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11/18/2021

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The world of homeopathy suffered an enormous, irreplaceable loss this week. 

If you have read any of my articles before, then you have unwittingly met Dr. Robin Murphy. I cite him regularly. Dr. Murphy is the man who translated all of the old homeopathy books into every day words and meanings. He brought clarity to all of us homeopaths in explaining the nuances of this artful, intricate science.

I have listened to countless hours of his old lectures. My notes are copious as he so clearly said what needed to be understood. I never met Dr. Murphy nor spoken to him directly, but he did answer one of my questions in his forum (and that one short answer of his gave more clarity and depth to not just the remedy in question, but to homeopathy in general). The bookshelf where I work is lined with 10 sticky notes, 9 of them with Dr. Murphy's words to keep me on track with what is important in taking a homeopathic case.

This fall I enrolled in a year-long class with Dr. Murphy. The 3 live classes we had were fantastic and left me wanting much more. Alas. The classes were temporarily cancelled a couple of weeks ago when he became ill, to give him the time he needed to recover. Last I heard, on Sunday, he was recovering slowly but surely and by Wednesday night the homeopathic chats were filled with the sad news. 

Lots of things come to mind for me with the passing of Dr. Murphy. These same sorts of thoughts popped up last year (when another world-renowned homeopath) Dr. Pratip Banerji died. I'm sure I wasn't the only homeopath who thought, “why didn’t they…?” I’m sure they did. As Dr. Banerji’s father Prasanta Banerji is known to have said, (and, I paraphrase), “Homeopathy can cure all conditions, but homeopathy can’t cure all conditions in all people.”

When I pulled Dr. Murphy’s book off the shelf for guidance for this article on grief, it magically opened to Ignatia. The book knew exactly where I wanted to go. Unlike most of the rest of the book, Ignatia is not all highlighted and marked up. I hadn’t tackled Ignatia from Dr. Murphy’s point of view yet. I have written about Ignatia before (PTSD, Homeopathy can make a heavy world lighter, Accidents, and Dystopia). Ignatia is a very powerful homeopathic remedy for emotions and there aren’t many emotions bigger, or more common, than grief and sadness. 

Dr. Murphy’s Keynote Materia Medica (Murphy 2015, pp 328-329) are the transcribed seminar notes on homeopathic remedies — with lots of back and forth between “RM” and “Student.” He was incredibly generous with his knowledge. He wanted to make homeopathy accessible to people, and he did!

His commentary on Ignatia begins: “Most of you know Ignatia so we won’t spend much time on it. This is the most often prescribed remedy if someone has an acute sudden shock and grief. Hysteria from grief, hysteria in homeopathy means a loss of emotional control: laughing, crying, weeping, irritability, moody, etc. It's for shock from frights, shock from bad news and it's also a black type remedy for shock from disappointments.” There you have it. Now you know why Dr. Murphy is my go-to guy to learn the remedies. He read through all the many, many volumes of the old literature and summed it all up for us in a nice, tidy package. (Trust me, there are no other books that give this information so succinctly.)

He goes on to explain, "the disappointment was a shock to the system and the person has become sleepless, irritable, angry ever since then. A dose of Ignatia 200c will usually neutralize disappointments.”

“… they’re sobbing and sighing and have catching respiration. The sighing is a keynote of Ignatia… They have a lump in the throat, and a tight feeling, and all the acute symptoms of grief, or signs of suppressed grief. They can also have an all-gone feeling in the chest or the stomach since a grief, they have an empty feeling."

“Crying from grief with the inability to stop, uncontrolled crying spells with choking and spasmodic crying.… it’s like a ratching [sic] that’s tearing them apart inside, agony, really acute emotional agony and pain from emotional loss. That’s Ignatia.”

I dare say, that you, too, now have a good idea of the understanding of homeopathic Ignatia.

Like all homeopathic remedies, there is more to it than this. There are deeper levels and further physical manifestations but for today’s purpose, after the homeopathic community lost an absolute giant, that’s all that needs to be said for Ignatia.

Thank you Dr. Murphy for your generosity in sharing your vast knowledge. You will be sorely missed by many.


Julia Coyte, CHom
Classically Practical homeopath


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September 02nd, 2021

9/2/2021

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The world is a heavy place right now. It doesn’t matter what side of the political aisle you’re on or whether you like to wear a face mask or can’t tolerate it for another minute; whether you are a news junky or have gone off the grid in an attempt to tune it all out. Everything about living on this planet at this time in history is heavy.

Geopolitical events and world-wide pandemics aside, heavy times have always existed. Deaths. Traumas. Heartbreaks. Personal failures. Job losses. PTSD. Natural disasters. Familial conflicts. There are plenty of circumstances which can knock a person for a loop. 

Ignatia amara is a highly indicated homeopathic remedy for the effects of grief and worry… for emotional shock, conflict, disappointment, fright and grief. All those difficult emotions that come as part of the package of human existence. 

According to drugs.com, fluoxetine, the generic name for Prozac, “can increase the risk of suicidal thinking.” That doesn’t sound very helpful way to address depression. Homeopathic medicines have no side effects and they don’t suppress the emotions. I like to think that Ignatia takes that big thing that is staring you in the face… that big thing that is blocking your way… that big thing that will not get off your back… and it shrinks it and it puts it on the shelf, just out of your line of vision. You know it’s still there, but it is somehow smaller, more manageable… somehow easier to deal with it and it will still be there when you are ready to deal with it. Homeopathic Ignatia helps to put everything into perspective.

“Ignatia amara can help people who exhibit hysteria and a sense of being stuck in grief” (Johannes 2010, p. 210). Being stuck in grief can last a long time and Ignatia can also help with old, untended griefs, regardless of how long they have been around. 

Unlike allopathic meds that can potentially have unwanted physical effects, homeopathic remedies are known to help the physical ramifications that often accompany grief, like sleeplessness, aches and pains, stomach troubles and heart palpitations, to name just a few.

Life is too short and it moves too fast to be under the weight of the world. If you are suffering your own heavy stuff and would like to see how homeopathy could help you, contact classicallypractical.com and let’s see if homeopathy can help to lighten your load. 

Julia Coyte, CHom
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Johannes, C.K. (2010). Homeopathy and Mental Health Care. The Netherlands: Homeolinks Publishers.
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    I am passionate about homeopathy and I love sharing this passion. Having a working knowledge of homeopathy shouldn't be kept a secret. If people have the ability to help themselves, their children and their friends when they have minor ailments, life just gets better for everyone. That is the purpose behind Ruminating on Remedies. 

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