SIMILIMUM II

[AH]

Piet wrote:
change in the centre of the case. This individual centre is hierarchical
higher then miasms and constitution and will dynamically restore everything
to health.
on 2/6/05 9:53 PM, AH at andyh@mcn.org wrote:
Best wishes,
Andy

[J Lucas]

I would have to agree with Piet on this.

I still don¹t really appreciate what a layered case is although I have had
cases in my practice that I thought might fall into this category.

I can remember a terrible case of Arthritis. There was so little that struck
a chord with any remedy because the case was so severely suppressed by
allopathic drugs for many years, and yet in another way there were so many
varied sx all suggesting hundreds of remedies. The lady asked for a hard
seat to sit on when she first came to see me, as she found it difficult
rising from a soft seat and the only other really useful sx I could use was
the modality > movement. I thought the case
was going to be impossible but I prescribed Rhus tox and this was the only
rx she ever needed and she was completely cured with this.

Another case, a lady who had previously had Hay Fever suppressed, years
later she developed asthma that was also nearly successfully suppressed and
she came to see me because of polyps on her vocal chords (from the
allopathic drugs) and really bad rheumatics that she spent many an hour in a
wheelchair. I nearly didn¹t take this case either because I thought it would
be incurable but her rx was crystal clear and she fully recovered also and
even got her hay fever back (much to her disgust) but this was cured also
after a couple of years.

So these were never layered cases, even though I thought they might be.

Other cases I have had that have turned out to be difficult, i.e. not cured
with one rx (and I am not including cases where I have failed by not giving
the simillimum), have always had some kind of block to them and have
required a nosode of some kind to clear (this is the best use of nosodes in
my opinion and has always been so in my practice), and I suppose these cases
could come under the banner of being layered.

Other than that I am very wary of describing a case as being layered.

Best wishes, Joy

http://www.homeopathicmateriamedica.com
on 6/2/05 7:14 pm, Piet Guijt at pguijt@casema.nl wrote:
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[Soroush Ebrahimi]

Greetings colleagues

I agree with Andy's definition.

Similimum (I) is defined as the MOST SIMILAR remedy (to a set of patient
presenting symptoms which have been evaluated and weighted correctly).

So if you have an acute case based on some epidemic disease, the Similimum
for that set of symptoms would be different to the Similimum of a chronic
case.

I do not see the partiality angle that has been expressed - partial
Similimum to what?

Partial Similimum (or close similars) come out of poorly taken/analysed case
or the fact that the Similimum does not exist.

So Hn, in the absence of Lach, would have had to circle around it removing
bits and pieces of symptoms.

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In essence, what Peter Chappell is saying is that his PC remedies are THE
SIMILIMUM for the diagnosed diseases of AIDS, MS, ME, Parkinson etc.

He is treating the epidemic disease - not the person as per traditional
homoeopathy.

Rgds
Soroush
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[Beth Landau-Halpern]

JOy--

What you say about laying makes so much sense and your cases are impressive.
However, do you ever feel that one can go in "too deep, too fast"? Sometimes
I feel that the constitutional remedy is lurking, but that the patient isn't
ready for it at the time they first present. Where do miasmatic remedies fit
into your picture? I often think miasms must be cleared up before the
constitutional remedy can really be effective, and I have many cases that
have worked in that way. I'd be very interested in your thoughts on this.
Thank,
Beth

[Lori Wersinger]

Is it possible to upload the PowerPoint presentation to the files
section of the group? If so it would save you having to send it to
everyone. If you can't put it on the group, I would love a copy.
lwersinger@attglobal.net.

Lori

[J Lucas]

Depends what you mean by ³too deep too fast². I also don¹t really know what
you mean by ³constitutional remedy² either. We aim to give the simillimum -
that which is needed at any given time.

All remedies are miasmatic ­ do you mean the use of nosodes. How can you
clear the miasmatic influence without treating what needs to be cured.

Can you say more about this, clarify more.

Best, Joy

http://www.homeopathicmateriamedica.com
on 8/2/05 7:24 pm, Beth Landau-Halpern at blh987@hotmail.com wrote:
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[Ellen Madono]

I don't have power point and was dissappointed that I could not read the
presentation,
Blessings,
Ellen