WASHINGTON DC8-10 APRIL 2011

National Homeopathic Conference

Confucius

“If you want to improve the world, you will have to start by clearly defining your terms. For if your terms are not clear, your words will not be clear. If your words are not clear no work can be accomplished and there will be no order anywhere. And if there is no order, all effort will be in vain"

Dynamis or Vital force

Does ‘Dynamis’ equals ‘vitality’?Or is it ‘Life Energy’?The Organon says: A disturbed Vital Force

produces changes in the state of mind and body

This means the source of disease must be beyond mind and body

The 5 Level Diagram

Level one: the Physical body

The only material and visible bodyCan be examined, weighted, touched, scanned,

measured from the inside and the outsideDiseases from this level could be deficiencies,

poisonings, injuries…The other chronic ailments are expressions of

the vital disturbance (Hahnemann: Chronic diseases)

Suppression of these can be done with toxic or non-toxic products

Level two: the Energetic body

The energetic aspect of the physical bodyIt resonates with the second dimension,

hence elements and moneraIt needs to be fed as well as the physical bodyThere are a few possible disturbances: in the

amount, the distribution or the nature of the energy (psoric, sycotic, syphilitic tendency)

It has an individual and a collective aspect

Level three: The Emotional body

All common human emotions: grief, anger, guilt, shame, fear, doubt, envy, irritation, hope, mortification…

Mix and amount differs according to personality traits

Which in themselves are results from education and situation

When the vital is disturbed the emotions are troubled as well

They are not the source but the effect of the dis-ease

Level four: The Mental body

The psyche has three layers Concious: rational, analytical mindSubconscious: taboos, too painful emotions

forbidden desires, delusionsUnconscious: story of humanity told in myths,

fairytales, allegories, symbols, legendsEverybody has a mind but not everybody is a

mental caseOur conditions to be OK are the limitations of

our freedom and hence: dis-ease

Level five: The Vital Body

The most individual experience of the Self and thus the world (outer world reflects the inner)

As individual as one’s face, DNA, fingerprints…Sensation level cfr SankaranNot a product of the mind but the matrix that

shapes thoughts, emotions, vitality and physical functions and actions

Everybody has a vital sensation but it is only experienced when disturbed, analogous to the physical body

What if someone can’t express this vital sensation?

There are always expressions somewhereOne’s state is on all levels all of the timeEverybody has all five levelsAll levels are interconnected From level 5 signs and symptoms emergeThose signs and symptoms form a coherent

pattern

How to know what is vital?

Vital is on:Level 1: what doesn’t belong to the pathologyLevel 2: disturbances in energy supply, nature

or function (generalities)Level 3: what is not explained by the ‘story’ or

the personality; how the story is experiencedLevel 4: subconscious information revealed in

dreams, fears, phobia’s, fascinations, hobbies…Level 5: the particular experience of emptiness,

comparison, specific sensitivity, illhealth…

The pattern

From level 5 we can determine the kingdomLevel 4 gives miasm informationLevel 1 and 2 together give individualized

pathology (with modalities and generalities)Level 3 gives peculiar emotional reactions Together they all point in the same directionOr: SRP sx from different levels, periods,

examples, form a coherent pattern Symptoms one level are local, on more levels

vital

Case 1: 47 year old single man, ‘pilot on waiting list’

Back pain, started during weekend outdoors with friends, couldn’t stand nor sit

Hernia diagnosedSomething happened?Only good things: got pilot’s license in USABrother who was alcoholic refrained from drinkingPilot’s license?I’ve always been interested in birds, flying,

paragliding, I was always looking at the skyFriends encouraged me, ‘when I can do it, you can

do it’

About relationships

Now I’m applying for a job and running out of money

I always want to perform well, in relationships as well

I have many good friends; I’m good at communicating, for instance: in my music band

My parents are my best friendsI want to see the purpose, the sense in lifeMy friend with cancer teaches me a lot

And friends…

Friends are important when you need them

They support you

They always listen to everything you encounter

You can tell them everything

Girlfriends?

I was unfortunateAlthough I have everything: I’m pleasant,

social, good lookingMaybe I was too busy, always active with

sports, friends, musicI’ve been passionately in love but she didn’t

realiseSecond girlfriend had emotional problemsThird couldn’t accept my critical mindI want soft and gentle people, no quarrels

I don’t like too many events

Like my brother, who banged the door when he was drunk without noticing

He lied on the floor, a total wreck, a symbol of a ruined life

A hopeless situation, this wil never get well again

This negativity had a huge impact on me; he puts me down

While this friend with cancer is still positive and cheerful

Analysis

Very positive person; everybody is his friend: his parents, brothers, friends in the band, colleagues

Only good news: his contact with everybody is extremely good, everybody listens to him, encourages him, is ready to pay for him, supports him

But this nice, gentle, social good looking pilot is alone…

Who needs to be Mr Positive all of the time?

