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• If a fracture is slow to heal then is worth considering the status of the thyroid gland and if required the use of Thyroidinum as an organ support remedy.
• RadiumbromidelooksalotlikeRhustox.
• Best time to treat the constitution is when a person has just finished with an acute. Quite often we will give a dose of the constitutional remedy at this stage
especially if the acute has been severe or traumatic.
• Being willing to be flexible enough to drop what you thought was the case and to see what is actually the case.
• Calc flour is the number one remedy for spontaneous dislocations and in the tissue salt form top of the list for bone spurs and pretty good as a support remedy
for varicose veins.
• Castoroilpacksappliedexternallycandissolvethings,
which are hardening like bone spurs and adhesions.
• Insomecasesorgansupportremediesgivenpriortoa constitutional consultation can help to give a clearer constitutional picture to prescribe on. No longer is energy tied up in a failing organ but freely available for
the body as a whole.
• IfFluorinitsnameithasanaffinitywithscartissue.
• Carcinosin is the main constitutional remedy with a
tendency to produce keloid scars.
• Audience quote “ Carcinosin is the marriage of all the
miasms with Alumina as the best man”.
• An Australian Bush Flower Essence, Mulla Mulla is useful for the ill effects of radiation especially if tissues
are burnt.
• A good detox regime for people / animals who have
been on a lot of drugs is the alternation of Nux vom 6x and Sulphur 6x, given twice daily for ten to fourteen days or for as long as they can happily tolerate it. According to Ian this regime “cleans the windows and will put energy back into the system”.
Book
Review
I originally read this book over fifteen years ago and thought it was a pretty useful book to have around and frequently dipped into it during the intervening years.
Recently I had cause to read it again in its entirety and my opinion now is that it is an extremely useful book to have in my armoury.
It is a very easy read but with nuggets of information on practically every page and should be equally as appealing to the novice homeopath as well as the more experienced practitioner.
It is the transcript of a one-day seminar given by Ian Watson in California in 1997 and as you read the paragraphs you can imagine yourself there in the seminar room along with everyone else.
This is not a book about classical constitutional prescribing, this is about treating what you see at the minute and being prepared to change the remedy frequently as the situation demands and not being afraid of repeating the remedy especially the higher potencies.
He paraphrases Robin Murphy who says he thought the highest level of homeopathy in his opinion was first aid as a lot of chronic health issues can stem from first aid situations if they are not successfully treated at the time e.g whiplash, head trauma, sprained ankles, grief.
The aetiology of a condition is important but in order to make an aetiological prescription you need to know not only what happened but what did the person / animal take away from it, as the latter can have a lasting impact on their health. An aetiological prescription gives a remedy that matches the causation first and the symptoms second. In his opinion if the remedy matches the other way around then palliation occurs rather than a curative response and this can lead to chronic health problems.
Ian then emphasises the importance of remedy affinities for specific tissues and organs of the body. Affinities can help you whittle down a long list of remedies for a condition to one or two e.g Ruta and its primary affinity with tendons, Arnica for soft tissue injuries then muscles, bone and blood. At this stage you can ask specific (leading) questions regarding modalities to either rule the remedy in or out. In his opinion knowing the affinity of the remedy is more important than knowing lots of symptoms of the remedy.
Acute conditions including fractures are then mentioned with some examples of the best remedies for pain relief, Bryonia 200c every few minutes can act like morphine, Hepar sulph has greater sensitivity to touch than Arnica, so if the pain is greater say with the pressure of bedding then Hepar sulph may be the remedy of choice.
A few snippets of information I found which are worth mentioning include:
He goes on to talk about muscle and nerve problems, Raynaud’s Syndrome and how the bowel nosode Proteus is a leading remedy for this condition as it has a very strong circulatory affinity. Repetitive strain injuries and carpal tunnel syndrome follow with sciatica, osteoporosis, bone cancer and sacroiliac problems, finally shoulder problems and arthritis bringing the book to a close.
There is a multitude of knowledge in this book, too much to be covered in this review, though a few more snippets to whet the appetite include:
• Berberis vulgaris as a kidney organ support remedy in arthritis. This improves the efficiency of elimination by the kidneys, which in turn can help to alleviate the signs of osteoarthritis.
• Aesculus has a strong affinity with the sacroiliac region and lumbosacral pain.
All I can say is if you have not already read this book I would urge you to do so, for such a small book it certainly packs a strong punch and can be extremely useful in a clinical setting.
Cheryl Sears, UK
Aspects of Homeopathy
by Ian Watson
Musculo-Skeletal Problems
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