Varda Wilensky

Varda Wilensky

Varda Wilensky had been practicing Classical Homeopathy in San Francisco for the past 17 years. As a Certified Classical Homeopath, Varda specialized in working with cancer patients, in addition to helping clients with varying acute and chronic health conditions. 

In addition to her private practice, Varda provided homeopathic care to women with cancer at the Charlotte Maxwell Complementary Clinic — a facility utilizing a multi-discipline approach in conjunction with conventional treatment of cancer.

Varda also has a deep interest in treating animals with homeopathy

Case:

Mossy the horsey:

When treating animals, we are dependent on the care taker to communicate to us what is going on beyond what maybe visually obvious.

In this case, credit is given to the owner who was connected with the horse, knowing what he needed, what he thought and his attitude.
Mossy was obviously smiling when the owner approached the paddock, or just hearing her voice.
 

This is what I was told:

 Mossy, a 26 years old horse suffered from diarrhea and had propensity for itching. He recently lost weight and his hair on mane and tail were thinning.
In his glorious past, Mossy was a show horse; well trained, cooperative and very proud. Presently he had retired, living on a ranch where parents bring their children for riding lessons. As a retired horse, it was assumed that Mossy was suitable for the task.
Soon it became clear that he was of a different opinion: he had zero tolerance for low energy riders -with no expectations for top notch performance, running or galloping.
Losing interest, he occasionally would brake into a trot and happily return home. But with a trainer on site this was controlled and he couldn't get away with it.

The owner noticed that as soon as they put a child in the saddle he would raise his tail and release green, stinky diarrhea.

By doing that he got what he wanted, becoming less popular to carry children around.

When he was left to roam freely around with no responsibilities, he became bored and was seen cribbing often (rubbing front teeth on the fence while sucking air. This is normal for horses to do when bored). He did work occasionally carrying children in their riding lessons.

I treated him for chronic diarrhea and itchy skin, hoping to see weight gain and change in attitude.
Suitable remedy for the conditions, coupled with the proud (arrogant) personality, was Sulphur.
Sulphur at 30c potency diluted in water was delivered via spray to the front of his face and rubbing on the gums.

Within 6 months he gained weight, tail and mane got thicker and the diarrhea subsided.
As far as attitude, When a child was placed on the saddle he had no diarrhea but did release flatus. This way he got to express himself without grossing out the entire community

Mossy lived comfortably for five more years, suitable for an old, well accomplished horse.

Homeopathic over the Counter for Dogs

Homeopathic over the Counter for Dogs

Following are the four most commonly used remedies for mild issues with dogs.  For more persistent or extreme conditions please work with a professional homeopath.

Physical Symptoms	Remedy
Dandruff: dryness of the skin and hair, coat s full of whitish scales or sometimes brown scales resembling bran	Sulphur
Gastritis: Frequent and sometimes violent vomiting may be accompanied by diarrhea and great thirst for cold water which is vomited, tongue dry	Phosphorus
Homesickness: When left in kennels or parted from their owners, fret and refuse food despite kind treatment	Ignatia
Diarrhea: Stool green, watery like chopped eggs and spinach, soreness of anus mainly in teething puppies	Chamomilla

Remedies selected based on these symptoms only may relieve symptoms temporarily. For a more permanent relief consider meeting a Homeopathic Practitioner.  He or she will select a remedy based on your health and family health history, which may provide long term relief.

Please use common sense and judgement and seek medical attention if need be

Henry Kostecki

Dr Henry Kostecki

964 Rubicon Tr

South Lake Tahoe, CA 96150

530-541-3551

hkostecki@gmail.com

homeopathicveterinarian.net

I graduated from Texas A&M veterinary school in 1971, instinctively knowing that there must be much more to healing than I had been taught. I had an overpowering curiosity to find out. I tried several healing systems over the years but found them all to be eclectic, without much scientific basis and minimally effective. Then came Homeopathy in the early 90’s, and it was love at first sight. My search had ended with this truly holistic, powerful and gentle system of medicine.  I was impressed with its long track record, dating from the early 1800’s, of documented cures that were and still are unparalleled today.

