NOOR JOURNAL

Editor’s Note — December

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Learning Again How to Care for Ourselves

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By Dr. Qaisar J. Qayyum, Chief Editor, Noor Journal International

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Many people sense it, even if they struggle to name it clearly: modern medicine, for all its technology, often feels overstretched, rushed, and fragmented. Appointments are brief, specialists are hard to access, and treatment frequently means managing symptoms rather than understanding the person. At the same time, finding a competent, dedicated homeopathic physician has become increasingly difficult, even for those who genuinely wish to explore that path.

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In this context, Huzoor’s homeopathy lectures refer to the structured series of lectures on homeopathy delivered by Hazrat Mirza Tahir Ahmad, the Fourth Head (Caliph) of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community. His engagement with homeopathy was not theoretical. He was largely self-taught, prompted by personal experience after suffering from severe, disabling migraine headaches, which were successfully treated through homeopathy under the guidance of his father. He went on to study homeopathy systematically, bringing to it a strong grasp of modern sciences, including, but not limited to, physics, astronomy, and medical science.

 

This breadth of understanding shaped a teaching style that many medical professionals have remarked upon, often noting that his clear, first-principles explanations helped them better understand aspects of modern medical science itself, not merely homeopathy.

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These lectures become relevant not because they promise alternatives, but because they offer education. They explain how to observe symptoms carefully, how to recognize patterns, how to distinguish acute from chronic processes, and how to avoid unnecessary escalation. They assume the listener is capable of thinking, not merely following instructions.

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What is striking is the clarity of explanation. Medical professionals will recognize disciplined clinical reasoning, while non-medical readers will find the ideas accessible without oversimplification. The tone remains calm, methodical, and grounded in practical experience rather than ideology or rhetoric. Homeopathy is presented here not as belief, but as a clinical method: if a suitable remedy cannot be identified, one should not persist stubbornly, and the patient should be referred appropriately rather than forced into a framework that does not fit.

 

At a time when patients often rely heavily on medical systems yet receive limited explanation, limited continuity, and little opportunity to understand their own illness, this kind of education restores clarity without encouraging reckless self-treatment. The lectures do not dismiss modern medicine, nor do they advocate replacing professional care. They emphasize restraint, timing, and respect for the body’s own responses, ideas that resonate strongly with current concerns about overtreatment and polypharmacy.

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For this reason, Noor Journal of Complementary and Contemporary Medicine is beginning the publication of the video recorded lecture series, presented carefully and faithfully, with minimal editorial interference. This effort is intended for readers who cannot realistically listen to the entire archive, or who face language or time barriers, but who wish to engage with its ideas in a readable and referenceable form.

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We invite readers, medical and non-medical alike, to approach this series as a long conversation rather than a set of quick answers. It rewards patience, reflection, and honest attention.

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We begin now, one lecture at a time.

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Dr. Qaisar J. Qayyum, MD

Chief Editor, Noor Journal of Complementary and Contemporary Medicine
Clinical Assistant Professor, Oklahoma, USA.