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Using two remedies at once
Can you use two remedies at once, say Cantharis & Hepar Sulph?Thanks Dawn
cutiecavies on 2009-01-29
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I dont think so, at least my homeopath always tells me to stick to one at a time but change as the symtoms require.
Caren Ingold last decade
Homoeopathy works on the fundamental principle 'Law of Similars' which states that 'Diseases are cured by medicines that have the power to excite a 'similar' affection in the healthy experimental humans, most closely simulate the manifestations present in the diseased state to be treated.
In other words A medicinal substance which produces specific disease symptoms in a healthy person cures similar symptoms in a sick person.
Such medicinal substances when proved after experiments are added to Materia Medica.
The classical homoepaths say that you cannot give more than 1 drug to the patient because only the action of a single drug(appearing in the materia medica)has been proved and not the action of the combination of drugs.
Now the second question is whether drugs can be given one after another if not at the same time. To answer this question we should understand the 'Relationship of Remedies with Duration of Action'.
The classical homoepaths say that you should give another drug only after the duration in which the action of the drug already given will be over.
Therefore classical homoepaths say no to giving remedies simultaneously and their answer to whether the drugs can be given in succession is conditional.
If you refer to the appendix on 'Drug Relationship' to Boericke's MM by Dr. R. Gibson Miller for cantharis you will find that it is inimical to Coff. While Bell, Kali-Iod, Merc., Phos. and Puls follow cantharis well. The duration of canthris action is 30-40 days.
When canthris is indicated a classical homoeopath will give it in the right potency. He will wait for 30-40 days. Then he will evaluate the symptoms and give the remedy that is indicated. But he will ensure that Camph does'nt follow cantharis.
Dr. Reckeweg and Co., Germany one of the largest co. in the business of homoeopathy medicines accept the basic principle of homoeopathy described earlier. But they further say in the Complex Preparations of Dr. Reckeweg series (they use multiple remedies at the same time)agents are combined which on the basis of experience, have an effect on a particular clinical picture. Using this therapeutic concept, the range of activity is markedly increased, there is an increased probability of hitting the target and considerable time is saved in finding the right drug.
So we have a full spectrum of people who call themselves homeopaths.
In other words A medicinal substance which produces specific disease symptoms in a healthy person cures similar symptoms in a sick person.
Such medicinal substances when proved after experiments are added to Materia Medica.
The classical homoepaths say that you cannot give more than 1 drug to the patient because only the action of a single drug(appearing in the materia medica)has been proved and not the action of the combination of drugs.
Now the second question is whether drugs can be given one after another if not at the same time. To answer this question we should understand the 'Relationship of Remedies with Duration of Action'.
The classical homoepaths say that you should give another drug only after the duration in which the action of the drug already given will be over.
Therefore classical homoepaths say no to giving remedies simultaneously and their answer to whether the drugs can be given in succession is conditional.
If you refer to the appendix on 'Drug Relationship' to Boericke's MM by Dr. R. Gibson Miller for cantharis you will find that it is inimical to Coff. While Bell, Kali-Iod, Merc., Phos. and Puls follow cantharis well. The duration of canthris action is 30-40 days.
When canthris is indicated a classical homoeopath will give it in the right potency. He will wait for 30-40 days. Then he will evaluate the symptoms and give the remedy that is indicated. But he will ensure that Camph does'nt follow cantharis.
Dr. Reckeweg and Co., Germany one of the largest co. in the business of homoeopathy medicines accept the basic principle of homoeopathy described earlier. But they further say in the Complex Preparations of Dr. Reckeweg series (they use multiple remedies at the same time)agents are combined which on the basis of experience, have an effect on a particular clinical picture. Using this therapeutic concept, the range of activity is markedly increased, there is an increased probability of hitting the target and considerable time is saved in finding the right drug.
So we have a full spectrum of people who call themselves homeopaths.
♡ kadwa last decade
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