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COMING ISSUES 2019
LILIALES – Problems with groups
The Liliales order includes many homeopathical-
ly relevant remedies such as Colchicum, Lilium
tigrinum, Sarsaparilla, and Veratrum album. Al-
though they belong to different plant families,
they have striking similarities, including the vital
sensation identified by Sankaran. Like Michal Ya-
kir, the Indian homeopath is guided by the Cron-
quist system, which – in contrast to the APG clas-
sification – also counts Irises, Hyacinths, Agaves,
and Asparagus as part of this large group.
The themes of all these plant remedies are about
belonging to a group, social position, recogni-
tion as well as attractiveness and sexuality. Cor-
responding to the cultural imagery associated
with the lily, we find the issues of love and pu-
rity, religion and morality, together with shame
and suppressed feelings. Therefore the physical
focus is the heart and the hormonal system. Jan
Scholten further differentiates the themes of the
Liliales according to the different families, which
to some extent also belong to another order. This
issue of SPECTRUM therefore offers the opportu-
nity to compare and contrast the plant systems
of Scholten, Sankaran, andYakir via their differing
understanding of the Liliales.
STONES – Mineral Complex Remedies
With her book of stones in “Physica,” Hildegard
von Bingen founded a centuries-long tradition
of precious stone treatment as part of esoter-
ic natural healing. In homeopathy this group
of remedies has only been researched in the
last few decades through remedy provings. The
proving symptoms and clinical experience using
remedies made from such diverse substances as
Granite, Lava, and Rose quartz have led to the
emergence of common themes for the stones as
a separate remedy family.
Together with typical themes such as heaviness,
stiffness, and isolation but also breaking out and
exploding, we also find the well-known charac-
teristics of this entire mineral kingdom such as
a feeling of lack and the need for structure and
control. Each individual stone is a complex reme-
dy of various elements of the periodic table with
differing emphases on the individual rows such
as the Carbon, Silicium, or the Iron series. Our in-
ternationally renowned authors present various
stone remedies, demonstrating with concrete
cases how to reliably select these remedies via
the common themes of the remedy family, the
understanding of the elemental components,
the repertory, and proving symptoms.
HORMONES – Cycle, Fertility, Menopause
The treatment of disturbances in functioning and
regulation is a domain of homeopathy. This is es-
pecially true for female hormone balance, which
reacts very sensitively to environmental influenc-
es but is also closely related to the state of mind.
Since Hahnemann‘s time we know of remedies
such as Pulsatilla and Sepia which have a special
effect on the menstrual cycle, fertility, pregnancy,
and the menopause.
The list of “women’s” remedies has grown and
grown, now including many minor remedies and
entire remedy families that have proved useful
for dysmenorrhea, premenstrual syndrome, or in
the menopause. In many cases remedy selection
with the approved indications is insufficient, and
the simillimum is only found via the totality of
symptoms, the life history, or the vital sensation.
From the menarche to the menopause, we look
at a range of different methodologies and typical
remedies, using numerous cases of menstrual dif-
ficulties, unfulfilled wish for children, or cycle-de-
pendent mood disorders. We aim to demonstrate
the key role of homeopathy in the treatment of
hormonally caused female complaints.
SPECTRUM OF HOMEOPATHY