Spirit of Homeopathic Medicines: Essential Insights to 300 Remedies [Paperback]

Didier Grandgeorge (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 30, 1997

This book will be a great addition to your homeopathic library. Once you've been using homeopathics for a while, and begin to work on a deeper level with them, you'll wonder which (for instance) liver remedy is really the one you need, when there are several which might be right. This book is the book that gives the particular spiritual/psychological picture of the remedies that will let you decide. With an unbelievable insight in some 300 homeopathic medicines Didier Grandgeorge gives us in a nutshell the essence (the spirit) of these remedies.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"This is a book that each person concerned about staying healthy should absolutely read."
- Dominique Lapierre

"The Spirit of Homeopathic Medicines is full of witticisms and French esprit. Grandgeorge's puns and associations will appeal to those favoring concise homeopathic materia medica."
- Frans Vermeulen, M.D.

"Grandgeorge is a master artist, taking us deep into the spirit of each remedy with just a few words. He explores the mystery and complexity of homeopathic medicines, drawing from more than 20,000 consultations."
- Jean Lacombe

Language Notes

Text: English (translation)
Original Language: French

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Product Details

• Paperback: 240 pages
• Publisher: North Atlantic Books; 1 edition (December 30, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1556432615
• ISBN-13: 978-1556432613
• Product Dimensions: 6 x 0.7 x 9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #989,114 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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67 of 67 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best books on homeopathy I have read., October 3, 1999

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Dr. Steve Nenninger - See all my reviews

This review is from: Spirit of Homeopathic Medicines: Essential Insights to 300 Remedies (Paperback)

As a licensed naturopathic doctor in New York I know a fair bit about homoepathy. It has been my main method of treatment for at least five years. When I read this book by Dr. Grandgeorge I was awestruck. Here is a doctor that has already been where I am in my understanding of the remedies. Not only has he been where I am, but his experience, compassion and intellligence have obviously taken him far beyond. His insights to the remedies have the clarity that can only be attained by being a master in the field. I have not often been impressed by the skill level of various doctors (natural & conventional) that I have met. I was extreemely impressed by this book. Experienced homeopaths or those new to homeopathy would do well to make this a part of their library. I refer to it often.

51 of 52 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A book very much worth owning, November 2, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Spirit of Homeopathic Medicines: Essential Insights to 300 Remedies (Paperback)

I love this book. I am a student of homeopathic medicine and I think, by reading this book, you get an actual sense of exactly how a homeopathic practices works. You can read it like a short esseys. He gives a 'name' to each remedy. This famed French Dr. works with mainly low potencies and works miracles. I think the main thrill of this book for me is absorbing his capacity for 'listening' to his patiences and 'hearing' what they are saying, in order to use homeopathics with the utmost success. His intuition is what homeopathics are all about. A treasured, oft-refered to book.

14 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Fairy Tale Homeopathy, June 9, 2007

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S. Roberts (California) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Spirit of Homeopathic Medicines: Essential Insights to 300 Remedies (Paperback)

I am greatly disappointed by the way the writer of this book grossly oversimplifies homeopathy, and specifically, the quick, magic-like cures he reports in his "observations." He continuously gives examples of cases where symptoms "disappeared completely" after one dose of this or one dose of that.

The truth is, I am certainly one of the biggest proponents of homeopathy one could ever meet. I know how truly powerful and capable homeopathy is at treating and healing people (especially when using LM potencies). But this author, Didier Grandgeorge, is very irresponsible and misleading to write about homeopathic remedies the way he does.

Homeopathic cures are a bit of a process. The remedies are not magic potions that make one's symptoms just "disappear." They work on an energetic level to restore balance, hence, undesirable symptoms get changed, transformed, and also eliminated in the process, but this rarely happens (for non acute cases) via one dose. The author also fails to mention any of the beautiful psychological changes or occurrences of personal growth and expanded awareness that are not only a result of a cure, but ARE ESSENTIAL to a real and lasting cure.

On a more positive note, his oversimplified, quick "takes" on the remedies themselves (verses his paragraphs of case "observations") can be somewhat useful IF combined with the remedy pictures of other writers (lots of other writers!).