Torako Yui - The Wonder in Action

In November 1998 Dr Yui introduced homeopathy to the Japanese Parliament. Her long-standing commitment to the principles of homeopathy is now beginning to show results.

Torako Yui

APPLICATION FOR STATE RECOGNITION

On 5 February this year the Japanese government approved a holistic medical review project to examine whether there is a need for formal recognition of a homeopathy qualification. It was also to determine whether the conditions exist to offer professional liability insurance to protect homeopathic practitioners. To push the project forward, on 22 February Dr Yui submitted a 270-page report to the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) entitled "Proposals and Explanations for the Future of Homeopathy". The report was accompanied by a petition with an impressive 10,000 signatures from supporters of homeopathy.

The report also included a letter of support from Lord Atherton, who works with the British Department of Health, the International Council of Homoeopathy (ICH) and the European Central Council of Homoeopaths (ECCH). Attached to the report was a letter signed by many internationally recognised homeopathic doctors. It envisaged promising collaboration with the Japanese Homoeopathic Medical Association (JPHMA) and offered a programme for the forthcoming annual JPHMA congress including over three hours of video material that provided detailed coverage of homeopathy seminars and individual case studies.

Following the report, on 19 March Dr Yui gave a lecture in which she explained the principles of homeopathy to the project team. This was gratefully received and appreciated as it deepened the group's understanding of homeopathy. The presentation was originally scheduled for one hour but had to be extended to over two hours because far more attendees than expected came to hear Dr Yui's theories.

As chair of the JPHMA, Dr Yui began her talk with the following words: "We homeopaths want our work to help the people of Japan. In Japan there are many people suffering from mental disorders. Homeopathy can help give people a sense of well-being.
Homeopathy appears to work especially well for people who have difficulty expressing themselves. Babies who do not learn to speak, pupils who disrupt lessons or autistic children – they all benefit from homeopathy. It would be of great benefit to the Japanese people if homeopaths were permitted to work in hospitals and prisons."
She went on to explain that in order for this to be implemented the Japanese government must formally recognise the qualification in homeopathy, as is done in other countries.

To initiate this certification process, Dr Yui outlined the training system recently developed by the College of Holistic Homoeopathy (CHhom). It meets the guidelines of the International Council of Homoeopathy (ICH) and has in India initiated the founding of several state-recognised homeopathy colleges. The curriculum of these colleges comprises more than 1,700 learning units – twice as many as at an average British university. Unlike allopathic medicine, homeopathic training requires – in addition to an understanding of modern medicine – a stronger focus on courses in anatomy, physiology and psychology. A homeopathic doctor must know how to treat both mind and body.

Both the Japanese Royal Academy of Homoeopathy (JRAH) and the College of Holistic Homoeopathy (CHhom) call for a standardised curriculum that provides graduates with a globally recognised homeopathic qualification – independent of the practitioner's official medical qualification. To guarantee this standard of quality, the Japanese Homoeopathic Medical Association (JPHMA) has introduced an aptitude test for applicants who wish to obtain professional insurance cover for homeopaths.

Dr Yui is convinced of the need for cooperation between homeopaths and conventional medical doctors. She believes such collaboration can only benefit both sides. In her view, contrary to the opinion of the chair of the Japanese Physicians Society of Homoeopaths (JPSH), non-medical practitioners should also be allowed to practise homeopathy if they hold a state-recognised qualification – another argument for state-recognised training. Dr Yui argues that it is indispensable to settle the differences between the various schools of homeopathy and believes the time has come to make the benefits of homeopathy accessible to a wider public.

In the spirit of cooperation and at the suggestion of the Ministry of Health, the JPHMA has updated its research to produce more objective clinical data that can be used and reviewed by other organisations. Dr Yui has pledged to provide the ministry with precise scientific clinical data demonstrating the advantages of recognising homeopathy for Japan. Thus concluded the two-and-a-half-hour session.

IMPACT ON THE CHILDREN'S HOMEOPATHY CONGRESS IN GERMANY

At the second Children's Homeopathy Congress in Badenweiler in March 2010 Dr Yui's lecture captivated more than 300 people. Using video recordings, Dr Yui demonstrated the success of homeopathic consultation and treatment with hyperactive and autistic children.

Developmental disorders in children are among the most complex and hardest to diagnose and treat, and are treated both conventionally and homeopathically. From her clinical experience Dr Yui concludes that these problems are often caused by harmful side effects of vaccinations, by allopathic medicines, food additives and environmental pollution.

The conference participants were also pleasantly surprised by Dr Yui's commitment to the importance of Hahnemann's role. German homeopaths have been strongly influenced by Hahnemann's teachings over the past two decades, and they were impressed to see how intensively Dr Yui worked with German experts in classical homeopathy to have Hahnemann's works translated into Japanese.

