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This is the first volume of my Clinical Materia Medica. There is a specific reason why I decided to write this book on milks. Homeopathically speaking, these remedies have undeniable similarities, and not only in terms of what we call local symptoms: somatic manifestations that are sometimes superficial and sometimes less so.
The similarities with regard to the most significant vulnerabilities, which I define as the fundamental themes of the remedies, as well as other purely behavioural and clinical traits, are striking. Equally evident are the similarities between remedies that not only all come from the same animal kingdom, all from mammals and all from “substances” that are almost identical in chemical composition and function: the milk. The first and only food of every baby animal, different in each species to ensure its development in the time necessary and specific to each mammal: whether a predator, prey or domestic animal.
However, this substance, together with its biochemistry, also represents the bond between mother and child. It is a vital element symbolising continuity after development in the womb. It is an element that interprets the first detachment, an epoch-making step towards individuality, both in the first days of life and at the beginning of weaning.
How interesting it is that humans are the only ones who continue to feed on it even after that time!
Special thanks to Giovanni Marotta for the introduction to the book.
Natural history, materia medica, clinical cases with long follow-up and authorised by the patient, repertory additions, differential diagnosis. Summary of the fundamental themes, characteristics, coherent groups of symptoms, motifs, pathologies and syndromes successfully treated in my personal case history for the following remedies.:
1) Lac caninum
2) Lac felinum
3) Lac vaccinum defloratum
4) Lac equinum
5) Lac ovinum
6) Lac caprinum
7) La suis
8) Lac asinum
9) Lac lupinum
10) Lac leoninum
11) Lac loxodonta africana
12) Lac delphinum
13) Lac glama
14) Lac humanum

Praxis was published in 2004 and presents the rudiments of my thinking and the foundations of my original model of study, research and work. I am looking forward to writing a new bbok that will clarify what is illustrated in this one, after more than 20 years of applying this model and evolving my thinking through continuous discussion of my clinical practice. Nevertheless, Praxis remains a text of fundamental importance for those interested in better understanding the Method of Complexity in Homeopathic Medicine.
The decision to deal specifically with certain drug remedies was a deliberate one: in fact, one of the foundations of this method is precisely the concept of the homeopathic family, which does not respect the rigidity of botanical taxonomies, nor of others which, in my opinion, are not focused on the clinical aspect and, above all, on the concept of the organisation of the themes that characterise similar remedies.
The clinical cases I present clearly demonstrate the similarities between these remedies, even though they are substances from completely different botanical taxonomies, even different kingdoms, as Bufo is an animal, Agaricus is a fungus, Aether is a gas, and Lithium carbonicum is a mineral. And yet …
The first volume deals with:
The concept of similarity and its application
The definition of themes in homeopathic medicine, their hierarchy and organisation.
The concept of homeopathic families and subfamilies.
The so-called case taking and negative diagnosis.
The analysis of the clinical case.
Clinical material and criteria for the validity of cases.
Repertory additions.

The first tome of the second volume:
Drugs in Homeopathic Medicine
1) Anhalonium lewinii
2) Psilocybe caerulescens
3) Agaricus muscarius
4) Bovista lycoperdon
5) Convolvulus duartinus
6) Nabalus serpentaria
The second tome of the second volume:
7) Bufo rana
8) Coca eritroxylon
9) Lithium carbonicum
10) Piper methysticum
11) Cannabis indica
12) Penthorum sedoides
13) Camphora officinalis

The third volume of the second volume:
14) Aether
15) Hydrogenium
16) Laurocerasus
17) Banisteropsis caapi

InSEcurity is a text written by Betty Wood and taken from a seminar she organised for the NEHA (New England Homeopathic Association), which lasted seven days and was held in Boston. The Italian translation was edited by Rossana Ceriani.
Insecurity, in its many facets, is a problem we face in our daily practice and which our literature reports in a fragmented and rather imprecise manner. In fact, it is not really sufficient to rely on the suggestions of various repertories under the heading “Want of self confidence” without considering the numerous cross-references, which are not exhaustive. If we consider how clearly insecurity is expressed on a somatic level through numerous symptoms: from sweating under the armpits or palms of the hands, frequent urination, diarrhoea, stuttering, insomnia, erectile dysfunction and vaginismus, asthma, dizziness and nausea … to name but a few. Although a week-long seminar on this topic may seem long, and although the many remedies presented are not limited to the usual Lycopodium, Gelsemium and a few others, the subject is so vast that the aim of the seminar, as in the text, is to encourage a more complex reading of insecurity, both in its most obvious manifestations on the soma and in relation to other aspects of the patient’s suffering.
Notes on natural history, materia medica, clinical cases with long follow-up and authorised by the patient, repertory additions, differential diagnosis, pathologies and syndromes successfully treated in my personal case history for the following remedies.
1) Aluminium compounds
2) Barium compounds
3) Gossypium
4) Saccharum album
5) Epiphegus virginiana
6) Tabacum
7) Daphne indica
8) Aconitum napellus
9) Magnetis polus australis
10) Thallium metallicum
11) … and others

In our literature, there is often a tendency to confuse the experience of generic anger with that of humiliation, particularly when anger is suffered and, for many reasons, seems particularly difficult to express and communicate.
This text is the result of notes taken by Peter Federer during a seminar held in Switzerland, where I presented some clinical cases related to remedies that are well known in our literature, with the aim of differentiating them and specifying their specific personality organisations and most common pathologies.
Alongside the classics Staphysagria, Ignatia and Chamomilla, remedies such as Ipecacuanha, Magnetis polus australis, Ferrum magneticum, Chelidonium and others appear …

From Winnicot’s concept of the False Self to what is now technically known as Fantastic Pseudology, or simply the need to construct and/or wear armour that can make us appear better or more or less the consciously mask that protect our most fragile parts …
A defensive strategy that can be expressed in many different ways. Some of these are described through various clinical cases and clinical materia medica, which has emerged and been collected from the stories of many patients.
Notes on natural history, materia medica, clinical cases with long follow-ups and authorised by the patient, repertory additions, differential diagnoses, pathologies and syndromes successfully treated in my personal case history for the following remedies.
Carcinosinum, Staphysagria, some little-known homeopathic milks, some Rosaceae, some Primulaceae, some acids, some drugs, Saccharum album, Tilia europea, Folliculinum, Sulphur, Chromium, Niccolum, Zincum, Coccus cacti, some parasites, Palladium, Thuja and some Brassicaceae …

This series of notes consists of six small volumes compiled by Vicky Burley and taken from the second three-year international advanced course in Homeopathic Medicine held in Bologna from 2002 to 2004. Although this material was collected for internal use at the school, it has aroused great interest and has been in high demand from many colleagues around the world who did not participate in the course. Such feedback should be pleasing, but I must admit that I find it difficult to understand the reason for this, as without having attended the lectures, the information is extremely concise, taken out of context and written as notes rather than a book. Clearly, “shortcuts” always find a fairly large audience, compared to texts that require more study and reading.
The notes are in English, but they are also published individually in German on the Narayana website.
These are the topics covered each week of the course:
1) Remaining in a safe environment: some sea remedies
2) Unreliable basic support: Silica-like and Magnesium-like remedies
3) Knowledge, seduction and forsakennes: some reptiles
4) Identifying with society: some Kali and Ammonium remedies
5) Identity and Individualism: some insects and parasites remedies
6) Precious and base metals, an alchemical view
Notes number 7 refer to a continuing education seminar in addition to the advanced course
7) Self destructiveness: the acids and similars in Homeopathic Medicine

(Italiano) The sea remedies