ANTIDOTES

[H. Balasubramanian]

"Natasha" WROTE:
Perhaps I've been studying too hard... and now I'm confused. If you look at the
reference for Arnica (lasts for - days, followed well by..., etc.), the remedies
in the "antidotes" column - are these remedies that Arnica will curb the action
of? Or will they stop the action of Arnica?
ANTIDOTE DEFINITION as given in the Yasgur’s Homoeopathic dictionary.
AN AGENT WHICH NEUTRALISES A POISON OR COUNTERACTS IT EFFECTS. IN RELATION TO REMEDIES, SOME REMEDIES ACT TO NEUTRALISE OTHER REMEDIES. FOR EXAMPLE, BELL. IS ANTIDOTED BY COFFEEA, ACONITE AND OPIUM. CHAMO. IS ANTIDOTED BY NUX V. AND PULS. THIS ANTIDOTAL EFFECT CAN BE COMPLETE, PARTIAL, OR MERELY A MODIFICATION OF ACTION. IN RELATION TO TAKING HOMOEOPATHIC REMEDIES THEIR EFFECTS ARE ANTIDOTED OR NULLIFIED COFFEE, STRONG MINTS AND ODOURS, EXTREME STRESSES TO THE PATIENT, etc. WITH FEW EXCEPTIONS CAMPHORA ANTIDOTES MOST REMEDIES. " IT IS OFTEN AS IMPORTANT TO BE ABLE TO ARREST A MEDICINAL ACTION AS IT IS TO START IT. A PRESCRIBER WHO CANNOT ANTIDOTE A DRUG EFFECT IS LIKE THE DRIVER OF A MOTOR WHO CANNOT PUT ON THE BRAKE." --- J.H. CLARKE, CLINICAL REPERTORY. " AN INTERESTING AND LITTLE-UNDERSTOOD PHASE OF ANTIDOTAL RELATIONSHIP IS THE POWER OF A HIGHER POTENCY TO MODIFY THE ACTION OF THE SAME DRUG IN A LOWER POTENCY." ---R.H. LANGBRIDGE, A.B.C. OF HOMOEOPATHY. THE FOLLOWING GENERAL RULE HOLDS HERE: PRACTICALLY ANY ARGENT WHICH CAN EXERT A MEDICINAL EFFECT ON THE HUMAN BEING IS CAPABLE OF SERVING AS AN ANTIDOTE TO A HOMOEOPATHIC REMEDY. BY THE SAME TOKEN, ANY INFLUENCE WHICH CAN INDUCE A HYPERACTIVE, NERVOUS STATE, OR WHICH CAN ARTIFICIALLY BRING ABOUT A STATE OF SEDATION OR SLEEP, CAN INTERFERE WITH THE ACTION OF A HOMOEOPATHIC REMEDY." ----GEORGE VITHOULKAS, (BIOLOGICAL THERAPY, 14:1, JANUARY 1996, P. 1677-68)
With best wishes,
H.B.
from India

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