| The homeopath`s task therefore consists of finding a simile (a similar) or similimum (the most similar). For this he/she requires a detailed description of the patient`s symptoms including the findings and medical approach of recent treatment. This normally takes time and in cases of chronic illness it may be necessary to conduct a homoepathic questionnaire, registering not only the accuring ailment but also past illnesses and those of relatives. This practice of case analysis, whereby the homoeopath makes thorough recordings, is a main characteristic in homoeopathy and is essential for the homoeopath`s work in gaining a complete impression of the patients personality and momentary state in order to find the exact and adequate remedy. The patients are asked to support the homoeopath`s study of their illness by offering as much information they can. Even information which may seem to be unimportant, ridiculous or even embarassing. From this entire symptomatology and in accordance to the principles of similarity, the homoeopath chooses the most important and striking facts in finding the appropriate cure. In some cases of protracted illnesses, which have been subject to a lot of medical treatment, this can be a difficult task, and a genuine art of healing.
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Medicinal use can be found in plants, metals, minerals, animals (e.g. bees, ants etc), animal secretions (e.g. snake venom, octopus ink etc) and germs.
It might surprise you but substances of daily use like sugar, salt, vinegar, nutmeg or fine herbs are also applied to medical use. Through the process of dynamisation substances attain medicinal potency, which in their original state have hardly no curing power or even toxic effect (e.g. arsenic, prussic acid etc).
There are three different kinds of dynamization employed in homoeopathy, each differing in the compound relation of drug and solvent. There is a:
- D-potency: 1 part drug to 10 parts solvent
- C-potency: 1 part drug to 100 parts solvent
- LM-potency and Q-potency: 1 part drug to 50.000 (fifty thousand) parts solvent
The number in the abbreviation D 200, C 30, LM 18, Q 6 represent the number of the dilution or the dynamisation procedures. E.g. 1 part C 1 could be changed into C 2 by adding 100 parts solvent. |
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Homeopathic remedies sometimes produce remarkable reactions. The patients are therefore asked to observe and write them down because of their importance for the course of treatment. In many cases one remedy is not always sufficient, others may have to be added to the treatment to succeed; however, there will only be one remedy administered at a time.
The american physician Constantine HERING found out that the healing process shows the following regularities:
- Symptoms that show up lastly disappear at first. Symptoms of earlier periods may
reappear.
- The desease migrates from inside to outside, e.g. from an inner organ to the skin.
- The desease migrates from upper to lower parts, e.g. a skin eruption on the arms shows up on the legs during the course of treatment.
If you are interested in getting deeper into the material of homoeopathy, I would be glad to inform you about further introductory literature.
© Markus Brüggenolte
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