Homeopathy Meeting The Challenges of Modern Life
My Granddaughters in 2024
Dear Friends,
I began my homeopathic education by studying the classic texts: The Organon of Medicine by Samuel Hahnemann, The Lectures on Homeopathic Education by James Tyler Kent and so forth. In recent years I am reinforcing my knowledge of materia medica by studying older texts, which are the foundation of our beautiful therapeutic art; beginning with T.F. Allen’s, The Enclyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica, a twelve volume set. This is a compilation of the original provings along with toxicological information from poisonings.
Alongside this I am endeavoring to expand my understanding of materia medica by reading Constantine Hering M.D.’s The Guiding Symptoms of Our Materia Medica, a ten volume set. To bring in the ideas of modern writers, I study Vermeulen’s Prisma and his other books, as well as the materia medicas of other modern writers.
I spend my evenings studying materia medica and reading Hahnemann’s writings. The reason for this is that I am advancing in years, and I want to use my remaining time to do as much good in the world as I possibly can. In order to do this I have to increase my knowledge of the healing powers of remedial substances. I want to help everybody, but in particular autistic children. I want to restore health and happiness to these children, teens and young adults, so that their families can enjoy watching their beautiful children heal, and experience the joy of raising healthy children.
The more I learn the more I appreciate the elegance of classical homeopathy. The lovely simplicity of prescribing one remedy at a time that is selected on homeopathic principals.
- Match the symptoms of the remedy to the symptoms of the patient
- Prescribe one remedy at a time.
- Only repeat the remedy when the first dose is no longer helping, or there is a relapse of symptoms that had been better.
- Never give the exact same stimulus, but alter the dose slightly each time you repeat.
Meet the Homeopath
How I Practice Homeopathy
How I am practicing these days is that when it is indicated by the health of the patient, I prescribe the following:
1) A constitutional remedy. In many cases the classical approach of one remedy at a time may be all that is needed in uncomplicated cases.
2) A vaccine or drug clearing remedy when the decline in health can be traced to a vaccine injury, or to a prescription, or possibly non-prescription drug medication.
3) A traditional nosode, such as Medorrhinum, Tuberculinum, Baccilinum or Psorinum to clear inherited diseases, when the symptoms point to their necessity.
4) A bowel nosode, such as Morgan Bach, Gaertner, Proteus and others when there are strong indications for them.
5) A remedy to clear vaccine or drug injuries when their is clear evidence of causality, and the constitutional remedy does not pull the case through.
Conclusion
Homeopathy encompasses the universe. We have medicines made from the sun, the moon, electricity and all the infinity of life forms and inorganic matter. There is so much to learn. Everything on earth and in the heavens is medicine. The things that have harmed us the most when prepared homeopathically are the very thing that heals us the most.
We are highly complex beings. The stresses on us are increasing exponentially, and as homeopaths we have to broaden our tool chest and broaden our minds to meet the health challenges of modern life with effective tools that we use creatively. At the same time we must honor the time tested remedies of our beautiful homeopathic materia medica, and the principals of healing passed onto us by Samuel Hahnemann.
Wishing you health and happiness,
Deborah Olenev CCH RSHom (NA)
