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QUARTERLY HOMOEOPATHIC DIGEST, MARCH 1991

Vol. VIII

PART I CURRENT LITERATURE LISTING

A list of current homoeopathic literature, subject-wise is given below. The list includes original contributions in the British, American, German, etc. journals not readily accessible to every homeopath. Some of the articles may appear in Part II in later numbers of the Quarterly Homoeopathic DIGEST,asabstract/summary/condensation/full, etc.

I. PHILOSOPHY

  1. The eugenic cure in the homoeopathi medicine (FAUST-ALBRECHT, H. (AHZ, 235, 1/1990)
  2. Hahnemann’s historical basis for the origin of the Psora theory KLUNKER, W. (ZKH, 34, 1/1990)
  3. Homoeopathy and homoeostasis in the vascular system –– Part 2, CROTTY, Thomas P. (BHJ, Vol 79, 1/1990)
  4. The strange case of the vanishing antibody : the Nature controversy, LEE, Felicity (The Homoeopath, Vol : 8, 1/1988)
  5. Personal viewpoint : A meta-model of homoeopathi philosophy for the integration of apparent contradictions, DAVIDSON, Robert (The Homoeopath, Vol. 8, 1/1988)
  6. Acute intercurrent disease, EIZAYAGA, Francisco (The Homoeopath, Vol. 8, 1/1988)
  7. Repetition of the dose LOGAN, Robin (The Homoeopath, Vol. 8, 2/1988)
  8. Dilemmas in prescribing –– The reason we study the relationship of remedies and how best to do this ROBERT, Ernst (The Homoeopath, Vol. 8, 2/1988)
  9. Homoeopathy and psychological problems HOLLAND, L.K. (Homoeopathy, Vol. 40, 4/1990)
  10. In defence of polypharmacy MUKHERJEE, J. (JNIH, Vol. 1, 1/1990)

II. MATERIA MEDIA

  1. “Sadness” – Stramonium GYPSER, K. H. (ZKH, 34, 1/1990)
  2. Evaluation of Bacillinum in tinea infection BHARDWAJ, O.P. MANCHANDA, R.K., GUPTA, RAMJI (BHJ, Vol. 79, 1/1990)
  3. Staphisagria in psychiatry BARBANCEY, Jacqueline (BHJ, Vol. 79, 1/1990)
  4. Background to the plant drugs in children’s diseases BODMAN, Frank (BHJ, Vol. 79, 1/1990)
  5. A case of Lyssin in a 10 yr. old girl MORTELMANS, Guido (JAIH, Vol. 3, 1/1990)
  6. Conium in a case of multiple sclerosis JOHNSTON, Linda (JAIH, Vol. 83, 1/1990)
  7. Hepar sulphuris calcareum ELMORE, DUTT (Resonance, Vol. 12, 1/1990)
  8. An image of DPT WARKENTEIN, David Kent (Resonance, Vol. 12, 1/1990)
  9. How to study Materia Media CANDEGABE, Eugenio (Resonance, Vol. 12, 1/1990)
  10. Another side of Phosphorous REICHENBERG–ULLMAN, Judyth (Resonance, Vol. 12, 2/1990)
  11. Chamomilla ELMORE, DUTT (Resonance, Vol 12, 2/1990)
  12. Bromium BROWN, Plumb (Resonance, Vol. 12, 2/1990)
  13. Tuberculinum Children HERSCU, Paul (Homoeopathy Today, Vol. 10, 9/1990)
  14. Calcarea sulphurica CANDEGABE, Eugenio (The Homoeopathy, Vol. 8, 1/1990)
  15. Acute and life-threatening cases

i) Postman Pat and the bees : the hazards of rural life GAINE, Janet

ii) Case of life-threatening septicaemia CASTRO, Miranda

iii) an acute case CHAPPELL, Peter (The Homoeopath, Vol. 8, 1./1988)

  1. Leprominium : a new nosode VAKIL Prakash (The Homoeopath, Vol. 8, 2/1988)
  2. Aegle marmelos

Aranea scinencia

Athista indica

Cassia fistula

Tela aranea

Thea chinensis

(CCRH Quarterly Bulletin, Vol. 12, 1 & 2/1990)

  1. Bowel Nosodes

BARMAN, Rabin (JAIH, Vol. 1, 1/1990)

III. THERAPEUTICS

  1. Homoeopathy and peppermint

REMBGES, H. (AHZ, 235, 1/1990)

