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 [...]
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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 [...]
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While the scientific foundations of Heilkunst have been developing for over 200 years, it has not emerged in its full-blown form until the last 15 years, or so. Being a relatively new form of healthcare, it is not widely understood what it is, or how it is different from other modalities. I often begin to [...]
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I used the word cloud generator at the Wordle website this morning with playful curiosity, and discovered an opportunity to blog about a few of the key words about the scientific framework and thought forms behind Heilkunst. The word cloud above was generated from some of my most recent blog posts, and, in no particular [...]
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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 [...]
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Fielding your questions about the genotypes has made me realize that it would be worth me spending some of my words today clarifying some important aspects which define what the constitution is, and where it fits into an overall conception of healthcare. In one of my previous blog series, I delineated the difference between the [...]
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“I can resist anything but temptation” -Oscar Wilde There is an important function to pleasure which should periodically override any strict adherence to a nutritional regimen or program. Certain forms of rigid “perfection” are some of the most harmful things we can do to our health. However, the fact is that most people don’t [...]
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Once a homeopathic remedy has been selected as the match for my patient’s disease, based on the law of similars (the jurisdiction of medicine), the equally challenging question remains of how to prescribe the remedy, in terms of its dose, potency, and form of delivery. Roughly speaking, the idea of similars also applies to the [...]
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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 [...]
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I’ve recently mapped out some of the basic outlines to the whole Heilkunst approach to treatment in my series on the three jurisdictions, in order to give patients a clearer understanding of their own treatment. Not only does this map apply for each individual patient who is coming to see me for treatment, but in [...]
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