Homeopathy for Hormonal Healing in Women by Gaurang Gaikwad

• “Every woman is born with a clutch of around a million eggs, she will never grow another.

• Therefore, the egg that you and I come from, lay within the womb of our maternal grandmothers, as our own mother grew our egg within her own tiny ovaries, when she was still in utero.” – Melissa Assilem.

• After a 22-page initial chapter devoted to Case Taking, the author presents eighteen more:

• Miasmatic Prescriptions, Dysmenorrhea, Leucorrhea, Puberty, Adolescence, and Menopause, Dysfunctional Uterine Bleeding, Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome - PCOS, Uterine Fibroids, Endometriosis, Diseases of the Breast, Infertility, Disorders of the Female Genital Tract, Cancer, Pregnancy-/Related Disorders, Burnett's approach, Tautopathy, Potency Selection, Indian Remedies, and Case Studies.

• Nearly all chapters contain charts, comparative materia medicae, and cases. For example, in Chapter 11, “Infertility,” he discusses the Natrum salts, Aurum-mur-nat., Aurum iod., Iodum, Borax, Arg. nitricum, Gossypium, Abelmoschus, Aletris far., Anantherum mur., Viburnum op., Cantharis, and Asterias rubens before finishing with Jeremy Sherr's brief materia medica of Salmon:

• “Oncorhynchus tshawytscha (Salmon) Jeremy Sherr's writings:

• “The wild salmon circles thousands of miles of ocean to return to the river of its birth.

• There, it spawns another generation before it dies. The salmon's trip upstream is a struggle to overcome obstacles and requires extreme muscle control and strength. Provers had a deep sense of grief and sadness, and they did not know where they belonged. They felt trapped in a situation and felt unable to get out, there was a desire to walk for miles and to travel great distances.

• “They have deep yearning for a soul mate and finding true love. They experience disappointment from the past. They want everything under control (DD: Carc. and Foll.), especially a mother's tendency to control her children. Having babies is a dominant theme and they have heightened sexual energy. Water figured prominently in the proving in many physical symptoms and dreams. Dreams of water, ocean, fishes, and floods. Interestingly, all sorts of floods occurred in the provers' houses as sinks, toilets, and tubs overflowed.

• “Family and reproduction are the main things for Salmon patients—a deep longing for children and to get pregnant.

• “I dream about children all the time.” Fear of not having children.

• “Desire for home,” for relationships with someone special.

• “Desire for extreme measures to get pregnant.”

• “Desire to be productive (constant efforts).”

• “Perfectionist.”

• “Desire to be alone.”

• “Themes of water, circles (desire for baths).”

• “Craving for chocolates, meat, salmon.”

• “Sharp, stitching, stabbing sensations.”

• “Heightened senses.” – p. 242.

• “This, the latest work from Dr. Gaikwad, will please the beginner as well as experienced homeopath. There are well over fifty cases presented, many contributed by physicians other than Gaikwad and most include repertory charts. If the reader is unfamiliar with the approach of James Compton Burnett, the reader is treated to a brief summation in Chapter 15. Though short, it should whet one's appetite to further explore the realm of that great 19th century British low-potency prescriber.

Note

Gaikwad G. Homeopathy for Hormonal Healing in Women. 2024. Hardcover, 406 pages; 6" 9". ISBN: 978-93-340-9969. $130 USD (special price $80). www.drgauranggaikwad.com. Email: [e-mail]. Foreword by Jayesh Shah, MD.

Publication History

Article published online:
09 August 2025