My study of homeopathy has been completely absorbing and fascinating since it speaks of the truth about the nature of reality as applied to medicine. Its legacy of literature, its medical schools, and hospitals all but vanished by the early 1900’s – a medical Atlantis with only artifacts remaining.  Here was a medicine that was deeply emotional to me as I saw my patients improve and heard the astonishment in their (or their mother’s) voices. Yet, homeopathy doesn’t give you a thing, in the sense that every case is a new riddle – a puzzle to be solved – and I now had to actually think and leave the ease of routine behind. I found that evidence had to be gathered and cases solved inductively, as a detective does at the crime scene. In fact, I may have prescribed a certain remedy hundreds of times yet I find that I have never seen it presented quite like the case standing before me now. Every day is new and fresh to me because homeopathy is always new and fresh, despite, and because of, its invariant principles.

• Academy of Veterinary Homeopathy, member
• Canadian Academy of Homeopathy, member

Case

A kitty named Oliver in a multi cat household who just won't eat. He is 6 yr old tiger tabby neutered male who has always been lean, active and finicky. He has been treated by a human homeopath with Staphysagria 30c twice daily for about one year and it seemed to help until recently when he stopped eating entirely and was taken to another vet on 7/18/2016 who found no abnormalities in lab work or physical exam, other than being quite thin. A feeding tube was installed on 8/2/2016 and Oliver was sent home to his human. Voluntary appetite increased gradually and the tube was removed on 8/13/16 and his appetite gradually waned thereafter. His human called me and I received his case by phone on 9/6/16:

His human has given no further vaccinations since adopting him as a kitten from a shelter. Oliver has never liked being touched and has always seemed very suspicious and wary in general and highly reactive to noises and changes in the household. He will eat fabric, plastic and paper and just looks at his home prepared organic food and walks away, likes the sun, used to make swallowing motions but not so much anymore, has catching, tremulous breathing during sleep, is irritable around the other cats, vomits green bile at random without a pattern, "grinds" his jaw when chewing, has greasy fur, poultry and fish make him itch, has had a clear eye discharge bilaterally for years that does not seem to concern him. His other homeopath has given many remedies without effect including Phosphorous, probably the most commonly Rx'd remedy for cats, (Arsenicum being same for horses). Owing to the long term palliation from Staph and all the other remedies tried, I thought I'd open with Nux vomica to see what might happen. Well, nothing much happened and the stomach tube was soon re-installed (unknown to me) then I was called again and updated on 10/2/16. At that point I moved in with the antipsoric Silicea 30c for one test dose. He went to sleep almost immediately thereafter and it was unusual for him to drop his guard like that during the day. He gradually began eating the next day and has never stopped and the stomach tube was soon removed and to date he has not needed another dose of Silicea. 

Deborah Landowne

Deborah Landowne

San Rafael, CA

415-419-3522

info@marinhomeopathy.com

marinhomeopathy.com

Deborah Landowne, CCH, RSHom(NA), C.HP has a Family Practice in San Rafael. She  studied Classical Homeopathy in San Francisco, at the Pacific Academy of Homeopathy, from 2003 - 2006.  In 2014 Ms. Landowne became a Certified CEASE Therapist, completing the Advanced Level Training. She has also studied Gemmotherapy, including coursework for animals with Dr. Stephen Blake, “The Pet Whisperer.”

Deborah enjoys working with family members of all ages and phases of life, especially with women for pre-conception preparation, through pregnancy, birth, and post partum.  She enjoys working with companion animals immensely, and is available to work in collaboration with Veterinarians.  More information about Deborah’s training and practice can be found on her website at: www.marinhomeopathy.com

Case:

Relieving Vaccine Side Effects in an Elderly Dog

Francisco is a 13+ year old black lab, who was adopted at age 2, having become a “Career Change” from Guide Dogs for the Blind.  They said he didn’t want to work, he just wanted to love everyone!

