At 11:18 PM 12/4/2004, you wrote:
Hello all,
All in the 6th Organon (aphorism 248) Hahnemann suggest taking 1
globule of the medicine into one dram of dilute alcohol and dissolving it
by succussion. Then he suggests succussing the vial 8 to 10 times before
each olfaction. INthe same aphorism he says such a remedy may be given
every 1, 2, 3, 4 days, etc. According to Dr. Croserio, who studied with
Hahnemann in Paris, the Founder usually gave his olfactions in single doses
and then gave one week of placebo. This method has been confirmed in many
chronic cases in the Paris Journals. The shorter durations were more (1 or
2 days) were more common in acute-like diseases.
Hahnemann would right down words like "strong, moderate of weak" in
relationship to these olfactions. In our experience olfaction acts very
deeply and gently. Nevertheless, one must be careful not to succuss the
vial too many times or too hard with very sensitive patients nor hold the
vial very close to the nose and have them breath in strongly. The
hypersensitive patient does better on 1, 2, 3, 4, etc. succussions rather
than 8, 9, or 10 and gently in breaths with the vial held a distance from
the nostrils. Don't use 2 or 3 globules with these patients! These amounts
are only suitable in the most hyposensitive patients.
One DOES NOT want the patient to take an olfaction from pharmaceutical
mother potencies in alcohol!!! That would be giving them 1000s of doses all
at once! I have seen some people develop very strong symptoms very quickly
from the olfaction of a remedy while dropping them on globules! It is best
to wear a face mask and have a fan in the room blowing the fumes away from
the worker.
All the best, David
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