Current issueWinter/Spring 2024 Modern medicine has (partly) moved on from its ‘one size fits all’ approach which uses a particular drug to treat all patients suffering from a particular disease. However, it doesn’t take into account individual differences and that can ultimately lead to poor patient satisfaction. Precision medicine is supposed to replace the conventional approach by combining personal patient data (including the sequencing of the human genome) with clinical, pharmacological and socio-economic information in order to reach the best possible, tailored, treatment for an individual. This should help to determine risk factors, and to design more precise interventions while improving the efficiency of treatments. This promises less ‘trial and error’ and implies accuracy but what are the downsides? In this issue, we explore some of the pros and cons of precision medicine. The headlines trumpet the advances in precision medicine but genetic testing and personalised treatment is expensive, access is limited, and there is still a high failure rate. Besides that, there are ethical and data security concerns. |
Feature article Acute homeopathic prescribing by David Needleman Unlike treating chronic conditions, acutes require immediate attention and only limited, but to the point, case-taking. Results can be amazing. David Needleman, with vast experience in treating acute conditions through setting up the Homeopathic Help-line, gives useful tips for treating acutes generally and remedy suggestions for treating various conditions. Click here to download the article. |
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Contents
News from the Chair
Safe and effective Karin Mont 4
This article takes a closer look at the global response to the outbreak of COVID-19, and how a combination of fearmongering, misleading reportage, the manipulation of facts, the silencing of dissenting voices, and general ignorance, succeeded in coercing entire populations into acting completely irrationally.
News Features
The hope of the harvest is in the seeds Karen Seyersted 8
Karen Seyersted summarises the Homeopathy Research Institute’s (HRI) Conference 2023. This inspiring, international event introduced the latest, high quality homeopathic research to a wide and enthusiastic audience.
Managing pet stress with homeopathy, a whole health approach Fiona Wray 12
Fiona Wray, who attended a Whole Health Agriculture (WHAg) webinar on managing pet stress, was very impressed with their whole health approach.
Homeopathy for Health in Africa (HHA) Rebecca Stirrup 14
Rebecca Stirrup’s report from Tanzania and the work of ‘Homeopathy for Health in Africa’ (HHA) represents another encouraging example of the success of an integrative approach to health care.
Features
Solvatochromic dyes demystified – Part one Tony Pinkus 18
Homeopathy has survived the advances of mainstream medicine and has also progressed from its original experimental nature. The desire to explain the mechanism of action of remedies is motivated by curiosity and scientific interest – it’s not based on a business model and can therefore ‘afford’ to be unbiased.
By means of Steven Cartwright’s cutting-edge discoveries, Tony Pinkus illustrates how homeopathic research is advancing and pushing the boundaries. He asserts that, in the presence of homeopathic potencies, solvatochromic dyes display consistent and reproducible changes in their visible spectra. This can lead eventually to a better understanding of the nature of homeopathic medicines and their action in defiance of the perpetual placebo argument.
Acute homeopathic prescribing David Needleman 26
Unlike treating chronic conditions, acutes require immediate attention and only limited, but to the point, case-taking. Results can be amazing. David Needleman, with vast experience in treating acute conditions through setting up the Homeopathic Help-line, gives useful tips for treating acutes generally and remedy suggestions for treating various conditions.
Successful treatment of long COVID with classical homeopathy Andrea Corinna Mayer et al 36
Andrea Mayer et al conducted research on a small scale. They collected cases from several experienced Swiss homeopaths who have treated patients with long COVID. The retrospective data analysis provides evidence for the successful homeopathic treatment of long COVID.
Homeobotanical therapy Deborah Kerslake 44
Deborah Kerslake practises homeobotanical therapy, an ‘alchemised blend’ of homeopathy and herbalism, which generates reproducible results. Once succussed, the combination remedy acts as a single individualised remedy.
Muscle response monitoring Mary Beth Skellorn 52
Mary Beth Skellorn combines homeopathy with muscle response monitoring which, she asserts, gives clients a voice to speak and select for themselves the most appropriate remedy and frequency to rebalance the system. It takes the guesswork out of prescribing and is accurate and precise.
Obituaries
Martine Mercy (12 May 1953 – 26 May 2023) 56
Sadly, we have lost Martine Mercy, who was known not only for her work with fossil remedies but also for being a gifted artist, and for being most generous in sharing her knowledge. She leaves behind a wide range of new remedies, and many of us will have her beautifully illustrated books as a reminder of her talent. Her legacy lives on.
Warm memories of Sydommne Peace (1953 – 2023) 58
Reviews
The Right Brain Approach In Homeopathy by Dinesh Chauhan 59
The New Materia Medica: Volume 3 by Colin Griffith 61