AUSTRALIAN
HOMOEOPATHIC
ASSOCIATION
(NSW Branch)

The 6th Australian Homoeopathic Medicine
Conference 2008

Patricia Hatherly

Breast Abscess cured by Lac humanum

Abstract
The primary aetiology for the Lac-humanum state is inadequate time spent at the maternal breast. For women, during lactation, this issue raises its head as the act of breastfeeding becomes a compensatory Simillimum and any attendant pathology is due to unacknowledged anger towards the mother with an abscess representing pent up anger in need of venting.

This presentation outlines the clinical signs that will enable the practitioner to differentiate between a breast abscess and mastitis. The pathophysiology of a breast abscess is outlined with photographic documentation of the usual method of surgical resolution.

This paper then demonstrates (with photographic documentation) the ability of Lac humanum (when it is the Simillimum) to successfully resolve an abscess without the need for surgery.

Keywords : breast abscess; surgery; Lac humanum

Biography
Patricia Hatherly BA DipEd BHSc (Hom) IBCLC AROH MAHA ALCA ANPA is a registered classical Homœopath who has, for 13 years, run a busy clinical practice in the western suburbs of Brisbane.

She has, however, spent over 30 years working with families (particularly mothers and babies) as a Lactation Consultant; Childbirth Educator and Parent Effectiveness Instructor.

This unusual combination of skills, added to the wealth of personal experience acquired through mothering 3 children (all breastfed), gives her a unique perspective on all matters pertaining to lactation and the "lacs".

Patricia is a clinical supervisor and also a lecturer in Materia Medica, at the Brisbane campus of the Australian College of Natural Medicine.

She is the immediate past president of the Australian Homœopathic Association and is the author of The Homœopathic Physician’s Guide to Lactation and supervised the proving of Lac maternum.

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