Various Strategies for Remedy Prescriptions Through the Example of a Long Case of Bronchial Asthma
May 19, 2023 1 Comment by Elena Serzhantova
Dr. Elena Serzhantova shares a case of asthma in a boy of 8.5 years. The case is used to illustrate the various approaches to homeopathic case analysis as in totality, essence, keynote etc.
Background
There are several strategies for prescribing in classical homeopathy (1). The first strategy is the ‘totality of symptoms’ (totality). This strategy involves collecting all homeopathic symptoms of the patient and repertorising them.
The second strategy is studying the ‘essence of the patient’ (essence). The essence is the mental-emotional make-up of the patient. Hahnemann pointed out the importance of the psychological state of the patient in paragraphs 211-212 of the Organon of Medicine (2).
If the remedy covers not only the specific physical symptoms, but also corresponds to the existing psycho-emotional make-up of the patient, the probability of the remedy being correct is high.