Spectrum of Homeopathy 2014-3, Insects

The pace of modern life has increased enormously. Restlessness and concentration problems are the result of a hectic lifestyle. People are disorientated, abandoned and adrift. Material things, outward appearances and sexual attractiveness are valued more highly than ethics, empathy and compassion. We can see all these themes in the homeopathic remedy pictures of insects, for example in Jonathan Hardy’s proving and repertory symptoms of the butterfly Limenitis bredowii and the migratory locust Schistocerca.
Even though many new insect remedies have now been well proved, themes and signatures as biological characteristics play a key role in our homeopathic approach to this ancient and most species-rich class of animals. This is also true of well-known remedies such as Apis mellifica, Formica rufa or Coccus cacti in the case histories of Rajan Sankaran, Shekhar Algundgi and Sigrid Lindemann, and of Cantharis vesicatoria, known as a bladder remedy, as examined by Ulrich Welte. Work with themes and signatures enables an initial homeopathic differentiation of the confusing kingdom of insects. Peter Fraser takes an especially novel approach in his contribution on the feeding habits of insects. Differentiating between blood-sucking insects, cannibals, plant-eaters, coprophagous (faeces-eating) and nectar-sucking insects produces illuminating insights for homeopathy. This is also true of parasites, investigated by Jörg Wichmann and Angelika Bolte using the remedies Coccus cacti and Hirudo medicinalis. Ulrich Welte adds further information on bugs, fleas and other pests. These include the troublesome two-winged flies Musca domestica and Culex musca, for which Andreas Richter presents a detailed stress-reaction pattern.
We learn a great deal about butterflies from the informative articles by Jonathan Hardy, Mike Keszler, Alize Timmerman and Jenna Shamat. In addition to their flighty hyperactivity, already investigated by Patricia Le Roux, butterflies are also associated with themes of love and metamorphosis, death and rebirth.
The multifaceted contributions of this issue can only cover part of the astonishing spectrum of the insect world, which remains terra incognita for homeopathy; here themes and signatures offer valuable orientation without substituting for new remedy provings. This issue of SPECTRUM seeks to convey a sense of the special energy of insects and to encourage a deeper exploration of their kingdom.
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