Cirrcular letter to all my doctor-students and former patients who got
cured completely of Chikungunya disease with one single dose prescribed
by me during 2007-2008.
Sub: Treatment for Swine Flu, Chikungunya etc.
By V. Krishnamurthy, India
During the years 2007-2008 lakhs and lakhs of Chikungunya victims had been completely and permanently cured with one single dose of the homoeopathic remedy called Polyporus Pinicola-10,000X. (Rate of success: more than 97%)
The undersigned was the first homoeopathic practitioner to find out and tell the name of this homoeopathic medicine being almost a specific for chikungunya. For nearly six months I had done individual and independent research by going through medical records of hospitals and nursing homes in India and abroad and by paying fifty staff and interviewing thousands of Chikungunya victims. At last I could find out Polyporus Pinicola, being almost a specific remedy for chikungunya.. Prior to my finding, all homoeopaths had been giving more than one remedy for weeks with 25% temporary relief only. In that work I had spent about fifty lakhs of rupees. It is most unfortunate that no credit had been given nor any honour made to me for my hard work.. Be that as it may.
Those patients who got cured of chikungunya 1-2 years ago and also homoeopathic and other medical practitioners who had successfully cured chikungunya victims with one single dose of Polyporus Pinicola, are now writing me and inquiring over phone as to what is to be done for the dreaded Swine Flue prevalent today all over India .
If any rich person or institution or government department comes forward to pay me about seventy-five lakhs of rupees I can work by employing persons and in two or three weeks I can find out and reveal the name of a homoeopathic medicine for swine flu, useful both as a preventive and curative in one single dose, and declare its name openly to the world as I had done in the case of chikungunya disease.
After spending more than a month with the help of fifty part-time and full-time employees I have identified an ancient herbal formula both for treatment as well as prevention of Swine Flu.
To get this herbal remedy you may send money order or bank draft for Rs.500 (Rupees five hundred only) (overseas: US$ 23=00 or Euro 21=00) to the following address.
Dr. V. Krishnamurthy, Raman House, Old No.21, Kuppaiah Street, West Mambalam,
Chennai - 33, India . Please avoid phone callsWe have no e-mail please.
Saturday, September 5, 2009
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
64 LIga Congress at Warsaw, Poland 2009 A Great Success
Warsaw, Poland LMHI Congress 26 - 30 August 2009
Malaysia was represented by two delegates
1. Prof Dr Nik Omar, Vice President LMHI Malaysia
2. H/Dr Geraldine Chong, member of LMHI Malaysia.
Prof Nik Omar with Dr Tomasz The President of Polish Society of Homeopathy and The Chairman of 64 the Liga Congress at Warsaw, Poland.
Dr Tomasz is one of the talented Homeopath in Europe and a well known among Liga members. He and his Polish Team deserved to be congratulated a a nice arranging of the Congress.
Homeopathy came to Poland as far as 1925.
With Dr Fisher The President Of Liga from Germany
Warsaw, Poland 26 August 2009
I was at Warsaw, Poland for the 64th International Homeopathic Medical League ( LMHI) World Congress. It was attended by 45 LHMI member countries with 600 delegates. The Great Conferebnce was weld at The biggest Cultural Building A Nauki right at the Centre of The City of Warsaw, Poland.
Malaysia was represented by two delegates
1. Prof Dr Nik Omar, Vice President LMHI Malaysia
2. H/Dr Geraldine Chong, member of LMHI Malaysia.
Prof Nik Omar with Dr Tomasz The President of Polish Society of Homeopathy and The Chairman of 64 the Liga Congress at Warsaw, Poland.
Dr Tomasz is one of the talented Homeopath in Europe and a well known among Liga members. He and his Polish Team deserved to be congratulated a a nice arranging of the Congress.
Homeopathy came to Poland as far as 1925.
With Dr Fisher The President Of Liga from Germany
Warsaw, Poland 26 August 2009
I was at Warsaw, Poland for the 64th International Homeopathic Medical League ( LMHI) World Congress. It was attended by 45 LHMI member countries with 600 delegates. The Great Conferebnce was weld at The biggest Cultural Building A Nauki right at the Centre of The City of Warsaw, Poland.
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
Course On Homeopathy For Women Health Organized by National Institute Of Educational Management & Leadership
One Day Course On 4th August 2009
Self Enhancement and Wellness For Women Untuk
Isteri-isteri Pegawaia Kanan kementerian Pelajaran Malaysia
The Lecture Given By Prof Dr Nik Omar
at Institut Aminuddin Baki, Genting Highland, Pahang.
Topic of Lecture: Kesihatan Wanita Melalui Rawatan Homeopathy & Perubatan Alternatif
" Homeopathy For Womem Health"
Kehadiran:
1. Y'Bgia Puan Sri Nor Asiah
isteri Ketua setiausaha Kementerian Pelajaran Malaysia.
2. Y'Bgia Datin Sabariah
Isteri Timbalan Ketua Setiausaha Kementerian Pelajaran Malaysia
3. Dr Hj Khair bin Mohamed Yusuf
Pengarah Institut Aminuddin Baki
4. Dr Hjh Samsiah Mustaffa
Timbalan Pengarah Latihan IAB.
Saturday, August 1, 2009
Americans Spend US$34 Billion A Year For Alternative Treatment
(USATODAY) -- While Americans may complain about the high cost of health care, they're still willing to shell out roughly $34 billion a year out-of-pocket on alternative therapies that aren't covered by insurance, a new study shows.
That's a growth of more than 25% in the past decade, says an in-person survey of 23,000 Americans from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and National Institutes of Health.
Alternative therapies, which range from herbs to yoga classes, now account for 11% of the total amount that Americans spend out-of-pocket on all health care.
These unconventional approaches are popular with people of all ages: 38% of adults and 12% of children have used them in the past year, the study says.
But Americans don't always use these treatments under a doctor's guidance.
The bulk of these expenses - an average of $122 a person in 2007 - go to "self care," or treatments such as homeopathic medications and fish oil capsules that people buy without a health practitioner's advice, the study says.
But that doesn't mean that these patient reject conventional medical treatment, says Linda Lee, director of the Johns Hopkins Integrative Medicine & Digestive Center in Baltimore, who wasn't involved in the new survey.
Many people combine conventional and "complementary" approaches, Lee says. For example, cancer patients may undergo chemotherapy at a hospital, but also use acupuncture for chronic pain, she says. And while natural approaches to health care may sound home-spun, they've also become a big business. Lee notes that supplements and alternative therapies have boomed in popularity partly due to savvy marketing.
The study shows that conventional doctors need to learn as much as possible about alternative therapies, Lee says, "not so they can necessarily prescribe or profit from them, but so they understand what it is their patients are hoping to gain and advise patients as to their appropriate use."
The results also show why it's important for researchers to conduct rigorous scientific studies of alternative therapies, says the NIH's Josephine Briggs. Many alternative approaches have never been carefully tested for safety and effectiveness.
That's starting to change.
In recent years, clinical trials presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology, for example, have shown that ginseng relieves fatigue in cancer patients, ginger fights chemo-related nausea and flax seeds seem to slow the growth of prostate tumors. Other research presented at the oncology society show that shark cartilage has no effect on fighting lung cancer.
Lee says she's concerned about patients who "self-prescribe" alternative therapies.
Many patients also fail to tell their doctors when they try alternative therapies for fear of ridicule, Lee says. Both practices can put patients at risk, however. Alternative therapies can have dangerous interactions - both with conventional or non-conventional medications - or may pose risks for patients with particular medical conditions.
For example, antioxidant supplements can interfere with the effects of radiation therapy and some forms of chemo, Lee says. High doses of vitamin E, which can thin the blood, could be harmful for people taking other blood-thinning drugs or those about to have surgery.
"An open dialogue with our patients only improves our ability to care for them," Lee says.
That's a growth of more than 25% in the past decade, says an in-person survey of 23,000 Americans from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and National Institutes of Health.
Alternative therapies, which range from herbs to yoga classes, now account for 11% of the total amount that Americans spend out-of-pocket on all health care.
These unconventional approaches are popular with people of all ages: 38% of adults and 12% of children have used them in the past year, the study says.
But Americans don't always use these treatments under a doctor's guidance.
The bulk of these expenses - an average of $122 a person in 2007 - go to "self care," or treatments such as homeopathic medications and fish oil capsules that people buy without a health practitioner's advice, the study says.
But that doesn't mean that these patient reject conventional medical treatment, says Linda Lee, director of the Johns Hopkins Integrative Medicine & Digestive Center in Baltimore, who wasn't involved in the new survey.
Many people combine conventional and "complementary" approaches, Lee says. For example, cancer patients may undergo chemotherapy at a hospital, but also use acupuncture for chronic pain, she says. And while natural approaches to health care may sound home-spun, they've also become a big business. Lee notes that supplements and alternative therapies have boomed in popularity partly due to savvy marketing.
The study shows that conventional doctors need to learn as much as possible about alternative therapies, Lee says, "not so they can necessarily prescribe or profit from them, but so they understand what it is their patients are hoping to gain and advise patients as to their appropriate use."
The results also show why it's important for researchers to conduct rigorous scientific studies of alternative therapies, says the NIH's Josephine Briggs. Many alternative approaches have never been carefully tested for safety and effectiveness.
That's starting to change.
In recent years, clinical trials presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology, for example, have shown that ginseng relieves fatigue in cancer patients, ginger fights chemo-related nausea and flax seeds seem to slow the growth of prostate tumors. Other research presented at the oncology society show that shark cartilage has no effect on fighting lung cancer.
Lee says she's concerned about patients who "self-prescribe" alternative therapies.
Many patients also fail to tell their doctors when they try alternative therapies for fear of ridicule, Lee says. Both practices can put patients at risk, however. Alternative therapies can have dangerous interactions - both with conventional or non-conventional medications - or may pose risks for patients with particular medical conditions.
For example, antioxidant supplements can interfere with the effects of radiation therapy and some forms of chemo, Lee says. High doses of vitamin E, which can thin the blood, could be harmful for people taking other blood-thinning drugs or those about to have surgery.
"An open dialogue with our patients only improves our ability to care for them," Lee says.
Vitiligo ( Leucoderma ) & Homeopathy Treatment
1.What is vitiligo/leucoderma?
Vitiligo is a pigmentation disorder in which special skin cells (melanocytes) that produce the pigment melanin in the skin as well as the tissues (mucous membranes) that line the inside of the mouth, nose, and genital and rectal areas, and the retina of the eyes are destroyed. As a result, white patches of skin appear on different parts of the body. The hair that grows in areas affected by vitiligo may also turn white.
2.Symptoms of vitiligo?
The typical appearance of Vitiligo is a milky white de-pigmented spot or spots. It may vary from a single white spot to multiple spots. The shape too is a variable. In some cases generalized de-pigmentation observed all over the body. It has a tendency to start as a single spot and gradually grow in size and number. It may present with a single or several spots on limbs or abdomen or back and then spreading to other parts of the body. Some cases showing affection of the muco-cutaneous junctions such as finger-tips, corners of the mouth, private parts, around eyes. The spread of the disorder is usually slow and progressive. Symmetrical appearance on both the sides of the body (say, on the legs, hands, etc.) is common. In rare cases one finds vitiligo spreading all over the body.
Associated Skin Disorders:
At times, you may find Vitiligo associated with one or more of the following conditions:
° Alopecia Areata (Loss of hair)
° Premature graying of the hair
° Lichen Planus
° Lichen sclerosus
° Psoriasis
° Halo Naevus
° Ichthyosis
Associated Systemic Disorders:
There are several systemic diseases (affecting the entire body system), which are at times associated with Vitiligo:
° Thyroid Disorders (Hypo and Hyperthyroidism)
° SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)
° Pernicious Anemia
° Addison’s Disease
° Collagen Diseases
° Grave’s Disease
° Diabetes Mellitus
It may be noted that the sufferers of Vitiligo need not be unduly scared of the above disease conditions, as they should not be regarded as the complications of Vitiligo in every case.
