Minutus

In a message dated 6/23/02 11:13:58 AM, tamarque@frontiernet.net writes:

What you describe is a basic muscle test. I was taught to simply have the
person hold the remedy in one hand and test the other. Why do you have them
hold the rx over their navel?
I've heard "over the thymus gland", which also works. Maybe anywhere. Also,
I can do my own muscle test by lifting a weight with one hand, rem in the
other. This is AFTER narrowing down the rem choice (for acutes -- I'm not a
practioner) by reportizing. Lift once as a baseline, then lift again while
holding rem to thymus/sternum. The weight is definitely the same, heavier or
lighter depending on the rem. I've been doing it with food too. For me,
refined sugar is SO "heavy." Interesting.

Best, Margaret

PS Re placebo, I'm a patient and homeo-mom, so from a patient's point of
view, I'd like to say that if I found that my hom had given me a placebo, I'd
assume s/he had intended it to be curative, as placebos have been proven to
be in research. A mentals medicine, maybe.

A simple method of muscle testing when there is nobody to press down on your
arm is:
- hold the remedy or food to be tested in both hands at chest level (
thymus gland - under sternum)
- close your eyes
- see which direction you lean.

Usually if the remedy (or food, or herb, or vitamin etc) is good for you,
you will lean forward, or towards it.
If the remedy is not good for you, or if you don't need any of it at the
time of testing, you will lean away from it or backwards.

Diane