Paracelsus [Theophrastus von Hoenheim] was a very interesting if unwise character. He dug a lot of his knowledge out of the monasteries where it had lain through the so called Dark Ages and used it to such benefit that he built up a reputation . But he , as Prof Dudgeon says, - was first attacked by the Worshipful Socy of Apothecaries and returned their persecution by withering sarcasm and contemptuous depreciation. They complained that he did not write long and complex prescriptions that would bring much grist to the Apothecaries mill .
“ So shamefully do they make up their medicines “ he exclaims “ that it is only by a special interposition of Providence that they do not do more harm, and at the same time so extravagantly do they charge for them.” { the more things change the more they remain the same!.} . But when he boasted that he would live for 200 yrs , using his own medicine that was too much and someone [ wonder who?.] hired a gang to beat him to death one dark night. But that did not kill the fact that –He believed that in Nature there existed a remedy for every disease, in his book Archidoxis vol 3 he says “ What makes jaundice also cure s jaundice . In like manner the medicine which shall cure paralysis must proceed from that which causes it.”
Rademacher had developed his “ Organotherapy” by the time Hahnemann appeared on the scene . In it he related remedies to organs , and I was reminded of the effectiveness of this when I recently had to look at Thlaspi Bursa Pastoris . He used Saffron [Colch Autumnal ] Quassia, Nat Sul [ Glaubers ] Solidago [Golden rod] Nux Vom , Carbo Veg , Iodine , Arnica and Digitalis .
Epidemics change and mutate [ a fact apparently unknown to the makers of Vaccines. ] A follower of Rademacher writing about the changes in epidemic constitutions says “This change generally happens in the Spring , or the fall . In 1848 there was a hepatic affection curable with Nux Vom , which prevailed until May , then it vanished and the hepatic affections were curable with Cardus Marianus, which in Sept changed to a cure by Crocus, and after that it was Chelidonum that cured the same complaint.”
From the above it would appear that the medics of the 17th cent were aware of the continuous change that happens in the real world [ not the blinkered and rigid world of modern medicine!. ] .

As there is a place for remedies that apply to particular organs [ in my opinion] I am surprised that there were no takers on this one.
Whilst I maintain and agree that the whole person should be considered - I am sure that there are remedies that apply principally to specific parts and organs of the body- or NO?.

The location being given a prominent place in defining a complete symtom,who will say that it is not important?when no clear mental,emotional symptoms are available,we go by the location,sensation,modality and concomitant method only.

However,we may not call them Organ Remedies.

Murthy

Hi Passkey,
Sure, remedies can have affinities with organs or system in the body; but like you said - you have to take the totality into consideration. Look for the strange rare and peculiar symptoms and qualify them with modalities, location, sensation, etc.... Cure by symptom similarity whether it's mental, emotional or physical.

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Carroll Dunham

Hi Lisa
what sort of a totality are you relating to when you talk about homeopathy?

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Hi Hans,
The signs and symptoms of a disease in its entirety. Or symptom-complex - the characteristic group of symptoms of a disease which is representative of the disease.

The totality of symptoms is the sum total of the disease symptoms.

§7.."in disease... we can percieve nothing but the morbid symptoms - it must be the symptoms alone by which the disease demands and points to the remedy suited to relieve it... and ... the totality of these symptoms - of this outwardly reflected picture of the internal essense of the disease (the affection of the vital force) must be the sole means whereby the disease can make known what remedy it requires....."

Of course, in practical terms - first, we have to determine what is and what is not a true disease symptom -- in order to come up with a set of symptoms. Today - very few seem to agree on the definiton of a "disease symptom". You've talked about this before.....

What I was trying to say was -- don't get hung up on terms like 'organ remedies'. Because, ultimately, the totality of true disease symptoms is the sole means by which we can select a remedy that will be homeopathic to the case.

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What I generally find in the few cases I am dealing with is, the medicine works best,if you consider atleast one symptom,outside the chief complaint,and choose the medicine to cover that as well as the chief complaint.

For example I find Petroleum helps me to get rid of my occasional heel problem,if I have the itching between the thighs at the same time.

Similarly my wife was suffering from coryza,once every few days.The indicated medicines are helping only for a few days.Then I observed,she had itching of eyes,and she is rubbing them quite often.Though there were no tears from the eyes,I tried Euphrasia,and it is holding well.

Murthy