Boiron machine potentises its remedies from many different sources in this fascinating video... but you can do the same by hand when not dealing with poisonous substances.

There’s no need to be as fussy as Boiron, as you don’t have to meet government regulations on standardisation. All you need to do to make a simple remedy is dilute (or grind) and succuss the substance you wish to potentise, and voila! A home-made homeopathic remedy!

It was interesting to hear in this video that homeopathy is prescribed by over 200,000 physicians worldwide and used by more than 400 million people. That’s homeopathy – simple, safe, and accessible healthcare. (In our next newsletter we’ll have a video clip of how Similasan Pharmacy manufactures its remedies - by hand, rather than machine.)

More Information: Boiron Manufacturing Process

Today, April 2, is World Autism Day. With nearly every family in the Western world touched by autism, sometimes multiple times, we're not celebrating - but we do have three things that may help:

1. The Reversing Autism section of our website has numerous articles for parents and practitioners, by parents and practitioners, which explain how homeopathy helps autism. There is hope for change with homeopathy. Visit it here.

2. My Homeopathy currently has a webinar which looks at three key homeopathic remedies for children. The webinar is the forerunner of the longer webinar series, Homeopathy for Children's Behavioural Problems, Learning Difficulties, and Autism Spectrum Disorders, but join as a guest and the Three Key Remedies webinar can be watched free. The remedies discussed are often used for autism and one of them may be of use for your child. Register to watch it here.

3. Our senior homeopath, Fran Sheffield, has started an online book on the homeopathic treatment of autism spectrum disorders on the Open Homeopathy website to guide parents in the use of homeopathy for their children - whether they are seeing a practitioner or not. This online book will be an ongoing free resource for the autism community and will be supported by a forum where parents can discuss aspects of treatment with homeopathic practitioners. In the meantime, the first part has just been released, so head on over to read it here.

Several studies we've reported on in the past have shown homeopathy users tend to be sick less often and are happier with their treatment when they do fall ill. The following article on lifestyle diseases makes the same point. It concludes with:

"People who opt for homeopathic treatment for a long term fall ill less often and over a period of time also become less prone to stress and feel healthier overall. If along with homeopathy, people make minor alterations to their lifestyle like adding some form of physical exercise on a daily basis, adding more of fresh fruits and vegetables to their diet, practicing yoga etc, diseases can be kept at bay for a very long time and they can live much healthier and longer. The earlier one starts on homeopathy better are the results for the same. Children who grow on homeopathy live much healthier lives and are less prone to diseases and have less absentee from school due to illness. So choosing homeopathy as a treatment option is recommended for better health."

More Information: Homeopathy-an option to Lifestyle Disorders

(An email from Dr Shelton - The FDA is about to change regulations that could deprive you of homeopathy)

Dear Patients and Friends,
As you may know, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has decided to hold public hearings in late April on how Homeopathic remedies are produced and labeled. This COULD reverse a 75 year history that has helped make homeopathy as respected and popular as it has become. Slight changes in regulations demanding hard science could create an environment where manufacturers won't be able to supply even the simplest of homeopathics for our patients.

Folks: THIS IS THE REAL DEAL. We need to act -- and act now. It was decided on a group phone call on Saturday that I should make a presentation tied to my own experience as a physician patient. So I will be traveling to Washington, DC, in April to testify on behalf of the Arizona homeopathic profession.

==== My Story ====
Here I was 30 years ago, a graduate MD of NY medical college, Board Certified in Family Medicine, coming down with pneumonia that after antibiotic healing a week later became a Florid case of life threatening asthma that in the matter of a month made me a pulmonary cripple.
I was placed on:
Aminophylline
- Ventolin inhalers
- Steroid inhalers
- Oral steroids
- Other blockers of all types

ALL TO NO AVAIL. I couldn't breathe while lying down or with the slightest exertion. I was headed for a horrible end when Homeopathy intervened under the direction of several very bright homeopaths. Within 20 minutes of these little drops placed under my tongue my nightmare ended. It was such a life changing experience that I went back to school to learn what I know today and my second career began.

I have graduate degrees in homeopathy, have been medical director for two major homeopathic companies: Heel and Desbio and am now the past president of AHIMA and current head of the Arizona State Board of Homeopathy (our state licensing board for medical homeopathic physicians). Homeopathy filled a huge hole in the Allopathic paradigm that would have let me die and not only did this work for me but it's worked for thousands of patients that I've treated in my medical practice in Phoenix, and for patients treated by other doctors I've helped train.

I'm requesting that each person reading this document tell their own story in a one page document that I can put in a book to bring with me to the Washington hearing. Homeopathy hasn't put all of the scientific peices of the puzzle together as of yet, but that is coming steadily and someday will earn someone the Nobel Prize who finally figures it totally out.

BUT FOR THE MEANTIME -- I NEED YOUR STORIES!

Please simply write me an email and we will see that it is typed properly for presentation. The future of homeopathy is on the line. PLEASE HELP. (Contact details are at: http://www.drbruceshelton.com/

Warmly,

-Dr. B (Dr Bruce H Shelton MD MD(H) DiHom FBIH)