Homeopathy
Higher Diploma (Part 2)
Course Content

Looking at the plant and animal kingdom; the characteristics of those kingdoms to human behaviour; using the tools in homeopathy including Mappa Mundi and rubrics; how to manage difficult cases and overcome certain challenges; looking at research in homeopathy and the issues it faces; arriving at the final unit of studying aspects of setting up a business and taking flight into your new profession.

Remedies Studied
Ambra Grisea, Cantharis, Corvus Corvus, Loganaceae Family.

Cases Studied
Sylvia – assignment case
Sebastian (Sore Tongue) – assignment case
Flossie – analysis case
Laura (Locked Joints) – analysis case
Anxiety – example case
Annabel (Arum T) – example case
Vince (Verat Album) – example case
Esther (Eating Problem) – assignment case
Tamara – assignment case
Silvia – analysis case
Sebastian (Sore Tongue) – analysis case
Chris (Crayfish) – example case
Debbie (Lac Delphinium) – example case
Elizabeth (Elaps) – example case
Fiona (Falcon) – example case
Peter (Epilepsy) – assignment case
Esther (Eating Problem) – analysis case
Suzanne – example case
Tom (Tachypnea) – example case
Tamara – analysis case
Indra – assignment case
Rachel (Rosacea) – assignment case
Mr DD 3rd Casetaking – example case
Peter (Epilepsy) – analysis case
Richard – example case
Indra – analysis case
Rachel (Rosacea) – example case
Lisa – assignment case
James (Young) – assignment case
Norman – example case
Rachel (Rosacea) – example case
Paul – example case

Full detail of each unit is given below with the aims, content and learning outcomes

 

 

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Unit Twenty-One : Plants

Aims
This unit aims to familiarise you with the in-depth study of remedies from the plant kingdom in homeopathy. You will explore plant classification and the different plant families, how plant adaptations can relate to their signature and how the vital sensation can be perceived in members of the same botanical plant family. You will also look at plants in relation to the Sensation Method and miasmatic theory and how this method can be used to make remedy selection easier. In addition, you will study a group of remedies from a plant sub-family and analyse a further two homeopathic cases.

Content
Recordings
1. Introduction
2. Philosophy
    2.1 The Plant Kingdom – Sensitivity and Reactivity
    2.2 How Plants Adapt
    2.3 Looking at Individual Plant Adaptations
    Extreme Environments
    Dormancy and Withdrawal
    Protection Against Animals
    Competition from other Plants
    2.4 Plant Evolution
    Bryophytes (plants without a vascular system)
    Early Vascular Plants
    Gymnosperms
    Flowering Plants
    2.5 Plant Families
    The Use of Plant Families in Homeopathy
    The Vital Sensation in Plants
    What May be Expressed at the Sensation Level
    The Importance of the Miasm in Differentiation
    2.6 How to Use the Sensation Method for Plants in a Case
    Sensation
    Kingdom
    Miasm
    Finding the Remedy
    2.7 Some Pitfalls of the Method in Relation to Plants
    Is It From the Sensation Level?
    Is It the Right Kingdom?
    Is It the Right Miasm?
    Is it the Right Family?
    Has the Remedy Been Studied as Regards the Sensation Method?
    2.8 Summary
3. Materia Medica
    Loganaceae Family
4. Cases
    Sylvia – assignment case
    Sebastian (Sore Tongue) – assignment case
    Flossie – analysis case
    Laura (Locked Joints) – analysis case
    Anxiety – example case
    Annabel (Arum T) – example case
    Vince (Verat Album) – example case
5. Self-Assessment Questions
6. Assignments
    6.1 Philosophy
    U21Q1/g: Plant Kingdom & Vital Sensation
    6.2 Materia Medica
    U21Q2/g: Miasms in the Loganiaceae Family
    6.3 Repertory
    U21Q3/g: Choosing Between Plant Remedies
    6.4 Cases
    U21Q4/g: Sylvia
    U21Q5/g: Sebastian (Sore Tongue)
    6.5 Personal & Professional Development
    6.6 Sending your Assignments
7. Figures

Learning Outcomes
At the end of this unit you will be able to:

• Describe the differences between plants and the other kingdoms
• Explain how the evolution of plants relates to survival
• Determine which human characteristics can be related to need of a remedy from the plant kingdom
• Describe the vital sensation of ten plant families
• Show how to use the repertory in choosing between plant families
• Map the miasms against a related group of homeopathic remedies
• Analyse, repertorise and differentiate effectively between remedies in a homeopathic case

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Unit Twenty-Two: Animals

Aims
This unit aims to familiarise you with the in depth study of the animal kingdom in homeopathy. You will explore the use of zoological classifications in recognising characteristics of a remedy or groups of remedies from this kingdom. You will study how to relate this to human characteristics and homeopathic prescribing. You will look at a further three homeopathic remedies each related to a different animal grouping. In addition, you will continue your case studies and analysis.

