Materia Medica Viva - 11 vol set

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"It is my prediction or rather my conviction that this materia medica will be the standard against which all other homeopathic texts will be measured for the next hundred years.

"George Vithoulkas has here begun a work as far beyond other contemporary writings, just as Kent's Lectures on Materia Medica exceeded other materia medicas of his day.

"This materia medica is breathtaking in scope and detail.

"The chapters highlight both the new insight of Mr. Vithoulkas into the essence and central uses of the remedies as well supplying all the important confirmatory symptoms for each of the remedies described."

- Roger Morrison, M.D.

After years of his 'stolen essences' being circulated around the world, Vithoulkas has produced this encyclopedic work.

Each remedy picture begins with its botanical name or chemical composition, geographical distribution, toxicological information, and actual cases of overdose or poisoning where available. Vithoulkas' perception of the remedy is presented in a section entitled "The Essential Features,".

"Generalities and Keynotes," lists more specific and detailed characteristics, both generals and particulars.

He concludes with a summary of clinical applications, remedy relationships, and dosage. Wherever possible, cured cases from the classical literature are included. Other sections are Clinical, Causation, and Antidotes.

Please see the individual volumes for more detail.

Volume 1 - Abelmoschus to Ambrosia artemisiae folia
Volume 2 - Ammoniacum gummi to Argentum nitricum
Volume 3 - Arnica to Avena sativa
Volume 4 - Bacillinum to Benzoic acid
Volume 5 - Berberis vulgaris to Butyricacid
Volume 6 - Cactus grandilflorus to Calcarea silicata
Volume 7 - Calendula officinalis to Carcinosinum
Volume 8 - Carduus marianus to Cicuta virosa
Volume 9 - Cimicifuga racemosa to Conium maculatum
Volume 10 - Corallium rubrum to Euphrasia officinalis
Volume 11 - Ferrum metallicum to Helleborus niger

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Heritage

Claiming he has "little to add" to the volumes of existing literature, the author presents information gleaned from homeopathic literature and enhanced with his own experience.

Each entry presents information about pharmacy and toxicology, physiological action, essential features, general symptoms and keynotes, and cured cases from other authors, if any were found in a literature search.

No cases from his own practice are given, as that will be the subject of another book.

VOLUME 1
contained Abelmoschus to Ambrosia.

VOLUME 2
was published in 1995 by Hahnemann Book Publishers in London, and contained Ammoniacum gummi to Argentum nitricum, in pages 247 - 528.

VOLUME 3
was published in 1995 by Hahnemann Book Publishers in London, and contained Arnica to Avena sativa, in pages 529 - 788.

VOLUME 4
was published in 1997 by the International Academy of Classical Homeopathy in Greece, and contained Baccilinum to Benzoic acid, in pages 789 - 1004.

VOLUME 5
was published in 1997 by the International Academy of Classical Homeopathy in Greece, and contained Berberis vulgaris to Butyric Acid, in pages 1005 - 1229.

VOLUME 6
was published in 1997 by the International Academy of Classical Homeopathy in Greece, and contained Cactus grandiflorus to Calcarea silicata in pages 1231 - 1445.

VOLUME 7
was published in 1997 by the International Academy of Classical Homeopathy in Greece, and contained Calendula to Carcinosin in pages 1447 - 1656.

From:
The Heritage of Homoeopathic Literature
copyright 2001 by Julian Winston
Reprinted with the permission of the author

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Author

George Vithoulkas

(1932 -     )

George Vithoulkas was born in Athens, Greece in 1932. He started studying homeopathy in South Africa in 1960. He continued in India at different homeopathic colleges, receiving a diploma from the Indian Institute of Homeopathy in 1966.

Returning to Greece the following year, Vithoulkas started practicing homeopathy and teaching it to a small group of Greek medical doctors.

The therapeutic success of these first doctors so attracted the attention of others that the Athenian School of Homeopathic Medicine was established in 1970. The school, since re-named the Center of Homeopathic Medicine, is devoted exclusively to the teaching of MDs.

George Vithoulkas started teaching classical homeopathy in 1967. In 1971 the first Greek Homeopathic Society was established and a year later Vithoulkas started the Greek journal, Homeopathic Medicine.

