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
Words: Dr Kiel WASSILY [This old, yet up-to-the-minute, article has been republished for the benefit of professional homeopathic physicians, who may not have read it. This is one part; on the other, please do not relate to any gender bias, owing to the prevalent usage of ‘him,’ during Dr Kiel Wassily’s era, or time in
Words: Dr Olivia REMES Loneliness is a common condition affecting around one in three adults. It damages your brain, immune system, and can lead to depression and suicide. Loneliness can also increase your risk of dying prematurely as much as smoking can — and, even more so than obesity. If you feel lonely, you tend to
Words: Dr Narayan C DESHPANDE We are now at the threshold of a new era in which millions of people would be safe from some of the most terrible diseases that have haunted humankind. Poliomyelitis, neonatal tetanus, leprosy, Guinea worm disease, night blindness, and Chagas disease, will soon join small pox as the illnesses of
Words: Dr RAJGOPAL NIDAMBOOR Most open-minded folks consider homeopathy as a link between orthodox medicine and holistic approach to health. Modern homeopathic physicians, likewise, look at the system, not as an alternative, but as complementary to orthodox treatment. Homeopathy is a side-, or off-shoot, of orthodox medicine. It originated as a mode of treatment primarily
