India Post Reports Over 400,000 Registered Homeopaths With An Additional 13,000 New Homeopaths Per Year

The India Post reports that both Ayurvedic and Homeopathic Medicine have gained tremendous growth in India. They also say that the World Health Organization states that  over one billion people world wide use herbal medicines and alternatives.  Many of those are  in India which has a population of about 1.17 billion people.

There are over 400,000 registered homeopaths in the country currently, with approximately 13,000 more being added every year.

Amrit Kalsi, Senior Medical Officer, Delhi Government, says, “The demand for Homeopathic and Ayurvedic medicines has increased in the last few years and to cure chronic ailments such as respiratory diseases, fevers, skin diseases, viral infections, asthma and allergic disorders, people are choosing the traditional way of treatment before allopathic.”

There were 28 homoeopathic dispensaries in Delhi in 1978 and the number now has gone up to 78. The number of patients taking homeopathic medicines has increased from around 800,000 patients in 1997 to 13,620,174 patients in 2006, she adds.

India is considered one of the largest emerging markets yet the pharmaceutical industry markets have only grown 13-15 per cent against a 25-30 per cent growth for homeopathy. The fact that homeopathy is such a beloved health treatment modality attests to its history of safety and effectiveness around the world but especially in India. Pharmaceutical company sponsored organizations attacking homeopathy  have no ground to stand on in India and thus they have instituted attacks in countries such as England with the hope that it will have an impact on emerging markets in India and Africa.

Homeopathy Teacher Series- Jan Scholten MD

This is part of series on Homeopathy Teachers by Homeopathy Resource.

Jan Scholten is a Dutch teacher and author and has revolutionized homeopathic thinking and practice with a whole new perspective of remedies made from minerals. He has utilized the periodic table as a method of understanding and mapping analogously human development and evolution, a discovery that is very profound and important.

He is the well known author of the books Homeopathy and Minerals and Homeopathy and the Elements. Through these works he introduced this completely new way to understand mineral homeopathic  remedies according to the periodic table.

Jan Scholten was born on December 23rd, 1951, in Helmond (The Netherlands).After high school, Jan Scholten studied chemistry and philosophy before beginning his medical study. He graduated in 1983. Then he studied acupuncture, homeopathy and other alternative medicines. Since 1985, he has had a full time homeopathic practice.

Jan studied with many renowned teachers, including Roger Morrisson, George Vithoulkas, Alphons Geukens, Künzli, Bill Gray and many others. In 1988, he founded the “Homeopathic Doctors Center Utrecht” together with Maria Davits and Rienk Stuut.

He now teaches all over the globe- Europe, Australia, Russia, Middle East, Japan and North America and many other areas. He is currently working on a new perspective of plant homeopathic remedies. He works in a tireless fashion for the promotion and teaching of homeopathy and has started a foundation for homeopathy and  also initiated a successful clinical study of the use of homeopathy in the treatments of AIDS.

See also other teachers in our homeopathy teacher series: Rajan Sankaran, Louis Klein.

New Scientific Experiment Proves Homeopathic Dilutions Have Effect

Scientists replicating earlier experiments but using modern scientific methodologies has confirmed that homeopathic potentized dilutions are active. The study was published recently and is entitled: Inhibition of CD203c membrane up-regulation in human basophils by high dilutions of histamine: a controlled replication study.

Results

Membrane up-regulation of CD203c, which in these experimental conditions proved to be a more consistent activation marker than CD63, was significantly inhibited in samples treated with histamine at the dilutions of 2C (P = 0.001), 12C (P = 0.047), 14C (P = 0.003), 15C (P = 0.036) and 16C (P = 0.009). Control water dilutions/succussions did not show any significant effect.

Conclusion

Using a strictly standardized flow cytometry protocol and a new dilution/succussion procedure, we have shown that low and high dilutions of histamine inhibit CD203c up-regulation in anti-IgE stimulated basophils.

The online paper also describes the history of this type of experiment starting with a scientist named Benveniste and how modern methods have now shown indisputably that  homeopathic high dilutions that are potentized have effect and that this experiment can be replicated successfully.

Avatar The Movie Star’s Allergies Cured with Homeopathy

Avatar Star  Michelle Rodriquez on the December 23rd Jay Leno show said that after making the movie Lost, she developed terrible allergies. She went on to say she saw an allergist who treated her with homeopathic remedies and her allergies were gone.

It is interesting how Avatar has so much about energy healing and intuitive indigenous healing methods. Its beauty is not only in its stunning visuals but also lies in how the scientists in the end, understand and are part of saving the special culture of the inhabitants of Pandora and their energetic healing.

