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HOMEOPATHIC FIRST AID COURSE – TEACHING PACKAGE
Authors: Shilpa Bhouraskar & Michelle Hookham

Information provided below is taken from the HFAC CD case….
Sow the Seed!

“One of the fatest ways to grow a successful homeopathic practice is to share what you know with others. Introductory and first aid classes create well informed communities who then go to practitioners with their more chronic or serious health problems. Patients from these communities are a joy to treat – their increased understanding and commitment to the homeopathic process produce better results for all. Workshops work!” Fran Sheffield

Teaching homeopathic first aid in your community helps to:
- Educate clients and the general public in the basic principles of homeopathy
- Promote homeopathy at a grass roots level
- Improve compliance in care
- Generate a thriving practice

Homeopathic First Aid Teaching Package provides the complete lesson plans and content for four sessions, or twelve hours of teaching. Practice cases, homework questions, and handouts are provided for you to print out and distribute to participants.

In addition, a full powerpoint presentation of the course is included for use as a teaching aid. Diagrams of potentisation and pictures of materials used to make homeopathic medicines help to enhance the learning experience.

Course Outline

Week 1
- Aims & objectives of the course
- Overview of the 4 week course
- Brief history of homeopathy
- Basic principles of homeopathy (Law of similars, Vital Force, Provings, Totality of symptoms, Single remedy, Potentisation)
- Differences between homeopathy & allopathy
- Medicines: Arnica, Aconite, Belladonna, Chamomilla
- Practice cases & homework

Week 2
- General concepts of health & disease, focusing on the natural response of body to pathogens and the impact of emotional, mental and physical stress
- Homeopathic principles continued (predisposition to disease, susceptibility)
- Differences between acute and chronic illness
- Categories of acute illness and conditions that can be treated safely at home
- Guidelines for selecting and administering acute medicines at home
- Medicines: Apis, Arsenicum, Bryonia, Rhus Tox
- Practice cases & homework

Week 3
- Group discussions on safety of homeopathy, including cautionary points
- Framework for acute case taking using locations, sensation, modalities, generals
- Handout of observation checklist to assist with case taking
- Group exercise of taking a case
- Medicines: Coffea, Pulsatilla, Gelsemium, Nux Vom
- Handout on fevers, to reinforce the natural regulatory systems of the body

Week 4
- Recap on course so far
- Examples of acute cases, including medicine repetition
- Handout guidelines for administering the medicines
- Discuss resources to assist with home prescribing
- Medicine differentiation for specific conditions of choice
- Medicines: Ignatia, Hepar Sulph, Ipecac, Mercurius
- Class exercise: practical cases
- Handout a list of resources
- Feedback & farewell