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Abstract Collection LMHI Liga Medicorum Homoeopathical Internationalis Phone: +90 232 4650406 Website: Address: 1388 Sok SORRENTO, ITALY | 2019, 25-28 SEPT. LMHI LIGA MEDICORUM CONGRESS HOMEOPATHICA INTERNATIONALIS the medicine of the future from the ancient heart similarity at any level of knowledge Abstract Collection LMHI Liga Medicorum Homoeopathical Internationalis Phone: +90 232 4650406 Website: www.lmhi.org Address: 1388 sok. No:6/2 Alsancak – 35220, Izmir, TURKEY Mail:LMHI [email protected] Liga Medicorum Homoeopathical Internationalis Phone: +90 232 4650406 FIAMOWebsite: www.lmhi.org FederazioneAddress: 1388 Italiana sok. No:6/2 Associazioni Alsancak e – Medici 35220, Omeopati Izmir, TURKEY Phone:Mail: [email protected] +39 0744 429900 Website: www.fiamo.it Address: Via C. Beccaria, 22 – 05100 Temi Mail:FIAMO [email protected] Federazione Italiana Associazioni e Medici Omeopati Phone: +39 0744 429900 LUIMOWebsite: www.fiamo.it AssociazioneAddress: Via C. per Beccaria, la Libera 22 Università – 05100 TemiInternazionale diMail: Medicina [email protected] Omeopatica Phone: +39 081 7614707 Website: www.luimo.org Address:LUIMO Viale Gramsci, 18 – 80122 Napoli Mail:Associazione [email protected] per la Libera Università Internazionale di Medicina Omeopatica Phone: +39 081 7614707 Website: www.luimo.org Address: Viale Gramsci, 18 – 80122 Napoli Mail: [email protected] ORGANIZING SECRETARIAT Phone: +39 06 877 57 099 / +39 06 877 57 128 Website: www.alfafcm.com OperatingORGANIZING headquarter: SECRETARIAT Via Paolo Emilio, 1O – 00192 Roma Registered office: Viale Mazzini 6, 00195 Roma Mail: [email protected] FiscalPhone: code +39 and06 877 Vat 57number: 099 / +39 11408311006 06 877 57 128 Website: www.alfafcm.com Operating headquarter: Via Paolo Emilio, 1O – 00192 Roma Registered office: Viale Mazzini 6, 00195 Roma Mail: [email protected] Fiscal code and Vat number: 11408311006 INDEX 4 Congress Team 5 Oral Presentations 299 Poster 371 The Authors CONGRESS TEAM Antonella Ronchi, Milan Renzo Galassi, Macerata Francesco V. Marino, Rome FIAMO President Honorary President LMHI – NVP for Italy President of the Scientific LMHI Past President President of the Organizing Committee Committee Scientific Committee Honorary Committee Organizing Committee Maria Luisa AGNENI, Rome Marc BAER, Zurich (Switzerland) Paola ANGELINI, Rome Monica DELUCCHI, Genoa Paolo BELLAVITE, Verona Andrea AVERSA, Naples Tiziana DI GIAMPIETRO, Pescara Carlo CENERELLI, Milan Domenico DE CARLO, Naples Giuseppe FAGONE, Milan Vittorio ELIA, Naples Giovanna GIORGETTI, Terni Vincenzo FALABELLA, Naples Pietro FEDERICO, Rome Sonia ZIMMITTI, Rome Gloria Andre FEIGHELSTEIN, Rio Ulrich FISCHER, Freiburg (Ger- de Janeiro (Brasil) many) Renzo GALASSI, Macerata Raj MANCHANDA, Delhi (India) Pietro GULIA, Rome Michael FRASS, Wien (Austria) Heike GYPSER, Glees (DE) Josè Matuk KANAN, Mexico City (Mexico) Carlo MELODIA, Naples Francesco E. NEGRO, Rome Sara MINI, Venice Helene RENOUX, Paris (France) Marco MORTARI, Reggio Emilia Rachel ROBERTS, London (UK) Ashley ROSS, Cape Town 4 Oral Presentations IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER THURSDAY 26 | NETTUNO FULL | 15:55 Antonio Abbate CLINICAL METHODOLOGY ADHD, case report. Clinical case of Cicuta virosa: the dimension of man, evolution in his humanity BACKGROUND Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by a set of behaviors that cause constant inattention with a hyperactivi- ty-impulsivity that can interfere with the neurological functioning and development of the person affected. In the homeopathic literature, the therapeutic approach is quite various and it goes from the use of dynamized neuromediators of the nervous system to the use of indi- vidualized medications on constitutional, temperamental and behavioral symptoms. This work follows a particular path of unicist homeopathy in which the medicament is chosen on symptoms of the deep spiritual sphere, with clinically relevant results. This case witnesses not only the control and resolution of psychic behavioral symp- toms (clinical / syndromic picture), but also a personal growth; the development of a self-consciousness, giving sense and meaning to life, an important condition for a real, complete and lasting healing. MATERIALS AND METHODS In this work the study of the patient (biopathographic history), the choice of medici- ne (remedy diagnosis) and the therapeutic conduct (follow up) are centered on the Hahnemannian anthropological model perfected by the Aristotelian-Thomist model of A. Masi Elizalde. The article focuses on changes in the mind and in the spirit (Organon, par.221) belon- ging to the psora, which influences the attitude and the behavior of the person. Human errors are conditioned by the illusions of imagination. Imagination is the sensitive part of the rational soul which, in the disrupted state, and because of illusions, leads to a distortion of the process of perception and understanding of reality. The consequence is a deviation from the condition of harmony in which the ethics of the person is realized in virtues (pru- dence, justice, fortitude and temperance), pillars of a life dedicated to the good. Therefore the goal of the treatment is not limited to the material well-being of the organs, but includes also the fulfillment of that part of the person striving for the re- alization of his earthly mission. The obligatory reference is to the “higher purpose of our existence” quoted by Hahnemann (Organon, Par.9). 