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The principles and Art of Cure by Homœopathy
by HERBERT A. ROBERTS, M.D.
Presented by Médi-T

CHAPTER XVIII
SUPPRESSION

In the dissertations on the vital energy we pointed out that it was
this force which was the expression of life itself, and through its power
of development and control in itself and by itself it maintains the
harmonious working, the state of equilibrium, which is perfect health.
There are external forces which may have an impress upon vital energy, yet
that allow it to work in undisturbed harmony; and there are external forces
that have great influence in inhibiting its normal functioning. When the
normal function is inhibited the immediate reaction is a lack of harmony
and a warped and suppressed functioning of the vital force, so that disease
conditions are produced with the attendant symptoms and irregular functions
of the body.

Let us consider some of these external features that may thus suppress
the normal functions of the vital force, and through the vital force the
normal functioning of the body. Such conditions as shell-shock, fright,
fear, excessive joy, intense unsatisfied longing for mate or offspring,
unrequited love, grief from loss of family or friends, business
apprehensions and worries, disappointed ambitions, extreme fatigue or
exhaustion; all these forces have an influence upon the vital energy, and
so warp and suppress its natural functioning that a train of symptoms is
produced, varying in their manifestations, but each varying widely from the
natural expressions of the vital energy. We often see cases where these
suppressing emotions not only affect profoundly the single individual, but
extend their influence to the next generation through the effect on a
nursing mother.

The palliative effect of medicines in physiological form is a
condition that we see over and over again, and we can observe the sequence
of suppressive action, the results being first palliation and then
suppression or an actual aggravation of the first condition. There are
always the primary and secondary actions as a result of physiological
dosage, and we see it well expressed in Paragraph 59 of the Organon, where
Hahnemann says:

Such palliative antipathic remedies were never employed in allaying
the prominent symptoms of protracted diseases, without being followed in a
few hours by the contrary condition, i. e. the return of the evil, often
seriously aggravated.

The paragraph continues, speaking of the use of opium in suppressing
coughs, and the use of the same drug in diarrhœa, and coffee producing
exhilaration, and other physiological primary effects in common practice;
then he goes on to show the secondary effects as being but an aggravation
of the first condition, or an entirely different group of symptoms of
deeper significance.

The homœopathic physician constantly comes across drug effects in
physiological form which have suppressed the natural expression of disease.
The one thing we should always bear in mind and should hold as our aim is
to allow the vital force to express itself in its own chosen way when it is
deranged. It is only when it shows itself clearly and without interruption
in its natural development that we get a clear picture of the diseased
state, and the administration of physiological medicine at such time
changes the whole picture, suppressing one symptom after another until
there is no expression of the true condition of the patient.

The immediate effect of this method of treatment is a suppression but
if persisted in and continued over a period of time it has the effect of
driving the vital energy to express itself in some other form, and usually
in a deeper and more vital organ.

As an illustration, consider the use of opium and its derivatives for
the suppression of coughs. If this treatment is continued for any length of
time, instead of a cough we find the patient has become subject to a
condition far more serious, for he has developed a chronic state of night
cough; each time it is suppressed it is driven still deeper, and the
patient soon develops fever, night sweats, and a general hectic condition.
This may happen in simple coughs. It may happen in pneumonic coughs. The
danger of this suppression is very great, as can easily be noticed,
especially in pneumonias, where the least suppression is often fatal.

Likewise in diarrhœas, the suppression of a diarrhœa will often
produce constipation, then fever and a tendency to delirium. One who
remembers the time when cholera infantum was so prevalent will remember
also that many children who had received opium to stop the diarrhœa (which
it promptly did) developed the next day a hydrocephaloid state and
succumbed to the ravages of opium rather than to the ravages of the
disease. The present indiscriminate use of the salicylates and coal tar
derivatives in rheumatic and allied states invariably sends the trouble to
the central organs, especially to the heart.

The present day advertising of proprietary articles for the relief of
pain, such as aspirin, and the consequent indiscriminate use of such
preparations is exceedingly harmful, for it suppresses once more the danger
signal of pain, and it always covers the condition but never removes it,
rendering it possible to appear in a much exaggerated and more dangerous
manifestation in some other organ, or in a much more serious condition in
the same organ.

