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| Hpathy Ezine - Sept., 2004 | ||||
Miasms - an Overview-- Dr. Manish Bhatia |
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Miasms in The Modern WorldAfter Hahnemann, many homeopaths have suggested that since miasms are disease syndromes, there can be more miasms that psora, syphilis and sycosis. The concept is to look for diseases which leave a diseased state in the body even after apparent recovery, especially after suppression. In this regard, the following miasms have been proposed so far:
The understanding and approach of those who have put forward newer miasms is varied and at odds with Hahnemann's ideas as well. Such differences arise from a different understanding and approach to the disease process. As a result of this the world of miasms has become more chaotic. Now I will pick up 3 modern authors Vithoulkas, Sankaran, and Vijayakar and probe into their approach and understanding of chronic miasms. George VithoulkasGeorge Vithoulkas does not fall into the trap of whether miasms are bacteria or simple predisposition to disease. According to him it can be both a predisposition acquired through a suppressed disease or other strong influences on the vital force like vaccination, strong emotional or mental shocks OR a predisposition which is inherited from parents. Vithoulkas defines miasms as: A miasm is a predisposition towards chronic disease underlying the acute manifestation of an illness
He also says: any homeopath who has studied the course of degeneration of patients over a long period of time can attest to the presence of a large number of miasms. Vithoulkas believes that miasms appear as layers (of suppression?) in chronic cases, which need to be peeled one by one through medicines based on the totality of symptoms. Also Vithoulkas believes that any miasm can produce any pathology and the notion that tumors are sycotic, ulcers are syphilitic etc is wrong. Except for the fact that Vithoulkas considers there are many miasms, his approach to the miasms is very classical. |
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