How does a homeopath get from the person sitting in front of them to the remedy recommendation?
In Episode 121 of Strange, Rare & Peculiar, Denise Straiges and Alastair Gray take on one of the most important and least understood parts of homeopathic practice: case analysis — the clinical thinking that happens after the story has been gathered and before a remedy is selected.
And as Denise makes clear, there is no single way to do it.
A homeopath may need to look at the totality of symptoms. Or the organ affinity. Or the physical generals. Or the miasm. Or the simple language of the case. Or the constellation of symptoms. Or the keynotes. Or the pattern that only becomes visible after the case has been mapped, revisited, and thought through from more than one angle.
That is why this work cannot be reduced to protocols and shortcuts.
One of the central themes of this episode is education: what it really takes to learn how to think like a homeopath. Denise and Al talk about why students need exposure to many cases, not just polished examples or memorized remedy pictures. Case analysis develops through clinical training, supervision, repetition, and the discipline of learning how to choose the right lens for the case in front of you.
That matters because complex cases do not arrive in neat categories, especially in 2026.
Episode 121 is a conversation about the work behind the remedy — and why real homeopathy depends on learning to see the case from more than one angle.
Scroll down to listen to the full episode of Strange, Rare & Peculiar: Homeopathy Case Analysis: Why One Method Isn’t Enough.
Links mentioned in this episode:
- Give the Gift of Homeopathy Auction — supporting the HHN Care Grant Program.
- AHE Open House: Inside AHE — Training, Clinic, and Student Life — June 24 at 7 pm Eastern.
- Homeopathy & Integrative Wellness Free Webinar Series with Denise Straiges.
- Academy of Homeopathy Education Events Page
- Homeopathy Help Network — request care or learn more about accessible homeopathy services.
- HHN Care Grant Program
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Strange Rare Peculiar is a weekly podcast with Denise Straiges and Alastair Gray of the Academy of Homeopathy Education discussing everything you REALLY need to know about homeopathy. We’ll look at philosophy, practice, research,and education–all with a little bit of history. If you want to know why we still can’t get enough homeopathy after a combined 50+ years of study and practice, we invite you to join the conversation!
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