Boenninghausen in Therapeutic Pocket Book wrote about the relationship of remedies, which he called ‘Concordances’. The word concordance means –The inheritance by two related individuals (especially twins) of the same genetic characteristic, such as susceptibility to disease. This is a novel and useRead more
Boenninghausen in Therapeutic Pocket Book wrote about the relationship of remedies, which he called ‘Concordances’. The word concordance means –The inheritance by two related individuals (especially twins) of the same genetic characteristic, such as susceptibility to disease.
This is a novel and useful idea, as it gave a better understanding of the drug and points of contact with each other with regard to specific spheres, locations, modalities, tissues, etc.,
By working out these relationships, we can find out the remedy which is likely to follow the previous remedy after it has done its job, though partially. Thus we can find out the remedy that would complement the action of the first remedy, with regard to the case in hand and not by any rigid preconceived ideas.
Though the chapter has immense potential in its utility, in education and practice, it is yet to be made use in its full capacity. Most of the physicians do not make its proper use, due to want of adequate attention and understanding of the chapter, which seems as a sort of mystery. This part of the pocketbook has helped in solving many chronic cases and especially in their search for a second prescription.
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Polarity Analysis is a result of a tedious search for a better way to match the characteristic patient symptoms with the “genius” symptoms of Homoeopathic remedies thereby improving the reliability of prescriptions. The method leads to an efficient and reproducible choice of remedy and increases theRead more
Polarity Analysis is a result of a tedious search for a better way to match the characteristic patient symptoms with the “genius” symptoms of Homoeopathic remedies thereby improving the reliability of prescriptions.
The method leads to an efficient and reproducible choice of remedy and increases the precision of prescriptions as compared to a conventional homeopathic procedure.
Dr. Heiner Frei (Switzerland), after having served for several years as a Senior Physician in the Pediatric Hematology and Oncology Department at the University Children’s Hospital of Bern., decided to concentrate on his huge pediatric practice in 1987. In 2001, he realized the immense potential that lay in the latent concept of polarities of drugs and thus after further modifications based on Boenninghausen’s Concept of Contraindications developed- Polarity Analysis, a tool aimed at ensuring greater precision in Homoeopathic prescriptions.
The Concept of Contraindications is a lesser-known literary gem contributed to the Homoeopathic literature by Dr. Boenninghhausen. It states that almost every Homoeopathic medicine includes a number of Polar Symptoms, which also encompass their opposite, e.g. Desire to move/Aversion to move, Thirst/Thirstlessness, etc. Any remedy may thus exhibit both poles though in varying intensity and grades.
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