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An Introduction

© Lise M. Battaglia, HMC, CCH (cand)

Homeopathy

My background… I’m not: a physicist, chemist, biologist, doctor… But I am:

A homeopath. Certified as a Master Homeopathic Clinician. HMC

In the final stages of a 5 year certification process by the Council on Homeopathic Certification. CCH(cand)

A certified Homeopathic Supervisor for Free & Healthy Children International- in their efforts to test the 15 year Australian Study on Homoprophylaxis- the use of homeopathy in the protection of children and childhood diseases.

In practice in Port Orange, in private practice as a wellness educator in integrative care. I am passionate about helping my clients to raise their expectations for their health. I love working with other medical practitioners on difficult to treat cases.

I serve on the Board of the Florida Homeopathic Society

Published as an Historian in Culinary, Renaissance, Art and Anthropology. I am a European trained Gourmet Chef and Teacher in Artisanal & Traditional Culinary Healing Cuisines. … and have been published in numerous journals, blogs, recipe and culinary history collections.

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Lise M. Battaglia

386 872 7599

www.HomeopathyHealingArts.com

Indicators for Referral: Children & Adults

•Chronic Pain

•Learning challenges, biochemical and emotionally caused.

•Emotional & Nutritional support for self healing in those diagnosed with Autism,

Bi Polarity, Anxiety, ADHD. For those clients seeking "something natural" in addition to

conventional treatments.

•Leaky Gut Syndrome & GAPS Diet

•Children suffering from developmental delays which may or may not be a result of

vaccination injury

•Adults facing addiction.

•Seniors with hard to treat conditions, resistant to conventional, medical treatments.

Age related dementia & Alzheimer's.

•End of Life & Hospice Care: Palliative Support for physical and emotional pain.

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Lise M. Battaglia



This course aims to teach those new to

homeopathy:

History of Homeopathy and its place in the History of Medicine

Essential principles of homeopathy and their role in successful remedy selection.

Remedy Selection Tools : The Materia Medica & Repertory

The key indicators for remedy effectiveness through the Direction of Cure.

Using Homeopathy at home, with our patients, for first aid

Clinical Evidence for Homeopathy

Suggestions for Homeopathy as part of Integrative care.

Copyright, 2014 Lise M. Battaglia www.HomeopathyHealingArts.com

Session Outline:

1. What have you heard about Homeopathy?

2. Medicine in 1700’s

3. A brief History of Homeopathy

4. 2 kinds of medicine. – Antipathic & homeopathic

5. Hahnemann and the first proving

6. The Law of Similars

7. The Law of the Minimum Dose

8. Hering’s observations on the Direction of Cure

9. Kent and his Repertory

10. Question and Answer time

11. Choose the remedy exercise

12. Clinical Studies

13. Suggestions for Homeopathic use in Integrative Care.

1. What have you heard about

Homeopathy? On your piece of paper, write down anything, including myths

or dubious statements you have heard about Homeopathy…

Be sure to save these responses for our question and answer segment.

Medicine in the 1700’s

Many varying ideas

Poor & vague treatments

Unscientific

Unhygenic – no sterilization

Characterised by :

Bloodletting

Leeching

Purging

A Physician’s conscience…

“ I cannot reckon on much income from practice […] I

am too conscientious to prolong illness or make it

appear more dangerous than it is […]. It was agony for

me to walk always in darkness, when I had to heal the

sick, […]. Soon after my marriage, I renounced the

practice of medicine, that I may no longer incur the risk

of doing injury and I engaged exclusively in chemistry

and literary occupations”. (Castro, 1990).

A light in the darkness. A new medicine dawns….

Thanks to this physician, Dr. Samuel Hahnemann,

From the mid 1800’s this new medicine bagan to have remarkable results.

•After the retreat of Napolean's army. In 1813 there was an epidemic of Typhus in

Leipzig, Out of 180 patients only 2 were lost. This, at a time when the conventional

treatments were having a mortality rate of over 30%.

