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| Hpathy Ezine - Jan., 2005 | |||||
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Diane Fuller, DHom (UK) <-- Interviewed by Elaine Lewis |
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| When you muscle test, do you have to use several potencies to see which one is best? When a person is strong on a remedy, they will normally be strong on all the potencies. Sometimes I would test them with the highest and lowest potency I had of a remedy. If they are strong on them, that would mean the remedy is a good one for them. I would then test them on individual potencies and quite often there would be one that would be stronger than the others. If you want to give that remedy again the next time, you will often find that they test weak on the original potency but very strong on a potency they haven't had. Normally after a few potencies, they will test weak on the rest of the potencies which means they need a different remedy. Sometimes after the first potency, they are no longer strong on any of the other potencies which means they are finished with that remedy and need a different one. Before giving the first dose of the remedy, you could test with different potencies to find which potency tests the strongest. If you normally give one dose, then you would give one dose. If you want to find out from the child if he needs more than one dose, you could ask while muscle testing "Do you need more than one dose?" If his arm goes weak, that is a "No." If his arm stays strong, that is a "Yes". Since you only get yes or no answers, if you want to find out how many times he needs the remedy you might ask "Do you need more than 2 doses of this remedy?" If you get "Yes" you can ask "More than 3 doses?" etc. If you want to know how often, you can ask "Do you need this remedy once a day?" If "No", then "Do you need this remedy once a week?" If "yes" then you know to give the remedy once a week for however many weeks you arrived at with the last question.
Testing the child with Tuberculinum in the potency he has been taking would tell you if he needs another dose of that potency. If he tests weak with that potency, and you still think he needs the remedy, you could test a different potency. Another possibility is that the remedy may have been too strong, and needs to be diluted. In that case, I would muscle test and ask if he needs the remedy diluted. If so, from what glass, i.e., "Up to glass 6?" "No" "Up to glass 12?" "Yes" "Glass 10?" "No" "Glass 11?" "Yes". It often takes a bit of muscle testing and a few good yes or no questions, but handling the case is much easier, and when they learn to muscle test themselves, they are happy to figure it out more precisely as they go along. Once you master the muscle testing, you have much more confidence in the chosen remedies. If you're testing a remedy and it's a partial simillimum, what sort of result will you get in terms of the arm strength or the "swaying" if you're testing yourself? Depending on how close the remedy is, you might find that it tests strong on some points and weak on others. When that happens, it isn't good enough for me, and I search for a remedy that will be strong on all points. This can also happen near the end of a good remedy - if you test, it will be strong on some points and weak on others so you know it is time to either change the potency which should test strong on all points, or change to a new remedy which tests strong on all points. The same will happen with the leaning test. You might find it difficult to figure out whether you are going forward or backward because you will seem to hesitate and it could be confusing. Before, with that remedy you probably went definitely forward. Some people get so good at the leaning test that they just have to pick up the remedy and they start to go in the forward or backward direction. Very helpful in a store where you don't know which brand of whatever is the best for you. People may look at you as if you have lost it, but it will save you time and money on vitamins etc. that you don't need! When people look at me curiously, I tell them what I am doing and ask them if they want me to muscle test them. Most are quite intrigued and want more information. Some think you are nuts whatever you try to tell them, but when they hear about muscle testing from another source in the future, it might click.
Does it get easier to tell if you test with a high potency, or would a 30C test the same as a 1M or 10M? If a 6C or a 30C is really good for you, or really bad for you, you will get a stronger reaction than if it is so-so remedy for you. If it is a higher potency, it is a stronger remedy and so the reaction to the remedy is usually stronger - unless of course it isn't a very potent remedy because of the way it was made or stored etc. What I am trying to say is that the more that remedy will affect you, either positively or negatively, the stronger your muscle testing reaction will be. For example if you slam your fingers in the car door and need a remedy, Arnica may test ok, but in your particular case you may test much stronger with Hypericum. And if you test several potencies of Hypericum, one will probably test stronger than the others because it is more precisely matched to your particular condition. Diane, if you're testing a remedy for, say, a headache, which may be a belladonna headache, and you test with Calc-carb, which may be your constitutional, will you test positive for calc-carb eventhough it won't help your headache? If you decided to test a person on 6 or 7 remedies that you think could help them, you might find that several of them test strong on most test areas. The best one would be the one that tested the strongest on all areas. So, Calc-carb may test strong for the person with the headache, but during the headache, Belladonna would probably test stronger. If a person needs a certain remedy, i.e. Calc-carb, but doesn't need a dose now, they may test strong, but if you ask when testing the remedy if they need a dose now, you would get a weak response indicating "No". Sounds a bit complicated, but as you do it you learn what questions to ask and how much pressure is needed for testing etc. It becomes an art. Some people are better at it than others. When testing an item, you are asking or intending to find the answer to "Is this good for me?" If you want to find out something different such as, "Do I need this now?" you must keep the question very simple and basic. If you ask long confusing questions, since you only get a yes or no answer, you won't know which part of your question is being answered. For example, "Do I need to take this remedy (Arnica) twice a day for a week?" may get a "no" and leave you confused because you already asked if you need it twice a day and got "yes", and you asked if you needed it for a week and got "yes". On further testing, asking more specific questions, you may find that you need to take the Arnica twice a day for 4 days and then once a day for the rest of the week. So, keep the questions simple and if possible, test for a day at a time. That is why it works so well when people learn to do their own muscle testing. Children catch on quite quickly. Years ago, two children who were coming to me, unknown to each, and at different schools, did muscle testing for their science project at school. In a science project competition, one reached the top level in competing with other schools in the City. They would get quite a thrill from being able to pull down an adult's arm while they held a bag of junk food. My ten year old granddaughter told her surprised mother that she was showing her friends how to muscle test because it was such a good way to find out what treats were good for them. There are lots of books on the subject of Kinesiology or Muscle Testing, and there is lots of information on the Net about it. Who should ask the questions? For instance, should the patient say, "Do I need this remedy?" or should the practitioner ask, "Does Harry need this remedy?" When I began using muscle testing to find remedies, I simply found the weak spots on the body and then put the remedy I thought would work for them, on the weak spots. If they all tested strong, it was a good remedy. If they didn't, I looked for one that did. Then I tried different potencies to find the strongest. I listed the weak spots on their chart and checked new remedies on those spots in the future, because, as I said, those spots immediately become strong after the remedy has been taken. Once that method was mastered, I tried other ways of using muscle testing as I thought of them or read of them (I love to try new things because one never knows where they will lead!). Hope I haven't overwhelmed you with too much info! Let me muscle test and find out. I'm holding my brain area... "Is there any room left in there?" "Only enough for one more question." Perfect! OK, let me ask you this: If you're getting an ambiguous reaction to a remedy, would it be smart to test the same remedy in a higher potency? Yes. But, if you test a potency of that remedy that the person has already had and is finished with, they will test weak. In that case, you may decide it is not a good remedy for them if you didn't know they had been on that potency before, when it could still be just what they need, but in a different potency. I am now declaring myself overwhelmed! Thank you Diane, we look forward to talking to you again! ______________________________________ Diane Fuller is a former Registered Nurse who studied homeopathy with Misha Norland from The School of Homeopathy and completed Lou Klein's Master Clinician course. She practices in Prince George, B.C. Canada and can be reached at drfuller@telus.net |
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