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Think Outside the Box Change your approach to health The Measles Here’s what you need to know

So Long, Seasonal Allergies! Enjoy the great outdoors again, naturally Hike for Your Health Seasoned trekkers share travel tips

Clear Up Canker Sores See you in Philly! Join us May 8-10

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Homeopathy Happy: The Key to Resilience in Mar Depression and Anxiety open 23 Speaker: Jennifer Bahr, ND

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Stings, and Sunburn, and Poison Ivy, Oh, My! May Homeopathic Solutions to Summer’s Common Ailments open 27 Speaker: Douglas Falkner, MD, MHom Homeopathic Remedy Triturations: Into the Heart Jun of Homeopathy TBD Speakers: Judy Schriebman & Anneke C. Hogeland

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Spring 2015 Volume 35, Number 1 ISSN: 0886-1676

Homeopathywww.HomeopathyCenter.org Your Guide to Health through Homeopathy TODAY

Featured Articles 18 1 8 Sore No More—Clearing Canker Sores Mouth ulcer mystery and misery solved by Joseph Kellerstein, DC, ND, FCAH, CCH 24 So Long, Seasonal Allergies! Enjoying the great outdoors again, naturally by Elana Gelman, ND 32 Go Take a Hike! The path to health and vitality: Seasoned trekkers share insider travel, hiking, and backpacking tips by Judyth Reichenberg-Ullman, ND, MSW 24 7 Register Now! 10th Annual Joint American Homeopathic Conference -AYn s,OEWS(OTELs0HILADELPHIA 0!

8 2015 JAHC Schedule-at-a-Glance

10 In Memory & Tribute: John R. Roos, MD

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12 Homeopathic Research Matters: News From the World of Homeopathic Research & the Homeopathy Research Institute 14 The Measles: It’s Back—Here’s what you need to know 32 16 0EACEOF-IND !,ASTING,EGACY

30 Solutions for Your Seasonal Allergies: 8 great homeopathic healers

41 Think outside the box! A homeopathic perspective on health and disease

46 Book Review: A Century of Homeopaths: Their Inﬂ uence on Medicine and Health See you in Philly! Join us May 8 – 10, 2015 for the JAHC

DEPARTMENTS 5 WHAT IS HOMEOPATHY? 6 FROM THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS 44 CONTRIBUTIONS 47 CALENDAR OF EVENTS

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Homeo-Speak acute illness: A condition that is usually brief in duration and self-limiting; that is, either the illness runs its course or the patient dies—as opposed to chronic illness that usually develops more slowly, lasts indefi nitely, results in deterioration of health, and does not resolve without some sort of healing intervention. Examples: acute illness—colds, fl u, ear infections; chronic What is homeopathy? illness—arthritis, hyper tension, diabetes. characteristic symptom: a symptom of an unusual nature—strange, rare, omeopathy is a safe, effective system of natural medicine, peculiar—that gives the case a pronounced individ uality (i.e., “characterizes” used by millions of people worldwide for more than 200 the case). For example, chilliness with desire for ice cold drinks, or dizziness that is better from motion. Such a symptom often points directly to the years to achieve wellness. Homeopathic medicines are pre- H curative remedy. pared from natural sources, are used in extremely small amounts, chronic illness: (See acute illness.) and are recognized by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. They are non-toxic and, when properly administered, can be common symptoms: Symptoms that are commonly found in a particular disease, for example, spots in measles or swollen glands in mumps. safely used with infants, children, adults, and animals. constitutional treatment: Treating the whole person, rather than the symptoms alone, thereby attempting to enhance the general level of How does homeopathy differ from health rather than just getting rid of the symptoms. conventional medicine? materia medica: Latin for “materials of medicine.” A reference book listing Homeopathy is based on the principle that “like cures like.” That homeopathic medicines and their therapeutic actions/indications. This is, if a substance can cause symptoms of disease in a healthy information comes primarily from the provings of the medicines; also from person, then it can cure a sick person suffering from similar clinical observation. symptoms. Suppose a person has hay fever, with watery eyes and miasm: a block to health, usually left by a disease. This can be inherited a burning nasal discharge. Instead of giving an antihistamine to or acquired and is an obstacle to cure. dry up the discharge, a homeopath might prescribe Allium Organon: The Organon of Medicine, by Samuel Hahnemann, founder of cepa—a tiny dose of onion, specially prepared by a homeopathic homeopathy, is the book in which he set down the fundamental principles of homeopathy. He wrote 6 editions, the last in 1842; current homeopaths pharmacy in accordance with FDA-approved guidelines— refer primarily to the 6th and sometimes the 5th editions. because onion is known to cause watery eyes and a burning nasal potency: The strength of a homeopathic remedy according to the number discharge. of times, during preparation, it has been diluted and succussed (i.e., poten- Homeopathy regards symptoms as the body’s healthy attempt tized). Potency is represented as a number attached to a remedy name to restore itself to balance. A homeopath will choose a remedy (e.g., Aconite 30c or Arnica 6X—the letter c or X refers to two different methods of dilution during remedy preparation). that supports the symptoms—rather than opposing them or suppressing them as in conventional medicine. proving: The testing of a substance, either in crude form or in potency, on healthy volunteers to discover the symptoms it is capable of producing, Homeopathy recognizes that each person manifests illness in and therefore able to cure. Participants in a proving record their symptoms; a unique and slightly different way. That is why two people with the symptoms are collated and used as therapeutic indications for the same illness will not necessarily receive the same homeo- prescribing that substance. pathic remedy. A cold sufferer with a stopped-up nose and dry repertorize: To look up symptoms in a repertory, in order to determine eyes would receive a different remedy than a cold sufferer with a which remedy or remedies is common to the presenting symptoms. runny nose and watering eyes. Unlike the “one size fi ts all” repertory: An index to the materia medica; an index of symptoms (based approach often used in conventional medicine, a homeopath on the materia medica) with a list of remedies indicated for each symptom. chooses a remedy that matches a person’s unique symptom pro- rubric: A symptom listed in a homeopathic repertory. fi le—including physical, mental, and emotional symptoms. simillimum: The “most similar” remedy corresponding to a case; the remedy that most closely matches the totality of the symptoms of the What is homeopathy’s history? patient, and therefore, is curative according to homeopathic principles. The principles of homeopathy were developed into a system of suppression: The driving inward of disease symptoms, so that a person medicine by the German physician Samuel Hahnemann experiences more serious symptoms than they originally had. (1755–1843). Homeopathy spread quickly throughout Europe vital force: Term used by Hahnemann to describe the energy that and the rest of the world, including the U.S. The exact mecha- animates all living beings. The vital force is stimulated by the homeopathic remedy to enable the body to heal itself. nism by which homeopathy works is unknown, but 200 years of clinical experience along with hundreds of peer-reviewed basic The above defi nitions were largely adapted from the following excellent references: The Complete Homeopathy Handbook (its glossary), by Miranda science, pre-clinical, and clinical studies confi rm homeopathy’s Castro, FSHom, CCH, and Yasgur’s Homeopathic Dictionary and Holistic effectiveness. Health Reference, by Jay Yasgur, RPh, MSc.

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MESSAGE FROM THE NCH BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Abby Beale, CCH, RSHom(NA), is the 2015 Joint American Homeopathic Conference Chair and board member for the National Center for Homeopathy. She recently started a practice in East Longmeadow, MA, and offers introductory workshops on homeopathy for any group that will listen.

What do homeopathy lovers wish they independently rank each one on a scale learn more about homeopathy for their had more of? I believe it’s more human of 1 to 5 based on how well the proposal families. That’s why we created the moments with each other! There is some- was presented and what we think the Homeopathy for Moms webinar series thing uniquely special about spending homeopathic community would be most this year (thanks to Hyland’s for being time with people who speak our lan- interested in this year. We then compare the gracious sponsor!) which introduced guage. And it’s because of this that we our rankings and come up with a list of homeopathy to over 3000 new people! at NCH spend so much time and energy about a dozen to seriously consider. To continue this endeavor, we will be planning our in-person Joint American We ended up with six great speakers on offering a special admission ticket called Homeopathic Conference. We want to interesting topics from this effort. Some Homeopathy for Moms Live! to moms, make your experience of this event as of the ones we didn’t choose were then dads, and other interested newbies on the fulfilling, soul-satisfying, and memorable contacted about their interest in offering a afternoon of Saturday, May 9. The ticket as possible. webinar so their work can still be shared. will allow the attendee admission to two As a result, we will introductory sessions (not available for have some more CEUs) and full access to the Exhibit Hall great webinars to Marketplace. If you know folks that want share with you to get a taste of what homeopathy is all this year! about, please encourage them to come for Creating More We also reach this special event. out to people who do business with More special events our community On Saturday evening, we will be hosting in the hopes they a good ole-fashioned square dance! Talk Human Moments will come and about enjoying a human moment! It’s an share their wares event you can only experience IN-PER- It takes a village and talents through vendor participa- SON. The year-long process begins with polling tion. These vendors include homeopathic And for the yogis in the group, you all the joint homeopathic associations schools and organizations, pharmacies, can join like-minded folks at 6 a.m. on and group leaders about who they would software companies, booksellers, and Saturday morning to greet the world and like to speak at the conference. The long more. It’s because of these wonderful get in a good stretch. list is compiled, and after considering product and service vendors that we can We’ve created a lot of great opportuni- individual areas of expertise, locations, offer this event at such a reasonable cost. ties for human moments at the upcoming and past conference appearances, we They represent valuable resources to our JAHC conference. I’m personally excited begin reaching out to these talented folks community, and when you attend the because I will not only enjoy the company to build a schedule filled with interesting, conference, you will engage in valuable of the general homeopathic community diverse speakers from all over the world human moments with them! but will also get to spend time with all involved in all kinds of practices, clinics, of my homeopathy mastermind friends! and research. Homeopathy for Moms Live! These are ladies (sorry no guys applied!) Simultaneously, we put out a Request When I was a young mother, I attended who get together regularly on conference for Proposal to the entire homeopathic an introductory homeopathy class at the calls and Skype to talk about home- community asking members to consider NCH Summer School in Baltimore. I went opathy, share our successes, and prob- sharing their work at the conference. We because a homeopathic remedy allowed lem-solve our hard cases. To see them all know that many talented and experienced my son to avoid getting tubes in his ears. in person is priceless. practitioners out there are involved in I was just plain curious what this home- projects we should all know about—and opathy was all about. That weekend con- Be there! this is a great venue for being showcased. vinced me I wanted to learn more about As you think about joining us in Phil- This year we received over 80 (!) pro- how to use homeopathy for my family. At adelphia this year, think of who you posals. To be fair, the submissions are the time, I had no idea I was to become a would like to spend time with. Ask them blinded, meaning we committee members nationally certified classical homeopath! to come with you … and come to make have no idea who submitted the proposed We know there are lots of other moms some new friends! We look forward to session; we just see the proposal itself. We and dads out there who would like to seeing you at the JAHC, May 8 – 10, 2015!

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Get ready for a tour-de-force line-up at this year’s 10th Annual Joint moms (and dads, grandparents, caregivers... American Homeopathic Conference, Celebrating the Past, Embracing or anyone) interested in fostering natural, holistic lifestyles for themselves and their the Future (May 8-10, 2015), presented by the National Center for families. Over 7,000 people have partici- Homeopathy. The Loews Hotel Philadelphia will provide a stunning, pated in our webinar series so far, and we’re historic backdrop for this exciting event. thrilled to be able to bring this Live! event to the Philadelphia JAHC in 2015! Space is Our leading edge programming will pro- Homeopathic History in the Flesh! limited so register early! vide a smorgasbord of offerings for all levels, The Legacy Center of Drexel University with premier, thought-provoking presenta- College of Medicine (the repository for Do-si-do and Yeehaw! tions, clinical information, and content that the records and heritage of Hahnemann After sessions are over on Saturday, throw will be immediately practical for all who are Medical College) is creating a specially on your cowboy hats and boots (or come as yearning to learn something new, advance curated exhibit for conference attendees you are!) and join your friends and peers at their skills, and deepen their understanding from its homeopathic medicine artifact and the 2015 JAHC Square Dance! Pete LaBerge of the homeopathic healing art. Whether reference collection. The exhibit will be on and the legendary old-time country string- you’ve attended before or this will be your display in the JAHC Exhibit Hall Marketplace band, Orpheus Supertones, will keep you first time, the 2015 JAHC promises to be an Saturday afternoon, and Legacy Center staff dancing up a storm all evening. Don’t know event that you won’t want to miss. will be on site to answer questions and how to square dance? No problem! The (See schedule-at-a-glance on next page.) share their knowledge about the pieces. event will start off with a short lesson and then the band will kick into full swing. Light Samantha Conboy, CCH, Win an iPad Mini!! refreshments will be served—and it’s free Deborah Trotta, CCN, CHom, Julie Igel, CCH, and And while you’re in the Exhibit Hall Market- with your conference registration! Margo Cohen, RN at the place checking out the collection, be sure 2014 JAHC. to enter our “Exhibit Hall Passport” raffle by visiting participating exhibitor booths for clues. Grand prize is a brand new iPad mini! Register Now! Robin Murphy, ND, and Tina Quirk, RN, MS, CCH, The raffle winner will be chosen on Sunday Visit the conference website for all the RSHom(NA) represent the at the conference and you’ll need to be details: http://bit.ly/2015JAHC. Centre for Homeopathic Education, New York City in present to win! th the Exhibit Hall Marketplace The 10 annual JAHC will be a con- at the 2014 JAHC. ference unlike any other, and you Homeopathy Academy for Moms Live! will leave inspired, strengthened, and This new introductory track at the con- energized to continue practicing, sup- Margo Cohen, RN, and ference brings our popular Homeopathy Gabrielle Traub, (MTech) porting, and spreading the word about Hom, share a laugh during Academy for Moms webinar series Live! and the healing powers of homeopathy. a break in the Exhibit Hall. in-person and is designed specifically for Hear Gabrielle speak at the 2015 JAHC!

