Using Miasms in Homeopathy

From the Book

The ailments found in the Psoric Miasm are ones of underfunction and slowness. Sluggishness is the word that best describes Psoric symptoms. These are the symptoms that are receded by the prefix "hypo".

There is a lack of vital heat and so a susceptibility to cold and a desire for warmth. However, a poor regulation of heat can lead to being worse for heat and overheating after exercise.

The skin symptoms tend to take the form of rashes and usually the skin is only broken by the scratching caused by the terrible itching which is often worse from warmth. On the whole secretions are suppressed and dryness is present. What secretions do occur tend to be foul and especially stale.

There is often considerable appetite and an urgency in appetite but as the digestion is sluggish fullness and bloating follow very quickly on starting to eat. There is a desire for stimulant foods especially sugar, but also for sustaining, warming and stodgy food.

Slow digestion leads to constipation and also to forms of malnutrition. Pains tend to be burning. Breathing is shallow and difficult. There is urinary incontinence or retention as the bladder is ineffective. Sexually the libido is low in both sexes and there is impotence. They are easily exhausted and tend towards stupor and paralysis.

The time modalities are not as strong as in other Miasms but generally Psoric ailments are worse in the first half of the day and the first half of the night i.e. in the morning and evening.

There tends to be an alternation between physical and emotional symptoms as if the body is unable to deal with more than one thing at a time. The most important emotional symptom is anxiety...

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This book is a practical and concise look at the use of Miasms in homeopathy.

Understanding the miasmatic character of a patient aids us in prescribing initially and defines how we manage a case of chronic disease. Including family history and the progress of chronic disease, Miasm incorporates a deep understanding of the patient and makes our prescribing more accurate.

Fraser surveys the classical Miasms of Hahnemann (Psora, Sycosis, Syphilis), as well as the secondary Miasms derived from them (Acute, Tuberculosis, Cancer). He also includes the new miasm he proposed in his book, The AIDS Miasm, and its proposed secondary miasm, Alzheimer’s/Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease.

The Using Maps and Systems in Homeopathy series also includes Using Realms in Homeopathy, Using Philosophy in Homeopathy, Using Correspondences in Homeopathy and Using Mappa Mundi in Homeopathy.

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Author

Peter Fraser

Peter Fraser was a bookseller and publisher before discovering Homeopathy. His work on many provings of new remedies led to an interest in contemporary disease which resulted in his book The AIDS Miasm.

Having taught in many parts of the world he realized there was a need for basic instructions to many of the concepts used in homeopathy, which this series aims to fill. He is the Director of the Institute of Homeopathy and practices in Bristol and London.

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Reviews

"Here is a beautiful book written by an author who lives and breathes the subject — this knowledge permeates the writing making it a useful work-book for the committed student. "
— Misha Norland

"Peter has quite brilliantly drawn together the threads of the higher realms of human experience and brought them down to earth to be immense practical use in our everyday practices."
— Janet Snowdon

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Contents

Using Maps and Systems in Homoeopathy
Introduction -- 1
History -- 3
Miasmatic Disease -- 6
Miasms and Human Development -- 8
The Classic Miasms -- 11
Psora -- 13
Sycosis -- 17
Syphilis -- 21
AIDS -- 24
Secondary Miasms -- 27
Hydrophobia -- 28
Tuberculosis -- 30
Cancer -- 31
CJD/ Alzheimer's -- 32
Pace and Depth of Disease -- 34
Other Views of Miasms -- 35
Pattern Matching -- 37
Using the Theories -- 39
Ailments and Affinities -- 41
Remedies -- 46
Summary Table -- 48
Using The Maps -- 49
References -- 50
Index -- 52

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