Minutus

Dear Minutus,

Although I'm a patient, may I ask a question to help clarify an aspect of my
future treatment.

Following advice, I'll be seeing a second Homoeopath in two weeks time to
seek a second opinion. As I don't have one specific problem but many long
standing ones, I assume I'll be given a constitutional remedy.

With the thread on LM case management in mind, I have a question regarding
the LM test dose. If Hering's Law states that the condition improves inside
to out and present to past, what happens if the mentals are the longest
standing aspect of the disease. Does this mean the mentals won't always be
the first to improve.

Therefor, what sign should I be looking for when I take my new remedy as a
test dose. Is it mental, or can it be physical. Is it a striking or subtle
improvement. I ask, because maybe I missed some subtle aspect of the cure
with my first visit to a Homoeopath. As a patient should we increase our
awareness to be on the look-out so as not to miss some clue to the cure.

It would be interesting to find out what practicing Homoeopaths look for in
the test dose.

And finally, out of curiosity, if a case is started at LM1 what is the
average ending potency for a cure. Or is it common practice to ascend all the
way up to LM30.

Thanks,

Robert.

Robert,

I would be looking for an improvement in energy, sense of well being, sleep,
etc. When mentals improve in a case depends on a number of factors including
the severity of the mentals, miasm(s) involved, nature of the individual.

hope this helps

russell swift, dvm

My experienced with LM's is that the patient usually finds that their
energy increases while the presenting complaint starts to improve slowly
but definitely. I often use it where there are drugs (prescribed), or a
very low vitality. (this applies to people and animals). When the
potency has spent it's course then the patient will develop minor
proving symptoms, at this point the remedy is stopped and the symptoms
go away. If they are well at this point no further treatment is needed,
you can continue going up the LM scale if it suits with very sensitive
or critically ill people or I have found (this is generalising) that
around LM 04-5 they seem to be strong enough to have C potency remedies.
The nice thing about LM's is they are so gentle and can be used
successfully with long term chronic complaints.
Please feel free to come back to me with any further questions - if I
haven't been clear
Regards
Joan Goddard

Hi Robert

From my experience, what you should expect to see will depend on the method
used to select the remedy. If, as you suspect you are treated
constitutionally then it is likely that the first signs of improvement will
be more general, more relating to the M/E sphere. If the method is more
Hahnemannian and directly focused on a specific disorder, then the I would
expect the most limiting aspects of that disorder to be affected first.

In my practice I seldom have to go beyond an LM1 for a complete cure -
occasionally up to an LM5 but very seldom.

regards
Graham
Graham Mc Lauchlan Dip Hom RC Hom
Mana Homoeopathy Clinic
Plimmerton
NZ

At 12:05 PM 4/25/2002 +1200, you wrote:

Hello everybody,

Many of my cases seem to resolve between 0/1 to 0/10 but I have been as
high as 0/24, etc.. No 0/30s yet!

David Little
Samuel Hahnemann

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