An invitation to explore the desert biome with a passionate and experienced guide. Todd Rowe proposes to look at the environmental dimension for the understanding of a remedy; its location, biome and mythology. Known remedies, such as Agave americana or Argemone mexicana, are explored together with new, provings and cases, such as Caregia gigantea or Argemone pleicantha. Much of the supporting material has been placed on a CD, which reveals the labour of love that has gone into the making of this book.
The publisher:
The Desert World: A Homeopathic Exploration has been published. Author Todd Rowe, MD, MD(H), DHt, CCH comments: “This book focuses on the desert biome, an exploration of the desert environment and its natural contents. We have found that powerful themes run through the desert biome and the remedies derived from it. This gives us a new set of remedies whose individual characteristics fit within the larger themes of the desert biome. Once one spots 'desert' in a case, it becomes a relatively simpler matter to understand which of the known remedies is represented in the case, or to recognize that we have not yet proven the required remedy.”
Desert themes include low and irregular rainfall; high evaporation rates of surface water; low level of moisture in the soil; swift winds; poor drainage systems; widely separated plant and animal life; rocky or sandy ground – poor fertility.
Desert remedy themes include: Poorly adapted; Live underground – circular structures; Nomadism; War-like; Boom-or-bust; Religion; Desert diseases. Desert diseases include: Respiratory tract, urogenital tract and skin problems; Mental illness; Valley fever; Rabies; Kidney stones; Sunstroke and sunburn; Dehydration and hyponatremia; Low amniotic fluid.
An extensive CD is included in the back cover of the book. This CD contains the thematic research underlying the book. In addition, it includes complete proving material, proving comparison studies, additional cases and the latest desert provings. CD materials is all in PDF format.
Nancy Herrick PA writes about the book:
"Dr. Todd Rowe leads us through an entire eocsystem with the lens of a reverent scientist in this revolutionary approach to the vast and mysterious realm of remedies of the desert. Using sensation, seven levels and Hahnemanian provings, he brings all of our oldest and most recently developed methods of studying Materia Medica together. This book is a giant leap forward for homeopathy."