HI FElix,
That's some question you've asked there! I've had to go and read up a bit. NOw lets see:
Do I agree with Scholton's description of Silica?
Scholton mentions a lot about SIlica,( that I just read up about - I'm afraid for the first time!). But I agree with his interpretaion of the Silica SERIES/GROUP in general and with its application in Salts of Silica as in Mag Sil, Kali Sil, Calc Sil, etc.
I cannot say I really disagree with what he says though. If I think about a couple of Silica cases, there are the issues of family and relationships that were important to them. And yes, these patients did have a large father element in their lives, But I can't say I based my prescriptions on that!
Has Sankaran done a whole lot of provings or are these clinical deductions?
Well I know for a fact tht Sankaran always has a group of students working with him and they are continiously proving new, and reproving old remedies with clear cut double blind guidelines that are the instructions for provings.
Whether he has done so for Silica is difficult for me to tell. But I think Silica is such a well proved remedy in "classical" Materia Medica anyway, and it so frequently indicated, that I would think he has made observations and deduction and thus come to an insightful remedy picture.
I have never had to use Scholtons' specific Silica picture, as the original Materia Medica is exhaustive and clearly points to Silica very often in physical general and PQRS as well as mentals. But Sankaran's insights into Silica have come to my aid very often. I think Scholton is most helpful in Salts of Silica where there is inadequate Materia medica, and one wonders when Silica sounds like a partial similimum, does a Salt of Silica apply. And one HITS BULLS EYE!!
Hope this is helpful,
Warm regards,
doctorleela
|