At 09:58 AM 3/4/2002 +0000, you wrote:
Dear Joy et all,
Can you please supply quotes where Hahnemann says "you can repeat LMs
even if there is no evidence of them working"??? I have never seen such a
discussion. Hahnemann does say, however, that the LMs can be repeated as
long as the patient is improving and there are no aggravations. This he
wrote about this and the quotes are available. This is different than the
4th Organon method where as long as the patient is improving the remedy
should be stopped.
That one may at some point be repeating the LMs *before* they appear to
be working is sometimes done but only for a reasonable amount of time. If
one keeps repeating the WRONG remedy that is NOT working it will cause
accessory symptoms and dissimilar aggravations that change the natural
symptom pattern and may spoil the case. There is ample clinical evidence
that the over repetition of the LM potency can cause harm. The mechanical
daily repetition of the LM potency has caused many unneeded aggravation,
dissimilar aggravation, accessory symptoms, and cause some serious
problems. No homoeopathic remedies can be repeated mindlessly without
causing side-effects. This has given the LMs a bad name in certain circles
because they have seen the messed up cases.
Dear Colleagues,
I have done the LMs for 18 years, and in my first years, I over
repeated the remedies and SLOWED DOWN rather than sped the cure on
occasions. As I read the fine print of the Organon, I realized that
Hahnemann said that the LM potency can only be repeated daily "WHEN
NECESSARY" (FN-APH 246 6th Organon) When it is NOT necessary such a
frequent repetition will cause unneeded aggravations, accessory symptoms,
and slow down the cure. This may spoil the case through over medication.
My review of the Paris casebooks showed that Hahnemann rarely gave the
daily dose and did not repeat the remedy for long periods without giving
the patient a series of placebos and waiting and watching. Dr. Croserio
worked with Hahnemann during his LM years (1840-1843). He wrote Hahnemann
almost never used the daily dose and gave large amounts of placebo. There
are very few cases where I find the daily dose necessary, and when
necessary, it usually is not very long before one needs to slow down the
repetitions because the patient is improving at a good rate.
Hahnemann also clearly writes in 247 that
"During treatment, every noticeably progressive and conspicuously
increasing improvement is a state which, as long as it persist, generally
excludes any repetition of the medicine being used because all the good
being produced by the medicine is still hastening towards completion."
This means that any strikingly progressive amelioration that increases
from day to day is a sign the THE LM POTENCY SHOULD NOT BE REPEATED. I have
witness several single dose LM cures in this fashion, even in chronic
diseases. I simple never had to repeat the remedy because it was NOT
NECESSARY. This also means that any time DURING TREATMENT that there is a
strikingly progressive improvement the remedy should be STOPPED.
Note that in the second paragraph that Hahnemann said that repeating
the dose to speed the cure is used on cases where there is "SLOW,
CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT ON ONE DOSE", that may take 50, 60, or 100 days to
complete the cure. Then Hahnemann adds five conditions to speeding the cure
of such cases.
1. the remedy must be a true simillimum.
2. the remedy must be highly potentized and given in the medical solution.
3. the remedy must be given in the smallest possible dose.
4. the remedy must be given at suitable intervals (not mechanically daily).
5, the remedy must be succussed prior to administration.
So in nut shell - any strikingly progressive improvement on a single
dose or at any time in the case is a sign that the remedy should not be
repeated. In those cases where there is only a slowly progressive
improvement the remedy my be repeated to speed the cure. So the LM posology
is the union of the wait and watch method and knowing when to repeat the
remedy to speed the cure, WHEN NECESSARY.
Much of the 6th Organon is being taken out of context and much of the
"fine print" is being completely ignored. What it a great scientific and
artistic method has been changed by some into a mechanistic, mechanical
practice that reminds one of the way allopathic doctors give daily doses.
This state of mind is too be avoided at all cost. The 5th and 6th Organon
upholds the middle path between the rigid single dose and the mechanical
repetition of homeopathic remedies. For this reason, one must know when to
let a single dose, or series of does act without repetition, and when to
continue repeat the dose to speed the cure.
Sincerely, David Little
PS. There is no numeral equivalence between the C and LM potency. The C and
LM potency are complementary opposites when it comes to their medical
actions. This greatly expands the horizons of the homoeopathic pharmacy. I
wrote an article this that just appear in Simillimum magazine. Hahnemann
low potencies were 30c-6c in the descending order. His higher potencies
were the 198c, 199c, 200c and the LM 0/1 to 0/30/ in their ascending order.
Boenninghausen tested the LM potency and wrote that the LM potencies had
the actions of the high and highest C potencies of his day. The action of
the LM 0/1 is much more powerful than a 30c potency although by dilution
the original amount of medicine is similar to a 5c to 6c. This is because
the LM potency has a much larger dilution ratio and 100 succussions per
dilution that magnifies the remedial powers of the LM potency in a
different manner than the C potency.
Lastly, it is my advice to students and colleagues to be careful with
the LM potency and not to over medicate one's patients. Help get the word out.
DL
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