Studies of Homoeopathic Remedies

This book looks at homoeopathic remedies which come from every part of the world and from all the kingdoms of nature - mineral, vegetable, animal and microbe. They include strong poisons such as arsenic, the venom of deadly snakes and the products of disease, as well as harmless substances like sand and charcoal, and herbs whose healing properties have been handed down through generations and are celebrated in history and legend. Dr Douglas Gibson (1888-1977) was a distinguished homoeopath who recognised the importance of knowing the materia medica in depth. These studies of remedies, first published in the "British Homoeopathic Journal" over the period 1963-1977, are now edited here into one volume. They attempt to differ from other materia medica in their wide range of insights, combining the panorama of each remedy with a faithful decription of the symptoms it elicits from a sensitive prover. The whole remedy is indeed used to treat the whole patient. Each remedy is described under a number of different headings. These are: source, pharmacology, proving, appearance, psychology, physiology, symptomatalogy and clinical notes.