Synergy Homeopathic Newsletter Upcoming Important Seminars & Courses Worldwide

Dear Colleague,

We are happy to inform you about interesting seminars & courses worldwide which can benefit your practice and enrich your knowledge.

Feel free to download the additional information from the links below and contact the organizers for further information and registration.

Yours,

The Synergetic team

 

Upcoming Seminars

Massimo Mangialavori

The Problem with Insomnia

11-15 October

Rolling Ridge Retreat Center,
N. Andover, MA, USA 

The Problem of Insomnia ~ Asar, Calad, Hyos, Myrica, Uran-n, Rad-br and many more 

Click here for further details

 

Rajan Sankaran

Symptom-System-Synergy

The Integrated Approach 

10-11 October

Zurich, Switzerland

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Michal Yakir

The Homeopathic Table of Plants 

1-3 November

Herrsching (Munich) Germany

Systematic and stages of development of the plant kingdom in Homeopathy with simultaneous translation into German

Click here for further details

 

Rajan Sankaran

Second Live Cases Seminar

25-27 October

London, United Kingdom

More teachings in the combined art, science and 'genius' of homeopathy

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New courses and workshops

Essential Homeopathy

Dr. Rajan Sankaran's complete Online Discussion Forum, Mentoring and Training Program.

Over 50 two-hours lessons available online to practitioners and students all around the globe.

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Synergy with Rajan Sankaran

13-23 November

Mumbai, India

in "the other song" academy

10 Day Workshop with Rajan Sankaran

WISH Plenary meeting Nov 10-12, 2013

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Is cancer caused by negative emotions?

(Extraído de lifestyle.inquirer.net)

Indian-born Dr. Shaji Kudiyat maintains that ‘when we have positive thoughts, the vibrations can modify the DNA constructively, resulting in a curative DNA’

By Marge C. Enriquez
Philippine Daily Inquirer

A homeopathic doctor believes that cancer is caused by negative emotions. For instance, cancer in the left breast is born out of a loss, and femininity issues. Cancer in the right breast is spurred by conflicts with the opposite sex. Cancer in the small intestines is a result of prolonged depression. Anger, meanwhile, can result in cancer in the large intestine.

Indian-born Dr. Shaji Kudiyat maintains that the soul or life force, the mind and emotions, and bodily functions are all intimately linked. Positive and negative experiences and impressions can thus have an impact on physical functions. Feelings of anger, worry or sorrow can subsequently make the body more vulnerable.

On the other hand, when the patient awakens its spiritual identity or begins to understands itself as a life force and attunes itself to love and hope, healing can begin.

At the start of his medical practice, Kudiyat realized that cancer was being treated without understanding its root causes. “Today’s cancer treatments mainly focus on the identification and rectification of the tumor growth,” he says. “It is achieved by surgically removing the tumor or by destroying it by chemotherapy or radiation.”

He realize that the things he learned in medical school had their limitations. Science maintains that genes are responsible for life and that the body is made of material components and biochemical actions and reactions. However, they don’t have the ability to think, feel or express emotions.

Based on his researches, Kudiyat says he discovered that there is a nonmaterial element, a living energy, that actually makes the body function.

“This energy can be easily identified as the wave which the doctors and nurses monitor in all intensive care units,” he says. “My curious mind started searching for solutions by which we can overcome scientific limitations.”

‘Dynamic Science’

This led him to form what he calls “Dynamic Science,” which attempts to explain how the mind, the vital force (soul) and DNA (which decides all physical functions) are interconnected.

“It answers many questions and helps solve some difficult problems including diseases like cancer,” says Kudiyat.

“Dynamic Science can explain how our thoughts decide the genetic nature of our own DNA. So when we have positive thoughts, the vibrations can modify the DNA constructively, resulting in a curative DNA.  Similarly, negative thoughts modify the DNA, resulting in the unhealthy transformation of the DNA, producing diseases including cancer.”

Kudiyat observes that cancer patients follow a certain pattern: They held deep-seated negative emotions and hurts before they developed cancer.

“Through Dynamic Science, we identify the root cause of cancer and chronic diseases as  negative mental states other than nutritional deficiency and lack of proper rest, sleep and exercise,” says Kudiyat.

Nonsurgical alternative

He offers a nonsurgical alternative. First, he makes a holistic case study of the patient by knowing the personality. Then the patient and family attend a group counseling session. This includes probing the psychological reasons for the cancer. He  helps the patient understand what is needed to be done to eliminate the causes.

He then prescribes homeopathic medicine and encourages yoga, meditation, prayer, music therapy, laughter therapy and other techniques to let the mind be at peace.

Kudiyat shares a success story. A married lady had conflicts with her husband which remained unresolved for many years. This hardened her. She slowly developed a lump in the right breast which became malignant. After she consulted several doctors, her biopsy confirmed that she had invasive ductal carcinoma.

