolution of 

consciousness and that, today, we are 

being asked to make a quantum leap in 

consciousness. Some comments on the 

contemporary ‘spirit of the times’ and its 

pathology, are made. Then JUNG’s path 

of individuation which has two aspects, 

one involving the search for vocation and 

surrender to a higher will and the other 

involving Alchemy and in-depth 

transformation of Nature with the goal of 

realizing the chthonic (of, belonging to, or 

inhabiting the underworld) Spirit. 

6. Health Management 

PANDEY, Alok (NAMAH. 12, 

1/2004) 

This small article is based on the 

Philosophy of Sri AUROBINDO and the 

MOTHER. 

Can an individual take care of his or 

her own health? Nowadays, it is certainly 

in vogue. Health is in our own hands. 


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This article discusses the various aspects of 

health management with an in-look. 

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IX. BOOKS 

1. Homœopathic Diagnosis: 

HAHNEMANN through 

BÖNNINGHAUSEN by George 

DIMITRIADIS, Hahnemann Institute 

Sidney. 2004. ISBN 0-646-43380-6. 159 

pages Paperback. $79 (AU). Review by 

George GUESS. (AJHM. 97, 4/2004): 

“The goal of the homœopath in pursuit of 

the suitable homœopathic diagnosis is to 

identify symptom(s), which when 

sufficiently defined in all of its essential 

characteristics, accurately reflects the 

essential nature of the patient’s disease 

process….” 

“Part One - Conceptual” covers many 

additional aspects of the history, 

construction, conceptualization and 

application of the Therapeutic Pocket 

Book of BŒNNINGHAUSEN (TBR). 

Part two – Practical, provides a large 

number of case studies analysed 

using the TBR and cases in which remedy 

concordances helped identify the 

simillimum.” 

The case taking approach is the precise 

definition of the chief complaint or complaints, 

which itself alone (or in conjunction with one or 

two concomitant symptoms) - again, if 

adequately expressed - serves to sufficiently 

represent the patient’s illness. 

This book is ripe with fascinating 

clinical observations and an example is his 

resurrection of the utility of sequence of 

febrile symptoms in achieving accurate 

remedy selection. 

In analysis DIMITRIADIS ranks 

highest those remedies displaying both the 

highest number of rubrics and surprisingly

the greatest consistency of remedy grading 

through the rubrics chosen. 

The book closes with three interesting 

appendices - “The sources of our Materia 

Medica,” “Primary and Secondary 

Reactions”, and “Facsimiles: The 

Repertorial lineage of TBR”. 

“I strongly recommend this book to all 

practicing homœopaths and homœopathic 

students. I believe that it will some day be 

regarded as a classic homœopathic text. 

“Homœopathic Diagnosis” is a work of 

impeccable scholarship and a perfect 

companion piece to TBR, almost essential, 

in my opinion for the proper application of 

TBR”. 

2. Homœopathy: How it Really Works 

by Jay W. SHELTON Amherst NY: 

Prometheus Books. 2004. Paper back 

(6"x 9") 319 pages. ISBN 1-59102-109 – 

X $ 22. Review by George GUESS. 

(AJHM. 97, 4/2004): “If your belief in the 

curative efficacy of homœopathic medicine 

is at all fragile, be wary of reading this 

book! It should, perhaps, be more aptly 

named “Homœopathy; Does it really 

work?” ... He questions the precision with 

which we can reliably attribute a symptom 

to the remedy as opposed to other factors, 

bringing into focus the especially 

improbable assertion that everything that 

transpires in a proving subject is the result 

of the remedy (an 

assertion I have doubted for some time)” 

[One’s doubts are endless. One who has 

read HAHNEMANN’s own Cinchona 

Proving will see how he, HAHNEMANN, 

concluded that whatever transpired after 

his taking the infusion of the Peruvian bark 

were due to that only. Moreover, 

according to our understanding whatever 

that transpired which were unusual, 

uncommon, in so far as that Prover was 

concerned alone were reckoned as 

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HAHNEMANN’s method. He asked 

question “to the left and right” and after 

ensuring that these symptoms came up 

only after taking the proving medicine, he 

entered them. Whether this same 

exactitude can be said of latter day 

Provings and more so of the Provings with 

the medicine packet under the pillow or 

symptoms from holding a vial (of Proving 

substance) in hand, is an open question. 

The “fringe Provings” are not 

Homœopathy, let us be clear about it. = 

KSS] 

3. New Lights: Lectures on Homœopathy and 

Philosophy, Dr. E.S. RAJENDRAN, published by 

Mohna Publications, P.B. No. 1, Kayanna (P.O.) 

Calicut – 673526. Rs. 500/- Review by D.E. 

MISTRY (CCR. 11, 2/2004): “This is a book in 

which Dr. RAJENDRAN has given a collection 

of a series of lectures which he has been doing 

for homœopathic students and postgraduates. … 

However it is a book that should be read very 

slowly though senior practitioner may well find 

it fit to omit the chapters on Philosophy and 

evolutionary history.” 

4. Teachings – Psychiatric Patients – Pure 

Classical Homœopathy by Andre SAINE. B. Jain 

Publishers (P) Ltd. 2004. Rs. 300/- Review by D.E. 

MISTRY (CCR. 11, 2/2004): “The publishers 

have brought out in one bound edition both 

parts of Dr. SAINE’s book. In Part I, which 

runs up to 336 pages deals entirely with 

psychiatric patients. … He begins his psychiatric 

lectures by a full article on what is known as the 

HERING’s Law and he has attempted not only 

to understand the Law but has attempted to find 

out how psychosomatic diseases fit in HERING’s 

Law. ... In every chapter Dr. SAINE gives 

examples of cured cases by GRIMMER, 

BULLER and others … In Part II which is pure 

classical Homœopathy covering almost 179 

pages, he has repeated his chapters on 

HERING’s Law and has then given 

classification of symptoms, presenting symptoms 

of the disease and the aspect of skin eruptions at 

the end of the cure. ... deals with case taking, 

case analysis and case management with 

relevant quotations from various aphorisms of 

the Organon. He has specifically mentioned 

paragraphs that deal with dissimilar diseases, 

treatment of severe acute situations, and 

different stages of infectious diseases and

different indispositions. Here he has mentioned 

many case reports. ... Part III of this section 

deals exclusively with evaluation of symptoms. 

… an excellent book for all of us to read which I 

think we should read again and yet again.” 

5. The Homœopathic Proving of Lac maternum. 

HEATHERLY, Patricia. Amamusus 

Publications 2002. Є22. Review by HARRY van 

der Zee. (HL. 16, 4/2003): “Lac maternum is 

made from the milk of nine women collected 

from day three to ten months following 

parturition. 

In her book, she starts by giving information 

on milk and the change in its constituents during 

the lactation period. 

The second and major part of the book is 

about the proving. Five themes: 

• Disconnection between the Spirit and the 

physical body 

• Alternating states and sides 

• Confusion of mind 

• Indifference; detachment 

• Heightened senses; sensitive to. 

The author then continues with a synthesis 

of 

Tinus SMIT’s picture of Lac maternum.” 

X. NEWS & NOTES 

I. In the Editorial (ZKH. 48, 4/2004) 

Klaus HOLZAPFEL refers to the increased 

interest in von BŒNNINGHAUSEN’s 

Therapeutic Pocket Book, in the recent 

years. The modern repertories have 

become so voluminous and contain several 

errors and it is felt by many that von 

BŒNNINGHAUSEN is more dependable. 

In so far as KENT Repertory is concerned 

much errors that crept into the translations 

from German to English, and also the 

Therapeutic Pocket Book itself from 

which KENT drew much contained many 

errors. In the recent past PATEL’s version 

of KENT Repertory carried out many 

errors pointed out in the several issues of 

the ZKH. as well as correction to SR. and 

SY. The interpretations given by 

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in the KENT as well as in the SR has 

motivated a careful examination of the 

correctness of the entries in the several 

repertories extant. 

With regard to the revision of the 

Therapeutic Pocket book much doubts 

have to be cleared. For example, 

BŒNNINGHAUSEN prescribed to many 

during his tours of the countryside and 

whom he did not meet further, how far 

these can be ‘verified’? He also repeated, 

or followed with other remedies at short 

intervals, gave intercurrent remedies, had 

‘fixed’ course of remedies - series, followup, 

etc. How much of these can be taken 

into the Repertory? 

Confusions in remedy names, grades, 

etc. must be cleared; after these 

corrections, KENT could be taken up. 

II. In a Letter to the Editor Klaus 

HOLZAPFEL refers to some 

interpretations of SEHGAL (LANG, in 

ZKH. 48, 3/2004. p 141-142). The 

symptom ‘alert’ is based on the Proving 

Symptoms Nos. 83, 91, 94 in 

Encyclopaedia of T.F. ALLEN, which is a 

response to crude doses of Opium. As far 

the rubric ‘Recognises everything but 

cannot move’, this too needs to be 

examined with the proving and verified 

symptom complex. 

III. A prize of Є1000 has been announced 

for a single person or group for significant 

contribution for research on 

HAHNEMANN’s life, establishment of 

Homœopathy as an acknowledged curative 

method, popularization of Homœopathy 

through interdisciplinary scientific work. 

This Prize is in celebration of the 250 th 

year of birth of the founder of 

Homœopathy, Dr. Christian Fredrich 

Samuel HAHNEMANN and offered by his 

birth town Meissen. The Prize is of the 

Porcelain manufactury “Großer Meißner

Globulus” funded by the State Porcelain 

Manufacturers Meißen. 

The relevant recommendation should 

be not more than two A4 size pages and 

should be sent before 31.01.2005.” (ZKH. 

48, 4/2004) 

IV. The Board of Directors of NCH 

congratulates Julian WINSTON for 

completing 20 years as Editor of 

Homeopathy Today. (HT. 24, 1/2004) 

V. Remedies prepared according to the 

methodologies peculiar to Homœopathy 

can be called ‘homœopathic’ only if they 

have been prescribed according to the Law 

of Similars and have cured the patient. 

From the Editor … Julian WINSTON (HT. 

24, 1/2004) 

VI. Flu Vaccine Facts. The Flu vaccine is 

prepared from the fluids of chick embryos 

inoculated with specific types of Influenza 

virus. It only protects against the three 

specific viral strains that are included in 

any given year’s Flu vaccine. 

The most common reactions which 

begin within 12 hours of vaccination are 

fever, fatigue, painful joints, and headache. 

The most serious affection is Guillain- 

Barre Syndrome. 

Vulnerable groups for serious 

complications from Flu are pregnant 

women and the elderly. 

A Live-virus Nasal Flu Vaccine was 

approved in June 2003 for healthy people 

between the ages 5 and 49. This nasalspray 

vaccine is squirted up the nose and 

contains a diluted, live virus that could 

endanger people with weak immune 

systems. (HT. 24, 1/2004) 

VII. Promoting Homœopathy at the Grassroots 

(HT. 24, 2/2004) National Center for 

Homœopathy (NCH) was founded in 1974 and is 

not-for-profit. It has the largest grassroots 

membership in US. The magazine Homeopathy 


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Today published by NCH is widely read and is 

available online. More than 150 study groups are 

affiliated to NCH. NCH conducts annual 

conferences with plethora of homœopathic experts. 

NCH conducts weekend and week-long summer 

school courses. NCH Website – 

www.homeopathic.org. 

VIII. Homœopathy – it’s 

transformational! From the Editor Julian 

WINSTON, (HT. 24, 2/2004) The visit to 

Dr. Raymond SEIDEL in 1971 changed 

the life of Julian WINSTON. The first 

transformation was the realization that 

non-dependence on many over-the-counter 

drugs, as the conditions went away after 

homœopathic medicine and never came 

back. 

The second transformation was that he 

slowed down. Gained new tolerance for 

people whom he used to find annoying. 

Homœopathy changed his outlook and his 

life. [I’m sure that many of us will aver to 

this = KSS]. 

IX. Whereas much has been written from 

time immemorial on the heroism of 

partisans in war and epics have been 

written, the fact remains that much cruelty 

and wanton destruction happen in any war. 

HAHNEMANN said war is a disease. The 

world has seen the brutality of Hydrogen 

and Plutonium bombs on Hiroshima and 

Nagasaki. We read of the destruction by 

Napam bombs in the Vietnam War. And 

now in the Iraq war the criminality of 

using the White Phosphorus! (See The 

Hindu, Nov. 23, 2005) Documentary 

broadcast was made in the Italian Network 

RAI called Falluja: The Hidden 

Massacre. “It claimed that the corpses in 

the pictures it ran showed strange injuries, 

some burnt to the bone, others with skin 

hanging from the flesh … The faces have 

literally melted away, just like other parts 

of the body. The clothes are strangely 

intact.” White Phosphorus is an illegal 

weapon.

How can one be so heartless, so 

vicious! And who are the ‘scientists’ who 

do such researches as to produce such 

horrendous weaponry? No scientist worth 

his salt should be a party to such 

inventions. = KSS 

X. Most money does not come from just 

armament sale, which seems to be 

America’s main industry, but by creating 

scares of epidemics. For example, says 

Maneka GANDHI in her article ‘Fear 

Factor’ (The New Sunday Express, Dec. 

11, 2005) “Bird Flu, the latest scare 

“perpetrated by the American government 

and the Pharmaceutical companies.” She 

writes - “In eight years since the H5N1 

Virus was supposedly detected in poultry 

birds, 53 people have died - 37 in Vietnam, 

12 in Thailand and 4 in Cambodia. Seven 

thousand people the world over are struck 

by lightning-strike. [As many thousands 

still die of Typhoid = KSS] Are 54 deaths 

an epidemic - or worse still a Pandemic?” 

Billions of dollars are amassed by the 

Pharmaceutical Companies which hold the 

patent for so-called vaccinations against 

‘Bird Flu’. Many of the high level 

members of the Government in America 

are in the Pharmaceutical trade. For each 

vial of the ‘vaccine’ Tamiflu sold there is 

royalty. “WHO warns of human Flu 

pandemic. How many cases reported in 

Europe so far by WHO? Not one. The 

only thing that is mutating is the 

propaganda line, and the resulting fear 

factor.” 

So where do all these point to? 

Money-making by simply creating a panic. 

And the ‘scientific’ community play along 

with these people! 

XI. Surviving The Monsoon, Kalpana 

SHARMA (The Hindu, Chennai, 17 June, 

2005): In the remote rural areas and tribal 

hamlets there is no access to health care as 


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such especially to the poor. It is these 

people who need health care the most, but 

in fact are deprived of it. Some NGOs 

have been doing very dedicated service in 

these areas, quietly. 

During the monsoon season, there is a 

spurt in the number of child deaths, 

especially of infants within the first 28 

days of their birth. The Infant Mortality 

Rate (IMR) is 68 per 1000 live births at 

present. 

Decentralised health care seems to be a 

good answer to the rural health problems. 

This involves local women. Accredited 

Social Health Activists (ASHAs), as they 

will be termed. 

The pioneers in this work is the doctor 

couple Rani and Abhay BANG, and their 

organization, Society for Education, 

Action and Research in Community Health 

(SEARCH) based in the tribal-dominated 

Gadchiroli district. 