Upon arrival at his forever home, he was smelly, and so itchy he scratched himself raw. He would also leak urine when his people came home; he was so excited and wiggly he didn’t realize that he was incontinent.  He received homeopathic remedies for both these issues, Sulphur for the itching and excessive scratching and then Calcarea carbonica for the incontinence. He was also switched to a “BARF” diet of raw foods. This helped improve his coat and breath and he didn’t smell bad any longer.

For years he suffered from allergies, however, including a “reverse sneeze,” inflamed, watery and itchy eyes, itchy face, sneezing, etc. Various homeopathic remedies would relieve these issues, but they’d never completely resolve.

As he grew older Francisco developed a raisin-sized growth over his right eye, the one that had been the most chronically inflamed. Veterinarians said this was either a chalazion or an adenoma.  He would rub it and then it would bleed. We were concerned it would become cancerous or block his vision, as it was growing larger. Plus, this was not a good thing for such a handsome dog! He also had persistent issues with oily and yeasty ears. Again, various homeopathic and herbal remedies would help a bit or for a time, but not completely relieve either problem.

In studying homeopathic CEASE Therapy, I learned about symptoms associated with various vaccinations, one of which was inflammation of the eyes subsequent to the Rabies vaccine.  So, we decided to try a course of homeopathic detox using the CEASE Method for Francisco when he was about 13 years old.

CEASE Therapy is one of several methods of homeopathic detox.  It was originally developed for Autism and vaccine damage. CEASE is outlined in the book by Dr. Tinus Smits; Autism Beyond Despair: Homeopathy Has the Answers, CEASE Therapy.  This method applies the basic homeopathic principle of “Like Cures Like” in order to detox specific substances, which may have caused lingering problems. Many homeopaths are trained in this technique and can use it for a number of conditions. CEASE Therapy can be especially useful when well chosen homeopathic remedies do not work as expected or work for a time and then stop being effective.

In Francisco’s case we were able to determine the exact type of rabies vaccine he had received, as it was stated on the certificate furnished by Guide Dogs for his adoption.  (He had been exempted from any further shots, due to his allergies.) He was then given a course of a remedy made specifically to detox that brand of  the vaccine, over a course of several months, in a series of potencies. He also received a constitutional remedy to bolster his overall energy and help him detox. Other supportive measures included activated charcoal in his food to help adsorb any toxins that were released during the process, plus some herbs and homeopathic cell salts to drain and support specific tissues.

The first signs of his detox came out on his skin.  This was a good sign, because in spite of some improvement over the years, thanks to homeopathy and a diet of fresh foods, he had continued to have itchy, greasy and flaky skin.

We managed the detox process to prevent hot spots with the appropriate amount of charcoal and his old friend Sulphur 30c. He also needed a few weeks of Mezerium 30c, when he started having spasmodic itching, possibly related to the neurological affects of the vaccination. His coat is now much better, and the itchy spasms have gone. Other support at this phase included select herbal extracts called “gemmos” for the nervous system: Holly and Linden Tree buds, plus an additional combination of 3 gemmos, called Skin-gen, to drain the skin.

Next, his eye started draining and the tumor reduced in size. In about 2 months the growth had completely dried up and is now barely visible.  Also during the detox his hind legs became weak, which is common in older dogs.  He was given another of his old favorite remedies, Calcarea carbonica, and the weakness subsided quite a bit.  His legs are becoming stronger and stronger now, again with the help of gemmos to strengthen his adrenals and hind end, including Giant Redwood.

But the most interesting thing that happened was quite a surprise.  Francisco has always been a very mellow guy. He had a history of hanging his head, like it was too heavy to hold up or perhaps he had a headache. He wouldn’t look his people in the eyes and it was assumed that this was just part of his personality. However, midway through the detox, suddenly he was holding his head up and engaging eye contact, looking more interested in what his people were up to!  His guardian said that it was almost as if he had been autistic and no one realized it before, it was just accepted as part of his demeanor. We are thrilled that he is now communicating better, and so alert!

Other symptoms that have greatly improved over the course of this detox include a retching “old doggy” cough that he had developed with age, and his reverse sneeze. Again – these are other issues that would not improve as we had hoped with constitutional or acute homeopathic remedies or gemmotherapy. His ears have been drying up and are less yeasty now. They do not need to be cleaned as often.  His coat is no longer greasy or flaky, but beautifully shiny, so he can go longer without a bath, for which he is very grateful!

