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Dear friends,
Here in Northern Europe summer is coming to a close. In England we have had a wonderful few months of sunny weather; it wouldn’t be England, if we did not have a little rain, but it was short lived, and actually freshened the countryside up and kept the crops and wild- flowers alive. Summer is a time, when most of us can look forward to some time off, to relax and forget about work for a while, so we can return rejuvenated and refreshed. This has been the case for me; my teaching commit- ments in Latvia generally run from Autumn to Spring, so apart from a lecture to the BAHVS conference in June I have been able to take my foot off the accelerator a little and spend more time on music; playing for our morris dancing side and attending with Jane a few of the hun- dreds of festivals, which happen here at this time of year. Meanwhile, the Association has been ticking away in the safe hands of Markus and of my friends on the Board – the
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and hysteria. Two or three days before epilepsy twitching over whole body may appear, fits usually occurs in the afternoon or evening. Asteria rubens strongly affects the circulation in the head, producing symptoms resembling stroke features. The face is read and there is strong conges- tion to the head. Asterias rubens is also used for the treatment of juvenile acne. Petroz used Asteria rubens in old skin affections, old ulcers and in cancers.
Sycotic/Cancer miasms
Keynotes: Redness, burning, inflammation. Desire for cold drinks. Left sided. Violent and constant sexual desire – not relived by sex.
Aggravation: cold, damp, night; motion; heat, menses, contradiction. Aggravation at 2 – 3 pm: anxiety, headaches, epileptic fits can appear. Coffee worsening all the symptoms or excites them again, several days after they have disappeared.
Constitution: Flabby; Lymphatic; Flabby with red face; Left-sided symptoms.
Main polarity: Congestion or Hollowness Expansion or Compression
Depression and Indifference
Anger and Excitement
Reduced sense of taste and Desire for stimulating flavours
Clinicalaffinities: Nymphomania;Hypertension;Stroke;Hardeningand Injuries to glands; Breast cancer/Uterine cancer, cancer pains; Convulsions; Epilepsy; Fainting; Acne; Ulceration; Extremities, fingers
Mind: Highlyaversetocontradiction;Contradictionmayleadtoepilepsy. Quarrelsome or Silent. Anxiety or Apathy. Impatient indoors. Sulky, touchy.
Desires: sex, physical exercise, mental/physical work.
Aversion: Children(Medusa,Sepia):Themainquestionisnurtureornot
to nurture. Feeling of excessively needed or demanded. Often is indicated
in people who don’t want children, family. Aversion to work, talking, thinking. Amelioration: Dramatic weeping.
Head: Congestionofblood–heatsensation,asifsurroundedbyhotair. Headache – Burning, cutting, screwing, pressing,
Location – Vertex, Forehead, Occiput, Temples
Loss of vision before or during headache
Eyes: Redness of lids; Blindness or loss of vision; Photophobia; Twitching eyelids; Heat sensation; Eyes feel sunken.
Tongue: Swelling; Paralysis
Mouth:
Salivation; Impulse to bite Gingivitis; Slow dentition
Rectum: Diarrhoea, watery brown, gushing out in jet; Stool like olives; Ineffectual desire; Constipation.
Uterus: Prolapse; Cancer.
Mammary glands: Pains – stabbing, sharp cutting, sudden, nightly; Nipples inwards, painful; Breast cancer, ulcerous; Tumours in breasts, axillary glands; Discoloration – redness.
Musculoskeletal: Sensation as if legs were longer; Awkwardness; Stumbling; Lameness; Late learning to walk; Pain in all joints; Redness of joints.
Fingers and toes: Redness; Blisters; Itching; Burning; Corns; Swollen big toe: gouty
References
1 National Biodiversity Network Species Dictionary (January, 2003)
2 Budd, G., 2001. Asterias rubens. Common starfish. Marine Life Information Network:
Biology and Sensitivity Key Information Sub-programme
Plymouth: Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. August, 2002 3 Jo Evans Sea Remedies. Evolution of the Senses
President’s job is largely one of supervision and delegation; in football, the manager’s job is to get some good players on the team and then help them to realise their potential. There is no doubt, we have a great team, and I am grateful for the hard work they do; this time I would like to thank Marcela Muñoz and Futoshi Hamada for representing the IAVH at the LMHI confer- ence in Quito.
However I would like to discuss with you one of the issues, which has arisen in the UK over the summer, and to gain an idea of your opinions. From time to time, a paper on homeopathy appears, which reports experiments on labora- tory animals. For instance, mice may have been exposed to a poisonous substance to examine the protective effect of a homeopathic potency; or animals may be deliberately injured, to examine the effects of homeopathy on healing. The question arises as to, whether we feel, this is ethical or not. My own feeling is that home- opathy as a therapy should rise above the level
of conventional medical research and not be involved in experiments, which cause deliber- ate suffering to animals. It can be argued that some of these experiments provide ‘proof’ that homeopathy has a beneficial effect on its recip- ients, but I don’t believe that this knowledge should be gained at the expense of the sentient beings, with whom we share the planet. That is my view: please let us know what you think about this. Do you agree with the President or do you disagree? If you agree, should we make this view more widely known? Should we have a statement on the website? I would appreciate your thoughts on this. Please send them to me directly, or to your National representative.
Meanwhile, if you had a summer break, I hope you feel fresh and strong and ready to put your energy into homeopathy again; if not, then I suggest you plan one now for your own sum- mer. Happy Holidays, and Happy Homeopathy to everyone! Best wishes.
Peter
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