•When Cholera struck Europe in 1831 the mortality rate (under conventional treatment)

was between 40% and 80% . But for some doctors in London, Dublin, Russia, and Austria,

their patients succumbed at the rate of much less , with only 7% to 33% mortality rates.

By 1854 when Cholera hit the shores of the United States Europe once again, these same

physicians, reduced mortality rates to a mere 5.6%.

In the records of three years of Diphtheria in Broome County, NY from 1862 to

1864, there was a report of an 83.6% mortality rate among the conventional

doctors, but this new form of medicine was successful in 84% of cases with only

16% mortality rate.

During the Influenza Pandemic of 1918. Dr. T A McCann, from Dayton, Ohio,

reported that 24,000 cases of flu treated with conventional medicine had a

mortality rate of 28.2% while 26,000 cases of flu treated with this new form of

medicine had a mortality rate of 1.05

And most recently, in 2008, this same form of medicine successfully squelched the

often fatal tropic disease, Leptospirosis, in Cuba. When 2.3 million people at high

risk of infection were treated and 88% fewer infections were reported than

previous years. This treatment was “strongly associated with a drastic reduction of

disease incidence resulting in complete control of the epidemic.”

uel Hahnemann began to

Samuel Hahnemann

1755-1843

A Brief History of Homeopathy

The roots of this “new Medicine: were over 2000 years old.

Hippocrates wrote that there were two approaches to healing:

1. The use of contraries (Antipathic medicine)

2. Similars (Homeopathic medicine)

Examples of antipathic medicines:

• A laxative to ease constipation

• An anti-inflammatory to reduce inflammation

• An antacid is given to reduce stomach acidity

• An antihistamine to reduce an allergic reaction

A Brief History of Homeopathy

Over 2000 years ago Hippocrates wrote that there were two

approaches to healing:

1. The use of contraries (Antipathic medicine)

2. Similars (Homeopathic medicine)

Examples of antipathic medicines:

• A laxative to ease constipation

• An anti-inflammatory to reduce inflammation

• An antacid is given to reduce stomach acidity

• An antihistamine to reduce an allergic reaction


Origins

This principle was first described in Hindu writings over 3000 years ago

Also mentioned by Hippocrates , Galen in the 2nd century and Paracelsus in16th century

SAMUEL HAHNEMANN

FOUNDER OF HOMOEOPATHY

The first proving

Whilst translating a medical text by

Scottish doctor named Cullen,

Hahnemann was dissatisfied by the

explanation that Quinine’s efficacy

in malaria was attributed to its

bitterness.

SAMUEL HAHNEMANN & THE CHINA EXPERIMENT

Quinine = Peruvian bark / Cinchona or China

Hahnemann took doses of the powdered bark

He soon became sick with all the symptoms of Malaria

SAMUEL HAHNEMANN’S

DISCOVERY He stopped taking the bark and all

the symptoms disappeared.

He came to an astonishing conclusion.

The bark cured Malaria because it produced the same symptoms as the sickness.

HOMEOPATHY IS BORN

1796 Hahnemann publishes his

findings and Homeopathy is born

Like Cures Like = Similar Similibus

Curentur

The therapy is named Homoeopathy

HOMEO = SIMILAR

PATHOS = SUFFERING

A page from Hahnemanns book

of “proving“symptoms

Paracelsus

1493-1541 In the early 16th century a German doctor named Paracelsus, now known as the father of chemistry, strongly criticized the use of contraries and stressed his

belief that like cures like

The Law of Similars

This was one of those Eureka!! moments.

Hahnemann realised that if healthy people took

a particular substance and recorded their

symptoms, then somebody suffering from

similar symptoms could be cured using that

substance

“ LIKE CURES LIKE “

THE SYMPTOMS

A SUBSTANCE CAN PRODUCE IN A

HEALTHY PERSON

ARE

THE SYMPTOMS IT CAN CURE

IN A SICK PERSON

Let’s take a moment and ask how

Like Cures Like is seen in our lives.


Homeopathy uses similar suffering to restore health

(Similia Similibus Curentur or Like Cures Like)

Do you know what the remedies Allium–cepa, Apis and

Lachesis are prepared from?

