…putting the 'CARE' back into 'healthcare'.
Posted in Family Medicine, Healing, Inside The Consult Room on May 19th, 2012
It wasn’t my intention to blog so much about the topic of resonance, but here I go again — in my writings, I have tended to portray the goal, or positive aspect of resonance, but am feeling today that I haven’t paid enough attention to the challenges that patients have in activating their desire function, [...]
Posted in Healing, Healthy Emotional Expression, Inside The Consult Room, Regimen, Therapeutics, Time Line Treatment on May 13th, 2012
I recently mentioned the concept of journalling, in my post on some of the Smartphone apps useful during Heilkunst treatment. I highlighted a particular favourite tool for journalling, both for the Mac desktop, and iPhone companion app, Day One. There are, of course, numerous apps available for keeping a journal, even including plain old pen [...]
Posted in Healing, Inside The Consult Room, Sexual health, State of Mind on May 11th, 2012
Ring the bells that still can ring Forget your perfect offering There is a crack in everything That’s how the light gets in. ~Leonard Cohen, ‘Anthem’ Nothing that is complete breathes. ~Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin These two quotations keep popping back into my mind lately, as they [...]
Posted in Diagnosis, Healing, Ideogenic Beliefs, Inside The Consult Room, Principles, Schizophrenic Split, State of Mind, Therapeutics, Time Line Treatment on May 9th, 2012
Dr. Hahnemann, in describing his method of diagnosis, referred to the “ambient” of the patient, as one of the factors to take into consideration. What does this refer to? First of all, we need to distinguish between a person’s “ambient”, and their “environment”. If you and I are sitting together in the same room, we [...]
Posted in Family Medicine, Healing, Healthy Emotional Expression, Inside The Consult Room, Nutrition, Regimen on May 8th, 2012
Expanding my look at some useful iPhone apps over your Heilkunst treatment and beyond, I’ve collected a few more specific iPhone apps today. One of the areas of nutrition that I advise patients in is in the “Eat Right 4 Your Type” blood type diet. This app includes some general information about each blood type, [...]
Posted in Healing, Inside The Consult Room, Regimen, State of Mind, Therapeutics on May 4th, 2012
As a Heilkunst physician, I am qualified to practice based on completing my four year diploma program with the Hahnemann College for Heilkunst, as well as my membership in the CIHA, which is the professional association governing the scope of practice of Heilkünstlers. The framed certificates on my office wall represent many thousands of hours [...]
Posted in Aconite, Belladonna, Family Medicine, Fever, Healing, Iatrogenesis, Inside The Consult Room, Principles, Time Line Treatment on Apr 28th, 2012
“Prescribed Fire” is a technique used in forestry to promote the health of the eco-system; it cleans up forest floor debris and old growth, and triggers new growth, which is suitable for animal habitat. Imitation is the highest form of flattery, and when done correctly, nature repays the compliment with new healthy growth. This deliberate [...]
Posted in Diagnosis, Healing, Inside The Consult Room, Principles, State of Mind, Therapeutics on Apr 21st, 2012
Normally, the goings-on inside the consult room are strictly confidential, and for good reason — to create a context which allows the patient to feel safe in their process to let go, and reveal things about themselves which they normally keep hidden. While writing these blogs, of course, the veil of confidentiality is still held [...]
Posted in Flower Essences, Healing, Healthy Emotional Expression, Inside The Consult Room, Materia Medica on Mar 27th, 2012
I had a patient who had gone through an incredibly powerful and difficult time when she went through the third round of chronic miasms. As she put it, she felt “….devastated — like London after WWII.” She needed a break from this deeper form of curing, and a modality which would help her rebuild and [...]
Posted in Healing, Healthy Emotional Expression, Inside The Consult Room, Materia Medica, Principles, Regimen, Therapeutics on Mar 25th, 2012
Before I studied and practiced Heilkunst, I had spent a lot of time exploring the Bach Flower Remedies for my own personal healing, and my original health consulting practice was as a flower essence practitioner. I had always been drawn to any sort of systematic explanation of human behaviour and emotion, and the Bach remedies [...]
