INTRODUCTORY WORKBOOK IN HOMEOPATHY Compiled by Richard L. Crews, M.D. Compiled by Richard L. Crews, M.D. Wholistic Health and Nutrition Institute 150 Shoreline Hwy., Mill Valley, CA 94941 April 1979 Dedicated to: Samuel Hahnemann James Taylor Kent George Vithoulkas and a thousand other teachers, friends, and students This workbook is the product of many friends, many minds, many hands – too many and too often unknown to acknowledge specifically. Any virtue or value it may have is the result – at least indirectly – of others’ labors; any errors and limitations are the direct responsibility of the compiler. It is not copyrighted, but is explicitly in the public domain, and may be copied, quoted or reproduced in any form without explicit or written permission. Its material may not, however, be put under copyright or restricted use by any subsequent user. This workbook was reproduced electronically in 2003. 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TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................................................................................1 WHAT IS HOMEOPATHY?............................................................................................................................................1 USEFUL LITERATURE..................................................................................................................................................2 INTRODUCTION TO MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY .............................................................................................................4 SECTION 1 – SULPHUR ...........................................................................................................................................7 UNDERLYING CONCEPTS ............................................................................................................................................7 UNIQUE ASPECTS OF HOMEOPATHY...........................................................................................................................8 STUDYING SULPHUR IN MATERIA MEDICA ..............................................................................................................10 ASSIGNMENTS ..........................................................................................................................................................11 SECTION 1 STUDY QUESTIONS..................................................................................................................................11 SECTION 2 – CALCAREA CARBONICA ............................................................................................................13 REMEDIES – SCOPE OF ACTION ................................................................................................................................13 CARE OF THE REMEDIES ...........................................................................................................................................14 HOMEOPATHY CASE-TAKING...................................................................................................................................16 ASSIGNMENTS ..........................................................................................................................................................17 SECTION 2 STUDY QUESTIONS..................................................................................................................................17 SECTION 3 – LYCOPODIUM CLAVATUM........................................................................................................18 EVALUATION OF SYMPTOMS – UNDERLINING ..........................................................................................................18 STUDYING THE CASE ................................................................................................................................................20 Assessment of the Vital Force..............................................................................................................................20 All symptoms........................................................................................................................................................20 Heirarchy of Symptoms........................................................................................................................................20 All Rubrics ...........................................................................................................................................................20 Selected Rubrics ..................................................................................................................................................21 Remedy Ratings ...................................................................................................................................................21 Studying Materia Medica ....................................................................................................................................22 CHOICE OF POTENCY ................................................................................................................................................22 ASSIGNMENTS ..........................................................................................................................................................22 SECTION 3 STUDY QUESTIONS..................................................................................................................................23 SECTION 4 – PULSATILLA NIGRICANS ...........................................................................................................24 STUDYING MATERIA MEDICA ..................................................................................................................................24 ASSIGNMENTS ..........................................................................................................................................................26 SECTION 5 – NUX VOMICA..................................................................................................................................28 DEFINING, DESCRIBING SYMPTOMS .........................................................................................................................28 MENTAL SYMPTONS – CROSS-REFERENCES .............................................................................................................29 ASSIGMENTS ............................................................................................................................................................30 SECTION 6 – NATRUM MURIATICUM..............................................................................................................32 SECTION 7 – REMEDIES OF ACUTE CONDITIONS.......................................................................................33 SECTION 8 – BRYONIA ALBA .............................................................................................................................34 SECTION 9 – RHUS TOXICODENDRON............................................................................................................35 CASE: 12/4/78 – MJ – 30YF ......................................................................................................................................36 CHART OF REMEDIES OF ACUTE CONDITIONS ..........................................................................................................39 HOMEOPATHIC REMEDIES AND THEIR COMMON HERB OR FLOWER NAMES.............................................................40 SECTION 10 – MERCURIUS..................................................................................................................................41 CASE: 10/6/78-WJ-49YF ..........................................................................................................................................41 STUDYING THE CASE ................................................................................................................................................42 SECTION 11 – PHOSPHORUS...............................................................................................................................44 CASE: 11/9/78-SY-32YF...........................................................................................................................................44 STUDYING THE CASE ................................................................................................................................................45 SECTION 12 – LACHESIS ......................................................................................................................................47 CASE: 12/76-35YF ....................................................................................................................................................47 STUDYING THE CASE ................................................................................................................................................48 SECTION 13 – REMEDIES FOR COLD & FLU..................................................................................................50 THE BIG FIVE ...........................................................................................................................................................50 HOMEOPATHIC REMEDIES – WHICH ONES TO GET FIRST .........................................................................................53