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Finding the Right Remedy for You: Kingdom, Family, Miasm The sheer number of homeopathic remedies is mind-boggling: over 8000 and growing! Just think: any substance in nature can be prepared [...]

The Homeopathic Lion's Milk: Lac Leoninum The Original Big Five I just returned from a month in Kenya... my first journey to Africa, though I wish I had accepted an [...]

Ritalin-Free Kids Bob and I wrote Ritalin-Free Kids back in 1996, when the incidence of ADHD in the US was starting to skyrocket. At that time Ritalin was being touted [...]

A Non-Classical Homeopathic Approach Bob and I, and now just me, have written a column for the Townsend Letter for nearly 30 years. Those of you who have followed these [...]

Homeopathy Then and Now This is a critical time in the history of homeopathy in the US. Certainly not the first. Ten years short of century ago, homeopathy was virtually [...]

I have often heard it said that homeopathy doesn't work, couldn't possibly work, or that it takes a long time to have an effect. I'd like to share some recent [...]

Back Home This is the time of year when Bob and I are halfway through our stay in the northern hemisphere, enjoying the glorious Puget Sound summer--harvesting first our snow [...]

Choosing One Remedy Among Over 8000 In my last column, I began by pointing out the mind-boggling task of choosing a single homeopathic medicine for a patient at any point [...]

This pandemic has, so far, lasted over four months. The most common descriptors are unreal, bizarre, chaotic, isolating, lonely, disconnected, confusing, unthinkable, tragic, bewildering. The toll on lives, savings, relationships, [...]

Eczema from Birth: Why Homeopathy Is the Best Solution Why Breastfeeding Can Prevent Most Childhood Allergies I am forever indebted to the legendary naturopathic doctor, John Bastyr, as are, indirectly, [...]

Homeopathy for Restless Legs Syndrome with Anxiety Restless legs syndrome (RLS) is, at best, annoying and, at worst, maddening. It is characterized by an irresistible urge to move the legs [...]

What Exactly Is a Miasm? When I (Judyth) was first introduced to philosophy of homeopathy in my first year of Bastyr naturopathic college, I heard the term miasm. It was [...]

I was an avid homeopathic student from the moment I read Kent's Lectures on Homeopathic Philosophy shortly after beginning my ND degree in Bastyr's second graduating class--much to the consternation [...]

An Intcrcultural Experience Our first visit to Central Europe was in September 2017 as tourists, along with exploring Slovenia and Austria. We say "Central Europe" because of a faux pas, [...]

What Kind of Traveler Are You? If you are like most folks, you either find traveling appealing, exhilarating, even addicting, or just too expensive and a hassle. We happen to [...]

Just Back from Brazil! Bob and I just returned from northeast Brazil where our homeopathic self-care home medicine kit was a godsend; of course, the kit is at the top [...]

Homeopathy to Heal Mold Illness The Homeopathic Carbon Remedies: An Introduction It is thanks to Roger Morrison, MD, author of Carbon: Organic and Hydrocarbon Remedies in Homeopathy (2006), that we [...]

I normally wait a good year and a half or more before presenting a homeopathic case as cured. I am making an exception here in order to dispel the widespread [...]

In April, 2014, I happened to run into Jimmy Wales, cofounder of Wikipedia, on the streets of Vancouver. I was there to lecture to a group of medical professionals, while [...]

Some material excerpted from our upcoming book The Savvy Traveler's Guide to Homeopathy and Natural Medicine and the revised edition of Homeopathic Self-Care. (Picnic Point Press; 2014.) Homeopathy Can Save [...]

Some material excerpted from our upcoming book The Savvy Traveler's Guide to Homeopathy and Natural Medicine. Picnic Point Press; 2014. Sheer Perseverance Under Adversity We write this article from up-close-and-personal [...]

We recently completed, this May and June, the most arduous and challenging physical and spiritual pilgrimage of our lives. We'd been hiking and backpacking for decades, and had shared numerous [...]

Homeopathy: By Far The Safest Alternative to Treat Autism Spectrum Children An article posted on the autism website Thinking Mom's Revolution, titled 'The Thompson Transcripts,' has revealed that a senior [...]

A Mom with Meniere's Disease and A Daughter with ADHD: When All You Need Is Homeopathy [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Sometimes less is more. It strains the mind of skeptics that medicine [...]

