April 5, 2007
Dear Friends,
Only 5 days until World Homeopathy Awareness week and the launch of the first ever global campaign to raise international awareness about the benefits of homeopathy. 36 countries and leaders of major homeopathic organizations world wide are joining efforts to support this effort. It’s time to tell the world about holistic healing and make homeopathy a household word.
What YOU can do:
1. Join in the discussion! Participate in the ‘Homeopathy Heals’ blog at www.homeopathyheals.us
List your organization (or yourself) as a sponsor or supporter on our blogsite–it’s free! Fill out your contact information at www.homeopathysupport.com and we will be in touch with more details.
2. Tune into www.homeopathyradio.com on Wednesdays from 1-2 pm EDT to hear Homeopathy Radio LIVE–and call in with your questions and comments at 1-866-472-5792, beginning April 11.
3. Share today’s top list to your family, friends, patients, and neighbors. They can visit a blog specifically for the homeopathy newcomer at www.homeopathyhealsyou.us
TOP FIVE FAMOUS FANS OF HOMEOPATHY by Mary Aspinwall
1. Dizzy Gillespie
‘There have been two great revelations in my life; the first was bebop, the second was homeopathy.’
2. Yehudi Menuhin
‘Homeopathy is one of the rare medical approaches that carries no penalties
- only benefits.’
3. Mahatma Ghandi
‘…Homeopathy cures a larger percentage of cases than any other method of treatment’.
4. Abraham Lincoln
In 1854 honest Abe lobbied legislators and succeeded in getting a charter for a homeopathic medical college in Chicago, despite the animosity of the AMA. The college opened its doors in 1860.
5. J. D. Rockefeller
Lived to the ripe old age of 98 and was known to have his homeopath often travel with him. He saw Homeopathy as ‘a progressive and aggressive step in medicine.’
Mary Aspinwall, ISHom, PCHom, Registered Homeopath, www.homeopathyworld.com, mary@homeopathyworld.com
For more information about homeopathy and Dana Ullman’s new book coming out, Homeopathic Revolution: Famous People and Cultural Heroes Who Chose Homeopathy,
For more information on World Homeopathy Awareness Week, visit www.worldhomeopathy.org.
‘We do not see things
as they are. We see them
as we are.’
–The Talmud
Celebrating homeopathy,
Melissa Burch, CCH, RsHom(NA)
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April 4, 2007
Dear Friends,
Only 6 days until World Homeopathy Awareness week and the launch of the first ever global campaign to raise international awareness about the benefits of homeopathy. 36 countries and leaders of major homeopathic organizations world wide are joining efforts to support this effort. It’s time to tell the world about holistic healing and make homeopathy a household word.
What YOU can do:
1. Join in the discussion! Participate in the “Homeopathy Heals” blog at www.homeopathyheals.us
List your organization (or yourself) as a sponsor or supporter on our blogsite–it’s free! Fill out your contact information at www.homeopathysupport.com and we will be in touch with more details.
2. Tune into www.homeopathyradio.com on Wednesdays from 1-2 pm EDT to hear Homeopathy Radio LIVE–and call in with your questions and comments at 1-866-472-5792, beginning April 11.
3. Share today’s top lists to your family, friends, patients, and neighbors. They can visit a blog specifically for the homeopathy newcomer at www.homeopathyhealsyou.us
TOP SIX TIPS FOR HOMEOPATHY AT HOME by Mary Aspinwall
Homeo = similar and pathy = suffering. To be truly homeopathic a medicine has to be able to produce a similar pattern suffering in a healthy person. Correct prescribing is what makes a medicine homeopathic. When the match is good the results are great, so find a good book to help you choose accurately . My personal favourite is Miranda Castro’s The Complete Homeopathy Handbook (ISBN-10: 0312063202 / ISBN-13: 978-0312063207).
Homeopathic medicine is diluted so there are no nasty side effects. The principle of less is more also applies to dosage. Remember to give just one dose and wait for an improvement. Only give a second dose if the same symptoms return.