Homeopathic Remedy Gelsemium Sempervirens Shows Its Anti-Anxiety Effect in Scientific Experiment

Homeopathically prepared Gelsemium smepervirens has been used for over a century as a homeopathic remedy for individuals who can be suffering from anticipatory anxiety. It is also a very good remedy for influenza and many other complaints.

A recent experiment published by an Oxford University Press Journal that tested homeopathic Gelsemium in mice using standardized protocols for testing anxiety has shown that it has a significant impact. The article in the Journal is called “Homeopathic Doses of Gelsemium sempervirens Improve the Behavior of Mice in Response to Novel Environments.”

The study was led by Professor Bellavite in the Medicine and Surgery Faculty at the University of Verona, Verona Italy in association with Department of Medicine and Public Health (Biomedical Statistics Section) and Department  of Medicine and Public Health (Medical Pharmacology Section) at the same University.

Gelsemium sempervirens is used in homeopathy for treating patients with anxiety related symptoms, however there have been few experimental studies evaluating its pharmacological activity. We have investigated the effects of homeopathic doses of G. sempervirens on mice, using validated behavioral models. Centesimal (CH) dilutions/dynamizations of G. sempervirens, the reference drug diazepam (1 mg/kg bodyweight) or a placebo (solvent vehicle) were intraperitoneally delivered to groups of mice of CD1 strain during 8 days, then the effects were assessed by the Light–Dark (LD) choice test and by the Open-Field (OF) exploration test, in a fully blind manner. In the LD test, the mean time spent in the illuminated area by control and placebo-treated animals was 15.98%, for mice treated with diazepam it increased to 19.91% (P = 0.047), while with G. sempervirens 5 CH it was 18.11% (P = 0.341, non-significant). The number of transitions between the two compartments increased with diazepam from 6.19 to 9.64 (P < 0.001) but not with G.Sempervirens. In the OF test, G. sempervirens 5 CH significantly increased the time spent and the distance traveled in the central zone (P = 0.009 and P = 0.003, respectively), while diazepam had no effect on these OF test parameters. In a subsequent series of experiments, G. sempervirens 7 and 30 CH also significantly improved the behavioral responses of mice in the OF test (P < 0.01 for all tested variables). Neither dilutions of G. sempervirensaffected the total distance traveled, indicating that the behavioral effect was not due to unspecific changes in locomotor activity. In conclusion, homeopathic doses of G. sempervirens influence the emotional responses of mice to novel environments, suggesting an improvement in exploratory behavior and a diminution of thigmotaxis and neophobia.

Oxford University Press

Homeopathy Treats ADHD Successfully As Conventional Psychiatrist Drug Company Payment Scandal Deepens

Ritalin Free Kids is a wonderful book by  Robert Ullman and Judyth Reichenberg-Ullmman. The success stories in the book attests to the ability of well trained homeopaths to treat ADHD and similar disorders. From their web site:

Homeopathy is a safe, no side effects, natural alternative to Adderall, Concerta, Ritalin, Metadate, Dexedrine, and Strattera for ADHD, behavior problems, learning disabilities, oppositional defiant disorder, autism, depression and anxiety. Read our books, Ritalin-Free Kids, and Rage-Free Kids, and you will be amazed how a homeopathic remedy will help your child focus, behave better, do well in school, and be healthier and happier.

Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a developmental disorder characterized by distractibility, hyperactivity, impulsive behaviors, and the inability to remain focused on tasks or activities.

ADHD, also known as hyperkinetic disorder (HKD) outside of the United States, is estimated to affect 3-9% of children, and afflicts boys more often than girls. [answers.com]

The simple clinical success of homeopathy is in contradistinction to a deepening scandal that finds the psychiatrist who is behind the official guidelines for conventional drug treatment of children with these conditions, (and also claims there are no long term side effects from these drugs) to have taken over 1.6 million dollars in kickbacks from pharmaceutical companies. Governments around the world  have used these guidelines and as in Australia are now reconsidering:

A cloud has been cast over the draft’s validity after one of the psychiatrists, whose research into anti-psychotic drugs helped form the guidelines, was accused of failing to reveal payments from drug companies. The US Congress investigation has found Dr Biederman failed to declare where all the money came from and has possibly breached federal and Harvard University research laws. US-based child psychiatrist Dr Joseph Biederman is under investigation in America by authorities who have uncovered $1.6 million in payments.  [news.com Australia]

Ben Goldacre, a psychiatrist along with Sense about Science have been attempting to set guidelines for (i.e. stop)  the practice of homeopathy and distribution of homeopathic remedies without having practiced it and without any real knowledge of the practice of homeopathy. The organization has received  large sums of money from Pharmaceutical Companies and Ben Goldacre receives “awards” from them. Both claim that only pharmaceutical drugs are the answer to most medical problems and want to restrict the choice of ANY alternative particularly in emerging pharmaceutical markets.

