Can someone elaborate on the calc lyc sulph trio? The dynamic behind this and also how is this dynamic practised and put to use when prescribing - any practical experience is appreciated.

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Hi Barb,

This "trio" of remedies often "relate" to one another. In some cases, a patient will start with one of these remedies, and then move into another one of these remedy "states". How does this relate to prescribing? Same way it always does: in every case, you must prescribe the indicated remedy for the patient, based on the law of like cures like.

That means just because you give a patient Calc, doesn't necessarily mean you can expect to give him sulphur or lycopodium any time soon. Same with lycopodium, and same with sulphur. You must use the process of individuation with each and every patient, each and every time; and clear your mind of biases and preconceived notions about remedies and the patient in every single instance.

Divina

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Divina - thanks

are there any no-no's with giving one of these remedies before another?

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the best way to find out , is to study the detailed remedy relationships in the back of Boger-Boenninghausens rep.
You find under every remedy listed the remedies close to in the areas:Mind, Localities, Sensations, Glands, Bones, Skin,Sleep+dreams,Blood+circulation+Fever,Agg-time,Agg-Circumstances,General.
all the best, Hans

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When would they be used then - in the sulph calc lyc order. what would you see in a patient to determine that these 3 remedies would be needed.

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I remember the order with SCaLy!!! Aparently they should not be given out of order. I have used it on a couple of occasions quite successfully.

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Barb--the signs and symptoms determine your remedy! If Lyc is your simile, then you give Lyc and not Calc, or Sulph because someone said they follow each other or they don't.
Greetings from Irland, hans

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I have a patient that did well on Lyc. started showing Sulph. symptoms and the next month showed up calc symptoms which is where she still is. As Hans says the symptoms have to be there.

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Barb,

According to Clarke, Sulphur, Calcarea, and Lycopodium frequently follow in that order, as well as Sulphur, Sarsparilla, and Sepia. Although, the former is probably much more common. I have used the Sul-Cal-Lyc combination in my own case but there is no way to predict ahead of time that these remedies will be needed as they don't automatically follow one another. Clarke also says, "Moreover, Calcarea is one of the polychrest remedies, and ranks with Sulphur and Lycopodium at the head of the antipsorics. It is absolutely essential to a correct appreciation of the homeopathic materia medica that these three medicines be thoroughly known, as these are in a sense the standards around which the rest are grouped. All three have a very wide range and deep action. They have many symptoms in common..."

According to Hahnemann, Calcarea should not be given before Sulphur.

I have only ever seen one patient who needed this trio. I assumed it would pop up more frequently in practice, but it hasn't. Perhaps I tend to prescribe less of the polycrests than I used to.

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