Although she underwent mastectomy, she also consulted Dr. Kudiyat for a lifestyle change. The patient realized that beneath the hardened heart was a wellspring of peace and happiness. She learned to forgive, let go, move on and trust again.

“That was in 1997; she’s still alive,” he says.

Read more: http://lifestyle.inquirer.net/122139/is-cancer-caused-by-negative-emotions#ixzz2dARj3ttg
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Omega-3s tied to lower risk of rheumatoid arthritis

(Extraído de medlineplus.gov)

By Veronica Hackethal, MD

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women who have diets high in omega-3 fatty acids derived from fish are less likely to develop rheumatoid arthritis than those who skimp on fish, new research suggests.

Researchers surveyed Swedish women about their diets and found over the course of more than seven years, long-term consumption of more than one serving of fatty fish each week was tied to a lower risk of developing the condition.

"This study is the first to attribute the protective effect of fish against rheumatoid arthritis to its content of omega-3 fatty acids," Daniela Di Giuseppe, a doctoral student at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm and lead author of the study, told Reuters Health in an email.

Rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune disease that causes joint inflammation, deformities and disability. People with the condition also have a higher risk of heart disease, some infections, anxiety, depression and blood cancers like leukemia.

According to the American College of Rheumatology, between 0.5 and 1 percent of the U.S. population has rheumatoid arthritis. Women are two to three times more likely than men to develop the disease, which most commonly starts affecting people in their 60s.

Di Giuseppe and her colleagues followed over 32,000 women born between 1914 and 1948 who were part of the Swedish Mammography Cohort. Information about fish consumption was gathered from diet questionnaires sent to women in 1987 and 1997.

National registries were used to identify new diagnoses of rheumatoid arthritis between 2003 and 2010.

The researchers separated women into five groups based on the amount of fish-based omega-3 fatty acids in their diet, ranging from 0.21 grams or less per day to at least half a gram daily.

Eating 0.21 grams per day of omega-3 fatty acids equates to about one serving per week of salmon and other fatty fish, or four servings per week of lean fish such as cod.

During follow-up, 205 women developed rheumatoid arthritis, the researchers reported in Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases.

Long-term consumption of any fish at least once per week, compared to less than one weekly serving, was tied to a 29 percent lower risk of rheumatoid arthritis. However, that finding could have been due to chance, the researchers found.

Women who reported getting more than 0.21 grams of omega-3 fatty acids derived from fish per day both in 1987 and 1997 had a 52 percent decreased risk of developing the disease, compared to those who ate the least.

The researchers found a threshold effect, suggesting more omega-3s may not always be better. Below 0.35 grams per day, the risk of rheumatoid arthritis increased, but above it, the benefits seemed to taper off.

The results are consistent with other studies that have found threshold effects, and with recommendations from the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Department of Health and Human Services, which advise eating at least two servings of fish per week.

The researchers concluded that "moderate consumption of fish is sufficient to reduce risk of diseases."

Genes and lifestyle may both play a role in rheumatoid arthritis. Dr. Simon Helfgott, a rheumatoid arthritis researcher at Harvard Medical School in Boston, said the top three things people can do to prevent the disease are not smoke, avoid gum disease by having good oral hygiene and improve their diet.

"When we say diet there's really only one influence that seems to affect rheumatoid arthritis and that's fish consumption," Helfgott, who was not involved in the new research, told Reuters Health.

Omega-3 fatty acids are used by the body to make molecules that help regulate inflammation, known as eicosanoids. The current thinking is that eicosanoids derived from essential fatty acids in meat promote more inflammation than those from omega-3 fatty acids in fish, researchers said.

"This study lends credence to a strongly considered hypothesis in rheumatology circles, which is that we might be able to intervene in preventing rheumatoid arthritis in some individuals," Helfgott said.

Source: http://bit.ly/172ipzX Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, online August 12, 2013.

Medicina natural en región central de Cuba

(Extraído de perlavision.icrt.cu)

Los servicios de salud de la provincia de Cienfuegos, en la parte central de la isla, cuentan con las opciones de una farmacia homeopática y de productos naturales.

La instalación, única de su tipo en el territorio, ofrece a la población más de un centenar de medicamentos de fabricación nacional, con probada eficacia en el tratamiento de diversas dolencias.

Según especialistas, en la entidad se comercializan unos 120 fármacos del Grupo Empresarial LABIOFAM (Laboratorios Biológicos Farmacéuticos) y el Instituto Finlay.

El catálogo de fórmulas contempla remedios basados en la terapia floral, los cuales son fabricados a base de esencias naturales extraídas de flores silvestres.

