Hi Robyn,
Well, yes and no...
I do understand (and would have to agree with!) the idea that the
substance diluted and potentized is not really "the same" as the
substance im-diluted and un-potentized.
Now let me think out loud, saying things you are perfectly aware of,
just for a train of thought... My understanding of the term "isopathy"
has been that, practically speaking, it mainly refers to the basis on
which the remedy is chosen (potentized form of the presumed toxic
exposure; and therefore presumably, as a rule, upon the nature of the
correspondence to the substance and patient's symptom picture). And
from my understanding there *is* a practical difference, in that (as I
understand it) prescribing for the totality will give a deeper and
broader result, versus prescribing based on the presumed cause
(toxicity or etc.), and in fact (I was taught but can't verify by
experience) the isopathic remedy may not be sufficient to really do
what's needed.
In some cases the presumed cause will give rise to a *symptom* picture
which also calls for the (potentized) substance itself, and in that
case the isopathic choice and the homeopathic choice would be the same,
but this is (as I understand it) not usually the case.
And, for e.g.s, needing mercury does not *always* mean there was a
specific exposure to mercury (tho I'd guess it means that the person
would be more prone to react badly to mercury exposure?); needing nat-m
doesn't necessarily mean overexposure to salt; needing sepia doesn't
necessarily mean squid toxicity (
) sorry, I just like that
example!)...
So, that's where my curiosity arises, I guess--wondering whether this
person "needed potentized Mobile Phone" because of really excessive
overuse, or whether there was no obvious connection. I've been
wondering about just how much and what sort of trouble is being caused
in the populations as a whole by the current profusion of cell phone
towers and etc. (The Public Exposure DVD, quoted on Mercola, gives a
figure of I think it was 10,000 times the background levels compared
with what had been normal until a decade or so ago; I think that was
specifically in parts of the US, but presumably similar in many other
areas?) I've been wondering to what extent that "Cell Phone picture"
might be showing up here and there, maybe even in people who don't use
the things at all (I think there are still a *few* around!), due to the
extremely increased background levels?
So, that's my curiosity...
Cheers,
Shannon
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, and that e.g. people who need sepia are not necessarily 
--still, I am curious!