Ketamine: A Conversation with Nancy Herrick

This is it- the final, short and sweet episode in the homeopathy and psychedelics series. A few more reflections and what's coming for Season 7.    Links for this episode:  www.chacruna.net 

The penultimate episode in the series asks the question- are psychedelics homeopathic in anyway?  I review psychedelics considering the four pillars: similars minimum dose totality individuality Links/Sources for this episode:  How to Change Your Mind, Michael Pollan, Penguin Books, 2018. P149, p151-153, p177 Organon of the Medical Art, Dr. Samuel Hahnemann, edited by Wenda Brewster O'Reilly, 1996 aph. , 6, 7, 23, 57, 58, 60, 63, 69, 100, 103  The 'Hyoscine Cure'  A Brief History of Microdosing  University of Chicago study  Gallium proving  

My guest today is Vanessa Black, homeopath and Phd. student.  Vanessa has had a front row seat to what happens when people self-prescribe psychedelics to an extreme degree, and how homeopathy can help right the imbalance.  *please not there are swear words in this episode*  We discuss the shadow side of the hype of psychedelics.  Links for this episode:  Vanessa's website:  https://www.functionalalchemy.org/ Articles exploring risk, reality, bias, and research:  Can magic mushrooms unlock depression? What I’ve learned in the five years since my TEDx talk The Psychedelic Utopia is a Lie  Inside the Dispute over a High Profile Psychedelic Study  Confessing Grandiosities     

Dr. Jenna Labbe-Watson started in the vitalist tradition of Ayurveda and made the transition to psychology. Serendipity brought her to ketamine, and she shares her personal and professional experience with me in this 6th episode in the homeopathy and psychedelics series.    Links for this episode:  Dr. Jenna Labbe-Watson  The Ketamine Papers

Nancy Herrick, Hahnemann Clinic, is a senior practitioner and international teacher of homeopathy. A few years ago, a client with intractable insomnia led her to try low dose ketamine. She has not looked back. Nancy shares how she now prescribes ketamine to many of her clients, either alone, before or alongside homeopathy treatment.  Links for this episode: European Journal of Anesthesiology The New Yorker  

David Malcolm Shein, homeopath at Blackbird Homeopathy shares with me his experience at a 28 day ayahuasca retreat in Peru. Concepts of regimen and potentization in homeopathy are reviewed and discussed.  Links for this episode:  Ayahuasca Foundation  Plant dietas  Ayahuasca Churches  Tim Ferris, Business Insider  Chacruna.net 

Psychedelics and homeopathy have an interesting resonant history: from the first 'trip' of LSD as an accidental proving, its origins in chemical components that are found in Ergot- or the homeopathic remedy, Secale- to Dr. Humphrey Osmond, a London psychiatrist who later mentored a homeopathic doctor of 42 years, it's a strange coincidence.  Links to sources used in this episode:  Ayahuasca  Mescaline  MDMA How to Change Your Mind  Michael Pollan, Penguin Books, 2018; p. 141, 108, 109, 106, 110, 114, 23, 24, 26,145, 146, 155, 156,  Ketamine Psilocybin Child eats mushrooms  Life Magazine  Doors of Perception Magazine  Estrada, Alvaro. Maria Sabina: Her Life and Chants. Santa Barbara, Calif. Ross-Erikson, 1981 New York Times 1970 archives  Albert Hofmann "The Accidental Discovery of LSD"  The Organon of the Medical Art , Sameul Hahnemann, edited by Wenda Brewster O'Reilly, Birdcage Books, Palo Alto, CA 1996, original 1842 by Samuel Hahnemann ; p146-147, p151 Sue Young Histories  Dr. Philip Bonnet obituary  The Journal of Orthomolecular Medicine, Vol. 2, NO. 1 1987- researchgate.net The Nation   

Kristina and Mike share their experience with microdosing psilocybin mushrooms, growing and sharing them in their community, and the need for additional therapeutic support.  This is Episode 2 in Season 6- the Homeopathy & Psychedelics.  Links in this episode:  Marijuana Moment 

1M Pocast is back with Season 6!! Over the course of the next 6-8 episodes I'm exploring the phenomenon of psychedelics- their history, therpeutic use, current and past research, and their interesting but surprising connections with homeopathy.    Sources and links for this episode:  MDMA may be legalized for therapeutic use by 2023  "The Challenges of Psychedelic Research"  How to Change Your Mind, Michael Pollan, Penguin Books, 2018; p 42  Homeopathy Research Institute Johns Hopkins Psychedelic Research Institute Homeopathy Products Market, Projections  

Judyth Reichenberg-Ullman is a homeopath with decades of practice, and a best-selling author. Find her at https://healthyhomeopathy.com/about-dr-judyth-reichenberg-ullman/