[Chandran Nambiar]
Corner stone of ‘Sankaran Method’ is
classifying drugs into ‘animal’, ‘plant’, and ‘mineral’ kingdoms. Then each
kingdom, according Sankaran, is related with
particular group of ‘vital sensations’. Plant remedies are used for individuals
having ‘vital sensations’ belonging to the group of ‘sensitivity’, animal
remedies are used for those having ‘viatal
sensations’ belonging to the class of ‘survival instincts’, and mineral
remedies for ‘structural consciousness’.
First, we have to analyze the concept of ‘remedy kingdoms’. Medicinal
properties of any remedy is determined by the chemical structure and properties
of the individual chemical molecules they contain. Because, it is individual
drug molecules that act upon biological molecules, produce inhibitions,
molecular pathology and associated symptoms. During potentization,
it is the individual drug molecules that undergo molecular imprinting, and as such,
it is the individual molecular imprints that act as therapeutic agents. In the
absence of this molecular perspective of our medicinal substances, we fall prey
to all sorts of unscientific theories that misguide us gravely.
Let us consider a particular remedy belonging to plant kingdom. The
molecular composition as well as chemical and medicinal properties of the
particular drug sample will be decided by various factors. It will contain
kingdom-specific, family-specific, species-specific, variety specific,
plant-specific and environmental-specific chemical molecules. Part of plant
from which the drug substance is extracted is also a decisive factor.
Nux-v. tinctures prepared from seeds, fruits,
flowers, leaves, bark or root of Nux-v. plant will
have different molecular composition and medicinal properties.
Some molecules will be common to all samples from a particular plant.
Certain other molecules will be common to all samples from a particular
species. There will be some molecules common to family, as well as some common
to plant kingdom as a whole. Plants
belonging to same family will have some common genes, which would produce some
similar proteins and enzymes, that would lead to similar molecular processes and
synthesis of similar molecules. There would be kingdom-specific, family
specific, species specific, variety specific and individual specific and tissue
specific chemicals in a plant drug.
As per this perspective, medicinal properties of a given drug substance
of ‘plant kingdom’ will be decided by the collective properties of organ
specific, plant specific, variety specific, species specific, family specific
and kingdom specific chemical molecules contained in them. It is obvious that
it is wrong to think that medicinal properties of a drug substance could be
assumed by the ‘kingdom’ to which it belongs.
This is applicable to all drugs belonging to mineral as well as animal
kingdoms.
When animal or plant substances are disintegrated or divided into
individual molecules, they become similar to mineral drugs at molecular level.
There are many drugs which could not be included in any particular kingdom.
Petroleum is a mineral, but it is the product of disintegration of animal and
vegetable matter under ocean beds. Acetic acid is a mineral, but it is prepared
from vegetable products. How can we say lactic acid, prepared from milk is
plant remedy or mineral remedy? All of us consider calc carb
as mineral drug, but exactly it is the ‘middle layer of oyster shells’, and as
such, is an animal drug. Kreasote is combination of
phenols prepared from wood, and how can we say it is ‘plant’ or ‘mineral’?
At molecular level, the dividing line between ‘plant, animal and
mineral’ kingdoms is irrelevant. It is the molecular structure and chemical
properties that decide the medicinal properties. To be more specific, it is the
functional groups or moieties that act as decisive factor. Classifying drugs on
the basis of ‘kingdoms’ and assigning certain ‘mental level sensations’ to them
is totally unscientific and illogical. It illustrates the pathetic level of
scientific awareness that rules the propagators of ‘sankaran
method’.
Rajan Sankaran’s
‘sensation’ method is based on the concepts of ‘deeper level vital sensations’
and corresponding ‘remedy kingdoms’. This method has nothing in common with
classical homeopathy, where symptoms belonging to mentals,
physical generals and particulars, with their qualifications such as
causations, sensations, locations, modalities and concomitants decide the
selection of similimum.
According to this theory, ‘structure’ is the basic sensation of
‘minerals’, ‘sensitivity’ is the basic sensation of ‘plants’ ‘survival’ is the
basic sensation of ‘animals’.
According to this methods, case taking involves an inquiry into ‘deeper
levels of consciousness’, by prompting the patient to introspect from
‘symptoms’ into ‘deeper, deeper and still deeper’ levels so that his basic
‘vital sensation’ is explored. Then this ‘vital sensation’ is used to decide
the ‘kingdom’ to which the patient belong. Remedies are selected from these
‘remedy kingdoms’.