Recognising the problems, the BANGs 

trained village women as Village Health 

Workers (VHWs). It was observed that it 

was neonatal mortality that was pushing up 

the IMR figures. One of the crucial factors 

causing death, apart from Asphyxia during 

the birthing process and low birth weight, 

was Pneumonia. 

The BANGs work has reduced the 

mortality significantly. Their work was 

recognized internationally. 

The one important factor that has a 

particular bearing on rural health mission, 

in the experience of the BANGs is the 

selection Of Village Health Worker 

(VHW), selection of the right person 

“probably the single most important 

decision for ensuring success at the 

community level”. The BANGs involved 

the community in selecting the VHWs. 

The VHWs were all women. They were 

well-trained. Supervision every 15 days

was built into the programme. The 

VHW’s salary was pegged at an amount 

marginally higher than what she could earn 

as an agricultural labourer. This ensured 

that only the poorer women applied for the 

job. They were trained in routine ailments 

even in adults and not just in infants. 

By picking up and training women 

from the villages where the problem 

occurs, the BANGs have shown a practical 

way to deal with the problem of lack of 

access to health care. [It is high time that 

the Homœopathy practicing community 

rises up to the occasion and provide similar 

health care in rural areas, with 

Homœopathy. Don’t we have young 

talents, committed to the welfare of the 

poor who need the health care the most. 

And is not Homœopathy the most cost 

effective? = KSS] 

XII. Health care and Homœopathy. 

Where do we fit? (HT. 23, 10/2003, 24, 

1/2004): ‘Notes from the Board of 

Director’, NCH says that homœopathic 

community is composed of numerous 

constituencies, each with its own agenda 

and needs; “in this way it is not dissimilar 

to the way it was in the 1880s” [When 

Constantin HERING passed away = KSS] 

Paul STARR in his 1984 Pulitzer prize 

winning book The Social Transformation 

of American Medicine while analyzing 

the rise and fall of Homœopathy in the 

U.S. says that “divisions within the 

homœopathic school caused a crisis of 

identity - with some homœopathic 

practitioners becoming too politically 

extreme to communicate to the rest of the 

medical world and others being slowly coopted, 

eventually evolving into allopaths 

themselves”. 

Several questions are raised by the 

‘Board of Directors’ of the NCH of 

licensing of Homœopathy because of other 

disciplines within (Medical Doctors, 


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Osteopathic physicians, Chiro-practice 

physicians, Nurse Practitioners, etc.). 

There are also questions of clinical drug 

trials. Can we embrace completely, the 

slowly emerging changes in the Health 

Care and can we maintain our identity as 

homœopaths? 

In reference to the above Robert 

STEWART writes that the allopathic 

Medicine has become a world, a world 

unto itself, and as if everything must 

fit within its view, and everyone is forced 

to frame their discourse in terms of it. 

[The recent Lancet condemnation of 

Homœopathy is most relevant in this 

context = KSS.] This coup by Allopathy 

has been made by the Licensing Laws [In 

India although the licensing is separate and 

exclusive, the “medical education” is 

mostly embracing Allopathy and the 

licensed homœopathic doctor wishes to be 

recognised within this hegemonic group of 

‘Doctors’. The present trend in India of 

Post Graduate degrees in several branches 

- Pharmacology, Gynaecology, etc. - 

would lead to these becoming a mongrel 

group = KSS]. Robert STEWART rightly 

calls attention to the fact that medical 

licensing laws were never put in place by 

consumers looking for protection … but by 

a medical profession seeking to establish 

positions of power and privilege. 

“An aware, egalitarian, and pluralistic 

society should find all medical licensing 

laws abhorrent. It has to do with a basic 

constitutional understanding of the 

difference between inalienable rights and 

practitioner freedoms.” 

XIII. President’s Message. FRYE, 

Joyce (AJHM. 97, 4/2004) There was a 

two-day conference on the homœopathic 

treatment of the patient with Pneumonia 

led by Andre SAINE. He provided two 

full days of cured cases of Pneumonia

from his own practice as well as the 

historical literature with the remedies 

removed so the audience could work 

through the remedy selection with him. 

The cases focused primarily on physical 

signs and symptoms for both baseline 

assessment and follow-up e.g. changes in 

fever, pulse rate and temperature along 

with the usual search for peculiar 

symptoms and without the “psychobabble 

that has come to dominate too much of 

modern Homœopathy.” It is said that 

“200,000 people are hospitalized annually, 

and 36,000 die from Influenza each year.” 

XIV. Hahnemann Monument 

Restoration Report. CHASE, Sandra 

(AJHM. 97, 4/2004) The project started on 

15 September 2004. Colored mosaic glass 

to renovate the arch was obtained from Ori 

Colorati from Italy. Several formulations 

of grout were made to match what is there 

on the arch. The Senior Conservator Judy 

JACOB is in charge of the work. 

XV. Homœopathy and Spirituality: A Practical 

View TESSLER, Neil (SIM. XVII, 4/2004) The 

author recognized Spirituality in the Philosophy 

when he became interested in Homœopathy 

thirty years ago. It seemed to him there was a 

natural harmony between a spiritual point of 

view and Homœopathy as a system of medicine. 

Certainly, a spiritual consideration of the 

implications of Homœopathy, will be found in 

the writings and thinking of every major 

homœopath from HAHNEMANN, through 

KENT to VITHOULKAS, etc. 

A journey down into the assumptions, notions, 

interpretations, sensations and images that form our 

inner world can be as startling, awesome and 

liberating as transcendent visions of light, love and 

truth reaching down to us. 

The personal journey to wholeness of the 

physician becomes a significant and practical 

intersection of Spirituality and Homœopathy. It 

requires only the willingness to do the exploration 

we expect of our patients. 

XVI. CHC Exam preparation SHORR, Heidi 

(SIM. XVII, 4/2004) Instructions for the 

preparation for the examination of Council for 


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Homœopathic Certification are given. A case is 

presented. 

54-year-old man with a lively, chatty 

presentation. Pain in testicles as being squashed. 

More on left side. Worse by tight clothing. First 

started on waking in the morning one day. Feeling 

as if bed is sinking on the left side on waking. 

History of Rheumatic Fever as a child with weak 

heart. Occasional chest pain extending to left 

axilla. Fear of water. 

Analysis: The center of gravity in the case is 

physical. No predominant indications of any 

typical miasmatic patterns. What needs to be 

healed is the limitation of the state by the Orchitis 

and delusion of bed sinking. 

Remedies considered were Lach., Merc., Phos., 

Con., Spong., Rhod. 

Lachesis was chosen and given in 1M potency. 

The pain increased for 6 hours and then stopped. A 

week later, pain in left arm and hand that reminded 

him of when he had been ill as a child; this resolved 

in few days. No recurrence. 

XVII. An Interview with Begabati 

LENNIHAN by TESSLER, Neil. (SIM. XVII, 

4/2004) Begabati LENNIHAN is the Director of 

Teleosis School of Homœopathy in Cambridge, 

MA. 

She graduated in History from Harvard and 

opened a health food store through which she was 

familiar with about every alternate healing modality 

and was convinced that Homœopathy had the 

greatest power to heal on all levels. 

Most of the homœopathic schools teach in a 

lecture format and not encouraging students to 

think for themselves because of the highly 

individualized nature of the homœopathic process. 

In the Teleosis school founded by Joel 

KREISBERG teaching consists of conveying 

knowledge, skills and attitudes. Most of the time is 

spent practising skills. Homœopathic process is 

broken into manageable chunks and exercises 

created to practice and master one of those chunks 

at a time. The result is a classroom in which 

students are active and lecturing is kept to a 

minimum. 

Supportive environment is created by forming 

groups of three to try out their ideas and come up 

with answers. 

Placing the focus of power and energy in the 

students rather than the teacher reflects the 

homœopath-patient relationship. 

Homœopaths need to have some kind of 

spiritual or self-reflective practice that helps them 

to stay centered and inwardly attuned while with 

patients. If we can become inwardly silent, we can

e receptive to the patient’s energy. There can be 

tremendous learning from this. 

Meditating before a class or a case helps to 

focus and be more receptive and at the end 

consolidates learning. 

LENNIHAN would like to develop the positive 

aspects of remedies and the notion of Homœopathy 

as a way to support people in their spiritual growth 

and helping them to fulfill their own highest 

purpose on earth. 

XVIII. HERON, Krista (SIM. XVII, 4/2004) The 

author has attended 30 seminars of Massimo 

MANGIALAVORI in 8 years. Massimo teaches 

from his experience and his cured cases. He 

presents cases that have a minimum of two years 

follow-up. The remedy acting both constitutionally 

as well as acutely. 

By comparing cases, he builds an 

understanding of the family themes as a whole 

while individuating the remedies within the family. 

In addition, he teaches case analysis and 

methodology. The main goal is to understand the 

strategies in the patient that have been present 

throughout their life, particularly those that are 

related to the basic needs of the system and the 

patient’s essential themes. 

XIX. Pathogenesy of Cisplatinum JULIAN O.A. 

This Proving was originally published in 1983 in 

the same journal – La Revue Belge. This 

republication is linked to another article about 

Cisplatinum in Flemish by Dr De GROOTE, which 

gives several clinical cases and a Repertory. 

The Cisplatinum patient is irritable, 

changeable, restless, and more active in the 

evening. The patient dreams about journeys, 

meetings, accidents or suicides. She or he suffers a 

lot of headaches and neurological symptoms, 

including tremor, paraesthesia, loss of coordination 

of hands, and decrease of knee jerk. Other 

interesting symptoms are bleeding gums, 

Leucopaenia, Thrombocytopenia, Asthma, Rhinitis 

with sneezing or nasal blockage, Renal 

insufficiency, Cramps, muscular pains, skin allergy, 

Acne, and loss of hair. (La Revue Belge 2004; 2: in 


XX. Cocculus indicus IRIGOYEN E. Cocculus 

indicus is well known for travel sickness, but has 

many other symptoms. The patient is anxious 

about the health of sick persons and very 

susceptible to all mental disturbances. He answers 


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slowly, reflects long, and dwells on past 

disagreeable events. Everything is slowed down. 

There may also be: vertigo when sitting up; 

metallic taste with loss of appetite and inclination 

to vomit; amenorrhea with headache or faintness 

with nausea; faintness from pain during stool; 

weakness in cervical or lumbar region; paralysis 

from the small of the back downward; paraesthesia 

alternatively in feet and hands; totters when 

walking. (La Revue Belge 2004; 2: in 


XXI. Polychrests indicated in maturity-onset 

Diabetes DECAIX E. Homœopathy is useful in 

maturity-onset Diabetes, alongside the allopathic 

treatment, because it helps to stabilize the disease. 

Homœopathy might also help to avoid some 

complications (an assessment should be 

undertaken). 

Some medicines are particularly indicated. 

Different ‘Sulphur types’ are described, especially 

the ‘fat Sulphur’, which should be compared to 

Antimonium crudum, and the ‘thin Sulphur’ which 

should make one consider whether the patient has 

developed Insulin-Dependent Diabetes (as well as 

Arsenicum album, Phosphorus, Psorinum or the 

different acids). Other potential medicines include 

Graphites, Thuja, Calcarea carbonica and Baryta 

carbonica. (Homéopathie Européenne 2004; 3: in 


XXII. Study of 4553 cases in a homœopathic 

practice COLIN P. This study was done between 

1999 and 2001, and confirms a previous study, 

published in the British Homeopathic Journal 

(2000; 89: 116-121). Paediatrics constituted 28.7% 

of the cases; of which group, 60.5% are infectious 

diseases, and 16% are psychic disorders. In the 

adult group, 31.9% of the cases are psychological 

disorders, 15.2% infectious diseases and 10% are 

rheumatological. The other main diseases are 

cardiovascular (8.62% of adult cases), gynaecology 

(7.7% of adult cases), digestive diseases (6.3% of 

adult cases), dermatology (5% in both child and 

adult group), and allergy (2.5 % in children and 

1.7% in the adult group). 

The results show that Homœopathy is useful in 

a lot of diseases, and can avoid side effects of 

allopathic medicines and iatrogenic diseases. The 

very low percentage of allopathy used in this study, 

particularly in infectious, allergic, rheumatological, 

and psychological ailments, seems to be a strong 

argument for the efficacy of Homœopathy in these 

diseases. In the conclusion the status of 

homœopathic doctors and the problem of

homœopathic training are mentioned. 

(Homéopathie Européenne 2004; 3: in 


XXIII. Obituary Dr. John Stephen HUGHES- 

GAMES 26 May 1927 - 22 July 2004 by David 

SPENCE. John qualified from Bristol University 

in 1954. His first homœopathic course was in the 

early 1960s and met Dr. Margery BLACKIE with 

whom he established a warm friendship. For 18 

months he studied Homœopathy in the morning and 

helped her practice in the evenings. He spent a 

great deal of time and energy in promoting medical 

Homœopathy and had local radio broadcasts. He 

also wrote a number of original articles. 15 years 

ago he started Bristol Medical Homœopathic Group 

which had about 200 members. He was an 

enthusiastic lecturer and inspired generations of 

doctors to take up Homœopathy. 


XXIV. Obituary George Patrick KINSELLA 16 

April 1958 - 27 July 2004 by Peter GREGORY. 

George KINSELLA graduated as a Vet fromTrinity 

College, Dublin in 1981. George always needed to 

learn more and to share what he knew and his sheer 

energy and love for people commanded the 

attention and respect of anyone prepared to listen. 

He obtained Vet MFHom in 1999. His great 

passion in life was to spread the word of 

Homœopathy, its practice and its philosophy. He 

brought humour, enthusiasm, passion, commitment 

and love, he had a spiritual view of the Universe of 

great depth and wisdom and this world will be less 

rich for his leaving it. (HOMEOPATHY, 93, 

4/2004) 

XXV. After a Stroke, Artistic Transformation. 

New research has shown that minor brain damage 

can modify a person’s approach to creativity. 

Dr. Jean-Marie ANNONI and colleagues at 

Lausanne University in Switzerland have 

documented a change in the work of two skilled 

Swiss painters who suffered mild strokes. The 

artists’ use of colour and line has altered 

significantly. This is due to the subtle losses of 

emotional control and executive function – 

intellectual self-editing skills. 

The lack of strict formal rules in artistic 

creativity allows the development of new abilities 

after brain dysfunction, which depend not only on 

the artists’ personality, but also on the lesion site 

and the brain’s ability to reorganize. 

Bruce MILLER, a neurologist at the University 

of California, San Francisco, has documented a 

variety of creative changes in people who suffer 


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brain damage, said that much of the brain was 

involved in inhibition, and that damage to one area 

might free activity in another. CAREY, Benedict 

(The Hindu, 25 May 2005) 

XXVI. It is machine indeed. It seems that some 

libraries in the U.S. have book bound in human 

skin! “Infact, a number of finest libraries in the 

U.S. including Harvard’s, have such books. …. 

Wealthy bibliophiles acquired skin from executed 

criminals, medical school cadavers, and people who 

died in the poor house. “The Boston Athenaeum, a 

private library, has an 1837 copy of George 

Walton’s memoirs bound in his own skin. Walton 

was a highwayman and left the volume to one of 

his victims ...” (The Hindu, Chennai, 12 Jan. 

