5 / 16
SPICE OF LIFE ¦
LAMIACEAE AND PIPERACEAE
CONTENTS
SPECTRUM OF HOMEOPATHY
3
CONTENTS
EDITORIAL:
SPICE OF LIFE:
LAMIACEAE AND PIPERACEAE
Page
1
Christian Weidl
PEPPER: THE KING OF SPICES
Ethnobotany – Cultural History –
Triturations – Experience
Page
4
FLAG
Page
13
Dinesh Chauhan
EVERYDAY PLEASURES
Piper nigrum – the simillimum is sneezing powder
Page
14
Sigrid Lindemann
ELATED AND ISOLATED
Cubeba and the irritation of urticaria
Page
18
Ulrike Schuller-Schreib
THRILLS, FLOOD OF IDEAS, TIME-WASTING
Lamiaceae, Rubiaceae, and Piperaceae –
differentiation according to Sankaran
Page
22
Angelika Bolte, Jörg Wichmann
PUNGENCE AND A FLEETING AROMA
A comparison of Piperaceae and Lamiaceae
Page
32
Bhawisha Joshi
A BREATH OF FRESH AIR
Mentha piperita – a lively encounter with
a typical member of the Mint family
Page
42
Mahesh Ghandi
LOVE IS MY PETROL
Scutellaria lateriflora and the loss of vitality
Page
46
Michal Yakir
YIN AND YANG IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF PLANTS
Zingiber officinale, Musa sapientum, and the order
of Zingiberales in Yakir’s system
Page
54
Jan Scholten
FRACTAL SYSTEM
Overview of the Plant theory
Page
64
Jan Scholten / Martin Jakob
PRIMITIVE AND COMPLEX SPICES
Piperaceae and Lamiaceae in Plant theory
Page
72
Martin Jakob
THE SUBTLETY OF THE PLANT THEORY
Lamioideae and Nepetoideae – subfamilies
of the Lamiaceae
Page
80
Heinz Wittwer
PHOSPHORUS THROUGH AND THROUGH
Salvia officinalis – stage 15 of the Lamiaceae
Page
86
Walter Glück
SWEATING, COUGHING, HOARSENESS
Salvia officinalis and Mentha piperita
Page
90
Reinhard Flick
LETTING GO OF TENSION
Thymus vulgaris – a remedy proving
Page
96
Gabriela Hoppe
FINDING YOUR OWN POSITION
Glechoma hederacea fortifies and brings clarity
Page
102
PANORAMA
BOOKS
Page
110
Ulrich Welte: “Colors in Homeopathy –
sixth edition”
Review by Deborah Collins
Frans Vermeulen: “Synoptic Reference 2”
Review by Deborah Collins
Jan Scholten: “Veils of vision”
Review by Peter Kuiper
News
Page
114
From Around the World: The Development of
Homeopathy in Slovakia
Report by Vladimir Petroci
Michael Yakir´s Seminar
Report by Petra Brockmann