The most dogmatic part of this theory is the relating of ‘vital
sensation’ with ‘remedy kingdoms’. On what basis sankaran
says ‘sensitivity’ is the ‘vital sensation’ of ‘plants’? Any logical or
scientific explanation for this relationship? If we go through materia medica of various drugs,
we can see many ‘animal’ and ‘minerals drugs’ having sensitivity of high order.
How can anybody claiming to be a homeopath ignore the whole drug provings and materia medica to declare that ‘sensitivity’ is the ‘vital
sensation’ of ‘plants’ only?
When a homeopath says ‘sensitivity’ is the ‘vital sensation of plants,
it means all plant remedies have produced such a characteristic sensation in
healthy individuals during drug proving. To say ‘animal drugs’ have ‘vital
sensation’ of ‘survival instinct’, a homeopath should be capable of showing
examples from materia medica
to justify that statement. Same with ‘vital sensations’ of mineral drugs. Our materia medica does not show that
only ‘plant drugs’ produced ‘sensitivity’ in provers. We can see many ‘animal’ and ‘mineral’ drugs
with high order of ‘sensitivity’. If not
from materia medica, where
from Dr Sankaran ‘invented’ that ‘vital sensation’ of
‘sensitivity’ is the basic characteristic of ‘plant kingdom’?
See the rubric ‘sensitive’ in ‘mind’ of Kent repertory:
[Kent]
Mind : SENSITIVE, oversensitive: Acon. Aesc. Aeth. Alum.
Am-c. Anac. Ang. Ant-c. Apis.
Arg-n. Arn. Ars. Ars-i. Asaf.
Asar. Aur. Bar-c. Bell.
Bor. Bov. Bry. Calc.
Calc-p. Calc-s. Camph.
Cann-s. Canth. Carb-an. Carbn-s. Carb-v. Cast. Caust. Cham. Chin. Chin-a. Chin-s. Cic. Cina. Clem. Cocc. Coff. Colch. Coloc. Con. Crot-h. Cupr. Daph. Dig. Dros. Ferr. Ferr-ar. Ferr-p. Fl-ac.
Gels. Gran. Hep.
Hyos. Ign. Iod. Kali-ar. Kali-c.
Kali-i. Kali-n. Kali-p. Kali-s. Kreos. Lac-c. Lach. Laur. Lyc. Lyss. Mag-m.
Med. Meph. Merc. Mez. Mosch. Nat-a. Nat-c. Nat-m. Nat-p. Nat-s.
Nit-ac. Nux-v. Ph-ac. Phos. Plat. Plb. Psor. Puls. Ran-b. Sabad. Sabin. Samb. Sanic. Sars. Seneg.
Sep. Sil. Spig. Stann. Staph. Sulph.
Tab. Teucr. Ther. Thuj. Valer. Verat. Viol-t. Zinc-met.
46 remedies belong to ‘mineral kingdom’: alum. Am-c. Ant-c. Arg-n. Ars. Ars-i.
Aur. Bar-c. Borx. Calc.
Calc-p. Calc-s. Carbn-s. Caus. Cupr-met.
Ferr-ars. Ferr-p. Fl-ac.
Hep. Iod. Kaliums. Mag-m. Merc. Natriums.
Nit-ac. Ph-ac. Phos. Plat. Plb-met.
Sanic. Sil. Stann-met. Sulph. Zinc-met.
12 remedies from ‘animal kingdom’: Apis. Canth. Carb-an. Crot-h. Lac-c. Lach. Med. Mosch. Psor. Sep. Ther.
Remaining 56 remedies are of ‘plant kingdom’.
On what basis sankaran says ‘sensitivity’ is
the ‘vital sensation’ of plant kingdom? How can anybody say persons who are
‘sensitive’ at the deeper’ level need ‘plant remedies only? How can this theory
be called homeopathy?
Similarly, if we examine various rubrics belonging to ‘survival’
instinct, or ‘structural’ sensations, we can see they are not limited to animal
or mineral remedies only. Many ‘plant remedies’ have such symptoms.
According to Rajan Sankaran,
FEAR is the indication of VITAL SENSATION of ‘survival instincts’ which need an
ANIMAL KINGDOM drug. Based on which materia medica rajan sankaran
says ‘vital sensation’ of ‘fear’ indicates only ‘animal kingdom remedy’?