2006). [How mad and insensitive can one be! It is 

said that skins of some of Jews who were in death 

camps of Nazi Germany were used to make 

pouches, wallets, hand bags! And all these have 

happened only with connivance of the 

doctors=KSS.] 

XXVII. When Science Turns to Wishful 

Thinking: (Tim RADFORD, Guardian 

Newspapers, The Hindu, Chennai 12 Jan. 2006): 

narrates some of the ‘frauds’, ‘hoaxes’ played by 

‘scientists’ craving to get rich, fame and name by 

announcing grand experimental results. The ‘Stem 

cell Therapy and advances in cloning’ in May 2005, 

which he retracted later, the claim of two Scientists 

in Utah, USA to have achieved cold fusion, which 

later proved to be ‘illusory’, the American 

“discovery” of the HIV virus; also that in 1999 a 

famous U.S. laboratory extended the periodic table, 

which ‘discoveries’ were later withdrawn and a 

physicist fired for cooking the books; that the 

British Psychologist Cyril Burt used respect data to 

“prove” that IQ was inherited, and “warped 

academic thinking for at least a decade”; and “in 

the Philippines in 1971 a Government expert 

claimed to have found a Stone Age tribe untouched 

by modern civilization ….. it turned out to be a 

hoax and their discoverer disappeared 12 years later 

with millions of dollars raised to ‘protect’ them 

from modernity.” (Guardian Newspapers, in The 

Hindu, Jan. 12, 2006) 

XXVIII. It is well known that cruel unethical 

“medical” experiments have been going on since 

decades mostly to quench the scientist’s passion. 

These experiments were performed ostensibly in 

the ‘promotion’ of Medicine, upon hapless animals 

mostly and sometimes upon humans. The 

experiments during the Nazi regime is unbeatable 

in cruelty.

A report in The Hindu, 29 Sept., 1998 reads 

“The only surviving man to have practiced 

Medicine at Nazi Germany’s Auschwitz 

concentration camp during World War II Hans 

MUENCH said he had no regrets and defended his 

work as “important for science” (!). MUENCH 

defended his superior Josef MENGELE who was 

charged with “torturing thousands of children while 

conducting genetic experiments”. MUENCH said 

he was lucky to have been able to conduct ‘cuttingedge 

experiments’ previously possible only on 

rabbits”! 

[And what benefits indeed have flown to the 

humans from these horrific experiments, pray? It is 

a blessing that Homœopathy does not at all need 

such experiments and we keep far, far away from 

the Hegemony Medicine=KSS] 

XXIX. Internationaler Coethener Erfahrungs- 

austausch (Koethen International Discussion of 

the experiences) (ICE 3) 11-13 Sept. 2003. 

Homœopathic treatment of Cancer Patients: Five 

participants from four countries reported in Koethen 

theirpractical experiences in homœopathic treatment 

of Cancer patients during the course of three days. 

Over 100 delegates visited the Congress and 

discussed enthusiastically the encouraging results. 

Manuel MATEU-RATERA (Barcelona, Spain) 

presented a study of a 60 Cancer patients with 

statistics and with 10 cases presented the course of 

the treatment and results. A short form of this is 

published in this issue of the Journal (AHZ. 249, 

5/2004). Frank KUHLMANN-CUSTODIS 

(Walbröl, Germany) spoke. 

XXX. Vaccines: Are they Really Safe and 

Effective (CCR. 11, 2/2004). This is a collection 

of some information from periodicals and books. 

India Today – Hindi version edition 4 October 

2004 gives statistic to show that in so far as U.P. 

State in India is concerned Polio cases are more in 

the Muslim community which may perhaps be due 

to non-vaccination (for Polio) of Muslim children 

due to the fear that this immunization would make 

their children infertile and perhaps it is a conspiracy 

against Muslims. 

There is an extract from the book “Vaccines: 

Are they Really Safe and Effective? A Parent’s 

Guide to Childhood Shots” by Neil Z. MILLER”. 

The Foreword by Harold E. BUTTRAM to the 

above books is given. This Foreword questions the 

efficacy and safety of the “current childhood 

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This is followed a small write-up about the 

“Mandatory” vaccines and also a brief about the 

history and efficacy of the Polio Vaccine (The Salk 

Vaccine). 

Dr. Subhash MEHER “ponders” over the 

vaccinations and the role of Homœopathy. 

Dr. MISTRY writes on the ‘Pros and Cons’ of 

vaccines. Also mentions the homœopathic 

medicines which will give immunity to the many 

childhood illnesses for which they are now given 

several vaccinations. 

XXXI. Address by Prime Minister Dr. 

Manmohan SINGH at the CSIR Diamond 

Jubilee Technology Award and S.S. Bhatnagar 

Prizes Presentation Function. Excerpts relevant to 

health and Medicine: “Last week, I was informed of 

a breakthrough discovery, of a new molecule to 

treat a dreadful disease like Tuberculosis. I am told 

that this is the first new molecule to appear since 

1963. …Since Tuberculosis takes a toll of 5 lakh 

lives every year in our country, this discovery could 

be of immense social and economic significance. 

… I assure you that in so far our Government has a 

role, our Government is fully committed to give 

Science and Technology a place of pride in all our 

national endeavors. … Let me recall what Louis 

PASTEUR said in 1871. He said, “There does not 

exist a category of Science to which one can give 

the name Applied Science. There are Science and 

the application of Science, bound together as the 

fruit of the tree which bears it”. This has 

historically been characteristic of our approach in 

India. … Therefore, I wish to rest today the debate 

about what our priority should be – basic or applied 

Science. I think the answer is both” 

[In so far as Homœopathy is concerned it is 

Practical Therapeutics = KSS] (Source: CSIR 

News. Oct. 15, 2004, Science & Culture, 70, 9- 

10/2004) 

XXXII. Health at the Cross Roads 

– the Indian Scene Dr. D.B. BISHT with 

his decades of experience in high offices in 

the Health Ministry of the Government of 

India writes (NAMAH. 11, 4/2004) that 

India has “on the one hand the most 

modern sophisticated institutions and on 

the other the most primitive health centers 

where even the bare minimum of facilities 

for health and sickness are yet to be 

provided”. “As long as hunger and

poverty stalk our population, enjoyment of 

health, human dignity and quality of life 

will remain a distant dream”. In spite of 

“planning”, over the years the distinction 

between the affluent and deprived classes 

has become more sharp. Suicides, even 

group suicides due to primary economic 

strains have increased manifold; such as 

amongst farmers.” [Exactly contrary to 

what Louis PASTEUR is quoted to have 

said (see … above), Dr. BISHT says 

“Health is an applied Science.” 

The cure of the whole problem is that 

‘doctors’ who get medical college 

admission at a high cost (some Universities 

are above Rs. 25 lakh for a seat) have to 

make all the money as soon as possible. 

Hence the high costs. Hence the medical 

graduates throng the city. In a rural set up 

they cannot get much money. All is 

“professional”, no dedication to “Serve” 

and be served. Grab as much as you can as 

early as you can. Let specialty hospital 

spring up in all cities and in the name of 

investigations milk the patient dry and 

dead, is the motto. As for the farmers 

suicides, they have not only lost their crops 

but their sickness has costed them a hefty 

expenditure (without appropriate benefit) 

leading to borrow more from private 

money lenders at exhorbitant interest rates 

which even their next generation cannot 

pay off. This is the “medical” scenario in 

same parts of India. 

And such cost effective, benign 

Medicine like Homœopathy also attempts 

to join this club of Health looters “for 

fraternity sake”. It is all quite sad.=KSS] 

XXXIII. Dr. BISHT, Editor NAMAH says 

(NAMAH. 12, 2/2004) that while many talk of 

‘holistic Medicine’, a holistic approach etc., 

neither is it taught in the medical school, nor it is 

practiced. Only lip service is given. “It is 

doubtful if there is a single text book on holistic 

medicine for medical students.” 

Dr. BIGHT suggests a “unified” system. 

“Attempts were made in India by the Director 


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General of Health Services, to bring top 

Practitioners of different systems under one roof 

so that they could consider ways and means of 

achieving something which might be called a 

‘national system’. But what was the result? 

Chaos. The so-called system Practitioners 

started high-lighting the pitfalls of all the others 

and the meetings could achieve nothing.” 

“A question is posed: which alternative 

system will survive? Only time will tell, but 

meanwhile we should continue to study in an 

unbiased manner the outcome of various 

therapies. Truth cures and Truth survives.” [We 

agree. Truth alone will succeed. Satyameva 

Jayathe = KSS] 

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Full addresses of the Journals covered by 

this Quarterly Homœopathic Digest are 

given below: 

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1. AHZ: Allgemeine Homöopathische 

Zeitung, Karl F. Haug Verlag, Hüthig 

GmbH, im Weiher 10, 69121, 


2. AJHM: American Journal of 

Homeopathic Medicine, formerly 

Journal of the American Institute of 

Homeopathy (JAIH). 801 N. Fairfax 

Street, Suite 306 Alexandria, VA 

22314. 

3. CCR: Homoeopathic Clinical Case 

Recorder, Dr. Subhash Meher, Near 

Hotel Chanakya, Anandrishiji Marg, 

Burudgaon Road, AHMEDNAGAR- 

414001. 

4. THE HINDU: Newspaper, Chennai– 

600 002. 

5. HH: Homœopathic Heritage, B. Jain 

Publishers Overseas, 1920, Street 

No.10, Chuna Mandi, Paharganj, Post 

Box 5775, New Delhi - 110 055.

6. HL: Homœopathic Links, 

Homœopathic 

Research & Charities, F/s, Saraswat 

Colony, 

Linking Road, Santacruz (W), 

Mumbai 

400054. 

7. HOMEOPATHY: Formerly British 

Homeopathic Journal (BHJ), 

Homeopathy, Faculty of Homeopathy, 

29 Park Street West, Luton, 


8. HT: Homeopathy Today, National 

Center for Homeopathy, 801, North 

Fairfax Street, Suite 306, 

ALEXANDRIA, VA. 22314, USA. 

9. NAMAH: New Approches to 

Medicine and Health, Sri Aurobindo 

Society, PONDICHERRY – 605 001. 

PART II 

(This section contains abstracts/extracts 

from selected articles; even the entire 

article in some case) 

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1. Dr. HERING’s Preface 

(to HAHNEMANN’s Chronic 

Diseases) 

(AH. 6/2000) 

[Original publisher’s note: 

The following article has been kindly 

furnished by Dr. HERING of Philadelphia, 

in German. The Editor, Dr. HEMPEL, is 

responsible for the translation.]. 

HAHNEMANN’s work on Chronic 

diseases may be considered a continuation 

of his Organon; the medicines which will 

follow the present volume may therefore 


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10. NJH: National Journal of 

Homœopathy, 71B Saraswati Road, 

Near Gokul Icecream,, Santacruz (W), 

MUMBAI – 400 054. 

11. S&C: Science and Culture, Indian 

Science News Association, 92, 

Acharya Prafulla Chandra Road, 

KOLKATA – 700 009. 

12. SIM: Simillimum, The Journal of the 

Homeopathic Academy of 

Naturopathic Physicians, P.O. Box 

8341, Covington, WA 98042, USA. 

13. ZKH: Zeitschrift für Klassische 

Homöopathie, Karl F. Haug Verlag, 

Hüthig GmbH, Im Weiher 10, D-69121 


be considered a continuation of his 

Materia Medica Pura. As the principles 

and rules of general therapeutics have been 

developed in the Organon, so does 

HAHNEMANN develop, in the present 

treatise, the principles and rules which 

ought to prevail in the treatment of chronic 

diseases, whose name is legion. In the 

Materia Medica Pura HAHNEMANN 

describes to us the symptoms which the 

general remedies that he tried upon healthy 

persons, are capable of producing; the 

present treatise, on the contrary, will be 

succeeded by an account of those 

remedies, which HAHNMANN especially 

employed in the treatment of chronic 

diseases, and which he therefore called 

anti-psorics. In the Organon 

HAHNEMANN tries to establish the fact 

that the principle Similia Similibus 

Curentur is the supreme rule in every true 

method of cure, and he shows how this

ule is to be followed in the treatment of 

disease; whereas in his treatise on the 

chronic diseases, which is based upon the 

Organon and does not, in the least, modify 

or alter its teachings, HAHNEMANN 

shows that most chronic diseases, 

originating in a common source and being 

related amongst each other, a special class 

of remedies designated by HAHNEMANN 

anti-psorics, should be used in the 

treatment of those diseases. This common 

source of most chronic diseases, according 

to HAHNEMANN, is Psora. 

The shallow opponents of 

Homœopathy - and we never had any 

other! - pounced upon the theory 

of the Psoric Miasm with a view of 

attacking it with their hollow and 

unmeaning sarcasms. Making Psora to be 

identical with itch, they sneeringly 

pretended that according to 

HAHNEMANN’s doctrine the itch was the 

primitive evil, and that this doctrine was 

akin to the 

doctrine of the original sin recognized by 

the Christian Faith.* 

With the same impudence with which 

they had, on former occasions, asserted, 

that HAHNEMANN rejects all pathology 

in his Organon, they now asserted that he 

himself advanced a pathological 

hypothesis, and “that the true which it 

contained was not new, nor the new true.” 

Equitable judges will not fail to 

recognize in this treatise on chronic 

diseases the same carefulness of study and 

observation which the great author of 

Homœopathy has shown in all his other 

writings. HAHNEMANN had no other 

object in view except to cure. All the 

energies of his great soul were directed to 

this one end. His object was not to 

overthrow pathology, although the 

pathology of his time had been set aside as 

a heap of foolish speculations, and has 


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been replaced by other systems, that may 

perhaps suffer the same fate in fifty years; 

he merely contended against the foolish 

and presumptuous application of 

pathological hypotheses to the treatment of 

disease. He rejected and overthrew the 

foolish belief which had been driven like a 

rusty nail, into the minds of the Profession 

and, by their instrumentality, into the 

minds of the people, that the remedies 

should be given against a name, against an 

imaginary disease, and that the name of 

this imaginary disease indicated the 

remedy. Up to this day physicians have 

been engaged in accrediting that 

superstition. Whence should otherwise 

spring the desire which so many patients 

manifest, of inquiring into the name of the 

disease, as if a knowledge of that name 

were sufficient to discover the true remedy 

against the disease. Many patients are 

disconsolate when the doctor cannot tell 

them what is the matter with them. Do we 

gain anything by being able to say that the 

disease is Rheumatism, Dyspepsia, Livercomplaint? 

Does it avail the patient any to 

be able to repeat his doctor’s ipse dixit 

“that he is bilious, nervous, etc.?” Do 

these words mean anything definite? Are 

there yet physicians foolish enough to 

believe that their speculative explanations 

mean any thing? Does not every body 

acknowledge that they are mere ignes fatui 

(Wills o’ wisp - Ed.) flitting to and fro 

upon the quagmire of the old decayed 

systems of pathology? 

Assuredly, a physician of modern date, 

who has not remained altogether ignorant, 

would be 

ashamed of assuring his patients with the 

air of a deep thinker, that one has a disease 

of the spine, another consumption, a third a 

uterine affection, etc. Every tyro in 

pathology knows that all this means 

nothing definite, and that it is only to very

ignorant persons that such assertions can 

be given as science. Every tyro knows that 

the question is, to find out what are the 

symptoms and the nature of that disease of 

the spine or the uterus. It is moreover 

known that this more precise knowledge is 

necessary as respects prognosis, and for 

the purpose of regulating the mode of life 

of the patient; but it is also settled that to 

know merely the variety, to which the 

disease belongs, is not sufficient to cure it. 

