Everybody's Guide to Homeopathic Medicines

by Stephen Cummings and Dana Ullman

Book Overview

The third revised edition of the most popular family homeopathic guidebook in the world, Everybody's Guide to Homeopathic Medicines teaches step-by-step how to select the correct homeopathic remedy... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0874778433
• Release Date: September 2004
• Publisher: TarcherPerigee
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.3" x 1.1" x 5.5"

Customer Reviews

A quality compact amount of info

I've had it since the 90's and appreciate all of the remedies and ailments listed for easily figuring out what's going on for family & myself. Recently healed a bladder, kidney and uterine pain with the knowledge from this book. Can't stand doctors so I avoid them unless there's a broken bone or severe cut. This book helps me achieve my goals of that.

One of the best home based homeopathy books

Each time this book was reprinted since the 1980's, I've bought the new editions and liked each one even more! I give it to all of my friends new to homeopathy. The chapters focus on specific ailments (sore throats, accidents and injuries, headaches, digestive problems, etc.) and have leading questions to ask the patient to help you find the correct remedy for the acute ailment. There are cautions about when you need to call a health care provider for an illness. And there are enough remedies described that you most often will find the one that will work. It's just a very helpful book and a good introduction to the wonders of homeopathy. I have shelves of homeopathy books, but I often start with this one if one of our family is sick.

An excellent book

This book is a fantastic reference book. I recommend it to all of my patients and non-homeopathic medical colleagues. This book guides you to the remedy better than almost any book I have seen. Homeopathy can be frustrating, if you give the right remedy the patient gets better very quickly, however, if you don't little will happen. This book will help you increase your accuracy. Your family will thank you!! If there is only one homeopathic book on your bookshelf, this should be it.D.C. Homeopathic Medicine

This book works!

This was the second book on homeopathy that I bought, and it quickly became the only book I use. I like its clear explanations, organization, and use of modalities in the descriptions. It's easy for me to ask myself questions and compare my responses with the descritptions in the book. It's been my guide for over 20 years, and during that time I haven't taken a drug for any reason!

Good layman's reference

We've only had this book for a few months and it's dog-eared already. Granted, since then, we've been overseas and back so we're a little predisposed to being stressed out and sick. Disclaimers aside, it's been a fairly comprehensive guide to combating colds and other problems -- even a first-degree burn. It has a very helpful section on casetaking and is well-organized. It's not exhaustive, but it serves its purpose well -- as a guide to situations which arise most often in the home. It tells you when to seek outside help and what to do yourself. It also gives suggestions to go along with the remedies (the use of ice, heat; when to make rest a priority) and explanations (what's the definition of a croupy cough). I'd say if you had to choose only two books on homeopathy for your library I'd recommend this and the Materia Medica.

great, easy-to-use book

I use this book all the time, because it is arranged by ailment and easy to access. There are also more in depth sections on the most common remedies. If I could just have one homeopathic book, this would be it.