3.Causes of vitiligo?
The cause of vitiligo is not fully known, but there are several theories. One theory of some substance is that people with vitiligo develop antibodies that, instead of protecting them, turn upon them and destroy their own melanocytes, the special cells that produce the pigment melanin that colors their skin.
Another theory is that the melanocytes somehow attack and destroy themselves. Finally, some people with vitiligo have reported that a single event such as a severe sunburn or an episode of emotional distress seem to have triggered their vitiligo. Events of this nature, however, have not been scientifically proven to cause vitiligo and may simply be coincidences.
Who is affected by vitiligo?
About 1 to 2% of people in the world, or 40 to 50 million people, have vitiligo. In the United States alone, 2 to 5 million people have the disorder.
Ninety-five percent of people who have vitiligo develop it before their 40th birthday. The disorder affects all races and both sexes equally.
3.Is vitiligo inherited?
Yes, in some cases it is. Vitiligo may be hereditary and run in families. Children whose parents have the disorder are more likely to develop vitiligo. However, most children will not get vitiligo even if a parent has it, and most people with vitiligo do not have a family history of the disorder.
There are a sizable number of inherited disorders associated with vitiligo. To illustrate, they include: albinism of the ocular type, autoimmune polyendocrinopathy syndrome, congenital deafness with vitiligo and achalasia, dyschromatosis symmetrica hereditaria, ermine phenotype, familial histiocyctic reticulosis, kabuki syndrome, Letterer-Siwe disease, progressive hemifacial atrophy, progressive vitiligo with mental retardation and urethral duplication, Schmidt syndrome, and the syndrome of spastic paraparesis, vitiligo, premature graying and characteristic facies.
The abundance of genetic diseases associated with vitiligo clearly reflects the fact that there are a number of genes which normally govern the development and wellbeing of the melanocyte.
4.Do the depigmented patches spread?
There is no way to predict if vitiligo will spread. For some people, the depigmented patches do not spread. However, the disorder is usually progressive, and over time the white patches often spread to other areas of the body.
For some people, vitiligo spreads slowly, over many years. For others, the diffusion occurs rapidly. Some people have reported additional depigmentation following periods of physical or emotional stress.
5.How vitiligo diagnosed?
Important factors in a patient’s medical history include: vitiligo in the family; a rash, sunburn, or other skin trauma at the site of vitiligo 2 to 3 months before depigmentation started; stress or physical illness; and premature graying of the hair (before age 35). In addition, it is important to know whether the patient or anyone in the patient’s family has had any autoimmune diseases and whether the patient is very sensitive to the sun.
The doctor then examines the patient to rule out other medical problems. The doctor may take a small sample (biopsy) of the affected skin and may also take a blood sample to check the blood-cell count and thyroid function. For some patients, the doctor may recommend an eye examination to check for uveitis (inflammation of the front portion of the eye). A special blood test to look for the presence of antinuclear antibodies (a type of autoantibody) may also be done. These evaluations can help to determine if the patient has an additional autoimmune disease.
6.Treatment of vitiligo & homeopathic approach:
As a rule, homoeopathy never looks at Vitiligo as a local disease. Vitiligo has been considered as a local expression of a system disturbance. As per the classical homoeopathy, we believe in constitutional prescribing. This calls for individual case study in every case of Vitiligo. There is no single specific remedy for all the cases of Vitiligo. The exact treatment is determined only on in-depth evaluation of individual case.
Constitutional approach:
What we understand by the Constitutional Approach in homeopathy is nothing but analysis and evaluation of various factors affecting the human constitution to determine the disease diagnosis and the exact treatment in turn. Every case of Vitiligo calls for study of the patient’s constitution which includes various aspects of his physical aspects as well as the in-depth study of the mental sphere, such as emotions, psychosocial background, behavior and personality pattern, etc.
The homeopathic remedy selected in every case after such a detail study is called the constitutional medicine, which when administered in the correct dose brings about harmony at the constitutional level, stimulating the normal pigmentation and hence induces normal skin coloration. It will be of interest to note that the homeopathy medicines are essentially oral and not in the form of creams, lotions or any local application on the skin.
Diet & Regimen:
There are a few instructions for patients regarding their diet in vitiligo especially with mention of what they should avoid during the treatment of vitiligo. Following are some of our observations based on our clinical experience of treating a large number of patients (clinical observations):
Foods that are excessively sour should be avoided. The ascorbic acid in sour foods tends to reduce melanin pigmentation. So the patients should restrict their intake of citrus foods.
Non vegetarian foods are also to be avoided as they act as a foreign body to pigment cells.
Flavoured drinks are to be avoided.
Artificial colours used in various food preparations should also be avoided.
There may not be enough scientific evidence to prove how these foods worsen vitiligo but our clinical experience has shown that many patients report worsening of their vitiligo from these items and hence they are better avoided.
Usually small amounts of milk, for example in tea or coffee, do not cause any problems. Dairy products such as butter, cheese and yoghurt are also well tolerated. If milk is excluded, it should be replaced with low lactose milk or with Soya milk. This should be discussed with a dietician to ensure that the nutritional balance is maintained.
Ginkgo Extract Effective Treatment for Vitiligo:
Healthnotes Newswire (August 21, 2003)—Supplementation with a standardized extract of ginkgo (Ginkgo biloba) may help slow the progression of skin depigmentation and actually increase pigmentation in adults suffering from vitiligo, according to a study in Clinical and Experimental Dematology (2003;28:285–7). This is encouraging news for the millions of adults that have to deal with this often difficult to treat condition.
Vitiligo is a pigmentation disorder in which special skin cells (melanocytes) that produce the pigment melanin in the skin as well as the tissues (mucous membranes) that line the inside of the mouth, nose, and genital and rectal areas, and the retina of the eyes are destroyed. As a result, white patches of skin appear on different parts of the body. The hair that grows in areas affected by vitiligo may also turn white.
2.Symptoms of vitiligo?
The typical appearance of Vitiligo is a milky white de-pigmented spot or spots. It may vary from a single white spot to multiple spots. The shape too is a variable. In some cases generalized de-pigmentation observed all over the body. It has a tendency to start as a single spot and gradually grow in size and number. It may present with a single or several spots on limbs or abdomen or back and then spreading to other parts of the body. Some cases showing affection of the muco-cutaneous junctions such as finger-tips, corners of the mouth, private parts, around eyes. The spread of the disorder is usually slow and progressive. Symmetrical appearance on both the sides of the body (say, on the legs, hands, etc.) is common. In rare cases one finds vitiligo spreading all over the body.
Associated Skin Disorders:
At times, you may find Vitiligo associated with one or more of the following conditions:
° Alopecia Areata (Loss of hair)
° Premature graying of the hair
° Lichen Planus
° Lichen sclerosus
° Psoriasis
° Halo Naevus
° Ichthyosis
Associated Systemic Disorders:
There are several systemic diseases (affecting the entire body system), which are at times associated with Vitiligo:
° Thyroid Disorders (Hypo and Hyperthyroidism)
° SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)
° Pernicious Anemia
° Addison’s Disease
° Collagen Diseases
° Grave’s Disease
° Diabetes Mellitus
It may be noted that the sufferers of Vitiligo need not be unduly scared of the above disease conditions, as they should not be regarded as the complications of Vitiligo in every case.
3.Causes of vitiligo?
The cause of vitiligo is not fully known, but there are several theories. One theory of some substance is that people with vitiligo develop antibodies that, instead of protecting them, turn upon them and destroy their own melanocytes, the special cells that produce the pigment melanin that colors their skin.
Another theory is that the melanocytes somehow attack and destroy themselves. Finally, some people with vitiligo have reported that a single event such as a severe sunburn or an episode of emotional distress seem to have triggered their vitiligo. Events of this nature, however, have not been scientifically proven to cause vitiligo and may simply be coincidences.
Who is affected by vitiligo?
About 1 to 2% of people in the world, or 40 to 50 million people, have vitiligo. In the United States alone, 2 to 5 million people have the disorder.
Ninety-five percent of people who have vitiligo develop it before their 40th birthday. The disorder affects all races and both sexes equally.
3.Is vitiligo inherited?
Yes, in some cases it is. Vitiligo may be hereditary and run in families. Children whose parents have the disorder are more likely to develop vitiligo. However, most children will not get vitiligo even if a parent has it, and most people with vitiligo do not have a family history of the disorder.
There are a sizable number of inherited disorders associated with vitiligo. To illustrate, they include: albinism of the ocular type, autoimmune polyendocrinopathy syndrome, congenital deafness with vitiligo and achalasia, dyschromatosis symmetrica hereditaria, ermine phenotype, familial histiocyctic reticulosis, kabuki syndrome, Letterer-Siwe disease, progressive hemifacial atrophy, progressive vitiligo with mental retardation and urethral duplication, Schmidt syndrome, and the syndrome of spastic paraparesis, vitiligo, premature graying and characteristic facies.
The abundance of genetic diseases associated with vitiligo clearly reflects the fact that there are a number of genes which normally govern the development and wellbeing of the melanocyte.
4.Do the depigmented patches spread?
There is no way to predict if vitiligo will spread. For some people, the depigmented patches do not spread. However, the disorder is usually progressive, and over time the white patches often spread to other areas of the body.
For some people, vitiligo spreads slowly, over many years. For others, the diffusion occurs rapidly. Some people have reported additional depigmentation following periods of physical or emotional stress.
5.How vitiligo diagnosed?
Important factors in a patient’s medical history include: vitiligo in the family; a rash, sunburn, or other skin trauma at the site of vitiligo 2 to 3 months before depigmentation started; stress or physical illness; and premature graying of the hair (before age 35). In addition, it is important to know whether the patient or anyone in the patient’s family has had any autoimmune diseases and whether the patient is very sensitive to the sun.
The doctor then examines the patient to rule out other medical problems. The doctor may take a small sample (biopsy) of the affected skin and may also take a blood sample to check the blood-cell count and thyroid function. For some patients, the doctor may recommend an eye examination to check for uveitis (inflammation of the front portion of the eye). A special blood test to look for the presence of antinuclear antibodies (a type of autoantibody) may also be done. These evaluations can help to determine if the patient has an additional autoimmune disease.
6.Treatment of vitiligo & homeopathic approach:
As a rule, homoeopathy never looks at Vitiligo as a local disease. Vitiligo has been considered as a local expression of a system disturbance. As per the classical homoeopathy, we believe in constitutional prescribing. This calls for individual case study in every case of Vitiligo. There is no single specific remedy for all the cases of Vitiligo. The exact treatment is determined only on in-depth evaluation of individual case.
Constitutional approach:
What we understand by the Constitutional Approach in homeopathy is nothing but analysis and evaluation of various factors affecting the human constitution to determine the disease diagnosis and the exact treatment in turn. Every case of Vitiligo calls for study of the patient’s constitution which includes various aspects of his physical aspects as well as the in-depth study of the mental sphere, such as emotions, psychosocial background, behavior and personality pattern, etc.
The homeopathic remedy selected in every case after such a detail study is called the constitutional medicine, which when administered in the correct dose brings about harmony at the constitutional level, stimulating the normal pigmentation and hence induces normal skin coloration. It will be of interest to note that the homeopathy medicines are essentially oral and not in the form of creams, lotions or any local application on the skin.