Examples of the similia principle

Peeling an onion leads to sore, runny eyes, itchy nose and sneezing - Allium cepa used to treat hayfever and colds

The sting of a bee will produce a hard, swollen, raised and hot response on the skin. This is a terrific remedy for jelly fish stings, bee stings, or any rash of any origin with these symptoms.

Blood poisoning, hot flashes of menopause and certain kinds of paralysis respond very well to the remedy, Lachesis muta which is made from the poison of the rattlesnake.

Allium-cepa One of several common hay fever remedies, prepared from the red onion

A healthy person chopping an onion will often get a runny nose and streaming eyes.

Apis mellifica

Angry red swellings (whatever the cause) may be treated with Apis made from the sting of a bee.

Lachesis (snake)

Blood poisoning may be treated with Lachesis, or other remedies made from a snake’s venom

Examples

of the similia principle in medicine

Radiotherapy which is used to treat cancer also causes it

Amphetamines which produce hyperactivity, are used to treat hyperactive children

Immunisation

. The Law of Similars

This was one of those Eureka!! moments.

Hahnemann realised that if healthy people took

a particular substance and recorded their

symptoms, then somebody suffering from

similar symptoms could be cured using that

substance

4. The Law of the Minimum Dose

How did Hahnemann overcome this obstacle?

What did he discover when he tested these dilute substances?

Back to the

drawing board

How did Hahnemann overcome this obstacle?

•He diluting the substance. He wanted to use the absolute minimum quantity of

substance to evoke the healing response.

•But they did not always work, but by chance, did he come upon the procedure that

would make the remedy potent enough to stimulate the healing response.

There are several stories about what

happened next….

The process of shaking and bashing somehow imprinted the energy of the

original substance into the liquid/dilutant so that it continued to have a

medicinal effect, but the toxic effects disappeared during the dilution process

• The process of shaking and bashing somehow

imprinted the energy of the original substance into

the liquid /dilutant so that it continued to have a

medicinal effect, but the toxic effects disappeared

during the dilution process.

•This is called Succussion and potentization.

The law of minimum dose


Potentising a mother tincture

Remedies come in different potencies e.g. 6x, 12x, 6c, 12c, 30c, 200c, 1M,

10M etc.

Which are the most potent and why?

X= the process of dilution by a factor of 10

C= the process of dilution by a factor of 100

M= the process of dilution by a factor of 1000

‘M’ being more diluted, ‘M’ is more potent

….less is more.

The lower the dose, the stronger the

medicince.

Remedies come in different potencies e.g.. 6x,12x, 6c, 12c, 30c,

200c, 1M, 10M etc.

X=process of dilution by a factor of 10;

C=process of dilution by a factor of 100;

M = process of dilution by a factor of 1000;

Therefore M having been diluted more is more potent. Less is more.

A homeopath’s tools.

Materia Medica

Repertory

BOOKS OF SYMPTOMS

He tested many substances and

wrote down each substances

symptoms in a book.

The books with all the symptoms

are known as : MATERIA

MEDICA

Materia Medica is a compilation of

Known symptoms produced by poisonings

Symptoms produced by provings

Symptoms relieved when remedy given for

other symptoms

Kent and his Repertory

• A great philosopher and writer of Materia

Medica

• But he is also known for his book of symptoms

called A Repertory

• Universally acknowledged to be the most

accessible of its time

• It is still in widespread use today

• Now computerized Repertories are available and

are of great help in choosing from around 3,000

remedies

J.T Kent 1849-1916

Repertorization

Repertory contains details of symptoms produced by

remedies listed under bodily systems e.g. mind, vertigo,

head, eye, vision, ear, hearing, nose, face etc.

e.g. heartburn after eating - Aesc. agar. Am.c. anac. Calc. Calc.

p. carl. Chin. Cocc.c. con. Croc. Graph. Iod. Lyc. Merc. Nat. mur.

Nit. Ac. Nux v. Sep. Sil.