La utilización de este tipo de medicina forma parte de la estrategia de las autoridades para aprovechar el potencial existente en el país en materia de plantas medicinales.

Aplican medicina tradicional en servicios veterinarios

(Extraído de 5septiembre.cu)

Santa Clara.- Medicamentos generados a partir de sustancias naturales se emplean en Villa Clara en los servicios veterinarios, como parte de la estrategia conformada en Cuba para incrementar el uso de la homeopatía y la medicina tradicional.

Kolia Monteagudo, miembro de la Sociedad Veterinaria de la provincia, comentó a la AIN que en el territorio se emplea más de una veintena de fármacos homeopáticos para combatir padecimientos de los animales.

Consideró que todos los casos están avalados por investigaciones previas y tienen probada efectividad en las labores pecuarias.

El  síndrome diarreico en los cerdos, parasitismo intestinal, erradicación de ácaros de la piel, junto a la estimulación hormonal para acelerar el celo, figuran entre los casos más atendidos con esa técnica medicamentosa, acotó.

Monteagudo agregó que los investigadores de la Universidad Central Marta Abreu, de Las Villas, y de diversos centros científicos del territorio, mantienen una línea de estudios sobre esa temática que distingue a la provincia en el país, aseveró.

La prevención del síndrome diarreico en cerdos mediante profilaxis homeopática, procedimiento creado por Mario Cuesta, profesor de la Universidad Central de Las Villas, es uno de los trabajos originados en esta provincia y extendido a otros territorios, agregó.

Según refiere el estudio, la aplicación de esta variante tiene un fuerte impacto económico porque abarata los costos y reduce al mínimo las muertes de los cerdos recién nacidos.

Alfredo Sardiñas, médico de Santa Clara, comentó que emplea sistemáticamente la medicina tradicional en los animales afectivos que atiende en su consultorio.

La versatilidad del método natural me permite usarlo para estimular el apetito en los cachorros, evitar avitaminosis en las aves y la presencia de hongos, por citar algunos ejemplos, aseveró el galeno.  

Anthrosana cumple su primer septenio

(Extraído de noticiaspositivas.net)

9 agosto 2013 | Publicado por Adriana Pérez Pesce en Vida sana

La asociación de pacientes Anthrosana en España inicia mañana una serie de celebraciones con motivo de su séptimo aniversario. Los festejos comienzan con una visita al Museo de la Homeopatía Española de la Fundación Instituto Homeopático y Hospital de San José y una charla magistral en el Salón de Actos Cofares, en la Facultad de Farmacia, en Madrid.

La segunda jornada arranca el sábado con distintas conferencias y una actuación musical. El presidente de Anthrosana en España, Manuel Hernando Ibáñez Alvarez, ha comentado que son encuentros de puertas abiertas ya que la asociación es y será “un factor de integración que despierte al individuo en su vida social en general, y en el sector de la salud en particular”.

Ibáñez Alvarez ha mantenido una conversación con Noticias Positivas en la que ha relatado el camino recorrido por las personas que integran el equipo de Anthrosana:

Noticias Positivas: Se cumplen siete años del nacimiento de Anthrosana, teniendo en cuenta la importancia de los septenios para la antroposofía, ¿qué evaluación hacéis de estos años?

Manuel Hernando Ibáñez Alvarez: Utilizando la imagen de las etapas evolutivas del ser humano, Anthrosana como entidad ha llegado en su desarrollo a la edad del cambio dental con cierta consciencia y más madura. Podemos alegrarnos de que nuestro aun pequeño cuerpo físico (casi 500 socios y unos 1.500 simpatizantes) ha logrado superar dificultades, ponerse en pie sobre la Tierra, caminar, aun casi de puntillas y expresar nuestras convicciones a la sociedad.

Durante estos siete años hemos aprendido en la escuela de la vida superando dificultades de todo tipo pero también recogiendo experiencias maravillosas. Yo me siento orgulloso del trabajo realizado hasta ahora y estoy feliz por tener unos colaboradores excepcionales.

N+: ¿Lo mejor? ¿Y los pasos más difíciles?

M.H.I.A.: Los primeros años recogen lo mejor y los pasos más difíciles al mismo tiempo. El alumbramiento de Anthrosana en España fue un acontecimiento social que acogió calurosamente a este nuevo ser en el 2006. Después de un año de vida, nos vimos obligados a luchar contra el borrador del Real Decreto para la regulación de los medicamentos en España, elaborado bajo una mentalidad simplificadora, unilateral y retrograda de la Administración del Ministerio de Sanidad y Consumo (ADMINSACO).

Nuestra intervención de 3 meses tuvo éxito. El borrador fue modificado y finalmente se integró el artículo 16.2 de las directivas europeas para la regulación de los medicamentos, que permite un registro excepcional y menos estricto en la prueba de la efectividad (prueba de doble ciego) de los medicamentos no convencionales.