Yet on the Ullman-Recheinberg web site the two practitioners with their many years of real and deep clinical experience says that homeopathy as an alternative to Ritalin:

• Treats the whole person at the root of the problem

• Considered safe, without the side effects of Ritalin and other medications

• Uses natural, nontoxic medicines

• Treats each person as an individual

• Heals physical as well as mental and emotional symptoms

• Lasts for months or years rather than hours

• Is inexpensive

• Is cost-effective

Drug Company Public Relations Consultant Rallies Forces Against Homeopathy in British Parliamentary Committee

Tracy Brown, an experienced Public Relations Consultant for drug companies and oil companies, will be leading and presenting arguments against homeopathy in a British parliamentary committee this week. Tracy Brown is now director of Sense about Science which is directly sponsored by drug and medical appliance companies. Other associates of hers, including Ben Goldacre have received funding from Drug Companies in the form of “awards” and they will be joining her in presenting “evidence” against homeopathy. Some of the “evidence” against alternative medical practitioners has been created using fraudulent sources.

Sense about Science has led the attack on homeopathy and homeopaths in the UK. Some prominent British homeopaths and supporters will be presenting pro-homeopathy arguments.

Tracy Brown also worked as a Research Associate in the Sociology Department at the University of Kent, Canterbury, where Frank Furedi is a professor.  Frank Furedi is a founder of the Revolutionary Communist Party and members have taken up the anti homeopathy cause since it is not representative of the materialist philosophy of their charismatic leader. Furedi continues to be a leading figure in a network of organisations, characterised by a vigorous anti-homeopathy, anti-environmentalist and pro-GM stance.

Some strange happenings in England.

Dana Ullman Lights Up The Huffington Post

Dana Ullman Masters of Public Health, is a new writer for the Huffington Post. His Masters of Public Health status and homeopathic training  has led him to write some articles which take a look at modern health challenges from a different perspective. Homeopathy is more than just the taking or selling of homeopathic remedies. It has to do with an approach to health and disease that determines a real curative modality. The homeopathic profession have a lot to offer individuals considering the dismal overall results of modern medicine. WebMD reports that one in five individuals entering their 60s will have some sort of disability.

Dana Ullman in one of his articles writes about differentiating real healing from suppression of disease. Suppression of disease may be the reason we are seeing such a rise in disability statistics:

Differentiating Real Healing from Suppression of Disease

When a person experiences relief from any treatment, conventional or alternative, one should not necessarily assume that a real healing has occurred.  While it is possible that the person may really have been healed, it may also mean:

• the symptoms went away on their own, and the treatment had nothing to do with it.
• the treatment palliated the symptoms, providing short-term relief but resulted in the recurrence of symptoms in the near future.
• the treatment “worked” by suppressed the person’s symptoms or his/her own immune and defense system, thereby pushing the disease deeper into body. Although suppression of symptoms may cause them to disappear, they tend to be replaced, sooner or later, with more serious, deeper symptoms that are more discomforting and potentially dangerous.

Homeopaths and naturopaths both assert that there is a big difference between real healing, palliation of symptoms, and suppression of disease, even though each of these results may initially seem to be the same.

What people don’t usually understand is that there may be a danger in the frequent or recurrent application of treatments that suppress symptoms.  The concept of suppressing symptoms is well accepted and understood in psychology.  It is commonly observed when a person suppresses his or her emotions, such actions tend to push the emotional turmoil deeper, leading the person to explode at some future time, often at people who are not directly related to the origin of the person’s problem.

Link here to see a list of all of Dana Ullman’s articles on Huffington Post.

Dr. Oz Recommends Homeopathy in Oprah Winfrey’s O Magazine

O, The Oprah Magazine is a monthly US magazine founded by Oprah Winfrey and the Hearst Corporation and has an average paid circulation of  over 2.6 million copies. Dr. Oz is the famous Medical doctor appearing on her show and bringing sensible suggestions for health problems. In a recent article written by him he recommends homeopathy as one option for the treatment of migraine headaches.

Oprah Winfrey said “that since Dr. Oz’s first Oprah Show appearance in 2004,  he’s been both a teacher and a healer for millions of viewers.”  The Oprah show has over 8 million viewers per show. Dr. Oz has his own television show now- The Dr. Oz Show.