Another form of suppression that is very frequently seen is the
external application of drug preparations for the removal of skin
manifestations, such as eczema. These skin manifestations can be removed by
the external use of drug preparations. This, however, does not cure the
diseased condition, and the chronic miasm that has been expressed through
the skin manifestations is forced to hide its head, but it surely will
still be present in the organism and express itself in some deeper and more
vital part, nearer the center of vitality. If this course of treatment is
persistently continued and the condition continually suppressed, the
patient becomes nearly impossible of cure. The danger from these
suppressions is very great, for the longer they are suppressed the more
likely they are to take on nervous and mental manifestations, striking at
the very seat of life and reason, and there expressing itself.

Hahnemann's Organon, Paragraph 61, gives us the following:

Had physicians correctly observed and considered the deplorable
results of the antipathic application of medicines, they would long ago
have discovered the great truth, that the true method of performing
permanent cures must be the exact counterpart of such antipathic treatment.

They would have perceived that, whenever the opposite or antipathic
administration of medicine produced a brief period of alleviation, this
would subside, only to be followed by one of aggravation, and that,
consequently, the process should have been reversed; that is to say, the
homœopathic application of medicines according to their symptom-similitude
would have brought about a lasting and perfect cure, provided that, instead
of large quantities of medicine, the most minute doses had been employed.
Notwithstanding the experience of many centuries, physicians did not
recognize this great and salutary truth, they appear to have ignored
entirely the results of treatment above described, as well as the other
fact, that no physician ever effected a permanent cure of an inveterate
disease, unless some drug of predominant homœopathic effect had been by
chance embodied in his prescription nor were they able to comprehend that
every rapid and perfect cure, accomplished by nature without the aid of
human skill, was always produced by a similar disease coming to the one
already present.

Another source of suppression is the attempt to suppress the natural
secretions of the body, like the perspiration in the armpits and the
perspiration of the feet, by the use of medicinal powders. This forbids the
elimination of waste matter through the natural channels and this waste
must be taken up in other parts of the body and the attempt made to
eliminate them through these other channels. In this way much harm may be
done, and while the local suppressions may be entirely successful, the
constitutional manifestations are inimical to health.

Under the suppression of secretions we often find the suppression of
the menses by cold baths, or the sudden suppression of sweat by plunging in
for a cooling swim after exertion or in hot weather. Here, too, we find the
resulting action on the vital force, with the disturbance taking on grave,
or even dangerous, forms.

A frequent form of suppression in modern days is the removal of
disturbing organs by surgical means, again forbidding the expression of the
vital force through its chosen organs, where it has expressed itself in a
diseased state of the tonsils, the teeth, the sinuses, or any other part of
the economy. The particular disturbance is shown by the symptom picture of
the patient. In removing the tonsils, the teeth, or other organs by
surgical operation we are dealing with the end-product and not with the
vital energy. We are cutting off the manifestation of disease and are doing
nothing to set in order the vital energy or to prevent further disease
manifestations. These diseased conditions have developed as an expression
of the inward turmoil and distress under which the whole individual suffers.

These are but a few of the common suppressions caused by either
physicians or laymen, of from circumstances, and but a few of the form that
are constantly met. It is the privilege of the homœopathic physician to
relieve these distressed conditions and to set the vital energy in order,
thus enabling it to function properly.

No greater crime can be committed against the human economy than to
aid and abet these suppressions, for these may be the direct cause of many
constitutional diseases, and the symptoms are in their natural state always
the expression of constitutional conditions. Suppression is the source of
many functional disturbances.