Pero el procedimiento de registro sigue siendo exageradamente perjudicial para los laboratorios que quieren desarrollar sustancias homeopáticas complejas, con más de una sustancia en cada medicamento. Es evidente que se sigue legislando bajo criterios de la homeopatía unicista (una sola sustancia) y que no se tiene en cuenta el desarrollo y la investigación de los últimos 10 ó 15 años.

Podriamos decir que lo más difícil está siendo lograr que la Administración “escuche y atienda” las necesidades de los pacientes. Y también podríamos concluir diciendo que lo mejor es que tenemos la fuerza para conseguirlo.

N+: ¿Qué pasos se han dado a favor de usar la antroposofía en estos siete años?

M.H.I.A.: El año pasado arrancó a nivel europeo una nueva estrategia que se llevará a cabo a lo largo de 10 años para apoyar la Medicina Antroposófica (M.A). Entre algunos de los pasos podemos resaltar que el British Journal Medicine y un cualificado grupo americano quieren que haya ensayos clínicos sobre la M.A. y también que a través de Malale Foundation se van a llevar a cabo varias acciones como la formación de médicos jóvenes, investigación y ciencia, aumentar la producción de medicamentos antroposóficos y ayuda en la parte jurídica.

En España, el Instituto de Formación en Medicina Antroposófica (IFMA) está impartiendo clases desde hace unos años. Todo esto irá dando sus frutos para los pacientes que quieren tratarse con M.A.

N+: ¿Cómo evaluáis la situación actual de los pacientes antroposóficos en España?

M.H.I.A.: A pesar de las dificultades, nos podemos sentir afortunados al tener a nuestro alcance a doctores que han ampliado su formación médica universitaria con una formación en M.A. Una nueva conscielcia se está abriendo en los pacientes antroposóficos y en general, en cualquier paciente que aboga por la defensa de una medicina más natural y acorde con su dignidad humana.

Desde la asociación y a través de nuestra Web con una nueva sección de Salutogénesis, la gacetilla del Gallo y presencia en Biocultura con conferencias sobre la Etapa Final de la Vida, Los Trasplantes de Órganos y sus Implicaciones, El Testamento Vital y La Consciencia Más Allá de la Muerte, seguimos cuidando y alimentando esa consciencia.

También nuestra participación anual en la reunión de la Europeans Federation of Patients Associations for Anthroposophic Medicine (EFPAM), de la cual formamos parte, nos mantiene en un impulso de acción conjunta entre las demás asociaciones europeas de pacientes.

N+: ¿Qué logros os gustaría festejar en el próximo septenio?

M.H.I.A.: Los últimos años han sido de resistencia y lucha para no perder derechos frente a gobiernos de los distintos países y responsables comunitarios. Las leyes de Bruselas están reprimiendo al paciente y conduciéndole a que consuma productos alopáticos. La Carta de los Derechos del Paciente de noviembre de 2002 está muy anticuada después de diez años pero Bruselas no está por la labor de actualizarla.

Los logros que nos gustaría festejar en los próximos siete años son aquellos de los que forman parte nuestros fines, como es la difusión y el reconocimiento oficial de la M.A. a fin de anclarla en el sistema nacional de salud. Y continuaremos con las acciones encaminadas a una mejor posición de la medicina complementaria en el marco político sanitario con el fin de instituir la pluralidad de métodos terapéuticos y la libre elección de terapia.

DATOS DE CONTACTO:

www.anthrosana.org.es

(Más información sobre la regulación de medicamentos en la gacetilla del GALLO 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)

Para participar de las celebraciones se ruega confirmar asistencia en secretaria@anthrosana.org.es

(Imagen: Cortesía de Anthrosana)

(Artículo publicado originalmente el 16 de mayo de 2013)

Supplements can improve sperm counts

(Extraído de stuff.co.nz)

by MICHELLE ROBINSON

PILL POSSIBILITIES: Vitamins such as C and E, and minerals including zinc and magnesium can improve semen quality.

Men could do a lot to help their partners conceive simply by taking nutrition supplements.

Research on natural and complementary fertility treatments shows antioxidant supplements can improve men's sperm counts.

But there was no proof women's fertility could be boosted the same way.

The Cochrane Menstrual Disorders and Subfertility Group NZ reviewed more than 80 international studies on the effectiveness of alternative therapies.

Vitamins such as C and E, and minerals including zinc and magnesium can improve semen quality.

The amino acid glutathione or protein thioredoxin can also have a positive effect.

"These antioxidants are naturally occurring in semen," Auckland obstetrics and gynaecology professor Cindy Farquhar said.

"Subfertile men generally have lower levels so if you give them an antioxidant it will have an effect."

