Words: Dr Deborah OLENEV While watching the Winter Olympics, a few years ago, I got inspired to write an article about the personality characteristics of people who need the homeopathic Arnica montana as a constitutional remedy. I learned about the personality characteristics of Arnica montana from Dr Frans Kusse’s fascinating book, Homeopathic Types. I had

Words: Dr Rajgopal NIDAMBOOR Call it hypnosis, therapeutic hypnosis, or hypnotherapy, the whole idea triggers a sense of wonder and puzzlement in most folks. It isn’t either. It is essentially a condition, where the mind accepts suggestions ‘sculpted’ by the therapist. Most clinical hypnotherapists prefer to call hypnosis ‘a state of heightened suggestibility,’ a state

Words: Hiren Kumar BOSE I’ve been a farmer for over a decade-and-a-half now, but always eager to learn about plant chemicals, or phytochemical properties of plants, their fruits and flowers. In short, to determine whether their minerals could be harvested for plant nutrition. Over the years, I have also been able to identify certain phytochemicals while

Words: Dr Gauri ROKKAM We are all witness to a new, bludgeoning ‘epidemic’ — the epidemic of chronic degenerative inflammatory diseases. Heart disease, diabetes, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease [COPD], osteoporosis, osteoarthritis, cancer, Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease, among others, are all on the upswing. While our existing medical system[s] may not have all the answers when

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