Hans,

I agree with everything you are saying 100%. However there are many cases that after taking them it is clear that more than one remedy will likely be needed. In some cases this does not prove out but in the most severe type cases to reach total health, you can not do it with one remedy.

Example: 3 year old kid molested by father. Take case and many symptoms clearly point to stramonium. However the most debilitating issue for the patient is prior to seeing his father (until he was protected by supervised visitations)is that he would vomit after sudden fear would set in on his way to see his father.
Aconite 200c resolved this issue but wihtin 10 days the violent behavior at school and with family memebers and many other Stram.symptoms became stronger and it was given to complete the case. I have found in over 50% of chronic illnesses if you take the whole case you can predict with reasonable certainty of a small group of future remedies the patient will need. Just like in severe acutes for flu we often see Bapt or Gels as a follow up to aconoite or bell. In taking the whole case this often becomes very predictable at least with Herscu's method. Last winter during the flu season over 70% needed 2 remedies and the other 30% only needed one. So yes you must wait to see how the vital force responds as it is different for everyone but it can often be predictable in a general way.

The idea that a patient truly only needs one remedy that will cure everything is not a relaity. It depends on how deep of a state they are in and how complex their case is and how they respond to the first remedy given. I also treated a womed on anti-depresents and she needed
Anacardium but was also a nymphomaniac and then needed Plat. and she also was very vulnerable and insecure and over sensitive and needed Puls. In this case the first 2 remedies were predictable almost form day one and based on the persons childhood that lead them to a Plat. state Puls was a consideration form early on as a future potential remedy. Now in some cases like this I have seen Anacardium remove all symptoms in 1 case but in the other 7 anacardium cases, since it is a severe state type remedy compared to others, follow up remedies were required.

Just like my Bufo case that will need Tub. It is going well as the kid is clearly communicating more and is moving toward tub and whether you like it or beleive it, this was reasonably predictable.

Again, it is not always predictable but often when you take a whole case you can determine what they need now and within reason can predict what they will likely need ot finish the case.

I know you don't like the cycles and segements method of grand characteristics vs. keynotes, but it simply works and there will be much mroe informaiton published on this in thenear future.

I think if you were to read herscu's proving of the remedy alcohol you would see why most of the top homeoapths in the world and people like Julian winston are giving it great reviews.

Again, I fully agree you must prescribe on the most intense, peculiar, rare,etc symptoms first but only to the extent that they fit in the totality of the disease. Again the example most younger homeopaths face is if there are 70 symptoms and 5-6 remedies with 3-4 keynotes each which do you give? This si also when smaller remedies are missed. You give the remedy that matches the pattern/cycle of the patientthat logicaly has a beginning and an end.

One thing is for certian at this point of our discussion, that is We are never going to agree on this for now so lets see what develops over time.

respectfully,

John O.

I liked your cure of the autism case because Herscu is finding out as I did with a case that a high % of so called autism pateints got into that state form a major fright and sometimes often before they were born. I had a kid before he was born, in a bad car accident at 9 months just before delivery and he was born scared and later diagnosed borderline autism. It is good to see another case that I am guesing started in a similar way.