New Life - Spectrum of Homeopathy 01/2013

Perinatal Homeopathy

The natural process of adaptation following the birth of a new baby presents the mother and child with special challenges, with more potential for danger to body and soul than most other phases of life. Homeopathy offers a multitude of approaches to deal with this critical period, helping to cope with complications in pregnancy, birth, and the initial phase where the baby has to adapt to the outside world.

For many doctors and midwives, homeopathic remedies are a natural first choice to deal with problems during birth and lying in. Proven indications, especially in emergency cases, are a valuable tool. On the other hand, the profound effect of a well-chosen individual prescription can help correct underlying difficulties in adaptation and provide the baby with a solid grounding in life. The full palette of homeopathic treatment in the perinatal phase from acute prescription to constitutional treatment is presented in this issue of SPECTRUM.

Anna Maria Engelsing: Programmed Birth Homeopathy for birth as a counterweight to high-tech medicine

Ute Bullemer: Tried-And-Trusted-Remedies Typical case histories with proven indications from obstetrics

Renate Paschmanns: Bleeding And Thrombosis Crotalus horridus and Vipera berus in pregnancy

Friedrich P. Graf: Don't Make Such A Fuss! Kalium carbonicum for prolonged labor

Richard Moskowitz: Disturbed Rhythm The major remedies Caulophyllum and Cimicifuga for uterine dystocia

Jürgen Weiland: Female Force Of Nature The dynamic process of pregnancy and birth exemplified by the nightshade family

Jacques Lamothe: Baby Days Basic reflexes: a practice-oriented overview of common problems in neonatology

Angelika Bolte and Jörg Wichmann: Not Quite There Yet The effects of incomplete incarnation with case histories of Iodoform, Opium, and Placenta

Bettina Baltacis: For Newborns Homeopathy in clinical neonatology

Anna Koller-Wilmking: Newborns in the Practice Methodological diversity in the search for remedies to help young babies

Didier Grandgeorge: Arriving Unscathed Prized remedies for premature and newborn babies on the threshold of survival

Alize Timmerman: The Love And Care Hormone Differentiating Oxytocin and other commonly indicated remedies for newborns

Heiner Frei: Baby Colic A case of Kalium carbonicum shows how polarity analysis reliably points to the remedy

Andreas Richter: On Firm Ground Calcium bromatum eases traumatic stress in mother and child