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EDITORIAL
EDITORIAL
SPECTRUM OF HOMEOPATHY
EDITORIAL
Christa Gebhardt & Dr. Jürgen Hansel
Chief editors
Dear Readers,
it is always exciting for us with clinical topics to see how the
pieces of the puzzle will come together (or maybe not) for such
different authors from all round the world, forming a coherent
picture. So in our Borreliosis issue the theme of the sucked-dry
and exhausted victim emerged from numerous case histories. In
our current issue it soon became clear that the unfulfilled wish
to have children is a major part of the hormone problems we
see in homeopathic practice. Polycystic ovaries is an especially
common diagnosis, in which ovulation frequently fails because
the egg cells are not sufficiently mature.
In this connection we heard of two cases with an astonish-
ing similarity in the patient history: both women are “imma-
ture” because their childish need for attention and care was
never adequately met. Both compensate for their lack of love
by excessive eating, caring a lot for others and stressing their
independence. The American patient is given Lac delphinum
by Sally Williams whereas the Indian homeopath Vasudha Vij
gives her patient Gossypium from the Mallow family. With the
same pathology and a similar psychological state, here we can
see the homeopathic principle of individualization especially
clearly in action.
Christina Ari solves the puzzle for us. The Austrian doctor has
many years experience of using Folliculinum for disturbances of
the female hormonal balance. Potentized Estrogen has proved
itself particularly for women whose individual personality struc-
ture is immature, who find it difficult to set boundaries and
who feel dependent but seek an independent life. They try
to take care of everything and everyone, losing themselves in
their devotion. Ari talks of this reaction pattern in terms of a
follicular or hormonal miasm, which we can clearly recognize
in the cases of Vij and Williams.
This miasm also includes the uncertainty and self-doubt of Scan-
dium in the casetaking of Shekhar Algundgi. If the focus is more
on feelings of guilt and self-reproach, we arrive at remedies such
as Aurum muriaticum and Cyclamen – the latter is chosen by
the gynecologist Ute Bullemer. It is not only Ari who lays the
blame for the hormonal miasm on the stresses of modern fertil-
ity medicine or taking the Pill for many years but above all on
the constant contact with xenoestrogens in the environment.
With miasmatic treatment we can also certainly consider other
hormonal sarcodes. So, alongside Folliculinum, Sujit Chatterjee,
Gaurang Gaikwad, and Amruta Hede from Mumbai also give
the hypophysis sarcode Pituitaria anterior and the potentized
corpus luteum hormone Progesteronum.
Maria Klompé and her colleagues from the fertility polyclinic
in Utrecht frequently also use sarcodes from the group of the
matridonal remedies. She uses the protocol developed by Liz
Lalor, combining sarcodes and other supplementary remedies
with constitutional treatment, so achieving good results treating
women who want to have a baby. The simile remedy thereby
remains an essential key to success, independent of the method
used. the marine animals, the fish seems to have a special rela-
tionship to sexuality and fertility. Viktória Bodrogi explains this
in terms of biology and uses the signature in her cases.
A well-chosen constitutional remedy needs to have no particu-
lar connection to female hormonal balance in order to restore
balance, as in the case of Sally Williams. The reliability of the
prescription increases, however, if the holistically indicated simile
has a clear organ connection. Deborah Collins in a case of cli-
macteric fits of perspiration arrives at the same remedy via the
plant code as she did via an approved indication, so increasing
the likelihood of a good prescription. Menopausal complaints
can generally be treated very successfully with homeopathy.
Thanks to homeopathy the miasmatic strain of hormone treat-
ment can often be avoided. The hormonal miasm will neverthe-
less concern us increasingly as time goes on.
An added treat is the Lilium tigrinum case presented by Susan
Sonz, originally intended for the issue on the Liliaceae. Here
we see how a well-chosen remedy is extremely effective even
in cases where its use is not yet known.