Susceptibility
Posted: Sat May 15, 2004 10:37 pm
According to Homoeopathy the cause of diseases is susceptibility of the individual. Each person is susceptible to certain allergens, certain thermic condition and certain diseases. The person’s susceptibility is determined by his constitution and his miasms. In turn the constitution and miasm is influenced by his genetic factors. In his lifetime he may inherit some miasm due to his environment and his life style. A homoeopath, while taking the case of a patient, notes the susceptibility of the patient to different reasons.
Similarly, the patient is susceptible to toxic substances, which produce pathological symptoms in a healthy person. After homoeopathic proving, we consider the toxic substances, as remedy. These toxic substances, when given as remedy in homoeopathic potency, it cures the patient. Therefore, the patient is susceptible to certain potency of the homoeopathic remedy.
The patient’s susceptibility to allergens, thermal conditions and diseases make him sick. His susceptibility to homoeopathic remedy in certain potency cures him.
On the other hand the homoeopathic remedies are susceptible to certain allergens, thermal conditions and diseases. Each remedy’s susceptibility is recoded in the homoeopathic Materia Medica. Someone may argue that it was not remedy’s susceptibility, but only produces symptoms on the healthy person. My understanding is that it is remedy’s susceptibility, which is manifested on the healthy during proving. During proving all the symptoms are not produced one person. Therefore, the individual provers constitution and miasms varies and accordingly the remedy produces differently on each prover. Symptoms produced on majority of provers are considered and ranked most.
The duty of the homoeopath is to first find the susceptibility of the patients in total. This totality is not arithmetic total. Then the homoeopath has to find the remedy, which is having similar totality. Then to find which potency the patient is susceptible to. Then, Administer the remedy in required posology.
The aim of the homoeopathic treatment is not to remove the susceptibility, but only to modify the susceptibility of the patient to make him healthy. The patient’s susceptibility to remedy and to homoeopathic potency is essential for his healthy life. Hence it is not our intention to remove the entire susceptibility.
For some homoeopaths the word disease is anathema. Normally it is repeatedly said that homoeopaths cure the person and not the disease. Are we not curing the disease? Someone may correct the quote as Treat the person and not the disease? Are we not treating the disease?
Recently I met my Guru (Teacher) S.P. KOPIKKAR, who is aged 80 plus and even now practising homoeopathy for more than 60 years. He is a graduate from Calcutta Homoeopathic College and gold medallist in those days. His uncle was a homoeopath and master in Allen Keynotes.
I am giving you the lengthy introduction lest you may pass hasty remark that he is not a classical homoeopath, when I convey to you that he said, “ don’t say homeopathy is not curing the diseases. Bacteria are not the cause of the diseases”. Then the patient would not have faith in your treatment.
Let us see what the disease name means. Disease name denote a group of COMMON symptoms observed in a number patients at a time. The name connotes either the Doctor, who first observed or the name of the bacteria or virus causing the symptoms. Here we have to highlight in this process the UNCOMMON SYMPTOMS not observed.
As I told about the remedies produce symptoms differently on different provers as per the constitution and miasms of the prover. Similarly same disease produces different uncommon symptoms on different patients. COMMON symptoms of the disease may be present in all the patients.
As we go by the totality of symptoms of the patient, we have to take common and uncommon symptoms of the patient. As I already told, the name denotes only the common symptoms of the disease. When we consider the totality, the name is irrelevant to the given patient.
Those, who treat the patient as per name of the disease, after taking the case, find the disease, which presented those symptoms as in the case sheet. Then they plan the treatment plan and prescribe the medicine advocated by pharmaceutical industry for that particular disease.
So the process is: Group of symptoms in the patient ® comparing with the disease symptoms ® Prescribing medicines for the disease.
In homoeopathy the process is: Total symptoms of the patient ® comparing with the symptoms of the remedy ® prescribing that remedy as per protocol.
You may find that the middle stage omitted in Homeopathy. We go straight from patient’s symptoms to remedy symptoms. Therefore, the remedy name is irrelevant to our homoeopathic prescription. Only for prescription! To jump to the conclusion that disease name is irrelevant to a Homoeopath and the remedy name is irrelevant to the patient is logically fallacious.
Modern patient through media is aware of the diseases and causing bacteria and viruses. The patient is only and fully conscious of that. Tell him that we cure only the person and not the diseases, he will logically conclude that homoeopathy would only clear his symptoms and could not cure the diseases or its’ causation. I.e. the bacteria or virus. Only anti-bacteria can remove those. I am not saying it. The patient will believe like that.
Hence, the contemporary homoeopath should not be ignorant of or indifferent to disease and bacteria/virus. But for prescription he must consider the totality of symptoms for successful cure in homoeopathy.
In therapeutics there are two words: CARE, CURE.
In Care A for Allopathy is there.
In Cure U for you (homoeopaths) are present.
With this idea in my mind, I am studying the remedy to its susceptibility to particular organs, allergens, thermal conditions and diseases. That is to say the susceptibility of the remedy. I am starting with Aconite.
