Max Ventura
C. Hom.
Max (Maxina) Ventura, C. Hom., graduated from the Berkeley Institute of Homeopathy, in California. Her primary teachers were Iris Ratowsky and Jo Daly. She continues to enjoy studies with many Pacific Academy grads in Jo Daly's lower-cost clinic. Over the years she has studied with Karen Allen, Farokh Master, Will Taylor, and counts her appointments with Roger Morrison as part of her ongoing studies. Additionally, she oversaw a 2016 Proving of Teflon and is still working with the data from that proving.
Max came to Homeopathy as many do; her oldest child had a life-threatening allergic reaction to a cat's dander and was reacting to dogs, too. The medical doctor's plan was to give Benadryl for life. Max took her baby to a Homeopath. One dose of the required chronic remedy, and now, 24 years later, they have not experienced this issue again. When her next child was born and was displaying clear signs suggesting Autism (no vaccines, but huge pesticide exposures in Sonoma's Wine Country, including to Roundup and close to 40 other pesticides), he had a trip to the Homeopath and immediately the repetitive motions and sounds stopped. Whenever signs reappeared during his first 10 or 11 years, a trip to the Homeopath set him right back on track. Twenty-three and one-half years later, he has no sign of that susceptibility. Max's third child also grew up with Homeopathy as the family's primary care modality, and all is well.
Max's own descent into unwellness began with repeated Malathion exposures beginning in 1981, part of the state's Medfly pesticides program. Her health took a step further down when given a routine tetanus "booster" in 1993. Living in Sonoma during the 1990s was a time of massive daily exposure to Glyphosate-containing pesticide products. Homeopathic support for Max has been the difference between living mostly homebound for years, and being out and about freely. In her practice, she enjoys seeing patients come to more health and the freedom Hahnemann espoused. She loves it when her patients can move off of pharmaceuticals.
Max started a grassroots group, 'Sonoma Pesticide Alert', which shared information about pesticide dangers and alternatives, and worked to stop statewide pesticiding programs. Later she founded 'East Bay Pesticide Alert', also known as 'Don't Spray California', and continued that work with an informational website available to people across the U.S. for use in organizing within their communities to stop pesticide use.