  1. Tips from practice – Herpes Zoster

SCHWEITZER, Wolfgang (AHZ, 235, 1/1990)

  1. Therapeutic observations

International references (AHZ, 235, 1/1990)

  1. Coma and hemiplaegia in cerebral malformation

MASTER, F.J. (ZKH, 34, 1/1990)

  1. A case of epidemic disease treated by C.v. BOENNINGHAUSEN (ZKH, 34, 1/1990)
  2. Day-today management of anxiety and depression SPENCE, David. S. (BHJ, Vol. 79, 1/1990)
  3. Sebarrhoeic dermatitis treated with homoeopathic high dilutions of tobacco –– a case study SUDAN, Bernard J.L. (BHJ, Vol. 10, 1/1990)
  4. A case of staphylococcus pyoderma

SULLIVAN, Andrea D., (Resonance, Vol. 12, 1/1990)

  1. Relief for morning sickness

REICHENBEG-ULLMAN, Judyth

(Resonance, Vol. 12, 1/1990)

  1. Tooth pain after filling

STEPHENSON, David L. (Resonance, Vol. 12, 1/1990)

  1. Sun allergy after antibiotics –– using the additions to Mac Repertory

CARTE, Katie (Resonance, Vol. 12, 2/1990)

  1. Temporo-mandibular joint dysfunction –– the most effective therapy for the TMJ patient

STEPHENSON, David (Resonance, Vol. 12, 2/1990)

  1. Herpes, Pre-menstrual Syndrome, Irregular Labor contractions

SHAPIRO, Michael, (The Hahnemannian, march 1990)

  1. Homoeopathic treatment of Hypothyroidism

SHAPIRO, Michael (The Hahnemannian, March 1990)

  1. Homoeopathic treatment of hypersensitive patients NCH/IFH annual case conference reports

GRAY, Bill (Homoeopathy Today, Vol. 10, 9/1990)

  1. Dysfunctional relationships and homoeopathic treatment, case confec. report

MORRISON, Roger

(Homoeopathy Today, Vol. 10, 9/1990)

  1. Taking the case of a newborn, case confece. report ZAREN, Ananda (Homoeopathy Today, Vol. 10, 9/1990)
  2. The recurrence of acue mania in a chronically hypersensitive patient, NCH/IFH case confece. report SAINE, Andre (Homoeopathy Today, Vol. 10, 9/1990)
  3. AIDS : Some early clinical experience STRANGE, Mike (The Homoeopath, Vol. 8, 2/1990)
  4. I’m sorry I don’t have a clue

OLIVER, Terry (The Homoeopath, Vol. 8, 2/1990)

  1. Menace of drugs and role of homoeopathy in de-addiction HARISHCHAND, Diwan (JNIH, Vol. 1, 1/1990)

IV. REPERTORY

  1. Remedy errors in Kent’s repertory

Part II –– Myrica cerefera and Myristica sebifera

EPPENICH, H. (ZKH, 34, 1/1990)

  1. Additions to the rubrics ‘Sciatica’ in Kent’s Repertory SCHINDLER, M. (ZKH, 34, 1/1990)
  2. Compilation of the rubric from Part I & II of the Book “Synoptic Key of the Materia medica” under one head SHARMA, Mrs. Anita (CCRH Quaterly Bulletin, Vol. 12. 1 & 2/1990)

V. RESEARCH

  1. Water and Information

ENDLER, P. (AHZ, 235, 1/1990)

  1. Homoeopathy in the Veterinary practice, Research Project

SCHUTTE, A. (AHZ, 235, 1/1990)

  1. In-vitro effects of Viscum album preparations on human fibroblasts and tumour cell linces

KOOPMAN, Gerrit; ARWERT, Fre., ERIKSOON, Aldur W., BART, J., Kippa, A., VAN KRUINING, Hans (BHJ, Vol. 79, 1/1990)

  1. Measles and homoeopathic immunizations

NEUSTAEDTER, Randall (Resonance, Vol. 12, 2/1990)

  1. Science of Medicine –– A new approach

Mahata, C.R. (JNIH, Vol. 1, 1/1990)

  1. Drug response patterns in homoeopathic treatment of chronic tonsillitis

DE, T.K. (JNIH, Vol. 1, 1/1990)

