Re: [H] Combos vs. Singles

Why do you feel that matters?
H does say that the "ideal" is a cure in which the initial aggravation
is so small as to be unnoticed or even unnoticeable.

On Dec 19, 2011, at 8:47 AM, Jamie Taylor wrote:

> Was your "cure" proceeded by an initial aggravation?
> Jamie
>
> On 19/12/2011 14:26, Rosemary C. Hyde, PhD. wrote:
>> Hi, Shannon, For what it's worth (it doesn't say anything about
>> chords), I
>> had an interesting experience with a combo remedy a few months back
>> -- I
>> found it instructive. I was in New York, came down with a terrible
>> cold,
>> analyzed the symptoms, and realized it would respond to Kali-i. I
>> did not
>> have that remedy with me, and couldn't find it in Whole Foods or
>> any place I
>> could identify near me. At CVS Pharmacy, where I went to get
>> Tylenol, I
>> found a homeopathic combo cold remedy that when I read the label I
>> saw
>> contained Kali-i. I thought, Oh, what the heck?" I got it and
>> tried it,
>> and was astounded when it worked beautifully. So apparently if the
>> remedy
>> you really really need is in a combo it can still act without being
>> canceled
>> out by the other remedies. This makes sense in light of what I
>> learned in
>> school that if you don't need a remedy it won't have an effect on
>> you,
>> unless you take it to a point of proving.
>>
>> It made me feel a whole lot less negative than I had, to combination
>> remedies.
>>
>> Like I said, for what it's worth. I still find that ordinarily the
>> right
>> remedy, taken singly, works much better than combinations, most of
>> the time.
>>
>>
>> Warmly, Rosemary
>>
>> Take the first step in faith. You don't have to see the whole
>> staircase,
>> just take the first step."
>> ~Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: homeopathy-bounces@homeolist.com
>> [mailto:homeopathy-bounces@homeolist.com] On Behalf Of Shannon Nelson
>> Sent: Monday, December 19, 2011 7:43 AM
>> To: homeopathy@homeolist.com
>> Subject: Re: [H] Combos vs. Singles
>>
>>
>> On Dec 19, 2011, at 3:48 AM, Fran Sheffield wrote:
>>
>>> It is certainly an area we need more research in. For starters:
>>>
>>> 1. Do complexes cancel out some of the pathogenetic symptoms of some
>>> of
>>> the remedies in the mix (I think they do).
>> I have been told -- in years long past -- that some homeopaths
>> would make up
>> complexes for a patient based upon good knowledge of how those
>> remedies were
>> known to interact with each other. (In most cases this appears not
>> to be
>> the case, tho.)
>>
>>> 2. Does the same thing happen with chords of potencies in a complex.
>> Some people use chords regularly. I wonder if any of those people
>> are
>> on here now, and if they would feel brave enough to mention it? :o)
>> I can't now remember who'd mentioned it -- in years long past,
>> before civil
>> discussion of "disputed areas" had become to energetically rejected
>> by
>> certain members.
>>
>>
>>> 3. How many remedies and how many potencies are too much (I am
>>> shocked
>>> at the number going into some complexes).
>> I wonder if you are thinking of something like the Apex formulas?
>> Huge numbers of remedies and potencies. But they are both used and
>> formulated by something different from the familiar homeopathic
>> process.
>> That's about all I know about that... Reading the ingredients list
>> it
>> *looks* like a sort of combination homeopathic (because of some
>> familiar
>> names, and also because of potency labels), but they aren't, and
>> aren't
>> marketed as such.
>>
>>> ...
>>>
>>> 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.
>> This makes complete sense to me...
>>
>>> But .... we are now moving into an even more contious area - that of
>>> potentised allopathica.
>> ? Are you referring to potentized version of drugs, or ??
>>
>>
>>> 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
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