Content
Recordings
1. Introduction
2. Philosophy
    2.1 Animal Issues: Predator & Prey
    2.2 Animal Issues: Family Life
    2.3 Animal Evolution
    2.4 Animal Groups
    Species Classification
    Invertebrates
    Vertebrates
    2.5 Other Animal Groupings
    2.6 How Will you Know When an ‘Animal’ Has Come Into your Consulting Room?
    2.7 Some Pitfalls When Looking at the Animal Kingdom
    2.8 Summary
3. Materia Medica
    3.1 A Remedy from Every Group
    Ambra Grisea
    Corvus Corvus
    Cantharis
4. Cases
    Esther (Eating Problem) – assignment case
    Tamara – assignment case
    Silvia – analysis case
    Sebastian (Sore Tongue) – analysis case
    Chris (Crayfish) – example case
    Debbie (Lac Delphinium) – example case
    Elizabeth (Elaps) – example case
    Fiona (Falcon) – example case
5. Self-Assessment Questions
6. Assignments
    6.1 Philosophy
    U22Q1/g: Animal Characteristics in Humans
    6.2 Materia Medica
    U22Q2/g: Sea Remedies
    U22Q3/g: Cantharis & Other Insects
    6.3 Cases
    U22Q4/g: Esther (Eating Problem)
    U22Q5/g: Tamara
    6.4 Personal & Professional Development
    6.5 Sending your Assignments
7. Figures

Learning Outcomes
At the end of this unit you will be able to:

• Outline characteristics of the animal kingdom in relation to homeopathy
• Identify words and phrases belonging to animal classifications
• Determine which human characteristics can be related to the animal kingdom
• Compare and contrast three sea remedies in relation to their environment
• Analyse two homeopathic cases

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Unit Twenty-Three : Integrated Approach

Aims
This unit aims to help you consolidate your learning to date and ensure you have a firm understanding of the many tools used in modern homeopathy. You will study how to use these tools effectively in your analysis of cases in order to find remedies suitable for your patients. The tools discussed include time-lines, miasms, direction of cure, rubrics, gestures, the Mappa Mundi, vital sensation, levels and kingdoms. In addition, you will further develop your case taking skills by applying an integrated approach to a new homeopathic case.

Content
Recordings
1. Introduction
2. Philosophy
    2.1 The Task of the Homeopath
    2.2 Seeing the Patient 1 - Exploration
    The Unprejudiced Observer
    A Definition of Health
    Development in Case-Receiving to Enable the Patient to Express the Sensation Level
    2.3 Seeing the Patient 2 - Evaluating
    The Patient’s Story
    Time-lines
    Miasms Perceived in the Patient’s History
    Direction of Disease
    The Patient’s Language and Gestures
    Miasm Language
    Kingdom
    Vital Sensation
    The Levels
    2.4 An Integrated Approach to Evaluating the Patient
    2.5 Seeing the Remedy - Discovering
    Themes
    The Tension of Opposites
    Mappa Mundi
    Strange, Rare and Peculiar Symptoms
    The ‘Global’ Concept
    2.6 Matching Patient with Remedy - Defining
    Materia Medica
    Recognising the Source
    Rubrics & the Repertory
    Key Word Searches
    CLAMS
    2.7 Assisting the Action of the Remedy
    Obstacles to Cure
    Maintaining Causes
    The Patient’s Lifestyle
    Information for the Patient
    2.8 Summary
3. Cases
    Peter (Epilepsy) – assignment case
    Esther (Eating Problem) – analysis case
    Suzanne – example case
    Tom (Tachypnea) – example case
    Tamara – analysis case
4. Self-Assessment Questions
5. Assignments
    5.1 Philosophy
    U23Q1/g: Pros & Cons of Analysis Tools
    5.2 Materia Medica
    U23Q2/g: Mappa Mundi of 6 Remedies
    5.3 Cases
    U23Q3/g: Peter (Epilepsy)
    5.4 Personal & Professional Development
    5.5 Sending your Assignments
6. Figures

Learning Outcomes
At the end of this unit you will be able to:

• Discuss four key stages of the case taking process
• Describe six of the main tools used for analysing a case
• Outline case analysis methods and tools used during the key stages of the case taking process
• Compare and contrast the pros and cons of the six main analysis tools
• Illustrate the placement of six homeopathic remedies in the Mappa Mundi
• Analyse a case using the analysis tools studied

 

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Unit Twenty-Four : Case Management

Aims
This unit will provide you with an overview of challenges to be found in case management and describe strategies for overcoming these challenges. There are many factors within a practice that may create obstacles to cure and you will be shown how to overcome these. You will be taught the key ingredients for a well-run practice, including record keeping and how to treat children and different situations that may present particular problems, such as over-sensitive patients. In addition, you will study and analyse a further two cases.

