Hahnemann, Homeopathy and Organon - Off shoot of Lachesis and Potencies LONG
Posted: Fri May 11, 2007 12:44 am
Any one leaving a legacy would want it to grow beyond them- If Freud
had said what he said in his work was the final word on psycho
analysis there would be no growth and newer adaptations...This is the
state of affairs in any field of knowledge pursuit - the Father or
Mother or Founder of any branch of medicine and science gets
superceded by the Sons and Daughters...The original work is not
forgotten - but is complemented and supplemented with additions-
Homeopathy is bigger than Hahnemann, predated Hahnemann- Yes Hahnemann
discovered the codified Homeopathic system of medicine, made it come
into existence in a scientific manner and what he said couple of
centuries back is still true in most aspects. But homeopathy as a way
of administering medicines predated Hahnemann and carries a broader
definition.
Hahnemann added 3 things to it 1) Diluted the medicines to prevent
aggravations 2) Created formal provings to give us indications 3) Made
it a single medicine administration so that we can map the symptoms of
natural disease to the provings. Potentization came about as a
by-product - not the intention of diluting. But even without these
things homeopathicity can still occur.
In Homeopathy too there have been growths, expansions- but which never
got into Organon- As I like to call it - it is a book of guidelines, A
Best Practices Collection when it appeared - it is NOT the only way to
practice 200 years later..it is highly recommended and very
scientific- but still is not something writ on stone and carried down
by Moses...
If I take an obscure plant, give it to someone and note down the
symptoms and then prepare a potency of the same in my own way, 1/100
as the first and then 1/50 of that as the next potency and 1/200 of
that as the third and then use this as a medicine -is it still
homeopathy or not? The fundamentals are there - not exactly the way
Hahnemann put it - but still there-even if I give the mother tincture
I am still practicing Homeopathy even if I do not know all the
aphorisms by heart and even if I do not own the latest computer software-
Works like organon grow out of practical experience - Which comes
first - poetry or grammar? Always poetry comes first and then the
guidelines ( grammar) based on that... the next poet follows the
grammar but then supercedes in some way - you do not throw out the
work but expand the grammar later to accomodate this-
This is what has not been happening in Homeopathy- we have had
excellent practitioners, observers, thinkers in Homeopathy- that is
the practice ( poetry) of homeopathy has grown a lot but the Organon -
the Best Practices Library- still reflects the Best Practices 150
years back- Instead of being a living document it has become a partial
museum piece- most of it still good - some parts clearly
anachronistic- instead of being a 2 way street - where it informs our
practice and then evolving more out of that practice - it became a
stick in people's hand to poke into eyes that look in different directions
-Organon is like getting a map of the area from Mapquest or Google -
but still local conditions might dictate how you drive or find your way-
But still we have people throwing it at people who do not follow it-
people who use it like a police baton-- the fault is not that of the
practitioners who practice outside of Organon ( not always at least)
it is the fault of all of us as a profession still referring to a
museum piece for all guidelines and not being tolerant mindful of the
fact that we ourselves do not follow all the tenets of the work
Doctors worth their salt do not practice out of books- true practice
comes out of books a little but over a period of time comes out of
their observation and experience- and if the Book concurs, good for it
- we can appreciate the timelessness of it- if it does not - then go
ahead and practice what you think is the best in the given situation,
what your intuition and experience tells you is best for the patient-
whether or not Organon has it-
At a time when only Organon 30th edition would suffice we cannot still
have 6th being thrust into our throats every step of the way- it is
the best we have - sure - but then what if it is not good enough? I
might want to use only parts of it that are still relevant-
had said what he said in his work was the final word on psycho
analysis there would be no growth and newer adaptations...This is the
state of affairs in any field of knowledge pursuit - the Father or
Mother or Founder of any branch of medicine and science gets
superceded by the Sons and Daughters...The original work is not
forgotten - but is complemented and supplemented with additions-
Homeopathy is bigger than Hahnemann, predated Hahnemann- Yes Hahnemann
discovered the codified Homeopathic system of medicine, made it come
into existence in a scientific manner and what he said couple of
centuries back is still true in most aspects. But homeopathy as a way
of administering medicines predated Hahnemann and carries a broader
definition.
Hahnemann added 3 things to it 1) Diluted the medicines to prevent
aggravations 2) Created formal provings to give us indications 3) Made
it a single medicine administration so that we can map the symptoms of
natural disease to the provings. Potentization came about as a
by-product - not the intention of diluting. But even without these
things homeopathicity can still occur.
In Homeopathy too there have been growths, expansions- but which never
got into Organon- As I like to call it - it is a book of guidelines, A
Best Practices Collection when it appeared - it is NOT the only way to
practice 200 years later..it is highly recommended and very
scientific- but still is not something writ on stone and carried down
by Moses...
If I take an obscure plant, give it to someone and note down the
symptoms and then prepare a potency of the same in my own way, 1/100
as the first and then 1/50 of that as the next potency and 1/200 of
that as the third and then use this as a medicine -is it still
homeopathy or not? The fundamentals are there - not exactly the way
Hahnemann put it - but still there-even if I give the mother tincture
I am still practicing Homeopathy even if I do not know all the
aphorisms by heart and even if I do not own the latest computer software-
Works like organon grow out of practical experience - Which comes
first - poetry or grammar? Always poetry comes first and then the
guidelines ( grammar) based on that... the next poet follows the
grammar but then supercedes in some way - you do not throw out the
work but expand the grammar later to accomodate this-
This is what has not been happening in Homeopathy- we have had
excellent practitioners, observers, thinkers in Homeopathy- that is
the practice ( poetry) of homeopathy has grown a lot but the Organon -
the Best Practices Library- still reflects the Best Practices 150
years back- Instead of being a living document it has become a partial
museum piece- most of it still good - some parts clearly
anachronistic- instead of being a 2 way street - where it informs our
practice and then evolving more out of that practice - it became a
stick in people's hand to poke into eyes that look in different directions
-Organon is like getting a map of the area from Mapquest or Google -
but still local conditions might dictate how you drive or find your way-
But still we have people throwing it at people who do not follow it-
people who use it like a police baton-- the fault is not that of the
practitioners who practice outside of Organon ( not always at least)
it is the fault of all of us as a profession still referring to a
museum piece for all guidelines and not being tolerant mindful of the
fact that we ourselves do not follow all the tenets of the work
Doctors worth their salt do not practice out of books- true practice
comes out of books a little but over a period of time comes out of
their observation and experience- and if the Book concurs, good for it
- we can appreciate the timelessness of it- if it does not - then go
ahead and practice what you think is the best in the given situation,
what your intuition and experience tells you is best for the patient-
whether or not Organon has it-
At a time when only Organon 30th edition would suffice we cannot still
have 6th being thrust into our throats every step of the way- it is
the best we have - sure - but then what if it is not good enough? I
might want to use only parts of it that are still relevant-
Nothing - I do not want to leave even the 4th edition - I just
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