Diet & Regimen:
There are a few instructions for patients regarding their diet in vitiligo especially with mention of what they should avoid during the treatment of vitiligo. Following are some of our observations based on our clinical experience of treating a large number of patients (clinical observations):
Foods that are excessively sour should be avoided. The ascorbic acid in sour foods tends to reduce melanin pigmentation. So the patients should restrict their intake of citrus foods.
Non vegetarian foods are also to be avoided as they act as a foreign body to pigment cells.
Flavoured drinks are to be avoided.
Artificial colours used in various food preparations should also be avoided.
There may not be enough scientific evidence to prove how these foods worsen vitiligo but our clinical experience has shown that many patients report worsening of their vitiligo from these items and hence they are better avoided.
Usually small amounts of milk, for example in tea or coffee, do not cause any problems. Dairy products such as butter, cheese and yoghurt are also well tolerated. If milk is excluded, it should be replaced with low lactose milk or with Soya milk. This should be discussed with a dietician to ensure that the nutritional balance is maintained.
Ginkgo Extract Effective Treatment for Vitiligo:
Healthnotes Newswire (August 21, 2003)—Supplementation with a standardized extract of ginkgo (Ginkgo biloba) may help slow the progression of skin depigmentation and actually increase pigmentation in adults suffering from vitiligo, according to a study in Clinical and Experimental Dematology (2003;28:285–7). This is encouraging news for the millions of adults that have to deal with this often difficult to treat condition.
Bahasa Melayu:
Walaupun agak sukar untuk merawat kes-kes vitiligo atau 'balau', jika bintik-bintik puteh dikulit jadi membesar, mungkin istilah Melayu dinamakan 'sopak', namun kita dalam homeopati tetap berusaha untuk merawatnya.
Diantara remedi utama dalam merawat kes-kes in ialah:
Graphite, Mezerium, Rhust Tox., Sulphur., Hydrocytle, Hepar Su;lph., Thuja dan lain-lain.
Perlu diingatkan bahawa rawatan untuk penyakit ini akan makan masa yang agak panjang, Mungkin satu atau dua tahun. Namun sekurang-kurang masih ada harapan untuk merawat !
Heart Diseases & Homeopathy Treatment
Affection of The Heart
Diseases of The Heart
Dr E.A. Farirngton a great homeopath an ex Professor of Materia Medica at the Hahnemann Medical College of Philadelphia USA suggest “Aconite Nap’” should be remembered for cardiac congestion; hyperemia preceding Peri-carditis of Endo-carditis with fever, mental anxiety, oppression, palpitation, worse walking; stitches, preventing erect posture or deep inspiration.
Angina pectoris, with intense pain down left arm, with numbness and tingling in fingers. Uncomplicated hypertrophy. Fear he will drop dead in the street.
Dr Alook Pareek of Agra, India suggest “Apis” for cardiac inflammation and dropsy, hydro-thorax; unable to lie down; as if could not draw another breath; feeling as though going to die with sudden stinging pains, dysponea and restlessness.
Dr Mehmet Kocabas of Saudi Arabia recommended “ Arg Nit for constant cardiac anxiety, violent palpitation and throbbing through the whole body from slightest emotion, worse in horizontal position, better when walking fast.
Ac Nik Fairuz suggest “ Cimicifuga’ for angina pectoris, maltral valve blockage with pain radiate all over the chest, numbness of let arm. Beside that he uses integrated medicine with 3 ‘Acupuncture Points’ such as ‘Pericardium P6, Heart 4, Lung 7’ which give very good and prompt result.
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Diseases of The Heart
Dr E.A. Farirngton a great homeopath an ex Professor of Materia Medica at the Hahnemann Medical College of Philadelphia USA suggest “Aconite Nap’” should be remembered for cardiac congestion; hyperemia preceding Peri-carditis of Endo-carditis with fever, mental anxiety, oppression, palpitation, worse walking; stitches, preventing erect posture or deep inspiration.
Angina pectoris, with intense pain down left arm, with numbness and tingling in fingers. Uncomplicated hypertrophy. Fear he will drop dead in the street.
Dr Alook Pareek of Agra, India suggest “Apis” for cardiac inflammation and dropsy, hydro-thorax; unable to lie down; as if could not draw another breath; feeling as though going to die with sudden stinging pains, dysponea and restlessness.
Dr Mehmet Kocabas of Saudi Arabia recommended “ Arg Nit for constant cardiac anxiety, violent palpitation and throbbing through the whole body from slightest emotion, worse in horizontal position, better when walking fast.
Ac Nik Fairuz suggest “ Cimicifuga’ for angina pectoris, maltral valve blockage with pain radiate all over the chest, numbness of let arm. Beside that he uses integrated medicine with 3 ‘Acupuncture Points’ such as ‘Pericardium P6, Heart 4, Lung 7’ which give very good and prompt result.
Bahasa Melayu: Ubat-ubat Homeopati amat sesuai dalam merawat kes-kes jantung. Antara remedi yang sesuai digunakan ialah: Aconite Nap., Spigelia, Digitalis, Arnica Montana ( bagus untuk jantung belubang), Gold Drop ( bagus untuk tonik jantung), Aurum metallicum ( lemah jantung), Nat Mur ( anti kolestrol) dan lain mengikut simptomatologi.Further reading
Dalam kes-kes tertentu , umpamanya yang serius, walupun makan ubat homeopati, ubat-ubat kerajaan jangan ditinggalkan.
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Message From Minister of Health Malaysia 2009
Welcoming Message
by
The Minister of Health Malaysia
For
18 th International Conferenceon Homeopathy & Complementary Medicine
Malaysia 4 - 5 th October 2009.
Monday, June 22, 2009
Final Year MBBS Students From University of Malaya Doing Elective at Homeopathic Centre, Kuala Lumpur
Kuala Lumpur 22 June 2009
A group of four Final Year MBBS Students from The Faculty of Medicine, University Malaya has attended a day workshop at Homeopathic Medical centre at Jalan Raja Laut under the guide of Prof Dr Nik Omar.
Among the objective of the workshop is data collection of various aspect of homeopathic service programme such as: Hospital Vision, mission, core business, activities, staff categories, evaluation, documentation of program.
We show them homeopathic videos, how homeopathic medicine were prepared etc.
Almost every month we have a group of student from various local universities in Malaysia doing clinical at our Medical centre especially from UITM, UKM, UM and USM
On 23 May 2009 four (4) MBBS students from Faculty of Medicine, University Technology MARA, Selangor came here doing the same Internship at Homeopathic Medical centre. They are Munira bt Roslan, Noor farhani Sufari, Nur Zulaikha Riswan and Ainil Hawa Hamdan
MBBS or MDs student are always welcome to our Centres for Continuing Education.
2nd Homeopathic Malaysia MRHP -AHML- LMHI Meeting
Pasir Mas 19 June 2009
A Special Meeting of Committee members of
*The Malaysian Homeopathic Medical Practitioners association -MRHP
*The Asian Homeopathic Medical League - AHMl &
*International Homeopathic Medical League - LMHI
was held at Faculty of Malaysia main campus at Pasir Mas, kelantan
on 19 June 2009
Standing: Dr Nik Badrul, Dr Amin, Dr Yusoff, dr Ismail Ahmad,Dr Shaarani Perak, Dr Mat Trengganu, Dr Huzaimi, Dr Mohd nasir, Dr Tuan Yaakob, Dr Md Noor, Dr Shafie Muda ,trengganu, Mr Arripin Hulubalang, Dr rosli Dungun, Dr Abdullah Jerteh. duduk:: Prof dr Nik Omar., Dr zaharah, Dr kelthom Che Teh, Dr Mrs Rosli.
Members of Central Committee of MRHP, AHML & LMHI Malaysia 2009
Saturday, June 20, 2009
Miracle Cure Through Homeopathy by Dr. Punit Sarpal. India
The above photos speaks the truth about Homeopathy cures !
A Mail from Dr Punit Sarpal of India to Dr Nik Omar
To: fahom2@yahoo.com
nice to visit your blog.... http://homeopathicmedic.blogspot.com
posted on .....Thursday, June 18, 2009
MRHP Homeopathy Malaysia Meeting on 14 June 2009 at Kuala Lumpur
plz contact us also if you organise any such function in future.
"I have have treated and cured a lot no. of patients suffring from Kidney Stone without any operation , Hydrocephalus Child and Infertility in women and Impotency in male. I am also regularly called as a Guest Advisor for health programme in 100.5 FM band for last few months in Bareilly and Rampur All India Radio" said Dr Punit Sarpal
Thursday, June 18, 2009
MRHP Homeopathy Malaysia Meeting on 14 June 2009 at Kuala Lumpur
Kuala Lumpur 14 June 2009
About 25 Combined Committee members of Malaysian Homeopathic Medical Practitioners association - MRHP, Members of Asian Homeopathic Medical League -AHML and Members of International Homeopathic Medical League - LMHI sit together for the 2 semester meeting at Homeopathic Medical Centre City Centre, Kuala Lumpur:
The Agenda of the meeting:
1. The confirmed the last minutes meeting
2. Discussion for the preparation of 18th AHML & 8 International Conference on Homeopathy to be held at Kuala Lumpur on 4 - 5th Oct 2009.
3. Discussion for the final selection of members of International League -LHMI who wish to participate at 64th Congress of Liga at Warsaw, Poland from 26-30 th August 2009.
4. The AHML and LMHI open their membership to Malaysian
5. The next MRHP- AHML & LMHI meeting will ne held at Pasir Mas, Kelantan on 19th June 2009.
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Letter From Liga Medicorum Homeopathica Internationalis Regarding H1N1 Flu 2009
LIGA MEDICORUM HOMEOPATHICA INTERNATIONALIS
HINI FLU 2009
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Collaborators
Dra. Patricia Carballo Quiroz,Dr. Ana Maria Carballo Quiroz
Dra Rosario Sanchez Caballero,Dra A. Elena Rodriguez
Dr. Antonio Sanchez Caballero,Dr. Antonio Sanchez Carballo
Dr. Jaime Andrade, Dr. Fernando Dominguez Vello
Dr. Fernando Francois Flores., Dr. Corrado G. Bruno
Dr. José Matuk Kanan, Dr. Ulrich D. Fischer
Specially thanks to Dr. Sandra M Chase, MD, DHT
LIGA MEDICORUM HOMEOPATHICA INTERNATIONALIS
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To All National Vice President
Liga Medicorum Homeopathica Internationalis
( Malaysia Att: Dr Nik Omar )
Dear homeopathic colleagues:
Since the outbreak of H1N1, all national and international health
organizations, governments and the worldwide population have been
concerned about the progress of this disease.
We all know that homeopathy offers a good alternative to the standard
treatments by university medicine.
The LMHI gathered the already documented experience of our
Mexican colleagues in the treatment of H1N1 and wants to
disseminate this information. In this way The LMHI fulfills its mission to participate actively in maintaining and improving the health of human beings.
With this first bulletin on H1N1, LMHI wishes to contribute to the application of homeopathic medicines in this pandemic.
Best wishes
Dr.Corrado Bruno Dr.José Matuk
Past-President LMHI Prime Vice President LMHI
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The H1N1 flu is a respiratory infection caused by a strain of influenza virus of
the type A, which normally causes outbreaks of influenza in pigs. The disease
affects pigs almost exclusively, however, a new strain of virus, derived, in part
from the human influenza virus, and, in part, from the pig influenza virus, has
been demonstrated to be transmissible to humans and, worse, from human
being to human being. Another concern that has arisen is the serious form of
disease and, because of the high mortality rate of this strain of virus and of its
capacity to be transmitted between humans, there is the concern that the H1N1
flu could become a global pandemic.
