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| Your Questions - September, 2008 -- Answers by George Vithoulkas |
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| The answers that follow are not complete. It is not possible to write a whole thesis on each one as it requires everything that has been said before, but I will express the basic ideas. On the other hand these short answers can inspire serious students to ask more questions such as whether, in a chronic case, the appearance of an acute condition that may arise after the remedy, is a good or a bad sign, or when should such condition be treated and when not, or when will a case need a series of remedies in a particular order and when will such a practice confuse the case to such an extent that the patient has no hope of recovery. On another level the questions that may arise from intelligent students can continue the discussion to a deeper understanding of the problems that we are facing when we practice serious and not superficial homeopathy. George Vithoulkas
----------------------------------------------------------- Dear George, Classical homeopathy', refers to the idea that one follows the basic 'Hahnemannian' principles. However, in your response to a letter you stated that one can indeed repeat a remedy (without adjusting the potency) and that there is no difference between a dry dose and a liquid one.
Didn't Hahnemann himself tell us it is better to use liquid doses; that every following dose should be slightly stronger than the previous one? See par. 246 (and 248)
Could you please explain this seeming contradiction? If we want homeopathy to survive and to be recognized, we should all stick to the rules. Kind regards, Marc Van Wijk
Dear Marc Van Wijk, What you point out is very correct. In order for homeopathy to survive and to be recognized as a science it is important that we stick to certain principles. During the past decennium there have been some developments that are presented as homeopathy but that have lost all connection with the basic principles of homeopathy and that greatly damage our science, as could be seen in Great Britain last year. Some of these developments even are the opposite of what Hahnemann intended, like the use of signatures, or the prescription of remedies on imagined symptoms instead of provings or on concepts as ‘delusions’ or ‘sensations’. I have recently written an article about this in ‘The Homeopath’, with the title ‘British media attacks on homeopathy'. Are they justified?’. http://www.vithoulkas.com/content/view/29/73/lang,en/ (Also, you can see http://www.vithoulkas.com/content/view/43/55/lang,en/ ) We cannot, however, accept everything Hahnemann wrote as a rule as you suggest. Hahnemann gave us homeopathy and we are greatly indebted to him for this. However, through the experience of very gifted homeopaths after Hahnemann certain issues have become more clear and complete. Nevertheless, a lot of subjects still need investigation and for this we need homeopaths that work in the correct way so that experiences can be exchanged. This is one of the reasons why I have developed the full training of the ‘International Academy for Classical Homeopathy’ that is now on video, so that worldwide we get a group of homeopaths that have the knowledge to contribute to the right development of homeopathy. (http://www.vithoulkas.com/content/view/48/60/lang,en/ ) It is true that in my experience there is no difference between a dry and a liquid dose of a remedy (and Kent writes the same). The reason why Hahnemann dissolved remedies is not because they worked differently then, but because he wanted to stir or shake them to change the potency a little bit after every dose, as you can read in the paragraph you copied. This can be one of these things that we need to share experience about so that it becomes clearer. Another thing you must take into consideration is the fact that the gross number of patients we treat nowadays have a much lower vitality and are much more complicated miasmatically than the ones Hahnemann had to treat. Therefore things might turn out differently in our contemporary practice. George Vithoulkas ---------------------------------------------- Dear Mr. Vithoulkas, If you have given Phosphorus in a case and within a few days realize that Causticum was the correct remedy, must you first interpose another remedy, since Phosphorus and Causticum are inimical? If you interpose another remedy, how would that remedy be selected? Donna Burdick Dear Donna Burdick, The predominant rule is that a remedy can be given when its symptoms fit those of the case. If you want to interpose a remedy it should be selected according to the current symptoms. Now, if you have given Phosphorus it is best to wait to see what its action will be instead of jumping in with Causticum after a few days. After all both remedies are very similar and you can never know for sure whether Causticum will have a better action. Always try to approach your cases rationally and do not make overhasty decisions. (You can