All the successful and celebrated 

practitioners of the old school have been 

such as have constantly modified and 

individualized the treatment of disease. 

This is all that HAHNEMANN has tried to 

accomplish; with this difference that he has 

individualized every case of disease with 

much more precision than any of the older 

physicians had done. HAHNEMANN had 

courage enough, at once to face the 

contradictions which constantly existed 

between practice and theory; he declare 

that the speculative knowledge of 

physicians was merely learned dust which 

they were in the habit of throwing into 

people’s eyes for the purpose of blinding 

them and inducing them to consider the 

ignorance of the doctors and the 

insufficiency of their knowledge as 

something respectable. HAHNEMANN 

dared to lay down this maxim: that, in 

treating disease, he had nothing to do with 

its name. 

HAHNEMANN teaches that the 

remedies should be chosen according to 

the symptoms of the patient. The 

physician should be governed by what is 

certain and safe, not by that which is more 

or less uncertain and unsafe, and which is 

changed according to fashion. Both in the 

Organon and in his treatise on the 

Chronic Diseases, HAHNEMANN insists 

upon the remedies being chosen in 

accordance with the symptoms. 


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It is not an easy matter to choose a 

remedy according to symptoms. This may 

be inferred from the manner in which tyros 

in Homœopathy and physicians of the old 

school who come over to us, go to work. 

They constantly rely upon names, giving a 

certain remedy in Scarlet fever, because 

some one else had found it useful; or a 

certain remedy in pulmonary 

inflammation, because it had been 

successfully exhibited upon a former 

occasion; whereas HAHNEMANN teaches 

that, because a remedy has helped before, 

this is no reason why it should help again 

in a similar disease. The symptoms and 

not the name are to point out the 

remedy. This is also the case in chronic 

diseases. In the treatment of chronic 

diseases HAHNEMANN has been taught 

by experience to give preference to the 

anti-psoric remedies. This preference is 

not theoretical, and is constantly 

subordinate to the general principle. 

HAHNEMANN has never said that the 

principal constituents of mountains, which 

are the most important materials in nature - 

the metals, for instance - are the most 

important remedies for the cure of the most 

universal diseases. However, he has 

pointed out the oxides salts of Ammonium, 

Potassium, Sodium, Calcium, Aluminium, 

Magnesium, as the most important antipsoric 

remedies. HAHNEMANN has said 

nowhere that the most important 

metalloids constitute the most important 

remedial agents, although he has 

introduced Sulphur, Phosphorus, Silicea, 

Chlorine, and Iodine, in one form or 

another, as anti-psoric remedies. In 

selecting a remedy HAHNEMANN has 

never been guided by theories, but always 

by experience. He chose his remedies 

agreeably to the symptoms which they had 

produced upon healthy persons, looking at 

the same time to their remedial virtues

having been tested by practice. This is the 

reason why the general views which have 

been expressed just now did not prevent 

him from admitting as chief anti-psorics 

Borax and Ammonium carbonicum, 

Anacardium and Clematis. 

Why, it may be asked, has a great 

number of homœopathic physicians, 

neither recognized HAHNEMANN’s 

theory of Psora, nor the specific character 

of the anti-psoric remedies? Why have 

some even gone so far as to set the theory 

sneeringly aside, and to decry the antipsorics 

as less trustworthy than the other 

remedies? 

For the same reason that the astronomical 

discoveries of our Herschel are doubted by 

people who have no faith in the discoverer, and 

are not able to verify his discoveries. To do this, 

knowledge, instruments, talent, care, 

perseverance, opportunities, and many other 

things are required. Not one of all these 

requisites can be found with those who are mere 

dabblers in practice, scribbling authors 

opposing their own opinions and imaginations to 

facts and observation. 

Or, for the same reason the Ehrenberg’s 

discoveries cannot be appreciated by those who 

have either no microscope, or who have one 

which is not good, or who have a microscope 

without understanding the difficult art of using 

it; or else who know how to use it, but do not use 

it with the same exactness and carefulness as 

Ehrenberg, who discovered in the chalk-dust of 

visiting cards the shells of new species of 

animals, by simply making the cards 

transparent by means of the Oil of Turpentine. 

Or lastly, for the simple reason that 

physicians find it more easy to write 

something for print, that to observe nature; 

that it is more easy to impose upon people 

than to cure the sick, and because the 

greater number of physicians is affected 

with the delusion that things which they do 

not see, do not exist. 

If such physicians succeed in effecting 

a cure, they are at once ready to boast of 

their exploits, whereas the cure was due to 

HAHNEMANN’s doctrine, to the 

remedies which he has discovered, to the 


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researches of other physicians, to their 

instructions or example, or to so-called 

chance. But if they do not succeed, they 

impute their failure to anything but 

themselves: it is Homœopathy that is 

deficient; this or that rule is not correct; the 

Materia Medica is at fault; or, if 

something in HAHNEMANN’s system 

does not suit them, they are prone to say 

that they have never seen this or that, that 

they cannot agree with it. And in talking 

in this way, they really imagine to have 

said something against the matter itself. 

Upon the same ground that 

HAHNEMANN carefully distinguished 

from the disease the symptoms which 

owed their existence to dietetic 

transgressions, or to medicinal 

aggravations; upon the same grounds that 

he acknowledged as standing and 

independent diseases the acute Miasms, 

known as Purpura, Measles, Scarlatina, 

Small pox, Whooping cough, etc., or that 

he distinguished the venereal Miasm into 

Syphilis and Sycosis, we may afterwards, 

if experience should demand it, subdivide 

Psora into several species and varieties. 

This is no objection to HAHNEMANN’s 

theory. HAHNEMANN has taken the first 

great step without denying the faculty of 

progressive development inherent in his 

system. But let improvements be made in 

such a way as to become useful, not 

prejudicial, to the patients. We ought to 

raise our super-structure upon 

HAHNEMANN’s own ground, in the 

direction which he has first imparted to his 

doctrine. 

Although it matters little what opinions 

the respective disciples of HAHNEMANN 

hold relatively to the theory of Psora, I 

will nevertheless, communicate a short 

extract from my essay, Guide to the 

Progressive Development of 

Homœopathy.

Guide to the Progressive Development of 

Homœopathy: 

“As acute diseases terminate in an 

eruption upon the skin, which divides, 

dries up, and then passes off, so it is with 

many chronic diseases. All diseases 

diminish in intensity, improve, and are 

cured by the internal organism freeing 

itself from them little by little; the internal 

disease approaches more and more to the 

external tissues, until it finally arrives at 

the skin.” 

“Every homœopathic physician must 

have observed that the improvement in 

pain takes place from above downward; 

and in diseases, from within outward. This 

is the reason why chronic diseases, if they 

are thoroughly cured, always terminate in 

some cutaneous eruption, which differs 

according to the different constitutions of 

the patients. This cutaneous eruption may 

be even perceived when a cure is 

impossible, and even when the remedies 

have been improperly chosen. The skin 

being the outermost surface of the body, it 

receives upon itself the extreme 

termination of the disease. This cutaneous 

eruption is not a mere morbid secretion 

having been chemically separated from the 

internal organism in the form of a gas, a 

liquid, or a solid; it is the whole of the 

morbid action which is pressed from 

within outward, and it is characteristic of a 

thorough and really curative treatment. 

The morbid action of the internal organism 

may continue either entirely, or more or 

less in spite of this cutaneous eruption. 

Nevertheless, this eruption always is a 

favourable symptom; it alleviates the 

sufferings of the patient, and generally 

prevents a more dangerous affection. 

“The thorough cure of a widely 

ramified chronic disease in the organism is 

indicated by the most important organs 

being first relieved; the affection passes off 

in the order in which the organs had been 

affected, the more important being relieved 


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first, the less important next, and the skin 

last.” 

“Even the superficial observer will not 

fail in recognizing this law of order. An 

improvement which takes place in a 

different order can never be relied upon. A 

fit of hysteria may terminate in a flow of 

urine; other fits may either terminate in the 

same way, or in haemorrhage; the next 

succeeding fit shows how little the 

affection had been cured. The disease may 

take a different turn, it may change its 

form and, in this new form, it may be less 

troublesome; but the general state of the 

organism will suffer in consequence of this 

transformation.” 

“Hence it is that HAHNEMANN 

inculcates with so much care the important 

rule to attend to the moral symptoms, and 

to judge of the degree of homœopathic 

adaptation, existing between the remedy 

and the disease, by the improvement which 

takes place in the moral condition, and the 

general well-being of the patient.” 

“The law of order which we have 

pointed out above, accounts for the 

numerous cutaneous eruptions consequent 

upon homœopathic treatment, even where 

they never had been seen before; it 

accounts for the obstinacy with which 

many kinds of herpes and ulcers remain 

upon the skin, whereas others are 

dissipated like snow. Those which remain, 

do remain because the internal disease is 

yet existing. This law of order also 

accounts for the insufficiency of violent 

sweats, when the internal disease is not yet 

disposed to leave its hiding-place. It lastly 

accounts for one cutaneous affection being 

substituted for another.” 

“This transformation of the internal 

affection of such parts of the organism as 

are essential to important functions, to a 

cutaneous affection - a transformation 

which is entirely different from the violent 

change effected by means of Autenrieth’s

ointment, ammonium, croton-oil, 

cantharides, mustard, etc. -is chiefly 

effected by the anti-psoric remedies. 

“Other remedies may sometimes effect 

that transformation, even the use of water, 

change of climate, of occupation, etc; but it 

is more safely, more mildly and more 

thoroughly effected by the anti-psoric 

remedies.” 

This latter is altogether an individual 

opinion; others may have different 

opinions relative to the same subject; this 

needs not to prevent us from aiming all of 

us at the same end, side by side, in perfect 

harmony. 

But alas! the rules which the 

experienced founder of Homœopathy lays 

down in the subsequent work with so much 

emphasis, are not always practiced, and 

therefore, cannot be appreciated. Many 

oppose them; cures which otherwise might 

be speedy and certain, are delayed; much 

injury is being done by the wiseacres who 

intrude themselves into our literature and 

mix with it as chaff with the wheat. On all 

this we may console ourselves with the 

expectation that also in the history of 

science there will be those great days of 

harvest, when the tares shall be gathered in 

bundles and thrown into the fire. 

It is the duty of all of us to go farther in 

the theory and practice of Homœopathy 

than HAHNEMANN has done. We ought 

to seek the truth which is before us and 

forsake the errors of the past. But woe 

unto him who, on that account, should 

personally attack the author of our 

doctrine; he would burthen himself with 

infamy. HAHNEMANN was a great 

savant, inquirer, and discoverer; he was as 

true a man, without falsity, candid and 

open as a child, and inspired with pure 

benevolence and with a holy zeal for 

science. 


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When at last the fatal hour had struck 

for the sublime old man who had preserved 

his vigour almost to his last moments, then 

it was that the heart of his consort who had 

made his last years the brightest of his life, 

was on the point of breaking. Many of us, 

seeing those who are dearest to us engaged 

in the death-struggle, would exclaim: 

“Why should’st thou suffer so much! So 

too exclaimed HAHNEMANN’s consort: 

“Why should’st thou who hast alleviated 

so much suffering, suffer in thy last hour? 

This is unjust. Providence have allotted to 

thee a painless death.” 

Then he raised his voice as he had 

often done when he exhorted his disciples 

to hold fast to the great principles of 

Homœopathy. “Why should I have been 

thus distinguished? Each of us should here 

attend to the duties which God has 

imposed upon him. Although men may 

distinguish a more or less, yet no one has 

any merit. God owes nothing to me, I to 

him all.” 

With these words he took leave of the 

world, of his friends, and his foes. And 

here we take leave of you, reader, whether 

our friend or our opponent. 

To him who believes that there may yet 

be truths which he does not know and 

which he desires to know, will be pointed 

out such paths as will lead him to the light 

he needs. If he who has sincere 

benevolence and wishes to work for the 

benefit of all, be considered by Providence 

a fit instrument for the accomplishment of 

the divine will, he will be called upon to 

fulfill his mission and will be led to truth 

evermore. 

It is the spirit of Truth that tries to unite 

us all; but the father of Lies keeps us 

separate and divided. 

Philadelphia, April 22, 1845. 

C. Hg. 

* * *

* Note of the editor, Dr. HEMPEL: I beg 

pardon of my distinguished and learned 

friend for annexing a few remarks to this 

passage. In doing so I merely anticipate 

what I intend to express more fully on this 

subject some other occasion. 

As it would be absurd for a 

philosophical Christian to reject the 

doctrine of original sin, so it is absurd for 

any one who professes to have a clear 

perception of Homœopathy, to reject the 

doctrine of an hereditary morbific Miasm. 

Both these doctrines must stand and fall 

together; and, as truth is one and 

indivisible, they both hold and illustrate 

each other. If we admit with ROUSSEAU 

that everything which leaves the hand of 

God, is perfectly holy, then the first 

created man must have been perfectly 

pure, and must have appeared in the image 

and likeness of his maker. It seems to me 

absurd to suppose that something perfectly 

pure can, of itself, 

by its own free and orderly development, 

produce things impure and evil. We do not 

know how far God permitted an adaptation 

to evil to co-exist in the first man together 

with an adaptation to goodness. But this 

we certainly know that evil fruits must be 

the result of evil forces. In a certain 

moment man, or God through man, 

permitted the adaptation to evil to prevail 

in his nature; and instantaneously the 

forces of evil, be they called serpent, devil, 

or otherwise, invaded man’s nature, 

engrafted themselves upon it, and have, up 

to this moment, perpetuated their existence 

in it. This is relatively speaking, a fall, 

although, this fall, having been the first 

necessary phasis of human development, it 

may, in reality, be considered a progress. 

Man’s destiny consists in reuniting himself 

again with the Divine Life through the 

universal expansion of all the faculties of 


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his soul, and the realization of all the 

celestial harmonies the germs of which 

God had deposited in his nature, and 

towards the construction of which Science 

and Art will furnish him the means. The 

principle of division or dissolution which 

man had suffered to be introduced into his 

spiritual nature, must necessarily have 

embodied itself in a corresponding 

principle in the material organism. It is 

this principle which HAHNEMANN calls 

Psora. In proportion as man’s spiritual 

nature become developed and purified, this 

Psoric Miasm will be diminished, and will 

finally be completely removed from the 

life of humanity. This complete physical 

regeneration of human nature will 

necessarily be attended with great changes 

in all the external relations of man, 

education, mode of labouring, living, etc., 

etc. 

The principle of division or dissolution in 

the human organism as an established and 

constituted fact, does not preclude the possibility 

of this organism being invaded by acute Miasms. 

The Psoric principle marks the general 

adaptation to evil, recognized and inherently 

received by the human organism; acute diseases 

are violent and sudden invasions of the organism 

by the forces of evil - which I have named 

subversive forces in my Preface. Those sudden 

invasions could never have taken place without 

man having first admitted the Psoric principle to 

be constitutional in his organism. 

