…putting the 'CARE' back into 'healthcare'.
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 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 Anxiety, Cancer, Carcinosin, Constipation, Inside The Consult Room, State of Mind on May 3rd, 2012
I’ve been periodically writing about the seasonally-related chronic miasms, or inherited disease patterns from the family tree. Coming in to the month of May, we are just hitting the transitional point halfway between the Spring Equinox, and the Summer Solstice — this is the time of the year where the Cancer miasm becomes most overt. [...]
Posted in Healthy Emotional Expression, Inside The Consult Room on May 2nd, 2012
You’ve heard me mention in a number of contexts about the central importance to health of activating one’s true desire function. Many patients complain of not having “enough energy”, and ask me if there are remedies which can help them with that. Of course, the practical answer to that is as varied as there are [...]
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 Anacardium Orientale, Inside The Consult Room, Sexual health on Apr 30th, 2012
This weekend, I re-viewed a movie which I hadn’t seen in almost 30 years. Risky Business (1983) was an atypical teen romance movie from the 80s, which in a very exaggerated artistic fashion portrayed the heart of the conflict faced by modern teens. The steamy opening scene, which was recounted as a dream sequence, portrayed [...]
Posted in Inside The Consult Room, Nutrition, Regimen on Apr 29th, 2012
Most of you are probably already aware of the problems with medicating our municipal water supply with fluoride, and likewise with other sources we can bring into our own homes, such as fluoridated toothpaste. If you aren’t yet aware of this, please go and research the dangers of fluoride before you read the rest of [...]
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 [...]