Low sperm levels account for 20 to 30 per cent of couples' fertility issues.

"For women it's more complex," Farquhar said.

"It's a little bit disappointing."

Studies on the effectiveness of acupuncture on live-birth rates through in vitro fertilisation (IVF) treatment also failed to show an improvement.

Chinese herbal medicine and other herbal remedy studies did not draw a strong conclusion either way, Farquhar said.

The studies encompassed more than 3000 couples, and up to 8000 individual women.

Subfertility, where conception is delayed by a year or more, affects one in six Kiwi couples.

Many couples opt for natural remedies when trying to conceive, or to complement medical interventions such as vitro fertilisation treatment (IVF).

But Farquhar said the findings confirmed women should be cautious on which supplements they take when trying to conceive.

"Women have a window of opportunity to get pregnant and should do everything to maximise that opportunity.

"Don't waste it on something that doesn't work."

The findings come amid a trans-Tasman study on the use of acupuncture during IVF.

Auckland clinic Fertility Plus is involved in the randomised controlled trial with the University of Western Sydney's Centre for Complementary Medicine Research.

More than 1000 women are being recruited for the study.

Farquhar will present the Cochrane Collaboration findings at the Charms and Harms of Natural Medicine free winter lecture series at Auckland University.

The Hype or Hope? public lecture runs tomorrow from 1pm to 2pm at the Maidment Theatre.

Could Dietary Tweaks Ease Type 1 Diabetes?

(Extraído de medlineplus.gov)

Foods rich in amino and fatty acids may help preserve insulin production, study suggests

Friday, August 2, 2013

FRIDAY, Aug. 2 (HealthDay News) -- Eating foods that contain certain nutrients may help people with newly diagnosed type 1 diabetes continue producing some insulin for as long as two years, a new study finds.

Although eating such foods doesn't alter the need to take insulin injections to treat type 1 diabetes, foods with leucine -- an amino acid -- and with omega-3 fatty acids may mean that less insulin is needed, according to the new research.

"After the diagnosis of type 1 diabetes, a branch-chain amino acid and long-chain fatty acid were related to C-peptide levels, which are important because they've been shown to improve control of glucose, and maybe help prevent complications," said Elizabeth Mayer-Davis, the study's lead author.

This is "very early work," however, and parents of children with type 1 diabetes need to continue to follow their child's doctor's orders with regard to insulin and any other medications, said Mayer-Davis, professor of nutrition and medicine and interim chairwoman of the department of nutrition at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Foods containing leucine include dairy products, meat, soy products, eggs, nuts and whole wheat. Omega-3 fatty acids are found in fatty fish, especially salmon.

At least one expert wasn't convinced that these foods could make a difference in insulin production in patients with type 1 diabetes.

"Nutrition in type 1 diabetes is very difficult to evaluate," said Dr. Joel Zonszein, director of the Clinical Diabetes Center at Montefiore Medical Center in New York City. "It's possible that nutrition has a small effect, but people have been trying to connect nutrition to type 1 [diabetes] for more than 30 years. This study will not change my practice."

Type 1 diabetes is believed to be an autoimmune disease in which the body's immune system mistakenly attacks and eventually destroys the insulin-producing beta cells in the pancreas.

Insulin is a hormone that's necessary to metabolize the carbohydrates in food. When carbohydrates are processed into glucose, insulin helps that glucose get into the body's cells to be used as fuel for the body and brain. Without insulin, glucose can't enter the cells and it builds up in the blood.

People with type 1 diabetes often continue making some insulin, though not enough to nourish their bodies properly, for months or even years after diagnosis, according to background information included in the study. The more beta cells that are preserved and still making insulin, the less the chance of serious complications, according to the study.

To see if nutritional factors might contribute to the preservation of beta cells, Mayer-Davis and her colleagues reviewed data on more than 1,300 young people up to 20 years old who had been diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. Their average duration of diabetes was nearly 10 months.

Nutritional information was gathered from participants and mothers, including information on the consumption of foods containing leucine. Blood samples were analyzed for nutrients such as vitamin D and fatty acids. Blood samples also were used to measure the amount of C-peptide, which is a byproduct of insulin production.

After two years, the researchers found that leucine and omega-3 fatty acids were significantly associated with higher levels of C-peptide.

Vitamin D, which has long been suspected to be somewhat protective against type 1 diabetes, was linked to lower levels of C-peptide in this study. Mayer-Davis said she feels this finding may have been due to chance, especially since it isn't consistent with previous research.

Higher levels of omega-3 fatty acids appeared to have a linear relationship with the preservation of beta cell function, Mayer-Davis said. That means the more omega-3 fatty acids in the blood, the greater the likelihood of higher levels of C-peptide.