For home use stick to a 6c or 30c potency (strength). During childbirth or very extreme situations a 200c may be used.
Homeopathic home prescribing is ideal for first aid situations and acute illnesses (such as coughs, colds, flu, food poisoning), but if you are frequently, persistently or chronically ill see a qualified homeopath for constitutional care.
Because most people react in a predictable way to external injuries first aid situations are usually easier to prescribe for than acute illnesses, so start by treating injuries and the results you get will build up your confidence.
Arnica alone will change your life!
It is a fabulous homeopathic medicine for physical trauma (from accidents to childbirth!), shock, bruising, exhaustion, jet lag and much more. Many are the sceptics who have been converted by just the benefits of Arnica alone.
Mary Aspinwall, ISHom, PCHom, Registered Homeopath, www.homeopathyworld.com, mary@homeopathyworld.com
For more information on World Homeopathy Awareness Week, visit www.worldhomeopathy.org.
“It’s not what you look at
that matters, it’s what you see.”
–Henry David Thoreau
Celebrating homeopathy,
Melissa Burch, CCH, RsHom(NA)
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April 3, 2007
Dear Friends,
Only 7 days until World Homeopathy Awareness week and the launch of the first ever global campaign to raise international awareness about the benefits of homeopathy. 36 countries and leaders of major homeopathic organizations world wide are joining efforts to support this effort. It’s time to tell the world about holistic healing and make homeopathy a household word.
What YOU can do:
1. Join in the discussion! Participate in the “Homeopathy Heals” blog at www.homeopathyheals.us
List your organization (or yourself) as a sponsor or supporter on our blogsite–it’s free! Fill out your contact information at www.homeopathysupport.com and we will be in touch with more details.
2. Tune into www.homeopathyradio.com on Wednesdays from 1-2 pm EDT to hear Homeopathy Radio LIVE–and call in with your questions and comments at 1-866-472-5792, beginning April 11.
3. Share today’s top ten list to your family, friends, patients, and neighbors. They can visit a blog specifically for the homeopathy newcomer at www.homeopathyhealsyou.us
TOP SEVEN HOMEOPATHY WEBSITES Compiled by Mary Aspinwall
1. www.homeopathyhome.com
An extensive Homeopathic portal providing many links, articles, services, forums and information.
2. www.hpathy.com
Excellent homeopathic resource put together by an enthusiastic and hard-working team of homeopaths in India.
3. www.homeopathic.org
National Centre for Homeopathy, USA. Research synopses, how to find a homeopath, lots of resources. Subscriptions to Homeopathy Today a great bi-monthly magazine.
4. www.simillimum.com
HOE (Homoeopathic Online Education) is an organization founded by David Little. David has been practicing Homoeopathy for the past 30 years and has written many in depth articles.
5. www.homeopathic.com
Developed by Dana Ullman, MPH, prolific publisher and distributor of homeopathic books, tapes, medicines and software.
6. www.homeopathyworld.com
Free online homeopathy courses for the public and homeopaths teaching the public. Homeopathic medicines, books and remedy kits for sale online.
7. www.wholehealthnow.com
Homeopathy software for the professional and student, plus in-depth articles and features. RADAR homeopathic software and Encyclopedia Homeopathica. Easy on the eye!
Mary Aspinwall, ISHom, PCHom, Registered Homeopath, www.homeopathyworld.com, mary@homeopathyworld.com
For more information on World Homeopathy Awareness Week, visit www.worldhomeopathy.org.
“There’s so much mystery,
so much that transcends
human comprehension
and so much to learn.”
–Stuart Perrin
Celebrating homeopathy,
Melissa Burch, CCH, RsHom(NA)
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April 2, 2007
Dear Friends,
Only 8 days until World Homeopathy Awareness week and the launch of the first ever global campaign to raise international awareness about the benefits of homeopathy.