Please see the MIND rubric FEAR in Kent Repertory:
[Kent] Mind: FEAR:- Absin. Acet-ac.
Acon. Aeth. Agar. Agn. Aloe. Alum. Am-c. Anac. Ang. Ant-c. Ant-t. Arg-n. Ars. Ars-i. Asaf. Aur. Bapt. Bar-c. Bar-m.
Bell. Bor. Bry. Bufo. Cact. Calad. Calc. Calc-p.
Calc-s. Camph. Cann-i. Cann-s. Caps. Carb-an. Carb-s. Carb-v. Cast. Caust. Cham. Chin. Chin-a. Chlor.
Cic. Cimic. Coca. Coc-c. Cocc. Coff.
Coloc. Con. Croc. Crot-h. Cupr. Daph. Dig.
Dros. Dulc. Echi. Elaps. Eupho.
Ferr. Ferr-ar. Ferr-p. Form. Gels. Gent-c. Glon. Graph. Hell. Hep. Hydr-ac. Hyos. Hyper. Ign. Iod. Ip. Kali-ar. Kali-br. Kali-c. Kali-i. Kali-n. Kali-p. Kali-s. Lach. Lil-t. Lob. Lyc. Lyss. Mag-c. Mag-m. Manc. Meli. Merc. Merc-i-r. Mez.
Mosch. Mur-ac. Murx. Nat-a.
Nat-c. Nat-m. Nat-p. Nat-s. Nicc-met. Nit-ac. Nux-v. Onos. Op. Petr. Phos.
Phyt. Pip-m. Plat. Psor. Puls. Ran-b. Raph. Rheum. Rhod. Rhus-t. Rhus-v.
Ruta. Sec. Sep. Sil. Spig. Spong. Squil.
Stann. Staph. Stram. Stront. Stry. Sul-ac.
Sulph. Tab. Tarent. Thuj. Til. Valer.
Verat. Zinc.
See. 75 drugs belong to PLANT KINGDOM! 54 are MINERAL drugs! Only 9
ANIMAL drugs! How Rajan Sankaran
say only ANIMAL drugs are indicated for ‘vital sensation’ of ‘survival
instincts’? By this approach, the practitioner who looks only ‘animal’ drugs is
actually deprived of a large number of drugs belonging to other ‘kingdoms’, one
of which may be the real similimum.
There may be many patients ‘sensitive at deeper levels’ who may require
‘animal’ or ‘mineral’ drugs if we select drugs using homeopathic method of
totality of symptoms. Limiting all ‘sensitive’ patients to ‘plant kingdom’
remedies may be detrimental in such cases.
Rajan Sankaran says FEAR
is the expression if ‘vital sensation of survival instincts’ which the ‘theme’
or quality of ‘animals’. As such, sankaran method
uses only ‘animal remedies’ for people exhibiting ‘deep seated’ fear.
Homeopathic understanding of medicinal properties of drug substances are based
on symptoms produced in healthy individuals during drug provings.
Those symptoms are listed in our materia medica and repertories.
We similimum by comparing symptoms of patients
with symptoms of drugs, which is the basis of our therapeutic principle ‘similia similibus curentur’.
Please go to KENT REPERTORY: MIND - FEAR: Acon.
Arg-n. Aur-met. Bell. Borx. Calc-p. Calc. Carbn-s. Cic. Dig. Graph. Ign. Kali-ars. Lyc. Lyss. Nat-c. Phos. Plat. Psor. Sep. and Stram. are the drugs listed with THREE MARKS under FEAR.
As per homeopathic method of similimum being
selected on the basis of our materia medica, these are the prominent drugs to be considered in
patients with characteristic sensation of FEAR.
But, according to sankaran, FEAR indicates
‘vital sensation’ of ‘survival instincts’, which needs ‘animal remedies’ only.
Only animal remeies found in above list are Lyssin, Psorinum and Sepia.
Homeopaths practicing sankaran method will obviously
ignore all other drugs in this list, since they are not ‘animal remedies’. Does
this approach strengthen homeopaths, or debilitate them?
I want to know, from where sankaran got the
idea that only ‘plant remedies’ have ‘fear’ and ‘survival instincts’? Which
drug proving? Which materia medica?
A person cannot claim to be homeopath by ignoring all available homeopathic
literature on materia medica,
and producing materia medica
and symptoms from his fancies.
