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| Hpathy Ezine - November, 2008 | ||||
| Your Questions - November, 2008 -- Answers by George Vithoulkas |
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| The answers that follow are 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
----------------------------------------------------------- One of the most widely accepted repertories, is the Complete repertory. Aside from the fact that Roger van Zandfoort has turned away from the Repertorium Universale, because users seem not to have accepted the Boenninghausen rubrics and his approach, the further development of the CR, I mean the book, not the software, has shifted to another appearance: The book now (I have the latest German 2007 edition in front of
me) is very handy and easily portable as compared to before. What
has been in 3 large books in the beginning, now is compressed into
one volume. This only could be achieved by discarding the references
to sources of informations (authors, provings and references). Now
we do not see where an entry is taken from, unless we have a software
program. What about discarding them from the modern repertories as they are of no use for individualising a case, and restoring the information on sources from which the remedies in the rubrics are derived instead, in order to be able to estimate the reliability of the rubric-entry? Sigi Dear Sigi, I consider this repertory not only useless
but also misleading as it will give false results to the practitioners.
George Vithoulkas Do you ever use Boenninghausen's method to solve a case? If so, what sort of cases are best served by this method? Janice Fielding Dear Janice, I use many different approaches and you
can read about it in my article “Techniques for a
Successful Repertorisation” on my website at http://www.vithoulkas.com/content/view/29/73/lang,en/
George Vithoulkas The proper way to find a remedy is by matching symptoms, but there are also some remedies that seem to be almost specific for certain conditions. Could you share some of your special specifics or near specifics? William Delaney Dear William, A good materia medica to study specific remedies, meaning remedies that fit certain pathological conditions or a combination of them, is Boericke’s. You can also use the introduction of Clarke’s dictionary. In my Materia Medica Viva, I also include this information and you can, for instance, read there about a remedy like Adrenalin etc. George Vithoulkas When taking a case, how can you tell if the patient is being truthful? What part does your intuition play? Bennet Lloyd Dear Bennet, To find out whether a patient is being truthful takes a lot of knowledge of human nature, which grows by experience. Some have this ability to understand human nature more than others, but earnest work can make these kind of qualities grow. In chapter 12 of my book the Science of Homeopathy you can read about the conditions for doing a consultation. In the evaluation of a case all information can be useful, including intuition. However when it comes to prescribing remedies, we always have to rely on tangible information so that we can base our prescription on facts. This means that if you, for instance, intuitively feel that a person needs Niccolum metalicum, you better check if the symptoms of this remedy fit with those of the patient. Otherwise you will start to prescribe remedies randomly and your patients will not benefit from this. George Vithoulkas How important is your understanding essences of remedies (based on your own writings) during the time of case taking and analysis of characteristics? Do you look for essences in patients, or do you rely on classical materia medica characteristics to point towards the similium first? Thank you, Dr. Leela Dear Dr. Leela, Your question is difficult to answer in a few words as the process of case taking and case analysis is a combination of the whole experience of a homeopath, all the information he gets from the patient, of the relatives of the patient and from his own observations. Of course I use the understanding of the essences but I also use all the other possible approaches to solve a case. You can read about this on my website http://www.vithoulkas.com/content/view/29/73/lang,en/ George Vithoulkas Is it ever possible to wholly understand a patient? And what about the remedies? Edward De Beukelaer Dear Edward, There is an indefinite depth in the study of remedies as well as in human characters. Apart from this, a homeopath needs the kind of understanding of the patient and the functioning of his organism that enables him to prescribe the correct remedy, which is not the same as understanding wholly the personality and psychology of the patient, if that is what you mean. This means that we have to separate the character of the patient from the psycho-pathological symptoms. In this way you will find out that there are cases where you do not need any information from the mental or emotional level to prescribe the correct remedy. George Vithoulkas Do you use miasms in evaluating your cases? What is your view on this concept developed by Hahnemann? Raj Verma Dear Raj, Yes, I use the idea of miasms in certain cases, but I do not evaluate every symptom of every case in this context. It is a complex subject that I cannot answer briefly. My ideas about miasms can be read in chapter 9 and 16 of my book the Science of Homeopathy. I also have spoken about it in the video course that is presented worldwide. If you still have questions after reading these chapters then you can always ask them. George Vithoulkas
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