“A well taken case is an half done Cure.” Part 4

1.       Mental generals.

Mental generals were always a worry to me during college days. But thanks to the “WHY” which made many things easy. Mental symptoms are not mere collection of emotional symptoms but also the observation of the expressions of patients.

Hahnemann’s “sick man” described in detailed by Dr Kent need no introduction. We all know it is the vital energy or the living force inside every living being which gets deranged first to start for a disease. Thus the mental generals are of top importance. But only mental symptoms will not erect the totality as Hahnemann told in apho 6. A complete set of physical, mental, disease state particular and if possible PQRS will lead to a perfect similimum.

In years of practice I have learned that it is we who are wrong and not the technique. We are lacking in understanding thus gets failures.

A.      Innate characters:

WILL - emotional desires and aversion (Love, hates)

Definition: The power of choosing; the faculty or endowment of the soul by which it is capable of choosing; the faculty or power of the mind by which we decide to do or not to do; the power or faculty of preferring or selecting one of two or more objects. Every person has his own likings which reflect his uniqueness.

EMOTIONS -
Anxiety, sadness, grief, loathing of life, jealous, suspicious, depressions, weeping, irritability etc.

UNDERSTANDING -
To know thoroughly (Mental confusion, delirium, hallucination, delirium)

INTELLECT  -
Thinking power of mind (concentration, dullness; calculations)

MEMORY -
The power to remember.

B.      Reaction and sensitivity:

Every person has his individual reaction to the incident happening. If that person is sensitive enough to get emotionally charged which can derange a vital energy flow become important. These are the parameters which one can try to find in patient, emotional sensitivity like grief, criticism, lack of appreciation, rudeness, dominance etc. These are the factors to which a specific constitution can be sensitive. Thus the reaction to this sensitivity becomes very important.

C.      Ailments from:

This factor is very much commonly seen where the miasm has been changed. Thus it is responsible for conversion of miasm to make the condition worse of change the seat of the disease. Ailments from can be seen in Complete repertory under mind section. A long list of ailment will be displayed. It is mostly seen that the reaction and sensitivity or ailments comes nearby while your analysis. Ones the miasm is fully bloomed then these ailments from factors are of no use in reportorial analysis. Though, we can consider it for confirmation.

UNLESS THE INNER NATURE OF THE REMEDY CORRESPONDS WITH THE

INNER NATURE OF THE DISEASE (PATIENT), THE REMEDY WILL NOT CURE

BUT SIMPLY REMOVE THE SYMPTOM FOR A WHILE