The Master Remedies: 1 Sulphur (Homeopathy in Thought and Action)

Knowledge about homeopathic philosophy is a wonderful thing. But while I find the philosophy of homeopathy to represent an understanding of the nature of healing itself, an understanding of philosophy without an understanding of the homeopathic remedies themselves—that which we call the Materia Medica—won't help you when you have a cold and need to know what remedy to take and how to take it. So here's a piece on one of our most important remedies for both acute and chronic illnesses, Sulphur. It is one of the first remedies that students of homeopathy hear about, and one of the remedies that belongs in every home kit. This booklet tells why master American homeopath J. T. Kent taught his students, "When I prescribe, I prescribe Sulphur."

Sulphur is a particularly important remedy for Vinton McCabe. It was the first remedy that he was given when he visited a medical professional who practiced homeopathy. Within five days after taking that remedy, McCabe noticed such an improvement in what had been considered, to that point, an incurable case of Irritable Bowel Syndrome that had moved well on its way toward Crohn's Disease. It has now been over a quarter century since McCabe has had a bout of IBS. As he likes to point out in his classes, he has not had to take medical of any sort—allopathic or homeopathic—to treat the condition because, as he puts it, “Once you have been cured homeopathically, you have been totally cured. And the whole idea of homeopathic treatment, unlike allopathic, is to get you well and get you off all medication as soon as possible.”