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...The Organon is quite unambiguous regarding treatment of chronic disease:
1. Don't cause an aggravation in chronic disease ( para. 161)
2. "There is a very important exception to the rule that the homeopathic treatment of chronic disease must begin with the smallest possible doses and that these doses must be increased only very gradually...." (282 a.) He's saying here that his rule is: start small and go up gradually, not start at the high end and go down.
[And the exception he's mentioning is: when the miasms (infections that never seem to go away) are manifesting on the skin, go high and repeat often, even several times a day.]
3. "And because these doses are so small, if through human weakness he [the prescriber] chooses a medicine rather inappropriate to the disease, the harm done would be so insignificant that it would quickly be overcome and corrected by the life-force itelf and by the counter influence of a more similar remedy immediately administered in the same minute dose." (283) In other words, if the doctor causes harm on a low dose, the harm is so insignificant that the body itself can easily overcome it, even without the administration of a better chosen remedy. Could he possibly be talking about even a drop of a 1M here? Because an aggravation caused by even a drop of a 1M could certainly not be easily overcome.
4. Since you can't possibly know in advance who's sensitive and who's not, start everyone with a small dose of the medicine, and if necessary, increase it from day to day. (129) No-where does he say, Since you can't know in advance, give whatever dose suits you and then see how the patient reacts. If he reacts badly, you'll know not to give that dose again!
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What's the difference in definition of "potency" and "dose" in those quotes above, if there is one?
Once again, I have to ask: If its 6th ed. Organon the potency scale (for most the aphorisms) is LM not C, is it not?
Dose to me refers to
how much of the potency solution or "poppy seed" granules are dissolved in a further solution and
how often it is taken. One dose on one day, another dose on another day, or taking two doses in one day (after plussing of course), etc.
Potency refers to LM1, LM2, LM3, LM4, LM5, etc., i.e the actual strength of the medicine.
So how does this fit in the quotes that are provided in the above quotes from The Organon?
[ 24 June 2002, 05:54: Message edited by: Simone ]