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Friday, May 8, 2015 Time Event Location 8:00 AM - 8:00 PM Registration Millennium Hall Foyer Concurrent Sessions 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM Genetics and Homeopathy Commonwealth B Dr. Prafull Vijayakar 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM Commonwealth D Light in the Darkness: The Homeopathic Treatment of Autistic Spectrum Disorders Paul Herscu, ND, MPH 11:00 AM - 3:30 PM Exhibitor Set-Up Millennium Hall 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch (On Your Own) 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM Homeopaths Without Borders (HWB) Annual Meeting Washington Room Concurrent Sessions 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM Genetics and Homeopathy Commonwealth B Dr. Prafull Vijayakar 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM Commonwealth D An Important Advance in the Homeopathic Treatment for Patients with Serious Pathologies—A Practical Response to the Debate on LM Potencies André Saine DC, ND, FCAH 3:30 PM - 8:00 PM Exhibit Hall Marketplace Open Millennium Hall 4:30 PM - 5:00 PM NCH Annual Membership Meeting & Awards Ceremony Commonwealth A 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM Opening Reception with Exhibitors Millennium Hall 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM Homeopathic Action Alliance Meeting (By Invitation Only) Washington Room Saturday, May 9, 2015 Time Event Location 6:00 AM - 7:00 AM Morning Walking Group Meet in Hotel Lobby 6:00 AM - 7:00 AM Sunrise Yoga TBD 7:00 AM - 6:30 PM Registration Millennium Hall Foyer 7:00 AM - 6:30 PM Exhibit Hall Marketplace Open Millennium Hall 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM Opening Keynote Commonwealth B-D Like Cures Like – The “Movie” Kim Elia with the assistance of Maria Ringo, DHMHS, CCH 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Break with Exhibitors in the Marketplace Millennium Hall Concurrent Sessions 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM Commonwealth B-D Polarity Analysis, A Research Based Methodology to Improve ADD/ADHD Remedy Selection Heiner Frei, MD 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM Commonwealth A A Schema for Using Dreams in Homeopathy Chris Sowton, ND 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch with Exhibitors in the Marketplace Millennium Hall 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Homeopathic Nurses Association (HNA) Annual Meeting Washington Room 1:30 PM - 6:30 PM Homeopathy Academy for Moms Live! Millennium Hall & Workshop & Marketplace Washington Room Concurrent Sessions 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM Commonwealth B-D Veterinary Homeopathy: A Panel Discussion Moderator: Christina Chambreau, DVM 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM Commonwealth A 8 Homeopathy for Drug-Induced Psychosis and Bipolar Disorder (Teaching Through Cases) Gabrielle Traub, M.Tech (HOM), CCH

Celebrating the Past, Embracing the Future Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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1:30 PM - 3:30 PM Washington Room Up and Running: Five Remedies for the Home Medicine Chest (a Homeopathy Academy for Moms Live! Workshop) Ann Jerome, PhD, CCH, RSHom(NA) 3:30 PM - 4:00 PM Break with Exhibitors in the Marketplace Millennium Hall Concurrent Sessions 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM Commonwealth B-D Leverage, Links, and Legalities: Homeopathic Profession Now! Karen Allen, CCH 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM Commonwealth A Eating Disorders: The Homeopathic Treatment of Anorexia and Bulimia Doug Falkner, MD, MHom 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM Washington Room Introductory Family Medicine (a Homeopathy Academy for Moms Live! Workshop) Linda Baker, MD 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM JAHC Square Dance Howe Sunday, May 10, 2015 Time Event Location 6:00 AM - 7:00 AM Morning Walking Group Meet in Hotel Lobby 7:00 AM - 5:00 PM Registration Millennium Hall Foyer 7:00 AM - 5:00 PM Exhibit Hall Marketplace Open Millennium Hall 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM Morning Keynote Commonwealth B-D Overview and Update on Clinical and Basic Research in Homeopathy Peter Fisher, MB, BChir, FFHom, FRCP 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Break with Exhibitors in the Marketplace Millennium Hall Concurrent Sessions 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM Commonwealth B-D Treating Trauma Peter Chappell 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM Commonwealth A Homeopathy and Cancer: Relieving Side Effects of Chemotherapy, Radiation, Surgery, and Targeted Cancer Drugs Jackie Wilson, MD, DHt, DABIHM 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM Washington Room Techniques of Presentations to Market Your Practice Loretta Butehorn, PhD, CCH, RsHom(NA) 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch with Exhibitors in the Marketplace Millennium Hall Concurrent Sessions 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM Commonwealth B-D Evolving Practice Jo Daly, CCH 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM Commonwealth A Can We Do Better? Improving Outcomes in Homeopathy Lee Kayne, PhD, MRPharmS, FFHom 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM Washington Room An Overview of the Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia of the United States: History, Operations, and Impact on the Consumer John (Jay) P Borneman, PhD, MS, MBA 3:30 PM - 3:45 PM Break with Exhibitors in the Marketplace Millennium Hall 3:45 PM - 4:30 PM Closing Plenary Commonwealth B-D The Heart of Homeopathy: Inspiring Stories of Practice Moderator: Loretta Butehorn, PhD, CCH, RsHom(NA) 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM Exhibitor Breakdown Millennium Hall

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IN MEMORY AND TRIBUTE John Robert Roos, MD April 30, 1953 – December 24, 2014

John moved to Burlington, VT, and the fear campaign about measles par- was a bright homeopathic light in that allel with widespread promotion of the area until a year before he passed. Our MMR vaccine, validating my reluctance friendship really blossomed when we both to vaccinate my children. He pointed out began to study with Massimo Mangiala- that homeopathy was not thwarted by vori, MD, our initial course being the fi rst drug-resistant infections, since it works one that Massimo taught in Boston on by building overall immunity rather the Sea Remedies. than by killing microbes. John was an indefatigable student, an In the early ‘90s, I suffered fl ashbacks excellent homeopath, and a wonderful of childhood trauma. At one appoint- friend. He will be greatly missed. ment, I trembled violently as I recounted ~R ICHARD HRUBY, DO, a nightmare. I well remember John’s We celebrate the life of longtime NCH BLOOMINGTON, MN expression of sorrowful concern as he member, supporter, and donor, Dr. John stood up to get me a dose of Ignatia, Roos of Burlington, VT. Specializing in } which calmed me immediately. Another homeopathy and osteopathy for over 30 John Roos played a fateful role in rein- time he said simply, “I’m sorry about all years, Dr. Roos was greatly appreciated forcing my connection with homeopathy, of this.” Besides directly experiencing the by multitudes of patients who traveled which had already made me its devotee broad scope of homeopathy’s effi cacy, I many miles to see him. When not tending in the early ‘70s by curing me of a seizure learned through his example how basic patients, he could be found tending bees or disorder. human compassion powerfully augments his fl ower garden, or harvesting bushels of I began treatment with John in the late the action of remedies. organic fruit and baskets of shitake mush- ‘80s, soon after he opened his practice in I last saw John in November 2010, rooms from his land. Throughout his life, Burlington, as a physician specializing when he joined with Betty Wood of the Dr. Roos devoted himself to protecting the in homeopathy and osteopathy. When I New England Homeopathic Academy environment. He is survived by his wife brought a steady stream of family mem- to present a free all-day class to the Bonnie Morrissey, two sons, and a stepson. bers, relatives, and friends to see him, Vermont homeopathic community on John acknowledged my passionate curi- the Solanaceae (Nightshade) family of } osity about homeopathy: “You should remedies, held at a local library. He was It was hard to lose John. He has been a go to homeopathy school,” he said and fi t, vital, and fully engaged. Throughout good friend since our medical school days directed me to an ad for the New England the workshop, John invited feedback in Minnesota. Like many doctors, he had School of Homeopathy in a journal in the and lively discussion from participants. a holistic mindset, but his formal school- waiting room. I told a colleague, “There’s a lot of his- ing was not giving him any good tools I did attend NESH, graduating in tory in this room,” as most of the people with which to help people. This set him 1994. As I prepared for the certifi cation present traced directly or indirectly back on a quest to fi nd what would work for exam, John jokingly warned me not to to John through the network he was him. As part of his own informal medi- study too hard, or I “might turn into a instrumental in creating since he began cal education, he attended the National Nux vomica!” practicing homeopathy more than 20 Center for Homeopathy’s summer pro- John was my informal mentor for years before. fessional course at Millersville, PA, con- years. He corroborated my choices of Rereading the outline for that class necting there with the school’s Dean, remedies for my fi rst clients, friends, greatly helps me understand a client for Henry Williams, MD. Henry took pity on and family, or suggested alternate pos- whom I very recently prescribed Capsicum John, a poor medical student hitchhiking sibilities. He allowed me to sit with him annum (Cayenne)—a member of the Sola- around the country to attend workshops during the appointments of several of naceae family. John Roos continues to be a and conferences, and let him stay at his my friends (with their permission), fur- generous mentor even after he’s gone. house. Later, John took the International thering my understanding of case-tak- ~ CHARLOTTE GILRUTH, CCH, Foundation for Homeopathy course with ing and remedy selection. He affi rmed RSHOM(NA), MONTPELIER, VT Bill Gray, MD, and studied with many the advantages of homeopathy over (Charlotte will be happy to send the Sola- practitioners through the New England the fl awed paradigms of conventional naceae outline to anyone who requests a Homeopathic Academy. medicine. He dismissed as “hysteria” copy via email: [email protected])______

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IN MEMORY AND TRIBUTE Lauren Feder, MD, CCH February 24, 1959 – November 28, 2014

Her mother saw an ad for the National Center for Homeopathy conference and encouraged Lauren to take a trip with her to attend. At that conference, Lauren discovered “it”… her love for homeopathy began then and there.

She was the best of both worlds. and went on to receive her bachelor’s Our homeopathic community has lost degree from the University of Califor- a great asset with the death of Lauren nia–Santa Barbara, her medical degree Feder, MD, CCH. The loss is not only from the University of Guadalajara, and for the homeopathic community but her doctorate in homeopathic medi- for all the communities that hold health cine from The College of Homeopathy, and wellness close to their hearts. A Los Angeles. She was President of the true homeopath, Lauren embraced the Holistic Pediatric Alliance, was a Med- philosophy and practice of homeopathy ical Associate for La Leche League, and along with other complementary holis- served on the Advisory Board of Holistic tic practices. She generously shared her Moms Network. She married Dr. Rene Refl ections from Dr. Feder’s patients knowledge and experience with anyone Haarpaintner, a chiropractor, in 1991 ~ Our family has been blessed to have who would ask. and subsequently had two sons, Etienne Dr. Feder in our lives for the past 13 years. Following in her father’s footsteps, and Quentin, both born at home. As soon as we heard her voice, we knew all Lauren became a medical doctor. Her Lauren’s kindness, clarity, strength, would be well... She taught us not to panic career in homeopathy was sparked and conviction affected and helped all or be afraid as parents, … how to enjoy when, as a young physician, she real- she touched. She took great pride in parenting ... and all the germs. ized her dissatisfaction with what tradi- creating The Center for Natural Family ~ Dr. Feder, all I do to keep my children tional western medicine had to offer her Medicine in Los Angeles where patients healthy and happy I learned from you, patients. She knew there was so much could come and receive sound counsel your books, and your work. You have been more possible, but she had not yet dis- on medical issues and the most nurtur- and always will be a source of inspiration covered what it was. Then her mother ing medical care. to me, especially as a student in homeop- saw an ad for the National Center for In her spare time, she loved to go to athy. Homeopathy conference and encour- church, take walks, entertain friends aged Lauren to take a trip with her to and family, enjoy music, and most of all ~ Thank you for being there with us attend. At that conference, Lauren dis- just spend quality time with her family over the phone in the middle of the night, covered “it”… her love for homeopathy and friends. allowing us to stay over fi ve hours in a began then and there. Returning to Los Lauren was very active in educat- room of your practice until everything Angeles, she quickly enrolled in a three- ing the public about homeopathy and would be fi ne, and even helping us by year program to study homeopathy in holistic health. She wrote hundreds of email when you were sick. great depth with some of the world’s fi n- articles, did many interviews, and pub- ~ Dr. Feder wasn’t afraid to go against est homeopaths. Over the next 20 years, lished three books—Natural Baby and the grain and stand up for what she Lauren continued to study, even through Child Care; The Parents’ Concise Guide believed. She has touched so many lives the beginning days of her illness, until to Childhood Vaccinations; and Natural with her wisdom and strength. she physically could no longer. Pregnancy—all of which have served and Lauren was born in Durham, North will continue to serve many. Carolina, on February 24, 1959 to Robert Her presence is dearly missed but her and Ellie Feder Davis and passed away spirit continues, hopefully inspiring us November 28, 2014 after a humbling as she did when she was on this earth. experience with cancer. Lauren grad- ~M ARY GRACE, RSHOM(NA), CCH, uated from Beverly Hills High School DHM, LONG BEACH, CA

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OMEOPATHY RESEARCH INSTITUTE (HRI), AN INTERNATIONAL CHARITY BASED IN THE diluted, succussed homeopathic medicine UK and founded by physicist Dr. Alexander Tournier, was created to address to a solution creates identifiable changes the need for high quality research in homeopathy. HRI is also committed to in the solution (including a greater level of H dynamic ordering of the solution’s struc- making complex research information easy to understand. To that end, its new ture); whereas adding a drop of a diluted website offers academically reliable yet easily accessible information on the latest but unsuccussed solution does not. This research; video clips from prominent researchers; a searchable database of home- suggests that it is the process of repeated opathy’s effectiveness in specific medical conditions (Clinical Outcome Research succussion that makes homeopathic med- in Homeopathy database—CORE-Hom); answers to the most frequently asked icines biologically active. Dr. Cartwright questions; and much more. It is the source for most of the information below. Please also finds that the difference between the check it out at: www.hri-research.org succussed solution and a control solution is evident when using standard quartz Cutting Edge Homeopathy Research Betti, University of Bologna, Italy; Prof. cuvettes (tubes that hold samples for spec- Conference Dra Silvana Marques de Araujo, Univer- troscopic experiments) but is not evident 2OME )TALYs*UNEn s(OSTEDBY sidade Estadual de Maringa, Brazil; and when using polystyrene cuvettes; this leads (OMEOPATHY2ESEARCH)NSTITUTE Dr. Robert Mathie, British Homeopathic him to conclude that quartz “is essential to After the excitement generated by HRI’s Association, UK. Other presentations and amplify the homeopathic signal and hence successful 2013 Cutting Edge Homeop- poster sessions will be announced soon. the effects described, whereas polystyrene athy Research Conference in Barcelona, For more information and to register, lacks this ability.” the homeopathic community is looking visit: www.hrirome2015.org. Dr. Cartwright foresees a future where forward to HRI’s second event with great he or another researcher will discover anticipation. Open to all—practitioners, How Do Homeopathic Medicines Work? an assay (test) that would determine students, academics, and active research- 2ESEARCHCONTINUESx whether a homeopathic remedy is active ers—the venue provides an opportu- When pharmacies prepare a homeopathic or not, which would revolutionize the nity to meet, exchange ideas, and find medicine, they dilute the source sub- field of homeopathy and could also inter- out what’s new in the rapidly changing stance to an ultra-high degree, often to est outside investors. field of homeopathic research. Fostering the point where no molecule of the orig- international collaboration among active inal substance remains. For this reason, Recurrent UTIs after Spinal Cord Injury researchers and interested supporters is people often ask: “How do homeopathic 3TUDYlNDSHOMEOPATHYHELPFUL-ORE another unique aspect of this gathering. medicines work?” PATIENTSNEEDED The 2-1/2 day event is dedicated solely Molecular biologist Steven Cartwright, Those who suffer spinal cord injuries not to homeopathic research of the highest PhD, of the UK says: “An understand- only lose feeling and function in their caliber. A diverse array of presentations ing of, and explanation for, the action of extremities, they also can experience dys- will include clinical research (treat- homeopathic medicines would not only function in internal organs. With reduced ment of specific illnesses), fundamental revolutionize the status of homeopathy sensation to the bladder, 60% of spinal research (shedding light on how home- in the world but also profoundly improve cord injury (SCI) sufferers get recurrent opathy works), in vitro research (plant prescribing methods and our ability to urinary tract infections (UTIs). Ongo- or animal-based laboratory studies), treat illness.” That’s why he is working ing catheter use, necessary in many SCI veterinary research, methods and tech- on an HRI-supported project to com- sufferers, also predisposes a person to niques of experimentation, public health pare the physical and chemical prop- UTIs. Conventional treatment primarily research, pathogenetic trials (homeo- erties of highly diluted and succussed offers antibiotics, but infections invariably pathic provings), and more. A few of the solutions (i.e., repeatedly shaken and agi- return only to require newer, stronger confirmed speakers are: Dr. Klaus von tated according to homeopathic pharma- antibiotics as bacterial resistance to anti- Ammon, University of Bern, Switzerland; ceutical protocol) versus those that are biotics develops. In addition to a reduced Dr. Paolo Bellavite, School of Medicine, highly diluted but not succussed. Initial quality of life, significant mortality is asso- Verona University, Italy; Prof. Lucietta findings show that adding a drop of a ciated with repeated UTIs in SCI sufferers.