In 1976, he organized the first International Homeopathic Seminars in Greece. Since then, international seminars have been held every year, attended by health professionals from all over the world.

In 1994, Vithoulkas opened the International Academy for Classical Homeopathy on the Greek island of Alonissos, its purpose being to provide post-graduate training for health practitioners from all over the world.

Currently, as the Director of the Athens Center, Vithoulkas heads a team of 30 doctors who practice homeopathy while they study under his supervision. He has established homeopathy in Greece as a science respected by the medical profession, and has also made his country one of the leading centers for homeopathy in the western world.

Vithoulkas' books, Homeopathy: Medicine of the New Man (Arco, New York, 1979), written for lay people, and The Science of Homeopathy (Grove Press, New York, 1980), for health professionals, have been translated into twenty languages and have had a profound influence upon the acceptance and practice of homeopathy worldwide.

His book, A New Model for Health and Disease, published in German and English in 1991, makes a fundamental critique of conventional allopathic medicine and sets out a new paradigm for the science of medicine.

He has been an international teacher of classical homeopathy for 20 years. In the year 1996, he was awarded the Alternative Nobel Prize for his work in the field of Classical Homeopathy.

From 1987-1991, in co-operation with the University of Namur in Belgium, he worked on creating and programming a highly sophisticated computer system, the V.E.S. (Vithoulkas Expert System) developed for the RADAR computer program. The VES has sold over 1,000 copies and has brought classical homeopathy within the reach of practitioners worldwide. Mr. Vithoulkas has also produced a series of video courses made from his lectures.

George Vithoulkas' overall vision is the establishment of homeopathy on a worldwide basis. A major goal in this vision is the foundation of homeopathic medical colleges in the USA and Europe where homeopathy can be taught at the highest level. Towards this end, a New York branch of the International Academy of Homeopathy has been established, classicalhomeopathy.com

At present Mr. Vithoulkas is writing a new homeopathic Materia Medica Viva, in 16 volumes, including contemporary knowledge and his own experience from the more than 150,000 cases treated at the Center in Athens. At present six volumes have been published.

George Vithoulkas continues to teach, both in Greece and internationally. As the practice of homeopathy becomes more widespread in many countries, Mr. Vithoulkas is seen to have made a major contribution to its establishment as a science that can substantially benefit human health and welfare.

Major Publications:

• Homeopathy - Medicine Of The New Man 1970
• Homeopathy - Medicine For The New Millenium
  Published in May 2000
  This is a new, expanded version of Medicine of the New Man
• The Science Of Homeopathy 1980
• Materia Medica Viva 9 volumes
• A New Model For Health And Disease
• Talks On Classical Homeopathy
• Essence Of Materia Medica
• Homeopathic Conference Esalen
  First edition in English 1980
• The Bern Seminar 1987
• The Celle Seminars 1992

Mr. Vithoulkas' website can be found at www.vithoulkas.com

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Contents

Volume One
Abelmoschus -- 1-2
Abies Canadensis -- 3-8
Abies Nigra -- 9-12
Abrotanum -- 13-24
Absinthium -- 25-30
Acalypha Indica -- 31-32
Acetanilidum -- 33-36
Aceticum Acidum -- 37-44
Aconitum Napellus -- 45-86
Actea Spicata -- 87-90
Adonis -- 91-96
Adrenalin -- 97-100
Aesculus Hippocastanum -- 101-112
Aethusa -- 113-122
Agaricus Muscarius -- 123-138
Ailanthus -- 139-152
Aletris Farinosa -- 153-158
Allium Cepa -- 159-168
Allium Sativum -- 169-176
Aloe -- 177-190
Alumen -- 191-202
Alumina -- 203-218
Alumina Silicata -- 219-224
Ambra Grisea -- 225-244
Ambrosia Artemisiae Folia -- 245-246

