August 2013 Blog Posts (9)

Monday I was waited for in Copenhagen airport by Signe Schepelern, I only knew from mail dialogues so far. She took me for a quick tour in the city before we met Jost (who flew in from Germany) and Michal (from Israel today as well). We were invited by Jeanette and Ole for dinner and to stay overnight. It was wonderful to sit around the table with homeopaths from 4…

My walking started in Greece as I explained a few posts before, but homeopathy actually started in my (first) garden. At that time, herbs were my main interest. I read every book I could lay my hands on, at that time a limited number, and I planted herbs in my garden.  Many herbs could be picked in the wild as well and dried to make a decoction. So much was I fascinated by the subject, that I wrote a herb encyclopedia myself. I was 22 years old and stayed home most of the time with…

My feeling- or is it my wishful thinking?- is that plants will help us out.  The movie Carol Boyce is currently making about Homeopathy on the Farm is a brilliant idea. Farmers are pragmatic people and it seems they are powerful as well, at least in the UK. They will use homeopathy if it works and when it doesn’t they won’t give it a second chance. I even asked myself…

A girl aged 16 consulted me along with her father, for the management of her acute upper respiratory infection. While doing the general physical examination, I noticed clubbing of nails (Image -A). After taking the history and doing the clinical examination, I could rule out major causes for clubbing (COPD, TOF, IBDs, Hepatic diseases, etc…), especially after I examined her…

RANG DE BASANTI 

The study of history is replete with instances of achieving liberation through several means but we can take pride in the fact that ours is the country that has lead to many a nation bow their heads in reverence as we won it through peace and non-violence. There were several episodes though in the long-fought struggle when events like the Jallianwala Bagh where several innocent people lost their lives. What that also meant was that many a…

About the time Aster left, my friend and colleague Louisa arrived in Edinburg. She was going to walk with me the second week. On Monday I talked at the get- together Elizabeth Biagi organized at her place.  After hesitating (and sending my letter to the minister as a reaction to her decision) I finally managed to let my computer there until Friday. It seemed like a good idea to leave everything behind for a few days and enjoy the walking (with a much lighter rug sack). It would keep…

Aster and I decided to have a day off, go shopping in Falkirk, feed the squirrels in the park and then take the bus to the FIfe Coastal Path.  We stayed a night in Dunfermline and started walking from there along the coast. We followed the well signposted path and had a rest now and then on the sandy beaches. The weather was (again: unusual) warm for Scotland: we didn’t expect at all to get sunburnt, or lose so many liters sweat on this trip!…

Name:                      Mr. S                                                 Sex/Age:                             M 60 yrs              

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MY STINT WITH STRAMONIUM

Many in Miami are unaware of Homeopathy, as such, I always make it a point when circumstances permit to talk about homeopathy when ever any discussion comes up about health issues. What I observed was that most people are willing to learn about alternatives, and that's when I bring in Homeopathy.…