VI. PHARMACOLOGY

  1. The approval of homoeopathic remedies –A view of the homoeopathic pharmacopoeia of the United States, BORNEMAN, Jay P. (Resonance, Vol. 12, 2/1990)
  2. Homoeopathy for the pharmacist

FINKUS, Anthony (Homoeopathy, Vol. 40, 4/1990)

  1. A note on physical, chemical, pharmacological and pharmacognostical evaluation of Iberis Amara

NANDI, M., CHOWDHURY, K. GHOSH

(JNIH, Vol. 1, 1/1990)

  1. We need self-dependant homoeopathic pharmacy CHATTERJEE, S.N. (JNIH, Vol. 1, 1/1990)

VII. VETERINARY

  1. Homoeopathy in Veterinary practice, Research Project SCHUTTE, A. (AHZ, 235, 1/1990)
  2. Veterinary homoeopathy prescribing

MACLEOD George (Homoeopathy, Vol. 40, 4/1990)

VIII HISTORY

  1. Homoeopathy in the German Romantic Movement, medico-historical and medico-philosophical spot light, R. PIESCH – Part I & II, (AHZ, 235, 1 & 2/1990)
  2. Hahnemann’s Geneology

GEBBEOERM T, (ZKH, 34, 1/1990)

  1. Homais, Homoeopathy and Madame Bovary

MICHOT-DIETRICH, Hela (The Homoeopath, Vol. 10, 1/1990)

  1. Coming of age in the eighties

BORNEMAN, Jay (Resonance, Vol. 12, 1/1990)

  1. A critical moment for homoeopathy in the USA (Homoeopathy Today, Vol. 10, 9/1990)

IX. GENERAL

  1. Medicine and Toxicology, Therapeutics International references (AHZ, 235, 1/1990)
  2. Verifications and Clinical symptoms (ZKH, 34, 1/1990)
  3. International references

(ZKH< 34, 1/1990)

  1. Where have we been, where are we going ?

BARRACLOUGH, M.C. (BHJ, Vol. 79, 1/1990)

  1. Meeting of European homoeopaths

Maison de L’Homoeopathic, Brussels, 3 June 1989 (BHJ, Vol. 79, 1/1990)

  1. IFH Professional Course –– the second week LEVATIN, Janet (Resonance Vol. 12, 1/1990)
  2. What in the world is homoeopathy ? A report on the 1989 IFH Public Conference
  3. IFH Professional course –– the third week

LEVATIN, Janet (Resonance, Vol. 12, 2/1990)

  1. An interview with Jeremy Sherr

WINSTON, Julian (Homoeopathy Today, Vol. 10, 9/1990)

  1. Motivational factors in homoeopathic education

MURUGAN, M (JNIH, Vol. 1, 1/1990)

  1. Planned approach to setting up a national information center for homoeopathy

SATPATHI, JN., DAS, T., GHOSH, S.K. (JNIH, Vol. 1, 1/1990)

  1. J A I H : Journal of he American Institute of Homoeopathy, 1500, Massachusetts Avenue, N.W. Suite 42, Washington D.C. 20005., U.S.A.
  2. Resonance : International Foundation for Homoeopathy, 2366, Eastlake Avenue, E., Suite 301, Seattle, Washington, 98102, U.S.A.
  3. CCRH Quarterly Bulletin : Central Council for REsearch in Homoeopathy, B-1/16, Community Centre, janakpuri, New Delhi 110 058.
  4. The Homoeopath : The Joural of the Society of Homeopaths, 2, Artizan Road, Northampton NN1 4 HU, U.K.
  5. Homoeopathy Today : National Center for Homoeopathy, 500, Massachusetts Avenue, N.W. Suite 42, Washington D.C. 20005., U.S.A.
  6. Homoeopathy : The Journal of the British Homoeopathic Association, 27-A, Devonshire Street, London WIN 1RJ., U.K.
  7. The Hahnemannian : Journal of the Homooeopathic Medical Society of the State of Pennsylvania, C/o Guy Hoagland, M.D., 11, Flowers Drive, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, 17055, U.S.A.
  8. Simillimum : The Journal of the Homoeopathic Academy of naturopathic Physicians, 11231 SE Market Street, Portland, OR 97216, U.S.A.
  9. B H J : The British Homoeopathic Journal, Royal London Homoeopathic Hospital, Great Ormond Street, London WC1N 3 HR, U.K.
  10. J N I H : Journal of the National Institute of Homoeopathy, GE-Block, Sector III, Bidhan Nagar, Calcutta 700 091
  11. Z K H ; Zeitschrift fur Klassische Homoopathie, Karl F. Houg Verlag 6900, Heidelberg 1, Germany.
  12. A H Z ; Allgemeine Homoopathische Zeitung, Karl F. Haug Verlag, 6900 Heidelberg 1, Germany.

