what is your meaning of Miasms? Los Angeles is having a conference on chronic , and unknown Miasmatic cases on Nov.11. Would love to attend but have other commitments.

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Miasm originally meant bad air do to the belief that disease was caused by bad air. For example yellow fever and malaria were caused by hot humid conditions. These conditions were noted before an epidemic. The term fell out of use with the advent of microbiology and the association of pathogenic microbes with disease.

Hanemanns use of the word is a morbic influence from ones ancestors. In his Chronic Diseases he discusses psora, tuberculosis and syphilis miasms. If a direct ancestor had a disease the disease imprint would be passed down to descendents.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR RESPONSE: oh yes, I am 3/4 psorin, 1/4 tuber,and 0 syph. with my past history of having acute attack of bronchites at age 6 mon. after sleeping under a large tree on (most likely very damp soil, even with a blanket under me). Took a few shots of psorin last year when lower half of my body went ice cold while sleeping under many blankets(and area around ankles went red/blue,now light pink and so far no coldness in lower half) However, I AM VERY SENSITIVE TO COLD, CHANGES IN WEATHER, AND WEAR MORE CLOTHES THAN OTHERS DO.I GET A COLD FEELING JUST LOOKING AT PEOPLE IN SHORTS WHEN ITS 65-70. I WOULDNT WEAR SHORTS UNLESS IT WERE 85-90. I'm thinking of taking another 200c next month as weather really begins to change even in Cal.expecially at nites. I've been having a heavy postnasal drip (1/2 teaspoon at a time a few times a day) have to control it before it gets me into a bronc/asthma attack.SO WOULD I CONSIDER THIS REMEDY AS MY CONSTITUIONAL?? LIKE TAKE IT AT LEAST TWICE A YEAR, AGAIN IN SPRING WITH POLLINS TO PREVENT ALLERGY ATTACKS WITH ITS PROBELMS.

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Was just showing you wherein I matched on 3 suggested. seems at my age(84) I have a problem taking anything over 200.GM suggested a few 1M and I had to stop them fast, like got bloodshot eyes, pupils dilated. I'm a very active, outgoing,fast worker, caring person who can't stand anything cold unless its 85-90 temp outside.Still not sure of my constitutional, Have weakness in digestion,heavy postnasal,frequent sore throats,(had diptheria at age 5 tonsils/adnoids removed then) drip,asthma/bronchites,allergies to foods and chemicals.
I use low doses in the l2 salts for various problems as they arise.Cal Sulp when taken with Fer.Phos seems to cut off a cold when I get signs of a sorethroat.My postnasal drip is heavy now, thats why I thought of taking the 200c Psorin. again thanks for all your input, I still have a lot to learn.

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No you should not consider this your constitutional. Rx is prescribed on an individuals symptom picture same as any other rx.

You are making yourself sound like a miasmic cocktail! It is not that simple I'm afraid. Miasms are a long study in themselves and form the basis of treating chronic disease states.

Study up on the Q (LM)potencies as they sound appropriate for you if sensitive. Goto David Little from HH homepage links.

dear Dorothy, you don't have to learn homoeopathy! That's what homoeopaths do, so that they can treat patients such as yourself.
It sounds to me as though you have done a LOT of self-prescribing based on a little knowledge, and that is not to be advised at all.

If you like, post you case, but it should not be about what you do for your various ailments in terms of home-remedies. Nor any attempt you have made at self-diagnosis from homoeopathy books, as it really isn't relevant to treating you. You seem to have plunged in at an academic end of homoeopathy that has not much to do with practical prescribing.
It needs to be about your health history, food preferences (not what diet you think you should eat), your character, solid facts about your health such as whether you have white spots or ridges in your fingernails, any history of warts, freckles, moles, any ailments you had in the past that "went away" or were treated allopathically. Try to keep it low on speculations and home-remedies and high on facts about symptoms.

