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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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Which translation of the Organon should you read?
If you are deciding which version of the Organon to get, then the answer to what is “best” largely depends on your goals, previous experience and personal preferences.
Unless you are interested in comparing different editions, I don’t recommend any edition than the sixth (why read things Hahnemann later felt were inaccurate or unimportant?).
There are three translations of the sixth edition. One by Boericke and Dudgeon, one by Künzli, Naudé, and Pendleton and one by Decker and Brewster O’Reilly.
How many English translations of the Organon are there? And how are they different?
So maybe you are about to buy your first Organon. Or you bought one and you don’t like it and want to try another. Or you thought there was only one Organon, but your neighbor in class has one that’s totally different than yours. What gives?
How to take a homeopathic remedy (pellets and liquid doses)
Remedies are not hard to take, but if you are new to it, it can seem foreign! So here is everything you need to need know about taking them.
Aphorism 2: The ideal cure
Aphorism 2 outlines the ideal cure: one that’s fast, permanent, and has no ill effects.
Testing homeopathy at home
Many people think of homeopathy as this funny medicine with little white pills and someone questioning you about your daddy issues. This couldn’t be farther from the truth. Although that sometimes happens in an appointment (well, hopefully not the daddy issues questions), homeopathy is just the practice of putting the law of similars to work.
Theories and laws in medicine: devils or guiding stars?
Homeopathy is governed by law, but homeopaths often poo-poo theories. Why? What’s the difference? And how do they impact medicine?
The Structure of the Organon
The main text is essentially a list of 291 aphorisms. Since it’s structured as a list, it’s easy to get lost in the details. In most books, there are chapters and sometimes subchapters and the author, before moving on to a new chapter, will often end with a summary of where we have been (at least in a nonfiction book). But here we don’t get that.
Alternative healthcare? Holistic Medicine? How about just…healthcare? Or just…medicine?
I often refer to anything other than conventional medical care as alternative healthcare, but it’s a problematic term. First, by defining what happens at a family doc’s office or the ER as “conventional” we normalize it and position it as THE thing we measure everything else against.
Vitamin D toxicity: How much is too much?
You may be nervous about dosing over a few hundred IU of vitamin D. If so, you aren’t alone. Vitamin D toxicity worries many clinicians as people become more and more cavalier about taking it. However! The dose makes the poison, as Paracelsus warned us hundreds of years ago, and as Dr. Vieth (a vitamin D researcher in Toronto) paraphrases “if it has any effect on your body, it can become poisonous”. So the question should not be “is vitamin D toxic” but “at what dose does vitamin D become toxic”.
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