The five basic
principles of Homeopathy [according
to Dr. Hahnemann] are -
The homeopathic remedy [medicine indicated in each individual case] is given
1] based on the Natural Law of Similars [Similia Similibus];
The homeopathic remedy [medicine indicated in each individual case] is given
1] based on the Natural Law of Similars [Similia Similibus];
2] after proving on healthy human beings;
3] in a highly potentized form;
4] in an infinitesimal dose; and
5] as a single, simple remedy at any one time.
3] in a highly potentized form;
4] in an infinitesimal dose; and
5] as a single, simple remedy at any one time.
The three basic steps of Homeopathic Practice [Treatment] are --
1] Knowledge of Disease [one and only reference Organon* §
1-82]
2] Knowledge of the Remedy [Organon § 83-244, Materia Medica, Repertory-Many Books]
3] Proper Mode of Employing the Remedy [one and only reference Organon § 245 – 291]
2] Knowledge of the Remedy [Organon § 83-244, Materia Medica, Repertory-Many Books]
3] Proper Mode of Employing the Remedy [one and only reference Organon § 245 – 291]
*The Organon of Medicine [1810-1843], written by Dr. Samuel Hahnemann [1755-1843], the founding father of homeopathy, is the cornerstone of homeopathic principles and practice, and is used by students and practitioners of homeopathy, worldwide. Dr William Boericke’s [German to English] translation of the Sixth & Final Edition of The Organon [1921] is authentic.
http://www.similibis.com/download/uploads/files/1367682859-organon-of-medicine-5th-and-6th-edition.pdf
Given below is a Catechism on Homeopathic Practice based on the Organon:
[By going through the following FAQ,
with answers picked from the Organon’s 291 aphorisms, one may realize how
indispensable the study of the Organon is for
Homeopathic Practice. Many relegate The Organon to a
corner, calling it Homeopathic "Philosophy".
It is much more than philosophy. The Oganon is the one and only guide to true Homeopathic Practice.]
01 What is meant by "cure" and what is its highest ideal?
The physician’s high and only mission is to restore the sick [individual] to health, to "cure", as it is termed. § 1
The physician’s high and only mission is to restore the sick [individual] to health, to "cure", as it is termed. § 1
The highest ideal of cure is rapid, gentle and permanent restoration of the health,
or removal of the disease in its whole extent, in the shortest, most reliable,
and most harmless way, on
easily comprehensible principles.
02 Who is a "true practitioner of the healing art"?
If the physician clearly perceives what is to be cured in every individual case of disease (knowledge of disease), if he clearly perceives what
is curative in each individual medicine (knowledge of medical powers), and if he knows how to adapt, according to clearly defined
principles, what is curative in medicines to what he has discovered
to be morbid in the patient (choice of the remedy, the medicine indicated), as also in respect to quantity of it required (proper dose), and the proper period for repeating
the dose; - if, finally, he knows the obstacles to recovery in each case and is aware how to remove them, so that the restoration may be permanent, then he understands how to treat judiciously and rationally, and he is a true practitioner of the healing
art .
03 What is the "true and only conceivable portrait of the disease" ?
The unprejudiced observer takes note of only the deviations in health of the body and of the mind (morbid symptoms) which can be
perceived externally by means of the senses, which are felt by the patient
himself, remarked by those around him and observed by the physician. All these perceptible signs represent the disease in its whole extent, that is, together
they form the true
and only
conceivable portrait of the disease. § 6
04 What is the Natural [Homeopathic] Law of Cure?
The homeopathic law of cure states that a weaker dynamic affection is permanently extinguished in the living organism by a stronger one, if the latter is very similar to the former in its manifestations. § 26
Each individual case of disease is most surely, rapidly and permanently annihilated and removed only by a medicine
capable of producing (in the human system) in the most similar and complete manner the totality of its symptoms, which at the same time are stronger than the disease.
Similia Similibus [Likes by Likes].