"It's possible that there are approaches that may improve the ability to produce insulin after diagnosis," Mayer-Davis said. "Within the context of a healthy diet, dairy products, high-protein foods and salmon may help. But parents shouldn't expect that these foods will be a miracle. Their children will still need insulin."

For his part, Zonszein said, "Type 1 is a very complex disease. I think this needs to be studied more, but I wouldn't recommend dietary changes now. I think the potential mechanism of action needs to be studied. But changing diets dramatically, especially in kids, can dramatically change the flora [such as bacteria] in the gut, which may create other problems."

Mayer-Davis agreed that more research is needed, and she said she hopes other scientists look into this connection.

Asked if this information could benefit children or adults with type 2 diabetes, Zonszein said it's impossible to know from this study. Mayer-Davis noted, however, that previous research on animals with type 2 disease is one of the factors that initially sparked their interest in this nutrient.

Results of the study appear in the July issue of the journal Diabetes Care.

SOURCES: Elizabeth Mayer-Davis, Ph.D., professor, nutrition and medicine, and interim chairwoman, department of nutrition, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Joel Zonszein, M.D., director, Clinical Diabetes Center, Montefiore Medical Center, New York City; July 2013 Diabetes Care

Characteristics associated with use of homeopathic drugs for psychiatric symptoms in the general population.

(Extraído de pubmed.gov)

Eur Psychiatry. 2013 Feb;28(2):110-6. doi: 10.1016/j.eurpsy.2011.10.005. Epub 2011 Dec 6.

 

Grolleau A, Bégaud B, Verdoux H.

Source

Université Victor-Segalen-Bordeaux-2, 33076 Bordeaux, France; Inserm, U 657, 33076 Bordeaux, France.

Abstract

OBJECTIVE:

To explore which patient characteristics are associated in naturalistic conditions with the lifetime use of homeopathic treatment for psychiatric symptoms.

METHOD:

Lifetime use of psychotropic treatment was explored in a sample of 36,785 persons, participating in the Mental Health Survey in the General Population. Characteristics associated with use of homeopathic treatments, associated or not with conventional psychotropic drugs, were explored using multivariate analyses.

RESULTS:

Use of homeopathic treatment for psychiatric symptoms was reported by 1.3% of persons. Younger age, female gender and high educational level were associated with use of homeopathy. Half of homeopathy users presented at least one Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview (MINI) diagnosis, most frequently anxiety disorders. Their diagnostic profile was similar to that of persons reporting use of anxiolytics or hypnotics. Compared to persons with no lifetime use of psychotropic drugs, persons using homeopathy were more likely to present with a diagnosis of mood disorder or anxiety disorder. Compared to those using conventional psychotropic drugs, they presented less frequently with psychiatric disorders, with the exception of anxiety disorders.

CONCLUSION:

Homeopathic treatment for psychiatric symptoms appears to be used mainly to reduce anxiety symptoms in the general population.

Copyright © 2011 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.

PMID:

22153728

[PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Homeopathy and the healthy hound

(Extraído de canada.com)

When the Gilmores' dog, a rescue named Talus, tore a ligament in her knee, the family began looking for a vet.

By Vancouver Sun August 1, 2013

When the Gilmores' dog, a rescue named Talus, tore a ligament in her knee, the family began looking for a vet.

"We went to a place with a good reputation, and which had a more holistic bent," Lisa Gilmore said. "But I think the vet we saw there was pretty new. She seemed scared of Talus, and said she couldn't examine her without sedating her."

However, even the mild sedative took days to wear off. "This was a healthy dog, just over a year old, and it took three or four days to get the sedation out of her body," Gilmore said. "She stunk, and she was all dopey for two days. She wasn't eating properly. It scared me."

At that point, Gilmore looked into homeopathy for her pet.

"I knew with such a small body - well, she's a big dog, but small compared to humans - and with a short lifespan, I wanted to make sure we were giving her the best chances," Gilmore said. "I'm not a huge believer in always using conventional medicine. I think there's a place for it, but I don't think it's always the first line of defence."

They found someone who was trained as a traditional vet, but who also practised homeopathy. Talus was given a homeopathic anesthetic before surgery and a homeopathic pain remedy called Arnica 1M for post-surgery.

"She was in major pain from surgery, unable to use the leg initially and requiring pain meds often," Gilmore said.

The homeopath advised her to administer the remedy whenever Talus seemed to be in pain.

"We slept on the floor beside our dog in the first day or so, and when she was in pain she would cry out like a baby," Gilmore said. "We'd give her one dose of 20-30 tiny homeopathic Arnica pellets and within five or 10 minutes she was sleeping again. I was sold on homeopathy at that point."

