Image 17.1 and cold ’, meaning it is ‘ used in testing the temperature ’. Further , he states , ‘ Two types of constitutions need it : the syphilitic and the rheumatic or gouty . He has a rheumatic constitution ... always sweating , worse while sweating and from the extremes of heat and cold ’. You can see how different authors bring different perspectives to the constitutional state of a remedy , based on their own clinical use . This is your Stage 3 information when it comes to the constitutional types . This is where you find and extract information from different authors to create a picture or image in your mind , so you can identify it when a patient walks into your clinic .
Stage 3 generals Now let ’ s look at how to get the other Stage 3 information beyond just constitutional types .
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China Let ’ s see what Kent 1 writes : [ Image17.1 ]
‘ All of these complaints are in brokendown constitutions and in feeble , sensitive patients , especially in sensitive women .’ Again , ‘ Congestive headaches in broken-down constitutions ’. A ‘ constitutional state is a tendency to congestion ... inflammation in connection with haemorrhages ’.
Merc Sol [ Image18.1 ] Look at the different types of constitutional states in which Merc is really useful . There is a dominant ‘ syphilitic constitution ’. Hering writes : ‘ Great distension of left hypochondrium ; pains not very severe ... pain in shoulders ; light yellow colour ; of flabby constitutions ; and hepatitis ’. [ Image19.1 ]
Kent 1 writes , ‘ Merc constitution is just as changeable and sensitive to heat
The fundamental part of Stage 3 is to understand the ‘ generals ’. This happens through the process of ‘ generalisation ’.
Analogy How Does Analogy Work ? One of the first homoeopaths who proposed how to derive the general symptoms from the proving information was Boenninghausen . He proposed doing this through the concept of analogy . Analogy is an extremely important tool because the proving information is not always complete . You don ’ t always get a remedy proved to such an extent that you can define all the generals coming together . Most provings are incomplete with patchy , disjointed , scattered information . Analogy is quite a powerful concept , because you can actually start putting together different particulars and local symptoms to find a common thread or red line running through them .
An Example of Using Analogy Let ’ s take an example of how Boenninghausen created his repertory . If you look at the proving of Lachesis from Allen ’ s Encyclopaedia of Pure Materia Medica 2 , you will find that Lachesis has created tensive pains in the head . It has created pressive pains in the right orbit . It has also created painful pressure in the abdomen .
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