read my article “Getting in touch with the correct remedy” http://www.vithoulkas.com/content/view/29/73/lang,en/ ) George Vithoulkas ---------------------------------------------- Dear Prof. Vithoulkas, My daughter, who is 7 yrs. old, is suffering from allergic rhinitis since one year. Her homoeopathic medication started with Silicea 0/1 which has now reached to Silicea 0/5. Every time she takes the medicine, she stays okay for a month or so, but again she has the same symptoms, and the medicine is repeated. This has been going on for one year. Is it possible to give her a remedy which cures her of this problem forever, so she does not get the symptoms of allergic rhinitis again? Thanks, Dear Sandra, The evaluation of a case is not done only on a local symptom, but also on the general condition of a patient. If your daughter has a general and local amelioration after Silicea terra, then you can repeat the remedy when there is a relapse. There can be several reasons why the remedy doesn't work very long, but if the reaction is as I described then you should not change the prescription. By repeating the correct remedy when there is a relapse, through time your daughter’s organism will strengthen and become more stable. Allergic constitutions often need a longer time to revitalise. The situation you describe can also be due to the use of Q potencies, as they are low potentised and therefore often have a shorter action. It can be useful to give your daughter a higher potentised remedy like 200K or 1MK and see if the reaction is different. George Vithoulkas ---------------------------------------------- Dear George Vithoulkas Have you ever used Schussler’s Cell Salts (6x potencies)? Do you see their action as simply homeopathic or as supplying minerals to the body? Jose Nunez Dear Jose Nunez, I have given several remedies in low D potencies, but I always only prescribe them if they fit the symptoms of the patient, not according to any other ideas. George Vithoulkas ---------------------------------------------- Dear Dr Vithoulkas, My unusual question might best be prefaced by my experience: Once, when touching a very high powered magnet, I felt its power enter and strengthen me, then the magnet went 'dead'. I am often times made stronger by having a bottle of a needed homeopathic remedy near me, or touching me. Does the remedy in that bottle lose its power, get changed in some way or 'go dead' as the magnet did, when I am made stronger by its nearness? Thank you, Dear Jean, It seems that you have a very sensitive organism. I have never experienced that a remedy stops being active because someone with a sensitive organism touched it. The action of a homoeopathically potentised substance is not based on magnetism. George Vithoulkas ---------------------------------------------- Dear Prof. Vithoulkas, I have been taking allopathic medicine for high triglycerides and low HDL, for the last two months. One of my friends advised me to take Ginseng 1X and Crataegus Mother Tincture, as adjuvant to allopathic medicine. I have been taking these medicines together. Can homeopathic medicine of 1x and mother tinctures be taken together with allopathic medicines, or with other homeopathic remedies? Also, how much time should there be between homeopathic medicine and allopathic medicine or food or water? I will be grateful for your help in this matter. Best regards, Naresh Kumar Dear Naresh Kumar, The remedies you mention are not homeopathic remedies but herbal remedies. This is not a field in which I have expertise, so I cannot advise you on this. Concerning homeopathic remedies I can say that it is not advisable to treat someone with more than one remedy at a time as it will be unclear which remedy acts if something changes and it will not be possible to continue the treatment intelligently. This also is true when herbal remedies are taken next to homeopathic ones. You can read in chapter 18 of my book ‘The Science of Homeopathy’ my ideas about the handling of remedies. http://www.vithoulkas.com/content/view/55/67/lang,en/ George Vithoulkas ---------------------------------------------- Greetings Mr. Vithoulkas Eight years ago a young man self administered Aconite 10M twice in one day. He has been exhibiting proving symptoms for eight years now. Can a remedy frequency be grafted permanently onto someone? Tracy Frank Dear Tracy Frank, What you describe is a seldom seen phenomenon but it has been recorded in the homeopathic literature before. That is why I always warn people to be careful with the unnecessary and too frequent prescribing of potentised remedies. George Vithoulkas ---------------------------------------------- Dear Sir, I’m newly graduated in homoeopathy and practicing for the last two years. I have seen that homoeopathic medicine can act with single dose of 30c, 200c, 1000c potency. My friends and also some seniors use these potencies for weeks or months regularly, twice or thrice a day. I’m confused about the single dose. With best regard, Dr. Satish Patil Dear Dr. Satish Patil, The answer to your