Contents | Zoom in | Zoom outFor navigation instructions please click here Search Issue | Next Page Your Guide to Health through Homeopathy HomeopathyTODAY ContagionContagion Season!Season! Goodbye The Flu and You: What to Do Spare Tire, Hello Good Health Cut your risk of heart disease & diabetes in 2012 Healing for the Homeless Homeopathic Physician to the Queen A candid interview with Dr. Peter Fisher Open the Door to Insight A gift for all seasons Raise the Bar! Plan now for next April Winter 2011 • $4.95 NATIONAL CENTER FOR HOMEOPATHY NationalCenterForHomeopathy.org Display until February 29, 2012 Contents | Zoom in | Zoom outFor navigation instructions please click here Search Issue | Next Page qM qMqM Previous Page | Contents | Zoom in | Zoom out | Front Cover | Search Issue | Next Page qMqM Qmags THE WORLD’S NEWSSTAND® Announcing a Great New Member Benefit Instructional Webinars Homeopathy at Home: An NCH Introductory Series Join us for a sound introduction to using homeopathy for you and your family! Each webinar is a stand-alone presentation about treating family members with a particular condition or group of conditions. Free for all members! 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Living Green www.holisticmoms.org (877)HOL-MOMS Photo: Sumayyah Simone qM qMqM Previous Page | Contents | Zoom in | Zoom out | Front Cover | Search Issue | Next Page qMqM Qmags THE WORLD’S NEWSSTAND® qM qMqM Previous Page | Contents | Zoom in | Zoom out | Front Cover | Search Issue | Next Page qMqM Qmags THE WORLD’S NEWSSTAND® Winter 2011 Volume 31, Number 4 ISSN: 0886-1676 Homeopathywww.NationalCenterForHomeopathy.org Your Guide to Health through Homeopathy TODAY Featured Articles 16 16 A Gift for All Seasons: The Homeopathic Interview Opens doors to insight & understanding—heals sciatica, itching & more by Pearlyn Goodman-Herrick, ND, DHANP 24 Safe Haven & Healing for the Homeless Mission Neighborhood Resource Center, San Francisco, CA by Renita Herrmann 32 Battle the Bulge & Get Healthy! 24 A Whole Person Approach to Metabolic Syndrome: hypertension, high cholesterol, pre-diabetes, & obesity by Amy Rothenberg, ND, DHANP 8 Homeopathic Research Matters An Interview with Dr. Peter Fisher: Researcher, Editor, & Homeopathic Physician to the Queen 12 Herrick receives Honorary Doctoral Degree at American Medical College of Homeopathy 13 In Memory • Beth Rotondo • July 31, 1955–August 15, 2011 32 14 Raising the Bar • The Joint American Homeopathic Conference April 20–22, 2012 • Washington, DC area 22 Great Expectations: Can homeopathy really deliver “miracles”? 26 The Martial Artist Who Couldn’t Stop Fighting 31 Cosmetic Procedure Gone Awry 38 Contagion Season! 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Learn more at www.NationalCenterForHomeopathy.org 4 Homeopathy TODAY • NationalCenterForHomeopathy.org Winter 2011 qM qMqM Previous Page | Contents | Zoom in | Zoom out | Front Cover | Search Issue | Next Page qMqM Qmags THE WORLD’S NEWSSTAND® qM qMqM Previous Page | Contents | Zoom in | Zoom out | Front Cover | Search Issue | Next Page qMqM Qmags THE WORLD’S NEWSSTAND® 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 indef- initely, results in deterioration of health, and does not resolve without What is homeopathy? some sort of healing intervention. Examples: acute illness—colds, flu, ear infections; chronic illness—arthritis, hyper tension, diabetes. omeopathy is a safe, effective system of natural medicine, characteristic symptom: a symptom of an unusual nature—strange, used by millions of people worldwide for more than 200 rare, peculiar—that gives the case a pronounced individ uality (i.e., “characterizes” the case). For example, chilliness with desire for ice Hyears to achieve wellness. Homeopathic medicines are pre- cold drinks, or dizziness that is better from motion. Such a symptom pared from natural sources, are used in extremely small amounts, often points directly to the curative remedy. and are recognized by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. chronic illness: (See acute illness.) They are non-toxic and, when properly administered,