36 countries and leaders of major homeopathic organizations world wide are joining efforts to support this effort.
It’s time to tell the world about holistic healing and make homeopathy a household word.
What YOU can do:
1. Join in the discussion! Participate in the “Homeopathy Heals” blog at www.homeopathyheals.us
List your organization (or yourself) as a sponsor or supporter on our blogsite–it’s free! Fill out your contact information at www.homeopathysupport.com and we will be in touch with more details.
2. Tune into www.homeopathyradio.com on Wednesdays from 1-2 pm EDT to hear Homeopathy Radio LIVE–and call in with your questions and comments at 1-866-472-5792, beginning April 11.
3. Share today’s top ten to your family, friends, patients, and neighbors. They can visit a blog specifically for the homeopathy newcomer at www.homeopathyhealsyou.us
TOP EIGHT LIVING LOVERS OF HOMEOPATHY By Mary Aspinwall
1. Queen Elizabeth II
Following in the footsteps of her mother and father, the Queen is a life long supporter and so are her offspring. Prince Charles is on record as saying “My twin passions: Homeopathy and Infidelity”
2. Catherine Zeta-Jones
“Say hello to Arnica, Catherine Zeta-Jones’ best friend. The pal isn’t a she, it’s a homeopathic remedy and the two got to know each other intimately on the set of musical Chicago during the hamstring-hampering shoot. ‘The pain wasn’t there when I was doing it (applying Arnica).I had that sticky stuff glued to me for months. Brings out the bruising, darling.’” From Entertainment Weekly (February 2003):
3. Pamela Anderson
“I take homeopathic medicine to keep my immune system up.”
4. Sir Paul McCartney
“I can’t manage without homeopathy. In fact, I never go anywhere without homeopathic remedies.”
5. David Beckham
Homeopathy was credited with helping David Beckham get over a nasty foot injury.
6. Martina Navratilova
Also puts her speedy recoveries from injuries down to Homeopathy.
7. Cher
Helped fight the planned closure of the in-patients department at Glasgow Homeopathic Hospital.
8. Tina Turner
Vogue interview: “Tina Turner looks about thirty-six, and her skin is flawless. She does not deprive herself. She sips wine at dinner, does not diet, does not take vitamins. If she’s feeling particularly stressed, she consults a homeopathic doctor”.
Mary Aspinwall, ISHom, PCHom, Registered Homeopath, www.homeopathyworld.com, mary@homeopathyworld.com
For more information about homeopathy and Dana Ullman’s new book coming out, “Homeopathic Revolution: Famous People and Cultural Heroes Who Chose Homeopathy,” visit www.homeopathic.com
For more information on World Homeopathy Awareness Week, visit www.worldhomeopathy.org
“If you ask me what I came into
this world to do, I will tell you that
I came to live out loud.”
–Emile Zola
Celebrating homeopathy,
Melissa Burch, CCH, RsHom(NA)
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9 DAYS TO WHAH!
April 1, 2007
Dear Friends,
Only 9 days until World Homeopathy Awareness week and the launch of the first ever global campaign to raise international awareness about the benefits of homeopathy. 36 countries and leaders of major homeopathic organizations world wide are joining efforts to support this effort.
It’s time to tell the world about holistic healing and make homeopathy a household word.
What YOU can do:
Join in the discussion! Participate in the Homeopathy Heals blog at www.homeopathyheals.us
List your organization (or yourself) as a sponsor or supporter on our blogsite”it’s free! Fill out your contact information at innerhealth.us/forms/homeopathy-sponsors.html and we will be in touch with more details.
Tune into www.homeopathyradio.com on Wednesdays from 1-2 pm EDT to hear Homeopathy Radio LIVE”and call in with your questions and comments at 1-866-472-5792, beginning April 11.