Some people claim, sankaran’s concepts are
based on his ‘observations’. Did he conducted drug provings
of all drugs and ‘observe’ their symptoms? Did he prove the symptoms given in
our materia medica are not
reliable?
Which proving showed him sepia, lyssin and psorinum has more ‘fear’ than Phos.
Bell. Stram. or Arg-n?
Would Sankaran say a homeopath cannot cure a
patient having ‘survival insticts’ and ‘fear’ using phosporous or stramonium, if they
turn out to be similimum on the basis of totality of
symptoms. Should we avoid Phos, since it is not an
‘animal drug’?
Please see following rubrics:
[Kent] Mind: FIGHT, wants to: Bell. Bov. Hipp. Hyos. Merc.
Sec.
[Kent] Mind: QUARRELSOME: Acon. Agar. Alum. Ambr. Am-c. Anac. Anan. Ant-t. Arn. Ars. Aster. Aur. Bar-c. Bell. Bor. Bov. Brom. Bry. Calc. Calc-s. Camph. Canth. Caps. Caust. Cench. Cham. Chel. Chin. Con. Cor-r. Croc. Crot-h. Cupr. Dig. Dulc. Elaps. Ferr-met. Ferr-ar. Fl-ac. Hipp. Hyos. Ign. Ip. Kali-ar. Kali-c. Kali-i. Lach. Lepi. Lyc. Lyss. Merc. Merl. Mez. Mosch. Nat-a.
Nat-c. Nat-m. Nat-s. Nicc-met.
Nit-ac. Nux-v.
Olnd. Pall. Petr. Ph-ac. Phos.
Plat. Plb-met. Psor. Ran-b.
Rat. Rheum. Ruta. Seneg.
Sep. Spong. Stann. Staph. Stram. Stront. Sul-ac. Sulph. Tarent. Thea. Thuj.
Til. Verat. Verat-v.
Viol-t. Zinc-met.
According to Sankaran, ‘quareling’
and ‘fighting’ indicates ‘survival instincts’, which require ‘animal remedies’.
Under the rubric “Mind: FIGHT, wants to”, not a single ‘animal remedy’ is
seen, except Hipp.
Under ‘quarrelsome’, Ambra. Asterias. Cantharis. Cenchris. Corralium. Crotalus. Elaps. Hipp. Lach.
Lyss. Psor. Sep. Spong. Tarent. are the animal
remedies.
Would you say, all remedies other than these ‘animal remedies’ should be
eliminated while selecting a similimum for this
patient?
According to sankaran, JEALOUSY is a ‘vital
sensation’ of ‘ANIMAL KINGDOM’.
The rubric:
[Kent]
Mind: JEALOUSY: Anan. Apis. Calc-p. Calc-s. Camph. Cench. Coff. Gall-ac. Hyos. Ign. Lach. Nux-v. Op. Ph-ac. Puls. Raph. Staph. Stram.
LACHESIS and HYOS are 3 marks drugs for this symptom. Only APIS. CENCH.
and LACH. are ‘animal’ drugs’.
Anan. Camph. Coff. Hyos. Ign. Nux-v. Op. Puls. Raph. Staph. and Stram. are ‘plant remedies’.
Calc-p. Calc-s. Gall-ac. and Ph-ac. are mineral drugs.
We will have to eliminate HYOS. when searching a similimum
for a person with jealousy as a prominent symptom, if we follow sankaran method!
Homeopathic materia medica
or repertory does not support sankaran’s theory that
persons with ‘vital sensation’ of ‘jealousy’ would require ‘animal drugs’ only.
Sankaran says LACK OF SELF CONFIDENCE
indicates a vital sensation of ‘structural consciousness’, which is a MINERAL
quality. Only ‘mineral drugs’ have to be considered for patients exhibiting
‘vital sensation of
LACK OF SELF CONFIDENCE.
See this rubric in Kent repertory:
[Kent] Mind: CONFIDENCE, want of self: Agn. Alum. Anac. Anan.
Ang. Arg-n. Aur. Bar-c. Bell. Bry.
Calc. Canth. Carb-an. Carb-v. Caust. Chin. Chlor. Dros. Gels. Hyos. Ign. Iod.
Kali-c. Kali-n. Kali-s. Lac-c.
Lach. Lyc. Merc. Mur-ac. Nat-c. Nat-m. Nit-ac. Nux-v. Olnd. Op. Pall-met. Phos. Plb. Puls. Ran-b. Rhus-t. Ruta. Sil.