Now, at almost 14 years old, the rabies detox is finished and he is doing very well for his age.  Several friends, including his chiropractor and an animal nutrition expert, have commented that he is “aging in reverse.”  While he is definitely sleeping more than when he was younger, and not jumping around or playing as much as he used to, he has hardly any gray hair, his joints move very well (with a little help from Calc fluor Cell Salt) and he has even started playing tug again!  Francisco and his people are very pleased with the outcome.  He still loves taking long hikes in Tahoe – after which he makes sure to take some Arnica and a nap. He can’t wait to go sliding in the snow very soon!

Thank you, Francisco, for teaching us about CEASE Therapy and proving that old dogs CAN learn new tricks!

Homeopathic over the Counter for hyperactivity

Homeopathic over the Counter

Following are the four most commonly used remedies for occasional or mild hyperactivity. For more persistent or extreme hyperactivity you should work with a professional homeopath.

Physical Symptoms	Mental Symptoms	Other Symptoms	Remedy
Gas and bloating, constipation	Low self-esteem, and low Self-confidence, boss others around especially younger children and may assume the role of class clown. Fearful and cowardly but try not to show it	Craves sweets, worse on waking	Lycopodium
School headaches, stomach aches, growing pains	Frustrated, dissatisfied, hard to please	Craves sausage and smoked meat	Calcarea phosphorica
Restless, burning pains, asthma, diarrhea	Extremely anxious, needy, whiny and impatient	Very chilly like the warmth of a stove, fire or their favorite blanket	Arsenicum album
Restless to the point of being ceaselessly busy. Chilly with very cold hands and feet. Vomiting, diarrhea, fainting	Self-righteous, bossy, know it all and given to debate	Love cold drinks, pickles and fruit	Veratrum album

Remedies selected based on thse symptoms only may relieve symptoms temporarily. For a more permanent relief consider meeting a Homeopathic Practitioner.  He or she will select a remedy based on your health and family health history, which may provide long term relief.

Please use common sense and judgement and seek medical attention if need be

Deborah Olenev

Deborah Olenev CCH RSHom (NA) 

Homeopathy for Health

Olenev@att.net

650-569-6219

I am a classical homeopath practicing in Mountain View, California. I work with clients all over the U.S. using Skype. I began my homeopathic education in 1982, and have been in private practice in the Bay Area since 1991. I treat people of all ages with classical homeopathy. I emphasize a healthy life style, nutrition and the importance of meditation as necessary adjuncts for optimum health. 


Treating Children With Autism - Service Without Ego

 I have been treating ASD children for about eleven years, and the experience has humbled me. There are a few  families with ASD children who have stuck by me for an extended time with my classical homeopathic approach. We make progress, and changes happen that improves the lives of these children and their families. It is a slow, sometimes exhilarating, and sometimes frustrating process.

My method of working is to ask the parents to complete a questionnaire, which I review and use to create an analysis sheet with, and from which I begin the repertorization process. Actually I do materia medica searches on ReferenceWorks from Synergy Homeopathy. The reason I do this is that I can see what is actually said about each symptom. I do double check every remedy under each symptom that I look up.

My partner in my work is God, the Self, or the intuitive mind, (whatever you wish to name it), because I have found that it is impossible to practice homeopathy strictly at the level of the intellect. This is the first thing one realizes when learning about remedies—the therapeutic properties of the remedies bypass reason and logic. We are talking about the sacred when we are speaking about remedies, their healing properties, and the mysteries of human health.

So more important than developing analytical abilities, and a vast storehouse in one’s mind of materia medica, is spiritual development gained through meditation practice and introspection. I am an instrument of the divine power, which guides me in assisting the people attracted to me for homeopathic treatment. More precisely there is no separation between God, Myself, my clients and the remedies. At the deepest level we are all one.

