Butterflies

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The well-known French pediatrician Patricia Le Roux ventures in this book into the virtually unknown territory of butterfly remedies in homeopathy. She has found these remedies particularly useful among hyperactive (ADHD) children who are lively, agitated, restless and mercurial.

In these "butterfly children", there is often a strong feeling of being abandoned, especially by their father or mother, which is experienced as loss of imposed authority and safe boundaries.

Butterfly remedies also have a common theme of metamorphosis – the desire to dress up. They enjoy masks and are confused about their own identity. The author has found these remedies very effective too in various skin problems, such as urticaria or eczema.

The book contains provings, cases and concise essences of 13 butterfly and moth remedies:

The California Sister
The Tailed Jay
The Lilac Beauty
The Processional Caterpillar
The Brown Tail Moth
The Brimstone
The Death's Head Hawkmoth
The Blue Morpho
The European Peacock
The Marsh Fritillary
The Cabbage White
The Small Tortoiseshell
The Fox Moth.

These different remedies are clearly differentiated and vividly described, paving the way for exciting new prescription possibilities.

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Reviews

"A wonderful small book by one of our best homeopathic explorers. I learned a lot — and now see people who need butterflies everywhere! Highly recommended."
— David Kent Warkentin

"Patricia Le Roux has again produced a very fine book. The pictures of the butterflies are very lively and portray the essence."
— Jan Scholten

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Contents

Introduction -- 1

The characteristics of the butterfly world -- 3
- Biology -- 3
- Classification -- 6
- Symbolism -- 6

The provings -- 9
- About provings in general -- 9
Details of the 13 individual provings --12

A summary of symptoms common to all butterflies -- 41
The main butterfly case studies and materia medica -- 45
1. Acherontia atropos - The Death's Head Hawkmoth -- 47
2. Apeira syringaria - The Lilac Beauty-- 53
3. Bombyx liparis Chrysorrhoea - The Brown Tail Moth -- 57
4. Bombyx processionaria - The Processional Caterpillar -- 63
5. Euphydryas aurinia - The Marsh Fritillary -- 71
6. Gonepteryx rhamni - The Brimstone -- 77
7. Graphium agamemnon - The Tailed Jay -- 83
8. Inachis io - The European Peacock -- 89
9. Limenitis bredowii - The Californian Sister -- 95
10. Macrothylacia rubi - The Fox Moth -- 101
11. Morpho peleides - The Blue Morpho -- 107
12. Nymphalis urticae - The Small Tortoiseshell -- 113
13. Pieris brassicae - The Large White, or Cabbage White -- 119

Summary and Conclusions -- 125
Bibliography -- 127
Index -- 129
Butterfly Terms -- 131

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