Minutus

If I remember rightly, your reply was triggered by my suggestion to look at Carc. as a possible remedy, and I gave some indications which are quite telling - chronic constipation, blue sclera, love of chocolate and strong indications for several other remedies all at the same time.
Someone else added love of music and genetic antecedents in the familial history. And there are more pointers too.
These alone are worth consideration - yes, these 'pointers' are not exclusive to Carc., but when they come together they make a strong case for it. And as I said before, with a genetic disease such as this, I would most certainly be looking at nosodes!
And yes - Carc. does repertorise badly - it is not in all repertories (although I personally work with Murphy) but there is plenty of information available to guide with a prescription - as one example from memory, there is an excellent essay and collection of case histories by Foubister.
Liz

Not particularly triggered, no but might have added my reply to yours out of convenience.

Here is someone who has a serious disease named as muscular dystrophy where constipation is common - what child doesn't like sweets and chocolate (would be more interesting if they didn't), blue sclera could be tubercular, a love of music is pathological and needs curing? - one should be asking if the love of music is healthy or not or is a compensation factor or so intense a desire that it tips the balance of 'healthy'.

Also what do we care about genetics - all disease can be so but we refer to it as miasmatic influence and susceptibility - doesn't change out outlook on treatment.

If you are suggesting more that this disease could well fall into the cancer miasm that is very different to suggesting Carc as a rx and I am still asking what are the affinities for Carc in a disease such as Muscular dystrophy with concomitant epilepsy. It is possible that the poster is feeling along the same lines as considering this rx but where does the MD come into this rx - seems a reasonable question to me.

If Carc doesn't appear in all reps that is not the problem of Carc!

Joy
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No - to reply to your last comment, it isn't the fault of the repertory if Carc. doesn't figure in it, but only the more modern repertories include Carc., and it needs a lot more work done on it before it becomes mainstream. If you are working with a computer repertory, I guess it's less of a problem, but not all people do.
I take your point about every child loving chocolate and sweets - but actually, the point is that firstly, chocolate is preferred above sweets (not so usual in a young child) and secondly, these symptoms are found in lots of different remedies BUT when you find them all together, alongside all the other pointers we have mentioned (and more)that is when alarm bells should ring. Yes, blue sclera are tubercular etc. etc. but the point is that the cancer miasm is a convergence of all the major miasms, so that is why you would find all these different symptoms at the same time in Carcinosin.
And there are specific antcedents in the family genetic history which give you cause to stop and consider e.g. cancer (of course) but also things like diabetes and other syphilitic pointers.
So the genetic load is vital in diagnosis - what you inherit from either side of your family can come together as the cancer miasm. And where you have that miasm, Carcinosin must be considered as a remedy - at the very least as an intercurrent, if not as an opening remedy.
Asking where a disease comes into a remedy picture is not the approach I personally would take. Rather, I would look at what is visible around the disease, and treat accordingly. Never mind if the disease figures or not in the remedy picture - that is the allopathic approach.
Liz