Here is a case of a preteen autistic boy in process. I will present his analysis sheet, which summarizes his story, and gives the remedies and dates they were given. At the end I will present his last chart of symptoms, so you can see the progress of the case. Much has been accomplished and much is left to be done. I hope this will be helpful to other homeopaths, and people seeking help for their children.

How beautiful it is when people do not expect a miracle cure and come willing to work hard along with the homeopath, and feel gratitude for every little positive change. How wonderful when people are not attached to outcomes, but accept where their children are at in the moment with love and surrender.  I am very privileged to know such extraordinary people. My heart swells with love for them. The parents of this boy are such people.

Here is the case starting with the analysis sheet.

Roland’s Analysis  Sheet 9/21/15

Diagnosis: Autism. He is non-verbal but is a physical dynamo and in excellent physical shape. He is homeschooled.

Physical:

Very hyperactive:  Roland prefers to be moving at all times and is very “heavy handed” with everything. He does not experience a downturn until right before bedtime. Even when he is sitting he is rocking.  He would turn his music all the way up. He dances, he runs back and forth, runs around the house.

He has trouble holding a pencil but can manage a fork and spoon.

Perspiration: Depending on the activity he engages in is easy to sweat all over.  Loves to be covered up with his heavy comforter when he is going to bed.

Sleep: Terrible sleep problems. He has no problem going to sleep; its staying asleep that is tough for him.  Goes to sleep at 8:30 - 9:00 P.M. and wakes between 2:30 - 6:30 A.M. The earlier he wakes in the morning the more hyperactivity he expresses; almost manic.

Sensitive to loud noise

Dark circles at all times under his eyes.

Seasonal allergies were really bad when he was going to school. They were so bad that his eyes would swell. He had a lot of snorting. His throat and ears would itch tremendously.

Health History:

In the past, he suffered from allergies both seasonal and food (gluten, dairy).  He had eczema basically from birth that just cleared up in April of 2014. Since going gluten and dairy free in 2013 he lost his bloated look and it calmed his emotions.  He has always tippy walked in and out and it usually correlated with stomach discomfort. He has had a history of constipation.

Vaccinations: Roland was vaccinated up until 1 year of age.

Personal History:

“Roland was conceived a year after his sister was born.  The pregnancy was totally unplanned, I was in poor health when I got pregnant with him.  Worn out from little sleep, severe candida, depressed with marital problems.  I was happy about the blessing but felt that it was too much of a physical burden for myself and to put on my husband. I held the energy of that the whole pregnancy and in turn I’m sure Roland felt unwanted from the start.” -Mom

“Looking at the situation now, it is easy for me to see how Roland is in this condition.  He was conceived in depression.  I was not happy at all in my life and career.  Depressed that life was changing so quickly.  I was no longer the center of my world.  Immature and acting out, l let life get a hold on me and I took it out on my family.  To this day, I still feel that my son’s condition is a result of me not being there for him when he needed me.” -Dad

Roland was distant from the time he was born.  He did not like or feel attached to any of us with good reason.  He would scream all day from 7:00 A.M. until he went to sleep at 7:00 P.M. He was in pain.  He was so bloated and swollen.  His head seemed very large.

He cried inconsolably for a year every day.  After a year it seemed to fade and he looked well.  He began to talk at one and a half years old but it faded by two years of age.  He hit all his milestones physically.

Both mom and dad have developed a loving understanding relationship with Roland.

Mental/Emotional:

Very affectionate, always hugging and kissing.

Bites himself: He gets frustrated and bites himself on the wrist to show his anger. He bites himself and whines if he can’t get what he wants.

Bites his nails when he is nervous:

Moodiness: Roland is very moody, going from zero to hundred in 2 seconds.  He gets angry usually around food. Angry to so affectionate. When he was a baby he was inconsolable and didn’t care to be close to us. Now he is super affectionate. He likes the hug, likes the deep pressure, he loves to be tickled, and will come sit with you and fall on you.

Fears: He has a fear of elevators, escalators. He gets really worried if dad walks out of the house. Dad says if there is something out of the routine, he gets really nervous and will bite his fingernails.

