back to homeopathy ~ Materia Medica - ANGER - DANGER

[Ellen Madono]

When I taught in the inner city schools of Pittsburgh, I was scolded for facing my back to the door of the teacher’s lunch room. I suspect that the location of predicted danger is key.

How about both patient and homeopath in the neutral position sidewise to the door. Letting the “danger” escape seems key.

In Aikido, we are taught to get close enough to bring the opponent into our area of strength. Act on him /her by shifting out center axis without changing our point of contact. That is avoid signaling action. Then, disarm when we are in a safe, strong position.

Backing off or turning our back is the most dangerous position. So, back to the door is unsafe.

[Dr. Joe Rozencwajg, NMD]

This is part of general awareness and becomes ingrained in us with training, it is an automatic action: anywhere I sit in a strange place I will always face the exit, be seated against a wall....even in a classroom, same position at all times, it has even become a joke; at times some students jokingly sit in my "usual" chair; of course logically I do not mind but I feel that I give them "the look" and they leave.

In the clinic, again awareness, confident but relaxed posture...it also helps to have my and my wife's black belts certificates on the walls and a picture of O Sensei above me...the message is "don't mess with me".

I was only once threatened by a patient last century at the NHS: a very aggressive burly man, always demanding and wanting to have it his way; one day he demanded antibiotics that were not justified. I refused; he raised from his chair and raised his fist; I too raised and marched on him, yelling at him to get out and never try to see me again...to my surprise and everybody else's, he ran out of the building...big coward who tried to show off. The scenario is different if under influence, do not try that with them. Learned that watching my cats chasing away big dogs...attitude! I did take some Rescue Remedy after that one though.........
Joe.
Dr. J. Rozencwajg, NMD
"The greatest enemy of any science is a closed mind"

www.naturamedica.co.nz

[Ellen Madono]

Btw, no one is going to enter my area of strength if i an not sending out vibes of loving kindness. If the dangerous one is part of any pre-packaged rant of hatred isms, loving kindness is going to be impossible. Image is all important at the level of vibes.

[Tanya Marquette]

Yes attitude is all we have at times. Having worked in a field dominated by men who use their strength, I often

had to project an image of greater strength to keep them at bay. I was never physically threatened and only
once did some male ttry to touch me inappropriately. I yelled out so all could hear and turned him into a

mortified being. He actually became a good supporter of mine on the job. But it always takes a lot our of us

requiring extra time to calm down and reclaim ourselves.

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