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Your Guide to Health through Homeopathy BACK TO SCHOOL 2020 What if my kid L VES being at home? TEACHING KIDS HOMEOPATHY IT’S CONTINUES HERE! EVEN MORE GREAT LESSON 2020 BUYER’S PLANS AND WORKSHEETS! GUIDE Rheumatoid Arthritis Pain—Relieved! Remembering A FARMER’S HEALING JOURNEY Julian “Winnie” Winston 15th Anniversary Tribute Alice Beats Shortness of Breath, Tosses Away Walker A COMMON REMEDY RESTORES HEALTH PARVO—A VIRAL PUPPY PANDEMIC HOW HOMEOPATHY CAN HELP Fall 2020 • $11.95 HomeopathyCenter.org Call today and speak to one of our friendly customer service reps. Join us and get your FREE illustrated catalogs and topic-specific pamphlets, either one-time or regularly by joining our mailing list. Choose us for easy one-stop shopping of major homeopathic brands like Hyland’s, Boiron, Similisan, Homeopet, Bach, Weleda and more! Contact us to obtain live excellent service every time, with our experienced customer service representatives, averaging over 11 years of service! 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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 indefinitely, results in deterioration of health, and does not resolve without some sort of healing intervention. Examples: acute illness—colds, flu, ear infections; chronic illness—arthritis, hyper tension, diabetes. characteristic symptom: A symptom of an unusual nature—strange, rare, peculiar, striking—that gives the case a pronounced individ uality (i.e., “characterizes” 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 curative remedy. chronic illness: (See acute illness.) common symptoms: Symptoms that are commonly found in a particular What is Homeopathy? disease, for example, spots in measles or swollen glands in mumps. omeopathy is a safe, effective system of natural medicine, constitutional treatment: Treating the whole person, rather than the used by millions of people worldwide for more than 200 symptoms alone, thereby attempting to enhance the general level of health H years to achieve wellness. Homeopathic medicines are rather than just getting rid of the symptoms. prepared from natural sources, are used in extremely small amounts, materia medica: Latin for “materials of medicine.” A reference book listing and are recognized by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. They homeopathic medicines and their therapeutic actions/indications. This are non-toxic and, when properly administered, can be safely used information comes primarily from the provings of the medicines; also from with infants, children, adults, and animals. clinical observation. miasm: A block to health, usually left by a disease. This can be inherited or How does homeopathy differ from acquired and is an obstacle to cure. conventional medicine? Organon: The Organon of Medicine, by Samuel Hahnemann, founder of Homeopathy is based on the principle that “like cures like.” That is, homeopathy, is the book in which he set down the fundamental principles of if a substance can cause symptoms of disease in a healthy person, homeopathy. He wrote 6 editions, the last in 1842; current homeopaths refer then it can cure a sick person suffering from similar symptoms. primarily to the 6th and sometimes the 5th editions. Suppose a person has hay fever, with watery eyes and a burning potency: The strength of a homeopathic remedy according to the number nasal discharge. Instead of giving an antihistamine to dry up the of times, during preparation, it has been diluted and succussed (i.e., discharge, a homeopath might prescribe Allium cepa—a tiny potentized). Potency is represented as a number attached to a remedy name dose of onion, specially prepared by a homeopathic pharmacy (e.g., Aconite 30c or Arnica 6X—the letter c or X refers to two different in accordance with FDA-approved guidelines—because onion is methods of dilution during remedy preparation). known to cause watery eyes and a burning nasal discharge. proving: The testing of a substance, either in crude form or in potency, on Homeopathy regards symptoms as the body’s healthy attempt healthy volunteers to discover the symptoms it is capable of producing, and to restore itself to balance. A homeopath will choose a remedy therefore able to cure. Participants in a proving record their symptoms; the that supports the symptoms—rather than opposing them or symptoms are collated and used as therapeutic indications for prescribing suppressing them as in conventional medicine. that substance. Homeopathy recognizes that each person manifests illness in a repertorize: To look up symptoms in a repertory, in order to determine unique and slightly different way.