Minutus

> Gosh, I hope I don't get in trouble for speaking as if the
ancients may
truth is,
Dear David,

The ancients in India sure did. They saw the body as an energy field
and defined the nadi's (energy meridians) and chakras (energy
vortices) used today in various forms of energy healing and also
accupressure and accupuncture. They devised yoga postures, pranayama
(breathing techniques) and put down moral and spiritual laws which
would make us perform at the optimal level and also conserve and
invigorate our energy levels. They also urged people to see beyond
the body and gave us details whereby we could evolve spiritually and
be less dependant on matter. Life, they said, was an effort to
convert matter into energy.

Unfortunately, due to lack of writing skills in those early days, the
knowledge was passed down orally and surely must have lost a lot till
they were written down nearly 5000 years ago. The knowledge was said
to be the truth and hence timeless. This is very unlike
scientific "truths" which change every few years and yet we are asked
to bank on them.

Even the written material was destroyed by invaders. We have only
pointers today. Efforts are on today to retrace the lost texts by
studying the healing arts of nearby civillisations. The Indian
Universities attracted students from all over the world and many of
them kept notes for implementing the healing arts in their own
countries.

We are very fortunate that we got back the energy concept via
homeopathy. In homeopathy we use the curative powers of various
substances. Thus we are dealing with pure energy here. The tantric
texts of India also hint at how many toxic substances can be
processed so that they become the elixir of life. They used mercury,
sulphur, gold, silver, and many other metals besides herbs.

Even while using herbs there was the emphasis on the curative powers
and not the material substances. There were details as to how the
trees/plants were to be worshipped, the various incantations
(mantras), the deities to be evoked and also the time and season for
plucking the parts.

There was the observation that minute grinding of the medicines using
pestels increased their potency like our own homeopathic potencies.
Much subtler potencies were also evoked by various rituals, chanting
of healing incantations, and asking the patients to follow certain
rules. The art of administrating the remedy was meticulously taught.
Many of the methods seemed obsecure but become more clear today when
we learn and discuss energy healing.

The people were taught how to merge with Nature and respect it so
that they had access to their own healing energies. Everything was
personalised, Mother Nature, Mother Earth. Each element was given a
form and worshipped as a deity. Even human aspirations and longings
were deified so that the inherent energy could be worshipped. Thus we
see so many God's in the Hindu panatheon. However it was also
acknowledged that all the various energies came from a single source
which was omnipotent, omnipresent, and one without a second.

Regards,
Jagannath.

Hi Piet,

The Chakra's are spinning wheels, spinning anticlockwise, that suck
in various forms of energy from the surrounding energy fields. The
chakras are said to work through the glandular system.

The lower chakras deal with "individuality/personification" and form
the basis of the immature ego which deals with issues of self
preservation. The higher chakras act as channels for the downwardly
moving universal source of higher energies. The meeting takes place
at the heart chakra where the divine forces meet the material forces.

The individual energy is stored at the base or the "muladhara" chakra
as the kundalini energy. Kundalini is a coiled up snake which is
coiled up three and half times. The yogi's/ active energy workers/the
tantrics learn how to activate the sleeping kundalini and cause it to
move upward through the three major energy channels in the spinal
region. When the kundalini (shakti) meets the crown chakra (shiva)
divine bliss is the result.

This tantric method is fraught with grave dangers. There are very few
learned masters around who know how to use these energies. They too
choose their disciples very carefully. Sometimes the kundalini may
awaken by itself causing severe psychiatric problems.

