Hi Rochelle,
Sil. & Phos. would be at the top of the list of those to avoid or use with EXTREME caution;
I'd also think that Tub. might be in the short -list.
Basically the idea here is that the VF could be incited into "too much cure" .. which could result in suppurating of tubercules & reactivation of dormant TB .. we can use that concept as a caution, regardless of which remedy is being considered..
-then, following on that concept, we add in "the usual"
pace and depth of pathology
pace of Rx
sensitivity of client
-and evaluate these together, to come to posology
Note: since Kent was not aware of liquid posology, we have a potentially huge advantage there .. further, with LM in liquid posology, we have the potential for starting out with very minimal dose, and the ability to repeat (judiciously) so as to "speed the cure" as Hahnemann stated (aphorism 246 of Organon 5th & 6th editions) "in 1/2, 1/4 or less" the time taken with old methods of 4th Organon.
All of this is covered in great detail in the internet-legend document H.A.M. "Hahnemann's Advanced Methods"
http://tinyurl.com/d5ghgx (shortcut URL for below link)
http://www.simillimum.com/education/lit ... icle05.php
excerpt from Kent MM
http://homeoint.org/books3/kentmm/sil.htm
It there is a deposit of tubercle in the lungs, Silica establishes ail inflammation and throws it out, and if the whole lung be tubercular a general suppurative pneumonia will be the result; hence, the danger of giving such remedies and the danger of repeating them in advanced stage of phthisis. Not only Silica but many other remedies have the power to suppurate out deposits, the result of poor nutrition.
http://homeoint.org/books3/kentmm/pho.htm
Phosphorus is a dangerous medicine to give very high in some cases of phthisis, in the last stages of phthisis. In this case they should have received Phosphorus when they were yet curable. In these cases Phosphorus 30 th may sometimes be used with safety and it will act as a test in doubtful cases to see whether reaction can be brought about. In such cases where reaction can be brought about the administration later of a still higher potency may be found useful, but in the beginning withPhosphorus in phthisical cases far advanced it is better not to go higher than the 30 th or 200 th.
Full Kent MM for those who have not
http://homeoint.org/books3/kentmm
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