Share today’s top ten list to your family, friends, patients, and neighbors. They can visit a blog specifically for the homeopathy newcomer at www.homeopathyhealsyou.us
TOP NINE CURED CASES By Mary Aspinwall
1. MIGRAINE MADNESS
A boy aged 12 had migraine attacks that often came on after over-excitement. They were so severe that during them he was tempted to jump out of the window. For this reason he always wanted his mother to stay with him. He would bite both his own hand and his mother’s during the height of the pain, which was throbbing, left-sided and began over the eye. He was photophobic during attacks and suffered stomach cramps with vomiting.
Glonoine worked beautifully, not only because it is a classic migraine remedy, but also because one of the strange symptoms it produced in the provers (original testers of the substance) was the desire to quite literally jump out of the window.
2. SIDE-TO-SIDE CYSTS
A young woman of eighteen had a long, ongoing history of very painful periods. A few months earlier she had had two cysts removed from her left ovary. Since then she had had no energy. Unfortunately, the cystic pain had returned soon after the op. The strange thing was it alternated between the left and right hand side (probably depending on which side was ovulating). She had become increasingly withdrawn and wouldn’t speak to teachers or students at school. She was often on the verge of tears. She felt stupid when she spoke to anyone and scared to say anything. She said several times that she believed people were laughing at her and whispering about her.
Her symptoms fitted a medicine called Lac caninum. One of the main symptoms this medicine can produce in a healthy volunteer is pain which alternate sides. It also matched her mental state very well.
Her first period after the remedy was more painful, but her energy had greatly improved and she said she didn’t ˜notice the pain as much’. She didn’t worry about people laughing or whispering about her anymore and she was talking to people a bit more. She felt more confident. After three months her physical symptoms all resolved and she was also feeling very good mentally and emotionally.
3. COUGHING BY THE CLOCK
A boy aged 8 had used inhalers for his asthma since the age of 6. He had suffered from occasional accelerated heart rate whilst on the inhalers and didn’t like taking them. He had an unproductive cough that came on one hour after going to bed (at about 9pm). When the cough was very bad he would vomit and continued to vomit, without any relief, until he was retching bile.
Ipecac is well known as the remedy for incessant vomiting without relief and vomiting related to coughing and worked beautifully.
4. SCREAMING FOR STRUCTURE
A very neat looking young boy came to see me. He liked to keep his own room very tidy and hated it if anyone moved anything out of place. He didn’t enjoy visiting friends and had a very strong desire to stay at home, where he kept to a very strict routine of his own devising. He loved to eat eggs, but they had to be cooked for a very precise number of seconds or he didn’t enjoy them at all. The theme running through everything he said was his strong need for structure in order to feel safe and protected. Even the eggs he so loved represented a safe, protective structure. His many disturbing physical symptoms responded beautifully to a dose of Calcerea carbonica, made from the lining of the inside of an oyster shell, another naturally occurring example of security.
5. DON’T TIE ME DOWN
Compare this to a case of a teenage girl who visited me with extremely violent menstrual pains. The cause of her dis-ease was almost the exact opposite. She had a horror or routine of any kind. It would make her feel suffocated and trapped. She hated tight clothing, especially around the neck, for the same reason. She loved to be in company, to talk, to dance and generally have fun. The funny thing about her period pains was that they came before menstruation and disappeared almost as soon as the period began, as this represented a type of release. The pains completely went with one dose of Lachesis (extremely diluted venom of the Bushmaster snake). Lachesis is particularly well-suited to people who hate to be constricted in any way.
6. CATARACTS CURED
Once again Lachesis came to the rescue in the case of a woman of 47 came for treatment of cataracts. She couldn’t focus properly and said it was like seeing through smoke. Bright light caused a knife-like, yet painless, sensation in her eyes. Her lower field of vision was the worst affected. She was under a lot of stress and was an insulin-dependent diabetic. She was also taking thyroxin. She had a history of gallstones and experienced the colic as also knife-like. it matched her symptoms well, including her vision difficulties.
