Homeopathic Types

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Thuja occidentalis
Tree of life — Plant remedy (Cupressaceae family)
"Am I allowed to be myself?"
They harden themselves because they feel as if others can look straight through them.

Origin This remedy is prepared from a tincture of the fresh green twigs of the western tree of life. A long time ago, it was given the name tree of life (from the Latin arbor vitae), which says a lot about its ability to restore our life energy.

Originally, the tree of life only grew in the northern United States and Canada. In the middle of the 18th century, it was imported to France. Due to its naturally perfect conical shape, it’s used for high hedges. It has a characteristically thick leaf covering, through which the trunk is not visible.

Vaccination
In the past, Thuja was the homeopathic remedy of choice for complaints following vaccination. It used to be common to only vaccinate against smallpox, and since Thuja is one of the main remedies for skin abscesses, it’s not surprising that Thuja can in many cases heal the effects of vaccinations.

Nowadays, many other vaccines are in use so that different homeopathic remedies are needed to treat problems arising from vaccination. There have been good reports of homeopathically potentized vaccines, such as DPT 200C (DPT is a combined vaccine against diphtheria, pertussis, and tetanus).

One of Hahnemann’s patients prompted him to come up with the idea of making a homeopathic remedy from this tree. The patient was a priest who had all sorts of complaints that Hahnemann was unable to classify. Like a detective, Hahnemann followed everything the priest did to try and find the cause of his mysterious symptoms.

Eventually he found the "culprit"! As he wandered around reading his prayer book, the unhappy priest always passed by a Thuja tree and absentmindedly plucked a twig. He put this in his mouth and started chewing it — and this was the source of his problems!

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Details

After the great success of his work Children's Types, Dr. Frans Kusse's book of adult types is a welcome publication. He has an uncanny ability to portray homeopathic types in a lively and straightforward manner such that we can see them in our mind's eye - and so recognize them more easily in practice. He focuses on the psychological characteristics.

A total of 60 of the most important homeopathic types are described in this book. Together with well-known remedies such as Aurum, Pulsatilla, or Staphisagria, there are also descriptions of seldom mentioned remedies such as Lithium or Lac delphinum, which are increasingly used nowadays.

To give the types a vivid pictorial quality, 28 remedy descriptions are supplemented with 60 reliable photographic portraits by Dr. Hellmuth Beuchelt. Together with the finely judged descriptions, the result is a unique insight into the most important remedies.

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Author

Frans Kusse

Frans Christiaan Kusse (born in 1952) studied psychology and sociology before becoming a doctor. After completing his Ph.D., he went to live in Amsterdam in 1984, working as a homeopathic practitioner.

In 1995 he set up a homeopathic medical center in Amsterdam where 6 homeopathic doctors are now based. Soon an even larger project is to be initiated: an integrated health center, involving more than 20 colleagues.

Literary activities have always been his passion. He has produced two longstanding journals in the Netherlands and Belgium and he is editor of the Dutch journal for homeopathic doctors 'Similia Similibus Curentur.'

Among other books, he co-authored with Guus Polderman a standard work on homeopathy 'Homeopathie in de Praktijk' (Homeopathy in Practice), Voorhoeve, 1994.

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Reviews

"Homeopathy is now over 200 years old. To begin with, diseases and symptoms were described. In recent decades, we have discovered other and more profound aspects of homeopathic remedies.

"Vithoulkas described the essences of the remedies. Think of the open Phosphorus type who can easily get to know people, and is sympathetic to the feelings of others. The next step of this development was to ask ourselves the question "why?" Why is the Phosphorus type so sympathetic? It turns out that behind this behavior there is a fear of losing contact with others, so the person ends up all alone in the world.

"Homeopathic literature has not kept pace with the developments of the last few decades. The old works just describe complaints and constitutions. Frans Kusse has filled this gap. In this book, we can find descriptions of homeopathic remedies that reflect the current state of knowledge.

"Frans Kusse writes grippingly and with refreshing clarity. He has always been keen to spread his knowledge of homeopathy widely. And this is exactly what he has achieved here — after we have read this work, his portraits will remain engraved in our memory. I can recommend this book to anyone who is interested in the current developments in homeopathy."
— From the foreword by Jan Scholten

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Contents

What is Homeopathy? -- 9
Introduction to Homeopathic Types -- -- 10
Aconitum napellus -- -- 13
Agaricus muscariu -- -- 17
Alumina -- -- 21
Antimonium crudum -- -- 25
Apis mellifica -- -- 29
Argentum metallicum -- 32
Argentum nitricum -- 36
Arnica montana -- 40
Arsenicum album -- 45
Aurum metallicum -- 49
Baryta carbonica -- 53
Belladonna -- 56
Borax veneta -- 60
Bryonia alba -- 65
Calcarea carbonica -- 68
Calcarea phosphorica -- 72
Cannabis indica -- 76
Cantharis vesicatoria -- 80
Carbo vegetabilis -- 84
Carcinosinum -- 89
Causticum -- 92
Chamomilla -- 95
Cuprum metallicum -- 98
Cyclamen europaeum -- 101
Dulcamara -- 104
Ferrum metallicum -- 107
Ferrum phosphoricum -- 111
Gelsemium sempervirens -- 114
Graphites -- 117
Hepar sulfuris -- 121
Hyoscyamus niger -- 124
Ignatia amara -- 128
Kali bichromicum -- 132
Kali carbonicum -- 135
Lac delphinum -- 139
Lachesis muta -- 141
Ledum palustre -- 146
Lithium metallicum -- 149
Lycopodium clavatum -- 152
Magnesium Compounds -- 156
Medorrhinum -- 160
Mercurius solubilis -- 164
Natrum carbonicum -- 168
Natrum muriaticum -- 171
Nux vomica -- 175
Phosphorus -- 180
Platinum metallicum -- 185
Pulsatilla pratensis -- 189
Rhus toxicodendron -- 193
Ruta graveolens -- 198
Sepia officinalis -- 202
Silicea terra -- 207
Staphisagria -- 211
Sulfur -- 215
Thuja occidentalis -- 220
Tuberculinum -- 226
Index -- 230
Acknowledgements -- 243

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