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Some homeopaths instead of sentences say numbers --where something can be found in Organon! Speaking about dogma.

All the points you found in Modi are great for discussion at hpathy.

About the last point:
in acute cases most often single low pot. worked best.I agree with him.

as to chronic diseases-i agree with high potencies.
Also with repeating--but within 24-36hrs. I have problem accepting repetition later. I know Chris said that she checks after a week, but your favorite GV recommends a month! And everyone says that repeating too soon turns cure into failure.

Gunavante described a cerebral hemmorrhage case which (after 7 years) got better after arnica 40M was given once a week!

So i read examples of repeating high potency in chronic cases -- but since all these readings contradict one another I'm going back to SH and he is against repeating too often-and says that after giving the remedy you may not notice any changes only after 20 days.

Also: Andre Saine who takes only difficult cases and specializes in MS said that in such cases you have to go to basics (SH, Lippe, Hering,Clarke,Allen etc) to be successful.

in science, math-there are solid truths mostly, only few holes which you research. In homeopathy are mostly holes-only very few solid truths--to make things worse maybe some not that true.

Proving and clinical data are mixed in all contemp. MM---but
I'd like to have clinical data divided into two groups:
1. accidental proving--i.e. snake bites you, you accidentaly take some poison etc

they belong to provings---and I'd like to have MM and rep. with them

2.someone takes his/her constitutional and gets cured from some ailment
I don't think these data are indicative of anything and shouldn't be in our books.

Actually I'm a microbiologist+have completed (with diploma only, but that's enough) a homeopathy course+had many wonderful-and very good-teachers. I would never ever study medicine-it's too bloody. In college I had a physiology class and it was the hardest class ever (and I had many classes). Homeopathy-(unless you study it in India and have to learn surgery etc) is not bloody but effective. Microbiology is not bloody either!

Actually all MMs and repertories completed in XIX and begining of XX cent. are based on proven symptoms only---the esoterics and idea of "connsitutional remedy" came later. Later it all was mixed up-and you don't know anymore what is reliable and what isn't -- and in homeopathy everything depends on books-so just to be safe -it is better to go back to old masters-not because of dogmas but because of reliability.

But except MMP you will find clinical symptoms in all MMs-some symptoms are too serious to be experienced by provers.
So there are also clinical symptoms but I call many: accidental provings. but these clinical symptoms also led to the remedy--not because someone was blond or not

so I would definitely recommend "dogma" in selecting the remedy. Posology however is quite another matter!

Chronic diseases- I think we more or less agree with high potencies (I must say that prevalent attittude is repetition of low pot.and certainly there are cases in which this is the only possible way like mental diseases or very sensitive people) But chronic dis. in otherwise strong person: I witnessed a cure of epilepsy(healthy young woman) with a single dose of 10M.


But repetition?

I'll go to otherhealth later in the day: yesterday I read about angina pectoris cured by repeating 10M every day for a week!!!
So some homeopaths do that --in "chronic dis." and organon 5 ed. SH also recommends repeating remedies (plussing)-but he writes about lower potencies.

What about plussing HIGH potencies and taking them more often?

1. Sorry, I don't believe the dynamized remedy is transferred with the milk.

There is NO SURE way to know the benefits he observed were not caused by something else.

I don't blame SH for being lost in complexity of the human body (it took science many years to get to know it better and it still surprises: 20 years ago an 18-year old was declared BRAIN DEAD, parents kept her on machines despite good drs advice-and now she starts talking as her BRAIN REGENERATES)--but really, some adjustments to contemporary knowledge must be made--- homeopathic remedies (dynamized) are neither transferred with blood nor through nerves. It's an energy medicine and doesn't use material ways for distribution.
imo

2. remedies are best taken in the morning? what about nux vomica?

If he had been living for all these years SH would have probably presented us with at least 20 editions of organon.
he always improved and experimented- with his death homeopathy got a bit messed up.
Fortunately we also have some brains.

I'm in the middst of "const. similimum"-very interesting dicussion--I agree with HW so far.

I'm trying to get Hans and the rest talking but seems that they cleared the field for now.

ok. Do you have Scholten's MM? (I don't) but I know more or less his views (enough to suspect that Hans is against it).

I guessed right.

They don't like our discussions here...

I think I agree when you are confused talking to yourself.

prophylaxis in homeopathy doesn't involve antibodies- like always in homeopathy dynamized remedies act only on the vf-- correcting any misalignment it might have (whether or not we can see it in the physical body)
If vf is ok there is nothing like prophylaxis in homeopathy.
I thimk so anyway.
they=paraachute, but mostly arnika--and mother's milk of course.

