I actually called the Ullman's office once. The fees are very high, though not unusual for the area.

Lisa, I realize he needs the care of a homeopath. I know I don't have the knowlege of a trained homeopath. But I have been studying and prescribing for my family for 15 years, so I'm not completely in the dark. What would you do in my situation? My husband absolutely forbids me to spend any more money on alternative healthcare. But my child desperately needs help for his immune system. He gets sick constantly and my constant fear is that the next illness won't be a simple cough or cold but something much more serious.

I do understand the basic principles of homeopathic prescribing, Herings law of cure, the totality of the symptoms, etc. I don't give a remedy before very carefully studying for days using several repertories and materia medicas . I never give a remedy on a whim. And I watch his reaction to the remedy very carefully in an attempt to assess whether it reflects that I've made the best choice, only a partial similimum, or the incorrect remedy. I know how to antidote in a worste case scenario. I have made my share of mistakes and have learned a great deal. I have the deepest respect for the power of the remedies.

I checked Hans' websight. I don't know how to convert Euros to dollars, but his fees for an online consult seem similar to the homeopath we saw in Seattle. Otherwise I believe I would trust him to help me, he seems very knowlegeable.

I have not dosed him yet. I believe I will go ahead and post his history however long it takes and see if anyone wants to make a suggestion. I will not treat this as a true homeopathic consultation, but getting input from a trained homeopath would be better than nothing at all. My only other choice is to go to his PCP who will just tell me to put hydrocortizone and antibiotics on it. That's not health care at all in my opinion as it does nothing but harm. And as far as the weak immune system, he'll either tell me it's normal or put the poor guy through a bunch of invasive tests that will tell me what I already know, his immune system is weak.

And about putting a name on an illness, I realize you need no name for the illness in order to repertorize the symptoms. I'm just used to naming it since most people only understand illness from that perspective. Also, my repertory has rubrics with disease names which are sometimes very helpful to me. The rubric for "impetigo" helped lead me to the remedy I am currently considering.

Thank you!