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Editor’s Note: 

This Preface was first published in 

1845 in New York by William RADDE, in 

Samuel HAHNEMANN’s The Chronic 

Diseases: Their 

Specific Nature and Homœopathic 

Treatment, translated and edited by Dr. 

Charles J. HEMPEL. It was omitted form 

the 1896 translation by Prof. Louis H. 

TAFEL which has a Prefatory Note by Dr.

Richard HUGHES. It is reprinted here 

without any editorial changes except 

punctuation. 

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2. Behold the Whole: Case Analysis/Case 

Dynamics/Case Wholeness 


1.0. Introduction 

Homœopaths labor hard to master the 

techniques of proper case taking. They 

learn a unique skill and apply it to the best 

of their ability. They study what to do and 

how to do it. After gathering the 

information about the sick person, 

homœopaths begin the case analysis. They 

decide what is important or characteristic 

in the diseased person. But wait. What is 

it that we are doing while we do a case? 

What are we doing when we analyze 

something? 

This paper will explore what it is to do 

a case. In addition, this paper will expand 

on what case analysis is doing, and why 

analyzing is only one of the steps in 

deciding on the remedy. 

2.0. Doing the Case 

Doctors must do certain things when 

the patient is before them. They must ask 

questions; so they memorize which 

questions are necessary. If they know the 

remedies well, they know more exactly 

which questions are pertinent. With 

experience, they develop a technique or a 

skill. Physical examination is also an 

acquired craft. If the doctor interacts 

appropriately with the patient, he can apply 

these capabilities usefully. No one should 

assume that he has a natural aptitude for 

people communication. It is also a skill to 

be mastered. 

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There are whole books written about 

interpersonal communication. How many 

homœopathic schools include this 

knowledge in their curriculum? Such 

courses would develop interviewing skills 

and listening skills. “Before we go any 

further, it is important to offer a clear 

definition of listening. There is more to 

this activity than passively absorbing a 

speaker’s words. In truth, listening is a 

process that consists of five elements: 

hearing, attending, understanding, 

responding, and remembering.” (1) “How 

do I listen? How do I listen to others? As if 

everyone 

were my Master speaking to me his 

cherished last words.” (2) The art of 

listening is part of a larger technique 

required by the homœopath: the doctor as 

observer. 

2.2. Objective/subjective observing 

In mainstream science, the first 

presupposition is that the subject is 

separate from the object. This is the 

starting point and purpose of the research. 

“Science represents the attempt to describe 

the world to the extent that it is 

independent of our thought and action. 

Our senses rank only as more or less 

imperfect aids enabling us to acquire 

knowledge about the objective world.” (3) 

This division of the world into two 

sections creates a very crude image of 

reality. Science is further and further away 

from the immediate world of the senses - 

more abstract and remote from the 

common experience. 

Mainstream science creates a myth of 

objectivity. The act of observing always 

changes the observed. “It was originally 

the aim of all science to describe nature as 

far as possible as it is; i.e. without our 

interference and our observation. We now 

realize that this is an unattainable

goal…we decide by our selection of the 

type of observation employed, which 

aspects of nature are to be determined and 

which are to be blurred.” (4) Modern 

science equates objective observation with 

quantitative measurements and 

mathematical descriptions. 

Subjective observations include 

sensations from seeing, hearing, tasting, 

touching or smelling; feelings as of anger 

or sadness; thoughts as of memory, 

judgment or truth. These are qualitative 

phenomena experienced within people. 

The homœopath does not doubt that 

subjective data are part of reality and a 

necessary part of the research of people 

with disease. …He sees in any given case 

of disease only the disturbances to the 

senses: subjective symptoms, incidental 

symptoms, objective symptoms.” (5) 

Scientific truth does not reside with the 

objective observer who misses 

complexities and multiple perspectives of 

the “Object.” There is an interrelationship 

of the subject and the object, and it cannot 

be ignored. 

2.2.1. The homœopathic observer 

The goal of a good homœopathic 

observer is not to be objective, but to be 

accurate. “This capability of observing 

accurately is never quite an innate faculty; 

it must be chiefly acquired by practice, by 

refining and regulating the perceptions of 

the senses … together with a constant 

distrust of our own powers of 

apprehension.” (6) The 

subjective perception can create unwanted 

assumptions, prejudices or theories; so we 

must question repeatedly to verify the 

reliability of the data. “The first step to 

freeing oneself from the limitations of 

one’s perspective is to become aware of 

what that perspective is.” (7) Allopathic 

physicians are taught that scientific 

objectivity makes them most effective. 


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They believe that mental distance protects 

them from becoming wounded by this 

difficult work. “Yet objectivity makes us 

far more vulnerable emotionally than 

compassion or a simple humanity. 

Objectivity separates us from the life 

around us and within us … Objectivity is 

not whole … No one who is untouched by 

it can really understand the life around 

them either.” (8) Inner calm or inner peace 

is needed instead. “It is more a spiritual 

quality than a mental quality.” (9) Self 

knowledge is a necessary prerequisite to 

this state. Introspection, meditation and 

experience help us attain it. “The essence 

of all true wisdom: know thyself.” (10) 

2.2.2. Participatory observing 

The observer is not detached, aloof or 

disinterested. She is not impartial or 

objective. To be an accurate observer, she 

needs to exert an active attention and not to 

remain a passive onlooker. She needs to 

be receptive, not an aggressive intruder. 

She needs to be interactive, not overly 

open or quietly closed. She is not 

objective or subjective, but a participant 

who dialogs in a reciprocal relationship. 

She does not take the case, but gives and 

takes the case. 

The participatory stance of the 

observer is an integral part of the holistic 

view of nature. The doctor and patient 

constitute an indivisible whole. The 

patient’s illness is not complete until it is 

known. The observer recognizes (recognizes) 

and re-presents the totality of the 

sick person. The observer acts as a 

mediator between the phenomena of the 

sickness and its continuity with the 

substances of nature that can heal. The 

observer does so from the perspective of 

the human being, the whole organism, not 

from the perspective of tissue pathology 

and not from the starting point of 

categories.

2.2.3. Observing without interpretation 

It is not so hard to be an observer of 

mere objects and about things assumed to 

be wholly unconnected to us. But we have 

to distinguish within ourselves the qualities 

that are merely our own from those 

belonging also to the phenomena under 

study. (11) “Poetic fancy, fantastic wit and 

speculation must for the time be 

suspended, and all 

over-strained reasoning, forced 

interpretation and tendency to explain 

away things must be suppressed. The duty 

of the observer is only to take notice of the 

phenomena and their course.” (12) 

In the tradition of Zen, there is the 

expression of the “beginner’s mind.” A person 

sees something for the first time with no 

presumptions or expectations, and this enables a 

seeing as it is. Oliver Sacks uses the expression, 

“The literalness of this child’s-eye vision.” (13) 

In another tradition of knowledge it is said, “The 

phenomenologist approaches the phenomenon as 

a beginner - in fact, phenomenology is often 

defined as a ‘science of beginnings.’ Whereas in 

positivist research, the student typically begins 

her inquiry knowing what she doesn’t know; the 

phenomenologist does not know what she 

doesn’t know.” (14) After the homœopath 

becomes self-consciously aware of the best 

mental stance and internal attitude, he can begin 

the case. 

3.0. Case analysis/case dynamics/case 

wholism 

The modern definition of the word 

“analysis” does not agree with the actual 

experience of working with a case. “The 

breaking up of something complex into its 

various single elements” (15) is only the 

first step in case study, case assessment, 

case evaluation, and case review. The first 

step is an investigation of all pertinent 

data. The second step is to arrange the 

meaningful information. This step is for 

the purpose of “the discovery of general 

principles underlying concrete 


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phenomena,” (16) which is another 

dictionary definition of “analysis.” The 

second step is to dynamically arrange and 

re-arrange the symptoms without going 

behind or underneath the symptoms to look 

for explanations. The third step is to see 

the picture of the whole sickness; so that 

the analog of this sick state can be found in 

the Materia Medica. 

The phrase “case analysis” or 

“analyzing the case” is not found in the 

original homœopathic literature. It is 

borrowed from mainstream positivist 

science. The original homœopathic 

scientific methodology rejects mechanistic 

thinking, and it rejects theories and 

hypothetical generalities. These days 

every homœopathic teacher seems to 

“analyze the case” in a different way. This 

means that analysis has lost its depth of 

meaning in Homœopathy. The novice 

homœopath has not enough experience to 

judge the usefulness and accuracy of these 

different methods. I hope to clarify the 

process of case study with more explicit 

descriptions of three steps. 

4.0. The Sherlock step - the first step 

Like the detective Sherlock Holmes, 

the homœopath first gathers all the clues. 

The most minute detail is investigated as is 

directed in §83 to §103 of the Organon. 

The prescriber gathers in information with 

thorough depth and breadth. Every fact is 

itemized. All the signs, symptoms and 

circumstances are noted. The objective 

data such as color and size are noted. The 

subjective phenomena such as sensation 

and intensity are included. The observers 

of the signs and symptoms include the 

doctor, family and friends, and the patient 

himself. The practitioner records all the 

units of information including proximate 

causes, modalities, concomitants, 

locations, and times. All of the senses are 

required to register a precise description.

Without all the clues even the celebrated 

Sherlock admitted, “I had come to an 

entirely erroneous conclusion; which 

shows, my dear Watson, how dangerous it 

always is to reason from insufficient data.” 

(17). Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was a doctor 

and he used one of his teachers, Joseph 

Bell, as a model. Sherlock’s companion in 

detection was a doctor of the everyman 

type. The homœopath aspires to be more. 

He needs to master the skill of exact 

looking. “’How did you ever see that?’ 

Holmes answers, ‘Because I looked for 

it.’” (18) 

At this stage, all the facts are recorded 

without value judgments or interpretations. 

The observer has resisted the tendency to 

filter the observations or select only some 

facts and transform them into a rigid 

system that resists further questioning. 

The data are like separate, unrelated parts 

of a jigsaw puzzle. (See Figure 1.) The 

case of the sick person is taken apart in an 

attempt to understand it. “From the 

mathematician we must learn the 

meticulous care required to connect things 

in unbroken succession, or rather, to derive 

things step by step.” (19) This step cannot 

be skipped over or taken lightly. In the 

homœopathic literature, it is advised, “a 

knowledge of mathematics gives us the 

requisite severity in forming a judgment.” 

(20) Homœopaths are not to weave theory 

or formulate explanations to fit the facts. 

However, endless analysis can lead us 

further and further away from the unity. 

How do we order the material? The 

homœopathic method is to construct the 

totality of the disease case into a total 

disease image. 

5.0. Nonlinear step - the second step 

The first mode of case taking 

investigates and collects the data point by 

point in a complete but linear way. Points 

can be arranged to form a straight line or 


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they can be arranged in a nonlinear way. 

How the symptoms are sorted occupies the 

second step of case appraisal. 

5.1. Not just synthesis 

The homœopath, at first, takes apart the 

disease symptom by symptom. Simply 

adding all these symptoms together is not 

enough. It is like throwing many objects 

in a box and randomly pouring them on a 

table. The objects of the investigation 

must be ordered in some meaningful way. 

“Separating and coordinating are two 

inseparable acts of life … And the more 

vitally these two functions of mind are 

conjoined, like breathing in and out, the 

better it will be for science … An 

important point is apparently overlooked 

when analysis is used alone: every analysis 

presupposes a synthesis … Why would we 

submit ourselves to the torment of 

anatomy, physiology, and psychology if 

not to reach some concept of the whole, a 

concept which can restore itself to 

wholeness no matter how it is torn to 

pieces? … The analytical thinker ought to 

begin by examining or rather by noting 

whether he is really working with a 

synthesis or only an aggregation, a 

juxtaposition, a composite or something of 

the sort.” (21) 

A synthesis is often defined as an 

opposite of analysis, but both words have 

been appropriated by mainstream science 

and lose their unique meaning for 

Homœopathy. The dictionary says that to 

synthesize is “unifying isolated sense-data 

into a complex whole.” (22) We are not 

looking for just any complicated whole 

that can be imagined. Synthesis is not just 

putting together again all the parts that 

analysis has laid out side by side, but it is 

starting with living wholes. “Disease is 

not to be considered … separate from the 

living whole,” says HAHNEMANN (§13, 

Organon).

5.2. Not theoretical 

In the practical method of 

Homœopathy, we do not pretend to 

understand the “inner nature” of the 

disease. The ultimate nature of disease 

may never be fully uncovered, and we do 

not pretend to explain causes. “The 

physician’s calling is not to spin so-called 

systems from empty conceits and 

hypothesis concerning the inner nature of 

the life process … to which the name 

theoretical medicine is given …” (23) 

Goethe, a contemporary of 

HAHNEMANN expresses the same 

beliefs, “Any attempt to express the inner 

nature of a thing is fruitless. What we 

perceive are effects, and a complete record 

of these effects ought to encompass this 

inner nature. We labor in vain to describe 

a person’s character, but when we draw 

together his actions, his deeds, a picture of 

his character will emerge.” (24) 

Goethe compares the analytical man 

and the theoretical thinking person. He 

says that practical man notes details and 

draws distinctions, and he is at home in his 

labyrinth. The theoretical person is one 

who has a higher vantage point and is 

quick to disdain detail; he creates a lethal 

(deadening) generality by lumping things 

together that live only in separation. (25) 

5.2.1. Seeing the elephant 

I will modify the parable of the blind 

men examining an elephant to serve as an 

example of the analytic approach versus 

the theoretical approach. The analytical 

researchers are very nearsighted and 

without their glasses in my story. One 

scientist sees the trunk as a flexible hose; 

another myopic scientist experiences the 

tusk as a sharp spear; another feels the ear 

is like a flapping fan; a fourth finds the leg 

to be like a tree trunk; the fifth finds the 

elephant’s side to be like a rough wall; a 


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sixth researcher, who also forgot his 

glasses, is sure the elephant resembles a 

rope when he touches the tail. “And so 

these men of Indostan disputed loud and 

long, each in his own opinion exceedingly 

stiff and strong; though each was partly in 

the right, and all were in the wrong.” (26) 

They could not see the whole elephant. 

Imagine if they tried to see the elephant 

with microscopes. 

On the other hand, there are the 

farsighted scientists who are not satisfied 

with their corrective glasses. These 

observers are interested in their elegant 

theories. They stand back from the 

phenomena like someone flying in a 

helicopter with a pair of binoculars, 

interested in getting an overview of 

elephants. No matter how good the pilot or 

how powerful the telescope, can these 

scientists smell the musk, feel the skin or 

hear the low vibrations emitted that allow 

elephants to communicate for miles? 

Instead, they come up with wide 

generalizations from their distant 

perspective or they detach from the 

experiences intellectually. They categorize 

elephants as machines or survival 

strategies; or knowingly conclude that 

elephants incarnate for learning to control 

their massive ego and engage in 

appropriate social behavior. 

This is in contrast to the true 

homœopathic approach, which includes 

living with the elephants, knowing them 

individually and observing their habits 

over time. This is more comparable to 

what in the past a naturalist would do. 

5.2.2. No hypothesis 

Here are quotes from various authors 

on the problems of forming hypotheses. 

