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Sam Needleman
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Samuel Hahnemann noticed that a remedy sometimes did not work, even though it had been chosen carefully and correctly. This, he concluded, was caused by previous conditions or hereditary factors, which were blocking the action of the remedy. He called this a Miasm. A Miasm is the inherited effect of a disease that has been suppressed. Hahnemann lists three main Miasms:
(1) Psora (the itch).
(2) Syphilitic (originating from the venereal disease).
(3) Sycotic (originating from gonorrhoea).
It should be pointed out that a Miasm is not the original disease, but something left by it and passed down from generation to generation.
A nosode is a preparation or vaccine prepared from a diseased substance. An example of this is Psorinum, which is prepared from the scabies vesicle. Samuel Hahnemann was the first man to conceive that the products of disease could be used in the cure of diseases (see chapter on nosodes).
These are remedies made from healthy tissues, such as Thyroidinum, prepared from the thyroid gland.
What makes a good homoeopath? What makes a good anything? Spending years at art school, learning, painting and studying, will not necessarily make one a Pablo Piccasso or a Rembrandt. Nor will the study of music in the best academies or colleges under the finest teachers result in becoming another Beethoven. It is, in my opinion, not the knowledge or the learning that one receives, but the understanding that is so important. That is the key.
Years of study of the "Materia Medica" or of the various Repertories alone will not make one a good homoeopath. Homoeopathy is not just the understanding of the nature of disease and illness, but the feeling and understanding of our fellow humans, and the desire to heal and alleviate them of their suffering in the most humane and compassionate way possible.
We must have an understanding and a feeling for patients. When they speak, we must listen and hear what they tell us. We must understand what they really mean, and are trying to convey.