question is in fact already given in the previous question. It is never advisable to repeat high potencies routinely. One of the important characteristics of homeopathy as therapy is individualization. If we want to apply homeopathy successfully we have to individualize the symptoms of the patient, but also the selection of the potency and the frequency of the dose. (you can read my book “Science of Homeopathy” http://www.vithoulkas.com/content/view/55/67/lang,en/ ) George Vithoulkas ---------------------------------------------- Dear sir, With reference to “Relationship of Remedies” by M. Gibson Miller. He lists Nitric Acid as being BOTH complementary AND inimical to Lachesis. Can you explain this seeming contradiction? Thanks and regards, Dr. Shafique Dear Dr. Shafique, As I already answered to Donna Burdick, the predominant rule is that a remedy can be given when its symptoms fit those of the case. By the way, the relationship of remedies is only to be taken into regard if the remedy you have given has had some action. If there has been no action at all then for the organism it is as if the remedy was not given at all. George Vithoulkas ---------------------------------------------- Dear George Vithoulkas If a patient has a local inflammation calling for Myristica, and a systemic infection requiring Pyrogenum, how would you proceed? Philip Pandolfi Dear Philip Pandolfi, Our main concern should be to preserve the life of the patient. As the systemic infection is more threatening for the life of the patient himself, it is advisable to first treat that. We always work from the centre to the periphery. If the local inflammation still exists after the general treatment then you can treat this if necessary. George Vithoulkas ---------------------------------------------- Dear Mr. Vithoulkas, I reside in the USA, a nation with constitutional rights which are ignored and trampled upon by the American medical system. Since birth, my grandson had severe digestive problems and allergies, so we took him to two medical doctors who both practice natural medicine. We were advised by both to avoid vaccines until age 2, and then, not unless his digestive and immune problems were resolved. Due to his mal-absorption problems he was admitted to the hospital at age 6 months, at which time the doctors discovered that he had not been vaccinated, which they classified as "child neglect". They learned that we were giving him nutritional supplements and probiotics, which they classified as "practicing medicine without a license". Therefore we were reported to Child Protective Services and my daughter was forced to get vaccinations under threat of loss of custody of her son. The vaccines produced "regressive autism" in my grandson (right on his first birthday). Against the hospital's "advisement", we took my grandson to a homeopathic physician. I have never questioned his remedies until now with his last prescription being for "Tuberculinum 200c/1M". I went on the internet to research and found the following from the Materia Medica on your website, which greatly alarms me: Homeopathic Materia Medica http://www.vithoulkas.com/content/view/1873/118/lang,en/ “Tuberculinum is indicated in renal affections, but caution is necessary, for where skin and intestines do not perform normally, even high potencies are dangerous." "In apyretic purely tubercular phthisis, results are marked, provided the eliminative organs are in good order, but nothing below the 1000th should be used, unless absolutely necessary." "If the heart is in good shape, a single dose of Tuberculinum 1000-2000 is given, provided there are no marked indications for other remedies." “When Tuberculinum is contraindicated, recourse must be had to the nearest antipsoric." In addition you have stated “If you give a close remedy and not the correct one, you will simply speed up the degenerative process”. Due to these cautions, and the fact that the child’s organ systems are greatly compromised, I am absolutely in fear of giving this remedy (Tuberculinum) to my grandson. My question is thus: Regarding "When Tuberculinum is contraindicated, recourse must be had to the nearest antipsoric", what would your recommendation be as to the "nearest antipsoric" that would not carry the contraindications as with the Tuberculinum??? Thank You, Evelyn Grady Dear Evelyn Grady, What you write is a very regrettable story and I am sorry for you that this has overcome your grandchild. Unfortunately you are not the only one who has undergone this kind of experiences. Concerning your grandson’s case, it is difficult for me to advise you on this, as I have no details about his symptomatology. The materia medica texts you quote are not written by myself and I have not experienced these things in my own practice. The potency of any remedy should be selected on the particular case that has to be prescribed for. If there is any doubt about which potency could be started with, the first potency should not be higher than 200 K. George Vithoulkas
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