Despite the fact that there are over 300 clinical trials published in peer review medical journals, the US government's Federal Trade Commission (1) (FTC) has deemed homeopathic medicine to be [...]

We have been treating ADHD and other behavioral and learning problems with homeopathic medicine for more than 25 years. L. Alan Sroufe, PhD, a psychologist with more than 40 years [...]

Homeopathy: An Effective Answer If you or a loved one suffers from bipolar disorder, you or they are in good company. More than 20 million Americans will suffer an episode [...]

This was a case that we wrote up for the Townsend Letter in 2007, after two years of encouraging results with homeopathic care. Now, five years later, this patient continues [...]

When Judyth received the results of a bone scan, done at a reputable hospital in Chile, that she probably had metastatic breast cancer in her ribs, it altered the course [...]

Excerpted from the upcoming revised edition of our book Ritalin-Free Kids; Picnic Point Press; early 2013 More than Ever an Epidemic of ADHD So went the catchy phrase that we [...]

Why Consider Homeopathy for Thyroid Imbalances? When prospective patients or family members ask us whether we recommend classical homeopathic care for individuals, we unhesitatingly respond positively. Whether the diagnosis is [...]

It has been brought to my attention that I inadvertently made some errors in my recent column, 'Why We Need Homeopathy Now More Than Ever Before.' I sincerely thank Ronald [...]

It Began with Childhood Rheumatic Fever Janice presented in our office nearly seven years ago complaining of severe right chest pain of one month's duration. I couldn't move. The pain [...]

The Challenges of Parenting an Autism-Spectrum Child Having your child receive a diagnosis of an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) can be one of the most unsettling, disturbing, devastating events of [...]

I [Robert] heard about John of God (Joao de Deus, or Medium Joao, as he is known in Brazil), from a homeopathic colleague who had several times been to the [...]

In a departure from our regular homeopathy column, we are doing a series of articles on our recent travels in South America. This segment is about part of our trip [...]

Out-Of-Sight Pharmaceutical Drug Costs Exorbitant, skyrocketing, out-of-control ... these words are commonly used to describe the cost of health-care services and drugs in the US as compared with the rest [...]

What Are the Odds? You might say that we are crazy to live at the foot of the most active volcano in Chile, right on the Ring of Fire. And [...]

Homeopathy Is Now under Review by the FDA A public hearing on the future of homeopathy in this country took place in the offices of the US Food and Drug [...]

Some material excerpted from The Savvy Traveler's Guide to Homeopathy and Natural Medicine: How to Stay Healthy Wherever You Go! (Picnic Point Press; June 2014) Homeopathic Kit: Heavyweight Natural Medicine [...]

With the recent outbreak of H1N1 swine flu, which fortunately has resulted in relatively few deaths, the media have often alluded to the influenza pandemic of 1918, in which the [...]

We know that, as parents, you care deeply about helping your children develop well, exhibit good behavior, play amicably with other children, learn attentively in school, enjoy good health, and [...]

Continuity Over More Than 30 Years The two of us have been in practice for 30 and 32 years, respectively. That adds up to 62 years, but we have never [...]

Asperger Syndrome Needs No Introduction Twenty years ago the term Asperger syndrome was virtually unknown outside the pediatric psychiatric community. When we first published A Drug-Free Approach to Autism Syndrome [...]

You Are Not Alone! Aviophobia, fear of flying, may be related exclusively to air travel, or may be related to other fears such as claustrophobia (fear of enclosed spaces); agoraphobia [...]

It Started at a Buddhist Monastery If you are expecting a column on homeopathy in this issue, you will be need to wait a bit. This is simply a story [...]

In our last column, we discussed five members of the plant, animal, and mineral kingdom, found on the Galapagos Islands, which do exist as proven homeopathic medicines: Mancinella, Opuntia, albatross, [...]

Head injury, traumatic brain injury, post-concussive syndrome--these are the diagnoses of our patients who come for homeopathic help, usually months, or even years, following the accident. The head injuries that [...]

Vis Medicatrix Naturae Dr. Jonathan Collin's From the Publisher editorial in April resonated with me. He started off by mentioning the Spanish naturopathic doctor who failed to renew his long-time [...]

I applaud Dr. Erik Peper's excellent and extremely practical tips for preventing and surviving medical errors. There are indeed a number of strategies that one can use proactively to experience [...]