The H1N1 flu epidemic has spread rapidly in the past weeks. The World Health
Organization increased the level of global pandemic alert from level 4 to level 5,
which means that, even if the majority of the countries has not been affected
yet, there are strong signs that a pandemic is imminent and that the time to
organize a contingency plan is short. The increase in alert level indicates that
the probability of an emergence of a global H1N1 influenza pandemic has
grown during the last weeks.
It should be noted that there are reports of cases of influenza caused by other
viruses which are not the H1N1. They must be distinguished from the epidemic
of human influenza as they present different behaviors. The human influenza
has a sudden appearance that evolves more quickly toward pneumonia, with
severe attack on the general state of the patient. On a parallel level, there are
many cases that do not correspond to human influenza, or to seasonal
influenza. They represent rather common colds that have no connection with
influenza.
At present the homeopathic colleagues of Mexico have been able to identify
indirectly, by the written reports of doctors in hospitals, the following
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symptoms:
• Fever
Proceeded by 40% great chills
Persistent fever between 38.5 °C (101.3°F) to 39.4 °C (102.9°F)
accompanied by fresh diaphoresis on the back, face and neck
• Generalized weakness, adynamia without extreme prostration
• Profuse sweating during fever
• Sore throat
Severe
Pain by intake of solid initially and then even liquids
• Scarce cough
Non painful
Dry
In attacks
• Constant arthralgias in the hands, elbows and shoulders at the febrile
peak
Cold Applications amel
• Retroocular headache or eyeballs pain ("My eyes hurt")
With rest amel
• Occipital and neck headache aggravated by being raised on a pillow
• Some patients with occipital pain of throbbing type
Complications:
• Pneumonia with infiltrated interstitial or multiple pockets
Productive cough with yellowish expectoration
Between 48 and 72 hours the medical situation has developed or has become
complicated. The symptoms are vague and have limited clinic homeopathy
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application, but, as the symptoms were obtained directly from a significant
number of H1N1 confirmed infected patients, homeopathic medicine can be
used.
Influenza ranks among the category of respiratory diseases, but, in reality, the
whole body is disrupted when the person gets sick. In short, people affected
are often very sick and are suffering from all or some of the symptoms:
• High fever. • Headache. • Clear nasal discharge. • Sneezing.
• Cough, often becoming severe. • Severe aches and pains.• Fatigue for several weeks.
• Sometimes sore throat. • Extreme exhaustion.
• Fever and pain throughout the body generally last from three to five days, but
the cough and fatigue can last for two weeks or more.
• Mexican fever may be accompanied by nausea, vomiting and diarrhea.
Diagnostic Guides
Until now the guidelines that have been given to define a case of Mexican
influenza (case definition / swine flu) by CDC (Influenza like/illness ILI) are as
follows:
• A confirmed case of influenza A H1NI defines a person with an acute
breathing illness with laboratory confirmation of the A H1N1 influenza
virus through the following laboratory diagnosis:
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1. PCR/RT in real time
2. Viral Culture
• A probable case of infection by influenza A H1NI defines a person with
influenza type symptoms
1. Positive for influenza A, but negative for H1 or H3 influenza by
PCR/RT
• A suspected case of influenza A defines people who do not meet the
criteria at the top and have H1NI negative tests:
1. Healthy person, under the age of 65 years, hospitalized with
symptoms similar to the influenza.
2. Lives in a state (country) where no cases of influenza have
been confirmed, but has traveled to a state (country) where
there are one or more probable cases.
3. Has been in contact in the last 7 days with a person with
similar symptoms to the influenza (ILI).
Homeopathic Medicines
Homeopathic medical treatment is individual, but in the face of an epidemic, we
can obtain groups of drugs characterized by the peculiarities of the symptoms
of the sick.
For this specific epidemic, we have obtained the following remedies for the
symptoms found in different patients.
The symptoms listed above are the common symptoms of the disease that, for
the homeopathic doctor, serve to show whether or not it is Influenza.
However, they are not useful for the prescription of homeopathic medicines.
The pattern and the individuality of the symptoms of each patient are what
determine the prescription of a homeopathic remedy.
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We have listed the symptoms for which these remedies have been indicated,
without determining an epidemic genius. The drugs mostly indicated for this
epidemic given by homeopathic Mexican doctors are the following:
Aconitum n.
1. Fear will die because of the disease
2. Red Throat
3. Onset of the symptoms after exposure to cold
4. Harsh beginning
5. The symptoms appeared suddenly
6. Red Congested face
7. Muscle aches and pains
Belladona a.
1. Red teary eyes
2. Red flushed face
4. High fever - greater than 39oC (102.2°F).
5. Acute inflammation of the throat
6. Throbbing Pain while coughing
7. Severe headache
8. Violent pulsations caused by the headache
9. Red face. Brilliant and Injected Eyes
10. Cannot stand the least light or noise
Bryonia Alba
1. Begins with sudden head pains
2. Worsened by body movement
3. Painful cough
4. Fever with chills.
5. Intense back and leg pain
6. Aggravated by the least movement, improved by rest
7. Extreme thirst for large amounts of liquid
8. Cold, red throat
9. Limb pain while walking.
10. Dryness of mucous
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Arsenicum Album
1. Begins with arduous throat pain
2. Improvement by consuming hot drinks
3. Widespread cold, feels cold
4. He covers himself too much
5. Feels prostrated, tired, exhausted
6. Violent vomiting, and has frequent, but scanty diarrhea
7. Thinks will die
8. Burning evacuation
9. Cough after drinking
10. Agitated and anxious
11. Does not want to be alone
Eupatorum Perfoliatum
1. Fever that starts with chills, shivering and shaking
2. Back pain
3. Continued fever, with intense and insatiable thirst
4. Bone pain, as if they had been beaten
5. Back pain, as if it were broken
6. Snoring
7. Painful cough, aggravates the chest when coughing
8. Great pain of muscles and bones
9. Feels as if the back were dislocated
10. Congested face during fever
11. The sweating improves all the symptoms, except the headache
Mercurius Vivus
1. Begins with hoarseness and aphony
2. Catarrh, running nose, burning.
3. Sore throat as if it were raw meat
4. Dry cough, spasmodic
5. Fever with night sweats that do not improve
6. Constant thirst
7. Indented tongue
8. Halitosis
9. Very wary
10 Bone Pain
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Gelsemium
1. Has a fever chill
2. Hand trembles
3. Abundant perspiration
4. Downcast
5. Intense muscle aches, with leg pain
6. Remains immobile in bed
7. Face congestion
8. Injected Eyes, sore throat
9. Dry cough, rapid pulse
10. Despite the fever, has no thirst
11. Depression and pain
Friday, June 12, 2009
MRHP Homeopathy Meeting 14 June 2009 di Kuala Lumpur
Mesyuarat
Persatuan Pengamal perubatan Homeopathy Berdaftar Malaysia
AJK Meeting of
Malaysian Homeopathic Medical Practitioners Association
Bertempat / At: Klinik Homeopathy Dr Nik Omar
No. 118 jalan Raja Laut, Kuala Lumpur.
Tarikh / date: 14 June 2009 ( Sunday)
Time: 3.00 pm
Semua Di Jemput hadir
Agenda:
1. hal-hal berkaitan Homeopathy
2. 18th International Conference on Homeopathy 2009
3. Asian Homeopathic Medical League
4. International Homeopathic Medical league
Dari Setiausaha Agong
MRHP Malaysia.
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Avoid Hysterectomy Naturally Shrinking Fibroids and Trying To Conceive
Surgery Without Knife.
Of Course in Homeopathy, we dont use any surgery for fibroid and any growth.
In Homeopathy we use homeopathic remedies for fibroid, tumor or growth. No matter how big the growth.
Here are few homeopathic remedies for fibroid or tumors
Such as:
Conium, Thuja, Kreosote, nat Mur., Silicea, Phytolacca, Calc Phos., Hydratis, Sepia, Chamomilla.
I have treated a case of fibroid of Che Gu Rashidah of kelantan.
Age 45 years she suffered a growth as big as a pregnant woman of 8 months. She told that a gynae told her it is a fibroid and should be removed ! There is no medicine for such a big fibroid.
Afraid of surgery she came to my clinic and tell me all the story of her suffering for the last 7 years. He had been to all medical doctor in towm and all of them says the same words " removed it by surgery" which she refused !
When I first saw her at my Pasir Mas clinic, I said the same thing, the growth is so big why not you remove it. She started crying and said to me.
'If I wanted to do surgery, than why should I come to you "
She gave the the best answer and shock me with the words. She gave a very simple and forward answer. She gave the right punch on my face !!
Than I admit, " All right, sorry madam, I will help you through my homeopathic therapy and will give you the best that we have"
The therapy goes on for one years and four months, her 8 months old size of fibroid has gone forever and completely with a proof of 'MRI' which she brough to me - Nil - Normal Uterus !
This is what I means by Surgery Without Knife !!
The Best of Homeopathy or Homeopathybest.
Homeopathy's Best Kept Secret
Homeopathy's Best Kept Secret
<> You were trained as a Western medical doctor. What made you turn to homeopathy? <>
Dr. Luc: When I was a young doctor fresh out of medical school in Belgium, I thought I knew everything. But then I started seeing patients whom Western medicine just couldn't help. One young girl of 15 got headaches every time the weather changed-and in Belgium the weather changes three times a day! She had everything in Western medicine you can dream of, but nothing helped.
Another lady, I will never forget it, she came in my office absolutely dripping with sweat. The sweat was pouring off her and dripping onto the floor. Western medicine could do nothing for her.
Another lady could not speak. There was nothing physically wrong with her. Her family said she had not spoken a word since looking out the window and seeing a funeral procession-with her best friend's husband walking behind the hearse. The sudden shock of her best friend's death made her mute.
I wanted to do something for these patients, but my Western medical training gave me no answers. So I went to a bookstore to look up alternative medicine and found a book on homeopathy. I wish these patients would walk through my door today, because these would all be easy cases for homeopathy.
What would you suggest for someone who wants to get started with homeopathy but feels bewildered by all the different remedies?
Dr. Luc: Get to know one or two remedies and all the different things they can be used for. Arnica would be my first choice-it's king of the trauma remedies and king of the sports remedies.
Arnica is good for the whole family for bumps, bruises, pulled muscles, and overuse of muscles, like someone who has a desk job and then gets 14 days vacation and wants to be a hero playing sports with his kids. It's even good for elderly people who get spontaneous bruises, because as we get older the capillaries become fragile and burst easily.
Some lesser known uses of Arnica include overworry, overuse of the voice when someone is speaking all day, and for the flu, especially when there is a bruised feeling. Arnica is for bruises in general, and for illnesses with a bruised feeling, like when you feel as though a tank just ran over you and everything is sore, you don't want to be touched.
Arnica is also a great absorber of blood. For example, my patients have had amazing experiences with their kids who bump their heads and get a big egg on their forehead, which of course means there is a hematoma, a leakage of blood. With Arnica the swelling goes right down and then they don't have to take their kids to the emergency room.
So Arnica is great for the whole family starting from Day One. In fact it's a great remedy for Day One! Give Arnica 200c to the mother for bruising from the delivery and give it to the baby for the trauma of coming through the birth canal.
Any other favorite remedies?
Dr. Luc: Arsenicum would be my second choice, especially for traveling. Never leave home without it! It's the top remedy for traveler's diarrhea and for food poisoning. Some people get diarrhea just from the change of diet when they travel. Arsenicum has rescued many, many a vacation, especially in the Middle East, China and South America where the water can be contaminated.
Arsenicum is also great for the first stages of a cold or flu, when you are just getting a scratchy throat and your nose is running like a faucet with a clear, watery discharge. Arsenicum will nip it in the bud.
Arsenicum is one of the top remedies for asthma and for shortness of breath in general, especially when you feel as though you are going to die because you can't catch your breath. And it's one of the best remedies for people who wake up after midnight, anxious and restless and unable to get back to sleep.
