The Homoeopathic Treatment of Emotional Illness

212 Pages·1984·6.321 MB·English

by  Trevor Smith

THE
HOMOEOPATHIC
Treatment of
Emotional illness
A Self-Help Guile to Remedies which
Can restore Calm and Happiness
Dr Trevor Smith
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HOMOEOPATHIC MEDICINE
A WOMAN’S GUIDE TO HOMOEOPATHIC MEDICINE
THE
HOMOEOPATHIC
TREATMENT OF
EMOTIONAL
ILLNESS
A Self-help Guide to Remedies
Which Can Restore Calm and
Happiness
by
Trevor Smith
MA, MB, BChir, DPM, MFHom
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THORSONS PUBLISHERS LIMITED
Wellingborough, Northamptonshire
First published 1983
Second Impression 1984
© TREVOR SMITH 1983
This book is sold subject to the condition that it shall not, by way of trade or otherwise, be
lent, re-sold, hired out, or otherwise circulated without the publisher’s prior consent in any
form of binding or cover other than that in which it is published and without a similar
condition including this condition being imposed on the subsequent purchaser.
British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data
Smith, Trevor
The homoeopathic treatment of emotional illness
1. Mental illness — Homoeopathic treatment
I. Title
616 89’1 RX281
ISBN 0-7225-0812-3
Printed and bound in Great Britain
This book is dedicated with affection and gratitude to the memory of
Dr Marjorie Blackie who so uniquely combined the qualities of
homoeopath, teacher and healer.

CONTENTS
Page
Introduction 9
Chapter
1. The Role of the Homoeopathic Doctor in Emotional Illness 21
2. Emotional Problems of the Infant 30
3. Emotional Problems of the Adolescent 40
4. Emotional Problems of the Adult 47
5. Emotional Problems of the Elderly 52
6. Anxiety 56
7. Depression and Withdrawal 71
8. Existential Malaise 100
9. Fears and Phobias 109
10. Grief and Loss 120
11. Hysteria and States of Unreality 127
12. Insecurity, Shyness and Immaturity 135
13. Insomnia 143
14. Mood Swings and Manic-depressive Illness 147
15. Obsessional States and Hypochondriasis 158
16. Psychosexual Problems 169
17. Schizophrenia and the Break with Reality 187
18. Tension States and Irritability 200
List of Recommended Remedies 206
Index 207