HOMEOPATHIC RESEARCH

- The un-burial of Melanie Hahnemann (M. Grimes)  Hahnemann was at that time living with his two daughters in the isolated Duchy of Anhalt-Kothen. Because of charges against him brought by the apothecaries, Hahnemann's license had been removed and he was unable to practice medicine. The Duke of Kothen, a fellow Freemason and patient, granted him asylum in his duchy, outside German law. Hahnemann's wife of 48 years had died four years before, and Hahnemann was cared for by his two younger daughters. His life in Kothen was restricted by the law and by its remote location.  Melanie's motives for marrying Hahnemann were questioned by some from the beginning. Hahnemann was 40 years her senior. She was a foreigner and newcomer. Many of his long time students were the most disgruntled.  As she was wealthy in her own right, she arranged to have all his money left to his family at the time of their marriage, and she accepted nothing from him, only a simple gold band. But the s...

- The un-burial of Melanie Hahnemann (M. Grimes)  "In order to help with his family, honour him, and show that my devotion was not actuated by selfish motives, I asked him to give his whole fortune to his children, which matter was legally arranged, and became known throughout Germany. I voluntarily renounced the share which the law allots to the wife in the inheritance of the husband. I refused the wedding presents: everything even the smallest piece of furniture and linen was divided amongst the children.  Hahnemann was happy for the first time. I nursed him as one nurses a newborn child. I was his barber, his valet, his secretary. I loved and admired him so much that I would have served him on my bended knees. Never was tenderness more fully returned, never was a union stronger, this perfect and longed-for happiness, that each of us had found it its moral perfection was attained by our marriage. It lasted until his death and was never destroyed in spite of the extreme di...

-  The un-burial of Melanie Hahnemann (M. Grimes)  Samuel and Melanie moved to Paris in 1836. Through Melanie's political influence, she was able to obtain permission for Hahnemann to practice legally in France. She practiced by his side, becoming the first woman homeopath in Europe. Far different from the isolation Hahnemann had experienced in Germany, their practice in Paris drew visitors from around the world. Melanie set up a free out-patient clinic for the poor that she herself looked after, in the afternoons.  "Hahnemann associated me with his work. I served as interpreter and secretary when patients came to consult him, because he wrote everything; as his doctrine rests entirely upon the expression of symptoms, it cannot be practiced without written notes. He made me learn his 'Materia Media Pura,' a dry and difficult study, but as I possess an extraordinarily good memory it remained so well and so completely impressed upon my mind that whilst the patient t...

- The un-burial of Melanie Hahnemann (M. Grimes)  Hahnemann became ill shortly after his 88th birthday with what had been his "usual spring malady, bronchial catarrh"(Haehl 1:242); however from the beginning, Hahnemann communicated that he felt his life force was used up. He passed away on July 2, 1843, at 5 a.m. , in his home in Paris.  Hahnemann wrote in his will, "My mortal remains shall be left to my dearly beloved wife who is to have the free choice of the place of interment and of the funeral arrangements, unfettered by anyone." After attaining permission from the police to keep his body at the house, Melanie had Hahnemann embalmed the 3rd of July, by a newly patented process. Melanie writes in her diary, "My despair can only be measured by the immensity of my devotion. I suffered the most terrible affliction, my sorrow was so intense that there can be nothing like it in store for me ever again. I had Hahnemann's body embalmed in my own presence ...

-  Dr Jitesh Sharma,  jiteshsharma2007 ( at )gmail.com Studied in greece with Dr George Vithoulkas and now with Dr Rajan Sankaran. Chamomila Child The main feeling of both these remedies is that they are not getting enough attention from their parents. Chamomilla reacts to this by loud shrieking and demanding, not quietened unless carried, whereas Cina reacts with irritability and temper-tantrums such as throwing things, capriciousness and pushing away her parents ("Touched, aversion to being", "Caressed, aversion to being", "Indifference to caresses", "Striking in children", etc.), as if to say: "Where were you when I needed you?" The need for attention in Cina is therefore seen as a refusal and rejection of the same, and as capriciousness which involves also demanding many things without knowing what. It is a kind of pest-like behaviour, with frequent complaining and demanding of attention, a kind of behaviour that makes ...

 -  Dr.vanahalli u.s, India. Lenticular Warts Case Details: Name: Hanumant  patil Age/sex 25 yrs/male Address Po: chimmed,tq: jkd,dt-bagalokt,karnataka Date 10 –april, 2001 Ocupation/date: Aggriculture, Present complaints Growth over face, rt-side,smooth , grass like, white, oily face  innocent , hard worker Investigations Nil/ n.a.d Past h/o He consulted many  specialists ,but  no effacts Family h/o Father is with diabetis,&htn Diagnosis: Lenticular wart : by assin biggest hospital(kles-h)-belgaum,karnataka Told No medicines in modern medicine Remedy prescribed Nit-acid-200, 4x 3/3days Follow up 10-may, 2001:no changes-repitation of the same 10-june, 2001:no chan...