Do you often confuse yourelf BY YOURSELF?
I think you are nuts!

Probably that's why I agree with you most of the time...

Anyway--if you have some time check on Maya -- Pankaj probably will not return here any time soon. And he started-now I only asked her to drop uran-nit.--in Encycl. I read it shouldn't be taken long at low pot.
And I'm off for the weekend=family days!

I am posting Snoopy's questionnaire for chronics-it's a bit different.

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First Name:
Age:
Height:
Weight:

CHIEF COMPLAINT:

1. What is your chief complaint (CC)? Tell as much about it as you can, including what is the worst part of it and why it's the worst: the sensations, the kind of pain, the location, how your energy has been affected (for example, has the complaint made you restless, weak, nervous, anxious, irritable, hypersensitive, effected your thirst and appetite, your body temperature, and so on).

2. When did this problem begin? What happened in
your life around that time? What do you think
caused it?
3. What aggravates the CC and what brings it on?(for example, certain types of food or weather, movement, light, noise, company, talking,
heat/cold, or anything else that you can think
of; please be specific) and what makes the CC better (for example hot or cold, massage, eating, lying still, music, company...)? What does it make you do to try to feel better?
4. At what time of the day or night is the CC the
worst? Specify an hour if you can.
5. What symptoms can you identify that accompany
the CC (whether directly related or not; for example, headache with nausea; or menstrual cramps with diarrhea; a cold with irritability and anger)?

GENERAL QUESTIONS
6. Environment: With regard to the seasons, weather, outdoor temperature, indoor temperature, drafts, air quality, airconditioning, ocean air, mountain air, humidity, the sun/rain/thunderstorms/clouds/fog, etc.: what environmental factors give you comfort and relief, and which ones cause discomfort and distress? Try to give examples.

7. What position is most uncomfortable for you?

8. a)Do you tend to be chilly or warm? Are there parts of your body that are colder or warmer than the rest of you? Is there a special time of day or night when they are colder or warmer? b) Do you perspire a great deal? If so, when? And where on the body? (feet, head, hair, chest, armpits, etc) Does it leave a stain of a particular color? Is there a particular odor?
9. Describe what your tongue looks like.

MENTAL/EMOTIONAL
10. What do you worry about? How do you deal with
worries?
11. How do you keep your house/your desk/your room/your study/your bathroom?
12. How easily do you cry? In what situations?
13. When you are upset, what do you do to help yourself feel better?
14. What makes you angry? What do you do when you're angry?
15. Do you have an emotion that predominates; such as anger, depression, irritability, anxiety, jealousy, joy...or possibly two emotions that tend to alternate predictably?
16. What fears do you have?
17. What have been the most difficult circumstances in your life? How did you cope?
18. What are the greatest joys you have had in
your life?
19. What was your childhood like?
20. What bothers you most in other people? How,
if at all, do you express it?
21. What causes the most problems in your relationships?
22. Do you have any recurring dreams? What are they about?
23. What would you need to feel happy?
24. What do you do for work? Ideally, what would
you like to do?
25. If you were made President for a day, what would you change?
26. When people have criticized you, what were they complaining about? Similarly, when people have praised you, what did you receive praise for?
27. What would you like to change most about
yourself?

FOOD
28. How do you feel before, during and after
meals? How do you feel if you go without a
meal?
29. What would you most like to eat (if you did
not have to consider calories, fat, anything
you've read about the right way to eat)?
30. What foods do you dislike and refuse to eat?
What foods do you react badly to, and in what
way?
31. How much do you drink in a day? Include
sodas, juice, coffee, tea, milk, and
alcoholic beverages as well as water. How
thirsty do you tend to get? What temperature would you like your drinks to be?

SLEEP
32. How is your sleep?
33. Do you do anything during sleep? (speak,
laugh, shriek, toss about, grind your teeth, drool, snore, walk, talk, etc.)
34. Do you have trouble falling asleep? What keeps you awake? Do you wake always at a certain time? What causes you to wake up? What position do you sleep in?

WOMEN
35. Number of pregnancies, number of children,
number of miscarriages, number of abortions
36. At what age did your menses begin? If you
have gone through menopause, at what age?
37. How frequently do they (or did they) come?
38. What about their duration, abundance, colour,
time of day when flow is greatest; any odour
or clots?
39. How do you (did you) feel before, during and
after menses?

