30c etc
Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2006 3:14 pm
Dear Chris,
I thought someone must be able to come up with the goods! thanks!
theresa
Chris wrote:
believe the list originated with Boenninghausen as it appeared in his 1832
"Systematic, Alphabetic Repertory of Homoeopathic Remedies. Volume One
Embracing the Antipsoric, Antisyphilitic and Antisycotic Remedies". This
volume includes a list of the duration of action of anti-psoric remedies +
Mercury and Thuja.
In 1835 a companion Repertory to this volume was published in Germany called
the "Systematic, Alphabetic Repertory of Homoeopathic Remedies. Second
Volume Containing the Non-antipsoric Remedies". This volume includes a list
of the duration of action of non-antipsoric remedies.
Boger translated the first volume into English in 1900, but the second
volume has never been published in English as a separate work on its own.
The link which you provided
http://homeoinfo.com/06_materia_medica/ ... action.php
contains the duration of action of remedies from Boenninghausen's Volume 1
only. That is, the anti-psoric remedies + Mercury and Thuja. I have a copy
of the German edition of the full text including Volume 2 which I've
translated for personal study, and it includes a separate review of the
duration of action of all the non-psoric remedies as well. Since this
'non-psoric' duration list does not appear in Gibson Miller's tables, it
seems likely that he did not have access to the German edition of the
Repertory, only Boger's English translation of volume 1.
Of the duration of remedy action, Boenninghausen wrote:
"The duration of action of a remedy can never be exactly stated because
extremely variable modifications and changes occur. It is most striking that
an antipsoric administered in acute diseases often manifests a curative
action in a quarter of an hour, which under the same medicine can in chronic
ailments only ordinarily be expected after the lapse of several days.
Particularly is the duration of action in the latter very various and not
infrequently one sees a suitable remedy acting over three months (i.e. Calc,
Caust, Lyc, Sil., etc.)"
Preface to the First Edition, A Systematic, Alphabetic Repertory of
Homoeopathic Remedies. 1832.
Clearly, Boenninghausen was not suggesting that an absolute, definitive list
for the length of time a remedy would always act is even possible.
Nevertheless, I don't agree that the list of the duration of action of
remedies is utterly meaningless. It is a useful guide to understanding the
length and depth of action of a particular remedy according to time and
circumstance of its clinical application. Timely repetition of a dose
depends on knowing the patient, the pathogenesis of the disease, and the
remedy in potency too. We tend to forget (or maybe don't even know) that
Boenninghausen systematically organized the data in his first Repertory into
anti-miasmatic (Vol 1) and non-miasmatic (Vol 2) applications, so this is
the context in which *his* duration of remedy action lists can be viewed -
acute and chronic, intercurrent remedies, miasmatic and non-miasmatic
applications. This was an early, comprehensive attempt to chart and
understand remedial action according to the vectors of space, time and
circumstance via the rubrics and grading of remedies in the respective
volumes of his Repertories. It was a massive undertaking and meant to expand
our knowledge and potential application of remedies in various clinical
settings. The only fault I see, is that in making a comparison between
authors we don't know which potencies were used and that may account for
different lengths of time reported.
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I thought someone must be able to come up with the goods! thanks!
theresa
Chris wrote:
believe the list originated with Boenninghausen as it appeared in his 1832
"Systematic, Alphabetic Repertory of Homoeopathic Remedies. Volume One
Embracing the Antipsoric, Antisyphilitic and Antisycotic Remedies". This
volume includes a list of the duration of action of anti-psoric remedies +
Mercury and Thuja.
In 1835 a companion Repertory to this volume was published in Germany called
the "Systematic, Alphabetic Repertory of Homoeopathic Remedies. Second
Volume Containing the Non-antipsoric Remedies". This volume includes a list
of the duration of action of non-antipsoric remedies.
Boger translated the first volume into English in 1900, but the second
volume has never been published in English as a separate work on its own.
The link which you provided
http://homeoinfo.com/06_materia_medica/ ... action.php
contains the duration of action of remedies from Boenninghausen's Volume 1
only. That is, the anti-psoric remedies + Mercury and Thuja. I have a copy
of the German edition of the full text including Volume 2 which I've
translated for personal study, and it includes a separate review of the
duration of action of all the non-psoric remedies as well. Since this
'non-psoric' duration list does not appear in Gibson Miller's tables, it
seems likely that he did not have access to the German edition of the
Repertory, only Boger's English translation of volume 1.
Of the duration of remedy action, Boenninghausen wrote:
"The duration of action of a remedy can never be exactly stated because
extremely variable modifications and changes occur. It is most striking that
an antipsoric administered in acute diseases often manifests a curative
action in a quarter of an hour, which under the same medicine can in chronic
ailments only ordinarily be expected after the lapse of several days.
Particularly is the duration of action in the latter very various and not
infrequently one sees a suitable remedy acting over three months (i.e. Calc,
Caust, Lyc, Sil., etc.)"
Preface to the First Edition, A Systematic, Alphabetic Repertory of
Homoeopathic Remedies. 1832.
Clearly, Boenninghausen was not suggesting that an absolute, definitive list
for the length of time a remedy would always act is even possible.
Nevertheless, I don't agree that the list of the duration of action of
remedies is utterly meaningless. It is a useful guide to understanding the
length and depth of action of a particular remedy according to time and
circumstance of its clinical application. Timely repetition of a dose
depends on knowing the patient, the pathogenesis of the disease, and the
remedy in potency too. We tend to forget (or maybe don't even know) that
Boenninghausen systematically organized the data in his first Repertory into
anti-miasmatic (Vol 1) and non-miasmatic (Vol 2) applications, so this is
the context in which *his* duration of remedy action lists can be viewed -
acute and chronic, intercurrent remedies, miasmatic and non-miasmatic
applications. This was an early, comprehensive attempt to chart and
understand remedial action according to the vectors of space, time and
circumstance via the rubrics and grading of remedies in the respective
volumes of his Repertories. It was a massive undertaking and meant to expand
our knowledge and potential application of remedies in various clinical
settings. The only fault I see, is that in making a comparison between
authors we don't know which potencies were used and that may account for
different lengths of time reported.
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