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Professor Jurgen Pannek of the Swiss occurred. For constitutional treatment, prophylactic antibiotic treatment could be Paraplegic Centre of Nottwil, Switzerland, three patients received Staphysagria, three reduced. Also, two patients spontaneously recently reported on a pilot study, which received Lycopodium, one received Sulphur, reported that their general well-being had involved close collaboration between a and one received Nux vomica. Although improved since homeopathic treatment. Swiss spinal cord rehabilitation center and individual treatment was constitutional These results are very positive; however, a homeopathic practice. Eight male SCI (addressing the totality of each patient’s since it was a small study with no control outpatients who experienced frequent UTIs symptoms, not just the urinary condition), group, Dr. Pannek plans to conduct a large, because of neurogenic bladder dysfunction Dr. Pannek noted that the most frequent- prospective, randomized study to con- agreed to be treated homeopathically--in ly-used medicines were those that have fi rm the results. He is currently recruiting addition to their standard conventional pre- an affi nity for helping the lower urinary patients for this study—Clinical Value of ventive protocol of long-term antibiotics, tract or catheterization, such as Lycopodium Homeopathic Prophylaxis of Recurrent Uri- urine acidifi cation, and/or cranberry tab- and Staphysagria. For acute UTI treatment, nary Tract Infections in Persons with Spinal lets. Before homeopathic treatment began, Staphysagria, Benzoicum acidum, and Tere- Cord Injury—at ClinicalTrials.gov under urine culture tests found signifi cant bacte- binthinae were used. the identifi er: NCT01477502. ria in all patients’ urine samples. After a 14-month follow-up period, fi ve —For more details, read “Pilot study demon- Patients received constitutional homeo- patients remained free of UTIs and three strates effectiveness of homeopathy in treating pathic treatment using single remedies in had fewer UTIs than before. The median symptomatic urinary infections in patients with LM1 potencies, as well as acute homeo- UTI rate dropped from 7.2 UTIs per year spinal cord injury,” HRI Research Article, Issue pathic treatment for a UTI episode, if it to 1.3 per year. In four patients, standard 25 Autumn 2014, at www.hri-research.org.

“Where’s the evidence?” How to answer when someone tells you “there is none” f you are wondering how to respond when friends or acquaintances dismiss your interest in homeopathy with the statement, “There is no scientifi c evidence that homeopathy works,” the good folks at Homeopathy Research Institute Ican help. Here is what they have to say: This is probably the most frequently How does this compare with evidence Although the percentages of posi- quoted, completely inaccurate statement for conventional medicine? tive, negative and inconclusive results about homeopathy. Homeopathy research An analysis of 1016 systematic reviews are similar in homeopathy and conven- is a relatively new fi eld, so it’s true to say of RCTs of conventional medicine tional medicine, it is important to recog- that there are not a huge number of stud- had strikingly similar fi ndings2: nize a vast difference in the quantity of ies, but some evidence is very different research carried out; chart A represents from no evidence. 1016 systematic reviews of RCTs of 188 individual trials on homeopathy, By the end of 2013, 188 randomized conventional medicine whereas chart B represents 1016 reviews controlled trials (RCTs) of homeopathy on on conventional medicine, each analyz- 100 different medical conditions had been ing multiple trials. published in peer-reviewed journals1: This highlights the need for more research in homeopathy, particularly 188 RCTs of homeopathy (end of 2013) large-scale high quality repetitions of the most promising positive studies. The difference in quantity is also not surprising when one considers the tiny amounts of funding made avail- Q 44% were positive able for research into “complementary the treatments were likely to be benefi cial and alternative medicine” (CAM). For Q 7% were negative example, in the UK only 0.0085% of the the treatments were likely to be harmful total medical research budget is spent on Q 49% were inconclusive CAM, of which homeopathy is only one the evidence did not support either benefi t example3. Q 44% were positive (82 trials) or harm. fi nding that homeopathy was effective Q 5% were negative (10 trials) fi nding that homeopathy was ineffective 1 http://www.facultyofhomeopathy.org/research/ 2 El Dib RP, Atallah AN, Andriolo RB. Mapping the Cochrane evidence for decision making in health care. J Eval Clin Pract. 2007 Aug; Q 4% were unsuitable for analysis 13(4):689-92. [Pubmed] Q 47% were inconclusive (89 trials) 3 George T Lewith, Funding for CAM, BMJ. Nov 10, 2007; 335(7627): 951. [Pubmed] SOURCE: Homeopathy FAQs at www.HRI-research.org

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OPINION The Measles: It’s Back … Here’s what you need to know

by LARRY MALERBA, DO, DHt

WITHALLTHEUPROAROVERARECENTOUTBREAKOFMEASLESIN of 2,758 cases treated).** That’s a five- fold difference in favor of homeopathic the U.S. it is important to know that there is effective treatment treatment. for this illness. The good news is that homeopathic medicines are inexpensive, readily avail- What was once considered a routine vaccinated individuals are getting measles able over-the-counter, FDA-approved, childhood condition not that long ago is due to exposure to unvaccinated per- and commonly found in most natural has morphed into a deadly microbial sons, and the solution is to vaccinate the health stores. There is a great deal of specter in the minds of the general public. unvaccinated with the same vaccine that research that supports the effectiveness of The real reason we hear so much about has failed to provide protection to those homeopathy, although hardcore skeptics the measles is because conventional med- who have already received the vaccine. are known for their refusal to acknowl- icine has no actual treatment for it other And to top it all off, those who question edge this basic truth. than symptomatic relief and supportive this logic are dismissed as selfish individu- Briefly, homeopathy employs small measures like rest and fluid intake. It als who don’t really understand science. Is doses of naturally occurring substances, focuses on prevention through immu- it me, or is this crazy talk? I have a medical which are prescribed in accordance with nization because it has nothing else to degree and I believe in most things that the principle of similars. A treatment is offer. Hence the emphasis on a vaccine science teaches, but I am not willing to chosen on the basis of a homeopathic that the medical establishment admits is suspend my critical judgment just because medicine’s ability to closely mimic the not living up to expectations. (The CDC the prevailing groupthink demands it. symptom pattern of the sick individual. reports that 12% of measles cases from Am I encouraging parents not to As per the principle of similars, the symp- December 28, 2014 to January 21, 2015 vaccinate their children against mea- toms that a substance can cause are an occurred in vaccinated people, and 31% sles? No. I have always believed that it indication of the symptoms that it can be occurred in people with unknown vacci- should come down to a matter of per- used to treat. In this manner, the overall nation status.)* sonal choice after thoroughly weighing effect is to assist the self-healing capacity Let me see if I can follow the logic as the pros and cons. However, if you or of the body. The names of homeopathic it now stands. The supposed reason fully your children have been vaccinated but medicines may look strange, but that is the vaccine fails and you do get measles, because they are the Latin words for the fear not, because homeopathic treatment genus and/or species of the medicinal is both safe and effective. So, let’s talk plant, mineral, and animal substances about measles treatment. that they are made from. Common symptoms of measles The homeopathic option include fever, irritated eyes, runny nose, Homeopathic medicine has a long track white spots inside the mouth, and dry record of successful measles treatment. cough, followed several days later by a red A survey of 19 Boards of Health across rash that starts at the head or neck and the U.S. during the measles epidemic of moves down the body. A homeopathic the late 1800s revealed that those treated prescription is based upon the unique by conventional medical doctors had a way in which these symptoms manifest mortality rate of 4.0% (735 deaths out of in each individual case. If you suspect 18,425 cases of measles treated). Those that you or your loved one has a case of receiving homeopathic treatment had the measles, it is best to consult an expe- a 0.8% mortality rate (22 deaths out rienced homeopathic professional. What was once considered a routine childhood condition has morphed into a deadly microbial specter in the minds of the general public.

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Homeopathic medicine has a long track record of

Let’s review the symptom profi les of successful measles some of the most commonly indicated treatment. homeopathic medicines for measles. Aconitum: This medicine is indicated in the early stages of measles, before the rash emerges. There is sudden onset of high fever, with red eyes, runny nose, sore throat, and dry cough. There is often a thirst for cold drinks, and an anxious, frightened state of mind that makes the person appear physically and mentally restless. Apis mellifi ca: This medicine may be indicated when the measles rash is slow to person who needs this medicine will sleep doses of the correct homeopathic medi- erupt and there is puffi ness and swelling, long hours through night and day. cine over the course of 24 to 48 hours can especially on the face around the eyes and Pulsatilla: For cases of measles where reduce symptoms, encourage the mea- lips. There is also irritability and itchi- the fever is not high and the symptoms sles rash to erupt without delay (like ness, both of which are aggravated from are not too intense. The person is often it should), prevent complications, and warmth in general. warm, avoids too much clothing or heavy speed recovery. In addition to the indi- Belladonna: The hallmark indicator blankets, and is reluctant to drink fl uids cated remedy, it is best to avoid all drug for this medicine is the sudden onset for lack of thirst. The state of mind is treatments designed to suppress the itch of high fever, often around 3 p.m., that needy, sad, and desirous of comfort, com- of measles. As with all exanthematic (i.e., results in a pounding headache and a pany and sympathy. eruptive) illnesses, a healthy skin erup- bright red face. There may be delirium, Rhus toxicodendron: The keynote tion will encourage a speedy resolution with a cloudy, confused, or drowsy state indication here is the itchy skin that feels to the illness. Homeopathic treatment of mind. better from warm applications. There is is a sure-fi re way to ensure that measles Bryonia: This is a commonly indi- also a restless state of mind and body that remains the routine childhood immuno- cated medicine in all types of viral ill- causes the person to toss and turn while logic event that it should be. nesses. The telltale indication is that the trying to lie at rest, or sleep at night. This article was adapted with permis- person feels worse from any kind of Stramonium: Here, we see high fever, sion from a longer article originally pub- motion, and is inclined to sit or lie quietly red face, fear, and restlessness. The child lished at www.greenmedinfo.com. so as not to provoke symptoms. Headache is afraid of the dark and does not want * CDC Health Advisory. U.S. Multi-state Measles Outbreak, Decem- and dry cough intensify with motion and to be left alone. There can be nightmares ber 2014—January 2015. January 23, 2015. http://emergency.cdc. gov/han/han00376.asp lessen with stillness. There is often irrita- and neurologic symptoms such as twitch- ** David A. Strickler, MD. Comparative vital statistics. Transactions bility and thirst for cold drinks. ing of muscles and grinding of the teeth. of the American Institute of Homeopathy 1898: 527-542. Euphrasia: Useful when the symp- Sulphur: The emphasis with this med- ABOUT THE AUTHOR toms look like conjunctivitis and center icine is on itching, which is aggravated on the eyes, which are very runny, red, from the warmth of clothing and bedcov- Larry Malerba, DO, DHt, is a infl amed, and sensitive to light. Particu- ers (compare this to Rhus tox, which has classical homeopath and osteopathic physician whose larly indicated when the tears are burning the opposite indication). The skin can mission is to build bridges and irritating but the nasal discharge is appear purplish, and the itching can be between holistic healing, conventional medicine, and conversely mild and bland. Cough occurs a function of a failure of the rash to fully spirituality. He is the author of during the daytime but is better at night emerge. Green Medicine: Challenging the Assumptions of in bed. Conventional Health Care, and Gelsemium: Clues that indicate this his new book is Metaphysics & Medicine: Restoring Taking a remedy Freedom of Thought to the Art and Science of medicine include chills, fatigue, great It is preferable to use a low to medium Healing. He is Clinical Assistant Professor at New drowsiness, an overall lack of thirst, and range potency of the indicated remedy York Medical College and past president of the Homeopathic Medical Society of the State of New headache in the back of the head. The (for example: 12X, 12c, 30X, 30c). A few York. Website: www.SpiritScienceHealing.com

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I LOOK FORWARD TO THE SHORT WORKDAY I SCHEDULE ON FRIDAYS in the warmer months, starting in late spring. It’s kind of a relaxed winding down into the weekend. On this particular summer Friday, I was having a great day. By that I mean that returning patients were getting better from homeopathic treatment. One such woman had even driven hundreds of miles to see me. Sore No More– Clearing Canker Sores Mouth ulcer mystery & misery solved

by JOSEPH KELLERSTEIN, DC, ND, FCAH, CCH

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What causes these small ulcers inside the mouth? No one knows for sure, but they often appear when we’re run down or stressed…

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Homeopathy had worked so well for him— two years of cure after a short course of the remedy…

