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”
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The implausibility of the Vital Force in the existent medical paradigm
“Science has brought great advancements, yet all research has not brought us one step closer, in the question of the origin of life” – Prof. Rouviere, as quoted in Kent (page 89 – (1)) For homeopathy and many of the traditional and alternative health practices (2, 3) it is accepted without question, that for aContinue reading “The implausibility of the Vital Force in the existent medical paradigm”
The vital force – a concept lost?
The vital force as a fundamental principle of the homeopathic treatment approach describes a life-inducing, spirit-like power that is inherent to all living things, human, animal, insect, plant. Termed by Hahnemann as the “dynamis” it enlivens the material organism [1]. Without this vital energy the material body is unable to function, to conduct physical exertion,Continue reading “The vital force – a concept lost?”
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”
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