Thank you Anna and Frank, will give you as much info as I can.Born 2/21/17 in New York, N.Y-at 6 mons. developed acute bronchitis,fell asleep under a tree, woke up blue and choking.(with age asthma added) 5/6 yrs. of age had diptheria, plurisey,tonsil and adanoids removed.balance of years in N.Y. was loaded with flus,colds, sore throat,chronic sinus infections, bad headaches,very painful periods.food allergies. Worse months for me were Oct-May.Moved to Los Angels l948, moved to smaller town l975(where I now live) when L.A. Smog got to me. In L.A. had same ailments but not as bad as in NY.had hair test in L.A. and found out had lead, cadium, petrolium and candidia in system.got rid of same with chinese herbs and everything on or near me cotton. In l976 introduced to homeopathy, but my nearest doctor is 3 hr. car ride one way and now find it harder to make the trip in one day, and too expensive to stay over in his town, so have been doing a lot of reading. I am a very active,fast moving scheduled person,"a place for everything and everything in its place" (when feeling o.k.) and put in a really full days work in my routine at home and social life. I like myself, family and people.Since I was not allowed cold foods, i.e ice cream, I got addicted to chocolate,till l969 when I turned veggie after a three week fast. now its lots of fruit/veggies,grains, little protein.I aml a very big mucus maker, now no sinus problems but a very heavy postnasal drip,1/2 teaspoon at a time few times a day or nite. If I dont catch it at nite then it goes to my chest with hard to breath problems, wheezing, etc. Now it gets more complicated since I developed a Mitral Valve prolaps, and angina. Hence I'm up at nite, taking hot liquids, and then a homeopathic tablet to help bring up the mucus and then few hours later can go back to sleep. Past ten years developed assorted brown spots,warts on face, hands and body. I'm still very cold in comparison to other people around me, i am effected by change of weather. feel my best when its sunny and 65-75 outside. dont like dampness,heavy winds,dont like to get my feet wet or head wet when it rains. sleep with lots of blankets, socks all year round more so the past l0 yrs. Dont do well with allopatic medicine, only take one for thyroid, was given in l984 and was told not to stop it, have reduced it from 2 gr. to 3/4 gr.over the years with change of diet, reduce stress, and bovine tablet. Please dont hesitate to ask what I might have left out.

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Dorothy, that's a good set of facts. The bit about taking a bovine tablet made me smile...what kind of bovine tablet?
Also what remedy do you take in the night to help bring up mucus?
Does drinking hot drinks make your symptoms better in general?
What foods do you now crave. Even if you now resist choccie, would you still love to tuck in to a bar if you didn't have to live with the consequences?
What foods definitely aggravate your condition? Facts you have observed for yourself rather than any official diagnoses are best.
It's tricky to prescribe without knowing what remedy/ies you take regularly as they might be adding to or changing your symptoms. So please say which homoeopathic remedies you use on a regular basis.

Also, where on your hands and on your face and on your body are the warts...in detail please. What are the warts like?

What are the exact symptoms you have of angina and mitral valve prolapse? How do you experience that?
You haven't mentioned that much about your character. Do you have any particular fears? Any animals, situations etc?
Do you like company or your own company best?
Any recurring dreams?
Any unusual things about yourself that you might not think of telling a doctor - habits, mannerisms, preferences etc?

