Author Vinton McCabe uses his extensive experience with homeopahy to give a fully rounded assessment of the principles of homeopathy and the manner in which it is practiced today. He combines a psssionate argument for a mode of healing that is "rapid, gentle, and permanent: in its action with personal insights, explaining classical homeopathy and how its treatments differ from those of allpathic (traditional medicine) treatments. There are three distinctive forms of homeopathic treatment, McCabe points out: 1. acute treatment, when there is a sudden onset of symptoms and the goal is to restore the status quoe 2 constitutional treatment, for chronic conditions when the goal is to fundamentally improve the patient's overall health 3. miasmic treatment, which goes deeper than constitutional treatment and seeks to transform the paitent into a healthier, stronger being Many examples of patients and treatments are provided, clearly illlustrating how homeopathy works to heal a person with symptoms, instead of merely treating the sympton. "The Healing Enigma" Speaks as much to the practitioners and patients of tradtional allopathic medicine as it does to those interested in alternative medicine. While the"enigma" of the title speaks most directly to the practice of homeopathy, the underlying mystery has to do with the nature of healing itself and the methods that can be used to encourage the healing process.
Vinton McCabe's career in electronic media was knocked off course first by illness and then by his introduction to the healing modality that cured his illness--homeopathy. He became a student of homeopathic medicine three decades ago and in the years since has authored seven books on the topic, including the now-classic Practical Homeopathy and his personal favorite, The Healing Bouquet: Exploring Bach Flower Remedies. He also is the author of a growing number of publications on subjects related to holistic healing through the "Homeopathy in Thought and Action" series of McBooklets, a Kindle exclusive, which will be published in print form by Basic Health Publications.
McCabe is a past president of the Connecticut Homeopathic Association, a not-for-profit educational organization through which he trained lay persons and medical professionals alike in the philosophy and practice of homeopathic medicine. He has lectured extensively over the years, teaching at New York City's Open Center, the Learning Annex and New York Botanical Garden, in addition to the Omega Institute and Wainwright House, where he was part of the permanent faculty.
He is noted for his humor and for the clarity of his approach to his complex subject matter. About standard Western medicine, or allopathy, McCabe writes, "Western medicine is based upon the use of ever-stronger doses of allopathic drugs. And allopathic treatment with these drugs is the medical equivalent of running with scissors. It may seem like a good idea at the time, but it almost always ends in tears."
About homeopathic medicine, he writes, "So the homeopathic remedy is only a spark. A healing spark. A catalyst that can move the patient--and not just his symptoms--toward healing. Thus homeopathic treatment will leave the patient not just symptom-free (which is what allopathic treatment, at its most successful, has to offer), but actually stronger and healthier than before. It can do this because it works with and treats the whole person and refuses to zero in on a few choice symptoms. It does this because it recognizes first and foremost that those symptoms are there for a reason, and, secondly, that you cannot medically work on one part, on on one set of symptoms, without impacting the whole. But by working with the whole, you can radically change for the better the set of symptoms that is causing the patient's suffering."
In addition to his work with homeopathy, McCabe is an award-winning journalist, poet and playwright. He has produced television shows for PBS and has hosted his own talk radio show. He continues to be sought after as a guest on numerous radio and television shows. He is a published novelist, who, in addition to continuing to write on the subject of holistic healing, is hard at work on a second novel.
