Miasms as Practical Tools

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Hahnemann’s basic concept of miasms provides insights into the understanding and relief of such conditions, and succeeding generations of homeopaths have continued to add new layers to his original ideas.

Nevertheless, miasmatic theory remains a perplexing one for many practitioners, some rejecting it entirely, with others having doubts about its practical relevance while accepting the basis of the reasoning behind it.

This book presents the author’s personal understanding of how miasmatic theory works in practice for him. He describes a possible model for understanding the subject and builds on this to explore its potential in the treatment of chronic disease.

Wherever appropriate the chapters include case histories from both human and veterinary medicine, demonstrating the relevant miasmatic perspective and the consequent implications for remedy selection and case management.

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Author

John Saxton MRCVS, VetFFHom.

John Saxton qualified from the Royal Veterinary College, London in 1964. Having become interested in homeopathy in the late 1970s, he obtained his Membership of the UK Faculty of Homeopathy in 1988 and his Fellowship in 1996.

He is an examiner for the Faculty and was elected President in 2005. As a core teacher of the UK Homeopathic Professionals Teaching Group he is closely involved with the homeopathic training of doctors, veterinary surgeons and nurses.

He is also a recognised teacher and examiner for the International Association for Veterinary Homeopathy.

His time is currently split between homeopathic referral practice, and writing and lecturing both nationally and internationally.

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Contents

THE HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE
The original ideas
Concepts of chronic disease
Reactions to the theory
The clinical context
Terminology and context
Modern interpretations

THE BODY IN HEALTH AND DISEASE
Normal physiological function
Balance as a prerequisite
The maintenance of balance
Classifications of body functions
The origins of miasms
Chronic disease
A model of ‘dis-ease’
The creation of miasms
The multi-miasmatic nature of disease
The multi-miasmatic nature of the patient
The effects of treatment

THE BASIC MIASMS AS CLINICAL ENTITIES
The immune system as a functional entity
The creation of miasms
The inheritance of miasms
Diathesis and constitution
Acute and latent miasms
System affinities of the miasms
Natural outlets for miasms
Natural forces in nature
Miasmatic tendencies within the kingdoms
Limits of imbalance within the model

THE NEWER MIASMS
The relationship with the basic miasms
A recent interpretation of miasms
Other claims to miasmatic status
Treatment implications of mixed miasms

SUPPRESSION
The nature of suppression
The mental dimension
The progress of suppression
Miasms in neoplasia
Preventive suppression

MIASMS AS THERAPEUTIC TOOLS
Perceptions of miasms
Recognising miasms
The miasmatic overview
The miasmatic progress of cure
The mixed miasms
Miasmatic considerations in disease prevention
The ‘miasmatic’ nature of challenge

PSORA
Basic concepts
The terminology of psora
Later interpretations of psora
Clinical manifestations
Hering’s Law and psora
Psora and allergy
Antipsoric remedies

SYCOSIS
Basic concepts
Clinical manifestations
Suppression and the reproductive system
Vaccination and sycosis
Antisycotic remedies

SYPHILIS
Basic concepts
Clinical manifestations
The syphilitic miasm and the immune system
Syphilis in combination
Antisyphilitic remedies

THE MIASMATIC NOSODES
Psorinum
Medorrhinum
Syphilinum
Tuberculinum
Carcinosin
Scirrhinum
The bowel nosodes

Bibliography
Index

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