I was recently reading Iva Lloyd’s Excellent book “The History of Naturopathic Medicine: A Canadian Perspective”.
In it, I uncovered a remarkable set of facts about the history of Naturopathic medicine. In i952 in British Columbia a number of private citizens decided to establish a hospital for Naturopathic Doctors to practice in, financing it themselves. They were refused dues to clauses in the medical practice act and the B.C. Hospital act. Similarly a private individual, Sir Victor Sassoon, offered to personally finance a University Chair in Naturopathic Medicine in 1943. The British Columbian government again turned him down.
When medicare was institutued throughout Canada, Naturopathic Doctors were for the most part excluded. Inclusion did occur in British Columbia, but has lost ground over time due to billing structures being direct towards allopathic standards of practice(1).
The situation in 2015 is quite similar. NDs enjoy a large scope of practice in many provinces, but have access to almost no public health funding. Patients must either have benefits which cover Naturopathic medicine, or pay privately in order to enjoy one of the only sources of professional, preventative health care. Naturopathic health care, by the way, has been studied in a number of situations and found to actually cost much less than the standard of care delivered under publicly available conventional medicine. For examples please look here, here, and here.
A similar situation exists with respect to other health professions, such as Acupuncturists and Chiropractors. Neither now has much access to public funding despite being far more effective and cost effective than the standard of care in many conditions.
The fact is that right now, the government is deciding which kind of treatment Canadians have the greatest access to. This decision has nothing to do with which treatments are most effective, but far more to do with historical precedent and with politics. Other jurisdictions such have Oregon have begun to privilege holistic treatments over the conventional due to the massive side effects of the opiate drugs which are a mainstay of conventional pain management.
I am a firm believer in public medicine. I do think Canadians should have access to the treatment of their choice for dealing with their health problems. This is not currently the case, and I have yet to see any reason, other than politics and precedent, that this is so.
(1). Lloyd, I. http://www.bcna.ca/about-bcna/about-naturopathic-medicine/ .
I am going to say, I love Ear Acupuncture!
Like many NDs, I periodically return and reacquaint myself with older modalities. Many of you may remember my earlier days in 2010 and 2011 when I primarily used Auricular medicine as a diagnostic tool. I recently was faced with a number of chronic pain clients in my practice, and have returned to one aspect of Auricular Medicine, Auriculotherapy, for the treatment of these cases.
One patient had a case of sensitivity and pain in his legs due to a disk protrusion in his spine. While treating locally tense muscles, I focused on using auriculotherapy (or Ear Acupuncture) to treat the disk protrusion.
After his first session, he reported an improvement in pain, less nerve tingling and a very interesting phenomenon. When one of the ear seeds I placed on his ear fell out, he continued feeling a pressure there for several days.
Over two other weekly body and ear acupuncture sessions, weve been able to resolve much of the rest of his pain.
Imagine it. Ear acupuncture was able to help a pain originating from a disk bulge, which normal acupuncture owuld only have been able to temporarily relive..
Pycnogonids are completely unknown within Homeopathy. As such any provings or triturations whatsoever would be very useful. Pycnogonids may possibly represent one of the earliest extant arthropod lineages, and as such could have very useful information on the exploits of the arthropods during their early evolution, and the early history of their interact with the other, the earths energy which they are disharmonious with.
Many species are found in relatively shallow water, and would be quite easy to collect. Callipallene brevirostris is a small spider native to the East coast of North America, which is very common on docks. The largest sea Spider, Colossendeis colossea, would also be an excellent candidate.
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Hi Everyone. I just had a new Article published in HPathy. It details the history of triturartions, similarily to my upcoming books, and my previous post on the subject, and includes a trituration of a common remedy, Corallium Rubrum, which I triturated for my Table of Animals project.
I hope you all enjoy it! Please do feel free to comment. I look forward to any feedback.
http://hpathy.com/organon-philosophy/triturations-and-the-trituration-of-corallium-rubrum/
Have a good weekend. Take care of yourselves!.
Hi Everyone. I just made a new video about Autism. I hope you all enjoy it!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WExWU5wjJI&feature=youtu.be.
Hi Everyone. Sorry for the lack of blogging lately. I’ve been immersed in bookwriting lately.
But, while I’m back, lets have a talk about smoke! Calgary is currently inundated by smoke from fires in Washington state. We currently have air quality that is actually somewhat worse than that in Beijing, a city notorious for its poor air quality.
This is quite unusual for us, and many people in our city are having a great deal of trouble with the poor air quality.
The bad part about this is that not much can be done about this form of environmental pollution. Were pretty much stuck with it until such time as the weather changes. The good part about this situation is that there are a lot of options available to help people cope.
- Get an Air filter. While outdoor air quality cannot be controlled, we can control the air quality of our homes. Purchasing a high quality air filter can dramatically improve the quality of air inside a home. I recommend a consultation with Pure Air Experts, who are specialists in home environmental health ( note: I get no payment for endorsement).
- Air masks. Air masks can easily be purchased at medical supply stores. Be sure to ask for masks high high filtration rates, and to securely fasten them over your face.
- Essential Oils. High particulate matter smoke is over very irritating to the lungs. Essential Oils can very much sooth the lungs and throat. Consider getting a diffuser and inhaling a combination of peppermint, Eucalyptus and cedar for 5 minutes per day.
- Homeopathy. I have a very rare remedy made from Toronto Smog which I have been using for prevention of Smoke inhalation issues.
If you’re feeling troubled by this smoke. Please do Contact us, or email me at drpaultheriault.nd@gmail.com. We will get you set up immediately to make the best, until the weather changes!.