A month after taking Lachesis she was able to undo some strings, something she hadn’t been able to do before and she felt her vision was better, but wanted to take a test to be sure. The knife like sensations had gone. Her blood sugar levels were lower. Her sleep was better and she felt calmer. She felt livelier and able to think more clearly. A subsequent test revealed that the cataracts had gone.
7. AS GOOD AS GOLD
A woman of 38 came for treatment of depression. She described it as a blackness, despair and hopelessness that she had had on and off since childhood. She couldn’t wait to die so it would be over, although she did not contemplate suicide.
She had suffered a nasty injury that left her feeling less capable in her work. Her unhappiness centred on the fact that she felt she had disappointed her father and not lived up to the high hopes he had for her. She worried that she had married beneath her class and so lost status. This is often a major concern for those needing Aurum metallicum, more commonly known as gold.
After the remedy she had a follow-up and said ˜I’ve been perfect since¦I feel better now than I can remember feeling.’ She doesn’t worry about her status or achievements whilst she feels well. Every few months she repeats the remedy when the same feelings and symptoms return.
8. HAMMER HORROR
A woman of 46 years of age came for treatment of her eczema. It was on the palms and fingertips of both hands and her left foot. She had had outbreaks on and off for the past twenty years and these had been treated with hydrocortisone creams. These no longer had any effect, so she had also been taking cortisone tablets for the previous two weeks. The skin was desquamating and very itchy and her hands were puffy. She also suffered from headaches, pre-menstrually.
She loved company and felt a little cut off from friends and family by a recent move. She had a recurrent dream of being abandoned at the top of a hill, which she found very frightening. Feeling better for company and having a fear of abandonment both pointed to a homeopathic medicine called Pulsatilla.
She came to see me regularly over the next few months and said she was feeling good. Her energy was better and her headaches infrequent and less severe. Her hands were appalling. Even water burnt them as if it were acid. The skin was hard and yellow. It was tight, cracked easily and flakes of skin more than 2 inches long fell off. Both hands discharged thick yellow pus onto her gauze dressings, reminding me of a Hammer Horror film.
She was unable to do anything for herself, but never complained. I was utterly impressed by her stoicism. Her perseverance was finally rewarded. At the end of the six months she came to see me and her hands were beautiful. The skin was brand new.
9. SPIDERGIRL
A girl of 6 came for treatment of frequent outbreaks of impetigo around her right eye. She had had it on and off for eighteen months. It had been conventionally treated with steroid creams. She found it difficult to go to sleep on her own. She had a ˜giddy feeling’ in her stomach and was generally fidgety and restless. She had nightmares about spiders. Her mother said she liked to do dangerous and forbidden things. She also said she was very curious. She drew me a stick picture of her family in bright primary colours and they all looked like spiders! I prescribed Tarantula Hispanica a homeopathic medicine made form the spider.
Afterwards she was able to sleep alone and the bad dreams stopped. Her giddy feeling disappeared. Her mother said the remedy made her very calm, which was just as well because she had to deal with quite a physical clear out.
An area on her left foot (corresponding to the spleen) opened up and began discharging pus, as did her left thumb and right elbow. Her right eye filled with pus and swelled closed. She also had swollen glands in her neck. Both the child and the mother were very happy with the situation, as I had predicited there would be a kind of spring clean after the medicine. Other members of the family were not so pleased with the results! This went on for over a week. At the time of writing years later she remains well and has had no major outbreak since.
LAST WORD
Please note that all prescriptions mentioned here were given after a lengthy interview and careful selection of the most similar, which is to say, homeopathic medicine. The similarity encompassed not only the complaint but the individual who was suffering from it.
Whilst it is relatively easy to learn how to prescribe for first aid situations or genuine acute illnesses, in order to get effective results for chronic or repeated illness please visit a professional homeopath.
