Dear David,
Before I take the discussion further may I ask you a question so I can
clarify further your viewpoint. If you were treating a patient chronically
for an excema and you had been treating this patient for a few months and
you were giving them say Pulsatilla to which they were responding. If they
were suddenly to be struck by an "acute miasma" that is either cholera,
smallpox or flu would you expect that person to change to a different remedy
because of an acute set of symptoms that amount to these "named diseases",
or would you think it possible that they could remain Pulsatilla even with
these symptoms of a said acute disease.
Thank you
Lisa Barrett
state of disposition
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David Little
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Re: state of disposition
At 05:51 AM 10/23/2001 +0100, you wrote:
Dear Lisa Barret,
First of all, all medical science uses the category of acute and
chronic except ROH which says all disease states are the "same". These
terms are used in slightly different ways depending on circumstances. The
more common definition is acute and chronic has to do with the time factors
alone. This has some relative value in the conception of disease patterns
and case management because it relates to time, progression, stages and
degrees. Hahnemann added that some diseases are self-limiting acute
diseases by nature and some disease are inherently chronic by nature. For
example, syphilis is a chronic disease/miasm from the first moment of
infection. It is not a matter of how long the patient has suffered the
disease.
Secondary, each and every situation must be judged individually rather
than by rigid fixed concepts. Nature involves chaos and the uncertainty
principle so nothing can be said in advance about any one single phenomena.
Some times a person who is on a long term simillimum is affected by an
acute disorder or miasm that does not fundamentally change the symptoms or
affect the chronic state. In this case, the person's acute and chronic
remedy may be the same. My daughter has been on the same remedy for years
and it works prophylactically as well as her acute and chronic remedy. This
is quite common.
A patient with a strong affinity to a simillimum often comes with an
*acute-like acerbation of a chronic state*. In this case the person's acute
and chronic remedy are often the same because these states are not true
acute diseases, miasms or crises. In other cases a virulent acute disease
may become the stronger dissimilar disease (layer) and suspend the older
chronic symptoms while it runs its acute pattern (Org. 34). Virulent
powerful acute miasms (like cholera) can/may change the disease pattern and
bring out new psychic and somatic symptoms. In this case we prescribed on
the *present active symptoms*. Homoeopathy is a system of flexible response
that maximizes *individualization* and responds to circumstances. There is
NO one way to do anything all of the time. We do not believe that anything
but God is absolute and always the same.
Sincerely, David
PS. Homoeopathy is willing to give Dr. Seghal credit for expanding the
artistic usage of the mental symptoms and repertory but is ROH willing to
give Hahnemann credit where credit is due? That is the question. Seghal's
writings may be right about ROH but they are wrong about traditional
homoeopathy.
---------------
"It is the life-force which cures diseases because a dead man needs no more
medicines."
Samuel Hahnemann
Visit our website on Hahnemannian Homoeopathy and Cyberspace Homoeopathic
Academy at
http://www.simillimum.com
David Little © 2000
Dear Lisa Barret,
First of all, all medical science uses the category of acute and
chronic except ROH which says all disease states are the "same". These
terms are used in slightly different ways depending on circumstances. The
more common definition is acute and chronic has to do with the time factors
alone. This has some relative value in the conception of disease patterns
and case management because it relates to time, progression, stages and
degrees. Hahnemann added that some diseases are self-limiting acute
diseases by nature and some disease are inherently chronic by nature. For
example, syphilis is a chronic disease/miasm from the first moment of
infection. It is not a matter of how long the patient has suffered the
disease.
Secondary, each and every situation must be judged individually rather
than by rigid fixed concepts. Nature involves chaos and the uncertainty
principle so nothing can be said in advance about any one single phenomena.
Some times a person who is on a long term simillimum is affected by an
acute disorder or miasm that does not fundamentally change the symptoms or
affect the chronic state. In this case, the person's acute and chronic
remedy may be the same. My daughter has been on the same remedy for years
and it works prophylactically as well as her acute and chronic remedy. This
is quite common.
A patient with a strong affinity to a simillimum often comes with an
*acute-like acerbation of a chronic state*. In this case the person's acute
and chronic remedy are often the same because these states are not true
acute diseases, miasms or crises. In other cases a virulent acute disease
may become the stronger dissimilar disease (layer) and suspend the older
chronic symptoms while it runs its acute pattern (Org. 34). Virulent
powerful acute miasms (like cholera) can/may change the disease pattern and
bring out new psychic and somatic symptoms. In this case we prescribed on
the *present active symptoms*. Homoeopathy is a system of flexible response
that maximizes *individualization* and responds to circumstances. There is
NO one way to do anything all of the time. We do not believe that anything
but God is absolute and always the same.
Sincerely, David
PS. Homoeopathy is willing to give Dr. Seghal credit for expanding the
artistic usage of the mental symptoms and repertory but is ROH willing to
give Hahnemann credit where credit is due? That is the question. Seghal's
writings may be right about ROH but they are wrong about traditional
homoeopathy.
---------------
"It is the life-force which cures diseases because a dead man needs no more
medicines."
Samuel Hahnemann
Visit our website on Hahnemannian Homoeopathy and Cyberspace Homoeopathic
Academy at
http://www.simillimum.com
David Little © 2000