The Complete Practitioner’s Manual of Homœoprophylaxis: A Practical Handbook of Homeopathic Immunisation Paperback – August 16, 2012

Must have for any homeopathic practitioner

I am beginning to go further with my homeopathic education (i.e. past the 4th edition of the Organon), and therefore am less certain about using nosodes purely as prophylactic "treatment." However, I have family members that strongly requested information about homeoprophylaxis as an alternative to "traditional" vaccines for their children. They live in a state that reluctantly allows homeopathic nosodes to be used, and I'd FAR rather have them use those than the now-standard vaccines, so I'm providing the information to them. I chose to go through the book myself before providing it to them. And I'm highly impressed.The book is clearly written, very detailed, and it's evident that there has been careful documentation by Dr. Golden in his work over the years. Explicit schedules are provided, and there is commentary about adjustments that may need to be made in some cases, and how to do it. If you believe that homeoprophylaxis is a legitimate option and alternative to vaccinating children (or adults), this is the most comprehensive method I've found in many years of searching. It's an excellent mix of theory and practice, highly detailed.If someone doesn't believe homeopathy is legitimate, that's fine. I'm not here to argue that point, both because there won't be any "winner" in this type of forum anyway, and that is NOT what Amazon book reviews are for. If you believe that homeopathy is junk science, or want to argue that there's no amount of the original substance left at the dilutions involved here, don't bother. (By the way, the latest research includes photomicroscopy OF the substance in legitimate university settings in India.) I'm the original skeptic - no, change that to the original rude detractor. I attended my first presentation on homeopathy at a local health food store almost 30 years ago for pure comedy purposes only, having nothing better to do that night - already completely convinced that those stupid Latin names and number/letter combinations (such as 10x, 30c, etc.) were an absurd joke, totally scientifically unsupportable. But that was nearly 30 years ago. I won't even entertain a conversation on the efficacy of homeopathy. This is not the place for a "homeopathy works vs. homeopathy is a fraud" argument. The book - whether misguided or not - is WELL researched, well laid out, and quite clear. And that's what this review is about, not the efficacy of homeopathy itself. If you believe in it, the book is an excellent resource - perhaps the best of its kind. If you don't believe in it, why would you bother even reading a review, let alone the book itself?Oh - and a 5-star review from us is not easy to get. A really, really good product typically gets a strong 4-star review. If we give it a 5-star review, it's because we believe it is, or is among, the very best of the best, standing far above most other similar product offerings.

Celar information, científic support for those who need it to live. A life compilación that is a great tool for the growing need of these day parents that week for a less tóxico and natural life style for the their kids.

Very informational book. I bought it to go with the class that Dr. Golden teaches on homeoprophylaxis.

Amazing reference book, much more than I ever expected. I gem.

very informative!

This is a great book on homeopathic immunization (homeoprophylaxis - HP). I am not a homeopath, and so I was a little concerned that it would be really dry, when I saw that it was the practitioner's manual. However, Dr. Golden does not get bogged down in difficult to understand topics. I thought the book was fascinating. Dr. Golden discussed short term and long term protection afforded by homeoprophylaxis and went through the evidence of it's use in the past. He also discussed his 15 year immunization plan used in Australia and the recent successful mass Cuban homeopathic immunization programs against Leptospirosis (2007 & 2008). The use of homeoprophylaxis (immunization with homeopathics rather than vaccinations (shots)) as an effective method of immunization is very compelling. Dr. Golden goes through and examines the evidence from several studies. If you are looking for double-blind randomized control studies you will not find them here. However HP has been used for centuries (yes centuries -homeoprophylaxis is only 2 years younger than traditional vaccinations).Also contained in this book are the reactions to the HP program that the parents documented in their children. This was valuable information, showing that IF there was a reaction (98% of doses caused NO reaction) then most reactions were mild. Dr. Golden also explained clearly that all "reactions" were NEVER toxic or dangerous. He uses statistical analysis in his Australia program to show the safety of the program. Interestingly he showed that children immunized with HP were actually healthier than completely unvaccinated children and even those that received constitutional care by a homeopath. Obviously children who had been vaccinated by conventional means were the least healthy of the group, showing statistically significant correlations to asthma, eczema, & ear infections.Dr. Golden explained some philosophy on the use of HP and even went through arguments that some homeopaths have against HP, being very thorough in his explanations why he is FOR it.All in all, a very interesting and informative book that I highly recommend!

great item for the library