Homeopathy Books

I have studied homeopathy for six years. This is a good extra book for remedy information done as a seminar transcript. There is always something new to learn. Your first choice for musculoskeletal homeopathic treatment should be either Musculoskeletal Diseases and Homeopathy by Luc De Schepper or my favorite for the bodyworker Homeopathy for Musculoskeletal Healing by Asa Herschoff. If you are a homeopath then you want both of the last two books.

The book is interesting, not quite what I expected. I will explore more on his work from the local library before purchasing another book.

The author assumes that the reader has a fairly extensive knowledge of herbs and herbals treatments. The stance is singularly homeopathic. There are no naturopathic remedies. There is a lot of medical terminology which could be confusing. Bascially, it's a useful book, but certainly not the one I reach for first when I have to treat my goats. It's not particularly "user-friendly".

The book is written as an appeal to medical and clerical profession. It is an attempt to at once convince audience to practice homeopathy, accept (or at lease consider) Swedenborg's teachings and to change lifestyle to promote healthy inclinations which the author clearly considers as more natural to all people.

I usually love the "Complete Idiot's Guide's" books. For example Skip Press' book on screenwriting from the same series is the best book on screenwriting I know. In contrary this book is definitely one of the least useful book I have ever read. I never critiqued a book before but Mr. Sollars gives you so little information (i.e. maximal one suggestion per disease and no reference for dilutions) that I had to post my opinion.

This book forces you to have to go to a professional practitioner and does not have enough information that you basically have to hand yourself over to the practitioner's care. This defies the essential purpose of the Idiot's guidebooks.

A Complete Idiot's Guide to Homeopathy by David W. Sollars is written in a way that feels fearful to give too much information. It is so politically correct that it makes it worthless for a layperson to find help for basic illnesses with homeopathic remedies. It's a shame that nobody at the Publisher could catch this. The only helpful information is generic medical information about the various diseases that you can find in any library.

I purchased this booking because I knew nothing about Homeopathy and I was interested in learning some basic information. Well, I was completely disappointed by this publication. It contains little more than a cursory discussion of the topic.

I've read other "Idiot's" books in the past that contained much more detail.

Bottom line, I'll have to keep looking for a better book on Homeopathy.

David Solar's book is wonderful! It gives a great overview of the history of homeopathy, how it works, what the philosophy and goals are, etc.! He does a nice job of dispelling some common misperceptions too. This is a great introduction with important information if you are seriously considering finding a qualified professional to work with you doing homeopathy. Seven years ago my allergies were so severe I could not be outside for more than five minutes the entire month of October. After working with a qualified, amazing woman who prescribed specific remedies for me, the next fall I was literally dancing/playing in the leaves with my toddlers!! I've also discovered that I am deathly allergic to ALL the major groups of antibiotics. Using homeopathy, she has treated me successfully for strep throat and many other ailments. The purpose of homeopathy is to treat the entire person and get your body, mind, and emotions to a place of balance and overall health. Check out this book and homeopathy. You'll be glad you did! P.S. My overall health is in such great balance now and my allergies totally in check - that I got two dogs a year ago - a yellow lab and a golden retriever! :)

While others apparently have decided to use this space as a soapbox, I instead would prefer to review the book. This is an excellent resource for those who are planning on, or even considering, using "alternative" methods to fight cancer. It gives the appropriate warnings when necessary and lets you know what the potential interactions might be--things that even your physician may not be aware of if he is not well-versed in the subject. It is a very helpful resource for both those new to the topic (seek additional assistance from trained professionals though) as well as those who have used "alternative" medicine for some time.

I would never trust anything the American Cancer Society says. They are very biased in favor of expensive pharmaceuticals with cancer-causing side-effects. They are the wealthiest "charity" in America, with cash reserves of $1 Billion.

The Role of the ACS in the War Against Cancer

The verdict is unassailable. The American Cancer Society bears a major responsibility for losing the winnable war against cancer.
The launching of the 1971 War Against Cancer provided the ACS with a well-exploited opportunity to pursue it own myopic and self-interested agenda. Its strategies remain based on two lies -- that there has been dramatic progress in the treatment and cure of cancer, and that any increase in the incidence and mortality of cancer is due to aging of the population and smoking while denying any significant role for involuntary exposures to industrial carcinogens in air, water, consumer products and the workplace.

Most of the funds raised by ACS go to pay overhead, salaries, fringe benefits, and travel expenses of its national executives in Atlanta. They also go to pay Chief Executive Officers, who earn six-figure salaries in several states, and the hundreds of other employees who work out of some 3,000 regional offices nationwide. The typical ACS affiliate, which helps raise the money for the national office, spends more than 52 percent of its budget on salaries, pensions, fringe benefits, and overhead for its own employees.

Salaries and overhead for most ACS affiliates also exceeded 50 percent, although most direct community services are handled by unpaid volunteers. DiLorenzo summed up his findings by emphasizing the hoarding of funds by the ACS.

"Most contributors believe their donations are being used to fight cancer, not to accumulate financial reserves. More progress in the war against cancer would be made if they would divest some of their real estate holdings and use the proceeds -- as well as a portion of their cash reserves -- to provide more cancer services."

Aside from high salaries and overhead, most of what is left of the ACS budget goes to basic research and research into profitable, patented cancer drugs.

The current budget of the ACS is $380 million and its cash reserves approach one billion dollars. Yet its aggressive fund-raising campaign continues to plead poverty, and lament the lack of available money for cancer research, while ignoring efforts to prevent cancer by phasing out avoidable exposures to environmental and occupational carcinogens.

Meanwhile, the ACS is silent about its intricate relationships with the wealthy cancer drug industry and chemical industries.

