Hi Chis,
Thanks a lot!
Yes I knew about these 2 basic methods:
Hahnemann matched the symptoms completely with the proving symptom in the MAteria MEdica.
Boenninghausan's method consisted of a generalization of a peculiar (?) symptom to complete an incomplete symptom from the proving.
SO lets say the patient's symptoms are as below:
The baby's cough and runny nose have cleared up by Tuesday this week,
but at the same time he has developped loose stool and complains
occasionally of his stomach (or abdomen?)
The stool was loose on Tuesday, and he also had little pieces of this
loose stool going out with flatus, but not much of this. He lost
appetite, was quite pale and very sleepy. He did not have loose stool,
but continued to have occasional pains in the stomach on Wednesday and
Thursday, and this morning, quite early he had again diarrhoes, a
large amount of loose stool, smelling somewhat sour.
The appetite is decreased, but he drinks well, and the stool is loose
in the morning, at 5 a.m. and he complains more about the stomach in
the evening.
The tongue is not much different from usual, but the papillae look
more red and prominent than usually.
It seems it started when he got chilled at night on MOnday, when the
temperatures went suddenly down.
He is continually sleepy, but today's complexion is better than
yesterday's.
He did not have fever.
(frm one of our cases)
How will you go about analysing this?
doctorleela
[ 15. March 2003, 07:15: Message edited by: doctorleela ]
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