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I've found a little more info about the book (which I plan to get, BTW - thanks so much for posting about this, Oxygenbabe).

There is also a Table of Contents (below), and I see that the author uses some of the information that Frans Vermeulen has put together. I'll also post the sources that Vermeulen used for his homeopathic information regarding Lyme Disease in his own book, and I think you will like most of what you see in his sources (some came from LymeNet and some from ILADS!).

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http://www.homeopathic.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=HES&Product_Code=ALE-HOM

We are very pleased to present the English translation of Peter Alex's book on the "Homeopathic treatment of Lyme Disease," first published in German in 2005. The importance of this work cannot be overstated. In addition to the clarity of the author's presentation on the usefulness of Homeopathy in the treatment of Lyme disease, we also are gifted with his insight into the nature of epidemic disease, our positive interrelationship with bacteria and the trouble that may result whenever we disregard nature's laws. Written for the homeopath as well as the lay person interested in getting to the cause of illness, this booklet contains a wealth of philosophical information as well as cogent practical advice for the treatment of Lyme disease.

This book also includes cases of Lyme disease by several highly respected homeopaths, including Bill Gray, MD, Howard Fine, ND, Beth Rotundo, Homeopath, Matthias Richter, ND, Rocco Kirch, ND, Jens Kirchner, Veterinarian and Naturopathic Physician, Alize Timmerman, Homeopath...

Table of Contents
Translator's Preface 9
Acknowledgments 11
Introduction 13

Part 1
Theory & Practice 15
Infectious Disease [F. Vermeulen, P. Alex] 15
Classification and Cultural Symbolism of the Spirochetes, 22
[F. Vermeulen]
What is Lyme Disease? 28
Synergistic Factors in the Origin of Lyme Disease 33
Clinical Expressions of Lyme Disease [F. Vermeulen] 35
Allopathic Prevention and Therapy 51
Prevention through Homeopathy 53
Homeopathic Principles in the Treatment of Lyme Disease 59
Homeopathic Research in Lyme Disease 62
Conclusions 67

Part 2
Aurum arsenicosum -- a Proving 73

Part 3
Case Reports 97
Homeopathic Cure of Lyme Disease
Cases 1-2 98
Bill Gray, Homeopathic MD
Case 3 99
Howard Fine, Naturopathic Physician
Case 4 101
Beth Rotundo, Homeopath
Cases 5-6 104
Matthias Richter, Naturopathic Physician
Case 7 110
Rocco Kirch, Naturopathic Physician
Case 8 114
Jens Kirchner, Veterinarian and Naturopathic Physician
Case 9 119
Alize Timmerman, Homeopath
Cases 10-15 123
Peter Alex, Veterinarian and Naturopathic Physician
Homeopathic Cure of Lyme Disease in Animals
Case 16 162
Jens Kirchner, Veterinarian and Naturopathic Physician
Bibliography 165

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Sources:
[1] Joanne Rubel, Lyme Disease, Symptoms & Characteristics; A compilation of peer-reviewed literature reports. Website Canlyme.com.
[2] B.A. Fallon et al., The Neuropsychiatric Manifeatations of Lyme Borreliosis. Website LymeNet.org.
[3] Jenifer A. Nields, The Clinical Experience of Lyme Disease: Patient Perspectives and the Psychiatrist's Role. Website LymeNet.org.
[4] T.M. Grier, The Complexities of Lyme Disease. Website Canlyme.com.
[5] Lyme Disease Symptom List. Website Lymedisease.org.
[6] Virginia T. Sherr, The Physician as a Patient: Lyme Disease, Ehrlichiosis, and Babesiosis; A Recounting of a Personal Experience with Tick-Borne Diseases. Website Ilads.org.
[7] Audrey Stein Goldings, Controversies in Neuroborreliosis. Website Ilads.org.
[8] B.A. Fallon, Late-Stage Neuropsychiatric Lyme Borreliosis, Differential Diagnosis and Treatment. Website Wadhurst.demon.co.uk.
[9] R. Bransfield, The Neuropsychiatric Assessment of Lyme Disease. Website Mentalhealthandillness.com.
[10] Lyme Disease: A Diagnostic and Treatment Dilemma; Witness List, Oversight Hearing for the Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources, August 5, 1993.
[11] Personal Stories. Lymealliance.org.
[12] Faces of Lyme Disease. Lyme Disease Foundation.
[13] Dorothy M. Pietrucha, Neurological Manifestations of Lyme Disease in Children. Lymeallaiance.org.
[14] Marian Rissenberg & Susan Chambers, Distinct pattern of cognitive impairment noted in study of Lyme patients. Lyme Times, Vol. 20, January-March 1998.

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Homeopathics for heavy metal detox per se is not recommended.

The subject among the knowledgable doctors is no longer for discussion. Hasn't been for years.
It does not work and/or effects are bad.

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I first learned from Dr. K. in 1998 that homeopathic treatment for mercury does not work, because I was using it!!!!!! on my own before I learned more...... I know that the discussions went on for several years until finally agreed that homeopathic mercury does not remove mercury from the brain.

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Well, of course it doesn't!! There's the basic problem: This is NOT homeopathy.

Dr. K. - and presumably his fellow docs who came to these conclusions - are trying to practice ``isopathy'', not homeopathy. You cannot state that ``homeopathy does not work'' for something-or-other if you insist on using it in an isopathic manner.

If the patient's symptoms do not match the ``remedy picture'' of Mercury, taking homeopathic Mercury will do little or nothing to help get rid of the metal.

The same goes for the use of nosodes. They can be very helpful when properly used, but unless your symptoms match the symptom picture of a healthy person who takes that same nosode, it will not effect a healing or a permanent cure of a chronic problem.

If you get exposed to poison ivy, you don't automatically reach for a remedy made from poison ivy (Rhus-tox.) There are actually much better remedies out there to completely eliminate the effects of the poison ivy.

Let me give some examples of what experienced homeopaths have stated on other threads when asked specifically about heavy metal detox. (And these homeopaths have studied under some of the best - Robin Murphy, Luc DeSchepper, S.K. Banerjea, Alan Schmukler.):

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``Correct the pH balance of the human blood by giving proper diet and use homeopathy to treat the presenting individual symptoms and the disease or problem goes away.''

``The best homeopathic approach is complete case taking and then selecting the similar remedy.''

``The homeopathic remedy chosen according to the symptom profile will produce detox.''

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``To think we should go one by one and take homeopathic remedies-- mercury, for example-- on an assumption about the inevitable presence of mercury in the body, rather than on the presence of actual symptoms of mercury, would be a foolish use of homeopathy.

``But, here's an actual case for you. A man came to a homeopath, my friend Alan, with all the symptoms of Argent-nit. , which is homeopathic Silver Nitrate. Alan asked him about his job. It turns out that part of his work consisted of using silver nitrate. This man was "proving" silver nitrate, he had all the symptoms: anxiety, agoraphobia and so on. Needless to say, he was cured by the very thing that caused his problem. ``

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