In the November 2009 issue of O (The Oprah Magazine), Dr. Oz analyzes four approaches to treating headaches: Neurology, Acupuncture, Nutrition and HOMEOPATHY!  Dana Ullman is quoted in the section on homeopathy-Dana has been really active promoting homeopathy in the US media, Huffington Post Online as well.

Under ‘MY RECOMMENDATION’ Dr. Oz  says: “Acupuncture and homeopathy are worth considering as adjunct therapies once you are sure that the headache is not a sign of serious disorder.”-Luminoshomeopathy Blog

Dr. Mehmet Oz is a cardiac surgeon, a professor and Vice Chairman of Surgery at Columbia University in New York City, Director of the Cardiovascular Institute, and Founder and Director for the Complementary Medicine Program at New York Presbyterian Hospital.

Homeopathy AIDS Study Demonstrates A Dramatic Ninety Per Cent Improvement

A pilot project in Kenya using inexpensive homeopathic remedies has shown great promise in the treatment of AIDS . “More than 90 per cent of the patients showed significant improvement in their health. “

The study [http://aidsremedyfund.org/index.html] and use of this homeopathic remedy could revolutionize the treatment of AIDS. It offers the millions of people suffering from AIDS in Africa who cannot afford the expensive pharmaceutical drugs dramatic relief.

In the study, no one was taken off their medications but some participants could not afford conventional medications and those individuals did incredibly well using the homeopathic remedy alone.

A dutch homeopath Jan Scholten MD has started a foundation “with the purpose of promoting complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) in the treatment of AIDS. The founders are convinced that alternative medicine has a lot to offer in the treatment of HIV infection and AIDS.”

A report (http://aidsremedyfund.org/files/arf_info.pdf)  giving the preliminary results showed dramatic improvement in those taking this homeopathic remedy.

Results

Within two weeks, an improvement in appetite and an increase in energy and

weight could be observed. In addition, in more than 90 percent of the patients

recovery from opportunistic infections, such as the disappearance of diarrhoea,

respiratory infections and skin problems was seen.

This applied to both patients treated with conventional drugs and the group not

receiving any ARV treatment.

The CD4 tests, which had initial values under 200, showed significant improve-

ment. The levels increased by an average of 123 points (a CD4 value of 200 or

less is a critical lower limit for which anti-viral therapy is deemed necessary).



An improvement in quality of life could be observed in the whole research

group. Restoration of independent functioning became possible for practically

the whole population after treatment with Iquilai.

A pilot project in Kenya using inexpensive homeopathic remedies has shown great promise in the treatment of AIDS . “More than 90 per cent of the patients showed significant improvement in their health. “

The study was funded by the AIDS Remedy Fund .  The specially prepared homeopathic remedy  used in the study could revolutionize the treatment of AIDS. It inexpensively offers the millions of people suffering from AIDS who cannot afford the expensive pharmaceutical drugs dramatic relief.

In the study, no one was taken off their anti-viral conventional medications but some participants who could not afford conventional medications were also included in the study. Those individuals did incredibly well using the homeopathic remedy alone.

The team of homeopathic Medical Doctors were led by dutch homeopath Jan Scholten MD. The homeopaths donated their time and energy to this pilot project.  A foundation has been started  ”with the purpose of promoting complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) in the treatment of AIDS. The founders are convinced that alternative medicine has a lot to offer in the treatment of HIV infection and AIDS.”

The report  giving the preliminary results showed dramatic improvement in those taking this homeopathic remedy. Here is part of a summary from the report:

Results

Within two weeks, an improvement in appetite and an increase in energy and weight could be observed. In addition, in more than 90 percent of the patients recovery from opportunistic infections, such as the disappearance of diarrhoea, respiratory infections and skin problems was seen.  This applied to both patients treated with conventional drugs and the group not receiving any ARV treatment. The CD4 tests, which had initial values under 200, showed significant improvement. The levels increased by an average of 123 points (a CD4 value of 200 or less is a critical lower limit for which anti-viral therapy is deemed necessary).

An improvement in quality of life could be observed in the whole research group. Restoration of independent functioning became possible for practically the whole population after treatment with Iquilai, [the homeopathic remedy].

More Results:

The results of this pilot study in the treatment of HIV/AIDS are as follows:

• More than 90% of the patients had a positive response to the remedy,  defined as an increase of 10 points or more on the Karnofsky score. 68% had an increase of 20 points or more.

• There was a strong improvement in their health status. Opportunistic infections healed without further intervention.

•  65% of the patients were requiring assistance (Karnofsky  score < = 60) and changed their status to being able to perform their normal duties again.(Karnofsky>80)

• The CD4 cell values of the tested group showed significant  increases.(average of 123 points).

•  Side effects from regular ART were reduced.