“Theories are 

usually the premature conclusions of an 

impatient understanding which would 

prefer to get the phenomena out of the

way.” (27) For example, in Homœopathy, 

the idea that a practitioner can decide 

whether any patient needs a plant, mineral 

or animal remedy is called a prior 

hypotheses because it is assumed to be true 

before the concrete observations of a new 

case. The hypothesis takes precedence 

over the phenomena they were designed to 

represent. The hypothesis starts as only an 

approximate representation, but then 

substitutes itself for the observed 

phenomena and overpowers and 

immobilizes the actual symptoms. 

Theory is merely the surface 

rationalizations of a set of beliefs, 

conscious or unconscious, about the nature 

of the world. It invents does not find and 

accept the world as it is. (28) 

The brain is an organ of perception and 

of thinking. We see with the bodily eye, 

and we have ideas with the intellectual eye. 

The “sensory mind” has percepts and 

sensory embodiments (pictures). The 

“thinking mind” has concepts and schema 

(abstractions). (29) The signs and 

symptoms of a disease are known by the 

senses; hypotheses are imagined in the 

mind. 

5.3. Immerse oneself 

The homœopath must be like the 

naturalist observer who participates with 

the elephants to know them. This requires 

a particular kind of attention and inner 

activity. The observer directs his total 

awareness into the details of the signs and 

symptoms. He steps into the experience 

and stays only with the perceived 

phenomena. He does not try to explain or 

find a supposed cause of the phenomena, 

which fixes the mind in narrow pathways. 

All possible paths are kept open. See 

Figure 2. The jigsaw puzzle can be 

arranged in different ways. 

The signs and symptoms of the disease 

are not separate things. They have a 


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relationship and we shift our consciousness 

from possibility to possibility until we see. 

In Homœopathy, we help ourselves in this 

task by noting all of the modalities, 

concomitants, locations, sensations and 

timings related to the symptoms. We 

actively enter the phenomena as an 

experience and see the phenomena 

concretely. We do not look beyond the 

symptoms for reasons. We do not look 

behind the data for hidden mechanisms. 

We do not search under the sensory 

appearances for inner nature theories. 

We can compare all the perceptible 

phenomena to a body of water. The signs, 

symptoms and circumstances make up the 

constituent elements of 

the water. “The formative mobility of 

water is a more independent aspect of its 

quality. It supplements the analytical 

investigations by contributing to a holistic 

understanding of quality. … Here we are 

concerned with picture creating, not an 

analytical method.”(30) 

Stand in the experience. Immerse the 

awareness. Plunge into the phenomena. 

This fluid participation shifts the mode of 

consciousness. 

5.4. Living pictures 

Each case “demands of the physician 

only impartiality, sound senses, attentive 

observation, and faithfulness in recording 

the disease picture.” (§83, Organon) The 

homœopath investigates every detail and 

then makes exact pictures in the mind’s 

eye of every useful symptom. He builds 

exact, concrete images over and over, 

moving from one pattern to another until 

the interconnected whole or unity reveals 

itself. The isolated symptoms are within a 

context that fits together. We may find 

this coherent expression individualized in 

any one symptom - the characteristic

symptoms - just as we find something of 

each symptom permeating the whole. 

One problem is the language of modern 

psychology. It confuses the language of 

mental and emotional symptoms in 

Homœopathy. The pictures in psychology 

are general categories of fixed types, like 

stereotypes or archetypes. For instance, 

the terms “paranoid” or “co-dependent” 

are not meaningful enough for a 

homœopath. If someone says they have 

low self-esteem, the homœopath must 

investigate further and determine if this 

means low self-confidence or timidity or 

humiliation, etc. These general categories 

are ideas or concepts, not direct sensual 

perceptions. These so-called pictures are 

static types and not living pictures. To a 

psychologist, the pictures of remedies 

become fixed types rather than dynamic, 

living portraits. Some remedies have 

physical symptoms that may form no 

psychological picture, but the sum of the 

symptoms is still a portrait of a disease 

image. 

It takes training and experience to see 

the pattern of the disease image. There is 

no short cut to diligent practice. A chess 

master can play twenty games at once 

because he sees the dynamic patterns, not 

because he analyses every possible move 

or has a fixed preconception of how he will 

move. The homœopathic prescriber does 

not arrange the symptoms in just any way. 

It is not like connecting the dots 

(symptoms) at random. The dots must 

form an accurate living picture. 

5.5. Dynamic pictures 

At this second step in studying the case 

the homœopath’s perspective remains 

many-sided as possible. This is the time of 

active indetermination on the part of the 

observer. He is freely active in the 

oscillation between self-reflection and 


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selfless immersion in the phenomena. 

There is a constant tension within. The 

desire to see permanent forms conflicts 

with the unceasing changes that reveal the 

process of life. There are no fixed 

contours in living forms; there are no 

straight lines in nature. Every living form 

must transform to stay alive. In modern 

movies there is a special effect called 

“morphing”. Metamorphosis is part of 

health. In modern mathematics, nonlinear 

dynamics more closely describes living 

systems. (31) After the left-brain linear 

analysis of the first step, “it is as if the leftcerebral 

hemisphere is not involved - as if 

all is achieved by the right cerebrum with 

its structural ‘geometric’ vision, its holistic 

gestalt view.” (32) 

6.0. The integral seeing step - the third 

step 

The first step in studying the case 

involves investigating each symptom in 

detail point by point. This separation of 

the disease case into its component parts 

requires analysis. The second step in case 

evaluation is to arrange the data in a 

meaningful way. This requires a fluid, 

dynamic immersion into the perceptible 

signs and symptoms, and does not 

introduce interpretations beyond. The 

third step reveals the whole of the 

particular disease case. 

6.1. Grasp the whole 

Seeing the whole requires a new mode 

of perception by the observer. He knows 

the whole by reorganizing the parts, but a 

sum of the parts is not the same as 

integrating the parts. Integral seeing 

reveals the unity of seeing and knowing. 

This new perception requires skill and 

effort of practice. This wholeness focuses 

on the sensory phenomena rather than on 

general formulas. 

The signs and symptoms are brought 

into perceptual clarity. The homœopath

experiences the evidence until it carries a 

force of conviction. It is a seeing all at 

once - a gut feeling, a just right feeling, the 

moment of “aha”. The homœopath is now 

a “see-r” or seer. He grasps the whole of 

the case. The practitioner feels this 

moment of actualization. The case shows 

itself in its original entirety. 

6.2. The wrong whole 

In Homœopathy, case wholeness is 

usually called “the totality of the 

symptoms”. Each homœopath means 

something different when he 

uses this term. One homœopath might 

look at the symptoms more and more 

closely and just see pieces. Figure 3 of the 

jigsaw puzzle shows a totality of the pieces 

fitting together nicely but blankly. This is 

an analytical whole. The authentic whole 

“avoids fragmenting reality into sheer 

multiplicity. It allows the uniqueness of 

the particular to appear within the light of 

the unity of the whole.”(33). The 

analytical homœopath should learn to 

experience the quality of the group of 

phenomena that determines the unity. 

The theoretical or neo-platonic 

homœopath (34) removes himself from the 

phenomena and engages the realm of 

generalities. “Seeing comprehensively is 

not to be confused with seeing generally. 

The essential point about this is that it is 

the capacity to comprehend differences as 

a unity in a concrete way, whereas seeing 

generally is abstract and looks for unity by 

removing differences. Seeing 

comprehensively is a higher cognitive 

function than abstracting what is 

common.”(35) Seeing generally involves 

the mind in ideas, and ideas are 

independent of time and space - they have 

no real context. Seeing comprehensively 

looks at only the experience of the signs 

and symptoms that are rooted in time and 

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6.3. Parts and wholes 

The homœopath encounters a whole 

person first. The separate signs and 

symptoms are discerned later. The 

belonging together of the symptoms is 

first. The characteristic symptoms lead to 

the identity of the whole that is already 

there. The perception of the best possible 

remedy follows after the whole is known. 

The separate symptoms are not arranged 

and rearranged to fit a predetermined 

remedy picture. Each person’s unique 

disease is not a type of remedy. The 

remedies, whether we have 4,000 or 

40,000, are only close approximations to 

the completely new disease process never 

before seen in creation. 

The whole picture of the disease case 

cannot be seen accurately without every 

one of its parts. To ignore the parts is to 

ignore half of the creative dynamics that 

defines the system. The parts are the 

content; the whole is the context. (36) That 

is, the content is like the trees and the 

context is like the forest. You cannot see a 

real forest unless you have all the trees. “If 

you would seek comfort in the whole, you 

must learn to discover the whole in the 

smallest part.” (37) 

Why do so many homœopaths 

trivialize the detailed physical symptoms? 

“Perhaps we can liken the scientist who 

leaves the field of direct sense-impression 

in order to see nature as a whole, to a 

climber who wants to master the highest 

peak of a mighty mountain in order to 

survey the country below him in all its 

variety …… Eventually he reaches a 

dazzling, clear region of ice and snow in 

which all life has died and where he can 

only breathe with great difficulty, and only 

by traversing this region can he reach the 

top.”(38) These homœopaths may be on an 

important personal quest, but they do not

ing back verifiable homœopathic 

information. 

Other homœopaths build their 

homœopathic case on every analytical 

detail, but do not look for a unity. “It is 

not by mere addition of brick to brick, that 

we try to construct this building, but it is 

rather the actual Gestalt of the intrinsic 

architecture of this building that we try to 

discover, a Gestalt from which the 

phenomena, which were formerly 

equivocal, would now become [seen] as 

belonging to a unitary, ordered … whole in 

which one can differentiate, among the 

observed phenomena, between the 

‘members’ which really belong to it and 

the less relevant, contingent connections of 

arbitrary parts.” (39) The characteristic 

symptoms, the rare and significant 

symptoms cannot be recognized without a 

meaningful whole in which to see them. 

Figure 4 shows a collection of meaningful 

parts, but they do not make an integral 

unity. 

6.4.Seeing and seeing 

The following quotes point out that 

seeing is an every day function, but that 

the true observer sees in an integral way. 

“The question is not what you look at - but 

how you look and whether you see.”(39) 

“There is a difference between seeing and 

seeing; he failed to recognize that the 

intellectual eye must work in constant and 

spirited harmony with the bodily eye, for 

otherwise the scholar might run the risk of 

looking and yet overlooking.” (40) In 

German, there is the quote, “zum sehen 

geboren, zum schauen bestellt.”(41) This is 

interpreted to mean, “Born to see, to see 

integrally is a disposition.” Other authors 

further describe the type of seeing called 

Schauen. “Goethe’s scientific method - 

‘steady, clear-sighted perception, Schauen, 

will reveal what no amount of speculative 

enthusiasm, Schwärmen, can convey; 

certainty is accessible to informed and 


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painstaking observation, not abstract 

conjecture.” (42) 

HAHNEMANN also mentions a 

Schauen, a Durchschauen, in §104. The 

homœopath first records exactly the 

defining and distinguishing totality of 

symptoms, which is the picture of the 

disease case. Then, “he can behold it in all 

of its parts and lift out the characteristic 

signs.” (43) The 

specific way to see the whole is “to 

behold” according to this translator. In 

Figure 5, we behold the whole. 

Thoreau has said, “The true man of 

science will know nature better by his finer 

organization; he will smell, taste, see, hear, 

feel, better than other men … We do not 

learn by inference and deduction … 

Wisdom does not inspect, but behold. We 

must look a long time before we can 

see.”(44) 

7.0. Conclusion 

The original homœopathic method of 

science is not unique in the history of 

science. Many quotes have been cited to 

show that the method of Homœopathy 

connects with a scientific way of knowing 

that continues to this day. It may not be 

part of the mainstream, but it exists from 

HAHNEMANN’s time until the present. 

Three steps describe the specific and 

exacting method of studying a 

homœopathic case. Case analysis, case 

dynamics and case wholism complete the 

assessment of a sick person. The 

homœopathic prescriber succeeds if he is a 

proper observer: he sees; he participates; 

he beholds. 

Acknowledgements 

I thank Gregory Vlamis for searching 

out and finding the sources of the 

references used in this paper. The 

illustrations were created by my wife, 

Ileane.

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3. Chronic and Migraine Headache 

KENNETH A. Mc. LAREN 

(The Homœopathic Prestige, May, 

1991) 

In a short paper it would be impossible 

to fully explore such an extensive subject 

as the title suggests. The subject is, 

however, of great interest to all physicians 

because of the numerous patients who 

complain of such headaches, and because 

of the difficulty met with in giving 

anything like permanent relief to these 

sufferers. 

OSLER lists headache as relative to its 

cause, and gives Migraine headache in a 

separate chapter. The layman uses the 

term Migraine as descriptive of any 

headache which has proved difficult to 

relieve and which may show some 

evidence of periodicity. 

Among the causes listed by OSLER are 

Cerebral Tumour, Cerebral Syphilis, 


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Mouth breathing, Uraemia and Migraine. I 

might add arterial Hypertension. George 

ROYAL, in his book Diseases of the Brain 

and Nerves, classifies headache into two 

general classes direct exogenous and reflex 

endogenous. Drugs, excitement, and 

shock, may be the cause of these direct or 

exogenous headaches – while the cause of 

the endogenous or reflex form, may be 

many and difficult to ascertain. Injuries; 

eye strain; disease of the brain and spinal 

cord; remote effects of drugs such as tea, 

coffee, quinine; effects of the sun; reflex 

symptoms from the digestive tract; the 

generative organs; allergic conditions; and 

many others including arterial 

Hypertension, all come under this 

classification and include Migraine. 

Migraine headaches appear to have as 

well as hereditary back ground. Some 

authors claim these are closely related to 

Epilepsy, and state that more parents 

suffering from Migraine have epileptic 

children than do epileptic parents. 

Certainly Migraine sufferers have 

prodromal symptoms, frequently ocular 

with blurred vision, half vision, or 

temporary blindness, before the full 

violence of the attack is established. More 

cases are seen in women than in men and 

the attacks tend to decrease in number and 

violence, and many cease entirely after 

fifty. 

Other authors do not subscribe to this 

theory and take the position that the 

disease is of vasomotor origin, a neurosis. 

In support of this, they claim there is a 

tendency to arteriosclerosis of the vessels 

on the side of the head usually affected. 

During the attack the arterial tension may 

be considerably raised; while in many 

cases in chronic headache, and true 

Migraine, there is present an increased 

arterial tension. Marked periodicity is

present as a cardinal symptom of true 

Migraine. 

Because of the numerous causes listed 

and unlisted, it behoves every physician to 

make a very thorough examination and 

enquiry into the past history and present 

physical state of these patients. He should 

listen carefully to all their subjective 

symptoms, and check these and their 

objective symptoms against the results of 

his complete physical examination. Then 

only is he in a position to make a real 

diagnosis and offer any reliable prognosis. 

The case of Mrs. M. well illustrates 

this point. Healthy woman of 38; 

throbbing left-sided headache of several 

years standing; occipital area most 

affected; was worse from jar, stooping; and 

strong light; two moderate sized Wens 

were found in this area which were tender 

to touch and pressure. Belladonna was 

given, the Wens removed by surgery, and 

the headaches have never recurred. 

Belladonna would have relieved this 

condition temporarily, but it was evident 

that the removal of the Wens produced the 

cure. 

