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André Saine, D.C., N.D., F.C.A.H.

The Heart and Soul of Medicine

Certainty versus Empiricism in MedicineOntario Association of Naturopathic Doctors-TorontoNovember 20, 2011 PreludeYou are called at the bedside of a dying child, perhaps your own, who is in the late stage of meningitis with multisystem organ failure and no hope of

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André Saine, D.C., N.D., F.C.A.H.

Keys for Becoming a Successful Physician

Naturopathic Gathering, NCNM—November 7, 2009 If It’s Worth Doing, It’s Worth Doing Well When I was invited to this Gathering, I had a recent graduate from a naturopathic college working as an assistant in my office. I asked her what

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André Saine, D.C., N.D., F.C.A.H.

The Rational Basis of “Nature Cure”

Naturopathic Gathering, SCNM—November 15, 2008 William Durant, the great American philosopher and historian, said, “Philosophy is the pursuit of understanding through perspective.” There are no subjects more vital to humanity than the ones related to health, disease, healing, and the

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André Saine, D.C., N.D., F.C.A.H.

Homeopathy Has Nothing to Do with Eclecticism

Dear Editors,On June 5, I handed in with great disappointment my resignation as a board member of the HANP. My raison d’être on the board was to support Hahnemann’s homeopathy. With the irrevocable resignations of Peter Wright and Barbara Osawa as editors

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André Saine, D.C., N.D., F.C.A.H.

Homeopathy is a Natural Science in its Purest Sense

The following interview was conducted on September 13, 2001 by Drs. Ralf and Karin Vigoureux of Neunkirken-Seelscheid, Germany, at the time of their three-week visit with Dr. Saine in Montreal, Canada. Parts of this interview were originally published in German

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André Saine, D.C., N.D., F.C.A.H.

Bioccular Transcerebral Iontophoresis

What is it? Bioccular transcerebral iontophoresis (BTI) is a treatment that was developed around 1920 by Georges Bourguignon, M.D., D.Sc., who was a neurologist and neurophysiologist and a member of the French Academy of Medicine. It was first used to

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André Saine, D.C., N.D., F.C.A.H.

Homeopathy without Hahnemann

In recent issues of Homeopathy Today your editorials and book reviews have been more critical of the new trends in homeopathy even to the point of asking the question, “But is it homeopathy?” It is an extremely pertinent and vital question. The

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André Saine, D.C., N.D., F.C.A.H.

Against Divisiveness

Homeopathy Today 2001; 21 (May); 21-22. Dear Editor, It was with a heavy heart that we read the latest edition of Homeopathy Today. The editorial attacks on the ideas of Rajan Sankaran, Jan Scholten, Nancy Herrick, Todd Rowe and others

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André Saine, D.C., N.D., F.C.A.H.

The Causes of Failure in Homeopathy

The following talk was presented at the Nash Conference in New York City, September 9, 2000. Homeopathy is becoming more and more popular. More and more people espouse the profession of homeopathy. At first glance we could suppose that this

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André Saine, D.C., N.D., F.C.A.H.

Prescribing for cases with serious pathology

When I was a kid, my father’s clinic was also our home. In the evening, the treatment rooms would be transformed into bedrooms to accommodate our family of eight kids. At a very young age, I remember roaming in the

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André Saine, D.C., N.D., F.C.A.H.

What is Homeopathy?

Homeopathy claims to be the art and science of therapeutics par excellence. When homeopathy is practiced at its highest standards, it is the treatment of choice to recover one’s health from the great majority of acute and chronic diseases. Homeopathy

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André Saine, D.C., N.D., F.C.A.H.

How to Become a Homeopath (Part II)

The following interview was recorded in January 1994 in Vienna by Liga members Drs. Friedrich Dellmour and Gerhard Willinger, who discussed some basic questions concerning Homeopathy with Dr. Saine on the occasion of his visit to Austria. It was originally

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André Saine, D.C., N.D., F.C.A.H.

How to Become a Homeopath (Part I)

The following interview was recorded in January 1994 in Vienna by Liga members Drs. Friedrich Dellmour and Gerhard Willinger, who discussed some basic questions concerning Homeopathy with Dr. Saine on the occasion of his visit to Austria. It was originally

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André Saine, D.C., N.D., F.C.A.H.

My First Case With a 200 D

One day early in September 1989 at about 9 p.m., I received a call from the family doctor of one of my patients. He conveyed to me that our mutual patient, a 72 y.o. woman, was suffering from a sudden

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André Saine, D.C., N.D., F.C.A.H.

Our Noble and Beloved Carroll Dunham

“His life was gentle; and the elements so mixed in him, that Nature might stand up and say to all the world—THIS WAS A MAN !“ Not only can it be very profitable to study the writing and practice of

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