Words: Dr Barbara ETCOVITCH Patients today can be complex and complicated. No two individuals, or patients, share the same understanding and approach to health. Some patients are spiritually aware and understand that health is a continuum; others see health as a finite state. Some present with a basic understanding of homeopathy, while others are held

Words: Dr Deborah OLENEV If some billionaire were to offer me a million dollars as a gift, or knowledge, of the bowel nosodes, as an alternate reward, I would say keep your million dollars, but give me knowledge of the bowel nosodes. This may be one of the philosopher’s stones that the alchemists were searching

Words: Dr Barbara ETCOVITCH Septicaemia, or blood poisoning, is a systemic infection in which pathogens are present in the bloodstream, having spread from an infection in any part of the body. Characteristically, septicaemia causes fever, chills, prostration, pain, headache, nausea and diarrhoea. Once diagnosed, it is customarily and vigorously treated with antibiotics. However, the symptom-picture

Words: Dr Pamela A PAPPAS Our skin is amazing. It’s flaunted, ogled, and tanned within an inch of its life. It’s our body’s largest and heaviest organ, but gets taken for granted until something goes wrong. Still, it releases toxins, keeps our innards warm, juicy and safe, and continuously renews itself. It even finds time

Words: Dr Barbara ETCOVITCH Classical homeopathy, a highly successful and gentle method of healing, was founded over 200 years ago by the legendary German chemist and physician, Dr Samuel Hahnemann, MD. This alternative approach to the treatment of acute and chronic health problems is an energy-based therapy founded on the belief that dis-ease can be

Words: Dr Rajgopal NIDAMBOOR Sore throat is a common problem in children. It may, ironically, not be as simple as it looks on the surface. While viruses cause a majority of throat infections, bacteria are no less to blame. Just think of it: a mild irritation, or a more serious infection, such as laryngitis, may

Words: Dr Barbara ETCOVITCH It’s difficult, but also exciting, to believe that ThinkWellness360 is one-year-old. Time flies, yes. As I now reflect on the past year, I realise that it has been my privilege to create in words a comprehensive selection of articles on the many fascinating aspects of classical homeopathy. All my articles, through

Words: Dr Deborah OLENEV We have all witnessed the scare, also excitement, over the swine flu epidemic. I want to say a few things about it from the homeopathic perspective. There was a fear that the swine flu epidemic could turn into a pandemic, or worldwide epidemic, of the proportions that the world experienced in the Spanish

Words: Dr Barbara ETCOVITCH Disease is a result of a morbific stimulus which resonates with the particular level of susceptibility [predisposition] of the organism. The stimulus, or exciting, cause may be a microorganism, chemical, emotion, vaccination, etc., but without a strong susceptibility to the morbific agent, disease is not produced. That is, there must be

Words: Dr Rajgopal NIDAMBOOR Homeopathy places a natural ‘firewall’ within our systems. It makes us better equipped to fend intruders, or beat them naturally, without the fear of unwanted ripple-, or side-effects, in our system. Homeopathy suggests that bacteria, or viruses, are not, in actuality, the only cause of disease, or illness. Such microorganisms actually