A good e-book on the subject;
http://www.dlshq.org/download/kundalini.htm
This is a book by Swami Sivananda of The Divine Life Trust Society.
Chapter - II is on Nadi's and Chakras.
A very intricate nadi diagram can be found here;
http://www.kheper.net/topics/chakras/nadis.html
For a wonderful chakra diagram from the book "Arousal of the Inner
Energy" by Ajit Mookerjee, visit the website;
http://ascensionreiki.com/Attune_1.html

Regards,
Jagannath.
--- In minutus@yahoogroups.com, Piet Guijt wrote:
chakra's
Hahnemannian
the Root
chakra.
present a
separate
pattern,

At 02:45 PM 7/24/2005, you wrote:
Hello,

One good example is the use of aconite in fever remedies. Obviously the
aconite produces fever just look at our provings! Many of the other
medicines are included to balance the side actions and control a tiny
physical dose of aconite. Shen Nung suggested the use of small amounts of
cannabis to restore the memory! Hows that for a similar! Even in Western
herbology many similars are used. They used to be called simples and given
as single remedies such as boneset in bone injuries. Even in combination
many of the major ingredients are similars. For example, look at the use of
uva uris or parsley in mixtures for urinary problems. These are hot and
dry "eliminators" that are similars. Herbs like marshmellow root are wet
and moist builders used to balance actions of the primary agents and act in
the nutritional sphere on mucus membranes. Many of tonics work are fairly
neutral and work the nutritional sphere and are non toxic in normal
amounts. The Chinese use these in cooking and soups also. Foods work on the
physical level and are usually given by opposites. For example, if the
patient is cold and full of phlegm we do not give them cold food and dairy
products! We give them warming and drying foods and nutritional herbs. More
Heroic and dynamic agents are usually used by similars in small doses.
Nei kung - chi kung is very effective for stiff joints and stagnant chi.
This is all based on Toaist yoga. Don't forget the power of breathing,
stillness and movement!

Sincerely, David Little
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medicines."

Samuel Hahnemann

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David Little © 2000

Thank-you David,
I see what you mean. This is key to analyzing herbs and remedies that are derived from herbal experience. The Chinese are using similars and opposite acting herbs often in combination. They call that balancing. So when we look at a formula, it is important to see which direction of action was chosen and balance as needed. Is it possible that, some of our less proved homeopathic remedies are just repetions of herbal texts. So, it is necessary to look to see if which direction the symptoms are going in relative to the needs of the patient.
Blessings,
Ellen
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This is something I meant to look into but never had time, it always
struck me that much of the MM of Hom Rxs derived from herbs were
actually the herbal MM, or a mixture of the herbal and provings. I
suspect Arnica + Calendula, might fall into that category, anyone
know??
Simon

Many of the virtues attached to Arnica evolved during the 18thC. Fehr
announced its use for bruises and contusions. It became so trendy to
use Arnica (just like to day) for almost anything, from putrid fevers,
epilepsy to a general tonic that it went full circle and fell into
disrepute. But Hahnemann proved it as far as I know. Calendula hasn't
been proved.

Best wishes, Joy
http://www.homeopathicmateriamedica.com
http://www.homeopathicmateriamedica.blogspot.com
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I didn't think Calendula had been proved, and I seriously question
whether it can be prescribed in potency and homeopathically on the
herbal MM. I'm sure the MM on arnica is a mish mash, as are many other
herbs
Simon

Dear colleagues and students,

Hahnemann search the common materia medica and folk medicine potential
remedies. He also gather information from poisonings and medical overdoses.
On this basis he added symptoms from proving medicines on the healthy and
symptoms brought out in patients under treatment with Homoeopathic
remedies. All of his methods of collecting the symptoms have one thing in
common - they are all observations of medicine substances on human beings.
This is what makes the homeopathic materia medica so special. I believe
there are a lot of potentially powerful Homoeopathic remedies in Chinese
medicine and Ayurveda but there is no simple short cut to their use as
homeopathic remedies. Unless, these potential homeopathic remedies are
reviewed in the manners introduced by Hahnemann it will be very hard to
understand their true medicinal properties.

Sincerely, David Little

Allen seems to describe provings...........
Dr. J. Rozencwajg, MD, PhD.
"The greatest enemy of any science is a closed mind".

Sorry - don't quite get your gist Dr J.Roz

??

Simon