Family Homeopathy: A Practical Handbook for Home Treatment

404 Pages·1995·1.07 MB·English

by  Paul Callinan

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title: Family Homeopathy : A Practical Handbook for Home
Treatment
author: Callinan, Paul.
publisher: NTC Contemporary
isbn10 | asin: 0879836873
print isbn13: 9780879836870
ebook isbn13: 9780071404662
language: English
subject Homeopathy--Popular works, Homeopathy--Materia
medica and therapeutics.
publication date: 1995
lcc: RX76.C35 1995eb
ddc: 615.5/32
subject: Homeopathy--Popular works, Homeopathy--Materia
medica and therapeutics.
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Family Homeopathy

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title: Family Homeopathy : A Practical Handbook for Home
Treatment
author: Callinan, Paul.
publisher: NTC Contemporary
isbn10 | asin: 0879836873
print isbn13: 9780879836870
ebook isbn13: 9780071404662
language: English
subject Homeopathy--Popular works, Homeopathy--Materia
medica and therapeutics.
publication date: 1995
lcc: RX76.C35 1995eb
ddc: 615.5/32
subject: Homeopathy--Popular works, Homeopathy--Materia
medica and therapeutics.
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Homeopathic Medicine Today
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The Medical Discoveries of Edward Bach, Physician
Nora Weeks

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Family Homeopathy
A practical handbook for home treatment
Paul Callinan
Foreword by Carolyn Dean, M.D.
Keats Publishing, Inc. New Canaan, Connecticut

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FAMILY HOMEOPATHY
Published by arrangement with Penguin Books Australia Ltd
Copyright © 1995 by Paul Callinan
All Rights Reserved
No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without the written consent of the publisher.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Callinan, Paul.
Family homeopathy: a practical handbook for home treatment / Paul
Callinan, foreword by Carolyn Dean.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-87983-687-3
1. HomeopathyPopular works. 2. HomeopathyMatoria medica and
therapeutics. I. Title.
RX76.C35 1995
615.5'32dc20 95-25132
CIP
Printed in the United States of America
Published by Keats Publishing, Inc.
27 Pine Street, Box 876
New Canaan, Connecticut 06840-0876
95 96 97 98 6 5 4 3 2 1

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Dedication
To my children, Ariel, Damon and Imagene, for
enduring the ministrations of a homeopath.

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DISCLAIMER
The material here is condensed from journals, textbooks, research material and clinical experience. The greatest
possible care has been taken to insure that it is accurate and complete. However, the medicines and dosages
described in this book are offered as guidelines, subject to current knowledge, research findings, the symptoms
presented in the case and the individual user's judgment. The author and publishers cannot be held responsible for
the misuse of the information, nor for any effects arising from the inappropriate prescription of any of the
medicines mentioned. In any treatment program regular contact with a practitioner is recommended.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Sincere thanks to Brauer Biotherapies and Martin and Pleasance for their support and encouragement in the writing
of this book.

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CONTENTS
Foreword: Carolyn Dean, M.D. xiii
Introduction xvii
Homeopathy: its place in medicine Homeopathic medicines Safety
Part One
Homeopathy: How Does It Work?
1
Explaining homeopathy 3
The law of similars Potentization Clinical trials Pharmacological support
Hormesis: the new breakthrough How does homeopathy work? Homeopathy
around the world
Part Two
Treatments
2
How to use homeopathic medicines 29
Selecting the remedy Dose Remedy reactions

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First aid 33
Abrasions and lacerations Bites and stings Bruises and blows Burns Collapse
Concussion Cuts and scratches Fracture Puncture wounds Sprains and strains
Sunburn Sunstroke
4
Common Problems 46
Acne Acne rosacea Anemia Anxiety Appetite problems Arthritis Asthma Bad
breath Biliousness Boils and abscesses Bone pain Bronchitis Catarrh Chilblains
and poor circulation Cold sores Colds Colitis Conjunctivitis Constipation Cough
Cramp Cystitis Diarrhea Earache Eczema Exhaustion, debility and fatigue
Fibrositis Genital herpes Glandular fever Hemorrhoids Hay fever Headache
Heart pain Heat exhaustion Hives Hoarseness and loss of voice Incontinence of
urine Indigestion and heartburn Influenza Insomnia Jaundice Lumbago
Meningitis Mouth ulcers Neuralgia and nerve pain Perspiration, offensive
Psoriasis Rheumatism Sciatica Shingles Sinusitis Skin problems Sore throat
Styles Synovitis Tonsillitis Toothache Travel sickness Varicose veins Vertigo
Vomiting Warts
5
The treatment of infants 133
Colic Constipation Convulsions Cradle cap Crying and irritability Delivery
Diaper rash Diarrhea Hiccup Jaundice Milk crust Prickly heat Snuffles Teething
Thrush Vomiting
6
The treatment of children 146
Adenoids Bed wetting Chickenpox Croup Earache Glue ear Fever German
measles

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