Fear trying new things: Raphael has a fear of trying new things but will warm up after seeing the activity.

Demanding, controlling and stubborn: He does not like to be told “No.” He doesn’t like to be told what to do. He does not like being told no. He will bite his wrist and whine.

Food obsession. Please see the food section below.

Clairvoyant: He has ESP, Telepathy. He is sympathetically telepathic. He can sense what anybody in the family is thinking and will pick up on all the energy in the house.  From birth he expressed all the sadness and anger mixed with his own.  He was a sponge and a channel for everything that was unsaid between his dad and mom. He does not talk but reads facial emotions very quickly and easily.  He knows when you are happy. Some of his perceptions are so supernatural.

He is always loud and babbling.

Envious of the attention in the house: He gets envious of the attention in the house.

Whininess and Irritability: He has always been irritable. That is part of his personality. When he is not feeling good, he gets very whiny.

Comprehension lacking: Comprehension of the words is not there. We have done every test. hearing is fine, MRI is perfect, blood test is perfect.

Reading comprehension is also poor.

Nonverbal: He is still non verbal. He can say beginning sounds of things.

Modalities:

Weather: Rain amel; amel in nature, agg full moon.

Temperature: He is usually on the warm side because of his hyperactivity and depending on the activity he engages in is easy to sweat all over. Loves to be covered up with his heavy comforter when he is going to bed.  Kicks his covers off during sleep but wakes to want them replaced.  Head sweats at night.

Times of Day: Roland is hyperactive most of the day and does not experience a downturn until right before bedtime.

Morning aggravation: He has an unusually hard time in the morning upon 5 minutes after waking. He whines, bites himself, and sometimes cries.  He does this every morning until he eats his breakfast.

Characteristics:

Roland has autism.  He is non-verbal but is a physical dynamo.  He is stronger and bigger (not obese) than most children his age and is a talented gymnast with exceptional balance and athleticism. He has excellent eye contact.  He has an excellent memory.  He can concentrate on something when he likes the activity.

Activities Enjoys:

Roland enjoys his Ipad, computer, horseback riding, and playing with water.

Food:

He eats according to the “Gaps Diet” and seems to digest the food very well. Does not have a problem with eating anything except fruit.  He stuffs food in his mouth when he eats.  Totally obsessed with food.  We have to lock the pantry and he darts into the kitchen when anyone walks in there.  He is like a bottomless pit.  He loves eggs.  Very thirsty which he is given water (he requests it always with ice) or tea.

Analysis

(This is where I put my thoughts down, and if I am studying a particular symptom, I will note the remedies that have the symptom. I am looking at some of the remedies with bites himself below).

Bites himself: Look at: Tarentula.
Syph has biting sensations, but not bites himself.
Stramonium has biting himself.

Sol-t-ae has biting. Very interesting remedy. It is Solanum tuberosum aergrotans. Diseased potato. Ask if he has ever had problems with the anus or rectum. It wakes with anxiety in the morning. Rises in the night imagining that there are thieves behind the curtain.. Craving oranges. Bites themselves, their hands.

Plumbum has biting himself.

Opium has biting himself. Good possibility. It has autism.

Medicines and Supplements:

He currently is not on any medication. He has taken homeopathy for a year and a half with another homeopath.  Through homeopathy, some of Roland’s sensory issues have diminished.  The subtle changes in his character has revealed such a sweet loving little boy.  The nuances within the way autism has taken a hold of him have diminished.  Roland has come a long way in a gentle manner with homeopathy.  We have sadly come to a wall with our current homeopath.  Because of this, we started to take Roland to an osteopath (4 appointments).  We feel that he is blocked in some way.

Remedies prescribed by Deborah Olenev:

9/24/15  Medorrhinum 200C 8 pellets in 4 oz. of water. Drink 3 TBSP .

Response: his sleep became worse, biting himself became worse, food obsession increased, whininess and irritability worsened after initially being better for two weeks. There was some improvement in comprehension, and in the expanding of the range of things he was interested in. He was less envious of his sister, and nail biting lessened a little.

11/9/15 Plan wait and observe for four to five weeks.

