At 12:53 PM 8/21/2004 -0700, you wrote:
>Some on the list mentioned the possibility of using other potencies rather
>than the 30, 200, 1M jumps. I found that when I gave a 100C potency to a
>patient where I thought the jump from 30 to 200 too sharp, the
>aggravations were so bad that the patient almost left homeopathy for good,
>after very good progress previously. Any other experience with the 100C
>potency?

Dear Vera,

Hahnemann used the 100c at various times in his potency experiments. I
didn't notice that it aggravated his cases particularly Maybe the jump to
100c was too much for this person? What did you do after this aggravation.
Do you think the 200c would have been better than the 100C? This may have
been a case where changing from the 30c to the LM 0/1 might have been
beneficial.


>David Little mentioned homeopathic aggravation at the end of treatment in
>his postings on the LMs - what kind of aggravation can be expected? how
>is it clear that it is aggravation and not relapse? At what point in
>treatment is an aggravation likely? I would appreciate any info on this.

The best treatment is one with absolutely no aggravation. We are not
seeking aggravations in the beginning, middle or end of treatment.
Nevertheless. the LM potency has a tendency to cause a slight aggravation
at toward the end of treatment as a sign that the patient is nearly
complete cure. By this time, the patient symptoms are usually almost if not
all gone and their vitality is complete restored. In may experience it is
not usually an aggravation former particular symptoms, although this can
happen. It usually the aggravation of the general symptoms or a feeling of
slight malaise where the patient feels as if some symptoms are going to
come on. Hahnemann discusses this situation and it case management
procedures in aphorisms 280 and 281 of the 6th Organon. The way to see if
this is the aggravation late in the treatment is a relapse or a sign the
cure is approaching is to wait and watch for a few days. This type of
aggravation passes of very quickly and is follow by a state of feeling
totally well. If it is a relapse the patient will continue to decline.

The aggravation of the patient at the end of the treatment is a slight
that the cure is almost attained or is complete. When one stops the
medicine it should wear off quickly. If the patient improves when the
medicine is stopped but later begins to show symptoms this is a sign that
they still need a little more medicine but the intervals of repetition
should be slow down. This on again off again method is continued until
there are no relapses showing the patient needs no more medicine.

There is a great difference between the aggravation seen at the start of
treatment with the C potency and the aggravation at the end of treatment
cause by the LM potency. An aggravation at the start of treatment is
experienced when the patient is feeling ill, the vital force is deranged
and the vitality is compromised. If there is organic pathology present a
strong aggravation can be potentially dangerous and drain too much precious
vitality. The LM aggravation near or at the end of treatment takes place
after the pathology is removed and the vitality is restored. This does no
pose any danger to the patient. It is simple the appearance of a few
remedial symptoms in areas where the patient was ill.

When you use the C potency in medicinal solution it modifies the
tendency of the remedy to aggravate at the start of treatment.
Nevertheless, the C potency still has this tendency to aggravate earlier
even with a control small dose. This may be what makes the Cs so effective
in crisis, acute diseases and the during the primary symptoms of the
chronic miasms. The C potencies are also quite effective in chronic
diseases that start with a crisis and then progress fairly quickly into
functional states and the first states of pathology. For more on this read
A Comparison of the C and LM Potency on may website.

Sincerely, David Little


>Vera
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