But in both these cases people shouldn't diagnose themselves. For example, in homeopathy we have so many remedies for anxiety. The remedies are so precise, depending on whether the patient has fear for the future, fear of death, of disease, of failure, of flying, of taking exams, and so on. This is the kind of thing we will teach in our school.
What's the best way to take the remedies?
Dr. Luc: This is one of homeopathy's best-kept secrets: take the remedies in water. When you buy a little tube in the store with 80 pellets, the label says to take 3 pellets 3 to 5 times a day under the tongue. (There is no secret door under the tongue!) But it will work much better and much faster if you take one pellet and dissolve it in 4 ounces of water.
Take one teaspoon as needed-as often as every 20 to 30 minutes in acute cases such as high fevers and accidents. One cup will is good for 24 hours. If you need the remedy again the next day, make another cup. Putting it in water makes it reach more nerve endings. As soon as it touches the mucous membranes it starts to work. If someone can't swallow, you can even swab it on their skin.
What if you run out the same day, can you make another cup?
Dr. Luc: You could but you shouldn't need to, because as you start to feel better you slow down and take a teaspoon only maybe every hour or two. If you don't see any improvement by the time you finish the cup, it probably means you have the wrong remedy. (It could also mean the potency is too low, but this is something you will learn from experience.)
So why don't they say this on the label?
Dr. Luc: Maybe because they can sell more tubes this way! Or maybe because they just don't know. Hahnemann, the founder of homeopathy, developed this method of taking the remedies in water at the very end of his life, and the manuscript in which he described it was lost for nearly 100 years. Even now it is not well known. The people who work in the pharmaceutical companies have probably never read it.
Are there any situations when it's better to take the remedy dry?
Dr. Luc: Only if it's impractical to take it in water. When I play tennis I keep Arnica and Rhus tox. in my pockets in case I sprain my ankle. I can take some pellets and keep on playing, then as soon as I have a chance I put them in water.
Here's another secret: if you are going to be out all day, driving around in the car, put the remedy in a water bottle and take it with you. Then each time you take the remedy you can succuss it (give it a hard thwack, a "slam-dunk"). This gradually increases the potency of the remedy and it will work even better this way.
How many pellets, say for a typical 16 oz. spring water bottle?
Dr. Luc: Just one. You don't need four just because there is four times as much water. We are dealing with energy, not with molecules. It's a little more dilute this way, but succussing it will keep increasing the potency of the remedy.
Should you reduce the dosage for kids?
Dr. Luc: Not at all! In fact kids need higher potencies than adults. Never hesitate to give a child a high potency. It's the opposite of Western medicine, where our dosages are based on bodyweight.
In homeopathy the dosage is based on the vital energy of the patient, and kids usually have much stronger vital energy than adults. Look at how fast a child can spike a fever. That shows how strong the vital energy is.
Let's say someone looks up in a homeopathy book and figures out that Lachesis is the best remedy for her left-sided headache, but when she goes to the store to buy it, the tube says it's for hot flashes. Why is that?
Dr. Luc: Each of the major remedies (the polycrests) has many, many different indications or uses. The pharmaceutical company can only fit one or two of them on the label. The good thing is that they have the freedom to do that, unlike vitamin companies, because homeopathic remedies are under a different law and the FDA allows this kind of labeling.
Do the remedies have side effects?
Dr. Luc: No, again because we are talking energy, not molecules. When you use potencies over 24c there is not even one molecule of the original substance left, and then when you put it in water it is even more dilute. You can get what we call a similar aggravation, though, if you take too much.
An aggravation is a temporary intensification of the symptoms. It's unlikely to happen in acute cases, because you are using up the remedy so fast. You would have to really take a lot, maybe 3 or 4 cups of the remedy in a row, to get this kind of reaction.
If you do get an aggravation, just stop taking the remedy and your body will use up the excess. It's like speeding in a car. It's not a bad car, just a bad driver! You need to get used to the car. As you get experience using the remedies, you will get to know how fast you can take repeated doses.
Some people say you have to go through an aggravation to be cured with homeopathy. Would you agree with that?
Dr. Luc: Not at all! Hahnemann developed the water method to save people from the discomfort of aggravations.
Can you be allergic to the remedies?
Dr. Luc: No, for the same reason. Sometimes my patients say they can't take Sulphur as a remedy because they are allergic to sulfa drugs. An allergy to sulfa drugs is actually a good indication that the patient needs Sulphur!
What if someone is allergic to lactose, can they have a reaction to the lactose the pills are made from?
Dr. Luc: Not usually, but if they are extremely sensitive they could have a reaction if they take the pills dry. It's another good reason to take the remedies in water.
Can you develop a tolerance to the remedies the way you can to a drug?
Dr. Luc: As long as you need the remedy, it will continue to work. If your baby is learning to walk, all the time falling and smacking his head, you can give Arnica every day and it will continue to work. If a remedy stops working, it means you no longer need it.
Can the remedies be addictive? There is not one patient in a Betty Ford center addicted to homeopathic remedies!
Dr. Luc: Whereas there are many treatment centers and detox centers for people addicted to Western drugs. It's scary how easy it is for people to and get addicted. All it takes is one hospitalization, and they give you painkillers sleeping pills without your knowledge or your permission. Before you know it you're addicted. I have seen it many times in my practice.
What do the numbers mean - 6c, 30c, 200c?
Dr. Luc: They represent the successive dilutions the remedies go through. "C" stands for centesimal and it means a dilution of 1 part of the remedy to 99 parts of alcohol at each stage. The remedy is succussed, or shaken, 100 times at each stage so that the energy of the remedy is imparted to the liquid. The higher the number, the higher the dilution-which in homeopathy means a more powerful remedy, because the vibrational energy is higher.
Usually in health food stores you find 6c, 12c and 30c potencies. What's the difference in how they are used?
Dr. Luc: I would rather see 30c and 200c in stores. I encourage my students to get 200c kits once they are familiar with the remedies. 30c is better when you are first starting out because if you take the wrong remedy in a 200c, you could get an aggravation.
6c and 12c are too low to do any good for acute situations. 6c and 12c are only indicated for chronic diseases, and people should definitely not diagnose or treat themselves for chronic diseases. Only a professional homeopath can do that.
Is that because 6c and 12c could be dangerous?
Dr. Luc: Not at all. It's because a layperson could not prescribe the right remedy for a chronic situation, in which the choice of remedy depends not so much on the physical symptoms as on the mental and emotional onset of the disease.
For example, if I have four patients with chronic fatigue, one may be never well since taking birth control pills, another never well since overwork and overworry, another never well since multiple operations, and the fourth never well since heartbreak. They may all have the exact same physical symptoms and the same diagnosis in Western medicine, but they each get a different remedy from me, because homeopathy is so individualized to the patient.
What do you mean by acute and chronic?
Dr. Luc: Acute is something that just happened within the last day or two, within the last several weeks at most, that is self-limiting (it will go away by itself). In an acute disease, the vital energy of the patient is usually strong enough to overcome it. If not, it can turn into a chronic condition, one that develops over a long period of time and does not go away by itself.
In a chronic condition there can be a steady overall downfall of the patient's health unless it is opposed by the right remedy. Other times there can be acute symptoms of a chronic state of imbalance or disorder in the system, such as PMS. A woman can have acute symptoms each month which can be treated with acute over-the-counter remedies each time-but if her overall constitution is treated by a professional homeopath, her symptoms will not recur. I have seen this many times in my practice-I do not even address the patient's PMS symptoms directly because they go away automatically with the well-chosen remedy.
A lot of times health food stores have combinations that have 6 or 8 different remedies. Wouldn't that be better than a single remedy, since you would be sure to cover your bases?
Dr. Luc: Actually, no, because the remedies can cancel each other out. I would rather see people become familiar with the single remedies. For example, I've seen a combination for Grief that has one remedy, Pulsatilla, for people who are very clingy and needy of consolation, and another, Nat. mur., for people who just want to be left alone in their grief. How can one person possibly need both?
Many homeopaths say you can't use mint, camphor or coffee when you are taking remedies. Would you agree?
Dr. Luc: Coffee is the only one I put the accent on in my own practice. If someone is drinking more than one cup a day, I get them off the coffee first (with Chamomilla, Nux vomica or Coffea).
Decaffeinated coffee and other caffeine-containing foods like chocolate and cola are okay (not in other ways but in terms of canceling the remedy!) Mint and camphor are only important for the high potencies used by certain professional homeopaths, the Kentian prescribers. They won't make much difference in acute situations where you are repeating the doses frequently.
Some homeopaths tell their patients not to do acupuncture or polarity or take vitamins while on a remedy. Why is that?
Dr. Luc: I tell my patients to do anything they can to support their vital energy while they are healing. Any healing modality such as acupuncture that follows the same natural laws as homeopathy will do nothing but help. The only thing is, they shouldn't start doing these things the same week they start the remedy. That will muddy the picture. Then if they have a reaction, it's not clear what they are reacting to.
I've heard that remedies are prescribed based on the symptoms present. So does that mean the remedies can't be used preventively?
Dr. Luc: No, in fact here's another little-known tip. They can be used ahead of time if you know you are going to need them, but in this case take 3 pellets dry in the mouth. For example, Arnica should be taken before and after strenuous sports for someone who is not in shape, or for weightlifters, football players, soccer players and others who are likely to get pulled muscles or bruises. And if one person in the family comes down with a flu or cold, everyone else in the family can take the same remedy.
If you know there is a flu coming to your area, before it even hits you can start taking Arsenicum or Oscillococcinum, the two top preventive flu remedies. Take 30c doses, 3 pellets dry once a day during an epidemic.
What's your basic approach in finding a remedy for your patients?
Dr. Luc: I have them make a timeline with all the major traumas in their life, whether mental, emotional, physical, financial, or whatever. Any event that causes lasting symptoms will need to be treated eventually. We call it a layer. We start with the most recent layer first and work backwards, every time treating the Never Well Since (usually a mental or emotional trauma that triggered the onset of symptoms).
You are both a homeopath and an acupuncturist. What do you see as the connection between these two healing modalities?
Dr. Luc: They both work with the healing energy or vital qi, and they both follow the same natural laws of healing. For example, we know the patient is healing if the disease goes from the inside to the outside. Also both disciplines accent the mental and emotional origins of disease (unless there is a direct physical trauma like a cut, blow or burn). In both, each organ has certain emotions associated with it, like the liver and anger.
Each of the main homeopathic remedies has a place on the Star of the Five Elements in Traditional Chinese Medicine. Homeopathy is so similar to acupuncture that Hahnemann must have read the acupuncture texts that were available to him in translation.
Does someone have to be a medical doctor to practice homeopathy?
Dr. Luc: In terms of licensing, it varies from state to state. In terms of knowledge, many of the greatest homeopaths of the past have been laypeople.
Can you share one last secret with us?
Dr. Luc: Here's a great one for sports injuries: if you're a basically healthy person and have a serious acute injury, like a pulled muscle, take Arnica 30c, then 200c, then 1M, each time 3 pellets dry, 4 hours apart. I did this once when I pulled my thigh muscle while playing soccer. The muscle swelled up and turned hard as a rock. By the time I was through the Arnica it was back to normal again! I learned this tip from a Swiss-French homeopath and very few people in this country know about it.
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Endometriosis and Homeopathy
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<> You were trained as a Western medical doctor. What made you turn to homeopathy? <>
Dr. Luc: When I was a young doctor fresh out of medical school in Belgium, I thought I knew everything. But then I started seeing patients whom Western medicine just couldn't help. One young girl of 15 got headaches every time the weather changed-and in Belgium the weather changes three times a day! She had everything in Western medicine you can dream of, but nothing helped.