Stram. Sul-ac. Sulph. Tab. Ther. Verb. Viol-t.
Zinc-met.
Only ANAC. is 3 marks drug for this symptom. It is a PLANT REMEDY!
24 drugs
Agn. Anac. Anan. Ang. Bell.
Bry. Carb-v. Chin. Dros. Gels. Hyos. Ign. Lyc. Nux-v. Olnd.
Op. Puls. Ran-b. Rhus-t. Ruta. Stram. Tab. Verb. Viol-t.
are PLANT REMEDIES.
5 drugs Canth. Carb-an.
Lac-c. Lach. Ther. are
ANIMAL DRUGS.
23 drugs Alum. Arg-n. Aur.
Bar-c. Calc. Caus. Chlor. Iod.
Kali-c. Kali-n. Kali-s. Merc. Mur-ac. Nat-c. Nat-m. Nit-ac. Pall. Phos. Plb-met. Sil.
Sul-ac. Sulph. Zinc-met.
are MINERAL DRUGS.
Materia medica or
repertories no way justify sankaran’s theory that LACK
OF SELF CONFIDENCE would require only MINERAL REMEDIES. How can a person
claiming to be homeopath make a theory and method of
practice totally ignoring our whole materia medica and drug proving?
Sankaran’s reputation, experience or vast
followings should not prevent us from asking genuine questions. We need answers
for these questions, since Sankaran claims to be a
homeopath.
Sankaran’s method will result in gravely
disabled in incapacitated homeopathic practice, preventing homeopaths from
utilizing the unlimited potentials of our materia medica.
Obviously, the basic dogma of ‘sensations-kingdom’ relationship on which
‘sankaran method’ is built up, lacks the support of
logic or materia medica.
Anybody can make any theories. But it is wrong to say it is homeopathy.
Rajan Sankaran gives a
case of ‘tumor in eye ball’ cured by ‘Arg-n.’ as an example of successful employment of his
‘sensation method’:
“I had a case of a man with a tumor in his
eyeball, and he described it thus; that this tumour caused a certain
“imbalance” in his eyes. Then he described this imbalance as a sense of inco-ordination, and further, how co-ordination was the
most important thing in his life; how everything needed to be co-ordinated.
Going further along this line, he said it’s the kind of co-ordination that a
pilot needs when piloting his plane, or a rocket scientist needs when he makes
a rocket. It’s the kind of co-ordination that an actor needs when he is
performing live on stage, and several such examples”.
“At some point, he described a situation where his mother-in-law did
something behind his back, and when I asked him what he had felt about it, he
replied that he felt very disappointed, and betrayed. Now, these emotions of
disappointment and betrayal are present in his case, and one might be tempted
to use rubrics like “ailments from disappointment, or betrayal”. But if you ask
further, “Describe the disappointment”, then you bring out the true
individuality of the person in the circumstance. When somebody does something
behind your back, which is not expected, the feeling of disappointment is
common, not individual. Hahnemann always emphasized the individualizing
phenomena, the characteristic symptoms”.
“Here, when we look at disappointment, it’s not individual enough, not
characteristic enough. Go further. When I asked him, “Describe the
disappointment”, he said, “It’s as if somebody had punched me in my stomach”.
This now gets more characteristic. Take it one step further. I asked
him, “Describe the experience of being punched” and he said, “I feel completely
suffocated.” “Describe suffocation.” And it opens out and you find that there
is the suffocation sensation in many areas in his life, like when
swimming, or in claustrophobic situations, etc. That suffocation sensation,
along with the sense of importance of co-ordination and control, like a stage
artist, or a plane pilot, gives us the remedy Arg-n.,
which has the control, co-ordination as well as the suffocation. That remedy
cured the tumour in his eye.”
“So the “ailments from disappointment” or “delusion that somebody had
punched his stomach”, is a more superficial expression. The deeper expression
is the tremendous sense of suffocation that he felt, not only in the situation
with his mother-in-law, but in every area of his life. A sensation that is so
individual, and so completely unconnected with the external reality that it
becomes the most individualizing symptom of the person, both physical and
mental. It is at the Sensation level.”
MY COMMENTS ON THIS CASE:
When we analyze, this case, we would realize that sankaran
did not utilize his ‘kingdom approach’ in this case. He does not say ‘Arg-n.’ was selected as a ‘mineral drug’, as he normally
does.
