Homeopathy, this incredibly powerful form of therapy, will remain controversial until the basic teachings of Samuel Hahnemann (1755-1843), James Tyler Kent (1849-1916) and George Vithoulkas (1932-) are followed and practiced correctly.
The Three Pillars of Classical Homeopathy
Samuel Hahnemann (1755-1843)
Hahnemann, the German physician who created the homeopathic system of medicine, wrote several important works, notably among them The Organon of Healing Art (1810), Materia Medica Pura (in two volumes 1830 and 1833) and Chronic Diseases (1828). He taught quite empathically that healing comes from inside out - never the other way around. This advice is often ignored : in the United States, you will find Thuja liquid preparation to be applied on the skin for treatment of warts.
James Tyler Kent (1849-1916)
Kent from the United States, gave us the Lectures in Homeopathic Philosophy (1900), Lectures on Homeopathic Materia Medica (1905) and a complex repertory that many homeopaths still use.
George Vithoulkas (1932-)
From Greece, George Vithoulkas is widely regarded as the foremost homeopath of our time. He has written several works, among them The Science of Homeopathy (1978), A New Model of Health and Disease (1995) and Levels of Health (2010).
“I’ve started running, and I have no pain at all,”
These homeopaths have offered a wealth of information to guide practitioners to the way of using homeopathy effectively. If practitioners continue to ignore the basic precepts of classical homeopathy, there will most certainly be minimal results in terms of curative action. Eventually the practice of homeopathy itself could become ineffective, or the method will have little more efficacy than the treatment of grave illnesses with vitamins and herbal supplements.
Our organisms – our beings – have a rhythm. I consider this, in fact, the rhythm of life, for example, the emotions of sadness and happiness, the beating of the heart, the body’s consumption and processing of food into energy, and inhalation and exhalation of air.
Sometimes our rhythm of life is disturbed, our organisms no longer function in harmony and we get sick. In people suffering with Alzheimer’s disease and dementia, the rhythm of life almost disappears. For a brief period in the beginning of these illnesses, patients experience happiness, without worry or sadness. After this, their minds dull, without any real fluctuation; their rhythm of life disappears completely. Indifference, forgetfulness and lack of judgement settle in their minds. Without the rhythm of life, the organisms get sick and rigid. Complete rigidity means death, flexibility means life.
The universe is made of less than 10% matter, the other 90% is energy. We belong to the system of the universe, and our life is sustained by energy. Indeed, homeopathy is an energetic medicine, and when used correctly, it is the highest and most effective form of medicine.
Here I present three of my cases, which demonstrate the outstanding power of homeopathy. In these cases, my choice of treatment was almost effortless because the clients presented clear pictures of well-known remedies.
“I’ve started running, and I have no pain at all,”
At a Glance
Age: sixty-six-year-old male
Condition: chest pain that had lasted for several months
Symptoms: pain had gradually worsened from exertion; the pain was severe
Diagnosis: blockage of an artery
Recommendation: surgery
Remedy: Arsenicum album
Potency: 10M; the following day, 50M
After five days: “I no longer have any chest pain.”
Follow-up: “I’ve started running, and I have no pain at all.”
Tests: He went to the Mayo Clinic and underwent the required tests
Result: “his artery was no longer blocked”
Cardiologist: “no longer recommended surgery or medication”
Case 1
66-year-old male with chest pain
A sixty-six-year-old male came for treatment. He had chest pain that had lasted for several months, it had gradually worsened from exertion. By the time of his initial consultation, the pain was severe. His cardiologist diagnosed him with blockage of an artery and recommended surgery. I agreed to treat him homeopathically, but I required that he follow his cardiologist’s advice and remain under his care.
His symptoms indicated Arsenicum album. Because I considered his state as an acute condition, I gave him one dose of 10M; the following day, I gave another dose, this time of 50M.
After five days, he returned to my office and said, “I no longer have any chest pain.” Again, I advised him to see his cardiologist.
After three days he called me. “I’ve started running, and I have no pain at all,” he said. “I would like to see you.” I refused to see him until he followed up with his cardiologist and underwent any diagnostic test he ordered. He went to the Mayo Clinic and underwent the required tests, which showed that his artery was no longer blocked. The cardiologist no longer recommended surgery or medication.