Another lady, I will never forget it, she came in my office absolutely dripping with sweat. The sweat was pouring off her and dripping onto the floor. Western medicine could do nothing for her.
Another lady could not speak. There was nothing physically wrong with her. Her family said she had not spoken a word since looking out the window and seeing a funeral procession-with her best friend's husband walking behind the hearse. The sudden shock of her best friend's death made her mute.
I wanted to do something for these patients, but my Western medical training gave me no answers. So I went to a bookstore to look up alternative medicine and found a book on homeopathy. I wish these patients would walk through my door today, because these would all be easy cases for homeopathy.
What would you suggest for someone who wants to get started with homeopathy but feels bewildered by all the different remedies?
Dr. Luc: Get to know one or two remedies and all the different things they can be used for. Arnica would be my first choice-it's king of the trauma remedies and king of the sports remedies.
Arnica is good for the whole family for bumps, bruises, pulled muscles, and overuse of muscles, like someone who has a desk job and then gets 14 days vacation and wants to be a hero playing sports with his kids. It's even good for elderly people who get spontaneous bruises, because as we get older the capillaries become fragile and burst easily.
Some lesser known uses of Arnica include overworry, overuse of the voice when someone is speaking all day, and for the flu, especially when there is a bruised feeling. Arnica is for bruises in general, and for illnesses with a bruised feeling, like when you feel as though a tank just ran over you and everything is sore, you don't want to be touched.
Arnica is also a great absorber of blood. For example, my patients have had amazing experiences with their kids who bump their heads and get a big egg on their forehead, which of course means there is a hematoma, a leakage of blood. With Arnica the swelling goes right down and then they don't have to take their kids to the emergency room.
So Arnica is great for the whole family starting from Day One. In fact it's a great remedy for Day One! Give Arnica 200c to the mother for bruising from the delivery and give it to the baby for the trauma of coming through the birth canal.
Any other favorite remedies?
Dr. Luc: Arsenicum would be my second choice, especially for traveling. Never leave home without it! It's the top remedy for traveler's diarrhea and for food poisoning. Some people get diarrhea just from the change of diet when they travel. Arsenicum has rescued many, many a vacation, especially in the Middle East, China and South America where the water can be contaminated.
Arsenicum is also great for the first stages of a cold or flu, when you are just getting a scratchy throat and your nose is running like a faucet with a clear, watery discharge. Arsenicum will nip it in the bud.
Arsenicum is one of the top remedies for asthma and for shortness of breath in general, especially when you feel as though you are going to die because you can't catch your breath. And it's one of the best remedies for people who wake up after midnight, anxious and restless and unable to get back to sleep.
But in both these cases people shouldn't diagnose themselves. For example, in homeopathy we have so many remedies for anxiety. The remedies are so precise, depending on whether the patient has fear for the future, fear of death, of disease, of failure, of flying, of taking exams, and so on. This is the kind of thing we will teach in our school.
What's the best way to take the remedies?
Dr. Luc: This is one of homeopathy's best-kept secrets: take the remedies in water. When you buy a little tube in the store with 80 pellets, the label says to take 3 pellets 3 to 5 times a day under the tongue. (There is no secret door under the tongue!) But it will work much better and much faster if you take one pellet and dissolve it in 4 ounces of water.
Take one teaspoon as needed-as often as every 20 to 30 minutes in acute cases such as high fevers and accidents. One cup will is good for 24 hours. If you need the remedy again the next day, make another cup. Putting it in water makes it reach more nerve endings. As soon as it touches the mucous membranes it starts to work. If someone can't swallow, you can even swab it on their skin.
What if you run out the same day, can you make another cup?
Dr. Luc: You could but you shouldn't need to, because as you start to feel better you slow down and take a teaspoon only maybe every hour or two. If you don't see any improvement by the time you finish the cup, it probably means you have the wrong remedy. (It could also mean the potency is too low, but this is something you will learn from experience.)
So why don't they say this on the label?
Dr. Luc: Maybe because they can sell more tubes this way! Or maybe because they just don't know. Hahnemann, the founder of homeopathy, developed this method of taking the remedies in water at the very end of his life, and the manuscript in which he described it was lost for nearly 100 years. Even now it is not well known. The people who work in the pharmaceutical companies have probably never read it.
Are there any situations when it's better to take the remedy dry?
Dr. Luc: Only if it's impractical to take it in water. When I play tennis I keep Arnica and Rhus tox. in my pockets in case I sprain my ankle. I can take some pellets and keep on playing, then as soon as I have a chance I put them in water.
Here's another secret: if you are going to be out all day, driving around in the car, put the remedy in a water bottle and take it with you. Then each time you take the remedy you can succuss it (give it a hard thwack, a "slam-dunk"). This gradually increases the potency of the remedy and it will work even better this way.
How many pellets, say for a typical 16 oz. spring water bottle?
Dr. Luc: Just one. You don't need four just because there is four times as much water. We are dealing with energy, not with molecules. It's a little more dilute this way, but succussing it will keep increasing the potency of the remedy.
Should you reduce the dosage for kids?
Dr. Luc: Not at all! In fact kids need higher potencies than adults. Never hesitate to give a child a high potency. It's the opposite of Western medicine, where our dosages are based on bodyweight.
In homeopathy the dosage is based on the vital energy of the patient, and kids usually have much stronger vital energy than adults. Look at how fast a child can spike a fever. That shows how strong the vital energy is.
Let's say someone looks up in a homeopathy book and figures out that Lachesis is the best remedy for her left-sided headache, but when she goes to the store to buy it, the tube says it's for hot flashes. Why is that?
Dr. Luc: Each of the major remedies (the polycrests) has many, many different indications or uses. The pharmaceutical company can only fit one or two of them on the label. The good thing is that they have the freedom to do that, unlike vitamin companies, because homeopathic remedies are under a different law and the FDA allows this kind of labeling.
Do the remedies have side effects?
Dr. Luc: No, again because we are talking energy, not molecules. When you use potencies over 24c there is not even one molecule of the original substance left, and then when you put it in water it is even more dilute. You can get what we call a similar aggravation, though, if you take too much.
An aggravation is a temporary intensification of the symptoms. It's unlikely to happen in acute cases, because you are using up the remedy so fast. You would have to really take a lot, maybe 3 or 4 cups of the remedy in a row, to get this kind of reaction.
If you do get an aggravation, just stop taking the remedy and your body will use up the excess. It's like speeding in a car. It's not a bad car, just a bad driver! You need to get used to the car. As you get experience using the remedies, you will get to know how fast you can take repeated doses.
Some people say you have to go through an aggravation to be cured with homeopathy. Would you agree with that?
Dr. Luc: Not at all! Hahnemann developed the water method to save people from the discomfort of aggravations.
Can you be allergic to the remedies?
Dr. Luc: No, for the same reason. Sometimes my patients say they can't take Sulphur as a remedy because they are allergic to sulfa drugs. An allergy to sulfa drugs is actually a good indication that the patient needs Sulphur!
What if someone is allergic to lactose, can they have a reaction to the lactose the pills are made from?
Dr. Luc: Not usually, but if they are extremely sensitive they could have a reaction if they take the pills dry. It's another good reason to take the remedies in water.
Can you develop a tolerance to the remedies the way you can to a drug?
Dr. Luc: As long as you need the remedy, it will continue to work. If your baby is learning to walk, all the time falling and smacking his head, you can give Arnica every day and it will continue to work. If a remedy stops working, it means you no longer need it.
Can the remedies be addictive? There is not one patient in a Betty Ford center addicted to homeopathic remedies!
Dr. Luc: Whereas there are many treatment centers and detox centers for people addicted to Western drugs. It's scary how easy it is for people to and get addicted. All it takes is one hospitalization, and they give you painkillers sleeping pills without your knowledge or your permission. Before you know it you're addicted. I have seen it many times in my practice.
What do the numbers mean - 6c, 30c, 200c?
Dr. Luc: They represent the successive dilutions the remedies go through. "C" stands for centesimal and it means a dilution of 1 part of the remedy to 99 parts of alcohol at each stage. The remedy is succussed, or shaken, 100 times at each stage so that the energy of the remedy is imparted to the liquid. The higher the number, the higher the dilution-which in homeopathy means a more powerful remedy, because the vibrational energy is higher.
Usually in health food stores you find 6c, 12c and 30c potencies. What's the difference in how they are used?
Dr. Luc: I would rather see 30c and 200c in stores. I encourage my students to get 200c kits once they are familiar with the remedies. 30c is better when you are first starting out because if you take the wrong remedy in a 200c, you could get an aggravation.
6c and 12c are too low to do any good for acute situations. 6c and 12c are only indicated for chronic diseases, and people should definitely not diagnose or treat themselves for chronic diseases. Only a professional homeopath can do that.
Is that because 6c and 12c could be dangerous?
Dr. Luc: Not at all. It's because a layperson could not prescribe the right remedy for a chronic situation, in which the choice of remedy depends not so much on the physical symptoms as on the mental and emotional onset of the disease.
For example, if I have four patients with chronic fatigue, one may be never well since taking birth control pills, another never well since overwork and overworry, another never well since multiple operations, and the fourth never well since heartbreak. They may all have the exact same physical symptoms and the same diagnosis in Western medicine, but they each get a different remedy from me, because homeopathy is so individualized to the patient.
What do you mean by acute and chronic?
Dr. Luc: Acute is something that just happened within the last day or two, within the last several weeks at most, that is self-limiting (it will go away by itself). In an acute disease, the vital energy of the patient is usually strong enough to overcome it. If not, it can turn into a chronic condition, one that develops over a long period of time and does not go away by itself.
In a chronic condition there can be a steady overall downfall of the patient's health unless it is opposed by the right remedy. Other times there can be acute symptoms of a chronic state of imbalance or disorder in the system, such as PMS. A woman can have acute symptoms each month which can be treated with acute over-the-counter remedies each time-but if her overall constitution is treated by a professional homeopath, her symptoms will not recur. I have seen this many times in my practice-I do not even address the patient's PMS symptoms directly because they go away automatically with the well-chosen remedy.
A lot of times health food stores have combinations that have 6 or 8 different remedies. Wouldn't that be better than a single remedy, since you would be sure to cover your bases?
Dr. Luc: Actually, no, because the remedies can cancel each other out. I would rather see people become familiar with the single remedies. For example, I've seen a combination for Grief that has one remedy, Pulsatilla, for people who are very clingy and needy of consolation, and another, Nat. mur., for people who just want to be left alone in their grief. How can one person possibly need both?
Many homeopaths say you can't use mint, camphor or coffee when you are taking remedies. Would you agree?
Dr. Luc: Coffee is the only one I put the accent on in my own practice. If someone is drinking more than one cup a day, I get them off the coffee first (with Chamomilla, Nux vomica or Coffea).
Decaffeinated coffee and other caffeine-containing foods like chocolate and cola are okay (not in other ways but in terms of canceling the remedy!) Mint and camphor are only important for the high potencies used by certain professional homeopaths, the Kentian prescribers. They won't make much difference in acute situations where you are repeating the doses frequently.
Some homeopaths tell their patients not to do acupuncture or polarity or take vitamins while on a remedy. Why is that?
Dr. Luc: I tell my patients to do anything they can to support their vital energy while they are healing. Any healing modality such as acupuncture that follows the same natural laws as homeopathy will do nothing but help. The only thing is, they shouldn't start doing these things the same week they start the remedy. That will muddy the picture. Then if they have a reaction, it's not clear what they are reacting to.
I've heard that remedies are prescribed based on the symptoms present. So does that mean the remedies can't be used preventively?
