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December 11, 2009 PDF Print E-mail
Written by Richard Pitt   
Friday, 11 December 2009 00:00

Two days I took a local trotro (taxi van) up to the Volta region on the border of Togo and Ghana. A local pastor there is also a homeopath in training and I went there to see patients and follow up on other patients seen by Indian doctors the previous month. They had been inundated with patients when here so I was hoping it would be a bit mellower. Fortunately it was but today we still saw about 12 new patients and 7 follow ups so we were busy. As I’ve mentioned, taking cases here is rather different but still the basics have to be followed. Simply, people have less to say about themselves usually. Most people are farmers or other forms of laborers and live simple lives. Many of their conditions are work related e.g. back problems from bending over or neck problems from carrying too heavy weights on their head, but there are still quite a wide complexity of cases to see.

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November 22, 2009 PDF Print E-mail
Written by Richard Pitt   
Sunday, 22 November 2009 00:00

November 22, 2009

Four days ago, a young woman in my compound died. I don’t think I knew her as she was apparently often sick, and either inside her house or at the hospital. She 24 years old. The first I knew of this was the sudden wailing of women when they were told the news. I asked my children friends in the compound about her but they seemed strangely vague and unmoved by it. “Were you friends with her,” I asked. They said yes but then didn’t say much more and I got the impression they were not that close and that perhaps she hadn’t been around much for a while. When I asked what she died of, they said it was typhoid, but that probably means that don’t really know. Typhoid is quite common here, like malaria, and so many diseases are simply put down to one of them. I will have to ask one of the adults more about it.

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November 16th 2009 PDF Print E-mail
Written by Richard Pitt   
Monday, 16 November 2009 00:00

Much of today day was spent going to the market with one of the teenage girls in the compound where I live, to buy food for dinner, which was a traditional fish and okra soup with Banku, a gruel style mix of cassava and maise, which is allowed to ferment. We took about 2 hours to cook it and then we sat outside, with one big bowl of soup, another bowl with the banku in and we ate with all the young kids, about 7 of them, all of us plowing into the banku plate, then dipping it into the soup and chowing down. It was mayhem, but fun, all of us huddling over the food and diving in. It tasted wonderful.

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Over thirty million people in Europe already benefit from homeopathic treatment. Homeopathy could help you too.
What is Homeopathy?

Homeopathy is a gentle, holistic system of healing, suitable for everyone, young and old. Homeopathy focuses on you as an individual, concentrating on treating your specific physical and emotional symptoms, to give long lasting benefits.

* Homeopathic treatment works with your body's own healing powers to bring health and well being.
* Patients are treated as individuals, not as a collection of disease labels.
* Homeopathy treats all your symptoms - mental, emotional and physical.
* Homeopathic remedies are gentle, subtle and powerful.

To get in touch with a qualified homeopath near you, call The Society of Homeopaths on 0845 450 6611 who will give you a list of professional, registered homeopaths nearest to your home, and answer any of your questions.
How long has Homeopathy been used?

Homeopathy has been used in the UK for over two hundred years, but has an honourable tradition dating back to ancient Greece. It was Samuel Hahnemann, a brilliant doctor working in 1796 who developed the scientific and philosophical foundations of this gentler way of healing. These scientific principles form the basis of successful homeopathic practice today.
What happens when you see a homeopath?

Your homeopath understands that establishing good health involves treating both mind and body, so time is taken to listen to your emotional and physical symptoms. To stimulate your body's own healing process, a remedy closest to your individual symptom picture is prescribed. Healing begins from within your body, strengthening your health and immune system, without any danger of damaging side effects.
Are homeopathic remedies safe?

Homeopathic remedies are a unique, potentised energy medicine, drawn from the plant, mineral and animal worlds. They work by gently boosting the natural energy of the body, and are very safe, even for pregnant and sensitive patients. There is no danger of addiction or toxicity.
What can homeopathy treat?

Homeopathy treats the person, there is some evidence to suggest it can help a person manage the symptoms of acute fevers, sore throats and toothache, to chronic illnesses such as arthritis, eczema, asthma, anxiety and insomnia.
Where can I find a qualified homeopath?

The Society of Homeopaths produces a frequently updated register of professionally trained homeopaths, who work to the Society's Code of Ethics & Practice. You can find one in your area by consulting the register available on this website or telephone 0845 450 6611 and we will mail a copy to you.


(Nothing contained on this page should be taken as individual medical advice or as a substitute for consulting your homeopath or healthcare practitioner. The above information is taken from the website of the Society of Homeopaths, UK)

Other places to turn for info on homeopathy include:
ARH
- Millbrook - Millbrook HillNutley - East Sussex
TN22 3PJ - UK
Tel/Fax: 01825 714506
info@a-r-h.org


HMA - Homeopathic Medical Association
7 Darnley Road, Gravesend
Kent  DA11 0RU - U.K.
Email: info@the-hma.org
Tel: 01474 560336


ANM - The Association of Natural Medicine
a-nm@hotmail.co.uk
This last association - ANM, registers people from other disciplines, however, it has many homeopaths such as Tricia Allen, Tessa Jordan, Theresa Partington etc