Although Arsenicum album is not a specific remedy for arterial blockage or heart conditions, but, as J. T. Kent eloquently wrote:
“The aim of the physician, first, last, and always must be to find the remedy which most closely corresponds to the patient and prescribe for the patient, whatever manifestation that patient may suffer when the prescription is selected.”
[Kent’s New Remedies, Clinical Cases, Lesser Writings, Aphorisms and Precepts, Clinical Cases]
After five days, her bleeding stopped completely.
At a Glance
Age: A forty-seven-year-old woman
Main Concern: continuous severe vaginal bleeding
Duration: the previous six months before the consult
Medical Consultations: She had seen two gynecologists
Diagnosis / Finding: a large uterine fibroid
Recommendation: both recommended surgery to remove a large uterine fibroid
Decision: She refused the surgery.
Remedy: Pulsatilla
Potency: one dose of 1M
After Five Days: her bleeding stopped completely
Case 2
Forty-seven-year-old woman severe severe vaginal bleeding
The Case
A forty-seven-year-old woman came to see me about continuous severe vaginal bleeding, which had occurred for the previous six months before the consult. She had seen two gynecologists; both recommended surgery to remove a large uterine fibroid. She was given no alternative. She refused the surgery.
The Remedy
The patient showed clear symptoms of Pulsatilla. I prescribed Pulsatilla one dose of 1M.
After 5 days
After five days, her bleeding stopped completely.
Reflection
No matter how uncomplicated the case, I always worry about the outcome. In both case 1 and case 2, the clients’ symptoms were severe, but they showed clear pictures of an indicated remedy. This means that the pathology was not very deep. Again, I cite an insightful planation from Kent:
“In proportion as the pathology progresses, the signs and symptoms decrease.”
[Kent’s New Remedies, Clinical Cases, Lesser Writings, Aphorisms and Precepts, Clinical Cases, Part II – Lesser Writings]
In six days after her taking the remedy, her rhinitis ceased and she has experienced no further episodes of coughing and vomiting.
At a Glance
Age: A well-behaved eight-year-old girl
Main Concerns: chronic rhinitis with nasal obstruction
Recurring Episodes: severe coughing attacks with vomiting
Frequency & Duration: Every two months for the last few years; seven to eight days
Additional Symptom: she was afraid of downward motion, and in fact experienced motion sickness
Key Observation: she had a jealous nature
Remedy: Hyoscyamus
Potency: one dose of Hyoscyamus 1M
After Six Days: her rhinitis ceased and she has experienced no further episodes of coughing and vomiting.
Case 3
eight-year-old girl with chronic rhinitis
The Case
A well-behaved eight-year-old girl came to my office with her father. Her complaints were chronic rhinitis with nasal obstruction. Every two months for the last few years, she would develop severe coughing attacks with vomiting that would last seven to eight days.
The interview
From the interview, I found that she was afraid of downward motion, and in fact experienced motion sickness. Her symptoms were not clear, which is why I didn’t prescribe Borax. I continued the interview, asking her father whether he noticed any other unusual symptoms or behavior. He told me that when she was younger, she constantly touched her genitalia but stopped after he and her mother told her many times that doing so was improper.
The Key Symptom
Immediately, I remembered reading Vithoulkas’s “One Symptom Prescribing in Children.” To confirm what I suspected, I asked the father whether his daughter had a jealous nature. He nodded. “When I come home,” he answered, “if I pet the dog before I give her a hug, she gets very upset.”
The Remedy
I prescribed one dose of Hyoscyamus 1M.
The Results
In six days after her taking the remedy, her rhinitis ceased and she has experienced no further episodes of coughing and vomiting.
In the second part of the twentieth century, homeopathy was essentially forgotten. Many people blame symptom-suppressing medicines of the modern pharmaceutical industry. The public had accepted this new treatment, unaware of the side effects of medications and chemicals, some of which severely damage our organisms. I posit that the low level of education of homeopaths—which produced mediocre results at best—additionally contributed to the public decline of the use of homeopathy.
In the 1970s, George Vithoulkas began to fight those who criticized homeopathy. With his teachings and discoveries, he has revived homeopathy to the level it is today. It is time to recognize his enormous contribution. Please join me and raise your voice in any way you can to preserve this powerful science. We must stand our ground! Let it flourish and help relieve our mankind’s sufferings.