Words: Dr Dana ULLMAN Too often people assume that psychological problems require psychological solutions. Since some psychological symptoms arise from physiological processes — and, vice versa — it is of value to treat the psychologically sick person holistically. A holistic approach is inherent in homeopathic care. A homeopath prescribes the individually chosen medicine for the

Words: Dr Namitha RAJENDRAN P C You don’t think of sweeteners until the word, diabetes, ‘pops up’ in your mind, or life — or, you are an avid health buff, more so with ‘up-to-the-minute’ information cherry-picked from WhatsApp University. When the ‘likely’ diagnosis of the famed sugar disorder becomes a reality, the thought of having

Words: Dr Rajgopal NIDAMBOOR We all know that prevention of cancer is top priority — not just for individuals, but also from doctors’ point-of-view. To understand the idea, we need to first begin with how cancer probably starts, or originates. As we all know, molecular biology — which provides us with certain early-cancer clues —

Words: Dr Pankaj AGGARWAL  Most babies are born following a perfectly normal and uneventful labour. Yet, the fact remains that things don’t go according to plan always. A little help from your homeopathic physician could help in making such a plan safe and also uneventful. Homeopathy has an impressive safety record. Its remedies are non-toxic

Words: Dr Narayan Deshpande You know it: gastroenteritis [GE], or stomach flu. This is an intestinal infection marked by diarrhoea, cramps, nausea, vomiting and fever. It is spread by contact with an infected person, and through contaminated food, water, or ‘touching’ a contaminated place. The incidence of GE cases, in India, is 10 million, every

Words: Dr Barbara ETCOVITCH Maintaining a balanced, positive state of health is a challenge we all face as we age. And, dealing with illness when it arises can be daunting. However, if we look for meaning in dis-eases, we come to understand that illness is merely a state of imbalance and is present in order

Words: Dr Barbara ETCOVITCH Hyoscyamus niger also known as Black Henbane, Stinking Nightshade, and Devil’s Eye, is a biennial plant found in dry, sandy soils, waste grounds, graveyards and around the foundations of neglected homes in northern US, Canada and Europe. The plant has a fetid odour. The homeopathic remedy, Hyoscyamus, profoundly disturbs the nervous

Words: Dr Clara LOPEZ-AMAYA Homeopathy’s detractors, whether they are scientists, or not, always find arguments to deny the effectiveness of homeopathy, while arguing that homeopathic studies are flawed, trials in homeopathy do not comply with the scientific method, and homeopathic research studies are not good enough to always be published in prestigious scientific journals. This

Words: Dr Paul CALLINAN Ask a pharmacologist about the biological effects of very low concentrations of common substances on living organisms and the answer will be that there is typically very little, or zero, response. Ask for some theoretical backup, and in short order you will find yourself confronted by one of the pharmacological tools

Words: Dr Rajgopal Nidamboor Inflammation is your body’s reaction, or irritation, to injury. It is more than what meets the eye. It is actually a sign that your body is healing. There are two types of inflammation — acute [recent] and chronic [long-standing] inflammation. When heat and swelling from a recent injury are uncomfortable, all