Key to prescribing and studying homoeopathic materia medica
The Stages Template : Part 2
Shilpa Bhourasker
This article is the second part of Shilpa Bhouraskar ’ s article on how to study and master the homoeopathic materia medica based on her Stages template . Part 1 of this article was published in the Journal of the Australian Traditional Medicine Society , 30 ( 2 ): 87-90 .
Introduction
In Part 1 of this article , we looked at how to study and master the materia medica at Stage 1 and 2 based on my Stages Template . Now , in Part 2 , we will dive further and understand the remedy at Stage 3 and Stage 4 .
I ’ ve spent the last two decades in homoeopathy , and went on to build an entire template and methodology around simplifying remedy understanding for practice based on four Stages . I am presenting this method to you here in this two-part article .
Materia medica understanding : Stage 3
What is stage 3 information ? Stage 3 is the breakthrough stage . It ’ s where the concept of holism comes in . This is where we derive the fundamental causative factors in a remedy . You also start to understand the generals , or common symptoms , that emerge across multiple locations or regions of the body . In a way we are looking for a linkage , or a connection , between the different parts of the body that the remedy targets . This way , the remedy picture and its effects come together as one whole . At this Stage , we put together the constitution or the personality of the patient that it works the best on from clinical use .
To summarise : The holistic concept of understanding our remedies starts with Stage 3 . At Stages 1 and 2 , a remedy proving is just a bunch of pathologies , affinities and local symptoms that are scattered across the proving data . The Stage 3 understanding of remedies helps us to prescribe remedies for the patient as a whole , regardless of the diagnosis .
Stage 3 remedy examples Let us dive deeper into the remedies we used in our earlier examples and understand them at Stage 3 .
China China has the fundamental causative factor of ‘ Not been well since malaria ’ through clinical confirmation . We have this whole state of a broken-down constitution who has a weak tummy and easily haemorrhages . Everything started from malaria . If you have a strong causative factor remedy that links multiple pathologies and multiple diagnoses , that ’ s the Stage 3 information .
Lachesis Lachesis creates a state of toxicity . You can clinically confirm a patient who feels full of poison with insane jealousy and suspicion ; has rapid onset malignancy , sepsis and disintegration ; and shows purple-blue skin with thin dark haemorrhaging .
Merc Sol Merc Sol creates violent thoughts , impulsiveness and hurriedness , and then you can clinically confirm that the personality of Merc is violent , impulsive and hurried . You start creating the image of a person in your mind that has the Merc personality . This is also Stage 3 information .
Where Do You Find Stage 3 Information ? Most of our popular classical books and repertories have been written by Stage 3 authors . The three leading old masters who built upon Hahnemannian homoeopathy at Stage 3 are Boenninghausen , Kent and Boger . Then we have the contemporary
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