The Healing Power of the Christmas Rose: The Medicinal Value of Black Hellebore

by Johannes Wilkens, Matthew Barton (Translator)

Overview

A medicine with huge potential for treating Alzheimers, stroke, cancer and even Aids, the Christmas Rose (Black Hellebore) is in the process of being rediscovered by doctors and medical practitioners. Once admired by Hippocrates, Paracelsus and Hahnemann but long forgotten, the Christmas Rose is proving effective once again - both in trials and in clinical practice - for healing the serious illnesses of the new millennium. It is also being used to address many other conditions such as Attention Deficit Disorder in children, delayed brain maturation, in gynecology and for joint disorders. Written by a practicing medical doctor, this book offers comprehensive treatment regimes and numerous case studies demonstrating the successful use of this important plant-based medicine. In placing the remedy in historical context, Johannes Wilkens reviews its use by significant figures over the centuries, from Adamus Lonicerus and the founders of herbalism in the Middle Ages and Samuel Hahnemann and the more recent development of homeopathy, to Rudolf Steiner and the emergence of anthroposophic medicine in the twentieth century. Vividly illustrated with color photographs, this pioneering work outlines the critical role that the Christmas rose can play in treating the illnesses of our time.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781912230006
Publisher:	Temple Lodge Publishing
Publication date:	07/28/2017
Pages:	146
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

Dr. Johannes Wilkens was born in 1962 and studied theology and medicine. He was medical director of the Alexander von Humboldt geriatric rehabilitation clinic in Bad Steben, also working in private practice and undertaking numerous research projects in homeopathy and anthroposophic medicine. He was awarded a scholarship grant by the Karl and Veronica Carstens Foundation for studies on wound healing, and by the Continental Insurance group for studies on the homeopathic treatment of stroke. He has published numerous articles on homeopathic remedies, and books on key medical themes such as cancer therapy, stroke, dementia, Parkinson's disease, back pain and wound healing. Since 2005 he has been a permanent member of the extended council of Nature and Medicine, the sponsoring association of the Carstens Foundation, and from 2007/8 has been an executive member of GAÄD (The Society of Anthroposophic Physicians in Germany).

Matthew Barton is a translator, editor, teacher, and poet, and taught kindergarten for many years at the Bristol Waldorf School. His first collection of poems was Learning To Row (1999). He has won numerous prizes for his work, including an Arts Council Writer's Award and a Hawthornden Fellowship.

Table of Contents

Foreword 1

Introduction 3

The Roots of the Christmas Rose 7

Hahnemann and the wisdom of ancient physicians 7

Paracelsus and the Middle Ages 12

Adamus Lonicerus and the founders of herbalism in the Middle Ages 21

The Christmas Rose in the History of Homeopathy and Current Homeopathic Indications 25

Hahnemann and his medicine tests 25

Paediatrics including epilepsy and ADD / ADHD 29

The active constituents of the Christmas Rose 39

Psychiatry and religious manias 43

Gynaecology 49

Joint disorders 51

Geriatrics 54

The palliative care ward 69

The Christmas Rose in Anthroposophic Medicine 72

The significance of the Ranunculae genus 74

The Christmas Rose as Cancer Remedy 90

Testicular and fallopian cancer 94

Brain tumours 97

The side effects of chemo- and radiotherapy 99

Lymphoma diseases 100

Bronchial carcinomas 106

Mistletoe and Christmas Rose 109

Christmas Rose in the Treatment of Aids 121

Epilogue 123

Bibliography 124

Picture credits 127

Acknowledgements 128

Notes 129

Index 130