Instead, he says “suffocation sensation, along with the sense of
importance of co-ordination and control, like a stage artist, or a plane pilot,
gives us the remedy Arg-n., which has the control,
co-ordination as well as the suffocation.
That remedy cured the tumour in his eye.
Rajan Sankaran, being a
very experienced physician having mastered the materia
medica and successfully treated thousands of cases in
his practice, could rightly select ‘Arg nit’ as the
correct similimum from symptoms such as ‘general
sensation of suffocation’, ‘sensation of incordination’,
and of course, from other numerous symptoms and observations he would have
collected during case taking but opted to give in his case report.
Can any less experienced follower of sanakaran,
with lesser materia medica
knowledge, ever select ‘arg nit’ as the similimum of this patient, on the basis of ‘suffocation’
and ‘incoordination’ only, and a knowledge that
patient needs a ‘mineral drug’ as per Sankaran’s
theory? Please note, Sankaran does not mention
‘kingdom’ while explaining this case.
Any homeopath who knows how to take case, repertorize
and decide a similimum using materia
medica, could have very easily selected ‘arg nit’ in this case by classical method in a very simple
way.
Since the patient is coming with ‘tumor in eye’,
an ordinary homeopath would start case taking by collecting symptoms with ‘eye’
and ‘vision’, trying to collect all modalities, sensations and concomitants
associated with ‘eye’ and ‘vision’.
The ‘incoordination’ in eyes sankaran talks about will have to be probed in detail, to
know whether it is problems of accommodation(accommodation defective), dimness
of vision, diplopia, moving vision, alternate
vanishing of vision or anything like that. Remember, all these problems of
vision could be seen in materia medica
of ‘Arg-n.’ in high order. Observe whether there is
any chemosis, echymosis, lachrymation, pain, swelling, or any other peculiar
sensations in eyes, with their modalities. Sensation of fullness in eyes, strbismus, cold-heat modalities also have to be
ascertained. Itching, discoloration, frequent wiping, and many such features
could be observed.
After completing ‘particulars’, physician would inquire mentals and physical generals. What Sankaran
interprets as ‘suffocation’ would be described by the patient as aggravation in
closed room, desire for open air, aggravation in crowded rooms, general
physical anxiety, sensation of balls internally, intolerance of clothing,
sensation of being constricted by a band around body, and such symptoms. See,
most of these symptoms strongly indicate Arg-n.
Regarding his mentals, from what Sankaran explained, we can understand there would be
symptoms such as persistent anxiety, despair, feeling of betrayed, sadness,
anticipations, confusion of mind, being repudiated by relatives, dwelling on
past bad experiences, delusions of getting punched, forsaken feelings,
mortification and many such symptoms, most of which obviously points to Arg-n.
For an experienced homeopath like sankaran, arg nit is the obvious prescription for this case without
any special methods and techniques or even repertorization.
Any homeopath who could collect these symptoms would reach Arg-n.
through simple repertorization. As for me, I would
have reached arg nit by the time I complete my case
taking.
Why should Rajan sankaran
pretend to be finding similimum in this type of
obvious cases through his ‘sensation-kingdom’ method, only to confuse youg homeopaths?
That is the game plan of all modern gurus and masters. They would
prescribe correctly using their materia medica knowledge and, make results. Then they would pretend
the made this miraculous results using their ‘special methods’ they are
marketing! Innocent follower is betrayed, and his carrier doomed to be spoiled,
by keeing on trying the ‘methods’ the guru taught
them.
As part of my mission to evolve and promote scientific homeopathy, I
will have to discuss and analyse various existing theories about homeopathy. I
will have to point out things I think are not agreeing with modern scientific
knowledge system. Such criticisms and discussions are part of work I am engaged
in. It is nothing personal. I have no any personal agenda here. I analyse and
expose each and every ideas, concepts and methods in homeopathy that hinder
scientific transformation of homeopathy.
Earlier, once I took up discussing Dr Vijaykar’s
theories, ‘cubs’ and ‘lions’ of that group threatened me for my life. They told
me ‘you will have no place to run’. Next came the attacks from marketers of
‘hair transmissions’. Promoters of ‘energy medicine’ theories also did the
same. Homeopathic World Community removed all my articles from their pages,
since they could not tolerate my exposures of ‘international masters’ who
promote homeopathy as ‘energy medicine’ and practice homeopathy as part of
their CAM ‘healing arts’. I had to relinquish my HWC membership on that issue.
