Homeopathy and the Periodic Table

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This is volume One of Three in which Dr Luc takes only the KNOWN elements on the Periodic Table and using the most reliable true provings fromn Hering, TF Allen and Hahnemann, presents a new method of analyzing a patient.

Includes a great chapter about use of Dreams in Homeopathy and The Von Boenninghausen method. A MUST for every serious practitioner!

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Author

Luc de Schepper
MD, PhD., D.I. Hom., C.Hom., Lic. Ac

(1946 -     )
 
 

Dr. Luc De Schepper was born May 1, 1946, in Ghent, Belgium. He is the founder of the Renaissance Institute of Classical Homeopathy in Cambridge, Massachsetts and author of twelve books on homeopathy, acupuncture, and holistic health care.

Dr. Luc has seen over 200,000 patients in 29 years of practice, and in recent years has treated them exclusively with homeopathic remedies in LM potencies.

Dr. Luc has medical licenses in Belgium and the United States; and Acupuncture licenses in Holland and California; and a Ph.D. in Acupuncture from the International Society of Acupuncture in Paris.

Dr. Luc has has recieved the Diploma of the British Institute of Homeopathy (D.I. Hom.) as well as the Certificate of the Hahnemann Academy of North America. He is fluent in four languages and is a renowned lecturer in the fields of acupuncture and homeopathy.

Dr. Luc was in private practice for many years at his offices in New Jersey, Santa Monica and San Diego. He founded the Mega Medical Group Inc. in Santa Monica, California where for eight years he supervised a staff of 16 health care practitioners including MDs, nurses, chiropractors, nutritionists, and massage therapists.

He has appeared on numerous television shows in the United States and abroad as well as being interviewed on dozens of radio shows and giving over 100 public lectures. The Renaissance Institute of Classical Homeopathy has over 150 students, including medical doctors, dentists, nurses, veterinarians, pharmacists, acupuncturists, chiropractors, and optometrists.

Dr. Luc's books include The People's Repertory (his manual for self-care with homeopathy for the layperson), and Human Condition: Critical, his introduction to homeopathy, which won second prize among 3800 papers at the First World Congress of Traditional Medicine. His book, Hahnemann Revisited: A Textbook in Homeopathy for the Practitioner, has become the standard for many.

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Contents

Introduction -- 1

Part One: Setting the Stage -- 9-74

Chapter 1: New Concepts and Provings: Do They Connect? -- 9-18
Are New Ideas and Concepts Leading to More Division Among Homeopaths?
Our Repertories: Flawed Material?
Questioning Voices and Objections
How Is This Book Different from Scholten's Work?

Chapter 2: Provings: The Foundation of Homeopathy -- 19-32
Whimsical and Absurd Approaches
Provings and Speculations
The Role of the Vital Force in Provings
Ground Rules for Reliable Provings: Poisonings, Appropriate provers, Suitable doses and potency, Observations, Short-time provings, Strict professionalism is required

Chapter 3: The Discovery of the Table of Elements -- 33-40
Mendeleev, the Visionary
Homeopathy Needs to Follow Mendeleev's Lead
Goals of This Book
Contributions to Clinical Practice

Chapter 4: The Four Pillars of Our Analysis of the Elements -- 41-74
Mental/Emotional Symptoms
Delusions
Dreams: the Neglected Subject
What Are Dreams?
Issues Regarding Casetaking and Dream Analysis
Honest Cooperation of the Dreamer is Required
Daydreams: Comparable to Night Dreams?
Which Dreams Are Important? Recurrent dreams, Archetypal dreams, Serial dreams, "Good" and "bad" Dreams
Ground Rules for Dream Interpretation
Functions or Purposes of the Dream: Showing repressed and suppressed feelings, Resolving a long-lasting painful issue, Showing the shadow side of the patient, Showing the action of the simillimum

Case 1 & Case 2
Indicating the next prescription, Showing the patient's real intentions or feelings, Showing the active miasmatic state, Showing the diagnosis or prognosis, Showing the etiology
Prospective dreams, Reductive dreams, Reactive dreams
Carl Jung, the Homeopath
A Warning

Part Two: Group and Periods -- 75-184

Chapter 5: The Groups -- 75-116

A Proposal for the Structure of the Periodic Table

Group 1: Lithium, Natrum, Kalium: Longing for a Symbiotic Relationship, Spontaneous and Impulsive, Moving from Left to Right in the Periods, Stuck at the Beginning
Other Emotional Expressions Common to Alkali Metals, Summary of Group 1

Group 2: Magnesium, Calcarea, Strontium, Baryta: Protection and Codependence, Struggle Between Dependence and Growing Up, Summary of Group 2

Groups 3-9: Borax, Aluminum, Manganum, Ferrum, Cobaltum: The Struggle to Establish a Balanced Ego, Summary of Groups 3-9

Group 10: Carbon, Silicea, Niccolum, Palladium, Platina: The Unpolished Ego, Still Dependent, Summary of Group 10

Group 11: Cuprum, Argentum, Aurum: The Olympic Games Stage, Cuprum: the Cramped Balance, Silver: the Showy Balance
Aurum: the View from the Top, Spiritual, not Material Gold Is the Goal, Summary of