If no cause can be found your case may 

at once become much more difficult of 

successful solution; for with no discernible 

physical cause you are forced to the 

conclusion that you have to deal with a 

possible allergic or hereditary neurotic 

state. For example, let me quote the short 

history of Mrs. R., young matron;healthy 

vigorous mother of two sons; violent 

headaches from time to time for which no 

cause could be ascertained. She went the 

round of many physicians of note in our 

University Medical Centre without relief. 

At last, she consulted an elderly Professor 

of Medicine who finally removed apples 

from her diet with the result that her 

headaches ceased. This conclusion was 

brought about by careful questioning and 


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not by the use of skin tests. The Professor 

was not a member of the 

homœopathic fraternity, but he had not 

entirely relegated all subjective symptoms 

to the care of the waste basket. 

From the very first it is your duty to 

discover whether your patient merely 

wants temporary relief or wants to attain as 

nearly as possible the so-called cure. If he 

only wants something to take at the 

headache, it will not pay you to take the 

time for discovery of possible pathology 

and a proper study of his history and 

subjective symptoms, for these cases are 

rarely cured by one or two prescriptions. 

The above is not always true but is 

generally the case. 

To illustrate the cure in one 

prescription of a terribly severe case of 

chronic headache, I will quote the 

following short case history. Mr. S., 

Halifax, N.S., has had terrible chronic 

headache for years; had been to a wellknown 

clinic and many prominent to be 

added as in original text, that any further 

examination by me would be pointless, he 

is a dapper, dark haired man, commercial 

traveler; has had bad foot sweat for years 

and history of three carbuncles; wants the 

head wrapped up warmly when the 

headache is on. Silicea is clearly indicated 

and prescribed. Two years after he again 

visited me as the headache were beginning 

to recur. 

The climatic conditions which obtain 

in any given section of the country where 

the patient resides, may help in the 

selection of the acute remedy indicated for 

a first prescription; while the results of 

your examination and analysis of the 

subjective symptoms, will point the way to 

the selection of the chronic or 

constitutional remedy. ‘ In colder 

climates where any exposure to cold winds 

may start off a headache of the neuralgic or

congestive type, Aconite or Belladonna 

may be quickly palliative. The so-called 

sinus headaches are relieved, and 

sometimes cured by Belladonna. They are 

made worse by jar, stooping, light and 

noise. The face is red and flushed, the 

pupils are dilated and the carotids throb 

visibly. Belladonna in any potency is 

marvelous in this type of headache. 

In the warmer climates it is probable 

that there are more patients who need 

Bryonia, Gelsemium and Melilotus. 

Bryonia is a truly remarkable remedy, in 

that its action is both acute and chronic. 

When indicated it will cure permanently 

with no second remedy to follow up. The 

typical cases are usually found in dark 

complexioned, brown-eyed people. The 

headache comes on in the morning with 

first movement in bed is a dull full feeling 

attended with some vertigo, and is made 

worse by stooping. It is relieved by 

bathing the face and head with cold water. 

Mentally, these patients are 

irritable, they are also usually constipated, 

but with no desire for stool. 

Nux vomica patients also have 

headaches first thing in the morning and 

are constipated, but have frequent 

ineffectual urge to stool. They are 

irritable, quick, nervous, depressed and the 

headache is generally relieved by their 

morning cup of coffee. 

The Migraine patient with terrible 

morning headache attended by a great deal 

of nausea, and more nausea, is frequently 

cured by Ipecacuanha. In my experience, 

the presence of a clean tongue and a great 

deal of nausea, plus periodicity, points the 

way to Ipecacuanha. It is quite able to 

cure this type of case. 

When the headache is found to change 

sides each time it returns, Lac caninum is 

indicated, or the headache may change to 

the other side during the same day. The 


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headache is extremely violent, probably 

because these patients are neurotic and 

fanciful. They are attended with a peculiar 

type of vertigo which is described as if 

floating on the bed, or walking on air, 

when walking. 

Iris versicolor produces a periodical 

type of sick headache attended with 

salivation and burning in the stomach with 

vomiting of very acid, burning, watery or 

ropy mucus. There is often blurring of the 

vision and one sided frontal pain. 

Sanguinaria produces the typical sick 

headache, periodical, commencing in the 

morning and not relieved until evening. 

This is attended with hot flushes, vomiting, 

and the pain is right sided from the right 

eye to the occiput. 

Silicea patients sweat profusely, 

generally give a history of suppuration or 

foot sweat, and the headaches are relieved 

by wrapping the head up warmly. 

In Spigelia, we usually encounter the 

seat of pain over the left eye or in the 

eyeball. It is a neuralgic type of pain and 

is frequently accompanied by elevation of 

the blood pressure and rapid heart action. 

The presence of, or history of stabbing 

pains in the region of the apex area will 

assist in making the decision, and also 

assist the patient with the resultant drop in 

blood pressure, and relief of both headache 

and stabbing pains. This remedy is often 

indicated in sinus headaches after 

Influenza and acute sinus involvement, and 

will cure the postnasal catarrh which 

attends such cases. 

Sepia patients are easily identified by 

their facial appearance, uterine history, 

relief of symptoms from moving about, 

and by the fact that their headaches are 

frequently relieved by eating. 

For cases where the only apparent 

cause seems to be elevation of the blood

pressure, accessory measures to help in 

reduction of the tension are in order. 

These include more rest and proper diet, 

the elimination of stimulants, the reduction 

of salt intake and increase of water and 

decrease in fat and protein consumption 

must be considered and stressed. In short, 

a change in their mode of living is 

necessary. 

The ideal way to prescribe for your 

patient is to take the totality of his 

symptoms, work it out in the Repertory, 

then look up the resultant remedies in the 

Materia Medica, and make your choice. 

This becomes easier the oftener it is done. 

Personally, I have not the time so essay 

some shortcuts. 

If your patient has had a history of 

Epistaxis, or bleeding, is nervous, likes 

cold drinks, has nightmare, is upset by 

thunderstorms, you will have possibly two 

remedies to consider, namely Phosphorus 

and Natrum muriaticum. If the patient has 

weak ankles, a red V in the neck, dislikes 

consolation, you eliminate Phosphorus. If 

mild, tearful, chilly, is upset by fats and 

has a catarrhal tendency, you will think of 

Pulsatilla with possibly Silicea in the 

offing. If a history of car sickness and 

uterine disorders, or Tinnitus and Eczema, 

you think of Sepia or Petroleum. For those 

with heat flushes and blood-pressure, you 

think of Natrum muriaticum, Ferrum, 

Lachesis, Sulphur, and Sanguinaria. For 

the more gastric type, you think of China, 

Iris versicolor, Ipecac, Bryonia, etc. 

It is really very easy and rather rapid, 

of course the more you consult your 

Repertory, the better your knowledge of 

Materia Medica becomes, and that in the 

end determines your choice remedy. 

I never see one of these patients oftener 

than once every two weeks and the great 

majority of all my chronic cases are given 

one month’s supply of medicine at each 

consultation. This prevents the too 


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frequent changing of the prescription. In 

an old chronic case it is not reasonable to 

expect brilliant results in one or two 

weeks. 

Here follow a few short illustrative 

case reprts: 

September, 1945. Mrs. S., age 26; 

slender, brown hair and eyes; has suffered 

from Migraine headaches for ten years; 

was run down and anaemic when they 

commenced. She usually wakes with a 

headache which may stop from taking 

aspirin; when not relieved it becomes 

worse and is attended by a great deal of 

nausea, but she does not vomit. The 

headache is in the middle and left side of 

forehead and extends to the occiput; is 

worse from light, jar or false step from 

stooping, and is a dull headache. It is hard 

to decide between Belladonna and Bryonia 

CM was given. October 1945, a slight 

improvement; the headache is worse 

during the menstrual period. Natrum 

muriaticum has this symptom in high type. 

I find she is afraid to be alone at night, 

worse from thunderstorms, and dislikes 

sympathy. Nat. mur. is given with great 

relief. January 1946, Nat. mur. repeated in 

higher potency. April 1946, Nat.mur. 

again given in still higher potency. This 

girl is now practically well. 

January 1944. Mr. R., age 47; fair hair, 

blue eyes; complains of attacks of 

indigestion from fats, raw fruits, and 

sweets; feels bloated and belches a great 

deal during the attack; has a weak gone 

feeling relieved by eating; and whenever 

he is constipated the urine becomes scanty 

and objects seem to tremble or print 

jiggles; he then gets a severe headache 

attended with little nausea but no vomiting. 

Three remedies stand out, Sulphur, Carbo 

veg., and Cyclamen. Sulphur 200 was 

given with several powders of Cyclamen 

200 to be taken in case the headache

ecomes severe. Patient returned in April 

1944, reports great relief, prescription 

repeated. Reported for more medicine 

September 1944, did not want any 

headache powders as no more headaches; 

stomach gas now the only complaint given; 

Carbo veg. low twice a day. Every three 

of four months since I get a telephone 

request for more gas pellets. 

January 1939, Mrs. F.S., age 55, stout; 

twelve years ago diagnosis made of an 

infected gallbladder; has recurring severe 

attacks of headaches with vomiting; starts 

with a dazzling light in the right eye which 

comes suddenly; the vision is reduced to 

half of normal within twenty minutes; this 

prodromal condition is followed in about 

one half hour by terrible headache attended 

with nausea and vomiting white stringy 

mucus; she never vomits food; the 

vomiting stops when all the mucus has 

come away; the attack usually commences 

about 11 a.m. and lasts for two days; they 

are becoming more frequent and intervals 

are never more than two months; there is 

no vertigo, only a few flushes, some loud 

belching. The arterial tension is up 

180/110. Kali bichromicum 200 every 

four days to report in two months. March 

1939, no attack, but was a little dizzy on 

stooping when next headache was due; 

S.P.B 160/90. There elapsed one year 

without any headaches, then she was 

persuaded to give a blood transfusion. 

Following this she suffered a slight left 

sided stroke, and consulted me again in 

1941. B.P. 200/120; headaches have 

returned; Kali bichromicum 1M once a 

week soon put her right again. It is evident 

that this woman is suffering from a toxic 

condition, probably the focus is in the 

gallbladder. She lives 175 miles out in the 

country, 

refuses operation, and feels she can stand 

the very rare headaches she now has. 


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Mrs. B. slender; brown hair and eyes age 

40; frequent morning headaches on first moving 

in bed; no vomiting but a lot of vertigo on 

stooping. Bryonia CM one dose a month. Only 

slight return of the headache. 

February 1942. Mrs. B., slender; fair 

haired: mother of two boys, allergic to dust 

and house mould; has had hay fever for 

years; gets injections for it. Moved to 

Toronto from California where Hay fever 

is much less, probably due to living in 

heated house; Migraine headaches for 

years; they come on with a great deal of 

nausea but no vomiting. Ipecac 200 once a 

week completely cured her in three 

months. 

- Journal of the American Institute of 

Homœopathy, November 1946. 

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4. Medorrhinum – a Remedy for Modern 

Management of Allergic and Nervous 

Children 

GNAIGER-RATHMANNER, Jutta & 

BÖHLER, Mirjam (HL. 16, 4/2003) 

Lecture at the 56 th Congress of the LIGA 

MEDICORUM HOMŒOPATHICA 

INTERNATIONALIS; Sibiu, Romania, 29 th of 

August to 2 nd of September 2001. 

I have practiced for almost twenty years as a 

homœopathic physician. An important 

emphasis in my practice is children. I have 

made a file in which I document successful cases 

with remedies and diagnosis in a simple form. 

Up till now there have been 42 cases of 

Medorrhinum that we have evaluated, among 

them 37 children and one teenager. 

Medorrhinum seems to be a remedy 

especially for male patients. Every age was 

represented. 

I had to discover Medorrhinum as a child’s 

remedy first and then gain experience. 

Table 1 

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Medorrhinum – 42 cases 

Distribution among age/sex: 

Age Male Female 

4 adults 3 1 

1 teenager 1 0

37 children total 35 2 

0 – 6 a 14 2 

7 – 14 a 21 0 

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Table 2 

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Medorrhinum - 42 cases 

Frequency of prescription from 1988 – 2000 

1988 – 1996 

18 cases = 2 cases/year 

Indications: 

Allergy 9 cases 

Nervousness 5 cases 

Other 4 cases 

1997 – 2000 

24 cases = 6 cases/year 

Indications: 

Allergy 7 cases 

Nervousness 13 cases 

Other 4 cases 

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This chart shows us how experiences with a 

remedy helps us recognize it and helps raise the 

number of successful prescriptions. The 

indications for Medorrhinum shifted from 

allergies to nervous disorders over the years. 

Does this very observation correspond with the 

increasing number of hyperactive adults and 

children nowadays? 

I – The 37 case histories of children 

All of these case histories documented 

children who received vital help with 

Medorrhinum at one point of their development. 

Medorrhinum was given as a single remedy in 

the 200C or MK potency and observed over 

several months. Some children needed only 

Medorrhinum, which led to obvious success 

quickly. Other children received other remedies 

before and after Medorrhinum. These remedies 

can be possibly examined as related remedies. 

For the purpose of documentation one 

diagnosis was assigned to each case. These 

diagnoses are meant to be descriptive. A more 

exact differential diagnosis wasn’t required. I 

rather wanted this primary focus (with the 

concomitant symptoms and complaints) 

according to the phenomenological access of 

Homœopathy. 

The homœopathic practitioner doesn’t treat 

diagnoses, but ill children with their sufferings 


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and symptoms – recorded in their totality. 

There has to be an improvement in the whole 

child and as a result also in their diagnosis and 

clinical dates; that’s what I want to discuss. 

A. Main diagnoses of the 37 Children 

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1. Nervousness: 17x 

Restlessness 7x 

Lack of concentration 3x 

Sleeping problems 2x 

Bruxism, biting nails, migraine each 1x 

3x 

Dyslexia, aggressive behaviour each 1x 2x 

2. Allergy: 13x 

Allergic Asthma 4x 

Recurrent spastic bronchitis 3x 

Rhinitis allergica 2x 

Neurodermitis 3x 

Acute eczema 1x 

3. Inflammation: 3x 

Frequent infections 

(viral, bacterial) 3x 

Conjunctivitis neonatorum 

(bacterial) frequently* 

Diaper rash, 

Diaper candidiasis 

frequently* 

(*several times observed, not documented) 

4. Urogenitary-tract: 4x 

Recurrent balanitis 1x 

Enuresis nocturna 1x 

Synechia of labia majoria 1x 

Cryptorchism 1x 

(treatment had to be stopped because of massive 

reaction to the remedy) 

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B. Accessory diagnoses of the 37 children 

Apart from the main diagnosis per patient, 

various accessory diagnoses or concomitant 

complaints frequently exist. They have two 

meanings. 

They improved simultaneously together 

with the main complaints, or they belong to the 

history of the patient. In this case, they help to 

record the process of the disease over a long 

period of time, according to the idea of 

Constitution and Miasm in Homœopathy. They

show the surroundings that promote the 

Medorrhinum pathology. 

In revision of the case histories, the 

following data attracted attention: 

Medorrhinum children often show symptoms 

on several organ systems at the same time. The 

nervous symptoms, combined with allergic, 

atopic symptoms of the skin, the respiratory 

tract and the intestines as well as combined with 

various recurrent infections. 

