LMs & Hahnemann's Advanced Methods
Posted: Mon Nov 09, 2009 9:01 pm
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Hahnemann's Advanced Methods
all 8 parts exceptional
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info on how to give LM's - vital reading
Much more here than what I have quoted below
"Potencies and Repetition
LM potencies come in a graduated series from LM 0/1 to LM 0/30. This makes up 30 microtonal potency levels which allows for the fine tuning of the remedy. When using the LM remedies the case should be started from the "lowest degrees" of potency. Hahnemann?s Paris casebooks show that Hahnemann's opening potencies varied between LM 0/1 to LM 0/7 in most cases. The most common opening potencies are between LM 0/1 and LM 0/3. Most cases are started with LM 0/1 in a 4 to 6 oz. medicinal solution. Only under special conditions are cases started with LM 0/2 or LM 0/3, as these are progressively higher potencies. A constitution which is of normal sensitivity will always respond to the LM 0/1 potency if it is clearly indicated. LM potencies are given in a gradual serial progression from LM 0/1 to LM 0/2 to LM 0/3 to LM 0/4, etc.
Sometimes Hahnemann moved up and down the potency levels to try and find the most harmonic potency. After this he generally moved upward by 1 degree as the case progressed. There are no leaps between potencies like LM 0/1 to LM 0/16 to LM 0/30 in this system. The potency is raised for only two reasons: firstly, the bottle of the previous potency is completely consumed and there is a need to continue the remedy; Secondly, the client seems to relapse before the complete ingestion of the previous bottle, showing that they need a higher potency.
It is often said that the LM potency should be given daily in a mechanical fashion. This is a great mistake. In aphorism 246 Hahnemann says any "strikingly increasing progressive amelioration precludes any repetition of the remedy whatsoever [DL]." It is only in the more "slowly progressive improvements [DL]" that we need to repeat the remedy at suitable intervals to speed the cure. In the note to aphorism 246 Hahnemann says the LM remedies "may" be given daily "if necessary" not must be repeated daily in every case! In aphorism 248 Hahnemann says they may be given "daily or every other day" in long lasting diseases but the same if necessary applies. Do not misunderstand this point! When it is "not necessary" repeating LM remedies daily or every other day will either slow down the cure or cause unneeded aggravations.
The late, great, Dr. Hari Mohan Choudhury told me he made this mistake early in his career, but learned through experience, that the most important statement in the paragraphs dealing with repetition are the words "if necessary". If we do what is "not necessary" we slow down the cure, confuse the case, and overmedicate the patient. I also made this mistake in the early years of using LM potency as part of my personal lesson in "hubris". Always remember the four cardinal rules of Homeopathy: Similars cure similars, the single remedy, the minimal dose, and the potentized remedy. With these four golden rules in mind we cannot go far off the target of a rapid, gentle and permanent cure.
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Sheri Nakken, R.N., MA, Hahnemannian Homeopath
http://www.wellwithin1.com/vaccine.htm & http://www.wellwithin1.com/homeo.htm
ONLINE/Email classes in Homeopathy; Vaccine Dangers; Childhood Diseases Reality
Next classes start December 2 & 3
Hahnemann's Advanced Methods
all 8 parts exceptional
http://www.simillimum.com/education/lit ... icle04.php
info on how to give LM's - vital reading
Much more here than what I have quoted below
"Potencies and Repetition
LM potencies come in a graduated series from LM 0/1 to LM 0/30. This makes up 30 microtonal potency levels which allows for the fine tuning of the remedy. When using the LM remedies the case should be started from the "lowest degrees" of potency. Hahnemann?s Paris casebooks show that Hahnemann's opening potencies varied between LM 0/1 to LM 0/7 in most cases. The most common opening potencies are between LM 0/1 and LM 0/3. Most cases are started with LM 0/1 in a 4 to 6 oz. medicinal solution. Only under special conditions are cases started with LM 0/2 or LM 0/3, as these are progressively higher potencies. A constitution which is of normal sensitivity will always respond to the LM 0/1 potency if it is clearly indicated. LM potencies are given in a gradual serial progression from LM 0/1 to LM 0/2 to LM 0/3 to LM 0/4, etc.
Sometimes Hahnemann moved up and down the potency levels to try and find the most harmonic potency. After this he generally moved upward by 1 degree as the case progressed. There are no leaps between potencies like LM 0/1 to LM 0/16 to LM 0/30 in this system. The potency is raised for only two reasons: firstly, the bottle of the previous potency is completely consumed and there is a need to continue the remedy; Secondly, the client seems to relapse before the complete ingestion of the previous bottle, showing that they need a higher potency.
It is often said that the LM potency should be given daily in a mechanical fashion. This is a great mistake. In aphorism 246 Hahnemann says any "strikingly increasing progressive amelioration precludes any repetition of the remedy whatsoever [DL]." It is only in the more "slowly progressive improvements [DL]" that we need to repeat the remedy at suitable intervals to speed the cure. In the note to aphorism 246 Hahnemann says the LM remedies "may" be given daily "if necessary" not must be repeated daily in every case! In aphorism 248 Hahnemann says they may be given "daily or every other day" in long lasting diseases but the same if necessary applies. Do not misunderstand this point! When it is "not necessary" repeating LM remedies daily or every other day will either slow down the cure or cause unneeded aggravations.
The late, great, Dr. Hari Mohan Choudhury told me he made this mistake early in his career, but learned through experience, that the most important statement in the paragraphs dealing with repetition are the words "if necessary". If we do what is "not necessary" we slow down the cure, confuse the case, and overmedicate the patient. I also made this mistake in the early years of using LM potency as part of my personal lesson in "hubris". Always remember the four cardinal rules of Homeopathy: Similars cure similars, the single remedy, the minimal dose, and the potentized remedy. With these four golden rules in mind we cannot go far off the target of a rapid, gentle and permanent cure.
"
------------------------------------------
Sheri Nakken, R.N., MA, Hahnemannian Homeopath
http://www.wellwithin1.com/vaccine.htm & http://www.wellwithin1.com/homeo.htm
ONLINE/Email classes in Homeopathy; Vaccine Dangers; Childhood Diseases Reality
Next classes start December 2 & 3