Hahnemann's mode of practice in the 'last times'.

[Sara Klein Ridgley PhD]

Dear Joy, (And also Farbod...)

I fully agree with you. And maybe my example was not to the point, but
it carried more of a question with it than a statement, and I will
further ponder this. I also fully agree with Andrew's point, ie. the
crux of Aph. 42: the fact that first and foremost we need to understand
which diseases exist within the patient, and that there IS a possibility
of having dissimilar diseases at the same time, which WILL require
simultaneous administration of two or more different remedies at the
same time.

For whatever reason, there is an intense pressure in some homeopathic
circles to find the ONE and only remedy that covers ALL the symptoms,
without paying attention to the possibility of coexistence of different
diseases in the same patient. I would like to know what have others
done for such situations when it was clear that there was more than one
disease in a patient? It is often delegated to 'wrong choice of remedy'
or one is told to 'take the case again', instead of really admitting to
the fact that there are two or more different diseases going on. I see
this especially in such approaches to Homeopathy that insist that the
'constitutional remedy' will cure all conditions if correctly chosen....

Sara
Joy Lucas wrote:

[Tanya Marquette]

dear all,

i have been following this discussion and find the concept of 2 separate disease states very interesting.
i recall a young male that i attempted to treat. he was considered ADD in school. in taking the case, and
talking with the mother and a social worker who knew/had worked with him, it was clear there were several
levels of problems. i pondered this case at length and tried several different remedies with little result. it
felt to me like i was treating 2 different cases. one seemed to have a congenital condition exacerbated by
medical manipulation. the other seemed to rest on the dynamics of the family. in school he would evidence
ADD sx, as well as some behavioral sx. i found it impossible to connect the 2 themes. (i know i am not giving
the case here and it is hard to see this duality from my notes). both states were constitutional. i wish i had
list discussion group available to me when i worked on this case. eventually we all gave up. the mother was not
very committed and the son could do little without her support. have others had cases like this? and how did
they resolve?

tanya