Humorous Latin Names(11/01)

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=200 BGCOLOR="#006633" TEXT="#F7F7FF" background="065d6c00ddvuru.jpg"> <div> <B> </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE=" "><U><B>HOME</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id40.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Past Newsletters"><U><B>Past Newsletters</B></U></A><B>   </B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="09da7a00.png" border=0 width="167" height="160" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>The small is powerful.</B></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id55.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Allergies and Honey (04/01)"><U><B>Next</B></U></A></div> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="507" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 33 ><NOBR><div> <B>HOMEOPATHY:  The Small Is Powerful</B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> <B> </B><B>     </B></div> <div> <B><U>Humorous Latin Names</U></B></div> <div> <B>(Reprint of 11/2001 Newsletter)</B></div> <div> <B>Dear friends,</B></div> <div> <B>        One of the less "user friendly" aspects of homeopathy is that all the names are listed in Latin.  Using the Latin names makes it easier for remedies to be easily identified in all countries, but it can sometimes make it difficult for anyone not familiar with Latin.  It can be even more confusing that commonly used remedies are abbreviated so that Aconitum napellus becomes Aconite and Natrum muriaticum becomes Nat. mur.  Always be sure to ask for clarification if you are not sure what remedy I want you to use.  There are now thousands of remedies and it can be confusing to remember whether it's Natrum muriaticum, Natrum phosphoricum, or Natrum sulphuricum that you're supposed to be taking.  Anybody using homeopathy grapples at times with getting the names straight.</B></div> <div> <B> I was a poor Latin student in high school, and I'm sure that my Latin teacher would be amazed to see me using Latin in my work every day.  My years of perennial gardening gave me exposure to the type of Latin used for classification in science and it has stood me in good stead.  Still, it's not uncommon for me to have to refresh my memory on the spelling of a remedy that I haven't used for a long time, and I make a point of looking the names up if I'm not positive. </B></div> <div> <B>        You may notice that in the beginning of an appointment, I will often ask you what is the last remedy that you've taken.  I already have what I suggested you take written in your case notes.  Occasionally though, what is being taken is completely different from what I suggested because there was confusion with the remedy name or tubes got mixed up.  Luckily, a remedy that your body has no need for or has no affinity to, will usually have no effect unless it is taken for a very long time.  The main loss in taking the incorrect remedy is that you're not on the remedy that your body needs.</B></div> <div> <B>        Over the years I've heard some very amusing mispronunciations of the remedy names.  When they were little, my children (now 20 and 14) both suffered from carsickness and needed to take the remedy Cocculus indicus before and during car rides.  As a result they both referred to homeopathic remedies as "Cockies" since to them all tubes looked the same and they couldn't manage the name of their most common one they heard.  </B></div> <div> <B>        Names is general can me confusing in homeopathy.  With the hundreds of children I've treated, I still confuse the names of siblings in my treatment.  One of the children in my practice could not pronounce my name, so they called me "The White Ball Doctor" That's a step up from the sign on my office door which says, "Dr. Boo Hag is in." (It pokes fun at the fact that some people believe that homeopath is hocus-pocus and Boo Hag is an old name for witch doctor.)</B></div> <div> <B>          Two of the midwives that I work with call me during births.  I often use a combination of Caulophyllum and Cimicifuga racemosa for labor that is progressing slowly.  The midwives, late into one birth when they had had little sleep, started referring to those two remedies as Cauliflower and Broccoli as their fatigue made the Latin too hard to deal with.  The "vegetable combo" they gave worked well and the baby was born soon afterwards.</B></div> <div> <B>        We introduced my daughter's boyfriend to homeopathy for the first time two years ago.  Since then, he's lived around the daily use of remedies and will often ask my daughter what he should take if he's not feeling well.  The problem is that by the time he gets from where my daughter has told him what remedy to the place where I give him the remedy, the Latin name has often changed quite a bit.  Luckily, his confidence is good enough that he allowed us to record a few of his remedy names for posterity.  I thought you might get a chuckle out of them too.  Perhaps you have a few nicknames for remedies of your own that you might want to add to the list.</B></div> <div> <B> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="536" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 21 WIDTH="221"><div> <B>The remedy  </B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="296"><div> <B>Bill's Interpretation</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 21 WIDTH="221"><div> <B>Bryonia alba  </B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <B>Bernie Aba (Sports announcer?)</B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 37 ><NOBR><div> <B>Lycopodium clavatum  </B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="296"><div> <B>Lackapodium Clabad </B></div> <div> <B>(Scottish remedy?)</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 37 ><NOBR><div> <B>Hepar sulphuris calcareum</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <B>Hepro-phis-uricus </B></div> <div> <B>(Better than Alka Seltzer?)</B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 37 WIDTH="221"><div> <B>Kali Bichromicum</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="296"><div> <B>Cari-bro-chromium </B></div> <div> <B>(Nearly extinct Caribou?)</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 21 WIDTH="221"><div> <B>Arnica montana  </B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <B> Ernica Michard (French actor?)</B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 37 WIDTH="221"><div> <B>Cactus grandiflorus</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="296"><div> <B>Cactus Grandifura </B></div> <div> <B>(New dish at Taco Bell?)</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 37 WIDTH="221"><div> <B>Mercurius vivus</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <B> Curious Ricus </B></div> <div> <B>(Curious George's brother?)</B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 37 WIDTH="221"><div> <B>Rhus toxicodendron</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <B>Rus Cocksidendron</B></div> <div> <B>(Rare breed of fighting cock?)</B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 37 WIDTH="221"><div> <B>Apis mellifica</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <B> Apis Murray </B></div> <div> <B>(Now appearing in the Catskills?)</B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 37 WIDTH="221"><div> <B>Urtica urens</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <B> Urica Youreen </B></div> <div> <B>(Martha Stewart's soup tureen?)</B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 37 WIDTH="221"><div> <B>Kali carbonicum </B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="296"><div> <B>Cara Cabarica </B></div> <div> <B>(Too many stag parties?)</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 37 WIDTH="221"><div> <B>Candida albicans</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <B> Candy Albican </B></div> <div> <B>(Definitely too many stag parties!)</B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 53 ><NOBR><div> <B>Natrum phosphoricum</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="296"><div> <B>Natrus farfarica</B></div> <div> <B>(New leader of Afghanistan once the Taliban are overthrown?)</B></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></B></div> <div> <B>        </B></div> <div> <B>         Hopefully the remedies are standing you in good stead during turbulent times in the world.  My practice was greatly effected by the events on 9-11 since most of my clientele are in New York City.  My appointments have fallen off dramatically as we all seek to conserve on luxuries until we see where things are going with our economy and our world.  When we all are more secure things will come back to normal, and until then I continue to take acute calls around the clock.  You can also e-mail me with questions at any time.</B></div> <div> <B>        On a happy note, we recently added a Boston Terrier puppy to our family. Zoe is a tiny little ball of delight who is bringing lots of happiness and distraction to our family just when we could really use it.  Be sure to use the remedies with your pets and feel free to call me for that type of advice to.  I'm continually amazed at how well animals respond to homeopathy even for chronic problems.  In homeopathy, a living thing's "vital force" responds to the remedy to cause a healing response and baby animals are often the embodiment of that joyous, unmarred vital force at it's best.</B></div> <div> <B>        I hope that you are all taking care of yourselves with gentleness.  E-mail me any time you need some help in doing that.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Good health, </B></div> <div> <B>Lydia Belanger</B></div> <div> <A HREF="mailto:lbel@aol.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:lbel@aol.com"><U><B>LBel@aol.com</B></U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>