Book Review - Homeopathy for Sports, Exercise and Dance From - The Homeopath Number 77 - Spring 2000 Author: Emlyn Thomas Reviewed by Katherine Armitage This is a beautifully produced, compact handbook full of easily accessible information. It is written by a man with years of homeopathic experience and who is himself no stranger to physical endurance, having led major expeditions to many great mountain ranges, including the Himalayas. As well as for the homeopath, and for anybody who participates in sport or dance, this book is intended for club … [Read more...] about Book Review: Homeopathy for Sports, Exercise and Dance
Challenging Children: Success with Homeopathy
One of the great strengths of Homeopathy is the treatment of behavioural problems. The history of homeopathy shows that it is not only in recent times that Homeopathy has laid claim to being able to help challenging children. As far back as 1842, Samuel Hahnemann, the founder of Homeopathy, described a 14-year-old-girl who was treated because she “spoke irrationally, could not work, rapidly gets in a rage and beats everyone, and became as if mad”. After three months using the remedies Belladonna, Hyoscyamus and Sulphur she “became a healthy, rational, amiable … [Read more...] about Challenging Children: Success with Homeopathy
What Is Homeopathy?
[byline_author] First of all, it is best to start by saying Homeopathy is a great example of wholistic (or holistic) medicine. Wholistic medicine is any system of health care which encourages a cooperative relationship between the patient, the practitioner and the family - taking into account the whole person, including physical, nutritional, environmental, emotional, social, spiritual and lifestyle values. Wholistic medicine focuses on education and responsibility for personal efforts to achieve balance and well being. Therefore Homeopathy has earned it's … [Read more...] about What Is Homeopathy?
Sensitive children
[byline_author] Some children have a nervous system that seems to be highly aware and quick to react. They pick up on subtle changes and like to think carefully before taking action. Sensitive children are easily overwhelmed by lots of stimulation, sudden changes, and other people's emotional distress. Some of these sensitive children can be a challenge to parent because they are quite active, emotionally intense, demanding, and persistent but other sensitive children are calm, turned inward, and almost too easy to parent. Where do you get help with these … [Read more...] about Sensitive children
Children in Germany: Widespread use of homeopathy
Widespread use of homeopathy for children in Germany A new study published in 'Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety' shows that homeopathic medicines and herbal medicines, are commonly given by parents in Germany to their children. The study's aim was to estimate the use and cost of conventional, homeopathic and herbal medicines. Data from 3,642 children showed 24% of drugs prescribed for children in Germany are homeopathic medicines! 11.5% were herbs. Medicines prescribed by doctors were dominated by conventional medicine (76.5%), whereas in non-prescribed … [Read more...] about Children in Germany: Widespread use of homeopathy