Background: Homeopathy is a system of medicine based on the principle, "Like cures like." It is necessary to view the patient as a whole, including the patient's unique individual nature and sensitivity as well as mental and physical symptoms. Recently, the Sensation Method (Bombay method) was devised based on "Seven levels of experience" in homeopathy. The Sensation Method allows one to explore the new depth, "Vital Sensation", which is beyond the level of "Delusion" in the human subconscious. This method can be useful for phenomenological and systematic understanding of the patient. The purpose of this study was to report the treatment procedure and show quality of improvement in detail. We also consider this "Vital Sensation" from the viewpoint of C.G.Jung's unconscious, especially complexes and archetypes. Subjects and Methods: The Sensation Method was used to understand the case of an adolescent somatoform disorder. Homeopathic treatment was started 5 months after standard psychiatric medication. The case-taking process and analytical process of this method are described. Result: The Sensation Method revealed a "Vital Sensation" specific to the patient as well as the features of her mental, physical and general modality. Therefore, the appropriate homeopathic medicine (remedy) was directly selected according to the "Vital Sensation". The patient has shown fundamental improvement and restarted life anew.Conclusion: The Sensation Method can reveal a patient's total individuality as a "Vital Sensation "which is an expression of the patient's own specific energy pattern that shows similarity with the energy pattern of a source in nature (animals, plants, or minerals). In addition, as a point of unconscious structure, "Vital Sensation" could be very closely related to not only Jung's complexes, but also primordial images or archetypes from the collective unconscious. This method and concept can be quite useful for understanding each individual human's inner world and can be widely applied in the practice of psychological and psychiatric medicine. It is hoped that this new way of understanding human experience will be considered in many fields.

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In the preceding paper, I reported a case of a Japanese male child with past life memories as a boy who lived in Edinburgh, Scotland and demonstrated that Cases of Reincarnation Type (CORT) can also be found in contemporary Japan. In this paper, I will report a case of a Japanese female child with past life memories as an Indian girl. She had a birthmark on her forehead related to the memories. Also, she used to show some symptoms of arsonphobia which seems to be attributed to the violent death she claims to have suffered in her previous life. Although the past life personality has not been successfully identified so that the present case should be regarded as "unsolved," consultation with Indians suggests that much of the information she has provided, such as names of her families and descriptions of the households in India, is real and should not be simply dismissed as a child's imagination. I claim that the accumulation of such data as reported in the paper is essential for the understanding of the nature of the phenomena and possible cultural differences among countries where cases occur.

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Objective: To examine clinical effectiveness of treatment methods for post-stroke dysesthesia. The author carried out a single-case randomized trial. Case: A 77-year-old man with a main complaint of dysesthesia at the left lower limb. History of present illness: X-10 years previously, he suddenly became conscious of a sense of detachment. Dysesthesia and paralysis of the left leg developed on the next morning. Lacunar stroke was diagnosed. X years, I commenced once per week acupuncture and moxibustion therapy. After a research- I term, an improvement in the extent of numbness. But it showed dysesthesia at lower limb. Intervention method: Acupuncture using the reactive point treatment based on the Primordial Oriental Medicine (A) and that using and local response points (C) were executed in random order. The patient received 16 treatments in total; eight of each type. Method of treatment: "A" was assumed to be the reactive point treatment and "C", the local response point treatment. The randomization method ensured that both treatments were thoroughly performed. Evaluation method: Numbness was evaluated using the Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) and Pain Vision (PV). Result: Condition was stabled to 10th time. But a main complaint of this cause is theaggravation which depended on unknown was shown. Then it allowed slight remission. No significant difference in clinical effectiveness was found between the two treatments. Conclusion: The present case suggested that both treatments had equal clinical effectiveness and were useful for the Primordial Oriental Medicine of SHIGEN of cerebral infarction.

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In the wake of the March 11, 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake, the devastation felt by those who lost family members was extreme. It is of the utmost importance that support through grief care must be provided to victims of this disaster. In the present paper, I examine the concept of "grief" as a natural psychological reaction to the loss of a loved one, and "grief care," and specifically "bereavement care," as a form of support to those suffering. In the study, I first introduce the three terms from above as they are defined by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the question pointed out in a related newspaper article. Next, I discuss the two manners in which the issue is commonly viewed by researchers, namely, "individual factors" and "human relations." Finally, in order to form a basis of examining the issue, I consider the views of two German philosophers, Max Scheler and Edith Stein. According to Scheler, suffering brings about recognition of a higher value and entrance into a community. Stein shows two ways in which comfort can be provided for those in pain.

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