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Auxiliis
,
Cur
,
Quamodo
,
Quando
. This translates as Who (the nature or the personality); What (The Chief
Complaint): Where (the location of the disease): Concomitants (accessory
symptoms of theperson): Why (Causation): Modalities (modifying
influences): When (time of appearance,aggravation, amelioration).(This
ready summation was borrowed from a footnote to a recent essay on
Boenninghausenpublished in the
American Journal of Homeopathic Medicine
, Summer 2003, titled,
TheBonninghausen Repertory Method
by George Dimitriadis.)In the Spring 2004 editorial, we quoted
Boenninghausen from the same essay regarding
Quis
,or the person, which comes first in most homeopathic consideration. He
writes, As a matter of
course, the personality, the individuality of the patient, must stand at the
head of the image of thedisease, for the natural disposition rest on it
we have all the more cause to fathom these stateswith all possible
exactness
(my emphasis), as in them frequently the bodily ailments recede to
thebackground, and for this very reason offer but few point for our
grasp...Every man presents an individual nature different from every
other one, and every medicinemust be exactly adapted to this
individuality, in agreement with the symptoms, which it able toproduce in
the total manA great many medicines are thrust aside, just because they
do notcorrespond to the personality of the patientThis is a very significant
statement indicating the tremendous esteem and clinical valueaccorded to
the mysterious potency of the personality. Also, Boenninghausen is referring
tostates, the total man individuality something beyond the mere
collection of symptoms. Yet,when we review the cases of the old masters,
we find little evidence that these wonderful ideastranslated into practice.
Instead, mental/emotional symptoms are generally used as flat,undeveloped
facts.Hahnemann himself had said, Aphorism 211:
This preeminent importance of the emotional state hold to such an extent
that the patients emotional symptoms often tips the scales in theselection
of the homeopathic remedy. This is a decidedly peculiar sign which, among
all thesigns of disease, can least remain hidden from the exactly observing
physician.
Edward Whitmont summarizes the baseline homeopathic view of
mental/emotional symptomswhen he writes, The homeopathic prescriber
has learned to use the mentals (actually alterationsof the affect response for
most of them pertain to the emotions, not the mind) as aids in findingthe
simillimum
in the treatment of physical conditions, ordinarily classified as somatic
disorders.This is based on the rationale that the somatic derangement of the
proving is attended byemotional alterations which operate in demonstrable
functional unity (
Psyche and Substance
page 173).While waxing eloquent on the sphere of the personality, moving
on to the practical side of things, Boenninghausen places a great deal of
emphasis on modalities (
Quamodo
and
Quando
),often useful in classical method and a strong source of striking,
characteristic symptoms.Boenninghausen writes:This category has a
double importance to Homoeopathy, first, because it was first
Quis
, o la persona, que es lo primera en consideracin ms homeoptico. l
escribe, "a manera de
Quando
), a menudo resulta til en el mtodo clsico y una fuente fuerte de
llamativos y caractersticos de sntomas. Boenninghausen escribe: "esta
categora tiene una doble importancia a la homeopata, en primer lugar,
porque era el primer discoveredand desarrollado por Homoeopaths y es, por
lo tanto, su propiedad indiscutible y exclusiva, andsecondly, porque todos
los resultados de travs y de la experiencia, sin excepcin, pertenecen a
themore o menos caracterstica firma... durante el desarrollo progresivo de
nuestra ciencia la importancia de las modalidades appearedmore
manifiesto, y pronto fue declarado indispensable , para que en los provings
ms adelante theattention fue dirigida cada vez ms en l... Puedo
abiertamente confieso que considero las indicaciones de esta (categora) y
siguientes (quando o tiempo tiempo modalidades) como el ms
importante, indudable y por lo tanto thedecisive los fines teraputicos. " Es
interesante darse cuenta de que aunque l da primera importancia a la
persona, reliesvery mucho sobre las modalidades para su prescripcin.
Ahora no hay nada malo en esto lo va asit. Un montn de gran homeopata
ocurre dentro del ancho de banda de ponencias y modalidades, pero es
difcil escapar a la conclusin de que la filosofa y la prctica no fueron
totalmente congruentes. En el curso de su artculo Boenninghausen da
consejos importantes sobre la naturaleza de la totalidad, su reflejo en los
sntomas caractersticos y la importancia de la formacin de una imagen
artisticallyaccurate de la persona, as como un pintor captura todos los
rasgos caractersticos de la fisonoma peculiar de una cara, como l dice (en
el apartado tres bajo
Botanas de Auxiliis
). Ella es inspiradora imagen, pero la cara vio era absolutamente
dramticamente diferente entonces la car