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Do you think homeopathic online consultation or e-consultation, where homeopath and the patient do not meet in person, is ethical and permissible?
Since I’m rounding up the results of three individual polls in this month’s issue, I’m going to keep my summaries and commentaries very brief. First: the subject of E-Consultations. Our poll asked “Do you think homeopathic online consultation or e-consultation, where homeopath and the patient do not meet in person,... -
When you explain homeopathy to people for the first time, do you mention “The Vital Force”?
Poll Summary #2: The Concept of the Vital Force When you explain homeopathy to people for the first time, do you mention “The Vital Force”? Yes (45.9 %) 61 votes No (29.3 %) 39 votes Occasionally (21.8 %) 29 votes What’s that? (3.0 %) 4 votes Total votes #: 133... -
Do you think Kent was a Hahnemannian? Did he follow Hahnemanns path or create his own philosophy?
Finally, the latest poll: Do you think Kent was a Hahnemannian? Did he follow Hahnemann’s path or create his own philosophy? Yes (49.0 %) 122 votes No (35.3 %) 88 votes Can’t say (15.7 %) 39 votes Total votes #: 249 To look at the full results for this poll,... -
Regulating Homeopathic Remedies
Our last month’s poll was - Do you think homeopathic medicines like Nosodes, Sarcodes and those derived from poisonous sources should be strictly regulated, banned, or supplied on special license? Yes: 22.3% 71 votes No: 71.4 % 227 votes Don’t know: 6.3% 20 votes ——————————————- Total votes: 318 Whenever I... -
The Lancet Meta-analysis
When the Lancet’s meta-study analysis on Homeopathy was published in September last year, news of its conclusions reached homeopaths all over the world to find many of us in shock. Not because such negative “news” about homeopathy was unexpected or unheard of—but because the Lancet study’s findings were given top... -
Hypothermia Frostbite
Homeopathic remedies and homeopathy treatment for hypothermia and frostbite. -
Can there be more than one Simillimum for a given case?
Last months’ Homeopathy Poll asked: “Can there be more than one Simillimum for a given case?” 155 individual votes were recorded in response to the question, and 49 voters left comments detailing their views. The results indicate that the majority of respondents (55.5%) understood that any one case could present... -
How Universal is the Law of Similia?
Years ago I chanced on what I’ve always thought to be one of the most literal applications of the Law of Similars, in one of the most unlikely places: on a prime time television science show, featuring the ongoing work of the inquisitive and brilliantly creative neuroscientist Vilayanur Ramachandran. In... -
Homeopathic Education
If you’re a homeopath like me, the first thought to cross your mind on meeting another homeopath (after the glee of finding someone with such important common ground) is the “education” question. Asking someone new “Where did you study?” becomes the easiest way to make the common ground solidly traversible,...