05 What is the process of "taking a case" [for homeopathic treatment]?
The patient details the history of his sufferings; those about him tell what they heard him
complain of, how he has behaved
and what they have noticed in him; the physician
sees, hears, and remarks by his other
senses what there is of an altered,
unusual character about him. He writes down accurately
all that the patient and his friends
have told him in the very expressions used by them. Keeping
silence himself he allows them to say all
they have to say, and refrains from interrupting them unless they wander off to other matters. § 84
When the physician has finished writing down these particulars, he then makes a note of what he himself observes in the patient, and ascertains
how much of that was peculiar to the patient in his healthy state. § 90
06 What are the "guiding symptoms" in the search for a homeopathic remedy?
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. § 153
The state of the disposition [or mind] of the patient often chiefly determines the selection of the homeopathic remedy, as being a decidedly characteristic symptom which can least of all
remain concealed from the accurately
observing physician. § 211
07 What is the "dosage" of the medicine to be given to the patient?
We potentize anew the medicinal solution* from which we give the patient
one or (increasingly) several teaspoonful doses,
in long lasting diseases daily or every second day,
in acute diseases every two to six hours and
in acute diseases every two to six hours and
in very urgent cases every hour or oftener.
Thus in chronic diseases,
every correctly chosen homoeopathic medicine, even those
whose action is of long duration, may be repeated
daily for months with ever increasing
success.
If the solution is used up (in seven to fifteen days) it is necessary
to add to the next solution of the same medicine
*Made in 8 tablespoons of water. The solution of the
medicinal globule (and it is rarely necessary to use more than one globule) in only 8 tablespoons of water and after thorough
succussion of the vial take from it one tablespoon and put it in a glass of water containing about 8 spoonfuls. This is stirred thoroughly before giving a dose to the patient. § 248 and footnote
08 How long will it take for the cure of an acute natural disease?
If the selected homeopathic remedy is administered properly,
then the acute natural disease which is to be overruled
if recently developed, will disappear
imperceptibly in a few hours. § 148
If the disease be not one of very long standing,
will generally be removed
and extinguished by the first dose of it, without
any considerable
disturbance. § 154
When, to the observant practitioner it is evident, after the lapse
of only six, eight
or twelve hours,
that he has made a bad selection in the medicine last given, in that the patient’s state is growing
perceptibly worse from hour to hour, by the occurrence of new symptoms and sufferings, it is not only allowable for him, but it is his duty to remedy his
mistake, by the selection and administration of a homeopathic medicine not merely tolerably suitable,
but the most appropriate possible for the existing state of the disease. § 250
10 What is the expiry date for a homoeopathic medicine?
[There is no expiry date for homeopathic medicines. They can be used for ever.]
The entire medicinal power of the vegetable juice is retained for ever by keeping the preparation [mixing the freshly expressed juice immediately with equal parts of spirits of wine] in well corked bottles and excluded from sun's light. § 267
The entire medicinal power of the vegetable juice is retained for ever by keeping the preparation [mixing the freshly expressed juice immediately with equal parts of spirits of wine] in well corked bottles and excluded from sun's light. § 267
In order to preserve them in the form of powder, a precaution is requisite. This is best effected by spreading
out the powder in a flat tin saucer with a raised edge,
which floats in a vessel
full of boiling water
(i.e. a water-bath), and, by means of stirring it about, drying
it to such a degree that all the small atoms of it (no longer stick together
in lumps, but) like dry, fine sand,
are easily separated
from each other, and are readily converted into dust.
In this dry
state, the fine powders may be kept forever
uninjured in well-corked and sealed bottles,
in all their original
complete medicinal power, without
ever being injured by mites or
mould; and they are best preserved when the bottles are kept protected from the daylight [in covered boxes]. § 268 footnote
Globules [§ 270] retain their medicinal virtue for many years, if protected against sunlight and heat. § 272 footnote
Globules [§ 270] retain their medicinal virtue for many years, if protected against sunlight and heat. § 272 footnote
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