Dear Lisa, that was a very English pun.

Dear Pete, I agree that keeping things as simple as possible is of benefit in homoeopathy. Once I realised that I stopped feeling guilty about missing lectures about new theories.

It would be interesting for your audit to be published since there are few homoepaths with as much experience. Then it would be clearer why you attribute certain conditions or complexes to mercury, synthetic hormones, antibiotics, radiation. [Please send me a copy because I am not a subscriber to the Soc Hom]

About Hahnemann's view of treating poisoned cases, from Chronic Diseases pp.115-6 I think the idea is if the poisoning has gone further than to cause dynamic change, and has caused organic transformation, then homoeopathic treatment of the psora can only be an adjunct to a system of restful living aimed at supporting the vitality as it attempts to throw off the effects of poisoning.
This being so, it makes some sense that there are non-antipsorics listed by Boenninghausen for the treatment of mercury poisoning provided it has caused only dynamic changes, not organic ones.

Since you mention hormones, have you any cases which only would respond to treatment after the installation of a complex water filter in the home? I wonder how much of a maintaining cause the hormones in our water supply can be.