Dr. Luc: No, in fact here's another little-known tip. They can be used ahead of time if you know you are going to need them, but in this case take 3 pellets dry in the mouth. For example, Arnica should be taken before and after strenuous sports for someone who is not in shape, or for weightlifters, football players, soccer players and others who are likely to get pulled muscles or bruises. And if one person in the family comes down with a flu or cold, everyone else in the family can take the same remedy.
If you know there is a flu coming to your area, before it even hits you can start taking Arsenicum or Oscillococcinum, the two top preventive flu remedies. Take 30c doses, 3 pellets dry once a day during an epidemic.
What's your basic approach in finding a remedy for your patients?
Dr. Luc: I have them make a timeline with all the major traumas in their life, whether mental, emotional, physical, financial, or whatever. Any event that causes lasting symptoms will need to be treated eventually. We call it a layer. We start with the most recent layer first and work backwards, every time treating the Never Well Since (usually a mental or emotional trauma that triggered the onset of symptoms).
You are both a homeopath and an acupuncturist. What do you see as the connection between these two healing modalities?
Dr. Luc: They both work with the healing energy or vital qi, and they both follow the same natural laws of healing. For example, we know the patient is healing if the disease goes from the inside to the outside. Also both disciplines accent the mental and emotional origins of disease (unless there is a direct physical trauma like a cut, blow or burn). In both, each organ has certain emotions associated with it, like the liver and anger.
Each of the main homeopathic remedies has a place on the Star of the Five Elements in Traditional Chinese Medicine. Homeopathy is so similar to acupuncture that Hahnemann must have read the acupuncture texts that were available to him in translation.
Does someone have to be a medical doctor to practice homeopathy?
Dr. Luc: In terms of licensing, it varies from state to state. In terms of knowledge, many of the greatest homeopaths of the past have been laypeople.
Can you share one last secret with us?
Dr. Luc: Here's a great one for sports injuries: if you're a basically healthy person and have a serious acute injury, like a pulled muscle, take Arnica 30c, then 200c, then 1M, each time 3 pellets dry, 4 hours apart. I did this once when I pulled my thigh muscle while playing soccer. The muscle swelled up and turned hard as a rock. By the time I was through the Arnica it was back to normal again! I learned this tip from a Swiss-French homeopath and very few people in this country know about it.
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Luc De Schepper, M.D, Ph.D., Lic.Ac., C.Hom., D.I.Hom., is in private practice in San Diego, CA (tel. 619-281-8800). He has medical, acupuncture and homeopathy licenses in the U.S. and Europe. He has written twelve books on alternative medicine and is the founder and teacher of the Renissance Institute of Homeopathy in Boston, MA, open to health care professionals. He has taught extensively in the U.S., Europe, Canada and Australia. His site is: http://www.drluc.com/
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The Place of Homeopathy in Alternative Medicine
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Endometriosis and Homeopathy
An overview of energy healing methods: medical astrology, Reiki, Bach flower remedies, Su Jok, Radionics, Crystals, vibropathy
Healing With Homeopathy , The Safest Medicine for Pregnancy and Labor
"Healing with Homeopathy"
It is worth noting that the subject is dealt with at length, the more so, as this discussion has been overdue in view of preceding ample observations gained in the field. It is, therefore, no exaggeration to claim that homeopathy is in fact "the safest medicine for pregnancy and labor." If gynecologists and obstetricians would finally be aware of established facts, many failures could be avoided. "The outrageous high number of cesareans" should be subjected to close scrutiny in view of homeopathic success.
However, both presentations in Townsend Letter #222 did not touch the fact that not only maternal health can benefit a great deal from homeopathic applications but also in special fetal development as well as the early period of infancy. Comparing pregnancy and post-partal development under homeopathic coverage with orthodox medicine, one will be highly surprised in that homeopathic treatment turns out to be overwhelmingly beneficial. This can be seen, in particular, in a number of births of the same mother with respect to applied and omitted homeopathic treatment respectively.
Development and result of pregnancy under homeopathic attendance deserves high attention and appraisal. I would encourage this in view of observations in my practice over many years in bio-energetic medicine.
Dr. Hartwig Schuldt, MBBS
Germany
It is worth noting that the subject is dealt with at length, the more so, as this discussion has been overdue in view of preceding ample observations gained in the field. It is, therefore, no exaggeration to claim that homeopathy is in fact "the safest medicine for pregnancy and labor." If gynecologists and obstetricians would finally be aware of established facts, many failures could be avoided. "The outrageous high number of cesareans" should be subjected to close scrutiny in view of homeopathic success.
However, both presentations in Townsend Letter #222 did not touch the fact that not only maternal health can benefit a great deal from homeopathic applications but also in special fetal development as well as the early period of infancy. Comparing pregnancy and post-partal development under homeopathic coverage with orthodox medicine, one will be highly surprised in that homeopathic treatment turns out to be overwhelmingly beneficial. This can be seen, in particular, in a number of births of the same mother with respect to applied and omitted homeopathic treatment respectively.
Development and result of pregnancy under homeopathic attendance deserves high attention and appraisal. I would encourage this in view of observations in my practice over many years in bio-energetic medicine.
Dr. Hartwig Schuldt, MBBS
Germany
Homeopathic Doctors Without Barriers
The Homoeopathic Doctor Without Barriers (International)
Parent Body:
The Registered Malaysian Homeopathic Medical Practitioners
Association (MRHP Malaysia)
Address:
No.11, Bangunan Tabung Haji Lama, Jalan Dato Pati, 15000 Kota Bharu, Kelantan, Malaysia.
Infoline:
Tel: 09-7976948, 09-7440440, 03-4042 2020
Fax: 09-797 6942, 09-7437400, 03- 4045 6945
fahom2@yahoo.com
Web: http;//charitymedic.xaper.com
Prof Dr Nik Omar describes the Organisation:
In early 1987, a land trip by Toyota Land Cruises escorted by Mujaheddin Freedom Fighters treads its way early in the morning over the treacherous Khyaber Pass in Northern Pakistan. The vehicles are carrying Malaysian Homeopathic Medical Volunteers from The Registerd Malaysian Homeopathic Medical Practitioners Association (MRHP); they were on their way to staff a Mobile Homoeopathic Clininc in freedom fighters' held territory, near Jalalabad inside Afghanistan.
There they will treat civilians and Mujahideen wounded in the war between Mujahideen Afghan Freedom Fighters and the Soviet backed Government.
Around the world, in war zones and areas striken by natural disasters, this special breed of homeopathic doctor and nurse are infusing the Hippocratic Oath with fresh force, risking their lives out of commitment to what Prof Dr Nik Omar, one of the founders of this volunteer-medics movement calls "The duty to mankind"
These are some of the first ever medical volunteers from homeopathic groups in the world to treat tribespeople for diarrhoea and malaria in Yala, Narathiwat, and Nakornsithamarat in Thailand. In slum ares in Colombo, the same group were giving free treatment for worms and tropical diseases to children and adults in rural areas of Walliwata Bridge. In the deep jungles of Malaysia, they treat the 'Orang Asli' ( aborigines ) for skin disesaes and jaundice.They are there cleaning bandages on victims of land mines and gunshot under mortar fire and bombing in Afghanistan and giving treatment for ailments to the refugees in camps around Peshawar, Pakistan, etc.
Every year approximately 50 homoeopathic doctors from Malaysia give up their annual holidays. They make their medical knowledge and skills available to the charity - Homeopathic Doctors Without Barriers, free of charge for a period of a least four days, and up to eight weeks. On top of this, they even pay for their flight to help the country to which they are sent.
In 1979 Prof Dr Nik Omar, the President of the Association established the organisation in Kota Bharu with the aim of providing medical help in countries with low levels of medical provision. Since then he has been able to arrange almost 80 assigments worldwide, including Malaysia. They work in various projects in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Colombo, Sri Lanka, India, Thailand, and Indonesia.
They volunteer for all kinds of reasons. Some serve out of moral duty, others adventure and challenge. Some grasp the opportunity to be in the real life laboratory where nearly every case is an emergency.
Many of these members discover that much of what they learned at The Faculty of Homeopathy Malaysia is irrelevant to the life and death crises and health needs of millions of the world's poorest people and finally decided to venture forth as the Malaysian Homeopathic Volunteer Medical Corps.
Prof Dr Nik Omar, 49, the founder member of the group, vividly recalls his apprehension. Early one morning in Autumn 1987, the Malaysian Volunteers were discussing some of the cases they had treated the day before. As it happened, the mountainside also made an excellent lookout from which to scan the skies for approaching MIG 25 Fighter Bombers. All of a sudden, a dozen bombs dropped around our hospital, but they were poorly targeted and we all were safe. It became so, that throughout our service in Afghanistan, the bombing was a routine and there was bombing at our camp near the Pakistani border almost every day and night. It was a strain to our voulnteers, who had also to cope with the lack of equitment and medicines, and a workload of over 150 patients a day with artillery shell exploding overhead.
" There is a tremendous responsibility in knowing that you are the only doctor in the desert for 20,000 to 50,000 people. You are often alone in making a decision on who should treated and who should be sent for further emergency treatment in a hosiptal 300 to 400 kilometers away. And when you are alone, you are always thinking, "Maybe I was wrong."
The idea of forming the volunteer group in Malaysia, started in London in 1975 when Dr Nik Omar met with a member of the French-based organisation Médicines Sans Frontières who invited him to join the group but he refused due to his pressing studies in England. He came back to Malaysia in 1977 and wondered about the possibilities of setting up a similar volunteers' group based on Malaysian cultures.
The nucleus started in 1979 during the flood seasons on the East Coast of Kelantan. When it was started the sole member was Dr Nik Omar, but by the end of 1998 there were 500 members of MRHP and 50 active members in the volunteer group. Ever since it started in 1979 more than 50,000 Malays in rural areas already get free tretament from this group, with various projects all over Malaysia.
Prof Dr Nik Omar is always ready with new assignments and duties to carry out charity's organisational work and he is proud of the fact that almost all his assignemtns are successfully done well in time.
" We are not carrying out development works. We are not able to bring any changes in our patients' living conditions, nor in structures of the countries concerned," adds Dr Che Musa Che Mohammad, an active volunteer who has served on many missions abroad.
Nevertheless the work in the slums, where the doctors also live during their stay in the Third World, gives personal satisfaction. It is not only important that acute hardship and pain can be alleviated. "In relation to the experience we take home with us, we take a lot more from the people there, than we actually invest ourselves," says homeopathic paediatrician Associate Professor Dr Mohd Nasir bin Mohd Zain, who has just returned from Colombo, in Sri Lanka slum areas off Waliwata Bridge. He is also the secretary general of The Asian Homeopathic Medical League (AHML) for the Malaysian Chapter.
Dr Mohammad Ali Hamzah, who served in Pakistani Refugee Camps, told us that he has learnt a great deal from the people in those areas who radiate vitality and confidence in spite of their poverty. " When you return from such trip, you stand above the everyday concerns of the normal Malaysian, " says Professor Dr Mohammad Hairuddin Hamid, who is also president of MRHP Johor Branch. He has served in Afghanistan and Pakistan, while his brother Dr Maohmad Fauzy Hamid served in Sri Lanka for two weeks.
Inexperienced doctors are not sent to the projects. "The doctors have to fulfil certain requirements. In addition to qualification, character is also important. Anyone who is squearmish and can't do without sweet-smelling bath water would do better to stay at home," sums up Dr (Mrs) Faridah Awang Hamat, another volunteer who just returned from Nakorn Sithamarat, Thailand's worst flooded disaster area.
The aid provided by Doctors Without Barriers is financed exclusively by members of MRHP, donations and support from a group of sponsors who bear the administrative costs. "One hundred percent of the money donated goes directy to the projects, " stated Dr Mohd Nasir, who is also finance conroller of the association. With five volunteer staff he runs an office, a small room attached to the Homeopathic Medical Center owned by Dr Nik Omar, at Kota Bharu, Kelantan, 450 kilometres from Kuala Lumpur, near the Thai border.