The homeopathic interview will seek to

learn... Details of presenting complaint - aetiology, aggravations,

ameliorations, modalities

Aetiology : trauma, bereavement, never well since -pregnancy, menopause, glandular fever

Aggravations : conditions that make symptoms worse

Ameliorations : improve symptoms

Modalities : conditions qualifying a symptom

If the answers are different for each patient with the same “disease”

the remedy recommended will be different for each person.

From a physician hired to prove this

could not work… We discover the homeopathic direction of cure….

If you have not experienced a homeopathic remedy success, you may be asking the

question….

Does this really work??? Why not just find a remedy for a disease and get on with it? Why

all the personalization?

You aren’t the first and probably won’t be the last to question….

Constantine Hering 1800-1880

Hering’s observations on the direction

of cure • As a student in Leipzig, Hering was asked to

repudiate the claims made by Hahnemann put

forward in his Organon of Medicine

• Instead he became a fervent convert to Homeopathy

• His zealousness resulted in a poising from the

bushmaster snake whilst collecting venom for a

proving

• His wife recorded each poisoning symptom

meticulously for his next Materia Medica

• This was the remedy we now know as the

frequently prescribed Lachesis

A prolific writer and prover, however most

memorable is Hering’s direction of cure…

Symptoms move from above to below: head to toe (especially true

of superficial symptoms related to skin, muscles, and joints)

Symptoms move from within to without (from

deeper tissue/organs to the surface)

Old symptoms reappear in reverse order

Direction of cure

…and in reverse order of their

appearance

Mrs. Smith

From above downward

From within outwards…

For the break:

Eczema - hay fever - asthma and the direction of cure

Hering’s observations have been found to hold true in the majority of

cases, but the example given here, of eczema/hay fever/asthma, is one

that homeopaths see often

Time for a break…

8. Choose the remedy exercise…

Disease =Symptoms

or does it?

What is dis-ease?

The difference between Homeopathic

and Orthodox medicine Homeopathy (and other holistic approaches) sees symptom

manifestations as of a persons dis-ease

Orthodox medicine sees symptom

manifestations as the disease

Basis of Treatment

Homeopathy works with the body’s response to illness and remedies are prescribed according to the symptoms

one remedy can be used to treat several ailments

one ailment may need to be treated with different remedies in different patients

Highly individualized treatment.

Homeopaths refer to this as the Totality of the Symptoms, or Constitutional Homeopathy.

How to select a remedy… Based on the Disease

Based on the Person who

has the Disease.

If there is an epidemic , homeopaths are able to determine the totality of the symptoms –this is called genus epidemicus.

Usually we will have three remedies that are most effective.

Extremely helpful with the flu, whooping cough outbreaks, swamp fever in tropical climates such as in Cuba.

Totality of the Symptoms

Example: If three

asthmatics walk into a

homeopath’s office. The

odds that they each walk

out with a different

remedy recommendation is

very high.

Questions & Answers

10- 15 minutes

Choose the remedy exercise

Find the best remedy:

1. You have trapped your hand in a car door. The pain is indescribable; screaming up your arm.

Is it Arnica or Hypericum Perfolatum?

Use the hand out to review the remedies and select the best one for each of

the “choose the remedy” exercises, based on the totality of the symptoms.

Hypericum perfoliatum


2. Your child was playing in the garden quite happily when he

was stung by either a bee, a wasp or horsefly. The area doesn’t

seem very red or hot, but it is swollen and the child is howling.

He is listless and wants to sit with a cold flannel pressed against

the bite.

Is it Apis

or Ledum

Palustra?


Ledum palustre

2. Your child was playing in the garden quite happily

when he was stung by either a bee, a wasp or horsefly.

The area doesn’t seem very red or hot, but it is swollen

and the child is howling. He is listless and wants to sit

with a cold flannel pressed against the bite.


3. Your friend has a high temperature and seems very

anxious. She says she thinks she is going to die and

although it is nearly midnight she seems very upset when

you mention you may have to go home soon. You have

never seen her like this before, usually she is so fit.

