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Insects - Spectrum of Homeopathy 03/2014
The pace of modern life has increased
enormously. Restlessness and concentration problems are the results of a hectic
lifestyle. People are disorientated, abandoned and adrift. Material things,
external appearances and sexual attractiveness are valued more highly than
ethics, empathy, and compassion. We can see all these themes in the homeopathic
remedy pictures of insects, as shown by Jonathan Hardy, for example, in the
proving and repertory symptoms of the butterfly Limenitis bredowii and the
migratory locust Schistocerca.
Even if many new insect remedies have now
been well proved, the themes and signature as biological characteristics play a
key role in our homeopathic approach to this ancient and most species-rich
class of animals. This is also true of well-known remedies such as Apis
mellifica, Formica rufa or Coccus cacti in the case histories of Rajan
Sankaran, Shekhar Algundgi and Sigrid Lindemann, or Cantharis vesicatoria,
known as a bladder remedy, examined by Ulrich Welte. The work with themes and signatures
enables initial homeopathic differentiation of the confusing kingdom of the
insects. Peter Fraser takes an especially novel approach with his contribution
on the feeding habits of the insects. The differentiation between blood-sucking
insects, cannibals, plant-eaters, coprophagous (faeces-eating) and
nectar-sucking insects produces illuminating insights for homeopathy. This is
also true of the parasites, investigated by Jörg Wichmann and Angelika Bolte
with the remedies Coccus cacti and Hirudo medicinalis. Ulrich Welte adds additional
information on bugs, fleas and other pests. These include the annoying
two-winged flies Musca domestica and Culex musca, for which Andreas Richter
presents a detailed stress-reaction pattern.
We learn a great deal about butterflies
from the informative articles by Jonathan Hardy, Mike Keszler, Alize Timmerman
and Jenna Shamat. In addition to their flighty hyperactivity, already
investigated by Patricia Le Roux, butterflies are also associated with themes
of love and metamorphosis, death and rebirth.
The multifaceted contributions of this
issue can only cover part of the unbelievable spectrum of the insect world,
which remains terra incognita for homeopathy, in which themes and signatures
offer valuable orientation without substituting for new remedy provings. This
issue of SPECTRUM seeks to give a feeling for the special energy of the insects
and offer encouragement to dive deeper into their kingdom.
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