Now is the turn of disciples of Rajan Sankaran and Jan Scholten. Once I
just took up discussing ‘sensation method’, ‘kingdom method’ and ‘periodical
table method’, a whole hornet’s nest is infuriated and out for me. I wanted to
discuss their theories due to my conviction that scientific homeopathy cannot
advance without exposing these highly influential but unscientific theories. My
message box is daily full of messages warning me of ‘dire consequences’.
Instead of discussing or explaining the points I raised, I am abused,
threatened and asked to ‘stay away from our master’. I am accused of being
jealous, arrogant, insane and working with hidden personal agendas. They diagnosed
my problem as ‘severe skepticemia’!
I just don’t care. I will go on with my mission of evolving homeopathy
into a full-fledged medical science. I know I will have to pay a price, perhaps
with my life itself. But I am not bothered. Let the dogs bark, caravan will
move on!
Without criticizing and exposing wrong ideas and wrong practices, we
cannot evolve and promote right ideas and right practices in homeopathy.
I am asked to ‘read all books of Sankaran, and
apply it myself’ to confirm, before commenting on his theories. I agree that we
have to study before commenting or criticizing anything. But, we need not
‘apply’ everything ourselves to ‘confirm’. If that were so, nobody will have
the right to comment on homeopathy without practicing it. We cannot criticize allopathy without practicing it ourselves! To criticize
astrology,
I will have to practice astrology.
To say robbery is wrong, I will have do robbery myself! To criticize corruption,
I have to be corrupt? To comment on a theory, we have to ‘study’ it well, that
is all.
I have commented on Sankaran’s theories after
studying it well. I need not practice it for that.
When anybody say only ‘animal drugs’ have to be used in people
characterized by ‘vital level sensation of survival instincts’, I can comment
on it on the basis of my knowledge of materia medica and drug proving.
I need not ‘apply’ that method. I know many homeopathic drugs belonging
to plant or mineral kingdoms having that characteristics. I have applied those
drugs in my homeopathic practice very successfully. Any homeopath, who has
studied and applied materia medica
knows that Sankaran is wrong on this point.
Some friends have expressed their apprehension that criticizing wrong
theories and practices happening in homeopathy in public will harm the good
will and reputation of our community and our therapeutic system.
I do not subscribe to that view. All these ‘wrong things’ in homeopathy
are done and promoted by their propagators in public, with out any concern
about the harm they are doing, through articles, books, interviews and seminars
all over the world, making homeopathy a topic of unending mockery before the
scientific community. All these things are already known to general public
better than homeopaths themselves.
These people have already done enough damage to homeopathy through their
unscientific theories and nonsense practices. They supply arms and ammunition
to skeptics to attack homeopathy. There is no meaning
in covering up this dirt. Public dirt should be washed in public, to get
the lost reputation and credibility of homeopathy back.
If homeopathic community continue let these people go like this, we
cannot even dream about making homeopathy a scientific medical system, and get
it recognized as such even in a far distant future.
In his Homeopathic Links interview, Vithoulkas
says: “Sankaran alone has done more harm to
homeopathy than all the enemies of homeopathy together.”
Andre Saine writes on his website: “Sankaran demonstrated several basic errors of methodology
and reasoning in his example of how he ‘discovers’ a remedy”
How would the followers of Sankaran respond to
these statements?
Collect all mentals, physical generals and
particular symptoms of your patient, with all qualifications such as
causations, sensations, locations, modalities and concomitants. Then grade the
symptoms into uncommon, common, mental, physical general and particulars. Then repertorize. Compare the materia medica of drugs coming top in repertorization,
and decide a similimum. That is the simple way of
homeopathic practice- and the most successful way.
If a drug is similimum according to totality
of symptoms, it does not matter whether that drug belongs to animal, mineral or
plant kingdoms. It does not matter to which ‘sub kingdom’ or ‘family’ the drug
belongs. Such a knowledge does not make any difference in your similimum.
Selecting similimum is most important in
homeopathy. Similarity of symptoms is our guide in selecting similimum. All these talk about ‘kingdoms’, sub kingdoms,
families and such things only contribute in making homeopathy complex, and
confuse the young homeopaths. It may help in creating an aura around the
teacher, which would attract people to seminars. That is not a silly thing,
where money matters above homeopathy!
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