Articles

  • Think Homeopathy for Sports Injuries

    Arnica montana has undoubtedly won more converts to homeopathy than any other medicine. Pop some Arnica pellets as soon as possible after a strain, sprain, or bruise and you will likely be singing its praises. The response is usually swift and impressive, whether or not you use a topical preparation or take it internally. Do […]

  • A Curious Case of Hives and Narcolepsy

    Original patient complaint: Hives, Narcolepsy Dan itched like crazy. For the past two years, he had red, slightly raised, itchy patches all over his body, that looked like hives. They were on his back, both arns and his lower legs. He itched so much, he scratched until he bled. He woke himself scratching every two hours […]

  • Dry as the Desert: A Woman with Severe Eczema

    Cecilia, a 25-year-old Hispanic city planner, first came to see us in 1991. Her chief complaint had always been a severe eczema characterized by extreme dryness. She also had a history of childhood asthma. We found several homeopathic medicines that helped her considerably. The medicine that helped the most was Sulphur, the most common medicine […]

  • A Case of Crohn’s Disease, Arthritis, and Osteoporosis

    Dolores was 66, a plain spoken and direct woman who loved to raise rhododendrons and drive her Miata sports convertible. She had chosen homeopathy because she reacted to conventional medicines badly and was afraid to take them. Dolores had been diagnosed with Crohn’s disease, arthritis and osteoporosis. The osteoporosis was only on the left side, […]

  • A Case of Chronic Fatigue

    Donna was a slim, attractive 29 year old woman who said she was tired, really tired. She had been that way for close to five years, since moving to Seattle from Kansas. She was exhausted after work. Even when she wasn’t working she was still extremely fatigued at the end of the day, but especially […]

  • Homeopathic Treatment of Hemorrhoids

    Homeopathy provides rapid relief for the pain and discomfort of hemorrhoids. As always, the correct prescription is based on what is most unique about each case. Each of the following cases was treated acutely.Hemorrhoids may need to be be treated constitutionally if the condition persists or the acute flareups are recurrent. Case 1: Beverly before […]

  • A Case of School Phobia and Recurrent Stomach Flu

    Original patient complaint: Flu Seven-year-old George had a tough time starting kindergarten. On the first day of school, he begged his mother to let him stay home. After much gnashing of teething on the part of his distressed mom, George arrived to his classroom two minutes early, for which he received a scolding from his […]

  • Homeopathic Self Care: What you can Treat Yourself

    Homeopathy, a remarkably powerful tool for healing, can be used successfully in the hands of both the homeopath and the interested lay person. This system of medicine uses small doses of natural substances to stimulate the body’s ability to heal itself. In homeopathic prescribing, a single substance is found which matches the symptom pattern of […]

  • Healing through Homeopathy: A Case of Chronic Headaches

    Chronic headaches are one of the most common and distressing problems for many of our patients. Homeopathic medicine can be remarkably effective in treating headaches, regardless of their etiology. In eliciting the patient’s symptoms, a homeopathic interviewer must understand many explicit details concerning the headaches, including how long the patient has suffered with the headaches […]