Hahnemann did use crude substances for provings, esp in the early days, before he developed potenetisation - remedies like China and Bell were done this way. Also remember that many symptoms are clinical, taken from poisonings.

Remedies made from foods are often proven by ingesting huge amts of it - ie the proving of banana, mango and tomato were all done by people eating lots of the raw food.

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David Kempson.<br />Dip.Homoeopathic Medicine.<br />Lecturer Australian College of Natural Therapies (Brisbane Campus)<br />Member AHA, AROH, HMA<br />Member Australian Homoeopathic Association. Member#0442.