§ 153 Sixth Edition
In this search for a homoeopathic specific remedy, that is to say, in this comparison of the collective symptoms of the natural disease with the list of symptoms of known medicines, in order to find among these an artificial morbific agent corresponding by similarity to the disease to be cured, the more striking, singular, uncommon and peculiar (characteristic) signs and symptoms of the case of disease are chiefly and most solely to be kept in view; for it is more particularly these that very similar ones in the list of symptoms of the selected medicine must correspond to, in order to constitute it the most suitable for effecting the cure. The more general and undefined symptoms: loss of appetite, headache, debility, restless sleep, discomfort, and so forth, demand but little attention when of that vague and indefinite character, if they cannot be more accurately described, as symptoms of such a general nature are observed in almost every disease and from almost every drug.
A prescribing symptom is a symptom that characterizes the disease state as exhibited by the patient in his or her own peculiar way. That is: Peculiar to the patient , individual and therefore peculiar (either singularly or in combination with other symptoms) to but a few remedies.
In collecting the information required to make a homoeopathic prescription, we take note of nothing except the exhibition of changes that the known pathological disease makes in the patient. The symptoms exhibited will be a deeply individual reaction to the infection. This does not mean that the infection or ‘disease’ will always be reflected in strange or unusual symptoms, but it does mean the infection will perhaps make a person react to the infection with an affinity toward a location or a heavily one sided expression of the disorder.
For example the way a fever manifests itself. First it may be heat, then followed by chills… then later it may be chills followed by perspiration. In the midst of a prolonged fever there may be acute thirstlessness or an aching in the bones.. these are the characteristics of HOW the body reacts and expresses the disease state.
Many times I watch students trying to elicit mental symptoms during a case of disease instead of OBSERVING the patient and recording the physical symptoms in all facets of expression.
the more striking, singular, uncommon and peculiar (characteristic) signs and symptoms of the case of disease are chiefly and most solely to be kept in view.
So a prescribing symptom, is an expression of how the disease has modified the state of health and detailed by Boenninghausen constitute the totality of characteristic symptoms:
QUIS : The make up of the patient
QUID : Peculiar sensations
UBI : Location of the disease
CUR : Cause of the disease
QUOMODO:Modalities of circumstances
QUANTO :Modality of time
QUIBUS AUXILLUS:Concomittant of symptoms
It is the qualitative totality or the characteristic symptoms to be the only one which constitute the totality of symptoms in real sense.
We discuss this in great detail in our intensive course….PERSONAL TRAINING COURSE.
A prescribing symptom is based on the above collection of data and is representative of the disease as expressed by the patient, and is an altered state of health as a reaction to the infection or trauma or circumstance.
Starting the English course throughout August from Monday 1st in our Sevilla north Clinic.
Neither can we elevate mental emotional states above essential physical symptoms. We have to separate the person from the disease, and in the disease picture, we have to isolate characteristic expressions of the individual reaction to the disease and not involve personality or preference or weaknesses or lifestyle as outlined in aphorism 5.
To test the understanding of students, I would give a case with 10 symptoms and ask them to grade them in terms of importance to the case. Sometimes it would take an hour and with some students it could take days. There is more to grading symptoms than I am mentioning here but all the instructions are in the Organon… and we teach it in our courses.
PK is Indian and raised in Britain. As a child his parents struggled to make a financial living with the burden of income falling to the mother. There was always anxiety in PK from childhood as he came to understand the value of money and the necessity of it. He worried about income. When he completed his A levels, the family immediately found him a job and he was forced to work and earn money. Within a few days he started having visual issues expressed as flickering in his eyes.
He then put him on a treatment plan that included running and within a month all the back pain went! However it came back after a year and is still present.
We know that air fares fluctuate depending on the day of travel so we accommodate practitioners by having the start date mid week or at a weekend if we can facilitate. Also, if the colleagues are staying more than 7 days, we can give a one day break in the course to allow them to rest and assemble the information in their head….and then back to the study.
that the therapy of homeoeopathy can be learned in one year if taught correctly. 4 months of that time would be devoted to practical case taking and analysis and practice and applying all the information that has been absorbed. 5 days of solid teaching will remove a lot of misconceptions and will give a firm and sold rationale for using Hahnemanns therapy with the doubt removed as to what to do.
Kent single handedly, managed to infuse the medical practice as developed by Hahnemann, into a quasi spiritual practice that diluted the efficacy of treatment.
On the other hand, if it is true that Hahnemann states in Organon (6th) that mental symptoms can be important in a case because these are often characteristic, the truth is that the characteristic symptoms may be from a location, a sensation, one embodiment, or combination of two or three of these elements of a symptom. Anyone who has read some of the cases of Hahnemann will realize that he was more cases of disease and not the patient’s personality.One of the common teachings of all kinds of current trends, is that during the taking of the case, the most important thing is that the patient’s personality is taken into account for purposes of identifying the homeopathic remedy based on the fallacy that the remedies have personalities identifiable, which once studied in depth the Materia Medica Pura, leads us to the conclusion that this is completely false.
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Vera Resnick IHM DHom Med (Lic)
The Institute for Homoeopathic Medicine 
As the world turns
So.
Picked up a couple of family members at the Station and went around to the house. I think when the family came in and I was there, the ‘patient’ knew something was amiss. We sat and talked and I explained the situation carefully and as thoroughly as I could. I laid out the options for treatment and I gave my recommendations and actions to take. We arranged to meet in my clinic in the morning to discuss the choice made.
I see in the eyes, that acceptance was already setting in. The patient had not felt on top form for a while.
I was asked one question, “Are you sure?” the only question needed to move to the next step.
Never one to feel sorry for herself, always a practical person, and closest to me in temperament, the thoughts turned to the children and partner and what needed to be done for them. I left the family to discuss things.
Reflecting on life, there are many things that we do as teenagers that are downright stupid. Some have repercussions later in life, and I rather suspect that this is a contributory factor in this case.
Well- I hear no fat women singing and thus the fight is on. Im pretty good at my job~ now I have to become very amazing.
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