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Anyone who wants to know Hahnemann’s work should have unfettered access to it and guidance in understanding it. I am actively working on uploading many of his works under resources: articles by others, and I write on these different topics as I study them myself. Grab a cup of something warm and cozy and come study with me <3.
May you find something helpful
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For a complete list of all posts, scroll down to the bottom of the page.
The cost of your care
The cost of healthcare is not just financial, but also mental. People who say they can't afford a treatment have often been told they are broken and need expensive supplements. This can lead to fear, and extending themselves financially more than they would otherwise.
Complementary Tuberculosis care: adding homeopathy to the standard antibiotic treatment
This week, I looked at a study that added homeopathic treatment on to the standard antibiotic treatment to multiple drug-resistant tuberculosis in India. This is another wonderful example of how homeopathy can be used to COMPLEMENT other types of treatment - this is not an either/or scenario.
3 Ways to Prevent Aggravations
There are 3 basic ways to prevent aggravations (other than just taking less of the remedy!): dilute a remedy down, olfaction, and changing the timing of your dose.
Why does Advil work? Palliation for small, temporary complaints
I was told palliation - defined as giving an “anti” treatment (antibiotics, anti-inflammatory, analgesic, etc) - would “drive the pathology deeper” or “make someone worse in the long run!” But the question in my mind was always: “but painkillers get rid of my headache - and I don’t get some horrible disease after using them, and the headache doesn’t immediately come back when the painkiller wear off, so what’s going on?” Well, I recently found what Hahnemann says on the matter in the introduction to Opium.
Homeopathy for C-Section Recovery
C-section recovery is different from other recoveries; you are healing from major surgery, while also learning about your new bundle. And if you did not want a C-section to begin with, the recovery can be emotionally fraught as well as physically difficult.
Aphorism 11
As I have eluded to in aphorisms 6 and 7, Hahnemann believes it is the vital force that becomes ill. And this is the aphorism where he says that outright. “when a person fall ill, it is only this…vital force…that is primarily deranged….it is only the vital force…that can furnish the organism with its disagreeable sensations and incline it to the irregular processes which we call disease.”
Entries with no citation in Hahnemann’s materia medicas
What’s with those uncited entries in Hahnemann’s materia medica? Their by him! So then why are there problems in children and menstrual problems listed??
Being a homeopath in Ontario
I often get questions about what it’s like to be a homeopath in Ontario. So here are the things homeopaths can and cannot do in Ontario.
Introduction to the materia medica
Materia Medicas are arguably the most important tools homeopaths have. Here, I use Hahnemann’s to show the basic outline and purpose of a materia medica.
Aphorisms 9 and 10
What does it mean to be truly healthy? This is the question Hahnemann looks at in aphorism 9. And in aphorism 10, he shows us what happens when we have no vital force.
Remedies for milk supply issues
Breastfeeding is hard to get used to – especially when your body deals you the supply-issue card. Maybe you have so much your boobs hurt and you keep getting clogged ducts, or maybe you have so little your babe seems fussy, or worse, seems to have given up and turns away when you try to feed. Maybe there seems to be an issue of quality – it comes out curdled, or thick (you’ll see this most obviously when pumping or expressing into a container of course) or tastes bitter (if you are bold enough to taste your own!). Luckily, there are a lot of options homeopathically for these issues.
Symptoms are downed trees; causes are beavers
I know there’s a beaver in the woods where I walk my dog. The paths where I walk are filled with trees with old teeth marks and scars in them and old stumps, pointed at the top like a spear. Then last year, I found a tree with fresh wood shavings around its base; teeth marks in its trunk. For a week, I returned to the tree every morning and found more shavings, more cuts in the trunk. Finally, one morning, the tree was on its side. Then the morning after that, it had been dragged towards the river. Then the next day it was gone.
But I have never seen a beaver. I have never seen their house either, although I am constantly searching for it.
The difference between Isopathy, Homeopathy, Antipathy and Allopathy
There are four basic ways of practicing medicine, at least according to Hahnemann's Organon: Homeopathy, Isopathy, Antipathy (also known as enantiopathy or palliation) and Allopathy. Here I break down the differences and similarities between them, so you can at least know which one you are doing!
Homeopathic Remedies for Afterpains
Afterpains can be very intense, but there are a few key homeopathic remedies that may help.
Aphorisms 7 and 8: Remove the totality and the person is cured
How do we know when someone is cured, and what should guide the choice of a remedy? These are the questions Hahnemann answers in aphorisms 7 and 8.
