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The Homoeopathic Treatment of Eczema By  Robin LOGAN, FSHom Visit the author's forum Covers case management (suppression, aggravation, potency, dose repetition etc.) for many types of eczema, materia medica of 42 remedies and 22 case histories. Printed in Great Britain, 152 pages, paperback Dimensions (in inches):  8.50 x 5.50 x .50 Minimum Price Books sales rank: 154 This item was in stock when this catalog was last updated on 8/12/2010. #2073, $27.95 Add to cart Or for help ordering call 800-663-8272 (from United States and Canada) or 604-597-4757 or email orders@minimum.com

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Eczema is one of the most commonly encountered conditions in everyday practice and can pose difficult and perplexing problems for the homoeopath. This book sets out a practical basis for its treatment within the context of classical homoeopathy. The author begins by defining the condition by reference to its conventional treatment, since most patients will have taken this route first and are likely to be familiar with the terminology of their diagnosis and the pharmaceutical preparations they have received. He then describes techniques of case-taking that are particularly appropriate to eczema. This is followed by a full discussion of case analysis, including the relevance of particulars in the hierarchy of symptoms and the subject of one-sided cases, or cases with few other symptoms, with a view to helping the reader to increase his or her own understanding of the issues involved. Further chapters cover all aspects of case management, among them suppression, aggravation, potency, repetition of the dose, adjunctive measures and commonsense advice. The overall discussion is supported by twenty-two case histories. The book concludes with a compact materia medica of forty-two remedies which the author has found to be of value in his own experience, studied under the headings of their characteristic physical, mental and general symptoms. There is a general index, a remedy index and a rubric index. Although this book is primarily about the homoeopathic treatment of eczema, I hope it will prove to be useful across a wider field. The Case Analysis chapter, which forms the book's core, provides a methodology that can be applied to any case, and attempts to answer often-asked questions about the hierarchy of symptoms, one-sided cases, and the place of physical symptoms in case analysis. Robin Logan DERMATOLOGY The conventional vs. the homoeopathic view, Clinical features and repertory rubrics, Conventional treatment, Complications, Other skin conditions that may resemble eczema, Relevant terms defined, Collaboration with the patient's general practitioner TAKING THE CASE OF AN ECZEMA PATIENT Starting with particulars, Open questions, Direct questions, Modalities, Concomitant symptoms, Alternating symptoms, Aetiology, The medical biography, General case-taking techniques CASE ANALYSIS Repertories, Particulars in case analysis, Which totality?, The hologram analogy, Characteristic symptoms, Lack of mental symptoms, Acorns and oaks, Severe cases and the 'small totality', Superficial symptoms, suppression and proving, Mild to moderate eczema cases, Definitely maybe, Suppression or unfoldment?, Small patients and the small totality, A caution: seek the biggest totality, Symptoms and symbols, illness as metaphor, Reverse elimination REASONS FOR FAILURE Educating the patient, The elusive simillimum, Looking for polychrests, Lateral thinking - non-repertorial prescriptions, Inflexibility, Going too deep, Being too shallow, Hydrocortisone, Incurable cases AGGRAVATION AND MANAGEMENT Commonsense precautions, Predicting aggravation, Potency, dosage and aggravation, Treating aggravation, Deteriorating cases, Topical applications, Dietary measures, Nutritional supplements MATERIA MEDICA The following forty-two remedies studied under the headings 'Characteristic Eczema Symptoms', 'The Itch', 'Characteristic Mental Symptoms', and 'Most Useful General Symptoms': Alumina, Apis, Arsenicum Alb., Belladonna, Berberis, Bovista, Calc. Carb., Calc. Sulph., Carcinosin, Cicuta, Clematis, Croton Tig., Dulcamara, Graphites, Hepar Sulph., Ignatia, juglans Cin., Kali Sulph., Lachesis, Lycopodium, Manganum, Medorrhinum, Merc. Sol., Mezereum, Natrum Mur., Nitric Ac., Oleander, Petroleum, Phosphorus, Psorinum, Pulsatilla, Rhus Tox., Rhus Ven., Sarsaparilla, Sepia, Skookum Chuck, Staphysagria, Sulphur, Thuja, Tuberculinum, Vinca Minor, Viola Tricolor

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Reviews		Reviewer
Review from Homeopathy Today		Francis TREUHERZ, MA, FSHom - Forum
Review from The Homoeopath		Miranda CASTRO, RSHom
Review from the Journal of the American Institute of Homeopathy		George GUESS, MD, DHt

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