H.A Roberts

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This chapter highlights the significant role that Homœopathy can play in treating endocrine disorders, which involve dysfunctions of the body’s glands and hormone-producing organs. Modern physiology now recognizes that many chronic diseases, growth abnormalities, mental disorders, and maladaptations in both children and adults can be traced back to disturbances in the glandular system. The endocrine … Read more

In this chapter, Roberts discusses the nature of the syphilitic miasm from a modern scientific perspective, particularly relating it to the concept of atomic structure and radioactivity. He compares the psoric miasm, which is associated with deficiency and constructive processes, with the syphilitic miasm, which is fundamentally destructive. Psoric remedies lie within the lower atomic … Read more

In this chapter, Roberts examines sycosis from a physico-chemical and pathological perspective, describing it as a miasm rooted in over-construction or excessive assimilation of bodily materials, in stark contrast to psora (which involves functional deficiency) and syphilis (which is characterized by tissue destruction). The sycotic patient, he argues, absorbs the elements of physical construction too … Read more

This chapter delves deeply into the syphilitic miasm (or stigma) as one of the core chronic disease influences in homeopathic thought. It begins by asserting that syphilis, although a relatively modern disease, is a constitutional disorder from the outset. It is not merely a local infection but a deep-seated disturbance of the entire organism. It … Read more

H.A. Roberts discusses Hahnemann’s theory of psora, a foundational concept in homeopathy. Psora has long been debated, but Roberts suggests that rather than dismissing it, we should view it in the light of modern knowledge, particularly through the lens of deficiency. Hahnemann took years to develop the psora theory based on clinical observation, and Roberts … Read more

This chapter explores how psora, one of the fundamental chronic miasms described by Hahnemann, can lie dormant (latent) in the body for long periods, silently affecting a person’s mental, emotional, and physical state. While psora may not always produce obvious disease symptoms, its latent form subtly weakens the vital force, making the body vulnerable to … Read more

This chapter explores how disease classification has evolved through history and how Hahnemann revolutionized its understanding in medicine. Roberts begins by referencing Linnaeus, who classified the plant kingdom, and Cuvier, who organized animal life into four major divisions. Similarly, Samuel Hahnemann, observing the chaotic state of medicine in his time—dominated by superstition and lacking systematic … Read more

In this chapter, Roberts explains that vital energy is the spiritual and dynamic force that gives life, identity, and individuality to living beings. It is the power that animates the human body and maintains the harmony of all life. Although passed down from parents, its source is divine and infinite — a universal energy that … Read more

In this chapter, Roberts discusses the role of temperaments in homœopathic practice, especially in case-taking and remedy selection. Traditionally, there are four main temperaments: nervous, bilious, sanguinous, and phlegmatic, with most individuals showing a mixture but one type often dominating. Temperaments are partly physiological, reflected in a person’s build, skin color, circulation, respiration, and elimination … Read more