Minutus

Dear Colleagues

One of the points that I omitted to mention in the first article was the concept of 'Centre of the Case.'

Simply this is what is making the disease 'tick' in the patient. This is where the problem is perceived to be by you as the homeopath (always double check and NEVER assume) or CLEARLY explained by the patient. "I've never been well since ....." for example is usually a very good indicator.

If you find this out, you and your patient are on the way to success.

When you repertorise, then this centre of the case must be kept in mind and the symptoms that are chosen as the first symptoms to be repertorised must be related directly to this centre. So the fact the patient does not like fat is of low importance, but their feeling jealousy may be No. 1.

I would welcome others expanding on this concept.

Kind regards
Soroush
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> One of the points that I omitted to mention in the first article was the
concept of 'Centre of the Case.'
where the problem is perceived to be by you as the homeopath (always double
check and NEVER assume) or CLEARLY explained by the patient. "I've never
been well since ....." for example is usually a very good indicator.

a problem i may raise here is if there are more than one contender for the
centre of the case, and especially if there is more than one kind of
centender. I think 3 main kinds can be discerned, namely

1. aeitiology [as is given in the example above]
2. characteristic symptomatology
3. termperament or constitution of the patient [clearcut non-patholigical
indicators]

since they can all be present simultaneously, it raises some interesting
questions as to when to favour one, and when another.
Andrew
Aust.