Dear Chizu,

Are you looking for a correspondence school or a school you can go to in person?
www.simillimum.com is an internet school; it's David Little's web site. David is a famous American homeopath who practices in India. He teaches Hahnemanian homeopathy, which means, according to the 6th edition of the Organon by Samuel Hahnemann.

Most schools are Kentian, which means they teach the methods of the 4th and 5th editions of the Organon, methods which Hahnemann repudiated later in his life. The method of prescribing a high potency of a remedy and waiting for up to 2 months for it to act is what is known as Kentian homeopathy, or Kentian prescribing.

By the time he had written the 6th edition of the Organon, Hahnemann had invented a new potency, the LM's, which he said could be taken every day, worked more than twice as fast as the high potencies, and were much gentler.

Kent never lived to see the 6th ed. of the Organon. Kent, by the way, was a famous American homeopath who wrote the repertory, without which, we wouldn't be able to practice. This is why he's so important.

I feel it's really important for people to break the habits of the past and start learning 6th ed. Organon prescribing--because it gives you better control over your cases, there are fewer aggravations, you can treat acutes if they come up in the middle of a chronic case, you don't have to worry about antidoting factors, and in general, it's better for both the patient and the homeopath in every way.

Unfortunately, very few schools teach Hahnemannian homeopathy. David Little, Robin Murphy, and Luc De Schepper have the only 3 schools that I know of that do this.

To learn about Robin Murphy's school, go to www.holistic-arts.com. Luc De Schepper has The New School of Homeopathy in Boston, Mass. USA. His latest book, Hahnemann Revisited, is a text book of 6th edition Organon philosophy. His web site is www.drluc.com

Sincerely,

Snoopy

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Hi Chizu,
You beat me to the punch here, lol .

I was going to post a question along these lines myself.

Recently, I was told by a homeopath who teaches (he's been a homeopath for over 30years) that Kentian Homeopathy is not necessarily Classical, which I had thought originally.

It would seem to me that others' definition of Classical varies from person to person, but after some thought, I've come to think truly Classical Homeopathy would really be based soley on Hahnemann and anyone's methods which FIT within the Principles laid out in the Organon.

I could be wrong and am open to more discussion of the definitions!!

Here's hoping we'll get some fruitful discussion on this very subject .

All the best,
Lisa

Snoopy - you were posting at the same time .

I know of at least 2 or 3 schools in UK that also teach Hahnemannian Homeopathy - although I can't recall the names (this subject was discussed between me and someone, recently, in email). I could ask, tho, if anyone is interested .
Lisa

Snoopy,
Thank you very much for your reply and all those useful information about Hahnemanian internet schools. I understood the difference very clearly, and now I know that I would like to learn Hahnemanian homeopathy for sure.
Is the conflict between those two groups (Harnemanian and Kentian) serious?

Since I an a layman with no medical license, I am looking for a school to attend in person to get a diploma.
There is a school where they teach Hahnemanian homeopathy in Japan where I live, but I would like to challenge to learn it in English... Homeopathy has just introduced into Japan recently. : )

Does anyone know if there is any Hahnemanian school in Australia???
I got an encouraging reply in this forum about schools in Australia before..
Now I am considering the Nature care college and Sydney school of Homeopathy, both in Sydney, but not sure which is which...

And, Lisa~Annan,
Actually, I've read your reply mentioning the differences between classical and
Kentian! I realized then, what I needed to confirm to decide a school.
So, thank you very much!!
I guess one of the Hahnemanian school in UK is The College of Practical
Homeopathy.

Warm regards,
Chizu

hajimemashite Chizu san!
In Melbourne, Australia there are several schools that teach homeopathy, Southern School of Natural therapies, (sorry no web address),
Melbourne school of natural medicine(infomelb@acmn,edu.au),
Australian college of Natural Medicine (http://www.vicnet.net.au/~acnm/) and the Victorian College of Classical Homoeopathy (vcch@hotmail.com).
The first 3 colleges teach homeopathy within other courses and VCCH teaches only homeopathy.(either a 2 year certificate or a 4 year diploma and you do the health sciences off campus) Fees vary between colleges, and the first two are larger colleges. I believe all 4 colleges are quite different in their homeopathic philosophies. I hope the addresses are correct and you can contact them.
Of course it would be very attractive to come here and study at the moment (just doing my travel agent bit!!) with our $A languishing. We really do have a nice standard of living here and the weather is mild....We also have a large expatriate Japanese community living and working here in Melbourne, so you would feel quite at home.
ganbatte kudasai...

Dear All,

The Classical word was coined only after the origin of complex homoeopathy to distinguish between the two. The classical stands for original i.e. based on Hahnemannian Philosophy.
Then we have difference of opinion in using the lower Potencies ( Hughes in England) and High potencies (Kent in USA).

Hahnemann only used "c" and then LM in 6th Organon and when he was using C, he never used above 30c.

Then came along Hering who started using x (decimal)potencies.

But in every respect they all were giving " one remedy at one time" which Hahnemann taught us and which is the classical way to prescribe.

I hope that this helps.


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I would to know the difference among Classical, Kentian , and Practical Homeopathy.
I've been thought that Classical Homeopath now tend to follow Eent, Practical follows Herneman.
(That is what I've told in Japan.)
I would like to know it because I am choosing a homeopathy school now....

I would really appreciate any reply.
Chizu Hirata

I don't like to knock the College of Practical Homeopathy but I have a couple of frends who have been treated by homeopaths from that college and I have been shocked by the prescribing technique used in both the cases. One was a little girl who had asthma and was being prescribed several different remedies to take in the same week, even the same day at high potency and the other was a friend with a liver and emotional problems who was also given a concotion of nosodes high to be repeated several times a week intercurrentky with other remedies. She told me about the prescription after 2 weeks of feeling no different!!! She is now seing a classical homeopath and is on LM's.

I've never used LMs, so I don't know exactly how they work. But one of the attractions of homeopathy for me is that, unlike many allopathic remedies, a dose or three at a high potency can cure permanently or for a long time. In contrast, many allopathic remedies (steroids, various psychiatric drugs) must be taken daily or more, presumably for life. Would a patient on LMs have to take the remedy every day for life, or would the prescriber eventually decide that a lasting cure is not being achieved and switch to a different remedy?

Dear Chizu,

I'll try to answer your questions. First of all, you have to realize that pretty much everyone calls themselves "classical" and "Hahnemannian" whether they deserve to or not; so, if for instance you were to call a school and ask, "Do you teach classical Hahnemannian homeopathy?" The answer would be "yes", I can assure you; in fact, everyone is required to read the 6th ed. of the Organon, no matter what school you go to, and yet, despite all this and all the lip-service given to Hahnemann, when it comes time to prescribe, they give "one-dose-high and wait" every time. According to Luc De Schepper, only 10% of the world's homeopaths do 6th ed. Organon prescribing, and of that 10%, who knows how many are doing it right!

I guess what I'm saying is, the school you wind up going to may not know or teach Hahnemannian prescribing, but you can still learn it by buying Luc De Schepper's book, Hahnemann Revisited, or logging on to David Little's on-line academy.

Sincerely,

Snoopy