The main symptom ‘restlessness’ culminates 

in symptoms such as biting nails, masturbation, 

jerking the face and various malfunctions of 

sleep. Furthermore there is a tendency to 

dyslexia. There are also many lefties as well as 

pupils who refuse to go to school. This is often 

the result of learning disabilities and impaired 

co-ordination of movement. 

Three children out of 37 suffered from 

concussion of the brain, one child even twice. 

The result of over-daring and uncontrolled 

behaviour? 

They often suffer from head-and 

stomachache. 

The infections derive from putrid 

inflammations such as putrid tonsillitides and 

otitides on one hand to dry spasms as in 

laryngitis and asthmatic bronchitis on the other 

hand. Some of them had gone through an 

adenectomy. 

The intestines are also very sensitive in sense 

of frequent gastro-enteritides. Some children 

fell sick on the respiratory tract as often as on 

the gastrointestinal tract. 

During the infection the children develop 

high fever, or don’t develop fever at all (or not 

any more). As a sign of an immunodeficiency 

there are also episodes of sub-febrile 

temperature. 

It is to be concluded that there are all the 

symptoms of a typical acute infection, but also 

the typical picture of the pure allergic ‘dry’ 

Asthma. But there are also all stages of subacute 

and recurrent infections, with or without 

spastic signs. I want to call them a transitional 

stage between infectious susceptibility and the 

allergic child, in many case histories. 

They often suffer from intolerance to food, 

especially milk. Children are often very 

fastidious and show a bias towards monotonous 

nutrition. It’s remarkable that they often switch 

their favorites, always with the same exclusive 

intensity. 

The tendency to diarrhoea described above 

has surely to be seen in context with this 


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intolerance to food, which was confirmed by 

several mothers. 

The atopy on skin and mucous membranes 

often starts very early: The skin-manifestations 

in the first week, Asthma in the first year of life. 

You can often find diaper rash and diaper 

candidiasis in their history. All of the atopic 

children are very restless. 

C. The early infantile history 

All 37 cases were analysed regarding their 

early infantile development. The notes are not 

complete records, but they are expressive. This 

gives us a clue to the aetiology of the symptoms 

of Medorrhinum children. 

Pregnancy 

In nine cases, problems during pregnancy 

were quoted, with the following authentic words: 

• Painful injuries of the coccyx 

• Of a house in the nearest neighbourhood 

• Previous abortion in the past, then difficult 

pregnancy with long lasting tendency to 

abortion (in two cases) 

• Pre-eclampsia 

• Haemorrhage since beginning of pregnancy, 

chaos and worries, death of the 2 nd twin in 

utero 

• Psycho terror and mortification of the 

mother by the grandmother 

• Child was thought to be dead in ultrasonics 

• Fear of birth 

Table 3 

Birth 

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Perinatal anamnesis 

Problems during pregnancy: 3x 

Difficult delivery: 

13x 

Caesarea: 5x 

Breech presentation: 3x 

Long lasting labours: 3x 

Exhausting labours: 1x 

Precipitate labour: 1x 

Premature birth: 

3x 

Birth late in time, induced: 

2x

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Twenty-seven out of 37 births deviate from 

the norm. This must be considered as 

remarkable. 

Table 4 

Early infantile development 

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Neuro-physiological development in the early 

childhood: 

Accelerated: 5x 

(4 of them without crawling) 

Retarded: 7x 

Speaking: 

Accelerated: 1x 

Retarded: 3x 

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Twelve out of 37 infants showed disorders of 

their neuro-physiological development. 

PFEIFER understands this as a sign of deviation 

of the ‘normotonic’ tension of muscles. There 

are three ‘crying babies’ and the mothers twice 

reported that their children have looked ‘old’ 

since their birth and seemed to be unharmonic. 

‘He never looked like a baby and never behaved 

helplessly, like a baby.’ 

As to vaccinations: 

There are no spontaneous statements in the 

case histories; specific questioning on this topic 

has not taken place. 

First step of conclusion: 

There are many remarkable deviations 

regarding the early childhood history. 

‘Marching to a different drummer’ – that’s what 

Medorrhinum children are inclined towards, 

from their birth on. 

Table 5 

D. Related remedies 

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Related remedies 

For nervousness: 

Tuberculinum 


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Kalium bromatum 

Nux vomica 

Staphisagria 

Mercurius 

Opium 

China 

For allergy: 

Sulphur 

Mercurius 

Bufo 

Mephitis 

Tuberculinum 

Carcinosinum 

For urogenitary disorders: 

Sarsaparilla 

Coccus cacti 

Cantharis 

Acidum nitricum 

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These are the remedies that the children 

received successfully as following or as remedies 

for inter-current diseases. 

There is much more to say about these 

relationships, and much more work to be done 

on it. This remains to be elaborated on for 

another lecture. 

II – Literature 

Origin of the remedy 

Medorrhinum is a classic Nosode and is 

produced from the urethral ichor of an acute 

Gonorrhoea. The secretion is extracted before 

any treatment and from several persons. 

The microscopical analysis shows: many 

Neisseriae gonorhoeae, polynuclear leucozytes, 

and cells from the epithelium. It involves a 

complex biological compound from the microbe 

and the reaction products of the surroundings. 

The sample is checked for innocuousness and 

sterility. 

(Materia Medica der Nosoden, O. A. JULIAN) 

Medorrhinum as a children’s remedy 

O. A. JULIAN: 

The children are anaemic, with multiple 

adenopathies, they have a large head, a sweating 

face and frequent catarrhs. The babies show the 

typical sleeping position on the abdomen, with 

their buttocks raised up in the air. Further 

symptoms are the Eczema perianale, prolapsing 

anus, enuresis, infantile asthma, and ailments 

from immunization.

D.M. BORLAND and F. VERMEULEN 

don’t mention Medorrhinum among ‘children’s 

types in Homœopathy’. 

In his book ‘The Homœopathic Treatment of 

Children’ Paul HERSCU has developed a vivid 

picture of Medorrhinum in children. His 

experiences in the USA match with my 

observations in many aspects. 

III – Medorrhinum – a children’s remedy: results 

from 37 cases 

All of these children, mostly boys, love to 

move. Whenever they can ramp outdoors, they 

are happy. They love practical things, and feel 

utmost bothered by the requirements at school. 

Often the intensity on the one hand and the 

flightiness and contrariness of the mind 

symptoms on the other hand lead to the selection 

of the remedy. The same features can also be 

found in the children’s appetite: craving for the 

very dishes that they refuse immediately 

afterwards. 

The children often suffer from sensation of 

heat. They like to undress and sleep uncovered. 

How angry and aggressive are these 

children? In our repertories nothing about rage 

can be found, but in Medorrhinum children we 

often find aggressive behaviour. 

In early childhood striking seems to be an 

important form of expression of these children 

when other ways to express oneself are not 

accessible. In school, the aggression seems to be 

reactive – followers and ready to join every 

nonsense. If there is a storm center, they follow 

without doubt. Most of the time the leaders are 

other children. Often you can hear the mother 

say: ‘I can’t understand his behaviour at school. 

If he’s alone with me, he is obedient and a good 

boy’. 

There are many mind symptoms in the case 

histories of these children that can’t be found in 

the Repertory under this remedy: 

For example: 

• Chaotic 

• Striking 

• Breaking things 

• Anger 

• Fury 

• Morose – morning 

• Heat – sensation of 

• Shrieking – during sleep 

• Throat – inflammation – tonsils 

• Male genitalia/sex – phimosis 

• Mouth – speech –indistinct 


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• Extremities – in-coordination 

Medorrhinum: boys who charm their 

mothers – possibly in competition with their 

fathers? 

Medorrhinum: a remedy for boys who feel 

attracted by girls, in a premature and excessive 

way? 

The premature child in the sense of: 

• Vigorous denial of all kinds of conformity 

and book learning, long before puberty 

• Great interest in all kinds of technology 

• Precocious curiosity for fashion, trends and 

eroticism. 

The clairvoyance of the children is revealed 

by their ability to detect every weakness and 

tension in their surroundings. They are the 

children who unerringly expose adults to 

ridicule. The negative and disharmonious 

moments of life inevitably attract them. 

‘Prophesying of disagreeable events’ is a strange 

rubric, where only Medorrhinum is named. 

Is Medorrhinum well enough known as a 

remedy for the allergic child? In addition to the 

Nosodes Tuberculinum and Carcinosinum it 

proved to be a very useful remedy. 

Regarding early infantile development, 

many remarkable deviations were found. Also 

these children present very particular 

disabilities: in the sense of ‘attention deficit 

disorder’ also described as ‘frühkindliches 

psychoorganisches Syndrom’ i.e. Minimal brain 

dysfunction (RUF-BÄCHTIGER). These are 

common diagnoses by the neuro-physiologists. 

In the picture of Medorrhinum there is a 

whole string of symptoms that correspond with 

the above observations: 

• Sleep – position – genupectoral 

• Ophisthotonus 

• Motions of head – rolling head 

• Awkwardness 

• Lack of perseverance 

• Concentration – difficult 

• Making mistakes – in writing 

• Speaking 

• Spelling 

• In time 

On this topic, PFEIFFER has elaborated 

much information. 

A good physiotherapy, play-therapy or ergotherapy 

can supplement the homœopathic 

treatment in a significant way. 

‘Fighting, raving madness, madness for 

writing and reading’ – only Medorrhinum shows

these key symptoms. This describes the summit 

of the problems at school, with the well-known 

disability in writing that also reminds us of 

legasthenia and lefthandedness. 

The symptoms of: ‘ailments from 

reproaches’, ‘sensitive to reprimands’ and 

‘despair from the smallest criticism’ are to be 

added for the pupil. This should be taken into 

consideration with these children: they need 

encouragement and real help, not criticism. 

What makes the children requiring 

Medorrhinum fall ill? 

The question for aetiology arises, in the 

sense of ‘ailments from’: 

• Anticipation 

• Bad news, emotional excitement, 

• Reproaches, contradiction 

• Mental exertion, fear 

• Rudeness of others, egotism (acc. to 

RADAR-Program) 

From my own observations, it should be added: 

• Jealousy of siblings 

• Quarrels in the family 

• Overcharge at school 

• Heavy competition at school 

IV – Discussion 

Thirty-seven cases on the topic 

Medorrhinum were evaluated. They show the 

spectrum of diagnoses and clinical symptoms. 

Medorrhinum as a Nosode is classed as a 

remedy for ‘miasmatic stigmatised’ children 

(KENT, HERSCU). I want to say the same in 

modern words: 

Medorrhinum is a remedy for the wide range 

of allergic or atopic children. 

For children with neuro-physiological 

deficiencies, in the sense of a minimal brain 

dysfunction. 

For children suffering from behavioural 

disorders, for whom it’s difficult to find their 

place in modern meritocracy. 

Medorrhinum is a big remedy, a real 

polychrest and a deep acting Nosode; a 

predominant remedy for today’s children. 

Literature and references 

1. HERSCU Paul: Die homöopathische 

Behandlung der Kinder, Kai KRÖGER, Groß 

WITTENSEE, 1993 

2. JULIAN Othon-Andre: Materia Medica der 

Nosoden. Haug Verlag, Heidelberg, 1983, 5. 

Aufl. 


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3. PFEIFFER Herbert, Hoftheim bei 

Frankfurt: Mündliche Mitteilungen in 

Kursen über kindliche Entwicklung und 

Homöopathie. 

4. RUF-BÄCHTIGER Lislott: Das 

frühkindliche psychoorganitsche Syndrom. 

Thieme, Stuttgart, 1995, 3. Aufl. 

5. RADAR – Computer repertorisations 

programme 

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“Direct your eye right inward, and you’ll 

find 

A thousand regions in your mind 

Yet undiscovered. Travel them and be 

Expert in home-cosmography.” 

- Henry David THOREAU, in 

Walden. 

----------------------------------- 

“Why should the lord of the country 

Flit about like a fool? 

If you let yourself be blown to and fro, 

You lose touch with your root. 

If you let restlessness move you, 

You lose touch with who you are.” 

- Lao-Tzu, in Tao-Te-Ching 

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“The Master sees things as they are, 

Without trying to control them. 

She lets them go their own way, 

And resides at the center of the circle.” 

- Lao-Tzu, in Tao-Te-Ching 

PART III 

(While Part II features articles from other 

journals, Part III contains the editor’s own 

contribution and other original articles.) 

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Periodicals Publishers, New Delhi – 110 005. 

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Internal diseases are reflected via many 

organs and their performance. The tongue plays 

a very important role in guiding the physician to 

proper diagnosis. 

The various symptoms of the tongue – its 

color, coating, the various tastes etc. are lying 

scattered in the Repertory. However, we have 

not had any particular book on this. Some years 

ago the late Dr. Prakash VAKIL published a 

book titled ‘Tongue that does not Lie’ (also 

published by Indian Books & Periodicals 

Publishers, New Delhi – 110 005) in 1987, a 

second edition in 1988 and a reprint in 2000. 

The book contains some good color plates. It is a 

useful book at the bedside. 

The present book by Dr. M. DEY is 

differently laid out. In the first Chapter – 

General considerations, the anatomy, physiology 

of the tongue, and the different changes 

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Influence’. Then follows the long Chapter Four 

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remedies’ ‘tongue symptoms’ are given. Next 

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tongue? One with a cleft at its anterior end, a 

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The book is low priced. I gladly recommend 

it to every homœopath. 

-K.S. 

SRINIVASAN 


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a good knowledge of the Materia Medica. 

“There is only one road by which success in 

homœopathic practice may be obtained, and the 

name of this road is - WORK. It is only hard 

application, intelligent and unremitting, that can 

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details comprised in the homœopathic Materia 

Medica.” (CLARKE). [Is there any other sure 

road at all? = KSS.] 

Dr. Dorothy SHEPHERD’s “There are no 

stock-mixtures, each patient has to have 

individual attention and the indicated medicine 

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Homœopathy’s popularity shot up to great 

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individual tree (the Key Note) is lost. 

BALAKRISHNAN brings you back to the 

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A good amount of material has been drawn 

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Chapter IV is ‘A Compilation of 

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§ 9 of the Organon: 

“In the healthy human state, the spirit-like 

force (autocracy) that enlivens the material 

organism as dynamis, governs without 

restriction and keeps all parts of the organism in 

admirable, harmonious, vital operation, as 

regards both feelings and functions, so that our 

indwelling, rational spirit can freely avail itself 

of this living, healthy instrument for the higher 

purposes of our existence.” 

Higher purpose = higher good. What is “higher 

good”? 

Tao Te Ching says: 

“Higher good is like water: 

the good in water benefits all, 

and does so without contention. 

It rests where people dislike to be, 

So it is close to the Way. 

Where it dwells becomes good ground; 


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Profound is the good in its heart, 

Benevolent the good it bestows. 

Goodness in words is trustworthiness, 

Goodness in government is order; 

Goodness in work is ability, 

Goodness in action is timeliness, 

But only by non-contention 

Is there nothing extreme.” 


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Tao Te Ching 

“Those who know others are wise; 

Those who know themselves are enlightened. 

Those who overcome others are powerful; 

Those who overcome themselves are strong. 

Those who are contented are rich; 

Those who act strongly have will. 

Those who do not lose their place endure; 

Those who die without perishing live long.” 

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