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What is the Trick to Homeopahty?

Dear Friends,

I was delighted. I am delighted to find this Forum.

Could I first ask everybody a simple Question. When I learned to play the Fiddle, Snowboard or in fact, anything new I often ask people who seem to know what they are doing

'What is the Trick to Homeopathy?'

Please naturally there are no correct anwsers.

With Love Hamish Crerar from Scotlan
 
  HamishC on 2007-02-21
This is just a forum. Assume posts are not from medical professionals.
Sorry about the typos. I am using a foreing keyboard.
 
HamishC last decade
There are 4 cardinal rules if you mean classical Hahnnemanian homeopathy.

Selection of the remedy most similar to the person's symptoms ('like cures like'.

Use of only one remedy at a time.

Use of a minimum dose.

Use of a potentized (energized) dose.

Beyond that there is a great deal to learn. There are more than 3,000 available remedies, and you need to become intimately familiar with a number of them.

Selection of the right remedy, especially if it is a chronic condition, takes a great deal of skill.

Even if the right remedy is selected (and cure may require a series of remedies), the strength and frequency of the dose is also important.

I think the 'trick' is a great deal of dedication to learning what homeopathy is and how to apply it.
 
Daisy43 last decade
Thank you Daisy43.

You know I have been into Homeopathy for several years but haven't really found the thread.

What does minimum dose mean?

And I struggle with potencies. I believe it all starts in the Mind so tend to go for 1M and above.

Could you recommend the best book to start with these 3,000 remedies. I might as well get one.

Thank You.

I'll be taking a lot out of this Forum for a while but then I hope I can put something back.
 
HamishC last decade
Could you give an example of the thoughts you go through when thinking about potency and frequency.

There seem to be the 3xS and stop brigade, and the 2xS a week until better brigade.

Thanks
 
HamishC last decade
Suggest you put Homeopathy in a search engine. Read some of the websites that look interesting.

There you will learn many amzing things on the subject.

A good start is this one http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homeopathy .
 
robot last decade
Thanks.

I thnk most people will agree that as they go along suddenly some 'truths' fall to them.

One of those truths from a few people go a long way.

Often they are something like 'what people really don't understand about xyz is '

That's what I am looking for.

What's one thing that really stuck for you, perhaps something that changed your original view?
 
HamishC last decade
Hamish, more than one revelation for me but they have all been important in my continuing development to use rather than abuse the incredible healing powers of homeopathy.

The first is, as an energy medicine, how different it is from allopathy and the struggle to not use homeopathy allopathically since that is how I was raised. Although a remedy may appear to help, if not carefully chosen it may be suppressive instead. To me, the point of using homeopathy is to strive for a cure rather than a suppression.

The second is that it is very powerful, and potentially dangerous, so to use it respectfully. This is where minimum dose comes in. If you not very certain about what you are doing, then I believe it is a serious mistake to be pushing the higher potencies. I am comfortable using remedies like Arnica in high dose, but most of my stock is 30C. Often that really is all that I need. If the problem is not critical, then really no reason not to start with a lower potency and work your way upward as you determine whether it appears to be the right remedy.

The third is an appreciation that I am a very long ways from understanding how to use homeopathy for chronic conditions and I should not deceive myself that I have a clue. I leave that to my homeopath, and deal directly on acute or first aid situations instead. That means also recognizing the difference between an acute condition and an acute manifestation of a chronic disease which needs chronic treatment instead for real cure.

The overall revelation is that health is not what I always assumed it to be. The vital force is a difficult concept for those of us raised in traditional western science, but I have seen too many benefits from ultradiluted homeopathic remedies to doubt its existence.

There is a great deal of educational material at hpathy.com and simillimum.com. If you were able to absorb Hahnemann’s Sixth Organon, that would answer your questions about dosage and frequency.
 
Daisy43 last decade
Thank you again.

I think then I am most interested in the consitutional remedies.

Get the persons natural harmony back and with time most other/ all other things will generally fall into place.

So could you help me find a list of constitutional remedies.

Thank yoiu again for your insights.
 
HamishC last decade
I think any remedy could be a constitutional, although the deeper acting ones or broad-ranging polycrests might be more likely. It can change over time because your health (for better or worse) on a physical, emotional and mental level can also change. Sometimes it changes in response to homeopathic treatment. There may be layers that have to be broken through before a seemingly well chosen remedy can act.

These are some of the reasons I think it is important to see an experienced homeopath. Even if you are very familiar with the remedies and treatment protocols, it can be very difficult to self-treat this way. There is a lack of perspective when we are the patient. So very good homeopaths often seek the advice of a second homeopath in these situations.

At any rate, one of my favorite resources is Philip Bailey's paperback, Homeopathic Psychology: Personality Profiles of the major Constitutional Remedies.
 
Daisy43 last decade
Thank you. From experience I agre self prescription is really hard.

Not least becasue I feel Psychological Homeopathy can mean Self-Anialation of Psyche. Hard for even the bravest to do. Truely to release the self.

Thanks for the reference. Brain Kapland wrote an interesting book but didn't go far enough into the Remedies.

I kiss you.
 
HamishC last decade
Interesting read!
 
Christina2 6 years ago

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