Re[2]: primary and secondary action - was 30C's- Dr. John

[Fran Sheffield]

Hello David,

Tuesday, April 18, 2006, 5:49:46 PM, you wrote:
DL> So I agree that the primary action is of primary importance because it
DL> cancels the lifelong disease and replaces it with a transitory medicinal
DL> This is very important BUT the life force's effort to remove the medicinal
DL> disease and establish homeostasis is also very important. In aphorism 68 it
DL> says that "the life force has no more considerable counter action to take
DL> up against this small artificial mistunement of its condition that the
DL> counter action of elevating the current condition up tot he healthy station
DL> (that is, the counter action suitable for complete recovery) to which in
DL> the end, the life force requires little effort, after extinguishing the
DL> pervious disease mistunement (see aphorism 64 point 2).

And.......

DL> This Aph. 29 once again that the role of the primary action is to
DL> replace the derangement impinged on the life force by the natural disease
DL> with a transient medical disease. One the more permanent chronic diseases
DL> is replaced by the remedy disease which is "far more easily" overcome by
DL> the life force. This move to remove the medicinal disease and re-establish
DL> a normal condition with restored vitality is an important aspect of
DL> attaining homeostasis and attaining the cure. Just on the experiential
DL> level alone usually seeks an increase in vitality, sense of well being, and
DL> homeostasis in degrees during the process of cure. These are all actions
DL> Hahnemann attributed to the curative secondary action in the Organon.
This is the area in which I become fuzzy in my philosophical thinking
- obviously, when we are needing repeat doses of the remedy, we have
not extinguished the original disease, yet we are still seeing the
secondary action by the VF. What is happening here?

I have explained it to myself by thinking of the VF as a muscle. When
it is strong, it can react soundly and fully, restoring and
maintaining homeostasis. When weak, it may only be able to rebound
weakly with a secondary action that it cannot hold for very long,
before slipping back into a disordered state.

With repeated stimulating nudges by the primary action of the remedy
the VF it is exercised and strengthened, like a muscle, until it
produces a strong enough reaction to fully regain balance and maintain
homeostasis fully and permanently. But, this thinking does not match
the process that Hahnemann describes. Would you please share why you
think we need to repeat the remedy, and how the natural disease seems
to only be extinguished by degrees in some cases, David.
-- Best regards,
Fran
mailto:FranSheffield@homeopathyplus.com.au