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| Hpathy Ezine - March, 2008 | ||||
Revisiting: "Prettier Than Kelly (But Don't Say Anything!)"-- Elaine Lewis, DHom |
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| Who missed last month's thrilling quiz? I don't see how anyone could have, thanks to Dr. B's special reminder, but, here it is again anyway, the answer to follow:
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OK! Well, as I mentioned in the editorial, the response to this quiz was absolutely overwhelming! Ninety-six votes! I am awash in quiz answers, this has never happened before! I want to thank everyone who voted and hope to see all of you back the next time too! So, now, what was the answer here? Most of your votes went for Colocynth, Mag-phos., Sepia and Viburnum--not to mention Chamomilla and Nux vomica! Viburnum, which is "cramp bark", makes a lot of sense, doesn't it? All really good choices! Better from pulling the knees up, chilliness, sharp pains... all go especially well for Mag-p. and Coloc. So why didn't these really good remedies work? Are all of you familiar with what we call the "concomitant" in homeopathy? Whenever we're taking an acute case, the first words that should come to mind are:
The concomitant is the symptom that's there, but has nothing, really, to do with the case. For instance, a headache with one runny eye. Why should that be happening? What does it have to do with the headache? Nothing! That's why it's so important to us. Whatever remedy we choose has to have this odd symptom. This is another way of saying, what's PECULIAR in this case? There's the famous paragraph 153 from The Organon by Samuel Hahnemann that we call "the Strange, Rare and Peculiar clause" that states:
So, what is the concomitant in this case? What is Peculiar? It's the burping! It has nothing to do with the cramps and she hadn't just eaten which might have explained it, so....at 1:00 in the morning when you have absolutely no inclination to look in the repertory, which remedy has burping? Right, Carbo veg! I gave it to her, not feeling very hopeful because, let's face it, who ever heard of giving Carbo veg. for cramps! But, it worked! It just goes to show you how brilliant Hahnemann was that he made this observation--it's what's peculiar in the case that, more often than not, leads to the remedy. Here's what one of our readers said:
And sooooooooooooooo.....out of 96 people who wrote in, who are the lucky winners? Congratulations goes to:
I also want to point out that Chris Ryan wrote in and said liquid Calcium-Magnesium would have worked just as well. And finally, G. Vijayakumari wrote in saying she got Belladonna right for November and didn't get credit, so, congratulations to her and to all our other winners. Any prizes, Dr. B? ---------------------------------------- This month's winners will get a special 30% discount on one order of books from Hpathy Mall. Click Here for Prize Guidelines |
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Elaine Lewis, DHom, CHom. takes online cases. Visit her website at: www.hpathy.com/office/ElaineLewis.asp |
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