Homeopathy is a treatment based on holistic principles of looking at the patient as a whole, rather than just specific symptoms. Following an examination, a homeopath will prescribe a remedy, often delivered in liquid or pellet form, and made using natural substances. There are thousands of homeopathic remedies that are tested through what the homeopathic community calls "provings," which are non-laboratory-based tests and observations.

The success with the homeopathic vet for Talus' torn ligament led Gilmore to consider homeopathy for her five-year-old son Cale. She and her husband Brent had been unsure about vaccinations, but "doing nothing didn't seem to be a viable option," she said, "because we would feel we weren't doing as much as we could for him in terms of protecting him."

After researching homeopathic alternatives to vaccinations, Gilmore went to homeopath Elena Cecchetto at Access Natural Healing. Cecchetto offers homeopathic immunization protocols, a service that was the subject of a recent 15-year study by Australian naturopath Isaac Golden. The family later consulted Cecchetto about a painful condition in Cale's foot. Gilmore said it's simply a growing pain. "But when the option is plugging him full of children's Tylenol or pain relievers, we look to El for ways of using homeopathy to help with pain relief, with a lot of success."

The Gilmores still see a homeopath, Julie Anne Lee, for Talus. Lee works for veterinarian Nenad Paunovic at Coquitlam Animal Hospital as part of the hospital's integrative health care services. When working with Lee, Paunovic will make a diagnosis and then delegate the treatment to the homeopath.

"It's not uncommon in North America to see veterinarians who are practising alternative veterinary medicine," Paunovic said.

"When it comes to homeopathy within my family, my kids, my wife, and my father see a homeopath. In a sense that experience is positive. I have to admit I see some limitations in applying all the principles of human homeopathy to veterinary medicine."

However, Paunovic said he has seen some improvements on previous cases, which is why he's incorporated homeopathy - depending on the diagnosis - at the clinic.

Homeopathy isn't taught in veterinary schools, but its practice is recognized by the province's governing body of vets, the College of Veterinarians of British Columbia.

"Outside of the owner, the only people entitled, under the Veterinarian's Act, to provide animal health services are veterinarians or other people working under a vet's supervision," said John Brocklebank, a doctor of veterinary medicine and deputy registrar with the CVBC.

"Homeopaths are not entitled to practise homeopathy on animals except under a veterinarian's supervision. If the client wishes to have homeopathy, and the veterinarian isn't comfortable with doing it, the vet would engage the homeopath. Direct supervision is a minimum requirement."

Besides pain relief, Gilmore also credits homeopathy with helping with a tumour that had been growing on Talus' rear.

"It was kind of shocking to see it happen," Gilmore said of the tumour. "It was a big external growth, and it was growing."

They started Talus on a homeopathic treatment and within a year, the tumour ruptured.

"We don't know if there's stuff going on inside, but the tumour she had is completely gone," Gilmore said.

Gilmore also believes that a homeopathic remedy is helping with her dog's fears. Talus, who had been abused before being rescued, "has come full circle," Gilmore said.

"She was very scared when we first got her. She's overcome her fear of loud noises.

"She no longer hides in the bathtub, she comes to us."

Homeopatía, alivio para la salud mental

(Extraído de elporvenir.com.mx)

Por: Gaby Matus, Miércoles, 31 de Julio de 2013

Muchas personas creen que los medicamentos homeopáticos sólo alivian resfriados, golpes o molestias por dentición infantil.

No obstante, también tienen profundo alcance terapéutico en los trastornos mentales y emocionales.

Tradicionalmente, la Psiquiatría se observa como disciplina médica enfocada a problemas mentales o emocionales, distintos a las enfermedades eminentemente físicas.

A ello habría que agregar que, hasta hace poco, gran porcentaje de la población mexicana consideraba que estos padecimientos no ameritaban atención alguna, de modo que trastornos como depresión, ansiedad, angustia o ataques de pánico, por ejemplo, eran desequilibrios que podían superarse con un poco de fuerza de voluntad por parte del enfermo.

Hoy se sabe que gran parte de las alteraciones psíquicas tiene su origen en el mal desempeño de los neurotransmisores (sustancias que permiten la comunicación entre neuronas); sin embargo, hay enfermedades psiquiátricas más graves, como el trastorno bipolar (alternancia de momentos de tristeza y euforia) o esquizofrenia (dificultad para pensar de manera lógica y para diferenciar entre experiencias reales e irreales) que la Ciencia no ha podido descifrar por completo.

Contrario a lo que señala la Medicina clásica, la Homeopatía sitúa los fenómenos mentales “dentro del mismo cajón” que los padecimientos físicos, toda vez que observa al ser humano como un ente integral.

Si el individuo sufre alguna alteración en su fuerza vital, dice la disciplina creada por el alemán Samuel Hahnemann, entonces habrá manifestaciones de todo tipo: a veces en la esfera psíquica, a veces en la física, y en ocasiones en forma mixta.