I take 1 Thytrophin PMG from Standard Process Inc. everyday in addition to thryolar.Tried just taking only the bovine twice a day and not the RX, but it didnt work, got very hungrey two minutes after eating and blood test showed up badly., so back to 3/4 gr.of RX.and blood test normal now.However, I feel the bovine helped reduce from 2 gr.that i started with to 3/4. When I get a spell at nite like last nite, have water a bedside, drank 2 glasses,(always roomtemp or hot to loosen the mucus.) if it doesn't work with the water only then i take Kali Carb.30x one or two doses l0 min. apart till I bring up the mucus plugs. If it bothers me and the mucus is not a dry plug just a lot of rattling, etc. then I use various other homeopathic remedies. At nite its usually just plugs,(unless I have a cold) during the day the drainage is nasal or postnasal about 1/2 teaspoon eggwhite construction.(if I could only stop this, lots of my problems would be reduced) If it should be yellow, i then go to Echineaca herbs,with astrilgia,reishe and mhyrr or goldenseal. I dont push too much goldenseal as I am hypo which is almost like a diebetic in reactions to it and sugar.If it starts with a sore throat, i go first with Fer.Phos, and Cal.Sulp,zinc lozengers, which sometime will prevent it from developing into a real cold.Depending on the situation, I also have to take Arsen. or Sulp 200 if it is too long of a session.or goes away a few days and then starts over again. I always carry in my purse, Fer.Phos, Cal.Sulp, Mag Phos for first sign of infectioin. Years ago when in N>Y. had an open RX for Penicillian, or other antibiotic,and at first sign of yellow mucus just wrote the date in and got the RX. The doctor (relative) thought he was doing me a favor with the so-called new miracle drug.) He also taught me how to give myself injections of it. I was loaded with the stuff, if only I knew then about homeopathy.I can only go forward not backward. Yes, I still like chocolate, and will have a small piece now and then, but I hear myself saying this is not your food. I really love and can eat all fruits all day,(sugar satisfaction) but again I have to know when to quit, or I flip into a hypo,shaky spell.Of course I enjoy sweet potatoes, all yellow, orange squashes, I do love my veggies. Every day my main meal is 5-6 veggies all colors light pressure steamed with 1 tb.spoon olive oil, havent had meat since l969 and dont miss it.Will have fish, fowl, 1/2 times a week, beans, tofu, lentils, egg whites, the rest of the week, always have hard boiled eggs in refrig. if shaky eat the egg(now only whites as by cholestrall went to 210.and want it below 200, even tho my Hdl is good. I enjoy my homemade breads,almond butter, banna and some cinnomon as a good subsitute for cake. Garlic, onion, green peppers inflame my stomach,( I really feel like they are cleaners and want to remove all the poison in my stomach but it makes me so ill,I keep away from them.) like I'd be 6 mons. pregant, and have to take everything off my waist line. sometimes, my stomach is too alkaline and have to take a little apple cider vingear on veggies or salad,otherwise when eating i would double up with a very sharp pain. dont like to push anything firmented do to the old candida history. every now and then i take a very high acodolphess(?) to keep the flora happy. I have those (senior)brown marks on my hands a lot, a few on face, on my body around stomach, under breast have those brown, thick warts. had one small tag over an eye and on the elbow which were removed by doc.and tested o.k. I tried Thuja for warts, for a few weeks.30x 3/4 times a day, but all it did was make them darker and harder.probable would take 6 mons. for it to really do any good and felt having to take that so long, it would interfer with any other homeopathy I needed for chest problems which are most important to me, especially with the added situation with the angina,& mitral valve. The angina have had as false angina since 35 yrs of age. now not so false, get pains when doing heavy lifting,or to much work in garden, or turning over mattress, etc. Docs. say take RX nitro. I let them write the Rx. and then come home and take Spigela which works fine. however, if in an mucus coughing spell the heart doesnt like it either,as the arteries are getting a little hard also.However, read somewhere that if you think you are having a heart attack, force youself to cough as that forces the blood to get to the heart to give you time to call 911.mitral valve situation is there but no bother unless you go to dentist or surgery then one is supposed to take antibotics. I dont tell dentist anything, just take homeopathic tabs when i have to go,which has not been too often and had no surgeries since tonsils at 5. Yes, I like myself and people equally. Love parties, see people enjoy, love ballroom dancing (very good at it) think I should have been dancer in my younger days if parents had money and aware of my feelings.)but dad didnt want me to be a nurse or model so guess he wouldnt of wanted me to be a dance either. So I became a bookkeeper and realtor which was o.k. because it put me in contact with people.however, now i keep in touch with people thru the clubs that I started, a single club, veggie club, emotional support group, and homeo group all going on for years. Only fear I have is suffering before I die, that why i joined Death With Dignity. all my cards in wallet have no DNR or CPR.I rarely dream as I dont eat much after 6 pm. however,last nite I did have somesort of dream, wherin i was running, or exhausted and couldnt catch my breath, thats what woke me up I couldnt breath well and having to get the mucus up as explained. normally its just the hard breathing that wakes me up. Something I want, yes a nice gentleman dance partner, as mine is leaving the state next month, hes 85 and getting afraid of the future and wants to be near his daughter, as we were just friends and dance partner, nothing more. And I really think at this age thats all I want. I love hugs and can do without the kisses, etc. Did I leave anything out??.

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