What Is Proving In Homeopathy?
Amy A.May
Some modern homeopaths are exploring the use of more esoteric
substances, known as imponderables because they do not
originate from a material substance but from electromagnetic or
electrical energy presumed to have been captured by direct
exposure, Positronium, and Electricitas (electricity) or
through the use of a telescope (Polaris). Recent ventures by
homeopaths into esoteric substances include Tempesta
(thunderstorm), and Berlin wall.
Lets look at an example: If your child accidentally ingests
certain poisons, you may be advised to administer Syrup of
Ipecac to induce vomiting. Ipecac is derived from the root of a
South American plant called Ipecacuanha. The name, in the native
language, means the plant by the road which makes you throw up.
Eating the plant causes vomiting.
When a group of healthy volunteers took this substance to
determine the effects of this drug, they found that the drug
induced other symptoms as well. The mouth retained much saliva.
The tongue was very clean. There was a cough so severe that it
led to gagging and vomiting. There was incessant nausea. While
it is expected that vomiting would usually relieve the nausea,
this was not the case.
Such an experiment, using healthy volunteers, is called a
proving, and it is the homeopaths source of information about
the action of a drug.
Of what use could this plant be? If a person were suffering
from a gagging cough after a cold, or a woman were experiencing
morning sickness with incessant nausea that is not relieved by
vomiting, then Ipecacuanha, administered in a minute dose,
especially prepared by a homeopathic pharmacy in accordance
with FDA approved guidelines, can allay the similar suffering.
Today, about 3000 remedies are used in homeopathy; about 300
are based on comprehensive Materia Medica information, about
1500 on relatively fragmentary knowledge, and the rest are used
experimentally in difficult clinical situations based on the law
of similars, either without knowledge of their homeopathic
properties or through knowledge independent of the law of
similars.
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