The homœopathic physician is the only physician who is equipped to
deal with these conditions, for his province and the fundamental principle
of his work is the proper coordination and normal functioning of the body,
the mind and the spirit; and it is only when the three spheres of man
coordinate to develop in their normal way that harmony and health can be
maintained and preserved.
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SUPPRESSION by HERBERT A. ROBERTS, M.D.

http://homeoint.org/books4/roberts/chapter18.htm

The principles and Art of Cure by Homœopathy
by HERBERT A. ROBERTS, M.D.
Presented by Médi-T

CHAPTER XVIII
SUPPRESSION

In the dissertations on the vital energy we
pointed out that it was this force which was the
expression of life itself, and through its power
of development and control in itself and by
itself it maintains the harmonious working, the
state of equilibrium, which is perfect health.
There are external forces which may have an
impress upon vital energy, yet that allow it to
work in undisturbed harmony; and there are
external forces that have great influence in
inhibiting its normal functioning. When the
normal function is inhibited the immediate
reaction is a lack of harmony and a warped and
suppressed functioning of the vital force, so
that disease conditions are produced with the
attendant symptoms and irregular functions of the body.

Let us consider some of these external
features that may thus suppress the normal
functions of the vital force, and through the
vital force the normal functioning of the body.
Such conditions as shell-shock, fright, fear,
excessive joy, intense unsatisfied longing for
mate or offspring, unrequited love, grief from
loss of family or friends, business apprehensions
and worries, disappointed ambitions, extreme
fatigue or exhaustion; all these forces have an
influence upon the vital energy, and so warp and
suppress its natural functioning that a train of
symptoms is produced, varying in their
manifestations, but each varying widely from the
natural expressions of the vital energy. We often
see cases where these suppressing emotions not
only affect profoundly the single individual, but
extend their influence to the next generation
through the effect on a nursing mother.

The palliative effect of medicines in
physiological form is a condition that we see
over and over again, and we can observe the
sequence of suppressive action, the results being
first palliation and then suppression or an
actual aggravation of the first condition. There
are always the primary and secondary actions as a
result of physiological dosage, and we see it
well expressed in Paragraph 59 of the Organon, where Hahnemann says:

Such palliative antipathic remedies
were never employed in allaying the prominent
symptoms of protracted diseases, without being
followed in a few hours by the contrary
condition, i. e. the return of the evil, often seriously aggravated.

The paragraph continues, speaking of the
use of opium in suppressing coughs, and the use
of the same drug in diarrhœa, and coffee
producing exhilaration, and other physiological
primary effects in common practice; then he goes
on to show the secondary effects as being but an
aggravation of the first condition, or an
entirely different group of symptoms of deeper significance.

The homœopathic physician constantly comes
across drug effects in physiological form which
have suppressed the natural expression of
disease. The one thing we should always bear in
mind and should hold as our aim is to allow the
vital force to express itself in its own chosen
way when it is deranged. It is only when it shows
itself clearly and without interruption in its
natural development that we get a clear picture
of the diseased state, and the administration of
physiological medicine at such time changes the
whole picture, suppressing one symptom after
another until there is no expression of the true condition of the patient.

The immediate effect of this method of
treatment is a suppression but if persisted in
and continued over a period of time it has the
effect of driving the vital energy to express
itself in some other form, and usually in a deeper and more vital organ.

As an illustration, consider the use of
opium and its derivatives for the suppression of
coughs. If this treatment is continued for any
length of time, instead of a cough we find the
patient has become subject to a condition far
more serious, for he has developed a chronic
state of night cough; each time it is suppressed
it is driven still deeper, and the patient soon
develops fever, night sweats, and a general
hectic condition. This may happen in simple
coughs. It may happen in pneumonic coughs. The
danger of this suppression is very great, as can
easily be noticed, especially in pneumonias,
where the least suppression is often fatal.

Likewise in diarrhœas, the suppression of a
diarrhœa will often produce constipation, then
fever and a tendency to delirium. One who
remembers the time when cholera infantum was so
prevalent will remember also that many children
who had received opium to stop the diarrhœa
(which it promptly did) developed the next day a
hydrocephaloid state and succumbed to the ravages
of opium rather than to the ravages of the
disease. The present indiscriminate use of the
salicylates and coal tar derivatives in rheumatic
and allied states invariably sends the trouble to
the central organs, especially to the heart.