Volume Two
Ammoniacum Gummi (Dorema) -- 247-254
Ammonium Bromatum -- 255-260
Ammonium Carbonicum -- 261-276
Ammonium Causticum -- 277-280
Ammonium Muriaticum -- 281-290
Amylenum Nitrosum -- 291-302
Anacardium -- 303-320
Anagallis arvensis -- 321-326
Anantherum -- 327-338
Angustura Vera -- 339-348
Anhalonium -- 349-358
Anthemis Nobilis -- 359-364
Anthracinum -- 365-376
Antimonium Crudum -- 377-398
Antimonium Tartaricum -- 399-412
Antipyrinum -- 413-418
Apis Mellifica -- 419-446
Apium Graveolens -- 447-450
Apocynum Androsaemifolium -- 451-452
Apocynum Cannabinum -- 453-464
Apomorphinum -- 465-468
Aqua Marina -- 469-470
Aralia Racemosa -- 471-476
Aranea Diadema -- 477-486
Aranearum Tela -- 487-488
Aranea Scinencia -- 489-490
Argentum Metallicum -- 491-502
Argentum Nitricum -- 503-528

Volume Three
Arnica -- 529-552
Arsenicum Album -- 553-590
Arsenicum Bromatum -- 591-592
Arsenicum Hydrogenisatum -- 593-594
Arsenicum Iodatum -- 595-604
Arsenicum Sulphuratum Flavum -- 605-612
Arum Triphyllum -- 613-624
Arundo Mauritancia -- 625-630
Asa Foetida -- 631-646
Asarum Europeaum -- 647-662
Asclepias Tuberosa -- 663-670
Asparagus Officinalis -- 671-678
Astacus Fluviatilis -- 679-684
Asterias Rubens -- 685-698
Atropinum -- 699-708
Aurum Arsenicum -- 709-716
Aurum Bromatum -- 717-718
Aurum Iodatum -- 719-724
Aurum Metallicum -- 725-754
Aurum Muriaticum -- 755-768
Aurum Muriaticum Natronatum -- 769-778
Aurum Sulphuratum -- 779-786
Avena Sativa -- 787-788

Volume Four
Bacillinum -- 789-798
Badiaga -- 799-809
Baptisa Tinctoria -- 810-834
Baryta Carbonica -- 835-869
Baryta Iodata -- 870-881
Baryta Muriatica -- 882-899
Baryta Sulphurica -- 900-911
Bellis Perennis -- 912-923
Belladonna -- 924-977
Benzinum -- 978-984
Benzoic Acid -- 985-1002

Volume Five
Berberis Vulgaris -- 1005-1033
Bismuth -- 1034-1046
Blatta Americana -- 1047-1050
Blatta Orientalis -- 1051-1055
Borax -- 1056-1084
Boracic Acid -- 1085-1089
Bothrops Lanceolatus -- 1090-1098
Bovista -- 1099-1115
Brachyglottis -- 1116-1123
Bromium -- 1124-1147
Bryonia -- 1148-1200
Bufo Rana -- 1201-1224
Butyric Acid -- 1225-1229

Volume Six
Cactus Grandiflorus -- 1231-1254
Cadmium Sulphuratum -- 1255-1265
Cainca -- 1266-1272
Cajuputum -- 1273-1278
Caladium -- 1279-1295
Calcarea Carbonica -- 1296-1368
Calcarea Caustica -- 1369-1378
Calcarea Fluorica -- 1379-1396
Calcarea Phosphorica -- 1397-1429
Calcarea Silicata -- 1430-1445

Volume Seven
Calendula Officinalis -- 1447-1457
Camphora Officinarum -- 1458-1481
Cannabis Indica -- 1482-1522
Cantharis -- 1523-1547
Capsicum -- 1548-1569
Carbo Animalis -- 1570-1595
Carbo Vegetabilis -- 1596-1627
Carcinosinum or Cancerinum -- 1628-1655

Volume Eight
Carduus Marianus -- 1657-1674
Causticum -- 1675-1715
Chamomilla -- 1716-1747
Chelidonium Magus -- 1748-1787
China Officinalis -- 1788-1837
Cicuta Virosa -- 1838-1864

Volume Nine
Cimicifuga racemosa -- 1867
Cina -- 1895
Cistus Canadensis -- 1915
Clematis erecta -- 1927
Cocculus indicu -- 1945
Coffea cruda -- 1973
Colchicum -- 1987
Colocynthis -- 2009
Conium maculatum -- 2031

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