Knock, knock … I was about ten minutes into meeting with her when there was a strange knock at the door. My associate’s receptionist poked her head in: “I’m sorry to interrupt, but there is a patient at the front desk saying he needs a refi ll on a remedy you gave him…?” After excusing myself and walking toward the front desk, my face assumed a rather quizzical frown. Who was this person and why was he interrupting us? “Hello, I’m sure you won’t remember, but two years ago you treated me for a problem and cured it. Well it seems to have come back just yesterday! I was hoping you would refi ll this bottle,” the man said. The small glass vial had a worn label—“Ars. alb. 30.” Sure enough, I did recognize the writing. I found his chart in the ominously labeled “dead fi les,” and after checking his returning symptoms, I refi lled the bottle with the instruction to come back if the remedy did not work speedily. A quick nod, and he was off to struggling in Friday afternoon traffi c. As his case slowly crept back into my aging memory, a swell of interest followed. Arsenicum album 30c had worked so well for him—two years of cure after a short course of the remedy—that I decided there may be a useful point or two in sharing his story here. Fear and a furrow “The uncertainty made my daughter saddened and scared,” Mason’s misery Mason told me. I didn’t quite buy that one. As he repeated the Mason was 61 years old when he fi rst came to see me. A tall, ath- words “saddened and scared,” the lines on his forehead deepened letic man with a handsomely lined face and neat silver hair, he and his lower lip pursed, leaving me with the distinct impression was impressive and well put together—a fi tting appearance for that in fact it was he who was experiencing fear. When your the CEO for sales of a large local company. specialist-doc expresses concern about an ongoing but unidenti- His chief complaint was a painful mouth ulcer. He had been fi ed process in your body—one that creates ulcers—your mind suffering with the problem for two years—large mouth ulcers could easily wander toward fearing a cancerous process. And, to that came and went but never resolved. Mason had made his way me, Mason seemed deeply fearful about what was going on in to a specialist to be examined. The doctor had expressed concern his body. (“something is going on …”) but was not sure what and did not Mason told me that whenever an ulcer appeared in his mouth, offer effective treatment. “It eats its way into a furrow.” He described the pain as severe, burning, and diffi cult to relieve. The sores usually (but not always) cropped up on the left side and had a whitish coating, he added. On inspection, I was a bit surprised to see this thing about 1.5 to 2 inches in length on his upper gums. It was angry and deep. Mason had been taking supplemental lysine (an amino acid that can help ward off cold sores from the herpes virus) for several months at the request of his daughter. The lysine had improved the pain but not the frequency, intensity, or duration of the mouth ulcers, he said. When I asked if he had any other symptoms related to or con- One tiny canker sore current with the mouth ulcers, he said that whenever the ulcers really fl ared up in size and pain, his bowel movements were can hurt like heck, softer and contained brownish mucus. Mason had a past medical history of appendicitis and kidney especially if we eat stones. Other symptoms he reported were occasional cramps in his calves that could be made better by walking, and stiffness of acidic or spicy foods. his fi ngers in cold weather.

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Now what? Please note that in the top four positions That’s it folks—his case was short but to the point. So let’s look at of this chart, I have placed the symptoms the symptoms I considered and the repertory chart that resulted, that I consider to be the most characteristic, shall we? valuable, and striking for this case—also called the “genius of the case” or the “guiding symptoms”—as Hahnemann taught us. They are: phagedenic mouth ulcers, mouth ulcers on the gums, burning mouth ulcers, and stool with brown mucus. The additional symptoms in the chart (white mouth ulcers, leg cramps, and painful extremities on becoming cold) are more helpful for confi rming our remedy choice than for Now the remedies Arsenicum album and Nux vomica seem to actually guiding us to the remedy. be neck and neck in this horse race with nothing too compelling to differentiate between them. Painful but to the point However, what do we do with this statement of our guy when After looking over this new repertory chart, it becomes painfully he says, “it eats its way into a furrow,” which was confi rmed on (sorry) obvious that only Arsenicum fi ts. Arsenicum album is a observation? In the old homeopathic literature, an ulcer that eats remedy well known for its indication of burning pains and its its way along was called “phagedenic.” And as it happens, there ability to help this type of “phagedenic ulcer” in the mouth. is such a rubric in the repertory: “Mouth ulcers, phagedenic.” We can see from the chart that two other remedies—Mercu- When we add this to the mix, the repertory chart looks like this: rius and Sulphur—also fi t Mason’s top three symptoms. Individ- uals who benefi t from Sulphur tend to complain of being easily too warm, especially in bed at night—but that was not true of Mason. People who are helped by Mercurius tend to have mouth odor, increased salivation, and tooth imprints on the margins of the tongue—but Mason had none of those. Mason’s statement that his daughter was “scared for him” reinforced my choice of Arsenicum and made me feel quite set- tled about the prescription. It indicated a man with a deep fear

Take the Sting out of the Sores

3 Soothing CALENDULA—Calendula tincture, made from the English marigold and well-known for its healing and antiseptic properties, may be used as a mouthwash when you have canker sores. Self-Help Place 10 drops of mother tincture in a glass of room temperature water and use as a rinse Steps 1after brushing (or more often as needed). Adding one-half teaspoon of baking soda to the mouthwash is an additional option that can be soothing to canker sore sufferers.

HYDRASTIS CANADENSIS—Hydrastis tincture, made from the root of the goldenseal plant, has a long history of use in Native American, herbal, and homeopathic traditions for its healing and antiseptic properties. Place 10 to 30 drops in a glass of water and use as a mouthwash 2(do not swallow). This often helps the pain and speeds healing. YOGURT—Some people with canker sores use yogurt with its probiotics as a mouthwash and 3to soothe pain, as well as to help improve mouth ﬂ ora. HomeopathyCenter.org • Homeopathy TODAY 21 Spring 2015

Recurring mouth ulcers are a clear indication for the need to consult an experienced homoeopath.

of a deadly process going on inside and consequent anxiety. remedy for people with “miserly tendencies.” I have to admit This kind of fear of impending incurable disease is a well- that, at the time, I kind of hoped he would eventually need to known hallmark of people who benefi t from come back for a refi ll—maybe I would consider raising the fee! taking homeopathic Arsenicum. It is now over 7 years and Mason has not returned. Hopefully In retrospect, the fact that Mason the cure is permanent. had the “chutzpah” to come back in this way after two years ABOUT THE AUTHOR without making an Joseph Kellerstein, DC, ND, FCAH, CCH, graduated appointment or pay- chiropractic college in 1980 and naturopathic medicine in ing for a follow-up 1984. Having studied homeopathy as part of the naturopathic curriculum, it was love at fi rst sight. He visit further con- continues to be passionate about studying homeopathy as fi rms the prescrip- well as sharing it, by lecturing worldwide as well as teaching his own post-graduate program. Most important to him is tion, as Arsenicum is his full-time Ontario practice and his patients who allow also well-known as a him to share their journey to health.

Cankers Away, Please! The scoop on mouth sores

“Ooooh, I can’t eat that orange has nothing to offer the canker sore suf- Sulphuric acid: The mouth ulcers today. It really stings my mouth!” ferer besides topical analgesics or cortico- are whitish or yellowish. They bleed easily Most of us know the feeling—one tiny steroids to reduce pain and inﬂ ammation. on contact (similar to Borax). The per- canker sore can hurt like heck, especially Recurring mouth ulcers are a clear son’s breath is bad and they have lots of if we eat acidic or spicy foods. indication for the need to consult an saliva (similar to Mercurius). The person What causes these small ulcers inside experienced homoeopath. We interpret herself is overall weak and hurried. the mouth? No one knows for sure, this sign as an important indicator that the Kali bichromicum: This remedy is but they often appear when we’re run body is out of “tune” and needs its health useful where the ulcers are larger and down or stressed, so the immune system improved through careful and individual- have a regular border. The ulcer looks as if surely plays a role. Food allergies, vitamin ized treatment. it is “punched out” by a cookie cutter; it is deﬁ ciencies, minor injuries from dental There are many possible remedy surrounded by redness. At the base of the work, and even toothpaste (sodium laurel choices, and a homeopath will consider ulcer is a yellowish or yellow-green coating. sulfate) have been implicated as possible the totality of the person’s symptoms— Mercurius solubilis: The person is triggers. often more than just the canker sores— thirsty despite having excess salivation Also known as aphthous ulcers or before selecting a remedy. Here are a including drooling onto the pillow at night. aphthae, canker sores are not contagious few of the more commonly used homeo- The saliva may be thicker than usual. The and are not the same as “cold sores” or pathic remedies for canker sores of the breath is bad, and the person may com- “fever blisters” (which appear outside the mouth. plain of a metallic taste in the mouth. The mouth on the lips and are attributed to Borax: This is the most frequently tongue margins retain the imprint of the the herpes virus). In most cases, canker cited remedy in the homeopathic literature teeth. The ulcer pains may sores are fairly mild and go away on their for mouth ulcers. The sores are very pain- be burning and are generally own in one to three weeks. ful on contact, especially to acid and salty worse at night. For some unlucky folks like our guy foods. The mouth is hot. The ulcers may Nitric acid: Mason in the story above, however, mouth bleed easily on contact. The mouth ulcers The mouth ulcers ulcers are severe, extremely painful, and often occur in children who are teething; in are red and bleed- recurring; this tendency can also run in infants, the pain from the ulcers can pre- ing; there is prick- families. Conventional medicine typically vent the child from nursing. ing pain.

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Matt: Itching for an answer talking at work.” His hoarseness tended to When the Santa Ana winds The Santa Ana winds were whipping up get worse at night. strongly in 2013 when a 45-year-old phys- Matt reported feeling miserably itchy blow strongly, many ical therapist we’ll call “Matt” ﬁrst came during allergy season—on his skin, on to see me. Tall, lean, and athletic, he com- the roof of his mouth, in the back of his people feel more prickly plained of worsening allergy symptoms throat, in his nose, and in his eyes—and that were dragging him down. Even as he he wanted to rub these areas for relief. “I and irritable. talked, I could hear a raspy quality in his tend to scratch a lot because scratching voice. “I’ve had hay fever and allergies off makes the itch feel better, and then my and on for as long as I can remember,” he skin will end up irritated. But scratching said, “but they seem to be getting worse. might also be kind of a nervous habit … And this scratchy voice is a new one. It just something I do when I’m anxious,” he started about a month ago, and it really said. “And I guess I’m anxious a lot.” bothers me because I have to do a lot of Matt reported having congestion in

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everything,” he said. “I overthink things. was always a sensitive kid. Probably over- They miss work, abandon Just whatever comes to my mind or sto- sensitive … I would never fi ght back … In bike rides and outdoor ries that I hear—I keep thinking about high school I had a girlfriend and it wasn’t them and mulling them over. Like, I working out. I fi nally broke up with her activities, and hole up can’t watch the news because it makes me but I hated doing it. I just hated to have to too sad. People don’t usually know that break her heart. I was so sad afterwards inside their homes running about me though because I keep it inside. that I didn’t date again for two years. … When I’m worrying, I don’t say anything. I’m still like that. I have a lot of sympathy, air conditioners and air I just sit there and rub my forehead really or maybe empathy, for people. Like I feel hard or pull out the hairs on my arm or so bad for my patients with severe injuries filters … pinch my ear and ponder—and hope I … I tend to ‘live’ other people’s pain.” don’t implode. My muscles, especially my Work was a source of anxiety, too, his nose, with a runny, clear discharge, shoulders, can get tense, too.” because Matt’s day was heavily scheduled but no burning. He felt rundown with his Matt talked about his younger days: “I with patients, recordkeeping, presenta- seasonal allergy symptoms and didn’t feel like doing his usual strenuous workouts. Even so, he was still exercising to some degree as, “at least it helps clear out the gunk in my nose!” he said. “Look at my eyes,” he added. “They’re Your Allergy Action Plan all red and irritated and I’ve got these dark circles. I’ve had that off and on with In addition to using homeopathy, my top sufferer lives in a dry climate, but do check the changing seasons since I was 19.” His choice for addressing seasonal allergies, your home’s humidity levels and take action if allergies were worse in the springtime you may want to consider these additional necessary. and better during winter; they were also steps for self-help: worse during thunderstorms. ❸ TRY LOCAL, RAW HONEY. Matt was very interested in natural ❶ IRRIGATE YOUR NOSE & SINUSES. Go to your local farmer’s market, co-op, or healing and had already been conscien- This is such a simple but effective way to allay natural foods store to fi nd raw, locally-harvested tiously irrigating his nasal passages with allergy symptoms. Pollen, dust, and mold settle honey. If you have a choice, choose the honey saline water, using a neti pot to clear in our sinuses; by simply washing them out reg- that comes from hives closest to where you away pollen and irritants. He had also ularly, the allergens won’t be sitting there making live. Honeybees in search of nectar visit many tried eating local honey and bee pollen to our immune systems work overtime. You can different plants and fl owers before returning build up a tolerance to it, but that hadn’t get a ceramic neti pot or plastic squeeze bottle to the hive, so your local honey contains trace helped his symptoms as he’d hoped. for this purpose at any drugstore or natural foods amounts of pollen unique to your area. Many When his allergies got really bad, he took store, along with powder-packets to combine allergy sufferers have found relief by taking the over-the-counter antihistamine Clar- with warm water to make a buffered saline solu- one daily teaspoon of local, raw honey per itin®, which did improve the itchiness tion. If you are prone to allergies, irrigate morning day. In my experience, this works very well for and nasal congestion considerably. He’d and evening during allergy season. (Also: bathe some people but not for others, so experiment also tried the decongestant Sudafed® in at the end of the day to wash off unseen aller- and see if it works for you. Caution: if you are the past but didn’t like the jittery feelings gens on your body and in your hair.) diabetic or pre-diabetic or you have any blood and racing heart he’d experienced (not sugar regulation diffi culties, you may want to uncommon side-effects for this over-the- ❷ HUMIDIFY. severely reduce the dosage or avoid this option counter drug). “I try to avoid drugs in When our nasal passages and mucous mem- altogether since honey is very high in sugars. general though because I’m the one who branes get dried out, we are more susceptible (Another possibility is to fi nd and take local bee always gets the side effects!” he said. to allergies because the membranes can’t self- pollen instead.) clean very well. Southern California’s Santa Ana A sensitive, anxious guy winds are notoriously hot, dry, and laden with ❹ USE SUPPORTIVE HERBS & NUTRIENTS. I asked Matt to tell me more about his allergens, so using a humidifi er indoors and a Many different herbs and nutrients can help to anxiousness. “I really am an optimist, HEPA air fi lter, especially where you sleep, is a reduce allergy symptoms including: but at the same time, I worry about good idea. Of course, not every seasonal allergy s Quercetin: This biofl avonoid helps to

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Patients begin streaming into my San Diego clinic complaining of stuffed noses, burning eyes, and dry scratchy throats.