6 74th LMHI Congress | Sorrento, Italy, 2019 | Homeopathy The medicine of the future from the ancient hearth RESULTS Rayan is a 16-year-old boy with ADHD. His impulsive behaviors are in some way con- trolled by allopathic drug therapy. He shows a great dependence on his mother; his social life is very poor; he does not like doing any activity; he does not go out with friends. Because of the great difficulty of attention and concentration, in the acade- mic environment he has a total inability to pay attention to the lessons as well as to remember the topics. This results is an important disharmony in relationships and poor academic performance. The choice falls on the Cicuta virosa medicament. The illusions of imagination, that are part of his psora, play a role of primary importance. Indeed the patient is hyper- sensitive, vulnerable and exposed to the events of life. Like an Arnica subject he feels like having a great physical and psychic fragility. He fears and shuns the people he does not trust as they could only damage him. He perceives himself as a victim of the stupidity of the human race, which he hates. The cure brings an important improvement in attention and concentration. Rayan is no longer absent, neither grouchy, nor indolent, nor indifferent. Moreover, it is surprising the psychological growth and character development after the treatment. Rayan now takes the initiative and the most appropriate decisions. He accomplishes what he must do quickly. He abandons the relationship of dependence on the mother. CONCLUSIONS To consider illness as an event that takes place only on an organic level means to erase the peculiarities of the human being, his spiritual identity projected to the rea- lization of his immanent and transcendent objectives. Symptomatic treatment hardly influences the profound spiritual sphere of the person, the part that is also the first to get sick. The present clinical case bears witness of a homeopathy that catalyzes the necessary process of personal reflection, at the base of the process of spiritual growth. The medicated person can listen to the needs of the soul and understand its aspirations, away from the distortions due to the psora. Focusing on the meaning of life protects from the same mistakes and the same frustrations that are repeated cyclically and guarantees a true healing. KEYWORDS ADHD; Cicuta-virosa; Psora; Rational soul. 7 THURSDAY 26 | NETTUNO FULL | 11:30 Maria Luisa Agneni CULTURAL BACKGROUND What destiny for medicine and for doctor in deep crisis? The great contribution of homeopaty. LUIMO experience BACKGROUND For some decades now we have been witnessing the crisis of medicine and the role of doctor in the western world: the epochal changes are stronger than the model on which they have been structured and maintained so far and the “medical question” will have to be faced to rethink and redefine both medicine and the doctor. MATERIALS AND METHODS The causes of the profound crisis that the medicine and the doctor are going through in the Western world have been taken into account with articles also on prestigious scientific and professional journals .It is evident that what we are discussing is our way of being a doctor and our relationship with medicine and with what the patients and society expect and demand of us.But the medicine we referred to, responds to an idea of science born in the society at the end of the nineteenth century throughout the 20th century that responded to paradigm no longer adequate and that created the contradictions and critical issues that we have to face daily. The crisis of medicine and the positivist doctor, the crisis of the trust relationship between doctor and patient, the crisis of the reductionist method in the study of the healthy and sick person, the economic conditioning of sustainability that lead to a shattering and a shifting of skills are under everybody’s eyes and are only part of the topics of the “Medical Question” that will be proposed and investigated. RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS Taking into account some founding principles of Hahnemannian Homeopathic Me- dicine such as the medicamentous individuality and the patient’s
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