The present day advertising of proprietary
articles for the relief of pain, such as aspirin,
and the consequent indiscriminate use of such
preparations is exceedingly harmful, for it
suppresses once more the danger signal of pain,
and it always covers the condition but never
removes it, rendering it possible to appear in a
much exaggerated and more dangerous manifestation
in some other organ, or in a much more serious condition in the same organ.

Another form of suppression that is very
frequently seen is the external application of
drug preparations for the removal of skin
manifestations, such as eczema. These skin
manifestations can be removed by the external use
of drug preparations. This, however, does not
cure the diseased condition, and the chronic
miasm that has been expressed through the skin
manifestations is forced to hide its head, but it
surely will still be present in the organism and
express itself in some deeper and more vital
part, nearer the center of vitality. If this
course of treatment is persistently continued and
the condition continually suppressed, the patient
becomes nearly impossible of cure. The danger
from these suppressions is very great, for the
longer they are suppressed the more likely they
are to take on nervous and mental manifestations,
striking at the very seat of life and reason, and there expressing itself.

Hahnemann's Organon, Paragraph 61, gives us the following:

Had physicians correctly observed and
considered the deplorable results of the
antipathic application of medicines, they would
long ago have discovered the great truth, that
the true method of performing permanent cures
must be the exact counterpart of such antipathic treatment.

They would have perceived that,
whenever the opposite or antipathic
administration of medicine produced a brief
period of alleviation, this would subside, only
to be followed by one of aggravation, and that,
consequently, the process should have been
reversed; that is to say, the homœopathic
application of medicines according to their
symptom-similitude would have brought about a
lasting and perfect cure, provided that, instead
of large quantities of medicine, the most minute
doses had been employed. Notwithstanding the
experience of many centuries, physicians did not
recognize this great and salutary truth, they
appear to have ignored entirely the results of
treatment above described, as well as the other
fact, that no physician ever effected a permanent
cure of an inveterate disease, unless some drug
of predominant homœopathic effect had been by
chance embodied in his prescription nor were they
able to comprehend that every rapid and perfect
cure, accomplished by nature without the aid of
human skill, was always produced by a similar
disease coming to the one already present.

Another source of suppression is the
attempt to suppress the natural secretions of the
body, like the perspiration in the armpits and
the perspiration of the feet, by the use of
medicinal powders. This forbids the elimination
of waste matter through the natural channels and
this waste must be taken up in other parts of the
body and the attempt made to eliminate them
through these other channels. In this way much
harm may be done, and while the local
suppressions may be entirely successful, the
constitutional manifestations are inimical to health.

Under the suppression of secretions we
often find the suppression of the menses by cold
baths, or the sudden suppression of sweat by
plunging in for a cooling swim after exertion or
in hot weather. Here, too, we find the resulting
action on the vital force, with the disturbance
taking on grave, or even dangerous, forms.

A frequent form of suppression in modern
days is the removal of disturbing organs by
surgical means, again forbidding the expression
of the vital force through its chosen organs,
where it has expressed itself in a diseased state
of the tonsils, the teeth, the sinuses, or any
other part of the economy. The particular
disturbance is shown by the symptom picture of
the patient. In removing the tonsils, the teeth,
or other organs by surgical operation we are
dealing with the end-product and not with the
vital energy. We are cutting off the
manifestation of disease and are doing nothing to
set in order the vital energy or to prevent
further disease manifestations. These diseased
conditions have developed as an expression of the
inward turmoil and distress under which the whole individual suffers.

These are but a few of the common
suppressions caused by either physicians or
laymen, of from circumstances, and but a few of
the form that are constantly met. It is the
privilege of the homœopathic physician to relieve
these distressed conditions and to set the vital
energy in order, thus enabling it to function properly.

No greater crime can be committed against
the human economy than to aid and abet these
suppressions, for these may be the direct cause
of many constitutional diseases, and the symptoms
are in their natural state always the expression
of constitutional conditions. Suppression is the
source of many functional disturbances.

The homœopathic physician is the only
physician who is equipped to deal with these
conditions, for his province and the fundamental
principle of his work is the proper coordination
and normal functioning of the body, the mind and
the spirit; and it is only when the three spheres
of man coordinate to develop in their normal way
that harmony and health can be maintained and preserved.