HERING TRIED TO FIND A PROTECTIVE

REMEDY AGAINST PSORA

JENNER INTRODUCED THE COW-POX

VACCINATION IN 1798

We can only visualize with difficulty what it signified, what hopes were generated in the suffering humanity. 1 The medical world during HAHNEMANN’S time was characterized by the great infections, of helplessness of man against all acute diseases as also the exanthematic diseases of children. Measles itself often turned out to be fatal.

A method which would protect against such lifethreatening diseases must appear to be a wonder, Naturally, possibilities to protect against other diseases in this maner were searched for. What was there so close as to exterminate Psora 2 well known since ages as the root of all evil ?

HERING experimented with Psorin and wrote3 : “I would like to have a generally preventive medicine for the itch which to me, is more significant than just one more new medicine” and in another place4 “ if one could find a remedy which would prevent Psora, then one would have reached the peak of discovery”.

HAHNEMANN tried to find a specific medicine against Psora : Homoeopathy was already, without high-flying plans, sensationally successful in the early days in treatment of the life-threatening acute diseases. Especially through the use of medicine “specific” to the infections, was it possible to astoundingly contain and bring down the mortality rate as against the usual methods of treatment.

“Specific medicine means the search for a remedy similar to the collective characteristic symptom picture of the entire infection and not the single individual patient5m which would then be administered to every individual afflicted with the infection. The same specific method cured the then prevalent venereal diseases if the primary affection had not been treated externally6. while the curative remedy for every contagion must be determined afresh each time for every epidemic and for every newly occurring infection bearing the same name, the specific remedies for the chronic venereal diseases were the same, Thuja with Acidum nitricum for the Sycosis, Mercury for Symphilis.

Up to this Homoeopathy was completely successful. But as much more hahnemann proceeded to treat chronic diseases so much poorer were the successes. HERING wrote7: “HAHNEMANN had the same experience which we all have, some men become healthy some do not. He saw in the appropriate cases cures of course but in chronic cases often without sustained permanence. HAHNEMANN’s characteristic greatness as observer indicated to him the difference between those which remained cured and those which did not remain cured. He discovered that the symptoms must be removed in the reverse order of their development, that the symptoms appearing last are always the most significant for the choice of the remedy, that if the symptoms are removed in the reverse order of their development, the patient remained cured, but not in any other order”.

“The same talent made him recognize that the chronic patients in whom an eruption followed became well better and permanently than when the internal symptoms went away without external manifestation. Thus was the first ideas, the hypothesis. Just as it usually was with HAHNEMANN to comprehend the prevailing contagion and the intermittent fever as one picture, he similarly comprehended as one picture the itch and the chronic disease as a consequence of driving it away”.

The hypothesis of the miasmatic nature of the non-venereal diseases began so. HAHNEMANN though that with this discovery he was on the trial of a specific cure for Psora8. In a letter in 18239 he wrote : “To find without fail the art of completely eradicating the ancient chronic diseases and clear it completely, I have, during the past 4 years of my life endeavoured day an night and have made a thousand experiments and experiences as also unbroken contemplation and at last attained my object”.

Instead of that the procedure for treatment of chronic diseases were formulate : The hopes of HERING and HAHNEMANN have not been fulfilled. A specific against Psora was not found and a vaccination was, as HAHNEMANN straight away foresaw10, not possible11. But the hypothesis of the miasmatic nature of the non-venereal diseases brought about a decided progressive step in the development of homeopathis theory and practice. HERING wrote about this event, as follows12: “The HAHNEMANNian school only followed without preconceived opinions, the pure practical experience alone and whenever hypothesis were allowed they were not considered as intrinsic”.

HAHNEMANN investigated for 11 long years to find a specific remedy against the Psora. With the help of the theory of miasmatic nature of Psora he thought that he could find this specific as we have read in the above cited letter. He declared soon that there was not just one medicine against Psora and that there were more number of those remedies. In a letter in 182713he spoke of 6 or 8 medicines, in 1828 in the first edition of the Chronic Diseases of 21 remedies and at last in 1835 in the second edition they were 4714.

