Body Language and Homeopathy
Language
English
Type
Hardback
Publisher
B. Jain
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Body language and Homoeopathy is a path breaking work fromthe house of one of the stalwarts. The book is divided into welldefinedchapters which are further divided into easy-to-digestsub-sections. The broad division of the text is into 4 sections.Section I deals with Introduction- History and Understanding theLanguage in general. Section II is on Communication - Bodylanguage as communication, Communication skills, Intra-psychiccommunication, Silence and Characters of body language.Section III focuses on the core elements of body language likePersonal Appearance, Gestures, Posture and Stance, Facialexpressions, Eye expressions, Voice and Intonation, Space andDistancing, Tactile Communication, Vocabulary and Universalgestures. Section IV takes care of Homoeopathic perspectiveincluding Clinical repertory and practical cases.The detailed text with illustrations under each and every sectionis indeed spellbinding and insightful. The author has thrown lightover the minutest of expressions and has explained theirsignificance from psychological, philosophical, spiritual andhomoeopathic point of view. The ultimate benefit of this book isthat it widens and expands our consciousness at all levels. Thisbook has a different perspective of understanding not only theworld around us but the world inside each of us. This book willleave a long lasting impression on the mind and will help inincreasing the ability of the physician to observe a peculiarexpression in their patients.This book will also be useful to all teachers, doctors,psychologists, psychiatrists, students, businessmen, actors, laypersons and all those directly or indirectly related to homoeopathyand concerned with the art of healing. The whole new world ofpossibilities and channels of prescribing has been explored andanalysed through this book.
| ISBN | 9788131908884 |
|---|---|
| Author | Ajit Kulkarni |
| Type | Hardback |
| Language | English |
| Publication Date | 2010 |
| Pages | 792 |
| Publisher | B. Jain |
| Review | This book review is reprinted with the permission from the Autumn 2010 Edition of The Homeopath. Reviewed by Francis Treuherz Here is a revolutionary book, a book to change one's perceptions of patients and their remedies based on modern western psychology and kinesics, that does not ask one to change homeopathic philosophy one iota. In fact the ideas and information contained in this fat volume are a great enhancement, and of value equally to students and experienced homeopaths. The long second section gives the background with a detailed examination of human communication through body language, posture, gesture, expression, voice, touch, space and distance and more. Communication skills are early in the book related to homeopathy and observation and interaction with our patients. There are copious examples and many photographs, using neutral models and well-known figures, for example Saddam Hussein posed with his fists clenched over his crotch. I recall George Vithoulkas explaining how the only gesture observed on an unconscious patient he saw in intensive care was this, so he prescribed Hyoscyamus. While this example may appear glaringly obvious once it is explained, there are great subtleties in this book; a huge range of phenomena is explored. The first and last sections deal with homeopathy in an exciting way, photographs, cases, explanations, repertory work, new ideas on families, all related to smiles, touch, gesture as a universal language, when to remain silent, the value of mirroring. The contents range from our remedy kingdoms compared to body language, tips for successful practice and the laptop as a potential barrier. I am not sure that all the examples work. There are references to signatures so that a walnut is shown in section and related to the brain. But an avocado related to the uterus by its shape fails as the photo is of an aubergine. As a final example I shall cite the description of 'combative mode' as I just saw such a patient: Hands on hips, redness of face, short or rapid breath, frequent repetition of certain words and phrases, rapid loud speech, rapid body motions, locked jaw, tightly closed lips, scowling, stiff rigid posture, clenched fist, false sarcastic laughter, frequent exaggerated use of pointers, pouting of lips, firm handshake, strong eye contact. In other circumstances you might wish to cross the road but there is a comparison with fugitive mode and in both modes forward and back, reflective and responsive are compared and all makes sense when you read the examples. Just about all was taught was never to examine a Platina patient without a chaperone in the house, but not how to recognise one soon enough to be useful. It is all here in this fat wellbound new textbook. |
Review
This book review is reprinted with the permission from the Autumn 2010 Edition of The Homeopath.
Reviewed by Francis Treuherz
Here is a revolutionary book, a book to change one's perceptions of patients and their remedies based on modern western psychology and kinesics, that does not ask one to change homeopathic philosophy one iota. In fact the ideas and information contained in this fat volume are a great enhancement, and of value equally to students and experienced homeopaths.
The long second section gives the background with a detailed examination of human communication through body language, posture, gesture, expression, voice, touch, space and distance and more. Communication skills are early in the book related to homeopathy and observation and interaction with our patients. There are copious examples and many photographs, using neutral models and well-known figures, for example Saddam Hussein posed with his fists clenched over his crotch. I recall George Vithoulkas explaining how the only gesture observed on an unconscious patient he saw in intensive care was this, so he prescribed Hyoscyamus. While this example may appear glaringly obvious once it is explained, there are great subtleties in this book; a huge range of phenomena is explored.
The first and last sections deal with homeopathy in an exciting way, photographs, cases, explanations, repertory work, new ideas on families, all related to smiles, touch, gesture as a universal language, when to remain silent, the value of mirroring. The contents range from our remedy kingdoms compared to body language, tips for successful practice and the laptop as a potential barrier. I am not sure that all the examples work. There are references to signatures so that a walnut is shown in section and related to the brain. But an avocado related to the uterus by its shape fails as the photo is of an aubergine.
As a final example I shall cite the description of 'combative mode' as I just saw such a patient:
Hands on hips, redness of face, short or rapid breath, frequent repetition of certain words and phrases, rapid loud speech, rapid body motions, locked jaw, tightly closed lips, scowling, stiff rigid posture, clenched fist, false sarcastic laughter, frequent exaggerated use of pointers, pouting of lips, firm handshake, strong eye contact. In other circumstances you might wish to cross the road but there is a comparison with fugitive mode and in both modes forward and back, reflective and responsive are compared and all makes sense when you read the examples. Just about all was taught was never to examine a Platina patient without a chaperone in the house, but not how to recognise one soon enough to be useful. It is all here in this fat wellbound new textbook.
