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What About the Potency? A comprehensive guide to homeopathic potency and dosage
Michelle Shine
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This is a FANTASTIC book on an important clincial topic that every homeopath will benefit from reading! It includes interviews with LEADING homeopaths and their experiences in selecting potencies and doses, including ANTHONY BICKLEY, JOHN MORGAN, MIKE BRIDGER,ROBIN LOGAN, IAN WATSON, FRANCIS TREUHERZ, ROGER SAVAGE, NANCY HERRICK, JEREMY SHERR, and ALIZE TIMMERMAN.
CONTENTS
PART ONE
PAGE1. INTRODUCTION 102. WHAT IS HOMEOPATHIC POTENCY? 133. DOES POTENCY REALLY MATTER? 144. STARTING OUT 165. REFLECTING ON THE EARLY YEARS 186. CASE ONE 197. CASE TWO 238. CASE THREE 259. SUPERFICIALITY 2810. THE CONSTITUTIONAL REMEDY versus PRESCRIBING FOR THE DISEASE 3011. CASE FOUR 3112. CASE FIVE 3613. CASE SIX 4014. CASE SEVEN 4515. ORGAN SPECIFIC REMEDIES AND TISSUE SALTS 4816. EXPERIMENTING WITH LMS 4917. CASE EIGHT 5118. CASE NINE 5719. CASE TEN 5920. CASE ELEVEN 6121. HIGHER POTENCIES 6422. PLUSSING REMEDIES 6623. POTENCY AND REMEDY 6724. POTENCY AND SUPPRESSION 6925. POTENCY AND TROUBLESHOOTING 7126. CASE TWELVE 7127. STRANGE DISCOVERIES WITH POTENCY 8028. CASE THIRTEEN 8029. CASE FOURTEEN 8330. CASE FIFTEEN 8431. CASE SIXTEEN 8832. STRANGE DISCOVERIES WITH AGGRAVATIONS 9133. CASE SEVENTEEN 9134. CASE EIGHTEEN 9535. READING AGGRAVATIONS 9936. CASE NINETEEN 10037. SO IS AN AGGRAVATION REALLY NECESSARY? 10438. POTENCY AND CASE TAKING 10539. POTENCY, DOSAGE AND THE PRACTITIONER 10640. POTENCY AND THE CASE ITSELF 10741. POTENCY AND ALLOPATHIC MEDICATION 10842. NOT REALLY ABOUT POTENCY 10943. ENERGY 11044. POTENCY AND PATHOLOGY 11245. TOXICITY 11446. POTENCY AND HEALTH 11547. ASCENDING POTENCIES 11748. DESCENDING POTENCIES 11849. POTENCY, DOSAGE AND ACUTES 11950. POTENCY, DOSAGE AND MAINTAINING CAUSES 12151. POTENCY, DOSAGE AND ANTIDOTING 12252. POTENCY AND AGE 12453. POTENCY AND THE ENERGY OF THE PERSON 12454. POTENCY AND HYPERSENSITIVITY 12555. POTENCY AND PSYCHOSIS 12656. HYPERACTIVITY AND ADD AND ADHD 12757. POTENCY AND THE HEALING PROCESS 12858. DOSAGE AND SPEED 12959. CHANGING POTENCY 13060. DOSAGE 13161. DEPTHS AND LAYERS 13462. POTENCY AND THE 'WHAT I'VE GOT IN STOCK' METHOD 13563. POTENCY, DOSAGE AND PROPHYLACTICS 13664. QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE 139-145
PART TWO
THE INTERVIEWS
1. ANTHONY BICKLEY 148
2. JOHN MORGAN 154
3. MIKE BRIDGER 160
4. ROBIN LOGAN 166
5. IAN WATSON 173
6. FRANCIS TREUHERZ 182
7. ROGER SAVAGE 193
8. NANCY HERRICK 199
9. JEREMY SHERR 205
10. ALIZE TIMMERMAN 216
FOREWORD TO THE BOOK
This ambitious book shines a light on a relatively neglected area of homeopathic methodology - potency. It provides a beautiful opportunity to peruse this fascinating subject at length, to immerse oneself in a long and thoughtful conversation about potency, for that is how this lovely book is offered - as a discussion based on many years of one homeopath's clinical experience. The subject ripples out into a larger homeopathic pool with interviews with well respected homeopaths who share their insights and experience.
We are a community that loves books - that loves to write, one that has been writing abundantly for nearly two hundred years. It is strange then, that we don't have any books dedicated to potency. This brave book is the first on the subject and it is both frank and pragmatic. How generous of Michelle Shine to allow us such an extensive look into the workings of her mind and her practice.
I wish I had had this book when I started out on my homeopathic journeys in the early 1980s, stumbling over potency and even falling flat on my face at times. My teacher was a fearless prescriber, giving 10Ms - often a different 10M - at every visit. I remember giving Phosphorus 10M to a patient with irritable bowel syndrome, migraines, depression and chronic fatigue amongst many other symptoms. I gave a 10M because I was confident in my remedy - it fit his totality of symptoms including keynotes in every area, aetiology, and mental and emotional symptoms. I gave a 10M because I had inherited a certain fearlessness from my teacher. My patient had a horrible aggravation. For over a month he suffered a great deal. OK, so he was cured, but at what price? I felt terrible - terrible about learning the hard way to first do no harm.
I remember studying with many fine teachers, learning many different methods over the years. Learning to start with a 200c from the Greeks, from George Vithoulkas and Vassilis Ghegas, and 'topping it up' with a 6c or 12c - or using the lower potencies to mitigate the worst effects of an aggravation. In the end there were too many aggravations for me to be entirely happy with this method.
I learnt to repeat low potencies from Francisco Eizyaga - stepping up three centesimal doses at a time. Instead of leaping from 6c to 30c, going to 9c and then 12c and so on. This was quite remarkable with deep seated, long term, chronic cases. Sensitive patients were vulnerable to developing proving symptoms rather quickly and needed careful monitoring. I learnt to put a 30c in a dropper bottle and plus it. Patients loved to repeat their remedy and some could not be persuaded to stop on improvement. Again proving symptoms occurred.
I remember learning about the LMs from John Morgan of Helios Pharmacy. I especially remember the confusion and wonder that they brought into my life: finding the rituals of preparation both attractive and a complete drag; finding that two granules instead of one in the stock bottle caused aggravations. Having that literally blow my tiny little mind. I'm sitting here blinking in disbelief as I write this but I know it to be true because I was able to repeat it - both with myself and with a couple of willing patients. It made me wonder about all our measurements with all of our potencies. It made me wonder a great deal about the science of homeopathy.
What About the Potency? is full of wonder. There is something on every page - a challenge, a question, a rumination - to encourage the reader to stop and think. This is a rare gift in the written word. I wish I'd had the author's thoughtful reflections to help me in my early years in practice. Michelle Shine's honesty about her own process is a breath of fresh air in a community searching for certainties. It is a bold book - examining doubts and presenting failed cases in equal measure - as well as successes of course. Thank goodness!
The cases along with the deliberations of the prescriber present a riveting gestalt of this homeopath's evolution over time. The author's delightful conversational style makes this a book that is hard to put down. What About the Potency? leaves virtually no potency stone unturned. It is a must-read for every student dazed or confused by the whole subject, as well as any practitioner who wants a springboard for reflecting on their own process with potency.
Miranda Castro FSHom
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