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Contents | Zoom in | Zoom outFor navigation instructions please click here Search Issue | Next Page Your Guide to Health through Homeopathy HomeopathyTODAY AFRICA’s Health Crises Malaria, AIDS, & more Volunteers helping people in need Ditch Risky Cough Meds SAFE solutions for kids & adults Free yourself from past hurts Follow the path to forgiveness February 2009 • $4.95 NATIONAL CENTER FOR HOMEOPATHY nationalcenterforhomeopathy.org Twitches, Tics, & Tantrums Make them go away for good Display until March 31, 2009 Contents | Zoom in | Zoom outFor navigation instructions please click here Search Issue | Next Page qM qMqM Previous Page | Contents | Zoom in | Zoom out | Front Cover | Search Issue | Next Page qMqM Qmags THE WORLD’S NEWSSTAND® qM qMqM Previous Page | Contents | Zoom in | Zoom out | Front Cover | Search Issue | Next Page qMqM Qmags THE WORLD’S NEWSSTAND® qM qMqM Previous Page | Contents | Zoom in | Zoom out | Front Cover | Search Issue | Next Page qMqM Qmags THE WORLD’S NEWSSTAND® February 2009 Volume 29, Number 1 ISSN: 0886-1676 Homeopathywww.NationalCenterForHomeopathy.org Your Guide to Health through Homeopathy TODAY Featured Articles 14 14 Terrible Tics & a Terrific Temper? Not Anymore! Nine-year-old spitfire stops twitching, screaming, and scorning her mother by Timothy R. Dooley, MD, ND 24 Concerned about risky cough medicines for kids? How to calm a cough SAFELY A clear, easy-to-follow method for everyone by Pearlyn Goodman-Herrick, ND, DHANP 32 AFRICA: Homeopathy Cares Volunteer service projects help people in need 24 in Kenya, Ghana, Tanzania, and Botswana Contributors: Shawn Vale, Adjoa Margaret Stack, & Jeremy Sherr, FSHom 7 Commentary: Many Paths Support the Whole An inclusive legislative model for homeopathy 11 John A. Borneman, III, RPh, to receive honorary degree 11 In Memoriam: Dr. Luc Chaltin 13 Review: Pathology Quick Study Set™ 16 Twitches and Tics: What’s the difference? 17 Water Hemlock: Deadly Poison, Healing Remedy 32 20 Forgiving and Moving Forward Homeopathy can free us from past emotional hurts 27 Collecting Clues: Is this symptom important? 30 Homeopathic Cough Medicines: Safe solutions for kids and adults 39 Maun Homeopathy Project Helps People in Botswana 40 Malaria: A Devastating Disease DEPARTMENTS 6 FROM THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS 10 IN THE NEWS 45 CONTRIBUTIONS 46 CALENDAR OF EVENTS qM qMqM Previous Page | Contents | Zoom in | Zoom out | Front Cover | Search Issue | Next Page qMqM Qmags THE WORLD’S NEWSSTAND® qM qMqM Previous Page | Contents | Zoom in | Zoom out | Front Cover | Search Issue | Next Page qMqM Qmags THE WORLD’S NEWSSTAND® Join Homeopathy NCH! 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They are non-toxic and, when properly admin- Editorial Advisor istered, can be safely used with infants, Miranda Castro children, adults, and animals. Learn more at: Editor, NCH e-Newsletter www.NationalCenterForHomeopathy.org. Kristy Lampe 4 Homeopathy TODAY February 2009 qM qMqM Previous Page | Contents | Zoom in | Zoom out | Front Cover | Search Issue | Next Page qMqM Qmags THE WORLD’S NEWSSTAND® qM qMqM Previous Page | Contents | Zoom in | Zoom out | Front Cover | Search Issue | Next Page qMqM Qmags THE WORLD’S NEWSSTAND® Leading Voices in Homeopathy Where best selling authors take questions and share answers. Join ❃ Vermeulen ❃ Sankaran ❃ Scholten and others at: www.minimum.com/bb qM qMqM Previous Page | Contents | Zoom in | Zoom out | Front Cover | Search Issue | Next Page qMqM Qmags THE WORLD’S NEWSSTAND® qM qMqM Previous Page | Contents | Zoom in | Zoom out | Front Cover | Search Issue | Next Page qMqM Qmags THE WORLD’S NEWSSTAND® NOTES FROM THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS Nancy Boyer, RN, MNP, is a nurse practitioner with a specialty in adult medicine. Her work experience includes hospital administrator, chief operating officer of Blue Cross/Blue Shield HMO, and CEO and co- founder of a software company, HealthChex, Inc. This analytical software was developed to enable linking patient severity of illness with physician payments and outcomes. HealthChex was purchased by Equifax, Inc. She is the Chair of NCH’s Media, Marketing, and Membership Committee. Five years ago the National Center for Homeopathy’s Board of Where is this going? Directors adopted a business plan that included developing a As chair of the Board’s committee on Media, Marketing, and strong and respected international NCH media presence. Thanks Membership, I am thrilled with the progress we have made. But I to the dedication and effort of the volunteer Board members who am also concerned. from the conception of this organization 35 years ago insisted that I am concerned that misinformation abounds. Have you noticed the increasing frequency of news arti- cles about “herbal” medicines? How many con- sumers—much less writers—understand the Common Purpose—Common Vision difference between herbal medicine and homeopathy? These differences include stan- NCH be known for both integrity and solidity, the foundation for dardization of preparation, safety with other medicines, and gen- this work was in place. We are a credible organization promoting tleness. I am concerned that writers and consumers have lumped a credible form of medicine; getting the mainstream media and herbal medicine and homeopathy together as “buyer