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New Developments in Homeopathy (For more information on the Sensation Method please visit my publisher's website innerexperience.com where you can find more information about this method, the topic of my book Sensations: The Healing Power of Homeopathy)
KINGDOMS These are the mineral, plant and animal kingdoms.
How
a homeopath utilizes the system
Once we collect the information from the patient we first decide which kingdom the remedy is from this patient needs. Then we find the subcategory: in minerals according to the periodic table of the elements, in plant kingdom according to botanical plant families and in animals according to the class, order, etc. This classification is based on the botanical, chemical and biological classification but the material is organized according to the homeopathic attributes these remedies have. The end result is an exacting science with possibilities to find the right homeopathic remedy for the patient with much greater precision than before. The
Process
The interview process has been changed as well. Homeopaths used to ask a list of questions during the first interview and look for themes that emerge form the symptom picture. According to this new system we are looking for specific sensations behind symptoms. We are trying to find the common sensation behind each and every symptom the person has on the mental, emotional and physical planes. Sometimes the new interview process seems nagging and tedious to the patient but the end result is a break through that homeopath as well as patient feels: they come to the core sensation beneath the struggles of the person. Once it is identified the homeopath has the tools to find the matching remedy for this core sensation. Homeopath and patient go hand in hand during the process of interview. I believe that this process is insightful for the patient beyond receiving a healing remedy. The homeopath is there as an assisting guide. The patient herself reveals the underlying connections between their symptoms. It is not the homeopath who finds those interrelations but the patient. It is truly empowering and healing to notice these relations that rule one’s life. The homeopathic process of case taking is powerful because it deals with physical as well as spiritual, emotional and mental symptoms. These are all parts of us, humans and they cannot be separated. When we see the correspondences and the same ruling power behind them we understand the holistic nature of ourselves. Old
vs. New
In many ways it is not a new system but a broadening understanding of the old. When a structure is capable of change without shaking its foundation, it is a sign of a well-built system based on true values. The strength of development lies in taking the beauty of the original and being able to look at it with fresh eyes. If there are new layers that now we can perceive we can incorporate it into the old. Homeopathy is such kind of a structure. An ever strengthening, ever improving, ever more insightful system of medicine. For more information on Rajan Sankaran’s work check his website www.thespiritofhomoeopathy.com or find his books at www.minimum.com
Last updated 12/10/2008 |
There
are a few homeopaths behind the changes in the recent landscape of homeopathy, but there is one outstanding
figure. He is Rajan Sankaran, an Indian homeopath. He has developed a system of
homeopathy. He reorganized our vast material medica (i.e the remedy repertoire
we use in healing) into three kingdoms according to the source these remedies
are made from. He established a system of case taking according to the seven
levels of human experience. He has pointed out the crucial importance of
the "vital sensation" in finding the simillimum (the most
similar remedy to one's constitution). He added some more miasms to the
previously used ones, and all in all has deepened our understanding of
our remedies and our approach.
