masters such as Vithoulkas , Sankaran , Jan Scholten etc . They have taken the understanding of Stage 3 to the next level in light of newer developments in understanding psychology , taxonomy and more .
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Stage 3 books and materia medica Stage 3 constitution One key question so many beginners and students ask is : How do we find the constitution of a patient or a person , and where do we find the information in the materia medica ? I am again using technology to help us with this , in order to search and analyse the constitutional information in the remedies from our database . I am using the Quest function in HomeoQuest to do this . You should be able to do a similar analysis from most good software programmes . [ Image13.1 ]
Remember : Not all remedies will have elaborate constitutional information . It is distilled through active clinical use . Hence , first we look at the top remedies that have good constitutional information in our database by searching for ‘ constitution ’.[ Image14.1 ]
Lachesis We specifically check the constitutionaltype rubrics for Lachesis that have been documented by various authors in the repertories . You can see that Lachesis has a ‘ bilious ’, ‘ choleric ’, ' leucophlegmatic ’ and ‘ neuropathic ’ constitution . [ Image15.1 ]
Next , let ’ s see what the materia medica authors have written about Lachesis : ‘ Melancholic or choleric temperament , with phlegmatic constitution ; dark eyes and disposition to lowness of spirit and indolence ’. [ Image16.1 ]
Nash writes , ‘ Broken down constitution , and troubles in the climacteric age ’. You can now put this together to erect a picture of the Lachesis constitution at all ages , across all walks of life and in all disease conditions .
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