tions, and more. He tried hard to “do it friends, and family—as well as having Matt’s sensitivity to touch extended all and do it well. It’s important for me them reassure him— helped greatly. to his clothing: “I always search for the to do things right. I try to stay on top Exercise, relaxation on weekends, and a softest t-shirts, underwear, and so on. I of everything. Maybe I’m kind of a per- more balanced work schedule could help like the really soft stuff.” fectionist that way…but often things get reduce his worries. He also loved to be away from me, and that just makes me massaged: “There is something about Big appetite, big thirst more tense.” being touched and rubbed that is very Although Matt was slim and in good When Matt got really anxious, he soothing. I’ve always felt that way. It’s shape, he had quite an appetite for food. sometimes had digestive problems, such a big stress reliever.” Drinking caffeine He ate often (probably 6 or 7 times as diarrhea, a stomachache, or a feeling made his anxiety worse, and he tended a day) and a lot. “If I don’t eat often, of nausea; or he got really hot and sweaty to avoid it because he was very sensitive my energy sags,” he said. He especially and felt “trapped.” to it. Interestingly, Matt noticed that craved sandwiches, watermelon, and When asked what relieved his anxi- he tended to be thirstier when he was lemonade, and he loved salty food. If he ety, Matt said that being with his wife, anxious. binged on sweets, he would get canker

❺ STEPS TO SOOTHE SEASONAL ALLERGIES, NATURALLY

inhibit the body’s allergic response and the nettle leaf, Vitamin C, and bromelain, along with release of histamine—the cause of the familiar N-Acetyl-L-Cysteine (which thins mucus), when itchy or streaming allergy symptoms. Typical taken as directed on the bottle. adult dose during allergy season: from 600 to 6000 mg per day, in divided doses, on an ❺ #/.3)$%235",).'5!,)--5./4(%2!09 empty stomach. (Quercetin is often paired with )3/0!4(9 the enzyme bromelain to increase absorption.) Allergy specialists often use immunotherapy to s .ETTLE ,EAF This herb has been used attempt to desensitize a patient to known aller- to successfully alleviate allergy symptoms in gens. In the U.S., allergists typically use blood dosages of 300 mg freeze-dried nettle leaf 2 tests or scratch tests to determine the specifi c to 3 times per day, or 2 to 4 ml of tincture 3 substances that cause allergies in a person; then times per day. they give the person repeated injections that s "UTTERBUR A few scientifi c studies have contain tiny amounts of these substances. Over found this herb to be as effective as Allegra® time, the person may become less reactive to or Zyrtec® against hay fever. But you must use the allergens. In Europe, allergists tend to use it with caution, being very careful to obtain the a less painful and invasive method; instead of correct form; only use a standardized extract giving “allergy shots,” they give repeated doses from a reputable source that has been processed of sublingual “allergy drops” (diluted solutions of to remove potentially dangerous chemicals called pyr- the exact allergens for that person). Homeopaths rolizidine alkaloids; it should be certifi ed “PA-free.” might think of this method as “isopathy” (giving Do not use during pregnancy or breastfeeding. small amounts of the same substance that Typical adult dose is 50 to 75 mg twice daily. causes an illness) as distinct from homeopathy s6ITAMIN# This well-known vitamin has an (giving small, succussed amounts of a substance antihistamine effect. Typical adult dose: 2000 that causes a “similar” illness). If you have tried mg (or to bowel tolerance) per day in divided other avenues for help with allergies and have doses. not found relief, you might want to fi nd a practi- s .ATURAL $ (IST I have had good results tioner who provides sublingual immunotherapy. prescribing this supplement formula (by Ortho (The sublingual immunotherapy company that I Molecular Products) that contains quercetin, work with is SeroSLIT.)

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Besides, as we talked, it became clear In addition, as I do with all my patients, that anxiety was a prominent problem for I talked with him about nutritional and Matt, perhaps more so than his allergies. lifestyle factors. For example, Matt had And as his story unfolded, it also became told me that he rarely made time for clear that he had many very strong gen- lunch at work, instead eating in between eral symptoms (i.e., relating to the whole patients, shoveling in a bite here and person, not just the allergies) and mental/ there. I suggested he schedule a defi- emotional symptoms that he’d had for a nite lunch break and eat slowly, rather long time, perhaps his whole life. I knew than hurriedly; likewise, that he create that these symptoms were more likely to more boundaries to protect his time and hold the key to finding a remedy for Matt. mental state, thereby helping to balance They included: his overall health. For example, since he sBEINGVERYSYMPATHETICTOOTHERS seemed overworked in his physical ther- sANXIETYESPECIALLYWHENALONEBUT apy practice, perhaps he could outsource relieved by the company and conso- something to free up some time. Also, lation of others turning off the TV and the computer sOVERSENSITIVITYTOEXTERNALIMPRES- and putting away the work reports by sions (e.g., the news) and the 8 p.m. every night would allow him environment (e.g., rough vs. soft to be present with his wife and fam- clothing) ily; this “winding-down” time could sSENSITIVITYTOCAFFEINEANDDRUGSIDE be especially helpful for Matt since he “Scratching might also effects tended to have anxious thoughts and be sDESIRETOBERUBBED TOUCHED MAS- oversensitive to media. I also suggested be kind of a nervous saged that he meditate at least 5 minutes a day. sDESIRETOEATDRINKCOLD REFRESHING One way to easily incorporate that into habit … something I do things (e.g., watermelon, lemonade) his life might be to use one of the many when I’m anxious.” sTHIRSTFORICECOLDDRINKS iPhone and Android apps available for sDESIREFORSALTYFOOD meditation, relaxation, or guided visu- sARAVENOUSAPPETITEANDFEELING alization. sores in his mouth. As for his thirst, worse from fasting (needing to eat 6 Matt said: “I drink fairly often, mostly or 7 times a day). A clear voice water. I used to drink it ice cold, but All these symptoms are well-known When Matt returned four weeks later, now I stick to room temp because I read indicators for the homeopathic polychrest I immediately noticed his voice—no that it’s better for you. So I only have ice remedy, Phosphorus. People who benefit hoarseness. “That’s right,” he said. “I’m water now as a treat.” from this remedy are typically very open, happy to say that my voice has made a optimistic, sympathetic, sensitive people comeback! It’s been normal for at least Choosing a remedy for Matt who are easily affected by outside influ- two weeks.” About his other allergy Matt had come to me seeking help for ences, which can bring on anxiety, as was symptoms, he reported: “Well, they’re his allergy symptoms, but after inves- true for Matt. In addition, two of Matt’s probably a little better… a bit less itching tigating them, I noted that they were allergy symptoms strongly confirmed a and the eyes are a little less irritated… not that unusual or remarkable—and prescription of Phosphorus: hoarseness but my nose is still congested…” therefore would probably not be the key and feeling worse during thunderstorms. What about the anxiety and intru- symptoms for pointing me to a partic- So, although Phosphorus may not be one sive thoughts? “Oh, now that’s where ular homeopathic remedy. He did have of the remedies that immediately comes I’m feeling much better. I’m managing itchiness in the roof of his mouth, so I to mind for symptomatic relief of aller- better somehow…” Matt said. “I’ve been might have considered one of the symp- gies, I was very comfortable choosing it really busy at work and had even more tomatic remedies for seasonal allergies for Matt since it fit his entire symptom stress than usual, but somehow I just feel like Wyethia or Arundo (described on profile so well. page 30)—known for the indication of I also suggested that extreme itchiness in the roof of the Balancing work/home life & mouth. But his itchy palate didn’t seem meals he meditate at least 5 that intense to make me choose one of I gave Matt one dose of Phosphorus 30c those remedies. and asked him to return in one month. minutes a day.

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Many allergy sufferers have found relief like I’m handling the pace well and not by taking one daily letting things get to me like before. That remedy you gave me must have helped. teaspoon of local, My shoulders don’t feel as tense either… Even though the allergies are still bug- raw honey per day. ging me, I just feel better overall.” Matt’s anxiety and hoarseness had improved a lot. I took this and the fact that he felt better overall as a good sign that he had reacted positively to the remedy. He was still experiencing some bothersome allergy symptoms though, so I gave him another dose of Phosphorus 30c to stimulate his body to heal further. after I took the remedy. I think I need to about the ﬂight, not sleeping for a few We also talked about his diet, such as take it again.” I gave him another dose of nights beforehand, and generally driv- cutting back on sugary snacks to main- Phosphorus 30c. ing me crazy … This time he was way tain good blood sugar levels and eating When Matt returned one month later, calmer—not only while we were getting regular, well-balanced meals—where his nasal congestion, itchiness, and irri- ready but even on the plane. What a each meal includes a healthy protein, tated eyes were about 90% improved. difference!” healthy carbohydrate, healthy greens/ His dark circles around his eyes had dis- colorful veggies, and healthy fat. I also appeared. “This is great!” he said. “Nor- Away with allergies & anxiety pointed him to my YouTube channel mally I’d be so miserable at this time of It has now been almost two years since where he could learn more from the year. My brother was complaining about Matt started homeopathic treatment. many videos I’ve posted there to help how bad his allergies are right now—but The Santa Ana winds are strong again my patients and others incorporate these I hardly notice anything!” right now in San Diego, gusting up to 60 healthy habits into their lives. (Search mph and pushing temperatures well into YouTube for Dr. Elana Gelman.) Pleased to make progress the 80s. Patients are streaming into my I continue to see Matt periodically; he ofﬁce once again seeking help for their Better and better has maintained his improvements and streaming noses and eyes and their irri- When Matt returned the following continues to make strides with occa- tated throats. month, his allergies were no longer get- sional doses of Phosphorus 30c. We work Matt, however, is not bothered by ting the better of him: “They’re not together on his healthy eating and life- the Santa Ana winds. No longer is he completely gone but they’re pretty mild, style goals, and I keep him accountable miserable with allergic, itchy eyes, skin, by comparison. I think they’re at least for meditating (he’s up to 20 minutes mouth, throat, hoarseness, etc. No lon- 50-60% better.” And his anxiety? “I’m a day!), taking real lunch breaks, and ger is he missing out on outdoor exer- still doing really well on that score,” turning off his “work-mode” at 8 p.m. cise. Matt’s anxious feelings are much he said, “but I felt best the week or two Matt is so pleased with his progress that reduced and he’s doing extremely well he referred his wife and sons to me, too. overall. This is an example of the type of His ravenous hunger has diminished and whole-person-healing that homeopathy When Matt returned four he no longer needs to eat so frequently. can offer allergy sufferers! (I don’t know whether to attribute this weeks later, I immediately to homeopathic treatment or his dietary ABOUT THE AUTHOR noticed his voice—no changes based on my recommendations, or both.) Elana Gelman, ND, is the Founder and Medical Director hoarseness. Matt’s wife is especially impressed of Nourish ~ A Center for with the improvements in her husband’s Balanced Living, where she and her team offer a wide anxiety levels. “When Matt takes his array of tools and programs Phosphorus, I really notice the differ- for attaining a balanced and healthy life. One of her most ence,” she told me. “Remember he took utilized tools for people of all a dose before we went on that trip to ages—from babies to the elderly—is classical homeopathy. Check out Dr. Puerto Rico? Well he’s usually a bag of Elana Gelman’s YouTube Channel for more than nerves before we leave—stressing out 100 free videos where she loves sharing healthy lifestyle advice with you and your family! about what to pack, incredibly antsy www.Nourish-Center.com

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8 GREAT tions for Your HOMEOPATHIC HEALERS Solu Seasonal Allergies by ELANA GELMAN, ND omeopathy is my top choice for stopping seasonal allergies! Check out the 8 commonly-used Natrum mur. Your nose runs profusely and remedies for allergies below. Although this is only a small sample of the many remedies that the discharge looks like raw egg whites; after a Ha homeopath would consider to treat your condition, you might get lucky and fi nd relief using few days, your nose may stop up. Dry, chapped one of them. lips, dry mouth, and possible cold sores. You Symptom relief is fantastic, of course! But wouldn’t you rather be free of the tendency to get sneeze a lot and don’t like being in bright light seasonal allergies in the fi rst place?! Because allergies tend to be a chronic, complex condition, or sunlight (photophobia). Your eyes water you will have better chances of ridding yourself of seasonal allergies for good if you see a quali- when outside or in the wind. You may have fi ed homeopath, who will carefully individualize treatment to all of you, not just your allergies—as recently suffered an emotional setback or may demonstrated in the case example in these pages. Like my patient Matt, you may reap rewards in feel a bit down/depressed, and you’d really more than just your allergies! rather not be around others. Nux vomica. Your nose runs all day but The following fi ve remedies tend to be used Sabadilla. You have terrible, prolonged stuffs up at night or outdoors; the stuffi ness for symptomatic relief of allergies, when your bouts of sneezing along with a runny nose. may alternate between nostrils. Even though symptoms match: You may have a frontal sinus headache, too. stuffed up, your nose may feel irritated by a Allium cepa. If your eyes and nose run like a Your eyes may be red, burning, and watery. burning discharge. You may feel very irritable, faucet, or as if you were chopping onions, this You feel better from warm food and drinks. chilly, and over-sensitive to stimulation—you remedy is for you. Your watery, tearing eyes Wyethia. Your nose and throat as well can’t bear light, noise, odors, and touch. You don’t burn; a clear nasal discharge irritates or as the roof of your mouth itch intensely and feel worse after eating and often have accom- burns your upper lip. Violent sneezing. Tickling you fi nd yourself trying to scratch it with your panying digestive complaints. cough with sharp, sticking pain in the larynx. tongue. Marked dryness in the throat and back You feel worse in a warm room and better in of the nose; the throat may feel swollen; you Taking the remedies: cool, open air. try to clear your throat constantly but it brings Take 1 dose of one of these remedies in the Arundo. The roof of your mouth feels no relief. 30c strength and wait at least a day while annoyingly itchy, as do your nostrils and the watching for any changes; if you see no base of the nose; they might also burn. Your The following 3 remedies are also used improvement, take another dose and repeat eyes and ear canals might also itch and burn. for symptomatic relief of allergies, but they the process of waiting and watching for at least You may sneeze a lot and lose your sense of have more potential to address the chronic, a day. If you see no improvement after 3 doses, smell. underlying condition that makes a person wait for 2 weeks; sometimes the body takes Euphrasia. Your eyes are extremely susceptible to allergies in the fi rst place: that long to trigger a healing response. Reas- infl amed with redness, burning, itching, and Arsenicum. You have a thin, watery, burning sess at the 2-week point. If you have some an acrid discharge that’s often thick. Your nose nasal discharge dripping from your nose, which relief but not enough, or if you had improve- may run profusely but the discharge doesn’t might be stopped up at the same time. You ment but you regressed, take another dose; if burn. You tend to feel worse during the day and sneeze because of a tickle in one spot, but it you have no improvement, consider using a better at night. brings no relief. You may have burning pains in different remedy or seeking professional help. your nose, eyes, throat, or elsewhere, which are Note: The above dosing strategy fi ts the relieved by heat or hot drinks. You chronic, ongoing way that most people expe- may be very thirsty but you rience allergies. If a person’s allergies were only take small sips. You brand new and very acute/intense, I would may be anxious, restless, use a different strategy more appropriate for fearful, and needy. You acute conditions—starting with a higher rem- feel chilly and are gener- edy strength (e.g., 200c) and repeat- ally worse from midnight ing the dose more frequently, as till 2 p.m. needed, to match the intensity of the person’s symptoms. I’d expect a quicker response to the remedy, too.

