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not complete. It is not possible to write a whole thesis on each
one as it requires everything that has been said before, but I will
express the basic ideas.
On the other hand these short answers can
inspire serious students to ask more questions such as whether,
in a chronic case, the appearance of an acute condition that may
arise after the remedy, is a good or a bad sign, or when should
such condition be treated and when not, or when will a case need
a series of remedies in a particular order and when will such a
practice confuse the case to such an extent that the patient has
no hope of recovery.
On another level the questions that may arise
from intelligent students can continue the discussion to a deeper
understanding of the problems that we are facing when we practice
serious and not superficial homeopathy.
George Vithoulkas
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Greetings George V.
I am learning from your students of 25+ years ago and am honored
to meet you, even if only on paper!
My question is: I have a 70 year old woman who has responded very
well to Ignatia 200C, then Ignatia 1M, both rx
times with the exception that the bladder infection she has been
plagued with for 7 months came back after 2-3 weeks. This is very
painful and incontinence becomes worse.
Then she goes to the doctor to get antibiotics. I reassessed her
case and gave Nat. mur. 200C, and a month later the woman gets a
bladder infection again. I gave her Cantharis 30C acutely and it
helped when she took it for 3-4 days. Last FU, I gave her Carc.
200C, 2 weeks later she had a bladder infection. I will start from
square one today when I see her again, but this is the first time
I see such improvement then she goes down. I find no reason that
she would be antidoting. She recently moved in with her 30 year
old daughter into a home with her other daughter and son-in-law
and grandson. The house is cooler than she would like but she holds
her tongue often. She is a retired lawyer and with her last law
partner who screwed her over financially - big financial loss for
her. Now she's a bit stuck but doesn't say this.
Any insight or direction is appreciated. Thank you.
Best to you,
Molly McNally BSc PCHom
Dear Molly,
Your question shows me that you are applying real homeopathy and
not fantasies. Your question is really valid and useful for everybody
who wants to practice real evidence based homeopathy. I do not know
if you are aware of my teaching of the last 13 years, in which case
you would understand me better. I hope to organise a way to give
the possibility for students to come in contact with this teaching
through an e-learning soon.
Your case, according to my teachings, which I have given over the
last 13 years as "the levels of health", belongs in group
3 and level 7. That means that when she came to you she had a deep
depression that was due to suppression of her bladder infections
in previous years with antibiotics.
The Ignatia was the correct remedy and therefore the patient jumped
to a higher level of health (Group 2 level 6) in which we see the
coming back of the infections. That is excellent , but the patient,
in such a case is going to have severe infections that should be
treated correctly homeopathically, in order not to relapse into
depression again. It will be difficult for me to say what you should
do in this case, but perhaps you have to retake the whole case including
the acutes and also the chronic symptoms and give a remedy that
covers both acute and chronic.
I have explained this situation quite in detail in my teachings
in the video courses that are running in different countries and
are several hours of teaching. That means that I would need to write
a very long letter to you which still will not be complete unless
someone has followed the whole of the teachings. One more thing
I should say is that in such cases the re-appearence of the acutes
need to be handled with great caution and care that the case is
not finally confused.
George Vithoulkas
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