{"id":90,"date":"2015-11-25T05:39:57","date_gmt":"2015-11-25T05:39:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rangakrish.com\/?p=90"},"modified":"2017-03-12T13:05:45","modified_gmt":"2017-03-12T13:05:45","slug":"book-review-homeopathy-through-the-chinese-looking-glass-homeosiniatry-revisited","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rangakrish.com\/index.php\/2015\/11\/25\/book-review-homeopathy-through-the-chinese-looking-glass-homeosiniatry-revisited\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Review – Homeopathy through the Chinese Looking Glass: Homeosiniatry Revisited"},"content":{"rendered":"

Title: Homeopathy through the Chinese Looking Glass: Homeosiniatry Revisited <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Author: Dr. Joe Rozencwajg, NMD, <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Publisher: Emryss Publishers<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Year: 2011<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Though I had purchased this book a few months ago, I could not finish reading it until last week. Thanks to the heavy rains in Chennai, I got some extra spare time now!<\/p>\n

In this book, Dr. Joe Rozencwajg gives a nice overview of the Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and shows how many of the ideas can be applied to homeopathy. In particular, he tries to come up with a repertory of homeopathic remedies in terms of TCM classification.<\/p>\n

For example, Yin<\/strong> and Yang<\/strong> are two core concepts in TCM, which denote dual and opposite qualities. Everything in the natural environment can be classified as Yin<\/strong> or Yang<\/strong>. Those with basic properties of fire, such as heat, movement, and dryness can be classified as Yang<\/strong>. Similarly, those with basic properties of water, such as coldness, weakness, stillness, and downward motion can be classified as Yin<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Based on the above idea, Dr.Joe identifies the remedies Sulphur, Nux Vomica, Opium, Arsenicum Album, and Lycopodium (among many others) as Yang<\/strong> remedies. Likewise, he cites Natrum Muriaticum, Dulcamera, Calcarea Carbonica, and Silcea as examples of Yin<\/strong> remedies.<\/p>\n

The first half of the book deals with the various concepts and elements of TCM with examples of homeopathic remedies corresponding to these. Then there is a chapter on how to apply these ideas in homeopathic practice, followed by a concise materia media of the major remedies. As an example, the description of Veratrum Album includes the TCM characteristics: Deficit of Qi and Blood<\/em>, Deficit of Yang<\/em>, and Deficit of Fluids<\/em>.<\/p>\n

The second half of the book is a mini repertory, which Dr.Joe calls Homeosiniatric Repertory<\/strong><\/em>. This lists various remedies under TCM headings, similar to our normal repertory with remedy weights. To illustrate, under Shen Deficit<\/em>, you can find abies-c (2) and acon(4), whereas under Shen Excess<\/em>, you will find abies-c(1), absin(3) and agarin(3).<\/p>\n

Overall, I found the book interesting. Since I have a background in acupuncture and homeopathy, I could easily relate to the ideas discussed. As Dr.Joe himself has admitted, this book is just a starting point and a lot more remains to be done. I find the repertory section of very limited value since the classification is not fine-grained and most of the rubrics are large (more than 500 remedies). Such rubrics cannot be used to effectively differentiate between remedies in a case. And some remedies, especially the polychrests, appear under many rubrics.<\/p>\n

I feel Dr.Joe could have devoted a chapter discussing various Syndromes of TCM and correlate symptoms to syndromes. For example, Abdominal Pain<\/em> can be due to any of the syndromes Blood Stagnation in The Stomach<\/em>, Heat in the Colon<\/em> and Liver Qi Invading Spleen<\/em>. This type of knowledge will prove useful in arriving at the correct remedy.<\/p>\n

Anyway, I think interested readers should read this book for what is presented in it, and expand their knowledge by reading more specialised TCM books. (I have a huge collection of books, and if anyone is interested, I can suggest some good ones.)<\/p>\n

Another book that links TCM and homeopathy is:<\/p>\n

Interpreting Chronic Illness: The Convergence of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Homeopathy and Biomedicine, Jerry M.Kantor, Right Whale Press, 2011.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Interested readers may want to check out this book also.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Title: Homeopathy through the Chinese Looking Glass: Homeosiniatry Revisited Author: Dr. Joe Rozencwajg, NMD, Publisher: Emryss Publishers Year: 2011 Though I had purchased this book a few months ago, I could not finish reading it until last week. Thanks to the heavy rains in Chennai, I got some extra spare time now! In this book, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[32,94,22],"tags":[31],"class_list":["post-90","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-acupuncture","category-book-review","category-homeopathy","tag-tcm"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9OLnF-1s","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2119,"url":"https:\/\/www.rangakrish.com\/index.php\/2020\/08\/30\/book-review-homeopathy-in-intensive-care-and-emergency-medicine\/","url_meta":{"origin":90,"position":0},"title":"Book Review – Homeopathy in Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine","author":"admin","date":"August 30, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Title: Homeopathy in Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine Author: Michael Frass and Martin Bundner (Ed.) 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