Homeopathy

Masters of Science in Natural Health Care & Wellness Counseling

NHC 590

Breyer State University

Instructor: Audrea J. Adams, ND, Ph.D, DD

SYLLABUS:

COURSE OVERVIEW: Welcome to Homeopathy NHC-590, a 4 semester-hour course. Homeopathy is a system of medicine that is based on the Law of Similars. The truth of this law has been verified experimentally and clinically for the last 200 years. Homeopathy is based on the principle of vaccinations. You actually inoculate yourself with a minute amount of the disease-causing substance until you become immune to its harmful effects. The substance is diluted with distilled water or alcohol. It is important to remember, however, that a medicine is homeopathic only if it is taken based upon the similar nature of the medicine to the illness. A medicine labeled as "homeopathic" will work only if it is homeopathic to the symptoms presented.

In conventional medical thought, health is seen simply as the absence of disease. You assume that you are healthy if there is nothing wrong with you. To a person versed in homeopathy, health is much more than that. A healthy person is a person who is free on all levels: physical, emotional, and mental. The homeopath recognizes limitations on all these levels and attempts, through the use of the properly selected remedies, to restore the person to health and freedom.

An important basic difference exists between conventional medical therapy and homeopathy. In conventional therapy, the aim often is to control the illness through regular use of medical substances, even if the medication is nothing more than vitamins. If the medication is withdrawn, however, the person returns to illness. There has been no cure. A person who takes a pill for high blood pressure every day is not undergoing a cure but is only controlling the symptoms. Homeopathy's aim is the cure: "The complete restoration of perfect health."

You will learn how to use homeopathic remedies to care for your own health, family's health, or start a homeopathic consulting health career. Earning a living as a homeopath may be done in the comfort of your own home.

TIME FRAME: This is a four-semester hour course. This course is allotted 10 weeks of time. The first day of the course will begin the day that you notify me that your textbook has arrived and you are ready to begin your studies. Please be cognizant of the time frame. It is rare that extensions of time are permitted, unless you have good justification. Upon successful completion of this course, you will be awarded four semester hours or credit.

STEPS TO TAKE FOR COURSE:

• Order your textbook immediately.
• When you receive your textbook, notify me via email and I will instruct you as to how to proceed to take the exam.
• You have up to 3 months to complete the course.
• Contact me anytime via Email with questions, clarifications, feedback, etc.
• I'll grade your exam and notify you of your grade.

TEXTBOOK: There is 1 book required for this course.

Book 1: Practical Homeopathy. Vinton McCabe: ISBN # 0-312-20669-0.

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COURSE ASSIGNMENTS AND EXAMINATIONS:

Each student will be expected to read and study the entire coursebook during the span of the course. 
 
Your application assignment includes choosing 2 homeopathic remedies given in the coursebook that you feel comfortable with, using yourself or other volunteers as the subject.   For each one of them, write a separate detailed paragraph about the experience and outcome from your perspective as well as the subjects’ perspective.     
 
In addition to the reading and application assignments, an open-book final examination is required.  The minimum passing score is 70%.  It is due anytime before completion of the course.  
 
Each student will have up to 12 weeks to complete the course.  To ensure that learning is as simple and effective as possible, all course content is clearly presented in easy-to-understand terms.

GRADING: The grading scale for this course is as follows:

91-100%    = A
81-90%      = B
70-80%      = C
Below 70% = Failed

COURSE CONTENTS:

1). Homeopathic remedies commonly used in acute situations.
2). How to recognize physical symptoms of various disorders.
3). How to recognize emotional symptoms of various disorders.
4). How to recognize symptoms of the face [including eyes, nose, ears, mouth, gums, lips, tongue, throat, and tonsils] that indicate various disorders.
5). How to recognize discharges [including mucus, tears, blood, saliva, perspiration, urine and stool] that indicate various disorders.
6). Acute remedies for wounds.
7). Acute remedies for injuries to muscles, joints and bones.
8). Acute remedies for emergency situations.
9). Acute remedies for general aches and pains.
10). Acute remedies for various common ailments.
11). Remedies for chronic complaints.
12). Potency and doses.
13). Diet during homeopathic treatment.

INFORMATION: If you have any questions regarding this course, you may address them to admassistant@breyerstate.com An administrative faculty member will respond to all questions.

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