SPLIT DOSE !! ??

[Soroush Ebrahimi]

Dear Colleagues

Scanning minutus digest 619, I came across the following:

"The split dose prescribing seems to be something which is quite typically British!!
Many of us were taught to prescribe this way. The idea is that it is taken night, morning, night and helps to knock the remedy in. It is thought of a single dose - split!!!
Someone else may have a better explanation!!
Regards
Rochelle"

AND

"One explanation I read somewhere compared the split dose to one large shove, vs. several small ones. Sometimes several small ones can get the thing moving more gently, without the initial "lurch", i.e. less apt to cause aggravation.
Shannon "

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As Rochelle says this is something that is taught in a few colleges in UK. But NOT at the CLASSICAL colleges!

One error being repeated simply because 'my college lecturer taught me that way'. We need to study further.

Firstly one must realise that a potentised homoeopathic remedy is DYNAMIC. One drop of it in the mouth (even on the skin) and the dose is in. You do NOT need hammer and nails to knock it in! It is like throwing a stone in pond of water. Ripples set off immediately the stone touches the surface of the water.

It may take the VF some time (from seconds to many weeks) to fully react. It is the duty of the homoeopath to watch out for these reactions.

If you study the Organon or Kent's you never see such an instruction! Because according to both Hn & Kent one must ALWAYS be able to justify one's actions on good logic and common sense. You must see the REACTION of the patient to your remedy before you prescribe again.

The instruction is simply wait until you see a reaction. Then if necessary, repeat the dose - This is true for both C and LM potencies.

In fact Kent reports that in one of his best cured cases (not a mean statement from Kent) that he got a response after some 60 days. During this period he had waited and used sac lac.

The other thing that I have noticed about colleges that discuss/(teach??) the split dose is that they DO NOT discuss the LM potencies in any detail. This shows that they have really not caught up to Org 6!!! In fact Hn regards LM as one of his great achievements.

For how to use LMs pls go to David Little's site (The link is on minutus.org).

A remedy may ONLY be repeated if there is a justification for it to be repeated. Imagine yourself that you are in front of a judge and you have to justify your actions. What excuse is there for repeating the remedy within 8-10 hours without taking the case from the patient?? We are dealing with an organic system. Organic systems cannot be treated mechanically - that is allopathic.
I don't think "Oh your honour, I did because my college lecturer said I could" would wash!

I look forward to more discussions on this issue.

Regards and good healing everyone
Soroush
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[Ardavan Shahrdar]

Hi all,
Liquid posology, dose adjustment and prescribing in
'split doses' can be also used with Centimal remedies
and not only with LMs.
The URL of David's website is
http://www.simillimum.com

Kind regards,

Ardavan
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[Rochelle]

Dear Soroush,
This was certainly true at my college. Some students who had case
supervisors who used LM's did start using them. As far as I am concerned the
same goes as I said to Dave; while the dry C doses keep working for me and
my patients I will stick to this method of prescribing. However I have been
known to prescribe Water Potencies on occasions. Each patient is an
individual as we know.

Regards,
Rochelle
www.rochellemarsden.co.uk
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[David Little]

At 01:14 PM 7/18/2002 +0100, you wrote:

Dear Rochelle,

The methods of the 4th, 5th and 6th Organon are all valid and each work
on their own level. I would rather be under the treatment of the good
experience C dry dose wait and watch homeopath than to be in the hands of a
person using the medicinal solution C or LM potency in some mechanical
manner daily. Hahnemann noted that the LM potency can be given dry in
aphorism 272 in moderate disease of relatively recent origin but he
suggested that the dry dose should not be repeated to speed the cure.

The dry dose work for me for many years before I carried experiments
with a properly made and applied medicinal solution. It is not a matter
that one works and other doesn't. It is a matter of having an open
scientific attitude and doing experiments with the dry dose, olfaction and
the medicinal solution to get the most out of the methods that Hahnemann
introduced. Hahnemann did not get rid of his C potencies when he developed
the LM potency. He used them both in the clinic in medical solution and
olfaction. Some patients do better on the Cs and some patients do better on
the LM potency. Some seem to need both at different times. These potencies
are complementary opposites that greatly expand the therapeutic horizons of
homoeopathy. You have nothing to lose and possibly much to gain. One only
needs to have a beginner's mind with the wisdom of age to learn a new
method. It takes time and contemplation but the rewards are well worth the
effort.

Sincerely, David Little
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[Jan Klüssendorf]

Dear List,

I would like to add an other element to this discussion.
That is the value of the Korsakoff- dilution, indicated as K, as in K200 and
different from a C200.
Here in Belgium mainly all classical Homeopaths (including Frederik
Schroyens ) use for the most part the Korsakoff-dilutions.
Are you opposed to that or do you, when you talk about high C doses, in fact
mean K(orsakoff) doses?
Just a question for clarification?

Jan

[Rosemary Hyde]

Sankaran discusses some differences in physical analysis between CK as
opposed to c potencies, in Elements of Homeopathy. However, I've never been
clear as to what the differences really are or whether they have clinical
significance. Can anyone on the list address this question?

Many thanks. Rosemary C. Hyde