dear all,

let me summarize all the major / historic/ common arguements against LMs:-
1)andre saine had once mentioned that he has nothing to do with LMs and that they are a kind of very low potencies. he had further stated that
he rejects them because the respectable pierre schimdt and p.sankaran (the elder sankaran) had tried them and rejected them.
2) LMs are made from 3C and as such they are low potencies.
3) Hahnemann was senile / insane in old age.
4) Hahnemann had the tendency to be dogmatic about everything that he said. whenever he said something - he said that was final and later revised his own opinion. as such, the LMs are just experimental stuff.
(this is also part of andre saine's view). the whole text of andre saine may be seen at http://www.homeopathy.ca/articles/2_how_to_become.html )
5) LM dosing is diffcult to work out with the patients.(p sankaran and others)
6) the cures by LM in the paris case books of hahnemann are not that impressive. hahnemann did not have much of an experience with LMs
(andre saine and others)
7) a list of very famous and learned homeopaths (both living and dead) who, if not strongly against the LMs, atleast do not strongly feel it's need. many are dead against LMs. ( i did not find anything on LMs from vithoulkas. he uses 12x in cases of pathology)
8) many learned homeopaths would like to finish their cases with a high centesimal , even after the whole course of LMs is run, as LMs are low potency. (rajan sankaran also does this)
9) LM is more problematic stuff and produces more aggravations.
10) the deep misams need a burst of energy to remove them. this can only be provided by the (high) centesimals. LMs are given repeatedly and are like gentle waves that are lapping at the shore. ( this is from verspoor)
11) = merely mouthing history of homeopathy does not help. we need high centesimals to cure patients. who has the time to work out all this low potency problematic LMs with patients ?
= don't get involved with LMs, all the patients will run away.
= i see 100 - 200 patients in 1 day. i don't have time for all this. i do clinic as well as teach students. i have years of experience.
12) see the wonderful experience of nash, skinner and others. just give one dose and relax !!!

and the truth, as it is :-

1) read all the material on david little's http://www.simillimum.com
(check the 'little library' - not very little though !! ). the whole website is a masterpiece. most of the people who are using LMs have learnt directly or indirectly from david little.

2) i have found an excellent article on LMs. this article starts with andre saine's views and discusses them threadbare. this presents the facts as they are minus the confusion.
http://www.marlev.com/homeo/Study%20...ibraryLMs2.htm

3) read the book on 50 millesimal potencies by the legendary classical homeopath from calcutta, dr harimohum chowdhury. this has been published by b jain and is in EH of radar as well.
read dr chowdhury's book on miasms. (his other works are in bengali. they may be consulted)

4) apart from the personal experience of many patients and healers we have more than 75 years of combined experiece in LMs by very reliable and very experienced classical homeopathic teachers such as late dr harimohun chowdhury, dr dhananjoy roy (both from calcutta) and david little. (i must be leaving out many others, i am sure). this collective testimony means a lot. hahnemann may have worked only for a few years with LMs but these people have worked tirelessly for years.
incidently, all the three persons named above have worked / are working in india and here the ground realities test the validity of all theories !!

5) read the 6th organon of hahnemann.

now after the facts, i do have an emotional note.
it is a matter of deep shame and pain to abuse our most respected and beloved master, the father of homeopthy - hahnemann. people have publicly called him insane and senile (due to LMs) and had the audacity to peddle their own half baked, groundless theories in lecture circuits.
this has confused many students and seasoned practitioners alike.
we have many "new " and so called "correct" theories being developed by some homeopaths, here in india. this has created much confusion amongst the students as all their basic ideas of organon / case taking -goes for a toss, after a few such seminars. and who will bell the cat ?

we need to learn from our master and at the same time be respectful.

it is interesting to note that the author of the article on LMs, referred to above (http://www.marlev.com/homeo/Study%20...ibraryLMs2.htm) has titled the article as
" honoring hahnemann ". that's right.

aude sapre

dr manish agarwala




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