Less is More
An Occasional Newsletter from
The New England School
of Homeopathy
Thoughts for the New Year &
Epidemic Update
Winter 2019
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Happy New Year!
Below, find our epidemic update as of mid January 2019. We hope this clinically validated information helps both at home and in practice.
When I travel, I seek out and traipse about in order to explore lighthouses. First of all, I love the variety of styles, the architecture, the evolving and revolving technology, and often the sweeping water views. But it's the very idea of a well-understood system, meant to keep people safe, a kind of essential guidance in rocky times, that I appreciate and relate to most. I feel in many ways when I am really connecting to my patients, they are the lighthouse, guiding me with their symptoms to find a remedy and to create a healing plan to keep them safe and find better health.
However you are guided this year, may the road be smooth and your path be clear.
All the best for a healthy and satisfying new year,
Dr. Amy (& Dr. Paul)
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Epidemic Update January 2019
Paul Herscu ND, MPH
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Well, this is turning out to be an extremely busy winter season! There are several influenza-like-illnesses, as well as influenza, currently raging through the US and Europe. This is just a short update, building on many previous pieces written on this topic. I write here with an assumption that you understand the topic of the
genus epidemicus (
see
Herscu Letters #33-38
to review the topic of the
genus epidemicus
,) the difference between acute and chronic prescribing at any given time in your patient, and of course that you know how to keep your patients safe.
Currently, there are several common presentations:
1.
Phosphoric acid:
The prominent feature here is the extreme weakness, physically. While many times in past years this kind of weakness responded well to
Gelsemium
, if it does not do so this time, consider
Phos-ac
. This is especially accompanied with a sort of ‘flatness’ of emotions, where the person stops caring about most things, a deep and pervasive apathy.
2.
Bryonia (or Spongia?
): The prominent feature here with
Bryonia
is a rapidly developed severe and intense cough, which may lead to bronchitis or even pneumonia. One similar remedy also showing up this year is
Spongia
. The keynote of the cough in
Spongia
is the patient is triggered by an irritation in the suprasternal notch aggravated by stretching the neck, up and back, as if looking upwards.
3.
Cocculus indicus:
The prominent feature here is an upper respiratory tract infection accompanied by a persistent low level vertigo. The patient does not feel steady on their feet.
4.
Belladonna:
While this remedy is a well known remedy, at this time it is missed because of its presentation. The prominent feature here is an intense, sudden, extreme attack of vertigo, leading to nausea and vomiting. The vertigo is worse motion, especially leaning forward, stooping. It is accompanied by a very mild headache, and slightly warm head compared to cool extremities. But the driving symptom, the most extreme symptom, is the intense and sudden vertigo.
5.
Mercurius:
The prominent feature here is a more common non-descript respiratory tract infection. If you don’t have any other clear remedy and you decide they need one, it might be that they need this remedy. While the symptoms of this remedy are typically very clear and well known, those keynotes seem to be missing this season. No perspiration, salivation, tremulousness, etc. If you have an ever increasingly bad infection, with whitish, greenish mucus and you are in a quandary about what to give, consider this remedy. Interestingly, after giving the remedy, as they improve, they will begin to perspire.
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February 15, 2019:
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:
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NESH Alumni SPOTLIGHT:
Our Recent Featured NESH Alumni
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We are delighted to highlight the work and other passions of our wonderful NESH alumni. We are thrilled to have been part of their education and training. Our goal is to keep creating and supporting members of our NESH family and to generate ongoing opportunities and exposure for the people we love whose work we admire. Enjoy!
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The Topic this Year is:
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