Parent Body:
The Registered Malaysian Homeopathic Medical Practitioners
Association (MRHP Malaysia)
Address:
No.11, Bangunan Tabung Haji Lama, Jalan Dato Pati, 15000 Kota Bharu, Kelantan, Malaysia.
Infoline:
Tel: 09-7976948, 09-7440440, 03-4042 2020
Fax: 09-797 6942, 09-7437400, 03- 4045 6945
fahom2@yahoo.com
Web: http;//charitymedic.xaper.com
Prof Dr Nik Omar describes the Organisation:
In early 1987, a land trip by Toyota Land Cruises escorted by Mujaheddin Freedom Fighters treads its way early in the morning over the treacherous Khyaber Pass in Northern Pakistan. The vehicles are carrying Malaysian Homeopathic Medical Volunteers from The Registerd Malaysian Homeopathic Medical Practitioners Association (MRHP); they were on their way to staff a Mobile Homoeopathic Clininc in freedom fighters' held territory, near Jalalabad inside Afghanistan.
There they will treat civilians and Mujahideen wounded in the war between Mujahideen Afghan Freedom Fighters and the Soviet backed Government.
Around the world, in war zones and areas striken by natural disasters, this special breed of homeopathic doctor and nurse are infusing the Hippocratic Oath with fresh force, risking their lives out of commitment to what Prof Dr Nik Omar, one of the founders of this volunteer-medics movement calls "The duty to mankind"
These are some of the first ever medical volunteers from homeopathic groups in the world to treat tribespeople for diarrhoea and malaria in Yala, Narathiwat, and Nakornsithamarat in Thailand. In slum ares in Colombo, the same group were giving free treatment for worms and tropical diseases to children and adults in rural areas of Walliwata Bridge. In the deep jungles of Malaysia, they treat the 'Orang Asli' ( aborigines ) for skin disesaes and jaundice.They are there cleaning bandages on victims of land mines and gunshot under mortar fire and bombing in Afghanistan and giving treatment for ailments to the refugees in camps around Peshawar, Pakistan, etc.
Every year approximately 50 homoeopathic doctors from Malaysia give up their annual holidays. They make their medical knowledge and skills available to the charity - Homeopathic Doctors Without Barriers, free of charge for a period of a least four days, and up to eight weeks. On top of this, they even pay for their flight to help the country to which they are sent.
In 1979 Prof Dr Nik Omar, the President of the Association established the organisation in Kota Bharu with the aim of providing medical help in countries with low levels of medical provision. Since then he has been able to arrange almost 80 assigments worldwide, including Malaysia. They work in various projects in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Colombo, Sri Lanka, India, Thailand, and Indonesia.
They volunteer for all kinds of reasons. Some serve out of moral duty, others adventure and challenge. Some grasp the opportunity to be in the real life laboratory where nearly every case is an emergency.
Many of these members discover that much of what they learned at The Faculty of Homeopathy Malaysia is irrelevant to the life and death crises and health needs of millions of the world's poorest people and finally decided to venture forth as the Malaysian Homeopathic Volunteer Medical Corps.
Prof Dr Nik Omar, 49, the founder member of the group, vividly recalls his apprehension. Early one morning in Autumn 1987, the Malaysian Volunteers were discussing some of the cases they had treated the day before. As it happened, the mountainside also made an excellent lookout from which to scan the skies for approaching MIG 25 Fighter Bombers. All of a sudden, a dozen bombs dropped around our hospital, but they were poorly targeted and we all were safe. It became so, that throughout our service in Afghanistan, the bombing was a routine and there was bombing at our camp near the Pakistani border almost every day and night. It was a strain to our voulnteers, who had also to cope with the lack of equitment and medicines, and a workload of over 150 patients a day with artillery shell exploding overhead.
" There is a tremendous responsibility in knowing that you are the only doctor in the desert for 20,000 to 50,000 people. You are often alone in making a decision on who should treated and who should be sent for further emergency treatment in a hosiptal 300 to 400 kilometers away. And when you are alone, you are always thinking, "Maybe I was wrong."
The idea of forming the volunteer group in Malaysia, started in London in 1975 when Dr Nik Omar met with a member of the French-based organisation Médicines Sans Frontières who invited him to join the group but he refused due to his pressing studies in England. He came back to Malaysia in 1977 and wondered about the possibilities of setting up a similar volunteers' group based on Malaysian cultures.
The nucleus started in 1979 during the flood seasons on the East Coast of Kelantan. When it was started the sole member was Dr Nik Omar, but by the end of 1998 there were 500 members of MRHP and 50 active members in the volunteer group. Ever since it started in 1979 more than 50,000 Malays in rural areas already get free tretament from this group, with various projects all over Malaysia.
Prof Dr Nik Omar is always ready with new assignments and duties to carry out charity's organisational work and he is proud of the fact that almost all his assignemtns are successfully done well in time.
" We are not carrying out development works. We are not able to bring any changes in our patients' living conditions, nor in structures of the countries concerned," adds Dr Che Musa Che Mohammad, an active volunteer who has served on many missions abroad.
Nevertheless the work in the slums, where the doctors also live during their stay in the Third World, gives personal satisfaction. It is not only important that acute hardship and pain can be alleviated. "In relation to the experience we take home with us, we take a lot more from the people there, than we actually invest ourselves," says homeopathic paediatrician Associate Professor Dr Mohd Nasir bin Mohd Zain, who has just returned from Colombo, in Sri Lanka slum areas off Waliwata Bridge. He is also the secretary general of The Asian Homeopathic Medical League (AHML) for the Malaysian Chapter.
Dr Mohammad Ali Hamzah, who served in Pakistani Refugee Camps, told us that he has learnt a great deal from the people in those areas who radiate vitality and confidence in spite of their poverty. " When you return from such trip, you stand above the everyday concerns of the normal Malaysian, " says Professor Dr Mohammad Hairuddin Hamid, who is also president of MRHP Johor Branch. He has served in Afghanistan and Pakistan, while his brother Dr Maohmad Fauzy Hamid served in Sri Lanka for two weeks.
Inexperienced doctors are not sent to the projects. "The doctors have to fulfil certain requirements. In addition to qualification, character is also important. Anyone who is squearmish and can't do without sweet-smelling bath water would do better to stay at home," sums up Dr (Mrs) Faridah Awang Hamat, another volunteer who just returned from Nakorn Sithamarat, Thailand's worst flooded disaster area.
The aid provided by Doctors Without Barriers is financed exclusively by members of MRHP, donations and support from a group of sponsors who bear the administrative costs. "One hundred percent of the money donated goes directy to the projects, " stated Dr Mohd Nasir, who is also finance conroller of the association. With five volunteer staff he runs an office, a small room attached to the Homeopathic Medical Center owned by Dr Nik Omar, at Kota Bharu, Kelantan, 450 kilometres from Kuala Lumpur, near the Thai border.
PCOS & Homeopathic Treatment
What is PCOS?
I have heard that I might have a condition called Polycystic Ovary Syndrome. What is this?
Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) is a problem caused by having abnormal levels of certain hormones in your body. It affects 5 to 10 percent of women during childbearing years. Symptoms start as a teenager or later in life. Learning about how hormones work in your body will help you understand PCOS.
Hormones and your menstrual cycle
Your body makes hormones that affect your menstrual cycle. The pituitary gland in your brain makes lutenizing hormone (LH) and follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH). They tell the ovaries to make estrogen and progesterone (female sex hormones). The ovaries also make a little of the male sex hormone (androgen) called testosterone.
Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS)
PCOS may occur when the pituitary gland makes too much lutenizing hormone. This causes your ovaries to make more testosterone. That makes it harder to have regular periods. If you don’t have regular periods, it can be harder to get pregnant. Extra testosterone in women can cause problems with hair, skin, weight and insulin levels.
I have been told that I have cysts on my ovaries. Does that mean I have PCOS?
No. Not all women with cysts on their ovaries have PCOS.
I have heard that I might have a condition called Polycystic Ovary Syndrome. What is this?
Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) is a problem caused by having abnormal levels of certain hormones in your body. It affects 5 to 10 percent of women during childbearing years. Symptoms start as a teenager or later in life. Learning about how hormones work in your body will help you understand PCOS.
Hormones and your menstrual cycle
Your body makes hormones that affect your menstrual cycle. The pituitary gland in your brain makes lutenizing hormone (LH) and follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH). They tell the ovaries to make estrogen and progesterone (female sex hormones). The ovaries also make a little of the male sex hormone (androgen) called testosterone.
Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS)
PCOS may occur when the pituitary gland makes too much lutenizing hormone. This causes your ovaries to make more testosterone. That makes it harder to have regular periods. If you don’t have regular periods, it can be harder to get pregnant. Extra testosterone in women can cause problems with hair, skin, weight and insulin levels.
I have been told that I have cysts on my ovaries. Does that mean I have PCOS?
No. Not all women with cysts on their ovaries have PCOS.
Cost of Medical Treatment & Homeopathic A Comparision
Cost of Medical Treatment and Side Effects Support Homeopathic Treatments
This article points out two key factors in the increase in popularity of homeopathic medicine. The first is the increase in the discomfort level many of us are feeling with conventional medicine. As the number of prescription drugs that are available to our conventional doctors increases drastically, the possibility for harmful side effcets goes up dramatically. Since each of us has a unique system, the range of potential side effects is virtually unlimited. Homeopathic remedies, due to the small quantities involved, greatly reduce this concern.
The other factor is cost. Even with a decent health care policy, the costs associated with conventional treatment are putting doctor visits and the associated tests needed beyond the reach of many middle class folks. And lets not even talk about how much time is needed out of out busy schedules for an urgent care visit.
The result is that more people are thinking of becoming more pro-active in the maintenance of their own health. Proper diet, exercise and correctly administered homeopathic products are all important tools in this pursuit. Personally, I am new to the use of homeopathic products. The good news is that so far my experience with homeopathy, mostly in the ares of allergy products and topical pain relief, has been very positive!
This article points out two key factors in the increase in popularity of homeopathic medicine. The first is the increase in the discomfort level many of us are feeling with conventional medicine. As the number of prescription drugs that are available to our conventional doctors increases drastically, the possibility for harmful side effcets goes up dramatically. Since each of us has a unique system, the range of potential side effects is virtually unlimited. Homeopathic remedies, due to the small quantities involved, greatly reduce this concern.
The other factor is cost. Even with a decent health care policy, the costs associated with conventional treatment are putting doctor visits and the associated tests needed beyond the reach of many middle class folks. And lets not even talk about how much time is needed out of out busy schedules for an urgent care visit.
The result is that more people are thinking of becoming more pro-active in the maintenance of their own health. Proper diet, exercise and correctly administered homeopathic products are all important tools in this pursuit. Personally, I am new to the use of homeopathic products. The good news is that so far my experience with homeopathy, mostly in the ares of allergy products and topical pain relief, has been very positive!
The Best of Homeopathy
Homeopathic Treatment Are Very Good In
* Gastric problems - IBS
* Migraine and chronic headache
* Gout & Arthritis
* Falling of Hair
* General Weakness or letargic
* Parkinson
* Loss of Memory
* Down Syndrome
* Autism
* Hyperactive
* Chilren & Babies
* Ladies Problems
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* Gastric problems - IBS
* Migraine and chronic headache
* Gout & Arthritis
* Falling of Hair
* General Weakness or letargic
* Parkinson
* Loss of Memory
* Down Syndrome
* Autism
* Hyperactive
* Chilren & Babies
* Ladies Problems
More info get it from
http://fairuz2020.xaper.com
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