…putting the 'CARE' back into 'healthcare'.
Posted in Inside The Consult Room, Parenting, Principles, Time Line Treatment on May 20th, 2012
A holistic view of health and medicine turns many commonly held ideas either inside-out, upside-down, or both. Medicine which is curative of the root cause rather than suppressive of the symptoms; seeing the interrelationships of different systems, rather than single body parts which are ‘broken’; or even the radical concept of being able to remove [...]
Posted in Inside The Consult Room, Principles, State of Health, Therapeutics on May 15th, 2012
The study of Heilkunst begins with a thorough reading of Dr. Samuel Hahnemann’s works, who invented not only the method of homeopathy, but he also put forward a complete understanding of therapeutics applicable to a full range of health issues, from correcting simple imbalances, to the treatment and cure of full-blown chronic degenerative diseases. Our [...]
Posted in Conditions, Diagnosis, Inside The Consult Room, Principles, State of Mind, Therapeutics on May 10th, 2012
I’ve written previously about the key importance of anchoring the diagnosis in the root state of mind, which is more revealing than any group of symptoms the patient has. It is easy to grasp this concept, in one way, yet patients and even practitioners find themselves constantly slipping back into the allopathic way of thinking [...]
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 Aconite, Ignatia, Inside The Consult Room, Principles on May 6th, 2012
Heilkunst remedies used as an adjunct to basic first aid training are very easy to learn and carry with you as part of your standard first aid kit. We participated in some of Saint Andrew’s Paddlefest this weekend, and I thought my unexpected experience of overturning our kayak after perching on an unseen log mid-river, [...]
Posted in Diagnosis, Inside The Consult Room, Orgonomy, Principles, Therapeutics on May 5th, 2012
I’ve written about the general concept of disease within Heilkunst, which is a specific morbific entity which has penetrated into our healthy generative power, akin to a form of pregnancy. Within that definition, Dr. Hahnemann delineated many different dimensions and categories of disease, which need to be diagnosed each in their own way. In broader [...]
Posted in Allopathic Medicine, Diagnosis, Inside The Consult Room, Principles, Therapeutics on May 1st, 2012
When I am taking a patient through treatment, one of the most foundational concepts of healing relates to the concept of “the direction of cure”. As I’ve written before, the mere act of making a symptom disappear is not necessarily enough. The questions of how it was made to disappear, and where it has gone [...]
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, Inside The Consult Room, Materia Medica, Principles, Therapeutics on Apr 27th, 2012
The following conversation occurred by email with a reader of these blog posts, Steven Ings. I asked for Steven’s permission to publish these conversations, as they include many questions and illuminations of the principles I’ve been discussing in my recent series on the Genotypes and Phenotypes. In order to create an actual conversation-like flow, I’ve [...]
Posted in Diagnosis, Inside The Consult Room, Materia Medica, Principles, Therapeutics on Apr 26th, 2012
The following conversation occurred by email with a reader of these blog posts, Steven Ings. I asked for Steven’s permission to publish these conversations, as they include many questions and illuminations of the principles I’ve been discussing in my recent series on the Genotypes and Phenotypes. In order to create an actual conversation-like flow, I’ve [...]