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We made it Left: Bob and Judyth Reichenberg- to the top!” Ullman on Volcán Villarrica in Chile.

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the-beaten track, did instill in me a lifetime Whenever I see a love of animals and a backpacking mom out in secret desire to hang the wilderness with baby out with wild cats. It on her back, I marvel at was during a stint as the wonderful fortune a VISTA volunteer (the of the young hiker-to-be. U.S. version of the Peace I grew up in suburban Corps back in 1970) in St. Louis and the closest El Paso, Texas, that a I got to a hike, much less boyfriend turned me on a trek or a backpack, to backpacking, which was weekly trips to the has been a vital part of Forest Park Zoo! That my life ever since. exposure, though far from rugged and off- PHOTOS COURTESY OF JUDYTH REICHENBERG-ULLMAN COURTESY OF PHOTOS

Seasoned trekkers share insider travel, hiking, and backpacking tips

View of the Lanin and Lonquimay volcanoes, as seen by Judyth and Bob from the summit of Volcán Villarrica in Chile. HomeopathyCenter.org • Homeopathy TODAY 33 Spring 2015

Just chalked up my first or ruin the hike, or even be dangerous. So be sure to pack your lightweight active volcano hike two homeopathic self-care kit! I always recommend taking a kit containing 35 to months ago—Villarrica 50 remedies, rather than guessing at the four or fi ve remedies you might end up in Chile. needing. Kits are small, weigh under a pound, and, like the right gear, can make Hiking can change your life! or break the comfort and success of your Hiking is a magical, fabulous form of hike! Of course, bring a conventional exercise, a perfect way to pry yourself fi rst-aid kit, too, to meet your specifi c away from cell phones and computers, needs. an opportunity to push yourself to your Now I will cut to the chase and dis- limit—and, usually, it’s FREE! At most, cuss the problems you are most likely “Adorable girls we met on our 6-day trek through the High Atlas Mountains of you’ll pay a modest entrance fee to a to experience hiking in the backcoun- Morocco.” —Judyth Reichenberg-Ullman hiking trail, national forest, or park; the try and how to treat yourself and your price of gas shared with your hiking bud- companions (excluding frostbite, which dies; and the cost of the gear and munch- was covered in depth in the Winter 2013 ies of your choice. Hiking can change issue of Homeopathy Today). If you tend your life! Check out these three fl icks for to be more of an armchair trekker whose inspiration: Wild, El Camino, and Mile… most strenuous hike of the year is a stroll Mile & a Half (the latter, especially if you through the local nature preserve, please are a John Muir fan). read on. You never know when one of I remember decades ago, on a trail in our hard-won travel tips might come in the backwoods, running into a group of handy for you or a loved one. hikers who appeared to be remarkably fi t and happy campers in their late-70s Sprains, strains, and sore muscles and early-80s. Then and there, I set that Even if you are a seasoned hiker and go Bob Ullman with trekking guide, Laksa, as a goal for myself. Our 86-year-old ultra-light, you can easily turn an ankle in the High Atlas Mountains of Morocco. friend and neighbor on Whidbey Island or lose your footing while traversing slip- near Seattle still hikes avidly wherever pery, wet rock or crossing loose shale. she can fi nd a buddy to join her, and PREVENTION: Take one or two sturdy she switched from overnight-backpack- hiking poles. They make downhill climb- ing to day-hiking only last year! I’m a ing much easier and more secure and youngster by comparison: just chalked can be lifesavers when fording streams! up my fi rst active volcano hike two Whether you choose to pack one or two months ago—Villarrica in Chile—and poles is a matter of personal preference. am planning to hike part of El Camino Though it may seem obvious, watch de Santiago in Spain next year, to cele- where you walk; pace yourself; choose brate my husband Bob’s 65th and our 30th comfy, well-broken-in shoes or boots; anniversary. and don’t pack more than you need. In Woman carrying a huge load in the High You don’t have to be a marathoner or fact, two through-hikers on a jaunt from Atlas Mountains of Morocco. an iron pumper to take up hiking! Just the Washington-Canadian border to invest in a good pair of hiking shoes or Mexico on the Pacifi c Crest Trail shared boots, sensible clothing to wear in layers, some brief words of wisdom when I met and a lightweight and comfortable pack. them near Mt. Rainier a couple of years Then fi nd a walking companion, get a ago: Pack based on solid information map, a compass, and a few other safety rather than fear. Know where you will items, and off you go. You just breathe fi nd your next water source. Take light and put one foot in front of the other. shoes (even cross trainers) rather than heavy hiking boots (but with crampons if Treating yourself on the trail you anticipate snow). And plan on being No one wants to get sick on a trip, but really grungy. I add: get an early start if it happens on the trail, it can impair to avoid hiking in the dark, don’t push

Two-toned sheep graze in the Moroccan High Atlas Mountains. … a perfect way to pry yourself away from cell phones and computers, an opportunity to push yourself to your limit.

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I always recommend taking a kit containing 35 to Savvy Travelers 50 remedies, rather than guessing at the four or five remedies you might end up needing. Share Tips & Tricks beyond your limit, and stretch before If Arnica NEW BOOK: you set off hiking. If prone to strains or doesn’t do the sprains, take a knee brace just in case. trick, consider: Better safe than sorry. s "RYONIA (hops) – The Savvy HOMEOPATHY: Hands down, the For painful strains, sprains, Traveler’s number-one hiking remedy is, no sur- and injuries that are painless as long as prise, Arnica montana (leopard’s bane). you don’t move, and are worse from any Guide According to European folklore, Arnica movement at all. came into use when shepherds noticed s 2HUS TOX (poison ivy) – Think “rusty that their mountain sheep and goats gate syndrome,” for sprains and strains rushed to ingest the Arnica plant after with stiffness and pain, that feel better y husband Bob and I suffering a fall. Homeopathically pre- from moving, stretching, and ﬂ exing. Mput together a small pared Arnica is invaluable for sprains, A true tale of healing: One of my homeopathic and strains, and plain old sore muscles (pretty favorite road warrior muscle sprain naturopathic Nature Cure Kit & inevitable on a backpacking trip). It’s also tales happened while running to catch Guide in 1984, shortly after we met. excellent for sore, painful bruises, inju- a (moving) bus from Quito to Otavalo We used it successfully both on and ries from overexertion or falls, and shock in Ecuador. We were on our way to have off the beaten paths, as did many after injury. a reunion with an Ecuadoran shaman, of our friends and patients. Arnica all around: Five of us enjoyed Don Joaquin Pineda (who we had met a wonderful four-day backpacking trip back home in Washington State), just Now some 30 years later, with last autumn in Mt. Rainier National Park. before spending a bare-basic week in the that much more adventure travel The vistas were remarkable and, to our Amazonian jungle with the Huaorani and professional homeopathic and surprise, we enjoyed an up-close and per- Indians. When the bus didn’t come to naturopathic experience under sonal encounter with a big momma bear a halt, I wrenched my right knee and our belts, we decided to update and her three large cubs! On our third heard a snap. Ouch! By the time we the guide. The result is our latest day we reached a sensational lookout, arrived in Otavalo two hours later, I book, The Savvy Traveler’s Guide to with views to die for, and reached camp, was in excruciating pain and in need of Homeopathy and Natural Medicine: twelve miles later, achy and sore. I passed crutches, then, the next day, a wheel- Tips to Stay Healthy Wherever around Arnica 200c, and everyone took chair! It was too late to cancel our Ama- You Go. It covers 68 travel health a dose. We slept like babes in the woods, zon trip. Astoundingly, after spending problems—from allergic reactions to awoke chipper the next morning, hiked a couple of hours chatting with the out after breakfast, and arrived at the shaman that evening and then going West Nile Virus—offering the best car the following day at noon, none the to sleep, I awoke at 2:00 a.m. and was homeopathic remedies as well as worse for wear. It was quite a contrast 90% pain-free! When I questioned Don other natural and preventive tips from many a backpacking trip, before I Joaquin about it the following morning, for each problem. Plus, invaluable knew anything about homeopathy, when he simply responded, “I couldn’t let you secrets ranging from how to I couldn’t wait to ditch my hiking boots suffer, could I?” Incredibly, I was able trim your gear weight (ultra-light for sandals! to venture on to the Huaorani village, backpacking means hauling 25 to 30 pounds instead of 45 to 60), the easiest way to purify water (think You just breathe and put ultraviolet), the safest and most one foot in front of the effective sun protection, and even how to avoid malaria. In short, the other. Take light shoes book is full of our “Tricks of the Travel-Well Trade” to keep you (even cross trainers) healthy wherever you venture and rather than heavy adventure, and to suffer the least possible down time. Learn more at: hiking boots. www.healthyhomeopathy.com Bob and Judyth Reichenberg-Ullman hiking Morocco’s Rif Mountains in 2014.

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where I met with true accounts of pira- nhas and anacondas, and got lessons Bob and Judyth in their sultan and sultana fi nery at the ancient Basilica Cistern in Istanbul, Turkey. in how to hunt monkeys with a blow- gun (thankfully, there were no monkeys a pulse of 180 beats per minute. Heat of the feet, can cool you down. around at the time). You never know exhaustion, which is less severe, is char- HOMEOPATHY: There are two reme- where you will fi nd healing—homeo- acterized by gradual weakness, nausea, dies to consider here, the most common- pathic and beyond! profuse perspiration, anxiety, and faint- ly-used one being Belladonna (deadly ing. The skin is usually cold and clammy, nightshade). It is extremely helpful for Sunstroke and heat exhaustion the pulse weak, and blood pressure low. symptoms of sudden, violent, intense I am a morning hiker! I prefer to get PREVENTION: Drink LOTS of cold body heat with a throbbing or pounding an early start, before the sun kicks in, water if walking in the direct sunlight headache; bright red, hot, dry face; and especially on treks above tree level with or humidity. Do your homework ahead glazed eyes. no shade. On hikes, you will fi nd me of time to make sure you pack enough I remember one hiking trip with a stripped down to shorts and a sleeveless water and know where to replenish your friend in the Cascade Mountains near shirt whenever possible, even if it’s nippy. stores. In the Grand Canyon, for example, Seattle. We got a late start, about 2:00 But I have found myself, on unavoidable there are countless true stories of tragic p.m., and it was way too hot for my com- occasions, hiking under a hot, blazing deaths due to hikers not carrying suf- fort level. Half an hour into the hike, I sun. Listen up! fi cient water. Wear protective sun gear, found myself suffering with a splitting Heatstroke, also called sunstroke, dress cool in cool colors, and wear sun- headache. I wondered if I would need to typically begins with a headache, dizzi- glasses. Avoid eating snacks high in salt. turn back or just stop right there. One ness, and fatigue. Then the skin becomes If you are very thirsty, don’t drink water dose of Belladonna, and I felt myself hot, fl ushed, and dry, and perspiration so quickly that you vomit. Two drops of again after ten minutes. We forged ahead is scant. Breathing and pulse rates can peppermint oil on the back and insides of and completed our weekend backpacking increase quickly, sometimes even up to the neck, inside the wrist, and on the soles adventure happily and successfully. Nearly any homeopathic remedy kit will contain Belladonna because it is such a frequently-used remedy for a variety New App: Natural Travel Doctor of conditions. But not every kit contains the other option for sunstroke or heat Want to travel light? We’re excited about our new exhaustion, Glonoine (nitroglycerin), app, Natural Travel Doctor. It makes the practical helpful for a violent, throbbing headache information from The Savvy Traveler’s Guide of quick onset with blood rushing to the to Homeopathy and Natural head. The key sensation experienced is Medicine available at your “exploding, bursting.” So if you’re plan- fi ngertips on your iPhone or ning a wilderness adventure in a warm, sunny climate, be sure you have this rem- Android smartphone! Just edy with you. choose your travel health LIFESAVER: Heatstroke (sunstroke) problem, or scroll to fi nd can progress to the point of disorienta- your symptoms. Voila! The tion, seizures, and unconsciousness. The best remedies and other body temperature can shoot up quickly natural health tips to help to 104°F (40°C). This is a medical emer- you feel better quickly gency! Collapse of the heart under such appear on your screen. extreme circumstances can result in permanent brain damage or death. Before crisis care arrives, try to cool down the

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person with ice or a cold pack (e.g., from I cannot begin to count the number of times in my a cold stream on the trail) and, certainly, move them out of the sun. life that I have successfully used homeopathicallyPATAGONIA Burns and sunburn prepared Cantharis … It is easy to suffer sunburn on a hike, especially if you are out for a number been amenable, we believe he would have gen, and the worse you are likely to feel. of days, or if you are trekking in the healed more quickly using the homeo- This is especially true if you remain at Southern Hemisphere where the ozone pathic remedy Cantharis. high altitudes for over six hours, and it is layer is thin, as we often do. First-degree HOMEOPATHY: I cannot begin to unpredictable who in your group might burn symptoms are redness, heat, swell- count the number of times in my life suffer. About half of all trekkers will feel ing, and pain. Second-degree symptoms that I have successfully used homeopath- some mild to moderate effects starting at include all of the above plus blistering ically prepared Cantharis (Spanish fl y) for an altitude of 3500 feet, but the strongest and oozing. Third-degree burns show no burns of all kinds. You can use this amaz- risk of AMS generally begins at 8000 feet. blisters, but the skin looks charred black ing remedy for any burn or sunburn, Mild symptoms include headache, or waxy white, possibly with numbness. especially if it is intensely painful. There shortness of breath, nausea, vomiting, Other than sunburn, the main danger for are other remedies that can be taken for appetite loss, fatigue, irritability, and getting burned out in the woods is from burns, but I would always fi rst recom- diffi culty sleeping. More severe symp- campfi res. mend Cantharis, and I don’t believe it is toms include breathlessness, intense PREVENTION: Staving off sunburn is necessary to carry other burn remedies headache, double vision, sleepiness, and essential. The slogan in Australia (whose in your backpacking kit. I do recommend unsteadiness. Remember: AMS can be population is known for the highest rate using Calendula (marigold) cream topi- life-threatening! of skin cancer in the world) is a good cally on fi rst- and second-degree burns, HOMEOPATHY: Homeopathic rem- one: “Slip, Slap, Slop.” That means: slip along with homeopathic Cantharis orally. edies are quite effective in preventing on a tee shirt, slap on a hat, and slop on Defi nitely include both the remedy Can- and treating altitude sickness. By far, the sunscreen! The intelligent use of sun- tharis and the Calendula cream in your most recommended remedy is Erythrox- screens is a controversial topic these days, trail fi rst-aid kit. ylon coca (made from the Coca plant). In however, so it’s best to read up on the sub- fact, its nickname is “the mountaineer’s ject. (For more discussion, see our book Altitude sickness (acute medicine.” Although this remedy is very The Savvy Traveler’s Guide; for up-to- mountain sickness or AMS) safe when taken in homeopathic form, date information on the safest products, Plain and simple: the higher you climb, you won’t fi nd it at a homeopathic phar- visit the Environmental Working Group’s the thinner the air, the less available oxy- macy in the U.S., but you can fi nd it at website, www.ewg.org).______In general, I recommend avoiding sunscreens with retinyl palmitate and oxybenzone, and instead choosing those with titanium dioxide or zinc oxide. One trick is to opt for sunscreens designed for children, as they often contain fewer hormone-dis- rupting chemicals. As I mentioned earlier, we recently bit the bullet (if not now, when?) and climbed Volcán Villarrica, which we admire from our front door the six months of the year when we live in, and telecommute from, our home in Pucón, the adventure capital of Chile. Just fi ve hours north of Patagonia, the ozone layer can be thin. We covered up with sunhats and clothing and faithfully slathered our exposed body parts with Beauty Without Cruelty Broad-Spectrum SPF-30 Sunscreen—a good thing because we hiked up 4 1/2 hours and down another 2 1/2, all in snow and bright sun. A recent Finnish guest was not so fortunate—every part Bob and Judyth Reichenberg-Ullman at of his face that wasn’t covered turned Mount Fitz Roy in Argentine Patagonia. a painful beet red for a week. Had he

