I'm intrigued by your observations!
Can you give a summary of the types and associated remedies that you've
observed so far? (If that's not too much for the moment?)
And the relationship between this an M/E characteristics is easily
drawn...
Can you give examples?
)Let us know when it's ready!
This relates to a debate that raged on one of the lists a good few
years ago, with one person insisting he was seeing good results from
prescribing "constitutionally" on basis of non-pathological features
(e.g. "friendly", and I wish I knew/recalled what else...)--that
remedies chosen in this way were helping his pts throw off their
various specific problems--and others insisting that "one mustn't", and
he must be imagining those good results.
At least that was the gist of it, IMO. At the time I didn't remark it too much, because it
seemed similar enough to my understanding that, if the remedy suits the
*person* well, it is (in "functional" cases, I would gather?) not so
important whether it covers the *disease* state well. I've come to
realize this is a somewhat controversial position
, but have seen it work out well! And to me it does make sense.
Two possible ways of treating a (still functional) disease--by treating
the disease-specific symptoms ("pathology only" rubrics), or by
treating to strengthen the underlying (what I would call) constitution.
I don't think what I'm describing is necessarily *quite* what you've
been talking about, but perhaps has some similarity in general. And
with your extremely ill patients, you've found it useful to treat with
both concurrently. Interesting!
Yes... I just meant what would more commonly be prescribed on.
Would you be willing to either post or send me?
Thanks again for this very intriguing set of observations and
experiences!!
Shannon
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