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If indeed the behavioral problems? Mrs. MacAfee’s next forces pathology to change direction by tinkering

the drug had thought was, “My God! What have we done?” with the symptoms is considered violent because,

“All medicines alter the mental and emotional
She had known that all drugs carry side ef-
driven the fects, but to think that this could happen to her state, each in a different way.”
illness to a daughter and, as Dr. Hahnemann stated in his The homeopath assured Mrs. MacAfee that
deeper state, books, that it was predictable, was an astounding if the remedy she chose specifically for Marley
was indeed well selected, she could expect
epiphany. If indeed the drug had driven the ill-
then it would ness to a deeper state, then it would make sense changes within a few weeks, but the eczema
make sense to halt its use immediately. As she read on, Hah- would likely return. That would be cause for
to halt its use nemann elaborated, “Homeopathic treatments celebration, for as the eruptions returned, the
can produce rapid and striking results in cases of behavior would subside and the old Marley would
immediately. mental and emotional disease.” “That’s it!” she resurface. Then, and only then, could homeopa-

declared, “I’m going to contact that homeopath thy offer the correct stimulus that would allow
mom uses on the East Coast.” the skin eruptions to disband.
The phone appointment went just as Mar- The first remedy the homeopath chose was
ley’s mom had hoped. Since Marley was already Nux vomica. She explained that another remedy
off the steroids by this time, they had a clean slate would need to follow it within a few weeks to
to work with. The homeopath reiterated what Dr. continue the work after Nux vomica’s action was
Hahnemann had written in his ground-breaking complete.
treatise on homeopathic medicine and quoted Just as expected, Marley’s skin did indeed
another statement that also rang true. “Violent worsen. In fact, it become more prominent than
allopathic means produce other maladies.” Vio- ever, with pustules that enveloped her jaw line.
lent? The homeopath explained that anything that It wasn’t easy to witness this development, but

THE LEGACy OF DR. HAHNEMANN

When we remove the signs of illness, such as skin eruptions, we will be obliged to suffer a
more serious illness. The word “symptom” in Latin means “sign.” Hence symptoms are merely the
outward manifestations of a more deeply seated imbalance. Had Marley’s mom used homeopathy
to uproot her eczema from the outset, or given her high-density nutrition to support it, the ec-
zematous skin might well have only been a brief, vague memory. It’s the tampering of symptoms
of a lesser illness that brings pathology to a thunderous and more serious state. Isn’t the logic of
nature flawless?
The treatise of Dr. Samuel Hahnemann—the Father of Homeopathy—is still taught in
homeopathic medical schools throughout the world, and is the reference in which Marley’s mom
made her discovery. The Organon of the Medical Art stands as a beacon of light directing great
medical minds towards an understanding of genuine human health. This book and its previous
editions were written in German nearly two hundred years ago, so I reference an annotated edi-
The Hahnemann Monument,
erected 1900, Washington, DC. tion by Wendy Brewster O’Reilly, PhD. The numbers after each statement indicate the interpreted
It is the only statue of a aphorisms. Here are some of the aphorisms Marley’s mom studied:
physician in the nation’s capitol. • “Removal of local symptoms results in a heightening of the whole disease”(202).
• “Removal of local symptoms is a common practice of the old school [modern medicine]
because their internal medicines do not cure” (203).
• “All medicines alter the mental and emotional state, each in a different way” (212).
• “Violent allopathic means [drugs] produce other maladies” (38).
• “Find out about the patient’s somatic disease before it degenerates into a mental and emo-
tional disease” (218).
• “Homeopathic treatments can produce rapid and striking results in cases of mental and
emotional disease” (230).
It is noteworthy to observe that Hahnemann’s work is not mere theory but reflects proven laws of human health. These
truths have been proven in hospitals, university research, clinics and private practices around the globe. Homeopathy is hon-
ored by history, science and a proud standing in the world community of medicine.

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