Read more....... http://www.corporations.org/cancer/boycottacs.html

I bought this book for a reason. This is not a reading book it nor it can teach you homeopathy. It wont help you become a homeopath. If you have experience in homeopathy or doing some 2 or 4 years course in Homeopathy. This is the book for you. It will help you to choose the remedy. Basically this book is a list of all possible symptoms and for each symptom their are more than one homeopathy medicine. It may sound tempting but by just buying this book you may never be able to find the correct remedy. The first step (I didnt take this advice seriously) is to read and understand the art and science of taking homeopathic cases understanding words like Rubric, Modalities work with more experienced homeopath. Master the technique of understanding and individualizing the symptoms; then we are talking. I wish someone had given this info before...

The text is difficult to read, and is smudged in some places making it impossible to read. The index markers are not consistent in any way. Some have a tiny font size while others are much larger. In fact the fonts throughout the entire book vary in ways that defy logic. Some change in the middle of a sentence!

While the book contains much valuable information, this edition is of such poor quality I would recommend buying a different version, if it exists. I am extremely dissapointed in mine.

You can't have 'alternative' biology and 'alternative' physics, but yet the Cult of 'Alternative' medicine seems to think they are immune to scientific analysis, empirical testing, facts and all those other "nuances" that get in the way of their faith.

I see the majority of the reviews come from this Cult of true believers who no doubt found this searching for more scripture to preach to them. "What's this? Something that goes against my preconceived notions? Blasphemy!"

In actuality this book is NOT an attack-piece. It is a series of findings compiled by licensed professionals taken from well-documented, peer-reviewed, established sources such as JAMA and many other medical journals who used methods such as double-blind testing and chemical analysis to reach their conclusion. You see in science, the conclusion comes AFTER the research. This is the fatal flaw in the 'alternative' medicine field: much like with so called 'Christian' science, they have established the conclusion first and then seek to bend the 'evidence' to reach their pre-conceived end. (i.e. The Earth is only 600 years old this is why carbon-dating MUST be inaccurate). That is, of course, when they even ATTEMPT to use science to explain their outrageous beliefs. More often than not 'alternative' health is based on secondary sources (my friends mother swears the blood of a virgin cured her hangnail!) or ancient scripture (what worked in 16th century rural Asia MUST be better than today because those Asians were SO in tune with their bodies and so mystical and wise!) and ignores all evidence to the contrary (hangnails clear up naturally and 16th century rural Asia wasn't the healthiest place to be.)

Unfortunately this belief has permeated into society and has gotten away with a lot of fraud and false-hope by becoming an unquestioned 'alternative' to serious treatment. The book focuses in on how this developed as well as what causes a person to accept the irrational claims made by 'alternative' medicine con artists like Deepak Chopra and Andy Weil. The information in this book can be a great source of knowledge and comfort for any person who is seeking a truthful and honest look at alternative medicine and finds themselves awash in a sea of new age health books written with no sources or references and 'alternative' health gurus and self-proclaimed 'doctors' who speak like children and never back anything up.

The title of the book is the beginning of the dishonesty. This book is NOT a guide to alternative medicine by any means. Nor is it written by someone who even knows anything about alternative medicine.

The publisher is the first clue. Prometheus books has a website, go check it out. They have many books like this one. They publish many books that are skeptical in nature - without being objective, fair minded, or even informative. Some of them bother to sound scientific, while others, like this one, don't even pretend.

This book is written with one focus, to discredit everything that is NOT conventional medicine. I do mean everything, even alternative treatments that have been proven again and again reliably by science.

Of course the other blaring aspect of this book - there is not one mention of the huge problems inherent to conventional medicine. It talks about being taken by charlatans, about alternative "quackery." But it never mentions the drug companies, perhaps the biggest and richest charlatans going. It never mentions the rate of iatrogenic death (deaths caused by medical treatment), now either the 3rd or 4th leading cause of death in the US. Don't believe it - look it up - those stats are readily available on the web. Obviously conventional medicine has made amazing and life saving advances. But is is in no way infallible.

This book is written by a true believer who is pointing the finger at what he doesn't like or believe in. There is no credibility, no "science." It is just a cheap shot at trying to discredit every alternative medicine. A more truthful title would have been something like: "The consumer guide to quack medicine - in my opinion." This is only a good read for people who already believe that conventional medicine is the "true" way to heal.

The author, a de-licensed psychiatrist, wrote this book with no qualificatiosn whatsoever. He has no understanding or education in alternative medicine. The book is merely the rant of an uneducated dimwit. Given the author's lake of qualifications, it is not surprising that the content lacks any evaluation of actual treatment. The fact that Psychiatry and traditional medicine has been under fire for some time for its ineefectiveness is completely un-addressed. The book's content is so malicious particularly in that it attempts to keep people who need effective altnerative medicine from getting it. If you really need to learn about altnerative medicince I wouldn't bother with this book.

Barrett has no qualifications to judge alternative medicine. He is clearly a lobbyist for the status quo. If you are interested in alternatives, you will not get any useful information here.

To summarize the book in one sentence: Every medical approach that is not based on traditional western midicine is by default bad or suspicous.

This book about homeopathy was not very helpful. It was kind of a shallow
overview about what is homeopathy, who does it, what is the history of it,
where do I find a homeopathic doctor, what kind of training is required, how much does it cost. I was hoping for a deeper explanation of how homeopathy works from a scientific standpoint, some supporting evidence, or maybe at least some anecdotal evidence.

The title of this book is misleading. It is definitely NOT written for beginners. The book is geared towards those familiar with homeopathic jargon and is a very difficult read. I was hoping to learn the basics of homeopathy with this book, but was very disappointed.