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Some years ago I came across the POMSA philosophy, Prescribing on Mental Symptoms Alone.
I attempted this for several years, but with limited success. eg three underlines for Jealousy, two underlines for Anger, etc had very little impact.
Then came Rajan Sankaran's brilliant exposition of Aphorism 211, The State of the Disposition, often illuminated by only one very deep and central delusion or fear, and often indicated by the patient's dreams, which totally illuminated and clarified this. And when Jayesh Shah presented a case in which the physical symptom had never been reported as cured in that remedy, a well written polychrest, this was another eye opening blow to the Totality of the Symptoms.
Essentially Homeopathy is only lightly evolved, 10 - 20 % perhaps, who knows ? There is a far more unknown than known to us in our field. Only a small proportion of our remedies are fully proven, and of those, only a small proportion of their symptoms have made it into the repertory. This despite the huge catch-up job evident in the Synthesis, the Complete, etc. Just compare Sulphur with Nuphar. For the remainder of our remedies, they are so little known as to represent a major voyage of Tubercular exploration. And congratulations to those Homoeopaths who are continually evolving and proving new remedies.
Rajan and his associates are currently working on an expanded concept of Miasms cross- indexed to the central themes of the Families of remedies.This is by not yet fully evolved, but I envisage it as another major advance in Homeopathic technique when fully fledged.
And then there's Scholten and his magnificent work on the Periodic Table. When I first attended one of his seminars I thought, "Homeopathy can't be this easy." But it can. It simply needs mastering.
� There are new evolutions in Homoeopathy which vastly enhance our curative potential. Rather than denigrate them from within our profession we should be seeking to master them and put them to good use.
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