Chelicerates have an interesting amount of provings. Many groups such as scorpions and spiders have an abundance of provings. Others have none. Eurypterids have no provings, and the Xiphosura have only one species proven. As such any provings of the Eurypterids or Xiphosura would be well received. 
The arachnids have some very well proven groups, and some very poorly proven groups. The Acari, Scorpions and Spiders are all well proven, but the Amblypygi, tailless whip scorpions, Palpigradi (microwhip scorpions, Psuedoscorpions, Ricinulei, hooded tickspiders, Schizomida, split whip scorpions, Solifugae, sun spiders, Thelyphonida (vinegaroons) are all unproven, lacking even any potentised remedies. The Opiliones have one remedy, and no provings, and thus could easily be explored.
Among the potential provings of Eurypterids would be Jaekelopterus, the largest known arthropods at roughly 8 feet long. There are currently 4 living species of Xiphosura, one of which has been proven. Any of the three remaining species, or any of the fossil species would be excellent additions.
The Spiders are one of the most well proven Groups in Homeopathy, but some major gaps in the spider Materia Medica exist. The Mesothelae are completely unrepresented, and would be well received. The Mygalomorphae are reasonably well known, as are the Araneomorphae, but the Araneomorphae lack any remedies made from either the Hypochilidae and Austrochiloidea both have no remedies proven or made whatsoever.
One purely incidental interesting spider species (the only herbivorous spider) is Bagheera kiplingi.
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Hi Everyone.
So I got another article published. This one is the first bit of primary research I have published.
It was a trituration proving. Triturations as a process are explained here.
This trituration was done as part of the ongoing research that is going into my book, the Table of Animals.This ongoing project required a great deal of original research which I have been conducting over the past year. These triturations immerse me in the state of the animals that i am writing about, enabling a far more complete perception of the homeopathic picture, and a more accurate text.
I have gotten a few published, and will continue to make them available as they are completed. I am hoping to get a number published in the journal Hpathy. Any which i do not publish I will release on my blog for the public.
As always, I am very eager for collaboration. If anyone is interested in participating in this project, or doing triturations on thier own, please do contact me, and we can chat about possible collaboration.
So anyway here is the article. I hope you all enjoy it. I’d love any feedback!
Love!
-Dr Paul.
Due to the extreme lack of proven trilobite remedies, any trilobite proving would be beneficial at this time. I do however strongly suggest that identified species of trilobite be used, to avoid confusion and duplication of efforts.
So far we have one member of the Phacopida, and one member of the Ptychopariids proven. As such members of the other trilobite orders, such as the Agnostida, Redlichiida, Corynexochida, Odontopleurida, Lichida, Proetida, Asaphida and Harpetida would be excellent additions.
Some suggestions of potential candidates[i] are Isotelus rex, the largest trilobite ever discovered to date at about 70 cm long, members of the Walliserops genus, which had a trident like appendage which may have been used for hunting, sexual display or other applications. Dicranurus monstrosus had a very large number of spines, likely for defensive purposes. Another genus Ceratages, also possessed a great deal of spines, and also a very distinctly sinister aura.
[i] I would like to thank the following websites for suggestions of interesting trilobites.
http://www.webring.org/l/rd?ring=trilobiteswebrin;id=7;url=http%3A%2F%2Ftriloblog.blogspot.ca%2F2008%2F01%2Fstrangest-trilobites.html
http://www.umanitoba.ca/science/geological_sciences/stuff/geoaware/suletosi/
http://hubpages.com/hub/The-Strangest-Cambrian-Creatures-Ever-Discovered
[i] I would like to thank the following websites for suggestions of interesting trilobites.
http://www.webring.org/l/rd?ring=trilobiteswebrin;id=7;url=http%3A%2F%2Ftriloblog.blogspot.ca%2F2008%2F01%2Fstrangest-trilobites.html
http://www.umanitoba.ca/science/geological_sciences/stuff/geoaware/suletosi/
http://hubpages.com/hub/The-Strangest-Cambrian-Creatures-Ever-Discovered.
Hi Everyone. So if you are, like me, a resident of Calgary who gets out and about fairly often, you have noticed the many plant diseases circulating about the city this year.
Fireblight, Birch Leafminer, and a number of other plant diseases are affecting Calgary plants this year. Many Trees and shubs have been severely infected due to the warm and dry weather, with some deaths occuring.
However, most notably to me, is the problem of Oystershell scale. This scale insect has been destroying many of the beloved hedges in this city. When it is severe, the only treatment is completely pulling down the hedges, spraying the regrowing spouts, and hoping for the best.
However, Homeopathy can help. Recently the field of Agro Homeopathy has been founded with the express idea of treating the diseases of plants with Homeopathy in nontoxic and biologically sustainable way.
With this in mind, and with the great preventative power of Homeopathy for infectious disease, I have endevored to created a remedy for this condition, both in terms of treatment and prevention. I intend to test this remedy on some of the plants in my neighborhood.
The remedy so far as I have determined it to be is composed of
Coccinella 1M
Sulphur 1M
Secale 1M
All three combined in a water bottle and will be sprayed on the affected plants.
I will be spraying this preventatively on bushes around my house, and curatively around some of the affected plants around my neighborhood. I will post the results here,
If anyone else wishes to participate, I will be giving away the components of this remedy at my clinic. Please do email me (drpaultheriault.nd (at)gmail.com) and I will leave them out for you.
Together we can remove this pathogen from Calgary!.