 - M. Grimes  Hahnemann had been working on the 6th edition of the Organon during the last 18 months of his life. He began using the LM potencies during those Paris years, and had written to Bönninghausen about this new method of dynamizing remedies. He died before this work was published and left specific instructions with Melanie about this. He asked her to wait until the time was right, and for her to oversee the publication personally. Many homeopaths were interested in the "new and improved mode of dynamizing the medicinal remedies" that Hahnemann had written to Bönninghausen about, and were anxious for Melanie to publish the 6th edition. (Allg. Hom. 1856 53:457)  Melanie was protective and insisted on doing the copying herself, as Hahnemann had requested, because "nobody knew the new terms last employed by Hahnemann for the process of 'dynamisation,'" (Haele 2:457).  The rancor towards her from the homeopathic community was growing because of this ...

-   Dr Mirjana Zivanov, D octor of Dental surgery,  Homeopath, Serbia.  I (Patient) came because of a kidney inflammation and Escherichia coli infection in the urinary tract. Everything started when I caught a cold. I got soaking wet in the rain and caught a draft. It’s my fault. I was taking cold showers after training, walking barefoot… I had an inflammation of my left kidney, a month and a half ago, with intense pain in the left kidney region and a high fever. I was resting. I felt a pain in my bladder at the end of urination. I was taking antibiotics. Once I had a sciatica in my back. Now, when I feel pain in my back, I don’t know if it’s my kidney or sciatica. I don’t feel any intense pain at the moment. I have a node of fatty tissue on my neck. It hasn’t changed in years. I don’t like my job. I was put in charge of finances of a small hotel, and I don’t know much about that. I don’t like working with numbers. I have three bosses, and each one ...

- The un-burial of Melanie Hahnemann (M. Grimes)  Madame Melanie Hahnemann died on May 27, 1878, at the age of 78. The cause of death was pulmonary catarrh, from which she had suffered for several years. She was laid to rest in Montmartre cemetery, to the left of Hahnemann. Dr. Campbell intended to visit Melanie to further the work of publication of the 6th Edition, but arrived after her death. He painted a vivid picture of her last days and of the room the recently deceased Madame Hahnemann had worked in and in which she died. The table at which she had sat contained, along with portraits of Hahnemann and the bust of him, Hahnemann's pocket handkerchief, his collar and neckerchief. This was 35 years after his passing. Though it had been Hahnemann's desire that they be united, "bones to bones, and ashes to ashes, Melanie was buried in a plot next to Hahnemann in Montmartre Cemetery. Her daughter had her tomb inscribed,  "Maman, Amour Toujours." (Mother, love a...

- The un-burial of Melanie Hahnemann (M. Grimes)  On May 24, 1898, Samuel Hahnemann was exhumed and transferred to Père Lachaise. A report was printed in the "Society Homeopathists Francaise."  "Wrapped in silk and linen, the long tresses of woman's hair were entwined around his neck. His wedding ring was removed for further identification. The inscription read, 'Samuel Hahnemann, Melanie d'Hervilly, united at Kothen, January 18, 1835. ' At his feet there was a glass bottle which contained the embalming report, a gold medallion made by David von Angers, showing Hahnemann's profile on one side, and the inscription of the other that read, 'a leur maitre, les homeopathists francais. Similia similibus curentur' (To their master, from the French homeopaths.)  Also at his feet, there was a bottle containing a manuscript written by Melanie.  Hahnemann's grave was not sealed. It had been his request that he and Melanie be buried in the same g...

- Interview with Sheilagh Creasy (G. Bedayn)  Many regard Sheilagh Creasy as the preeminent woman homeopath in the world today. She is not a doctor and has no medical certification, yet she is in demand, worldwide, as a finely-tuned classical homeopathic practitioner, lecturer, and scholar. She has been in practice for over forty-five years as a professional homeopath and remembers George Vithoulkas as a young engineer when he came to study homeopathy alongside her in South Africa. First influenced by her Irish homeopathist-grandmother, she has lived and practiced in England, India, and parts of Africa where she lived for a time in the remote bush, treating severe pathologies the likes of which many of us have never even heard. She is truly a world-class homeopath, having treated generations of families from South Africa to India, from the United Kingdom and Western and Eastern Europe (Chernobyl disaster victims) to America. Sheilagh is the consummate classical homeopath and as...