Pruebas fehacientes Entre 2002 y 2004 se realizó estudio en el Centro Comunitario de Higiene Mental del Hospital Camilo Torres, en Santiago de Cuba, para determinar la eficacia de la Homeopatía en el tratamiento de alteraciones psíquicas.

En la investigación participaron 140 pacientes con trastornos psiquiátricos menores y síntomas como: tristeza, irritabilidad, llanto, pérdida de memoria, distracción, insomnio y ansiedad.

Se conformaron dos grupos de tratamiento con 70 individuos; uno fue atendido con Homeopatía y otro con medicamentos convencionales.

La mayoría de los participantes tenía entre 45 y 62 años (90 casos), con claro predominio del género femenino (122 pacientes, es decir, 87.14%).

Vale la pena mencionar que 49 personas tenían depresión, 38 síndrome de ansiedad, 32 síndrome mixto, y 21 neurosis de ansiedad y depresión.

Después de un mes, 63% de los enfermos atendidos con Homeopatía mejoraron notablemente, mientras que sólo 33.89% de los voluntarios tratados con Alopatía tuvieron alguna mejoría.

Por si fuera poco, la investigación también dejó en claro que la atención mediante la terapéutica creada por Samuel Hahnemann fue mucho más económica.

Solicitud en aumento El Dr. Eduardo Imventarza, profesor titular de la Fundación Centro Argentino de Homeopatía Hahnemanniana, explica que cada vez son más las personas que llegan a los consultorios homeopáticos con algún tipo de trastorno psiquiátrico, siendo la depresión el padecimiento más frecuente.

De acuerdo con la opinión del experto sudamericano, quienes buscan ayuda “son personas que han cursado prolongado tratamiento psiquiátrico, y que reciben medicación más o menos abundante que los mantiene relativamente bien.

También está el grupo de individuos que han visto a psiquiatras y psicólogos, además de otros profesionales y pseudoespecialistas, que recurren al médico homeópata como ‘último recurso’.

Finalmente, están los que vienen por recomendación de otros pacientes que fueron curados con Homeopatía, hayan tenido o no alguna enfermedad mental”.

Agua y aceite El Dr. Imventarza afirma que los enfoques de la Medicina alópata y homeópata son completamente diferentes.

De acuerdo con la primera, los trastornos mentales tienen como origen una alteración química en el cerebro; allí es donde se produce la secreción y recaptura de los llamados neurotransmisores, y cuando alguno de estos pasos se altera, aparecen problemas como depresión o fobia.

Así, el objetivo del tratamiento alopático es suministrar medicación que actúe en la disfunción neuronal para que se normalice la conducta.

“Por su parte, la Homeopatía considera que tener algún desequilibrio psíquico, como depresión o miedo, por ejemplo, es tan sólo un síntoma, como lo es la hipertensión (presión arterial elevada), diabetes (aumento en la concentración de azúcar en sangre debido a la incapacidad del organismo para aprovecharla) o cáncer.

Es decir, que se trata de la manifestación de una desarmonía más profunda que abarca a todo el individuo, el cual se constituye de espíritu, mente y cuerpo”, asevera.

Un ejemplo claro es el siguiente: si una persona, además de ser depresiva, padece de hipertensión arterial, reumatismo y trastornos digestivos, el médico homeópata tomará todos estos síntomas como indicios de una misma y única enfermedad que se está manifestando en diferentes niveles.

Ejemplifica el Dr. Imventarza: “Si en una instalación hidráulica la cañería principal está podrida, veré que en distintos sectores empiezan a presentarse problemas de fugas.

Si procedo a repararlas, la situación mejorará por un tiempo, pero en un lapso más o menos largo reaparecerán las mismas filtraciones, u otras.

Sólo hasta que no repare o cambie la tubería primaria habré dado solución real al percance; antes sólo intenté remedios paliativos”.

La Homeopatía considera que existe una causa profunda que genera las enfermedades, llamada psora.

Ésta puede considerarse como “defecto de fábrica” que todos tenemos desde que nacemos, y que sería “la cañería más o menos dañada que nos toca en suerte según la herencia”, explica el médico argentino.

Cada individuo tiene su psora, esto es, una manera particular de sufrir, de sentir, de expresar el sufrimiento y de enfermar.

También es una forma única de experimentar la angustia de vivir y el miedo a dejar de existir.

Por ello, el especialista en Homeopatía debe realizar exhaustivo análisis a través de las enfermedades que manifiesta el paciente, pero también profundo estudio de su historia personal.

Sólo en ese momento, con todos los datos en su poder, el médico homeópata podrá acudir a su amplio arsenal de medicamentos y recomendar el más adecuado para ese paciente, y para nadie más.