Minutus

Dear all,

Sometimes we give a remedy we are preety sure of and nothing happens. This
sets us thinking what went wrong? Was the prescription wrong? Was there
something I had not considred?
Here we have to understand a few things. The so called constitutional
remedy works miraculously in purely functional diseases. If the disease is
purely functional nothing works better than the constitutional remedy.

In diseases where pathological changes have taken place we again have to
start with the constitutional remedy but at times this may not be enough.
Thus you may get a case of ovarian tumor and work out your case beautifully
but notice that you keep going in circles. You give Nat-m and you get
symptoms of sepia you give sepia and the patient comes back with a picture
of Lachesis, you give lachesis and you are back to Nat-m. The remedies seem
to touch everything except the seat of the disease.

That is where our so called smaller remedies with their organ specific
action come in. If you get such a case and you have been going the rounds
for some time stop and reconsider the case. Look at the organ or tissue
involved. See the medicines that have specific action on that organ look at
any peculiar symptoms your patient has and see if any of those remedies may
not cover those symptoms. Finally give your prescription preferably to
start with in the lower potencies.

Of course such a situation is very rare. More often than not when the
remedy fails it is simply because it was a wrong remedy or a short acting
remedy was given for a chronic disease, but if you are sure of your remedy
and nothing seems to have try organ specific remedies.

best regards

Elham