Groups 12-14: Zincum, Cadmium, Mercurius, Germanium, Stannum, Plumbum: Attempting to Maintain Power, But Losing Ground, Frustration, Anxiety and Confusion, Summary of Groups 12-14

Group 15: Nitrogen, Phosphorus, Arsenicum, Antimonium, Bismuth: The Nitrogen Group, Vulnerability, Desire for Company, Restlessness, The Decline on Every Plane, Summary of Group 15

Group 16: Oxygen, Sulphur, Selenium, Tellurium: The Oxygen Group, Good Old Memories, Antisocial Behaviour, Change of Identity, Indolence, Despondency, Summary of Group 16

Group 17: Fluorine, Chlorine, Bromium, Iodium: The Halogens or Fluorines, Restless, Preoccupied, "Burned-out", Indifferent, Summary of Group 17

Chapter 6: The Periods -- 117-184

Period 1: Hydrogen: Leaving the Womb, Coming into Existence

Period 2: Lithium, Boron, Carbon, Nitrogen, Fluorine: The Carbon Series, The Formation of the Ego within the Safety of the Family, Stubborn, Anxiety-prone with Palpitations
Expressing Only Physical Complaints, Unrecognized Emotional Issues Are the Real Root of the Carbon Group's Problems, Seeking Pleasure, Avoiding Responsibility
Homebound for Protection - Forever the Child, Summary of Period 2

Period 3: Natrum, Magnesium, Aluminum, Silicea, Phosphorus, Sulphur, Muriaticum: The Silicium Series, Moving Beyond the Family to the Outside World, Conscious of Appearance or Image
Vulnerability to Danger, Irresolution, Feeling Stuck, Loneliness, Feeling Unloved, Summary of Period 3

Period 4: Kalium, Calcarea, Manganum, Ferrum, Cobalt, Niccolum, Cuprum, Zincum, Germanium, Arsenicum, Selenium, Bromium: The Bronze Series, Limited Sense of Responsibility, The World is a Battlefield
Criticized and Critical, Hard and Stubborn: a Fighting Spirit Grows Restless, The Need for Company Evolves into the Need for Solitude, Summary of Period 4

Period 5: Strontium, Palladium, Argentum, Cadmium, Stannum, Antimonium, Tellurium, Iodium: The Silver Series, It's Showtime!, Creativity: Beyond Logical Thinking, Sanguine and Lively Personalities
Sensitivity to Criticism, Restlessness and Anxiety, Discouragement and Aversion to People, Summary of Period 5

Period 6: Barium, Platina, Aurum, Mercurius, Plumbum, Bismuthum, The Gold Series, Finding the Meaning of Life, Leaders: Industrious, Energetic, Restless, Duitful and Conscientious, Easily Offended
Leading to Anger, Isolation and Loneliness, Summary of Period 6, Conclusion, The Place of Miasms in the Periodic Table

Part Three: Five Period 2 Elements -- 185-280

Chapter 7: Lithium -- 185-196
Chemistry and Clinical Uses, Lithium in the Periodic Table, Helpless and Struck, Always the Underdog, Half-blind, Needing a Symbiotic Relationship
Causations, Delusions, Dreams, Differential Diagnosis, Hyoscyamus, Lycopodium, Calcarea carbonicum, Case 3

Chapter 8: Boron -- 197-212
Chemistry and Clinical Uses, Boron in the Periodic Table, Delusions, Diabolical Possession, He Is Going to Be Robbed, Wanting Escape, Yet Craving Support
Borax versus Psorinum, Sensitivity to Criticism, Dreams, Causations, Differential Diagnosis, Phosphorus, The Natrums, Stramonium, Calcarea carbonicum

Chapter 9: Carbon -- 213-244
Chemistry and Clinical Uses, Boron in the Periodic Table, Delusions, Self-absorption, Pathological Need for Recognition, Omnipresent Sense of Danger, Restless, on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
Homebound and Averse to Company, Anxiety about Health, Expressed on the Physical Plane, Irritability as a Coping Mechanism, Distorted Sensory Input, Physical and Mental Density
Immaturity, with Childish Expressions, Consequences of Distorted Sensory Input, Causations, Dreams, Differential diagnosis, Pulsatilla, Magnesium carbonicum, Sepia,

Case 4
Chapter 10: Nitrogen -- 245-262
Chemistry and Clinical Uses, Nitrogen in the Periodic Table, Delusions, "We are surrounded by enemies", "I am really sick, and fear for my life"
"I can't forget or forgive, I always have to be on guard", "I am desperate to find relief from my sufferings"
Differential Diagnosis, Arsenicum album, Calcarea carbonicum, Cannabis indica, The Natrums, Case 5

Chapter 11: Fluorine -- 263-280
Chemistry and Clinical Uses, Fluorine's Place in the Periodic Table, Delusions, Aversion to and Neglect of Family, Desire to Connect with Strangers, Sex, Glitter, and Money, Aversion to Business
Causations, Dreams, Case 6 & 7, Differential Diagnosis, Veratrum album, Medorrhinum, Lachesis, Lycopodium

Epilogue -- 281-286

Appendix 1: Von Boenninghausen's Method -- 287-293
Appendix 2: The Real Danger to Homeopathy -- 294-302
Topic Index -- 303-308
Remedy Index -- 309-313

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