Dear David,
I have been following this post with interest as I happened to be treating one of our cats with Lyc. The cat has been in serious kidney failure for about a year and it became very critical this last month. After giving 2 other prescribed remedies, we gave Lyc 30 and it pulled her right back into the land of the living (nothing short of miraculas!). Anyway she started to slip (increased thirst and urination, although her diarhea did not come back) so I followed with Lyc 200, in the following 2 days she developed a constant hicough. When I went back to the materia medica, it did list this symptom (in my books anyways) so I assumed that it was (from your definition) a "proving" and sure enough it went away after 48 hours. However after reading:
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A proving is of less use to you physically, but of great use educationally. I have taken lots of remedies I did not need, and learned much from the (unpleasant) experience.
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I'm a little confused as to whether or not we are on the right track afterall. I had originally assummed that the 200 potency was too strong for her. Clarification would be most appreciated.
Thanks, Krista