Swiss take an holistic approach

SWITZERLAND BECAME the first country in Europe to enshrine complementary medicine into its constitution when more than 67 per cent of national voters opted in favour of a new constitutional article on complementary medicine last week.

That result, which followed a public campaign, will now make it more likely that certain complementary therapies will be re-instated into the basic health insurance scheme available to all Swiss citizens.

In Switzerland, a new constitutional article can be proposed to the Swiss parliament if it is supported by 100,000 signatures gathered within 18 months.

In this case, the parliament rejected the initial proposal on complementary medicine and put forward its own counterproposal on complementary medicine which was then put to a vote.

A majority of citizens in all cantons voted in favour of adopting this new constitutional article. Historically, counter-proposals have been three times more likely to be voted in by the public than original popular proposals.


One of the aspirations of the pro-complementary therapy lobby group is that professorships of complementary medicine will now be created in Swiss universities.

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Homeopathy Seminar in Patna

More than three hundred homeopathic doctors from across the country arrived in Patna on Saturday to take part in the two-day seminar on post-graduate studies being held at Patna Planetarium.

Highlighting the importance of homeopathic medicine in the contemporary society, noted physicians credited homeopathy for making the national health mission a huge success.

"Be it a large metro or a small village in India, homeopathy continues to play a very important role in the field of medicine," Dr. Ramji Singh, the Vice President of the Central Homeopathy Medical Council, said in his inaugural speech.

Program coordinator Dr. M. K. Sahni said the main purpose of the seminar was to exchange ideas and share latest findings in the field of homeopathy.

Noted practitioners Dr. Diwan Harishchandra, Dr. K. K. Kar, and Dr. K. V. John were honored for their outstanding work in the field of homeopathy.

Others to address on the occasion included Dr. S. P. Singh, Dr. B. M. Ojha, and Dr. Arvind Kothe.

The event is sponsored by the G. D. Memorial Homeopathic College.

Source: http://www.patnadaily.com/news2009/may/052309/homeopathy_seminar.html

Treating Childhood Fevers Naturally

Samuel Hahnemann, the founder of homeopathy was driven to despair when his children were sick. “When then was certain help to be obtained?” was the yearning cry of the comfortless father in the midst of the groaning of his children, dear to him above all else. “Night and desolation around me—no sight of enlightenment for my troubled paternal heart.” The yearning cry of his fevered children led him to discover the laws of homeopathic cure: like cures like. Homeopathy has numerous remedies to treat a variety of fever symptoms.

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"Homeopathy and Spirituality: The Hidden and Unspoken Power in Homeopathic Medicine" by Dr. Randy W. Martin

Homeopathy is a very specific form of healing which refers to the usage of
homeopathic remedies which are made in a very scientific and precise way.
It was discovered by a German medical doctor about 200 years ago.

Although it is natural, homeopathy is not herbal medicine per se.Homeopathic remedies are made from either
plant, animal or mineral substances, and there are literally thousands of
homeopathic remedies. Almost all natural substances in the universe can
potentially be made homeopathically, if they aren’t already!

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