Homeopathic Pathogenetic Trials

Question 1

How is the testing substances acheived?

Answer 1

• The testing of substances to discover their healing properties is conducted on healthy volunteers
• who accept to take an unknown substance and collect (journal) their symptoms
• and be interviewed (by a supervisor) during the test period

The information is used to expand our knowledge of the materia medica and the number of known remedies

Question 1

what is the materia medica

Answer 1

The compilation of our knowledge about the
therapeutic properties of the substances we administer for healing (i.e., the medicines or remedies)

Question 2

The medicinal properties of substances was collected from:

Answer 2

• traditional knowledge of herbal medicines
• clinical findings
• intoxication and poison reports
• testing of substances in human subjects (proving)

Question 3

In the early days of homeopathy, experimentations on healthy subjects (men, women, and children) were done with _____ amounts of the substances tested.

Answer 3

CRUDE

Question 4

in later days, Hahnemann started to use diluted substances, that is, __________ dilutions, which are much safer for the volunteers!

Answer 4

POTENTIZED

Question 5

This also offers the advantage of stimulating the defense mechanisms of the body, leading to enhanced health (if the volunteers are healthy, otherwise, the results are not always positive for the _________ (volunteer)).

Answer 5

PROVER

Question 6

Sources of remedies

Answer 6

• plants
• elements and mineral salts
• animal sources (venoms, milks, feathers
• pathogens and microbes
• healthy tissues
• DNA

Question 7

PROVER CHARACTERISTICS

Answer 7

• Not currently ill (and reasonably healthy)
• Not currently undergoing high levels of stress
• Familiar with homeopathy (this is helpful, not essential)
• Not highly anxious or neurotic
• Sensitive, but not hypersensive
• Resilient (symptoms are expected)

Question 8

The proving coordinator distributes the remedy (or placebo) to the provers (provers and supervisors are “blind”, only the ____________ knows the remedy)

Answer 8

coordinator

Question 9

some provers will exhibit primary action symptoms while others will exhibit secondary action symptoms. That is why you may see contradictory symptoms for the same remedy!

Question 10

The point is: that organ and function which are affected are an important focus for the remedy/substance.