For the practitioner whose case may belong to the fungal kingdom: Frans Vermeulen’s Fungi: Kingdom Fungi, volume 2 of the Spectrum Materia Medica.
The reason for the book is thin coverage. Vermeulen counts 72 fungal remedies in the repertories and encyclopaedias, many of them only a name in the abbreviation lists; only 13 might possibly turn up in a repertorisation. Our picture of the kingdom has rested on three: Agaricus, Bovista and Claviceps [Secale]. To widen that base he turned to the biology of the fungi themselves and combined it with scattered homeopathic sources, building a working hypothesis for recognising patterns.
He gives weight to the biology of each fungus, convinced that likeness between remedy and patient is a matter of analogy between their natures.
The book covers fungi, moulds, yeasts and lichens, and adopts the current biological classification, which puts them in a kingdom of their own. The printed book also has a glossary and a section at the back linking fungi with minerals, pathology, trees and insects. Check what your package already includes on the package comparison before adding it.