Content
Recordings
1. Introduction
2. Philosophy
    2.1 The Well-Ordered Practice
    Record Keeping
    Being Ready When the Phone Rings
    Keeping in Touch With Patients
    Looking after Yourself
    2.2 Different Approaches for Different Situations
    Acute Prescribing
    Treating Children 
    What to Do When the Well-Indicated Remedy Fails?
    Maintaining Causes
    “Never Been Well Since…”
    2.3 Patients that Present with Particular Problems
    Too Many Medical Drugs
    The Patient Who Is Very Weak
    Very Sensitive Patients
    Organ Affinities
    2.4 Summary
3. Cases
    Indra – assignment case
    Rachel (Rosacea) – assignment case
    Mr DD 3rd Casetaking – example case
    Peter (Epilepsy) – analysis case
    Richard – example case
4. Self-Assessment Questions
5. Assignments
    5.1 Philosophy in Practice
    U24Q1/g: First Aid & Acute Situations
    U24Q2/g: Responding to Patient Scenarios
    5.2 Cases
    U24Q3/g: Rachel (Rosacea)
    U24Q4/g: Indra
    5.3 Personal & Professional Development
    5.4 Sending your Assignments
6. Figures

Learning Outcomes
At the end of this unit you will be able to:

• State what information should be kept on a patient registration form
• Discuss the aims of a Code of Ethics and Practice for homeopaths
• Explain the importance of patient confidentiality and identify the circumstances in which you may have to disclose information
• Identify ‘Never Been Well Since’ situations
• Critically analyse what to consider when treating first aid and acute situations
• Identify problems that could arise following a homeopathic prescription and explain how you would handle them
• Identify problems that could arise when dealing with patients and explain how you would handle them
• Analyse two homeopathic cases

 

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Unit Twenty-Five : Introduction to Research Methods

Aims
This unit aims to introduce you to research methods used in homeopathy, including why it is important for the profession, the differences between methods and the steps involved in undertaking clinical trials. It will look at how the paradigm of the researcher influences the design and interpretation of research, how to critically read a research paper and the particular problems that face research in homeopathy. In addition you will analyse another patient case.

Content
Recordings
1. Introduction
2. What is Research?
    2.2 Why Do We Need Research in Homeopathy?
    Proving and Improving Practice
    2.3 Research Paradigms
    The Relationship of Paradigm to Research
    Positivist Paradigm
    Quantitative Research
    Constructivist Paradigm
    Qualitative Research
    Main Differences between Quantitative and Qualitative Research Methods           
3. Designing a Research Study
    3.1 Literature as a Resource
    Literature Search Strategies
    Literature Critique
    A Note About Reading Statistics in a Research Paper
    3.2 Particular Challenges for Clinical Trials in Homeopathy           
    Methodology
    Practitioner Expertise
    Small Funds, Small Trials
    Outcome Measures
    Who Designs the Study?
    Systematic Approaches
    Placebo or Vital Force?
    Practical Example
    A Word of Caution: Meta-Analysis and Systematic Review           
    3.3 Evidence-Based Medicine
    Levels of evidence (NICE 2005)
    Overall Summary of Trial Findings, 1950–2010
4. Summary
5. Cases
    Indra – analysis case
    Rachel (Rosacea) – example case
6. Self-Assessment Question
7. Assignment
    7.1 Research
    U25Q1/g: Research in Homeopathy
8. Figures

Learning Outcomes
At the end of this unit you will be able to:

• Define key research terms
• Describe how research method is intrinsically linked to research paradigm
• Differentiate between quantitative and qualitative approaches in research
• Outline the various stages in the research process
• Critically evaluate examples of research design for specific research questions
• Explain the importance of research to homeopathy

 

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Unit Twenty-Six : Taking Flight

Aims
This unit aims to introduce you to the main aspects of setting up your own business so that you are ready to take flight into becoming a professional homeopath. It will cover factors such as branding, finding a suitable location, financial matters, the day to day details of running the practice and how to market yourself so you will begin to receive clients.

Content
Recordings
1. Introduction
2. Philosophy
    2.1 It’s all about you
    2.2 Getting an overview
    Exploring your environment
    The Pathway through the landscape
    The guiding light
    How you do what you do
    At the centre of it all
    I have a dream
    2.3 The business model
    2.4 Presenting to the external world
    Your Environment
    The service
    Products
    The experience
    2.5 Organising your internal world
    Operations
    Finance
    Design
    Marketing
    2.6 Patient Journey’s
    2.7 Bust a belief
    2.8 Sustaining the flight
    2.9 Learning from others
    2.10 Summary
3. Cases
    James (Young) – assignment case   
    Lisa – assignment case
    Norman – example case
    Rachel (Rosacea) – example case
4. Self-Assessment Questions
5. Assignments
    5.1 Preparing for Practice
    U26Q1/g: Putting Your Personality Into Your Practice
    U26Q2/g: Stationery
    U26Q3/g: Leaflet
    5.2 Case Work
    U26Q4/g: Case of Young James
    U26Q5/g: Case of Lisa
    5.3 Personal & Professional Development
    5.4 Sending your Assignments
6. Figures

Learning Outcomes
At the end of this unit you will be able to:

• Develop a business plan
• Analyse the competitive market with a SWOT analysis
• Describe your services and benefits
• Analyse a patient journey through your practice and identify needs
• Define the vision, values and brand idea for your business
• Illustrate examples of your practice communication
• Critically analyse and describe your complete offering
• Analyse two homeopathic cases

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