One of the best materia medica presently available!

[Dana Ullman, MPH]

Friends,
Richard Pitt was one of the early founders of the Pacific Academy of Homeopathy, and he has just written what I consider to be one of the best materia medica in print.
Called “Comparative Materia Medica: Integrating New and Old Remedies,” this 524-page book is FULL of good, solid information and insight about both new AND old remedies. However, what I like about it the most is that he COMPARES remedies that are similar. Of very special benefit here is that he provides comparative insights on some of the new remedies with some of the old and trusted ones. What is great here is that we all know basic information about the old remedies, and Richard Pitt’s comparisons with some of the newer remedies helps us to consider these newer remedies when the older ones are not working when we expect them to do so.
Here’s some more information about this book, though there is even greater information at my website:

https://www.homeopathic.com/cms-global/ ... uctId=1509
Comparative Materica Medica: Integrating New & Old Remedies

By Richard Pitt

This book offers an original perspective on comparative materia medica, incorporating information on newer and less understood remedies within the framework of well-known remedies. It clarifies and systematizes our study of materia medica, allowing us to navigate the complexities of materia medica study more effectively.

There are thirty-six chapters, each one focusing on a well-known remedy, giving an initial summary and utilizing a three-stage development for each remedy – Intrinsic, Compensated, Decompensated – that relates to the three fundamental miasms of Psora, Sycosis and Syphilis. Each remedy is compared and discussed within this framework, weaving comparisons with many other remedies in the process.

Understanding how to relate and compare remedies is essential in the development of homeopathic knowledge and this book explores comparisons and relationships from many perspectives – constitutional, mental, pathological, miasmatic, keynote, organ affinity etc.

There are discussions of remedies from all realms: animals such as insects, birds, mammals and sea remedies; common and unusual mineral and metal remedies and plant and other vegetable remedies, including fungi. Remedies from the bacteria and virus families and other imponderabilia are compared, always looking at possible connections to well-proven and documented remedies.

A Comparative Materia Medica offers a bridge; it allows for the exploration of new areas of homeopathic knowledge, and seeks to ground our existing knowledge into a coherent pattern so the practice of homeopathy can be objectively applied and verified.
Also, HPATHY.COM just published an excellent review of this book: http://hpathy.com/book-reviews/comparat ... hard-pitt/
Dana Ullman, MPH, CCH

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