Human Condition: Critical

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 -- 1-5

Section 1 - Recognize Imbalance in Your Body -- 7-52

Ch.1 - What is Good Health? Does Anyone Know? -- 9-25
Set-Up for Miscommunication -- 9
The Nine Signs of Health -- 10-19
Four Pillars - The Foundation -- 20-25

Ch.2 - Do You Really Know Who You Are? The Language of Disease -- 26-37
Understanding the Patient -- 26-27
The Five Chinese Classifications -- 28-37

Ch.3 - Constitutional Types: Know Your Children! -- 38-52
Only Dormant Symptoms Can Appear -- 40
Purpose of Constitutional Remedy -- 41-42
The Five Constitutional Groups -- 43-52
Section 2 - Why Do You Get Sick? The Causes of Disease -- 53-93

Ch.4 - Emotional Trauma: The Strongest Causative Factor of Chronic Disease -- 55-70
Eight Needs of Mankind to Avoid Chronic Disease -- 56-58
Neglected Emotional Factors -- 59-70

Ch.5 - Hereditary Factors and Miasms: The Seat of all Chronic Diseases? -- 71-84
The Biggest Sin of Western Medicine -- 71-72
Understanding Chronic Disease -- 73
Hahnemann's Classification of Chronic Disease -- 74-84

Ch.6 - The Layer Theory: Symptoms Disappear in the Reverse Order of Their Appearance -- 85-93
Ignorance and Denial Obstruct Health -- 85
Constructing Layers Using Homeopathic Law -- 86
Time-Line for Order of Treatmen -- 87-90
When "Like Cures Like" -- 91-93

Section 3 - Homeopathy: "Take A Little Arsenic and Feel Better in the Morning" -- 95-127

Ch.7 - History of a Scientific Medicine -- 96-105
Decline of Homeopathy -- 99
Homeopathy's Comeback -- 100-101
Advantages of Homeopathy -- 102-103
Unrecognized Use of Homeopathy in Conventional Medicine -- 104-105

Ch.8 - Homeopathy: How Does It Work? -- 106-115
Common-Sense Principles of Homeopathy -- 107-115

Ch.9 - Remedies, Dosages, and Observations -- 116-127
How Much Is Too Much? The Question of Potency -- 116-117
Kentian or High-Potency Prescribing -- 118-119
The LM Prescribers -- 120
Using Dosages at Home -- 121
What are Homeopathic Agravations? -- 122-130

Section 4 - Therapeutic Indications and Examples -- 131-176

Ch.10 - Special Topics -- 131-156
The Hypersensitives -- 131-134
Mercury Intoxications -- 135-136
CFIDS: The Mysterious Disease -- 137-140
Marijuana Intake: Helpful or Harmful? -- 141
Vaccinations and Epidemic Diseases -- 142-148
Addictions: How Homeopathy Helps -- 149-152
Geriatric Problems -- 153-156

Ch.11 - Practical Treatment Programs and Emergencies -- 157-178
The Household Homeopathic Kit: Your Domestic Physician -- 158-163
Other Practical Treatment Programs: From Burns to Cuts to Post-Partum Treatments -- 164-170
Sports Injuries -- 171-173
Travel Kit for a Carefree Holiday -- 174-176
Section 5 - Energy Boosters -- 178-191

Ch.12 - The Energy Support Systems, Diet, Tai Chi, Imagery, and Yoga -- 179-191
A Diet to Reach Peak Energy -- 179-185
Tai Chi Ch'uan: Restoring Your Energy -- 186-187
Imagery or Visualization: Seeing with the Mind's Eye -- 188-189
Yoga, the Gentle Exercise for the Body and Mind -- 190-191
Conclusion -- 192-195

Appendix -- 196
Glossary -- 197-206
Index -- 207-216

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