It is lengthy. Minutus digest wouldn’t accept attachments. Therefore, I can send to individual request when they are ready
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BE HAPPY AND MAKE OTHERS HAPPY.
With best wishes,
H.B.
from India
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Similarly, the patient is susceptible to toxic substances, which produce pathological symptoms in a healthy person. After homoeopathic proving, we consider the toxic substances, as remedy. These toxic substances, when given as remedy in homoeopathic potency, it cures the patient. Therefore, the patient is susceptible to certain potency of the homoeopathic remedy.
The patient’s susceptibility to allergens, thermal conditions and diseases make him sick. His susceptibility to homoeopathic remedy in certain potency cures him.
On the other hand the homoeopathic remedies are susceptible to certain allergens, thermal conditions and diseases. Each remedy’s susceptibility is recoded in the homoeopathic Materia Medica. Someone may argue that it was not remedy’s susceptibility, but only produces symptoms on the healthy person. My understanding is that it is remedy’s susceptibility, which is manifested on the healthy during proving. During proving all the symptoms are not produced one person. Therefore, the individual provers constitution and miasms varies and accordingly the remedy produces differently on each prover. Symptoms produced on majority of provers are considered and ranked most.
The duty of the homoeopath is to first find the susceptibility of the patients in total. This totality is not arithmetic total. Then the homoeopath has to find the remedy, which is having similar totality. Then to find which potency the patient is susceptible to. Then, Administer the remedy in required posology.
The aim of the homoeopathic treatment is not to remove the susceptibility, but only to modify the susceptibility of the patient to make him healthy. The patient’s susceptibility to remedy and to homoeopathic potency is essential for his healthy life. Hence it is not our intention to remove the entire susceptibility.
For some homoeopaths the word disease is anathema. Normally it is repeatedly said that homoeopaths cure the person and not the disease. Are we not curing the disease? Someone may correct the quote as Treat the person and not the disease? Are we not treating the disease?
Recently I met my Guru (Teacher) S.P. KOPIKKAR, who is aged 80 plus and even now practising homoeopathy for more than 60 years. He is a graduate from Calcutta Homoeopathic College and gold medallist in those days. His uncle was a homoeopath and master in Allen Keynotes.
I am giving you the lengthy introduction lest you may pass hasty remark that he is not a classical homoeopath, when I convey to you that he said, “ don’t say homeopathy is not curing the diseases. Bacteria are not the cause of the diseases”. Then the patient would not have faith in your treatment.
Let us see what the disease name means. Disease name denote a group of COMMON symptoms observed in a number patients at a time. The name connotes either the Doctor, who first observed or the name of the bacteria or virus causing the symptoms. Here we have to highlight in this process the UNCOMMON SYMPTOMS not observed.
As I told about the remedies produce symptoms differently on different provers as per the constitution and miasms of the prover. Similarly same disease produces different uncommon symptoms on different patients. COMMON symptoms of the disease may be present in all the patients.
As we go by the totality of symptoms of the patient, we have to take common and uncommon symptoms of the patient. As I already told, the name denotes only the common symptoms of the disease. When we consider the totality, the name is irrelevant to the given patient.
Those, who treat the patient as per name of the disease, after taking the case, find the disease, which presented those symptoms as in the case sheet. Then they plan the treatment plan and prescribe the medicine advocated by pharmaceutical industry for that particular disease.
So the process is: Group of symptoms in the patient ® comparing with the disease symptoms ® Prescribing medicines for the disease.
In homoeopathy the process is: Total symptoms of the patient ® comparing with the symptoms of the remedy ® prescribing that remedy as per protocol.
You may find that the middle stage omitted in Homeopathy. We go straight from patient’s symptoms to remedy symptoms. Therefore, the remedy name is irrelevant to our homoeopathic prescription. Only for prescription! To jump to the conclusion that disease name is irrelevant to a Homoeopath and the remedy name is irrelevant to the patient is logically fallacious.
Modern patient through media is aware of the diseases and causing bacteria and viruses. The patient is only and fully conscious of that. Tell him that we cure only the person and not the diseases, he will logically conclude that homoeopathy would only clear his symptoms and could not cure the diseases or its’ causation. I.e. the bacteria or virus. Only anti-bacteria can remove those. I am not saying it. The patient will believe like that.
Hence, the contemporary homoeopath should not be ignorant of or indifferent to disease and bacteria/virus. But for prescription he must consider the totality of symptoms for successful cure in homoeopathy.
In therapeutics there are two words: CARE, CURE.
In Care A for Allopathy is there.
In Cure U for you (homoeopaths) are present.
With this idea in my mind, I am studying the remedy to its susceptibility to particular organs, allergens, thermal conditions and diseases. That is to say the susceptibility of the remedy. I am starting with Aconite.
It is lengthy. Minutus digest wouldn’t accept attachments. Therefore, I can send to individual request when they are ready
P.S: Those who are replying or commenting on this letter, kindly don’t appendice the entire letter. Please quote only the relevant portions.
BE HAPPY AND MAKE OTHERS HAPPY.
With best wishes,
H.B.
from India
visit: http://education.vsnl.com/susceptibilit ... doctor/com
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