Kingdom

The case was solved without kingdom information

Yet afterwards we can see that the kingdom information was there

His sense and purpose in life point to the mineral kingdom as their existence is founded there upon

For him the sense and purpose mean close relationships with everybody because he needs the continuous support in the form of encouragement, shelter, to be listened to, understood

Mineral kingdom

Most of mineral kingdom cases can be boiled down to one sentence

We call them two-dimensional cases, a characteristic they share with monera cases because they belong to the second dimension

Whereas plans, animals and humans live in the third dimension

But we have separate issues in this case….

Compound remedies

Two separate aspects of the patient:One is the self sufficient, adventurous, active person,

putting in a lot of effort to reach his goalsThe other aspect is the emotionally very dependent

single man Whenever the different issues in a case can’t be reduced

to one characteristic we have a compound remedy

He has a Sulphur and a Natrum side, both remedies of the 3rd row of the Periodic Table which has to do with establishing an identity through relationships

Prescription: Nat-Sulph MK

Repertorisation

Follow ups

Two months later: his back pain ameliorated promptly after the first dose and didn’t return

Mental aggravation due to money problems (SL)Five months later: ‘I came because we had an

appointment but I feel great’(SL)Two years later: air line company is bankrupt and

his financial situation precarious. Psoriasis came and went (Nat sulph MK)

Three and a half years later: has a job since a few weeks, and a relationship. Problem is eczema.

(Nat sulph MK)

Case 2: Single 48 year old man, no children, informatics

.Hernia scheduled for surgery but cancelled

because of improvement Last hernia crippled patient for about a yearThis time he couldn’t walk; sitting and

byclicing OKSince last hernia he is more careful, goes

hiking again but without rucksack

Chief complaint

Pain especially with standing, stooping, sudden movements, extending to leg

Feeling of being unstableInsecure feeling, as if sinking down Has to be cautiousAlways wants to give the impression nothing

is the matter

Weaksightedness?

Born with congenital eye defectLater detached retina three timesLast operation failed and now weaksightedCornea is opaque and focus isn’t goodStill want to do what other people do

Impact of this?

As a child I had to sit on the first row , didn’t like that

When hiking or biclycling I have to be cautious and hold back

When needed I’ll tell people to slow down or wait for me but they don’t need to take me by the arm

Don’t want to follow someone with skiing or sitting at the back on a tandem

I want to take initiativesI want to prove that I can manage

Prove?

Because I’m proud I can take care for myself

I go to work

Same as with my back: I test how long I can walk

The worst thing is to have to stay at home

Stay at home?

I am single but after three evenings alone I need to be among people

Otherwise you don’t belong to the worldI’m not that social, don’t start the

conversationOnly be among people is enoughIt gives a calm and tranquil feeling

Sitting in the front row?

I didn’t like the protective attitude from the teacher

I didn’t go the university because I didn’t want to be the only one in a big auditorium on the front row

With my eyes and with my back it’s the same: I don’t want to be the exception, the outsider

But for other things I’m not a followerI’m not like the others

Not like the others?

I’m happy when I found a piece of furniture others don’t have

Most satisfied when friends admire it and I didn’t let myself lead by others

Always make Christmas cards myself with special text

Analysis

Two very serious physical limitations bring up the same feelings and reactions: hence they must be vital

They make him unstable and uncertainThis points to the mineral kingdomSRP is that with those problems he still wants to

hike and bicycleAnd even more SRP he doesn’t want to sit down

on a reception when everybody is standingHe didn’t want to sit on the first row and

therefore didn’t want to go to university

Be different among others?

On the one hand: he doesn’t want to sit in the back seat,

doesn’t want to follow but want to take initiativesdoesn’t want special attention or protectionOn the other hand: doesn’t want to be like

everybody else, wants to be specialbut not on the stage, not for applause, not stand

out but be different among othersHe wants to be himself, decide himself, do what

he wants, when and how he wants, to be his own boss

He wants to be autonomous

That is the key to the LanthanidesThe colum is determined by the way he copes

with this condition to be OKOne could condense the case in one sentence:

‘doubting his autonomy’

Column 5 (doubt how) or 6 (prove) : twin remedies

He gets a dose of Praseodymium MK

Follow ups

He followed up every two months for a year but didn’t need repetition sooner than after 9 months

Even then he came because he planned a trip and was a little anxious

His back was OK, no more problemsHis uncertainty went to the background, he

undertook more demanding tripsHis mood was good, he was more relaxed and

more spontaneous The pressure in his eyes came down and

stabilized

One year later he comes to get another doseHe has a partner then for the first time in his lifeHe took the dose he had a month before and

feels more safe when he has one at home… just in case…About one year later he took the dose when he

got acute back pain while cutting a treeThe pain went within days and he was fine again

Conclusion

We prescribe for the sick, not the sickness, in back pain like in any other pain

The source of the symptoms comes from the Vital level

When we can match the vital sensation of the patient with the vital sensation of the remedy, we can bring about total transformation

Conclusion

Homeopathy is pattern matching

The similimum frees one from his conditions to be OK

A person who is always OK is a blessing for himself and his fellow men