ATTENTION all homeopaths - Very Important- DTAB/Phil

[David Little]

At 07:13 PM 8/30/2004 +1000, you wrote:

Hello al,

The above does is not historically correct. This is very apparent when
one reads Hahnemann's Paris casebooks (1835-1843). I have the review the
microfliches and have the documentation. There are many patients with psora
AND the venereal diseases. Gonorrhea and syphilis were quite popular. TB
also was on the rise. Whatever the situation was in the 1820s in Germany
when Hahnemann wrote the first edition of the Chronic Diseases the
situation in the city of Paris in the 1840s was quite different. That is
when Hahnemann wrote the 6th Organon. These facts is facts can also be
cooperated by Rima Handley in her Later Hahnemann. For example, on page 27,
in the Chapter called The Illness she writes "Many" patients suffered for
years "especially with venereal diseases". She also wrote "Phthisis
(tuberculosis)" and other lung complaints "were frequent". Gynecological
problems including sycosis were " legion". So there you the truth from two
source with access to the original material.
Napoleon did not live in the 1400s? You mean the 1800s, yes? Also
Hahnemann wrote that Napoleon troops were spreading "sycosis" all over
Europe as well as syphilis. There was a few pockets of endemic syphilis in
Europe but Europeans had no immunity to new Western strain which became
epidemic. Gonorrhea has been record since in the early Mesopotamia! . This
is the position of most modern medical histories.
No, this is not the facts. There are were many complex disease cases
that show psora, sycosis, and syphilis as well as TB. Medical histories
also say that these diseases were all present but in vary degrees in
different places. I just reviewed the case of T. Everest in the 1840s
(DF14). He came to Hahnemann suffering from chronic psora and was proving
under anti-psoric treatment when he contracted sycotic gonorrhea, which was
compound by syphilis. Hahnemann had to used anti-psoric, anti-sycotic and
anti-syphilitic treatment. You are over simplifying what was already a
"complex" situation.
Yes, todays mix includes all the old miasms and many new ones where
present also. Hahnemann predicted that the situation was getting worse.
Quite right. Acute and chronic miasms spread worldwide quite quickly
these days!
Yes, times have changed but the methods Hahnemann introduced in the
Organon and Chronic Diseases are still very effective when brought up to
date. Although he wrote that combinations were "never necessary" he did
suggest the alternation and rotation of anti-miasmatic remedies in complex
miasms. He felt that tandem remedies, alternations and a series of remedies
worked much better than combinations. I see complex miasmatic cases often.
Much has to do with how well you understand what you are looking at.
Confusion is cleared by dedicated study and careful observation. Homeopathy
needs to adapt to modern times but this does not mean everyone needs to
start throwing unproven combinations at everyone! There is a better way
although it takes more knowledge and observation.
II agree Nutritional problems are not "off topic". Hahnemann wrote on
nutrition and often gave advice in diet, etc.. Suggesting vitamins and
minerals for everything, however, may be better suited to nutritional
list. Nevertheless, nutrition is a valid area of study and it is not
outside a homoeopathic practitioners sphere.
To think that people did not suffer from deficiency diseases in the
1800s is a misnomer. Food was scarce at times, storage was very bad,
hygiene was poor, and much of the vegetables, grains and meats were
infected with parasites, bugs and rat feces. Milk carried bovine TB and
adulteration was a big problem, etc. If the bad weather and the crops
failed many were in serious trouble. There were also shortages caused by
frequent wars, political instability, blockades and trade disputes. Foods
were also destroyed by poor methods of preparation and.many people ate
poorly from choice just like today. It was not a perfect world.

Although the scientific proof of deficiency was in its infancy
Homoeopaths like Hering were studying the problem. Inspired by his work the
cells salts were developed as a form of "homeopathic nutrition
supplements". Many people had the same problems as today - lack of proper
assimilation. This situation is not improve through supplements. In the USA
I have seen many people eating lots of organic foods and taking lots of
vitamin and they still suffer deficiency symptoms. This is where
homoeopathic remedies do wonders. Good foods and good remedies are the
best, of course.
The etiological constellation of auto-immune disorders is more complex
than just lack of vitamins and minerals. I have seen many sufferers take
tons of organic foods and supplements with these conditions and they get
nowhere. These things do help some but not the majority by any means. You
must also consider the chronic miasms, suppression, heredity and
predispositions as well as parasites, poisons and pollution. Nutrition is
very important, yes, but making it the number cause of all auto-immune
diseases and immuno-deficiency disorders is perhaps going overboard.
Several studies have shown that a healthy organism can biologically
transmute minerals, combine amino acids and make many vitamins. A sick
organism often can't even assimilate what it ingests even if everything is
present in foods and supplements. There is a vital component involved in
many deficiency symptoms. What you say is true about good nutrition being
important but taking proper remedies makes diet much more effective also.
Well, your statements about complex miasms in Hahnemann's practice is
wrong. Your ideas about perfect nutrition in the 1800s is overly
simplistic, and perhaps you are putting too much stress on lack of vitamins
and minerals and not enough on lack of dynamic assimilation? There is a
more balance view. I work in India where many are malnourished yet I have
seen homeopathic remedies remove many of the signs of deficiency even with
the patient still on the same meager diet. Vital assimilation is a major
part of the mystery of deficiency disorders. I have seen many folks in the
East and West taking tons of vitamin and mineral supplements and it often
makes little or no difference. There is often a very strong vital component
related to mal-assimilation that is part of many conditions. Much of the
supplements people take end up in the toilet!

Best, David Little
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[Phillip Wade]

Sorry, David. My boo boo with the Napoleon date typo. But there is no
evidenct to suggest that people eat tons of food in an effort to cure a
disease.
I can't recall writing that Napoleon took scabies with the syphilis. If I
did, I must have been drunk.
You have agreat grip on the historical minutae - can you tell us if the
various pandemics you mentioned originated close together or decades - or
centuries - apart? I still get the feeling that their progression was not
simultaneous but you might correct me.
I will say that my information from migrating practitioners to date is that
standard remedies here don't work as well as in the UK.
Any clues why?
Phil