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We were able to walk around comfortably for an hour at 17,274 feet, awed by the view of eleven volcanoes.

bundled up) at 17,274 feet, awed by the If you don’t have Erythroxylon coca, view of eleven volcanoes. Last summer, then the homeopathic remedy Arsenicum during a six-day trek in the High Atlas album does fi t the anxiety, restlessness, Mountains of Morocco (up to about 9,000 heart palpitations, chilliness, weakness Judyth and Bob’s altimeter reading in feet), a preventive dose of the remedy from slight exertion, and fear of death the Chilean Andes’ Atacama Desert—an amazingly high 5265 meters or 17,274 feet. helped us maintain our energy and avoid that can come with AMS, and so it can any symptoms of AMS. On our fi ve-hour often be helpful as well. homeopathic pharmacies abroad. ascent of Volcán Villarrica in southern PREVENTION: Though it seems to be Coca in its herbal form is widely avail- Chile two months ago, we were again able the luck of the draw as to who actually able as a tea (mate de coca) around Machu to complete the climb with no discomfort gets AMS at any given time, in addition Picchu and other high-altitude areas in at 9,000 feet. I recommended Erythroxy- to using homeopathy, I advise being South America, because it can help with lon coca to a patient some years ago who in the best possible physical condition acclimatization to higher elevations. summited Mt. Rainier (14,400 feet) and before trekking up high. Allow a couple Indigenous residents of the Altiplano in reported that the remedy was a godsend. of days to acclimatize. For example, Peru and Bolivia may appear to be suffer- Although it is possible to take the herb when we visited Machu Picchu in Peru, ing from the mumps, but they are actually coca instead, we fi nd the homeopathic we fi rst spent several days in Ollantay- chewing wads of coca leaves to keep up remedy much more effective. We normally tambo and Cusco, which are actually their energy to do backbreaking labor take it just once during the trip, though even higher. By the time we reached during long days. The coca plant has been we did use it daily during our Atacama Machu Picchu, the altitude didn’t bother safely used this way in the Andes for adventure, since we stayed above 8,000 feet us. “Climb high, sleep low” is another thousands of years, and many health ben- in San Pedro de Atacama for over a week. technique for acclimatizing when you’ll efi ts are attributed to it. On the fl ip side, In our experience, the beauty of using this be spending time in higher elevations, coca is also the plant from which cocaine remedy preventively is that you can travel since you are more likely to be affected is derived, but this is a relatively recent confi dently to destinations with high ele- if you spend over six hours at very development (since the late 1800s) and vations that you might not attempt other- high altitudes. Drink lots of fl uids to requires an intensive chemical extraction wise. On a few occasions when we didn’t prevent dehydration. Avoid alcohol. If process. Interestingly, an extract from the take the remedy in advance, we noticed you do develop symptoms of AMS, wait coca plant is still used to fl avor the soft the difference. For example, when we vis- until they pass before ascending further; drink Coca-Cola, and its maker is the ited Quito, Equador (the highest capital or if symptoms are severe, descend to only corporation that has been granted the in the world) and rode the funicular for a lower altitudes. And don’t hesitate to right to legally import coca leaves into the spectacular view of the city and surround- use oxygen if necessary. Acetazolamide United States. Curiously, Coca-Cola in its ing mountains without having taken our (Diamox) is a conventional medication original formula did contain cocaine, but usual preventive dose of Erythroxylon coca, used to prevent or treat mild AMS and that practice was discontinued in 1903. the quick rise from 9000 to 13,000 feet left can be useful in a pinch, but it is not (No worries with homeopathic Erythroxy- Bob feeling breathless and needing to walk helpful with severe AMS and can have lon coca, of course, which is diluted many quite slowly. side effects. times beyond its natural strength.) We take a dose of the homeopathic remedy Erythroxylon coca preventively the night before or morning of any very high altitude trek or trip. We use a 200c or 1M strength, but 30c works as well. Two years ago, we visited the Atacama Desert in the Chilean Andes and were able to walk around comfortably for an hour (quite Bob and Judyth Reichenberg-Ullman hiking Mt. Ranier, Washington. Homeopathic remedies are quite effective in preventing and treating altitude sickness.

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Mosquitoes, for some reason, love drawing my blood, so I have lots of experience using these remedies!

oil!) Push fl uids. Avoid alcohol, caffeine, and smoking. Pee when you need to so the body doesn’t have to warm the urine in your bladder. In extreme cases, get in a sleeping bag with dry clothing or naked next to a person who is warm and lightly dressed. HOMEOPATHY: By far, the fi rst remedy to consider is: sCarbo vegetabilis (vegetable charcoal) – Symptoms are icy coldness of the whole body, especially the nose, hands, feet, and Tolmie Lookout, Mt. Ranier, Washington. knees. Also, cold skin, cold breath, pale- ness, blue lips, exhaustion, prostration. Another strong possibility is: s Arsenicum album – Extreme chilliness Hypothermia wind pants, a light polar fl eece jacket, with great restlessness, fear of death, and It is not necessary to be in extremely low a light down jacket, a hat, and gloves— desire to sip water constantly. temperatures to suffer from hypother- only a few extra pounds and a potential Other remedies that may be helpful for mia! In fact, any temperatures less than lifesaver! I backpacked a couple of sum- hypothermia but are rarely found in basic a normal body temperature of 98.6°F— mers ago with fi ve friends around Mt. remedy kits are: depending on conditions of wind, wet- Adams and Mt. Rainier. When three of s Camphora – Blue with cold; extremities ness, and cold—could be compatible with our friends hiked on ahead, my girlfriend affected; and even the tongue feels cold. this potentially life-threatening problem. and I decided to head back on our own. sSecale – Shivering and blueness of gan- It occurs when the body’s core tempera- We had no compass, only light daypacks, grenous parts. ture drops below what is required for nor- and no extra water, and we were travers- mal body functioning (95°F). Weather ing snow. We got quite lost for about an Insect bites and stings conditions in the mountains can change hour until we got our bearings, then we Bug bites are common when out in the rapidly and dramatically, so hypothermia were fi ne. But, we realized that we could sticks. In tropical environments, this is is a defi nite risk of being in the back- have been in bad shape—not a match or even more of a danger. In the mountains, country. an extra layer on us! however, insect bites and stings tend to On Whidbey Island where we live PREVENTION: Check in with yourself be more of an annoyance. But, by all part-time, a couple of our friends, both and your hiking companions often if you means, avoid scratching to the point of extremely experienced in sailing, went are in a situation where hypothermia is infection—especially if you are hiking out late one afternoon on a catamaran, a possibility. Rick Curtis of the Prince- for weeks at a time! Where we hike, mos- not so far offshore. The weather changed ton Outdoor Programs warns about the quitoes are unquestionably the number quickly and dramatically. They were only four “umbles” that indicate changes in a one annoyance. Second are black fl ies dressed for a little jaunt, even though they person’s motor coordination and levels of (called tabanos in Chile), but they move should have known better. Their boat consciousness that may signal hypother- more slowly and are easier to swat. In started to take on water. Fortunately, they mia: stumbles, mumbles, fumbles, and some areas, chiggers are also a nuisance. were rescued, but by that time they were grumbles. Mosquitoes, for some reason, love draw- borderline hypothermic. Move around. Add layers of dry clothing my blood, so I have lots of experience This can happen quickly when hiking ing. Find protected shelter. Eat carbs for using these remedies! I check the hiking as well, if a snowstorm sets in or winds quick energy, along with proteins and fat. trail reports before planning my trip and come up suddenly. Even when setting out (We have friends in Chile who spent fi ve make every attempt to avoid locations on a beautiful summer day, it is always a months hiking the Pacifi c Crest Trail. and times of infestations. If that is not good idea to bring along layers of cloth- They so much craved fat that they actu- possible, I use the permethrin preven- ing. I tuck into my backpack some nylon ally fi lled their water bladders with olive tion method described below and take

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Spray Park, Mt. Ranier, Washington.

a kayaking trip in Alaska some years ago. pharmacy and pack them depending on I hope the stories and photos (Good thing we didn’t run into a bear in your situation: in these pages inspire you! our campsite, though, because our bear s !NDROCTONUS (scorpion) – This is the spray was confi scated by the airlines!) fi rst choice for scorpion bites; otherwise, Cover yourself to avoid bites. When hik- use Ledum. homeopathic Ledum if I do get bitten. (In ing in central Australia’s Uluru-Kata s#ARBOLICACID – For anaphylactic reactions our book, we examine in detail mosqui- Tjuta National Park (Ayers Rock) on a or collapse after bee or wasp stings, with to-borne illnesses like Dengue fever and teaching trip twelve years ago, we fortu- hives all over the body and dangerous malaria, but they are beyond the scope of nately read enough ahead of time to know swelling of the face, tongue, and throat. this article, and you are not going to run to purchase a “bug hat”— a baseball cap into them unless you are trekking in the with a screen dropping down to cover the Happy and healthy hiking tropics or in Sub-Saharan Africa.) face, head, and neck! A close Australian I hope the stories and photos in these PREVENTION: Keeping insects at bay friend living in Chile left yesterday for pages inspire you! Please don’t be scared makes good sense, but I am wary of the very area and decided the bug hat was off by “what could go wrong” in the strong DEET-containing insect repel- unnecessary, but that was defi nitely not backcountry. Believe me, after decades of lants. Research your options, especially our experience! Conditions vary at differ- hiking and trekking all over the world, I with babies or young children! Please ent times of year. Do your homework to can say without a doubt that the benefi ts refer to The Savvy Traveler’s Guide or the see what is recommended if you are going far outweigh the risks. So, soak in the Environmental Working Group’s Guide way off the beaten track. remarkable vistas! Breathe in that pure, to Bug Repellants, as this is a big topic HOMEOPATHY: There are two main fresh air! Sleep out in the pristine wil- (www.ewg.org).______If you will be in an area remedies that will cover the bases in most derness! Just take one step at a time. And with lots of mosquitoes and biting insects, cases, and you should fi nd them in any tuck your homeopathic and basic fi rst-aid spray permethrin on your outer clothing homeopathic kit: kits in your pack. ahead of time. You can also fi nd cloth- sApis mellifi ca (honeybee) – This remedy Stay healthy. Hike long and well! ing that is already permethrin-treated (I is not just for beestings but for any insect have heard that it lasts until laundered bite with swelling. The bites feel better ABOUT THE AUTHOR more than 20-or-so times). We found from cold applications. this method to be highly effective during s,EDUMPALUSTRE(marsh tea) – For insect Judyth Reichenberg-Ullman, ND, MSW, is co-author with bites or stings of any kind without signif- husband Robert Ullman, ND, icant swelling, including mosquito, fl ea, of 9 books on homeopathy including Ritalin-Free Kids or tick bites. As an aside, we recommend and their latest The Savvy taking this remedy immediately after Traveler’s Guide. They are licensed naturopathic being bitten by a Lyme tick, along with physicians board certifi ed in antibiotics. homeopathy in practice for over 30 years. They treat patients in person, by The following remedies are less com- phone, and by video. Avid travelers, they have monly needed and rarely found in basic visited over 40 countries and also offer Travel Well consultations. Living on Whidbey Island, WA, homeopathic remedy kits, but you might and in Pucón, Chile, they can be reached at want to buy them from a homeopathic www.healthyhomeopathy.com or 425-774-5599.

