Re: [H] Combos vs. Singles

agg confirms action, but I agree if it is imperceptible it does not
preclude cure
Jamie
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On 19/12/2011 15:42, Shannon Nelson wrote:
> 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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