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Complementary and alternative medicines are often the target of skeptics, and this is particularly true of homeopathy. When I was teaching clinical medicine at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, one of the top students confided how she used remedies for her children. My response to her was also doubtful: ‘Do those really work?’ I asked. She […]
David Johnson, CCH, our homeopath at the Ommani Center, has just completed a book ten years in the making! Radiance, Resonance and Healing: The Homeopathic Periodic Table was written for students, practitioners, and others interested in the use of periodic table elements for healing. He states “it is truly amazing to see how Nature has […]
According to the World Health Organization, Homeopathy is the second largest therapeutic system in use in the world today. So what should you know about the homeopathic method? How does it cure disease or injury? The body, mind and emotions function as an inter-connected whole, and function to help us survive, grow and unfold. In […]
Each and every approach to health care carries assumptions related to health and disease. In conventional medicine, for example, uncomfortable symptoms are generally regarded as “bad,” and the disappearance of those symptoms is generally regarded as “good.” In the 1970’s and 80’s, however, the well-known stress researcher Hans Selye, MD, PhD demonstrated how uncomfortable symptoms […]
Whether we’re experiencing a short-term illness or a longer term issue, in homeopathic treatment we always look for what is characteristic, unique, and specific to the individual. This is true of any type of illness, including the flu. Let’s take a look at and compare three common homeopathic remedies for the flu. Gelsemium – […]
Many people are familiar with the important role homeopathic remedies play in acute illness and injuries. But homeopathy can also help with longer standing problems, including mental and emotional distress. Arnica Montana is known as the mountain daisy and is the most commonly used homeopathic medicine in the world. It is typically used for physical […]
Homeopathic remedies for home use are easiest to use with injuries and first aid. They’re more difficult to use with acute (short-term, self-limited) illnesses. Their use in chronic, long-standing conditions requires formal training and experience. So most homeopathic remedy displays in health-related stores supply remedies related to the first two situations. Last month we talked […]
The original idea of homeopathy, which is curing with similars, dates back to Hippocrates in the fourth century B.C. He believed there were two possible ways to cure people, by contraries or by similars. “Allopathy” has followed the way of the contraries through the centuries, while “homeopathy” has championed treating with similars. Homeopathic remedies […]
“This book is my attempt to convey to you, the reader, an understanding of the world as seen from a homeopathic perspective. My intention is to help you wrap your mind around the science, art, and mystery that is homeopathy. And believe me, while homeopathic methodology is indisputably scientific, and its practice requires an artful […]
One of the biggest challenges for homeopaths is to describe the practice to others. On the one hand, remedies for short-term injuries and acute illnesses are relatively easy to use, and on the other, remedies for longer-term problems require a great deal of training and experience. To complicate matters, there are different approaches to the […]