It is Belladonna

or Aconite?


3. Your friend has a high temperature and seems very

anxious. She says she thinks she is going to die and

although it is nearly midnight she seems very upset when

you mention you may have to go home soon. You have

never seen her like this before, usually she is so fit.

ACONITE

Choose the

remedy exercise 5. Your husband is constipated and very irritable. It may be

because he has been eating too much rich food or drinking

too heavily, but when you try to question him about this,

he snaps at you. You notice he has on an extra sweater on

and keeps drinking cup after cup of steaming coffee.


Is it Nux

Vomica or

Arsenicum

Album?

Choose the

remedy exercise

Nux-vomica

5. Your husband is constipated and very irritable. It

may be because he has been eating too much rich food

or drinking too heavily, but when you try to question

him about this, he snaps at you. You notice he has on

an extra jumper and keeps drinking cup after cup of

steaming coffee.


The evidence for

Homoeopathy

Clinical studies on homeopathy

Kleijnen J, Knipschild P, Ter Riet G. Clinical trials of

homeopathy. British Medical Journal 1991; 302 (Feb 9) :

316-323.

Linde K, Clausius N, Ramirez G, Melchart D,et al. Are

the clinical effects of homeopathy placebo effects? A

meta-analysis of placebo-controlled trials. The Lancet

1997; 350 (Sep 20): 834-843.

Two valuable reviews of homeopathic clinical studies were conducted by:

Their Conclusions….

Which I hope you will remember, the

next time someone says, “there is no

proof homeopathy works….”

Kleijnen’s conclusion

They found that of 107 trials with interpretable results, 77 were positive.

They then looked at a sub-group of the most rigorous trials and discovered that 15 out of 22 found homeopathy to be superior to placebo.

One of Kleijnen’s conclusions was that the evidence found : would probably be sufficient for establishing homeopathy as a regular treatment for certain conditions.

Linde’s conclusion

Linde’s conclusion is “The results of our meta-analysis

are not compatible with the hypothesis that the clinical

effects of homeopathy are completely due to placebo”.

A reading of the study shows a clearly positive result for

homeopathy

42% of the trials were clearly positive and a further 39%

showed a positive trend

Homeopathy in Your Clinical Practice.

An invitation to include

Homeopathy in the Integrative Care of your patients.

The clinical place for homeopathy

Where there is no effective allopathic alternative

Where conventional medication is unsafe

Where allopathy has unacceptable side-effects

To minimize the use of allopathy

No effective allopathic treatment

Allergies

Anger

Bruises

Colic

Fear/phobias

Glandular fever

Grief

Influenza

Mastalgia

M.E./chronic fatigue

Nightmares

Premenstrual syndrome

Teething

Urethral syndrome

Warts

Where conventional medication is

unsafe

Pregnant women

Young children and babies

The elderly

Anticipatory anxiety

Where the side effects of allopathy are

unacceptable

Anxiety

Depression

Menopausal symptoms

Osteoarthritis

Situations requiring repeat antibiotics

To minimise the use of allopathy

Asthma/eczema

Constipation

Dysmenorrhoea

Hypertension

Migraine

Neuralgias

Recurrent otitis media/ U.T.Is/ sore throats

Thank You!

!!!

The Clark Building



Lise M. Battaglia

386 872 7599

www.HomeopathyHealingArts.com

I hope you have found today’s

presentation interesting and

informative.


Since 1938, homeopathic medicines have been classified as drugs within

the meaning of the federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FDCA).

Official homeopathic drugs are those that have monographs, which are

official listings of drug data, in the Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia of the

United States (HPUS).

The HPUS is prepared by a nongovernmental organization, the Homeopathic

Pharmacopoeia Convention of the United States (HPCUS), which is

composed of scientists and clinicians trained in the medical specialty of

homeopathic medicine.

Current status of these medicines…

Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act of 1938, Pub. L. 103-417, 52 Sta. 1041 (1938), as amended

and codified in 21 U.S.C. §321(g)(1) (1938).

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