- Susceptibility is the
ability of a living organism to receive impressions and react to
internal and external stimuli.
- It is the foundation
of life and is central to disease and cure in homeopathy.
Role of Susceptibility
- Life &
Health:
- Fundamental
to all vital processes like digestion, assimilation, excretion,
etc.
- Health =
Normal susceptibility
- Restoration
of susceptibility is the goal of cure.
- Constitution:
- Individual
traits are shaped by genetic, hereditary, and environmental
factors.
- Determines
how one reacts to stimuli.
- Closely
related to immunity.
- Diathesis:
- Indicates
a predisposition to certain diseases.
- Represents
altered susceptibility that is not yet disease.
- Helps in preventive
treatment.
- Manifestation:
- Signs
& symptoms are expressions of altered susceptibility.
- Disease
Development:
- Disease
arises when susceptibility is disturbed.
- Loss of
adaptation = illness, infection, or immunity compromise.
- Cure:
- Similimum acts by
satisfying the altered susceptibility.
- Cure is
the return to normal susceptibility.
- Homeopathic
aggravation is proof of reaction to the remedy.
- Remedies:
- Patient’s
susceptibility determines the choice and response to remedies.
- Most
similar remedy = highest susceptibility = best results.
- Posology:
- Dosage
depends on susceptibility:
- High susceptibility → high potency, less
frequent dose
- Low susceptibility → low potency, more
frequent dose
- Suppression:
- Suppression
doesn’t destroy susceptibility; it pushes it deeper.
- True cure
brings back old symptoms which then disappear permanently.
- Development
of Susceptibility:
- Influenced
by:
- Heredity (miasmatic background of
parents)
- Environmental factors (both prenatal & postnatal)
- Mental & physical factors
Mnemonic for Roles:
"Lively Doctors Make Diagnoses Carefully Regarding Proper
Suppressed Cases"
- L – Life
& Health
- D –
Constitution
- M –
Diathesis
- D – Disease
Development
- C – Cure
- R –
Remedies
- P –
Posology
- S –
Suppression
- C – Cases
(Development of Susceptibility)
Extra Notes (Roberts'
View - Vacuum Theory)
- Susceptibility
= a vacuum in the body that attracts what it lacks.
- E.g.,
child catching a disease → fills the miasmatic vacuum → becomes
immune.
- Remedy =
vibration match to fill this vacuum.
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