During this series on The Roots of Healing, I've been writing about different systems of medicine and healing. The last article in this series was on homeopathy. Today I will veer away from discussing systems of healing to discuss a pioneer in the field, someone who put the body back in mind-body medicine. His name was Wilhelm Reich, and he was a man far ahead of his time, but unfortunately he is for the most part forgotten. Born in 1897 in … [Read more...]
Archives for September 2010
A Look at Homeopathy, Part 4
The four-part article on homeopathy concludes today with a continuation from last time on the topic of homeopathic remedies. In case you missed the other three articles in this series on homeopathy, here are the links to the other articles: A Look at Homeopathy, Part 1 A Look at Homeopathy, Part 2 A Look at Homeopathy, Part 3 Dilution … [Read more...]
A Look at Homeopathy, Part 3
Remedy is a technical term in homeopathy that refers to a substance prepared with a particular procedure and intended for treating patients. Homeopathic practitioners rely on two types of reference when prescribing remedies: Materia medica and repertories. A homeopathic Materia medica is a collection of "drug pictures", organised alphabetically by remedy, that describes the symptom patterns associated with individual … [Read more...]
A Look at Homeopathy, Part 2
In the previous article, A Look at Homeopathy, Part 1, I looked at how this very sophisticated form of medicine got its beginnings. Based on the ideas of the Renaissance physician Paracelsus, it was developed and made into a system of medicine by Samuel Hahnemann, a German physician, at the end of the 18th century. Hahnemann observed from his … [Read more...]
A Look at Homeopathy, Part 1
The series on the Roots of Medicine continues with a look at homeopathy. I've been writing about the great systems of medicine over the last few weeks, and during that time have written about Ayurvedic Medicine, Traditional Tibetan Medicine, and Traditional Chinese Medicine. Homeopathy is also a great system of medicine, but it differs from … [Read more...]
A Look at Traditional Chinese Medicine, Part 2
In the last article, A Look at Traditional Chinese Medicine, Part 1, I gave a brief overview of Chinese Medicine and then discussed its Taoist roots. Today I will continue with the discussion. I finished the last article by saying that all aspects of Chinese culture, and especially the arts and sciences, are meant to be reflections of the … [Read more...]
A Look at Traditional Chinese Medicine, Part 1
During this series on the Roots of Medicine, having looked at Traditional Tibetan Medicine with the last article, and the time before having looked at Ayurvedic Medicine, today I turn my sights on another ancient system of medicine: Traditional Chinese Medicine. Chinese Medicine, like Tibetan and Ayurvedic Medicine, is a highly … [Read more...]
A Look at Traditional Tibetan Medicine: Part 2
Note: This material is based on the work of Dr. Eliot Tokar (Tibetanmedicine.com)
In Part 1 of this 2-part article on Traditional Tibetan Medicine, I discussed the history of this ancient form of medicine.
Today I'll take a look at how it works.
Tibet's culture is deeply … [Read more...]