1. Do complexes cancel out some of the pathogenetic symptoms of some of
the remedies in the mix (I think they do).
2. Does the same thing happen with chords of potencies in a complex.
3. How many remedies and how many potencies are too much (I am shocked
at the number going into some complexes).
And I for one would be very concerned if complexes were promoted as:
1. Superior to the single remedy
2. Good for chronic disease management
because they are not.
Their main usefulness in providing someone with a safe option for
palliation of acute symptoms when for whatever reason they can't use the
appropriate single remedy - but even then, there is no guarantee of
palliation, just a reasoned likelihood. And of course, it there is no
improvement by 3 - 4 doses they should be stopped as they are not going
to help.
As for Hahnemann, I think he was interested to see what two remedies
together did (who wouldn't be) and at the suggestion of a friend and
colleague, tried it. Knowing what combinations do, I think he found they
were useful on some occasions but rejected them and did not recommend
them for the above reasons - they are guess work and a fingers-crossed
approach rather than providing surety of treatment. But hey, how do I
really know? I can only judge by the same historical records every else
has access to.
But having said that, homeopathy is now in a different position to where
it was in Hahnemann's day.
It is no longer in its infancy where it's core principles are being
discovered and established and it is no longer just in the hands of
medical homeopaths who have to be kept on the straight and narrow and
trained in the best way to practice it. Everyone now has access to it -
practioners, consumers, home users and manufacturers. This was not the
situation in Hahnemanns day.
The homeopathic landscape has changed significantly so that homeopathy
is no longer the domain of the medical prescriber. Anybody and everybody
are doing anything and everything with potentised remedies. We have to
move away from feeling funny about complexes because whether we like it
or not, they are here to stay.
I used to think they were the devil's work but now accept them, take
advantage of the openings they create, and try to educate people about
their sensible role and appropriate use. In this way excesses and
misinformation can be controlled and people introduced to real
homeopathy by comparison and contrast. If we don't do that they confuse
everything as homeopathy.
But .... we are now moving into an even more contious area - that of
potentised allopathica. As the use if this type of remedy increases
there will be an even greater need for us to understand what homeopathy
is and what it isn't. My opinion is that consumer awareness (and the
skeptics) will drive this.
Kind Regards,
Fran Sheffield
On 19/12/2011 7:20 PM, healthyinfo6@aol.com wrote:
> Fran does a good job explaining this clearly on her website, http://homeopathyplus.com.au/complexes-and-how-to-use-them/
>
> Combos can be a good way to introduce new consumers to homeopathy who may otherwise become discouraged if a single remedy is not the right simillimum for them.
>
> I know when I had a UTI and looked at the repertory, there are so many remedies listed for those rubrics, that I found it difficult to choose the right one.
> I ended up using a strong antibiotic Cipro, for a few weeks. The pain and discomfort was just too great to keep on searching.
>
> I've seen combos which blend the same potency of various remedies, say all 30X and also combos of various potencies of the same remedy with X's and C's. I remember reading Hahnemann doing some experiment with combos and discarding the idaea, not sure if any were done with same remedy at various potencies simultaneously.
>
> Susan
>
>
> Sue Startup wrote:
>
> Then why do you sell combination remedies on you Website?
>
>
> On 19/12/2011, at 5:57 PM, Fran Sheffield wrote:
>
>> Tracking different types of homeopathy?????????????????
>>
>> I haven't been following this discussion closely but those who will pull
>> people into line in the future about what is homeopathy and what isn't
>> are the consumers.
>>
>> The current product confusion between standard homeopathic remedies and
>> complexes of all sorts has been created by manufacturers. It is not
>> something that is accepted, encouraged, or supported by the educated
>> consumer.
>>
>> Once consumers know the difference between a homeopathic remedy and a
>> combination remedy they become quite strident about wrong labelling. All
>> it takes is a little education.
>>
>> Those who want to have 'different types' of homeopathy will be
>> eventually be pulled into line by these consumers who, once they know
>> the difference between a standard remedy and an anything goes complex,
>> and once they start advocating for homeopathy, they are like reformed
>> smokers - there are no shades of gray. They and the skeptics will sort
>> the situation out.
>>
>> Kind Regards,
>>
>> Fran Sheffield
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