In response to bb subject combination remedies. All are requested to comment:

Let’s take a case to understand:-

One patient came to your clinic …… complained about his disease ….. you examined him …… took all 12 symptoms ……you repertorized the case ……got three closely matched remedies (Hahnemann said it medicine aphorism 169 ……selection of medicine) ……your one remedy (1st choice) has 5 symptoms ……second remedy (2nd choice) has 4 symptoms and third remedy (3rd choice) has 3 symptoms.

When you did not find any similar remedy which present true picture of patient’s complain …… rather similar to patient’s symptoms …… as in this case then you have no choice to prescribe the most closely matched (1st choice) remedy …… as the patient is suffering from some disease …… homoeopathy has no remedy for it which similar to symptoms …… rather no proving is available for this kind of patient …… We have to treat and help the patient in getting out of his problem. (Organon aphorism # 1 and 169)

Here remember one major point on which this discussion is based:

a. The remedy you prescribed is not the remedy of the patient due to the shortage / insufficient of medicine / remedies (#169).

It is true that there are millions of symptoms / diseases discovered so for and we have only 3000(approx) remedies for them. Please allow me to say that our only 300 remedies have results out of 3000. Rest of them no result in many cases even selecting right remedy for the patient. Out of 3000 …… there are only 33(approx) polychrest remedies ……maximum of them proved by great great Hahnemann. This is another topic and I reserved the right to give my comment in future …… if any member commented on this topic …… which is not the topic of discussion.

Now the patient came back after taking your prescribed remedy and told you that he is feeling well ……you observed that the patients main symptoms are gone for which you have prescribed 1st closely matched remedy ……Now you will prescribe 2nd choice remedy for removing rest of the patient’s symptoms (aphorism # 169)……But here Hahnemann suggested that you should exam in the patient and took all his symptoms again (may be some addition of symptoms) and then prescribe the remedy which closely matched (aphorism # 169).

Hahnemann used the word “symptoms that then remain” …… This is the most and most clear cut experimental result …… he has obtained and very rightly mentioned in his aphorism # 169 of Organon ……that you will not prescribe 2nd gp of remedies for rest of the remaining symptoms but you will have to take the symptoms again and then prescribe next remedy.

Here it is quite possible you observed nothing special in the patient and that your next remedy is the same remedy which was previously standing at 2nd position (choice). Here one crucial point may come to every sensible mind that :-

b. Is the 1st given remedy ……which was not similar to patient’s symptoms ……could remove some patient’s symptoms …… which he was complaining for ……and although symptoms are found in respective 1st choice remedy’s description in material medica ……but actually the remedy was not similar to the patient’s symptoms????

You all ……must answer here first ……in “YES” or “NO” ……then I will explain it further …… waiting for answer ……

Dr.MAS (Pakistan)
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