The translations are additionally cross-referenced to the commentaries in the Organon 1 to 6. Dr Yui explained the influence of the Bönninghausen repertory, which comes from one of Hahnemann's first pupils, on her work and stated that her method of "three-dimensional prescribing" could be seen as an extension of Hahnemann's theory. She then spoke about the high success rates of her homeopathic work, especially in chronic and iatrogenic diseases.

"Although homeopathy enjoys widespread recognition, we are unable to verify the cure rate of 85% claimed by Hahnemann. This decline in cure rates is undoubtedly triggered by the emergence of new illnesses – the so-called 'modern' diseases that cause developmental disorders in children and affect the psyche and the autoimmune system. This became clear to me when I returned to Japan from Great Britain. My therapeutic skills acquired in Great Britain did not show lasting successes in Japan. At first it seemed I had treated a patient successfully, but the symptoms tended to recur within about a year. Through trial and error I struggled in my practice to adapt my homeopathic approach to Japanese peculiarities. I found that I achieved the best results by focusing on iatrogenic illnesses combined with the psychological theory of the 'inner child'.

For more than ten years there was a mandatory state vaccination programme in Japan, and since the American occupation after the Second World War our society has been dominated by conventional medicine. As I researched further, I discovered that the Japanese are the largest consumers of pharmaceuticals in the world. Japan is also the largest market for chemical pesticides worldwide. I had to accept that traditional homeopathic treatment could not be effective in Japan, and through this realisation I ultimately developed the 'three-dimensional method' which I now use in my practice."

I asked Dr Yui why she had now opened a second, more specialised homeopathy school.

RETURN TO HAHNEMANN'S SOURCES

"I have finally managed to establish the school I have always dreamed of... I regard it as a tribute to Hahnemann for all the wisdom he has given us. When I trained as a homeopath in Great Britain I was convinced that Hahnemann's writings were the 'authentic texts', and this is reflected in our choice of core textbooks: the 'Organon', 'Chronic Diseases' and the 'Collected Minor Works'. My own 'Materia Medica' is a further development of the Bönninghausen repertory. Hahnemann has been present throughout my development and training. Hahnemann not only teaches us his medicine; he also tells us that we must show our patients how people should live."

THE NEW MEDICINE INTEGRATES CONVENTIONAL MEDICINE

"Unlike allopathic medicine, which suppresses symptoms, homeopathy is a causal treatment that understands symptoms as messages from the body. It seeks to discover what lies behind the symptom by prescribing remedies according to the principle of similars. For thirteen years we trained homeopaths at the JRAH according to the standards of the British curriculum. At the College of Holistic Medicine new elements have been added to the curriculum. We introduce alternative treatments for the 'inner child' and treatments for the cardiovascular system and familiarise students with Bach flower essences and other herbal products. We also offer studies in medical astrology, alchemy, spiritual medicine and theology – this is truly integrative homeopathic medicine."

"In developing the CHhom concept I was inspired by Paracelsus, especially by his book 'Labyrinthus Medicorum Erratium(4)'. As a Swiss physician and alchemist, Paracelsus recognised the need to create education as a basis for the standardisation of knowledge. To this end he founded a school. In that school Paracelsus taught the symmetry of the microcosm – the human body – and the macrocosm – nature – with nature stemming from the wisdom of the Creator. His school encouraged the study of theology and alchemy. I hope CHhom will become such an institution!

Paracelsus already formulated many modern fundamental principles of medicine in his time, from the use of chemical remedies to psychology. His 'Labyrinthus Medicorum Erratium' is the summary of his theories and was regarded as the 'physician's bible'. Paracelsus noted: 'It is important that physicians honour the herbs and minerals of nature'. He gave us the idea of a 'pharmacy of nature'. We have a biological homeopathic medicinal plant farm in Japan that is recognised by the Japanese Homeopathic Society, and we believe that the remedies we produce there are an energised form of Paracelsus's original remedies. For this reason I published the Japanese version of 'Labyrinthus Medicorum Erratium' for the opening of CHhom."

WE TRAIN HOMEOPATHS WHO HEAL BODY AND SOUL

German and Indian universities and other educational institutions offer five-year courses. These training centres are already more advanced than we are. We currently offer a four-year part-time course with 45 days per year, which includes electronic learning units and clinical observation, or alternatively a two-year intensive course (four-day week). The courses begin with a self-experience unit – Who am I? Everything arises from self-awareness and we discover ourselves by recognising who or what puts us under stress.
In other words: knowing what stresses us means knowing ourselves. From this perspective we can observe the world around us; we learn to recognise the meaning of life and nature and approach the fundamentals of human existence. Homeopaths are therapists who take responsibility for the lives of others, and they cannot heal their patients without being aware of themselves.

(1) Royal Academy of Homoeopathy
(2) College of Holistic Homoeopathy
(3) Videoconference: a conference between two or more participants in different locations who communicate visually with each other.
(4) Labyrinth of Medical Errors

Categories: General
Keywords: Homeopathy, Japan, Miracles