A Lover’s Quarrel with Homeopathy

Criticisms of homeopathy generally center around its use of potentized substances and the lack of chemicals in the remedies. The faulty premise is that only substances can affect physiology. However, those criticisms don’t hold water because the universe offers many examples of purely energetic effects from every form of electromagnetic energy as well as sound.

A more valid criticism of homeopathy, and one which is rarely mentioned, is that for chronic conditions, it can be very difficult. If we only needed to treat children it would be much easier. But we have before us the patient who has been through decades of various traumas, both physical and emotional (some long forgotten), and has been treated with numerous suppressive drugs, all of which create layers which must be addressed, and in the correct sequence. So, we start with what we are presented with at the moment and work backwards.

How difficult is this process? It’s so complex, that homeopaths have developed numerous variations on classical homeopathy in an attempt to simplify it. One method involves the study of the taxonomy and themes of plants and animals, another the analysis of the periodic table and still others that require something akin to depth psychology. Do these really simplify homeopathy, or do they just create more variables and further room for error?

Attempts have been made, using highly sensitive electronic equipment, to directly sense the patient’s resonant frequency and feed back to her an appropriate impulse. These require less subjective judgement, but they have not, as yet, lived up to the promise.

Homeopathy, as with any science, has rules on how to proceed. The closest thing we have to a rule book for homeopathy, is Hahnemann’s Organon.  Anyone who wishes to diverge from that wisdom needs to first understand it. Students finding it too daunting, will often let go their moorings and seek what appear to be quicker, easier approaches. The danger is that they may violate basic premises of homeopathy and also stray to where the air is too thin.

Homeopathy is hard work, requires intense dedication, great clarity of thought, and emotional sensitivity. It is not for the faint of heart. Even with one’s best efforts, it will fail at times. Nevertheless, it’s still the best game in the house.

Sometimes I get angry with homeopathy…. but it’s just a lover’s quarrel.

IN THIS ISSUE

EDITORIAL

–– A Lover’s Quarrel with Homeopathy – Alan V. Schmukler

–– Letters to the Editor from the July issue

HOMEOPATH IN THE HOT-SEAT

–– Dr. Anke Zimmerman, expert in neurological, immunological and behavioural disorders, including autism, ADHD and vaccine related injuries is interviewed by Alan V. Schmukler

ARTICLES

­–– Homeopathic Drug Remedies -Speed up /Slow Down – David Johnson

­–– Taking the Case in Covid Times: A Reflection on the State of the Human Condition and the Homeopathic Perspective – Richard Pitt

–– Chronic Mastitis on a Dairy Farm – Case taking of a whole farm including the farmer and the cows – Geoff Johnson

–– The Right to Homeopathy Being Threatened in Canada – Ananda More

­–– Remedies for Temperaments and Diathesis – W.A. Dewey

 –– My Understanding of Being Anchored – Caroline Durieu

 ­–– The Homeopath’s Paradigm – Tiago Amorim

­–– TIDBITS 102 – Itchy Issues – Elaine Lewis

–– Homeopathy Tips & Important News Aug 2023 – Alan V. Schmukler

CLINICAL CASES

–– Positive Outcomes in Cancer:  What Can Also Happen During Cancer Treatment – Tomas Volfschütz

–– Pituitary Macro-Adenoma in a Woman of 72 – Farhan Nadaf

 –– Speech Delay in a Little Boy – Gina Tyler

–– Acute Urinary Retention in a Young Woman – Joachim F. Grätz

–– A Child of God – Wiet van Helmond

–– Capgras Syndrome and Depressive Psychosis – Kavita Chandak

–– Therapeutic Utility of Oleander in Skin Disorder Through Boger’s Concept of Tissue affinity – Rakesh Gupta, Resham Somaiya, Umezahin Shaikh, Pooja Pal   

BOOK REVIEWS

–– A Dynamic Materia Medica of the Noble Gases – Neon – by Jeremy Sherr is reviewed by Vatsala Sperling.

–– Homoeopathic Strategies and Maps for Acute Conditions Part 1 –by Dr. Gaurang Gaikwad – is reviewed by Vatsala Sperling

VETERINARY

–– Ask the Holistic Vet – Aug 2023 – Deva Khalsa

–– A Case of Canine Dermatitis – Ise Pedler

–– Approach to Cases in Small Animals with a Detailed Cancer Case Study – Saranyu Pearson

 AGRO-HOMEOPATHY

–– Ask the Plant Doctor, Aug 2023 – Radko Tichavsky

CARTOONS

–– Side Effects – Alan V. Schmukler

HOMEOPATHY CROSSWORD

–– Homeopathy Crossword – Aug 2023 – Alan V. Schmukler

SOLVE THE CASE QUIZ

–– QUIZ –  What Remedy Is Dale Gribble? – Elaine Lewis

–– Revisiting: Like a Headache, But in my Face! – Elaine Lewis, Shana Lewis