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Welcome to The California Homeopath
An Online Forum for the Exploration of Homeopathic Theory, Philosophy & Practice
The California Homeopath is the Journal of the California Homeopathic Medical Society. The Journal was founded in 1882 by Dr. William Boericke and Dr. W.A. Dewey. Published in San Francisco, the bimonthly journal existed under this name until 1892, when it was replaced by The Pacific Coast Journal of Homeopathy. The California Homeopath was revived in 2006, co-edited by Richard Pitt CCH and Premananda Childs. Our first online edition was released in January 2009.
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Cover Story
Introduction & Editorial
Mon, Nov 21, 2011
Defining who has the right to heal and the dominion of medical practice has always been at the forefront of cultural dialog in most societies. This is especially the case today in modern society, where the influence of Big Pharma and the business side of medicine has infiltrated all strata of society, especially in the political sphere. From the turn of the 20th century and after the Flexner Report was published in the United States in 1910, there has been a gradual but systematic consolidation of medical power into the hands of one part of the medical field – allopathic medicine – and supported by an ever growing medical-industrial complex. This edition of the journal focuses on some aspects of this state of affairs, looking particularly at the role of society in defining who has the right to practice medicine and what type of medicine can be practiced.
Featured Articles
Homeopathy and the Legal Question - An Historical Perspective
Mon, Nov 21, 2011
When Samuel Hahnemann in the 1800’s wanted to justify his Theory of Chronic Diseases intellectually, he began by tracing his argument back historically. Similarly, it will serve our purpose----to understand the present legal situation of homeopathy---to begin with a very broadly painted picture of the historical development of Western Society.
Vaccine Damage Denial and the British Press
Mon, Nov 21, 2011
The contemporary deep silence on vaccine damage, and the role of the press appears to be a complete reversal of the position forty years ago when, for example, The Sunday Times and its journalists campaigned over a seven year period, under the leadership of the paper's editor, to bring to light the cases of mothers and their children affected by Thalidomide. The media in Britain has now almost completely shut down on the Dr. Wakefield related MMR story. Although journalists themselves and people 'in the know', tend to offer blasé explanations for the lack of media investigation, such as 'the story is written-out', it would be quite irrational to imagine that the massively funded science lobby groups are not burrowing away in the background, achieving their objectives.
Homeopathy - Its Time is Coming
Sun, Nov 20, 2011
Excerpt: As Bob Dylan said, “The times they are a’changing.” Slowly but surely, a new and deeper kind of awareness and consciousness is spreading across the globe. Once relegated to the “New Age” set or to mystics, more and more people in the mainstream are engaging in meditation and are beginning to develop an awareness that humanity, nature, and the Earth itself are all interconnected on a deeper level. We may be on the cusp of a revolution in human consciousness. And a world populated by more deeply conscious humans will also be a world in which alternative energy-based medicines, like homeopathy, will be the norm.
Remedy Profiles: A Method of Integrating Classical & Innovation Understandings of Homeopathic Remedies
Mon, Nov 21, 2011
To address the debate in recent years regarding how a practitioner determine the nature and quality of the remedy, the author developed the idea of the remedy profile. The remedy profile provides a holistic, inclusive picture of the remedy taking into account the substance in nature from which the remedy comes, as well as all the variety of understandings that allow us to most fully appreciate the remedy. I developed this method of studying remedies as a way of helping students integrate the many different pieces of information that emerge.
Ghana Diaries Homeopathy in the Field, Part Two
Mon, Nov 21, 2011
Part Two of Richard Pitt's diary of his time working in Ghana in 2010. Many interesting cases and photos are included in this piece!
Also in this Issue
A Look at Gardasil, The HPV Vaccine
Sun, Nov 20, 2011
Fast-tracked by the FDA and hailed as the biggest public-health breakthrough in years, this genetically engineered vaccine had 1,637 adverse reaction reports filed in its first year of use, to June 2007. These include instances of life-threatening Guillian–Barré syndrome, syncopal episodes and seizures, and three deaths. As of June 2011, there have been a total of 18,727 reports of adverse events following Gardasil® vaccination, including 68 deaths. (Editor’s note: At the last count there have been 102 deaths and over 22,000 notified side effects of the vaccine.)
Vaccine Epidemic: A Book Review
Sun, Nov 20, 2011
Richard Pitt reviews the book Vaccine Epidemic: How Corporate Greed, Biased Science and Coercive Government Threaten our Human Rights, our Health and our Children. by Louise Kuo Habakus and Mary Holland.
History of Homeopathy in Brazil
Sun, Nov 20, 2011
A brief look at the history of homeopathy in Brazil.
The Marketing of the Flu Vaccine
Sun, Nov 20, 2011
Editor’s note: This article was originally published in Mothering Magazine in 2004. Seven years later, there has been no let up in the marketing of the vaccine, including a mandatory law for children to get the vaccine in New Jersey, to all drug stores inundating people as they walk the isles, to get their flu vaccine. A new H1N1 flu vaccine is available, with exaggerated claims to its virulence and “pandemic” proportions. Therefore, it is interesting to revisit this article as it makes the claim that media and the medical industry, with government backing, are making claims about the flu and the vaccine that are simply projections and are not based on fact.
The Freedom to Heal In California & Beyond
Sun, Nov 20, 2011
Discussion on defining who has the right to heal and how that defines the relationship between practitioner, client and the law.
The Future of Homeopathy - An Opinion on the State of the Homeopathic Union
Sun, Nov 20, 2011
A discussion by the author on the two main challenges he sees facing homeopathy today – the education of competent practitioners who can practice the art of homeopathy and the recognition of homeopathy as a distinct profession.
Book Reviews
Mon, Nov 21, 2011
The editor reviews 2 titles: Out of the Woods: Healing Lyme disease, Body, Mind and Spirit by Kim Makris CCH and Dirty Medicine: The Handbook, by Martin J Walker.
Back To The Source: Reflections on Visiting the Organon
Sun, Nov 20, 2011
Reflections on a visit to see the 6th edition of Hahnemann's Organon at the University of California's Medical Library in San Francisco.