1/11/16    Opium 200C 8 pellets in 4 oz. of water, drink 3 TBSP. Here is what I wrote to Roland’s parents about why I prescribed Opium:

Dear Parents,
The symptom of biting his arms stood out strongly from our conversation yesterday, so I focused on remedies that had this symptom in the way that you both described it and I came to a list of 14 remedies that had this symptom. The remedy I ended up with was Opium 200C. This remedy is listed for biting the arms, and is also mentioned for autism in one of my materia medicas for children. (Now I realize that I can substitute the word aphasia for autism in my materia medica searches).

Opium is listed for hyperactivity and is a huge remedy for constipation in children. It has the nightly aggravation, it can have voracious appetite, the babbling speech, and embarrassment. It has difficult comprehension issues. There is no remedy that sounds absolutely perfect, but I would like to see how far this remedy takes us.

2/15/16     Opium 200C 10s pellets in 6 oz. of water, drink 5 TBSP

4/22/16      Opium 1M 8 pellets in 4 oz. of water, 6 TBSP

7/20/16    Opium1M 8 pellets in 6 oz. of water, succuss 15 times, drink 6 TBSP
Roland’s Chart of Symptoms  from 9/22/16:

Better (If three or four symptoms in the better category get worse for two to three weeks please call or send me an e-mail.  It may be an indication that you are ready for a dose of the remedy).

The lump on the left side of his neck is gone.
Eczema on the right arm is gone.

Reading comprehension – he is flying through some of the things that were challenging for him before. He is really fast.

Dark circles under his eyes has gotten much better since he has been sleeping.

He puts himself to bed. He does wonderfully.

Demanding attention is not as much.

His whining is gone. The soul grating whining is gone.

Quickness to anger and frustration – you can tell that he is getting upset about something, but it is not as aggressive as before. He is not doing the wrist biting and running about.

Morning agg. This is still his worse time of day, but it is not as bad as it was. The mania in the morning has calmed down quite a bit.

Last week he was getting up at 2 and 3 a.m. four or five times.  This was around the full moon. Outside of that maybe there will be once when he gets up in a two week period.

Biting arms has been less. The last time it was at 100%. It is now down to 25%.

Food obsession has calmed down a bit. He is still food obsessed. It is not as aggressive as it was. Before it was all kinds of foods. Now it is strictly sugar. He doesn’t eat candy, but he loves raisins.

The hyperactivity has calmed down. It was really bad the last time we talked at 100%. It is now at 50%.

Same (The symptoms in the same category usually start to get better by six months from when you took the remedy).

Trouble holding a pencil is the same.
Always loud babbling is the same.

No improvement in his language. If it is food related he can tell you what he wants. He can say the beginning of words, like for raisins it will be rai.

He gets embarrassed, because he is eleven, and he can’t speak.
He still bites his nails.

Summary

Roland has made many gains since he began treatment exactly one year ago. He has improved in almost all areas except language. It is possible that if we continue to work with Opium in ascending potencies that it will eventually help with this symptom, or if it doesn’t, I hope we will be guided to the next remedy for Roland.

Some hints on studying autism cases:

Use the word aphasia in addition to autism and mutism when looking for remedies. Aphasia means loss of ability to understand or express speech, caused by brain damage. There are 153 remedies listed for aphasia, but only 31 for autism, and 34 for mutism. By using the older word you get a much broader range of remedies.

Conclusion

What is the duty of the homeopath: Service without Ego. Show up, do the work, put in your best with love and kindness, let go of the outcome, and faith in a higher power. These are the ingredients to making a good homeopath.

Comment from parents

I made sure that the parents approved of the article, and this is what they said: “Hello Deborah! We are so grateful to have Roland featured in hopes that it helps others. The reality of going through Autism and what healing looks like is long and deep as the journey of the soul.  You have made amazing progress with him and it is a blessing and honor to work with someone like you.  My husband and I are overwhelmed with gratitude with the many kind words you wrote about us as parents.  Not only have you helped Roland but you helped all of us grow into new spaces to become more of ourselves.  On behalf of of our whole family, thank you so very much. “