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| Fundamental Laws of Homoeopathy |
Homoeopathy is based on the natural or Fundamental laws. These laws are in accordance with the established scientific laws of the universe. The same laws apply and hold good in homoeopathy, hence it is called the scientific system of medicine. The laws of nature cannot be changed or cannot change. They remain for ever and so does the homoeopathic laws. It is left to the physician to work in accordance with the fundamental laws that govern homoeopathy and nature. The fundamental laws of homoeopathy are as follows, 1. Law of Cure:a. Similia Similibus Curentur.This is the law underlying the cure and its knowledge to the mankind was known since ancient period. It is recorded in the manuscript of ancient hindu religion.It was known by Aristotle and was appplied by Hippocrates in treating some cases. b. Cure takes place from above downward, from within outward, from the more important to the less important organ, and in the reverse order of the onset of the symptoms. Cure doesn't simply mean the disapperance of symptoms. Their disapperance must be as per the anove law. Every true cure that has taken place has followed this law of direction and will follow the same in the future. 2. Law of Action: Action and reaction are equal and opposite. 3. Law of Quantity and Dose: The quantity of action necessary to effect any change in nature is the least possible;The decisive amount is always a minimum, an infinitesimal. Health is a state of perfect equilibrium. Trifling circumstances may disturb the equilibrium. The same may be setright with least possible medication. 4. Law of Quantity: The quantity of drug required required is in inverse ration to the similarity. This means in patients where there is greater similarity between the indicated drug and disease symptoms, then the less quantity of drug is required. 5. Law of Quality: The quality of the action of a homoeopathic remedy is determined by its quantity, in inverse ratio. 6. Law of Biological development: Function creates and develops the organ. In first stage of the disease when the vital force is affected, there are only functional symptoms. But when pathological changes occur the functional symptoms gradully receed. This means that the damage is in deeper aspect. 7. Law of Disease Development: Functional symptoms are produced by the vital force in exact proportion to the profundity of the disturbance.The functional symptoms precede structural changes. As functions create and develop organs, similarly when there is damage in functional level(due to derangement of vital force),there results pathalogical changes in organs.That means, prior to structural changes there is functional damages. 8. Law of Use governing the homoeopathic remedy: The dose and quantity that will thoroughly permeate the organism and make its essential impress upon the vital force is that which will affect the functional sphere of the individual. 9. Law of Repetition(for Proving): Never repeat the dose while symptoms are manifest from the dose already taken. The above law guides the physician while proving the drugs in healthy human beings to discover the symptomatology of the drug. The symptoms are developed in natural cycles during prooving. If drug is frequently administered then this cycle is interrupted and the true symptoms picture of the drug is not obtained. 10. Law of Repetition(for Cure): Never repeat your remedy so long as it continues to act. Every remedy administered to treate the patient has it own duration of action. The remedy should never be repeated till the action of the previous given remedy is over. This is important because it gives us correct judgement as to howmuch the earlier given remedy has made its effect on the symptomatology. 11. Laws of Proving: These laws deal with various types of substances for proving. These laws are in accordance with the above laws of action, law of quantity and dose, law of quantity and law of quality. i. Any drug which in its natural state affects the vital energy but little will develop a proving only in a high potency. ii. Any drug which in its natural state disturbs the vital energy to functional manifestations only may be proven in a crude form. iii. Any drug which in its natural state disturbs the vital energy to destructive manifestations should be proven only in a potentiated form. |