Beschrijving

This work presents a systematic exploration of mineral remedies within homeopathy, offering a novel method called “group analysis” to understand and classify remedies by their underlying elemental themes. Instead of treating each substance purely as an isolated remedy, Scholten shows how different minerals share core qualities—such as the themes of calcium, sodium, carbon, etc.—and uses these to predict and structure the remedy picture of various mineral compounds.

The book thus serves both as a materia medica (collection of remedy pictures) and a methodological guide: it provides detailed descriptions of many mineral-based remedies, their symptom-pictures, and indications, and simultaneously outlines the logic of the periodic system as applied to homeopathic therapeutics. Through this framework practitioners are given tools to extend their repertoire beyond standard remedies, by deducing likely remedy-pictures based on elemental groupings.

Finally, the work is significant in the field of homeopathy because it proposes a deeper structural approach to remedy classification and case analysis—moving from merely matching symptoms to remedies toward a more systematic understanding of remedy families, predictability, and innovation. The book is therefore both a reference for experienced homeopaths and a stimulating read for those interested in the theoretical foundations of mineral remedy work.