Law of Similars, Constitutional Medicine, Holistic Homeopathy | Jerry Kantor

Homeopathy is often viewed as an ineffective pseudoscientific scam. Knowledgeable practitioners, however, get great results for their clients. Usually, as a last resort when other systems fail. This conversation unpacks the science, mechanisms, and use cases of homeopathy.

📕  Video chapters
00:35 Acute illness detoxifies while chronic illness informs
03:15 Jerry's non-negotiables for health, performance, & bioharmony
04:10 What is homeopathy?
05:12 What is the law of similars?
07:48 What is the law of inculcation?
08:39 What is the vital force?
11:36 Lead has a consciousness
13:03 Homeopathy vs conventional medicine
15:19 People are not cars
16:21 The analogy of the key and the keyhole
17:15 Creating a keyhole profile of a person
18:05 Qualitative vs quantitative approaches in modern medicine
20:55 The trituration theory/form
22:38 Jerry's background - How he got into homeopathy
24:23 What is phenomenology and how it works?
26:25 History of and sentiments towards homeopathy around the world
28:47 Jerry's diagnosis, treatment, and prescription process
30:18 Spiritual forensics
32:37 To a homeopath, the past matters more than the present
33:20 The remedy is a permission slip to the subconscious
35:52 The spiritual forensics process
38:38 How does homeopathy compare to modern medicine in detecting symptoms?
41:55 Homeopathy enhances your progress through karma
42:54 How does the success of homeopathic remedies compare to that of modern medicine?
45:42 Psychopharm is harmful?
46:55 What stood out for Jerry as he carried out research for his book 'Sane Asylums'?
48:27 Mary Todd Lincoln's madness was treated with homeopathy?
49:50 When you steal history you close off possibilities.
50:44 Acupuncture was once considered illegal
51:23 You can't kill something that's a law of nature
53:35 Existential questions don't have a 'yes' or 'no' answer
54:26 In homeopathy the differences in people matter more than the similarities
55:37 Are all fevers dangerous?
58:53 Does over-the-counter homeopathic medicine work?

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📝 About our guest
Jerry M. Kantor is the author of four other books: Interpreting Chronic Illness, the Convergence of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Homeopathy and Biomedicine; The Toxic Relationship Cure, Clearing Traumatic Damage from a Boss, parent, lover or Friend with natural, drug-free remedies; Autism Reversal Toolbox, Strategies, Remedies and; under a pseudonym, Heymischer Homeopathy, the Schmendrick’s Guide to Remedying Yiddish Kvetches. He holds a BA in Philosophy from Queens College, CUNY, a Masters's in the Management of Human Services from Brandeis University, and is a graduate of the Advanced Acupuncture Program for Foreign Students, Nanjing College of Traditional Medicine, Nanjing Peoples Republic of China.

Mr. Kantor’s Boston area acupuncture and homeopathy practice specializes in pediatrics, mental illness, autism spectrum ailments, autoimmune conditions, and infertility. He lectures and teaches across North America, and is a faculty member and board member of the British Institute of Homeopathy. He was the first acupuncturist granted an academic appointment at Harvard Medical School’s Department of Anaesthesiology. A longtime practitioner of qi gong and tai qi, Jerry holds a fourth-degree black belt in the Japanese martial art Aikido.

🔑 Key takeaways
- “Acute illness detoxifies while chronic illness informs”
- Characteristics of a substance/remedy matched to a human constitution
- Homeopathy once was the standard of care and is still a primary medicine around the world

🔗 Links
- Full episode show notes: https://mindbodypeak.com/98
- Music by Luke Hall: soundcloud.com/c_luke_hall

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