Creating Waves of Awareness
New Drug Provings
If you see the history of drug provings in Homoeopathy, it was quite brisk from the time of its inception with Hahnemann,and his followers. The net result was vast and voluminous materia medicas of Homoeopathic medicines.
Have we now reached our saturation point or are more efforts required to induct newer medicines? There are sporadic efforts even now which lack a systematic approach, as far as new drug provings are concerned, in my opinion.
Imagine what can be the result of our sincerest efforts when searching and then selecting a true similimum in cases that are out of the current Materia medicas? In all such cases we will never be able to reach the best selection for the required medicine from out of existing MMS.
Therefore I personally feel that we have to exert systematic efforts to add more medicines, after completed provings, in order to deal with 21st century diseases like HIV and advance stages of caricinoma etc.
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Permalink Reply by Debby Bruck on -
Dear Dr Sushil.
To push the boundaries and continue expanding the materia medica with new remedies can be a productive effort by those passionate about provings. For the majority of homeopaths to study and learn the basic 50, 100 and 250 remedies already in the materia medica will suffice to cover most ailments.
In my humble opinion, to share, communicate and discuss cases with their downfalls and successes will elicit more advances in practice and healing cases. That means activity on the network, posting cases in the unsolved CASES FOR DISCUSSION Group and CURED CASES Forum area and the other insights we have to present in discussion here. Thank you for your thoughts.
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Permalink Reply by DR. Sushil Bahl on -
Dear Debby. Thanks for your valuable comments.
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Permalink Reply by Debby Bruck on
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When homeopaths match the patient to the newly proven remedies such as peregrine falcon, chocolate, hydrogen and scorpion, etc the increase in our database of information will make it more obvious to select these remedies for future patients. Everyone must continue to study, search, record and share their knowledge and experience.
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Permalink Reply by Hans Weitbrecht on -
Dear Dr Bahl
An old question --indeed,-- There are two aspects to it:
1) What are the benefits of having yet more remedies, when all we can cure with a comparitively small number of remedies?
2) How to prove remedies? Answer
1) Statistically I get sufficient results in 60% of cases from a group of about 20 remedies.
Add another 40 remedies, I am up 80% and another 60 remedies, then I am up to 93%.
Overall I am using about 120 remedies, but a vast number of those only maybe once, twice a year,--
These statistics are consistent for the past 20 years.
Looking at the last 7%
This group is made up of patients, which were either unwilling, or unable to change certain habits, which prevent recovery. Many of those patients responded well to the second prescription taking the now present disease-symptom-picture.
Of course many will wonder about my high success rate. A thorough understanding of homoeopathic principles and rules, a viable knowledge of MMp, the most modern application, and the best remedies are necessary preconditions.
2) Without discussing newer provings in detail, I can say, that none have fulfilled the rules and recommendations set by Hahnemann. Unless we re-establish those rules in provings, those new provings are not worth the paper they are written on and worse, guillable homoeopaths are made belief, that these provings are valid and those remedies be used safely.
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Permalink Reply by DR. Sushil Bahl on
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Dr. Hans, Thanks for your valuable comments. Your statistical evaluation is indeed valid, in today's context.
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Permalink Reply by Debby Bruck on
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Homeopaths who have success with the more recently proven remedies attest that they have value. I would not dismiss them out of hand. We are not limited beings and I do not feel the benefit to limit the potential to heal when used appropriately. If snake and dog have value to heal, then other animals must, as well, as an example.
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Permalink Reply by Hans Weitbrecht on
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Agree, these substances may have medical powers. the problem lies in the way provings are carried out nowadays.
As long as these"provings" are not a double blind study and not fulfill the rules set by hahnemann, I will dismiss these provings as incomplete and unreliable. One must in every proving is to name the provers.
It is important to make homeopathy a save therapy. This is not done by claims of occasional successes, but by continued verifiable results.
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Permalink Reply by Dr Guillermo Zamora on -
Hi Debby, members:
I would like to add some comments and references made by one good teacher:
He would say the following regarding how we should spend our free time, and at the end he would throw the big question.
"...I myself wish more homœopaths would focus on even the most basic of topics; as understanding the development of repertory, from Hahnemann through Bönninghausen, to Kent, etc.; on extracting and translating many of the valuable provings scattered throughout the homœopathic periodicals of the last century which have yet to find their way into our materia medica texts; on understanding precisely the criteria used in the grading of remedies within our repertories, and how these must be considered towards a more effective use of such tools in the clinical situation; or perhaps on correcting the many many translation errors which are clearly evident within our most basic and fundamental works on philosophy, materia medica, and repertory"
"... This in itself is a significant problem, and our own research has revealed our English language literature has frequent and significant errors of typography and translation, omissions, arrangement (repertories) etc. Who amongst us will add to the development and perfection of Homœopathy through their efforts at rectifying some of these deficiencies?..."
"Let us spend less time theorising on the possible effects of a substance, or preparing subjects (provers) for anticipated or pre-conceived effects on one or other functional system, and instead, let us use our time in conducting and recording clear and properly conducted provings, which must be offered openly and without interpretation in a pure, organised record (a Materia Medica Pura, and from which an image may then be forged by individual homœopaths who can study these effects at their leisure"
Best regards.
Guillermo
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Permalink Reply by Debby Bruck on
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My dear Guillermo. So happy you have jumped in on this conversation. I feel your wise teacher has provided direction for his students. Those who wish to take his advice will engage themselves in further knowledge and deepening understanding of homeopathy. These students and homeopaths who take this mission upon themselves fulfill a personal need to do so. They have a motivation and reason to move on this path. They love their teacher and admire his suggestions.
Others in this world, with their personal volition to engage in other activities for which they also are furthering the knowledge base of homeopathy, perhaps in broadening the scope of remedies have the freedom, rights and volition
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Permalink Reply by DR. Sushil Bahl on
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Thank you Debby. Agree with your logical conclusion..
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Permalink Reply by kuram srinivasachar anand on -
I think it is better to record some successful cases where rarely used remedies are prescribed. For example, I treated one case of head ache, which comes during sleep and the patient suffers till next day evening. She will not touch even a cup of coffee, through out the day. the face and especially around eyes gets bloated, has translucent white coating on entire tongue and absolutely no apetite. I asked why you do not take any food? She said she feels that her stomach is full. ( It was not nausia. ) I searched Boericke and prescribed Euonymus Atro 30C one dose and she got relief. After a couple of months, I gave her 1 dose of 1000 C. It brought back head ache after about a week in aggravated form and she suffered for 3 days. And then nothing since one and a half years. Does that conform something? Can I say it as proving since the dose of 1m was given when she was not having any problem?
I read about euonymus for the first time. So I thought it as a fairly unused remedy. Critical comments please so that I can learn from the experts.
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Permalink Reply by Hans Weitbrecht on
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A proving may be? Volunteers please come forward.
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