Hi,
Can someone please explain proving to me. I have read it over and over and still cant understand.If you are taking a remedy for an illness and the symptoms you already have magnify is that proving? or am I way off?
Plus if you do prov a remedy what does it mean.Sorry if this doesnt make sense.
Thanks to anyone who will answer.

Hello habeeba,

Proving is the process of determining the medicinal/curative properties of a substance. This process involves the administration of substances either in crude form or in potency to healthy human subjects in order to observe and record symptoms. A test of the action of a drug upon the healthy body, and a record of the unusual sensations/symptoms produced and/or alterations (changes) from the normal health experienced by one taking the drug.

In other simpler words : The proving of the remedies means, the exercise of having healthy people take the remedy (either the crude substance or the tincture from which homeopathic potencies are made or a remedy in potency) and report carefully any symptoms they experience.

Most people will not respond to a random remedy--but in a large group, and with repeated doses, a few people who are sensitive will develop specific symptoms.

An ideal prover is a person who possesses the following qualifications : He/She is healthy, intelligent, sensitive, delicate, irritable, trustworthy and he should have no urgent business to distract his attention.

Drugs should be proven in provers of different ages and both sexes. In children the toxicological picture is observed.

Wim P.

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Hello,

Thankyou for taking the time to explain this to me.I did read about Hahnemann and the cure for malaria and I did understand, but then I went on to read a forum where a sick person said that they were proving the remedy they were given and that confused me so much.
Just one more quick question. What do you or anyone else think about the home learning courses for homeopathy?

I have heard that a lot of homeopathic colleges (especially in UK) are conducting provings on newer substances.
Does anyone know the protocol they follow.
Do they follow the DBRPC (Double Blind Randomized Placebo Controlled) protocol.
This brings me to another question, does anyone know of a standard protocol that has ever been followed for conducting homeopathic provings.
Thanks.

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Hi,
Read williams post.I am sure this is the standard.

Hello habeeba,

The School of Homeopathy, Devon, England is a very good one for distance learning. No doubt about it ! Check it out with Google Search.

Wim P. /William

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Hello,
Thankyou, I will go and google it right now.

are part of the well known (and discredited) system known as allopathy, or medical "science".

Discredited ? By whom ? And why the quotes round "science" ?

What's the answer to this question ?