HEALTH HISTORY
40. What medications are you taking at present?
41. How frequently do you get colds and flus?
42. Have you had any childhood illnesses twice,
or in a very severe form, or after puberty?
43. Have you had any vaccinations since the
standard childhood ones? Have you ever had an
adverse or unusual reaction to a vaccination?
44. Have you had any surgery? What and when?
45. Have you had at any time (mention year):
warts, cysts, Polyps, or tumors? Where were they located? How were they treated?

46. Do you tend to have any discharges (nasal,
vaginal, etc.)? What is the color, consistency?

SENSITIVITY
47. a) Do you tend to need a smaller dose of
medications than most other people?
b) Do you need less anaesthesia than others,
or have a hard time coming out of it?
c) Do you tend to react to vitamins and herbs
and/or need hypoallergenic vitamins?
d) Are you sensitive to paint fumes, exhuast,
dry cleaning fluid, fragrances etc.?

48. Family history: Mention diseases, causes
and ages of deaths of father, mother,
sisters, brothers and grandparents on both
sides.

49. Construct a time line: Mention from birth
on to the present day, all IMPORTANT events
(emotional and physical traumas,
heartbreaks, divorces, work-related events,
diseases or traumas your mother had while
being pregnant with you, family stress,
death in the family or of friends,
disappointment, etc.) Mention the symptoms
experienced at those moments or which you
can date to those traumas.
50. When you stand in line at the bank or supermarket, how do you feel?
51. When your family member was last sick, what did you do?
52. How is your sexual energy?
53. How do you react to consolation
54. What part of your life do you have the most difficulty coping with.
55. What are your hobbies?

yes-actually many questions are not needed-and I would ask different ones-but I though we might as well have some choice.
Generally I like when people talk, even about something else than syymptoms.

Mind questions changed by dr. leela


9. Mind Symptoms. (This part pertains to your personality and nature. Describe your opinion of yourself, and if necessary get a family member to help you)

Detail your immediate family, ie., what is your position in the family (father/mother/child)? With whom do you live?

How many siblings do you have and among your brothers and sisters, at what position are you? Eg. Eldest, middle, youngest.

What is your educational background? What circumstances caused you to stop, or allowed you to continue?





How would you describe your personality?



Compare yourself to another brother, sister or friend. In what ways do your personalities differ?

What do you enjoy doing in your free time? (hobbies, studying, games, outings, travel, dancing, etc.)

What are your highest priorities in life? What makes these priorities important for you?

Give examples of past or current situations that are or have been especially stressful. What has been your response to these situations? How have those situations shaped you?

Describe your relationship with others, eg., your immediate family, extended family, friends or colleagues. What observations about your behavior do you find others making? .

What things or situations can make you uncomfortable or possibly fearful? (eg., certain animals, people, robbers, being alone, water, narrow places, heights, flying, accidents, dark, death, disease, sudden noises, thunderstorms, the future, unknown, performance, etc?)

Some people keep their home or work space very neat and orderly, and others have pilesbut may also know where everything is. What is your tendency?

What hurts have you endured in the past, and what emotions do you feel when thinking about those hurts?

How would you describe your confidence level? How do you feel about taking on new projects or enterprises?

What aspects of your nature are you unhappy about, and feel you need to change?

Is there any present situation, domestic, personal, economical or social worrying you? Please give some detail.

What emotions--anxiety, fear, anger, grief, etc., are especially troubling for you?

Describe situations which have made you feel doubtful or suspicious.

How are you affected by exercise?

Describe situations which have made you feel jealousy or envy.

When upset, some people look to others for support, while others tend to keep the problem private and don't look for consolation. Where are you in that range of response?

What situations have made you feel sad or depressed?

In what areas of the body do you experience emotions, eg., neck/shoulder tension, tightening of the throat, stomach upset, etc.?

What situations have made you angry? Some people anger easily and forgive quickly, others get angry slowly and forgive slowly. How would you describe yourself?



What else can you add to the above? What points do you feel are most important for someone to understand who you are?

Have you had any childhood experiences that have had a deep impact on you? Please explain.



Have you had Psychotherapy, Counseling, Religious Experiences or Healing therapy before? How has this changed your attitudes or helped you?


Dreams: Please enumerate the type of dreams you get, especially if they've left a strong impression or if they're recurrent. Even if you don't remember your dreams, try to think about any particularly strong or recurrent dreams you've experienced at any time of your life. If the dream or dreams was/were particularly significant for you, please describe in detail.

(For example, do you dream of family, known people, unknown people, ghosts, animals, flying, falling, water, jungles, God, snakes, etc?)