Hello Everyone,

Chronic Diseases has a good list of active and latent symptoms for psora. There isn't much in the way of a list of active and latent sypmtoms for Sycosis or Syphilis.

Any suggestions on where I might find more on Sycosis and Syphilis?

I've got Herbert Robert's book, and he writes extensively about sycosis and syphilis. On Syphilis, he jumps between pure syphilitic symptoms and tuburcular. There are symptoms sprinkled throughout, but no mention of active or latent states - not in relation to other miasms and how to distinguish what is the active miasm at a given time.

Or, I wonder, can one tell if sycosis or syphilis is active by:
1) determining which symptoms of psora are latent (provided there are no active sx's of psora - i.e. making sure it is latent)
and by doing so
2) looks at the remaining sypmtoms and determines if they are sycosis or syphilis?

And, that leads me to ponder - if some psoric symptoms are active- and some are undeniably and strongly syphiltic - then this would clearly be a tuburcular case...right. But, what about if some psoric symptoms are clearly active and some sypmtoms are clearly indicative of sycosis? What kind of state is that?

Just pondering through all this. (working on an assignment)

Also, I understand (rightly or wrongly?) that in order to be susceptible to the sycotic or syphilitic miasm/s one must have psora - the soil in which the other two take root. Without psora, one will not be susceptible to the sycotic or syphilitic miasm/s. Would like to hear others thoughts on this.

Surely, everyone must be psoric - whether it's dormant or active. I know in CD, Hn says about 80% of cases are psoric. Wonder if this still holds true today...or is everyone psoric (it seems so because it's so contagious..).

Another thing that has occurred to me: Since the tuburcular miasm is a marriage between the syphilitic miasm and the psoric, it would seem to me that one could never be purely syphilitic. Or, can one? I suppose if one were infected directly with syphilis (as opposed to inherited?)- and it were suppressed and took hold of the interior, then that might be a scenario where one could be purely syphilitic? Hmmm, but what about psora lurking latent?

I've heard:
a) that psora can be cured completely.
b) psora can only be cured in each instance it crops up (becomes active). And, that's why it's called hydra-headed -- because it's always there, and keeps coming up when something provokes it into activity.
c) And, I've heard it cannot be cured, but only controlled (I suppose this is similar to the above - that it's hydra-headed and keeps coming active at various junctures).

It seems to me, that by the use of the words 'active' and 'latent' that one could not ever rid a person of a given miasm, but only cure each state as it arises with the homeopathically appropriate remedy....thereby strengtening the vital force to handle those situations that provoke the miasms into activity in the first place. i.e. lessen or eradicate a susceptibility that trips someone into an active state of X symptoms.

These are the things I've been pondering since studying this more in depth recently.
I would like to hear what others experiences are - and what they have learned.

Regards,
Lisa

[ 07. October 2003, 17:30: Message edited by: LisaAnnan ]

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