All Posts:
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January 2024
- Jan 18, 2024 The cost of your care Jan 18, 2024
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December 2023
- Dec 11, 2023 Complementary Tuberculosis care: adding homeopathy to the standard antibiotic treatment Dec 11, 2023
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September 2023
- Sep 5, 2023 3 Ways to Prevent Aggravations Sep 5, 2023
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August 2023
- Aug 29, 2023 Why does Advil work? Palliation for small, temporary complaints Aug 29, 2023
- Aug 22, 2023 Homeopathy for C-Section Recovery Aug 22, 2023
- Aug 16, 2023 Aphorism 11 Aug 16, 2023
- Aug 8, 2023 Entries with no citation in Hahnemann’s materia medicas Aug 8, 2023
- Aug 1, 2023 Being a homeopath in Ontario Aug 1, 2023
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July 2023
- Jul 25, 2023 Introduction to the materia medica Jul 25, 2023
- Jul 18, 2023 Aphorisms 9 and 10 Jul 18, 2023
- Jul 11, 2023 Remedies for milk supply issues Jul 11, 2023
- Jul 4, 2023 Symptoms are downed trees; causes are beavers Jul 4, 2023
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June 2023
- Jun 27, 2023 The difference between Isopathy, Homeopathy, Antipathy and Allopathy Jun 27, 2023
- Jun 20, 2023 Homeopathic Remedies for Afterpains Jun 20, 2023
- Jun 13, 2023 Aphorisms 7 and 8: Remove the totality and the person is cured Jun 13, 2023
- Jun 6, 2023 Is your lifestyle causing constipation? Jun 6, 2023
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May 2023
- May 30, 2023 What is a repertory May 30, 2023
- May 23, 2023 Aphorism 6: Being an unprejudiced observer May 23, 2023
- May 16, 2023 Healing Postpartum Perineal Trauma May 16, 2023
- May 2, 2023 What is an allopath? May 2, 2023
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April 2023
- Apr 25, 2023 How much alcohol in a tincture is safe for your baby or child? Apr 25, 2023
- Apr 18, 2023 Treating Mastitis with Homeopathy Apr 18, 2023
- Apr 11, 2023 Symptoms that are Perceptible to the Senses Apr 11, 2023
- Apr 4, 2023 Are we treating the root cause? Apr 4, 2023
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March 2023
- Mar 21, 2023 Does cold hurt in the long run and coffee make you tired? primary and secondary effects of medicines Mar 21, 2023
- Mar 14, 2023 Tips for treating during the early postpartum and newborn phases of life Mar 14, 2023
- Mar 7, 2023 Homeopathy and the early postpartum period: a series Mar 7, 2023
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February 2023
- Feb 21, 2023 Giving Babies Homeopathic Medicine Feb 21, 2023
- Feb 2, 2023 Homeopathy for colic in infants Feb 2, 2023
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January 2023
- Jan 10, 2023 Will my remedy improve my immune system? Jan 10, 2023
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December 2022
- Dec 20, 2022 The letters and the numbers on a remedy bottle: what they mean! Dec 20, 2022
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November 2022
- Nov 8, 2022 Understanding Remedy Reactions – the Quick and Dirty Nov 8, 2022
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October 2022
- Oct 18, 2022 How do you know if your medicine is working? Oct 18, 2022
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September 2022
- Sep 20, 2022 The most common homeopathic UTI remedy Sep 20, 2022
- Sep 6, 2022 What are provings and how to find them Sep 6, 2022
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August 2022
- Aug 23, 2022 How homeopathy helped during my pregnancy Aug 23, 2022
- Aug 9, 2022 Hay Fever Remedies Aug 9, 2022
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July 2022
- Jul 26, 2022 Is my remedy toxic? Jul 26, 2022
- Jul 12, 2022 Treating Sunburns with Homeopathy Jul 12, 2022
- Jul 5, 2022 Aphorism 5: What to investigate in order to cure Jul 5, 2022
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June 2022
- Jun 17, 2022 Insect bites and stings Jun 17, 2022
- Jun 6, 2022 Hahnemann's Miasms - the Quick Version Jun 6, 2022
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April 2022
- Apr 20, 2022 How to dilute a remedy down in water Apr 20, 2022
- Apr 6, 2022 Aphorism 3 and 4: how to cure people and prevent relapse Apr 6, 2022
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March 2022
- Mar 21, 2022 Understanding the Difference between Homeopaths and Naturopaths Mar 21, 2022
- Mar 14, 2022 Which translation of the Organon should you read? Mar 14, 2022
- Mar 8, 2022 How many English translations of the Organon are there? And how are they different? Mar 8, 2022
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February 2022
- Feb 28, 2022 How to take a homeopathic remedy (pellets and liquid doses) Feb 28, 2022
- Feb 14, 2022 Aphorism 2: The ideal cure Feb 14, 2022
- Feb 7, 2022 Testing homeopathy at home Feb 7, 2022
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January 2022
- Jan 24, 2022 Aphorism 1: The job of a physician Jan 24, 2022
- Jan 17, 2022 Theories and laws in medicine: devils or guiding stars? Jan 17, 2022
- Jan 10, 2022 The Structure of the Organon Jan 10, 2022
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December 2021
- Dec 24, 2021 Health and giving back Dec 24, 2021
- Dec 17, 2021 Whyfore art thou “side effect”: A [side effect] by any other name would smell as sweet Dec 17, 2021
- Dec 3, 2021 Understanding the Complexity of Vitamin D dosing Dec 3, 2021
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November 2021
- Nov 24, 2021 Alternative healthcare? Holistic Medicine? How about just…healthcare? Or just…medicine? Nov 24, 2021
- Nov 19, 2021 The Physician’s Purpose Nov 19, 2021
- Nov 11, 2021 What’s so great about the Organon Nov 11, 2021
- Nov 10, 2021 Vitamin D toxicity: How much is too much? Nov 10, 2021
- Nov 3, 2021 Do you need a vitamin D supplement? Nov 3, 2021
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October 2021
- Oct 25, 2021 Red/Near-infrared therapies: My favorite dark horse Oct 25, 2021
- Oct 18, 2021 Treating colds and flus at home Oct 18, 2021
- Oct 4, 2021 Hahnemann and Fundamental Truths Oct 4, 2021
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September 2021
- Sep 15, 2021 What homeopathic philosophy teaches us about colonics Sep 15, 2021
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April 2019
- Apr 2, 2019 Heiner Frei: Polarity Analysis and Homeopathy Apr 2, 2019
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March 2019
- Mar 18, 2019 But does homeopathy work in the real world? Mar 18, 2019
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February 2019
- Feb 11, 2019 Where do you find research studies on Homeopathy Feb 11, 2019
- Feb 4, 2019 The snooks: About homeopathy Feb 4, 2019
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October 2018
- Oct 29, 2018 Dyes show the mystery of homeopathic remedies Oct 29, 2018