Archive for September, 2008
Why I practise Homeopathic Medicine
I have now been a medical doctor for 28 years. I decided to study medicine because I wanted to do a job where I could work with people and be of help to them. I entered a tough 6 year programme of medical training but found that although I learned a great deal about diseases, [...] Read more »
Humour and Health: Kaplan’s Mnemonic
Kaplan’s Mnemonic Laughter may not be the best medicine, especially if you have appendicitis, but medicine it certainly is. Hundreds of scientific studies have proved the therapeutic benefits of laughter. Here are some of the ways laughter is good for you. I have used the mnemonic SMILE to remember them all. S STRESS hormones reduced [...] Read more »
The Holistic Approach: The attempt to stimulate the body to heal itself
It is possible to view the human body as a complex organism which is more than the sum of its parts and only partially understandable in its functions. Medical scientists can never repair the body with the confidence with which a motor mechanic may fix a car. This is because the mechanic has a complete [...] Read more »
Health Matters: A Modern Approach
Health Matters: A Modern Approach The face of medical care is changing. At the very time modern medical technology is making the most incredible advances, more and more people are choosing ‘Alternatives’ rather than Orthodox medicine. The swing has been so significant that alternative medicine has been said to be the second most successful new [...] Read more »
Relaxation and healing with homeopathy: Insomnia
Insomnia, inability to sleep and poor quality sleep are common and very debilitating problems both physically and psychologically. Few would disagree with the view that a chemical solution with ‘sleeping tablets’ is at best unsatisfactory and at worst dangerously addictive. An holistic view of insomnia sees deep sleep (non-rapid eye movement = nREM), dreaming (REM) [...] Read more »
Relaxation and healing with homeopathy: Premenstrual Syndrome/Premenstrual Tension/PMS
What is PMS? Whenever the word syndrome is used in a diagnosis we can expect the condition described to comprise a large number of symptoms often affecting different parts of the body. PMS is defined as a condition characterised by nervousness, irritability, emotional instability, depression and possibly headaches, oedema and mastalgia; it occurs during the [...] Read more »
Homeopathy – Significant Moments in the Clinic
A Woman in Severe Pain I remember a case of a colleague, Dr. Denis Somper, that illustrates this well. Dr. Somper is a classical homeopathic physician and a gentleman of the ‘old school’. He is a retiring and private man and can seldom be persuaded to teach, much to the disadvantage of many doctors studying [...] Read more »
Psychotherapy: Doctor patient relationships, Neuro-linguistic programming/NLP
Doctor patient relationships Doctor patient relationships are very important and are seen to have changed a great deal over the years. Many people long to get back to the traditional idea of the family doctor, where he knew all about their home-life as he treated the whole family and thus had almost a personal involvement [...] Read more »
Psychology, Humanistic psychology & Color psychology
Psychology Psychology is a science of the nature and functions of the human soul and mind. Psychologists seek to discover how the human mind works through experiments and studies. Through determining the workings of the mind, they can help understand the workings of the body in relation to it. Psychology can play a vital role [...] Read more »
Art Therapy & Psychology
My wife, Hephzibah is an art therapist. I have often found it useful to ask her to do an art therapy assessment on some of my patients where I have felt I need additional homeopathic information. What is Art Therapy Art therapy is a psychotherapeutic process which depends on art as its chief therapeutic agent. [...] Read more »
