Spring is here, and whether or not a vacation is already booked or only just in planning, it is likely to involve travel. Unfortunately for some the travel to the distant retreat or exotic destination can involve anxiety, sickness or jetlag, which can reduce much of the joy associated with the upcoming vacation, or canContinue reading “Are you fearful of flying or boarding a plane? There is gentle help!”
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Blood-letting with leeches- an ancient practice celebrating a revival – in particular for circulatory complaints
As part of the ancient ‘mainstream’ medical practices that have existed since antiquity, Hirudo-therapy, as a form of blood-letting to cure patients of ailments and diseases, has, throughout the millennia, been used to treat almost any infliction with illness. Only with the birth of what we today define as conventional medicine, has the medicinal useContinue reading “Blood-letting with leeches- an ancient practice celebrating a revival – in particular for circulatory complaints”
The Art of Taking a Case as postulated by Hahnemann
Supposedly there are as many approaches to taking a case as there are homeopaths. For the homeopath, at the very core of the patient-practitioner encounter, lies the deeper purpose of extrapolating from the expressions of the patient, sufficiently detailed information concerning the presented ailment or disequilibrium. This information retrieved during the consultation, is explored forContinue reading “The Art of Taking a Case as postulated by Hahnemann”
Science, evidence-based medicine and CAM…..it´s controversial!
Introduction Patients are increasingly making their own healthcare their own responsibility, and are becoming more selective in what treatment and therapies they use in their recovery from illness. Dissatisfaction with conventional treatment that is indifferent of a holistic view of health, may produce more or less severe side-effects, or even concomitant diseases, makes patients seekContinue reading “Science, evidence-based medicine and CAM…..it´s controversial!”
In a nutshell…..Intercurrents
According to a dictionary definition an intercurrent is something that occurs” during or in between” two events. In medical terms it applies to a “pathology occurring during the course of another disease” [1]. This appears to be a very simple definition but in application of homoeopathic treatment the issue is slightly more complex. Koehler [2]Continue reading “In a nutshell…..Intercurrents”
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