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Winning the Battle, Losing the War? Think outside the box! Homeopathy’s perspective on health and disease.

by ANN E. JEROME, PhD, CCH, RSHom(NA)

’MFIGHTINGOFFACOLD.” “HE’SBATTLINGCANCER.” “I’M GOING TO Homeopathy is a vitalist BEAT THIS diagnosis.” “This medicine is a new weapon in the war philosophy while “I on psoriasis.” What are we really saying here? conventional medicine is a Words have power to express thoughts feed and clothe and house those sentries we might not even be aware of, and also so they stay alert on the job. This fear- materialist one. to shape our experiences in life. When based conﬂ ict model of illness shapes our we use words like “battle” and “ﬁ ght” to experience, our judgments about people How can this be? If we trace these refer to our health, what are we express- who are ill, and the medical therapies we statements back through several layers of ing, what are we creating—and what is a choose. We might even complain about concepts that form their foundation, we better alternative? it, but culture tends to determine its own discover that homeopathy is a vitalist phi- parameters and become a box that looks losophy while conventional medicine is a “It’s a jungle out there…” like ultimate reality, so it can be hard materialist one. Materialism and vitalism The idea of battling an illness comes even to imagine an alternative. provide two different ways of accounting from our culture’s concept of disease. for what happens in living organisms. It’s unstated but it’s everywhere, and Outside the box: another concept as products of our culture, we learn it of disease Materialist thinking vs. vitalist well and we come to live and breathe it. Homeopathy offers a different view. Sam- thinking Behind our words is the notion that dis- uel Hahnemann, the founder of homeop- Materialist thinking says that events, ease is a foreign invader that swoops in athy, described the method and concepts even in living organisms, have material and takes charge when we’re inattentive behind it in his book Organon of the causes. For example, if there’s tonsillitis, or our defenses are down. So not only Medical Art.* The Organon is divided it’s because of bacteria in the throat. If do we have to “battle” disease when it into distinct thoughts, or aphorisms. In someone is depressed, chemicals in the “invades”—we also have to set up sen- aphorism 12 Hahnemann wrote, “It is brain are behind it. tries on our periphery to keep it out, and the disease-tuned life force alone that By contrast, vitalist thinking says that brings forth diseases.” James Tyler Kent, living organisms are more than a system The idea of battling an illness an American master homeopath a few of molecules; they are living because they generations later, elaborated: “Bacilli are are animated and organized by a life comes from our culture’s not the cause of the disease, they never force, an immaterial property that acts on come until after the disease” (Lectures on matter. The life force, also known as the concept of disease. Homeopathic Philosophy, lecture 5). vital force, is responsible for everything that happens in the living organism. By this line of thought, the bacteria in the throat are mere opportunists and the real problem is the vital force’s inability to deal effectively with the bacteria; simi- larly, the chemicals present in depression are the result of the ailing vital force not functioning as it should. From these examples, we can also see that materialism and vitalism are not mutually exclusive; as Timothy Dooley points out in his book Homeop- athy: Beyond Flat Earth Medicine, vitalism embraces a wider view that includes the materialist one—the bacteria and

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viruses, the chemicals, and also the living system in which they operate. In vitalist thinking, each living organism has a life force. It is what makes a living organism different from an inani- mate object, and it creates everything that happens in the organism. When the life force is healthy, everything in the organism works smoothly, naturally, effort- lessly to create a state of wellbeing. When the life force is “mistuned” it expresses that “mistunement” in symptoms.

Unique life forces, unique expressions Just as each vital force is unique to the person, so are its functions and expres- life force in health keeps the whole organ- the vital force performs its function of sions. This explains why some people ism working smoothly. In health, the vital animating the organism. If the piano is in become ill when exposed to the same force creates a comprehensive state of tune, the minuet will sound as it should; pathogens or stressors that other people wellbeing (Organon, aphorism 9). When if the piano is out of tune, the minuet will sail right by: it’s not as much about what someone gets sick, it means that their be out of tune as well. is happening to them from outside as it life force is no longer doing this. The How then can we “battle” disease? is about their inner condition creating real source of the illness isn’t the most We’d be fi ghting against ourselves. It their response. One person can walk recent culprit to appear on the scene, would be like one arm challenging the away from an argument with a blinding such as bacteria or viruses, or the emo- other to arm wrestle, or perhaps like headache while another goes merrily tional stress of an argument, or maybe battling the sky for being grey instead of on his way; one child can have night- oak pollen in the case of allergies or damp blue. If disease is truly an invader, then mares for years after watching Jumanji, weather in the case of asthma. The real it makes sense to eject it with the most while another gleefully watches it over source of the illness is in the vital force effective weapons we can fi nd, even if and over. Understanding symptoms as a itself, and specifi cally in the “mistune- that means collateral damage and maybe response from an individual’s vital force ment” that makes it impossible for it to some friendly fi re along the way. If it’s also makes clear how different people can respond to those stressors in an adaptive a quality of our very own being, well, have the same illness but still express it way. Even when exposed to bacteria and that’s different. We’d be crazy to go into in their own unique set of ailments. Two viruses, a healthy life force can navigate our deepest inner sanctum and start friends of mine recently had the same fl u their presence without getting sick.** shooting. at the same time—one of them vomited for three days and then was fi ne, while So, what is disease? Another approach to treatment the other lost her appetite for a little while “Disease is not to be considered as an The homeopathic approach to illness and then coughed for a month. inwardly hidden [entity] separate from begins with the principle that disease Here’s how Hahnemann puts it: the the living whole, from the organism is a function of the vital force. We can and its enlivening dynamis [life force]” eradicate or sequester all the bacteria and (Hahnemann, Organon, aphorism 11). viruses and pollens, but if the vital force It’s not something that comes into us is not balanced, it will show its dis-ease from outside—it’s a condition of our in whatever other ways are available to very being, of the inner force that keeps it. Homeopathic care, therefore, is not us alive. Disease is a function of a “mis- aimed at the ailment or its immediate tuned” life force—the very same inner cause, but geared to nudge the vital force force that makes us live and be who we toward health so that it releases the mis- are. Just as a piano performs a minuet, tunement that is the true disease.

The world becomes brighter when we realize that we’re not sitting ducks waiting for a lurking threat to victimize us.

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The life force, also known as the vital force, is responsible for everything that happens in the living organism.

As an example, I’m remembering a her illness, she needed a vitalist way to woman I met years ago, when I was a resolve it. new homeopath. It was so long ago that What fi nally did shift Margie’s vital “gluten intolerance” was not a well- force away from disease and toward true known phrase. Let’s call her Margie. She health was the homeopathic medicine was in her mid-60s and had suffered that fi t her best as a whole. After a few from a wide variety of physical, mental, weeks, she was able to tolerate a few and emotional symptoms all her life. more foods, and over time she became Several years earlier, she had stumbled increasingly resilient, fi nally being able on a book about “celiac disease” and to enjoy most of her favorite dishes with seen herself in it. Experimentation with confi dence that they wouldn’t hurt her. her diet had already shown her that there This is the kind of result we see when the the child becomes less susceptible to the was a connection between what she ate mistunement in the vital force, the dis- effects of all these material elements in and how she felt, so Margie followed the ease itself, is actually resolved. Margie’s their world. book’s advice to eliminate all traces of homeopathic remedy gave her a feeling of gluten, and since then she’d felt much freedom and wellbeing as her vital force Tools for real healing better. “It’s OK as long as I don’t get even gradually moved toward health. The concept of disease as an inner state a whiff of gluten,” she explained, and As another example, homeopaths fre- rather than an invader may be daunting enumerated the restaurants she could quently see a similar phenomenon in in a sense—wherever we go, we’re car- and couldn’t frequent and the handful children with recurrent ear infections rying our dis-ease along with us. But it of episodes when something had slipped or strep throat, or even pinworms. In also offers hope of a true resolution. If into her food and made her ill for days. each case, it’s possible to describe a mate- we’re resolving the mistunement in the What was the status of Margie’s rialist explanation—the ear canals are vital force, we can tear down the walls health? She felt very well most days, very small, there’s strep in the throat of our fortresses against illness and give better than she had all her life. By avoid- culture, and goodness, you can actually the sentries a chance for a more creative ing gluten, she had removed what some see the pinworms! These explanations job. Maybe we can stock up on fi nger would call the cause of her illness. And are accurate as far as they go, and they paint instead of hand sanitizer, or accept yet no one, not even the most committed lead to therapies that address the material that volunteer position in the children’s materialist, would say she was cured. causes. But vitalism offers an explanation department at the library next winter. The Her disease was managed but it was still and a therapeutic approach that take into world becomes brighter when we realize the same as ever. The real cause of her account the equally true fact that not all that we’re not sitting ducks waiting for a illness wasn’t the gluten; it was how her children with small ear canals get infec- lurking threat to victimize us; with home- body reacted to it. The dis-ease in her tions, that strep can sometimes be found opathy, we have the tools to gain freedom vital force manifested itself everywhere in healthy throats, and that lots of kids by resolving dis-ease from within. in her system when she was exposed are playing in that same sandbox with- * All quotations from Samuel Hahnemann’s Organon of the Med- to even a little gluten. Although she out bringing the pinworms home. When ical Art are from the edition translated by Stephen Decker and had found a materialist way to manage the vital force is relieved of its dis-ease, edited by Wenda Brewster O’Reilly (Birdcage Press, 1996). **Another dimension of the homeopathic defi nition of illness is that sometimes getting “sick” is actually a healthy function. Chicken pox is an example: a healthy child contracts it when exposed, moves through the sequence of symptoms easily, and Meet NCH President Ann Jerome, PhD, CCH, winds up with lasting immunity. RSHom(NA) in Philadelphia! ABOUT THE AUTHOR Ann E. Jerome, PhD, CCH, May 8-10, 2015 RSHom(NA) is Director and a core faculty member of the Academy of Classical Homeopathy, a school Joint American Homeopathy Conference providing homeopathic training both live and in live online Hear her present: courses. She came to homeopathy after two decades Up and Running: Five Remedies for the Home Medicine Chest as a college professor and is a (a Homeopathy Academy for Moms Live! Workshop) popular lecturer and author whose articles have appeared in Homeopathy Today since the 1990s. Register today! www.homeopathycenter.org She currently serves as President of the National Center for Homeopathy.

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BOOK REVIEW

A Century of Homeopaths: Their Inﬂ uence on Medicine and Health by Jonathan Davidson, MD Springer Science+Business Media: New York, 2014, hardcover, 207 pages, $139. ISBN: 978-1-4939-0526-3

Reviewed by JAY YASGUR, RPh, MSc

t is virtually impossible to review a lum Nines,” that had more than a modi- Physicians and Surgeons (1873), Bradford’s book of this magnitude in one page, cum of success. The Pioneers of Homœopathy (1897), Ame- and if Julian Winston’s opus, The The author documents how Otto Gut- ke’s History of Homœopathy (1885), King’s Faces of Homœopathy: An Illustrated tentag, a key fi gure in the fi elds of bioeth- History of Homœopathy and Its Institutions IHistory of the First 200 Years (1999), were to ics and medical humanities, placed these in America (1905), Kirschmann’s A Vital appear today, I would say the same thing. disciplines on a fi rm, academic footing. Force: Women in American Homœopathy Nevertheless, let an attempt be made! The story of Oscar Auerbach, a 1929 (2004), Juette’s The Hidden Roots: A History A Century of Homeopaths is an unwieldy graduate of New York Homœopathic Med- of Homœopathy in Northern, Central and (8 1/2” x 11”), beautifully produced book ical College, opens the “Oncology” chapter. Eastern Europe (Vol. 2, 2006), Chand’s His- with excellent binding and glossy paper He conducted pioneering research on the tory of Homœopathy in India in the 19th Cen- allowing hundreds of photos and illus- relationship between tobacco smoking and tury (2007), Singh’s Pioneers of Homœop- trations to impress. The author, a Lon- cancer; to amass pathological evidence, he athy (2003), Jutte, Risse, and Woodward’s don-trained psychiatrist, researcher, and examined 2000 tissue slides per day, ten Culture, Knowledge, and Healing: Histori- Duke University emeritus professor, is not times more than the typical researcher. cal Perspectives of Homeopathic Medicine in a homeopath but has an interest in the “Dr. Auerbach’s work was brought to Europe and North America (1998), Haller’s, subject. He fulfi lls the book’s stated pur- national attention in 1964, when it was The History of American Homœopathy: The pose with multiple stories of how homeo- prominently cited in the fi rst Surgeon Gen- Academic Years, 1820-1935 (2005) and The pathically trained physicians from 1848 to eral’s report about the dangers of smoking History of American Homœopathy: From 1948 infl uenced the course of medicine in ... A major policy response required ciga- Rational Medicine to Holistic Health Care North America. rette packages to carry a warning that cig- (2009). Also, two websites: Sue Young’s The stories are told in 18 theme- arettes could be harmful to health.”—The www.sueyounghistories.com and Sylvain grouped chapters such as: “Women, New York Times, 1/16/1997. Cazalet’s www.homeoint.org. Reform, and Medical Leadership,” “Con- This chapter also discusses Charles I was surprised to fi nd Winston’s Faces gress, Parliament, Presidents, and Mon- Cameron, a 1935 Hahnemann graduate of Homœopathy referenced less than a archs,” “Allergy and Allergic Disorders: who wrote The Truth About Cancer, a best half-dozen times. Surely one might have Homeopathic Leaders,” “Homeopaths and seller, and in 1950 founded A Cancer Journal expected this opus to be cited more often. the Dawning of Anesthesiology,” and “The for Clinicians, which is still in publication. My surprise turned to chagrin when David- Homeopathic Scalpel: Contributions to In all, the book discusses 125 and men- son’s only mention of Winston was as a Surgery from the World of Homeopathy.” tions more than 150 homeopaths. It is “homeopath,” when to my way of thinking, Davidson relates how the father of scholarly, detailed, and, need I say, inspir- he deserved a meaty, explanatory footnote. American homeopathy, Constantine Her- ing. For instance, the seven pages devoted Despite those issues, this work deserves ing, set the stage for medicine’s widespread to the fi rst African-American psychiatrist a space on your bookshelf. Place it next to use of nitroglycerine to treat heart attacks. Solomon Carter Fuller, whom the Ameri- Winston’s two, Faces of Homœopathy and He describes Clemence Lozier’s found- can Psychological Association deemed “... The Heritage of Homœopathic Literature: An ing of the New York Medical College for way ahead of his time,” is nothing short of Abbreviated Bibliography and Commentary Women in 1863 where she served as Dean fascinating and a fi ne tribute. (2001), then for jam, add Dana Ullman’s, for 25 years. He weaves the story of Susan There are a few faults, one being that no The Homeopathic Revolution: Why Famous Smith McKinney, the third black female material is included describing the subjects’ People and Cultural Heroes Choose Homeop- doctor in the U.S., hailed as “one of New homeopathic clinical practices; it would athy (2007), and you’ll have enough read- York’s ‘famous doctors’ in 1891.” have been nice to have some of that infor- ing for a lot of tasty sandwiches! In “Homeopathy and the Mind,” he mation. The book lacks an alphabetical describes the nationwide system of homeo- listing of personages and a bibliography. ABOUT THE AUTHOR pathic asylums that provided unusually The latter omission is unfortunate as those Jay Yasgur, RPh, MSc, is a licensed pharmacist who humane treatment for the mentally ill. unfamiliar with homeopathic history could also works as a healer specializing in homeopathy As superintendent of the New York State be misled into believing that Davidson’s and plant spirit medicine. His fi rst book, Yasgur’s Homeopathic Dictionary and Holistic Health Homœopathic Asylum, Selden Talcott put tome is the only “star” in the sky. For Reference, 4th Ed., is a standard reference in the into action his belief that physical activity your edifi cation, allow me to list a number fi eld. His book, 111 Great Homeopaths, is translated into six languages. He may be contacted c/o: Van can benefi t mental health by establishing a of essential historical references: Cleave’s Hoy Publishers, PO Box 731, Greenville, PA 16125, semi-professional baseball team, the “Asy- Biographical Cyclopaedia of Homœopathic [email protected],______and www.yasgur.net.

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