> > >HOMEOPATHY WORKS - Become Informed >EMAIL Newsletter - June 2002 > >This newsletter is from Washington Homeopathic Products -- >http://www.homeopathyworks.com or 800-336-1695. The newsletter >offers a Special of the Month, Info on Homeopathy, and News About >Homeopathy. To be removed from mailing list click >[EMAIL PROTECTED] and ask to be removed. > >SPECIAL OF THE MONTH > >**** YOU MUST ASK FOR INTERNET DISCOUNT **** > >10% off HomeoPet! (Leaks-No-More not included) > - Anxiety - Joint Relief > - Cough - Nose Relief > - Digestive Upsets - Intestinal Aid (Dewormer) > >10% off the Animal Rescue Kit! > - An excellent, compact, 18 remedy kit that is invaluable to >have in case of an emergency. > >15% off all Books on Animal Homeopathy! > Choose from our list of 15 animal books including: > - Natural Health for Dogs & Cats by Pitcairn > - Veterinary Materia Medica & Clinical Repertory by Macleod > - The Homeopathic Treatment of Small Animals by Day > - Homeopathic Treatment for Birds by Chapman > And More! > >Practitioners and Wholesale customers receive their regular discount >plus these discounts. > >These specials are good through June 31, 2002 - Ask for the E-Mail Special, >or click http://www.homeopathyworks.com/specials.htm to access them online. > >INFO ON HOMEOPATHY - What should I write about next time? ------- > >- How Homeopathic Tinctures are Made > >Homeopathic tinctures are made in accordance with the Homeopathic >Pharmacopoeia of the United States (HPUS). It's a four volume book >written by homeopaths in the U.S. (with input from homeopaths in >other countries), and recognized by the FDA as the way things are to >be done. If remedies are made in any other way, they are considered >"unofficial" and they are prescription or the method used must be >proven by the user to be safe, effective, etc. > >The HPUS identifies what a medicine is to be made from and how to >make it. Whatever it is made from must be just that and nothing else >- no additives, or contaminants of any kind. Tinctures are made >from plants, and no inorganic fertilizers, bug or weed killers could >have been used. > >The pharmacopoeia designates whether the tincture is to be made from >the root, flower, bark, etc. The pharmacopoeia also provides the >formula for arriving at the final alcohol strength of the tincture. >Depending on the plant the % of alcohol ranges from 35% to 95%. We >can vary + or - 15% of that - e.g. if the goal is 35% the variation >can be as low as 29.75% or as high as 40.25%. > >Here is how we go from poison ivy to Rhus Tox. >Joe - yup me, will don a long sleeve shirt and plastic gloves, and >pick poison ivy leaves (in the Spring - tradition). We will >determine how much we need and pick the leaves in a ratio of 3 >pounds to the gallon - I will bring the fresh leaves to the lab >where we weigh it. The next step is to take an ounce of that and >dry it completely out - then weigh that out - the difference is the >dry weight. The dried out x-ounce is discarded (want some?) > >For each medicine there is ratio of dry weight to alcohol and water. >This is calculated and the formula tells me whether to add any water >and how much alcohol to add. > >The alcohol and water (distilled or purified) are added to the >chopped up herb. This sits (for us) a month - the contents are >rotated on a regular basis. At the end of the month we pour off the >liquid then we place the solid in a press and squeeze. This is all >mixed together and is a tincture. The "tincture" is then filtered >through a series of new filters until there is nothing left on the >"last" filter. > >There is a way of testing the tincture - by using "thin layer >chromatography" - a record of the outcome from the test is >photographed by a digital camera and stored as a record. > >Remedies made in accordance with the pharmacopoeia last for many years. > > >HOMEOPATHY IN THE NEWS - > The Washington Post ran an article about a person who was trying >to get rid of hives - she had been the conventional route and was >now trying alternatives - including homeopathy. The combination she >used (not mine!) didn't work and of course the conclusion was >homeopathy itself didn't work - What got me about the article is - >the fact that she had been all the other routes and they didn't work >seemed to be lost on the author. That is, she didn't conclude that >allopathic medicine didn't work. It wasn't a terrible article; it's >just that after awhile one has to get irritated at these kinds of >articles. > L A Law had a show where they had a homeopath rip off a couple of >stars for thousands. I wonder how they came up with that - I don't >know of any homeopaths dealing in those kinds of numbers. > > Hmmmm, maybe I'm just feeling a little sensitive - I'll go take a Nux. > >There that's better - Got two "love letters" today - one of them was >very interesting: A woman took our combination for headache - it >didn't help the headache, yet she was ordering another bottle. It >turns out that for some reason the remedy greatly relieved her >restless leg syndrome. I looked up the remedies and there was no >correlation in the repertory, but.... Another >interesting thing - when you think of placebo effect, she sure >didn't take the combo for her legs yet her legs were helped. No >rational person would conclude that her restless legs were all in >her head. My theory on combinations is they become a remedy in >their own right with their own symptom picture - combinations need >provings to find out if that's true. Maybe some day I'll have enough >money to look into this. > >NOTE: National Center for Homeopathy's Summer School is at Johns >Hopkins in Baltimore. June 15th starts the introductory course, >with many other options through Fri. 28th June for both >practitioners and non-practitioners. > >For more info on the courses/rates, etc. contact 877-624-0613 or >http://www.homeopathic.org > >Joe > >PS: take advantage of us - Load up on the special !!!! > >Joe Lillard - Washington Homeopathic Products > >http://www.homeopathyworks.com >800-336-1695 >33 Fairfax St. Berkeley Springs, WV 25411 >--------------- >You received this email because you showed interest in our product. 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