© Mary Aspinwall, ISHom, PCHom, Registered Homeopath, www.homeopathyworld.com, mary@homeopathyworld.com
For more information on World Homeopathy Awareness Week, visit www.worldhomeopathy.org
I believe there is an overarching
Something that cares for us with
great tenderness. It is this Something
that we seek to contact when we work
on making conscious contact with a
Higher Power. It is this Something that
guards us and guides us, tutors us and
mentors us, moving us always toward
our good if we will but cooperate.
–Julia Cameron
Celebrating homeopathy,
Melissa Burch, CCH, RsHom(NA)
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10 DAYS TO WHAW!
March 31, 2007
Dear Friends,
Only 10 days until World Homeopathy Awareness week and the launch of the first ever global campaign to raise international awareness about the benefits of homeopathy.
36 countries and leaders of major homeopathic organizations world wide are joining efforts to support this effort.
It’s time to tell the world about holistic healing and make homeopathy a household word.
What YOU can do:
1. Join in the discussion! Participate in the “Homeopathy Heals” blog at www.homeopathyheals.us
List your organization (or yourself) as a sponsor or supporter on our blogsite–it’s free! Fill out your contact information at innerhealth.us/forms/homeopathy-sponsors.html and we will be in touch with more details.
2. Tune into www.homeopathyradio.com on Wednesdays from 1-2 pm EDT to hear Homeopathy Radio LIVE–and call in with your questions and comments at 1-866-472-5792, beginning April 11.
3. Share today’s top ten list to your family, friends, patients, and neighbors. They can visit a blog specifically for the homeopathy newcomer at www.homeopathyhealsyou.us
TOP TEN REASONS TO USE HOMEOPATHY By Gabrielle Traub
1. NO HARMFUL SIDE EFFECTS
A special preparation process called potentization refines the medicines to remove any toxic side-effects. It is safe for babies and during pregnancy and menopause. However it is advised to be under the care of a qualified homeopathic practitioner if you are pregnant.
2. GENTLE
Homeopathy works by stimulating the body’s own natural defense mechanism to heal itself. Although gentle the results may be powerful and long lasting.
3. HOLISTIC
Homeopathy takes into account the whole person. Often only one remedy may address all your complaints.
4. INEXPENSIVE
Homeopathic medicines cost surprisingly less than allopathic prescription medication. The homeopathic medicines are intended to boost the immune system, making you stronger and less likely to get sick.
5. PREVENTATIVE TREATMENT
By boosting the body’s immune system, homeopathy can help improve a person’s resistance to illness and infections.
6. NO ANIMAL TESTING*
Humans respond differently to medication than animals do. All homeopathic medication is tested on healthy humans. The symptoms that a substance taken over time elicits in a healthy person, are shown to be exactly those that can be cured in a sick person suffering from those symptoms.
7. EASY TO TAKE
Homeopathic medicines are given either as small pleasant tasting tablets which dissolve in the mouth, or in liquid form. Granules, powders or drops are available for babies and children.
8. PATIENT INVOLVEMENT
The homeopath will ask many questions, not only about the symptoms which are bothering an individual, but how they react to the condition, as well as wanting to know about general health and lifestyle.
9. INVALUABLE FOR FIRST AID
Homeopathic medicines can be safely used in the home or workplace to treat simple problems-such as bruises, minor burns, sprains, insect bites and gastric upsets. However more serious or chronic complaints should be treated by a qualified practitioner.
10. THE MEDICINE OF THE FUTURE
With over 6000 homeopathic medicines in existence and new homeopathic medicines being discovered all the time, Homeopathy is a growing art. However unlike allopathic medicine that takes drugs off the market every year as new side-effects are discovered, homeopaths still use the same medicines they were using 200 years ago with new medicines to broaden their scope. Scientists are only now discovering breakthroughs in quantum physics that helps us to develop a deeper understanding of homeopathy, as it was used 200 years ago.
For more information on World Homeopathy Awareness Week, visit www.worldhomeopathy.org.
“Spirit is the life.
Mind is the builder.
Physical is the result.”
–Edgar Cayce
Celebrating homeopathy,