Even so he declared tthat in one ailment only one remedy was not sufficient and in 1829 in the fourth edition of the organon he formulated for the first time the paragraph 168 15: “In the non-venereal chronic diseases arising out of Psora more and successive one after another anti-psoric remedies are required to be employed and indeed so that after each previous medicine had completed its action the next remedy must be homeopathically chosen appropriate to the symptoms grou still remaining”.

HAHEMANN followed the specific only part of the way : This simple and laborious procedure of treating chronic diseases, the patient searching out a new curative remedy as soon as a new disease picture presents itself16 was not acknowledged by many of his contemporaries. Some held that HAHNEMANN meant as specific the medicines used in acute diseases. One of his eminent exponents, Richard HUGHES wrote in an article titled “The Two Homeopathies”, as follows17: “The innovation that one (HAHNEMANN is meant here) in his 74th year establishes must to bein with, not be good and the fact that HAHNEMANN introduced the 30 dilution as the standard dose for proving and treatment, this reform is not welcome. To consider the HAHNEMANN of 1830 to 1843 as our leader is , in my opinion, exposing his senility”. Richard HUGESS was 41 years old then.

Others attempted to further proceed, with HERING, Psorin researches and hoped that it would be possible to remove disease with products of the same disease.

THORER18 wrote 1833 : “The finding of a class of remedies of contagious disease products as curative medicines against those same contagious diseases form which they were drawn was a temporary muddle, which created a temporary misgiving about the correctness of the homeopathic precepts”. HERING and HAHNEMANN quickly found the doctrine of healing by symptom similarity, whereas others continued to attempt to establish the class of remedies against diseases which it had caused, thus Tubercullnum against tuberclosis in exended sense or Syphillnum against the concocted syphilitic diathesis.

The Quintescence of HAHNEMANN’s Psora experiments came to this : While in acute diseases it can be treated with one medicine perhaps with one disease-specific, in the developed Psora, that is in every prolonged and serious chronic disease, more or many remedies following each other will be needed, while the disease merely changes its form but not become extinguished. Often Psora crosses over only into its latent state, a condition which HAHNEMANN described as19 : “Subjected with one or more of these diseases (the slumbering Psora), one considers oneself healthy and others also consider him so. He can live many years tolerably well and carry on his duties apparently unhindered”.

Psorinum as Intercurrent remedy : Psorinum which HERING hopefully though could prove to be a protection against Psora, became an extraordinarily valuable remedy in another way in the treatment of chronic diseases. HERING wrote on it20: “All potentized bioproducts need not be considered to be absolute specifics but as chronic intercurrent medicines. The remedies given after that then work with longer reactions and those given before develop thei power also” and in another place21 : “In many cases have observed, what to me appears to be highly significant, a slow appearance of new symptoms which are not serious, particularly on the skin, through which an antipsoric remedy is generally very clearly indicated”. To think of it, one can confirm it from one’s own pratice. One patient, after being prescribed. psorinum for the first time said as follows22.

The anus which is so sore itches so much after cleaning it well with water; now I have used Nivea oil and cotton padding.

Sulphur was the next medicine for him. – HERING wrote further as follows23: “The nosodes24 cause the same disease symptoms which are indicated by another medicine. Just as Sulphur for example. The nosodes cure many diseases completely which were not at all similar to the mother of the stuff… But undoubtedly they cure only according to symptoms similarly because every other cure is impossible”.

Psorinum according to symptom similarity : Psorinum works as antipsoric remedy like every other remedy according to symptoms similarity. In psoric, that is chronic disease the treatment procedes just as other diseases in HAHNEMANNian Homeopathy, that is that the disease as presented before us at this moment is set against the medicine known as most similar in the materia medica. Never even once can we proceed, without examination, under preconceived medicinal sequences, we must choose each following medicine anew on the symptoms we encounter in this patient at this time25.

I would like to demonstrate this procedure with the testimony of the above cited patient26, which lead to the prescription of Psorinum, he had a colitis ulcerosa :

When there is diarrhea, first it smells very much, it then smeist really much. I can note it even before when stinking flatus is discharged before that and then comes the diarrhea. First a few flatus is discharged and then the stool. Abdominal pain around the nave, a sensation as if widn would come and when I visit the loo and the wind and stool is discharged, the abdominal pain goes. Some times I mus strain so that I need not then again visit the loo.